able to keep it from having the drive-through. they have already denied a permit for the drive through leaving the final decision to the city council. >> this site is zoned and permitted for restaurant use. if mcdonald's chooses to drive their drop-through plans and meet our design guidelines, they can build right now. >> that's where the traffic problems comes up, the risk to kids and that's where we lose our pedestrian neighborhood. the ease of getting in and out of this parking lot. all the traffic will be funneled through the parking lot causing a big mess. >> reporter: supporters say the restaurant would bring about # $62,000 a year in payroll taxes and 56 new jobs. about 100 people gathered last night at a meeting that included counselman constant. the anti-mcdonald's neighbors will meet again today to decide where they go from here.

6:03. in a matter of hours, a judge will decide whether to allow a sexual abuse lawsuit. cal state swim coach is suing the district for failing to protect her when she was a student. carol buchanon, a teacher in that district, said she complained to administrators after students told her they had been sexually abused by a popular science teacher. buchanon was not fired for making the complaint but was told to take a leave of absence. coming up at 6:30, with he will hear from buchanon and tell you what kunane had to say. catholics in the bay area and around the world are observing good friday. in jerusalem, hundreds of people streamed through the cobblestone streets following the route jesus is believed to have taken

before his crucifixion. pope francis is celebrating his first mass. in an unprecedented ceremony yesterday, pope francis washed and kissed the feet of a dozen inmates, including two young women at a juvenile detention center in rome. he is expected to recite the passion of christ, the story of the last hours of jesus's life before leading the way of the cross ceremony at the roman coliseum. he is expected to carry the wooden cross part of the way. the effort to save a san jose first grader's life is ramping up. the 6-year-old boy needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. the odds of finding a match is 1 in 20,000. somebody could be out there that could make a difference. bob redell is live at river glen school in san jose. details on how you could help this man. >> his family and teacher have

organized a registration drive that will take place later this afternoon to try and help eduardo find a bone marrow donor. he desperately needs a bone marrow transplant to fight leukemia. here he is this past wednesday when san jose's s.w.a.t. team visited him in the hospital. in an attempt to lift his spirits, the first grader has a s.w.a.t. pin and honorary membership with the team. he was diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma in his head when he was three-years old. this past january, there was good news. doctors determined he was in remission. then, a month later, they diagnosed him with the leukemia. the only thing that can save him is a bone marrow transplant. it doesn't take much to get on the bone marrow national registry. it is just a swab of the cheek as you can see the officers did earlier this week. it is noninvasive, does not take much time. in eduardo's case, a match would have to be someone with the same

ethnicity, which is latino and hispanic. it is important to consider signing up for the registry because you could be a match for someone else. today's drive is at river glen school on broadway avenue in san jose, from 2:30 to 7:00. you must be 18 and no older than 44. reporting live, bob redell. meteorologist, christina loren is standing here to give us a look at the weekend forecast. good morning. we have a good-looking day shaping up. a tricky forecast that i think i finally have a pretty good handle on for your weekend. it is an important weekend. you have family coming in. you might be trying to get out. watch out for a quarter mile visibility from san mateo down south to san jose, pretty thick patches of fog. along 280, take it easy. we are going to get all the particulars of your drive. for anthony slaughter in just a

minute, he is in for mike. we stopped the clock at 7:00 a.m. fog lingers at that point. it is going to clear out clearly. we will see enough sunshine for temperatures to climb into the 80s in some cities. today, 78. at the coast, 69 degrees. it looked almost like florida yesterday with the beautiful cue mu louse clouds. we are going to hold off on the significant rainfall until later on in your easter weekend. let's check the drive. good morning, anthony. good morning, christina. at the bay bridge, we are seeing dense fog, slow commuters. wouldn't be surprised if some of the bay bridge lights are on now. you can see from our other perspective, yes, we are looking at very dense fog. let's take you to our traffic map. we are starting to see lowdowns

through highway 4 through antioch. >> that's coming in through the east bay. a very typical commute and route that many folks take. that is slowing it down. down into livermore, once you get past dublin. that starts to improve with the altamont pass. the good news, the great news is that we are not seeing any major accidents this morning. i think folks must have known i was in this morning filling in for mike. los gatos is turning heads on netflix. >> plus, call it the bullet train to the spacie station. what astronauts did that got them into space in six hours flat google has new ways to keep your kids safe. we will take a look coming up in business news. hello?

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welcome back, 6:11. the express route to the space station appears to be a success. astronauts arrived earlier this morning less than six hours after they blasted off from kazakhstan. it took crews at least two days before to reach the research

laboratory. a funeral service will be held for one of the seven marines killed during a training exercise in nevada. lance corporal william taylor wild will be honored at a service in annapolis, maryland. he was one of seven marines killed from a mortar shell exploded last week. during his time with the marines, he served in afghanistan and kuwait. he will be buried at arlington national cemetery on tuesday. >> it is 6:12. time for a quick check of the day's other stories. kim jong-un warning the world that his nation is ready to, quote, settle accounts. tens of thousands of north koreans crowded pyongyang for a call to arms. his army is ready to strike the u.s. and south korea. they will decide if cal swim coach, kristan kunan will be

able to sue the district saying they failed to do enough to stop her from sexual abuse. people in one west san jose neighborhood will meet to determine what they can do to fight plans to build a mcdonald's in their neighborhood. city leaders say they cannot stop the mcdonald's from building but they can stop a drive-through. shocking investors on wall street as they close the first quarter, the netflix was up 106.8%. they say the real surge came in january when they reported a strong holiday season. >> one of the 500 stocks to make up the s&p 500. >> the other 499, scott mcgrew says, are doing pretty well. >> a record. >> the s&p 500 hit an all-time closing high on thursday, marla. it is going to stay there today because there is no trading

because of the good friday holiday. we will have to wait until monday to test the new highs. the s&p doesn't get as much attention as the dow but a much better indication of what's going on. it tracks 500 stocks instead of just dow's 30. we suspect the latest market highs are more related to the expectation that the fed will continue its policy of easing than anything to do with the economy. low, almost nonexistent interest rates are driving people out of bonds and into equities. next week, with he get the march jobs report and it is not possible to think that if it is a good jobs report, it could hurt the jobs market. people will worry, good news could slow all the fed goodness. the stock market and the economy are two totally different things. the good news sinks the market. mark your calendars. facebook will announce software next thursday, a new android app, possibly a new android

flavored operating system for your phone. next time you are searching for something, you might see an amber alert or a flash flood warning on your google page. finally, we are the world series champions for a few more days even if the a's did win. the regular season gets back underway. the giants become just another baseball team in this season. the giants front office working on growing the team. the one we love here in san francisco to one that's respected the world over the way the yankees or the boston red sox are. a megaworld team. we are going to talk about what the giants mean. it has a brand, beyond just san francisco baseball. they will talk about that coming up. >> which is good marketing. >> it is all about the marketing. >> they are all over social media, which helps.

>> it is incredible to watch, yes. >> thank you, scott. we are getting advice this morning to start conserving water now. the snow pack, a lot lower than people had hoped at just 52% of normal. that could mean trouble for california's water supply. because the snow pack provides about one-third of the state's drinking water. so how much precipitation is in our forecast. let's check it now with meteorologist, christina loren. good morning to you, marla, laura. we made it to friday. congratulations, everybody. easter is just around the corner. temperatures are going to be mild all weekend long. we have showers and thunderstorms coming in. very tricky forecast. i am going to explain to you coming up in one minute. 6:16 now. this is san francisco, stocked in with fog. we have a marine layer out there. it is rather thin. we do have enough fog at the surface to slow you down, specially over the open water

bridges this morning. watch out for that. 49 degrees in concord. 49 in livermore to start. we are at 54 degrees in san jose. you don't even need a jacket this morning. in sunnyvale, whatever activity we are going to see this morning, holds off until the second half of the day into tonight. we will see a lot of sunshine, enough so to warm us up 80 degrees. we are dropping off. watch out for thick pockets of fog as you make your way out that front door this morning. let's talk about the tricky forecast. here is the jetstream. this is the best way to describe this for you. the jetstream is a river of air. an atmospheric highway. they ride the jetstream and move from west to east across the united states. the first one did just that. the next one breaks apart from that jetstream. that's why we call it a cut-off low. that's a very difficult forecast. it has nothing to push it inland. there are two scenarios that we are watching for you. low pressure could stay offshore and skirt the coastline bringing us live showers. if that's the case, maybe a

quarter of an inch of rain. however, if that pushes far enough inland, we could be measuring rain at rates of 1 inch, 1.5 inches. also, it is going to be so warm out there. a lot of boy yancy in our atmosphere. the best chance, you can see, first band holds off until about 3:00 p.m. saturday. starts to move inland as we hit throughout sunday morning. look at this. noon sunday, starting to break apart just a little bit. we are done with the yellow at that point. showers will continue for most of easter. you want to plan the egg hunt indoors. best chance to get outdoors on easter sunday, after about 1:00, 2:00. we will have some lingering showers that will meet back here on monday morning. 74 degrees in san jose. here it is, your easter weekend forecast. lingering rain monday. tuesday will be dry and warm.

even warmer on wednesday. nice and dry at that point as well. thursday, friday, saturday, more rain in the forecast. 6:19. let's check that drive, mike. my bad. mike is out. anthony is in. >> it just rolls off the tongue. we are all creatures of habit. i don't hold any grudges. it is all good. we will talk about it later. we have fog developing, some of the bay bridge lights are starting to get turned on. i haven't seen any issued from the chp. let's get you over to the golden gate bridge. fog, more of an issue here. you can barely see a few hundred feet in front of you. this is going to be the hazardous place this morning. you will notice when you get south in the san mateo bridge. we are not looking at any fog on the east bayside. you get on the foster city side.

definitely see a little bit of visibility reduced. otherwise, the tricky areas that are causing slowdowns on the roadways, antioch, highway 4, approaching pittsburg. we are seeing slowdowns, i suspect, because of fog. once you get off of 24, if you cut over to 13, up into berkeley, another area that's starting to slow. this is fog-related. you can even see from our censors on the bridge itself, very slow-going from oakland into san francisco. even coming in from san francisco headed over to oakland, seeing some slowdowns. that's just because of the fog. another issue at the altamont pass, starting to slow. past dublin boulevard, starting to so slowdowns. south bay, seeing most of the greens on the map. up to speed with are month of your traffic updates as the morning progresses. 6:20. back to you ladies. follow up now on this morning. the san rafael third grader shot

in the leg with an arrow will be back in class later today. 8-year-old nadine hairston had to undergo surgery to remove the arrow from her thigh. she was shot on thursday while on a class field clip at berkeley's hall of science. they are trying to figure out where the arrow came from. they are offering a $1,000 reward for more information. >> a new delay in efforts to reopen berkeley's famous chez panisse restaurant. the contractor in charge of rebuilding says the fire damaged more than expected. they are working on a new steel frame to replace the damaged wood fraem in the structure. the goal is to reopen the restaurant the first week of june. san jose police are releasing a video, looking for your help to catch two men who followed people off the light rail and robbed them. investigators want you to take a close look at the surveillance pictures just released. the man in the white shirt and the black shirt you see there

followed victims off the light rail at the station three weeks ago. they then threatened to shoot the victims if they didn't hand over money. luckily, no one was hurt. if these men look familiar to you, call the san jose police department. >> the san jose's plastic bag band has turned into a boom for one local nonprofit. they just received an almost $1200 donation from rotten robby convenience stores and gas stations. rotten robby decided to take all the money it made in 2012 in the 10 cent paper bag fee and donate it. it takes care of the river from coleman avenue to highway 880. the money will help pay for ongoing volunteer efforts. >> that's a good amount of bags that people were buying out there. >> i forget mine all the time. >> one of the mysteries of the sea unraveled by a stanford professor. the biologist that's now showing us life from a giant squid's point of view. [ female announcer ] safeway presents

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giving you a live look at the san jose bay off in the distance. nice little purple haze. it is 6:25 now. you may have spotted a few tv crews around san francisco shooting a new show for nbc.

the director tweeted this picture showing the cast of "about a boy" based on the book and the 1999 movie of the same name about a spoiled bachelor that becomes friends with the boy and a single mother. both versions were set in london. this will be set in san francisco. the show is expected to debut in the fall. stanford researchers getting an up-close and personal look at the giant quid. check this out. members of the lab at stanford's hopkins marine station have strapped video cameras and electronic censors to the humble squids. the goal is to an an alooiz their habitats. it wasn't easy getting those on the squids because they are boneless and very slippery. they ended up using a child's bathing suit to slip on the

squid. new details about the condition of nelson mandela, what doctors are no you saying about the former south african president. new video out of north korea. pyongyang promising all-out war against the u.s.

new threats from the north. north korea promising military

action against the u.s. a young boy hit by a stray bullet inside his east bay home. what doctors are now saying about his condition. >> taking a live look outside at hp pavilion where the sharks defeated the red wings. good friday. this is "today in the bay." good morning on this good friday. it is 6:30. i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia cannon. tens of thousands of north koreans crowded into the capital city or a call to arms. soldiers and students heard chanting, death to the u.s. imperialists. north korean state media reported that kim jong-un has ordered the army to prepare rockets to strike the u.s. and

south korea in case of reckless provocation. they released an image of kim meeting the military leaders to talk about readiness. he is specially angry over the u.s. decision to send b-2 bombers to take part in the drills. it is unlikely north korea could hit the u.s. with long-range missiles. a 1-year-old boy is recovering in the hospital after being shot in his own home in richmond. someone opened fire outside st. john's apartment building on west mcdonald's avenue just before 1:00 yesterday afternoon. a fragment from a bullet hit the baby. you can see this bullet hole in the window of the apartment. police say the boy was sitting on the floor after just being fed when he was hit. we are told he is now in good condition. a $25,000 reward is being offered for the arrest and

conviction of the gunman. later today, a long-awaited decision in a sex abuse case involving the now cal swim coach and the moraga dual skschool di. >> reporter: teacher, carol buchanon, says she asks herself over and over again, why didn't someone listen? she said she tried to complain to school administrators. they didn't respond. now, she is retired and may become best known as a whistle blower in the sexual abuse case involving christine kunane, a swim coach at cal berkeley. she says in 1909, students told her that a popular science teacher was sexually abusing them. after a 25-year career, she said she wasn't fired but it was suggested she take a leave of absence. she also said she felt vindicated when he came forward last year. still, there is always that question, what if?

>> guilty. in hindsight, if it had happened today, there would be no problem. i would immediately go to cps. now, after finding out about buchanon, she released a statement saying in part, i can't believe how many people at the school knew about the sexual abuse and how many warnings the district ignored. to find out that there was someone at the school actually trying to help us and that she got punished for us is incredible. for its part, the district is saying it is still trying to find documents to corroborate what buchanon has said. christie smith, "today in the bay." 6:33. people in one west san jose neighborhood will meet today without city leaders. community members are not happy about how a mite meeting went down about a proposed mcdonald's on the corner of bollinger and miller last night. council members say they cannot

prevent the mcdonald's from being built, only whether it has a drive-through or not. more than 800 people signed a petition to try and prevent it from opening across the street. >> it looks like we are going to have to bring the easter egg hunts inside. christina loren raining on the parade of the easter bunny. >> you better catch each and every one of those eggs or else you will have a very sticky situation. want to talk about some really cool weather happening right here, right now in the bay area. this is a very good description of how fog works. of the low clouds which are being forced to the surface in parts of the bay area, clear conditions that sun is coming up. fog clears from the top down. the sun comes up and clears that layer and purns it off. san francisco, a lot of fog to get through this morning.

tabs on the sunshine. a quarter mile of visibility in napa and san mateo. nice and mild. temperatures warmer than they have been in weeks. 54 degrees in san jose and 48 from gilroy. let me tell you what we expecting for today. 64 degrees as you break for lunch. by 4:00 p.m., 78 degrees. as we get into your easter sunday, our chance for rain continues. we are going to keep temperatures nice and mild. you probably won't have to use your heater all weekend long. we have the threat of showers and thunderstorms starting tonight and lasting through sunday and early morning. we will take you through the forecast coming up in my next report. first, i want to check your drive. good morning, christina. >> good morning, anthony.

>> i think i will be sitting by the pool with a margarita. let's check your traffic. we are talking about some fog as you mentioned, christina. weo have the fog still developing. we are starting to see our sunrise atmosphere. we will start to mix a little bit. so some of the fog will start to burn off. you see the traffic still flowing very nicely. that gets you over to the golden gate. you can say -- or you can't see. that's the story. keep the head lights and wind she'll on. slowdowns near antioch. approaching the bay brinl, slow-going. once you hop off of 24 over to 13. the good news, no major accidents this morning on this good friday. ladies, back to you. >> thank you very much. >> 6:36. much more ahead on "today in the bay" coming up. while most of the country is buying back guns, what one town is doing that's causing a big

controversy.

welcome back. 6:39. a friend of nelson mandela says the former south african president is determined to live. he is spending his second day in the hospital in the south african capital of pretoria for a lung infection. doctors say the 94-year-old is said to be responding well to treatment and ate a full breakfast this morning.

this is his third hospitalization in four months. >> weightlifting olympic gold medalist saria jimenez had died of a heart attack at 45. she became a national hero after she became the country's first woman to win an olympic gold medal. many were shocked after she retired after the 2004 games in sydney. she was exonerated from doping allegations. a group in arizona is handing guns out. a campaign to give free shotguns to single women and homeowners to protect themselves. it has people in tucson divided over the offer. they announced they are spending $12,000 on guns for neighborhoods with high crime rates to make up for the underfunded police department

there. >> the witness police r now looking for. also ahead, a little boy who has been sick for as long as he can remember. the south bay 6-year-old boy who needs your help. how his family says you can possibly save his life.

6:43. new details in the kidnapping of a ten-year-old southern california girl. police say the young girl was sexually assaulted after she was taken from her home in north ridge in the middle of the night. she was found bruised and scratched on wednesday, about six miles from her home. the girl told police two men were involved and they took her

to multiple locations in different vehicles. officers say there is no indication she knew her attackers. they are trying to figure out why the men targeted her. neither man has been found or arrested. new details in a deadly drunk driving crash. police are looking for the driver of a light-colored man that as there march 9th. police have already arrested dennis parera demasaido that killed three and injured one other person. he has pleaded not guilty. richmond police are trying to figure out what caused an accident that injured seven people. it happened near the intersection of south 37th and stanl avenue. police a a while chevy camaro collided head-on with a white

chevy pick-up truck causing the chevy to tip over. three were critically injured. others suffered my no are. >> reporter: gisthey are lookin into whether that was involved. a 6-year-old boy is battling cancer and needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. "today in the bay's" bob redell is standing by with the boy's father and details on how you can help. good morning. >> reporter: later this afternoon here at river glen school, in one of san jose's neighborhoods, they will be holding a bone marrow registration. the driver will put out more information for 6-year-old eduardo grihavla, a first-grader here. his father joins us here live. he is in the hospital with his

mom trying to recover from chemo from leukemia, correct? yes. good morning, everyone. he is going to spend another cycle, 28 days more to see how the chemo working. they might practice another test for the bone marrow to see about the cells and they can find out how they are working or not. >> doctors are saying he needs a bone marrow transplant? >> absolutely. the goal is to kill all the bad cells. after there no bad cells in the body, they can practice the bone marrow transplant. i know we visited with your sun wednesday. he wants to be a member of the team when he grows up. what was that like for them to have him give them a pin and

make an honorary member. >> he loves to see the team. he was very happy asking where to start. he was very happy. they were nice. >> reporter: you have registered for the bone marrow registry. so has your wife. your not a match. for people that have not done this before. it is not invasive. it doesn't take much time. that is correct. >> it takes probably about ten minutes of the time. this is with regard to the personal information. a swab of the cheek. >> reporter: thank you very much for being up early. we are thinking about your son. if anyone could be coming by the bone marrow registry drive today

at river glen, it is on broadway avenue. it can be running for 2:30 to 7:00 this afternoon and evening. now, for eduardo, he does need a match from someone with the same ethnicity, latino and hispanic. that being said, even if you are not latino and his spapanic, if could register for the drive , you could be a match for someone else. that's between 2:30 and 7:00 here today in river glen school in san jose. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." i think you can go to merrill.org and they can mail a kit to you. >> i am going to stop by. >> everyone should. you can be in the national registry and save a life possibly. >> a great day today with 80s.

it is a great day to get the kids outdoors. a lot of people are concerned about the forecast for this weekend. they have the kids off. they want to get them outside on easter sunday for the easter egg hunt. you will have opportunities if you want to get up really early when it is still a little bit on the dark side. i am going to show you why. such a cool shot coming in from san francisco. a beautiful part of the country. we get to live here. a great-looking easter weekend if you are going to be sticking around. with all this fog, we are still looking good in terms of flight delays out of sfo. 51 in san francisco. sun and clouds for today. everything is on time. every 10-15 minutes, all the flights across your nation, all your major airports are registering right on top. we are looking good in terms of getting out of town or if you have family coming into town for the holiday weekend.

traveling today will be a little problem matt tech. around the bay, pockets of thick fog. we are going to check on that with anthony. he is in for mike. first system takes a hike on the jetstream. second system breaks apart from the jetstream. most of the forecast models are in agreement. if you want to get the kids outdoors, you will be able to. stop the clock. the first band comes through. that continues until 6:00 a.m. on sunday. i want to stop the clock and show you what's happening. 6:00 a.m., sunday, light, spotty activity. if you want to wake up early on easter sunday morning and have that egg hunt, you will be able to do so. look at what happens between 6:00 and noon, widespread rain, heavier rainfall at this point. a few thunderstorms in the forecast as well. by 3:00 a.m. monday, light

showers lingering. we'll be tracking those for you. we'll meet back here at 4:30 a.m. monday morning. 78 degrees for livermore. 76 in santa teresa and 74 in san jose. this is the warmest day in the extended period. even with those rain showers coming in, we are not going to drop your temperatures by much. saturday and sunday looking good. 69 on saturday. rain on sunday. best chance for thunderstorms will be sunday morning. we'll eliminate that chance by sunday night. tuesday into wednesday, we dry you out and then more rain on the way. boy, do we need it as we head through the end of next week. >> let's get you to work on time as promised. here is anthony. >> dense fog, even at golden gate bridge. keep the windshield wipers on and the head lights on as you head into san francisco. otherwise, you will notice another perspective from the bay bridge toll plaza. the traffic is moving very fluidly. you will notice above, lots of gray skies and fog and other

oakland coliseum camera showing very dense fog. not able to show it because it is so dense. down south, the san mateo bridge. a little further south into san jose. not dealing with dense fog. we are still tracking a few pockets of fog. our sunrise is coming up. a lot of atmosphere beginning to mix. this is through the ult ma pass coming into the east bay. that's the good news. you want to keep it head's up as you make your way through you the area. people in a south bay community, they are not loving the idea of a mcdonald's moving into their neighborhood. they want to handle their fast food fight by themselves without city leaders. arturo santiago is live in the

west bay with why they want to take matters into their own hands. >> we are on the corner of miller and bollinger on the lot where this is slated to be built. hundreds of neighbors are there are other numerous concerns. a mcdonald's could undermine the neighbor's efforts to fight childhood obesity. they also say there could be safety issues with kids running across the street with the middle school to get to the fast food. it might take business away from nearby restaurants. the biggest beef seems to be with the drive-through. 780 residents signed a petition voicing their opposition to the mcdonald's and its plans to with stall the drive-through. the city planning commission has denied a permit. developers are appealing the condition. >> we have a neighborhood here. it is really a pedestrian neighborhood. people walk to coffee shops.

they come from all over. the kids are walking back and forth. a drive through just isn't in the character for a pedestrian neighborhood. >> pete con ststant says the si is properly zoned but if the developers were willing to do without the drive-through, they could start building now. supporters say the restaurant is bringing in dozens of new jobs which would add up to about $62,000 a year in payroll taxes. the anti-mcdonald's residents where they are going to be meeting today to try to decide where they go from here. live in san jose, i'm arturo santiago. "today in the bay." a new war memorial will be unveiled in san jose tomorrow. nbc bay area got a chance to see it before the unveiling. a lot of care put into the planning of the memorial. both sides are bent inward to symbolize an embrace for the families there to grieve and the top upwards towards heaven, the base points towards southeast

asia. across the top, the words, sons of san jose prominently displayed. the sons of sen jose are the individuals that registered for the armed forces of america in the city of san jose. they left san jose and died on vietnam soil. these boys never came hope. they never had a chance to come home and enjoy what we are enjoying today, which is freedom. it costs $160,000 to build the memorial. all of that money many could go from donations. tomorrow at noon, a special dedication ceremony with family members of some of the men whose names or on that memorial. >> it is located at the guadalupe park near the pavilion. the crooked house at happy hollow park and zoo was closed in 2008 for what was just supposed to be a year and a half for renovation. five years later, it is finally

reopening. the executive director tells the mercury news shall the crooked house will include a safer slide, new fun house mirrors and new furniture. i guess not some goats. those are in the zoo part. >> the pet willing stozoo. >> it was created to mimic the mother goose rhyme of the man that owned a crooked house and lived in a crooked place. cooking for triplets takes a lot of work. scott mcgrew may have a good gadget. >> i feel like i'm on one of those cooking shows. what this is, you would think this is a mixer. the folks at kenwood who actually make this say it is n n all-encompassing precision kitchen machine. what makes this unique is it actually has a heating element at the bottom. i am going to walk around and turn it on. i am going to be on youtube with

me getting sucked into the blender or the mixer. what happens is, you can see the temperature gauge here, this will cook. there is a heating element down here. this will go to a full boil. only available at williams sonoma. this could cook risotto. have you cooked risotto? >> you have to stir forever and ever. it is going to set you back $1,999. almost $2,000. still, a very cool device. it is not every day you see a $2,000 mixer on tv or a $2,000 all encompassing kitchen machine. >> rachael ray better look out. >> it is about breakfast time out there. it is time to check the forecast with meteorologist, christina loren. we are hitting some 80s today. a good-looking day shaping up. sunshine, warmth, 78 degrees

inland. bayside, 72 at the coast. the giants are taking on the a's tonight as they battle for the bay. your two favorite teams, chances are one is your favorite. let's check your drive. anthony is a big giants fan. that's right. i am, from st. louis, actually. you all know the story. i will leave it at that. let's take a look outside. we are still tracking some very dense fog. you will notice the traffic not a bad issue. i think a lot of folks maybe took off today. we are not tracking any major concerns this morning. many major traffic perspectives from the golden gate. you have the head lights on and the windshield wipers on as well. we are not looking at any major traffic issues.

one accident at 580 and hacienda. traffic is moving exceptionally well. this is the best day we have seen traffic. a lot of extra time for yourself. windshield wipers on and make sure you have those head lights on as well. more coming up. updates later on today. >> one final check of the day's top stories is china telling north korea to tone it down. pyongyang puts its forces on stand by. the move is in response to joint drills between u.s. troops and south korea. >> a judge will decided to if cal swim coach, kristin cunane will be able to sue the district saying they did not stop abuse. that's what's happening. we appreciate you waking up with

us. have a great day. we will be back at 7:25. have a good friday and lovely easter as well. beautiful sunrise over the bay. "today" exclusive, cate edwards speaks out for the first time about her father, former presidential candidate john edwards, his trial, and his affair. >> were there ever moments when you thought you made your bed, lie in it? and florida showdown. two teams from the sunshine state vying to make it to college basketball's elite 8. the fans are ready. ♪ but the question is will the clock strike midnight for cinderella today, friday, march 29th, 2013. captions paid for by nbc-universal television from nbc news, this is "today" matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza.

and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everybody. i'm savannah guthrie. you think people in florida might be watching basketball tonight? a battle between the underdogs, florida gulf cost university, and the university of florida. it happens tonight. it will be settled in texas. >> that's right. if the eagles can pull off another upset like the two that have got them here, it's going to be a huge story. we're going to get a preview of tonight's big game and take a look at some of these fans straight ahead. >> they are that excited with the game that's 15 hours away. >> right. before we get to all of that a serious story out of oklahoma this morning. some 7,000 patients being urged to get tested for hiv and hepatitis this morning, after health officials label an oral surgeon there, quote, a menace to public health. let's get right to nbc's chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman. nancy, good morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, savannah. this story today out of tulsa, oklahoma, a slew of unsafe and unsanitary practices being charged against a dentist who