commute without you even knowing about it. a new traffic study is out this morning shedding light on the worst commutes in the bay area. "today in the bay's" marla tellez live this morning with a look at the traffic study that is surprising some. good morning, marla. >> reporter: the new study out is different from all of the other traffic -- >> all right. unfortunately we lost marla's signal out there this morning. we'll have a look at some of the worst commutes in the bay area particularly in the south bay coming up. also this morning, a family learning who may have killed a 21-year-old woman nearly 30 years ago. the body was found in a dumpster in mountain view on january 28th, 1985. mountain view police arrested 53-year-old danny garcia of fresno this past friday. he was caught after the santaa county district attorney's crime

lab developed a dna profile from the fingernails and matched it to garcia. >> it's a big relief. we were wondering always who is the one that killed her. >> friends and family say they didn't know garcia and they still do not. garcia has been booked on suspicion of murder. police on the peninsula now say the millbrae teenager shot saturday night was the victim of a drive-by shooting. they say she was hanging out with friends in front of a home near cappuccino high school when a high school pulled up. someone inside the car opened fire. the girl is expected to recover. there have been no arrests and police are still looking for a motive. an autopsy will take place today for the petaluma teenager found dead in south lake tahoe in a snow bank. investigators say 19-year-old alyssa byrne was disorientated when she left a music festival on new year's eve. took a wrong turn and at some point took off her jacket.

it was less than ten degrees out that night. the utility worker found her body on january 4th not far from the concert venue. investigators do not suspect foul play. meantime the coast guard launching an investigation this morning trying to figure out exactly what caused a tanker to hit the bay bridge. the ship rammed the span's middle tower as it was heading out to sea. christie smith is live right now in treasure island with more details on this ongoing investigation. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. the coast guard is looking at human error as just one possibility behind this oil tanker accident. i want to step aside. you can see it out there lit up on the bay this morning. the coast guard also plans to interview the pilot of the empty tanker called the overseas raymar. the bridge itself is okay. no injuries with this. investigators say the ship is

double hulled, seaworthy. no leaks. the coast guard is trying to figure out what went wrong here. the bar pilot has been identified as a 61 year old on the bay since 2007. the coast guard will review audiotap audiotapes. they were in contact just before the impact. >> the ship's captain they were in an outbound transit obviously and the coast guard gives an advisory to those folks. in communication with them just prior to the accident. >> reporter: state records show that he ran aground in san francisco in 2007 and in 2010 again. he passed an alcohol test, drug

tests are still spending. reporting live on treasure island, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> all right. thank you very much. let's check the forecast now with meteorologist christina loren. we're not teasing when you say possible 70s today. >> we're going to get close to it. we like to round up. i speak from the high end of the glass always full in my world. 39 in gilroy. 42 in sunnyvale. changes are just around the corner which is why i highly urge you to embrace the day. when temperatures are going to be mild. by tomorrow we drop off into low 50s. we bring in rain. very light. it will get cold around here. enjoy while it lasts. the one thing we have to deal with this morning is thick fog. that's starting to dense up in places like livermore down to three-quarters of a mile of visibility. a quarter of a mile from santa rosa through napa and down south to concord. in fairfield, you have pockets where you can see for hundreds of feet. my message to you this morning is give yourself extra time. even though your city is reporting a good visibility

reading, ten miles or better, doesn't mean you won't encounter thick pockets on the way to work. we stop on future cast. between 6:00 and 10:00 all of the fog clears out of the bay area. lots of sunshine on tap. temperatures will reflect that sunshine. look at these numbers. 66 degrees in gilroy. 65 in livermore. 64 degrees today even on the east shore in fremont it will be comfortable. 64 degrees in san francisco. make those outdoor lunch plans because it will be too cold to do so for tomorrow. we will take you through that forecast coming up in my next report. let's check on the drive. the commute is back. >> it will be back in full force this tuesday after all of the vacations are wound up here. we're looking at the bay bridge right now. a very calm look. look at the approach coming down through berkeley and emeryville. a nice smooth flow of traffic. no delays as far as sensors are reading right here on the maps. you do have a couple road crews on the bridge itself and approaching off the merge from richmond san rafael bridge. the issue here is the orange that we're highlighting. green on roadways show you speeds are fine. orange potential for that patchy

dense fog that christina is talking about north through hth area. visibility may be the bigger concern so allow extra time to lower the speeds. send it back to you guys. >> thank you very much. 5:07. moffett field up for sale. the new group talking about buying it next. alabama are the national champs but it's actually the girlfriend of one of the players that's now making the twitter feeds out there just blow up this morning. we'll tell you why and who she is.

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this is 101 this morning. could be it be one of the worst commutes in the bay area. an interesting new study taking data without even knowing it. we'll have more on that coming up in just a bit. 5:10 right now. crimson tide is your national champions. >> they rocked and rolled all over notre dame last night. just did everything and anything they wanted to do. they blasted the irish 42-14. wasn't even that close. and this video just in of those fans getting their tide on. celebrating the big victory. the hometown of tuscaloosa rocking after the team's third national title in four years. back-to-back titles last night. now one of the big side stories. that woman right there. why would she be a big side story? that's the girlfriend of alabama quarterback. she was on air a lot. not in a bikini in the stands. she's the reigning miss alabama

and became a huge instant star on the social media scene. she started this game before she was flashed all over during it. 2,300 twitter followers yesterday morning. after the game as of this morning, she has over 113,000 followers. she told yahoo! sports she received so many requests during the game that her cell phone died. why? because i guess guys like pretty -- >> she's beautiful. 5:11 right now. your phone and gps may be giving uc berkeley researchers about your commute without you even knowing about it. a new traffic study is out this morning shedding light on some of the worst commutes in the bay area. "today in the bay's" marla tellez live this morning with more on the traffic study that's surprising some. good morning, marla. >> reporter: this traffic study is different from all of the other studies that we've seen previously because for the first time researchers tracked drivers unanimously using their cell phone gps. now, if you happen to drive

northbound 101 in southeast san jose where we are this morning, you may have been one of those drivers. researchers -- the study was done by researchers at uc berkeley and m.i.t. it's one of the four most congested spots in the bay area during the morning commute. the other three hot spots include southbound 101 traffic through san rafael, westbound 580 traffic along the castro valley y and southbound commute through san ramon on 680. researchers tracked more than 350,000 drivers using their cell phone data to pinpoint these trouble spots. the study concludes that if just 1% of commuters from the specific outlying areas canceled their trip during the heart of rush hour, that would reduce the extra travel time for all other drivers by 14%, which turns out to save about eight minutes an

hour. researchers say, sure, this information is valuable but exactly how they would cancel out these trips is yet to be determined. one last note, researchers say that if your cell phone was tracked unanimously, that data is confidential. live in san jose, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> all right. thank you very much, marla. it's 5:13. starbucks thinks all of those small business people meeting in their stores for a cup of coffee need something more than just a shot of caffeine. scott mcgrew joins us. starbucks selling credit card machines? >> yeah. starbucks has that tight relationship with san francisco based square. it's the company that developed the square credit card readers. starbucks says it will start selling those readers to anyone who wants one for ten bucks. dog walkers, baby sitters, girl scouts selling cookies, anyone can use square to accept credit cards. starbucks and square say they figure so many small business people use starbucks stores for meeting places, it's kind of a

logical place to teach them about credit cards. if it seems like starbucks line is shorter this morning, probably because there are so many people from silicon valley at ces in las vegas. there are a lot of big products out there that are very loud. business and tech report ter scott budman found something cool and comfortable. >> reporter: this is the cool t est piece of technology. it's a pillow with speakers inside so you can hear the television and not disturb your spouse. they are developing this prototype. it seems like a great idea. >> why do we do this? why do we go take a couple speakers and put them inside one of our bestselling pillows? we did it because it's a terrific problem. so many tv watchers have a partner in bed and they cannot watch tv without disturbing their partner so many of us we

leave ourselves wearing headphones which are uncomfortable. have a small control box that connects up. all you do is hook up your transmitter to the tv. you get quiet sound so you're not going to get a loud stereo. you'll get very silent audio that will be just what you need. >> crazy question to ask. people can still sleep on this. >> they sure can. what's wonderful is that we have been selling for years now this wonderful biosense memory phone inside and it's better than our down cover on the outside. it's plush on the outside. great support on the inside. speakers are small. they are buried inside. great sound. >> any idea when we might see this on the market? >> we're hoping that before father's day we'll have a lot of

heads sleeping on the pillows. >> happy fathers and mothers. any idea on a price point? >> about $129, which is wonderful value for music and tv and a pillow. >> thanks for your time. >> thanks, scott. >> we'll have more today and in the days to come. i'm scott budman from las vegas, nbc bay area news. >> thank you much. don't use it for a pillow fight. amazon.com hit an all-time high on monday after an upgrade from brokers. we start earning season the time of year when companies report their profits. we'll see if the fiscal cliff did anything for companies listed on the dow 30 industrials we'll start with alcoa. an aluminum maker the same way new hampshire starts out the presidential primaries. hp, disney. rumbles not everything is going well at disney. we'll keep an eye on it. >> possible layoffs there.

thank you very much. >> it's a good day when scott mcgrew is quoting l.l. cool j. christina loren always has flavor in the weather. what's happening outside besides that sunshine. >> fog will knock you out first. it's going to be kind of a widespread dense morning to start. you know that fog that creeps in from the delta. the tule fog. it's creeping in right now in livermore. you're dropping off significantly started out at 4:30 with two miles of visibility. down to a half mile. temperatures are starting to drop off just a little bit but we're not expecting them to fall below 32 degrees this morning. 39 degrees in gilroy. you're headed toward maybe 67 degrees. that's what it looks like right now. temperatures are going to be comfortable. fairfield, you have pockets where you can see for hundreds

of feet. travel cautiously. be advised there are areas out there of thick fog. we'll see a nice sunny finish with temperatures above seasonal averages just for today. mostly sunny conditions prevail by 11:00 a.m. we'll warm up into widespread mid 60s. temperatures upper 60s in some cities. we'll show you where in just a minute. we'll stop clock at future cast at noon. you can see lots of sunshine coming in. foggy throughout the central valley. heading down into l.a., travel cautiously headed south. we stop the clock for you again at noon. as we wake up and meet back here tomorrow morning, it will be cloudy. between noon and 4:00 p.m. we have a slight chance for maybe a stray shower or two. not expecting a lot. and most of the moisture looks like it will skirt the coastline. here's where it gets interesting though. when we wake up and meet back here on thursday morning, the coldest time of the day, we have a chance for some showers to move over the higher elevations and that is going to make for some very interesting weather.

we could get some snow down to 1,500 feet. that's what we'll be watching for on thursday morning. nonetheless, if you are trying to get outdoors, today is the best day to do so throughout the extended period with highs at 67 degrees in gilroy. 66 in redwood city. 64 in san francisco. temperatures are going to drop like a rock as of tomorrow and stay cold all of the way through monday. just keep that in mind and get out there today if you can. let's check the drive. good morning, mike. >> good morning. we have a very nice drive right now northbound route through the south bay not a problem. we do expect a heavy commute. traffic tuesday and the day that a lot of schools and parents are back at their normal schedules. 101 is one of the worst commutes. 680 toward 880 for that build coming up. only concern for the south bay, construction blocks a couple lanes northbound 85 from evelyn up to 101. you see no slowing here. we'll go out to palo alto. along the peninsula where we see a smooth flow of traffic as well.

this is northbound past the shopping center. hope depot and ikea up into san francisco an easy drive right now. across the span maan mateo brid westbound commute building a bit. you can't make out the high rise so clearly. clouds drifting through the area. we're watching fog. not so much at the san mateo bridge. the map will show you where it is. 880 off 92. we'll end with these maps because i want to show you orange that's encasing here. this area around concord coming out of the bridge. back to you. >> thank you very much. 5:20 now. a reprieve for the nation's largest medical marijuana club. a judge says the landlords of harborside in san jose and oakland have no right to force dispensaries out. a u.s. attorney threatened to seize properties because they rented to cannabis operations. a hearing was scheduled for january 31st on the city of

oakland's lawsuit against the federal government. the city is suing to help keep harborside open. just moments ago a shot of this. santa clara county will talk about buying moffett field. nasa's long talked about selling that airfield and hangar one saying it costs too much money to operate and maintain them. tonight's meeting is set for 6:00 at the county government center in san jose. it's 5:21 right now. coming up, guilty as charged. team oracle racing learned its punishment for spying on another america's cup team. [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings.

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the 2013 inaugural meeting of the board of supervisors will turn a lot of heads today. they plan to descend on san francisco city hall and they

plan to disrobe should supervisor scott weiner be elected president of the board. he proposed legislation that would ban nudity on public streets just last year. the ordinance doesn't take effect until february. a court date is scheduled for opponents to fight for an injunction against this new law. oracle's sailing team gets its wings back today. they will be delivered this afternoon. you may remember back in october it capsized during a training run on the bay as the team was preparing for the america's cup race. the massive wing was shredded. today new wing will arrive at pier 80 from new zealand as the team finishes repairing its g t boat. the damaged boat isn't the only hurdle they are dealing with. the team is found guilty of spying on the italian team. an international panel determined oracle's team came too close to italy's boat when

it was practicing in new zealand. competitors often chase each other to get photos of the strategic details that could make their boats go faster. oracle team usa will have to pay a $15,000 fine and forfeit five sailing practice days. >> wow. do the crime, got to do the time. it's 5:25 right now. let's check in with christina loren to find out about our tuesday forecast. sounds like sprinkled with sunshine. >> sprinkled with good times later today. that's right, jon and laura. good morning to you. the only day of the week we're going to get close to 70 degrees. we have to start out with thick fog first. it's going to burn off by 9:00 a.m. watch out for pockets where you can only see for a few hundred feet in the east bay and the north bay interior valley. we head throughout the morning hours, it will stay cool until noon. temperatures will jump into the 50s at that point and then we'll round out the day at 67 degrees in gilroy. 66 in santa cruz. 64 in san francisco. temperatures tumble tomorrow and

we've got some very, very weak showers on the way. nonetheless i want to show you where we expect those. 5:26 first. let's check your drive. good morning, mike. >> good morning. so far a great morning at the bay bridge toll plaza. the volume just starting to kick in now picking up a little bit but we're watching for a really heavy buildup here because it's traffic tuesday and first day back from a lot of folks vacation as schools and work return. we'll look at the map and approach. no problems as far as speeds go. orange at the top of your screen and you see that on many maps where there is fog likely to be impeding your view of the roadway, low visibility shown on christina's maps for livermore and north bay as well. watch 580 out of the altamont pass where we have slowing. we'll look toward 101 in the south bay. we have no major slowing right now. we do have a good volume of traffic starting to build. getting ready for the first burst. we'll track that pattern. back to you. >> thank you very much. 5:26. still to come on "today in the bay," pinpointing the trouble spots. we'll show you which commuters in the bay area have to leave a

little earlier to get to work.

>> reporter: what went wrong? i'm christie smith live on treasure island this morning where we'll have the latest on the investigation into why an oil tanker hit a tower of the bay bridge. that story coming up. plus a court case that could change the way cyclists navigate the streets of san francisco. we do have some thick low clouds to start the day. we're headed toward a beautiful, sunny finish with highs close to 70. i'll let you know how warm it will be in your city coming up. christina talked about the fog. chp just gave me an advisory. i'll tell you which east bay spot now has the warning from those roadway guardians. >> let's take it outside. a live look over san jose. the sun not yet coming up. you can see sprinkling of lights zooming around the city on this tuesday, january 8th. this is "today in the bay."

good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. it's 5:30. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelly. the coast guard meeting with the pilot of the "overseas reymar" as part of its investigation to figure out why the empty oil tanker crashed into the power of the bay bridge. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live at treasure island right now with the latest on what we've learned overnight. >> reporter: good morning to you. i can tell you that a fireboat is out there right now and so is the coast guard. mainly as a precaution. i want to step aside so you can see it out there in the distance in the bay. this is the "overseas reymar" that hit the fender on tower 6 of the bay bridge late yesterday morning. the question of course, what went wrong? the coast guard plans to interview the pilot of this empty tanker this morning and ask him a number of questions.

they'll inspect the hull above and below the water. the owner of this ship, osg ship management says there was no reported loss of steering and initially no water leaks reported as well. caltrans says the bridge isn't damaged though a section of the fender was ripped off. the pilot has been identified as 61-year-old guy kleess of san francisco. after the impact an oil response was activated just in case. >> there was some crushing of that outer hull. there was no indication of any damage to the inner hull. >> reporter: according to the san jose mercury news, state records show that in 2009 kleess ran aground in the sacramento shipping channel and crashed into a cat walk in stockton and then in 2010 apparently a tug boat that he was sailing ran aground in the richmond harbor. according to the bar pilots association, kleess passed an alcohol test. the results on a drug test are

still pending. christie smith, "today in the bay." 5:32. san francisco police say they have captured the man they say poured gasoline on his girlfriend and then set her on fire. 22-year-old dexter oliver was arrested at an oakland hotel last night. he attacked his give on sunday in the bay view district. star lamar remains in critical condition this morning. she has severe burns to her face and chest. family members say oliver became enraged when lamar broke up with him. there may be a child predator on the loose in gilroy this morning. police warning parents after a strange man in a green minivan offers an 11-year-old girl a ride. police say when another car approached that man and young girl, the van just sped off. police right now looking for a 2000 chevy astro van that's

forest green and this man is hispanic. a man will be in court later today. prosecutors say 19-year-old david morales killed two people after speeding away from officers new year's day. officers say he t-boned a parked car pushing it into a store in the mission district. one person died in the car. the other victim was killed while walking into the store. morales was on probation at the time of the crash for gang activity in san mateo county. a san francisco cyclist back in court this morning accused of a deadly crash with a pedestrian. charged with felony vehicular manslaught manslaughter. the 36 year old cyclist sped through a busy crosswalk killing an elderly man crossing the street. prosecutors say that he was

speeding in an attempt to break a record for riding through the city. they say he has a pattern of breaking traffic laws and had a pattern prior to the collision. your smartphone or gps probably provided data for new traffic study without you even knowing it. a new traffic study is out today that could have major impact on rush hour traffic. "today in the bay's" marla tellez live in san jose. one of the most congested areas of the south bay. good morning, marla. >> reporter: laura, good morning. where we are this morning one of the most congested spots according to this new study. we're right along northbound 101. these are headlights you are seeing right here. right near 280/680 interchange. you know how ugly it can get during the heart of the morning commute. the study concludes that it gets so backed up here because many commuters travel here and not just from san jose but from outlying areas like morgan hill and santa cruz to get to silicon valley and they happen to do so of course at the same time every

day. the study out of uc berkeley and m.i.t. finds a similar story for drivers on 101 through san rafael. southbound 680 through san ramon. what's different about this particular study is for the first time researchers tracked drivers unanimously using their cell phone gps technology over a three-week period. this method is raising eyebrows but researchers say data collected this way is more accurate than gathering information from the u.s. census bureau. they also say if you are tracked without knowing, your driving pattern is confidential. this is according to researchers. so what does this mean for your morning commute? even the head researcher out of uc berkeley is scratching his head as to what to do with this new information. i can tell you that they did talk about adding more metering lights as an option. live in san jose, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> thanks, marla. let's get a check on that

tuesday forecast and say a warm good morning to christina loren. >> i'll accept that. good morning to you. it's cold out there. 42 degrees in sunnyvale. 36 to start in livermore. 38 degrees in gilroy. although not as cold as yesterday and temperatures are going to stay above 32 degrees above freezing throughout the next couple hours. however, it's cold enough for patchy frost to develop and we do have some really thick fog out there that will force slowdowns on your morning drive. we'll check on that with mike in just a minute. watch out for half mile visibility in livermore. quarter of a mile in concord. pockets where you can see hundreds of feet. if you are traveling throughout the interior valleys even in the south bay, just travel cautiously to the silicon valley and especially the tri-valley this morning. stop clock on future cast. we'll clear you out by 9:00. sunshine coming in so early will warm us up nicely. look at numbers today. 67 degrees in gilroy. 65 degrees in san jose. i love to be the bearer of good

news. 64 in san francisco. major changes just 24 hours away. we have rain in the forecast and much cooler weather as well. we'll detail that and time it out in our next report. here's mike and your drive. >> i have major changes probably in the next 25 minutes over here at the bay bridge. the toll plaza starting to show a few more cars over the last five. more headlights streaming in off the east shore freeway. approach out of berkeley into emeryville. westbound traffic with these headlights filling in the lanes now. we expect to see your heavy tuesday commute returning to closer to normal levels. we've seen a break the last couple of weeks. we'll see it again today. the map shows you no major concerns as far as crashes or incidents approaching the maze and smooth flow close to the limit throughout the approaches to the bay bridge. one of the issues here as you come down past hill top drive, an accident with a crash reported westbound in your commute direction. there's slowing. i'm waiting for details from chp as they approach. we're also watching for fog

across the bridges. advisory for highway 4 and quick look at san jose with that buildup. back to you. >> thank you very much. the man fighting the carpool ticket lost his case but he says the fight is not over. on tour, where you can get up close and personal with the giants world series trophy. oh!

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a progress-oh! makeover in hollywood. go to facebook.com/progresso to enter. president obama meeting with defense secretary leon panetta later today but it's the man he wants to replace panetta with that could stir things up on capitol hill today. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington right now with a look at how the confirmation hearings for the pentagon and cia could prompt the next big fight among all of those lawmakers out there. par for the course, huh, tracie? >> absolutely. they are used to big fights on capitol hill. john brennan going up for cia director could prove to be that.

he was considered for this position back in 2008 but pulled his own name because of questions back then about whether or not he backed cia interrogation tactics. this time around it could be more about those drone attacks targeted towards some of our enemies. even more so than that, chuck hagel up for secretary of defense could face a really rocky time not only with republicans but with democrats as well. he's a republican but some republicans as they put it he left the party a long time ago. they have issues with the stance he's taken on israel, on iran and also on defense cuts overseeing a pentagon budget that he may be willing himself to back those cuts the president has asked for. lots of questions. tough questions they have planned for both. we don't know yet when those confirmation hearings will happen. >> okay, tracie potts on capitol hill. thank you for the report. 5:41 now. the fbi's evidence response team is heading back to a farm in

linden this morning digging for more victims of the so-called spe speed freak killers. bodies were found in the area nearly a year ago and they think the bodies are linked to the speed freak killers for the drug fueled spree they went on during the '80s and '90s. herzog committed suicide last year. shermantime is on death roll. investigators say it will take three weeks to hand sift through the soil. the california public utilities commission today discussing the fate of a nuclear power station located on the central coast. the power plant has been shut down for a year after a pipe started leaking radioactive steam into the air. the utilities commission has been investigating that plant to determine when or if it is safe to reopen. the commission will discuss the

investigation later on today. several environmental groups are there planning a demonstration outside of that meeting to oppose the reopening of that plant. california is asking the federal government to ease off the court ordered prison reduction plan. the state filed papers late yesterday saying it has the prison overcrowding problem under control. federal courts ordered a cap on the number of inmates in state prison to ensure proper health care. governor jerry brown's administration says it has made substantial progress in cutting down the numbers and wants the court to withdraw its requirements for further reductions so the state is not forced to release dangerous or violent prisoners. we had a couple this year and now today is another spare the air day. that means that you cannot burn wood or other fire logs indoors or outside. this marks the third spare the air day of 2013. good morning to you. a great looking day shaping up.

have you been wanting to make those outdoor plans? have you been promising your dog a walk? today is your day to do so. temperatures are going to be very comfortable and we just got to get through this cold morning and some thick fog to start out the day. 37 degrees. good morning in santa rosa. 36 in concord. up by three to four degrees from 24 hours ago. as we head throughout the day, we'll lose the fog quickly. by 9:00 a.m. right now it's thick out there. pea soup in parts of the bay area. watch out in interior valleys down in san jose. you have thick pockets of fog. so as we head through 9:00, the fog clears out. high pressure is in control for one more day. temperatures will warm above seasonal averages. 67 degrees in gilroy today for example and nice day shaping up. mostly sunny conditions as of 11:00 a.m. it will be hazy out there. hence the spare the air alert. we stop the clock for you on future cast. tomorrow getting a very slight chance for a stray shower.

we are expecting mostly cloudy conditions to return to the bay area. in addition to that cloud cover, i think we'll see a stray shower or two especially along the coastline. this is what we're thinking. between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., very slight chance maybe a couple hundredths of an inch. we could talk snow showers because it will be cold. temperatures will drop from 60s today into the low 50s by tomorrow. that is the message for you. use the day. 64 for fremont. 65 degrees in beautiful san jose today. now thursday things are going to be very, very cold. conditions warranting a thick heavy coat and by friday into the weekend we'll get more sunshine. our next chance for a shower arrives on sunday. let's check that drive. 5:45. good morning, mike. >> good morning. we'll start with this view of the bay bridge toll plaza because we do see a build with volume approaching toll plaza

and now cash lanes starting to show a few cars waiting in line as that volume starts to build. you see that steady stream coming off 880 and approach off berkeley curve. traffic tuesday looks like it will get to normal pattern right here. we'll take a look at the maps. approach and speeds on the freeway east shore freeway as well highway 24 looking good until you get to that berkeley curve and maze and it starts to slow on the approach. no meetering lights just yet. we don't have fog until you come out of the area. two middle lanes get by and folks are squeezing down and slowing down heading into san pablo out of the area. we'll get a quick look across the bay. we see things shaping up across the san mateo bridge. a nice smooth drive but building up volume here as well as through the south bay we had

your burst and i'll show you that in the next report. i want to catch the north bay commute coming up. southbound 101 here the curves starting to build. fog is an issue through santa rosa north of san rafael. back to you. >> thank you very much. the marin county man who tried to prove you can drive alone in carpool lane has lost his fight but not the war. a judge has told jonathan friedman to pay a traffic ticket he received for driving solo in the carpool lane. friedman says he'll appeal. he said he had another person in the car with him because he had his corporation papers. a judge disagreed citing the intent of the law. friedman hopes to get california to change its stance on corporations. this morning there are 49er fans out there asking themselves what happened to david akers? where is he? we all know the team promised it

would give the struggling akers a chance to save his job but comcast sports bay area reporting that recently signed kicker was working out yesterday. it could be a coincidence. coach jim harbaugh keeping quiet on the issue. he says both men could be on saturday's active roster. san francisco giants kicking off the new year with a special thanks to fans. starting today outside sacramento city hall the team will begin a tour of its 2012 and 2010 world series trophy. this is video of the recent visit to our nbc newsroom. people are excited here. fans are going to get a chance to take their pictures with the trophy for the next several months the tour will wind its way throughout northern california and parts of oregon and arizona. >> that should be very cool. i'm sure ladies will think this is wonderful. olympic gold medalist ryan lochte driving into a brand new career. the 28-year-old swimmer getting his own reality tv show.

they're calling it "what would ryan lochte do?" the plot thickens as he prepares for the 2016 rio olympics while developing his very own fashion line. then on top of all of the media appearances, dealing with family and friends, searching for a girlfriend, and just flat out being cool and in shape. the show debuts in april on e. >> 5:49 right now. coming up -- >> the wedding that almost wants. how the first day as man and wife almost became the last. >> televisions announced at the consumer electronic show. do you need one? we'll take a look coming up.

good tuesday morning to you. it's 5:52. google's top executive spending part of his trip to north korea visiting with college students. eric schmidt and bill richardson dropping in on a computer lab at a university. the students there are allowed access to sites like google and wikipedia. north korea is considered to have the strictest internet policies in the world. whatever tv you're watching right now, sorry to say no matter how sweet it is or how sharp it looks, it got out classed. they are showing an ultrahigh definition tv.

scott mcgrew says don't bother trying to catch up. >> once again manufacturers selling tvs with technology that nobody yet supports. the show in las vegas monday tv maker lg unveiled a television four times as crisp as the best hd tv out there. robots as well. there are gadgets out there like this but tvs are the big story. the problem is tv stations aren't broadcasting in ultrahd so there's nothing to watch. keep in mind when it comes to regular old high definition, some networks still broadcast in the 720 format. they haven't even come to full hd the way nbc does. 3-d tv not useful. it doesn't matter what your television can do. it matters what is available to watch. nasa says this morning there may be billions and billions of planets similar to earth in our galaxy. not exactly like earth but same

general orbit and size. this astronomer that helped make that discovery awarded yesterday with a medal from the national academy of sciences. he works at nasa ames in mountain view. he's been launching things into space since he was a kid. the sheriff in his hometown in wisconsin would block off the roads so he could light off his rockets many, many years ago. >> a lot of power in that town. thanks a lot. >> sounds like fun. >> not this next story. >> this is crazy. getting married up in the air. sounds romantic. floating along the clouds. it's cool. until something goes very wrong. >> san diego couple decided to exchange their vows in a hot air balloon. lovely until that happened. seconds later sudden gust of wind dragged the newlyweds off course. >> you're husband and wife and we kiss and it's beautiful and then we just kept trying to land and couldn't and next thing you know we're crashing into a fence

and fell on a tree and i said jesus about 4,000 times. >> she's so in love. it's beautiful. we crashed but it's so beautiful. that balloon did crash and bounce and hit hard in the cluster of trees. eventually look at where it landed. on a house. one person suffered a minor injury and despite what they call a hiccup, the bride and groom are in good spirits. >> for their honeymoon they'll go sky diving without parachutes. keep it sexy. let's check in with christina loren to look at your tuesday forecast. how are we looking? >> through sickness and health. you do what you got to do. good morning to you. good looking day shaping up. less than a quarter of mile of visibility for now. right now the time is 5:55. by 9:00 a.m. we expect the sun to be out in full force. we have a great looking day shaping up. highs are going to be warmer than average up to 67 degrees in gilroy. 66 in santa cruz and 64 degrees

in san francisco today. we do have a very slight chance for some rare bay area snow. i'll tell you when it arrives this week. that's in my next report. let's check on the drive. the commute is back. >> it is really kicking in now as we expect first burst before 6:00 and then we get things steady out here on 101 north of 680. marla told us about this being one of the worst commutes. she's got a lot more on that. for now we'll concentrate on now on maps. we'll show you that 101 slows from 680 to 880 northbound. typical pattern kicking in. 87 with slowing over the last few minutes. we'll show you where there is concern because of orange on the maps. thick through livermore and concord. 880 shows slowing it. back to you. keeping things on the road. national traffic highway safety administration wants cars to be louder rather than quieter.

the administration is proposing a minimum sound standard so pedestrians and people on bikes can hear cars approaching. hybrids unlike traditional cars they run on gas or diesel have much quieter engines. transportation secretary ray lahood says the proposal will help keep the blind and visually impaired safe. >> they can sneak up on you. 5:57. still ahead, we'll take a look at the new gadgets including one that can help you get to sleep at night. here you go little man.

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♪ and it's beautiful tough questions for a pilot after crashing a tanker right into the bay bridge. privacy concerns on public roads. how your traffic habits have been tracked and tagged without you knowing about it. a suspect in the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya freed overnight. we'll tell you about the big

blow to that investigation coming up. it's hard to make out the roadway in parts of the bay area with widespread dense fog. we'll let you know how quick it will clear and who will get close to 70 degrees today. >> did you like that vacation traffic? it's over. we'll show you what's we're following on the east shore freeway blocking a couple lanes already. >> it's tuesday. you made it through monday at least. january 8th. this is "today in the bay." the thousands of ships that come through the san francisco bay on hundreds of days that we have fog they successfully transit. we'll look at the cause of this one to help prevent those in the future. >> off course. the person in charge of steering a tanker is now under fire after bumping into the bay bridge. thanks for joining us.