this is nimitz north of the coliseum. high street and north of there there are spots for construction. on the maps we marked southbound 880 through downtown losing a couple lanes but no slowing because of light volume there. san leandro, that should clear around the marina, davis area and no slowing and no wind advisories for the san mateo bridge this morning. back to you. >> mike, thank you very much. happening right now, oscar pistorius back in court in south africa for what is expected to be the last day of his bail hearing. this is video from inside that courtroom just a short time ago. prosecutors arguing pistorius is a flight risk and he will flee the country if he's granted bail. but in a potentially damaging blow, a strange twist to the prosecution, the lead investigator in this murder case now facing murder charges himself. south africa police say the charges against him stem from an october 2011 shooting. he and two others officers fired

shots while trying to stop a minivan. of course we'll have continuing coverage on this pistorius case as it develops through the morning and if a judge makes a decision any time we'll bring you that as far as his bail is concerned as soon as it happens. closer to home this morning, investigators trying to figure out how a man ended up dead at the montgomery b.a.r.t. station in san francisco. b.a.r.t. police say they found the man while conducting a welfare check on several people sleeping on the concourse level of the station. they say the man wasn't breathing. an officer tried to revive him, a white man in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene. as of now officials say it appears he died of natural causes. the fairfield man accused of kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl is expected back in court sometime this morning. 32-year-old anthony lamar jones will likely be arraigned today. jones stands accused of killing

13-year-old and leaving her naked body in a fairfield park earlier this month. prosecutors say he could face the death penalty. uc berkeley police searching for teenage girls wanting for attacking women near the cal campus. they say both women were sprayed in the face with a toxic substance possibly pepper spray and one was punched and knocked to the ground. the teens allegedly tried to rob the victims but a man passing by the area intervened and suspects took off getting in a white dodge charger. the victims were not seriously hurt. president obama may be joining the effort to overturn california's ban on same-sex marriage. this morning the white house says the president is considering urging the supreme court to overturn proposition 8. the president has expressed his support for gay marriage saying his administration would do whatever it could to promote marriage equality. the administration has until the end of this month to intervene

in the case by filing a friend of the court brief. 4:34. this morning the oakland a's are one step closer to moving to the south bay. "l.a. times" reporting the commissioner's office has given the organization tentative guidelines for the potential move. as of now, it's unclear what specifically is laid out in those guidelines but if the organization can satisfy them, the commissioner, bud selig, could let club owners vote on it. the article does point out this does not guarantee the a's will come to san jose any time soon or at all. major hurdle, the giants own territorial rights in the south bay and they are against that move. in the meantime, a top oakland official is apologizing this morning. the city administrator mistakenly accused wolfe of releasing a letter about a short-term lease extension in oakland to the media but not coliseum authority officials. that, however, was not true and

after being told of santana's claim, wolfe fired out an e-mail saying it's sad when someone is devoted to harm someone else's reputation. yesterday santana apologized for the mistake calling it human error. hosting those 2024 summer olympic games is an exciting proposition. the city of san jose says it simply doesn't have the money to make a bid. mayor chuck reed says it takes billions of dollars to host olympic games. a price tag just too heavy for a city that's still struggling to keep cops on the streets. san jose was one of 35 cities invited by the u.s. olympic committee to bid for those games. san francisco and sacramento were also asked. san francisco mayor ed lee says he wants to establish a permanent nonprofit organization to work on securing major events like the olympic games. >> not a bad idea because it keeps coming up. it would be nice. >> 4:36 right now. nice forecast ahead. let's check it out with

meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you, jon and laura. good morning to you at home. we have a good looking day shaping up. yesterday was really pretty but kind of cold. today we bump your high temperatures up a touch. making it all that much more comfortable for you in the heat of the day. this morning we are monitoring the formation of fog although we don't have reduced visibility to show you right now. best drive of the morning. the numbers certain to drop off through the next couple hours especially in the north bay this morning. give yourself ample time to reach your destination safely. look at what those low clouds are doing to those temperatures this morning. we are about ten degrees more on the mild side than yesterday at this time. 40 degrees to start the day in san jose. we had 20s in santa rosa at this point yesterday. 40 a welcome change. 39 in gilroy. 37 degrees in santa cruz. taking you through your day, we're so close to the weekend now and temperatures are going to be comfortable all weekend long. make outdoor plans. i'll show you that forecast coming up in just a bit. at noon we're going to be close to 60 degrees. we'll round out the day in the mid 60s in places like santa

rosa, fairfield, 61 degrees. 61 here in san jose and 61 in gilroy. you got through the rain. not that cold this morning. let's hope that mike has good news in the traffic department. >> i have a warning for folks. good news to let you know there's construction with two chp officers there at the toll plaza. no monkeying around. there are two cruisers watching. one with the crew and the other goes to tell you not to goof around. that's light traffic flow and the construction not causing any slowing off the 880 over crossing there. continuing across the bridge, there's the incline over to the right side and looping through treasure island there approaching san francisco far side just aeautiful view right now. steady driving. the map shows you the city itself. sm smooth flow of traffic. into the north bay we watch for fog but none shows up. great visibility throughout heading south through san rafael that's your commute. in the south bay 101 at 680 a

nice light drive right now. we'll point out a couple spots coming up. back to you. >> it's 4:38. this morning neighbors against a proposed cemetery near the border of san ramon and danville say she don't want their backyards turned into graveyards. the proposed cemetery would be large enough to accommodate 150,000 bodies along camino tassajara. the developer says the mayors of several nearby cities approached him seven years ago asking if he would be willing to have a cemetery on his property. those against it say the cemetery would negatively impact property values and wildlife in the area. a big concern, the amount of water necessary to keep the cemetery green. >> if they put that cemetery in and the landscaping they're

talking about and it all being on well water, it's going to affect everybody around them and their water supplies. >> people have handled my wells for 25 years said this property has never ran out of water. >> if given the green light by the planning commission next month, the propose could reach the contra costa county supervisors in june. this move is very cool. silicon valley tech giants joining forces spotlighting game changes in the world of science by giving away the biggest prize in industry history. mark zuckerberg and google co-founder and a venture capitalist launching the foundation. yesterday the organization handing out a total of $33 million to 11 health researchers studying stem cells, genetic cancer and other diseases. one of those winners is a stem cell researcher at the gladstone

industry in san francisco. that cash award is double the size given those for prestigious nobel prize. >> where they could lead and if we could find cures. nice giving back. a big announcement from google also has silicon valley buzzing this morning. >> predicting more money and more jobs and more people. see which south bay mayor is crowing his city the new center of silicon valley. they're being called the new monsters of lake tahoe. see why goldfish have biologists and environmentalists worried this morning.

take a look at this live look outside. wichita, kansas, this morning. they really got blanketed in snow. nothing compared to the bit of the white stuff that landed here in the bay area. a big midwest storm hitting that area. lots of folks having to dig out this morning. 4:44. a building boom in one south bay city promising to bring with it more housing, more jobs and more money. the mayor of santa clara says

his city is in the explosion of new construction projects. buildings along the expressway will make way for new headquarters. projects mean thousands of new jobs in the south bay. >> with every new project coming in, it makes me more and more confident every day. i think the best of our days are to come. we're going to be able to restore services but add services back. >> that's what city leaders would love to see. more jobs attracting more people which means more tax dollars going back to santa clara. mountain view's google entering the game of touch screen which is the wave of the future and investors have eyes on opening bell. let's go live to seema mody at cnbc world headquarters. >> we see markets lower after yesterday's big sell-off. that was triggered by release of minutes of last month's fed

meeting. the central bank has been buying up billions of mortgages and government bonds each month to keep interest rates low. we do get data out today on unemployment, inflation and housing as well as a fresh snapshot on the consumer walmart reporting earnings this morning. dow falling 108 points in yesterday's trade and nasdaq losing 49. here's a story we're watching. google is reportedly developing several touch screen devices that use its chrome operating system. "the wall street journal" says the first run of products will include laptops and could go on sale later this year. google is trying to compete with microsoft and windows and also it would compete with androids. back to you. >> seema mody, thank you for the update. >> let's get the latest in our weather world this morning. >> it's going to be nice. we got through the hard part.

now let's enjoy the good stuff. temperatures today are going to be comfortable enough to ditch your jacket and maybe even give your heater a break depending on insulation in your home. a live look at san jose. you can see the general sky over the bay area from this picture. you see low clouds hanging out. we don't have a thick deck blanketing the entire bay area but we'll see clouds move inland. we'll track that this morning. 45 to start the day in san francisco. not as frigid as yesterday. we bumped up numbers from this time yesterday morning by 10 to 15 degrees in some cases. you notice that difference up in the north bay where we have 20s at this point. 40 degrees to start the day here in beautiful san jose. want to point out winds out of the west. that's an indication of onshore flow that will strengthen for today. another weather system on the way. it's a dry system. it will fall apart as it moves over the bay area. however, it's going to keep that onshore flow in place and that means we'll see low clouds roll right back in tonight at about

5:00 p.m. mostly cloudy conditions overnight. we'll get a nice finish to the week on friday. looks like one of the warmest days in the extended period. today not too bad. 63 on the way for santa rosa. 61 in gilroy. 61 degrees in los gatos. take you through the weekend. we're so close now and look at that. your temperatures are going to climb for friday. saturday is not looking like the best day for outdoor activities. it won't be that bad. north bay will be mostly cloudy. a stray shower. overall south of the golden gate bridge it will be mild. partly cloudy conditions sunday into monday. we start to dry out and that's when we'll kick in this fair stretch of weather that will continue potentially through thursday of next week and friday into saturday. we get our next chance of rain. 4:48 back to you for now, jon and laura. >> thanks so much. it's 4:48. funeral services will be held later this morning for a detective who was gunned down during a manhunt for a rogue cup. 35-year-old jeremiah mackay was

killed last week in a shootout with christopher dorner. he died after arriving at a cabin that dorner was holed up. he was a 15-year veteran of the sheriff's department. survived by his wife and two young children. pentagon getting ready to announce creation of a new marine crisis response team. nbc news says this idea is in response to the attack on the american consulate in benghazi last week. a group of 1,000 marines will be based at a naval station in italy so it can quickly respond to north africa and eastern europe. bay area native and u.s. ambassador christopher stevens was one of four americans who died in that benghazi attack. hours before his death, stevens sent a cable to the state department warning of deteriorating security conditions. 4:49. the u.n. security council is meeting this morning to discuss sanctions against north korea for detonating a nuclear device. the obama administration is negotiating with council members for stronger sanctions.

a week ago north korea detonated its third underground nuclear test since 2006. it was the strongest blast to date. some monster size goldfish up to a foot and a half long are pulled from lake tahoe in what biologists say are steadily multiplying in waters and that has biologists warnings. they say the fish eat and excrete nutrients which stimula stimula stimulate algae growth. >> could change everything there. have to keep it blue. why a winery tossing perfectly good wine into the atlantic ocean. >> all right. we'll tell you why facebook is apologizing to one of its oldest users. >> a look here at the east shore freeway off in the distance. we see traffic starting to come off of that richmond bridge. we'll show you how things are shaping up for the south bay and tri-valley coming up.

right now you're looking live at oracle arena in oakland, california. christina loren telling us it will be a nice day outside. always a pleasure to hear as we approach the weekend. speaking of oracle arena at 4:53, good news. head coach mark jackson happy his team finally back in the win column. warriors snapping a six-game losing skid beating the suns

last night 108-98 at oracle are arena. this marks the first victory for golden state since february. the warriors next play tomorrow night another home game against the san antonio spurs. a napa wine maker is trying to age wine in the middle of the ocean. the winery tossed four cases of wine into the charleston harbor. the 2009 cabernae was placed in special cages before being emerged and wants to see how ocean movement affects the wine. >> in the ocean where you have constant motion, where you have variance of temperature but also very similar to what the ideal storage in a warehouse is where you have a lack of light, different pressure, we're going to find out what happens. >> wine makers think the ocean is key to giving wine recovered by sunken ships a unique taste.

the bottles will be turned up in three months. some treasures in the sea. >> very specific grapes. you have to have them marinade and twist around. i know nothing about wine. what am i talking about? mike inouye, what's happening on the roads, man? >> let's just focus on roads and what you do when you're not drinking. those don't go together. we're looking here early morning traffic. that goes nicely here in san jose. 101 at 680 light, easy drive. we'll show you the san jose map south bay in general northbound routes are concern for the morning commute. right now there's a little slowing right there north 101 top of your screen by the airport. no incidents reported. i'll track that. it popped up and will clear in just a few. also watching santa cruz mountains. look here over the hill from santa cruz a smooth drive for 17 both directions looking at overpass and old summit road smooth drive. a look at fremont. live look at 880. light volume of traffic southbound with headlights.

northbound with taillights past the truck scales and into fremont continuing to the b dumbarton bridge. this is past university heading up toward the area and highway 84 does have road crews overnight typical in your eastbound direction. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. facebook is apologizing to one of the oldest users to making her lie about the age. the social media website won't let her 104-year-old grandmother list her real age. every time she try typing in her grandmother's birth year of 1908, facebook automatically changes it to 1928. so for the past two years the michigan woman has remained 99 years old. online at least any way. facebook now says it is working to fix the problem. i guess it has an age limit. >> i like that she's 104 and using facebook. granny on the move. 4:56. coming up, we'll take you live

down to scottsdale, arizona, where giants are dealing with weather trouble this morning. see what they did to try to get around all of that.

>> reporter: good morning. i'm bob redell. we'll go live to the east bay where police are looking for three teenage girls armed with possible pepper spray and an intent to cause harm. that story coming up. a new reward this morning after a raccoon is shot. the humane society says it dealt with at least a dozen shootings like this in the past few months. and this morning we're trading out the frost for the fog. you want to be aware of that before heading out the front door but the weekend is so close and your forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> we're tracking that fog for your commute but right now i have changes at the toll plaza and two more incidents just off 580 to talk about. right now a live look outside from san francisco. always beautiful by the palace of fine arts. it's gorgeous start to this

thursday, february 21st. this is "today in the bay." it is just about 5:00. a very good morning to one and all. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. new this morning, the obama administration says it may get involved in california's controversial proposition 8. "today in the bay's" marla tellez live in san francisco with what the president may do and what it could mean for california. good morning, marla. >> reporter: good morning. for one it could mean wedding planners would have a lot more business not just here in california but potentially in the 29 other states that currently ban gay marriage. it was in san francisco in 2010 when that federal judge who happened to be gay himself declared prop 8 unconstitutional and the california supreme court agreed. now since then the initiative that defines marriage as a male/female union in the state of california has been paralyzed

tangled in a legal web. now the president is thinking about weighing in on the debate before the u.s. supreme court takes up the issue next month on march 26th. his administration says the president is now considering urging the high court to overturn prop 8. the president, a known support of gay marriage, says that gays and lesbians must be treated like everyone else under the law. the obama administration has until february 28th to file a friend of the court brief. if he does, it does not guarantee the high court will agree with him. analysts say his opinion does carry weight with justices. live in san francisco, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> we have breaking news right now. another strange twist from south africa. tweets from inside the oscar pistorius bail hearing say there was some kind of threat outside of that courthouse in the past 20 minutes. the imagines straight l