from 5:00. in fact, we'll reach it as we take a live look outside san francisco this morning. beautiful morning, exactly 5:00 right now on wednesday, may 29th. this is "today in the bay." >> and it is still 5:00 am. thank you for being with us thon wednesday. i'm marla tell ez in for jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. facebook is saying this morning it will take action against the accounts of any user making light of rape or violence against women. live at facebook headquarters in menlo park, what the company is saying this morning and the bay area politician who has become a target of it all. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. facebook said it's going to change its policy to do more about posts that make light of violence against women. let me tell you about this

statement that facebook just issued. it posted online by the vice president of global public policy and it says it has become clear that our systems to identify and remove hate speech have failed to work as effective ly as we would like, particularly around issues of gender-based hate. the guidelines used by these systems have failed to capture the content that violates our standards. we need to do better, and we will. from activists and advertisers, and you may remember bay area congresswoman jackie spear alerted military brass about the marine facebook pages, making fun of sexual assault. now social media pages are targeting her. >> it's ball doing the right thing. and i don't think that's the right thing. so, i think that the military has a big job ahead of itself, cleaning up a very distort ed

function that's been allowed to last for a decade. >> reporter: spear says as long as they're not using taxpayer dollars they have a right to freedom of expression but is concerned that military personnel would be expressing gender discrimination attitude that is have no place in today's military. facebook said it is making a commitment to process more of these complaints and, if an egregious post gets through their system, they're saying that women's advocacy groups will have a direct line to facebook to alert them. reporting live in menlo park. buses carrying more than 100 parents, teachers and students will take off from the south bay headed toward our state capital. their goal? to ask lawmakers for more help with public education. bob redell is live with what they hope to get out of this trip. good morning, bob.

>> reporter: good, marla. buses will be leaving around 6:15 for what will be the 11th annual trip of its kind, to fight for education, both for children and adults. when i say adults, i'm talking about at the college level. santa clara supervisor will be leading about 135 teachers, students and parents from sacramento today to meet with lawmakers. their goal is to convince legislators to not make any more cuts to education and to talk about how new funds should be spent. those buses will be returning here later tonight. this is a day trip. again, the 11th annual of its kind. reporting live here in san hojo, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> this trip comes on heels of a new report showing schools in the silicon valley failing latino students. only 22% of latino students are

algebra sufficient. compare that to 57% of white students and 76% of asian. the report also shows close to one in five of these kids not ready for high school or college. the report was issued by a group called innovative public schools. it is funded by the walton family foundation and promotes education reform. it is 5:04. disneyland reopens following a bomb scare last night. toon town was evacuated after people heard a loud bang coming from trash cans. that area was closed for several hours. investigators believe the blast was caused by an apparent dry ice type of bomb. they will review surveillance video today to hopefully to learn more. nobody was hurt in that incident. follow-up to a story we first brought you yesterday morning. speed was the official cause of this crash and all five victims

were high school students. the crash happened monday in newport beach. orange county sheriff's department says the car hit a tree, split in half, then caught fire. four of the victims were 17 years old. the other just 16. all were students in the irvine unified school district. san ramon man is nursing a sore back and scratches after a tree fell on top of him. rick moman and his wife were working around the yard when the tree, four stories tall, came toppling down. he was trapped under the top branches of the tree and took him a couple of minutes to wiggle his way out. the tree did cause extensive damage to the house, which now they're repairing to sell. >> at least everyone is okay there. >> that's the good news. taking a look at our wednesday forecast. we're getting ready for some heat to kick in, in the bay area. >> right. ta's going to crank around here, before you know t marla and laura, good morning to you. good morning to you at home. we'll start with the clearest

shot we have, san francisco. mostly cloudy conditions in the south bay. those clouds will actually clear quicker this morning, up in the north bay, than what we're expecting down here. i'll show you why in a minute. nice and mild with a full blanket of clouds overhead. especially your inland cities. 56 in san francisco where you're not getting your cloud cover. 60 here in san hojose. wherever you see that white shading, cloud cover is the thickest. it's not yet lowered to the surface. visibilities are not dropping off just yet in the higher elevations. mike and i will be tracking that for you. stop that clock at 10:00 am. you can see at that point, mostly cloudy conditions northward to san francisco. then between 10:00 and 2:00, those clouds clear from north to south. by 2:00 pm, you'll see mostly sunny conditions here in san jose. you'll have to wait for the sunshine. it will be clear quicker in echo land than the south bay for today. 65 inland at noon. we'll round out the day with really comfortable weather.

76 inland. bayside 70. at the coast, 62 degrees. tack on an additional 10, that's where we're headed tomorrow. and the heat keeps on coming as we get into the weekend. let's check on the roads. people are back to work this morning, mike. >> good morning, yes. you have to get back to work. tomorr some folks finishing work. we have another issue for pleasanton. we'll talk about that in a second. the southbound side, headlights, steady stream past the coliseum. that's the direction of road work right now. we'll look at the map as well, coming out of downtown past five minutes, everyone much better from 980 toward the coliseum, stretches of yellow. there were crews there. they're cloer from the area. we saw slow moving. crews likely getting out over the roadway and to their stations. watch for a little slowing for the time being. just another five or ten minutes. meanwhile, eastbound 580 slows out of castro valley, dublin grade and reports of a stall.

too much to be caused by just one stall reportedly blocking the slow lane. still we know both issues, eastbound slowing and the disable disabled vehicle blocking just partly west -- eastbound 58 0 past 680. smoother drive for your commute direction, west 580 through livermore and 84 through livermore. no problems in through sunol. smooth drive there. live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. flashing lights over on the right-hand side. there were no lanes blocked. i was checking it out. nothing reported for chp as well. we'll watch the span. crews should start to move, overnight construction crews in the next couple of minutes. >> they can go to bed now. just approved targeting 911 pranksteres. stock market is doing incredibly well and tim cook says the a word, and it's not apple. downtown san jose, as it

gets ready to wake up on this wednesday morning. still very dark out there. meteorologist christina loren is tracking a warm-up in our forecast. we'll be checking in with her in just a bit. your time now is 5:09.

welcome back, everyone. taking a live look outside, that is the golden gate bridge. if you can count the cars, i consider that pretty light. mike inouye is coming up in just a bit. apple ceo tim cook is talking about his brush with congress. scott mcgrew, he says it wasn't difficult. >> what he really said was it wasn't a pain in his backside, laura. except he didn't say that either. he used a different, less morning show friendly word. congress, the people who actually wrote the tax law. cook talked about the experience to the wall street journal, all

things digital conference last night and also revealed a hire. this is lisa jackson. she will be in charge of all of apple's environmental efforts. her qualifications? she ran the environmental protection agency. the markets thwart ahead monday with confident consumers. let's turn to bertha coombs with more. good morning, bertha. >> good morning, scott. tuesdays are shaping up to be the best day on wall street. this morning, futures a touch lower. stocks rally yesterday. investors reacting to better than expect ed data. renewed speculation that the fed may be ready to pull back its stimulus as the economy improves, but at least the economy is improving it seems. dow climbing to 15,409. that was a new record high. a new record for the dow as well

as far as its performance on tuesdays. we're up 20 straight tuesdays on the dow, 10 straight tuesdays for the nasdaq, adding 29 points to 3488. scott, back to you. >> bertha, thank you. 5:13 right now. video out of spain this morning of the booking of some of the executives behind that online international bank called liberty reserve. police in several countries, including the u.s., say liberty reserve was responsible for the laundering of billions of dollars with 200,000 customers in the united states alone. the general idea was you would deposit american dollars on the american end. someone else can withdraw the funds somewhere else in the world, in their own currency. marla and laura, someone asked me if this has anything to do with bit coin. it absolutely doesn't. there is some suspicion that bit coin is used to hide elicit

activity as well, but these are two separate issues. >> thank you for clearing that up. here to clear up any issues you may have with the forecast is meteorologist christina loren. >> we're going to get paid in sunshine later today, but we'll have to wait on it. we are. we are. it's going to be abundant sunshine, the weather channel report on your loc"local on the" today. let's show you what we are working with for the time being. this beautiful clear shot, golden gate bridge. what a beautiful start to the day at 5:14 here. we'll see the clouds roll in as we progress throughout the morning. you're getting the best drive possible with that marine layer moving in. mostly cloudy in san hojose as u saw from that live shot. good morning to you. temperatures close to 60 degrees in places like sunnyvale. 59, good morning to you in the east bay, in and out concord. here is what we're working with when it comes to low clouds and visibility. no real problems just yet.

this could become more problematic, especially over your open water bridges, bay bridge throughout the next couple of hours. we're watching that for you this morning right now not looking too bad. we stop the clock for you at 10:00 am. at that point, most of the cloud cover will be confined to the peninsu peninsula, livermore at that point. between 10:00 and 3:00, sun comes out. it stays out, until about 8:30 this time of year as our days are longer and we progress into summertime. first official day of summer, the 21st of this month. this is what we're talking about for today. the heat is on. it stays on into the weekend. temperatures soar, 15 to 20 degrees. that means that coastline will get nice and clear. we are going to see those dry, downsloping northerly winds return. elevated fire danger friday, saturday and all the way into sunday. highs today, though, wow! what a beautiful day we have shaping up, especially when i show you the seven day. 76 today. comfortable conditions in livermore. by tomorrow, we're talking about a return of the 90s. make sure you have that summer

wardrobe ready to go. there it is. 94 by saturday. 91 for sunday and staying hot monday into tuesday. kids will be getting out of school, mike, as we progress out of the next couple of weeks. what are you looking at this morning? >> i'm looking at some way to keep them busy over the summer. gets expensive as well. looking over here to the south bay. we're looking at a nice, easy drive right now for that northbound commute. it's not a problem actually, both directions of the freeways looking really good. we are look iing at southbound 0 from 237 to brokaw. you're down to one lane overnight. now the pavement is actually uneven. they're not completely done with that. use caution as crews clear. there's no real slowing right n now. things have sort of sorted themselves out after 50 this morning. watch for more crews there. not completely all gone until you get down toward 101 and the southbound side. over toward the peninsula as well, 101, 280 moving slowly. across the bay, dumbarton

bridge, san mateo bridge. we'll get a live look at the foster city side. san mateo bridge, off the high rise, smooth flow. visibility is great down here. we're watching for those changes christine is talking about, though. east shore freeway, close to the limit through berkeley. blurred the lens because i messed up the focus but there's not a lot of moisture in the air right now. visibility is just fine from the carcenas to the bay bridge. 101 through san rafael. novato through san rafael and across that golden gate bridge, if you can count the cars you're in pretty good shape across that span. back to you, marla. >> one, two, three, four -- okay, mike, thank you so much. walmart is owning up to its environmental crimes in california and missouri. the world's largest retailer admitted in court yesterday it violated the clean water act. according to california court

documents before 2006, the company didn't have guidelines or offer employee training for hazardous waste management and disposal. toxic materials were discarded in trash bins or poured into the local sewer system. the arkansas-based company will now pay a combined penalty of more than $110 million. 5:18. a new bill expanding who can perform abortions has been passed and is on its way to the state senate. it would allow nondoctors such as nurse practitioners, midwives to perform abortions in the first trimester, involves using a tube to terminate the pregnancy. the bill could increase the risk to patients, critics say. supporters say data from the trial showed doctors and nonphysicians performed the procedure with low error rates. 5:18. a new bill is hoping to put an end to pranks known as swatting. last night state assembly

unanimously approved an anti-swatting bill, imposing a fine of up to $2,000 and a year in jail for people who make those false 911 calls. it's now going to the senate, which has approved similar legislation before. the bill would also boost penalties if swatting calls result in bodily harm. this morning, nike has cut ties with lance armstrong's cancer charity live strong. it turn ed a little yellow wris band into a symbol for cancer survivors. together they helped raise more than $100 million for that foundation. nike dropped its personal sponsorship with armstrong last october after it was revealed he was the ringleader of his team's doping program. >> pretty symbolic in a whole new way now. 5:19. bay area's own boston bombing survivor tells his story. reunited after almost 70 years. how a world war ii era diary

finally made it into the hands of its intended owner.

welcome back. we take you live outside to san jose. it's 5:22 right now. we're taking a look at the forecast with christina. it's going to get warm soon enough. get ready. >> bay area boy who was hurt in the boston marathon bombings got to throw out the first pitch at the a's/giants game. hern suffered hearing loss and serious leg injuries. he actually talked to nbc bay area about his recovery. >> physically, i'm doing a lot

better. i get really tired easily. when i lose it, i'm like done. i have to like sit down or something. mentally, it's still a lot. once in a while, i have bad nightmares, stuff like that. otherwise, i'm pretty good. >> seems to have a good spart abo spirit about him. events like this, his mother says, makes up for all the little league games and swim meets he will miss this year. >> such poise. >> doesn't he, for such a young man? >> tough as nails. how warm is it going to get and when? >> it will be warm out there today. really comfortable for today especially when you consider we're getting into the end of the month. first weekend of june. right around the corner now. and that's when we'll really see temperatures soar. not too bad for today. 76 in livermore. 63 for san francisco and 74 degrees in redwood city. as the athletics take on the giants at at&t park, it's going to be cool. you will be headed out to that game. 55 degrees at 8:00 pm. if you still want to catch that

game but you don't want to hit at&t park and all that traffic in the city, you can catch it here on nbc bay area. we'll be taking you inside the park starting at 7:00. first let's check that drive with mike. >> going to get the game. folks traveling across the bay. fans around the bay heading over there. the bay bridge toll plaza, this evening's commute will be extra heavy. looking toward fremont, 880 southbound with headlights streams across that automall park sign. more traffic flow. we'll show you also the tri-valley, more traffic flowing. and also 84 through livermore itself. the big issue, we still have reports of a disabled vehicle east 580 not at the dublin interchange. it should have move d out of th slow lane and, in fact, been cleared over the last few minutes. we'll track that counter commute slowing that's a little unusual for folks through the area.

this is the usual, though, west highway 4 through antioch, very slow throughout the antioch bridge, through pittsburg. this is heavier than yesterday. i have my eyes on highway 4. >> mike thank you. 5:25. moms are the primary breadwinners in 40% of u.s. households, up four-fold from 1960 when it was just 11%. more than 5 million of those moms are married and take home morme money than their husbands. 9 million are single mothers. the public has mixed feelings of moms working outside the home. about 67% say it has made it easier for their families to live comfortably. 50% say it makes it harder for marriages to be successful. and 74% say it makes it harder for parents to raise children. 5:25. lost now found nearly 70 years later. a 90-year-old woman had the surprise of her life while visit

ing a world war ii museum in new orleans. laura mae davis found the diary of her late boyfriend, thomas cotton jones. it was on display. with it was a note from jones with special instructions for whomever found that diary. >> i looked at it. it said, if this diary is lost, it should be sent to laura mae davis, winslow, indiana. well, that was a jolt. it was a shock to see that it was there and it was supposed to have been given to me 69 years ago. and i didn't even know it was there. >> can you imagine the coincidence of seeing that? davis says she actually bought the diary as a gift to jones when he enlisted in the marines after the two graduated in may of 1941. the museum let her read it, gave her a copy, dvd copy of its contents but they say they couldn't let her take the keepsake, because it had been donated by the jones family. >> i don't think the family would have minded.

>> i don't think so either. i think it's hers. >> she earned it. >> all those years and losing him. former nuclear missile siloh is up for sale. >> sits on over eight acres of land in new york. inside the siloh, there's a living room, bathroom, bedroom, which actually doubles as the control room. warning signs, escape hatches are also intact. kitchen features clocks showing other time zones. from top to bottom it's nearly 300 feet, but just to see the home, you need to pay $375. that's a viewing fee. asking price for that silo, three quarter of a million dollars. still ahead on "today in the bay," peninsula man accused of attacking his landlord with bear spray. look at them kids. [ sigh ]

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good morning, i'm bob redell. fighting for public edition. and the supreme court of california is about to make a landmark decision. today looks fantastic for your outdoor plans. it's mild out there to start. then we turn up the heat toward the century mark. i'll give you the timeline for the changing weather. we're already starting to turn up the commute in many spots around the bay. we'll show you the latest for what's going on in those red zones on my map. and we take a live look outside. you're halfway through your workweek. wednesday, may 29th. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and good morning, i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. almost 100 people from the south

bay will take off for a special trip to sacramento. today in the bay's bob redell is live with where the group will soon board buses to head to the state capital. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, marla. this will be the 11th trip of its kind to sacramento to talk with legislators to fight for better education funding and where they want to put the money. they want to fight for that as well. dave cortese and the silicon valley will lead 125 teachers, students and parents to meet with legislators. the goal is to convince them not to make any more cuts to education and how new funds should be spent. resident here of san jose, bob razun, you have a specific request you want to make to lawmakers. what is it? >> we're looking to gain support for interactive textbooks in the schools. >> reporter: and is this coming

from you as somebody who is a software developer, as a parent, educator? >> retired educator. i'm consulting with the textbook. and we're promoting it and hoping that they'll see the value of it. >> reporter: you obviously have been in this business for a long time. what do you see the state of education funding right now compared to years past? do you think we're on the upswing, positive or negative? >> i like to hope we're on an upswing. we've been very deficient for many years. i would like to think that now that we're showing some profit that some of that money will be going towards education. help get he us back on a level playing field. >> best of luck on your trip today. this is a day trip. 11th annual of its kind, as i mentioned. it will be roughly 135 people leaving here shortly in about 35 minutes from this location at the eastridge mall. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks, bon. 5:32. menlo park. facebook is saying this morning

it will take action against the accounts of any user making light of rape and violence against women. "today in the bay's" marianne favro joins us. >> reporter: with 1 billion users, this will have major ramifications. facebook is saying it's changing its policy on any posts that make light of violence against women and the vice president of global polished this statement this morning, saying it has become clear that our systems to identify and remove hate speech have failed to work as effectively as we would like, particularly around issues of gender-based hate. the guidelines used by these systems have failed to capture all the content that violates our standards. we need to do better. and we will. the policy change is in response to pressure from both activists and advertisers. you may remember, bay area congresswoman jackie spear

alerted military brass about the marine facebook pages, making fun of sexual assault. now social media pages are targeting her. we caught up with her at a busy restaurant last night. here is what she had to say. >> it's all about doing the right thing. and i don't think that's the right thing. so, i think that the military has a big job ahead of itself, cleaning up a very distorted culture that has been allowed to exist for decades. >> spe >>. >> reporter: spear says as long as the marines are not using taxpayer dollars they do have a first amendment right to free speech but she says she will not be deterred by the personal attacks on her on social media. now as for for facebook, they say they'll do a lot more investigation into any complaints about these posts and they also say they're going to have their staff do more training with the lawyers and women advocacy groups

reporting live in menlo park, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. 55-year-old man on the peninsula is in jail this morning, accused of attacking his landlord with bear repellant. steven plummer attacked the manager last night about noise they were making at a belmont complex. that's when officers say plummer hit the landlord and used a stronger pepper spray also used as bear repellant. he is being charged with assault, misuse of tear gas and possessi possessing tear gas. thieves stole motors right off boats in san francisco. someone cut through cables and stole five motors from pier 40 monday night. the motors belonged to the bay area association of disabled sailors or baads. without those boats, veterans with disabilities who sale with

the group, like christina rube-key cannot hit the water. she is unable to use her arms or legs and sails on a specifically designed boat, moving a joystick with her chin. >> it was awesome. i thought it was great i had the ability to sail, given my disability. it's really not, obviously, very expected. so i thought it was a really incredible opportunity to engage in a really fun sport and engage actively. >> police say they found the motors, but it's uncloer ear if they're still in working condition. fixing one of those boats is expected to cost a few thousand dollars. the state supreme court will hear arguments over who can administer insulin shots to kids with diabetes. right now the law allows teachers, administrators and nurses to give those insulin shots. the california nurses association wants to change that so that only certified nurses can give the sometimes life-saving shot but parents and the american diabetes association argue that school

employees who are trained to give the shots should be allowed to continue to, because many schools only have one nurse or none at all. 5:37. we are learning more this morning about the problem on the yet-to-open span of the bay bridge. we'll give you a live look right now at the bridge. hundreds of bolts used to attach a railing for the bike path broke because caps were not installed properly. experts are calling it a basic mistakes. crews welded the bolts firmly in their slots rather than leaving room for natural expansion that happens in hot weather, causing it to break. caps have been removed and the bolts replaced. this latest mishap comes as the metropolitan transportation commission holds a special meeting today, expecting an update on broken bolts and damaged steel rods. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren.

>> chances are, you probably are already thinking about the weekend. you made it to wednesday. good morning to you. want to show you the skies over the bay area. usually, we see quite a bit of a difference when it comes to your inland cities versus those right by the water. this, of course, san francisco. mostly cloudy here at this point. marine layer will push all the way inland. yes, indeed, that is the case. you can see from san hojose, sa overcast sky. these clouds will thicken up as we head over the next couple of hours and they'll clear out as we head throughout the second half of the day. we will not see clear sunshine in san jose until 2:00 this afternoon. here is why. those showers that came through yesterday, high pressure now moves in. as that big ridge of high pressure comes in, we see a quieter pattern. the winds drop off. once those winds drop off, you can see that from your buoys here. the fog settles in. over the past two hours, we've dropped 18-mile-per-hour wind gusts to 7-mile-per-hour wind gusts. that's a good sign. we'll see a really nice day today. 58 in san jose, 57 in livermore.

by noon today, plenty of 60s. cool ocean air not making its way all the way through the delta, though. it will be much warmer in the extreme east bay. 80 for fairfield versus 72 in the south bay, san jose. your full forecast in a few moments. first, we want to check that drive with mike. >> good morning. folks, we'll take you at this look, to give you at least an angle of what back up there is right now. fast track, no problems. you'll slow a little bit as you should for safety sake through the toll plaza. no metering lights. smoother drive across the span still. on the approach down the east shore freeway to the top of your screen, west 80. no delays through the berkeley curve. out of san francisco as you're approaching treasure island. the maze itself moves smoothly. we do have this. heavier traffic out of antioch. heavier slowing across the antioch bridge, into pittsburg and bay point. westbound highway 4. you expect this area to be slow but not quite as slow as our

sensors are picking up speeds. we're tracking that. no incidents reported there. this is what we typically see on wednesday west 580 and 84 through pleasanton and livermore. quick look at san hojose. build before 101 through this area by 680. bigger view coming up, guys. back to you. >> 5:40. national spelling bee is officially under way. >> and a sample of what types of words they'll be asked to spell.

welcome back at 5:42. can you spell difficult? among the almost 300 students, two from here in the bay area. >> i love this story every year when it comes around. tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning.

already pretty good news for our local girls. >> that's right. two of them, number 24 and number 20. they both advanced as of this morning by spelling their words correctly. there's new words. number one, kids won't advance out of rounds two and three if they don't spell words correctly. also, this is a big one, now they've got a vocabulary test. you're not going to see this on tv. they're not going to be doing it on stage but as part of that computerized test they do in advance to qualify and then to move into the semi finals, these kids will have to take one, if not two vocabulary tests. it will be half of their score. so these organizers say instead of just making sure the kids can spell, they also want to know that they know the definitions of these words. makes it a lot tougher to advance. here is an example of what they might see on that test. the word indocile.

several options. it's a multiple choice. several options for what that might mean. i'll go ahead and give you the answer to this. it means not easily instructed or controlled. but, you know, if you ever watch this had, as you guys do and i do, there are some really hard words. not all of them are going to be that easy. two bay area girls there trying to get to the top. they'll only let 12, a dozen kids into the finals this year. >> oh, wow! >> so fun. >> isn't it, though? >> thank you so much. and thanks for not spelling thiz morning, too. i was expecting that. minnesota representative and tea party icon michele bachmann has announced she will not seek another term in congress. she made that announcement in a video on her website. she says that decision was not based on her concerns about getting elected or recent concerns about financial abuse allegations in her financial campaign. she ran unsuccessfully for the republican presidential

nomination last year. train derailment near baltimore. take a look at this cell phone video. large cloud of black smoke and flames. you also heard the explosion after a train hit a garbage truck and went off its tracks as the driver slowly approaches the track site, you see that huge ball of fire erupt. hazmat team was called to the scene but released after it didn't find any sort of toxic inh inhalants found at that site. ntsb says it's not clear what the truck was doing at the private crossing. the truck driver was seriously hurt. everyone else is okay. >> devastating tornado in oklahoma continues. release efforts will get a helping hand from some major star power tonight. country music star and "the voice" judge blake shelton spearheading a concert and telethon. he and his wife, myrrh airanda lambert, will host the heeling in the hardland concert in oklahoma city tonight. many other celebrities are expected to make appearances

there as well. >> doing good with the star power. >> oh, sure. meteorologist christina loren is here with a look the the forecast. as the week progresses, the warmer we get. >> right. and it's going to feel like summertime by this weekend. it's going to come on really, really quickly. 5:46. thanks for waking up with us each and every morning. especially kind of a holiday week. temperatures this morning are nice and mild. so, that might make you want to sleep in. what i can tell you right now is that you don't have to race out that front door if you're trying to catch a flight. low clouds and everything is on time out of sfo. with those low clouds working i wouldn't be surprised to see delays through the next couple of hours. we'll keep you juch daupdated h nbc bay area. a giants game on our station tonight. 57 to start. in san francisco, 58 in san h e jose. 58 degrees. good morning to you in gilroy. high pressure starts to move in. this area is packing a lot of

energy. temperatures will warm up quickly. 15 to 20 degrees as we get into this upcoming weekend. and as we head out through next week, staying hot as this ridge will not break down potentially until the end of next week. dry stretch of warm, hot weather. that means the coastline will stay nice and clear. all the low clouds you have to deal with this morning. we'll lose half of that low cloud cover by tomorrow. by the weekend, no low clouds to start the day. 70s and 80s even at the beach. 76 degrees for today. not today. livermore looks great today. if you want to make those outdoor plans, you live inland. and that hot weather keeps you indoors, today is your day to get outdoors. this is the last day of the 70s. as we get into tomorrow, 80s and 90s return friday. mid to upper 90s saturday and sunday. monday and tuesday, starting to cool off a touch. staying warmer than average this time of year. like i said before, we'll get to that giants forecast coming up.

they're taking on the a's, a lot of people rooting for one team or another. that means a lot of traffic in the city today. >> all those folks from out of town, across the bay. looking over toward that bay bridge will be the focus this evening. south bay, this is the focus. northbound 101, just north of 680. traditional build, traditional first burst coming around the area. we'll watch it sort itself out, kicks in 6:15, 6:20. here is the focus right now, transition 880 and 101. we'll watch this along the south bay side. also through the tri-valley, more slowing. this dublin interchange not a big deal. good amount of slowing up toward livermore and also in livermore. this is not so bad as far as the volume of traffic. two incidents reported, roadway hazard. sounds like there's debris in the roadway somewhere between dublin exits and the dublin interchange there. we'll track that northbound 680 be on the letter. i'm tracking that for you as

well. smooth drive through castro, through highway 92 and dumbarton bridge. shows a little slowing. i'll follow that and see if there are any issues on the span itself. palo alto looks good, 101 continuing up through san mateo and up into san francisco without delay. and through the city, golden gate bridge from the other side looks nice. low clouds not a problem for visibility. that will change throughout the morning, guys. back to you. >> thank you very much. sharks season came to an end in los angeles last night. >> that's right. team teal eliminated from the playoffs by the champs l.a. kings. 2-1 in the third period, leaving fans believe that their team could get it done. but then we were left with that all-too familiar feeling. it was over and no stanley cup. >> clearly it's a huge disappointed. i've been a fan for several

years now. we keep getting so close. >> my number one goal is to root against l.a. for the rest of everything. and after that, you know, next season. there's next season. >> that's right. good attitude. don't desert your team. home ice played a huge role. neither team lost a home game. a well deserved break. 5:50 now. coming up, good news for the economy. what's sending wall street soaring. plus pork news. a lot of pork news in business.

at 5:52, we welcome you back with new positive signs the economy is back on track. wall street rallied with the dow shooting up more than 300 points after hearing consumer confidence reached a five-year high. car and home sales are also on the rise. last month, home prices saw its

biggest jump in seven years. it is the third straight month of positive housing news, especially in cities hardest hit by the recession. >> we have very high demand and very low supply. that means home pces will rise very quickly for the foreseeable future. >> jobless numbers will show whether employers are feel iings confident as their workers. housing numbers were phenomenal, not just here in the bay area, but nationwide. >> our ultra local economy and how well it's doing. kay shiler said the san francisco market is doing well. nationwide numbers are important, too. that will be a measure of our overall economy. if we're going to do well we need everyone to do well. you may not see this news that marla said, that prices have risen the most in seven years as a good thing. do keep in mind that higher house prices make the world more

mobi mobile. that fellow stuck in his home because it was under water, couldn't take a new, higher paying job somewhere else can take that job now. mobile americans are good for the economy. they're good for you, even if you are a renter. president obama says he will discuss hacking with the president of china when the two meet in southern california next week. here, you see the president meeting with his national security adviser. the washington post said monday that the chinese have been hack ing our most sophisticated weapons systems. speaking of china, it looks like a chinese company is buying smithfield, largest producer of pork in the united states for nearly $5 billion. that is, if the government allows it. there were already concerns smithfield was too big as an american company. the chinese interest, laura and marla, doesn't seem to be about making money off of us, the grocery shoppers, but rather securing safe pork supply for chinese customers. their system distribution safety is a disaster. best way to solve that may be to buy an american company. >> very interesting.

>> all i heard from that this morning was bacon. >> i know, right? >> meteorologist christina loren is out theat work, earning her bacon. >> that's right. mama needs a new pair of shoes. good morning to you. you might be breaking out the birkenstocks if you're mike inouye. just kidding, mike. wouldn't do that. triple digits right around the corner. we'll take you through that forecast, tell you who will get the hottest and how long that heat wave will last. let's check that drive. here he is. hi, mike. >> my brother went to cal. you might be right about that. i'll check with him. i am a member of the uc system as well. traffic flow right here is all right. as you approach this area, somewhere just south of automall parkway, reports of a hit and run crash. i moved the camera. i didn't see it.

it may actually be gone. hit and run. some paperwork was going on in the center divide. rains reported clear. smoother drive south from dakota toward the mission, crossing 680 and 880. smooth drive. starting to build as far as that volume for 248 castro valley y. 92, no problems. toll plaza, slowing shows up toward the san mateo toll plaza. where we have the backup, metering lights are turned on earlier this morning. it is a slower build up the maze. not a major problem just yet. back to you. >> 5:56. this morning, a young woman is admitting she is the mother of that newborn baby boy found wedged inside a sewage drain pipe in china. the 22-year-old woman says she alerted her landlord about the trapped baby after giving birth inside a toilet on saturday. she says the child slipped into the sewer line and she couldn't reach him. firefighters ended up sawing away a section of that pipe to

free the baby who, believe it or not, is doing fine today. the woman says she did not initially come forward as the mother because she cannot financially support the baby. police are treating the case like an attempted homicide. but so far, no charges have been filed. >> so many people would take that child. >> oh, my goodness. 5:57 right now. still ahead, new scathing report accusing schools of letting down minority students in the south bay. facebook takes a stand. menlo park's new stance that will have a global impact.

right now at 6:00, ordering an about face. the feds and facebook announcing a crackdown on hate speech against women. parents and teachers take their fight for school funding straight to the state capital.

more busted bolts on the bay brid bridge. the simple mistake that could be to blame for the new round of problems. >> starting out about 60 degrees just about everywhere. starting tomorrow, the warm-up begins. we're talking triple-digit heat in the next 72 hours. we'll give you the timeline for the changes. things were very calm until a few minutes ago. now we have a backup at the bay bridge and problem at the dublin interchange. we'll sort those two hot spots out, coming up. you'll find the embarcadero in san francisco. lots of cloud cover out there. this is the last mild day of the week, christina says rs on this wednesday, may 29th. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. thank you so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm