>> it's not due to the weather today but there is a power pole and live wires reported for san jose. we'll let you know how it affects 101. >> a live look along the embarcadero. it's thursday, march 13th, this is "today in the bay." a very good thursday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm peggy bunker. we do begin with breaking news after a suspected drunk driver facing serious charges this morning, police say he plowed into a crowd of people at a popular music festival in texas. two people were killed, more than two dozen hurt. bob redell joins us in studio with the latest on this deadly crash. bob. >> good morning to you. police in austin say the driver faces not charges of vehicular manslaughter but capital murder. two charges of that. a witness videotaped the scene

moments after the drunk driver drove through a crowd of people. you can see people in this shot here hunched over the injured trying to help them, in one instance performing chest compressions on an individual trying to bring that person back to life. police say just prior to this they tried to pull this driver over for what was a traffic violation. instead he sped off down a one way, turned on red river street which had been shut down for the festival. it was crowded with people leaving. he plowed through knocking people down like bowling pins according to one witness. the two killed were a man and woman, the driver hit a cab, came to a symptom, tried to run away according to police but they tased him and took him into custody. >> cannot stop a person who decides that rather than face potential drunk driver charges decides to flee at a high rate of speed, go around a uniformed

officer forcing him to run out of the way, then at a high rate of speed total disregard for human life. that's why we will be charging direct filing two counts of capital murder on this individual. >> they will also file 23 counts of aggravated assault for the 23 people he hit, five of them critically hurt. >> terrible news there. thank you so much. >> it is 5:02. the hoses are back on a construction site in mission bay neighborhood. christie smith joins us live near what used to be a 9-story structure. how is it looking this morning? >> good morning. i spoke with one battalion chief who tells me up until about an hour ago they were actually spraying water on this. it got calm and then in the last couple minutes we noticed that a fireman was back up on one of the ladders this morning, so what they say is that hot spots continue to flare up so they have three engine companies out

here. ladder trucks, no demolition going on at this hour but this building is now knocked down to two stories. after demolition crews worked to push the burning building basically into itself to prevent collapse on the street after that mission bay fire tore through it on tuesday. huge fire. the chronicle now reporting that during that five-alarm fire firefighters had to tap into the city's emergency backup water supply because the regular hydrants and mains they might use during a fire couldn't provide enough pressure for the 90 engines and trucks that responded to the scene. what's left still very hot. >> the material gets buried and no matter how much water we put on top we can't get like our roof fell in. it's going to smolder away. >> reporter: neighbors were allowed to spend the night while the fire burned.

it was too dangerous. last night some of them got word they could actually return, very relieved to hear that. investigators are still looking at pinpointing a cause. of course one of the things that's been discussed is welding as a possible cause but at this point they say you can just look at it and see the reason it's too danger tuesday enter the building. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> san jose police are looking through hours of surveillance video in hopes of finding the men accused of kidnapping a woman at gunpoint while she was responding to abad on craigslist. this happened in the parking lot of a target store in san jose. the woman does want to remain anonymous. she agreed to meet person selling iphones on craiglist. she says two men pulled out a gun, kitt kidnapped her and took her to a bank to withdraw cash. they took her back to target, made her call a friend to bring

money. the friend showed up and gave the then thousands of dollars. >> police need your help finding a hit and run driver. the suspect slammed into a motorcyclist tuesday afternoon on stone ridge drive. the 45-year-old victim expected to survive. the suspect with a black pickup and tinted rear window. it also had a fiberglass bed cover. >> good morning to you. >> good morning. we saw a beautiful day across the bay yesterday, in fact, same thing today. lots of sunshine and temperatures similar to where we were yesterday. you'll notice 40s and 50s, outside in the south bay, 50 degrees. 71 by 1:00 so. a warm day. not only for the valleys but san francisco. yesterday airport managed to get up to 73, i think downtown we'll be at 71 and even at the

airports 73 today. so similar to yesterday. you can see the east bay cam shaking around. pollen levels maxed out. everything really in full bloom because of all of the rain a couple weeks ago. from no rain, it will be sunny all day long. 76 in los gatos, san mateo at 72, palo alto 76. outer richmond at 70 degrees, even embarcadero at 72. north bay, santa rosa, napa 78. oakland 76, the tri-valley mid 70s there. the other thing i want to leave with you as we were talking about the potential for 80s this weekend, perfect beach weather to talk about. we'll explain coming up in a bit. how are the roads? >> you know, we're looking pretty good. it's very early. this is the stretch of 101 north of 680. we see the on ramp, folks with the merng as well as one of the

surface streets on ramp. we'll look at the map. north of that camera as you get on the freeway at mckee southbound 101 at mckee road reports of the power pole knocked down. chp arrived but doing a shift change so we're not able to get an update. we'll find out whether those are an issue on the side of the road. so far we haven't heard anything about that. smooth through the rest of the bay. and on the bridges. a nice green drive with our speeds in the upper 50s, close to 60 and above. the dublin area looks nice for a live shot. there is 580 westbound with headlights, picking up the volume but not an issue ot of the altamont pass. back to you. >> thank you so much. new developments on that missing malaysian plane. reports that the boeing 777 kept

flying for hours. chase cain joins us with what authorities are saying about this blockbuster report. this is incredible information. it looks like we might not have chase. we'll get back to him and an update coming up shortly. >> new details on a deadly explosion and collapse in new york city. new bodies were discovered. we'll have the latest details. >> the supreme court responds to the nra's request for emergency action, this in response to sunnyvale's strict new gun rules.

at 5:10 now, back to the new developments on the missing malaysian plane. we're getting new reports about the boeing 777. chase cain has been following from the newsroom. what is the latest? >> there are reports from "the wall street journal" both boeing and rolls-royce continued to receive information for four hours after it went missing and the plane continued to fly for four hours but malaysian authorities are refuting those reports. check out this map. we're talking about a 2200 nautical mile radius that the plane could have kept flying, that means it could have made it to places far away as beijing or even australia. but again malaysian authorities call those inaccurate. chinese media release a satellite image of what they say could be the plane's debris in the water. so far no one has been able to actually find that and verify if it was in fact part of the plane

but that being released from the chinese media and malaysian authorities not happy about that. the search continues for this plane nearing six days since it went missing. china, vietnam, malaysia and the united states are all involved in the search. while they look for pieces of the plane there are counter terrorism investigators also trying to figure out if something may have been -- if terrorism may have been involved in what happened f. someone may have intentionally turned off the tracking systems, then tried to divert the plane elsewhere. there are just too many questions and too few answers. malaysian authorities did hold a press conference to refute a lot of the information that's out there. >> i would like to respond to these reports suggesting that the aircraft may have continued flying for some time after the last contact. airlines will confirm those reports are inaccurate. the last transmission from the aircraft was at 0107 which indicates that everything was

normal. >> reporter: again, it is boeing and rolls-royce t manufacturer of the engines, who say they continued to receive reports about every 30 minutes or so from the plane and the engine, sort of a thing they have with all of their planes to make sure they are functioning properly. officially no one from the two companies is commenting on the records so seems that there could be still a lot more to come. >> the mystery around this plane incredible. thank you so much. >> it's 5:13. new details, firefighters in new york say a seventh person has been found dead following an explosion that flattened two new york city apartment buildings. more than 60 people were hurt, about five unaccounted for at this hour. investigators say the explosion was triggered by a gas leak yesterday morning in east harlem. it shattered window as block away, cast a plume of smoke and sent people running in the street. the blast happened about 15 minutes after someone reported smelling gas in the area.

>> president obama plans to announce big changes to overtime rules to give workers more money for extra time on the job. the rules are aimed at workers designated as supervisors but exempt from overtime pay because they get a salary, with more than $455 per week. the changes will be announced today, they would take effect next year. jc penney making another change. bertha coombs is live with what you'll be seeing on store shelves. good morning. >> good morning, peggy. jc penney trying to continue to power through that turnaround and today they face a big test. the retailer relaunching the home goods section in stores, bringing back many of the affordable brands that former ceo ron johnson dichd as he tried to bring in trendier items. so they are hoping that the win back shoppers by offering more lower priced brands, more floor space for basics like towels and

sheets. the futures are pointing to a higher start, a mixed section on wednesday t nasdaq actually closed higher after being down for three days in a row but for the dow was a first three-day losing streak since late january. this morning numbers on the weekly unemployment filings, also retail sales, the dow starts 16,340, the nasdaq at 4323 after closing up 16. back to you guys. >> thanks so much. >> you may not be able to catch a cold from facebook but you can catch a mood. a new study found emotion spread easily on line. the negative post led to about one more negative post among friends. a positive post led to close to two more by friends. so keep it positive. >> vacation pictures, leads to vacation envy.

>> i try to hold became a little. doing something fun. you see the beach pictures and you want to be there. >> i know. like today. or tomorrow. this weekend. it's going to be awesome. we're in the 60s this time of year. 70s and 80s spectacular. that will leave us 10 to 20 degrees above where we should be. let's start with what we're looking at. sunny skies expected later on, so clear conditions now, no fog to report. our winds, offshore so that's a warming blend. that will be the case all day long. today we're talking highs that are going to be i would say about 10 degrees above where we should be for this time of year. in fact, south bay, east bay and north bay valleys all going to get back to 78 degrees, even san francisco today. 71 degrees which is about 5 degrees above where we should be this time of year. today kicks off the warming trend. today, 78, tomorrow 81 and look what happens saturday and sunday. not only is the south bay

talking about mid 80s. we're going to look at temperatures above average for this time of year so take advantage of the warm weather. it couldn't come at a better time. the weekend looks good to hit some of the area beaches. conter ray, santa cruz at 80 and even warmer for sunday. so surf's up, dude. let's talk where we're headed. it's going to be nice through monday and tuesday. here comes a weak system. it's going to hug the coast toward tuesday night and wednesday, you'll notice how it falls apart so we're not going to see a lot of action. the warm weather will be the headlines through the next few days. let's talk about that drive. >> i'm trusting that wasn't you surfing. if that was i hope it was pointed out. we'll see it again. looking here toward the area around the bay. the freeways will be smooth. nothing unexpected for this hour. we're looking here, though, this issue could be a factor for your on ramp, mckee road to

southbound 101. a vehicle hit the power pole, it's on the shoulder. live wires are reported initially. making a shift change, we'll get more communication from them so. far we will urge to you watch out. that truck theft scene. the wires are still there. the rest of the south bay a pretty good drive. north 87 showing a slowdown. a little slower now, no incidents, no big volume so we'll track that. we'll move to the tri-valley. travel toward the dublin interchange moves smoothly. westbound 580 out of the altamont pass. by the time you get in the heart of livermore you're back up in the upper 50s and at the speed limit. get you more speeds, east bay looking good for northbound 880 at the top. 580 through oakland the same and south 880 toward the san mateo bridge. on the foster city size.

an easy flow and the camera much steadier. no wind advisories or for portions of the bay right now. things are moving across the bay. we're just starting to see a little more traffic. no delays down the east shore freeway. we're looking at 101 southbound. starting to build the volume. all the way down to the golden gate bridge. back to you. >> thanks, mike. a follow-up now to a man wanted in connection with three bombings in emeryville in pleasanton. the fbi received intelligence that daniel san diego is on the big island. he was the first person on the most wanted terrorist list in the 2003 bombing. the supreme court denied the nra's request to block large capacity magazines. the ban and rules requiring gun shots register and track will

stand. >> 70% of people behind bars for drug charges could have sentences slashed. eric holder will endorse the sentencing commission to shorten sentences for certain offenses. they hope the move will ease prison crowding saying most drug offenders are not a safety threat. the commission could vote on this next month. >> the world cup is pulled into the crisis in ukraine. there was a letter from russian politicians demanding that the team be tossed from the world cup, that the military numerous human rights violation revealed by edward snowden that means a similar gesture was made by two u.s. senators asking them to ban russia from taking part in the world cup because of the increased troops in crimea. >> google's program gives you a view of the grand canyon you may have never seen before.

good morning to you. 5:23. we look at the lights out there waiting for sunset or sunrise, rather. >> you know you may not be brave enough to raft down the colorado river but google is giving you an idea what that looks like. >> you get to see what it's like rafting down the river taking in the views of the grand canyon national park. cool. the project is in partnership with the environmental group american rivers. google hopes the river view will inspire people to help preview one of the greatest landmarks. >> neat to see that. in case you missed it last night on jimmy fallon he looked at the yahoo! answers message board and puts them to music. take a listen.

♪ what percentage of water is celery ♪ ♪ water is exactly zero percent celery ♪ >> so true. >> yes. it is. it's so very true. >> here's another doozie for you. ♪ how much is a $5 foot-long at subway ♪ ♪ $20 don't let the title deceive you. multiply 5 and 4 and you get $20 ♪ >> beautiful. i love those answers there. that was a trick question. $5 foot long. goodness. >> time for lunch, maybe take it outdoors. i think the forecast is going to be beautiful. >> yes, i'll spare you the

singing. not that good before 7:00. but after that, we're all good. we're talking sunshine, you know what t sun does come up. we'll see sun later on this afternoon, temperatures in the 70s including san francisco 71 degrees, east bay north bay and south bay valleys looking very warm for this time of year. the average, 67, we're going to blow that out of the park talking about inland valleys close to 80 degrees. how does that sound? mike? >> great, anthony. outstanding i should say and not like we're just getting into spring. on the peninsula i want to show you the extreme shot we had. i saw flashing lights near the bottom past that overpass. looks like the flashing lights have left. so all of my investigation, we'll hook at the maps for naught. the traffic approaching the area 101 north of 84 we saw flashing lights on the shoulder. nothing in the chp report. so we'll take you to oakland where eastbound 580 at keller, that's off highway 13 and down

through the oakland hills, we had reports of two couches at the on ramp there. may be a factor for your drive. we don't want you to hit either one. there will be activity at least for the short-term. the freeways around the bay and in the south bay we didn't have couches but a power pole to 101. everyting is on the shoulder f. there are power lines there, right now no problem on 101. >> 5:26. police release a sketch of the man they say groped two young girls. >> plus, now that it's off season, 49ers all-pro's aldon smith legal problems getting sorted out. >> let's take a live look outside. beautiful bay bridge glistening in its greatness. really great forecast coming up. above average temperatures across the bay area.

we'll check with anthony.

we continue to watch breaking news, two people dead, dozens of others injured after a suspected drunk driver crashes into a crowd. >> police issuing a warning for parents after a south bay high school student overdoses on a new drug. >> and temperatures in the south bay expected to climb near 80 today approaching 90 as we head toward sunday. details on a toasty weekend coming up. >> sounds pretty nice. but we have reports of two couches on the freeway. that's not good. we'll talk about that, the changes, sounds like my college apartment. iwill explain. >> take a look at this clear view of the south bay this morning. weight for the sun's arrival on this thursday, march 13th, this is "today in the bay."

good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we have an update to breaking news, several people in critical condition this morning after suspected drunk driver plowed into a crowd at a popular music festival in texas. two were killed before officers used a stun gun to stop the suspect. bob joins us with the latest. >> good morning. the two people a man and woman are dead, 22 people hurt, five of them in critical condition. this was the scene moments after it happened. 12:30 local time in austin seen through the lens of an eye witness. you can see them lying on the street as others try to help. at least one instance performing cpr. police in austin say moments before this they tried to pull over this driver, he sped away, heading the wrong direction down a one-way road then turned on red river street which had been blocked off for the festival,

busted through and plowed into the crowd of people leaving a concert, a club. he struck several of them including that man and woman who happened to be on a moped, both died at the scene. >> i seen two bodies up in the air, i see one on the windshield, and one on the grille of the car and i looked at them from that point on and that point on he never stopped. kept hitting bodies, you could see them flying like bowling ball pins. >> the driver struck a cab, crashed, tried to run but police caught up with him, they shocked him with a taser and placed him under arrest. they do believe he had been drinking. he faces two charges, not of vehicular manslaughter but capital murder along with 23 counts of aggravated assault. >> you know, so many from the bay area go to south by southwest, do they have any i.d. on some of the injuries? >> not on the injured, not on

the man and woman and not on the suspected drunk driver. we can learn more later, there is a news conference for 8:30 our time. >> thanks, bob. >> to incredible developments in the search for the missing malaysian plane. the country's defense minister is denying a new report saying that engine data from the jet shows they may have kept flying for hours after its last communication. chase has been following this story. this new report adds to the mystery saying this plane could have been going on for some time. >> it is a mystery because one theory is the plane crashed and has not been able to have been found. but then of course the other is that terrorism may be involved. this latest report raises those suspicions. both boeing and rolls-royce t manufacturer of the engine, continued to receive information from the plane for about four hours after the plane reportedly went missing that means it could

have flown additional 2200 nautical miles possibly reaching beijing, even australia so. now the search area could be significant. chinese media released images just yesterday that they supposedly took on sunday showing what they believe to be debris from the plane floating in the water, vietnam says they searched that area and found nothing but possibly they may search again given these pictures. the search does continue and a wide area with vietnam, china,a malaysia, involved in the search. terrorism officials looking into the possibility that maybe someone may have been on board who turned off the communication equipment and allowed the plane to fly on for several hours somewhere else and may be on the ground. also reports saying that malaysia police searched the home of one of the pilots. the transport minister denied

that. >> reports suggesting that the malaysian police searched the home of the crew are not true. police have issued a statement to that effect. >> reporter: the chinese and vietnamese officials sort of upset with the way militia has been handling the search, they are refuting the reports that the plane may have flown some four hours before it went missing. both boeing and rolls-royce kept getting those updates and showed that the plane was still flying. we'll stay on top of this and see what comes of this report. >> a plane of that size to go off the page. thanks for the latest. >> oakland police added extra patrols in hopes of catching the man who inappropriately touched two young girls at separate elementary schools, this is a look of the man.

6 feet tall with a rash or birth mark. those happened on different days. the man got into a program, at world academy on friday, and touched a 7-year-old girl. police think the same man grabbed and touched a girl at think college now elementary school a few weeks earlier. >> police issue a warning after a high school student in mountain view overdosed on a powerful new drug. the high school district sent e-mails to parents about a student who was found unconscious on the stevens creek trail monday. police say he had taken a drug called d.o.c., a synthetic drug that mimics am fete mins and lsd, they hope the incident leads to an honest discussion about drugs. >> topics like this have come up and we're pretty open about that conversation. >> i talked to my grandson and he was telling me how dangerous

it is. >> the e-mails from my daughter and to my husband and we're going to talk about that. >> the student who overdosed is recovering and is currently in stable condition. >> lawyers for aldon smith will be in court but it is unlikely the 49ers defensive star will make an appearance. the judge is expected to seat date for smith's preliminary hearing. he faces weapons charges after police found three illegal assault rifles. smith was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. the judge could set a date for that charge today. >> at 5:36, checking in with meteorologist anthony slaughter. i hear we're getting toasty. >> yes. in time for the weekend. talking about with beach weather. you wouldn't know that if we can't get the rain we might as well get 70s and 80s. what you can see from our live

camera. no fog to report of this morning and temperatures are going to warm even by noon into the 60s, by this afternoon san francisco one of the only places that will still be in the upper 60s. but everywhere else we're talking about a good mix of 70s. san francisco you'll get at 71 for a bit, then back in the 60s. everywhere else a long stretch of 70s. topping out near 80 degrees, even the try valley and toward the north bay. the other thing to keep in mind, pollen levels off the chart. today and will all week so keep that in mind. even myself not a huge allergy sufferer but still dealing with it this week. keep that in mind. the other thing that's good to see the sunshine and temperatures in the 70s and 80s for places like gilroy at 80, 77 san jose, san mateo at 72, palo alto 76 degrees, the outer richmond in 70, embarcadero at

72 degrees. sausalito at 70 and the farther away from the water you get that's where we see the warmer weather, santa rosa at 77, even the tri-valley, livermore at 76 degrees. so yes, picture perfect weather in time for the weekend. and wouldn't you know work talking about even warmer conditions for saturday and sunday. really a perfect weekend to enjoy some of the beach weather. something we haven't been able to do. with winter, we've been in, now as we head into spring some warm weather. you know what, spring hasn't officially started. that doesn't start until the 20th of this month. let's talk to mike. >> spring temperatures. looking here toward 880 northbound. the oakland area approaching the coliseum. you look at the screen, the southbound side going away, counter commute lighter there. we're talking about the maps, you see both directions are green at the limit. slowing north of the coliseum. around 16 miles per hour.

it's eastbound 580 off the freeway we had reports of two couches in the road. sounds like someone busted them apart. also another issue, reports of a pile of clothes, that sounds like my college apartment. two couches and a pile of clothes. we'll show you the bay bridge toll plaza where the backup just starting to form in the cash lanes, a few minutes it will build over the next 20. back to you. >> missing a couch or a pile of clothes, yes. >> all you need are some shoes. 5:39. u.s. lawmakers prepare to step in as tensions rise over the situation in ukraine. we'll have a live update from washington. >> also 36 hours later crews still outside that massive building fire in san francisco, this time tearing it all down.

this morning russian troops continue to patrol ukraine's southern peninsula as u.s. lawmakers travel to kiev, we're also days away from a crucial vote to determine if crimea will join russia. tracie potts is live on capitol hill with the latest efforts to find a peaceful solution. if they can. good morning to you. >> reporter: if they can, good morning, peggy. that is one question that we don't have the answer to this morning because the u.s. and other european nations are saying that they will not recognize nice whatever the outcome of the seat. the ukrainian prime minister is here in the u.s. after meeting with president obama after making his case on capitol hill he heads to the united nations, where he will again try to urge other countries to essentially help get russia out of his back yard. here on capitol hill we learned that eight lawmakers led by senator john mccain of arizona

are headed to kiev today, they want to try strengthen ties between congress and the new government, congress holds the purse strings to a billion-dollar loan guarantee to ukraine, something that lawmakers have yet to be able to finalize. there are differences on capitol hill. meantime, on the other side of the ocean, russia is still sending troops into the region just this morning russian president putin said that russia has not caused the problems in ukraine. >> pretty amazing. thank you so much, tracie. >> 5:43. fire crews remain on the scene of the construction site fire at the mission bay neighborhood looking for flare-ups. christie smith joins us live from the scene. you talked to a firefighter? >> reporter: yes, good morning, spoke with the battalion chief. they did see some small flare-ups but overall things looking pretty good. they have three engine companies

keeping an eye on it from the ladder trucks. you can see one of the firefighters standing way up there with a bird's-eye view. the demolition and cleanup on hold. the battalion chief has called when they might be coming up but he thinks at daybreak after the massive fire on tuesday, demolition crews worked on pushing the building into itself to prevent collapse into the street. the battalion chief says the walls they were most concerned with on the north and south side have been pushed in. so that's a relief. here is michael thompson this morning. >> assuming the next stage is going to be they are going to knock down more parts of the wall which is going to expose more, give us more access so what we're doing is waiting for the sun to come up. construction crew to come back. we have three ladder pipes and

right now people are basically sending somebody up to the top about every 15 or 20 minutes. if they see hot spots they are going to knock it out. >> no one in the apartment were allowed to spend the night while the fire raged on. yesterday they got word they could return. the chronicle reports that crews happened with the backup water supply because the regular system couldn't provide enough for the trucks and engines on scene. demand very low right now, they are trying to conserve water. the chief says they are looking for a cause but focusing as it has been reported on welding. they say it's too unstable to get inside. i wanted to show you they are saying at the highest point here there are about four stories left down to two at the lowest point so quite a bit of work, a lot of demolition work to be done. christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, christie. as you well know it's been about

36 hours since the fire started. the crews are still there walking to the battalion chief. about half of the 300 firefighters were needed to battle the flames along with a high pressure water system. fourth between channel and mission bay north still close and there is no word when it will rep. checking in with anthony slaughter here to talk about some balmy temperatures headed our direction. and also before we do that talking about tourist who is want to head to alcatraz. we'll find out. they want to see the rock, however, lately the weather has forced the national park service to close alcatraz for the third time since 2006. rough waters and high winds made it difficult to land ferries. >> some of the winds, people say they witness heard of winds like that.

>> i was in a plane yesterday. it was hair raising. >> all that is, will be moving out. you get the tight pressure gradient. nothing that unusual. the unusual thing is area of high pressure doesn't build until the end of this month so we're getting it sooner, and the high pressure actually is responsible for some warm weather like we saw yesterday. you get those strong northerly winds like we're seeing this morning. and that's what you end up with. the result very warm weather like what we saw yesterday. this morning the offshore winds continue. they have calmed down because it's established itself. and winds started to calm down. because of high pressure and the northerly winds it's going to be warm. 71 in san francisco. 78 in the east bay, also 78 for the north bay valley. same for the south bay. tomorrow, temperatures go up a

little bit from where they will be today. and even more for saturday and sunday. looks like by sunday we'll have peak warming, 86 in the south bay. east bay and the north bay as well. cooler at the coast still really unusual. that's going to continue through sunday. another system starting to approach the coastline will bring more clouds and a chance for showers toward tuesday night into wednesday. you can see how the system approaches. we're not going for a huge amount of rain but a little bit of raindrops is good news. you know what, if you can't get the rain, get the 70s and 80s for beach weather. let's talk to mike. >> feast or famine in weather. it's either great or horrible according to the way people talk to me about traffic. this is a smooth flow. westbound 580 through dublin.

not having a problem here. the maps show you it is slowing approaching the dublin interchange. a little bit more of slowdown than we see. we'll watch this pattern, it should sort itself out. we should see slowing for 680 over the next half hour as most make the merge. also others head over to castro valley which is not a problem right now. 24 moves out of walnut creek, here the east shore freeway. that's moving fine. looking at slowing approaching san pablo, typical off highway 4. westbound 80 reports one lane blocked by a stalled vehicle. hopefully that will move quickly. we see slowing developing as the traffic builds and the incident adds. here's the south bay. i'll get awe hook at the bay

bridge. we have the cash lanes building but no fast track problems. no problems with the fast track and no metering lights, back to the map. we'll wend a look to the south bay and looking at the rest of the bay. doing fine. >> it's 5:50. oscar pistorius wretched loudly, the second time the olympian got sick in court. lawyers were flashing through digital pictures when pictures of reeva steenkamp were displayed. his lawyers showed a picture of the blood stained prosthetic legs and socks in an effort to show that he was wearing them when he beat down the door to get his girlfriend. the prosecution shows where they prove he was not wearing his prosthetics. a cord official said that the trial does not wrap up by april 4 they will take a 10-day break.

>> a 4.4 earthquake hit central california. at the center south of lone pine near sequoia national forest. it was last night so. far no wefrd injuries or damage to tell you about. >> prince surprises a concert. >> raj mathai sitting down with barry bonds. why the home run team says he's a changed gone. man.

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2001, three years earlier than the company previously disclosed. the issue has been link 250d a dozen deaths. and documents released last night gm says it only recently discovered a record of the 2001 incident. gm redesigned ignition switches on newer vehicles but did not replace the older one saying it would cost too much. >> he is one of the most polarizing figures in the history of american sports and tonight we have the exclusive interview. barry bonds sits down with our own raj mathai. a rare one-on-one conversation. bonds says he felt unfairly targeted. he is the all-time home run king whose career came to a sudden end in 2007. he has slimmed down and gone through a second divorce and about to celebrate his 50th birthday. he says he is a changed man. >> not a baseball question, what have you learned about yourself in the last couple years that stands out? >> that i had two personalities.

i needed that one guy to play, that was the character that i needed that was over here zblcht who was there, the crazy? >> he's still crazy. just toned it down some. but he can come out once in a while if he has to. it's only in competitive things. >> the full interview tonight here on nbc bay area. he also tells raj about his biggest regret and why he moved back to the bay area from l.a. >> prince is performing in the east bay this weekend. the superstar announce head will play at the fox theater in oakland on saturday night. we checked ticket master, we're not going, the tickets are gone. there may be a silver lining. last night another, want another, hash tag stay tuned. maybe there is hope. prince did a two-night stint at a san francisco venue so certainly likes the bay area and the bay area likes prince. >> he is so good in concert. that's great if he were to add a

second show. that's my generation, anthony as we talk about old purple rain here and there. >> come on, how old do you think i am? purple rain. i know that song. i grew up with that. i got so much flack for looking young. let's talk about what we expect for the forecast for today. you notice palo alto is going to get in the 70s. 71 by noon, back to 76 as we head thord afternoon, even the south bay. all in the mid to upper 70s. san francisco topping out near 71 degrees today so not a bad day. no purple rain, though, on the radar, mike. how are the roads. >> so folks know it's 83. people don't know that. he looks great. like our temperatures, very high 70s. metering lights we're looking at green all across those metering lights are on but not operating as far as the red and green. should have that soon. we're looking at the rest of the bay, a smooth drive. we'll zoom into the area across

the bay, a slower drive up the incline. they turn the metering lights on around 6:00. we have west 80, the upper east shore freeway. i'll send it back to you. >> thank you so much, mike. 5:57. we continue to follow breaking news, a police chase ends with a driver plowing into a crowd of people. we'll have the latest. >> we're getting new details a colorado state trooper hit during that high-speed chase involving an amber alert suspect. >> new developments after an explosion and building collapse. what crews have discovered.

you could see flying like bowling ball pins. >> dozens of people plowed down as an out-of-control driver

slams through barricades. >> four more bodies pulled from the wreckage after an explosion flattens two buildings. concerns about a strong smell of gas in the area may have gone unnoticed days before the blast. >> plus, did a missing malaysian airlines jet keep flying four hours after it lost contact? we have new theories as the mystery deepens. >> after a very warm, windy day yesterday temperatures expected to top that of what we saw yesterday and even warmer as we head into the weekend. >> still warm but not so windy for your drive across the bay but now getting to the toll plaza we have an issue for the east shore freeway. we'll tell you coming up. >> taking a live look outside, let's take to you embarcadero where the ferries will be bringing the commuters to work. it's thursday, march 13, and this is "today in the bay." a veryoo