break brag news, san jose police investigating the 25th homicide of the year. >> also following developing news in san francisco. police reportedly bringing in equipment to try and pull protesters out of trees. fighting smart phone theft. what san francisco's district attorney is doing today to take the fight to a national level. >> a live look outside. that is your glorious bay bridge from san francisco. yes indeed, we are one day closer to the weekend, ladies and gentlemen. it's thursday, june 13. this is "today in the bay." it is the next best thing to

friday. good morning everybody. about 4:31. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to. let's first check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. we have another beautiful day to look forward to. temperatures this morning are mostly in the 40s and 50s. you probably need a jacket at gilroy at 48 degrees there. 49 in santa rosa. we hit the stride of beautiful weather. i'll let you know how much longer it will last. we've got that all-important father's day weekend forecast coming up. first let's check the drive. >> good morning, christina. looking toward fremont where you'd expect this light volume of traffic and that's exactly what you do find. 880 smooth into the south bay. south of 237 crews just picking up the cones in the last few minutes. you do have slowing to two lanes, but lights on both sides of the roadway as you're getting through those two cones, be careful passing montague and

brokaw, reopening the montague off-ramp. the rest of the spots around here not impeding your flow ont or off of the freeway. we'll track the rest of your commute coming up. breaking news from the south bay where san jose police are investigating the city's 24th homicide of the year. it happened just after 12:30 on checkers drive on the east side, not far from the corner of mckee and king roads. police say a man believed to be in his 40s was frowned lying on the ground in front of a home. these are live pictures in front of the scene. you see investigators out in full force t. man was stabbed several times. he was rushed to the hospital where he died. right now there are no suspects, no motive for the killing. police, while they continue to investigate, they are not saying if it is gang relate sgld we have a developing story to tell you about from san francisco where police are removing

protesters from the hayes valley farm. police telling us they gave the group an eviction notice last friday. we do have new video from overnight showing police in riot gear surrounding that site. they've also brought in some cherry pickers to try to reach up and remove protesters camped out in trees. the land where the protesters are camping out is marked for construction of a brand new apartment complex. also this morning at 4:33, dozens of suspects indicted in this week's south bay's largest gang bust are expected in a courtroom. 34 members of the knew es stra familia drug gang. the santa clara district attorney indicted 48 people, nine ton run. five others held outside the county. on the peninsula, a driver accused in a crash that killed three people on memorial day.

paul diaz charged with three counts of vehicular manslaughter and felony hit and run. he turned himself into place a few hours later. crews are starting to arrive at levi stadium two days after a worker was killed right on the job. construction all set to resume today, that site was closed for part of tuesday and all day yesterday while cal osha investigated the death. the family of 63-year-old don white says it's still waiting to hear how the accident happened. white was killed on tuesday by a counter weight in the elevator shaft where he was working. 4:34, the man accused of sunnyvale's first homicide in more than a year could be in court this morning. steven bowie is in custody. police say the bouncer, david lucero was working security

during a hip-hop concert when shots were fired. they used video from several nearby surveillance cameras to identify buoy. the other person shot is expected to survive. crews have called off a search for a man who finished the beta breakers race. families of bo rasmussen planning a memorial service late they are month. his clothes, cell phone and credit cards were all found days later on the beach, but rasmussen has yet to turn up. a memorial service will be held june 29th in portland. that's where rasmussen's stepmother lives. this morning top law enforcement officials from here in the bay area and mark are teaming up with cell phone makers. george gascon and eric snyderman are meeting with representatives from apple, google, samsung and microsoft in new york city today for a smart phone summit. they'll also announce the

formation of a nationwide initiative to stop the surge in smart phone thefts. apple is already jumping ahead of the game. three days ago the tech giant announced a kill switch technology that will be available this fall. it locks out anyone who doesn't have your apple i.d. and password making the phone inoperable and tough to resell. crews will finish digging up the remains of a forgotten cemetery in san jose. the cemetery was discovered beneath a parking lot last year during construction at valley medical center. it's believed to have been used way back in the 1870s up to the 1930s and somehow disappeared from court records. experts say the cemetery was used to bury people who died at what used to be the county hospital but couldn't afford a funeral service. to date crews have now removed more -- actually 631 coffins from that site but have found no identifying information on those

remains. it is 4:36. in a matter of hours we could find out if the u.s. supreme court's decision is final on proposition 8. the supreme court will issue new rulings today. among those rulings could be a decision on that prop 8 case. california's ban on same-sex marriage. the court has until the end of the month to rule on the case. we'll break in with a special report when the ruling comes down. we have team coverage on our newscast and on our website, nbcbayarea.com. 4:37 right now. christina loren, it is friday eve. sounds like we're getting ready for another good looking weekend. >> we are. it's that kind of mether that makes you yearn for the weekend all that much more. good thursday morning to you. thanks for waking up with us. it is a thursday and a lot of kids are starting to get off school. you might have your kids at home with you this morning. today is a great day to get them outdoors. temperatures are running a little crisp. we're at 48 degrees in petaluma, 52 in san francisco, 47 in gilroy and 53 degrees right here in beautiful san jose.

this is what we're looking at for today. we stop the clock at your futurecast at 7:00 a.m. that's when we'll see the thickest amount of low cloud cover, after which time we'll start to see it clear quickly. by 9:00 a.m., mostly sunny conditions across the greater bay area. we're set up for another beautiful day. not too hot, not too cold. you know summer just days away, a week away from the official kickoff of summertime in the bay area. today 77 degrees bay side, 66 at the coast. i'll have your full forecast in a few moments. i want to show you what to expect for the dads and grads. >> for those of you who graduated, congratulations. those of you who have another week, week and a half, sorry about that. you'll get there. the city side of the san mateo bridge, getting here as well with an easy drive across the bay. we'll look at the maps and show you the hayward side and no problems on the approach. 880, a little blip shows just

down to about 59. as you're heading toward 238, that's not a big deal. no incidents reported there. we have a crash reported on city streets near fairview. that does look like it will get moved out of the way. this is from the freeway. 580 eastbound shows a little slowing again below 60 miles per hour. i'll track that for you. meanwhile 580 through oakland, smooth over towards the bay bridge. we'll get a look with a live look past university avenue westbound 80. any time of day we never have a blank roadway. we always have company. >> 4:39. danville woman known to many of our viewers as the cape crusader, she's certainly changed the lives of children nearly 2,000 miles away. barbara cosados is now in moore, oklahoma. her goal is to help give kids who survived last month's

devastating tornado at plaza towers and brier wood elementary school superhero strength. she along with volunteers made 250 superhero capes. she hopes the capes will make those kids feel invincible. >> one house i went to, there was little kid toys and there was a little stuffed animal. to me i have three boys, and to see the pain that that child must have been feeling or what they were going through at that moment, just envisioning my kids and not knowing if the child is okay, it was overwhelming. the points of having a superhero cape is let them go into an imagination land, get them away from reality. >> cosados is the founder of the kiss the toad creation for children with life-threatening illnesses and disabilities. she started sewing capes for her son who has ought tim.

she was honored for her work by the san francisco giants last month. she got to throw out, in that big old cape, the ceremony first pitch against the rockies. very cool. >> barbara now living as a real life superhero. helping those kids -- the power of the mind. beautiful. what a great story. 4:41 right now. use it or lose it. what yahoo! is telling some of its users. >> you better logon. plus the new rumors we're hearing about the next generation iphone. the man who blew the whistle on the nsa surveillance program talking about new instances of government spying. what he's now accusing the federal government of.

a quick programming note. there will be no. 11:00 a.m. newscast today or tomorrow. instead you'll get the intrigue and sdraum ma of "days of our lives" from 11:00 to noon and followed by the first two rounds of the u.s. open golf tournament. it is 4:44 right now. yahoo! says it will soon drop online users whose account i.d.s have been inactive for a long time. the sunnyvale company says it will delete any user i.d. that

hasn't been in action for more than a year. the goal is to release unused or abandoned i.d.s making them available to others who may want th them. google stopped a series of attempts to hack tens of thousands of account. the company says the e-mail phishing campaigns were named at users in iran. he thinks it's politically motivated in an effort to influence iran's presidential election which happens tomorrow. google is trying to down play its role in the nsa surveillance program. jackie deangelis from cnbc headquarters. >> that's exactly right. downplay it is, according to google, the secret internet surveillance program causing a lot of stir in this technology world. "the washington post" reporting

that the company is detailing for the first time how it would typically transfer data to the government if requested. google says the files would be delivered via low-tech means. the futures are lower this morning following another wild day on wall street, the dow posting another triple digit loss on wednesday. it was its first three-day losing streak of the year. the concern was the fed ending its stimulus program. that has been the concern pretty much for the past few weeks and big moves in the japanese yen as well. the nikkea slumping 6% overnight. here in the u.s. we'll get data on unemployment, retail sales and import prices, also business inventories, so watch tore those. the nasdaq losing 36 closing at 3400 even. apple is looking at iphones with a bigger screen. reports saying apple may launch two iphones next year, one with

a 4.7 inch screen, one with a 5.7 inch screen t. current iphone 5 has one of the smaller screens among the top-selling smart phones on the market. apple is thinking about launching a cheaper iphone later this year in a wide variety of colors. the device made with less expensive plastic cases would sell for as low as 99 bucks. back to you. >> thank you very much, jackie. people in the south bay may notice smoke in the air near milpit milpitas. don't call in an emergency. crews from several agencies including the santa clara fire department taking part in a live fire exercise at ed len vin county park. today is the last day of the event. practicing using the fire as a defensive tool for fighting larger and more dangerous wildfires.

>> the better prepared we are, the safer we are. you can help keep your neighbors safe by clearing the disfenceable space around your home. it's a big weekend for a lot of people across the bay area. it's that time when a lot of tourists like to hit the area because the weather is so choice. today that is going to be the exact case. temperatures this morning are running chilly out there. but it's going to be a really nice finish, a nice rebound headed our way. in the 50s, about five degrees cooler this morning in san jose at 53 degrees. 53 in san mateo. as we head through lunchtime it's going to be a comfortable day for lunch in the water. rounding out the day at about 77 degrees on the east shore. in fremont, 83 in livermore. 78 perfection in san jose. 68 degrees on the way to san francisco, getting into that all important dads and grads weekend, this is what we're expecting. saturday is going to be the warmer day f. you want to hit the beach, if that's what you've

been itching to do now that we are getting warmer, that's the day to do some sunday a much cooler air mass headed our way. low clouds, overcast conditions. it's going to be kind of comfortable if you do want to hit the beach. inland 76 degrees. feel free to comfortably have that barbecue even in the warm cities across the bay area. only hitting the 70s as we get into sunday. monday and tuesday we'll see a nights, nice week next week until thursday and friday when temperatures jump back up. we've got a heat wave towards the end of next week. we have hit that sweet stride and we'll keep it going. >> thank you very much, christina. 4:49. families of the victims of the sandy hook elementary shooting will be in washington. family and friends will hold a vigil to honor the 20 children and six adults killed and also hold a news conference calling for tougher gun control laws. house democratic leader nancy

pelosi and senate majority leader harry reid are expected to participate. playgrounds built to honor each of the 26 victims are beginning to take shape in connecticut. tomorrow ribbon cutting is planned. ground will be broken in nearby stratford for a playground honoring one of the teachers. the playgrounds are being built by a new jersey firefighters union. the man who says he blew the whistle on the nsa surveillance program offering new information this morning. edward snowden says the u.s. is also involved in extensive hacking operations against both china and hong kong n. an interview with the south china morning post, snowden says the agency ran tens of thousands of hacking operations against hundreds of targets. these are the first public comments from snowden since he checked out of a hong kong hotel on monday. he's telling the paper he plans to fight expedition and will try to stay in hong kong as long as possible.

the white house all set to welcome members of the lgbt community this morning in honor of pride month. president obama will be there to meet the guests. this is video from last year's event when the president stressed the importance of repealing the don't ask don't tell policy. you may remember raiders punter chris kluwe was invited to that event because of his support for same-sex marriage and equal rights. kluwe respectfully declined, said he had to be at a mandatory raiders mini camp. news broke overnight bay area's own jason kidd taking on a new job. >> congratulations to him. how a boy was able to throw out the first pitch of last night's a's game from more than 1800 miles away. >> quite an arm.

this 1 880 haas cleared. but we'll check out the peninsula coming up.

it didn't take long for bay area native jason kidd to find a brand new high profile job. the new jersey nets officially introducing kidd as the team's brand new head coach. the 40-year-old played ball in the bay area for cal. he retired early this month.

a couple nice things on his resume, a couple olympic gode meddles and an northbound title. kidd says, quote, it's a roll i've been studying for over the course of my playing days. 4:55. marco scutaro's hand may never be the same. you'll remember his hand was hit by a pitch earlier this week. giants told the giants' second baseman, it will take about six weeks to straighten out his pinky. scutaro says that's too long. he wants doctors to fit him with an orlanthopedic. he understands playing too early could cause permanent damage to that pinky. this one just a very cool and amazing site. at last night's a's game, the first pitch tossed out from 1800 miles away. 13-year-old nick legrande. he can't play baseball because of a life-threatening blood

disorder. take a look at this. last night the a's through google used a robotic arm connected to la grande in kansas city. that is a sight to see. it will last in that kid's memory forever. the a's had a great finish by the way. they won that ball game 5-2. through some magic of the internet world, a kid's dream comes true. >> he gets to talk to him, too. no doubt they'll send him that ball. >> he'll be thinking about that for a very long time. all right. checking the morning commute with mike. >> using technology for good here. here we're showing you the roadway. that's good sometimes. palo alto, not bad. 101 very clear up the peninsula all the way to san francisco, 101 and 280 clear into the city. we see the golden gate bridge almost completely empty. the crews moving the cones in the next few minutes. you see only one lane is open right now. we have the buffer lane that will clear for the morning commute.

in antioch, no slowing westbound. you're at the limit. that's very unusual, even before 5:00 this morning. here altamont pass down to 58-59. clear through livermore and toward the dublin interchange. chp, highway 24, i'll give you that update in the next report. time is 4:57. coming up, he is being haled as a hero. we'll hear from the b.a.r.t. employee who helped keep computers safe from a naked man at a san francisco b.a.r.t. station. two men shot and killed, the latest on the search for the gunmen.

we're following developing news in san francisco. police are reportedly bringing in equipment to pull protesters out of trees. it's a chilly start to the day. temperatures right now in the 40s and 50s, but it is going to be a bay area stunner, simply spectacular weather and then

things change as we get into your weekend. your full forecast coming up. although the bay bridge looks fine, getting there may be an issue. reports of a car fire, maybe actually multiple car fires through lafayette. we'll give you the latest coming up. a live look outside. that is the embarcadero there. you can see lights glistening on the water. it is thursday, june 13th. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. we start with breaking news in the south bay. that is where san jose police are investigating the city's 24th homicide. "today in the bay's" marla tellez live in east san jose where a man was stabbed to death early this morning. good morning. >> reporter: jon and laura, good morning. yes, this is san jose's 24