why bolts are snapping off the new span of the bay bridge and if your safety is at risk during your morning drive. meanwhile, we've activated this northern california radar. you can see we have showers moving into ukiah. clear on the way to the bay area as of today. we'll time the system out and the next two on its heels, coming up. i've seen a lot of radar guns on this portion of 880. we'll tell you where that is, as well as the slowing and the incident for 580 coming up. a new twist in your morning commute over the iconic golden gate bridge as we give you a live look of the morning commute on this wednesday, march 27th. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. >> update to breaking news in san francisco. we caught flames pouring out of the windows as a massive fire

rips through an apartment building in the city's bay view district overnight. "today in the bay's" christie smith joins us as firefighters are watching for flare-ups. we understand a couple of firefighters also injured. >> reporter: yeah. neighbors describing a scary scene, that they heard a boom sound overnight. they woke up and saw a wall of flames. the fire is out right now. i want to show you where it started. if you can follow this right across the street, you can see the burned building. that's where the 911 call came from. if you span to the right, you can see it actually moved to other buildings. firefighters on top of the apartment building over there, that it spread to this morning as well. what they're telling me is that because here in san francisco the buildings are so close together, it just kept spreading. when firefighters arrived, flames were already in attics and crawl spaces of other buildings, surrounding the one where it started on 3rd and

mckinnon at 7:00 this morning. firefighters quickly called for a four-alarm, pouring water on it. and then two others had pretty extensive water damage. all the people inside made it out. that's the good news. when we arrived, red cross was here, helping people who just left with the clothes on their back backs. >> we heard something exploded. but then one look at my window, started see iing flames and we l stepped out. >> reporter: he told us he was waiting around to try to check on the status of his cats inside. 20 people getting help from the red cross. two firefighters injured. one fell and was bruised. the other suffered smoke inhalation. both checked out on scene and were okay. this has been impacting muni

service this morning, the t line. i did see a bus bridge go by. firefighters did get the heavy equipment off the rail. that's good news. muni still had that bus bridge going to sort of relieve the congestion. that is still in place. we did see that t line rolling by a couple of minutes ago. firefighters say it's just too early to speculate on a cause. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." 6:03. new concern this morning over the safety of the bay bridge. an inspector found busted bolts on the new eastern span of the bridge. "today in the bay's" arturo santiago on whether this will effect the opening of the bay bridge. >> reporter: they say even with this new problem that the bridge is still safe. nothing to worry about as far as safety goes. it is not going to change the bridge's opening day ceremonies or plans, which are scheduled for the day after labor day. the metropolitan transportation

commission has confirmed 32 of the giant bolts have snapped. and now caltrans is considering replacing all 288 of these bolts on the new span. the bolts, which are also known as rods, are 9 to 17 feet long and 2 1/2 inches in diameter. this apparently is a chemistry probl problem. officials say there's hydrogen present in the metal and the hydrogen makes the metal brit e brittle. bridge engineers say they're pretty confident, however, that the problem with the bolts is not a design issue or a construction problem. now the bolts were installed back in 2008. that was before the roadway decking was put in. so a lot of the -- access to a lot of them isn't going to be easy. right now they don't know how long it will take to fix this problem or how much it will cost. but officials with the metropolitan transportation commission, the agency which oversees construction for caltrans on the new span, they'll be meeting today to get a full briefing and start thinking about where they go from here. live on treasure island, i'm

arturo santiago, "today in the bay." >> thank you, arturo. historic day on the golden gate bridge as we give you a live look at the toll plaza right now. we are seeing the first morning commute with all electronic tolling. it is the first time since the bridge opened more than 75 years ago that there's no stopping and no person collecting a toll. nbc bay area was there for the last toll taker shift. it offered toll takers other jobs and hopes to save $616 million by eliminating the jobs. >> see if there's any stopping the rain headed our way. meteorologist christina loren. least for undeaster? >> i think we will have showers for easter. take a look at this live

picture. sfo hustling and bustle iing. you can actually see for eight miles, no fog here. you will see this picture from time to time, low fog is trying to develop. south of 92, we're getting reports of heavy fog as you make your way this morning. weather headlines tell the story of the day. as we head throughout this afternoon, we'll see mostly a mix of sun and clouds. you might get caught under a stray shower or two. keep that umbrella handy or hoodie, whatever it is. mild afternoon temperatures. we head through your thursday, mostly cloudy. few light showers yet again. then that chance for rain gets even better. head through saturday and sunday. hour by hour detail for today w looks like this. we see any showers, best chance will be between 2:00 and 6:00. 61 degrees inland. your full forecast inland. mike, when it comes to the new tolling scenario on the golden

gate bridge, they'll take a picture of your license plate and send a bill. >> that's one of the ways. pay by plate, also the fast track. they'll track you down any way they can, i'm sure. waving folks through the toll plaza. i have a link on my facebook page to new details on the various plans they have. thank you, christina. a little heads up. volume of traffic increases southbound across tesla. same zone i've seen speed teams the last -- basically all week, going on with their laser radar devices and they're pulling people over, one after the other. i can give you all the heads up i want. just watch that corridor between mil mi millpitas and fremont. 680 and the sunol area.

through livermore slowing. earlier crash basically had cleared from the roadway. still on the shoulder. we are looking at a little slowing out of the altamont pass. that's mostly volume. not really extraction there. following the new update christie told us about. minor delays. they have reinstated the t line from what we understand. they have bus shuttles in place to alleviate backup that's happened. keep that in mind. slight changes and minor delays. that should clear up soon. 3rd and mckinnon where christie smith has the updates. golden gate bridge, all electronic tolls. bay bridge, fast track and toll takers for cash lanes as well. bay bridge has the backup in the fast lanes. we should see those metering lights turn on judging by the volume. back to you. 6:08. first prop 8 and now the defense of marriage act is being brought before the supreme court.

we give you a live look outside the supreme court this morning, which will consider federal law, which prevents same-sex couples who are legally married from getting the same benefits that heterosexual couples get. new crowds lining up outside the supreme court this morning, hoping to score seats to today's landmark court hearing. it will begin around 7:15 this morning and will run nearly two hours. meantime, the supreme court seems reluctant to make a sweeping decision in the prop 8 case argued yesterday. narrow ruling could make same-sex marriage legal in california but would not require it in other states. decision is expected by the end of june. 6:09. coming up, a little girl struck by an arrow on a field trip. new details as she spends the night in the hospital. a and are police any closer to catching the culprit? trading bust right here in the bay area.

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good morning. it is 6:13. an 8-year-old girl is expected to go home from the hospital today after someone shot her with an arrow on the uc berkeley campus. bob redell is outside the hospital where the girl is recovering this morning. bob? >> reporter: an 8-year-old girl, third grader from san rafael. doctors kept here at oakland children's overnight as a precaution. she is expected to be released later today. she's going to be okay. this, after she was shot yesterday morning with a 20-inch crossbow arrow. >> brave little girl. she was crying a little bit, saying it hurt. she wasn't carrying on.

>> and that was jeffrey vasullo, who happens to be an archer himself. he rushed to the little girl after she was struck by the arrow yesterday morning. she had been sitting on a life-sized replica of a whale when the arrow entered her left thigh, with her third grade class from san rafael on a field trip. they kept the arrow in her thigh until surgeons were able to remove it here at oakland children's. police are trying to figure out the trajectory, in hopes that it will lead them to the shooter. there are no archery ranges nearby, it should be noted. a neighbor remembers seeing a wounded dear a few months back in that area with an arrow stuck in it, raising concerns in her mind that this might have been intentional. bob redell, "today in the bay." quick check of today's other top stories.

two teenage girls are set to appear in court in steubenville, ohio, accused of threatening the victim in a rape case, gaining national attention. authorities say after two high school football players were convicted of raping the 16-year-old victim earlier this month, the girls went online and threatened to kill her. one person is dead and at least 20 others hurt in taiwan after a 6.0 earthquake shook the country. cameras caught buildings swaying in the capital city of taipei. damage was minor. u.s. supreme court hears its second case on marriage equality today. defense of marriage act being challenged. the court will determine whether part of the act that defines marriage between one woman and one man is actually constitutional. the fbi says it has arrested two bay area men, accusing them of high-tech insider trading. scott mcgrew says this drags brocade into a courtroom fight.

>> its ceo became the first person ever convicted of stock backdating. he went to prison. brocade more a victim this time around. it's not charged this morning. at issue is back when brocade bought a company called foundry networks. one of the vice presidents, it's alleged, of foundry networks, tipped off a friend who tipped off other people. that friend, san francisco investor and san jose vice president both arrested yesterday. they'll make an appearance in federal court today. the fbi giving some detail into this, this morning. also, you've got this fellow, back in 2009, this fellow was convicted of insider trading relating to intel. it became the biggest insider trading case in american history. what you're not seeing is a lot of attention in the press out here on the west coast. the east coast is fascinated by

these sorts of stories. in fact, the prosecutor in both the raja rhatman case was on the cover of "time" magazine. the issue gets a lot less attention out here. ironically, though, this is where the alleged crimes take place. dow industrials will open at yet another record high this morning after data showed durable goods orders jumped. durable goods, refrigerators, construction equipment, that kind of thing. space-x head says he will have a big announcement, involving his other company, tesla motors, next week. not entirely clear what it is. that capsule from space-x touched down safely yesterday. solar city as well. the guy just never stops. >> so many things that he's involved with. interesting. >> thank you, scott. >> you bet. check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. your eyes on the sky and also snow in the sierra. >> little bit.

it's so warm out there, we're not going to see a whole lot below 6,000 feet. you know what? skiing continues with choice conditions out at squaw and alpine. let's go ahead and start with our ski report. live from squaw valley with a look at current conditions. how are we doing up there, brian? >> christina, we're doing great. conditions couldn't be better. spring snow and we're happy to have it right now. >> i know a lot of people are looking forward to heading up there. it's a big weekend. easter weekend. what do you have going on for the kids? >> you know, we have our mountain easter egg hunt, easter eggs with candy and other special prizes in it. the pools will be open, weather depending. we'll have easter services on the mountain as well. >> that's buf. i love hearing that. the conditions look fantastic. we're showing some pictures right now. let's get right to the particulars. if you will be head ed up to squaw, they still have really good powder. at the base, 101 inches.

that's squaw alpine, talking about 100 inches. great skiing conditions as brian pointed out. if you are headed up there, we have a chance of showers, very slight. shower chance for tomorrow as well. we'll get more of that moisture rich system as we head throughout this weekend. if they do pick up any snow in tahoe, it will be over the course of the weekend. 49 to start the day in san jose. pretty good day shaping up. showers pushing it -- in. high clouds pushing into the san francisco bay area right now. expecting a little bit of activity. not until the second half of the day. nothing heavy. maybe a few sprinkles down south. best chance will be between 2:00 and 6:00. tomorrow an even better chance of spotty cells moving onshore. then it gets interest iing. as of late friday into saturday, let me show you what's headed our way. orged area of low pressure capable of producing up to an

inch, maybe even more rain if it sits out there and spins in the pacific. just bringing moisture up into the bay area, continuously. all the way from saturday to sunday. now it's really hard to tell what this system is going to do. it's what we call a cut-off low, cut off from the jet stream. nothing to push it in. we will pick up essential totals at least at the coast. really hard to dictate how much we'll pick up inland. we need the rain nonetheless. we'll take whatever we can get. 66 in beautiful san jose. we head through friday, don't forget, bay bridge series starts tomorrow. you can catch the a's and the giants. probably a fan of either one of those great teams here on nbc bay area, 7:00 pm. the proud home of the world champion san francisco giants. saturday into sunday, a little more shower activity. everything will clear out, i think, by about noon on easter. 6:20. let's check your drive. good morning, mike. good morning. we've been talking the past couple of weeks about spring break kicking in around the bay,

south bay experiencing some this week. we're looking at a smooth lighter flow finally for the first time in the seven days we've been talking about it. northbound 101, little lighter now. ear south bay just road crews peppering the roadways but not causing any major problems. freeways themselves are reopening. seeing slowing heading toward downtown san jose. that's pretty light flow for traffic through this area. i'll take you over toward the tri-valley. we see the build out of the althou altamont pass and dublin and pleasanton. 680 in the sunol area. earlier crash west 58 0 is over off the shoulder. you might have activity and slowing approaching. keep that in mind. we're looking also toward the san mateo bridge. let's get a look out there. smooth drive over here from the east bay over to the peninsula side. no problems on the span itself and the approach through hayward

slowing a bit south of 880 into fremont. another look at 880, traffic past the high street high rise where the volume builds. at the limit through downtown, approaching the bay bridge where the metering lights are on at the toll plaza. i moved our emeryville camera over there. toll plaza backed up past the 880 overcrossing now. slowing continues past the toll plaza through the metering lights. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 6:22 now. 8,000 is being awarded to a disabled man stuck on disney's it's a small world ride for 30 minutes. the man's attorney says his client was stranded while the theme song played continuously after the ride broke down in 2009. the attorney says the man uses a wheelchair and suffers from panic attacks and high blood pressure, which were both aggravated because he could not get off the ride to use the restroom. disneyland says it believes it gave the man appropriate assistance during the incident. >> we spared you the song.

6:22 coming up. is hp pavilion about to become the no name arena? why the shark tank may have to begin scrambling for a new sponsor.

welcome back, everyone. 6:25. it's known as the shark tank but a new name could be in store for san jose's downtown arena. live look at the hp pavilion.

hewlett packard ceo meg whitman wants hp to pull its naming rights deal with the arena as early as this summer. existing agreement is supposed to run through 2015. german based software giant is interested in the naming rights. founder of sap is a sharks owner. hp nor sap is commenting, nor the pavilion itself. >> scott mcgrew has info on the story, too, so we'll see what he has to say. unbelievable aftermath. look at that. we'll tell you how this sports car got stuck hanging out of a home. >> i would say that's a wrong term. is doma doomed? what's at stake as this the supreme court puts same-sex marriage under review again. we take you live outside. transamerica building in san francisco. the lights are blinking above. cloud cover out there.

christina loren tracking that forecast. it is 6:26. stay with us.

an explosion sends flames sky high in san francisco. fiery wake-up call that sent people running from their homes overnight. a quick swerve sends a patrol car flipping into the center divide. why the deputy made the last-second move that sent him spinning upside down. how will the markets fair

today? they've been pretty good so far. there's the opening bell this wednesday. this is "today in the bay." good morning. welcome to wednesday. it is 6:30. i'm marla tellez. jon kelley is off today. breaking news we've been following this morning. a massive fire ripped through an apartment building this morning. take a look at the size of those flames t happened at rd street and mckinnon in the city's bay view district. several people are now without a home. we'll give you a live look at the scene. in fact, this morning the fire is out. the damage is done. "today in the bay's" christie smith is talking to firefighters at the scene. they tell us what made the fire so difficult to contain. she'll have a live report coming up. day two of same-sex marriages before the supreme court. on the docket today, defense of marriage act or doma as it's known, which bans federal benefits for same-sex couples even in states where gay

marriage is legal. tracie potts joins us live outside the supreme court in washington, d.c. with a look at what's ahead today. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: hi, marla. good morning, everyone. you're going to hear some noise behind me. we have an active plaza here once again. tabli take a look at the shots this morning as people were filling in. we don't have as many people as yesterday but it is starting to fill up today. several dozen, 100, 150 or so. take a look at the long lines again of people trying to get in as we look live at the u.s. supreme court this morning. they will be considering the defense of marriage act. yesterday was all about california. today, all about this federal law that bars people who live in or were married in states that allow same-sex marriage. they say they're married. the federal government says they're not. they can't get federal benefits. that is the focus of the court argument today. yesterday, of course, was

california's prop 8, which sparked some very heated, passionate debate on both sides outside the courtroom. police at one point had to go between the demonstrators to separate them. that not really filtering inside the courtroom as we await today's argument set to start in about half an hour. marla? >> thank you so much. time now to check your forecast with meteorologist christina loren. we talked about how beautiful it's been lately with a little rain out there headed our way. >> yeah. beautiful sunrise, though. good morning to you, laura and marla. 6:32. taking a live look at beautiful san jose. high clouds out there for now. we'll see a beautiful sunrise this morning at 7:05. what we're expecting for today. clearest shot we'll have all day long. clouds progressively increase ing as we head throughout the afternoon. 49 degrees for san jose. 53 in oakland. good morning, san francisco. you're at 53 to start the day. let's talk about your hour by hour forecast.

stop the clock at 8:00 am. mostly cloudy at that point. showers offshore. might get a little something at 8:00 am. aen even better chance between 4:00 and 6:00, expecting light activity in the south bay. highs today, though, will be comfortable. subtropical moisture we're talking about. 65 bay side and 61 at the coast. we'll time out our better chns for showers coming up. and taking a quick peek at what we have for you easter sunday. looks like we'll have some rain. all that, coming up. first let's check your drive. let's check that with mike. >> getting busy at the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on. you have the backup in all lanes. about west grand avenue. still pretty smooth down the east shore freeway and approach out of the maze. that's good. south bay starting that burst again, second burst we see kicking in later and lighter. this is a wednesday. we see this flow starting to

slow at 680. on our map it's actually slow approaching 680 heading up toward the airport off to the upper left of your screen. disabled vehicle reported 280 at 87 and another issue approaching saratoga. i circled the area but it looks like it's south there of the 280 sign heading toward cupertino. just minor blips for 87 and 85 for your south bay build. we're also looking at the golden gate bridge. across the north bay, we have this smooth flow of traffic, more traffic flow through the toll plaza. it's all electronic tolls now. no stopping at the toll plaza. folks will be there to wave you through but not take your tolls. if you don't have fast track, that's okay. can you pay by plate. if you want a link to that, go to my facebook page and we'll get you links over toward registration. >> thank you, mike. new video from richmond. cruiser from the contra costa

county sheriff's dpept crashed overnight near richmond parkway when the deputy apparently swerved to avoid hitting another car. the cruiser ended up on its side, as you can see. the deputy had minor injuries but is expected to be okay. no other cars were involved in this crash. 6:35. coming up, a man being hailed a hero. the dramatic crash caught on tape. and what the bus driver did just moments before that saved dozens of lives. more dramatic video for you. check this out. a flying sports car ends up in a tight spot, you might say. we'll explain how this audi wound up wedged inside a window. live look outside. look at that. blue skies out there, live from candlestick point this morning. more news ahead. 6:35.

6:38. new video this morning. a driver crashing his car through the window of a home in england. police believe the driver veered off the road, launched over two parked cars and then crashed into the home. the driver was trapped inside the car with critical injuries. he is now in the hospital. a couple and their young daughter were asleep in the home at the time, but were not hurt. >> wow, let's hope that guy is okay. what a way to wake up there. >> a bus driver in china is being hail aid hero for keeping his passengers safe after a light post smashed through the

windshield. this is amazing individuvid well. surveillance camera shows the bus smashing through the window, knocking the driver out of his seat. the driver managed to keep his leg on the steering wheel and guides that bus to a stop. the impact actually ruptured the driver's spleen. yet he was able to do that. he said he was just acting on instinct. gives you the other camera angle from the people on the bus. >> bus driver of the century there. >> may not get in one for a while. bolts busting at the seams on the bay bridge. plans to keep your car safe on the new eastern span. little girl nearly snatched from her own front yard. how that family scared that suspect away and what this surveillance video shows that could help police track him down. google starts handing out those google glass. penguins are involved. we'll take a look coming up in

business news. flames fuel an overnight firefig firefight. prompting a sudden wake-up call at this san francisco apartment building. taking a live look at this beautiful sunrise over san jose as the new day begins. we have showers headed our way, just light sprinkles. when you might need your umbrella today. better chance on the way for tomorrow. plus a live look at the berkeley curve. folks with those taillights making their way over toward the very crowded bay bridge toll plaza. smooth through this maze of freeways. 880, one of these roads has a crash going on in fremont. status and slowing coming up.

we have an update on breaking news in san francisco. up to a dozen people are without a home after flames ripped through an apartment building overnight in the bay district. christie smith is on the scene. taking firefighters hours to get the upper hand on this one. >> reporter: that's right. firefighters are just trying to figure out what caused this in the first place. i spoke with neighbors this morning. they are telling me they heard what sounded like an explosion outside their window and got up and saw a wall of flames. i wanted to show you where that started in that building there behind me. it kept spreading. very stubborn. this spread to an apartment around the corner on 3rd street. because the buildings are so close together in san francisco, it just kept moving. it quickly turned into a four-alarm fire, with neighbors telling us that they were banging on each other's doors to make sure everyone was up and out okay. this was about 1:00 in the

morning. >> the front room, i seen the fire trucks and went to my son's bedroom, which is in the middle. and i seen all these flames, bellowing toward our apartment complex. i was like, wow! so i ended up running back to the bedroom. i think i was more or less shocked but not scared. >> she was able to save her little dog, rahim. no one hurt in this. nearly two dozen people getting help from the red cross. two buildings had fire damage. one had exterior damage. firefighters had to spray so much water on it. also want ed to mention that tw firefighters suffered minor injuries. one had smoke inhalation. the other suffered some bruises from a fall. they were checked out here at the scene and are okay. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> we are also keeping our eye

on the weather. we have a full moon outside. it looks like it wants to rain but is it going to? >> it smells like it wants to rain, too. i think it's going to, but just a little bit. nothing heavy. nothing where you need to carry your um brael brella right by y side. you may be okay with a hoodie or poncho, if that's your thing. we just want to show you how cool the weather is that we're getting right now. you can see that layer of clouds. low cloud cover hovering this morning. at the surface, we'll see this drop south the next couple of hours. watch out. fog will be a factor this morning. although it hasn't played much of a factor so far. 53 degrees. in san francisco, you're at 49 in san jose and 45 in gil roy to start the day. shower showers as we head through the afternoon we start to get our best chance, especially between 2:00 and 6:00 pm. i stopped the clock on futurecast right in the middle at 4:00 pm. getting light showers on the western-facing slopes surrounding san jose. activity up in the east bay at that point.

that will be the deal for today and for thursday as well. although tomorrow there will be more organized. stopping that clock for you at 3:00 pm. you can see spotty showers across the bay area. friday looks good for your outdoor plans, sunny skies through noon. that will bring temperatures up into the mid 70s inland. showers come back into the mix starting at about 5:00 pm. here is what we're really watching for you. see that guy out there in the pacific with the yellow and the orange? that's heavy to moderate rainfall. that could push onshore. it looks like it will late saturday into sunday. of course, that's easter sunday. i do think we'll clear out by about noon. count on slick conditions, at least for the first part of your easter. travel cautiously to church. if you are going to be putting the little ones in their sunday best, just be ready. they might muck is it up. best chances for rain saturday and sunday. monday and tuesday, we'll start to dry you out and warm you up. we need this rain. we could pick up, depends on the

setup on sunday, potentially up to an inch of rain. >> good news, bad news situation here. good news, 880 southbound at the truck scales and the parkway sign here. light drive heading south through this area into milpitas. bad news, backup heading south toward stevenson, one, maybe two crashes on the southbound side. sounds like one of those crashes involves a spinout, car that went across all lanes, smashed into the center divide there. as they have to move that car and any other related cars out of the area, there will be a minor traffic break as well. no word on that from chp. we do have the slowing approaching stevenson. again, maybe two crashes there. this combined with the build through hayward and out of castro valley as well, castro valley y for 580.

d dublin interchange, west 580 as well as 84 through livermore and pleasanton. typical build here. through pleasanton 680. meeting over here where 680 and 84 meet, causing folks to head through sunol. we'll see the build and it will continue through the south bay the next half hour. a smoother drive the east shore freeway, west 80. nice flow of traffic overcrossing, actually going about the upper 50s through this area still, you'll see much slowing around the berkeley curve, approaching the bay toll plaza. peninsula side, palo alto. here is the northbound pass, university shopping center. san mateo and san francisco without delays. and all the issues for the bay view. those have all cloered up after that fire, making good progress there. no more delays for the muni systems. back to you. >> mike, thanks. 6:48. new concern over the safety of

the bay bridge. an inspector found busted bolts on the new eastern span of the bridge. "today in the bay's" arturo santiago. >> good morning to you. today, officials with the metropolitan transportation commission, the agency that oversees construction on the new span of the bay bridge for caltrans, they will be meeting today to get a full briefing on the problem. let's give you a live picture of the eastern span of the bay bridge, the new part of it. caltrans officials have already stated even with dozens of bolts snapping, the bridge is safe. the giant bolts are 2 1/2 inches in diameter and range in length from 9 feet to 17 feet long. mtc confirmed that 32 of those bolts have snap ped and now caltrans is considering replacing all 288 bolts on the new span. bridge engineers say they're pretty confident that the problem with the bolts is not a design issue or construction

problem. it gets down to a problem with the kind of metal with which the bolts are made. it seems there's hydrogen present within the metal which makes the bolts prone to snapping. a precise picture of what exactly is going on. so far, caltrans does not know how long it will take to fix this particular problem or how much it's going to cost. but plans for opening day celebrations of the new span scheduled for the day after labor day, those plans have not changed. again, officials with the metropolitan transportation commission are going to be meeting today to get a full briefing on this problem and start thinking about where they're going to go from here. we're live on treasure island. i'm arturo santiago, "today in the bay." new this morning at 6:50, history is being made on the golden gate bridge. live look where we're seeing the first morning commute with all electronic tolling. first time in the bridge's more than 75 years. there's no stopping and no

person collecting a toll. nbc bay area was there for the last toll worker shift at midnight when the all electronics system took over. the bridge's district says it offered toll takers other jobs. some chose to retire. it hopes to save $16 million by eliminating the toll takers. it will use fast track and cameras to charge drivers the fare. using surveillance video to track down a man suspected of molesting a little girl. take a look. this video shows the suspect walking on the sidewalk, passing the girl's home. the 9-year-old girl was playing in her front yard when the man allegedly grabbed her and touched her all over her body. police say the girl's family heard her scream and chased the man. he managed to get away. the same man may have tried to kidnap a child last year and there's a $5,000 reward in this case. 8-year-old fwirl is expect girl is expected to go home from

the hospital after someone shot her with an arrow on the uc berkeley campus. the search is on for that shooter. joining us from the hospital where that little girl is recovering this morning, bob redell. could be have been a close one, bob. >> reporter: yeah. 8-year-old girl, third grader from san rafael, kept here overnight, oakland children's for precaution. she is expected to be released some time later today. uc berkeley police are trying to find her shooter. last night, officers searched the neighborhood north of cal lawrence hall of science near grisly peek boulevard. they believe from up there someone shot the girl in her thigh with a 20-inch crossbow as she sat on the life-sized replica of a whale where she was attending a school field trip. ambulance took her here to oakland children's with the arrow still stuck in her leg, where surgeons were able to remove it. one witness remarked how bravely she handled this scary

situation. police are trying to figure out whether this was intentional or as a result of someone with terrible aim. there aren't anybody nearby archery ranges, it should be noted. we found a woman who lives in that neighborhood above the hall who has good reason to believe this might not have been accidental. she says a few months ago she and her neighbor spotted a deer, walking wounded with an arrow stuck in it. >> the incident with the little girl makes me fearful it's someone who really has some -- um, some really malicious intent. >> reporter: investigators are also trying to determine what the trajectory of that arrow was, hoping it will lead them to the place where it was initially slung from. reporting live in oakland, bob redell, "today in the bay." 6:53. pg&e says it's close to wrapping up testing of all its natural pipelines. for maximum allowable pressure in pipelines, testing will be done by the end of april. it also says it has completed seven of the 12 safety measures

required after the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion almost 2 1/2 years ago. among them, a public awareness plan that gives communities important information regarding nearby gas lines. 6:54. former cia director and retired general david petraeus and speaking publicly for the first time since the discovery of an extra marital affair that led to his resignation. petraeus was the keynote speaker last night at usc's annual dinner for veterans and rotc students. retired four-star general spoke candidly about his affair with his biographer paula broadwell, and apologized. >> i know that i can never fully assuage the pain inflicted on those closest to me and a number of others. i can, however, try to move forward in a manor that is consistent to the values with which i -- to which i subscribed before slipping my moorings and, as best possible, to make amends

to those i have hurt. >> petraeus said he hopes others can learn from his experience. google has announced some of the winners of its google glass cone test. >> this is pretty cool. san francisco's zookeeper will be one of the first to wear that device, using it to videotape penguins. >> one of five people google says will get the google glass early. still has to pay for it, though. heads up display that should be available to the rest of us later this year or early next. google offered a contest. you tweet the company, telling what you would do with the device. here is the video or rather picture of brown, the zookeeper, one of the first winners identified. there are thousands of others as well. he had tweeted "if i had glass, zookeeper point of view video, hangouts with penguin feedings would be amazing." so look for that. taking a look at the markets, dow industrials are down about 90 points this morning. we opened at a record high. yet another record high on the

dow. but we're just not able to keep that. now down 80 points to 14,479. nasdaq down about 16. laura? google taking on sweden and winning. the search engine was able to remove the term ungoogleable by a list compile bid sweden's language authority. the list included words not in the dictionary but are part of common search. it refers to something that cannot be found on the web with a search engine but google wanted to change the definition. instead of that, they just took it off. it smells like rain outside. is it going to rain? christina loren will take a look at the forecast. >> it is. oh, it is. exactly when and where, that's the tricky part. good morning to you, marla and laura. light sprinkles in the forecast for today. it looks like for the the most part, they'll be over right

here, san jose. 6:56. you can see that sun starting to make an appearance. official sunrise at 7:05. if you're waking up with us in the north bay, your chance for rain not looking so good for today. by tomorrow it improves and this weekend everybody will get a little something. bay side 65 at the coast. 61. best chance of showers between 2:00 and 6:00. miss that seven-day outlook, forget about it, we'll have it throughout the "today" show. let's check that drive with mike. good morning, folks. i moved the camera a little farther north. folks coming down the truck scale. volume coming in. we still don't have change for the lanes coming down into the area. big backup out of union city, heading toward stevenson. reports of your fast lanes blocked by a crash there and wooden debris. sounds like a sign might have been hit as well. look at that continuing to turn red off highway 84 and the dumbarton bridge. smooth drive into the south bay from there. slow from 101 to capital all the way up to the airport.

280 over the last ten minutes has gotten heavy around the 880 exchange. the commute building for the south bay and, of course, out of the north bay into the city, golden gate bridge, big changes. these are the folks with the headlights coming into the city. i want to remind everybody, no stopping at the toll plaza. if you're worried about paying the toll, don't have a fast track, it's all right. they'll get your plate. if they don't, they'll sort it out later. they don't want anybody to stop at the toll plaza, that's the new status at the golden gate bridge. back to you. 6:58. keeping the kings in california. after hours of discussion, the city voted to commit to a $448 million arena downtown. $258 million would be supplied by the city. sacramento will present the arena deal in a bid by the team to nba owners next week. 6:58. final check of the day's top stories for you. massive fire forced several

people from their homes in san francisco's bay view district. fire on 3rd street and mckinnon started, quickly spreading to other buildings nearby. crews are still on the scene watching for hot spots. two teenage girls are set to appear in court in steubenville, accused of threatening a victim in a rape case that gained national attention after two high school football players were convicted of raping the 16-year-old victim earlier this month, the girls went online and threatened to kill her. the u.s. supreme court hears its second case on marriage equality today, a challenge to the federal defense of marriage act. the court will determine whether part of the act that defines marriage as between one, a man and a woman, is actually constitutional. we take you to washington, d.c. a live look outside the supreme court this morning. the "today" show will have continuing coverage, coming up at 7:00, regardless, we're not expecting decisions until the end of june from the justices.

that is what's happening today in the bay. we're back at 7:25 with a live local news update. have a great day. good morning. back at it. the supreme court taking up the second major case on same-sex marriage this morning as justices openly question whether the polarizing issue at all. new this morning, david the 17-year-old whiz kid who just sold his app to yahoo! for a reported $30 million. we'll meet him and find out if he has any other big ideas today. wednesday, march 27, 2013.