of the hope that she is still alive. >> with what they have, as far as evidence, as far as dna, it's obvious that he has the answers as far as to her location. >> marlene is calling tomorrow a community awareness day. after the balloon release, she is telling people to be encouraged, to head to niles hall in fremont. that's where we are this morning. this is a fund-raiser for sierra lamar. from 1:00 to 5:00. they are going to have music down here, a rapper, with prizes. all the money raised will support the search for sierra. i spoke to the sheriff's department about the search for her. she would be 16 now. coming up at 5:30, i will tell you some surprising information i learned from investigators as far as what they have to go on. also, later in the show, i will have a live interview with sierra's mother, marlene.

for now, live in fremont, marla tallez, "today in the bay." friends and family of three people killed las weekend during a crash in daly city. a 23-year-old and his mother and brother died saturday night when a car hit them as they tried to make a u-turn. the archdiocese of san francisco this afternoon holding a prayer service for the family on east more avenue in daly city at the very scene of the crash. the suspect being charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. at this point, he has not yet entered a plea. 5:03. investigators are searching for the family the man crushed to death in a b.a.r.t. elevator shaft last weekend. the elevator in the montgomery station was reported stuck just after 9:30. a person inside reported hearing a crunching sound and a scream while riding up to the concourse level. fire officials found the

unidentified man dead on top of the elevator. he appeared to be homeless and foul play is not suspected but investigators are trying to determine how he got in to the shaft. >> a search is expanding this morning for a santa cruz county man who has now been missing for more than 24 hours. what's making the search more urgent, the fact he recently suffered a head injury and he could be disoriented at this point. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in scott's valley where the search crews are gathering this morning. bob, good morning. good morning to you, john. that search being run out of the scott's valley fire department. in a couple of hours, around 8:30, search and rescuers along with their canines will begin a second day of looking for 20-year-old matthew abraham. he was last seen wednesday night around 9:00 at his home on dobby lane here in scotts valley. his family thinks he might have wondered off around 6:00 or 7:00 yesterday morning based on the noise from the family dog.

earlier this week, abraham posted this youtube video to thank his friends for his love and support after his recent head injury. in it, he discusses how he was mountain biking on a train tressel above the san lorenzo river when he fell # 50 feet below into the sand, hence the swollen left eye and pain and disorientation he has been suffering through all week. >> i'm having a lot of trouble with simple tasks but supposedly it will get easier and easier until i'm fully recovered. but, at the moment, it feels like someone has dug pliers into my skull and they are trying to tear it open. all my muscles and my joints just kill with pain. >> reporter: the concern being he is so disoriented that he wondered off and is now lost. searchers have looked around the observation deck at henry kyle

state park and hiking trails near uc sn ta cruz since those are locations he spoke about before his disappearance yesterday. he is 6'1", 150 pounds, possibly was wearing rainbow-colored running shoes and a large black pack back. you know what he looks like based on that video link. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." it is 5:06 right now. meteorologist, christina loren, finding some spectacular weather for us. the nice wave continues getting a little pot of gold under the rainbow for your st. patrick's day. it is going to be beautiful around here. temperatures are going to be the envy of the nation. if you are going to be staying around. make sure you take advantage of it. the rain returns next week. we are still in winter until next wednesday. 48, san jose. 44, gilroy. 46 degrees to start the day in sunnyvale. thanks for waking up with us each and every day. happy friday to you. you made it. unseasonably warm today. good air quality.

comfortable temperatures as we head throughout the weekend. they are only going to drop off a little bit. as we head throughout next week, we have a return to winter, rain and cold. we featured it on your seven-day. i'm going to show you exactly when that comes into play. first, want to check your drive. >> good morning, mike. folks, this is the incline ed hadding up towards the s-curve and treasure island. that's where we are watching for any slowing. the bridge reportedly has a crew there heading over there. there are two cars that got into a crash. there is wood debris in lanes there. you do see traffic kind of bunching up. that's typical. on our match, we will show a slowdown. no other incidents. it sounds like it should be off to the shoulder at this point. watch for that distraction and a little additional slowing. the approach through the maze just fine. your commute still building. here is southbound 880 and northbound. it looks like there are construction crews that have just started to clear. we see construction heading up

towards fruitville. a light volume of traffic. those cars are moving slowly through the construction zone as they move the trucks and it should be clear in just a few minutes. we'll track that. back to you. one east bay community is buying guns back. the gun buyback being held at the pittsburg center tomorrow, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., march 16th, saturday. it is limited to bay point and pittsburg residents. the program will pay $200 for firearms and $300 for assault weapons. san jose police is beefing up its force adding several dozen new officers. the police academy graduating a total of 43 recruits. they are the first new graduates for sjp since 2009. the graduation ceremony set to take place at parkside hall in that will go off at 1:00 this afternoon. it is 5:08. the president getting ready for another trip to the bay area. when he will be in town next. plus, the new audit that

finds the mandatory furloughs of state employees, they may not be saving as much money as we think. not gold but oil in california hills. a lot of it that could add up to a lot of money. we will take a look in business news.

good friday morning. taking a live look outside. bay bridge. traffic moving slowly across there. i don't think because there is a lot of traffic. people easing into their friday morning. we will help you do that. 5:11. major meeting between the families of lost children in the newtown, connecticut shooting. three families personally touched by the sandy hook elementary shooting visited the bill graham center to talk about the sandy hook promise. it was a promise made between silicon valley tech companies and families right after the shooting three months ago. it's goal is to use technology to prevent another tragedy.

one of the companies involved is shot spotter, based in newark. >> the sad fact of the matter is, the sandy hook incident got all of our attention as a national community but unfortunately, these incidents are taking place every five mnutes every day. >> more than 20 venture capitalists believe technology can lead the way when it comes to fighting crime and studying mental illness. they are pledging thousands of dollars to the cause. we can connect you with local organizations trying to end gun violence. head to our website nbc bay area.com. the president unveiling a brand new energy plan. scott mcgrew has an early copy. the president would like to cut oil imports in half by the end of the decade. it is just one of a list of goals that he is spelling out. mr. obama will also ask for a tax credit system to push the trucking industry to adopt

natural gas as a fuel instead of diesel, and create what he is calling the national energy trust spending $2 billion in ten years on alternative energy raised from oil companies. now, $2 billion is not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things, certainly not over 20 years. the loan to solyndra was half a billion. the loan to tesla was another rough half billion. do you know where this is? it is the biggest shell gas and oil field in the western united states. you probably call it monterrey county. a new study by usc says hydraulic fracturing of the monterrey shale, that's fracking, could add another 14% to california's gdp and bring in $25 billion in new taxes another day, another record on wall street. at least the dow. s&p 500 darn close. it is going to be volatile today. we will turn to courtney reagan.

good morning. good morning to you, scott. futures under a little bit of pressure right now after the markets posted a nice rally on thursday. the dow stretching its winning streak to ten days. it will shoot today to close higher for 11 straight fridays. now, the broader s&p 500 is just two points from its all-time record clothes. stocks are on pace for their best first quarter since 1998. we will get data on consumer prices, industrial production and consumer sentiment. the dow rose 83 points. the nasdaq was up 13 points to 3258. that's where we open when the bell sounds in about an hour from now. >> courtney reagan, having a great weekend. two points on the s&p 500. we have gadget friday coming up. we are talking about energy and gas. i have something that will give you more gas. >> thanks. >> great news, scott. i was starting to feel really great about our friday.

5:14 now. meteorologist, christina loren is here to cure-all of our ills. we have good air quality. 5:15. great-looking day shaping up. beautiful for your weekend plans as well. what i can tell you is yesterday, we had that fog. it settled in along the coastline right over the bay. we didn't clear until about noon yesterday. today, a different scenario. we will see more wind than fog. the wind will play a bigger factor in the forecast. that's good news. we are going to have a clear coastline if you want to head out to the breach. 44, san jose. 45, good morning, san mateo and 47 degrees in pacifica. high pressure still in control of our weather problem. a little bit of patchy fog to start the day. another beautiful, warm day ahead. let's talk about the fog. we stopped the fog on your futurecast. if you are trying to catch a flight, we might see some delays out of sfo.

odds for that, we will let you know if that is the case. the good news is, if you want to catch that flight, by 11:00 a.m., we are going to have clearing over the greater bay area. things are looking good for us. really good. 75, livermore, 69 in san francisco and 70 in oakland getting into that all-important weekend. we have the giants on nbc at 3:00 p.m. on st. paddy's day before you head out and about. 70 degrees. people get started really early on st. patrick's day. take it easy so you can catch that game at 3:00 p.m. monday into tuesday, things start to change. the rain arrives. we are talking about pretty good rain chances, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. we'll talk about what's happening in dublin for st. patrick's day coming up right now. we want to check your drive with mike we are going to take you out to oakland where we saw that slowing both directions, approaching high and fruitville. it looks like the traffic brakes have done their job. things are starting to clear up for both directions of the

nemitz freeway. an earlier significant alert. eastbound 580 coming over toward airway and heading out through livermore, we have that counter commute direction. let me show you what was going on. christie smith arrived on scene after the truck had gun the putting-out process. i think that's an official turn. we are looking at the foam that they sprayed on this truck. the back was in flames. all this is calming down. to the south bay, a live look. northbound 101, smooth easy drive north of the 682/80 interchange. that is good stuff here. as well as up the peninsula. 101 through palo alto, a nice, smooth drive. palo alto into or out of san francisco for 101.

back to you. >> thank you very much. the plan to save the state money by furloughing employees has backfired according to state legislative analysts. it finds because of the furloughs, employees are taking fewer paid days off and those paid days are banked and have to be paid out when employees retire. the sacramento bee reports the state paid out $200 million for paid days off not taken. the furloughs imposed back in 2008 have saved the state $5 billion. they have reportedly cost the state more than $1 billion of that money, because employees have not taken those paid days off. >> president obama on his way back out here to the bay area. his very first visit since being reelected. he had a lot of visits preelection raising a lot of money. the president expected to be in northern california 3rd and 4th. during his trip, he will be hosting a number of fundraising

events including a $32 a plate brunch to benefit the democratic congressional campaign committee. the white house not releasing any other specific details. east bay officials and local media took time to honor some unseung-hui rose in their communities. the hometown heroes community took place at city hall honoring people for their commitment to make communities better. it was sponsored by comcast. nbc bay area is owned about i comcast. it is 5:19 right now. coming up, the kind of drive-through you don't see every day. vet special delivery on its way to the bay area.

welcome back on a friday

morning. a whole new era and new direction for the catholic church as pope francis steps in to begin his run leading the catholic church. we will keep you posted on what's happening on his official first day. 5:22. celebrity chefs and firefighters teaming up this weekend for a very good cause. firefighters from san francisco, vallejo and kern county will be pairing up to make some creations. more than $12,000 will be donated to the fire foundation on behalf of the winning team. the cookoff takes place tomorrow at 11:30 at momo's bar and grill in san francisco. this isn't your typical trip to the grocery store. a drive-through meat market is visiting the bay area next month. the temporary markets put on by a washington-based company. they move around the country delivering meat in bulk quantities. the selection includes ground

beef, ham, bacon, fish, chicken. in cases of 15-40 pounds. so clear out that freezer. shoppers place their orders online in advance and they pick up their orders at a designated location. the mobile meat market will make a stop in san jose on april 1st and antioch on the 2nd. it is called the carnivore caravan. >> that's good. >> when i this i of a meat market, i think of santana row on a tuesday night. good looking day shaping up. temperatures in the 70s, 74 inland, 69 bayside. at the coast, 67 degrees. you can hit the beach comfortably. the rain moves in. we will time that out for you. first, let's check that drive. good morning, mike. look over toward fremont. volume, holding steady. fridays are lighter a little longer in the morning. we will look at the same area with the maps and see there is no real issue as far as the flow

here. south of that camera, we were looking at the mission area and heading down towards mill pedis. the volume starting to build. eastbound 580, we have that plane blocked by the earlier truck fire. look down here heading through pleasanton and livermore, highway 84 starting to show some slowing. that's starting to show the slowdowns. the tri-val i wiley, the buildi just beginning the long delayed bike sharing is set to arrive in san francisco this summer. the bay area air quality management district reaching a deal with ulta bicycle share to manage this project. originally was schedule to launch last april. starting this august, cyclists can pick up and drop off 700 bikes at 70 different locations around san francisco and td

peninsula. the network will be expanding to include another 300 bikes and 30 additional locations when funding becomes available 5:25. up next, about face. the former san francisco crime lab tech accused of stealing drugs changes her plea. plus, a new late night twist to the arrest of a former bay area substitute teacher accused of having child pornography on his computer. a live look outside. lights glistening. mike keeping tabs on that morning commute. looks like it is picking up a little bit. it is still early. a lot of news ahead. 5:25.

you made it to friday. we are going to treat you to a beautiful forecast this st. patrick's weekend. we need the rain. that's on the way as well. we'll time it out for you coming up. friday usually means friday light but not so much for the bay bridge. i'll talk about and show you what's going on. right now, we show-and-tell

you all about san francisco. that is the beautiful and always picturesque bay bridge for you. getting you started early on a feel good friday, march 15th. this is "today in the bay." good morning, everybody. it is 5:28 right now. thank you very much for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia cannon. police are still looking for answers after a deadly shooting near the richmond b.a.r.t. station. a man was shot and killed near the mcdonald and 19th street entrance to the station. no one else was injured. so far, no motive or arrest. investigators releasing new details and hoping for new leads in the death of a san jose biker who disappeared last fall. the santa cruz county sheriff's office telling the mercury news erik dean garcia may have been with members of another motorcycle gang when he was last seen alive. garcia, a member of the mongolss

motorcycle club was reported missing last the september after leaving a party in san jose. detectives say he was possibly spotted with members of the ghost mountain riders club before he disappeared. his body was found three weeks later in the santa cruz mountains. a former san francisco crime lab technician accused of stealing cocaine is expected to change her plea. debra maddon is expected to plead guilty to a lessor charge of misdemeanor cocaine possession. she has already gone to trial twice on charges of obtaining cocaine from a lab by means of fraud or deception. both ended and hung injures. her arrest in 2010 forced a district attorney to drop hundreds of criminal cases. tomorrow marks one year since the disappearance of morgan hill teenager, sierra lamar. she left for school in the morning and has never been seen or heard from since. "today in the bay," marla tallez, is live in fremont where

a special event for lamar's family is taking place this weekend. marla, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. this weekend is certainly all about sierra lamar. she was 15 when she disappeared in morgan hilgs. now, she would be 16 years old. her parents tell us she should be driving, doing the things teenagers do. there are two events planned for her tomorrow, one happening in fremont where her mom tells me sierra was born and raised. that's why it is going to be here. if you would like to take part, it is a fund-raiser. live music, raffle and plenty of kid activities. 1:00 to 5:00. the money raised will support the search for sierra. before this, the lamar family is planning a news conference at the sierra lamar search center in morgan hill. this gets underway at 9:00 tomorrow morning. we are told the santa clara county sheriff is going to be there. we will be getting an update on the investigation. then, there is going to be a

balloon release in sierra's honor. her mother will be at both the events. she tells me she is absolutely keeping hope alive. she is very anxious about this weekend. >> it's been hard, because it would be her junior year and this would be the time she would go to junior prom and i just feel bad that i haven't been able to share that with her this year. >> anton garcia torres is locked up charged with her kidnapping and killing eve thoen hn thoughy has not been found. dna evidence shows that those two did have contact. the public information officer with the santa clara sheriff's department tells me the case is still open and this may come as a surprise. he tells me, they are receiving 15-20 tips a month even a year later. the community certainly has not forgotten about sierra.

now, i wanted to mention after the balloon release tomorrow morning, there will be a search for sierra out of the search center in morgan hill. those saturday searches still take place every single weekend. coming up in our next hour, a live interview with marlene lamar, sierra's mother. we are live in fremont. 5:32. a south bay teacher accused of possessing a massive amount of child pornography is hospitalized after a suicide attempt. p.e. teacher, nathaniel forstell tried to kill himself after overdosing on medication. christie smith is live where the teach is recovering. >> reporter: nathan forstell is facing disturbing child pornography charges.

he is in the hospital recovering after an apparent suicide attempt. he is expected to survive and will undergo a mentally valuation at some point. the 44-year-old monterrey county p.e. teacher who once worked as a sub was arrested and released. paramedics and police came rolling up. police say he tried to overdose. more than 1,000 images were found on his personal computer at home according to investigators showing some children as young as four years old engaged in some sort of sexual acts. >> if he didn't do anything, why be scared? why try to commit suicide and do all that instead of saying, i'm going to go to court and prove i didn't do none of this stuff. >> reporter: he once worked as a sub in the adam rock union

school district from 2008 until february of this year. detectives say at this point, it appears he was viewing and sharing these photos, not producing them. also, seaside police are expected to interview students there to see if any crimes were, perhaps, committed on the job and we are told according to the volume of elicit material found, investigators are considering pursuing federal charges, which, if convicted, would mean a much longer prison stay. reporting live in san jose, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> the search growing larger for a scott valley man, who has been missing for more than 24 hours. last seen wednesday night at his home in scott's valley. what's making the search even more urgent is the fact that the 20-year-old recently suffered a serious head injury and may have him very confused. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live where search crews may be gathering. >> reporter: that is the concern.

this man is lost because of his head injury. in a few hours, they will gather at the scotts valley fire department for a briefing, and head out for their second day of looking for this man, matthew abraham, 20 years old, from scotts val i will. he disappeared about 24 hours ago. he posted this video on youtube earlier this the week to thank his friends for support and update them on his head injury. last saturday, he fell 50 feet from a train tressel. he had been mountain biking on over to the san lorenzo river in henry kyle state park. fortunately, the sand below cushioned some of his fall and perhaps saved his life. he did suffer a serious head injury. you can see the swollen left eye. he has been disoriented. part of his memory is shot. he likens it to having someone twist his brain with pliers. >> i don't really remember much of friday or any of last week really. i was out for about 24 hours,

probably. i'm starting to recover slowly s s. >> matthew abraham was seen at his home on scott's valley. his family thinks he might have been there and wondered off around 6:00 or 7:00. searchers have looked around the observation deck at henry kyle state park and the hiking trails near uc santa cruz since those are locations abraham spoke about before his disappearance. you could see in the video what he looks like. 6'1", 150 pounds. he might have been wearing rainbow-colored running shoes and carrying a large black backpack. reporting live in scotts valley, bob redell, "today in the bay." let's switch gears and check the forecast with meteorologist, christina loren. you are talking 70s. we have a beautiful day shaping up today. really nice. we are going to see less cloud cover to start. we are going to see less cloud cover overall.

that fog will creep in right at the immediate coast and around the bay. we are expecting dense pockets this morning. i want to point out, most of our winds are coming out of the west, which is good news. that means that onshore flow is going to carry in that good ocean air all day long. it really is going to be a nice day. 48 degrees to start in san jose. by noon, 66 degrees. we are going to round out the day at 74 here in san jose. 71, fremont. 75 degrees in livermore. hopefully, he have been able to give your heater a break over the past few days. i'm pretty sure you were able to do so on wednesday when we hit 87 degrees in gilroy. the good news is, we are going to see these beautiful conditions. we need that rain. it is on the way. we are going to show you when and how much we are expecting. first, we want to check your drive. after all, you have to get to work to get to that weekend we have to get through treasure island tunnel to treasure island. this is a little slower drive heading up the incline towards the s curve. we had about four cars in total

reported with flats and they have all been moved off to the roadway. the old on ramp. the earlier slowing was because of a number of cars having to clear from the area. we'll show you the map. not a problem. the smoother drive and the green taking over the incline as you are heading over toward the right of your skrin, the left of your screen, that's your commute direction in towards san francisco. the berkeley curve showing a little more volume but no slowing. antioch, highway 4 from lone tree way, early slowing, which is pretty typical even on a friday. good stuff here. across the san mateo bridge, a view from the peninsula side. westbound 92, look how easy the drive is. looks like folks are hanging out. a couple here, a couple there. the cool kids coming over now. heading over the peninsula on the group. got the clusters rolling out

there. we will tell you about coming up the new fix for the dreamliner from boeing. they are planning to get the planes back up in the air. more trouble for carnival. two ships experiencing difficulties this morning causing trouble for thousands of vacatio vacationers. >> problem here. nice wide shot of the bay bridge. i like the way the lights dance at this time of the day. it always makes you feel good and motivated specially because it is -- >> friday. >> love it. [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent. oh, did you want it? yea we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. that's half that's not half! guys, i have more! thanks mom [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents. let the making begin [ malcrrkkhshziiiizzlllee. to this symphony of flavor: beautiful. shhhhshshshshhshshhhhhsshhhshs. gorgeous! here comes the crescendo.

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welcome back. today, a must-win for the united states if the team wants to advance. team usa losing to the dominican republic yesterday, 3-1. today, if they beat puerto reco, they stay alive and move on. taking you down to hoops.

the cal bears have to wait until sunday to find out if they get their ticket posted to the big dance. the bears upset by utah last night getting knocked right out of the pac 12 tournament. the bears now need an at-large bid if they want to make the ncaa tournament. also, laura garcia cannon, your st. mary's gaels looking for an at-large bid after losing to number one gonzaga earlier this week. the sharks did it the hard way but pulled out a win over the l.a. kings. san jose won 4-3 last night thanks in part to defensiveman turned forward brent burns. he scored the first goal of the game. with that goal, burns won a bet with comcast brodie brazil. he didn't get the shirt off his back but look at that, he pulled off his tie and handed it over. there you go. >> we'll see if that purple tie goes with burns' uniform. i am sure he is going to wear the tie for the next game.

if they keep scoring goals, put that tie on. 5:42. meteorologist, christina loren is back and smiling. always smiling but it makes you feel good with all this good weather. >> i am a rather optimistic young lady. >> we appreciate it. >> i like to call myself a young lady, even though it is not true. 5:43. we have a good-looking day. you want to apply the sunscreen. lots of sunshine going our way. 49 degrees to start in san francisco and 43 in napa. we have such a beautiful weekend shaping up. it might be just one of the most beautiful weekends of the entire good air quality, beautiful conditions in the 70s. not too hot, not too cold and our pollen levels are actually dropping off. so that's the good news. we have rain on the way as well. we're sitting pretty. 48 degrees in san jose to start the day. winds are going to pick up as we head throughout the afternoon. you will notice on the key where you are getting the oranges, the yellows, along the coastline through the east bay hills, we are going to see the winds pick up between 3:00 and 5:00. keep that in mind if you are going to head out to the beach.

you want some rocks to keep the blanket down. 75, livermore, 71, fremont, 72 in los gatos. 68 degrees in santa cruz. if you want to head to dublin, it is their biggest celebration of the year. saturday and sunday, holding on to the mid to low 70s. it is a big deal this year, because it's the 30th annual celebration. saturday, that's when you can catch the parade. it starts at 9:30. as we head through the next couple days, temperatures stay steady in the 70s. the 60s and 50s arrive by tuesday into wednesday and the rain as well. 5:44. let's check the drive. great note about the dublin parade and the festival going on by the civic center. been there a couple of years. it was great, wonderful time here. not far from dublin, east 580. west, your typical build. we have the remainders of the significant alert.

the earlier video we got at the scene, blocking three lanes. this truck was on fire. these brakes overheated. they put the fire out. we had foam, cleanup. we still have one lane blocking. there is now someone out there trying to fix the brakes so they can move the truck. the brakes that were originally on fire locked up. that's probably the reason, the source for the whole thing going on. there is the activity. no real slowing. counter commute, only one lane blocked. now, the visual distraction for the eastbound side. southbound through livermore and heading down in toward fremont, pleasanton, 84 shows the continual build. south bay, smooth drive. no reañ slowing. 101, 87, both still looking great. we will jump up to the city. jackson at spruce, police activity at the intersection. the paths to and from the golden gate bridge and the bay bridge moving very smoothly. the bay bridge toll plaza will end in that shot. that gentle build, east shore

freeway, no problems. back to you. thank you very much. 5:45. pope francis continues his first week as the head of the catholic church. this morning, meeting with cardinals who elected him. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live in vatican city where we better get a better idea of how the newly elected pope plans to deal with corruption and scandal in the catholic church. good morning, tracy. >> laura, good morning. >> good morning, everyone. we certainly got an idea of the tone he wants to set in addressing all of those issues this morning in a short speech before the cardinals. the pope said that he doesn't want them to be weighed down by bitterness and pessimism and discouragement. take a look as you see the pope speaking and greeting by one one the 150 plus cardinals that heard his speech this morning. these are the same people that elected him earlier. his colleagues, in fact, he is still staying in the same residence where they all stayed

during the conclave. his papal apartment not yesterday ready. he did get a look inside the apartment. it has been locked since pope benedict stepped down. the entire church looking to pope francis to deal with some issues, sexual abuse, dwindling membership, economic problems and allegations of corruption here at the vatican. does he have the answers? is he ready to deal with them? we got the first glimpse of his approach to that this morning. >> passengers on the carnival dream cruise ship are not heading home via water but by planes. the problem with the ship's generator causing the ship to cut short the cruz and dock at st. martin and the elevators and the rest rooms. carnival deciding to fly the 4300 passengers home just in case. so far, no doubt about it.

an unlucky 2013 for carnival. the cruise ships also having a problem with their cruise ship legend. it is skipping the last port in the gulf of mexico heading home to tampa. it is expected to arrive there sunday as scheduled. guests being compensated for both ships with problems. >> problems there and problems for boeing. new this morning, the head of boeing says commercial dreamliners could be back in the sky with passengers within weeks. executives revealed the proposed fix for the 787s lithium eye on batteries in tokyo. they have not pinpointed the cause of that recent battery overheating problem they say. the measures they now say will keep people safe. we have proposed a comprehensive and robust set of solutions that provide three layers of improvements to the battery system.

you our teams have worked extremely hard to develop these solutions. we are confident they are the right ones. >> the new battery design reportedly has several safety layers to prevent battery fires and overheating. it also has measures to keep the problem from spreading and keep the aircraft safe if there is another battery malfunction in utah, something like out of a wild movie with a wild scene and a man ending up in handcuffs in a parking lot completely destroyed. this one all caught on tape. take a look here. the driver plows through a row of sheds on display at the home depot. from there, he spins out of control into a neighboring parking lot and goes up on to a store's front lawn. finally, he finds a not so suitable parking spot on top of a tree and a fence. police had to use a taser to finally slow this cat down. they say he had five guns inside his trucks and he admitted to being drunk. >> we have breaking news in san

francisco this morning. police involved in a possible officer-involved shooting. here is the background on it. early this morning, police say someone vandalized a taxi cab near the intersection of jackson and buchanon. when the cab driver got out to confront the person, the person jumped into the cab and drove off. police tried to confront the driver a few blocks away and the suspect reportedly rammed their car. no word on whether officers opened fire after that or if the suspect was hit. we also don't know so far if the officers were injured. we are gathering all this information right now. we know the suspect took off and was later found near fort mason. we will bring you more details as they rapidly come into our newsroom this morning. it is 5:50 right now. coming up, here is a question. who is the best boss in america? ladies and gentlemen, you might want to say yours to be safe. once considered the top ceo, it appears apple's tim cook has some competition from another big name right here in the bay

area. >> hoiwho is the best boss? our boss, easy.

we want to tell you about breaking news from san francisco. police involved in a possible officer-involved shooting early this morning. police say somebody vandalized a taxi cab near the intersection of jackson and buchanon. the cab driver got out to confront that person, that person jumped into the cab and drove off. police tried to grab that driver a few blocks away. the suspect reportedly rammed the car. that's when this shootout took place. we will keep you posted on information as more comes into our newsroom. right now, it is 5:53. the latest glass door report revealing this morning the 50 highest rated ceos for 2013. no shocker. a lot of those ex ebecs making

list. the top dog, based on more than a half million employee reviews, larry page, number 11, mark benioff of salesforce.com check can in at 13th and nvi"ia's jen-shun huang. tim cook, 18. we finish up with intel's paul otolini taking number 21. that cost scott mcgrew 17 cents to get to, would. with that in mind, i'm assuming you have a gadget. this is automatic. an easy enough name. this is a plug. it plugs into your obd port near your car. that port near your left knee under the steering wheel. mechanics use that port to detect what's wrong with your engine. some insurance companies you may

know now offer safe driving monitors to plug into the same spot. what this gadget does is mott to monitor not just your car's health but its mileage and how hard your brake and accelerate. it knows how much you paid for gas and it can tell you the trip to work costs 17 cents or the trip to the mall costs a quarter or it will give you a score on your driving, the less hard braking and fast starts, the higher the score. when you get into a crash, it takes every o your phone and calls 911 and tells you where the mr. is are. all for $70. these aren't available until may. lots of people, very, very interested in them. this he are they are good fun. it makes it interesting. how much did that cost. am i driving more efficiently today than last week. >> it does not track you in that

sense except to your own phone but it does tell you where you've been and how far you've gone. so in that sense, it is your own personal information. it won't track beyond just your home. >> would a parent be able to take a look at that later and figure out where they were. >> if the teenager would hand over the phone. there are other alternatives for that. >> what's so funny is we have 3-year-olds right now and we are already thinking teenage years. >> with an 18-year-old, it goes a lot faster than you think. >> i know. i want to bottle him up and keep him little. >> what do you mean, we can't? >> i wish. i'm trying. it is 5:56. trying to get out there and take him to enjoy this great weekend ahead. they can build sand cancels on the beach this weekend if that's what you are into. you could take him to the slopes. a lot of snow in tahoe. good morning. great-looking weather. it will persist all weekend long. we need the rain. that's on the way as well. bayside, 69 degrees. you don't have to feel guilty

about enjoying all this sunshine. we will let you know when the rain moves in. let's check your drive. good morning. we are looking at a nice, clear drive for palo alto, 101 northbound with head lights. into the area, the map shows the oregon expressway. that's the area i'm concerned about. the map would show there is no slowing yet. there is a car over on the shoulder. they are worried they can't find room to fix their flat. the east bayside looks pretty smooth. thank you very much. 5:57. still ahead, deadline day for the bay area's biggest community college. the decision that could affect tens of thousands of students next.

a missing man with serious head injury. we are live with the all-out search. child porn allegations and a desperate act that turns deadly.

a new twist in a case against a south bay substitute teacher. ribbon cutting at the vatican. see what's behind these doors. the luck of the irish is with us this st. patrick's day weekend. we have rain in the forecast. we need it. we'll tell you when it is slated to >> again, right now, fremont friday. based on the forecast from christina loren, it will be a feel-good friday as we give you a live look over the bay bridge. right there, the lights twinkling, dancing in the darkness. friday, march 15th. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> thank you very much for joining us. a good morning to one and all. >> i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia cannon. video of a scene after a stolen

taxi rammed a patrol car in jackson and spruce this morning. officers say the suspect stole the cab after the taxi driver had gone out in an argument near jackson and buchanon. police arrested the suspect. the search continues for a missing south bay man with a pretty serious head injury. 20-year-old matthew abraham was last seen at his home. the team is meeting this morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. that should be happening around 8:30. they will gather at the scotts valley fire department where they are coordinating that search. search and rescuers along with their canines will go out for a second day in the hunt for 20-year-old matthew abraham, last seen wednesday night at his