new details after a young child is sexually assaulted at a popular bay area park. the latest on the search for the suspect, next. a teenager caught on camera after she is kidnapped in the bay area in a parking lot. the alert neighbor who finally helped her escape. plus -- getting ready for the prop 8 ruling. what county workers are doing today that's wait for word from the supreme court. >> live outside. a shot from san francisco of the bay bridge early morning. but we're here to help you jump start your day on wednesday, june 12. this is "today in the bay." it's almost 4:31.

how are are you feeling i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning to you. well, you know what today's going to be warmer. a great-looking day shaping up. not quite as nice as yesterday because it will be warmer. temperatures warm enough for you, might need ac later today in the extreme east bay. this morning crisp out there. cooler start to the day, 53 gilroy, 53 san francisco 47 santa rosa more change to tell you about when it comes to your extended forecast. we are including the possibility of showers. first, your drive wednesday morning. good morning, mike. >> good morning. jon and laura showed you one side of bait bridge from the san francisco. we'll look from emeriville. a smooth drive. construction crews picked up from up and lower decks, no problem crossing the bay. we'll show you the maps. a smooth flow after traffic around the maze and heading into the area including off the

carquinez bridge and the bay bridge toll plaza itself. back to you. >> 4:32. we have developing news this morning. police on the hunt for a man who sexually assaulted a child in a public bathroom. that attack happened at berkeley marina yesterday afternoon. police are looking for an african-american man in his 40s or 50s. blond hair, green streaks. the child is back with family this morning. christie smith has talked to berkeley police. she'll ahave the latest at 5:00 a fremont man facing charged of kidnapping thanked to alert neighbor and detective work. the 23-year-old aaron roy kidnapped a teenage girl in fremont monday morning. surveillance video allegedly shows roy getting into the backseat of a 16-year-old's car while inside shopping. as she drove away, roy allegedly appeared with a knife, telling

her to drive to a remote location. police say she was able to break away and run when roy told her to take her clothes off. the girl was caught on a home surveillance camera running through a fremont neighborhood. you can see her at the top zipping through. a woman in the neighborhood happened to rescue that girl and then alerted police. officers identified roy by a fingerprint left in the victim's car. 4:33. investigators back at levi's stadium trying to figure out how a elevator mechanic dies. construction has been called off until tomorrow. 63-year-old donald white standing on a ladder under the count weight of the elevator when the weight came down on him yesterday morning. the father of four was killed and worked at stadium was put on hold. at 5:00, bob redell will have the latest details in that investigation. we have a follow-up for you this morning. nine people still on the run

after the biggest gang sting in the history of santa clara county. the district attorney's office says it has arrested 39 members of the nuestra familia gang but nine are still wanted. the gang's been vkiactive over past three years leading to 77-count grand jury indictment. follow-up to breaking news we brought you yesterday. the man who flashed a student at san jose state is still out there. still on the loose. around 9:50 monday night the student was waiting for her right outside duncan hall on san safl street when a man walked up and exposed himself and then ran away. campus police sent out a text alert. the u.s. supreme court could rule on california's ban on same secti sex marriage as soon as tomorrow. the clerk's office is gearing up for influx of gay and lesbian couples to tie the knot if prop

8 is overturned. learning how to process marriage licenses and owe officialiate weddings. the clerk office says if prop 8 is overturned the city's prepared to perform 200 weddings the first day same-sex marriage becomes legal. brace yourself, and your pocketbook, pg&e wants to raise gas and power bill. the utility company proposing an increase and for the average customer, this will amount to $12 per month. pg&e says it needs that money to upgrade distribution stomach make it safer and more reliable. critics say the company's raised rates in the path for the same reason but have not followed through with upgrades. the california public utilities commission will be holding a public hearing tonight discussing that proposed increase. it starts at 7:00 p.m. in the city council chambers at oakland city hall. new this morning, fire

investigators trying to figure out what sparked a brushfire in antioch overnight. fire broke out before 11:00 last night near wilbur avenue and minaker drive. took crews an hour to knock down the flames. in all, 15 acres burned. no reports of injuries. no buildings were damaged. people in the south bay may notice smoke in the air near milpitas. it's all part of a firefighting exercise. crews from several agencies including the santa clara county fire department taking part in a live fire exercise at ed levin county park. the exercise a culmination of a four-day training event. crews practice using fire as defensive tool in fighting much larger, more dangerous wildfires. let's see if we'll have winds today if it will carry the smoke out there as well. >> good wednesday to you. want to help you get started.

help you get your day going right. calm winds continue right now up in santa rosa. we have winds picking up down in the south bay and antioch it's going to be hot and winds will be blowing. but we'll see onshore winds today. we don't have wind advisory so we are going to stay below advisory criteria. good morning to you. you made it. we're close to the weekend now. and father's day weekend. it's a big one around here. we'll talk about that forecast coming up. today, what you can expect. cool ocean air carried inland. this morning, starting out nice and mild. return of the 40s. some of your north bay cities, temperatures comfortable until noon everywhere. kind of warm in antioch, 81. lunchtime, warmer day on tap, 85 for fairfield. jet stream to our north. we have changes headed our way. ridge of high pressure moves inland. we'll tell you what that means for father's day weekend forecast. of course, we've got a major warm-up headed our way.

told you about showers. it's all in the seven-day forecast. swings keep on coming. 4:37. 4:38 now, mike. time flies. >> wow. better get ready, folks. good news, nothing to slow you down right now. as far as lane closures that are dramatic. the oakland area, we have construction going on but you see the flow past the coliseum, arrow moves you over to one lane, passing up 466 and 98. past the coliseum, smooth drive. there's an event tonight. now there's construction through north of there as well as you're heading up through downtown area. southbound side, crews are on the move, not presenting a problem. there's your oakland construction. easy drive over the bay bridge. as we talked about, no problems heading down the east shore freeway. we have that s curve by the toll plaza, we told you about that last weekend, still in effect. as i'm moving to the past, chp giving an update, westbound 80,

the off-ramp, crash, someone called it in says the driver of the car's trapped inside of the pickup truck. but it doesn't sound like an overturned vehicle. details still have to come in as chp arrives. north bay, san rafael through the drive, southbound 101 to the curve, toward the golden gate bridge, flow of traffic there. we'll take one shot of the san rafael. you see how light it is there. back to you. >> we will check back with you. 4:39. city of millbrae talking about a ban on public bird feeding in the interest of airline safety. the concern is for the planes flying into and out of san francisco international. people feeding birds at millbrae b.a.r.t. station and other public areas attract more birds. officials at sfo say many of the birds end up at the airport. opponents of the plan say it's not clear enough. >> does that mean by 280 where we have eagles?

does it mean right in the park right down the street from my house? i couldn't tell from the ordinance. >> last year and a half there's a total of 120 bird strikes in san francisco international airport, 12 resulted in damage to an aircraft. >> the council will vote on the ordinance next week. if passed, first-time offenders would be fined up to $100. heads up for you this morning. you want to be extra careful out on roadways as you head into work this morning. that's because caltranss crews will be out in force picking up trash alongside the highways throughout the bay area. crews will be cleaning up highway 101 from the 286-80 interchange to highway 37 in san jose and further north in san rafael and san francisco. work starts at 9:00. caltrans says last year alone it spent more than 52 million on litter removal. so, use your trash can. don't throw it out the window. >> 4:40. a new study on using hands-free

devices while driving. results were just released this morning. why it's not as safe as you may think. the latest on the search for the man who says he blew the whistle on a government surveillance program. we'll tell you what edward snowden is reportedly looking for this morning. the new lawsuit filed against the nevada psychiatric hospital accused of dumping patients all over the u.s., including the bay area.

welcome back, everyone. 4:44. a live look outside. this time from the south bay. waiting for the sun's arrival this morning. the early morning dawn kind of twinkling there with light of the city. 4:44. former cia employee who say his leaked top secret government document on the loose looking for a lawyer. the hong kong newspaper says snowden is trying to contact lawyers it's a hong kong based human rights organization. snowden last seen on monday when he checked out of his hotel in hong kong. fbi is looking for him. snowden is the self-proclaimed whistle-blower who exposed government surveillance programs. one of those programs involved bay area tech companies. this morning, google and facebook are fighting back against accusations they helped

the federal government spy on users. jackie deangelis live at cnbc headquarters with new actions the companies are taking. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. google, microsoft, facebook, three names you've heard of, they are urging the u.s. government for more transparency on national security requests. the tech giants trying to distance themselves from reports that they were willing partners in the nsa's massive surveillance program. in an open letter google is asking the justice department for permission to disclose the number and scope of future data requests. the futures are higher this morning after the market sold off on tuesday. the dow gyrating between gains and losses, more on fears of the fed and other central banks that they'll pull back on their stimulus programs. but also we were keeping an eye on then creasing violence in turkey. today we'll get data on the federal budget. the dow opened down 152 points yesterday. it clawed back into positive

territory before closing off 116 points at 15122. the nasdaq losing 36 to close at 3436. >> sounds great. 4:46. christina loren back to talk about weather. it felt warmer driving in here. windows down. appreciate that. >> exactly. never wrong. you know what? it is so nice. air quality is close to perfection across the bay area. thanks for waking up with us on wednesday. maybe you're off for summer, maybe you're a teacher or you have kids home with you, a great day to get them outdoors, it's not going to be too hot. we are giving you the digital remix, shows you we don't have a lot of fog in the city. as a result, look the what that does to temperatures. clear skies, look at this, at the coast, running anywhere between two to nine degrees cooler because of the clear start. that fog is going to start to roll in as we progress through the next couple of hours. keep in mind we are going to

watch visibles drop off, 500 to 1,000 feet. have a, that what happens, trapping in warmth. we lose clouds and back in the 40 in navato. 57 in san jose. beautiful start to the day here. 53 down in gilroy. here's where we're headed today, temperatures and winds both comfortable because we still have that onshore flow. that means throughout the day today, we'll see that westerly flow, cool ocean air inland. gentle breeze. open up the windows in your home. it's going to be really nice. we still have good air quality thanks to showers. highs today, warmer. fairfield 85. 81 napa. 65 degrees in san francisco. it's a big weekend for grads and dads. this is where we're headed. throughout the next couple of days, temperatures stay steady. we climb through friday. we'll be out 88 degrees.

quite a few graduations happening friday. bring that spf 30 plus with you. a mix of sun and clouds. a little bit on the warm side. on father's day, sunday, temperatures tumble. but it's going to be perfect across the bay area. a comfortable act yabackyard ba. >> 4:48. former south african president nelson mandela not showing improvements. he remains hospitalized for a fifth straight day. new video from pretoria, south africa where the community keeping a very close eye on mandela's health. a spokesman says hours ago mandela is in stable but serious condition. that's the way he's been the last few days. 94-year-old battling a reoccurring lung infection with this marking his fourth time in the hospital since december. mandela turns 95 next month. >> 4:48. happening now, fire crews in colorado struggling to gain the

upper hand on four major wildfires burning throughout the state. the largest is burning northeast of colorado springs. crews say the so-called black forest fire has destroyed 60 homes, forced 6400 people to evacuate and charred 12 square miles since starting yesterday. no reports of any injuries so far. the man from ohio accused of holding three women captive for a decade will be back in cord. 52-year-old ariel castro facing over 300 counts, murder, kidnapping and rain, prosecutors say castro kidnapped misthe thr and kept them locked up inside his cleveland home and fathered berry's 6-year-old daughter. these women were rescued last month after berry escaped while castro was gone from the home. castro's attorney says he's planning to plead not guilty. 4:59. california and nevada civil

rights group sued a nevada mental hospital accused of shipping patients out of state without making arrangements to their care. the lawsuit claims the hospital in las vegas violated the constitutional rights of mentally ill people. "sacramento bee" reports 100 former patients could join the lawsuit. officials have not commented on the suit. this just in to our newsroom. a new study out shows using cell phones and other devices while driving increases your chance of being in an accident even if those devices are hands-free. report comes from a aaa foundation for traffic safety. from the video, using sensors and simulators using brain activity while trying to multitask with hands-free technology, while the mental a workload increases reaction decreases. >> infotainment systems in cars,

we have that many people driving down the road, using systems thinking they are completely safe, not just safer, completely safe when research shows that is certainly not the case. >> experts suggest limiting voice activated technologies to core driving activities like air-conditioning and windshield wiper. helps if you disable voice detect functions while driving. but it is, this day and age, like overload with everything going on, buttons, phones. >> true. remember you used to sit down and drive. >> i remember people didn't even wear seat belts. lap bands. that's old school. 4:51. injuries keep on coming for the giants the condition of marco execu scutero. a former athletic thrown off the field. >> as we look at bay bridge toll plaza, folks waiting. not all toll plazas are open. east shore freeway, a crash.

we have changes for on-ramp.

>> potentially tough news for the giants coming out. marco scutero could be out for a considerable amount of time but fans hoping it's not too serious. he'll see a specialist after hit by a pitch in the seventh inning last night's ball game. comcast sportsnet bay area andrew bag ellie says x-rays are negative, no fracture.

there are worries scutero could have damaged a tendon because he cannot straighten out one of his fingers. the giants, we can tell you, unfortunately, ended up losing 8-2. bruce bochie and george kontos both ejected in the eighth after kontos hit a batter with a pitch. the league right now reviewing those objections and could suspend both as early as today. >> you've heard about this, watch this video, former oakland a's slugger mark mcgwire ejected from a game last night. now a batting coach for the l.a. dodgers, right in the middle with the benches cleared in the game between the dodgers and the diamond backs. >> like a throwback game. kirk gibson, old school guys. >> steve saks. tangiled up with third base coach. a dodger was drilled in the face with a pitch.

dodgers won 5-3. >> payback in baseball can be a very dangerous proposition. hitting people. >> like hockey out there. >> what it turned into, wwf. 4:56. hopefully it's not rough on the roads. >> i don't want to have to introduce me with drilled to the face with a pitch. east shore freeway, traffic flows smoothly with headlights. westbound 80, berkeley and emeriville. entire maze and apropose to the bay bridge, no problem earlier crash i told you about, chp on scene, this is pinole valley road. the police department shut down the on ramp to westbound 80 because of the crash. reports of one car over off the roadway and down an embankment a bit. reports of minor injuries as well. that's the initial update. we have a smooth flow on the freeway but we'll track that. check the upper east shore. south bay moves smoothly. look at 101. 680.

a typical flow for this time of morning. >> thank you. 4:56. >> a california army wife looking to fight deportation now. we'll let you know why her baby boy would be forced to go wither. >> the condition of the giant's fan nearly beat tonight death at dodger stadium. why he's no longer at a rehab facility.

berkeley police on the lookout for a man who sexually assaulted a young boy in a park bathroom. i'm christie smith. i'll have this man's unusual description coming up. >> honey, what's wrong? someone's chasing me with a knife. he's chasing me with a knife. i said, come here. we ran up the stairs. >> scary stuff here. running for her life. alert fremont woman helps a teenager escape from a man accused of kidnapping her. >> a much cooler start to your wednesday. however, let the spoiling.

another beautiful day shaping up. we do have changes headed our way as we get into father's day weekend. i'll sort it out in your full forecast. backup at bay bridge. it's clearing. everyone's arrived at toll plaza but i'll show you what might slow you for your arrival at work coming up. a beautiful view of the bay bridge. >> doesn't hurt. >> gorgeous place to wake up. we'll help you make it through midweek. it's wednesday, june 12th. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. good morning. we're following developing news now. the hunt is on this morning for a man who sexually assaulted a child at berkeley marina. christie smith live there now with the latest on the search for the attacker. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. i have to tell