coliseum. that's the direction for the construction. also, on the southbound side, the davis street off ramp and on ramp from southbound 80. the northbound side sounds like the on ramp to northbound 880 has cleared. we will track this and more. thank you very much. it is 4:32. overnight, emergency crews recovered a man's body inside an elevator shaft at the montgomery b.a.r.t. station. b.a.r.t. officials said they got a call about someone stuck inside the elevator. when they arrived, they found the body of a man in the elevator shaft. the man riding the elevator told police he was going up to the muni level to the concourse when he heard a yell before it stopped. personal effects, including bedding, were found on top of the elevator car. police are working to determine if the items belonged to the

victim who is believed to have lived in the elevator shaft. no delays on b.a.r.t. or muni. volunteers will help in the search for a missing oakland woman. erika mascaraleras vanished three days ago. she owns her own i.t. company, last seen near 34th and telegraph where a surveillance camera caught a photo of her. her cell phone stopped working thursday afternoon. investigators hoping to recover the last location her phone registered. her mother says she is frustrated with how police are responding. >> we do feel if your daughter was missing or your sister or your family member just disappeared, you would be frantic to find some answers. we need the law enforcement professionals to help us.

>> oakland once again the volunteers at the first congressional church in oakland planning to fan out in the neighborhood if you can help locate her, you are asked to please call the oakland police. a homeowner living in an east foothills neighborhood is demanding police take action on a recent burglary spree before the crime turns more violent. paul majors says three people broke into his woodley drive home stealing $20,000 worth of valuables. the break-in was caught on video by his next-door neighbor's security camera. he also had a break when a tracking app he installed on the stolen ipad sent a north san jose address to his phone. even with the evidence, an investigating officer told majors, there wasn't anything they could do. >> it is frustrating. i know the police are doing the best they can with the resources they are given. i don't know who to point the finger at. you hear whose fault it is from both sides. it's each other. make sure you think about maybe

moving to morgan hill, kuwait frankly and i was born and raised here in san jose. >> police sergeant tells us investigating burglaries is t e time-consuming. they can write search warrants but getting them taken care of is very manpower intensive. police say they are swamped with calls and they have to prioritize violent crimes. property crimes are on the rise all over the bay area. in san jose, burglaries, robberies and auto thefts were up last year by 30% over the year before. there were similar trends in san francisco, oakland and fremont. critics say police just aren't giving enough high priority to property krams because of staffing reductions and budget cuts redwood city deciding whether they will ban single-use plastic bans. it is estimated 42 million plastic bags are used annually.

if adopted, the redwood city ban could take effect as soon as april 25th. 4:35. today, palo alto will vote to expand its ban on plastic bags. it will ban them from delis, restaurants, catering trucks and all other places that serve food. the only exception would be small bags to hold takeout items such as soup. there would also be a ten cent fee for paper bags. this morning, minimum wage in san jose is jumping to $10 an hour because of measure "d" which voters passed back in november. opponents say the increase will hurt local businesses. some local business owners say they have already been paying their employees at the higher rate. it has led to better morale and less turnover. >> an average 40-hour week, that's about $3500 a year.

>> maybe it will get popped back into the economy. maybe you need to buy some new shades. >> good idea. mama needs a new pair of shades. temperatures are looking good. this is that time of year where you want to make sure you have got those shades handy. lots of sunshine headed our way. offshore flow, unseasonably warm. mild, 40s, upper 30s. 45, san jose and 39 degrees down in gilroy to start the day. we kind of take you through hour by hour detail. at noon, already jumping into the mid to upper 60s which meeps great conditions for hitting the water on your lunch break. it is going to be really nice if you want to get some lunch out by the bay. temperatures are going to round out in the mid to upper 70s. look at all this area clearing high pressure, fully in control for the entire western half of the united states. as we head throughout the next couple of days, we bring the rain back in the forecast. your seven-day in my next report. get your mind-set on the drive. >> good morning again.

a reminder that even though the clocks in your house may have been changed, check your commute time. we are looking over here toward 880. the commute moving smoothly over the last few minutes. they are likely to have a small slowdown. that's the direction i'm pointing to right now with the arrow. san leandro with the davis street on and off, affected by those road crew. westbound 580 maintains a smooth, easy drive. that is your commute direction coming out of livermore. westbound this morning, a road crew over at greenville, the off ramp. keep that in mind. it sounds like that may be closed. if it is, they will have the flashing light. we will get a live look outside and see how things are crossing the bay. here is the san mateo bridge, a frozen shot, a still shot.

even that is an hour delay. as far as the on bridge, it is fine. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. it is 4:39 right now. the giants 2010 and 2012 world series trophies kin their tour through the bay area. the fans will have their chance to get their picture taken in south san francisco. the event will be held at 2:00 this afternoon at the joseph a.fernekes building. tonight at 6:00, the tour will stop by san bruno's veteran's memorial recreation center. >> they might need a whole separate budget for windex to wipe the fingerprints off. that thing is making the rounds. >> i'm surprised they let people touch it. they didn't used to. >> is that right? >> it was hands off. >> loosening up the reigns. >> 4:39. two years since the devastating earthquake and tsunami that rocked the coast of japan. for many, the memory is still very fresh. we will tell you about the plan

for a memorial that has some victims protesting catholic cardinals make their final preparation for entering the conclave. we are hearing an american name surfacing as a possibility for the next pope. the first lady getting her message out about childhood obesity. she is powering it through twitter. we'll explain.

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welcome back, everyone. monday morning. at least we can give you a nice-looking live look outside. say good morning to you. we're going to have a look at the forecast coming up in a bit. 4:43 right now. the first lady taking her let's move campaign to the burbs. she will tweet with keeping kids healthy using her official twitter account. submit your questions to #flotus. the twitter discussion starts at 8:00 a.m. >> i love her twitter handle. first lady of the united states. many americans have had enough for the price at the pump. the question remains, what are more and more people doing to

try to get around that issue? live at world headquarters of cnbc, sima, good morning. futures are lower as the markets come off their second best week of the year. the dow closed at a record high. the longest streak since 2007. the s&p 500 is less than 1% away from the all-time high. there are reports later this week on retail sales, inflation, industrial reduction and consumer sentiment. the dow rising 67 points and the nasdaq rising 12. more people are leaving the driving to someone else. a new survey showing the number of americans commuting by public transit is surging, hitting the second high efl level on record as more people return to work. higher gas prices and a dislike of traffic also contributed to the increase in ridership on trains and buses. growth would have been stronger

if hurricane sandy hadn't stranded people and shut down subway and commuter rail lines on the east coast, which makes sense. >> absolutely, it does. thank you very much. anxious to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. we are going to see more of the same. 4:45, temperatures this morning, a little bit on the chilly side. you will probably need a coat, specially in the north bay. we have a little fog to point out. watch out for some patches, mostly confined to the coastline. you are dropping off in places up in the north bay. travel cautiously. as we head throughout the day, temperatures are going to be warmer than where we were yesterday. we are going to keep the climb going through wednesday of this week when the 80s returns. making kicking on that a.c. for the first time. 45 degrees in san jose. we are still in winter by the way. the first official day of spring is not until the 20th even though we did have the time

change. at 1:00 p.m., starting to hit the mid to upper 60s. beautiful day shaping up. you are going to hit 60 degrees in san francisco. 75 in gilroy and 74 degrees at places like livermore and fairfield. the good news is, we're going to keep this climb going. we still have a chance for showers as we head toward the end of the week. look at wednesday. up to 81 degrees inland. so the warmest day of the year so far. on the way for wednesday. thursday into friday, starting to drop off a little bit. an area of low pressure moves closer to the coastline. that will bring in a stronger onshore flow for us. finally getting a little bit more cloud cover towards saturday. once we hit sunday, we are talking showers for the second half of sunday into monday. enjoy it while it lasts. 4:46. back to you for now. it is 4:46 right now. following the tragic attack at a wildlife park, visitors are being led back in. cat haven holding a moment of

silence for deanna hanson, who worked as an intern at the wildlife sanctuary was killed by a lion last wednesday as she was cleaning out its cage. the board president says the reopening does, in fact, have the blessing of the victim's family. hanson's family has started a fund-raiser in deanna's memory for the animal park this morning marks the second anniversary of the devastating 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that hit japan. the 200-foot long ship remains stranded on an empty piece of land on the northeast coast. the city wants to preserve it as a memorial. city is negotiating to try to keep the vessel's owners from dismantling it. aside from the ship, more than 250 artifacts and hundreds of pictures will become part of a new permanent exhibition at an art museum. the earthquake and tsunami killed 19,000 people. more than 300,000 are still

without permanent homes. 4:47. catholic cardinals holding one final day of meetings before entering into conclave to select a brand new pope on sunday. the cardinals taking a break from several days of meetings. they attended churches all over rome. they have been discussing the future of the catholic church after the resignation of pope benedict xvi, the former conclave to elect the next pope officially starts tomorrow. >> there is a lot of talk about where the next pope will come from. some feel there is an outside chance an american can be named to lead the catholic church. dr. robert moynahan is the founder and editor of chief of "inside the vatican" magazine. he says while about a quarter of the cardinals eligible to vote are italian, there is a possibility they will not agree on which of them to elect as pope. that leaves the door open for any one of four american cardinals, timothy dolan, fran siz george, sean o'malley and donald ward. he says there is a drawback.

>> that would look to the rest of the world as if the religious power was allying with the secular power and that would be a concern to the cardinals. other names to watch include cardinal odilo scherer of brazil, marc ouellet of canada and peter turkinson of ghana. you have probably not seen anything else like this before. we will show you the unique creation drawing a crowd to the san francisco explore toatore y. we are looking at the east shore university avenue. pretty good volume. we'll see how the time change is affecting your early morning drive.

welcome back, everybody. if you haven't had a chance or thought about it, that clock should be set ahead. if you are joining us, maybe you already know that. a live look over san jose. mike inouye will be alongside. christina loren telling us about a great week weatherwise. for the record, it is 4:52. >> change the one in your car too. >> very smart. we hate to freak you out and start your monday on a crazy note. san francisco's pier 15 has actually been taken over by a monster. >> luckily, it's a friendly one.

>> it's a mechanical octopus. >> looks like it is a little rusted too. >> it is made from recycled garbage cans and scrap metal. he was certainly the star of the street fair this weekend drumming up excitement for the reopening of san francisco ace exploratorium. they moved it over to pier 15. they had several exhibits and san francisco's street festival. the octopus is set to be the biggest draw. >> it took 3 1/2 months to build this whole thing. we took it out two years ago and it was a big hit. we did it again. here it is right here. all made out of giant scrap metal and junk. >> i thought it looked a little like that. the octopus retiring so its

creators can begin work an an even more outlandish creation they will take to burning man this fall. the project is top secret. we hear it will have wings and will also spitfire. >> el poco mechanico and the traditional banjo music that goes with that. >> a little something to get you going. the oakland zoo has three new reasons, not one or two, but three new reasons to celebrate. >> the zoo has the first successful litter of mircat pickups in over a year. they are given african names that translate to joy, happiness, and sweet. they joined the family of five other mircats. the adults are taking turns caring for them. zoo officials say they are very healthy and adjusting well to their new family and their surroundings. >> those are always very, very cute to look at until your kids

start saying i-want one. i want to take one home. >> i don't think that is legal. a little hamster maybe. >> maybe not that. 4:55. trying to stay away from that. mike inouye, traffic? jon, they can do that tivo remind and say, jon said that on tv. >> this is 101 through san jose. a pretty steady volume of traffic over here. we will see how the morning plays out. that one-hour time change can change the flow of the commute. we are looking like the speeds are just fine. we will look at the maps to show you, that's the same case for the entire south bay. no closures through the area. even over here, eastbound 84 at dunbar ton bridge, we haven't seen road crews there in a long while. northbound, with those taillights past willow, continuing up into the city. 101 at the city.

280, we really have a problem. holding steady for that. the catch is, justin timberlake sporting some new threads. saturday marked his fifth time hosting "saturday night live" entitling him to join the exclusive five-timers club. they mocked the concept by wearing trademarkers five-time smoking jackets. you recognize steve martin, paul simon, dan akroyd, tending the bar. chevy chase dropped in as well. >> i'm famished. waiter. >> or hors d'oeuvres. >> tom hanks was there along with the first female club member, candace bergan

complained there was no women's restroom. >> that's quite a catch. 4:56. still ahead on "today in the bay." we have the latest on a deadly incident at a san francisco bar station. how they say a man was crushed by an elevator. >> a lot more ahead. stick around.

good morning. the latest on this bizarre accident where a man has been crushed inside a b.a.r.t. elevator. that story coming up. >> reporter: a family desperate for answers. an oakland woman has been missing for four days. i'm christie smith, that story coming up. >> we are cranking up the winter warmth this week. make sure you are ready for the 80s. break out the tank tops. you will have to put them away soon. rain in the forecast. we will give you the timeline for the impending changes this morning's commute already going through some time changes. we are looking over toward one

of the bay area toll plazas. i'll explain that coming up. look forward to that. right now, we will give you a live look. spanning over san francisco international airport, you have to imagine all their clocks or on time for your flights in and out of the airports on this monday, march 11th. this is "today in the bay." good morning. always great to see you. i'm jon kelley. i'm laura garcia cannon. a bizarre discovery inside a b.a.r.t. shaft. a man found crushed to death by the elevator itself. the real question is, why he was there in the first place? "today in the bay" bob goodell joins us. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. believes this was a homeless man who was sleeping on top of the elevator car inside the montgomery b.a.r.t. station.

this is based on the bedding material and personal effects they found inside there. around 9:30, a passenger was riding the elevator up from muni to the b.a.r.t. concourse level. there was a crunching sound. this person heard a scream and the elevator automatically stopped. it is not clear if this man was crushed while on top of the elevator or somehow slid in between the elevator car and walls of the shaft. the fire department pronounced him dead on the scene. it took them several hours to remove his body. b.a.r.t. is still trying to figure out how this man was able to get in the shaft in the first place. the passenger stuck in the elevator got out unharmed. reporting live here in san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay." a family of a missing oakland woman is asking for your help to try and find her. she was last seen jogging in her neighborhood and vanished that afternoon. christie smith is live in oakland with the search efforts getting un