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 you, we've seen

berkeley police driving around here after a report of a young boy saying he was sexually assaulted in this park bathroom behind me. if you know the area it's near adventure playground on university avenue. this happened yesterday. a boy under 10 years old said a man touched him inappropriate when he went into the bathroom around 140 in the afternoon. he told his mom who called police and officers from the berkeley police department east bay regional parks and fish and game department sealed off the area along university avenue west of interstate 80. they set up a checkpoint looking into interiors of cars launched a helicopter too. checked wooded areas around the marinea who couldn't locate the guy. a black man with blond hair and green-dyed streaks, 40 to 50 with a green shirt, blue jeans and black shoes on. investigators not sure if that was a wig he had on or not. we have calls in to berkeley

police overnight. they are telling us they are following up on leads and have been. so far, nothing has panned out. they may have more information later this morning. live in berkeley christie smith, "today in the bay." >> a fremont kidnapping suspect making his first court appearance today after police say he snuck inside a teenage girl's car with the intent to sexually assault her. some of the ordeal was caught on surveillance camera. marla tellez live outside the fremont hall of justice where the suspect will answer to a long list of charges. >> reporter: when the guy shows up to court here in fremont he will face six felony charges including kidnapping with the intent to commit rape assault with a deadly weapon and also false imprisonment and robbery. we can show you what he looks, like, too. hard to forget the mugshot because he's smiling here. 23-year-old aaron roy of free plont. police say on monday morning, roy snuck into the 16-year-old

victim's car while she shopped inside a lucky's grocery store on fremont boulevard. police say as the girl drove off, that's when roy popped up in her backseat held a knife to her body and ordered her to drive to a remote location. before long police say roy demanded she take off her clothes but that's when the girl had the courage to jump out and run and thanks to a neighbor's surveillance camera, you can see her in the upper left hand corner of the screen running for help into the care of a woman who happened to witness some of the panic. >> and i saw this girl running in the middle of the street in her flip-flops and she was screaming for help. i said honey's what's wrong? she said he's chase moog heing me with a knife. i said come here. we ran up the stairs. >> reporter: that alert

homeowner, star santa cruz activated her home alarm system right away. police arrived on scene, they lifted fingerprints from the girl's car and able to track down roy hours later eight best buy in dublin where he works and where he was arrested. held without bail here in fremont. scheduled to be arraign at 2:00 this afternoon. for the 16-year-old victim in all of this surprisingly she was not hurt physically but as we can all imagine, certainly shaken up emotionally. live in fremont, marla tellez, "today in the bay." police chase ends up in a motorcycle crash in san francisco this morning. this happened on crespi drive and 19th avenue in san francisco state. motorcycle speeding when it skidded and crashed into a car. the chase started in pacifica. unclear why the police wanted to pull the motorcyclist over. the condition remains unknown at this hour. state law makes want to make

sure crews are rushing their work on the bay bridge to finish on time. "sacramento bee" reports several assembly and senate members filed a formal request to see officials overseeing the project have offered any incentives to contractors to meet the labor day deadline. law makers say they don't want the final stages of the project to appear rushed. it's not clear if crews will be able to meet the deadline due to a siris of problems with steel bolts on the new span. decision on the opening date expected next month. construction at levi's stadium in santa clara on hold until tomorrow after an elevator mechanic was killed on the site. bob redell has been following the story since it broke yesterday morning. he has the latest on the ongoing investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. the construction will not be starting up today, at least not within the next 24 hours. could be tomorrow. it's up to cal osha the safety

agency conducting the investigation. once that agency gives its approveal approval, workers will be allowed to return to the site of nut $1.3 billion stadium in santa clara for the 49ers. when they do, there will be grief counselors and briefing about safety on the job site. work on one of the largest construction projects in the bay area has come to a halt. site was shut down and workers sent home yesterday after an elevator worker was killed. donald white a 63-year-old faur of four long time employee of the schindler elevator corporation standing on a ladder inside one of the elevator shafts when the counterweight, which helps move a elevator up and down came done on him. >> from our standpoint it is a family here. the effort of getting to point of we're are now it's been just a great communal effort on all of the workers to get us this point. there's a lot of concern that we

do what's right for don's family. >> reporter: the contractors overseeing the project tell us prior to yesterday morning this work site had a good safety record. the only significant injury among the thousand-plus workers in 13 months of construction a broken foot. as for schindler the company installing the stadium's elevators, the u.s. department of labor did fine that company $25,000 after a worker fell down a shaft at a construction site in palo alto. that was back in 2011. live in here in santa clara bob redell. 5:07. another twist in the tough road to recovery for injured giant's fan bryan stow. he's out of a rehab facility but not by choice. a recent post in the familiary's blog says he's living at his family's home because the insurance company stopped paying for his rehab. the family says it's glad to have bryan home but experienced a setback from lack of physical

therapy. butte brutally beaten two years ago. the wife i've stockton army specialist fighting back days before scheduled to be deported. carla and her family holding a special news conference in san francisco asking immigration officials to stop the deport agent schedule for father's day. she is an undocumented immigrant from the philippines arrested after a domestic disturbance. she and her husband have a 9-month-old son and family says the son will be forced to go with her if she's deported. that's because her husband leaves for military police training in just a week. time for the forecast. christina loren. how are we looking right now? >> we are looking so good. good wednesday morning to you. we can see the weekend at this point. a live look here you know what else you can see? most of the coastline. we don't have a lot of low cloud cover. want to start, live picture,

embarcadero, beautiful day shaping up a few ripples on the water. because of the lack of low clouds look at the difference between 24 hours ago. yeah, look at this. 11 degrees cooler half moon bay. three degrees cooler in san francisco. temperatures as warpm as where we ended up yesterday. hour by hour details. today, noon 73 degrees in concord. you can see here from your contour map where that cool air is going to settle in today along the east shore. nice and cool until noon. at about 4:00 5:00 p.m., starts to get comfortable, oakland, 75. 74 for fremont. 81 degrees in livermore. it's wednesday and we have weather changes headed our way as we get into father's day weekend. events across the bay area on sunday. and the corresponding weather that you and dad can expect this year. that's coming up in my next

report. seven day outlook ready to go. mike knows how to help you get to work. >> some folks the toll plaza help you out, no more back upin the cash lanes. university avenue easy drive. berkeley coming out of richmond maps will show you east shore freeway as well as maze moves nicely. air owe shows you where we took a look. slowing as you're passing by pinole valley road right by the on-ramp, flashing rights. pinole police have shut down the on ramp at pinole valley road to westbound 80. that is where there's a crash reported off of the roadway. no further updates from chp. tri-valley easy throw through livermore. back here at grant line road. a metal car ramp at on-ramp, watch it we don't want dukes of hazard action. palo alto no problems. debris reported at hillsdale.

i'll wait for an update on what's on the roadway. >> dukes of hazzard reference. love it, watch boss hogg is watching. a dern problem, we'll tell you what's up next for b.a.r.t. a man who made billions founding napster will pay for his lavish wedding. the vote that will take a chunk of change out of his wallet.

welcome back everybody. napster founder shawn parker paying big-time dollars for his lavish wedding. now he's paying more for breaking rules the day he got married. the california coastal commission expected to approve a $2.5 million fine settlement with the internet billionaire. parker recently got married in an outdoor ceremony in big sur, constructing artificial pond gateway, mock ruins of a cottage and a castle with big walls for

the big day. no doubt understated event. the commission went after parker for doing construct without having a permit but allowed the wedding to continue as planned. don't want to break anybody's hearts. in addition to the fine parker will also have to clean up everything. when you have a castle stuff can be messy. >> or hire people and clean it up there. silicon valley companies waiting for an answer after writing letters of the nationwide's spying program. >> considering they're asking to be allowed to spill secrets it does not seem likely. google facebook microsoft sent letters to washington asking that they be allowed to be more transparent about data they're forced to give the spy agency through court requests. google in its open letter asked at very least it be allowed to tell the public how many requests it gets from the government writing, quote, google has worked tremendously

hard over the past 15 years to earn our users' trust. we therefore ask to make it possible for do toll push lib aggregate numbers of national security requests including fisa disclosures. google hints strongly in the letter the number of requests is far less than people think. and being able to publish that number might help put customers at ease. let's check the markets. jackie deangelis live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, scott. futures higher this morning after the market sold off on tuesday. the dow gyrating between gains and losses. fears of course as the fed and other central banks will end the stimulus program. that caused volatility. but also the markets were keeping an eye on the escalating violence in turkey. the dow opened down 152 points clawed back to positive territory before closing off 116 at 15,122.

nasdaq losing 36. we'll get data today. that's on the federal budget. look for that. back over to you. >> thank you. i know laura and jon, commodities chasers keeping an eye on the storm in the midwest. i'm sure christina will be updating us. farmers eyeing the sky. >> last thing those people may need. time to recover. >> 5:16. take it from here. >> farmers in the bay area getting spoiled again in the norcal ag land. a beautiful day shaping up. onshore flow. not too dry. not too hot. not that concerned right now. at least for the time being about high fire danger. that is going change at the end of next week when we get a big strong ridge of high pressure. we're nine days away from the start of summertime. wanted to show you that live picture. clear conditions in san jose. clear at surface this morning around the bay. i did want to show you, there is fog lurking from our san bruno camera.

expecting low clouds to move onshore as we head throughout the next couple of hours. we're in the 50s. 57 degrees. good morning to you san jose. 56 in livermore. what we're expecting for today. westerly flow and for us that means that cool ocean air is going to move all wait inland. all the way through the delta, keeping temperatures cool, mild for the time of year in particular. supposed to be in the mid-80s in places like livermore. we'll hit 81. 84 concord. 74 fremont. comfortable day, warmer later on this afternoon, in san francisco. 65 degrees. starting out cooler at coastline and end up warmer with at lack of clouds. sunshine coming in early. as we get into the weekend, it's wednesday, don't have to feel guilty thinking about the weekend et cetera specially because you're thinking about what to do with dad. a's game in town sunday. comfortable condition for that. also, good looking day for your outdoor barbecue. just not that great at the beach. it's going to be overcast

sunday. monday into tuesday, temperatures are going to stay steady. by thursday into friday next week though, big ridge comes in. we are talking about a major warm-up. enjoy this cooler than average weather as long as it lasts. good morning. >> good morning. folks, look over here, crossing the bay, san mateo and dumbarton bridge yellow on the lap, 60 miles per hour. light volume of traffic, averages jump around a bit. northbound 101, watch, move out of your far left lane the fast lane, move over to the right because there's a crash north 101 hillsdale. we see a little tiny bit of slowing showing up now. the crash reportedly car hit debris already there. so that's an issue. chp heading out to the scene. slowing as you head north toward the san mateo bridge. no incidents reported and no construction blocking connecters interchanges move smoothly. santa cruz mountain the same

situation. tri-valley easy drive into the dublin interchange. speeds coming down into upper 50s, into livermore and through livermore for westbound highway 4. typical pattern there. no problems for walnut creek interchange. here still west 80 moves smoothly past pinole valley road. on-ramp shut down because of an earlier crash. bay bridge as you cross the bay, smooth drive for both decks into and out of san francisco. north bay new york problem back to you. >> now a commute note to go with what mike told you about the roads. b.a.r.t. taking aim at train noise. the agency exploring new ways to reduce all of the screeching and shrieking riders hear every day. b.a.r.t. grinds rails to keep the noise below the state mandated 90 decibels however that wears ow the tracks. so they're look agent other ways to reduce vibration.

b.a.r.t. says once it figures out a way to fix the problem, the next step figure out the funds to fix it. >> 5:20. less than two weeks after restarting dreamliner flights out of san jose it's boosting its service. providing flights between san jose and tokyo in the fall. there are no flights offered tuesdays and thursdays. the boeing 787 dreamliner fleet granted grounded for six months after electrical problem upon the planes. flights rezumed out of san jose 11 months ago. leader as proving a budget that lynn crease amount of money spent on police officers and firefighters. the budget calls for millions of extra dollars for public safety. mayor chuck reed wants to use money to recruit new police officers and hire so-called community service officers. he also wants to increase funding for police overtime and

gang prevention. east bay mud approving a plan to increase water rates 20% over the next year. 9.75% increase goes into effect july 1st. another increase next year. in the end average customer expect to pay about extra $8 per month. 5:21. photograph who are has been featured on some of america's most renowned magazines comes to the south bay. exhibit featuring her work, next. enough about the book, i want to hear about your date. well, he showed up in a van. [ women ] oh-awww. [ voices in background ] [ female announcer ] swapportunity.

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welcome back. el paso county, colorado the black forest fire has been go on out there. we don't see a lot of flames and smoke. a stag nan, quiet shot. this is somewhere much more safe than happening out there. flames, though have burned a total of 60 homes so far.

23 homes in that area have been evacuated. so far, 12 square miles have been burned. we'll keep you updated on that. 5:24. we can tell you fourth-july celebrations explosive on the peninsula this year. new firework restrictions this week aimed at protect the city's beaches. safe and sane fireworks or ones that don't explode are banned from rock away beach and most of lyndon mar. a photographer whose work graced rolling stone, "vanity fair" has a special exhibit in san jose. pilgrimage featured at san jose die muse seal of art. the exhibit is all digital. meaning she never used a camera with film. it includes photos she shot across the country and england. the exhibit runs through

september 8th. talent. >> a treat to look at her stuff. her pictures tell stories. >> amazing. really really. especially the photographs that she captures of individuals. she did a series of the queen of england. >> beautiful. >> lighting. >> she does a cast of shows. one of the "sopranos." strong. another strong day outside. >> it's going to be such a nice day. good morning to you. happy wednesday. we're close to the weekend now. it's okay to start thinking about it. temperatures are going to warm up before we hit the weekend. we're going to cool you off saturday into sunday. 81 at 4:00 p.m. 62 at coast. we'll have your seven day outlook ready to go in a few moments if you missed it. mike's here to help you get out the front door. >> we have more traffic flowing on the east shore freeway. close to the limit through berkeley emeriville. approach to the bay bridge no backup at toll plaza.

that's not a problem out of the maze either. update to the crash on the upper east shore freeway, we hope to have pinole valley road on-ramp open at 5:40. that's when we hear from chp. they had to close it while they clean up the crash. the person involved they were reportedly trapped in a pickup that person has been pulled from the truck. no major issue. minor injuries. they will have that opened up in 15 minutes. we'll look at the saavedra bridge with the sun coming up a nice silhouette of the bridge and smooth traffic on 92 and the dumbarton farther south. >> thank you. 5:26. dozens of people arrested but still a lot more on the run. new details we're learning after the biggest gang bust in santa clara history. a teenager caught on camera escaping from her alleged kidnapper in the parking lot.

new video just in of an overnight grass fire that has firefighters scrambling. the latest details, next. berkeley police asking for the public's help trying to fine main who touched a young man inappropriately a park bathroom. i'll christie smith. i'll have the suspect' unusual description coming up. good morning. a beautiful day shaping up. a repeat performance from yesterday. this morning, we're in the 50s. for now, headed towards the low 80s. then we have got changes to tell you about getting into father's day weekend. full forecast in a few moments.

as one crash clears another one comes into the reports. i'll have your shift in focus for the bay shore freeway coming up. >> all about balance, mike. a nice balanced weather look over san francisco. that is live there with the skies looking nice. christina loren tells us to get ready for another good one in the bay area on wednesday, june 12th. this is "today in the bay." just about 5:30. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we are following developing news this morning. bay area detectives asking for your help this morning as they hunt down a man who sexually assaulted a child at the berkeley marina. "today in the bay" christie smith joins us with the latest for the search for the attacker. a unique description. >> reporter: good morning. we spoke with berkeley police overnight and they're telling us that they're still working on

leads but so far, nothing has panned out and no suspect sketch yet after a disturbing incident reported. a young boy said that a man touched him inappropriately in the park bathroom. this man's description is unusual. a black man with blond hair that had green dyed streaks. not sure if that might have been a wig. 40 to 50 years old, wearing a green shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers. the boy, under 10 told his mom about the assault and she called police about 1:40 yesterday afternoon. a popular area for parents and kids right near adventure playground on university avenue west of interstate 80 at berkeley marina. right away police sealed off the area and started searching. visually inspecting cars leaving the area. east bay park police and fish and game helped out with the search. they launched a helicopter, checked all of the wooded areas here but couldn't find him. the special victims unit worked with the boy, who is with

family. police hoping to van update this morning. and again, asking for anyone who might know anything about this to please give them a call. reporting live in berkeley christie smith, "today in the bay." >> a follow-up for you this morning. total of nine people still on the run after the biggest gang sting in the history of santa clara county. the district attorney's office says that it's arrested 39 members of the nuestra familia gang. but nine are still wanted. the d.a.'s office says the gang's been active over last three years, leading to a 77-count grand jury indictment. a follow-up to breaking news we brought you yesterday. the man police say flashed a student at san jose state still on the loose. about 9:50 monday the student was waiting for her ride outside dunken hall san salvador street when a man exposed himself and ran away. police sent out a text alert. a kidnapping suspect from fremont making his first appearance before a judge today. he stan as excused of smeekneaking

inside a teenage girl's car and attempting to sexually assault her. marla tellez outside the fremont hall of justice with details. >> reporter: the suspect is 23-year-old aaron roy of fremont facing a half dozen felony charges. but judging by his mugshot he doesn't look too upset about this. i say this because he is smiling in his mugshot that was taken after getting arrested monday night in dublin at a best buy where he works. hours earlier, 7:00 a.m. monday, roy surprised his 16 victim by popping up in her backseat as she drove off from a grocery store parking lot on fremont boulevard. investigator says he held a knife to her body ordered her to drive to a remote location and told her to undress. over a mile away from where the ordeal started the girl jumped out of the car, ran through a neighborhood screaming for help. a few seconds of this caught on

a neighbor's surveillance camera. you see her legs hauling through a drive way. she saw star santa cruz, a neighbor who took her into her home and alerted police. >> panic. so i could see her eyes were red and she was obviously crying and shaking. in that moment to be able to think that smart, to get out of the car and run, i think she's the hero. >> reporter: the 16-year-old girl, we are happy to report was not hurt. she is okay. roy held without bail in froe freeh month and scheduled to be arraigned here at the allah media county superior court. police were able to track him down from fingerprints he left behind inside the victim's car. fremont police have their guy but asking anyone who may know anything about this particular incident involving roy or any other incident involving aaron roy to please contact fremont police. marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> 5:34. investigators trying to figure out what spashed this brushfire

in antioch overnight. flames shot up into the air, tore through dry grass. the fire broke out before 11:00 last night near wilbur avenue and minaker drive. crews took an hour to knock down the flames. in all, 15 acres burned. >> we didn't have as much wind as we normally have. weather was cooler made for an easier firefight. it was in a dune area so we had terrain issues sandy soil and significant amount of vegetation. it did burn quite hot. >> no reports of injuries. and it appears no buildings were damaged. happened to be in the south bay you may notice smoke in the area near millpitas. all part of a firefighting exercise. crews including the santa clara county fire department taking part in a live fire exercise at ed levin county park. happening today and tomorrow. the exercise is a culmination of

a four-day event. crews will practice using fire as a defensive tool in fighting much larger more dangerous wildfires. >> last thing we need that is dry, dry brush. but we've been having mild temperatures lately. >> we have. we'll keep those going. thanks for waking up with us on a wednesday morning. kids may be out for school at this point or might be getting out as we head through the end of the week. today's a great day to get outdoors. even about 3:00 4:00 still saying comfortable. not too hot for outdoor activities. cool conditions. all the way inland this morning. we don't have a lot of low cloud cover. a strong westerly flow. futurecast tells that story. peak wind gusts. warmer colors hot pinks, reds oranges, expecting the strongest gusts to occur. 30 to 40 miles per hour. strongest near the coast. between 3:00 and 5:00 wind will be at its strongest.

we'll see winds drop off after that time. highs today look comfortable. 73 at noon. 81 heat of the day inland. 72 bay side. 62 degrees. might need your coat there. you can ditch it probably for a good stretch of time. i'll take you through your extended forecast. seven day ready to go in my next report. if you can't, mike's here to get you to work on time. >> good morning. toward the peninsula, live look in palo alto a nice easy drive. facing toward the off-ramp northbound, 101, taillights away from us. it's smooth here. we'll show you a couple of incidents for 101. as you head north, earlier crash that has been cleared from the fast lane but there was debris and a little showing for a few minutes, had to sweep it up or clean it up and might have prevented a quick traffic break but that's clear. southbound side, marsh, another car hit the -- is in the slow lane as it hit something. doesn't say what from the chp

report. in the slow rain as you're approaching the off-ramp heading off the same area off the dumbarton bridge. 92, san mateo bridge was moving smoothly. until a couple of minutes ago, there was a squad car on the right shoulder with flashing lights. desk is calling to make sure that is the case for the pan itself. look at fremont, south 880, smoothly picking up company into the south bay. >> we have a warning for you. be extra careful on roadways as you head to work because caltrans crews will be out in force picking up trash alongside the highways throughout the bay area. crews will be cleaning up, highway 101 from 286-80 interchange to highway 37 in san jose and further north in san rafael and san francisco. the work is said to start 9:00 this morning. caltrans points out last year alone, it spent more than $52 million on litter removal.

>> that's a lot. >> busy getting junk off the road. >> everybody can make their own difference, don't put it there in the first place. international manhunt for the man who say his blew the whistle on spying by the federal government. new details about snowden's plans, next. good morning. i'm bob redell. live here at south bay with when construction might resume here at 49ers stadium after a worker was unfortunately killed here yesterday.

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welcome back. 5:40, wednesday morning. where is edward snowden? that is the question on the minds of many in washington this morning. the self-proclaimed whistle-blower who exposed government surveillance programs has disappeared without a trace, last seen in hong kong. the fbi looks for him, there's a debate brewing how much snooping the government may be able to do without the public knowing about

it. tracy pots joins us live on capitol hill with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: hi, laura. good morning. there may be public hearings about that. buzz about that here on capitol hill. but first, let's talk about snowden who seems to have disappeared into thin air. there's indications this morning he may still be in hong kong. a hong kong paper is reporting he's tried to contact a human rights organization there to get some legal advice on what to do. remember they have an extradition treaty with us but it's up in limbo. it's not clear if he stays in hong kong he could be transferred back to the u.s. or how quickly there is this a report that he's trying to get advice where to go next. back here lawmakers are debating not only and betting briefings, not only on the investigation, and trying to track down snoweden and what else he may know, what documents he may have who he may have worked with but trying to figure out do they need to reopen discussions on the

patriot act and on the surveillance program, possibly public hearings to talk about this openly. a move on capitol hill to open up opinions of the fisa court, the secret court that okays the surveillance programs so people can see the train of thought that went into keeping them under wraps. that's the latest from capitol hill. back to you. >> thank you very much. an update now on nelson mandela's condition this morning and it's good us in. nbc news learning the former south african president is responding to treatment and now his family's on miffic about his progress. this is the new video from pretoria where the community keeping a close eye on mandela's health. a government spokesman says hours ago, mandela still in quote, stable but serious condition, 94-year-old battling a reoccurring lung infection with this marking his fourth time in the hospital since december. mandela will have his 9 path birthday next month.

5:43. ohio man accused of holding three women captive for nearly a decade will be pack in court any minute now. live pictures from the courtroom as we await 52-year-old ariel castro's arrival. he's facing over 300 counts including two counts of aggravated mur, kidnapping and rape. prosecutors say castro kidnapped the three women keeping them locked up inside his cleveland home. he also fathered berry's 6-year-old daughter. the women were rescued last month after berry escaped while castro was gone from the home. castro's attorney says he plans to plead not guilty. 5:44. construction at levi stadium was stopped yesterday and still on hole as investigators try to figure out how an elevator mechanic was killed. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. jon, one of the most

high-profile and largest construction projects in the bay area has come to a halt. the construction of the new 49ers' stadium here in santa clara will not resume today. could be tomorrow. it's up to cal osha, once that agency agency gives its approveal workers are be able to return. there will be grief counselors and reminders about safety on the job site. workers sent home yesterday after an elevator worker was killed donald white, 63-year-old father of four longtime employee of the schindler elevator corporation standing on a ladder inside one of the shafts inside the stadium when the counterweight, which helps move a elevator up and down came down on him. >> it's a family here. you know the effort of getting to the point where we are now it's been just a great communal effort on all of the workers to get us this point. a lot of concern we do what's

right for don's family. >> reporter: the contractors tell us that prior to yesterday morning, this work site had a good safety record. the only significant injury in 13 months of construction among 1,000-plus workers, a broken foot. as for schindler, the company installing the stadium's elevators, the u.s. department of labor fined that company $25,000 after a worker fell down a shaft at a construction site in palo alto. that accident happened a couple of years ago back in 2011. live here in santa clara beenry dell "today in the bay." time now is 5:46 on the nose. christina loren, on time. looks like another good day. >> i get to be miss sunshine. >> always. >> all the time. >> you need good news. you need good news within a newscast. 5:46 now. let's take you out, show you what we're work with the morning. a beautiful start to the day. san francisco, it's so pretty out there this morning. we'll let mike handle that.

of course he's got that traffic to go with the pretty sunrise shots. 57 degrees in san jose. 52 gilroy. 50 in santa cruz. what we're expecting in terms of fog formation. clearer than yesterday but expecting patchy fog throughout the bay area. by 9:00 a.m. between 9:00 and 10:00, it clears out. a comfortable day shaping up area of low pressure moving into the east. for us a high pressure ridge moving our way. temperatures stable. keep that air mass in place for the next couple of days. in terms of daytime highs 70s and 80s inland. 50s and 60s at the coast. 81 on the way to livermore. 81 napa. 84 concord. 74 on the way to fremont. here in san jose another gorgeous day shaping up. 76 degrees. for us let's talk about what's to come. we'll be up to 88 degrees by frid. that's the peak of the warming

trend we'll get through. as we head through the weekend, temperatures drop off, saturday, 83 degrees, down from 88. 70s return by sunday. of course father's day. so when trying to make outdoor plans for dad, if that is the idea great day for golf. great day for beach volleyball if that's your thing, being at beach not that great. overcast conditions. comfortable enough to have that barbecue outdoors even in antioch. one of my favorite cities when it comes to the morning drive. >> one of the first to show the slowdown. we did the parade in antioch a few years back. south bay, north bound 101 shows slowing. maps, where we see the first slowing on the south bay in general, north bound from 680 to 880. around to the upper 50s. 87 saw a shift but that didn't stick. lighter volume of traffic. we talked about that, the summertime shift happens in the

morning. shift toward the dublin interchange. west 580, out of livermore, speeds in upper 50s. down to 35 as you're approaching livermore. not a problem out of the altamont altamont. we'll give you a live look oaklandland. 880 smooth. easy drive northbound past the high street high-rise. no slowing toward hayward or the san mateo. bay bridge moves well. toll plaza new york problem. a backup for cash lanes. fas-trak smoothly. approach moves smoothly. east shore freeway, limit as well as the maze. back to you. >> thanks mike. just into the newsroom a new study 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 aaa foundation for traffic safety. in the video, aaa researchers

using sensors and simulators measuring drivers' brain activity trying to multi task with hand-free technology. as the mental workload increases, reaction time decreases. >> terms of the number of inphonetainment systems in cars and the extent we have that many people using systems thinking they are completely safe not just safer, completely safe when research shows that that is certainly not the case. >> experts suggest limiting voice activated technologies to core driving activities like air-conditioning and windshield wipers. also point it helps if you disable voice to text functions while driving. >> you want to brace yourself and your wallet. pg&e wants to raise your gas and your power bills. utility company proposing an increase. for the average customer, this amounts to $12 more per month. pg&e says it needs money to upgrade its distribution systems to make them safer and more reliable. critics point out the company's

raised rates in the past for the same reason but not followed through with the upgrade. california public utilities commission holding a public hearing tonight to discuss the proposed increase. this one starts at 7:00 in the city council chambers at oakland city hall. the baseball brawl that a former oakland athletic toss off the field, next. a look at true cost of driving and electric car ahead.

>> some potential lil tough news for the giants' 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 baggaley 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, lose the game. 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 ejections and suspensions could be handed down as early as today. have you seen this one? 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 diamondbacks. he was one of six people tossed from the game after tangled up with the diamondbacks third gase coach. the fight started after one of dodgers grilled in the face with a pitch. dodgers ended up winning 5-3. >> laura spent 30 minutes looking through the video

looking to make sure steve sax was okay. there a way to pay $1.50 for gas? sort of. >> equivalent of a dollar and a half. the state of california has done calculations and says if you drive an electric car you're spending equivalent of $1.50 for a gallon of gas to get where you're going. electric cars have to be charged, they're not free. good thing though about electricity, not only is it less expensive, the price is reasonably stable. gas prices fluctuate. workplaces offering free charging stations to car owners. we knew tablets were popular. a study says one-third of all american adults now own a tablet. a vast majority of them are ipads. so kindle fire and various android tablets are in the total as well. it's more and more important for website managers to realize that because websites are often

optimized or computers and not tablets. google says it will measure the speed of sites on mobile. if your site is slow on a tablet google will start lowering your ranking in searches as a penalty. speaking of things that sing, wall street. the dow fell more than 100 points tuesday. mortgage rates continue to rise as worry of the era of easingy monies over. commodity traders keeping an eye on the weather. band of storms rolling through the midwest in the farm fields. one-fifth is facing a storm this morning. >> it's been so rough back there with the storms, tornadoes. tough with that coming through this time of year. in our neck of the woods, another nice day on tap. >> a beautiful day. good wednesday morning to you. temperatures, we're going to end up in the mid to upper 80s. temperatures today actually look cooler. i took you down from 88 to 85 degrees in fairfield.

84 in concord today. 65 san francisco. we do have changes around the corner. want to let you know what you can expect for all the dads and grads getting into the upcoming weekend. first your drive. good morning. >> good morning. great morning for folks through san rafael right now. live look. san bruno southbound 101, not a lot of traffic. you're at the limit. south of the crossover, 580. this is over at san clemente, macy's side. we have a crash on city streets. access to the freeway's fine. san francisco, access clear there. crash with 101 at marshall. >> 5:57. still ahead major san francisco roadway now opened after police chase and motorcycle crash. we'll have details, next. police looking for a suspect after a young child sexually assaulted in a bathroom in a popular park. latest for a search.

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a child sexually assaulted in a local playground bathroom. details on the all-night sent for the suspect. >> i said what happens wrong? he's chasing me with a knife. and i just immediately said come here and we ran up the stairs. >> a terrifying scene as a teenager breaks free after a man with a knife pops up in the backseat of her car. we talked to the good samaritan whose quick thinking helped keep that girl safe. a violent end to a high-speed chase in san francisco. we'll they you if the major road shut down will affect your morning drive. the weather that inspires you to get outdoors. beautiful start to the day. it's cooler out there. but this afternoon, downright perfect. envy of the nation.

it won't last long. we'll take you through the changes. more than one meaning for like at bay bridge toll plaza. that as well as update and new crash on the peninsula. the bay shore freeway could see slowing. south bay for a look oversan jose. you can see a little bit of the haze in the sky with the sun peeking over the mountains on this wednesday, june 12th. this "today in the bay."