juice planted on star bucs shelves, the suspicious behavior that caused them to call police why voice ac difficutivated could get you a ticket. we are headed towards another round of near-record warmth. our first red flag warning of the season. we will let you know when the heat will break you are watching the chopper over the scene. this big rig just clearing from where it was blocking half of the eastshore freeway. we still have a huge backup. we will show you the latest coming up. with monday behind, day two of the workweek just ahead. the sun starting to peak up and illuminate san francisco. a nice, pretty shot on a tuesday, april 30th. this is "today in the bay." 6:00 on the nose.

good morning, everybody. thanks for getting up early with us. i'm jon kelley. i'm marla tallez in for laura garcia-cannon. a san jose woman is behind bars accused of putting poisonous orange juice in the cold case at a starbucks near her home. she might have pulled off this stunt if it wasn't for an alert customer and quick-thinking barista. bob redell is live with the story. >> reporter: police have arrested a south bay woman, a 50-year-old woman, that they believe acted alone. they do not know why she alleged will i spiked two bottles of orange juice with rubbing alcohol and left them inside this starbucks on snell avenue which has reopened. she created this mixture elsewhere and brought it inside the store around 3:30, 3:45. a customer became suspicious as she allegedly pulled the bottles out of her bag and put them in a

refrigerated display case where other chilled items are sold. an employee sniffed the o.j. and noticed a toxic smell. hazmat tested the juice and determined it had been mixed with rubbing alcohol which by itself can be dangerous if injested. >> after boston, you just learn to accept just about anything you see on the street anymore. it is sad but it seems to be what you get in the news, right? >> it should be noted that no one drank either of the bottles of orange juice or the rubbing alcohol inside as they were told before that happened or could have been sold to any customers. as far as how they caught this woman, an employee happened to jot down her license plate number and police were able to rack it to her home where they arrested her last night. bob redell, "today in the bay." this afternoon, the san jose city council reviewing its decision to stop a policy aimed at cutting down on racial

profiling. the policy required officers to document all stops they make, even if there is no arrest, including the person's race and whether they are told to sit on a curb. the new acting chief suspended that policy before it was ever put into practice. just last week, an independent auditor releasing reports criticizing the chief's decision. investigators say they have found no signs of foul play in the death of a san francisco's sheriff deputy who was found dead in the bay yesterday. search teams found michael roberts body floating in the vallejo marina yesterday afternoon. hours earlier, roberts boat had been found adrift. it's not clear how roberts ended up in the water. 6:03 right now. time to check back in with meteorologist, christina loren. i know we are still at the end of april but close to 100 degrees in some areas. specially thursday. that is the day you want to mark on your calendars. today, not too bad.

good morning to you. what a beautiful way to start the day. this is san bruno. i did tell you that we are going to see a little bit more low cloud cover this morning. as a result, our temperatures wouldn't be quite as scorching hot. that's what we are noticing, a few, high, wispy clouds over the day. the sun is up. it doesn't set until 7:55. temperatures this morning, as mild as yesterday. we are in the mid-50s. a couple of low 50s. 50s straight up in gilroy and 48 in santa cruz to start. santa cruz will hit the 70s if you want to hit the beach. nice out there. 80s at the beach, stick around. your seven-day forecast shows you when that comes into play. the micro climate starting to kick in. we are already pretty strong in san francisco. sustained at 12 miles per hour. the warmer colors. that's where the strongest wind will be at 4:00 p.m., winds are going to be really gusty through the north bay hills. keep that in mind. not a great day to be out there

having beach barbecue. it is going to be so windy. better days with calmer winds. for today, 88 degrees inland. 78 degrees bayside at the coast. 72 degrees. a lot happening in the traffic department. mike is all over it at 6:05. >> i am refreshing my chp report trying to get the latest from them. they are requested the latest update. i will give you the latest we see. the big rig and the big rig to you have been pulled off to the side. all the activity off to the shoulder of the eastshore freeway. traffic is not moving very smoothly. farther back, east of here, around cutting boulevard, they still have the flares in lanes. the chp hasn't picked them up. folks are hesitant to use that lane. you see, they are still funneling over to two or one lane as you are passing by the scene of where the big rig used to be. they are starting to cross over

the flares. as we do with traffic, we follow the person in front of us. if they don't get trouble, we keep following the path. look at all this backup coming off of the sunol and the c carquinez bridge. slow on your recovery. slowing down towards berkeley, emare iville, and the bay bridge toll plaza with all these folks making their way past the stalled big rig. it is still on the shoulder. it will be a distraction. keep that in mind for the rest of your freeway. we have the b.a.r.t. system. a good option for you coming through the area. there is the station over there. not a problem. back to you. >> he has struck out four times. >> it is gone! >> you can call it the a's all-nighter. it took six hours, 32 minutes,

19 innings but the a's are waking up winners this morning. that is when they eventually they just went to bed. >> i think after working hard in overtight last night, the fellows deserve to sleep in. "today in the bay's" christie smith, live at the oakland coliseum, where that game didn't let out until almost 2:00 a.m. this morning. kristy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon and marla. this started on a monday night and ended on a tuesday morning. if you see dazed a's fans, you know why. this ended at 1:40 this morning, the longest ever for the oakland a's. the long have the ever at the coliseum. 19 innings. so long that b.a.r.t. trains at the coliseum had stopped running. finally, brandon moss put a stop to it hitting a walk-off two-roun homer to win it with a 10-8 victory over the angels.

a's kept fighting, losing two center fielders, coco crisp and chris young. the angels lost a center fielder. moss brought it home and had a different kind of celebration. >> jerome williams for them. hang on a second. >> he gave himself a pie. how about that? >> reporter: he actually pied himself and said, josh reddick was too tired to do it. longest game for the a's since 1972. that one was against the white sox. this game overnight actually went 32 minutes longer. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much. the a's and angels aren't the only major league teams that found themselves in extra innings overnight. the mets and marlins wound up

going 15 innings. >> that was an easy night. >> the marlins eventually won, 4-3. the game ended at 12:45 on the east coast. this is the marlins seventh win all season. a's fans will have continuing coverage on our air all morning long and on our website throughout the day. just go to nbc bay area.com and click on sports to get more on the longest game in a's history. 6:09 right now. coming up, hands on the wheel, eyes on the road. the new law that could force you to put serie on silence during your next drive out. yahoo! improves its employee benefits. legal turbulence, how a back and forth, change over a drink order sis prompting an fbi investigation and a lawsuit.

welcome back. now taking a live look at the golden gate bridge. a touch cooler. we are still slated to hit the triple digits. the freeway has not cleared of the backup. the east shore freeway. we are following that sig alert situation coming down out of richmond coming up. george zimmerman in court for a hearing before his trial begins. he is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. he claims he acted in sel self-defense a grand jury in steubenville

is set to hear evidence over a rape case. they are going to look into whether school administrators knew about the rape allegations testimony starts in the lawsuit for michael jackson's family brought against a concert promoter. katherine jackson claiming her son died from an overdoze se of powerful anesthetic. a bay area man is suing virgin america airlines after a dispute with a flight cry over a soda ended in an fbi interrogation. the brisbane man claims crew members falsely accused him of swearing at flight aten dantten and maliciously leaving a toilet unflushed. he said he asked three different flight attendants to bring him a soda. he said he had no further interaction with the crew.

the suit asks for $50,000. >> they start flying from san jose to l.a. tomorrow. >> scott, you have an interview scheduled with the airline ceo. can you ask him about the man's claims? >> i suspect the ceo will say it is ongoing litigation but i absolutely will. richard branson will also be part of the interview. you are looking at a test flight monday morning's virgin galactic, spaceship two. the spaceship is in the middle of the airplane you are seeing. it is built by scale composites. its first powered flight flew faster than the speed of sound. spaceship 2 will take you into sub orbital space for a $200,000 ticket starting sometime soon. yahoo! announced new employee benefits to bring the company more in line places like google. the statement came out a couple of seconds ago. the company is now offering longer child care leave, eight

weeks for dads, 16 for moms. they are going to pick up the bill for things like house cleaning or food delivery while you are out on parental leave up to $500. the company offering eight weeks unpaid leave for every five years of service. after five years go by, go ahead and take yourself an eight-week sa bat cal. benefits at google are very good. their parental leave still better than yahoo!s lots of people trying google now, the new app that adds predictive search. it will tell you whatoud to know before you ask. this is my ipad. i left the house. google popped up information on the lower right there, estimate on the traffic between my house and work and that the giants won. the more google learn, the more accurate the information will get. if i had a flight, it would know

that, because it would see the ticket in g mail or on saying, hey, don't forget you have got a flight and traffic from the airport really heavy. you better leave now because the flight is on time. it is more than search. it is anticipatory. google knows to tell me before i think to ask. new to apple. there is one flaw. jon and marla, on iphone, ipad, you have to run the google app, have it up and running. on android, it works all the time. >> it is like having your own executive assistant. >> my wife would say, it would be like having your own wife. >> i'm going to leave that one alone. >> yes, you should. >> all right, scott, thank you. 6:16. construction on the state's new bullet train line could be delayed. the california high-speed rail authority is still in negotiations to buy land around fresno. it is facing a challenge from a private rail company that controls a key right-of-way near a stretch of planned track. the first phase of construction

is scheduled to begin in july. later today, a state assembly committee will review a bill banning drivers from using voice controlled devices on their foeps liphones like serri on the iphone. >>. >> organizers for the gilroy garlic festival has just announced their first ever garlic bowl on july 26th. teams from uc berkeley, san jose and fran know sta and san francisco state. >> have you both had a chance to get down there? >> i have. to gilroy but not the festival. >> maybe we should all load up a bus and head down. >> one of the strangest things i tasted was the garlic ice-cream. i will take ice-cream in any form. it hit 96 degrees in gilroy yesterday. so it was very fragrant throughout the drive on 152. we get to enjoy that.

6:17 now. gilroy, prepare for the heat yet again today and even warmer days ahead. we are talking about the low 90s today. it is the coolest day of the next four to five. i will show you my forecast in just a minute. a debate right now whether friday or thursday is going to be the hottest. i'm going with thursday. 6:18. a live look here. as you can see, some mid-level clouds over san francisco, a welcome site. it is going to keep your temperatures a couple of degrees cooler than where we ended up yesterday. it is going to be very warm. those winds are going to increase. we have a red flag warning in place. the four corners region as well. very dry under the same strong ridge of high pressure. above 1,000 feet. red flag warning persists until 6:00 p.m. no significant rain in the forecast. it is really dry out there. as we head through the next couple days, in particular, please practice good fire safety. as you know, we're in california. a concern for us.

54 in livermore. 54, good morning, san jose. 50 in the car lick capitgarlic jose. even warmer. 80s at the beach as of the end of the week. today, tracking the winds. the service is going to try to come through. it is not going to make much of a difference for us, except for the wind. we will notice a little bit of shower activity along the sierra nevada spine. looking good for us here. high pressure stands firm, driving all the cloud cover out to sea. you can see the fog hugging the coast in southern california for us. it is going to be warmer with a lack of low cloud cover. let's talk temps as we head throughout the day. 88, livermore. 79 on the way to fremont. 88 in gilroy. certainly, a welcomed cooldown. nice and hot. every single day in the extended period, 96 degrees. thursday looks the hottest. just about as hot friday and saturday. then, finally, some heat relief sunday into monday. keeping it cool.

let's stay on that cool pattern with mike inouye. >> still cooler now that traffic is starting to move better. this does not look like great slow traffic. this is west 880. as you are coming off of the carquinez bridge, they merge. this is the gem you encounter. we have a sig alert blocking half of your freeway. this is the backup. let's look at the map and show you the jam that comes down through the area. here is where that sig alert originated. it was finally pulled to the shoulder. it is right around carlson as you pass by and approach that area past the golden gate fields. there are no problems coming off that richmond bridge. you are a little bit lighter flowing toward the bridge. you are jammed out on westbound highway 4 toward 880. a smoother flow toward emeryville. a live look. you see all lanes now backed up.

a late build because of all the folks held up in berkeley. northbound 101. a little bit later for 280 and 87. we will see these really kicking in over the next few minutes. an issue blocking half of your lanes, northbound 17. approaching idyllwild, a crash. a slow drive northbound. traffic living up to its name. 6:21 now. nominations have just been announced for this year's tony awards. jesse tyler ferguson from modern family and sutton foster announced the nominations. here are the nominations for best musical, bring it on, a chris nas story kink yichlt boots and matilda. >> you and your mom after your recent visit to new york inspired me to get out to more theater. >> i highly recommend it.

a film with a unique view of history. when i saw the baseball footage as i scrolled through the film for the first time, i knew that was unique. >> we will tell you what this 20-second clip reveals about america's pastime. a live look at the oakland coliseum. we are back in two minutes. first, this high light in the 19-inning a's game overnight. >> we are finally going home. thank you very much! wow, the track looks perfect.

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it is 6:25. golden state warriors will try to shut the door on the golden state nuggets. the warriors are up 3-1. they are hoping to finish the series tonight. however, game six tickets have already gone on sale at oracle arena just in case. how about this? check this out. san francisco, city hall lit up in blue and gold last night showing support for the warriors. the city is trying to bring the team from oakland to san francisco with plans for a waterfront stadium. right now, we'll tell you about a relic of the country's national pastime. it has been discovered down in georgia. historians studying a film by a wealthy plantation-owning family. the 20-millimeter film shows employees of the pebble hill

plantation playing in a baseball league against teams from some other old south plantation films. it is exceptionally rare footage. >> we suspect and are currently working to determine if it is the earliest footage of african-americans playing baseball period. >> historians believe that film was shot back in 1919. the university of georgia has din din digitized this film a rare car formerly used by winston churchill bahas been so on ebay for $616,000. the british auction house tried to sell it. the owners put it on ebay. 53 people submitted 114 total offers. there is no information about

the fire. >> i love those old autos. wonder how many miles that bad boy has. >> 6:27 right now. still ahead, sifting through the soil near the world trade center. what the aircraft parts found near the site could reveal about the 9/11 terror attacks. plus, a toddler almost snatched from her own front yard will give you your first look at the suspect's getaway car next. right now, we inject your day, your tuesday morning, with a full dose of sunshine and vitamin e. that is so picturesque. over the bay bridge as we get set to come back in a matter of minutes. love this shot.

right now, we take you live

to new york stock exchange. as they ring it in, this is a treat. that is tony scarf, better known as robert downie jr., star of iron man 2, that opens up this friday. you may want to check it out. tuesday, april 30th. this is "today in the bay." i'm jon kelley. i'm marla tallez in for laura garcia-cannon. new this morning, pittsburg police are asking for your help finding a suspect wanted in an attempted kidnapping. take a look at this photo police released this morning. investigators say the suspect may have driven this suv similar to a ford explorer. last friday, the suspect allegedly snatched a 2-year-old girl from her own front yard at a home on snowflake way near california season's park. he was holding on to the girl when the victim's mother yelled. startled, he dropped the girl and took off.

the 2-year-old was not hurt but she is traumatized. neighbors in the small town of valley springs holding a vigil for an eight-year-old girl found stabbed to death inside her home. investigators now questioning sex offenders and pa roe lees anywhere near that neighbor. her 12-year-old brother said he saw a stranger leaving their house and then saw his sister's body inside. until the killer is caught, that entire community on edge. >> we have all of our windows, doors locked. we have bars in our double-paned sliding windows. we don't go outside. we don't walk our dogs. at night. >> that is scary and terrifying for everyone there. a vigil will be held at leila's

elementary school starting at 7:00. crews are sifting through soil near the world trade center at the spot where train wreckage was found just last week. katherine craig joining us from lower manhattan with a look at what the investigation could end up revealing about the 9/11 terror attacks. >> reporter: investigators discovered a big piece of the plane behind this building. this is where you see a lot of trucks set up, medical examiner trucks and the new york city police department. a lot of people want to know what else will investigators find. >> workers from the city's medical examiner's office will begin searching through soil for human remains near where investigators found parts of a plane. the pieces are believed to be from one of the jets that crashed at the towers on 9/11. the piece is part of a trailing edge flap from a wing. it remains wedged between two buildings, one on park place, the other on murray street.

investigators have yet to determine which plane it came from but this map released by fema shows it may belong to united flight 175 which hijackers moved into the south tower. new yorkers say it is an interesting find. >> buildings in new york are packed societily. there are all these crevices. interesting. >> they may find little bits of things on roof tops for the next several years. i'm glad they are going to be able to connect it. >> reporter: the discovery came after workers from the medical examiner's office have been sifting through soil for the remains of 9/11 victims. rich's son, jimmy, died on 9/11 responding to the attacks. >> i have my son's body. i have a cemetery to go to. there are 40% of the families that have never had a recovery. it is very sad, very hard. >> reporter: soon after investigators found the part of the plane, questions came up with a rope that seemed to be tied around the wreckage.

it came from a detective trying to move the piece. >> that plane wreckage, it will be removed once workers from the medical examiner's office are finished with their job. >> a boston marathon bombing suspect has obtained some high-profile legal council. the defense team will be led by miriam conrad. the chief defender from massachusetts, new hampshire and rhode island. judy clarke has also joined the defense. she has represented several notorious criminals, including the unibomber and the man accused of shooting gabrielle giffords. the boston area bombings raising concerns for security at san francisco's beta breakers race. no one will be allowed to run the course unless they have

officially registered for the race. boston marathon had 25,000 runners. the beta breakers has even more show up. >> it is set for may 19th. >> can you believe we are one day away? according to the forecast, meteorologist, christina loren, some more high temps today. >> another hot one. good morning to you, jon and marla. good morning to you at home. i want to start with the good news. beautiful out there. mid-50s. more cloud cover on your drive to work. that is indicative of a little bit of an onshore floor that we picked up this morning. that's going to keep your temperatures down 3-5 degrees in some cases. not a lot of cloud cover here. this is the one place where we will likely be spared from the really strong winds. for elevations above 1,000 feet and that stands until tomorrow evening. you want to keep that in mind. it is going to be kind of blustery.

we are going to get a nice, comfortable breeze later on this morning. right over the open water at the immediate coast and through the higher elevations. temperatures are nice and crisp. headed towards a pretty comfortable day and show you the futurecast and tell you the story of the day. that's where the winds will be the strongest in the east bay hills and north bay mountains. 88, inland. bayside, 78. 72, the coast. your seven-day outlook is ready to go in my next report. first, i want to check your drive. there a lot going on, mike. first, this shot looks kind of steamy. a little humid as well. looking towards the eastshore freeway. a lot more cars coming through berkeley and headed towards emeryville. the map will show you. we had the earlier big rig blocking half your freeway. that cleared from the roadway. our chopper showed that to you. i'm going to show you video coming up in the next report and point out something interesting about that truck as well. we are just looking at the slow

drive down through richmond. speeds into the 40s and 50s for the most part. the build coming down through berkeley and aetch proing the curve. the metering lights on at the bay bridge toll plaza. that will cause an issue there. further delay. typical tri-valley delays for 580. also slowing for the castro valley "y." it is traffic tuesday. we expect the build wechlt will look at 880 through fremont. a live look out here with the head lights. haze there. no major issues. northbound 101 kicks in from capital up toward the airport. 87 starting that slowdown. we will see that continue to build, guys. back to you. 6:37. still ahead, americans killed after a plane crashes in afghanistan. new details about this investigation into why the plane went down. >> a spiked drink at a starbucks. how a barrista's quick thinking saved customer.

a look at the oakland coliseum as the sun starts to rise. back in two minutes. first,this highlights from the 19 inning a's game overnight. this may do it. it is gone!

people are dead after a

cargo plane crashed in afghanistan. it crashed at bagram airfield north of kabul. five of the seven people killed are from michigan. the taliban initially claimed a responsibility for bringing down the boeing 747. nato says those claims are false the time is 6:41. coming up, starbucks drink spiked down in the south bay. the suspicious behavior that prompts a south bay barista to callpolice. >> more good news about housing and improvements over yahoo!. we will take a look. taking you live. san bruno cam shows you plenty of stratus clouds to greet you. we are still slated to hit the triple digits for the first time this year. we will tell you when the hottest arrives coming up. we will look live toward the san mateo bridge.

traffic moving smoothly across this portion of the bay. we will show you the backups and the problems coming up with the santa cruz mountains.

the a's all-nighter, the national pastime take ag long time last night, six hours, 19 minutes. "today in the bay's" christie smith live outside the oakland coliseum where the game did not let out until 1:40 this

morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon and marla. the longest ever for the oakland a's here at the coliseum. 19 innings. at about 1:42 this morning, i spoke briefly with the maintenance worker this morning. he said he showed up for his midnight shift as usual when he would show up after a game. he found out it wasn't even close to over. normally, he says he would be cleaning the stands. he cleaned the bathrooms and waited for it to end. after 6 1/2 hours, brandon moss ended it with a two-run homer to beat the angels, 10-8. the a's have their backs against the wall losing two center fielders. the normal seven-inning stretch got a double play with a 14-inning stretch overnight. moss finally put a stop to it. >> i don't think i even made contact. getting blown away by 95 after six hours. that's not very fair. you just hang with it and hope

that they throw something into your bat. >> an unusual celebration for an unusual game. he ended up giving himself a pie in the face, said josh reddick was too tired to do it. the longest game before this was in 1982 before the white sox. this one went 32 minltutes long than that. >> my grandfather was at that game in 1972. after the game, a's players reacted on twitter. right fielder, josh reddick, tweeted, wow, all i can say. so many heroes in that game, well fought on both sides. the a's official twitter account also tweeted, thanks, fans for all that stayed, watched and followed us. there must have been something in the air last night. the a's and angels not the only major league teams finding themselves in extra innings.

the mets and marlins ended up going 15 innings. the marlins take this one 4-3. that game, for the roar, ended at 12:45 out on the east coast. this marks merely the marlins seventh victory all season. hard-earned. we tell you the a's fans, we will have continuing coverage on our website throughout the entire day. all you have to do is go to nbc bay area.com and click on sports to get more on longest game in oakland history. >> they really couldn't have had better weather out there going so late. >> that's one of the reasons why they didn't mind going so long. >> a couple of extra beers, a couple of dogs. >> even when we came in around 2:00, 3:00, we were still close to 60 degrees just about everywhere, courtesy of the offshore flow. 6:47. taking you live. san francisco, a little bit more cloud cover. a weak disturbance. a little bit of an onshore flow will keep your temperatures down but just a tch u ouch.

it is just beautiful out there. kind of glassy out there on the bay. choppy conditions on the way. pretty strong winds pick up. that weak disturbance will kick up the winds. 54, livermore. 53, oakland. 50 straight up in san francisco. it is not too cold out there. some cities like cupertino are starting out at 60 degrees. winds right now are pretty calm. they are going to continuously pick up as we head throughout the day. a red flag warning in place. dealing with severely hot, dry weather. this goes for the hills above 1,000 feet. everybody has to do their part. after all, we do live in california. pacifica, today, if you want to beat the heat, the place is to be. 69 degrees. however, it is going to be a little breezy out there.

15-20 miles per hour winds. same for half moon bay. a little breezy. you can't beat that in the water. 52 degrees. if you want to get rid of the wind, the warmest beach city lacking that wind will be santa cruz. only expecting those winds to ramp up to 50 miles per hour. better beach days ahead. 88, inland. places like livermore, 92 degrees. in fairfield today, 84. up in wine country, some hot grapes up there. 74 degrees in san francisco. take you into your extended outlook. happy to show this to you. we are going to hit the hottest point on thursday and happily drop you off into the weekend staying warm enough to get out there and get the great beach days even on your day off. you have to get to work. you have to work for the weekend. you have to pay the a.c. bills as well. look at all the sunshine and all the cars. i have been tracking this right here, north 280 approaching that

17/880 interchange. i saw cars changing lanes as they are coming over the overcrossing there. i haven't seen any additional activity. still slow through the area. the map will show you, we have the typical build through that portion of north 280 anyway. 101 kicking in. a couple of accidents heading up towards tully. this one at capital expressway in your middle lane. that's going to take a while to clear. a new problem for 101. monterrey highway and 87 going to get more traffic as a result. north 17, we had the earlier crash at idle wile. another one closer to the summit. the distraction is causing distraction. slow 880 through fremont. typical build. backup down the eastshore freeway recovering after the earlier big rig was stalled. it is warm today. notice on the side of the truck,

it is an "it" truck. it would have come in handy. it didn't make it to its destination. that caused all the backup. that was the source of your slowing. i'm envious of that truck. palo alto. that's good news along the peninsula. back to you. a san jose woman behind bars accused of putting poisonous orange juice in the cold case at a starbucks near her home. she may have pulled this stunt off if it wasn't for an alert customer and a quick-thinking employee. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live at the south bay san jose starbucks with more on the story. >> reporter: police have arrested a south san jose woman #. they believe s they believe she acted alone but do not know why she spiked two bottles of orange juice with rubbing alcohol. apparently, she created the mixture elsewhere and brought it

inside the store around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. a customer became suspicious as she allegedly pulled the bottles out of her bag and put them in a refrigerated display case where other chilled items elike milk and yogurt are stored. an employee sniffs the yogurt and noticed it had a toxic smell. mixed with rubbing alcohol can be dangerous if injested. >> a little bit apprehensive when my daughter comes to the display case and takes something out of the display case to drink. >> it could happen anywhere. >> reporter: investigate gators were able to track down this woman after one of ploit es jotted down her license plate. they tracked td license plate number to her address where they arrested her last night. no one injested niece mixtures and no one was hurt.

no injuries or damage but a jolt after an overnight earthquake near gilroy. the 3.0 quake struck about 10:00 last night. the epicenter appears to fall on the calaveras fault. we have a follow-up to a story we first brought to you sunday night hours before a fire ripped through a vacant hotel in mountainview. police arrested somebody on the suspicion of trespassing. we were there to get videos of the fire. the flames quickly spread because there was no sprinkler system. they arrested the trespasser about five hours before the flames broke out. it is unclear if the arrest is linked to the fire. a follow-up to a story we

recently did on so-called patient dumping. two workers have just been fired and another three disciplined from the psychiatric hospital in las vegas. four others also involved in the scandal no longer work there. this comes after an investigation found patients were routinely bussed to cities in several states, including san francisco and then left there. the sacramento reports since 2008, more than 1500 people have been transported out of nevada. the fallout from last summer'sout bre summer's outbreak a woman seeking $3.25 million from resorts. she claims $1 million worth of medical bills and is suffering from diminished lung capacity. three people ended up dying and several others were sickened by this outbreak. a pilot is dead after they

are searching for more victims. the faa and the ntsb will be on hand when crews remove the wreckage this morning. the two cessna single-engine planes collided eight miles northeast of ventura yesterday afternoon. one plane landed on a golf course in westlake village. that caused minor injuries to the three people on board. the second one started a one-acre fire. it is unclear how many were on that plane. officials have discovered the pilot's body. a camp ranger is now suing for the reward. christopher dorner took his car and used it during a shootout. he has filed a breach of contract against l.a. he says he deserves the reward

because he gave authorities dorner's exact location and a description of the vehicle he ripped off. nor good news for bay area home prices. good if you are a homeowner and if you are a buyer, you better get it while you can. scott mcgrew says prices are up 18%. >> 18.9 according to case shiler. it looks at the top 20 markets each month. it puts us right behind phoenix. this is better if you consider the fact the study is a few months behind. their data comes from february and home sales tend to accelerate as we get into warmer months and summer vacation. it is good news now. i think if we fast forward to fall, these numbers should be even stronger indeed. taking a look at the markets this morning, they are sort of downie, robert downie jr. on the right opening up the nyse as a

celebration of iron man 3. you can tell that is computer generated, can't you? that's just eight guy in a costume. yahoo! announced new employee benefits, longer leave for new mom and dads. they are going to pick up the bill. up to $500. offering eight weeks of unpaid leave for every five years service. five years go by and you take yourself an eight week sa bat cal. it makes you a better employee. >> that will make me a better woman. >> nice heads up. >> meteorologist, christina loren, has a look at the forecast now with winds playing into your tuesday. good morning to you. thanks for waking up with us each and every morning. we are going to finish off the show. highs today, a little bit on the warm side. happy to tell you. it will be cooler than yesterday. 88 degrees inland. bayside, 78 degrees. at the coast, 72. our heat wave continues.

if you missed your seven-day outlook, don't worry about it. every 15 minutes throughout 11:30. i will post on my facebook page. he is always posting tweets and letting you know what happened. >> some of them are work-related. nof northbound 101. this is work-related. a crash still in the middle of the third lane. that's causing all this backup. 85-87, that's going to shift your commute through that portion of san jose. the rest of your northbound route starting that build. expect 280 as it is to get jammed up toward cooper tee know. it continues slowing through berkeley and emeryville. that backup, still slow. all the way down to the bay bridge toll plaza. >> life in the slow lane. 6:58. one final check of the day's top stories. a central valley community

holding a vigil for an eight-year-old girl found stabbed to death over her home. investigators in valley spring, now questioning sex offenders and pa rrolees anywhere near th area she was killed. the famed restaurant. bay panisse, is getting closer to opening. no word on exactly when it will reopen its doors after fire president obama set to address the nation at the white house. a live picture right there before he steps up to the podium. supposed to do that in about 15 minutes. not clear what the main topic will be. we will carry it live on nbc bay area. the media filling in that room and putting the microphones up to catch what president obama had to tell the nations. >> jay carney tweeted out that president obama killed it with his comedy at the white house

correspondents' dinner. he didn't answer any questions. he will answer questions this morning. >> whatthat's what's happening "today in the bay." we'll be back with a live local news update. have a great day! changer. reaction pouring in from main street to the white house this morning to nba player jason collins's decision to reveal he is gay -- a first by a male athlete currently playing a major u.s. sport. new twist. this morning the fbi is testing female dna found on a piece of one of the boston bombs while they search the home of the widow of one of the suspects. is there a connection. and new this morning. catherine zeta jones cho suffers bipolar disorder checked back catherine zeta jones cho suffers bipolar disorder checked back into a health center. captions paid for by nbc-universal television