where it's now 2:00 in the afternoon and people are still talking about a female chinese swimmer who swam faster than even ryan lochte. let's go to raj mathai. this is turning into now a swimming scandal. and suspicions about how she did it. good morning. >> reporter: it's at the early stages now. that's exactly what's happening. here's the deal. some top level swim officials for the united states are criticizing and pointing the finger at this chinese swimmer. we woke up this morning to the front page of the times of london, you see it there, i'm clean vows china's swim star. she's talking about these allegations. the head of the american swimming coaches association says it's unbelievable, disturbing and does not add up what this young lady did. we'll tell you what she did. 16-year-old chinese swimmer not only does she win the gold medal in the 400 meter relay but shattered the record. her final 50 meters, this is

catching attention, she swam faster than ryan lochte and michael phelps in their medley. but we should be clear she denies all allegations. from that story to a more heartwarming local story, when we talk about the olympics, you talk swimming, gymnastics, beach volleyball, one of the sports that dent get a lot of attention is judo but we have one of the best judokas in the world. during her competition her friends in the south bay got together to cheer. >> it's amazing. words can't describe the feelings that go into this and i mean, how much work and time and preparation. >> reporter: a lot of work, time and preparation for marti malloy, part of that very world famous san jose state judo program and here in london she

wins a bronze medal. this is significant, winning a medal is great but becomes only the second american female in the history of the olympics to win a medal in judo. >> a little surreal for me. i surprised myself in the final when i won, so it's still a mix of happiness and unbelievableness. feels really good. >> reporter: congratulations to marti malloy, the judoka. from san jose state. congratulations. coming up later michael phelps in the pool looking for his 19th career olympic medal which would be a record. i don't know where he puts all of those back at home. >> but he'll keep on winning them. thank you very much. right now we're going to put up the results of the competition from some of our bay area yo

olympians. we like to call a spoiler alert. if you don't want to know what happened we'll play music while we put up the results. when the music stops it's safe to look back at the tv. >> michael phelps as we mentioned goes for his 18th olympic medal later today when he races in the 200 meter butterfly finals. that would tie him with

legendary soviet gymnast for the most career olympic medals. the 77-year-old champion says may attend at the run for hit. that would be interesting. phelps holds the record in the 200 meter butterfly event. >> more magic. for more on the olympics including how michael phelps is still looming large over ryan lochte, go to nbc bay area and scroll down for the london 2012 section. we'll go back to london with mr. raj mathai. >> right now i want to get you a live update when it comes to the forecast. here is meteorologist christina loren. or maybe not. taking a live look outside over san francisco this morning. the sun is up already. how about mike right now with a look at traffic. >> we'll take you for a first look out at oakland.

traffic is jammed up. the live shot shows you what's going on. southbound just past the hegenberger exit. the center divide and the activity. i saw a change. they put flares out. looks like a flat bet tow truck is on the scene. folks are jammed, one lane gets by. you see the slowing is only from 66 down to about 98th and hegenberger so just that portion, stick it out, no need for an alternate. hopefully we'll see that clearing. northbound 101 slows in san jose north of 680, a look at the headlights things are bunching up past the 680/280 interchange. >> this is a beautiful live picture. good morning to you. it's comfortable.

we're ats degrees at san jose. we're getting mostly cloudy and socked in with fog in san francisco at 55 degrees to start, throughout the day, hour by hour forecast tells the story. comfortable inland at noon. then it gets too hot. if you want to walk the dog, try to get that done before we hit lunch time. by 4:00 p.m. the low 90s return. 78. your seven-day forecast ready to go in my next report. back to you guys. >> thank you. we're following breaking news in india, more than 600 million people now without electricity after three hower grids fail. hundreds are stalled. that caused traffic jams all over new delhi. this is the second massive

outage in as many days. we'll keep our eyes on this and update you as there are more developments. 600 million people without power in india, on record as the largest power outage ever. >> a man charged in the murder of south bay teenager sierra lamar will be back in court. bob redell is live with why her family will not be there. >> reporter: good morning. antolin garcia torres is expected in the next 3 1/2 hours. he could enter a plea to the charges of kidnapping and murdering sierra lamar. i say could because according to our legal analyst he may ask for another delay. he did so in his first court appearance after his arrest last may. he might do the same again today to prepare for his def. he faces serious challenges.

investigators say his dna was found on her clothes and her dna in his car. our legal analyst points out for the prosecution this is not an open and shut case. >> one, there is no body. two, we don't know much about any crime scene or trauma and have no murder weapon. >> reporter: you mentioned sierra lamar's family not being here. her parents won't be at the hall of justice. they don't want to hear the suspect say the words not guilty when asked how he pleads aconsuming he does enter a plea. this according to marc klaas. the searches continue every wednesday and saturday out of burnett elementary. reporting live, bob redell

"today in the bay." >> a bay area family thankful to be alive after flames swept through their home. this happened in east oakland about 10:00 last night. firefighters say when they arrived the flames were stevens point point out all of the fl r floors. the home as you might expect has been completely gutted. >> 6:10. witnesses to a party bus tragedy tell their story. >> he goes my girlfriend's dead -- >> we're hours away from one of the most anticipated days in olympic coverage. up next live from done 1 with an inside look at the gymnastics competition. >> hours from a wul billion dollar trial. [ female announcer ] with swiffer dusters,

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>> good tuesday morning to you. let's show you a live look at sunrise. 6:12 over san jose. beautiful conditions. that sun will set at 8:18. we'll have the seven-day forecast. back to you, jon. >> thank you, christina. david cameron among the common folk today on tuesday commuting like millions in london. he's taking the tube to work, that is the london version of the subway out there. getting on feeling good, checking out. our live coverage of the 2012 olympic games continues in a matter of minutes. >> with the commoners out there. time for a check of the top stories. the man charged with kidnapping and killing sierra lamar in march returns to court. antolin garcia torres is scheduled for arraignment where he could enter a plea. >> in the east bay, a family

thankful to be alive after flames rip through their oakland home. fortunately everybody was able to get out but fire crews tells us house is gutted completely. >> india is in grips of one of the largest power outages, 600 million in the dark after two power grids fail. how will it affect call centers and day-to-day business? scott mcgrew looking into that. he will have a live report. >> for the first time witnesses now describing that devastating scene after two women fall from a party bus out on a busy highway 17. christie smith is live at san mateo where a lawmaker is trying to toughen regulations for those buses. good morning. >> good morning. jerry hill says as soon as he heard there were miners on board

this party bus he started thinking about this lajlation and it kuld do a number of things starting with holding party bus drivers and tightening the loophole in place for limos but not the buses. a 25-year-old santa cruz woman was killed after she and a 20-year-old woman somehow fell out of a moving party bus. it's believed that they were fighting and the floor flew open. that's under investigation. the 20-year-old did tell investigators she had been drinking on the bus. there are often sound systems and dance floors. the bill is that if minors are drinking on one of these the trip is over. the driver could face stiff penalties for not enforcing the rules and in some cases sapper reasons would be required.

>> the legislation now will require that there be a mature adult who takes legal responsible if minors are on board. >> in this ski are somewhat split over this. others feel asking the driver to be so responsible would lead to distracted driving. the bill is in the senate. it has a couple more steps. if approved it could be in effect 2013. christie smith, "today in the bay." >> it's a big day for women's gymnastics especially team usa where they will try to flip their way to a gold medal. >> love watching them. go back to london with raj mathai out there. a preview of what we can expect to see. i know they are going too be on fire. >> you can agree with me, laura

has three kids at home. when all become olympians and one will, you are going to be a nervous recollect. you will be. >> i'm nervous now watching them flip off the couch. >> reporter: we all would be nervous as moms, dads, parents, if our kids were in the olympics. that leads us to the mother of jordyn wieber. she is one of the gymnastic scars and all of these parents are walking around very nervous. take a look. >> live moves fast at the olympics. under all of the pageantry is parenthood. there is a difference between these parents and these. olympic parents aren't sear to see the sights, instead pray to the gods. >> i have to kind a church like almost the first day and i go

there every day and do some healthy prayers. >> i went to westminster abbey and lit a candle. >> san francisco dad greg doesn't just pray for his son, he coaches them. >> i cope a clear picture. he is student and when the mask comes off i'm the dad. >> reporter: that's mr. massialas and alexander competing today and then the gymnastics team looking for their second medal. the last time 1996 in atlanta. so you can find jordyn wieber is on at westminster abbey. back to you. schgot to try as much as you can so.

much of this fab 5 team, they weren't born yet. >> today we're looking for sunshine. >> yes. we are going to be graced with some gorgeous weather today and tomorrow we'll heat you back up so if you've got a debate to get your out door activities, maybe raking the leaves, mowing the lawn. today procedure comfortable. we shaved off about 10 degrees. tomorrow we'll climb back to 95 a. live look starting in on san jose. your east bay cities the moderate range now. good air ault, i point be surprised if we're sparing the air. at 60 in san jose and 60 in livermore. today we have a little change, an area of low pressure to the

north, this is going to usher in fog at the coast and hug the coastline. for us that means the westerly wind will bring comfortable temperatures later on this afternoon into this evening at the coast. it's going to be hot inland with not a lot of wind out to livermore. 91 in livermore. 90 in fairfield. by tomorrow we'll heat you back up, drop you off a touch thursday into friday. the cooldown t significant cooling sunday into monday next week when temperatures fall and we keep that trend down as we head through tuesday, wednesday, thursday, so much cooler week ahead. just got to get through this hot one. here's our man mike. >> let's put this into perspective. the approach to the bay bridge, no metering lights. you see that close to 60 miles per hour. except for here, southbound 880, coming from about high street down to the coliseum on the map to hagenberger a live look shows you the progress on this

accident. they hooked up the car that was involved. there was sand barrel repair that may have prevented serious injury. look at the slowing. we have two lanes south past the hagenberger off ramp. that's south into hayward. add five minutes on. them you're okay. crossing 92 okay and the direction up the high rise from the hayward side over to foster city side. 101 and 280 move. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >> a lot at stake as the patent trial of the century starts. >> of the century. want to check win scott mcgrew. >> you got to come up with something to make it exciting. they had the thriller in manila. if you figure out what rhymes with san jose. the bottom line question is does a samsung phone act and look too much like an apple phone?

appearing arguments in federal court, this after yesterday's jury selection. among the jurors a google engineer and early people who own their own patents. the judge in the case started the proceedings off by asking each juror if they had an iphone or samsung phone or something else. you would think everyone has an iphone. of the first 30 people impaneled yus ten had apple igons. one guy had a phone made by cas casio. one did it for the junior, he did have a samsung microwave. he wasn't sure if that would affect the trial at all. >> honesty. >> 2$2.5 billion at stake. first day of the opening arguments this morning.

>> thank you. i'm impressed he knows what kind of microwave he has. >> 6:22. heading back to london for a live look at the coverage of the 2012 games.

>> welcome back. a report shows a condition ever bay area roadways to be in the worst in the nation and in addition to the everyday wear and tear those roads are causing damage. investigative reporter shows us it's costing you a lot of money.

>> well, we found out that bay area drivers are shelling out hundreds of dollars a year and in part one of a two-part series, we look at local roadways to find out where you are most likely to damage your car and how you can get some of that back. >> four tires and two rims because of this one pot hole. >> how much were you required to pay in order to fix your car? >> it was $2,100. >> those rough roads are now costing bay area drivers around $700 in additional repairs annually according to the transportation research center that's more than double the national average. >> as a driver how do you protect your car and wallet? >> you can't. you are pretty much set to the roads and what their conditions are. >> we've got some of the poorer roads because of the high volume of traffic. >> our roads are so poor that

the american society of civil engineers gave roadways in california a grade of a d-plus. >> came home with a d-plus grade your dad would take a dim view. we should as well. >> caltrans is responsible for maintaining 50,000 miles of state highways including bay area roads. tonight we hear from the state agency in our full investigation. that's after the olympics. >> thank you. look forward to that. >> very much so. and to the forecast today. a little bit of a cooldown. meteorologist christina loren. >> it hasn't been that hot this summer, we've had a rather mild summer. this week is looking hotter than average. today, about 88 inland, we'll be at 91 at 4:00. your full forecast in moments. >> we're tracking this pain in the nimitz, southbound 880 at the coliseum down to two lanes, progress made but i'll show you the slowdown coming up.

>> thank you. >> ahead on "today in the bay" t man accused of killing sierra lamar expected back in court but this time imsierra's family will not be there. we'll tell you why. >> apple stoking the rumor mill. what we're learning about an upcoming event the company is planning. [ cullen ] take a day off? i don't even take a morning off. [ danell ] i haven't ordered dessert in two years.

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>> fresh off the opening bell on wall street. it happened moments ago. we're getting word of after hour activity that could mean bad news for bay area stock. scott mcgrew will be along in minutes to explain. >> not as sizzling as it was yesterday but feeling like summer inland with plenty of 90s, 80s bay side, 70s at the coast. >> the nimitz, how it shapes up coming up.

>> good morning everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. 4 1/2 months after she disappeared the man accused of killing sierra lamar could enter a plea. bob is live in san jose with how sierra's parents are dealing with this day. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. it's our understanding they don't want to be in court at the hall of justice when the suspect in their daughter's disappearance appears because they don't want to hear him enter the words not guilty if he enters a plea according to marc klaas. an too little garcia torres did not enter a plea in may and it's possible he might not again during his appearance scheduled for a couple of hours from now. our legal analyst says his attorney might ask for another delay to give more time to prepare a defense. garcia torres has been charged

with the abduction and murder of the 15-year-old girl who disappeared in march. the challenge for the prosecution according to our analyst is proving this case without a body and as far as we know without a weapon and crime scene. the challenge for the defense, explaining how her dna ended up in his car and his dna on her clothes. >> is there an innocent explanation for why garcia torres's dna may be on his possession and how much dna and how could it have been transf transferred in a way that doesn't equal murder. >> reporter: the search for sierra does continue in morgan hill. the klaas foundation is still coordinating searches every wednesday and saturday. reporting live outside the hall of justice, bob redell. >> this was a freak accident with a fatal outcome.

chp investigators trying to figure out how two women fell out of a party bus on highway 17 and leaving one of those women dead. christie smith is live with efforts to tough at any regulations on popular rides. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. details of this horrible party bus incident are still being sorted out but assembly man jerry ll we were at his offices, he is talking about his legislation and what he thinks it could do like bringing more accountability to this party bus industry and more in line with what happens. 25-year-old natasha was identified as the woman killed when she fell out of a bus this weekend in a dispute with a 20-year-old woman. how the door flew open is unkeer. the 20-year-old said she was drinking on the bus. we have video of the type of buses.

they often have dance floor, music and lighting. the chp says some of the passengers actually fled and many who returned were intoxicated. the bill could change a number of things. if there were a minor there would have to be a chaperone over 25, fines up to $2,000 for drivers who don't enforce the rules. >> participating in the alcohol that was going on, that could have prevented that from happening. he is required to stop the bus and basically terminate the trip and take them back. the chp says the person on this bus is cooperating with them. right now the bill is in the state senate. still a couple more steps to go. if approved it could be in place by 2013. christie smith, "today in the bay." >> opening statements begin this morning in a face-off between apple and samsung. apple is suing samsung accusing

the company of stealing its popular ipad and iphone designs. samsung counters saying apple is the one ripping off designs since it didn't jump into the mobile phone business since 2007 year after the first cell phone. apple is demanding $2.5 billion in damages and injunction barring samsung from selling its phone and tablet. >> apple scheduled an event to unveil a, quote, major product. analysts speculate this is probably the iphone 5. reports say apple may show off that new mini ipad with a 7-inch screen. apple keeping with tradition not saying anything publicly. >> we're talking about the forecast, want to check in with christina loren. >> very publicly. this is a live look at london and you can see everyone has their umbrellas out.

a little drizzle out there, in the upper 60s. you can see all of those jackets. they will be out watching. those olympians, here for us we don't have a lot of fog, there is some in the distance, you can see that near the toll plaza. i want to point out we have fog, mostly in the coastline. it has not breached the bay bridge. 60 in san jose, 55 degrees in san francisco. so reminiscent of what they are expecting in london. if you want to check those conditions log on. we have all kinds of experts there when it comes to olympics. the forecast works like this. 78 at noon. really comfortable inland until noon, then hot. 91 degrees at 4:00 p.m. 78 bay side. 68 at the coast. change is on the way. the micro climates kick it in as we head through the next couple days.

6:36 as promised let's check on that hurry up and wait. >> you show them one hurry up and wait. you expect that. a look at oakland shows you unexpected slowing southbound, counter commute for most folks and this is a big deal. still have two lanes blocked, trying to clear the debris and the car from the two lanes. the center and the fast lane. the alternate, you can use san leandro, international, looking pretty good. jump back on at 98th. get around the backup. the big jab 580, more join innous of tracy. all lanes cleared. jamming up. there is your commute from tully to the airport. >> coming up on "today in the bay," controversy brewering in london after a female chinese swimmer swims faster than michael phelps. why some call her victory disturbing. >> plus, a major power outage in india grows even larger.

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>> 6:40. video out of north korea where crowds gathered outside the main train station to watch their judo team win gold in london. north korea also won gold in weightlifting. back to london for medal counts

and highlights 18 f s in a few . the black out in india spread. both the eastern and northern electricity grids have failed today, leaving 600 million people without power. experts call it one of the world's largest blackouts ever. with so many high tech companies in the bay area doing business in india we wonder what implications that could have in the bay area. scott mcgrew is working on that and we'll have more in a moment. >> hard to wrap your mind around the scope of that blackout. the drew peterson murder trial getting under way today. peterson charged with drowning his third wife back in 2004. he pleaded not guilty and says that death was an accident. 58-year-old former police officer was charged only at the disappearance of his fourth wife in 2007. peterson still a suspect in that case but prosecutors have yet to file charges. in other news the wife of george

zimmerman will be arraigned 18 florida courtroom today. shelly zimmerman being charged with perjury. prosecutors say she misled the court about the couple's finances during her husband's bond hearing. george zimmerman is facing second-degree murder charges in the death ever trayvon martin. >> coming up a fight over a have game leads to a real life violence in an east bay neighborhood. >> live from london, checking back with raj mathai as he takes a look at the biggest olympic stories including one centered here in the bay area. >> a mystery in the world of the coffee business. we'll take a look. this is the plan for back to school.

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>> yes, the magic continues to flow, another big day today for

the olympic games with all of the big name athletes competing on the world's largest stage. that's a live picture of london skyline with the olympic flame still burning as athletes are competing for hours. live to raj mathai. he's been working for hours and has an athlete from the bay area still celebrating that victory. >> reporter: it's been real nice. jon, you think laura or christina would host an olympic viewing party? >> i think that would be awesome. they would. judge just step over the toys on the floor and come over. >> reporter: the big party happened just recently in the south bay, a lot of friends and family gathering to watch someone do judo. judo isn't big in america. you talk about america it's swimming, gymnastics. this is one of the most notable

stories in the team usa. someone wins a medal in judo, it's an american female the second time in american history, from san jose state. here is the viewing party. take a look. >> it's amazing. words can't describe like the feelings that go into this and how much work and time and preparation. >> reporter: we have been following her for months, we're talking about marti malloy who won a bronze medal in judo. she was close to the silver and gold. it's okay she wins bronze. 26 years old and like we mentioned only the second time an american woman won any type of medal in judo at the olympics. >> it feels a little surreal to me. i surprised myself when i won so it's a mix of happiness and unbelievableness. but it feels really good.

>> reporter: she is excited. very nice story for marti malloy. from positive news to negative news here. we woke up this morning and in the front page of most of the papers, big headline. i'm clean vow's china's swim star. it's a bit of a doping scandal people pointing fingers, talking to american swimming officials pointing the fingers at the chinese all about what they say is very suspicious of what's happening. the head of p american swimming coaches association says it's unbelievable disturbing and does not add up. we're talking about 16-year-old ye shiwen. she shattered the world record. her final 50 meters she swam faster than ryan lochte and michael phelps but she denies all allegations in terms of what the americans, some, are saying that she is doping. speaking of michael phelps this is a big day in london.

phelps is in the pool looking for his 19th career medal. if he gets it he would be the all-time leader, the most decorated athlete of all time any sport, any country. in the 200 meter butterfly so. a big day. a lot of people say this is the best day of the entire olympic games. you have women gymnastics and this michael phelps story. and of course we'll have the big viewing party at laura's house. >> come on ower. >> now i know where i'm watching the game. >> i make a mean guacamole. >> a lot of fun out there. it is a great day for the olympics and heads up for you now, we're going to put up some of the results of the competition from some of our bay area olympians. the competitions have not yet

aired. so if you don't want to mow what happened we're going to play music. when the music stops it's safe to look at your television again. >> there you have it. come on back. for more on the olympics including how michael phelps is still looming large over ryan lochte, go to nbc bay area and scroll to the london 2012 section. we'll go back to london for more live updates throughout the entire day so stick around. >> closer to home, check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> another spoiler alert. it's going to be beautiful at

the beach today. i mean spectacular conditions even in san francisco, you're going to get treated. running warmer than average in most bay area cities but not much. san jose today, you'll hit about 85 degrees so not too shabby. a live look, sun came up at 6:12, it will set just after 8:00. we're looking good for the first part of the day. then rather hot between noon and 4:00, but we're starting out at 60 degrees so perfect for any outdoor activities. 55 in san francisco, 58 in sunnyvale, high pressure is in control. the jet stream has started to move, that's going to issue in a stronger on shore flow. we're going to expect 80s and 90s inland and temperatures climb back up as tomorrow.

we're swinging you up and down all week long. the good news is we don't have extremes. hottest day of the week, we're done with that. 81 in los gatos. today 69 in san francisco, and 81 in redwood city. the giants are back at it after five straight losses tonight. 7:15. comcast sports net, 58 degrees at 8:00 p.m. wind might come into play out of the west. taking the ball out to left center field. you can flip back and forth between comcast and the olympics here on nbc bay area, we have you covered. 87 by friday, then we cool you off more as we head to the weekend. 6:51. that drive has been getting busy. here's mike. >> we have good news. look at this, 880 southbound, all lanes are clear. good stuff, recovering, the traffic showing a lighter volume. speeds coming up in the 30s and 40s as you pass fruitvale and spreading out past 98 down in

toward san leandro. all of this moving south. the northbound side of 101 jamming up from capitol expressway all the way to the airport so the volume for the south bay jamming. back to you. >> thank you. the man charged with murder of morgan hill teen sierra lamar will be in court in a few hours. bob redell is live with an update whether he plans on entering a plea. good morning. >> reporter: antolin garcia torres is expected in court at 9:30 where he could enter a plea to charges that he kidnapped and murdered sierra lamar. i say could because according to our analyst he might ask for another delay. he did that during husband first appearance after his arrest in may. he might do the same again today in order to get more time to prepare his defense. he faces serious challenges in

proving he was not involved in sierra's disappearance. investigators say his dna was found on her clothes and her dna in his car. the prosecution faces a battle because they don't have a body. as far as we know they don't have a weapon or crime scene. sierra's parents will not be at the hall of justice because they do not want to hear suspect say not guilty if and when he does enter a plea, according to mark klaas. the searches do continue every wednesday and saturday in morgan hill. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> 6:53. a deadly ride on a party bus on highway 17 and this morning we're hearing from witness who is rushed to help when two women fell out of the bus during a fight on board saturday.

christie smith is live with one lawmaker's efforts to try to prevent future damages. >> the bill that we're talking about would make this party industry more in line -- >> we apologize, we lost christie's live shot there. there we go. are you back? can you hear? >> i can hear you fine. this would bring the party bus industry more in line with limousines in that the driver is responsible for keeping underage drinking in check. the assemblyman is talking about it after the incident this weekend along 17 where a 25-year-old woman was killed after she fell from one of these buses in a dispute. that 20-year-old said she had been drinking on the bus. we have video of these party buses. the bill would require if minors

are on board a chaperone too, if minors are caught drinking the troyp is over. if approved this could be in effect january 1, 2013. reporting live in san mateo, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> we can tell you a bay area fire district is right now fighting to try to save its stations. the fire district will propose asking voters to pass a $75 a year parcel tax in november ta try to prevent the closure up to 10 stations. this tax would generate an estimated $16.8 million each year, that would be over seven years. if approved the tax would take effect starting july of 2013. >> the cocoa county fire district covers more than 300 square miles, hoping to avoid the same fate as its neighboring east fire district. it had to close half its stations earlier this month

after a parcel tax there failed. >> this is interesting. a german company's bid for peet's coffee may not be enough. >> there is talk that starbucks could come in. >> maybe so. let's look at the evidence. we have no hard facts. consider this. a share trading above what is the company is offering to pay so that makes no sense. why would you buy shares in something that pay less when the sale goes through. unless you think some other company is going to swoop in and pay even more. that company, if it exists, would logically be starbucks. we'll continue to watch. the worst is really over in the housing crisis. for a couple years you heard experts say we were recovering and i've been less optimistic because i was looking at the data. for several weeks now we've seen more and more actual factual data that prices are moving up across the board including san francisco prices were starting

to move up. and we will talk about india, india power grid failed, more people are without power this morning in india than there are people in canada and the united states combined. it's just before 7:30 in new delhi. they go on the half hour time zone system. so night is about to fall. i've been on the phone with several call centers. i've been able to get through to some of them. we've been on the phone with them and will continue to watch this as they go into their second day of one of the biggest power outages. >> so many bay area companies use their services. interesting. >> 6:57. we finish up with a final look at the weather. >> yeah, you know it's almost nighttime in india, we just started our day here and it's crisp out there this morning it we're starting at 62 degrees here in san jose.

we'll hit the mid to upper 70s by noon, warmest cities round out the day at about 91 degrees inland. that translates to 78 degrees bay side, 68 at the coast, and change is on the way. we're going to warm you back up tomorrow. we'll have the seven-day forecast every 15 minutes throughout today show along with more olympics. we'll see how fun your drive is. >> getting better where we have southbound 880 off of high street, much better flow after the accident cleared for the south at hagenberger. still slow approaching fruitvale to the coliseum because of the ripple effect. south 880 through fremont, this is the southbound side here as you pass tesla in toward mission boulevard. a nice drive starting to build at the dumbarton bridge cross over. san jose, northbound 101 jazzed up. it flows nice now. from capital expressway past 680 you see here all the way to the airport, jamming up to the 30s.

palo alto area no problem for 101. good peninsula drive. >> thank you, mike. >> here is a look at some stories you'll hear more about. the man charged with kidnapping and killing sierra lamar is due back in court. 21-year-old antolin garcia torres could enter a plea. the arraignment coming two months after his arrest. >> a home in east oakland is a loss after a fire. all 11 people inside the house on 82nd avenue near nay got out safely. crews tell us the house was being renovated and the lack of walls helped the blaze spread. coming up tonight, you won't want to miss it. gymnastics, swimming and women as diving all taking center stage. >> a good night to hang out on the tube and check out nbc bay area. don't miss one moment of that olympic action. make sure to check us out on nbcbayarea.com. there you will find our olympic tv schedule sorted, sport by

sport and all by the day and the time. >> everything that you need to know you're going to find it on nbcbayarea.com. thanks for joining us. we'll be back at 7:25 for a local news update. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. the missile strikes. 17-year-old missy franklin with her very first medal taking the 100 meter backstroke in dramatic fashion. >> it's impossible to describe. i can't believe that just happened. >> as team usa takes gold and silver on the men's side, but for ryan lochte and the u.s. men's gymnastics team, a day of disappointment. next up, women's gymnastics. the fab five's chance to live up to their name today, tuesday, july 31st, 2012.