hours earlier. i'm christie smith. details coming up in a live report. >> reporter: good morning. we'll take you live to the south bay where two people have been burned at a fire, this one in a house. we'll tell you what might have slowed their escape. that story coming up. >> and as we head into the weekend we're talking about 70s making the return, all the way through sunday with our next chance of rain arriving by the end of the weekend. >> a rough start for this friday for folks heading to and through the bay bridge toll plaza. we had a wrong way driver and now a lane blocked on the span. >> if anyone is driving across the bay bridge the lights are back on and looking beautiful this friday, march 7th, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm peggy buchker in for laura garcia-cannon.

we begin with breaking news back to hayward where a 3-year-old boy is safe after being thrown from a second floor burning apartment he lived in. flames erupted at this complex on seventh and c streets not far from the hayward loop. now we hear just behind this apartment complex another fire has broken out. christie smith joining us live now. this is just unbelievable. what are the chances, christie? >> reporter: good morning to you. it's hard to hear because there are so many engines here. we were here for one fire, there was a rescue, dramatic rescue, a couple of people jumped out of the window. we saw an orange glow from behind this same building. and it got bigger and bigger. we could hear trees catching on fire. it looked like some sort of outbuilding or garage burning. we kept hearing popping sounds, then all of a sudden sirens. so firefighters were back. this isn't the same property but it's the property right behind it. and this orange glow getting

bigger and bigger. crews are pouring water on it. again, this is where we were earlier, the reason being there was a fire that broke out about 11:00 last night, near the same property. there was a child taken to the hospital unharmed despite the fact that there was a 20-foot drop from a window, the child was thrown out of the window. there was a good reason for it. the fire was burning in the front of the apartment blocking the door so the family couldn't get out. they tossed the baby to an aunt who was waiting below, fortunately she caught him and that 3-year-old boy is okay, taken to the hospital and checked out. but the fire there spread quickly, room to room in this upper apartment at seventh and c streets. a single alarm fire in an eight-unit complex. neighbors say they heard panic and screaming, two adults and a child, 3-year-old at the window with fire chasing behind them. >> it was scary. fire, fire, then all of a sudden

i see the roof. it was terrible. the people jumped out the window. ended up with the baby. >> reporter: again, the adults jumped too, a man and woman. they were taken to the hospital, their conditions unknown. but we're told that the red cross is out helping a couple of the neighbors in this building because the water damage and that the power was cut while this fire was being handled by firefighters. what they tell us is that this one started in the kitchen. while the unit is a loss, three people inside made it out the best way they could, and again, the latest we have, breaking here, you can see a glow still in the back there is that firefighters were called back to the property behind this, because for some reason a fire broke out again. so we're going to try to speak with the firefighters as soon as they are done with this and see what's going on with this latest fire here. reporting live in hayward, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. we'll check back with you. let's go over to bob redell at the scene of another house fire this time in san jose.

bob, you have new video of flames as well. >> reporter: good morning to you. yes, scott. a man and woman who live at this home on aetna way here in san jose, they are at a hospital right now being treated for what san jose fire tells us are serious burns. not clear if those are life threatening or survivable but serious enough that they had to be transported. look at the cell phone video we just brought into our newsroom from a next door neighbor. shows how intense this fire was when it started around 3:45. you could see the back right, excuse me left part of the house how involved it was. it was involved when the fire department arrived. it destroyed a shed or stuck tur in the back. fire department ended up calling for a second alarm. the fire is now out. back to the two people, a man and woman. there are bars in windows and doors of this home, it's possible that those might have slowed their escape.

forcing them to exit through the garage which might have been the longer way out. we just heard from the captain with the fire department says there was an emergency release on those bars, a lever that can be activated from the inside so you can get out in a situation like that. even though that release is on the bars, they were not activated. it's not clear why they took that route as opposed to a window. that's what did happen. >> they came running out the garage, they were screaming, yelled, call the fire department. >> reporter: what condition were they in? >> they weren't that bad. they were still walking but you could see one of them was holding their arm and crying. >> reporter: that is something as the fire department points out you can have people like that man and woman who escape on their own are walking and talking, but are still in bad shape because they have these burns. we don't know what their

condition is right now. as far as the cause, that's yet to be determined. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. developing in ukraine this morning the country decided it will not boycott the winter pair ra olympics in sochi. the head of the committee announced the country's athletes will stay in sochi and compete despite russia's military moves in crimea. it was announced hours before today's opening ceremony. in the next half hour tracie potts will have a live update about the crisis in ukraine including president obama's talk with his russian counter part. >> a bay area teacher under arrest accused of sexually abusing six students. david ginlto was let go last november during an investigation into sexual misconduct before being hired as a teacher at mira vista middle school also in richmond. the school board leaders insist that ginlto did undergo a

background check. because he was not charged or convicted the accusations did not show up. >> the fbi could knock on your door, a new task force looking for leads in bay area cold cases linked to a murder case in reno. six young women were murdered between january and april of 1976. five along the peninsula, the sixth in reno. federal agents say new dna evidence collected connects all six cases to the same possible criminal. the youngest victim was 14, the oldest 26. >> investigators still don't know why giovanni was on the tracks when he was hit by a train. b.a.r.t. has been investigating the incident since it happened tuesday night. a spokesperson said that the death is considered an unattended death because there were no witnesses. the crash forced the closure of the fremont union city and south hayward b.a.r.t. stations for a good portion of wednesday's commute. >> san jose high school students

hope to turn a recycling project into a trip to help build homes in new orleans. lincoln high school will hold an event accepting everything electronic from metal and wire to cell phones, video players, it generates money when they sell it to a recycler. the group hopes to send 22 students and three teachers to new orleans. san jose los gatos creek is getting a needed cleanup tomorrow. the group friends of los gatos creek are expecting more than 100 people at the cleanup which will focus on both sides of the creek at the bascom avenue bridge. the group removed 45 tons of trash from the creek including more than 1,000 batteries. the group is in talks with the water district about getting rid of some of the vegetation in the area. my sons and i do this every year. >> it's rewarding. >> it is. let me give a shout out to the

runners. the packs of goo, those are everywhere. that's our main thing we pick up. so runners knock it off. >> put those in the garbage. anthony slaughter i know you would never throw those on the ground. >> of course not. i'm more of an environmentalist. i'm with you. keep it clean. let's look outside. you can see on the network we don't have problems to report. maybe an extra layer but as we head through the day i don't think you need it all day long. by noon you can shed that hoody or extra layer. i want to take through the weekend. today, tomorrow and sunday you'll notice in the south bay 70s across the board. low 70s, mid 70s tomorrow. peninsula you get into the 60s today, topping out near 74 tomorrow with a few more clouds hugging the coast as we head through sunday in factual notice that in san francisco topping out in the mid to upper 60s by tomorrow but cooling as we head through sunday because of the next system. even in the north bay today and

tomorrow very bright, by sunday in the north bay, this is the one location where we'll see more cloud cover. mostly cloudy skies expected for sunday. 74 on saturday to 68 on sunday. things will cool off in the north bay and the coast but you'll notice east bay and tri-valley looking very good. 70s again all the way from today through sunday. the chance of rain through sunday night. we'll talk more about that coming up. turn things over to mike and talk about the road traffic. >> first of all it's friday so folks are expecting a light volume and a later build for the commute. it's 5:10 but i guess we're seeing that. we had a couple of problems, this is oakland northbound 880, does flow smoothly. warriors play tonight. high street where you have the commute start to build. an hour from now, we're looking north on the maps and here is the coliseum, shouting out the warriors and potential victory. victory, let's say it. 980, an earlier traffic break by a wrong way driver rammed into

the side of the road. now the incident has cleared from the road but we see a little tiny bit of slowing down below 60 miles per hour. and i think once chp crews are on the scene, just watch the area for activity approaching the bay bridge. no problems at the toll plaza. once you cross over we still have reports of a lane blocked by a disabled vehicle at treasure island. however, sometimes make their way over to the off ramp, clearing from the roadway, the slowing we saw had cleared up over the last few minutes so i'm going to say a smoother drive into the city. stay to the left if you can as you travel through the tunnel. the rest of the bay good with green all over t freeways looking good, the tri-valley we'll call up the speeds. you're in the green zone. basically at the limit. a little slowing out of the altamont pass, that's typical even on a friday after 5:00 in the morning. the north bay, 101, a few more cars. all the way from novato to san rafael and the golden gate

bridge. back to you. >> sounds good. >> new developments in san jose's legal efforts to brake the a's to town. >> mystery barge on the move. its new location for the timing.

as we show you beautiful picture of the bay bridge here all lit up. you play have noticed it did go dark but looking beautiful this morning at 5:14. also new lieutenant governor gavin knew sum makes an announcement.

there you go. he posted that video to his twitter last night which means he made that announcement in six seconds. he was elected in 2010 and before that served a as mayor. >> major league baseball now has until april 4 to respond to san jose's latest push to move the a's to the south bay. san jose asked an appeals court to reinstate its law stoot against major league baseball. the city sued the league and the commissioner last year in an effort to bring the a's south. the basis of the lawsuit is that the league is violating antitrust laws by interfering with the move. the a's made it clear they want to leave oakland. >> nothing but excitement around the google barge at its new home. it's in stockton now. it was moved from treasure island thursday. going to google did not have the proper permits. it plans on keeping the barge in stockton for at least six months.

it's going to be turned into a floating technology center. the southern california man who "newsweek" claims is the creator of bitcoin claims he had not heard about the currency until the magazine started asking his family. the man says many of the details in "newsweek's" cover story are correct, but says he's not the guy behind bitcoin. the creator of bitcoin has remained a mystery since bitcoin's birth in 2009. >> in about 15 minutes the department of labor will release unemployment figures for february. for the rest of that and the news before the bell we'll turn to seema mody live at cnbc world head quarpters. good morning. >> that's right. traders awaiting the jobs report out before the opening bell. traders setting the bar low as they expect hiring was again impacted by winter weather last month. forecast calls for companies to have added 152,000 jobs last month and unemployment to tick down to 6.5% in terms of how we

ended yesterday the dow in the green t nasdaq slipping by 5, companies underperforming yesterday. americans household wealth jumped $10 trillion. that's due to booming stock market and rising home values. household wealth measures real estate, stocks, bank accounts and other assets minus mortgages, credit cards and other debt. the irs says the average tax refund this year is more than $3,000, survey shows most americans plan to use that to pay down dent. younger people are likely to spend on shopping or going out. more people are doing their own taxes and efiling this year. >> you know it's funny when i do my own taxes i get a refund of like $50 million. i know it's great. whatever number you want to. >> hired. interest-free loan to the government when you get that refund. it's nice to get that check. >> so nice.

especially considering after christmas. all that money. let's talk about weather this morning. we're going to wake up to sunny skies once we see our sun rise. i want to give you a heads up. before you head out the door, daylight saving time begins this weekend. if you haven't heard, we're reminding you. you may have heard general talk out and about throughout the community. yes, so saturday night remember to fast forward the clocks and our new sunrise will actually be at 7:00 hour as opposed to the 6:00 hour. right now it's 6:38. by sunday it will be at 7:30 and that means our sunset at 7:10 so. yes, we lose an hour of sleep but we get that extra hour of daylight in the evening hours. right now we are waking up to a few clouds. not overly cloudy but we have a few areas of cloud cover. you'll notice no fog to report even in san francisco. pretty good visibility, not too bad as i mentioned no fog to report and temperatures warm, at least for san francisco

standards. expecting the mid-60s today. we'll be right around 65 at noon, falling back to 63 by 1:00. in the south bay you'll notice again a few clouds, don't have fog to report here. and this is one of our warmest locations close to 70 degrees as we head toward the afternoon hours. the day starts off the warming trend. 70s across the board with the exception of the coast, but tomorrow i do think you'll get close to that especially in san francisco. topping out near 67. north bay 73. the warmest will be the tri-valley and the south bay where we expect temperatures in mid-70s both for saturday and sunday. we do have a chance of rain that's going to push back. it's not going to be heavy chance of rain but this system is going to stay to our north. we're going to get clipped by it. we may pick up maybe a quarter inch and that's going to do with it the next shot of rain that's going to arrive through sunday night into monday. so expect for a little bit of a slow commute as we head out the door on monday morning. speaking of that commute let's talk to mike and see how the

roads are. >> you mentioned possibly a slow commute monday. we have the not slow commute for this friday so far. at speed. that's good news for west 580. this is dublin approaching as the a harrah off the el charo off ramp. good spacing and we'll show you on the map. that's where the arrow is toward the dublin interchange a. slowdown, typical build. it's 5:20 on a friday so we'll see a lighter flow of traffic. and no major concerns yet heading into the south bay. the northbound routes set the commute direction through san jose in toward the rest of silicon valley close to the limit. let's say you're at the limit. a concern here, bob continues to follow this fire activity. we had a couple of people hurt. at sylvia and aetna. they mentioned 101, capital expressway. yes, very close but not affecting the on or off ramps, not affecting the freeway. mclaughlin and capital expressway are the largest streets through the area. the on ramps and off ramps are fine through that portion.

here in the castro valley, a smooth drive. a fender bender approaching keller but we had a clear drive now. we have the other fire that christie was talking about. the apartment fire now a second at the scene, seventh and c, the area. this is not affecting grove, not affecting a street which is moving cutting between the areas and we have a nice drive to and from the interchange. over the water, san mateo and the dumbarton bridges move smoothly. we'll check the bay bridge and our live camera. we see the easy flow down the freeway and across the span as well as on the peninsula side no. problems for the bay shore and 280. back to you. >> thank you. san ramon based chevron is taking heat for giving free pizza coupons after a tragedy. many say the actions have been misinter frprettied. it comes after an explosion that killed a worker. some groups criticized the pizza coupons calling them in bad

taste. residents defend chevron saying the company is apologizing for traffic problems after the explosion the emergency vehicles blocked roads around the town when chevron representatives gave residents gift certificates for a large pizza and a two-liter soda. >> a blind man run over by a train is alive to tell the tale. a spokesperson for the transportation authority says the 47-year-old man walked right off the platform into the path of an oncoming train yesterday. while the conductor came to a stop the man was lying flat next to the rails under the second train car. the man who appears to have no apparent injuries, taken to the hospital for observation. >> eight marine recruits training in southern california have been diagnosed with meningitis. the marines are being treated at naval medical center san diego. the tests have not confirmed if it's bacterial or viral. it's unclear whether other recruits could be affected.

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5:25 now. a lot of people love a glass of milk and cookies but what about a cookie that is the glass. >> hey, behold the cookie milk shot. it's a creation of dominique who started a buzz last year, a cross between a donut and croissant. he molds cookie dough in the shape of a shot glass. he came up with after trying an oreo with milk for the first time. he is a grown man. had never done the milk and cookie thing. creates this. >> you could eat the whole thing. let's check in with anthony slaughter. milk and cookies, a cookie shot

glass. what do you think? >> bring it on. anything cookie. i have a t shirt with a cookie monster on it. yes, i like cookies. i'll say that. let's look at today. right now a few clouds. by this afternoon we'll see sunshine, in fact it's going to be warmer than it was yesterday. so yes, as you make your way out the door you may need a light jacket or hoody. i think you'll lose that as we head to the afternoon. rain returns sunday night. let's talk about the drive. >> first of all, someone took the cookies from my desk. i'll check in with you. looking toward the san mateo bridge, a smooth drive across westbound with the taillights, an easy flow of traffic. we'll get a look at the peninsula. drive at the limit. 280 shows slowing northbound but that's typical as more hit the road. we'll track that. no big problems. we're looking across the bay, the earlier stalled vehicle, chp reports but we don't have

slowing as you travel westbound through treasure island. the rest of the bay looking good. in the green zone. see that yellow for 280, i'll check on that. back to you. >> thank you. >> right now 5:27. we continue to follow two breaking news stories, one a toddler tossed from a two-story apartment to escape a fire. a second blaze broke out in the same area behind that apartment he was thrown from. pretty incredible. >> then second, two people burned as flames rip through a san jose home. investigators calling this a crime scene. we're live with the details coming up.

>> it was scary. they said fire, fire, all of a sudden i see the top of the roof. it was terrible and the people jumped out the window. there was a baby. >> an update to breaking news, a 3-year-old thrown out of a

second story window to escape flames in the east bay. good morning. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm peggy bunker. crews in hayward are back out at the same scene on seventh and c street, we're told they are fighting yet another fire in the exact same place. >> christie smith is there. give us the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you. what a night here in hayward. first an apartment fire where we're standing. that's where three people including a 3-year-old had to go out of the window. the 3-year-old thrown out of this window to safety just to escape flames. that was the first fire. you can see firefighters are back on this very same block, that's because a carport behind the same apartment is on fire. five cars burning this morning. hayward firefighters called back to the scene here at 7th and c streets where about 30 minutes ago we were covering this first fire and we started to see an orange glow in the back of the building. flames started pouring out of a carport there next to this first

apartment. the residents in that apartment next to that one heard cracking sounds, they ran outside. i spoke with one woman who says she couldn't believe it. her first car, a honda, was burning. >> upset. i'm not upset. it's -- i know everything is going to be fine but the point is it's like that was my first car so -- and it's gone. >> reporter: hours earlier at the first apartment that fire broke out in an upstairs unit around 11:00 p.m., burned so fast it actually blocked the front door, a man and woman and a 3-year-old chased by flames to the front window. they tossed the boy, that 3-year-old, to an aunt 20 feet below who caught him. and then they followed. >> it was scary. fire, fire, then all of a sudden i see the red flames from the top of the roof. it was terrible. the people jumped out the window and there was a baby. >> reporter: the child was taken to the hospital, checked out and

is okay. the status of the man and woman, the parents, they were checked out at the hospital but their status is unknown. we're told that this fire, the first apartment fire, started in a kitchen here and the cause is unknown. of course that brings up the question of why another fire started just next door and that we're still looking into because when we went back there, firefighters were busy spraying water on everything so we'll ask the question why and how that one started so close nearby. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. >> now let's turn over to bob redell at the scene of another house fire, this time in san jose. and bob, you are now hearing that this situation will be a crime scene. >> reporter: correct. good morning to you, peggy. this home here on aetna way, the area around it has been declared a crime scene by san jose fire, this happening in the past 10, 15 minutes. saying it's possibly a case of arson. they wouldn't go into detail but did tell us that the arson

investigator on the way to the fire went to interview the man and woman who escaped from this fire at the hospital now. spoke with them and whatever information they gave the investigator led the investigator to believe there was something suspicious about this fire. this fire now a crime scene. started around 3:45. you can see how intense the flames were. located in the back left portion of the house. there was also a structure fully involved. i don't know if it's a shed or overhang but that structure was destroyed and ended up collapsing. the two people were inside the home, they both escaped but unfortunately they were both seriously burned even though they escaped on their own, walk and talk when they came out they were seriously burned. taken to the hospital. their condition right now unknown. fire department also telling us that the bars on the windows and the front door might have slowed their escape. the bar dues have emergency release latches but for whatever

reason, this man and woman did not activate them. they escaped through the garage which might have been the longer way out which might have exposed them to more smoke and flames. >> why wouldn't someone not acty straight emergency latch? common thing in fires? >> yeah. there was quite a bit of smoke so the victims may have been disoriented unable to find the latches. there were latches on every bedroom window. they may not have been able to locate them. the easiest way out was probably the garage door. >> reporter: you can see that garage door open there, that's where the man and woman made their escape. again, they are in the hospital with serious burns. it's our understanding according to the neighbor it was the woman who came out crying, possible burns down one side of her arm. this area on aetna way now declared a crime scene. the arson investigator believe there is is something suspicious about this fire.

it is now knocked down. reporting live in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> quite new development. thank you. >> more breaking news just in to our newsroom, seconds ago, the labor department sets said 175,000 jobs were added in the month of february, that brings the unemployment rate to 6.7% ticking up ever so slightly from 6.6, not a big deal there. that's a much better jobs number than we were expecting, remember how terrible the weather's been lately. 175, that's a darn good number. >> also happening today a south bay lawmaker unveiling new legislation in response to a bay area case that got national attention. senator jim bell will introduce audrey's law named after audrey pott, a student who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted at a party by three classmates she knew. pictures of the assault were captured on cell phone cameras, the three boys served 30 to 45

days in juvenile hall. bell proposes a law aimed at deterring bullying, cyber bullying and sexual assault that led up to the suicide. audrey's law would make it easier for prosecutors to charge underage suspects as adults so they could send them to prison. >> also happening today, the funeral for the 14-year-old martinez girl hit and killed by a train on sunday, jenna was walking with a friend late in the afternoon when a train approached. she dropped her cell phone and lunging toward the phone when the train hit her. this past tuesday more than 1,000 showed up at a memorial for jenna. she was remembered as a star soccer player who made friends easily. >> let's check your microclimate forecast. we take a live look at san francisco and the bay bridge. talk more about the lights in just a minute. >> first let's take a live look at the traffic in san jose.

starting to pick up. mike inouye is going to give us details on that. >> let's check in with anthony slaughter. >> good morning. as you saw we're looking at pretty good visibility. don't have fog to report even in san francisco. temperatures are cool in the 40s across the north bay valley. even the east bay interior valleys. right at 50 degrees and in the south bay a peek at what we're looking at through the weekend. today expect low 70s for the south bay, mid 70s by tomorrow, and a few more clouds inch in as we head through sunday night in the south bay. more cloud cover in the peninsula, at least by sunday evening. but you'll notice again temperatures warm, upper 60s near 70, even same for san francisco. very close to 70 degrees, about 6 to 7 degrees above average. lots of sun expected today and tomorrow. you'll notice in the north bay more cloud cover by sunday night. in fact, the north bay will see the most cloud cover and because of that you'll notice those temperatures fall off from 74 to

68 on sunday. east bay and tri-valley expecting to stay bright through sunday afternoon. as i mentioned more cloud cover expected for sunday and a chance of rain pushes back into the picture. this is sunday at 7:30 in the evening, cold front positions off the coast of california. the main brunt will stay to our north but we'll get clipped by this system so. the north bay will see probably the most, the farther south you head, maybe only about .1 inch so it's not a huge chance of rain but it is nonetheless a chance and we'll take that. especially considering how dry we have been across the bay area. let's talk to mike and see how the drive is. >> when there is rain that happens even a little bit we watched those slick roadways. a dry drive for 880, this is oakland past the coliseum northbound. for a couple minutes we had someone on the shoulder but they got back in traffic and made their way without problems and that's good news. we'll see how the traffic flows through the area. around the bay, a nice easy

flow. we're starting to see more yellow as folks drop around 60 miles per hour in spots t volume increasing. 280 a good deal of slowing. no incidents into cupertino so we'll continue watching but not a concern. we did have this fire. he continues to follow this. the fire off mclaughlin and capital expressway t yellow dot there, it's not affecting the on or off ramps. this crash at capital expressway, that will block one lane of the off ramp there. one lane to get by so use caution, flashing lights likely. approach not a problem. the tri-valley speeds, there you go, the green for most of them. including out of the grant line area. slowing down below 50 miles per hour. typical build. the palo alto area. the peninsula remitted by this shot. the drive for 101 t bay shore freeway and 280. back to you. >> peninsula represented. thank you much. >> 5:39. still ahead on "today in the bay," key testimony in the oscar

pistorius murder trial. his ex-girlfriend takes the stand. what she told the judge about the olympian and his tendencies with guns.

an update to developing news. russia says it's looking forward to this month's public refer reyum on crimea. this comes after a phone call between vat a mere putin and president obama in which obama told putin it breaks national law. tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more. the situation continues to evolve. >> reporter: it does. actually the u.s. in that conversation president obama said that referendum in crimea is illegal because the rest of

the country apparently is not going to be voting as they should under the country's laws. so president obama pushing russia out of crimea on the other end a statement from the kremlin this morning, russia saying they have an interest but want to maintain a strong relationship with the united states even though they have big differences over how to handle this situation. not only now are there concerns in crimea in the southern peninsula but also in the east where we're seeing more and more pro russian demonstrations, another area there along the ukrainian/russian border. diplomacy. secretary of state john kerry couldn't get ukraine and russia representatives to the table together in rome or in paris so he's coming home with proposals for russia and the same for the russian foreign minister trying to see if they can come to some sort of agreement here about how to deal with this situation. russia's not even recognizing the new government as legitimate. and then back on capitol hill,

the issue is money, congress is trying to rush through a package of assistance, billion dollar loan guarantees for the new ukrainian government. >> which will play a big role for sure. thank you. >> this morning the city of pleasanton bracing for fallout from the sale of safeway. it's pleasanton's second largest employer. there are close to 2600 people working at safeway grocery stores and the company's headquarters in pleasanton alone. this morning the mayor says he was surprised by yesterday's announcement and he's now in the process of setting up meetings with safeway and ser rebrus capital to protect the local economy. what would this mean to everyone? for the employees who will be negotiating new contracts later this year, jobs could certainly be on the line. for shoppers executives claim

the sale could mean lower prices thanks to cost savings. analysts and customers not so confident. >> they will probably close some stores. they simply are going to have to cut costs. they are spending $8 billion on this acquisition so they have to get some of that back right away. >> definitely the prices will probably go up i'm sure of that. most mergers that's usually the case. >> i don't know what that means for the prices. i kind of see them going down. >> the sky's the limit when you take two big companies and bring them together. who knows. >> it is important to remember the merger is far from a done deal. safeway has a go shop window to find a better offer. government needs to sign off on. there are antitrust issues after all. and albertsons spokeswoman tells us if the merger succeeds it would not involve any store closures or changes to the safeway rewards program. >> massachusetts governor patrick could sign a bill

outlawing upskirting. the bill was rushed through yesterday one day after the supreme court rule add man who took pictures up a woman's skirt on a trolley did not break the law. the law was not broken because the women were fully dressed and in public. the new law would make at misdemeanor to secretly photograph a person's private while in public. an ex-girlfriend of oscar pistorius says he carried a gun with him at all times. the former girlfriend is the latest to testify. she claims her relationship with pistorius ended because he cheated with reeva steenkamp the girlfriend he shot to death. the witness says when she and pistorius dated he always had that gun. he shot out of the sun roof after they were pulled over for speeding. pistorius says he thought scene camp was an intruder. prosecutors say it was on purpose. an athlete suing over

concussion, runner jessicaton is accusing of not educating about concussions and not implementing return to play guidelines. according to a lawsuit filed wednesday the three-time all american suffered a head injury as a member of the track team and needs medical monitoring. she is represent bid a firm who also represents retired nfl players in similar cases. he's known as one of the heroes on flight 93 that tried to overtake the plane from hijackers on 9/11. >> a documentary about mark bingham, fought one public battle in the air above pennsylvania, one private battle at home. >> many are familiar with the 9/11 story but may not know he was a star rugby player who came out and told everyone he was gay. inare video kips from his cam cord they're document his life from high school to a few weeks

before 9/11. it shows his mother alice who carried on her son's legacy of courage and tolerance. >> it was overwhelming, and i have a feeling it's going to hit me like that every time. it's so very close to home. >> the documentary is called "the rugby player." it airs again tomorrow. really inspiring. >> wonderful. let's take a live look at the bay bridge. you can see the lights are up and glimering, you may have noticed last night they were dark. this was the bay bridge around 7:00 last night. somebody turned them off. they went dark for about ten minutes. to mark the display's first anniversary. organizers want $12 million in donations to secure permits to run the world's largest light sculpture to 2026. they gave us a reminder what it looked like without the pretty lights. there is going to be a bike party ride across the new span. that sounds like fun.

>> and will it be good weather for that? balmy out there? >> not balmy but -- >> i'm overstating? >> our standards, we expect 70s today. that's not that unusual but again, for this time of year it's about 6 to 7 degrees above average. you notice right now a little chilly. grab a light jacket, something to keep you warm as you make your way to the car, waiting at the bus stop. as i mentioned we're expecting 70s later on. so it will turn out to be a fairly nice day. i want to bring you up to speed with something yesterday from the climate prediction center we're now under an el nino watch. what that means we're going to be watching over the course of the spring and summer for what's going to happen as we head through fall. give you a quick upday. usually with the pattern we get cold ocean water that sets up off the coast. in el nino you get the easterly winds to weaken and when that happens you get the westerly winds start to pull more warm

water from places like indonesia, hawaii, and pushes it right up against the california coastline. so with that happening, this is what we noticed. over the past month that degree temperatures, sea surface temperatured warmed at least a half a degree celsius and that's all it takes especially off the coast of california, you think about warming a huge body of water like the pacific, half a degree, is really a lot so. what we're going to watch over the course of the next few months is how long this will stay in place. the thing we need here to get more rain from this we would need a strong el nino because if we get a weak one we could only see a little bit of rain as we move through this next season. so really, no definitive answer as of yet. if next winter will be more rainy. it's a watch. we'll be watching it the next couple of months. right now a few clouds in the south bay. starting to see our first glimpse of the sunrise. the clouds moving overhead. temperatures close to 70 degrees in the silicon valley, even in

san francisco pretty nice, talking about highs near 66 degrees. our inland valleys, that's where we'll be the warmest. 70s across the board with the exception of places like the peninsula and at the coastline. we have rain in the forecast, we'll detail that coming up. back to you guys. >> we'll take it here. all you guys, everybody in the bay. that's okay. you are right. we're addressing everyone who is getting on the road. there are less people on the road because it's friday, fewer i should say. so we have a lighter volume. we'll zoom in, the dublin interchange. a little bit of slowing, speeds down below 60. lighter volume and easier flow out of the altamont pass down 84, no real concern. we see a little bottleneck all the time. into sunol, fremont, here the castro valley moves smoothly and no problems, more volume for 238

over toward 880. in the area we continue to follow this. the two fires t second one kicked in where christie smith is right here, c street, that's not affecting the on or off ramp, not even the cut through as you head to hayward but we're watching this area because of this second fire that has kicked off. no problem getting up to 238 and 580. a smooth drive for the south bay. we have the build from 680 up to 880 for northbound 101. that's happening now. at 5:52, the first burst. kick in again around 6:30 this morning. north 87 shows a gradual build. typical pattern through the area here as well. we'll give you a live look, show you how it is across the san mateo bridge. no problem for the view or the drive. the peninsula moves smoothly at speeds for 101 and 280 between san francisco and the south bay. getting into the city across the bay bridge, a live look there as well. you see the cash lanes have started to back up. the east shore freeway you're

close to the limit down through berkeley and the berkeley curve. in the north more hitting the road, novato to here. no problem for traction either. easy drive, back to you. >> thanks so much. >> time 5:53. still ahead a celebrity sighting in center ice during the sharks game.

familiar face drops the ceremonial puck at the shark tank. >> olympic skater and san jose's polina edmunds did the honors along side sidney crosby. for the game it was a good one. the sharks down by a goal in the

third. burns tied it up with his 16th goal of the season. pretty stoked about that. still tied up thorton scored the game winner. the sharks beat the penguins 5-3. >> let's check in with anthony. >> good morning. we're looking at the sun rise starting to come up over the horizon. you can see in san francisco beautiful colors, a few high, thin clouds. that's what we're going to expect all day long. plenty of sunshine and very warm temperatures even in san francisco. going to get near 66 degrees today. elsewhere in the inland valleys expect a mix of low to mid 70s and this kicks off the warming trend in time for the weekend. 70s all the way through sunday with that next chance of rain arriving sunday night. let's talk to mike. >> good morning. we're looking at a beautiful sunrise. that will change with the time change i'm sure. the views on the live camera, the bay bridge stole plaz, back up for the cash lanes. the map shows you the bay looking good. a new stall southbound 880 around the coliseum.

northbound in the south bay north 101 and north 87 show signs of more traffic. that's typical of just before 6:00. things will back off. back to you. >> following two separate breaking news stories. two fires break out within steps of each other in hayward. one ends up being a toddler tossed out after second story apartment to save her. >> criminal investigation at the scene of a san jose house fire. what may have made it tough for the couple inside to get out. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] spring is calling. save 25% when you buy two scotts fertilizers -- one to use now and one for later.

>> fire, fire, people jump out the window. there was a baby. >> breaking news, a toddler thrown from a second story burning apartment now flames burning at the building next door. we're live with all of the details next. >> arson investigators at the

scene of another fire in san jose. we'll tell you why bars on the windows of this home could have gotten in the way of a safe escape. >> lovely weekend shaping up. anthony slaughter in for christina loren. next chance of rain for sunday. we'll detail that coming up. >> talking about speed limit for much of the commute but we have slow spots developing and a new stall. i'm scanning the area. i'll let you know what we find. >> a live look this morning, good morning to you san jose, it is friday, march 7th, this is "today in the bay." >> good friday morningñr to you. thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker in for laura. >> i'm scott mcgrew. breaking news, big flames flaring up right now at a carport in hayward next door to an apartment building that also burned earlier this morning.