yes, another big day in london as we begin the third day of competition. >> raj mathai is live in london where swimming is going to be really big again today. one bay area swimmer is celebrating a record breaking day. right? >> reporter: we had such a good time with her. you know, most of the time and rightfully so we talk about olympians we talk about the athletes. all of the hard work and dedication that it's taken to get to the point. we don't want to forget the parents and spouses. that happened with dana vollmer. away from the spotlight and the glare of the media. this is how they really celebrate. this is the real reward for winning or winning any medal. big hugs for dana vollmer t cal product. went to cal berkeley, hanging out with her parents and her husband, by the way her husband, andy grant, a former stanford swimmer who grew up in livermore so you have a cal/stanford household. it's not an easy road.

a lot of injuries that dana went through, a lot of dietary issues she went through. here she is now, a gold medalist and a world record holder. >> i'm still shaking all over. i'm seeing my family, i had not got tune see them yet. it was incredible. that made it set in. >> reporter: very nice, isn't it. speaking of the podium, yes, she gets the gold medal in the 100 meter butterfly and sets the world record in doing so, so so far a lot of success for our bay area olympians, but first and foremost, dana vollmer with the gold, the former cal swimmer. monday in london, a lot of people are buzzing about the security issue. it is a serious issue but a lot of people are smiling as well. we go back to the opening ceremony and the big headline in london is who is the lady in red? here she is, she's walking with the indian olympic team as they walked in. the problem is she's not part of

the indian olympic team. she is a crasher. she crashed the party. she walked in with them. apparently she is a grad student from india studying in london. people are wondering how she got in and what she was doing at the opening ceremony. another hot topic on monday, all of those empty seats. have you noticed? a lot of emthety seats here at the olympic events. but the officials very embarrassed so what they are doing now is they are giving away a lot of tickets and inviting a lot of people from east london, kids and lower income kids to fill the seats. here is london's colorful mayor. >> we're doing much better than they did in sydney where they had a successful games. the first couple of days you have these bureaucrats who don't turn out to the seats that they are allocated.

>> reporter: that is boris johnson, london's mayor. we spent time with mayor johnson. for everyone that complains about the london olympics he said we quote, put a sock in it. it's wonderful. back to you in the bay area. >> direct and to the point. we like that very much. raj mathai, thank you very much. >> 6:04. a heads up for you. we're going to put up some of the results of the competitions from some of our bay area olympians. they have competed but those have not aired yet on nbc bay area. so if you don't want to know what happens we'll play some music while the results are up and when it stops it's safe to look at your television again.

>> that finishes the music. that will finish our look so now you may come back to television. we do have a major upset to tell you about. the women's gymnastics all around competition defending world champion jordyn wieber upstaged by her teammates gabby douglas and aly rasiman. wieber shaken when our cameras caught up with her after that program. i think we have a sound bite. >> i'm really happy that aly and gabby did their best today and they are going to be competing. it's a little bit of a disappointment. i'm happy i'll be helping out in finals. >> wieber considered a lock to make the all around finals, she

suffered from an age old olympic rule. despite her finishing fourth overall in the competition, the rules state that only the top two performers from each country actually advance. wieber did qualify for the floor exercise final. >> the uss men's water polo team had to fight for a victory winning 8-7 in its opening match. to pull out the win they had to rely on four former stanford players. to create olympic caliber players he preaches discipline, control and toughness and intelligence. that's not all. he says all of his players have something else in common. >> these guys have an amazing work ethic, not only do they work hard but it's an intelligent effort. they did go to stanford so we're coaching some very bright athletes extremely dedicated. >> the center is one of the sites hosting the junior

olympics water polo matches all week long. a number of bay area athletes are competing today. to find out who is doing what and when, all you have to do is check out our viewing guide at nbcbayarea.com. you'll find our schedule sorted by sport, day and time. head over to our home page and search olympic viewing guide. >> olympics in full swing now. your week just getting started. christina loren is here to tell you what you can look forward to. >> it's going to be a hot one. i do like what i'm seeing in san jose. good morning to you. marine layer though it's thin it has moved into some of the south bay cities. so for us that's going to keep your temperatures in the upper 80s, we're going to prevent the 90s in san jose. but livermore, you're talking about potential for 95, concord same for you. it's going to be hot. 55 to start out in san francisco. future cast tells the story.

we stop clock at 9:00 a.m. you can see the low clouds. hugging that coastline a little bit lingering over san francisco. but that, too, will clear out quickly by about 10:00. clear in the city by the bay. you'll be able to hit 76 degrees in the bay side cities, rounding out at 82. first let's check on the drive. >> first we're watching the upper deck. for the bay bridge there is a stall. looks like it should be clearing but the backup has started at the toll plaza. now a look out to the east bay. we're showing some slowing for livermore. going to get worse because the earlier accident westbound 580 off 205 merge is in its final clearing. it's going to set these folks who are jammed up through livermore and the dublin interchange. san jose, northbound 101 you see slowing heading to 680.

a smooth drive once you're north of there. back up to the 60s. back to you. >> thank you. 6:08. a major milestone in the construction of the 49ers stadium. bob redell is live with a look at the heavy lifting that's planned for this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, around 6:30, under a half hour, they are going to have a ceremonial raising of the first steel beams that will support the new stadium here in santa clara. you can see where the workers are standing. i can only imagine that perhaps it's going to be around there, that will be the 50 yard line. if you look beyond there are four cranes set up, very large cranes. at each of the corners of the stadium. what they are go to do is raise some of the steel beams at 6:30 to place them. we talked to someone with the

construction company. he said that by the end of this week there will be at least 150 feet tall and people driving through this area will be able to look and say hey, that's starting to look like a stadium. this is what it's going to look like. it shows what their $1.1 billion baby will look like in time for the 2014 season. the new digs seat 68,500 fans, about 1500 less than candlestick but it's much larger in terms of square footage and more parking. that raising with the team and the mayor of santa clara look likes maybe around 20 minutes from now. reporting live in santa clara, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> two titans to square off in court. that could have a big time impact on the smart phone and tablet markets. apple suing samsung claiming samsung's smart phones and

tablets are knock-offs. the company demanding $2.5 billion in damages. that number is the biggest of any patent-related case. samsung arguing some of the technology has been standard in the tech industry for years. >> 6:11. stuck in the sky at an amusement park. how crews got these riders back on ground. >> disappointed with how it went down? >> i'm -- it's hard to say. >> we go one-on-one with natalie coughlin. the big time decision to bench her in the finals and what she has to say p her swimming future. >> enjoy every moment. even the moments you want to rip your hair out. we're going to enjoy and understand. >> just a glimpse of what will be going through kerri walsh's

mind tonight. and speaking of london, more live coverage from the 2012 summer games when "today in the bay" continues.

>> welcome back. what a beautiful live look at london this morning. the city already bustling. it is afternoon there. not too late for raj rajaratnam to give us live reports. we'll talk to him coming up. >> time for a check of other top stories. the man suspected in the largest mass shooting in colorado returning to court. james holmes will be charged with more than 100 counts including 12 counts of first-degree murder. we'll go live to colorado for the special preparations made for the court appearance. >> a milestone in the construction of the new 49ers stadium in the south bay. the first steel beams will be

put in place. the stadium expected to open in the fall of 2014. >> a pair of tech titans squaring off in federal court in san jose. apple suing samsung electronics claiming the south korea company copied design elements of the iphone and ipad. >> stuck 150 feet in the air for two hours. a dozen people eager to experience the superman ride. christie smith is live. what's next for the newest attraction at the park? good morning. >> reporter: good morning. what a day for riders who came out to enjoy the park's newest roller coaster. you can see it, the highest part of the ride 150 feet in the air. the park on the website, they say they open about 10:30 this morning but when the superman ultimate flight ride will reopen is unclear according to a six flags spokesperson.

it won't happen until a complete inspection is done. it was 2:30 in the afternoon when the coaster stopped at the crest of the ride. a dozen riders sat for two hours. at least they were not upside down as firefighters were called in, a large crane that sits here on site was lifted up with a mechanic and firefighters. they delivered water and sun screen to the riders. they were prepared for something like this. apparently some riders tried to shake the ride to get it loose and going. that didn't work. a mechanic got it going and it rolled down to the ground safely no. one hurt. when it will reopen they don't know. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> not fun for those folks. >> we're going back to london to check some things out. yes, she is the most celebrated olympic swimmer in american olympic history. we're talking about natalie

coughlin. she is done competing now. >> raj mathai is live in london where he talked to coughlin about the decision to bench her in the relay finals. >> reporter: this is one of the strangest stories in a long time. we dealt with a lot of star athletes in the bay area. natalie among them but to get benched at the olympics, when you're a star, that's a strange one. we're trying to wrap our head around it. not just at the bay area but swimming fans across the country. what happened over the weekend in london that led to this. so natalie coughlin as you probably know in the relay finals over the weekend was taken off in the finals, she did swim in the preliminaries but her coach, her personal coach at cal now the team usa coach, decided to as a team effort take her off of the finals and rest her. basically bench her. that means she didn't race, she didn't get to the podium. she did win bronze a's long with her team though she didn't race. that's part of the rules. the down side, it's a

bittersweet story to possibly her final race as an olympian. >> there are a lot of factors that go into it. i think we were swimming pretty evenly, if you factor in our relay take-offs and everything. our times are pretty even. i think part of it is having the head coach be your personal coach. you don't want to cause a controversy and don't want any one to think she's giving me special favors so i think we're erring on the other side which i fully understand. regardless you have to stick with the decision and be supportive. >> been very up front and honest with us your career. disappointed how it went down? >> i'm -- it's hard to say. i'm just kind of disappointed how this year has been. >> reporter: it has been a tough year fortunately coughlin. she is going to come home with the bronze medal, number 12 of her career. most likely people say this would be her final olympics.

what a stand up woman she is. a class act, meeting us, talking about it and getting it off her chest. back to you. >> thanks for the latest. we'll check back with you later. >> tough for miss coughlin, handling it with dig any. >> i respect the fact that they have a personal connection so she opens up to our raj. >> hi, raj. >> we love having him out there live. you know, maybe you're trying to get to work. we have everything you need to know when it comes to top stories locally and weather and traffic as well. lots of excitement all week this week and next week as long as the summer games keep running on nbc bay area. a live look this morning at san jose, you can see we have a pretty good formation of the marine layer. i can tell you it's rather thin so once that sun does come out in full force as we head through the next hour it will burn off immediately. 54 degrees in concord, 57 in oakland and 61 in sunnyvale.

a good looking day for you. comfortable conditions. hit the beach if you have the day off. we'll talk about about your beach weather. calm conditions when it comes to your winds. those will strengthen. take a look at your key where you get the blues and greens, that's lighter. the east bay hills. we'll get strong gusts by the water as the sea breeze picks up. the yellow and green, indicates 20 to 25 miles per hour wind speeds. santa cruz, 70 there, at noon you'll be at 78 in heat of the day, 85 for san jose, seven-day outlook shows you no extremes, not too shabby. best of the best today bay side. >> we'll look over, start in bay side over bay, the stall cleared from the upper deck. we have the incline showing the slowdown as folks gather where the metering lights are probably turning on. no major issues, speeds in the

50s. we have one issue eastbound 24, out of orinda, we have a stall. expect some slowing there. down to the south bay, slowdown north tv680/280 interchange. 87 steady but look at that, southbound 280 off 87 out of downtown we suddenly see some slowing and no incidents but i'll track that. monterey highway, el camino looking good request. a look at the freeway, palo alto, 101 and easy flow up the peninsula. >> 6:21. here is something to think about. "the new york times" wondering if silicon valley is at the end of a bubble. >> this is shares of two former high flying companies come crashing down. scott mcgrew joins us. facebook at an all-time low. >> and zynga the other. mark zuckerberg has in the last few days lost a billion dollars a day on paper.

facebook will open at $23.73 a share, that makes the company worth $38 billion less than it was at its ipo. one of silicon valley's worst financial stories from a share point of view, a sign that investors have concerns about the future of facebook. share price tends to show what people think about a company's potential. we'll be watching facebook founder mark zuckerberg as i mentioned losing all of that money. we're going to talk about with general motors, that company firing its head of its marketing. remember, gm canceled its ads with facebook before the ipo. we said it was a cheap shot. seems that gm agreed. it fired its car company chief this morning. we'll have much more about the apple/samsung decision coming up in the next eight minutes.

>> 6:22. our coverage of the 2012 olympic games continues. >> it's about who sets their mind on their goal. i believe if you think about it mentally and believe it's going to happen your body's going to follow suit. >> marti malloy says her mind is the strongest part of her body. she is one of 18 representing team usa in london today. >> we'll have more coverage from the 2012 games in london. "today in the bay" is right back.

>> you wear them every day. shoes, wallets, purses. what could they be made of? a look at the fine print on warning labels on products and shows you where lead may be lurking. >> you may have noticed tags like this showing up on purses and shoes at your favorite store. the fine print says they contain

lead. how much is unclear. and as we found, these warning labels are missing from the products that have the highest amounts of lead. >> have you seen it? >> no. >> the tags are attached to purses and shoes sold and sandals sold at big lots. prop 65 requires businesses to notify customers about significant chemicals in the products they purchase. for these the fine sprint warns the items may have lead known to cause cancer and birth defects. but shoppers we watched didn't notice the warnings. so we bought some of the bags and sandals and took them to a state certified lead assessor for testing. >> we want this problem taken care of. >> carolyn is the director of research for the center for environmental health fighting to get manufacturers to lose the labels and the lead altogether. >> you're car carrying your purse, every time you touch at

small amount gets on your fingers. >> one doctor says it's unclear how much is too much when it comes to lead exposure. he says eating or breathing it is thought to be more dangerous than touching it but -- >> if you can avoid it you should skblxt we reached out to big lots and dd's. a spokesman for dd's tells us the company is looking into the issue but will keep selling the items in question. to see the test results of those bags we bought join us tonight after the olympics. >> it's 6:27. the colorado shooting suspect heading to court in a few hours. >> see why high speed rail may soon connect the bay area to las vegas. have you ever roller-skied before? yes no when? you don't know everything that i have done. salesman: oh, well, it's wife: well really easy. tell me... [ting]

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gets under way in the bay area. could have a major impact on u.s. smart phones and tablets. i'm scott mcgrew. i'll have that story next. >> and get ready for a summer sizzler inland. 90s today, spectacular conditions bayside and the coast. 60s and 70s, change is on the way. your full forecast in moments. >> a live look at the bay bridge. i've got your hot spots and what to avoid. >> good morning. it's 6:30. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. today a big day for apple and samsung as the two sides ready for battle. >> they want to call this one the patent trial of the century. scott mcgrew is here and he says it's not david versus goliath. >> good morning. remember samsung, the biggest seller of cell phones in the world, apple is america's most valuable company. big names could testify like the head of apple marketing. apple accuses samsung of copying many of the features in iphone

into things like -- into their phone like rubber banding where you flick the screen to scroll through. apple wants $2.5 billion in damages in this trial. samsung saying even if they did get the idea from apple, apple got it from sony. jury selection begins today. testimony as soon as tomorrow. court records shows everything is a fight even which company gets to sit at which table. analysts point out apple's attack is an indirect attack on google. gookle makes the separating system, samsung makes the phone. whatever reason, apple has decided to take on the phone maker. steve jobs was alive in the beginning stages. he told his biographer he was willing to spend every last cent to destroy android, his words. >> we'll keep our eye on this. interesting to see how it

unfolds. this morning they are laying the groundwork for the 49ers new stadium. bob redell is live with more on this milestone that they reached. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. any moment now you have four cranes on the site of the new stadium. what they have at the end of the lines are the first steel structures that will go up in each corner of the stadium. from that they will do steel beam upon steel beam and eventually the stadium will start to take place. jack hill oversees the construction. congratulations, i wonder what it's like for to you finally get to this day. >> this is a big day in the life of the project. crews have been working for three months to get the foundation prepared so this is an exciting day for us, for the construction crews, and i think it's great for the fansment they will see the stuck tur go up above the fence line. >> we understand it could be as

high as 80 feet. it takes four to six weeks, so 200 pieces per day. we've got 20 seconds. can you give us a tour of what will be here. >> we're standing almost on the 50. if you project a line straight across, there is the 50. and the stadium is oriented north to south. we're on the 50. we're going to start setting steel today. >> if you see those individuals out there in front of that blue bale and orange cones, that is the center of the field. the idea is by 2014 to have that laid down t stadium built and professional players running across that line. we're waiting for them to start lifting the steel beams. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> that's cool perspective. very nice. they could use the avengers to

help. the superman roller coaster in vallejo remaining closed. the reason, a dozen riders stuck for nearly two hours yesterday. 150 feet in the air. that's crazy scary. the cars stopped at the highest point. fortunately, the hiders were upright. firefighters had to use a crane to fix the problem. all 12 riders were returned safe hi to the ground. >> the man accused of killing a dozen people in a colorado theater returns to court in two hours. james holmes is expected to hear the charges formally read. leanne gregg is live at the arapaho county justy center with the latest. >> good morning. >> good morning, laura. extra security is in place for that hearing set to get under way in a few hours. the courtroom isxpected to be full as holmes is read what could be hundreds of charges

against him. >> call people versus james holmes. >> all eyes again will be upon james holmes today, just as during his first court appearance last week when he was read his rights. then holmes appeared dazed, unable to focus. >> you have a right to remain silent. >> court documents say prosecutors today will seek 12 counts of first-degree murder, numerous attempted first-degree murder counts among other charges. for the first time the suspect will hear what he faces in conjunction with the shooting deaths of 12 people and injuries of 5ating others. a decision on whether to seek the death penalty could still be months away. the district attorney wants input from victims' families and survivors. >> if the death penalty is sought that's a very long process that impacts their lives. for years. so, they will want to have and we will want to get their input before we make any decision on that. >> reporter: for now, families of victims are saying good-bye.

funerals for several were held over the weekend. among those laid to rest, jessica gouwe, jonathan blonk and a.j. >> i'll miss him. >> heartache as investigators learn more about james holmes and what may have led to a devious plot. holmes had been seeing a psychiatrist as the medical center where he was a student. and part of the hearing today actually will include arguments about whether a note book he allegedly sent to his psychiatrist should be admitted as evidence. the defense claims it's privileged information been the doctor and patient. laura. >> leanne gregg live from colorado. thank you. >> this one could abcontroversial extension of california's high speed rail line. a group of private developers trying to get the obama administration to kick in billions to add a leg from

los angeles to las vegas. that would make that trip from the bay area take about four hours. if the money and permits are secured, service could start by 2018. so get ready with the dice. >> get them hot. the temperature is going to be hot. let's check in with christina loren. >> the microclimates coming in key. if it's too hot inland head to the beach where this marine layer is going to hang out longer than what we are expecting for the inland cities. good morning to you. 6:37. right to the maps, 55 degrees in novato, in sunnyvale 60 degrees, and we're at 58 degrees, beautiful start in san jose. your futurecast tells the story. we stop the clock at 10:00 and you can see at that point the marine layer is going to be out over the ocean hugging the coast but mostly clear over the greater bay area. a scorcher inland. 95 degrees at 4:00 p.m.

hot weather, stay hydrated if you work outside. a good idea to park in the shade for today. 82 bayside, 72 at the coast. 6:38. let's check on your drive. >> to the south bay, northbound 101 north of 680, a live look shows you the reason we're turning orange. a good volume and slowing kicking in. north of the 680/280 interchange. back to the maps, now on the report new northbound 280 at the interchange, reports of a hadder in the middle lanes. expect slowing as you come under the overpass there may be brakes. >> 6:38. of course we're going back to london for live continuing coverage of the olympic gameses. >> it may be the largest power outage ever. 350 million people in the dark today.

>> welcome back everyone. that is a live look at london. if you can't be there today, we'll have live reports from raj mathai. >> we have a massive power outage to tell you about in india leaving an estimated 350 million people in the dark. that grid collapsed in much of northern india including the capital city of new delhi. this took several hours just to restore hours to essential services like hospitals, airports and rail lines. at this mountain it's still unclear what exactly caused the outage. officials still have no clue when all of the lights and that power will actually be back on. >> got to be the largest in the

world. >> mind blowing. we need candles. >> a lot of them. 6:41. security scare at the london olympics. who is that woman in red? how did she get an all access pass to an off-limit event? >> wall street tries to recover a bit and free food at yahoo!. we'll look coming up. [ male announcer ] stop & go traffic. you can't always avoid it. but you can always do something nice for your car. chevron with techron. care for your car. introducing share everything, only from verizon. a shareable pool of data to power up to 10 different devices. add a smartphone like the samsung galaxy siii, so everyone in your family can enjoy unlimited talk and text. the first plan of its kind. share everything. get your student a samsung galaxy nexus for $99.99.

>> welcome back. happy monday to one and all. you're looking live at video from london. that is where the olympic games are right now in full swing. they will have swimming today, beach volleyball, hoops and nothing short of a busy day for a long list of bay area athletes jumping into competition today. >> let's back out to raj mathai

live covering the games in london. good morning, raj. some bay area athletes wearing impressive hardware. >> reporter: it has been a nice weekend heading into a great week. even for the fans, for all of us in london and everyone back home this is that monday morning where we all wake up a little tired, everyone has a little bags under their eyes because we stayed up late watching everyone. and it's been fantastic. dana vollmer, the former cal star lighting it up. the former cal golden bear set a world record in the but are fte. really after the meet she goes out and hugs her parents and her husband, her husband by the way, andy grant, a former stanford swimmer so we have a cal stanford family. the swimmer grew up in livermore. it's not an easy road.

i rarely is. all sorts of injuries she's gone through, dietary issues that dana vollmer has gone through. now she is a gold medalist. >> i'm shaking all over. i'm seeing my family, i had not gotten to see them. it was incredible. that made it set in. >> reporter: really nice to see that. dana vollmer in the 100 meter butterfly sets the world record and collects that gold medal. now more of a serious issue. it's a serious security issue but a lot of people are smiling about it. someone crashed the opening ceremony. they showed up without a ticket, walked through security and you know where they were walking, they didn't sit down, they were walking with one of the countries, the indian olympic team walking in the opening ceremony and everyone wants to know who the heck is the lady in red? she crashed the party. this woman was walking in with the team, but she's not in the olympic team, she is apparently a grad student from india

studying here in london. what's next? what are we going to see in terms of all of the olympics. the local olympics, we'll check win the women's water polo team. a lot of bay area athletes are on the team. keep a close eye. the stephan sisters are here competing. also marti malloy, an up and comer in judo. she was a graduate of san jose state, lives and trains in san jose. we'll see marti malloy competing in judo. and of course the big ticket item, kerri walsh in terms of beach volleyball. her second round match tonight. we'll see kerri walsh. speaking of women's volleyball it's getting chilly here. it's supposed to rain later on, rain tomorrow so all of the bikinis that the women wear i don't think that's going to happen. it's a big ticket item. >> i heard there was controversy over the lack of it but hey,

they are there to play and win. now a heads up to you viewing at home. we're going to put up the results of some of the competition of some of the bay area olympians. if you don't want to know what happened we'll play the music while the results are up. when that stops it's safe for you to coming ba and look at your television again.

>> no reaction from us whatsoever. >> yes indeed. 6:48. i'm sure we're going to have reaction to the weather. toasty today? >> you know, that music gets you going on a monday morning. doesn't even feel like a monday. good morning to you. let's take you outside and show you what mother nature's providing. as we start the new day, you can see the live look over san jose. told you that marine layer wasn't going to last long. that's all that's left of it. we'll check on the drive. looks like the highways are moving along pretty well at 87. 6:49 now. temperatures are nice and comfortable this morning. take a look at the numbers. 57 in napa. 56 in santa cruz. it's going to be hot. you'll notice the winds at the coast. by about 5:00 p.m. 74 in san francisco, so if you want to hit the beach, these are your choice beach cities for

day. pacifica, usually does not get this warm. 72 degrees, winds out of the northwest about 10 to 15 miles per hour so the northerly winds are going to keep us comfortable. 73 in half moon bay, the warmest city might be fanning yourself in santa cruz. 78 degrees, lots of sunshine. things start to change as of tomorrow we're going to fluctuate up and down, no extremes this week. but temperatures all over the place. 89 for tomorrow, 93 by wednesday. hovering in mid-90s. through the remainder of the week, then we cool you off in time for the weekend. so not too bad. make sure you're ready for that drinking lots of water. if you work outdoors, 6:50 as promised. mike is busy. >> highway 87 moving smoothly right now. 101 from before you get to capital expressway north past 680 jamming up to the airport. we have your south bay slowing, south bound slowing for 680 down out of the area of pleasanton and sunol, around the bend into

the 40s. so will is the build here as well as adding to it. coming through livermore, your typical commute pattern. a live look shows you the toll plaza. the backup toward about the 880 overcrossing. on the peninsula side a smooth drive, 101 not a problem through palo alto. with that we'll send it back to you. >> thank you. it's 6:51 now. and workers will be beaming as the 49ers new stadium site. yes, they will set that first steel girder on their billion-dollar project. bob is live on the milestone being reached already. good morning. >> good morning. we're hearing how fast these beams go up. they laid the first, set the first one in the corner about 20 minutes ago. you can see they have three more up. this is the same situation, in all four corners what will be the new stadium for the san

francisco 49ers. one man who couldn't be happier is the mayor of santa clara. you don't have to have people ask you is this going to make it down here. >> i think this answers that. what we have is 18,000 tons of steel and four cranes. we have four working on this one site. getting one up in silicon valley is hard. four is amazinamazing. the steel was forged in america. this is about the most patriotic thing. they are doing 50 pieces per crane per day. the idea is the steal super structure up in four to six weeks. i'm wondering even though it's not here what it's doing for business in santa clara? >> it's making it hard because we have lots of interest in land around here, around the stadium site we didn't have interest in. across the street we have a proposal from joe montana and

build a nice hotel and other retail shops and venues that complement the stadium. that was vacant and now we're seeing more proposals roll in. >> thank you. congratulations to you, and the idea is that this stadium will be build and open for 68,500 fans in time for the 2014 season. >> some bay area thrill-seekers got more than they bargained for. they spent nearly two hours stuck in midair, 150 feet off the ground. christie smith is live at the park where the ride is closed. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. just got off the phone with a spokeswoman for six flags. she tells me first thing this morning a thorough inspection on this ride. but so far she says that they ruled out mechanical problems. after riders got stuck at the

top. 150 feet in the air on the superman ultimate ride yesterday. the ride just opened up on june 30. they were stuck almost two hours but they weren't upside down. firefighters were called in and a crane that stays here at six flags was used to deliver water and sun screen to the people who were just stuck at the top. everyone was okay. i asked when the ride might reopen. the spokesperson told me depending on how inspections go today it's not out of the question that the roller coster could reopen today. they plan to reach out to those stuck and offer some kind of compensation perhaps season passes. >> happening now, an amber alert still in effect for a missing teenage girl. 16-year-old eunice serrato is from ardo.

she lives in the same house where two men were found dead on saturday night. investigators say it's possible that her 19-year-old boyfriend and his father kidnapped the girl but with plans to take her to mexico. the boyfriend's father turned himself in last night after investigators found the suspect's white acura. the boyfriend is still on the who is broomly with the girl with him. >> a push to stiffen regulations on party buses this after another fatal accident where drinking may have played a role. a 25-year-old santa cruz woman died when she and a 20-year-old woman fell out of a bus on highway 17 this weekend. the chp says everyone on board was intoxicated. some even fled the scene. jerry hill has been trying to pass legislation to crack down. >> this will hold that drivers, the bus company and the

responsible mature 25-year-old or older individual responsible in the future, that's what we're hoping will stop this from occurring. zp the woman who died is natasha nolan, the daughter of a surf shop owner. >> a new plan under consideration could make going to the san francisco zoo cost you more money. transit leaders looking at the possibility of installing parking meters around the zoo. muni says the zoo generates significant parking demands and it's the agency's responsibility to manage that. they say the purpose of the immediaters are not to renner rate revenue but get people out of their jors onto mass transit. so far no time line has been set. >> the boss is coming back to the bay. ♪ bruce springsteen will perform

at oracle arena november 30. it's the stars second trip to the bay area this year. he performed back in april. ticket prices have not been announced but we know they will go on sale september 21 at ticket master.com. >> the former head of avon may have to testify. >> want to check win scott. andrea jong has important ties. >> she's on the board at apple, jong not popular among avon shareholders. she stepped down after the company lost value. now "the wall street journal" says investigators want to meet with her to talk about allegations against avon. avon may have tried to bribe chinese officials. jong has not been accused of specific wrong doing. she was the one who launched the investigation into those allegations.

several report sas marissa mayer has ordered cafeterias to stop charging. google offered free lunch. google never said how much free food costs but estimates are $13 a day. that would be $200,000 a day to feed everyone employed by yahoo! >> i think we're next. >> free left over pizza. >> might be a good morning for cold pizza. it's going to be hot. inland, 95 at 4:00. 72 at the coast. >> we know the bay bridge is going to be back with us. changes for the south bay, looking at northbound 101 before you get to capitol all the way past tully. kicking in north from mountain view all the way up to palo alto. this you go. back to you. >> thanks so much.

>> before we go a look at some stories you'll hear throughout the day. the man accused in one of the worst mass shootings will be charged. 24 world james holmes could face counts including murder. >> the 49ers stadium in the south bay, the first steel beams will be put in place today at the site. the stadium is expected to open in the fall of 2014. >> all eyes on a federal court in san jose where two tech titans square off. apple suing samsung claiming the company copied the design elements of the iphone and high bad. >> a prime time olympic coverage. swimming. men's diving and beach volleyball. so make sure you don't miss a moment check our viewing guide on nbcbayarea.com. there you find our olympics schedule sorted by sport, day and time. something for everyone.

>> a big day ahead. good morning. golden girl. u.s. swimmer dana vollmer wins the butterfly setting a world record despite losing a swim cap during the race. while the men's relay team takes silver after a french swimmer overtakes ryan lochte on the final leg. >> france is going to outtouch the americans and lochte. >> and gymnastics, a crushing flow for world champion jordyn wieber. she's out of of the all-around beaten by her own teammate. the women's and men's teams are off to a great start today,