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. sent a toddler to the hospital.

both fires burning steps away from one another at the intersection of seventh and c streets not far from the hayward loop. christie smith has been live at the scene all morning. christie, investigators, are they saying the fires are linked? >> reporter: at this point they say there is no reason to believe that but i did speak with neighbors who say they can't believe that they were just rocked out of sleep for a fire here, that calmed down, they were able to go back into their apartment and then hours later another fire broke out in a building behind the first apartment in a carport. neighbors say they heard horns going off and smell what had they thought was an electrical fire. nine cars damaged or destroyed. i spoke with dana who got his car out, drove right past those flames. >> looked out the window and this whole shed is in flames. so that was just stunning to me.

like five hours ago the apartment across was in flames. so i'm still shocked because i'm new to california. >> reporter: on that same block seventh and c earlier about 11:00 a fire broke out in an upstairs apartment. a man, woman and 3-year-old inside, the flames blocked the door. so basically they had to toss the 3-year-old out the window, 20 feet down to an aunt who was able to catch him. they followed behind. >> scary. fire, fire, then all of a sudden i see the red on the top of the roof. it was terrible. the people jumped out the window. >> reporter: i wanted to show you that baby. this is him, this is actually maurice we were told. this little guy who went out the window. he's doing good. the family back to take a look at their apartment. we're going to talk with them in a little bit. but what we're hearing at this point is that they don't think that these were related.

they think that this one actually started in the kitchen, the other they aren't sure but they tell me they have arson investigators on the way. reporting live in hayward, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> boy, that is cool to see him. just fine. that's great. >> let's go to bob live at a house fire in san jose. this one investigators are saying this is now a crime scene. >> reporter: very suspicious to them. good morning. this home burned, started around 3:45 this morning, within roughly the past hour they put up the yellow tape because the arson investigators said there is something that isn't right. they are declaring this a crime scene. this is based on information that the arson investigator gleaned from the two people burned in this fire. they are in the hospital. on the way out here they stopped by the hospital, the investigator, interviewed the people. whatever it is that they told them, made them believe the arson investigator, believe that this was suspicious, possibly an

intentional act so that's why they have the tape up and it's now a crime scene. this started a little before 4:00 this morning. you can see in this cell phone video shot by a neighbor how big the fire was. confined mainly to the back left corner of the house. the fire department tells us there was an outside structure, a shed or some sort of structure, that collapsed and caused a lot of damage to the home inside where this man and woman were and they were severely burned. they were able to escape but severely burned. the fire department telling us that the bars on the window and the door might have hindered their escape. they do have emergency release latches but for whatever reason the 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 flame. >> they came running out the garage, screaming, yelled call

the fire department. >> reporter: what condition were they in? >> they weren't that bad. they were still walking. one of them was holding their arm and crying. >> reporter: after the fact, the captain of the fire department tells us they did suffer serious burns where they were first, second or third, didn't get into it but serious. they are in the hospital where they have the arson investigator has spoke within them. whatever they told that investigator, led the investigator and the fire department to believe that this fire is suspicious. possibly arson. hence the reason why this home here on aetna way is now a crime scene. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. also happening today, the bay area case that got national attention will be the focus of a new law aimed at protecting victims of cyber bullying. senator jim bell will introduce audrey's law named after audrey

pot who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted by classmates she knew. pictures were captured on cell phone. three boys served 30 to 45 days in juvenile hall for the crime. bell says the proposed law is aimed at deterring bullying and cyber bullying and sexual assault that led up to the suicide. audrey's law would make it easier to charge underage suspects as adults which could include prison time. >> new this morning despite an increase in the unemployment rate more jobs were added last month compared to the previous two. the labor department says that employers added 175,000 jobs last month, up from 129,000 in january, so that means the unemployment rate now 6.7%, that is up from a 5-year low of 6.6%. >> you want to feel like it's 1999? a company with a dotcom in the name will ring the opening bell

on the new york stock exchange. let's say good morning to the folks at coupons.com. a live look. there is a party inside that office as we speak. so good morning coupons.com. the company's been around since the last tech boom. priced well above where its bankers expect. this puts the company's value north of $8 billion. they will ring the nyse, pricing as high as $16 a share. >> we'll see how it does. checking in now with meteorologist anthony slaughter. the weekend is here. >> finally made it. it's friday, go crazy, right still got to work. let's talk about some weather. we're in the 40s now. you want to grab a jacket even in the north bay. 42 degrees, so chilly. even though we're going to be in the 70s later on. a light jacket, maybe a hoody to go along side that morning commute as you get ready to head out. in san jose we still have

lingering clouds, a little fog starting to burn off. by 1:00 in the upper 60s, close to 70 degrees. let's take you elsewhere across the bay. in the south bay, 70 for today. saturday and sunday a good amount of sunshine and 70s continue to stay in the forecast in the south bay. peninsula, you'll be cooler but very nice for the time of year. 70 tomorrow. a few more clouds for sunday and temperatures cooling once again. there is another storm system that's building across the pacific that's going to arrive by sunday night. more cloud cover at the coast and again at the peninsula as we head through sunday. not a bad weekend coming our way. if you live in the north bay this is the one location we're going to see more cloud cover sunday so we're not expecting a lot of sunshine. for saturday, 74 degrees, can't beat that. east bay and try valley expecting 70s. today all the way through sunday. we have another shot of rain headed our way.

it's it new strong system but by sunday night another system off the coast and you'll notice a lot of that activity will stay to our north so we're going to get clipped by this system as it moves through sunday night into early monday morning. maybe about .1 inch, .25 inch. it's not going to be a huge system but it will bring a few more inches of snow, maybe a couple of feet to is sierra. that's something we'll be watching. it's good news. let's talk about the drive. >> the drive to the sierra, when the snow comes in we'll watch that as well. there will be chain requirements. looking here toward the bay bridge there are metering lights turned on. the lights went on and that's early for a friday. some fridays we don't see those but not before 6:30. there you have a steady but slower build at the toll plaza for all lanes. we'll look at oakland, moving the camera around looking for the report of a stalled vehicle southbound 880. i didn't see it between high street and 66 or south of 66.

down toward -- there may have been something going on north because you look at the map and we see the speed sensors slow northbound north of the coliseum. usually that happens when there is a distraction like flashing lights. we'll track that. the southbound side does move smoothly, northbound looks like a normal commute over to the area toward the toll plaza. they turned on the metering lights, smooth down the east shore freeway, slower up the incline, out of the toll plaza smoother on the approach. the rest of the view around the bay looks good. no major problems. the south bay the earlier slowdowns have started to clear. the tri-valley we have slowing out of the altamont pass into the livermore valley. smoothing out, starting to slow a bit toward the dublin interchange on our speeds here. palo alto side, moving nicely. 101 the live view, northbound a light volume past willow. that's the off ramp. and south toward university and

the construction zone a smooth easy drive as well. >> friday light. we like it. >> still ahead, how often did oscar pistorius pack a gun? we'll tell what you one of his ex-girlfriends told the judge in his murder trial. >> plus college athletics sacked with its first lawsuit over concussions. we'll tell you why it's a track star that is suing, not a football player. >> a live look at the bay bridge and the beautiful sunrise. no lights on the bay bridge but nature providing the light this morning.

welcome back.

taking a look outside in san jose. you see our clouds are lifting, sunshine expected for this friday and 70s are going to be our afternoon highs. today through sunday, the next chance of rain arrives on sunday night. we'll detail that coming up in a while. >> caught of peek of 280. that moves smoothly. this is the san mateo bridge off the high rise. headlights in toward foster city. a clear drive but you're getting company. in fact, unusual we have the metering lights on at the bay bridge toll plaza for a friday that's heaven sew we'll track that coming up. >> here are today's top stories. investigators looking into the cause of two separate fires in stepsch each other near the hayward loop. the recent one broke out around 5:00 this morning in a carport destroying at least five cars. six hours earlier a fire broke out nearby at an apartment compl complex. a 3-year-old boy was tossed from the second story window to escape the flames. he was not hurt. >> arson investigators are at

the scene of an early morning fire in san jose on aetna way. a man and a woman who live there had suffered minor injuries. based on information they told police officers now calling this a crime scene. >> despite a call from obama vladamir putin not backing down on the crisis in ukraine. the two leaders spoke for an hour yesterday but appears not much was accomplished over the phone. >> new this morning in the midst of a corruption sandal turkey's prime minister threatening to shut down facebook and youtube in the country. he says quote whatever steps need to be taken we will take them without wavering. he is facing corruption allegations after a series of audio recordings leaked allegedly of him and his son discussing how to get rid of large amounts of cash. he insists the investigation is a conspiracy to discredit the government before election. >> an ex-girlfriend of oscar pistorius says he carried a gun

with him quote at all times. the former girlfriend is the latest witness to testify in a south africa courtroom. she claims her relationship with pistorius ended because he cheated on her with reeva steenkamp, the girlfriend he shot to death last year. the witness says when she and pistorius dated he always had a gun with him. she says he even fired a shot out of his car's sun roof as soon as -- soon after rather they were pulled over for speeding. pistorius says he thought steenkamp was an intruder. >> massachusetts governor patrick could sign a bill outlawing so called upskirting, soon after a supreme court ruling led to public outcry. the bill was rushed through yesterday because on wednesday night the supreme court ruled that a man who took pictures up a woman's skirt on a trolley did not break the law. the court says the voyeurism law was not broken because the women were dressed and in public.

the new law would make at misdemeanor to photograph a person's privates in public. >> a track star is the first active division 1-a athlete suing the ncaa over concussion. the distance runner is accusing the ncaa of inadd cequately educating. this was filed wednesday. the three-time all american suffered head injury as a member of the track team and needs medical monitoring. being represented by a firm which also represents retired nfl players in similar cases. >> 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. the appeals court to reinstate its lawsuit against major league baseball. the city sued the league and commissioner bud selig last year in an effort to bring the a's south. the bases of the suit is that the league is violating antitrust laws by interfering with the move. the a's made it very clear they

want to leave oakland. >> we know how excite that christina gets about friday. she's not here. >> i get excited too. can't call off. got to fill in. >> fill in away. >> let's talk about your weather. we do have clouds making their way through the area. in fact this is are high thin clouds and just or in an approach of our next storm system. they are not going to affect our sunshine so filtered sunshine today. again our next storm system taking shape across the pacific that will arrive as we head through sunday night. you'll find that on your seven-day forecast to the bottom of the screen more cloud cover and the chance of rain as we head through sunday night. let's talk about your forecast and what you'll find for today. plenty of sun. a beautiful sun rise now in san francisco, temperature as 49 degrees. you'll notice as we head through the day lots more sunshine coming our way and temperatures very, very comfortable. mid-60s for san francisco.

you'll find elsewhere across the board highs warm, we're talking about 5, 6, 7 degrees above where we should be this time of year. our inland valleys back in the 70s. even in the south bay 71 degrees and the east bay today near 70. you can pick out your microclimate zone and find your city. gilroy at 73 later on, san jose at 70, peninsula a little cooler but still just very nice. 69 degrees for palo alto, 66 in san mateo. san francisco, again about 5 degrees above where we should be. leaving the outer richmond district at 65, the embarcadero there as well. sausalito 65. east bay, oakland and tri-valley locations like livermore, pleasanton, very close to 70 degrees. we do have rain in the forecast but it's not going to arrive until sunday night. so saturday, really the best day to get out and enjoy if you are making outdoor plans. 73 in the north bay. 67 in san francisco. the peninsula, tri-valley including the south bay

expecting low 70s. so our warmest conditions. by sunday temperatures cool off a bit especially for the north bay back in the 60s because of the rain i told you about, the system that is across the pacific. leave you with this. yes, we do have to fast forward the clocks into this weekend. tomorrow night before you head to bed, remember fast forward one hour. the sunrise at 7:30. we'll lose an hour of sleep but we gain that extra hour back as we head into the evening. let's talk about the drive. >> that's a good note. it shifts your commute so the sun hits at a different time of the morning commute. and also the evening commute. people start to shift as well. looking here toward the bay area, friday looks light and that's what we typically see. we'll call it a couple of spots here. the south bay, now just as the volume starts to build through the area, a hit-and-run at capital expressway that might cause slowing as you head through the scene. we see the build kicking in again north of 680 for 101 and

northbound 87 coming into downtown. typical friday pattern here. bob continues to follow this fire where folks were injured. this is near mclaughlin. not affecting either one of those roads over to 101 and on 101 itself you are moving smoothly. a portion of the south bay, i wanted to call it out. the castro valley y moves smoothly. just building for friday here as well around the bay. this is where christie smith reports. the second fire around seventh street and c, that will be an issue locally but not cutting through between 880 and 580 or up to the castro valley y, that's good news. a smooth flow through the tri-valley. westbound 580 slows a bit. that's a typical pattern there out of the altamont pass and the livermore valley. a live look, there is slowing, the reason there are more cars. not as well spaced burt still a

good flow of traffic. close to the 50 miles per hour mark at the worst. showing the bay bridge toll plaza a. backup here. the metering lights were turned on. that's early for a friday. but the volume starts to build off the berkeley curve out of the maze moving smoothly and no problem on the maze approach. we're going to look here as well for the speeds, approaching the bay bridge, in the green zone. including west 80 from berkeley into the berkeley curve. that continues at the speed limit there. the north bay drive smoothly, highway 37, the build out of vallejo. back to you. >> thanks so much. time now 6:22. still ahead a blind man survives, run over by a subway train. how he ended up on the tracks.

>> good morning bay area. we get you up and out for one more day of work this friday. a beautiful look at the bay bridge and the sunrise coming up. >> that is gorgeous. let's take to you marin county. san rafael, you can see also gorgeous sunrise there. it looks like a water color. it does. >> 6:25. the men who pleaded guilty to beating bryan stow facing new charge this is morning. a federal grand jury has charged marvin norwood and louie sanchez with being a felon in possession of firearms. if convicted each man could get

10 more years tacked on to their sentence in the stow case. norwood was sentenced to four years, sanchez to eight in the stow case both admitting to assaulting the giants fan at dodger stadium in 2011. stow of course now permanently disabled. >> a blind man run over by a train is alive and able to tell the tale. this is a spokesperson telling us that the 47-year-old man walked right off of the platform and into the path of a train. this happened yesterday afternoon when the conductor finally was able to stop the train the man was laying flat next to the rails under the second car. the man appears to have no apparent injuries. he was taken to the hospital for observation. boy, very lucky man. >> very scary. pure luck. absolutely. >> 6:26 on friday morning. it is friday, still ahead, update to two breaking stories. a house fire in san jose and also --

>> new details from fire investigators trying to determine if there is a link between the two. a coupon company makes its debut. we'll be live with the opening bell next. >> let's take you out live to the bay bridge toll plaza. you see the backup there. starting to get used to this mike inouye terminology in terms of where we're looking. if you travel this direction, it is a nice start to this friday. >> let's show you the bay bridge one more time.

a live look at the markets this morning. two local companies ringing opening bells. that's fire eye on the nasdaq, on the left they are offering more shares, coupons.com on the

nyse, they are on the right here goes the mountain view company ringing the opening bell getting our trading started off this morning. good morning. i'm scott mcgrew. coupons.com. went public. >> there you go. i'm peggy bunker in for laura garcia-cannon. bringing you up to date on breaking news, fire investigators in hayward looking into what sparked a carport fire next to an apartment complex that caught fire earlier. nine cars destroyed or damaged. hours earlier crews put out a fire at an apartment building next door. a 3-year-old child was thrown from the second floor unit. he was not hurt. >> it was the only way out. my mom was out first when my aunt came down to the bottom my mom was down so by that time i guess she heard my stepdad get the baby so she caught him. >> you believe that. two others were taken to the hospital after they jumped from

the second floor as well. investigators in san jose say a fire that broke out there overnight on aetna way is suspicious. two were burned in the fire. a spokesperson says that the bars on the windows could have hampered their ability to get out. they did get through the garage. the fire is out but there is yellow tape around the home as crews areering this a crime scene. we'll have live reports in about 15 minutes. >> to a developing story, the conflict in ukraine creating a divide between the united states and russia, despite an hour-long call between president obama and vladamir putin. tracie potts live on capitol hill. putin and obama talking but do they agree on anything? >> reporter: not really. we've got two accounts, scott, of the phone call. the white house says the president made it clear that the u.s. thinks that russia is violating international law for interfering in what's happening in ukraine. but in a statement from the kremlin this morning, they say

otherwise, in fact, in the statement it says the kremlin, that the current ukrainian government is imposing entirely illegitimate decisions on crimea, southern region where they think the government is not legitimate. russia it says cannot ignore calls for help and is responding in full compliance of international law. keeping in mind the geography here, that this is a peninsula, it's very close to the russian border, and there are a lot of russians who live in that area of ukraine. but in crimea it's the troops on the street that russia says are not theirs but local self defense that cause concern, not only there now but also there is concern about the eastern region where there are more and more conflicts, more and more arrests happening in that region also right along the russian border. back to you. >> tracie, thank you. we're getting word that ukraine decided against boycotting the

winter paralympics in sochi, russia. this is video of the ukrainian olympic team yesterday. the head of ukraine's paralympic committee says the country's athletes will stay and compete in sochi despite russia's move. the decision was made this morning hours ahead of the opening ceremony. >> 6:33 now. getting a look at the weekend forecast, and checking in of course first with these pictures. here is san jose, san francisco, looking beautiful here. >> good sunrise. >> good morning. beautiful colors as you mentioned even in san francisco. i want to take you there and show you and we have a few high, thin clouds. those high, thin clouds, that's the picture all day long. filtered sunshine and it's going to be really warm. at least for this time of year. we're talking about temperatures even in san francisco mid-60s by this afternoon. so really delightful. even in the south bay we expect temperatures to be at least in

the low 70s by this afternoon. and that's where we're going to see some of our warmest conditions, in fact, san jose and the tri-valley that's some of our warmer weather. i want to give you a sneak peek of the weekend. i know you're making plans. in the south bay, 70s across the board from today through sunday. a few more clouds by sunday. our next system makes its approach. the peninsula cooler, upper 60s, 70 by saturday and again cooling into the 60s. san francisco, still warm, upper 60s by tomorrow. with that cloud cover making its return by sunday. in the north bay that's where we find the most cloud cover especially by sunday. but for today and tomorrow, still very nice from the east bay and the tri-valley. but sunday that next storm system starts to make its approach so sunday in the north bay, more cloud cover and then the chance of showers starts to push back in the picture late sunday afternoon and evening. first in the north bay, then as we head through the rest of the area you'll find showers over night so sunday into monday an

overnight rain and it's not a lot. you'll notice as this moves through not going to see a lot farther south, i think this is mainly for the golden gate and north. you'll notice it moves toward tahoe so the sierra may pick up a foot of snow as this moves through. overall enjoy the next few days, 70s on the board, plus the weekend. doesn't get better than that. >> driving could get better but it's not so bad. the bay bridge toll plaza. fridays we sometimes don't see metering lights on. that's the first headline. oakland, san francisco, you have the backup, the metering lights, filling in the toll plaza we had a break, now traffic filling in the lanes again for all drivers. looking to the east shore freeway, down through berkeley seeing headlights under the university avenue overcrossing. this isn't bad, believe me if you don't travel this every day. close to 50, 53, 54 miles per hour through the area. that's a good flow of traffic. look at the maps.

we see the sensors. the yellow area into the upper 50s. that's the slowdown out of richmond. we had a traffic break. it looks like the traffic may have been reinstated now. in the circle area that's cutting boulevard right on interstate 80 where there are reports of a pretty big pothole. crews did arrive. they have to fill that. they may have run off of the roadway again. that means later on in the morning they may have to send a crew when there is lighter flow of traffic. we'll see. i'll let you know if i get that during the morning commute. there is the north bay, no wig problems for speeds but under the a in san rafael. we've give you a live shot. san pedro road, no injuries reported and now no lanes blocked. back to the maps, how traffic flows around the bay, you can pick out your area. a smooth flow, nothing

unexpected. the tri-valley here a slowing for 580 toward the dublin interchange. and 84 through livermore. back to you. >> it's 6:36. still ahead the man known as japan's beethoven maybe an imposter. an apology next. >> we're getting our first look at the creator of bitcoin. "newsweek" says yes, it is but the man in the video says no, not me. nothing to do with. we have both sides. >> live to mountain view and coupons.com, a party going on in there as the company begins to trade its public shares last night. we have not stine a trade yet. 16 bucks is where we start. we'll keep an eye on it coming up.

southern california man who "newsweek" claims is the creator of bitcoin claims he never heard about the currency until the magazine started asking his family about it a couple weeks ago. the 64-year-old says many of the details in "newsweek's" cover story are correct but not that he is the creator. the creator has remained a mystery since its birth in 2009. >> a japanese composer made a public apology since it was revealed he used a ghost writer

more than a decade. once lauded as japan's beethoven he acknowledged he is not completely deaf. during a news conference in tokyo he apologized for the scandal and to anyone who bought his music and went to his concerts. this comes after a tabloid magazine revealed his secret collaborator of 18 years. >> 6:41. coming up an update to breaking news in hayward. >> fire, fire, and the people jump out the window and a baby. >> a toddler thrown from the second story of a burning apartment building. now flames are burning at the building next door. we're live with details coming up. >> a san jose house fire becomes a crime scene. we're going to tell you what arson investigators are looking for and why the bars on the windows may have gotten in the way of an easy escape. >> and this morning waking up to a few clouds in the south bay. lots ever sunshine expected for this weekend. the return of 70s and the return of rain. we're going to break it down coming up.

breaking news with several fires breaking out overnight here in the bay area, on the left you see a house fire in san jose, on the right a carport goes up in flames. next to an apartment in hayward. we'll have live reports on both those fires. let's begin now in hayward where the big flames flared up at a carport next to an apartment building that also burned earlier in the morning. this sending a toddler to the hospital. both fires burned steps away from one another at seventh and c streets not far from the hayward loop. christie joins us live at the scene. we talked to the boy and his mother moments ago. >> reporter: good morning to

you. we did. we heard from the mother of the little boy who was tossed from a second story window. that boy's name is maurice. they did that, the family members, to help him escape. he says he was brave through this whole thing and this morning he's sleepy but otherwise doing pretty good. he is awfully cute. 3-year-old maurice says he wasn't scared at all, even though he was tossed 20 feet down after a fire ripped through his grandmother's apartment here on seventh and c street. his grandpa and cousin all inside the apartment at the time but the flames were moving so fast all three went out the window, maurice first. >> my mom was already out first when my aunt came down to the bottom. my mom was down so by that time i guess she heard my stepdad saying get the baby so she caught him i guess like a hot dog i guess you would say. and then he came down after her.

>> reporter: we're told that the grandmother suffered a broken pelvis. hours later we were covering the first fire, then a fire broke out in the carport around the corner. that woke up another groom group that saw that nine cars in the carport were damage ordinary destroyed. the same group of firefighters had to respond here twice. i did ask the battalion chief if he thought these might be related. he said he didn't think so. this is believed to be an -- a fire that started in the kitchen and the one around the corner they aren't sure. certainly that will be part of the investigation. talked to the mom and she was carrying maurice out and she was going to take him to get some sleep. christie smith, "today in the bay." >> certainly is cute. that is for sure. lucky little boy. >> now let's go live to bob redell at a house fire in san jose. this one's a crime scene. >> reporter: it is right now it is. good morning to you, scott and

peggy. the san jose fire department arson investigator has declared this a crime scene saying it's possibly arson. something suspicious. what that is they won't tell us. there were a man and woman in this house when the fire started before 4:00 this morning who have been seriously burned. the arson investigators did speak to the victims at the hospital, whatever information the investigator got from them led them to say hey, we've got to declare this a crime scene. you have sjpd guarding the scene. this fire started around 3:45 this morning. you see in this cell phone video by a neighbor confined to a back left corner. there was an exterior structure as well, could have been a shed or something, fire department hasn't told us what, but that became fully involved, collapsed and severely damaged the home inside. the fire got so big that the fire department had to call for backup, calling for a second alarm. the bars on the windows,

security bars, and the front door might have slowed the escape for this man and woman. the bars have emergency release latches that let them get out but whatever reason they didn't activate those and escaped through the garage which might have been the longer way out, might have exposed them to more smoke and flame. >> activate the latch. common thing in fires? >> yeah. quite a bit of smoke when we arrived so the victims may have been disoriented, unable to find the latches. there were latches on every bedroom window. so the easiest way out probably the garage door. >> reporter: next door neighbors saw the man and woman running out of the garage door, said the woman was crying, possibly suffering a purn on her arm. not clear where the burns are on the man but again, fire department says they were serious burns, clearly serious enough they had to be taken to the hospital where as i mentioned the arson investigator has spoken with them and

whatever information they gave the arson investigator led the investigator to declare this area a crime scene. reporting live in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right, bob. thank you. let's check your forecast this morning as we give you a live look at san jose and san francisco. isn't that pretty. >> it is. really a golden looking morning there over san francisco. as we start to get ready to head into the weekend. >> it's going to be loverly. 70s, couldn't come at a perfect time. we are tacking more rain in the seven-day forecast. you can find that scrolling at the bottom of the screen. let's show you what we're looking at. that sunshine coming up and yes, it is going to be a beautiful day across the bay area. chilly in the north bay, and the inland valleys, in those interior valleys, a little chilly so grab a jacket, in the 40s, you'll find lots of sunshine, that's going to warm up quickly today. in fact, highs across the board, 60s and 70s, 60s at the coast, san francisco, 66, north bay

valleys, low 70s, same for the east bay and for the south bay. a good mix of low to mid 70s and this kicks off our warming trend as we head through the weekend more sunshine, and warmer temperatures. in fact we're going up a couple degrees for saturday and then we cool off just a bit for a few locations on sunday. but you'll notice the tri-valley the warmest, 73 for tomorrow, 74 for sunday. you find the north bay, 73 for tomorrow. but 67 on sunday. so a good mix of a little -- of everything in fact as we head through sunday night. the reason that the north bay cools is because we're tracking rain. sunday afternoon that's when we start to see the first raindrops reappear at the coast and for the north bay, you'll notice the system, though, it's not going to affect everybody. we may just only see this rain for points like the coast and northward. really from the golden gate bring north. you'll find even in the south bay it's hard to get some of this rain down on the valley floor, but i do think if we get any shower activity sunday into

monday it would be about .1 inch, maybe a quarter inch in the north bay. a quick update on the el nino. climate prediction center has now issued el nino watch as we head through fall and winter of this year. it's because of this warming pool of water that's sitting off the coast of south america. when you get that warming water, that's when the el nino watch goes into effect. and here's the thing about el nino. even if we do get an el nino we could be looking at a dry year. you go back to 1976-77 we had a weak el nino and one of our strongest droughts across the bay area so. we would need a very strong el nino to establish itself and the way that you measure the strength is how warm those temperatures get off the coast. and that's what we'll be watching. in fact, the strongest el ninos, four of six of those we had more rainfall so this is something we need. the strong el nino, the stronger it is the better chance our rain will go as we head to the fall and winter of this year.

so we'll keep our fingers crossed. in the meantime, you may hear more about this. we'll be tracking it. let's track that drive. >> right on. thank you, mr. weather. toward the bay bridge, a toll plaza we had metering lights turned on. i wanted to give a shout out to the full toll plaza. we don't always see that so there you go. backup off the berkeley curve. look at the map, it's a slower drive and developing through berkeley. not the surprise, there is a caltrans crew that did hit the road cutting boulevard in the middle of the freeway in the middle of the commute they had to repair a pothole. they made their way in the last few minutes a. slow drive developing but now we'll start to recover. the rest of your bay looking typical for a friday pattern. we have the south bay, you want to call out northbound 101 and 87. 280 and 85 kicking in off 101. we have bob redell's after this fire. aetna avenue closed. that's a surface street.

mentioned capital expressway and 101, both clear and on and off of the freeway not this problem. it's the freeway itself that shows a slowdown because of the build kicking in. over in the east bay a slower drive for southbound 880 off 238 through hayward and union city. a typical pattern there. this is where christie smith follows the two fires, the second one that kicked in here around c and seventh, that is not affecting your drive to or from the castro valley y, smoother on eighth street as well. that's fine. across the bay moving for the san mateo and the dumbarton bridges. to the peninsula side, palo alto shows a smooth drive northbound, southbound coming into the sun and with the time change on sunday guys, that sunrise slowdown will shift but be prepare forward sunlight at a different time because of that hour change from monday morning. back to you. >> thanks so much. a south bay lawmaker unveiling new legislation in response to a cyber bullying case. connected to a teenager's

suicide. senator jim bell will introduce audrey's law, named after audrey pots, a high school student who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted at a party by three classmates she knew. pictures of the assault were captured on a cell phone and shared, three boys served 30 to 45 days for that crime. bell says the proposed law is aimed at deterring the bullying and sexual assault that led to pots' suicide. the law would make it easier for prosecutors to charge underage suspects as adults and could include potential prison time. >> also happening the martinez girl remembered as a friendly soccer star will be laid to rest. 14-year-old jenna betty was hit and killed by a train in martinez over the witness. she and a friend were on the tracks when a train approached. jenna dropped her cell phone and was lunging toward the tracks to pick it up when she was hit by the train. earlier this week more than

1,000 people showed up at a candlelight memorial for jenna. >> san jose police are calling two men the can't stop won't stop bandits after they robbed 20 stores and markets twine months. >> westbound through the backyards. just went over the backyard fence. >> this is new video taken by the helicopter camera showing the suspects trying to get away after a short chase in willow glen. we also have security camera video during one of the robberies. police say the two men would walk into stores with guns drawn, demanding cash and sometimes firing off warning shots. 25-year-old jesus escobar on the right and 22 angel rodriguez-leaon on the left. they are behind bars. >> investigators are trying to figure out if three men arrested for several robberies at a bingo hall in santa clara are connected to other crimes in the south bay. two of the men arrested wednesday night the third taken into custody yesterday morning. police say the men held up a worker at the aqua mads bingo

hall at gunpoint on wednesday, two weeks ago outside the center the men allegedly pistol whipped an elderly woman and stole her purse. police think they have been staking out the center for some time. the three face assault and robbery charges among other things. >> new details about the menlo park police officer whose salary is paid for by facebook. officer mary ferguson dixon is an eight-year veteran of the force. she will patrol the neighborhood near facebook and also work with schools and businesses to create public safety plans and also conduct emergency drills. she starts april 1 and will work out of the city's substation. >> this morning the city of pleasanton bracing now that safeway is being sold for more than $9 billion. safeway based in pleasanton, the company is the city's second largest employer behind kaiser permanente. there are close to 2600 people working at safeway grocery stores and the company's

headquarters in pleasanton alone. this morning pleasanton's mayor thorn says he was surprised by the announcement and is in the process of setting up meetings with safeway to see what can be done to soft at any blow to the local economy. consumer watchdog groups believe both companies may lay off employees. so far both companies denied stores will close because of the transaction. safeway has a couple of days to try to find a better offer. >> patients really paying off for coupons.com. it's opening up for trade this is morning, there they are here ringing the bell at the new york stock exchange. now this morning lots of tech companies are choosing the nyse over the nasdaq. let's take a live look at the headquarters here in mountain view. we understand that employees had a big party inside bright and early, probably as we speak. coupons.com has been around better than a decade but waited until this week to ipo, the price not at the top of the range but above the price even

its bankers expected. they are going for $16 per share giving an overall central of 1 billion. a long time since we've seen.com in the ipo name. sounds like the old dotcoms. coupons.com does not make a frost company would say it does not make a profit yet. >> lieutenant governor gavin newsom made an announcement on twitter. >> i'm gavin newsom and running for re-election for lieutenant governor. >> he posted that to twitter last night. he was elected in 2010 and served as san francisco's mayor. the bay area native graduated from santa clara university. >> a familiar face dropped the puck at the shark tank. olympic figure skater and san jose's own polina edmunds, so adorable, she did the honors along side thorton and crosby. >> as for the game boy it was a

thriller. the sharks down by a goal in the third. brent burns tied it up with his 16th goal of the season. a few minutes later still tied at 3-3. thorton scored the game winner. >> checking in with anthony slaughter. his eye on the forecast. >> good morning. we're waking up to sunshine this morning. san francisco, no fog to report. a beautiful day if you have the day off, maybe you can enjoy that. we walk the dog, go for a run. sit out and enjoy. it's going to be beautiful. 66 the high. low 70s for our inland valleys and 70s continue all the way through the weekend. enjoy that. there is mike with a check. >> sunshine and yeah, we have that look at that hitting these cars, the san mateo bridge moves smoothly now. map shows you the stretch from 92 over to the bay and the bay shore freeway moving nicely. pretty typical for a friday. your build now for the south

bay. >> thanks, mike. >> let's take a look, that is what's happening "today in the bay." good morning. talking tough. during a tense hour-long phone conversation, president obama warns vladimir putin, stay out of crimea, even as that region's parliament votes to join russia and secede from ukraine. can diplomacy work? bombshell testimony, oscar pistorius' ex-girlfriend, on the stand this morning detailing his history of gun use. and breaking down their relationship. we're live in south africa with the latest from inside the courtroom. story of survival. a mother watches as an avalanche barrels into her backyard