>> a new status update from facebook. the big announcement about the way you change your news feed. a beautiful day shaping up. temperatures nice and crisp, not too cold out there. 40s and 50s, just hours away from the official kickoff of summertime. i'll let you know how much warmer we'll get before the rain arrives next. lots to talk about in your full forecast. >> i have a possible slowdown for the north bay, something just developing. i'll do something even better than the fonz coming sglup that's quite the tease. we cannot wait. that is a spectacular shot there. look at the sunrise bathing the bridge, the bay bridge and the entire bay area in some nice warm light. it is friday eve, thursday, june 20th, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. thank for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelly.

good morning. we begin with new details in the death of "sopranos" star james gandolfini. gandolfini was, in fact, alive when he arrived to the hotel boscolo. he was found unresponsive in the bathroom of the hotel by his son. he called for help. paramedics arrived soon after and took him to a hospital about three minutes away. doctors worked on gandolfini for 45 minutes before he was sadly pronounced dead. he was just 51 years old, leaves behind a wife, a teenage son and a baby daughter. this morning no surprise, a lot of people speaking out about gandolfini's health. co-star lorraine bracco said we lost a giant to da, i am utterly heartbroken. robin williams tweeting out, an extraordinary actor, r.i.p.,

james gandolfini. chris christie says it's an awful shot, james gandolfini was a true jersey guy. just finding out the gandolfini family is holding a live press conference right now. let's listen in. >> last night at approximately 10:00 p.m. james gandolfini while on vacation in rome experienced a medical emergency. the hotel notified the emergency crews who responded and first aid was administered before mr. gandolfini was take tone the hospital where he died of an apparent heart attack. our prayers and condolences go to mr. gandolfini's family and friends. we ask you all to please respect the family's privacy at this difficult time. thank you. we have no comments to make other than this. >> very short statement there by a family representative of james gandolfini dieing yesterday in

italy at just 51 years old. it is 6:02 right now. this morning a teenage boy is clinging to life after a shooting in san jose. san jose police tell us the teen is still alive but in grave condition at the hospital. he was shot at least once just after 6:00 last night on virginia avenue near the rancho del pueblo golf course. the motive is unknown. a number of calls into police this morning. we'll bring you new information as soon as we get it. >> oakland police officers investigating a shooting. they tell us it might be linked to a robbery gone bad. the shooting happened after 10:00 near the corner of meade and san pablo avenues, not far from highway 980. the male victim is expected to be okay. no word yet on any suspects in this case. we can also tell you that shooting coming on a very busy day for oakland police. they say there were at least 13 armed robberies in less than 24

hours happening in west oakland yesterday alone. trouble down the tracks for b.a.r.t. this morning as a potential strike is looming. "today in the bay's" christie smith joins us live in fremont with more details on the impact of a possible b.a.r.t. strike. >> reporter: good morning, laura. b.a.r.t. union workers will be out at stations this morning. we haven't seen them just yet. they'll be handing out this flier letting riders know that their contract expires in just ten days. now, that could mean that eventually there may be a strike. but i have to tell you the riders we're speaking with this morning didn't know anything about it. union leaders saying they don't really want to go on@qxstrike. their flier says they want fair pay and safer working conditions. for riders, right now, they're wondering what they would do. they don't want to be stuck in gridlock on bay area freeways. add to that america's cup racing sets sail in san francisco in july. b.a.r.t. is part of the plan to get all the spectators there.

this morning, one man who started commuting from fremont to san francisco says he hopes talk of this work stoppage will end. >> quite a built. i'd probably have to find another form of transportation, taking my car which would cost a lot more. it would change a lot of things. >> reporter: you hadn't heard about? >> no, i hadn't heard anything about it. maybe because i'm here so early in the morning. >> reporter: if a deal is not reached within ten days, the governor could call for a 60-day cooling off period, about that time when caltrans is hoping to shut down the bay bridge. the timing of all this is a real challenge. b.a.r.t. is working on a contingency plan and we're told that negotiations are on going. reporting live in fremont, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> looks like things are getting ugly as a bar fight is brews in the quiet upscale city of sarasota. >> it's a bar. it's a freaking bar. i don't care what kind, you understand? >> let me correct that, that is saratoga. i misspoke there.

tempers flaring in front of the future meza kobar. the owner says he plans to zephyr tapas but he has applied for a liquor license as well. the restaurant will be open until 2:00 in the morning. it has the green light from the city, but some neighbors are now worried it will be full-blown bar. one man says the restaurant's parking lot is just a mere 50 feet away from his children's bedroom windows. >> what do you think, what is the range of behavior that people can exhibit when they are intoxicated with alcohol? can it be lewd behavior? you betcha. >> not everybody agrees on this one. fellow restaurant owners say the downtown area is, quote, dead, and meza bar will breathe new life into the quiet streets. the owner once ran the now closed kit cat strip club in sunnyvale. the city says it will never become that. the owner is currently out of town but says he will meet with

neighbors to answer their questions and concerns when he gets back in august. certainly doesn't feel like august temperatures here. >> we're approaching summer. >> indeed, tonight as a matter of fact, it begins. starting with the live picture from san bruno. break out the sunner in shades or the transition lens, whatever does the trick for you. you'll need something this morning. it is bright out there. even with all that sunshine coming in early, we'll see highs very representative of the averages this time of year. temperatures this morning not too cold. we're in the upper 40s, even in the coldest spot. 54 degrees in san jose, 47 in gilroy and 52 degrees to start the day in livermore. here is what we're looking at. winds have relaxed overnight. that's a good sign because it's rather blustery through the east bay hills the past couple days. your hour-by-hour forecast works like this, 72 inland, at noon 81 degrees, 72 bay side. at the coast today 65 degrees.

then we'll heat you up and bring in rain showers for two consecutive days next week. i'll show you when your seven-day forecast coming up next. first the sunrise slow down. >> the sunrise problem with seeing the bay bridge toll plaza. that's a long name. i'll do something better than the fonz wasable to do. i would say i was wr, wr, i was wrong. turned on just before 6:00, not just after 6:00. from our emeryville shot we can r(t&háhp &hc you see the folks held up to the left. they're let loose. they're cycling through relatively quickly. that indicates a smoother flow of traffic and a lighter flow on the bridge right there. we'll track the backup there. the map shows you the maze moves nicely and smoothly through the area. we have slowing around the race track for westbound 80. north 238 off west 580 around redwood road is where you start to seeing the slowing through castro valley.

880 through san lorenzo and hayward, still moving smoothly in the southbound commute direction. for the north bay, southbound 101 coming toward us, an easy drive. we have a sig alert declared heading up into petaluma north 101, reports after a sdis abled big rig blocking one of your two lanes. that's in petaluma. if you're fonzie, that makes laura pinky tuscadero. parking in redwood city might be easier as long as you keep your smart phone with you, the city piloting a brand new app called parker. they use sensors embedded in street parking spaces to detect whether there's a car parked there. the app shows where spots are available, how many there are and how much it will cost your to park there. 6:09. coming up, what a catch? >> the baby was struggling and it slipped and was dangling and

holding on with its hands. >> we'll tell you how the daughter of a baseball kai con used her instincts to save a baby falling from a fire escape. facebook set to make big changes this morning to instagram. we'll have team coverage coming up. right now we want to take a look, this is live from arizona. press cot, arizona, a wildfire has broken out. you can see smoke there over the trees. we have a chopper shot for you. we will keep you posted and cover this one and bring you any information on details as it comes in.

welcome back everybody. here are today's top stories. b.a.r.t. workers handing out flyers warning riders a strike may be on the horizon. the union's contract with b.a.r.t. expires in ten days. if there's no deal, workers have

threatened to walk off the job. a boy scout ranch in colorado has been evacuated due to a wildfire. the east peak fire scorched 60 acres since yesterday. so far firefighters have zero containment. a close friend of actor james gandolfini giving a brief statement as questions are surrounding his sudden death. we learned gandolfini discovered an apparent heart attack in his hotel room in rome. doctors tried to save him for 45 minutes before he was pronounced dead at the hospital. gandolfini was 51 years old. new this morning, facebook-owned instagram making big changes. >> we're hours away from the social media site's latest announcement. it's something every user of the popular site will likely notice. "today in the bay's" marla tellez live at facebook headquarters in menlo park. >> we begin with business and tech reporter scott mcgrew.

if rumors prove true, it's a direct swipe at twitter? >> you need to know the players. facebook and twitter are the big companies. each has a service. facebook has instagram and twitter has something called vine. facebook, if the talk is true, is a bit jealous of twitter. let's check in with marla. she's right outside the planned press conference this morning. marla, the sign behind you, a strong hint as to what's going to happen. >> reporter: no doubt about that. good morning, scott. i think mr. zuckerberg is trying to tell us something, the sign behind me right in front of facebook headquarters reads a small team has been working on a big idea. that big idea could very well be that brand new video sharing service through instagram. so perhaps soon you'll be able to create short videos on the photo sharing app and not just still images. as scott and i were actually talking off camera, this story is just as much an instagram story as it is a facebook one. just because you're an instagrañ

user doesn't mean you have to post to facebook but it's certainly an option. one thought here is if facebook gets instagram to offer more, maybe you'll see more sharing on facebook and more videos, perhaps fancier and prettier videos, if you're able to alter or edit them like you can currently with photos, exactly how this service will work, for example, how long would the videos be able to be? these are all the details we'll just have to wait to hear. first and foremost, we need to see if the rumor mill is turning out truth this morning, if, in fact, facebook is going to be introducing a new video-sharing service. our colleague, scott butt man, will be out here for the big 10:00 announcement. >> we'll bring more at 11:00 with your show as well. this whole short video thing, if you're unfamiliar with the genre, the port short video. here is an example of vines, this is offered by twitter.

they're deliberately short, someone made a fun animation in a skillet pan. they're short because they're made and watched somewhere around mobile devices. anybody can make a long video on youtube. these are supposed to be short. the question is,000 twitter or facebook, if today's news is true, is going to monetize this. how do they make money on this sort of video? microsoft will not require you to have a constant connection to the internet to use this new xbox game 1 machine. gamers were furious, many saying they would buy a play station instead to which xbox said, whoops, i think we made a mistake. you remember john mcafee, still wanted as a person of interest in the death of his neighbor in belize. last year he escaped the united states, lives in portland now and he's been quiet until he posted this video on youtube. >> hello there.

my name is john mcafee. i'm the founder of the mcafee anti virus software company. although i've had nothing to do with this company for over 15 years, i still get volumes of mail asking how do i uninstall this software? i have no idea. >> he is, indeed, quite the character. i will suggest if you choose to watch the rest of this video on youtube, parental discretion is advised. i called my mom. she said i couldn't watch it. >> you advise do not watch it at work. >> just don't watch it. which will guarantee everyone will watch it, but you shouldn't. >> that's good stuff. >> a lot of people don't realize that's the kind of jacket mcgrew walks around the newsroom in when he's not on the air. very high brow. he has a symphony behind him. >> we'll hear angels sing being this weather. >> it is going to bei(! absolu

beautiful. thanks for waking up with us at 6:17. not sure what you're off to do today. maybe you were off for the summertime with your kids. great day to get them on outdoors. going to be really beautiful.&r this is the campbell water tower. i call campbell home. wherever you call home in the bay area, it's going to be beautiful. temperatures not too hot, not too cold. 46 in napa, good morning in san francisco. let's talk about where we're headed today. temperatures will be warmer by about three to five degrees than where we ended up yesterday as high pressure starts to move in. it's going to drive our temperatures up getting into the next couple days. we'll max on saturday at about 88 degrees, not even hitting on the 90 z. as we get into next week, an area of low pressure races down the coastline. it will bring us showers monday into tuesday. the best chance is going to be at the north bay coast. we could pick up anywhere between .10 inch, maybe .1500

inch of rain. that will be the biggest impact. for the first monday and tuesday of summertime, showers in the bay area. let's talk about summertime, what's going to happen as we head through 10:04 tonight. basically, for half of the year, sue northern hemisphere. for the months of june, july, august, september, the way that the earth is tilted on its axis actually faces us towards that sun. that's why we warm up. today, 80 degrees in livermore, 75 in fremont, warmer by tomorrow, up to 87 on friday. saturday into sunday, temperatures do start to drop off and then we bring in that rain monday into tuesday. we're keeping it interesting in the weather department. he's always keeping it fun and interesting. always something happening out there, mike. good morning to you. >> thank goodness, nothing happened. over in palo alto, i spun the camera around. just to clarify, that's a little triangle. this is the off-ramp, that's the

gore point and the reverse is folks heading out tont on ram. there wasññ reports of a dog running around the freeway. that car left just as i turned the camera toward it. i don't see a dog running around. it might have been a good samaritan. everything looks okay, except fors digital signal. let's move to another camera where we get a smoother look at the traffic. this is west 92 towards the peninsula. coming off the san mateo bridge, a heavier volume but at the limit across the bridge. the limit for the bridge. you hear close to the limit, no problems on the peninsula side. east bay side, we'll see slowing, not on 880 so much. that's just starting to build south through hayward, but coming off the castro valley y showing a good amount of congestion. then things ease towards 880. that's nothing unusual. the tri-valley moves smoothly here. speeds coming down just around 50 as you come through

livermore, the worst slowing around vasco, all the way towards 680 you have speeds coming down a bit just in the speeds below the limit. the on-ramp for stoneridge drive, we had an earlier crash around the on-ramp, still reporting by chp, watch for the activity out of pleasanton. the south bay moves smoothly north 101. a quick peek at that volume, a bit of slowing on the camera. it's a nice easy drive, guys, despite the couple spots. we want to tell you about a lifesaving catch from the daughter ofe&q legendary baseb figure. her name, christina torre. her dad is former yankee manager joe torre. she says she was sitting in a cafe in new york when somebody screamed a baby was dangling from a fire escape. torre stood beneath the baby and when the boy nell, hit his head on a restaurant awning before amazingly falling right into

torre's arms. >> luckily just landed in my arms. i feel quite lucky that i was just in the right spot and was able to catch him and he's alive. >> the good lord puts you in a position where you're there and a child's life is in the balance, in your hands literally. it's certainly -- it feels good to me. i know it did to her. >> very, very happy ending there. police say the parents were asleep when the toddler wandered out of the window. they have, rightfully so, been charged with child endangerment. the window has guards on it thanks to the family's pastor. coming up, the taliban proposes a trade to set a u.s. army sergeant free. we'll tell you what it wants in return next. jackets off. we'll let you know how the gov governor is pushing international policy with a ping-pong paddle. zero percent containment. that's the status of an arizona wildfire near press cot, arizona

in northern part of the state. evacuations are under way as we bring you these live pictures. more news ahead, 6:22.

at 6:25. new this morning, the afghan taliban says lit hand over a captive u.s. soldier in exchange for five of their senior operatives being held at guantanamo bay. u.s. army sergeant bo bergdahl disappeared in eastern

afghanistan in june of 2009. the taliban spokesperson says the army sergeant is in good condition. we have new video this morning of president obama back on american soil this morning after a brief trip over to europe. this is air force one touching down at andrews air force base late last night after three days working on international issues, the president will get back to his domestic agenda today. he is slated to talk to democraticom> senators behind closed doors about comprehensive immigration reform. on capitol hill, lawmakers say they are close to working out a compromised immigration bill. many key senators worked on the bill late into the night during a round of secret talks. the bill would grant legal status to millions of people living in the u.s. illegally. it would also double the size of the border patrol and construct hundreds of miles of new fencing along the u.s.-mexico border. it would also provide new surveillance drones. jerry brown calling this ping-pong diplomacy.

the california governor tweeting out this picture showing him playing a match against a chinese diplomat. the table is set up in an enclosed o89ñuju space right next to the governor's office at the state capital. former governor arnold schwarzenegger used this area as his notorious smoking tent for his cigars. still ahead, will a stock market rally after such a dramatic fall? we'll check in with scott mcgrew as we bring you the opening bell live on wall street. and a mugshot unlike anything we have ever seen before. wow, the back story behind this picture that sent this map.,ith the long beard behind bars. ready?

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street as they ring in the day there. the trevor project ringing in the day. we can tell you that is the leading national organization offering crisis intervention and suicide intervention for the lbgt community. the markets are waking up this morning hoping the news the fed will end the money easing policy is a dream. scott says it is real. >> it absolutely got crushed in the news yesterday. you probably learned in school, we all did, laura, the stock market is a place where people could place investments, buy a piece of the company. the people believe in the future of the companies they're buying. we see some of the traders on the floor. recently this has been a place to put borrowed money and see it grow. everyone else was putting

borrowed money out there on the markets. the ultimate source of that easy money, the fed said yesterday it would discontinue bond buying. the fed essentially invents money. it can do that, and it takes that invented money and buys bonds. that money floods into the economy. the more money you have, the cheaper it is to borrow. all of this goes away at some point, probably next year. we expect another rough day on the markets today. if it's any consolation, john, we're starting to see the real value of the american sock markets and american companies, not the fake value we've been seeing for so long propped up by that extra cash. 6:31 right now. dozens of men and women arrested in santa clara's biggest gang bust in history will be back in court. the allege ld members of the nuestra familia gang will be in

a san jose courtroom for bail hearings. some could enter their pleas. ma first court appears last week, facing a variety of charges including robbery, drug sales and murder. this morning the oakland police department will introduce the city's five district commanders. earlier this year the police department began implementing its neighborhood policing plan. part of that plan was to put captains and lieutenants in charge of five police districts that together make up the entire city of oakland. today the leaders will discuss crime production and prevention plans tailored for their individual areas. redwood city paid nearly $50,000 to set al lawsuit where police tased a teenager. the lawsuit says back in september of 2010 marcella perez was leaving éñ a safe way with friend. his friend had stolen a bottle of alcohol. the suit claims two officers confronted perez and forced him to the ground after he reached into his pocket for his cell phone. while on the ground, one of

those officers reportedly tased perez who was 17gob at the time. the city paid $45,000 to settle the lawsuit, but attorneys for the officers involved, they say both of them acted within their scope of authority. it's 6:33. want to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. it's been lovely across the bay area. beautiful morning. >> yes, it has really been nice. and even comfortable afternoons. good morning. thanks for waking up with us. it is easy to get up with conditions like this. we don't have any gusty winds to point out. you do see we have ripples out here on the bay, not tooqwh cho, though. winds have relaxed. today, especially this afternoon, you'll probably notice that difference if you live in the higher elevations. gusty conditions in sfo. this morning mostly clear, no delays here. if you're heading anywhere across the nation right now, looking good to start out your thursday morning. no flight delays. i'll let you know if that changes. i'm here until 11:30. throughout the day today, 46

degrees, 52 degrees right now in san francisco. so it's not too cold out there. we've got a good looking day shaping up, especially until about noon. it's going to be warmer today inland. that means if you play your cards right, if you close the blinds in your home, don't let the sun come beating through the windows, you'll be better@ off. 81 degrees at 4:00 p.m., noticeably warmer than yesterday. 72 bay side at the coast, 65 degrees. here is the deal, for the first official weekend of summertime, we are going to increase your temps. in fact, close to 90 degrees. we have rain on the way next week. i'll detail that in your full forecast. let's check the drive with mike. >> a lot of company if you're coming down the eastshore freeway. top of your screen, you see some smoke. that's industrial, that's always there. that is not a fire. that is a factory. we're looking southbound or toward the bottom of the screen, westbound underneath the university avenue over crossing. reports by chp of a crash and debris at the university

off-ramp. chp is sitting out to the area. there are extra eyes watching at least for the next few minutes. watch the slow drive as you're heading toward the bay bridge toll plaza. the maps show things moving smoothly. over the bridge, the bay bridge metering lights are on. 880 hi ward into union city, speeds coming in towards 50 miles per hour, still the same slowing at 580 and 238, the castro valley y. a smoother drive also to the south of the area and coming out of the try area. a pretty typicalú%=pattern. slower now 84 towards 680. a look at san jose, northbound 101 shows things really bogging down north of 680 and slow of tullie road towards san jose international airport. 87 slowing into downtown. a man is under arrest after police say he threw a spear at a passing car in sacramento. officers say jeffrey jones threw

a 30-pound spear at a vehicle which hit the front fender. then he was snapped in this very memorable mugshot. the six-foot metal weapon got lodged in the vehicle. police found the 56-year-old jones near the scene and arrested him on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. >> i think we've held that up just long enough. it's 6:36. a patriots player linked to a murder probe. we'll tell you why police are searching his home even though he hasn't been named a suspect. new details about a separate lawsuit about to be filed against him. we also want to take you back down to press cot, arizona. a lot of smoke, still some flames down there as firefighters battle this wildfire. reports are telling us this one having trouble getting under control. zero percent contained. they have winds down there, up to 20 miles per hour and the searing heat down in the desert making this a tough one to fight. we'll keep you posted as information comes in.

a court appearance expected. bond willúq÷ be set today for 21-year-old suspect dezara sillsby, also accused of swamming the woman's hand in a door and smashing it with a rock. the other three suspects will have bond hearings on monday.

homicide investigators say there is a link between a player for the new england patriots and the victim of a homicide, but this morning it's still unclear what that link is. this week investigators have been searching the home of tight end aaron hernandez in connection to this case. hernandez has not been named as a suspect. investigators say they found the body of a 27-year-old person named oden lloyd found at a home about a mile from where hernandez lives in north addle borrow. so far no comment from hernandez. >> not the only legal issue hernandez is facing this morning. a civil lawsuit is being filed against the athlete accusing him of shooting a friend in the face. 30-year-old alexander bradley says hernandez shot him back in february after the two got into an argument at a miami nightclub. he says they left in a car together and during the ride hernandez allegedly pulled out a gun and pointed it at bradley.

the gun went off hitting bradley. the suit claims he was hit in the right eye and needed major surgery. we've learned new tails about what gandolfini's teenage son saw as paramedics rushed to revive him. something new to add to your next status update. we'll tell you more about the new fae tour facebook is about to unveil. we're walking on sunshine in san jose at 6:41. hours away from the official kickoff of summertime. we'll let you know how things are going to warm up and then the rain moves in. your seven-day forecast coming up next. we're looking at free mosht where you're picking up a lot of company now for 880 down through this portion of the east bay. we'll show you what the traffic is like here as well as where you end up. a lot of folks in the south bay seeing slowing, too. ♪

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at 6:44, we begin with new details in the death of "sopranos" star james gandolfini. in the past few hours our nbc reporter in rome learned that he was alive when the ambulance arrived to his hotel in roam. his son michael found gandolfini unresponsive in the bathroom of the hotel and called for help. paramedics arrived, took him to ambulance to the hospital, just a three-minute drive away. doctors worked on him for 45 doctors &háhp &hc&him for 45 dead. he was 51 years old, leaving behind a wife, a teenage son and baby daughter. this morning a teenage boy right now clinging to life after a shooting in san jose. police there tell us the teen is still alive, but he is in grave condition at the hospital. he was shot at least once just

after 6:00 yesterday evening on virginia avenue near the rancho del pueblo golf course. police still trying to track down whoever pulled the trigger and the motive remains unknown. we are in contact with police and we will, of course, bring you any new information of the situation as it changes. 6:45. happening now, trouble down the tracks for b.a.r.t. this morning as a potential strike is looming and its riders could be caught in the middle today in the bay's christie smith live in flee month with more details on the impact of possible b.a.r.t. strike. this could be huge, christie. >> reporter: good morning to you. b.a.r.t. ride irs that we're speaking with in fremont are telling us they want an agreement to be reached quickly. they don't want to be inconvenienced. at the same time, b.a.r.t. union workers will be at certain station letting riders know their contract expires in ten days. union leaders say they really don't want to strike, but they do want to keep the riders informed. thousands of computers rely on

b.a.r.t. every day. even if you don't ride it, you could be affected by the massive gridlock on bay area freeways. add to that america's cup racing starts in july in san francisco. b.a.r.t. is a critical part of the plan to get the crowds moving the the competition. b.a.r.t. union workers, their unions have authorized strike votes for the 25th. commuters are saying they don't want to be caught in the middle. >> find another form of transportation, taking my car which will cost a lot mxldy >> reporter: you hadn't heard about it? >> no, i haven't heard anything about it. maybe because i'm here so early in the morning. >> it would affect people tremendously. the road to san francisco, oakland, it affects a lot of people. i hope it doesn't happen. we need the b.a.r.t. system. >> reporter: if a deal is not reached within 10 days, the governor could call for a 60-day cooling off period. that's about the time when

caltrans is set to shut down the bay bridge. the timing is a real challenge on top of everything else. b.a.r.t. is working on a contingency plan and negotiations are on going. live in fremont, christie smith, "today in the bay." film about oscar grant will take place tonight in oak lapped. grant's mother is expected to attend. however, she says it will not be easy. >> it opened the wound again. it was very difficult to watch, and i still -- the second time, at different scenes i'm putting my head down and covering my ears. >> got to be tough to watch that. that will be wanda johnson's third time watching "fruitvale station." the film depicts her son's last day leading up to when he was shot by a b.a.r.t. police officer at the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station. johnson is hoping the movie will help people understand the real oscar grant, a young man who did have his troubles, but who was trying to turn things around. johnson also hoping that movie can lead society toward a more

equitable justice system. "fruitvale station" opens to the public july 12th. it is 6:47 right now. enjoy the last few hours of spring. >> it's goings to be a long day, and i'm not kidding. today and tomorrow, the longest days of the year. i'm going to explain exactly why coming up in just a minute. but at 6:48, here is the deal, we are getting into summertime. temperatures today are going to be right about at average for this time of year. that means not too hot, not too cold. after all, we're still in spring. even early summertime isn't that hot in the bay area. we will heat up ove)@0 the cou of the next few months. today looking good holding on to comfortable conditions. today we'll climb by about 5 degrees each day. san francisco, 52 degrees, 52ío for sonoma, a cooler start to the day in gilroy. here is what we're working with today, high pressure moves in. an offshore flow for part of the day that will keep our skies nice and clear. winds aren't going to be as strong. that's good news.

it's been blustery through the east bay hills. this area of low pressure comes through next week. this is actually going to bring us some rain showers. if you live on the peninsula or up in the north bay, you have the best chance of seeing these showers, especially over the course of monday night into tuesday. i think we'll see a little something in san jose when we meet back here on tuesday of next week. so things are going to get more and more interesting as he head into summertime. here is the deal, for four months of the year, one-half of the earth is facing the sun.9)úñ that's because of the 23.5-degree tilt we have on the axis. as the earth is going around the sun, we're tilted. for us that means the next four months will be the warmest. that's why we have summertime, we have the seasons. 10:04 p.m. we kickoff summer. sunrise 5:48, sunset 8:35, the longest period of daylight today and tomorrow of the entire year. getting into the weekend, you can taste it, 88 on saturday. then we cool you off for sunday.

monday and tuesday bringing in showers. things getting interesting out there, mike. over to you. >> interesting on the roads as well as more folks hit the roadway. i showed you the shot of the live camera in fremont near the tesla plant. things are starting to slow in the southbound direction. building traffic south of the dumbarton bridgev: heading tow auto ma auto mall parkway. northbound 101, the brunt of the commute, a later flow for the summer months. we have slowing north 101 from about tullie up towards san jose international airport. 280 shows slowing around 880 and 237 out of milpitas and towards sunnyvale. that's the commute direction. that's where we see early slowing as well. up the peninsula, 101 and 280 at the limit. el camino not experiencing real problems. san mateo bridge and the dumbarton bridge, 92 and 84 respectively showing a smooth

drive. you have slowing on the hayward side. approaching the toll plaza, slow as is tradition for 94 roo westbound.(t&háhp &hc& 880 toward union city where we started ourun!report, that sho the slowing into the 50s as well. the general build for the volumu here. you have a smooth drive through the maze. mild slowing shows up here. when you're in it, let me show you the live camera. this is berkeley, it feels horribly slow. but about 50 miles per hour over the university crossing. a hit-and-run crash killing a san jose bike rider happened earlier this week. police now releasing the description of the suv that hit the cyclist from behind. it's described as a late 1990s or early 2000 model dodge durango or dodge dakota. the color range is dirty white to light gray or possibly silver. 55-year-old glenn ernest was killed as he rode his bike on the taylor street overpass of highway 87. that's very close to san jose policerj  headquarters.

it was the city's 19th deadly traffic crash of the year. 6:51. it was all a hoax. the 10-year-old pacifica girl who told police a man tried to kidnap her admits she made it all up. the girl told police a man tried to grab her near beach boulevard and santa rosa avenue around 6:30 sunday night. she told officers she punched the man and was able to get away. a friend actually backed up the story. during the investigation police say their statements didn't add up. when questioned, both the alleged victim and her friend admitted they lied about the attack. a followup on the couple not so affectionately known as the landlords from hell. kipp and nicole macy will spend four years behind bars when sentenced in august. the san francisco district attorney says the couple has pleaded guilty to charges of burglary, stalking and attempted grand theft. the macys used very extreme measures trying to drive tenants out of their four-unit building in the city's south of market district including sawing holes

in the floor and cutting support beams. 6:52, more announcements from facebook. >> we're just hours away from the social media site's latest unveiling. "today in the bay's" marla tellez is live in menlo park. >> but we begin with business and tech reporter scott mcgrew live in the f%studio. facebook's latest move a district swipe at 9yu)uáer? >> facebook bought instagram last year, bold move. mark zuckerberg didn't even ask his board's permission. instagram is a photo sharing service will still photos. the new hot thing is videos currently used by twitter and its vine program. >> reporter: scott, you mentioned the facebook purchased instagram last year. they did that for $1 billion.

instagram not doing too shap pi. it has more than 100 nil union verse.rfk instagram has been nothing more than a photo-sharing app that allows utesers to post edited photos to facebook. facebook saying you will be able to create short videos on instagram and post them to your facebook page. as it stands now, you can already post videos to facebook, but just not instagram videos. what does this mean for your page? you could be seeing more videos in your news feed. the thought here is facebook is trying to play cashup with twitter and its wildly popular vine service which allows users to post six-second clips to twitter. we'll have to see the biggest announcement coming to facebook headquarters in menlo park. before i toss it back to you, i wanted to point out the sign posted right in front of facebook, it reads "a small team has been working on a big idea."

if you ask me, scott, it sounds like mark zuckerberg is being a big tease. >> sounds that way. small team at instagram, it sounds like we're on the right course. marla will have more on your show at 11:00 this morning. facebook shares gaining about a quarter this morning, 25 cents, particularly impressive considering the markets this morning. the dow industrials are down 148 points now. nasdaq down 31 points. wall street still trying to swallow this news. the fed will slow down the easy money. the markets have been propped up by a flood of money. that has not reflected the true state of america on the stock market. stock market isn't the economy. the economy is not the stock market. mortgage price is an issue. bond sales are falling. that pushes interest rates up, john and laura. you'll pay about $200 more a month now on a $600,000 house

than a couple months ago because interest rates have been creeping up. we've expected this fed move. good news, shorter loans. student loans, credit cards, that kind of thing. too geeky to get into. short-term loans, those will be okay for quite some time. 6:56 right now. today in north park it is safe to say the force will be with you out there. community leaders officially opening imagination park this afternoon. it includes the unveiling of a pronz statue of the always wise jedi master yoda. filmmaker george lucas donating the land to build the park in the community gathering center. that nice hat worn by indiana jones, a life size statue also being unveiled. >> i could use yoga, by the way, mice back is killing me. >> like it we do.

let's check the forecast now with christina. >> we've got a good looking day shaping up. temperatures today are going to be comfortable again. we want to start with this life picture showing how pretty it is in san francisco this morning. this is where they're headed, up to 81 degrees at 4:00 p.m. inland. bay side 72. 65 at the coast today. perfect. not too hot, not too cold. you miss your seven-day outlook. we'll have them every 15 minutes throughout the today including mark's favorite park. >> yesterday was wine day wednesday. we know the calendar. this is the area where we see the slowing starting around the dumbarton bridge and toward milpit milpitas. a typical build, no crashes. lower speeds toward the 50s out of union city in hayward. san mateo bridge, we'll look toward the hayward approach. a smooth drive, once you hit the hole plaza, a nice flow across

the bay. no slowing for the peninsula drive. 101 and 280 close to the limit. i've turned the emeryville camera toward the burkely curve. these are folks heading toward the bay bridge, smooth drive. no slowing coming off 580 here and a smooth drive off north 880. the maze itself is smooth. it's through berkeley westbound it really jams up around university avenue and at the toll plaza you have the metering lights on the span. &!;ñ6:58. a final check of the day's top stories. a close friend of actor james gandolfini gave a brief statement as new questions swirl around the "sopranos" star sudden death. overnight we learned gandolfini suffered an apparent heart attack in his hotel room in rome. doctors worked on him for 45 minutes before he was pronounced dead at the hospital. he was 51 years old. b.a.r.t. workers handing out flyers today warning riders a strike may be on the horizon.

the union's contract with b.a.r.t. expiring in ten days. if no deal is worked out, workers have threatened to walked off the job. the u.s. supreme court set to issue another round of decisions this morning. we expect them at 7:00 a.m. still awaiting a ruling on prop a, california's ban of same-sex marriage as well as the federal defense of marriage act. down in press cot, arizona, it's been tough out there for firefighters. oefrt 600 firefighters on scene trying to push back on this wildfire out there, about 7,500 acres are in flames and going up, you can see our aerials right there, approximately 500 homes have been evacuated. a sparsely inhabited area, but some homes have been threatened out there. >> press cot in northern arizona, a little bit further up in the hills, patrolled by the u.s. forest service as well. so a little cooler temperatures, hopefully that will help firefighters as they try to tackle this one. as you mentioned, zero percent

containment. that's off the one out there. we'll be following all the supreme court decisions all morning long, expecting those in just moments now. local news update at 7:25. good morning. gone too soon. new details this morning on the death of "sopranos" star james gandolfini in italy. tributes pouring in from fans and fellow actors. we'll go live to rome and talk with one of his co-stars. another look not t. the northeast takes another look at what a filmmaker calls anything but an accident. that filmmaker and the man who led the original investigation speak out live. and medical marvel. a 3-year-old boy born deaf hears his father's voice for the very first time. >> daddy loves you. daddy loves you. >> the one-of-a-kind surgery that led to that moment