bond. he flat out says all of the accusations are untrue. 24-year-old francis ngissah tells our nbc station in sacramento the four students who went to police are the same ones who recently were told they were being cut from his college prep academy that focuses on elite basketball training. ngissah started the school this past fall in roseville run out of this home. according to his website, it has just nine students. most are teenagers from overseas. police say ngissah would push students by restraining them with zip ties for long periods of time and attach clothepcloth to their nipples as punishment. >> if you look at the students, there is just no way one of those players would let me do

anything to them at that level. >> on the academy's facebook page, the school posted a statement saying that we also ask for all who have followed this story to please remember there are two sides to every story and we ask for a fair opportunity to bring the truth forward. ngissah is facing child abuse punishment, battery and false imprisonment. in the meantime, roseville police believe there are more victims so they are expanding their search today. one last note according to the website, they were supposed to play their next basketball game this coming friday against another prep school in las vegas. safe to say that's not going to happen. >> thank you very much. police this morning need your help finding one of the men involved in just a violent south bay home invasion. investigators say a man resembling this sketch beat up an elderly woman and her daughter when they caught him and his accomplice trying to break into their car friday

morning. the men then chased the women back into their home and assaulted the 74-year-old mother there. you can see how badly she's bruised up there. so tough. the women escaped to a nearby home. police say the man ransacked that home and took off. police at this point have not released a description of the second suspect. a vigil will be held tonight for an off-duty san mateo county sheriff's deputy killed while riding his motorcycle. eric mertl died last week when a car turned in front of him while riding had e ining his motorcyc burlingame. police say the driver said she didn't see him. she wasn't arrested. the 51-year-old leaves behind a wife and a 12-year-old son. tonight's vigil will be at 6:00 in millbrae. new details this morning on that bus crash down in southern california that killed seven and injured dozens more. the ntsb expected to begin an investigation into that deadly crash today.

safety inspectors say the bus had a history of brake and maintenance problems which may have played a role in this crash. that crash happened sunday in the san bernardino national forest. now this bus was carrying a group of tourists from tijuana returning from big bear lake. some california cities are battling the state over medical marijuana and for the first time the state supreme court is getting involved. the court will hear arguments today on whether local governments can ban medical marijuana pot clubs even though it's legal at the state level. "today in the bay's" christie smith joins us live at the court building in san francisco this morning. a lot of people paying attention to this. >> reporter: that's right. medical marijuana advocates up and down the state will be watching this one really closely. already about 200 cities and counties in california have a ban in place on pot dispensaries. for the first time the state supreme court is going to step in to decide whether cities can legally have the right to restrict these dispensaries. nearly three dozen bay area

cities have bans or limitations in place. some arguing that cities really need to be able to control when and where these businesses operate. the impacts aren't always positive. dispensaries like amsterdam garden in san jose, many people believe that if the state sides with a city's right to ban it, it could be a slap in the face for california voters. >> very disappointing. as a voter i wouldn't feel like my voice is being heard. this is something that's being decided 16, 17 years ago, 1996. >> reporter: california voters legalized medical marijuana here in 1996. the seven justices expected to hear those arguments at about 11:00 this morning. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you, christie. >> i kind of got spoiled by the 70s and 60s and that sunshine out there. >> a taste of spring. >> reality christina loren is telling us more in check. reality of 50 degrees, right?

>> now laura and i have to spoil you. >> i'll take it. >> 46 degrees in novato to start. 48 in san francisco. 47 in napa. you'll need your coat just about all day long and now we're having reports of steady drizzle coming down along the peninsula and at the immediate coast. give yourself extra time and travel cautiously if you are taking little ones to school. 41 in san jose and gilroy. 46 this morning out in the east bay livermore. noon today, temperatures are still going to be cool. you're still going to hold onto 40s in most inland cities. mostly cloudy conditions until noon and then between noon and 4:00 p.m., we'll see clouds break apart a bit. mix of sun and clouds for today. good day for eating some chowder and sitting by the fire warming up in a snuggie. i know you like all those things. over to you. >> love snuggies. and chowder. >> that's true. i'm going to send it over to you. >> all right. good. snuggie and chowder.

backup at the toll plaza. metering lights turned on seconds ago. we'll get notification from chp as well. look at the incline heading over the bridge. the taillights over treasure island. things get congested there. they want to make sure traffic flow moves smoothly. just in case scenario. the map shows you that flow down the east shore freeway on the approach also moves very smoothly and in fact the green through berkeley at the top of the screen you see that speeds are at the limit as you come down toward university expect that to slow gradually over the next few minutes because it's traffic tuesday. smooth flow of traffic as well. south 880 south of 238 and castro valley look at that. that's where we have seen the slowdown for north 238 off west 580 at the top of your screen. pattern okay on the east bay. word of note. we're watching caltrain for possible reports of delays because there are electrical issues in san francisco. no delays reported for the

system right now. this could cause a problem as they head through the switches. they are just tracking things and we'll let you know. muni, b.a.r.t., no delays either. we'll get a live look outside and see how things are shaping up for the south bay. san jose looks smooth as well. capital corridor getting down here may get delayed coming into davis right now at 22 minutes late. just a note. >> thanks, mike. eight minutes after 6:00 right now. coming up, we'll tell you a scary story how students wind up losing fingers during a game of tug of war. we'll have that just ahead. a consolation prize for 49ers fans. where you can go to get a treat that could swedeten that post-super bowl after taste. >> reporter: this is bob redell. can you believe that we're only a year out from the winter olympics? coming up, a bay area sport that's riding a wave of popularity before sochi, russia. we're talking about curling. that story coming up.

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oh, ho ho... it's the honey sweetness. i...i mean, you...love. welcome back. two southern california high school students a game of tug of war turned seriously painful. fire officials say both teens had fingers ripped right off. doctors right now trying to reattach those fingers. the students were taking part in a homecoming activity at the time of this very scary incident. >> okay. 6:11 right now. time for a quick check of the day's top stories. the faa may soon allow boeing to run test flights. the lithium batteries have a tendency to overheat. it could take months before commercial flights resume. oakland police releasing more information on a deadly crash that may have involved a stolen suv.

a jeep colliding head-on with another car. a woman stole a vehicle from his home minutes before the crash. that women sadly died in the accident. the san francisco board of supervisors is considering a proposal that would require owners of older buildings to retro fit them for earthquake safety. the law would apply to wood frame buildings built before 1978 and retrofitting would have complete by 2020. scott mcgrew joins us now. silicon valley has been waiting a long time. >> the valley has been pushing for all kinds of new visas to keep educated, talented workers here. yahoo! ceo marissa mayer one of the representatives from high tech meeting with the president along with former aol chief steve case and the head of qualcomm as well. the president will also meet with the labor side of the equation. not always as supportive of

bringing in new workers into the american workforce. now the president's state of the union speech is one week from today. immigration expected to be a central theme. san francisco based visa, the credit card company reporting profits today. you get double data out of these guys. not only do we get a picture of how the company is doing, its health shows us how the consumer is spending because visa gets a cut of every transaction. happy visa data is happy consumer spending data. sign of the times. mike inouye snapped this picture of the old solyndra plant as workers took down the solyndra sign. seagate, maker of disk drives bought the building for $90 million. >> and standard & poor's is being sued for intentionally misleading mortgage risks before the great recession of 2009. the government answers s&p was more interested in making money than accurately grading mortgage

backed securities, something the agency denies. banks back then would take a stack of mortgages and put them together into a security. that's something you could sell. a cdo. the allegation is that s&p would not only give this a good grade even though they were high risk mortgages, bankers hit on the idea of removing the worst risks off the bottom of these and repackaging these into a brand new cdo and s&p would give this a good rating and sell that to investors. s&p denies that it knowingly did wrong. don't buy this. >> good illustration. >> put it in perspective for us. thank you very much, scott. this morning we're just about a year away from the winter olympics in sochi, russia. we got to get ready. winter games celebrate the best on the slopes and on the ice. >> with that our own bob redell,

a man of many talents, getting into the olympic spirit this morning joining us live on the ice with that curling team in san jose. that's not bob. that's a very good curler. >> reporter: i don't have that form, absolutely not. we're at the bay area curling club here at san jose ice. good morning to you, jon and laura. with a face you might recognize. people at home might not recognize. gabrielle coleman. she's behind the scenes. she's one of our morning show directors which means no one at the helm right now. >> we're in charge. you guys are in trouble. >> reporter: gabrielle actually a couple weeks ago wt to the pre-qualification to get to sochi. >> it did not work out. >> reporter: the fact that you are at that level, you are thinking most people in the sport don't medal until they're 50. you're only 21. >> exactly. thank you, bob. one of the great things about curling is that it's a lifetime

sport. people can play for a long time at a really competitive level. you'll see olympians who are in their 20s and olympians who are in their 50s. >> reporter: do you expect all modesty aside that you could get to the olympics at some point in your life in the sport of curling? >> i really hope to. i spend a lot of time every weekend through fall and wenter traveling to train and compete. i would love to do it. it's a lot of fun. people are great. it's out there. >> reporter: i'm sure you know we have known gabrielle forever. you started seven years ago. was this on a lark? you heard about the club? is that right and here you are? >> a plug for our station i saw it on our station while doing a show that they were going to have an open house. i came out with my brother as a joke. we thought we would point at each other and laugh and take funny photos and i was hooked instantly. >> reporter: the biggest misconception, it's not easy. >> it's golf where you can get good enough to play and have a

good time after just a couple tries but it takes a long time to really reach that top level. you look at olympians out there. guy is just sliding a rock down a piece of ice. how hard is that? it's very precise when you get to the high level. the strategy gets very complicated. >> reporter: about 150 members of the club of all different skill sets. they are very open arms to anyone that wants to come out and try. they are booked on some of the next events. go to bay area curling.com if you want to get more information. you still have a year left to qualify for 2014. jon, i'm feeling it, man. i'm feeling it. >> do you think so, man? i have to work on matrix slow motion move. >> very cool. you should give it a cool. you could be an olympian. >> i'm going right now. what are you talking about? that's as good as it gets. trust me on that one. brothers don't ice skate much. >> you're long an lean. give it a go, right? >> no. >> i want to see them in plaid

pants they are sporting out there. >> rock the plaid pants. curling is another story, christina loren. thank you for the vote of confidence. both of you. >> thank you for that matrix move. that made by day. good morning to you. very good. we have some good looking weather out there as we head throughout the afternoon. it's going to be chilly. it's one of those days where it's the bay area. we get the fog. we're used to it. enjoy it. have chowder and sour dough bowl. temperatures are on the chilly side. not as frigid as it has been. temperatures will only climb by five to eight degrees overall. that's your spread throughout the day today as we do have a lot of cloud cover headed our way and a weak disturbance will fall apart before it makes its way into the bay area but it will usher in cold air. very high pollen levels. sneezing and sniffling, this is the reason why. deal with this for one more day and then levels should creep down as we head into the

weekend. next 48 hours work like this. high pressure breaks down. area of high pressure arrives. not expecting a lot of rain until thursday. in that time we only expect a quarter inch to maybe three-quarter inch in the north bay. we'll hold off on rain until thursday. for today, you'll already notice the difference. temperatures dropping off significantly from yesterday's high. 53 in livermore. 58 in fairfield. 57 degrees in gilroy. getting into the next three days, temperatures stay cool and then we bring in rain. cold showers on thursday. mostly during your morning drive. we'll be here to guide you through it. into the weekend, fan fest. that's right. our world champion san francisco giants back at it at at&t park on saturday. most of the guys are going to be out there. good chance for you to meet them and weather will hold up. lots of sunshine. sunday into monday, temperatures warm up just a touch. we'll hold onto sunshine. let's check your drive. good morning, sunshine, mike inouye. >> call me that but call this something else. let's be safe. we'll call this a slowdown and unpleasant slowdown at that

through sunol south 680. a new crash reported just around the bend as you head past the golf course. three cars involved in the crash. they just moved to the shoulder. traffic started to move again coming over from that side of the screen. that's the southbound side. the map shows you that it actually is just for that short stretch through the area at the bottom of your screen heading into and through sunol right there. pleasanton is okay for the southbound commute for 680 and 580 traditional build through livermore. we'll see probably some more slowing start to build until they can move those three cars completely out of the area because folks will stop and call spectator slowing. we'll look over here toward castro valley y. a lot of folks 580 and north 238. typical pattern. we see slowing south 880 down toward the san mateo bridge. nothing unusual here. continue on. but we will give you a look at the roadways here in the south bay where north 101 has that second burst kicking in coming north 101 north of 680 and heading up to the airport past highway 87 for slowing.

starting to build for 87 but not enough to trigger yellow chicklets for 87, 280 or 85. traffic tuesday. we expect it to kick in over the next 20 minutes. we'll track that and see how volume shapes up. we'll catch up with other folks with live looks outside and see here the peninsula palo alto a smooth drive. willow avenue getting off there. not a problem. 101 and 280 at the limit. westbound 92 a good bump in volume over the last 15 minutes. slowing because of the burst of traffic. things have sort of settled down now and smooth drive over the flat section and high rise. keep in mind that it will get more crowded here and for sure at the bay bridge toll plaza where metering lights are on. backup past the 880 over crossi crossing. back to you. >> all right. thanks a lot, mike. 6:22 right now. coming up, the sweet treat to help you nurse that super bowl sore spot no matter where it is. call it dr. feel good. we'll let you know where to get

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struck up a friendship with the harbaugh family and was invited to hang out with them at the team hotel the night before the super bowl. >> he walked in. ordered room service standing up eating a hamburger with french fries. >> really? >> he sang for me. he sang this little -- something would you hear in a high school cheering game. i want to test this sound out for you and see if i should sing this for players tonight. >> i want to know if he had a tucked in sweatshirt on. >> of course he did. she's a big 49ers fan even though she grew up down in l.a. interesting. ravens are celebrating in baltimore at their super bowl parade today, it's a consolation here. the 49er super bowl loss, free jell-o for 49er fans to feel better. ronnie lott will pass out free pudding at 12:30 this afternoon. ronnie was on the show live yesterday. free jell-o will be passed out at the civic center b.a.r.t.

station. that starts at 7:30 this morning. it isn't a first time that a company handed out freebies after a major sporting event. the giants helped hand out free ta tacos from taco bell. so free jell-o pudding. if they were handing out jell-o pops, we could have bill cosby. that was for you. 6:26. is your bay area commute as bad as it is down in l.a.? we'll let you know how much time you end up wasting every year stuck in traffic just ahead. a road block to marriage equality in san jose. why the mayor is putting on the brakes just ahead. people on the roads there in front of sfo putting on brakes. a live look over san francisco. we're back in a matter of minutes. we have more. here you go little man.

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from capitol hill to silicon valley. why the president is looking to tech leaders in his fight for immigration reform. and los gatos up in arms over a gun store. we'll have the fight to keep firearms from being sold within city limits just ahead. let's take a live look outside on this tuesday morning. to the stock market. waiting for the opening bell to ring to see how the at a starts on this tuesday, february 5th. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. good morning, everybody. today it is all about immigration reform in washington, d.c. from the white house to capitol hill lawmakers and leaders trying to agree on a plan to deal with 11 million undocumented immigrants in this

country. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joining us live from capitol hill today. the president meeting with labor leaders and ceos. a meeting of the minds. who is invited to attend this one? >> these are two very big meetings and a number of groups are there. the first meeting is with labor leaders and progressive groups, civic groups, naacp will be the there. a number of other groups that focus on immigration and labor leaders from some of the big unions here and then separately he's meeting with business leaders and we mentioned business leaders among them marissa mayer of yahoo! and also goldman sachs, qualcomm, coca-cola, a lot of ceos meeting at the white house today. >> key issue is border security. always a hot topic. what are sticking points for president and republicans on this issue? >> the one big issue seems to be what do you do first? republicans especially

conservatives are insisting we have to focus on border security first. we have to secure borders before we do anything else especially put 11 million illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship. that's what the president has talking about. he's talked about border security. he's got janet napolitano, homeland security secretary down at the border this week looking at that. republicans are making the link that we have to do that first before we talk about citizenship for anyone. >> a lot to discuss here. tracie, not just the white house addressing immigration reform today. can you tell us who else is getting involved in this? >> we've got a congressional hearing, house judiciary committee is looking at that. we'll hear more as they are a republican control committee. we're likely to hear more about why they want to focus so much on first on that border security. >> all right. tracie potts in washington d.c. thank you very much for the update. 6:32. neighbors in los gatos are questioning gun sales in their town. hundreds of people crowded a

town hall meeting to discuss a new sporting goods store selling guns on university avenue. opponents say the city should not have approved permits for the store without a public hearing. the store owner says he's following all of the rules and is even promoting gun safety. >> we explain the laws to them. sewed them cable locks and showed them how to properly secure them. >> people talk about the nail stores that are coming in or retail stores that are coming in and it's a big production. and yet a gun store goes in and we have no say in the matter. >> after hours of public comment, the town council continued the meeting until february 11th to consider changing zoning laws and the permit process for gun sales. the council will also consider new gun regulation. today the san jose city council taking on the issue of marriage equality. several council members expected to request the council put a resolution supporting marriage equality on a future agenda. they will also call on the city to join a case currently before the u.s. supreme court that is aimed at overturning the defense

of marriage act. they will not receive the mayor's support. in a recent interview with the san jose inside, mayor chuck reed says he supports civil unions and domestic partnerships, he draws the line at marriage. >> what's on the agenda when it comes to the forecast? let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you, jon and laura. good morning to you at home. kind of a mild start. temperatures close to 50 degrees everywhere across the bay area. 47 in san jose. 49 in sunnyvale. right at 50 in oakland. 48 degrees in san francisco. take you through your day hour by hour, we stop the clock for you at 10:00 a.m. mostly cloudy conditions for today. we won't see a lot of sunshine. at 10:00 might even pick up a few light isolated showers along the peninsula. not expecting much for today. just keep that in mind. 3:00 p.m., a weak disturbance tries to move into the north bay. you can see that there. it will fall apart before making its way into the santa rosa/novato area. isolated showers possible for today. we're talking about a cool,

cloudy day. tomorrow more sunshine on the way. 56 degrees at 4:00 p.m. 57 degrees bayside. we'll take you to the seven-day forecast and time out the forecast to help you plan around the showers on thursday. let's take a look at your drive. good morning, mike. >> good morning. folks, we're looking at sunol 680 to start off here southbound side going from right to left across the screen moving at the limit now or close to it as you head around the golf course. earlier crash looks like everything cleared to the shoulder or perhaps from the roadway although it's on chp report. the map shows you a tiny bit of slowing. same as we saw before as you come through sunol and making your way up the mill toward fremont. no problems tri-valley typical pattern including castro valley y holding steady. 880 and san mateo bridge typical patterns through hayward, union city and across over to the peninsula side. we show a smooth drive heading up for 580 and 880 up to oakland and the bay bridge although there's a new crash reported

around san leandro with no slowing showing up yet but i'll track that. bay bridge toll plaza has pabacp and metering lights. 101 northbound with taillights. southbound with headlights. both sides picking up volume but no major delays into the south bay for those headlights. we'll give you a look at that coming up. back to you. >> mike, thank you very much. a new traffic study shows commuters at oakland and san francisco are delayed in traffic as much as commuters down in los angeles. the texas transportation safety institute says commuters in san francisco and oakland spent 61 hours a year stuck delayed in traffic. by the way, washington, d.c., that area there, the worst in the country for traffic. tallying 67 hours of delay per driver. just into our newsroom, a truck crash in philadelphia is snarling the morning commute. take a look at this. it's from our nbc station in philadelphia saying the truck was carrying fuel tanks under a railroad overpass when one of the tanks got knocked off onto

the roadway. it's part of amtrak's heavily traveled corridor and trains are delayed because of it. no word if there was fuel in the tank at the time of the crash. it will take a feat to get it out of the way. a boy held hostage for seven days now free. we'll tell you how he's holding up just ahead. plus parts of a skyscraper similarly reduced to rubble in mexico. we'll tell you what is to blame for this deadly blast. we'll have that just ahead. a speeding boat slams into a whale. the story behind the dramatic photos just ahead. right now we'll take a live look from florida. a hearing right now in the trayvon martin case. that young man killed down in florida. lawyers for the suspect george zimmerman are looking to have that trial delayed. we'll keep you updated as more information comes in. we're back in minutes. [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents are awesome.

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new details in an alabama hostage situation. an fbi agent says the little boy is doing well in the hospital and even laughing and joking this morning after being freed from an underground bunker as he was being held for seven days. the boy had been held by jimmy lee dykes is since last tuesday when dykes boarded a school bus, killed the driver and kidnapped that boy. police distracted dykes before raiding the bunker on monday.

police shot and killed dykes and pulled that little boy to safety. a follow-up to a story we brought you last week. a gas buildup underneath a building is to blame for a building collapse. the attorney general say investigators believe an electrical spark or a heat source caused that gas to explode. video and pictures this morning of a boat slamming into a whale in the sea of cortez in mexico. a tourist says she was whale watching when she saw another boat hit the whale as it sped toward the marina. the boat didn't think and the tourist say the whale did not appear to be hurt. >> looks like something out of a movie. 6:41 right now. coming up, clamped with clothespins and tied up with twist ties. we'll have that story just ahead. >> a petition from parents and calls for reform in the fawake

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up and using clothclothespins f punishment. >> one day after he was arrested, police say that francis ngissah posted bail and he's a free man. police say that the accusations happened inside this home in roseville where ngissah ran an exclusive basketball training academy that served as a college prep school. according to its website, ngissah had nine students, most of them teenagers and most from overseas. police say they were promised basketball fame for a price. tuition is listed online as $10,000 a year. 5,000 for boarding. officials say he inflicted pain upon four of his players as a form of discipline but ngissah says the police are not true. roseville police explained

exactly what he's accused of. >> zip tying feet together and keeping them bound in one spot and then also placing clothespins on their nipples for extended periods of time causing a lot of pain. >> i think the police have to do what they have to do when allegations are made. you know, a lot of people also didn't read the fine print. it's suspicion of child abuse. >> he was arrested on suspicion of child abuse involving cruel, corporate punishment and willful cruelty, battery and false imprisonment. today roseville police are broadening their investigation as they believe more victims will come forward and one final note. the head coach last coached at st. mary's and they are working to track him down hoping he is shed light on this case. a group of parents in bre brentwood demanding the removal

of that school's superintendent. the parents there are upset at how the district handled special education teacher who has been convicted of child abuse for throwing a 5-year-old autistic child on a classroom floor and kicking him in front of witnesses. the superintendent says he had to led holder return to teaching in another classroom due to "legal limitations." for the record, holder will leave her classroom at the end of the school year. all right. we'll leave the weather to christina this morning. she's got a look at the forecast for us. >> changes. changes yet again. we don't have any weather that could hurt you out there. no downed trees expected or heavy downpours. we do have a cold day on tap. you want to gear up for that. taking a live look, this is san jose. the sky is representative of what we're dealing with over the greater bay area. mostly cloudy conditions. limited sunshine for the first part of the day. a mix of sun and clouds later on today. we're done with bright sunshine

for today. 47 in san jose. 47 degrees in napa. just about 50 everywhere. a milder start than yesterday. take you through hour by hour detail. 10:00 a.m. we stop at future cast. low clouds and fog hanging out over the bay area. continue future cast. a front will try to break through as we head throughout 4:00 p.m. a couple isolated showers up in sonoma county at the coast. most of the rain will stay to the north. continue that future cast stop for you as we head throughout wednesday. look at this. clear conditions over the entire state of california. good day for outdoor activities. let's talk showers now. take you in through your thursday. when we meet back here at 4:00 a.m. thursday morning, we're talking about rainfalloma and m. at 8:00 a.m. you can see the front draped from antioch to palo alto. at 4:00 p.m., showers lighten up for the second half of the day

on thursday. and then here's where it gets interesting. friday morning the cold blast arrives. low snow levels potentially down to 2,000 feet. everything times out just right. we could see them drop to 1,500 feet. that means maybe a dusting of snow over our foothills. something to look forward to. 53 for today in livermore. keep that jacket with you all day. 57 in fremont. 58 degrees in redwood city. taking you into wednesday and thursday, bright sunshine for wednesday. clouds increasing tomorrow night. making way for showers on thursday morning. friday is going to be a cool day overall. and then we'll start to warm up just a touch just in time for giants knbr fan fest at at&t park. no roof on that stadium. bright sunshine on saturday. let's check the drive with mike. >> we're looking toward the second burst kicking in for 101 right at 680. it's kind of just right there. we'll look at the map. you see the slowing has been isolated north of 680 up toward

880 and maybe up toward the freeway. the airport. that's the word i'm looking for. as for 87 into downtown not a concern. 85 and 280, this is traffic tuesday. i expected things to kick in stronger. looks like maybe some folks still slow from eating those wings and what not over super bowl weekend. we'll see that build continue for the south bay just a little slower. 238 continue a smooth drive through castro valley. 880 not a concern. crash moved quickly to the shoulder. no injuries. it is out of lanes. we'll follow that. we're also tracking caltrain. electrical issues reported for some of the signals in san francisco. folks have real people out there signaling trains through. that's why there are no delays. we're still watching for any complications muni and b.a.r.t. no delays with those systems either. live look outside to show you how traffic shapes up for the bay bridge. a smooth drive over that incline. we do have lower deck with a crash reported somewhere around

that s-curve. no slowing just be careful coming over from san francisco to the oakland side. of course metering lights are on there. san mateo bridge slows down a bit. 101 north bay southbound side slow approaching north san pedro road. activity here. i'll check on that and give it to you coming up. 6:50 right now. the fight over medical marijuana heading to the state supreme court today. at issue here whether local governments have the right to ban dispensaries inside their jurisdiction despite the fact those dispensaries are legal at the state level. christie smith is live at the court building in san francisco with more on this story. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. medical marijuana advocates will be watching this one closely because it could impact where dispensaries are allowed to operate within city limits. many of them feel that if the state sides with local

government it would really undermine the will of california voters who legalized medical marijuana in 1996. but more and more bay area cities seem to be limiting pot clubs or trying to ban them all together. three dozen bay area cities do that right now and today the state supreme court will decide whether cities can legally restrict them. san jose city councilman supports limiting the number of dispensaries but wants cities to have the final say. >> disconcerting if the state rules the cities don't have ability to control when and how and where dispensaries operate. that's very important for a lot of communities. we know there are a lot of impacts of dispensaries. not all of them are good. >> reporter: right now 200 cities and counties in california have a ban on retail medical marijuana dispensaries. this case they talk about today comes out of riverside where the city used zoning powers to ban storefront marijuana shops and

one of the shops went ahead to sue to stop the city from shutting it down. seve justices expected to hear the case in san francisco at 11:00 this morning. reporting live from san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> 6:52. the u.s. government says sunnyvale high tech firm badly underpaid immigrant workers literally paying them pesos. >> scott mcgrew says this is flat out embarrassment for bloom energy. >> bloom accused of paying mexican workers to repair and clean power generators right in sunnyvale for the equivalent of $2.66 an hour. that would be a serious accusation against any company but this is a special company. bloom was an absolute media and investor sweetheart back in 2010 when it was the subject of a gushing "60 minutes" report and then investor meeting showing off technology. bloom makes these fuel cells at the time promoted as the energy production future.

the u.s. federal judge ordered bloom to pay the workers in question the wages they deserve under minimum wage laws. bloom did not comment on the accusations. taking a look at the market, the dow industrials up about 80 points after a terrible day yesterday. dell has been taken private for about $13 a share, 13 and change. michael dell, silver lake partners and microsoft all getting in on the bid. dell no longer a publicly traded company. >> all right. thank you. 6:53. santa clara officials say super bowl power outage like the one in new orleans would never happen at the new 49ers stadium. city leaders say after this weekend's 34-minute power outage at the superdome, electrical utilities are sure to be a consideration for the next super bowl host city. santa clara stadium is on the short list to host super bowl l in 2016. santa clara boasts its own power plant and electrical service and

the nfl will choose that host city in may. a lot of people may not think about it just yet but this week marking the one year and counting to those winter olympics in sochi, russia. the winter games celebrating the best out on the slopes and of course on the ice. >> and our own bob redell is getting into that olympic spirit this morning and joins us live on the ice with a curling team in san jose this morning. bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, jon and laura. can you believe that we're already a year out and talking about the winter olympics. it seems like we just got done with the summer olympics but the bay area curling club is a club that's been here in the area for several years now. they have 150 people out here. unfortunately no one from the club will be going to sochi, russia, and i hear gabrielle coleman, our friend and colleague at work so close and i know you have tried over the years. i think that just gives people a sense of just how difficult this sport is. it's new maybe to the american audience. i think we keep saying this is a

new sport but every year we come back and say that. a lot more people are familiar with it. are you seeing it now? >> it's really different now than it used to be. everywhere i go people know what curling is. people see the broom in the airport and everyone knows what it is which is fantastic. >> reporter: with the club, you were talking normally in between olympics you would see maybe a dip in membership. you're not seeing that this time around. >> typically one might. as gabrielle says, we ride on b.a.r.t. with booms and everyone sees bay area curling club and they say can i try and answer is yes, in fact you can. we're taking new members all the time. >> reporter: someone like myself who only delivered a couple stones and you can get them to what point in how long? >> you can play in a league game after just a couple weeks. we have a three-week lesson series coming up. that's all it takes. >> reporter: richard, you have been delivering stones for a while. what's the allure for you. i'm curious. nice hat by the way.

>> a fun atmosphere. you come out here and start playing and when you are starting to learn people are willing to teach you and once you start to learn you get better and it becomes more fun and so everybody is happy to teach anybody. you come out here. plenty of learn to curls. enthusiastic instructors. >> reporter: i know 2014 is off the map but maybe 2018, you guys. if you start now, you have a good four-year head start on 2018 which is in south korea. all right. you can go to bay area curling.com here live from san jose ice, i'm bob redell. jon and laura? >> pretty cool. >> i'm banking on redell for 2014. the guy has skills. he looked like a natural out there. >> gold medalist bob. an exclusive with him. that's for sure. let's check the forecast now with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you guys. it's a cold start to the day. not as frigid as yesterday morning. grab your coat. you'll need it all day long. only expecting numbers to climb

by an additional 5 to 8 degrees from where they are right now. plenty of mid 40s, upper 40s and a couple low 50s out there to start the day. by noon mostly cloudy conditions. drizzle expected as well. and at 4:00 p.m., highs will be like this. 56 inland. 57 bayside. at the coast, 53 degrees. seven-day outlook every 15 minutes throughout the "today" show. before you leave, check in with mike. good morning to you. >> what's going on the roadway? looks like someone just slammed on brakes caused a disturbance to the flow. it's back again. only question mark is the shape of southbound 101 right here through san rafael. let's look at the east bay. northbound 880 an earlier crash that cleared. one lane is block. now very slow coming off that castro valley y. north 238 heading up to oakland. south down toward tennyson earlier crash on the shoulder. slowing now for that direction. slow into fremont for 880. typical pattern. peninsula, 101, that looks

smooth over here through palo alto north or south down into the south bay, guys. back to you. >> thanks a lot, mike. 6:58. a final check of the day's stto stories for you. a tour bus crash in southern california that killed seven people and injured dozens others is under investigation. the tour bus had a history of brake and maintenance problems which may have contributed to the sunday crash. oakland police releasing more information in another deadly crash. one that may have involved a stolen suv. a jeep colliding head-on with a honda in the intersection of 36th avenue and foothill. the owner of the jeep says a woman stole his vehicle from his home just minutes before that crash. that woman ultimately died during the crash. faa may soon allow boeing to run deemliner test flights. boeing is trying to fix a problem with the aircraft's lithium batteries. it could take months before the commercial flights, however, resume. and finally this morning, a

whole foods staple venturing into the fast food game. petaluma based amy's kitchen planning to open the first fast food restaurant in roanoke park. amy's is a natural food company known for frozen meals. this was founded back in 1988. employs nearly 1,900 workers. fast, fresh and good. i like it. healthy. thanks for joining us this morning. we'll be back at 7:25 with another live local update. >> we will. that's how we do it. we'll see you back tomorrow. have a great day. enjoy. good morning. new details. this morning we're learning more about that daring operation to rescue that 5-year-old boy held hostage in a bunker for nearly a week. police storming in after a

secret camera revealed the child was in imminent danger. going up. gas prices on the rise again this morning. up 17 cents in just a week. why they won't be coming down any time soon. and what is this? is it a bird, is it a plane? we will reveal a breakthrough device that will literally blow you away "today," tuesday, february 5th, 2013. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer and that was incredible news coming out of alabama, the raid that freed that 5-year-old boy. incredible for the parents. >> the little boy, ethan, spent the night in an alabama hospital, where he is said to be in good spirit this is morning.