airport and a 49er in handcuffs. new details about aldon smith's arrest at l.a.x. and the new span of the bay bridge not even a year old and it's already rusting. and we have a mostly clear start in san jose. cloudy, meanwhile, in san francisco. making a big impacten oyour weather this week. we'll tell you who will get what in your full forecast. and traffic starting to pick up in the usual spots. the good news, we don't have any major accidents to report as you get out the door, just the typical slowing. we'll get you up to speed with what's happening on the area roadways. taking a live look outside on this monday, april 14th. what a beautiful picture over san jose. should be a nice start to your day here. this is "today in the bay." well, good morning to you, thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker.

>> i'm laura garcia-cannon. breaking news in redwood city. collecting evidence at the scene of a deadly accident overnight. a man was hit and killed in middlefield road and pacific avenue just before 2:00 this morning. it's not far from fair oaks elementary school. the driver stayed that scene and is said to be cooperating with police. also new this morning, a fremont family is safe after this. take a look at this huge early morning fire. flames there destroying a garage and also killing the family's two small dogs. right now fire crews are still at the home on woodridge place not too far. two cars were also destroyed in the fire. you look live right now, you can see the scene very much still active. smoke there is still lingering in the air and no word yet on a cause. firefighters are keeping a close eye looking for any flare ups at the gutted remains of "today in the bay" old tv studios. it was engulfed in flames yesterday. investigators are still looking

for the cause. the building on park avenue near downtown san jose has been abandoned but firefighters say homeless people were actually living inside. "today in the bay" bob redell at the scene where he just spoke to a man who claimed he lived inside along with dozens of others. >> yes, laura, probably 28 people who lived inside our old tv studios. remember this building was abandened, but clearly wasn't vacant. they clearly made themselves quite at home based on what the fire department said they found inside. they found motorcycle, barbecue grill and sound like they just had a really elaborate setup. the arson investigator is expected to come out here this morning and waiting for the sun to come up to get a good look inside. firefighter we spoke to on the scene this morning making sure the hot spots don't flare back up says this appears suspicious just based on the fact that you had so many people living inside and they were here at the time when this fire started yesterday

afternoon around 3:00. that man who also lived here, he believes it was started by somebody who had a grudge against the people who lived here. when it caught fire yesterday afternoon, again, around 3:00. you can see how large it was. and it required a lot of backup to fight. fire department ended up calling for a fifth alarm and they needed so much water, they had to actually call the water company up to increase the pressure. >> there was one part where it just got, this pressure that came out of the building and just turned into this little tornado and it was rushing towards everyone that was standing on the block and just moved them out because the debris was so sharp. like cutting you. >> this fire was very hot. we can feel the radiating heat from across the street. power lines burning and phone lines were burning and a lot going on in the first 10 or 15 minutes of this fire. >> people were inside the old studios here when the fire started around 3:00 yesterday afternoon and based on

interviews, the fire department does believe everyone escaped okay. it took about 100 firefighters just under two hours to get this under control, around 5:00 last night. and, as i mentioned, they're still out here this morning. you're looking at the scarred remains of this very old building and the fire department's been out here this morning to make sure any areas inside are hot, smoky and just to make sure those areas don't turn to flame. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell. >> look at the shell of the building that is left and realizing, okay, that's where our desk was and that's where we sat, that's the lunchroom. we spent many years in that building. >> yeah, you and i, obviously, spent about four or five years in this building before we moved to our current studio. and you think aboutthe history and you talk to people who were there since the '60s when they had the "record hop" here which was san jose's version of

"american band stand" and you look at the newscast developed overtime. we said good-bye to it about ten years ago, but you never want to see it go in this fashion. >> a lot of people started their career there's and internships and a lot of memories for a lot of people in the bay area. thanks a lot, bob thnchths studio, as we mentioned was on bay area and kntv home for nearly 50 years from 1955 until 2004. these are some pictures that our producers dug up. i came to the bay area, back to the bay area, i should say, in 2000 at kntv as a morning anchor at that park avenue studio. it was a time when we still had camera crews behind our cameras and we have robotic cameras now and it is so interesting to look back. that's scott mcgrew and brent is right next to me and rob mayeda is still here. we spent a lot of time in that building. much smaller, but intimate.

a lot of the same crew remains. >> i love these pictures of you and brent. current husband. that's very cool. you have to go to our website and check out more pictures. check out the spotlight. aldon smith was arrested for the fourth time. now, this time, he is accused of making a false bomb threat at l.a.x. "today in the bay" christie smith is live with more on what they're saying. this is just one of a string in incidents for the 49ers. >> aldon smith may have been drinking prior to this incident but not the drinking or confrontation with police that landed him in jail, but the charge of making a false bomb threat. that's what he got arrested for. he is out on bail this morning, though. he was arrested in front of dozens of people at l.a.x.

yesterday afternoon. and tmz sports was the first to post a video. police taking the 49ers linebacker into custody. >> police are saying that smith for a second security screening and claimed to have a bomb. on the tape, though, smith apparently says he did nothing wrong. >> i could hear him saying bomb. he was taking money out of his pocket and throwing it on the ground and telling everybody that he was going to be all right. he was going to be all right. >> you would think he would get his act together after getting caught a couple times already. after that dui crash in san jose. you would think he would step up and get it and he's young and just not learning. >> now, the 49ers gm released a statement that reads, we are disappointed, but we are learning of the incident today involving aldon smith. this is a pending legal matter. we are still gathering the pertinent facts and we will have

no further comment. this is, i think you mentioned earlier, the fourth criminal case against smith in just over two years. it was last september he was arrested on suspicion of dui. he is facing three felony counts of illegal weapons possession in another case. smith now has a pending legal court date in l.a. and then two pending court dates here in santa clara county. reporting live in santa clara, christie smith. >> all right, christie. >> just one in a string of incidents. smith's teammates are also facing legal trouble in recent weeks all during the off season per hoop colin kaepernick has been linked to an ongoing police investigation in miami. also cornerback chris culliver pleading not guilty. now, we will have more details about all three of the separate investigations coming up in our next half hour. right now 6:08 on a monday morning. that means it's time to take a live look outside and get our day started. can you make it out? no, a lot of thick fog out

there. thick clouds overlooking san francisco this morning. the warmest day of the week is starting out as kind of a cool one. christina has a look at our forecast. >> hey, good morning to you. >> like pea soup out there. look at the difference. our microclimates always start to make a big impact at this time of year. you'll see here, nice and clear in the south bay. meanwhile, plenty of low clouds over the san francisco bay and at the immediate coast. san francisco this morning at 53 degrees and, yes, it's going it be a nice day out there at 69 degrees. that's your forecasted high and once that sun drops off, temperatures will drop quickly tonight. overall, nice out there if you can get out there for today. warmest day of the week. patchy, low clouds little bit of coastal fog and mostly sunny by 10:30 and by lunchtime warm you up into the 70s especially into your inland valleys and really warm day shaping up there. sea breeze strengthens, though, as we head into this evening. your sun will set at about 7:43. as our days getting longer, our

temperatures get warmer. 81 degrees in the south bay for today. 10 to 15 degrees above average. 79 degrees for the peninsula and 69 degrees and nice, warm day in san francisco. a nice sea breeze today, as well. 75 degrees for the east bay and 81 degrees out there in the north bay. so, as we head throughout tonight, we have a total eclipse on the way. i'm going to show you where you're going it get the best view of this coming up in my next report. let's say good morning to anthony slaughter. >> things are really slow right now, especially at the bay bridge approach. metering lights turned on and stackp through the maze and coming through richmond and also past the coliseum on 880. you can see that on our maps. lots of green, though, and a few yellow spots that shows a few spots that are starting to slow, again, through richmond and el cerrito. other than that, no major accidents here. also in the peninsula, things looking really good. take you outside and show you what it looks like in palo alto.

one final stop on the traffic maps does take us into san jose. san santa clara valley, no problems. also you'll notice the thing here on 280 things starting to throw slow cupertino. otherwise, as we take you back outside, you can see traffic moving without a problem here on this monday. ladies, back to you. >> thanks so much. 6:11. rust causing some major safety concerns on the new bay bridge. "sacramento bee" reports that rust was found inside one of the chambers where the suspension cable is secure. the chambers is designed to prevent corrosion. engineering experts say the rust makes the rods and cable strands on the new span vulyrbl to cracking. but a bridge spokesperson says there is no concern about corrosion. 6:11 right now on your monday morning. a frantic scuffle on a california-bound flight. why a group of passengers were forced to tackle another passenger in midair. a blood moon rising.

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here are today's top stories. a team of firefighters are watching for hot spots where the old kntv building burned to the ground in san jose yesterday. the huge plume of black smoke could be seen for miles. no word yet on an exact cause but firefighters say homeless people set up an elaborate encampment inside. aldon smith out on $20,000 bail. he was arrested at l.a.x. yesterday afternoon after he allegedly claims he had a bomb. witnesses say smith became belligerent after he was randomly selected for a second security screening at a checkpoint. a man was arrested after he reportedly tried to open a plane's exit door in midair. the southwest flight headed from

chicago to sacramento to make an emergency landing in omaha. we were told passengers tackled the man and restrained him until air marshals arrived. 6:14. new details now. an organization that tracks hate groups says the man who shot two people outside of jewish community center and a woman at a jewish senior center was forced out of the elite green berets because of his afailiation with the k. officials say he shot a 14-year-old and the boy's grandfather and then walked to a nearby senior center and killed the woman. cross reportedly also shot at two other people, but missed. last night the mother of the boy spoke to people at a vigil. >> let me tell you how much i appreciate you all being here tonight. we all grieve in different ways. and i just wanted to tell people, thank you.

>> the southern poverty law center said it has known about cross for decades and even sued him in 1980s. a former ku klux klan leader. a developing story now as people in eastern crew rain to leave government buildings has expired. the ukrainian military has shown no signs that it deployed any military towards the buildings that are being held by separatists and also no indication that the separatists are willing to lay down their weapons and leave. the groups are widely believed to be pro-russian supporters and taken over government buildings in several different cities. robotic submarine mapping a piece of the ocean floor part of the earth man has never seen and hopes of finding some signs of the missing malaysia airliner. within 72 hours the air search for the missing jet will be called off and the u.s. navy

pinger locater will be replaced by an unmanned sub. the sub can create a three dimensional sonar map and chart any debris on the sea floor. officials cautioned against raising hopes that the plane would be found. he also said researchers found an oil slick in that search area yesterday, but they don't know if it came from the plane. the international space station is about to get some supplies for an urgent repair job. a space-x rocket is on the launch pad and said to blast off this afternoon with two tons of supplies for the iss. the supplies will be used to a fix a critical back-up computer that failed outside of the space station on friday. the space-x rocket will also carry fresh groceries for the astronauts who are currently living at the space station. lunar eclipse known as the blood moon happening late tonight and could cause nasa satellite to stop working. experts say the eclipse could block warmth making it just too cold for the satellite to orbit to operate.

it has been orbiting the moon since last september, providing new insights into the composition of the moon's atmosphere. if you want to watch tonight's eclipse, the san jose astronomical association hosting a preview party from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. oakland chabot space and science center will have a party at the observatory deck, as well. christina, you're telling us it could be pretty foggy, right? >> especially at the coast and around the bay. so, you want to head to the east. that's for all astronomers, you want the weather to cooperate. >> chabot is a great spot. wherever you can get up high. the santa cruz mountains, you're up above the fog. we're looking pretty good. marine layer at 1,500 feet and that will reduce your visibility, unfortunately. we're going to take a closer look at that in just a minute, though. temperatures pretty chilly out there. not too bad, mostly in the 50s. and outlying spots and 52 in the

south bay and 53 degrees to kick off the workweek in san francisco. that's where you're going to find the fog this morning. you can see that. here quite a bit of fog around the san francisco bay. now, as you head throughout the day today, patchy low clouds and 10:30 i'm expecting mostly clear sky and then by about lunchtime, temperatures already going to be in the 70 nzlas inland. 7:43 is your sunset. sea breeze will strengthen and bring in the low clouds as we head throughout tonight. as a result of the low clouds thickening up overnight temperatures much cooler. 81 degrees for the south bay and 69 degrees in san francisco. you're going to get some clouds there, at least until about 10:30 but partly cloudy sky by about lunchtime in san francisco and then four to five good hours of sunshine as we head through the second half of the day. 81 degrees for the north bay and

like we said 10:58 to 2:33, if you can be up that late, that's when you'll get the best view of the blood moon. total lunar eclipse and mostly clear in the high elevations and, like we said before, the further inland you can get. let's check your drive, here's anthony. >> thanks, christina. things starting to slow coming through the altamont pass. we're starting to notice some typical slowing coming through here but otherwise it looks pretty good. you can see that fog starting to lift as we move through the east bay. let's take you to the traffic map and you can see for yourself. that's where we're looking at things are starting to slow down and the pockets of red things are slowing in spots. so, it's not completely stop and go. here at the bay bridge approach, the lights turned on and as you can see as we take you outside, it's stop and go in this location and fastrak lanes to the cash lanes and a few folks getting through here. once you get to the metering lights on and once you get into the bridge, it's slow. accident in san francisco on

280, the connector right at 101, you can see things are slow there otherwise traffic getting through without any problem there and one final stop through the peninsula and you can see here trafficking moving without a problem. lots of green on the map, that's good. back to you guys. >> thanks so much. it is 6:21. still ahead, we'll show you the country the first marijuana vending machine. >> guess where that is. we'll tell you after this. a down home celebration for one of the highest honors in sports. we'll tell you where buba watson celebrated his big masters win. his second masters win. a close call on the cricket pitch. why duchess catherine was caught wagging her finger at bring william.

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6:24 now on your monday morning. a pretty somber visit but the royal couple continue their visit to new zealand. prince william and duchess catherine met with families of the 185 people that were killed in the 2011 earthquake in christ church. they then toured the so-called cardboard cathedral. a temporary cathedral built after the original was badly damaged in the quake. the time now for a little bit of fun. check this out, afterwards, the always athletic duo made time for a little cricket and then this. prince william there to princess

catherine swinging in heel look at that bounces and nearly misses his wife's head, please, be careful with that. >> charming, beautiful couple. aren't they? >> they really are. you just won the masters let's say and you want to celebrate. what would you do? >> if you're bubba watson. the choice is easy. you head on over to the waffle house. where watson posted pictures to his twitter page. champ dinner at waffle house #ha #hashbrowns. >> won his second green jacket on sunday and briefly trailed his playing partner, but, at first, he regains the lead on the back nine. his wife and young son waiting there for him at the 18th hole to celebrate. >> yeah, daddy's pretty cool. >> tears in his eyes. the wait is almost over for one of the most talked about tech devices since the smartphone. >> google glass going on sale to the public tomorrow. not for long. the wearable gadget online for just one day only.

we're told the glasses will sell for $1,500. they'll still be considered exclusive since there is only a limited number available to adults in the u.s. a select number of technology insiders have been able to buy google glass. well, a company in colorado has created the first ever vending machine that sells pot and pot products. the pot machine is believed to be the first of its kind. it uses sophisticated technology to check people's licenses and makes sure that they're old enough to buy the marijuana. users swipe their driver's license and 12 different cameras actually verify the person standing in front of the machine is actually the person. >> theres a lot of people gathered around that machine. >> the little things you notice there. 6:26 right now. still ahead, unrest in ukraine. why it is triggering another

round of emergency meetings here in the u.s. plus a former kntv studios just go up in flames. we're going to tell you why firefighters still aren't able to give a good look inside. it's about 6:27 here on your monday morning. if you're having a little bit of trouble out of bed. a beautiful start to a sunrise over san jose. a beautiful moon, if you could see it, before some cloud cover heads in. we'll talk to christina coming up after the break.

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what's happening with those area roadways coming up in just a little bit. in the meantime, future's lower as the market looks to regain some ground this week. the start of is the opening bell. you made it to monday, or this is "today in the bay." maybe i didn't make it. we're all up and at them. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. a live look this morning of the burned shell of our former kntv studio over on park avenue in san jose. the studio was our station's home for nearly 50 years from 1955 to 2004. look at the smoke still from that building. firefighters have been camped out there all night just checking for hot spots at that building, not far from the sap center.

you almost have to pass it to get there. it took hours for crews to put out the flames they broke out yesterday afternoon. walls, roofs just completely came down, collapsing and that means it will actually take more time to see if it's even safe for firefighters to go inside to try to get to the root of all and investigate the cause of that fire. "today in the bay" bob redell talking to fire investigators right now. he'll join us in a live report coming up in 15 minutes. meanwhile, people in eastern ukraine brace for military action as pro-russian separatists continue to leave buildings. danielle lee is live in washington, d.c., where treasury secretary jack lew is preparing to talk about aid with ukraine's finance minister. news of this coming this morning. danielle, what do you know? >> hi, peggy, good morning. u.s. treasury secretary jack lew is going to be meeting with the finance minister later today. they're going to be discussing the aid that u.s. has already promised to ukraine. meanwhile, if you look at what's

happening this morning in ukraine, it's extremely tense there. there has been more violence today as more pro-russian separatists try to take over various towns in the eastern part of ukraine and ukrainiaukr government is sending in troops to address that problem. something the u.s. is watching very closely. in fact, it was this similar kind of violence over the weekend that prompted that emergency u.n. security council meeting. the obama administration is accusing russia of insighting much of this violence and now the administration is looking at additional sanctions. could be things on specific sectors like energy, also banking and mining. and some people are saying even more needs to be done. john mccain has said that the u.s. should look to send and that's something that could be on the table now that this tension keeps on escalating and things do not look good in ukraine this morning. i'm danielle lee, peggy, back to you. >> the first presidential

election coming up and i understand vice president joe biden expected to travel there to meet with government officials. >> that's true. vice president joe biden is going to be heading out a week from tomorrow and the whole point of this trip is to really show solidarity with ukraine in support of this new government that is trying to form. >> which is the monumental task up next. thank you so much for the details, appreciate it. 6:33. it's time to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. before we get to her. let's take a live look outed is. kind of a cloudy start to our day. nice way to start a cool bay area morning with a nice cup of coffee maybe. want to check in with christina and look at our forecast for today. >> hey, good morning to you. always nice way to start the day, especially at this hour. temperatures are mostly in the 40s and 50s and it could definitely be colder out there this time of year, running actually above average when it comes to your lows this morning. but way above average by the end of the day. so, keep that in mind, going to

be a warm day, warmest of the week and you notice that trend on your seven-day forecast right there at the bottom of your screen. let me take you through your day because we have low clouds especially up in the north bay and along the peninsula and around the inner bay. that is going to be the case until 8:00 a.m. and by about 11:30 take a look at this. all the low clouds burn off and lots of sunshine coming through and those clouds will hold off until 7:00 p.m. and then come in and going to be pretty thick out there as we head throughout tonight and into tomorrow morning. unfortunately, that total eclipse taking place and the blood moon tonight. i think you'll be able to get a view of it at times here in the south bay if you get into the higher elevations, that is the place to be, get away from the coast. 83 in the east bay for today and 81 degrees in the south bay, nice, warm afternoon shaping up. good air quality out there, as well. just want to show you where we're headed average for this time of year, 69 degrees in the south bay. kind of a roller coaster ride as we head throughout the isweek. drop like a rock between today

and tomorrow and 76 degrees leveling off between wednesday and thursday and another warm day on thursday and then by friday, as an area of low pressure gets its act together, we might actually get a little bit of shower activity, that's a good friday and i can let you know right now pretty good-looking easter weekend shaping up. we'll talk about that in my next report. >> oh, you tease, you. let's look outside. you can see as you were talking, christina. look at this fog. so much so they had to put it in the chp report because they say it's really blinding coming through san rafael and petaluma. traffic maps denoted by some of the red in that area and also now let's show you what is happening at the bay bridge approach and a lot of red through emoryville and stop and go as we approach the maze and that's really what we're looking at, at least for the next couple of hours. again, it is a monday. lots of traffic piling in and san francisco, things are really slow at 280 the 101 connector. two lanes only getting through

on 280 getting over to 101 and our final stop takes us into the south bay where lots of green on the map means things are moving without a problem. peggy, laura. >> good for a monday. >> yes, it is. 6:36. still ahead, 2,000 homes destroyed as raging wildfires burn out of control in chile. why firefighters are struggling to contain these deadly flames. much closer to home. look at all the construction that has been done at levi stadium in santa clara this morning. yep. they're going to be ready. they're ahead of schedule. giving you a live look out there. it's 6:36 right now. got a story for nbc bay area investigative uniisn't call the tip line at 1-888-996-tips. or e-mail us at theunit@nbcbayarea.com.

welcome back, everyone. a very good monday morning to you. if you're just waking up. here's a peek outside for you. can you make out the bay bridge. not the top of the span there. >> foggy. >> exactly, peggy. pretty foggy start to our day. warmest day of the week and we'll check the forecast coming up with christina in just a moment. 6:39. a really tragic situation in chile where firefighters are strug frlg a second straight night because of this. firefighter fires have destroyed 200 homes. the fire started on saturday and crews thought they had them contained on saturday night and

kicked up again with yesterday's winds. now raging out of control. more than 10,000 people in that area have been evacuated. new this morning, a huge explosion ripped through a busy bus station in nigeria's capital killing at least 71 people, wounding 124 others. the bomb also destroyed 17 luxury cars and 24 mini buses. it happened southeast of where a group of islamic extremists. a terrorist group has been threatening to attack the capital. well, the judge in the trial of olympic runner oscar pistorius has adjourned proceedings for the day, this comes after pistorius broke down and started sobbing uncontrolally while testifying about the moments before he killed his girlfriend, rieeva steenka steenkamp. he thought there was an intruder in his house and he screamed. as he testified, pistorius began to wail. the prosecution says that pistorius is lying.

6:40, coming up, seat belts onboard buses. the new safety considerations after a deadly crash. a sudden move in a chaotic scuffle in mid-air. why a group of passengers had to tackle another passenger onboard a plane. plus, firefighters up all night after our former kntv studio burns to the ground. we'll tell you why firefighters are getting a good look at the damage. five to six minutes away from your official sunrise. santa cruz holding back that marine layer and here mostly cloudy in san francisco and big changes coming to your forecast this week. kind of a roller coaster ride. we'll tell you what that means for your microclimate when nbc bay area comes right back.

new this morning, a fremont family safe after escaping an early morning fire. the flames destroyed a garage and the family's two small dogs sadly killed. right now fire crews still at the home not far prom the intersection of dakota road and fremont boulevard. two cars were also destroyed. as we take a live look now, you can see the scene still very active. smoke is actually lingering in that neighborhood. no cause yet on the fire. and it's 6:44. arson investigators are heading back to the gutted remains of "today in the bay" old tv studios which was destroyed by a massive fire yesterday. take a look at this blaze. this building on park avenue, near downtown san jose has been abandoned for the past several years. however, firefighters say that homeless people were living inside sounded like they had quite the empcacampment.

>> what is the latest, bob? >> they have been out here all night, laura and peggy, to make sure none of the hot spots flare up here at the old kntv studios. now, as you mention the sun comes up probably in an hour or so the arson investigator will be here to go through what is left of the building to get a better sense of what started it. as you mentioned, people did live here. perhaps as many as 28 people who were living in this building that was abandoned. this was homeless people that needed shelter. they were here at the time when the fire started yesterday afternoon and here's what one man said this morning, who was here who escaped unharmed. do you think this was accidental? >> not really. >> why? >> somebody had a grudge on us. >> so, again, the official cause still to be determined by the fire department. fire started around 3:00 yesterday afternoon. you could see in this video just

ut department had to call for backup four times. they called for a fifth alarm. as many as 100 firefighters and took them a good two hours to put this fire out and based on their interviews with the people who are living here, they do believe that everyone did get out okay. again, about 28 people who lived in here and they said it was quite an elaborate set up inside. they pulled out a barbecue, motorcycles. it was clear that these people had been living here for a while or at least had themselves quite firmly established inside. again, as far as the cause, an arson investigator expected out here a little bit later this morning. some time when the sun is up to get a better look inside. bob redell, today in the bay. >> kind of looks like the back end where the actual studio was may have been saved a little bit, what do you think? >> the front park where the newsroom was and the administration is clearly lost and then the back side which is

where our editing and studio gutted on the inside. the cinder block structure is still standing, but the inside is definitely a loss. the entire structure is a loss even though you have the cinder block structure still standing. >> lots of memories there. >> everyone is getting very nostalgic, bob. some say the building needed a little upkeep by the time you all moved out. >> that might be an understatement, but, yeah, we all said good-bye to it about ten years ago. we know the city took ownership and we presume was eventually going to be raised. didn't want to see it go this way. >> it holds a lot of history. for nearly 50 years from 1954 to 2004. there's brent and myself anchoring morning news "today in the bay" all those years ago. look up in the corner, that's scott mcgrew. yeah, people behind the cameras.

now we have robotics. >> rob there. >> it's really interesting to take a look back because so much of our time. september 11th happened there. some considerable news stories happened out of there. so, a lot of memories for a lot of folks, but, luckily, no one was injured which is very good news. quilt an encampment inside of there. >> if you want to see more pictures and kind of fun to walk through memory lane, just go to our website, you can see lots of fun, old photos there nbcbayarea.com and click on the spotlight section where you can see the old pictures. definitely lots of memories for folks around here. let's get you started with a look at the forecast right now with chris phena. >> because the weekend like the co -- you might need a jacket, you might not, depending on your threshold for the cold. peninsula at 58 degrees and tri-valley waking up at 50

degrees straight up and we're at 51 degrees this morning up in wine country. and the good news is about onshore flow about starting out with low clouds and little drizzle out there keep our hillsides nice and moist and they're green right now. heading outdoors this monday, this is what you can anticipate. patchy low clouds for the first part of the day. little coastal fog and that's really going to be the case up in the north bay. waking up near the sonoma coastline and want to travel really cautiously this morning. mostly sunny conditions by about lunchtime today. 70s on the way to your inland  valleys and by your evening the sun will set at 7:43. sea breeze will strengthen and onshore flow will bring your temperatures way down as we wake up and meet back here tomorrow. a warm day shaping up and 69 degrees in san francisco and 81 degrees in the south bay for today. as we head throughout the next couple days, look at where we're headed. temperatures dropping like a rock between today and tomorrow. tuesday is going to be the

coolest day of the week and then as we head throughout the end of the week into good friday, temperatures, again, will drop off as an area of low pressure might just bring in some shower activity and very slight chance for that, 10% late friday into saturday. overall, easter weekend looking eggcelent. you can't ask for better conditions than this. especially if you have family coming into town. let's check your drive, here's anthony. >> that's perfect. get everybody out here. look right now in the north bay, dense fog you were talking about, christina. keeping things slow on the 101. so much so they put it in a chp report. in the north bay, a slow go for you this morning. let's show you what's happening on the traffic maps. weather and traffic tied together. yellow poligan and 280 at 101 right at the connector. two lanes blocked on 280 as you

get over to 101. bay bridge really bogged down very slow from every direct. let's show you what it looks like outside. metering lights turned on and very slow, not only in the fastrak lanes and as we continue our tour across the bay, altamont pass and hit dublin and 680 and we're seeing the most slowing and 84 through livermore, another slow spot and in san jose, lots of green on the map from every single highway, but you notice on 101 right where our camera is, we're starting to see more slowing because more cars on the roadway here. excellent news considering it is a monday, you know, traffic moving without a problem. 6:51. a developing story, ukraine's acting president has asked the united nations to deploy peacekeeping troops in the eastern part of the country where prorussian insurgents are occupying buildings in ten cities. shortly after a deadline to leave the buildings has expired.

while gunmen took control of a military airport ukrainian government has not commented on the deadline, but one news agency is reporting an operation of some sort has begun. happening now, the search for the missing malaysian airlines jet, flight 370 is now going under water. a robotic submarine made in the u.s. is now mapping the ocean floor in a very deep, very remote stretch of the southern indian ocean. it has been six full days since crews heard any pinging noises whatsoever in that area, which could mean the black box recorders have run out of battery power. however, a new lead found over the weekend, a an oil slick found in the same area where the pings were heard last week will take a few days to analyze a sample of the oil that was taken from the ocean to determine if it was linked to the plane. new details on the deadly shooting in a jewish community center and senior center in kansas city. officials say the man arrested for the killings is the former

kkk leader and has a history of anti-sentism and racism. 73-year-old frazier cross was arrested after the shooting. officials say he shot a 14-year-old and the boy's grandfather outside this kansas city community center and then walked to a nearby senior center and killed a woman. cross reportedly also shot at two other people, but missed. and today teachers are returning to work at a pennsylvania high school less than one week after a mass stabbing took place there. the teachers are returning to franklin regional high school to prepare their classrooms before classes resume on wednesday. four students are still in the hospital in critical condition. investigators say that 16-year-old alex hribal used a pair of kitchen knives to attack 21 students and a security guard. investigators say they're still not sure why he did it. federal investigators taking a harder look at bus safety rules after the fiery crash that killed ten people near chico. the ntsb says it encourages seat

belts and safety rules to protect passengers including three-point lap shoulder belts. a fedex truck swerved across the median slamming into a bus and side swiping a sedan. the bus was carrying high school students from southern california who were on their way to tour humboldt university. scary moments mid-air aboard a california-bound plane after a passenger tried to open up the door mid-flight. passengers said they heard loud, frantic voices on its way from chicago to sacramento. witnesses say a man was trying to open up the rear exit door because he wanted to jump out of the plane. a group of passengers got up, ran to the back of the plane and helped flight attendants get him down. >> we basically tackled the, i don't want to say gentleman, but guy that was back there and pinned him down. >> tied his hands up together and put him in the chair and one of the marshals sat with him for the rest of the trip until we got to omaha.

>> this is one time i might sound a little sexist but i was really glad there were buehrr bn on the plane. >> the pilot did have to make the emergency landing in omaha. officials took him off the plane. the plane eventually arrived in sacramento only about two hours late. 49ers linebacker aldon smith out on bail after he was arrested at l.a.x. for reportedly yelling the word bomb inside terminal one. >> someone pulled out their cell phone and took video of smith as he appeared to argue with officials before being taken away. >> christie smith live outside the 49ers stadium in santa clara with what the team is saying this morning. good good morning. >> good morning. this is not what the 49ers organization wants to hear, another issue with u.n. one of players. they are going to reserve judgment until all the facts are

in. star linebacker aldon smith this time at l.a.x. in front of dozens of people and within minutes that video went viral. tmz sports posted the video. apparently in it smith said he did nothing wrong on that tape. but lapd said he xdbecame belligerent after a second security screening. he claimed to have a bomb and that he may have been drinking before this, but it was actually the false bomb threat that landed him in jail. we spoke with an airport employee by phone who says he saw the incident. >> him saying bomb and then i looked and i noticed who it was. he was taking money out of his pocket and throwing it on the ground and telling everybody that he was going to be all right. he was going to be all right. >> the 49ers gm released this statement saying we are disappointed to learn of the incident today involving aldon smith. this is a pending legal matter and we're still gathering the

pertinent facts. we will have no further comment. this is smith's fourth run in with the law in a little more than two years. he has a dui arrest after a car crash last year and the felony count for illegal weapons possessions in this latest case, though, if he is convicted and the charges of making a false bomb threat is punishable up to a year in prison. wanted to mention, though, aldon smith is out this morning on bail. reporting live in santa clara, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> not the only 49er who had a recent run in with police. also quarterback colin kaepernick is still under investigation. miami police say a woman woke up in a hospital bed earlier this month. she told police the last thing she remembers is smoking pot and drinking with kaepernick and two other football players. again, though, no charges have been filed. 49ers quarterback chris culliver appeared in court on friday where he pleaded not guilty to stemming from an

alleged hit and run incident last month. he is due back in court in may. and one last look here at your forecast. meteorologist christina loren standing by with that. transamerica pyramid, can't even make out the top of it. foggy start to our day, will that burn off at all, christina? >> completely out of here by 10:30. already starting out clear here in the south bay. good morning to you. temperatures in the 50s and couple upper 40s in places like the north bay and santa rosa, for example. overall, though, those clouds will clear as we head throughout the day and today mostly clear conditions and then as we head throughout the evening, that onshore flow resumes. that means it might be kind of hard for you to see that total eclipse. don't have any worries about it, though. a full forecast for you today in our mid-day broadcast right here on nbc bay area. here's anthony slaughter. >> things are slow across most of the typical slow spots you're seeing. speeds only 40 to 50 miles per

hour. slow go going through there. through fremont things are slow and 880 no major accidents here and, again, just the typical slowing that we're seeing here this morning. guys, back to you. >> thank you very much. 6:59 right now. one final check of the day's top stories. 71 people are dead following a massive explosion at a busy bus station in nigeria. more than 100 others are hurt. no one has taken responsibility for that. so far a group of extremists have threatened to attack the capital. flames tore through a fremont garage overnight killing the family's two small dogs. near dakota road and fremont boulevard made it out safely. two cars were also destroyed. no word on the cause. a team of firefighters are watching for hot spots where the old kntv building burned to the ground yesterday. the huge plume of black smoke could be seen for miles. no word yet on the cause, but homeless set up an elaborate

encampment inside. >> we broadcast this very show from that site for so long. it's hard to believe it's gone. all cwe're back at 7:25 wit live local news update. driven by hate? while the threat moves east this morning. into the deep. a dramatic shift in the search for flight 370. searchers deploy a submarine for the first time in an area so remote they're calling it entirely new to mankind. and boiling over. a newly aggressive oscar pistorius spars with the prosecution about details of