monday, august 20th, this is "today in the bay." >> 6:00 on the nose. good monday morning everybody. always happy to have you along for the ride. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. we begin with breaking news in saratoga. a water main break has partly collapsed a stretch of road, dispatchers telling us a sinkhole tore through pierce road close to pike road. that's about a mile north of the mountain winery if you're familiar with that. so far no word on injuries or damage to cars. we do have a crew on the way and will bring you updates as soon as we get them. >> we're following a developing story in the south bay, san jose dealing with a spike in violent crime including four killings in six days. bob joins us live with more on

what's being done to try and stop the violence. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, four homicides with over the -- within the past week or so, and police right now, they don't see this being an upward trend. they are, rather, characterizing it as an anomaly, a bad coincidence if you will. this shows the location of where those people were murdered. most happening this past monday. two men were shot in separate instances then, and a woman in a third instance stabbed by a sword. a vigil planned for her tonight. another man was shot near south winchester. no arrests yet. police are investigating whether some of these are gang related. mayor chuck reed says this violence shows that the city need more officers on the streets, how to pay for that, though, is a point of

contention. the mayor argued pension reform would help. it's not exactly popular with the police rank and file. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> new this morning the man in the east bay now dead after being hit by an ambulance at 65 miles an hour. the man stopped his car on the shoulder of highway 4 east of eighth street in antioch about 11:30 last night. he left the car running and then walked out into traffic where he was hit by an ambulance. officers shut down the left lane during the investigation. the chp says it's not sure why the man wondered onto the road. >> an 81-year-old man facing charges for road rage. police say 81-year-old harry e. smith of oakmont chased down a cyclist on the golf course before hitting him with his car. smith was driving with a license suspended because of previous

road rage that happened on 101. the cyclist's wrist was broken. smith was arrested over the weekend. >> a bizarre twist in the scandal involving melky cabrera. we're learning he may have tried to fool major league baseball with a creative cover-up that backfired. christie smith is in san francisco with details of this alleged scheme. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. another strange turn and it is not looking good for the milk man. according to a new report an associate of melky cabrera's bought a website in an attempt create a defense against alleged steroid use. the associate bought the website to try to fool major league baseball to show that cabrera ordered supplements that were spiked with testosterone.

the report suggests that it all backfired as investigators looked into the positive test. comcast insider says that cabrera's days with the giants are over. >> obviously he didn't tell me the truth a few weeks ago when i asked him. he didn't tell -- it underscores why you'll probably never see melky in a giants uniform again. >> reporter: giants management has not commented on this report but has sparked a federal investigation. cabrera's agents say they had no knowledge or dealings with any one associated with this website. christie smith, "today in the bay." >> bay area firefighters loading up and heading out to the front line of two massive fires up north. calling this the ponderosa fire, threatening more than 3500 homes

and forcing thousands to evacuate. about 1,000 firefighters including crews from san jose, san francisco and san mateo county, are battling this fire which destroyed more than 12,000 acres. mandatory evacuation orders as firefighters battle a wild fire that burned nearly 45,000 acres since july 29. firefighters are working on burnout operations. >> let's see what forecast they are up against with meteorologist christina loren. >> different from what we expect here in the bay area. they are going to get a little delta breeze, however, they are not going to get as much marine influence that they need to get a handle on the fire. for us in the bay area, woo we're getting the moist air. this is a beautiful sun vise this morning coming in from san rafael. let's show you the difference,

completely cloudy. we have a thick marine layer. give yourself plenty of time. we havetic pockets of fog. only reduced visibility in santa rosa. we have good visibility elsewhere. let's get to it. stop the future cast at 7:00 a.m. a little bit of drizzle. right at the coast, you might have to use your wipers. a free car wash there. we'll see the trend as we head through each morning, a deeper marine player through thursday, hence temperatures dropping. at noon we get full sunshine over the area. 91 degrees inland today at 4:00 p.m. 76 bay side and 65 degrees at the coast. some changes on the way. we're going to take you through those. hold on for that. first here is mike. >> the build is on. the south bay shows slowing and a new incident so we'll focus on

this area of san jose. northbound 101, pretty typical build from mckee up to 880. the barricade shows you the off ramp. it may be partly if not completely blocked. reports of a stalled out taxi so a couple of cars, now chp, go ahead and use alum rock. a live look, show you how things are shaping up. 880 north of mission, a smooth flow. you see the volume picking up. with the headlights south of dakota down to milpitas. back to you. >> thanks so much. 6:07. mounting financial problems could disrupt or shut down operations at oakland's airports and sea port this is fall. the port of oakland operating both and it's struggling to rein in cost. more money will go out than is projected to come in. and add to that the agency's

pension and retiree program. leaders will not make any concessions. >> hey, before you pack up those bunches you want to check out the romaine lettuce. a recall warning. the supplier is voluntarily recalling romaine labeled field fresh single head romaine. there have been no reports of illnesses but the supplier is concerned that lettuce could be contaminat contaminated. including pennsylvania, puerto rico and canada. >> soaring temperatures are prompting state lawmakers to consider new laws to protect farm workers from the heat. a bill would require water to be available at all times within 10 feet of all employees, also shade within 200 feet. the bill would let people sue if

they break the rules. another would make at crime if employers don't provide adequate shade. two death this is summer are being investigated. >> governor brown is calling a special legislative session to get ready for the national health care overhaul. it comes as state lawmakers wait for guidelines from the federal government as california prepares to implement the land fork act by 2014. the act recalls for expansion of the medical program, the state is also working to set up a public health insurance exchange. >> coming up, paying more for shorter tripes. why an airline is hiking fares. >> campaign controversy. a swing state in jeopardy for the g.o.p. after a candidate

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>> here is a live look. this is san rafael in the north bay. a little cloud cover. we'll get a full look at the forecast with christina loren in a moment. your time is 6:12. >> decision 2012. this morning republicans running for office are distancing themselves from one of their major colleagues who made a controversial comment. stephanie chuang is here with more on the fallout. good morning. >> there are topics that even the most vocal hesitate to touch. todd akin talked about one of them. abortion and rape that results in pregnancy. now this is what akin said after a reporter at the fox affiliate in st. louis asked if abortion

in those circumstances should be legal. >> it seems to be first of all from what i understand from doctors that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> according to a 1996 study in the journal they found that among adult women an estimated 32,000 pregnancies result from rape each year. akin later said he misspoke in a statement saying the remarks did not reflect his empathy for the thousands of women raped and abused. the romney ryan campaign response was quick to distance itself from akin. quote, governor romney and congressman ryan disagree with mr. akin's statement and a romney-ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape. akin a tea party candidate won his primary two weeks ago and many considered him a favorite to unseat democratic senator

claire mccaskill. it would be a win for republicans who are trying to take control of the senate. the race now in question more than ever. >> thanks so much. new this morning political scandal out of china. the country's highest profile murder trial in years ended today. the wife of a chinese politician was given a suspended death sentence after confessing to killing a british businessman. she says she got him drunk and then poisoned him. media reports say they had a dispute over money and the man allegedly threatened her son. a suspended sentence is usually commuted to life in prison after two years. >> also new this morning the country of myanmar says it's doing away with its harsh censorship of media. journalists will no long ver to submit their work to state sensors before publication. reporters in the asian nation have long been considered the most restrictive in the world. >> in scotland prince phillip

left the hospital after successful treatment of a bladder infection. the husband of queen elizabeth ii was hospitalized. he is on his way to where the royal family is on vacation. >> if you are just waking up we're happy to have you. good morning. here is a check on the top local stories. san jose leaders say they are troubled by a wave of crime in the south bay. in six days four people killed and a number of others injured. >> a man in the east bay dead after being hit by an ambulance at 65 miles an hour. the chp says the man was hit on highway 4 east of eighth street in antioch at about 11:30 last night. the chp says it's not sure why the man wandered out on the road. >> the new york daily news reporting that a friend of melky cabrera tried to create a fake website to cover up his alleged steroid use.

it was trying to trick into believing that he had a test spiked with tess as the ter reason. the agent said he had no knowledge or dealing with the web zblixt stories we're following, an airline loved for low fares is about to ding travelers. southwest airlines is raising fares on flights less than 500 miles by $10 per round trip. that is about one third of their routes. united and delta matched their hikes. flight attendants at american airline approved an offer. the majority of flight attendants have now voted to accept the contract. by voting for the proposal, flight attendants avoid deeper cuts in bankruptcy court. the court needs to sign off on the new contract. the pilots union is still in dispute with that airline. >> a step closer to becoming a low income housing complex.

marin county officials deciding 240 affordable housing units could be built at grady ranch. the tract is owned by george lucas and in april lucas pulled the plug on a proposed compound over complaints by neighbors about the environmental impact. >> the jury in the apple/samsung case could reach a verdict this week. >> they will have plenty to play with. >> right. good morning. lawyers say they will provide jurors with dozens of cell phones to play with and examine as they come up with a decision, did samsung copy apple's iphone and ipad? final arguments should come tuesday in san jose. the jury should get the case by wednesday. apple wants $2.5 billion in damages. the judge in the case has hinted apple will not get it. >> also this week we'll see inside the financial world of

long suffering hewlett-packard on wednesday, other companies have reported slower pc sales. in fact, sad to say the most interesting thing out of hewlett-packard, explaining how layoffs are going. hp is cutting 8% of its work force. and video from stanford, engineers unleashing the latest robotic car. over the weekend students took measurements from real race car drivers in cars so they could get a better idea where they are. the robot audi can hit the track at 120 miles per hour. amazing. >> i need a robot. >> i would love to go 120 miles an hour. >> 6:18. if you're a college student cramming a new study might make you say why bother.

>> kiplinger did research and found the worst values in college majors. topping the list -- anthropology. this has an çunemployment ratet more than 10% for recent grads, if you happen to land a job chances are you only make about $28,000 annually. others making the list, fine arts, film, and graphic design. >> do what you love. and she's doing what she loves. she loves the weather. meteorologist christina loren. >> but my degree is in economics. i studied meteorology too. it's a tricky forecast to start. we've got fog at the coast, we're starting out clear in parts of the bay area but that won't last for long. between 7 and 9 we expect the marine layer to push further inland. a live look at san francisco. delays at about an hour. you want to check ahead with your carrier.

we'll check ahead throughout the morning and bring you updates but no surprise. returning to the coast we can count on the flight delays. we'll see mostly cloudy conditions in san jose. you can see not as thick, not as low to the surface, so this morning you're going to get clearing in the east bay areas as well as your san jose valley area, the whole silicon valley i should say. 58 in sunnyvale, 53 in san francisco and 57 degrees in san jose. it works like this. high pressure is still in control for the most part. we're going to see this area of low pressure sit and spin, ushering in a strong on shore flow throughout each day this week. starting tomorrow and hence our temperatures will be cooler and cooler. 3 to 5 degrees cooler by tuesday. santa cruz is the place to be if you're looking for the sun. 2:00, 70 degrees. saw ears perk up in the studio

when i said that. i'm looking at you, mike. 91 in livermore. 81 degrees in santa teresa. if you want the cooler weather, you prefer the 80s, today is the hottest. we're going to hold on to the cooler than average weather, back to average for the weekend. no more 90s. santa cruz sounds good. >> it does. unless you're driving smen and then it's crowded. i'm interested in moth sides and don't get emotional about this. westbound 580 getting jammed up around the north livermore exit as we see and of course more clouded immediate heading down to livermore. a pretty easy drive through the tri-valley. looking to the castro valley "y," building all the way to 580 north 238 slows all the way to

880 and 880 down toward hay swrd slowing as well. the bay bridge toll plaza has more cars so they turn the media lights. slowing after you get past the 880 overcrossing. you come down to emeryville. another bridge juáqáip (t&háhp & thq the san mateo bridge. smooth drive westbound. you can see some haze in the air that will be the case further north as well through santa rosa. so far the flow looking okay. back to you. >> mike, thanks. >> 6:22. coming up big league dreams for a little league team. we'll tell you about it coming up. a local all-star team heading to the next round at the little league world series. >> now famous north of the golden gate bridge, we're giving you a look at the plaza.

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>> welcome back. 6:25. little league team from pet a who pla has one more chance to stay in the running for the world series championship. yesterday hundreds of fans packed into the theater to watch petaluma play in the second round game in pennsylvania.

theç sonoma county all stars rallied twice to win the game. in the end petaluma lost 9-6. there is still hope. if the team wins every game moving forward they still have a chance at the championship. >> these boys never give up. they have confidence in themselves. they play to the bitter end. that's what they did as you saw in the home run in the bottom of the sixth. they don't quit. they play their hearts out. >> the team plays at 1:00 this afternoon in an elimination game against a team from new jersey. >> go p-town. 6:26. we throw it over to meteorologist christina loren to find out what's happening. >> hey, boys of fall are ready to get back at it as well. preseason football in effect. if you're outdoors doing any sporting event, especially inland monitor your outdoor exposure. 91 at 4:00 p.m. certainly hot out there today.

bay side, 76, and 65 at the coast. your seven-day reveals moderate changes. here is mike. >> south bay, the south bay focus with north 101 north of 680 has spread out. speeds are evening out as the volume continues to build to the airport. at mckee the issue cleared up. slowing out of the altamont pass. the volume builds up a tad but no drama into the city. >> thank you, mike. 6:27. coming up, cheating to win, the scam to avoid suspension for steroids. >> four killings in six days, a lot of unanswered questions. the large city dealing with a surge of violent crime. here you go little man.

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crime. >> cheating in the clubhouse, the giants left field steroid scandal takes a bizarre turn. >> there it is, how about that for crack timing from the production staff. the opening bell at wall street. it's monday, august 20, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning. thanks for waking up with us. it's 6:30. i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> we begin with an update on breaking news in saratoga where a water main break has partly collapsed a stretch of road, dispatchers telling us a sinkhole has torn through pierce road close to pike road. that's about a mile north of the mountain winery. so far no word of injuries or damage to cars. we're told that the hole in the road is seven to eight feet across and four feet wide.

one lane of pierce road is closed. we have a crew on the scene. we'll bring you updates as soon as we get them. >> we're following a developing story in the south bay as it's often ranked one of the safest big cities but san jose is dealing with a spike in violent crime. bob redell joins us with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. in the past several hours another man was shot here in san jose, officers found him with at least one gunshot wound around 9:00 last night. the last report from police his injuries are possibly life threatening. if you look at what's happened since monday, there has been a lot of violence. this map shows the locations of where four people were murdered over the past week. a man was shot in his car. later that day a man killed a woman using a samurai sword.

a vigil planned for her tonight. a 21-year-old man was shot that day, he ended up dying on wednesday. then yesterday morning when another man was shot and killed, that taking place near south winchester. that is four homicides, does not include other crimes in which people were seriously hurt. >> the gangs are getting ridiculous. >> i don't want to be walking the wrong colors so i threw away my blue and red colors. i don't want to take no risk. >> reporter: police are looking into whether some of those are gang related. they do not see this recent violence as part of a broader or upward trend. mayor chuck reed says and the chief would agree that the city needs more officers on the street the mayor argued that pension reform would help pay for that, not being very popular with a lot of police

department's rank and file. >> 6:33 now. a preliminary hearing being held in the case of a san francisco man accused of impersonating a plastic surgeon. carlos guzman operated a dermatology clinic without a medical license. he was arrested after a woman accused him of smoking a cigar and making her hold her own i.v. bag during a liposuction procedure. since then eight others, patients, have come forward including two women claiming they were assaulted. if committed he faces more than 30 years behind gars. >> new details are unfolding in the steroid scandal around melky cabrera. christie smith is believe the unusual steps he is accused of taking to cover up his alleged drug use. good morning.

>> reporter: good morning. this drug test story gets more and more strange. now comes a new report that an negotiate of cabrera's bought a fake website as part of a scheme to cool major league baseball. and explain steroid abuse. the plan to get him out of his suspension from the giants, that according to the new york daily news, which suggests the trick was to try and suggest that cabrera ordered a supplement from the website that was inadvertently spiked with te testostero testosterone. but that blew up in the investigation. comcast forts said cabrera and the giants are done. >> it shows the develop of deception that melky cabrera has gotten into. >> reporter: the daily news

reports that associate bought that website for about $10,000. one of the investigators was the lead investigator in the balco scandal. >> all-star mvp, career year, all gone. 6:35. toss it over to christina to find out what's happening on monday? >> good morning a. live picture of san francisco. we have flight delays, you want to check ahead. it is big travel day, back to work monday. what we're getting in terms of the sun vise over san rafael. spectacular this morning. you're getting the reds and originals. the next 15, 20 minutes, you'll continue to get those reds and oranges. let's show you what we expect in terms of our clock. a little drizzle expected so the

marine layer is going to get thicker and fush inland before all is said and done. take a look at that as i step out of the way. greater bay area, your our by your photograph. 78. 76 bay side and 65 at the coast. your full forecast coming up in a few minutes. first, see how the drive is. mike, how do we look? >> pretty predictable which is great as far as timing getting to work. here in livermore there may be a slight change now coming into the area. westbound 580 is fine. north livermore, there may be an issue. reports of a car in the center decide and possible traffic break. you may have benefit you are toward the dublin interchange. live look shows you how things are at the golden gate bridge. the backup. a live look shows you the golden gate bridge. the reason for the fog look at

the north end of the bridge. tough through santa rosa and petaluma. 101 on -- moves fithly. it's moving smoothly as well. >> mike, thanks. >> it's 6:37. coming up a famous hollywood backdrop the scene after tragedy. >> could john lennon's killer walk out of prison a free man? the crucial hearing that could unlock his sentence behind bars. [ taste buds ] donuts, donuts, donuts!

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>> bad news out of hollywood. a famous direct ser dead after jumping from an l.a. county bridge. 68-year-old tony scott directed several block busters. investigators say he jumped from a bridge at the port of los angeles. a dive team there pulled his body from the water several hours later. a suicide note was found in his office. no word what was written in that note. scott believed to leave a wife and twin sons. >> a man convicted of killing john lennon is up for parole. the new york department of corrections says mark day individual chatman could have a parole hearing tomorrow. the board could make a decision thursday or friday. he shot lenon in december 1980

outside the manhattan hotel where the former beatle lived. chatman was sentenced 20 years to life after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. >> coming up, a swing state in shock, the controversial campaign comment shaking up a crucial gop race. >> a massive wild fire rages up north. why emergency crews say they are forced to fight fire with fire. >> we'll check the markets and tweets from mars or really the scientists but they are funny. here you go little man.

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burning up north. this one is called the ponderosa fire, threatening more than 3500 homes and forcing thousands to evacuate. about 1,000 firefighters are there working extremely hard including crews from san jose, san francisco, and san mateo county. they are there battling the fire which has destroyed more than 12,000 acres since it was sparked by lightning on saturday. >> mandatory evacuation orders as firefighters battle a fire that's burned nearly 45,000 acres. firefighters say they are there working on burn-out operations that would help reduce the fire to fuel. >> moving to decision 2012. the gop in damage control mode after a republican running for office in a swing state made remarks that some call offensive. stephanie chuang joins us with how this is now hitting the presidential campaign trail. good morning.

>> good morning. congressman todd akin of missouri tried to back away from comments he made about rape that result in pregnancy. this is what akin said after a reporter at the fox affiliate in st. louis asked if abortion in those circumstances should be legal. >> it seems to me first of all from what i understand from doctors that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> according to a 1996 study, an estimated 32,000 pregnancies result from rape each year. that's a 5% rape related pregnancy rate in the nation among victims between 12 and 45 years of age. akin said he misspoke 18 statement saying the remarks did not show his empathy but the romney ryan campaign distanced itself with a statement reading quote governor romney and congressman ryan disagree with mr. akin's statement and a

romney/ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape. many political analysts had considered the tea party candidate a likely win for republicans in missouri to help republicans in their effort to take control of the senate. but of course that race is very much up in the air now. >> thank you. continuing our decision 2012 coverage t campaign is coming down to the wire and that means a flurry of visits across the country this week to key battle ground states. new hampshire one of the 13 hotly contested states that will decide the election. that's why both sides are campaigning hard with just 11 weeks to go. today mitt romney and paul ryan pairing up again in new hampshire for a joint town hall meeting, this comes a full week before they were set to appear together again at the republican convention in tampa. >> at one point thought they would split up in the week before the convention but now

together. the dynamic duo out in new hampshire. >> president obama returning to a doubleheader, in ohio before heading to nevada on wednesday. >> the white house is hosting an unusual state dinner of sorts this afternoon. first lady michelle obama has invited 54 children for the first ever kids dinner. they were selected after entering a contest for creating healthy lunches as part of the first lady's let's move campaign. they will have a tour of the white house kitchen gardens. >> mrs. obama did so many things for that campaign. cool for a kid to be out on the white house lawn eating, lunching with the first lady. >> kids eat free there. i love kids eat free rules. temperatures are good enough to get the kids out for the first part of the day if they are still home with you for summer it's going to be a little too hot later on.

put on the spf 30 plus as we're going to see about 13 hours of sunshine today. the sun will set at 7:55 and pointing this out all morning our nights are getting shorter and our morning lows are cooler, will continue to be the case. but i wanted to start with this live look at san francisco. it's pea soup this morning. we have flight delays as a result at about one hour. so you want to keep that in mind. 6:48. we'll show you what san jose looks like. same situation, mostly cloudy. but we're going to see sunshine the next couple of hours in san jose, the same for the extreme east bay and we'll continue to be the trend as we head throughout noon. your numbers, a half mile visibility in santa rosa, good visibility everywhere else. so we're looking good. in terms of your visibility at the surface. it comes to your morning drive give yourself extra time along the coast as we've had reports and drizzle this morning. expecting the reports to start becoming more frequent as the rain layer is at its thickest.

50 in santa rosa. 48 in novato. you might need a jacket. the ridge of high pressure that brought that monsoonal moisture up into the bay area, brought us showers over the course of the weekend. it takes a hike, starts to weaken and move to the east as we head throughout day allowing for the area of low pressure situated to our north to usher in a strong on shore flow. each morning we're going to see mostly cloudy mornings, thick fog, cooler afternoons. it works like this today. highs in the low 80s in places like san jose, you might not need the ac. 81 in los gatos. 66 degrees in san francisco. and this is what tells the story of today and the week. this will be the hottest, taking temperatures down a couple degrees starting tomorrow, wednesday into thursday, we'll cool off more so. then as we head to the weekend, temperatures leveling off right at the seasonal averages. we hit the stride, we're going to hold on to summer while it lasts. mike, only 30 days left of summer before the official start

of fall. >> a few weeks my kids go back to school. i like them learning. 680, a smooth drive flew the south bay. 101 does show the slowdown heading up to 880, a steady build to the airport as well. also heading to mountain view starting to see speeds come down as the volume starts to increase. in the east bay we see southbound 680 slowing, you might get caught with lower visibility over the hills into sunol and from sunol to fremont, some low clouds there. 880 southbound side from castro valley "y" into fremont, some slowing because of the build. westbound the commute slows because of the volume eastbound. a look at the bridge eastbound the headlights might see slowing as you come over the flat section off the high rise because there is a disabled vehicle on the shoulder, a little distraction. a live look outside further north, we're looking at folks heading south through san rafael. low clouds here so santa rosa you might have fog as well as

across the golden gate bridge. it's possible lower visibility out of the waldo tunnel into the city. back to you. >> thank you. >> today nasa's curiosity rover is getting ready for a two-year trek. >> this week nasa working toward getting its mars rover out on the move. claire leka joins us live, she serves up, she's spanning the universe right now for a look at the rover's target practice has been going so far. >> good morning to you, jon and marla. this is the stuff of "star trek" and the target practice is going great according to nasa scientists. they say it was a resounding success over the weekend. the mars rover curiosity zapping its first martian rock with its laser gun. in ten seconds the curiosity fires 30 pulses at the rock, burning a small hole into. scientists say they want to analyze this softball sized rock

named n 165 for its mineral composition. since landing in the crater two weeks ago the one-ton six wheel rover has been checking out its instruments including the laser. mars curiosity's mission is to find out if there is life on mars or if there was life on mars. its mission this week from flight controllers at nasa's jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena, they are going to try to move this rover side to side, then move it 1300 feet away to glenn elgn is a place about 1300 feet away where they are going to discover what types of rock formations there are because there are three kinds of terrain there. it's going to be quite interesting. we're live in washington. claire leka. back to you guys. >> thank you. >> scott mcgrew is in on the action, continuing our martian coverage, nasa scientists.

>> they are having fun. everything has a name with nasa t rock that got zapped with the laser n-165. and because this generation of scientists are young and hip they gave n-165 its own twitter account. take a look. the rock is reported to have said, quiet night in gale crater with my enigmatic new robot friend. as i look up to the stars i wonder does my existence have a purpose? to which it tweeted yes, you're target practice. there were also references to it's just a flesh wound coming from the rock. let's look at the markets. the dow industrials down again, mondays are hard on the market. apple hit another high. $654 a share. that gives the company a value way over $600 billion. facebook trading about even up about 2 cents, $19.08.

back to you. >> thank you. always a good day you get monty python in the show. a man accused of breaking into stooeb jobs' home will face a judge. threes say kareem mcfarland stole gadgets and jobs' wallet. he then gave a stolen ipad to a friend who used it during a street performance in san francisco. that friend is kenny the clown. he says he had no idea that the ipad belonged to the late apple co-founder or it was stolen until police showed up at his door. >> 6:54. we're following a developing story. san jose city leaders say they are troubled by a recent wave of crime. and six days four people have been killed and a number of others injured. bob is live in san jose with more on the spike in crime and what's being done. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. yes, four homicides within city limits over the past week.

police do not see this being representative of an overall trend in violence, rather, anomaly according to chief moore. this shows the locations of where the people were murdered. last monday a week ago two men were shot in separate crimes. in a third a woman was stabbed to death outside a walgreen's. a vigil is planned for her tonight. yesterday morning this was sunday morning, another man was shot to deathç near south winchester. no arrests in that case. police are investigating whether some of these murders are gang related. mayor chuck reed says the violence shows the city needs more officers on the street. how to pay for that is a point of contention. pension reform would help. pension reform is not exactly popular with all of the police rank and file. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. update to breaking news also in the south bay.

we're getting our look at that sinkhole in saratoga. there it is. dispatchers tell us it has torn through pierce road close to pike road about a mile north of the mountain winery. no word on injuries or damage but the sinkhole seven to eight feet across and four feet wide. >> new details in the melky cabrera drug scandal. he may have tried to trick major league baseball with a scheme. christie smith is live at at&t park in san francisco. she has all of the details on this evolving story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this story gets more and more strange. first the suspension, now come reports of a fake website that was purchased to explain away alleged steroid use. that according to the new york daily news, reporting one of cabrera's associates paid $10,000 for a website to try to fool major league baseball and suggest that cabrera order add

supplement on line but took t s testosterone unknowingly. the plot fell apart in the investigation, for the giants and cabrera's future together, comcast sports net andrew baggerly says it's over. >> he i don't tell me the truth a few weeks ago when i asked him, he didn't tell team trainers the truth or even his own teammates. it just underscores why you probably are never going to see melky cabrera in a giants uniform again. >> reporter: the alleged cover-up prompted a federal investigation that includes the lead investigator in the balco scandal. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> 6:57. one last check from meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. the ginds are in los angeles taking on the dodgers. 3 will be home as we round out the week. 78 at noon inland, hot at 4:00,

91, but no triple digits. this is the hottest day of the week. 76 bay side, 65 at the coast. the seven-day outlook every 15 minutes throughout the "today" show. here is your drive. >> i want to show you 580 t tri-valley getting mixed up. things jamming up into livermore because of a fender-bender as you're heading over to the interchange. so that's blocking the second and third lanes. no injuries, hoping the right equipment can get there. it's backed up so expect 20 to 30 minutes for this to sort out after the lanes hopefully will clear. the ripple effect, we'll track this. the bay bridge toll plaza, you have all of these backed up, the metering lights are on. the span moves smoothly. back to you. >> the "today" show is moments away. >> here is a look at what's in store. skinny dipping, drinking and controversial marks. the growing list of unexpected distractions plaguing the gop

out on the campaign trail. >> plus, the skinny on lower calorie ice cream treats, today test the calorie counts on popular brands. >> and brace yourselves. here we go, the jonas brothers stopping by the "today" show in the mall there, i guess we're told they have a huge announcement. >> can't wait. >> luxury comes at a price. >> indeed. one of the rarest cars in the world has a brand new owner this morning. last night an unidentified bidder, i would guess a rich unidentified bidder, paid $10.7 million at the pebble beach tour de elegance for a roadster. untouched for three decades, the car was in automotive time capsule when it was found in nan 89, had old maps in the door pockets, driving glove in the glove box. pink lipstick on cigarette butts in the ashtray. i bet that was worth something. do's believed to be one of a