. . >> what was supposed to be a joyous celebration turned tragic. members of a bridal party caught in a deadly limousine fire. we will hear from the driver. police out in force in downtown san jose frying to keep cinco de mayo celebrations from boiling over what said to be an israeli rocket hitting syria. what capital lawmakers pushing the president to do. >> right now, we will push our cameras outside for a live look spanning over san francisco. quite the way to start the week. it is monday, may 6th. this is "today in the bay."

good monday morning. 4:31. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's first check the forecast from meteorologist, christina lorne. good morning to you, laura and jon. we have showers on the radar this morning. let's get right to that. they are creeping up from the south pushing to the north. you might want to grab your umbrella specially if you live south of the golden gate bridge. they move through the north bay first. that is not the case for the south bay. they are going to see the most activity. we will let you know when the showers will sub size where you live. this is not our only chance for rain this week. then, we warm you back up. your full forecast in a few moments. first, we will check that drive with mike. >> we will watch the santa cruz mountains and 110. this is northbound with those tail lights out of palo alto heading up into menlo park, willow and a light flow of traffic. we will show you farther north

on the maps. passing populalar, we had a cra. it sounds like one crew is still on scene. there is no slowing so far. very light on that side of the bay. moving over toward the bay bridge, no problems around the may. we will show you a wider look. 580 through oakland. no incidents, guys. back to you. >> it was a tragic scene. now, the driver of the limousine that caught fire on the san mateo bridge is explaining what happened in his own words. cell phone video captured the flames na engulfed the back of that limo. five women were trapped inside. sadly, all died. four others were able to escape and rushes to a nearby hospital. the driver, orville brown, says one of the women started pounding on that partition that separates the driver from the passengers and he said, he didn't understand at all what was going on at first. >> smoke, smoke, smoke. pull over, pull over, pull over.

there was all this smoke. i pulled over and by the time i was getting out the door, there was a lady coming through the partitions. >> brown says he helped three of the women come through that partition to escape. he says, he truly wishes he could have done more. right now, he is going to donate two weeks of his paycheck to the victims families. we are also learning more about the investigation and the victims of this tragedy. they were out celebrating an upcoming wedding ceremony. the bride, norwiza fohas, was among the dead. she planned to return to the native philippines for another ceremony next month. >> she is really nice and caring and special to all our nieces. just a sweet person. she was loving and caring. >> investigators say the fire

started in the rear passenger side door of the limo. the flames in the back quickly trapped the women inside. four women and the driver were able to escape. the coroner says, the other women were also trying to escape through the small partition window but were overcome by smoke. the limousine company, limostopincorporated, released this statement. we are deeply saddened by the tragedy saturday night involving the young women, five of whom lost their lives in the limousine fire on the san mateo bridge. limb know stop will do everything possible to assist authorities to determine the cause of the fire and help bring forth answers and provide closure to the victims and their families. we will have continuing coverage of the deadly fire coming up at 5:00. we will have details from this morning's news conference during our news at 11:00. you can get the latest details on our website. s.w.a.t. teams had to be called in to clear the streets of downtown san jose after cinco

de mayo celebrations turned violent. this started with a stabbing and escalated to a police emergency at about 8:30 last night. police say more than 300 people took over santa clara streets near the intersection of 21st street. they destroyed a bus and shattered the windows there with bottles. dozens of police officers in riot gear had to come in and clear out the rowdy crowd. >> use everything we had to disburse that crowd. it was very quick on the disperse sal, about an hour. 4:35. east palo alto, police will hold a news conference after a series of violence, where a young girl was wounded. a grandmother and her 6-year-old granddaughter were caught enter the cross fire of what appeared to be a gang shooting. the young girl was cut by shattered glass. four victims ran into a mcdonald's looking for shelter.

police are looking at surveillance camera video to help them identify suspects. a man was also injured on saturday night when he was shot outside his home on cooley avenue. a gray sedan pulled up in front of the man and someone inside opened fire. the man is in serious condition this morning. cal fire kicking off wild fire awareness week this morning. the week will include a series of state meetings looking at how firefighters and emergency responders can prepare for what looks to be a long and very tough fire season. the bay area has already been hit with a series of small fires. firefighters in san jose knocking down a vegetation fire at quicksilver park just yesterday. a helicopter and state firefighters were called in to help. we are happy to report, no one was hurt and there was no serious damage. >> sometimes the winds don't cooperate with the fires. >> we actually had quite a bit of shower activity from southern california to northern california, which was on the side. a firefighter down there, this

is still one of the times of the years when we do get rain showers. all it does is add to more growth. it makes for more concern when it comes to our fire season. after all, we are now well into may, the 6th day of may. we are talking about showers on the radar. i will get to that. want to point out where temps are. 57, concord, 59 degrees in san francisco. i.e., it is mild out there. the showers feel rather tropical. they are sneaking up from the south pushing to the north. we are going to see more activity, specially down in the south bay. you can see a fair amount of shower activity from san jose through livermore in the east bay. that could make for a rough ride home. the showers will continue, specially on the east end of the bay area. we stop the clock for you once more. at 7:00 p.m., same deal, showers mostly impacting the south bay. fremont getting a little bit of activity. highs are going to be comfortable.

bring that umbrella with you. this is not our only chance for rain. i will take you through your full forecast. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike is here to help you out on your drive. slick out there. >> we will watch out for that. no reports of any problems because of that. very few cars on the road right now. relatively few. sparsely shot here in fremont. we will show you the map. no real slowing through the area. my arrows are pointing to the mission bay cut-out. i am watching the mission connector, because there is still construction until 5:00. it is auto mall parkway or durham, the connector near them. just a note, as you get your start for this workweek, the rest of the south bay looking pretty good. areas through san jose and saratoga, cupertino and mountain view. state route 130 starts off at allen rock and heads up towards

qui quinnby. watch that local road. be careful up there. we forling the rest of your east bay with slowing through the tri-valley. >> it certainly was a busy weekend for our morning crew. on saturday, look at mike. m.c.s a cooking demonstration for the livermore wine country festival. >> we know mike is a great chef but his hula hoop dancing takes him to a new level. >> he hosted a boat race for kids, bob redell, more than 150,000 people attend every year. >> laura and i were very busy this weekend too, sleeping. 4:39 right now. just in time for the warm, spring weather, some lucky south bay students are getting shiny new rides. the nonprofit organization saves moves digging out three bikes in celebration of national bike to school day. raffle tickets being handed out to students who ride their bikes

to school this week. at least eight lucky winners will get a brand new bike and a brand new helmet. >> i used to right, did you? >> i loved it. i couldn't wait to get the training wheels off. i crashed a lot. mountain view's google looking to capitalize on the success of its youtube and could end up costing you. new details. we are learning about the massive spring fires burning down in southern california. the search for clues. the homicide investigation surrounding the death of an eight-year-old northern california girl intensifies. the under-water search for evidence next.

welcome back, everyone. taking a live look outside from san jose, expecting some change when it comes to the forecast this week. checking in with christina loren in just a bit. 4:33. the u.s. senate is expected to pass a long-debated internet sales tax. if it becomes law, it would require consumers to start paying sales tax for online purchases. the legislation received broad support early on but now must the pass a final senate vote before it goes to the republican controlled house for approval. they estimate that if the bill is enacted, more than $12

billion in online sales tax will be collected. speaking of coughing up money, using youtube may soon cost you more cash. for details and a look at how the futures are trading, we turn things over to seema mody. more jobs were created last month than expected. it turns outgrowth in february and march was better than first thought. the dow briefly breaking above 15,000. the s&p hit uncharted territory, above 1600. the big event, a speech by ben bernanke on friday. the dow closing up by 143 points. nasdaq, gaining 38. google set to unveil a subscription service for youtube as it looks to generate more revenue from the popular video-sharing site. the move would apply to about 50 youtube channels which people can access for as little as

$1.99 a month. advertising on digital video sites has been growing and youtube gets the lion's share of that. it only accounts for about 2% of all ad spending. that's the latest. back to you. >> premium service, got to pay a premium price. seema mody, thank you very much. we want to get a premium look at the forecast and the week. an odd week ahead. >> i think it is welcome change for a lot of people. it was hot out there last week. you probably had to kick over a little bit of that money to pg&e this week. hold on to it. pocket it for the summer months. everybody's antennas are up when it comes to the potential for a dangerous fire season. the good news in the bay area is we have this really strong onshore flow. we are getting a few showers this morning. that's the good news. we are going to see some pretty good conditions as far as our moisture. our humidity recoveries are looking good. the winds aren't going to be

that strong. showers are moving from south to north. nothing heavy. grab that umbrella. send the kids off to school with the umbrella as well, specially in the south bay. if you live south of the golden gate bridge, you have the best shot of seeing any sort of activity. from livermore, san jose, fremont, east bay, we could see a little bit of activity. on the north end, that's all we are expecting of the east bay. throughout the next couple days, this is going to be the active pattern as well. we will keep that forecast for showers in the mix all wait through tuesday and then finally on wednesday, a nice cool shot of air. temps are going to remain in the 70s. overall, looking much cooler this week. look at all the 70s headed our way. we are going to climb back up just in time for mother's day weekend, which is sunday. arer that, specially if you are laura garcia cannon. >> i always do and they have been reminded. thanks so much. it is 4:46 right now. new this morning, we have web

video that claims to show an israeli rocket hitting a military research center in syria. israel reportedly got involved to stop weapons from going to the militant group, hezbollah. the white house says it was not aware of the attack before it happened. some lawmakers are urging the president to arm syria's rebels. others are concerned saying the weapons could fall into the wrong hands. one of the worst industrial accidents in the world is getting deadlier by the day. more than 650 bodies have been recovered from the collapsed garment building in bang that desh. heavy equipment has been brought in to remove the slabs of concrete from that eight-story building. crews were able to rescue 2400 people since it came down nearly two weeks ago. >> lawyers for a man charged with lying to investigators after the boston marathon bombings, plans to ask a federal judge to release their client.

19-year-old robel phillipos had nothing to do with the bombing. they charged him and two other friends with conspiring to obstruct justice by taking a backpack with fireworks from dzhokhar tsarnaev's dorm room. he remains in a prison hospital. detectives not giving a hope when trying to find out who stabbed leila fowler in her home. dive recovery teams searched two reservoirs in the area for evidence. friends of the victim's family says they are hopeful the search for evidence will bring deputies one step closer to an arrest. >> we are all concerned. i have three girls. they are little. they used to play outside but since this, now, they don't. >> in the meantime, investigators are knocking on the doors of hundreds of homes in the valley springs and rancho

pal owe veras area. the victim's brother says he was tall with long, gray hair. good news to tell you about out of southern california. firefighters have full control of the spring fire hoping to have it by the end of the day. ventura fire officials say cool, moist air is helping crews get a con tam innant line around the fire. it burned an area nearly the size of san francisco. 15 homes damaged. investigators have not pinpointed the cause of the fire. they say they do not believe it was arson. it is 4:49. the sharks on the brink of making team history. what this year's squad could do that no other team has managed. go sharks. the warriors get it done on the hoop scene showing off what they hope will be the future home of their team as steph curry and their team get ready for round

two of the playoffs. >> go, warriors. >> a look at the north bay. 101, very smoothly. go, speed limit. we will show you where there is some slowing coming up.

welcome back on a monday morning, the perspective live from emeryville, taking a look

back. a lot of lights there. getting going. mike inouye will be along to fill you in on all the road work coming up ahead. it is 4:52. the warriors waking up this morning down in san antonio. all ready to get round two of the playoffs rolling. golden state, not one in san antonio since way back in 1997. but, one game can change all that tonight. the spurs looking and feeling pretty good, fresh off sweeping the lakers in round one. tonight's game, tip-offset for 6:30. back here in the bay area. in the meantime, the warriors, front office, giving us all the look at the plans for the new warriors arena in san francisco. some feedback from neighbors and critics, the warriors redesign the plans reducing the height of the building about 10 feet. they also reduced the number of parking spaces and increased that public space around the arena for nice bike riding or strolling. >> much like at&t park, the arena will include a public viewing area which is always cool for the fans to watch the warriors in practice and games.

still arks l still a lot of areas to be cleared. from the ice, the sharks just one win away from doing no other thing a team in franchise history has done, sweep in the playoffs. they hammered the vancouver canucks, beating them 5-2. that i canning a three game to nothing lead in the best of seven. a win tomorrow night would push the sharks into the next round. the puck drops at 7:00. you know it will be loud there. >> it is called momentum. a little hockey inner sha. let's keep it happening. >> there we go. >> speaking of things moving along. mike is always percolating this early in the morning. check out that commercial for us. >> kids don't know what we are talking about. >> they don't know what a percolate tore is. things are moving and bubbling along just fine. we have overnight construction and crews. past high street, no lanes

closed. we will show you the map for the area. there is construction. looks like everything is clearing up. a little slowing coming up. that should clear in a few seconds. a lot of slowing through the caldecott. i think a few cars were slower. now, it is evening out. i will track that. no problems for the caldecott. a smooth drive across the san mateo and dumbarton bridges. the slowing around poplar, all better now on the peninsula. the south bay for san jose and the northbound route right here underneath the 680/280 interchange, looked like they paused to get their closeup. a few cars traveling. the entire south bay looks really good. these fliblips of yellow should

clear up. we will see slower-moving vehicles probably. over here, allen rock, at quinnby road. no snow. it is too warm for that. a crash, no injuries. watch for that for local traffic. not a major concern. through some of your east bay travels, the cutoff looks like it is slowing down. that was closed for construction. you are going to use the auto parkway, connected between 680 and 280. for the rest of the folks through the tri-valley, a note, i'm tracking that. 580 shows a smooth drive over towards dublin. >> time for the finger-licking good part of our show. there are no bones about this. kfc giving away free chicken today during its so-called happy hour. yes, indeed. all part of a new advertising campaign for boneless friday chicken. kfc will be giving away a free piece of chicken to anyone who says, i ate the bones.

i love this campaign. very funny commercials. between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m., the first 100 people to utter those famous words at participating stores, will see the chain's new boneless, skinless chicken for free. >> give me a bucket. i'm in. >> it is 4:57 right now. b.a.r.t. police getting some new help when it comes to keeping unruly passengers in line. we will tell you about the change that could affect your ride to work. >> the man accused of causing a fiery crash on the vegas strip killing an inspiring rapper from oakland faces a judge. what is expected in court.

>> good morning, i'm bob redell. we will take you where two of the women from friday night's horrible limo fire are still in critical condition. an update coming up. >> good morning, i'm marla tallez live in san jose. san jose police are forced to break out their riot gear to

control the cinco de mayo crowds in the downtown area. it is time to dig out and dust off that umbrella again. we have showers on the radar, not just today. we will take you through your changing forecast. we are just getting started on your monday morning commute. i'm looking at the san jose bridge, live shot from the peninsula. i will show you about that and warn you about the hazardses across the bridge. >> a live look at the shark tank, the home of your san jose sharks. last night's victory gives them a 3-0 lead. one victory away from moving on and history on this monday, may 6th. this is "today in the bay." welcome to monday morning, one and all. it is here again time to get through it. it is 5:00, thank you very much for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. investigators are trying to piece together what led to a