>> i just want to know why he did that to my sister. she didn't deserve it. the search is on for a man accused of starting a woman on fire. why her family says he did it. also in just a few hours from right now, a bay area congresswoman will propose controversial new legislation hoping to prevent shootings like one at sandy hook elementary school. only a few seats are available. 49ers playoff tickets how they can be yours in just a few hours. >> let's go niners. a live look outside at the city that those 49ers represent. the beautiful city by the bay. that being san francisco and the bay bridge on this monday,

january 7th. this is "today in the bay." it is 4:30 on the nose. good morning, everybody. happy you could join us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm marla tellez. laura garcia-cannon is off today. let's get right to the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> good monday morning. back to work for most people as we head throughout the morning hours. temperatures are going to be cold. cold enough for some patchy frost and we have fog out there. 40 degrees to start you out in san jose. 35 in livermore. 43 degrees in san francisco. we got a warmup on the way for today. a mild stretch of weather as we head throughout the week. slight chance of rain. we'll detail that for you. troublesome fog this morning. let's find out what else we're watching out for. >> we're watching out for return of your commute. probably today we're going to ease into it. tomorrow hitting harder. right now 101 moves smoothly here through san jose. you see the low clouds in the

distance kind of silhouetting the freeway overpass for 680. the map shows you the south bay looking good as far as speeds right now. so far no incidents reported. a smooth drive for the tri-valley. that orange highlighting here is some of the fog that christina talks about. watch it here and patches through the north bay. vallejo and santa rosa in particular spots for morning fog. back to you guys. we begin with a brutal story this morning. san francisco police continue to search for a man wanted for dousing his girlfriend with gasoline and starting her on fire. they say 22 year old dexter oliver attacked her near hollister and jennings in the bay view district. 25-year-old star lamar is now in critical condition in the burn unit at st. francis hospital.

family members say oliver became enraged when lamar told him the relationship was the over. >> poured gasoline in a bottle. >> police say oliver is 5'10", 155 pounds, and has a haircut with a lightning bolt on one side of his head and fish designs on the other. also this morning, san jose police hoping new clues will help lead them to suspects in the city's very first homicide of the year. officers found the body of a man in front of a home on tripoli anticipate yesterday afternoon. that's just a few blocks from mclaughlin avenue. officers say that man was shot in the head but they do not have a motive for the shootings. he was in his 30s and related to those people inside the house. there were 46 -- a total of 46 homicides in san jose last year, more than any year since the 1990s. in just a few hours from now, an east bay lawmaker will introduce controversial legislation in the hopes of

curbing gun violence. skinner will announce plans to file a bill that will tighten laws on ammunition sales in this state. it's in response to the shooting in newtown, connecticut, where the gunman was found to carry high capacity magazines. it would ban magazines from being sold in oakland, california. the man accused of killing seven people in a shooting rampage at an oakland university is expected in court this afternoon. lawyers hearing from a court ordered psychologist on whether he is mentally competent to stand trial. in november another psychologist said he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and could not understand those charges filed against him. he now faces murder and attempted murder charges for the shootings last april where he was a nursing student. turns out oakland police are not happy with the city's plans

to help the department. the chronicle reports the police union is upset about the city's plan to bring in ten alameda county sheriff's deputies and a sergeant to help out the understaffed department. officers think the $530,000 can be better spent on squad cars, better training and/or new hires. a special meeting being held to talk about the proposed closure of several east bay firestations. county supervisors voting last month to shut down a total of four stations in clayton, lafayette, martinez and walnut creek. they say the closures are needed to close a budget deficit. tonight's meeting starts at 6:30 at the lafayette veterans memorial building. 4:35. there's something new on the menu at schools in san francisco this morning. the school district is partnering with bay area based revolutions foods to offer healthier lunches for kids. revolution foods was started by two uc berkeley students in 2006

with a focus on using local ingredients to create homemade healthy school lunches. the $9 million contract with san francisco unified is revolutions biggest deal yet. a few hours from now the 49ers playoff tickets going on sale. there's a limited number of tickets available for saturday's game taking on the packers. you are told to head to ticketmaster.com starting at 10:00 this morning. also playing this saturday baltimore ravens surviving yesterday taking on the denver broncos and on sunday seahawks visiting the falcons and texans play in new england taking on the patriots. >> those are going to be gone in a flash. >> exactly. most of them are gone now. limited. bloom. flash. meteorologist christina loren, i got rained on during my run yesterday morning as expected. >> i told but that. couldn't have come as too much of a shock. good morning to you. you won't get rained on during

your afternoon run, marla. we know you like to go double time this time of year. 33 degrees in napa. 39 in sonoma. 43 in san francisco. i have already given up my new year's resolution like most of the country. 41 down in gilroy. let's talk about what's happening out there. throughout the day today not going to see a lot of frost. we do have patchy frost out there. temperatures in the low 30s and even coldest cities across the bay. a bigger factor this morning is the fog. down to a quarter of mile visibility in livermore and tapa. that fog is back. keep that in mind. temperatures are going to be cool to start. we'll warm you up by 5 to 10 degrees from yesterday's highs. stop the clock for you at noon and clouds will clear just a touch. we'll see nice sunny finish.

let's look at your drive with mike. >> we'll give you a look out here. this is east shore freeway where we were going to see a lot more cars hitting the roadway. today probably easing into it. a lot of schools back for the first day and parents like to see their kids off so we'll see a later commute and it's a monday. tomorrow be prepared. so here's your commute direction on the maps. we took a look at that for the live shot and easy drive right now heading toward the maze. upper deck shows yellow but that means speeds down toward 55 to 60 which you should across the span. look in the upper right-hand corner. orange out of vallejo. more fog reported there and parts of the north bay, santa rosa over toward the coast. 101 moves smoothly down through novato and into san rafael. a live look shows you san rafael. we'll track that and volume and sunol. we talked about fog. quarter mile visibility through livermore. not a great shot but it shows that you fog as you come 680 southbound under the street lights. back to you guys. 4:38. members of some bay area

churches say they are upset with the sunday switch they never saw coming. san francisco has started enforcing parking meters on sundays from 12:00 until 6:00. the city is happy saying sunday enforcement means an extra $2 million a year for the transit agency. some say it's at the expense of the community. >> we like to hang around. our kids play with the other kids. we have coffee. we chat. and it hurts the community feel if we're all sort of watching our watches and thinking i hope the sermon doesn't get overtime to avoid getting a ticket. >> some small business owners are also concerned saying it will drive people to shop at malls that have free parking. nonstop flights from san jose to tokyo begin this friday. japan's airways will offer the service. service will be five days a week to start off with. over the summer it will be

daily. many silicon valley tech companies do business in japan and they have been lobbying for nonstop service. by the way, we checked the airlines webpage this morning, friday's flight is already sold out. coming up, all tech all the time. the computer electronics show debuts today. scott mcgrew shows us what's creating the buzz. >> doesn't hurt to have buzz because you're in vegas. this morning why republicans say they are not happy the president's republican nominee for secretary of defense. disney has a new way for you to get through the park faster and easier. we'll tell you all about it next.

welcome back. welcome to monday. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll see if the morning commute gets back to normal after the holiday vacations that you have taken. tickets are going on sale soon but some veterans are complaining about the ticket prices. prices have gone up every year but this year they start out $380 a piece compared to $240 last year. there will be some low-income

tickets available though. tickets go on sale in february and will be first come first served. when it started in the '80s, it was free. mickey in the fast lane. disney coming up with a new way to help you speed through the park. for that and a look at how futures are tradie intrading, l things over to hampton pearson at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> how are you doing, jon? futures are lower as the markets come off a great start to the new year. the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 all rose more than 4% last week as congress reached a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. the s&p is now setting at a five-year high. light week for economic data. earnings season kicks off tomorrow night when aluminum giant alcoa reports. dow rising 43 points on friday to close at 14,345. nasdaq up one closing out at

3101. disney will launch a vacation management system cutting out the need for paper passes, cash or credit cards. the program will allow visitors to pre-select fast passes, rides, parades or other events and pay for food and souvenirs with a tap of the wrist and get personalized interaction with disney characters. guests won't be forced to use the my magic plus bands and can decide how much information they really want to share with disney. more merchandising magic if you will from the magic kingdom. jon? >> more magic for all of us. we look forward to it. thank you very much. we were just discussing which ones we like. >> i like to crank it and really get it going. >> of course you do. >> we want to get you going. fog is not going to help this morning. it's out there this morning.

what will help? the cold air. that will wake you up when you walk out your front door. cold enough for patchy frost as well up in the north bay. we're starting out pretty nice this week. today is going to be a nice warmup by 5 to 10 degrees. a great way to kick off back to work monday. lots of people headed back after a nice long holiday season. we had a great holiday season. 33 degrees in napa. 43 in san francisco. and 40 degrees in san jose to start. 41 in gilroy. grab your coat. leave the umbrella at home for today. probably had to use it yesterday. temperatures are going to warm up nicely. we'll see sunshine for today. mostly a mix of sun and clouds and this is one of the things that's going to keep people on the slow side this morning trying to get to work. we do have fog dense in parts of the bay area. livermore, napa valley, even santa rosa, watch out for thick pockets of fog. not seeing coastal marine layer fog we do from san mateo through novembe

novato through the golden gate bridge. nine miles of visibility. we expect to drop off as we head throughout the morning we'll keep you updated by 8:00 a.m. most of that fog is concentrated over the bay. san jose will be partly cloudy to mostly cloudy at that point. between noon and 4:00 p.m. that sun comes out in full force and temperatures today are going to reflect that sunshine. look at this. 63 in santa rosa today. 61 in santa theresa. 61 in san jose. we'll tack on additional two to five degrees to these highs today for your tomorrow. tuesday looking great. 63 degrees inland. that goes bayside and coastal as well. wednesday into thursday temperatures are going to drop off. area of low pressure will move into the bay area. it will provide more cloud cover and cooler temperatures. friday into saturday, staying nice and dry for your weekend plans. still on the cool side. next round of rain comes into play until sunday. a nice dry stretch to kick off this back to work week. back to you guys. >> thanks. 4:47. in just a few hours, we'll learn more about the suspect in the colorado movie theater massacre.

the preliminary hearing gets under way today against james holmes. he's accused of killing 12 people at that movie theater in aurora last july. during the preliminary hearing, the judge will listen to the 911 calls. he will also watch video clips and hear from various witnesses. the case will determine if there is enough evidence to try holmes for murder. good news out in new york and new jersey. help is on the way for the victims of superstorm sandy. the president signing into law almost $10 billion bill to help pay for flood insurance claims. the law increases fema's borrowing authority there. the white house says without that additional money more than 100,000 flood claim payments from sandy would be delayed. congress planning to vote on a comprehensive sandy aid package on january 15th. president obama's choice for defense secretary is facing mounting opposition in congress. the president is expected to name former republican senator

chuck hagel for the post. that's not sitting well with many of his gop colleagues. hagel is considered a moderate. the 66 year old criticized the iraq troop surge and also opposed sanctions on iran. hagel has made controversial comments in the past on the pro-israeli lobby and the gay community. >> he apologized for it. i think anyone that serves in my administration understands my attitude and position on those issues. >> chuck hagel would be the most antagonistic in our nation's history. >> hagel would oversee the winddown of troops in afghanistan. a war he first supported and then criticized. >> secretary of state hillary clinton is set to return to work today after a rough month of medical problems. clinton contracted a stomach virus early last month. she reportedly became dehydrated and fell hitting her head causing a severe concussion and during a follow-up exam, doctors

found a blood clot and admitted her to the hospital. she was released this past wednesday. clinton is planning to leave office when a successor is approved by congress. the president has already nominated john kerry for the job. it is 4:50. the nhl lockout is over and the sharks are getting ready to hit the ice. >> finally. >> yeah. coming up, one sport analyst tell us why it could have an advantage when the season finally starts. you still have a little advantage. early in the commute. we'll tell you about what we're expecting and actually the latest from chp crossing the bay coming up.

welcome back, everybody, on a monday morning. day one of the workweek. a live look over san jose. some nice colors out there. kind of maybe inspire you to get rolling as this is the official start of the workweek. it is 4:53. good news for shark fans. we could find out when the sharks will play the first game of the entire season and their first one of the year at hp pavilion. nhl expected to release a schedule for the 2013 season as early as this morning. terms of that ten-year deal that ended the lockout finally still need to be ratified by both sides. league executives want a 48-game regular season schedule that could start as early as january 19th. comcast sports net tells us why the lockout may actually give

the sharks an advantage. >> one thing the sharks should have going for them is they had 11 different players play overseas competitive hockey at one point during this lockout. you would think that would help them right off the bat. they had more players playing competitive hockey than the kings and dallas stars, than phoenix coyotes. really you would think that will help them because there's not much of a training camp here. injuries might be a factor especially early on. but the fact they have had so many guys playing competitively should help. >> key players are already back in the bay area or have been staying here during this lockout. training camps are expected to start thursday. 4:54. the consumer electronics show starts this morning in las vegas and there's expected to be some big reveals. among them, one for the kids. lego is getting ready to release a mind storm kit that will be controlled through an iphone, ipad or ipod touch. remote control is already

possible with android smartphones. business and tech reporter scott mcgrew will have a preview in our next half hour. >> that will be cool to watch. christina loren watching our skies. mike inouye watching the roads. what's happening out there? >> you can use either the manual controls or maybe the lego controls as well. i don't know what scott will bring us. we're watching for that later report. big fans at our house. san mateo bridge moving smoothly across this portion off the hayward side. you can make out the high rise. let's check out the peninsula side as well. view is okay here. the reason i'm checking these live cameras is to the south dumbarton bridge was give an fog advisory by chp. through fremont this morning a lot of low clouds and fog around the soccer fields. keep that in mind for streets heading toward highway 84. palo alto easy drive. we're expecting a return to a much of the commute kicking in later after school starts and folks want to get the kids back

from some winter break. we'll watch tomorrow as well. today and tomorrow things will start kicking in. back to you. thank you very much. it's 4:55 right now. the most entertaining politician on capitol hill for many reasons. there are new calls for a reality tv show featuring the vice president of the united states. a new petition submitted to the white house asking the president to authorize a tv program featuring joe biden during his every-day interactions. this request would educate the american people about the duties and responsibilities of their vice president while providing a glimpse of the light hearted side of politics in the midst of contentious and divisive national debate. so far there's been no comment from the vice president's office. a lot of crazy, rowdy shows out there i wouldn't waste but i would watch that one. >> he would be the right character to follow. >> i'll check that ou a bay area court will hear a case today that could change the

way we all carpool here in the bay area. we'll have details in a live report. plea for help. six years later san francisco police asking for your help to solve a cold case. a live look at san francisco. you can see that nice layer of fog. christina is tracking that fog and nice temperatures for this monday. stay with us. it's 4:57.

police are looking for a man that set his own girlfriend on fire and took off. what led to all. we'll have that for you next. low clouds spanning all of the way from the coast to inland valleys this morning. we'll let you know who will see the sunshine first. we have a warmup on the way. a lot to talk about in your full forecast. we're expecting more business from bay area toll plazas and a new accident in the south bay we'll sort out with details when we get