coming off of northbound 280, there are still crews there. watch for that. i will let you know when it reopens thank you very much. happening right now, the world's cardinals reflecting as they get ready to enter the conclave to select a new pope. less than an hour ago, they finished mass at st. peter's basilica. they have returned to their hotel and are now preparing for the short trip to the sistine chapel where the conclave will start in just a few hours. we anticipate secret votes before the end of today. "today in the bay's" tracie potts has a look as how this selection process will look and when catholics might have a new leader for the church. >> all the cardinals, not just those voting, entered mass today at st. peter's basilica, setting the spiritual stage for the conclave. the first vote beginning in this room today. america's top cardinal in his daily radio message anxious to get started. >> it was remarkably enriching and uplifting but i'm kind of

happy they are over. we came here to elect a pope. >> 115 electors will walk in reverse seniority. they seem confident this won't take long. >> no conclave is less than five days. >> if they go more than four days, they are in trouble. >> not everyone is sure it will be that easy for one person to get 77 votes. >> they have to look among their own members for that person. i think they are still trying to figure that out. >> who will wear these rope robes, these shoes, cardinal scola, cardinal scherer from brazil. >> to appeal to all of the people in brazil and latin america that are catholic and very passionate. >> we could even see an american pope. u.s. students studying in rome tell us they will be watching

for that. >> hopefully, we won't be second class but maybe we can sneak out for a break and check out the smoke. >> white smoke, the sign the catholic church has a new leader. no conclave in the last century lasted longer than five days. some cardinals have said, they would like to be home in time for holy week. 4:34. tied up for not taking a nap. a bay area preschool teacher could face charges for tying up a 2-year-old that refused to take a nap. they say the little girl refused to nap. so the teacher took masking tape and bound her hands and feet and took a picture of her bound and sitting on a cot, which she later showed to the girl's mother who also teaches at the school. the mother went to police and school officials. coming up at 5:00,hear from the director of the school and find out why it is not the first time

this school has been in trouble. >> well, the bay area lawmaker calling for a federal investigation into the army's dropped rape charges against santa cruz cop killer, jeremy goulet. representative, jackie spears says he should have been in jail and not been granted an other than honorable discharge for allegedly raping two female officers. instead, he went out to hawaii, oregon and eventually santa cruz. later on today, representative spear planning to introduce the military judicial reform act which would strip commander's of their power to overturn decisions of judges and juries of court-martials. new details in the case of disgraced south bay politician george shirakawa. the clerk noticed a possible forged signature on the city

council campaign form. he has resigned and ordered to plead guilty to charges he used campaign funds to support his gambling addiction. he served two terms as a san jose city councilman an on the local school board before becoming a local supervisor. >> they will meet today to help determine who will fill his vacated seat. the vote to fill a june 4th election. >> the bright lights of hollywood could end up affecting your commute on the peninsula later on tonight. hbo in palo alto to film a pilot about the silicon valley. they say filming will be done on university avenue between webster and waverley between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. film crews are keeping a tight lip on what the pilot is about. the only thing we know, it is being called entitled silicon valley project by mike judd, the

creator of bemus and butthead. we want to check the forecast with who is giggling over there. good morning. a good-looking day. i was more of a butthead and i always am. mike is more after a beavis. 44 in livermore, 48 in san jose. it is chilly out there. grab your coat. something you can ditch at 10:00 a.m. as we warm into 60. your lunchtime numbers, down right comfortable. we are going to be in the upper 60s, close to 70 degrees. rounding out the day, closer to 80 degrees. we have not yet hit the peak of this winter warmth. mike inouye and your drive. good morning. folks, we will take you out over towards emoryville. this is westbound 80, nice

spacing between the cars. yesterday, we saw a lot of early traffic, folks probably just trying to really overcompensate for the fact we had that hour change. we will see how it shapes up for traffic tuesday. so far, more standard than yesterday. the maps show a smooth drive through the area. wow, what's this map? we will show you this area of santa cruz. right now, we are looking at santa cruz, just fine. 17 over the summit. that's good to know as well as folks headed into the south bay. we will look at 101 in palo alto, a smooth drive. university avenue between 4 and 6, that's got to be horribly congested as you head through the area. service street traffic is bad. try to avoid it and use alternate parallel routes through downtown palo alto if you can contra costa county's oldest working police dog is retiring this month. the german shepard named dar has been patrolling the streets for more than a decade and helped apprehend more than three dozen

suspects and located dozens more in need, including 23 lost children and elderly people suffering from dementia. the day nine whose name, dar means gift will be honored at tonight's san ramon city council meeting. retirement ceremony is scheduled for march 21st. disappoint for the fans of the st. mary's basketball team. they will have to wait if they get a bid to the ncaa tournament. they couldn't seem to make it against gonzaga. matthew delavideo helped gonzaga win. >> the zags are the number one team in the country. st. mary's will likely get in. >> putting out some good vibrations. 4:39. call this a hack attack. washington, d.c. to hollywood,

the personal information of some well-known celebrities now a very public matter. >> a tragic mixup at the mortuary, not once but twice. the mistake that touched off a state-wide investigation. plus, new details about the state of america's schools. the troubling new data coming up.

welcome back, everyone. live from st. peter's basilica. lots of activity expected there as the cardinals will conclave to elect a new pope. it will be interesting to see what will happen. it is 4:43 right now. new report out this morning paints a troubling picture of america's schools. the center for green schools says it will cost more than a half a trillion dollars to get elementary and secondary schools up to date over the next decade just to get them back to their original conditions would cost $271 billion. former president, bill clinton, and the green schools group, is urging the government accountability office to assess what it would take to start that work on schools. >> house republicans planning to release a blueprint attempting to show it is possible to balance a budget within ten

years by simply cutting spending. the plan paul ryan is releasing has little chance of going anywhere with the house or senate, the house gop is sticking to its guns trying to appeal obama care, cut domestic programs and require future medicare patients to bear more of the cost. president obama is expected to meet with the democratic caucus later this afternoon. federal budget likely to be part of the talks the movement on capitol hill could affect how the markets trade. hackers strike some of the most powerful men and women. bertha coombs live with the details. good morning, bertha. good morning, guys. the markets seem to be on a role, grinding higher day after day. futures this morning are a touch lower. on monday, we saw the markets end the day higher after starting on the down side.

the dow extending its winning streak to seven straight days. five straight days of record closes, the longest streak in more than a year. the dow hasn't been up eight days in a row in over two years. another record high for the s&p 500. what a lot of the fund managers watch. nine points from its all-time high clothes. it is rising 50 points yesterday to 14444. pretty lucky number. nasdaq up 8 to 3252. the s&p added five. celebrities and government officials private records were posted. credit reports, social security and other information on stars such as jay-z and mel gibson and fbi director, robert muller and former secretary of state, hillary clinton. they suspect the information was stolen from a secure sit sti

database. that is pretty scary if you are the fbi director and your information is there. >> not so secure after all. thank you very much for the update. it is 4:46. meteorologist, christina loren telling us what we can secure. you are talking 80s this week? >> i turned on my a.c. yesterday. you might have that urge as we head through the next couple of days with temps in the 80s. unseasonably warm. showers we were talking about yesterday, our chance is getting slim at this point even up in sonoma county. your chance is about 20% now for a shower. on sunday into monday. however, we are going to keep watching it. things can change. 48 in san jose to start the day. 43, gilroy, cold enough for a coat. something you can take off by 10:00. good air quality today if you want to open up the windows in your home and let mother nature

cool it off for you or heat it up at this point. we're talking about room temperature readings today. the warmup tips. widespread 70s. tomorrow, widespread 80s. as we get into monday and tuesday, a better chance for those showers. i think mostly up in the north bay wechlt are watchi bay. we are watching for the water supply. right now, i am watching for a pretty good chance on tuesday. we'll keep that updated for you. temperatures this morning are chilly. we are going to be in the upper 70s today. 78 in livermore. 74, fremont. we will peak tomorrow at 80 degrees. cooling off a touch. the pressure tries to move through sunday into monday. we will see a little bit more cloud cover, cooler temperatures and maybe, just maybe, a stray shower up in sonoma county. right now, it doesn't look that great. things can change like i said. we are always watch forg those changes. 4:47 right now. back to you. >> overall, good stuff,

christina. thank you very much. we are following new developments out of afghanistan. that's where military officials say a black hawk helicopter has killed five more americans. this brings monday's death toll to seven, the deadliest day of u.s. forces so far this year. two u.s. special operation forces were shot and killed hours earlier on monday in eastern afghanistan. >> it is 4:48. the man accused of the aurora theater massacre heads back to court today. james holmes is charged with killing 12 and wounding 70 last summer during a showing of "the dark knight" rises. court documents show he might plead not guilty by reason of insanity. his attorneys are concerned that such a plea would force them to turn over potentially incriminating evidence investigation is underway after a mortuary mixup down in southern california. this was kind of freaky. it all started when evan davis

son alerted the funeral home the body in the casket was not his wife of 51 years. the mortuary convinced the 73-year-old man it was, in fact, his wife, claiming the imbalming process made her look different. >> this wasn't my wife. i knew it. they just overwhelmed me and told me that's the way it was and that's what happens after they are imbalmed. >> almost unreal here. the mortuary finally admitted its mistake yesterday but only after another family reported a body switch. well, the company has offered to correct the error and cover all funeral expenses for both families. davidson's attorney right now calling on the state cemetery and funeral bureau to investigate this bizarre scene. >> you are going through a mourning process. to have that happen, so sad. >> a guy that is not his wife,

ridiculous. 4:49 right now. the niners are making some moves with the team ace new wide receiver. alex smith headed to a new home. a wide look at san jose. a little construction on 85. i will show you what's going on for san francisco, the city, coming up.

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rome. that is the very chimney that will be allowing the smoke to flow out when the cardinals vote for the new pope there in vatican city. if the smoke comes out white, they will have a new pope. if it comes out black, they go back to work and will vote all over again. we are keeping you posted. covering that as all the information comes in, it is 4:53. let's talk some sports. the 49ers, alex smith will have a brand new homo figuresly. the nfl free agency period starts at 1:00, when the niners will officially trade smith to those kansas city chiefs. in exchange, the niners expected to get a second-round conditional pick in 2014. smith spent eight years as the 49ers. a lot as their starting quarterback. replaced by colin kaepernick. they will gain some cap room and clears the way for them to acquire the wide receiver, the

niners, quan bolden. he was in the super bowl, beat up the niners, six catches, 104 yards and a touchdown for baltimore. the 49ers, very painful loss to the ravens. pending a physical, he will be wearing a niners uniform next fall. san francisco giving up a sixth round pick in the trade a special treat for some june ju junior giants. they are going to get to spend some time with the trophy. this will be between 4:00 and 6:00. the event is free to a donation for the junior giants baseball fund. it would be appreciated. >> very, very nice. the ginants, getting some love down there. mike inouye, what's happening on the road on this tuesday? >> the golden gate bridge across the bay, we don't want to confuse the two.

the golden gate bridge coming from the north bay. visibility, okay for drivers but tough seeing the drivers from our camera here. the maps still showed that on an index. we only show the construction going on on northbound 101 and east 80. they are moving a vehicle over towards san francisco. it should be cleared very soon. the fog may be an issue. fog and mist. coming down out of novato. out of napa for highway 12. watch that as will. no problems reported. a similar pattern as yesterday. parking can be a pain. parking at the nation's capital is becoming pretty big business. washington, d.c. pocketed $90 million worth of parking fines last year. aaa says nearly 2 million parking tickets were handed out.

one ticket every eight seconds. here is a ticket for you. here is a ticket for you. only 10% of those who receive tickets ask for a court hearing to appeal the fines. they are making some good money there. $90 million doesn't include foreign diplomates who have immunity from russia to the vatican to iraq. they owe the district millions of dollars in unpaid fines. >> if they collected 90 million, imagine how many outstanding tickets are out there. >> 4:56. the new plan to expand santana row coming up. speaking of parking. >> we'll be a park. plus, one bay area city many could go up with a new plan to help the homeless but it is gonna cost you more money. >> a live look over san jose. you can see some low-hanging clouds causing a layer of fog there. christina loren says, hang in there. that will clear out. sun is coming.

we are going to see some 80 degree temperatures. spread the word. "today in the bay" back in a matter of minutes.

a disturbing report out of pleasanton where a 2-year-old was bound by tape at her preschool for refusing to take a nap. i will have the latest on this bizarre story coming up. >> reporter: if you think parking is bad at santana row, it could get even worse. good morning, i'm marla tellez. i'll tell you about a new plan to build more office space coming up. at least the weather will be nice as you search for that perfect spot. might want to park yourself on the beach today. beautiful knt beautiful conditions persist. changes around the corner. your full forecast. >> as we prepare for foggy traffic, i have word of four cars stopped on highway 24. we will give you the where and hopefully the why coming up.

live outside for a look at the city by the bay. this is san francisco and your beautiful bay bridge. a lot of lights. still a nice look on this tuesday, march 12th. this is "today in the bay." i want those lights on at this hour. good morning. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia cannon. we also continue to keep an eye on vatican city where the cardinals are preparing for the start of the conclave. we have had a live look at the sistine chapel where there will be snomoke coming out later thi morning. black smoke means no decision. white smoke means a new pope has been elected. earlier this morning, the world's cardinals took part in a mass walking through st. peter's basilica side by side. this will be the last time we

see all of the cardinals together in public until a new pope is selected. coming up at 5:45, we will have a live report from vatican city. a preschool under fire this morning after a teacher is charged with allegedly tying up a 2-year-old for not taking a nap. the school says the teacher bound the little girl's hands and feet with tape and then took pictures of her and showed them to the toddler's mother. a bizarre and ridiculous scene. "today in the bay's" christie smith live in pleasanton. what the school is saying about this drazy incident. good morning. >> yeah. this one leaves you chaking your head. there is a meeting tonight at the is school for parents and teachers after the report of this very bizarre incident. the punishment for a 2-year-old girl that wouldn't take a nap was that her hands and feet were taped up. now, pleasanton police are investigating. the school is also conducting th