big changes coming to your forecast turning cloudy as of this afternoon and showers on the way tomorrow and a big-time warm up and temperatures spike next week and so much to go over in your full forecast this morning. and as you're aware the early commute starts in the trivalley, but right now a slower than normal drive. we'll show you what is coming on as you go into livermore, coming up. the warriors back home for game three of their playoff series against the l.a. clippers. we're live inside oracle arena, coming up. a live look outside, as well, in san jose. today is thursday, april 24th and this is "today in the bay." a very good thursday morning to you, thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm scott mcgrew. three americans were killed, all

of them doctors. >> it all happened that cure clinic in kabul. peggy bunker joins us with more. >> you know, just a terrible situation there and also seems to be a senseless act at this point, scott and laura. three americans killed in kabul. the cure hospital is a u.s.-run charity hospital that treats children and maternity patients. one of them a respected children's doctor who spent the last seven years at that facility stretreating afghan children. that is located in a secured walled compound right next to the university of afghanistan. he walked in and shot four americans there killing the doctor and two of his guests who were also doctor. now, those guests were a father and a son who were visiting there to observe his work with the afghani children. the fourth american that was shot was the son's wife. now, she was wounded and has undergone surgery. she has survived, according to

reports. the shooter then shot himself, but after the attack also survived. now, the hospital is a charitable organization that is 1 of 29 that is run in countries with dire need. this particular hospital in kabul helps to treat young victims of war. many of those victims are orthpeort orthopedic patients and kids who suffered from the violence and train afghanis to treat their own people. miraculous hospital and doing incredible work. this is an impressive organization. earlier reports we're seeing the doctor that was killed was entirely dedicated to this cause. the two people visiting him, father and son also doctors. he was showing them how he handles the hospital and treats these kids. a terrible situation in kabul. we'll bring you the latest coming up. >> so tragic there, thanks so much, peggy. a san jose state student is in the hospital recovering from burns suffered from an overnight apartment fire. this happened a block away from campus on east williams street.

christie smith joins us live with more detail on what could have sparked the flames. good morning. >> good morning to you, scott. one of those things you learn early on and that is to be careful with those matches. a report that firefighters are getting that one of the room mates may have lit a candle and then got a distracted and set that match on to racoua couch. this is what we're talking about near san jose state, that is the unit on the third floor and cell phone video this morning to show you of flames pouring from that apartment here on east williams. this started around 11:30 last night. a cell phone that may have played a key role in helping one person get out. he ran out and called his roommate who was still inside to warn him, get out, because the apartment was on fire. he did get out, but not without suffering second degree burns. neighbors who evacuated saw a terrible sight. that roommate ran by with small

flames on his back. >> ran right inside and i grabbed every single person that was in the building or inside the room and everyone was running out and then, unfortunate, one student that was affected and he was running out with the fire and he definitely got burnt and it wasn't a good sight to see. >> neighbors say that exterior hallway was bright red and all they heard was screaming and yelling to get out. three units damaged by flames or water and 11 people displaced and the red cros is helping them out. in addition to that one person who suffered the second degree burns another person did suffer smoke inhalation. reporting live in san jose, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> we believe these are all students or this apartment complex largely populated by students? >> that's the feeling we're getting. you know, we're seeing some of them streaming back in. they have a backpack on, that

gives the indication they may be students and the university is nearby. that's the impression that we're getting. >> christie smith, thank you. 5:04. the south bay teen who stowed away on a hawaiian airlines flight remains in the hospital on oahu this morning. the boy reportedly told san jose police he ran away because he was trying to find his mother in a refugee camp in somalia. our station in hawaii said he recently found out his mother was alive even though his father reportedly told him she died. in the meantime, the boy's father is finally speaking. the father says he thinks allah, his son survived his dangerous trip. he says his son quasi-"always talking about going back to africa where his grandparents live, we want to go back, but due to the current living conditions we can't go back."

he called his son a very quiet person. the sonoma police department are trying to find out how a body landed in a local landfill. employees think the 39-year-old man was dumped off by a transfer truck that originated and an autopsy will take place tomorrow and so far no signs of foul play. 5:06 right now. signs of change when it comes to that forecast. meteorologist christina loren tracking that forecast for us. >> you'll notice a storm system on its way especially because we're going to see two very different sides of the day. nice and clear to start you out and by the time you make your way home from work, mostly cloudy sky and, yeah, that wind. rather fierce through the inland valleys. that's where we're expecting the wind to really gust and that's where we're expecting the highest rainfall totals. i'll show you why the storm track looking really interesting every single time i check. mostly clear in san jose and

want to show you the difference over the bay, those low clouds are forming and head throughout the morning hours not to impact your drive here we'll check on that with mike, as you know, every ten minutes or so and i want to show you what it looks like as we head through 10:00 a.m. still partly cloudy here down in the south bay, those microclimates kind of making a big appearance for today. patchy, coastal low clouds all day long and that is the story of the day and then hit mostly cloudy skies by lunchtime today. everywhere. widespread cloud cover as you make your way home from work expecting a little bit of drizzle but shower activity will hold off auntil the overnight hours. not a bad day shaping up in the south bay. san francisco at 62 degrees today, so you'll likely need a jacket there, but, overall, you can ditch it right around 10:00 a.m. in the north bay and cloudy by 10:00. and looking pretty good today in the east bay, we want to really wish those warriors good luck tonight. 65 degrees as they take on l.a.

you know it's going to be jam packed when it comes to traffic out there tonight. let's see what's happening, here's mike inouye. >> the crowd getting over towards the warriors we all believe and we also believe it will be slow right there after work. before work and there's the area i showed you. with the camera, we were just west and things are moving slowly and you do slam down on speeds as you're approaching the interchange and a crash over in the slow lane right by the off ramp. looks like things are starting to smooth out a little bit, but ripple back and there's the rest of your bay and pick your path. moving pretty smoothly west 580 into livermore. west 92 starts to slow a bit. i told you about that earlier crash and sound like a tire in lanes and might be a traffic break for a couple minutes. looking over towards the bay bridge toll plaza and the flow of traffic, as well. very easy build coming out of the maze, no problem, you're at

speed. we talked about the warriors and their faithful getting ready for the first home playoff game of the season. this as the team works to move to the new arena. >> "today in the bay" bob redell live in oakland inside the oracle arena. we're going to be rowdy tonight. >> yeah, 7:30 tipoff. good morning to you, there, scott and laura. you might recall that earlier this week the warriors announced they would be ditching its plan to build its new arena on the san francisco waterfront because of concerns over traffic and blocked views of the bay bridge and instead building their new digs in mission bay in that neighborhood not far from at&t mark. on tuesday the team did announce 12 acres of land in that area to build 18-000 se,000-seat arena. reporting that thatove could cost alameda county taxpayers as much as $60 million.

here's why. attorneys for the team have reportedly told the board runs the coliseum and arena that it would stop paying down its bond debt on the oracle arena once it leaves these digs. cope doing so until 2027. the team told the paper it would continue to honor the terms of its lease. the warriors are 1-1 against the clippers and that was their first home game in this playoff series and tonight will be their first home game in this playoff series against the clippers here at the oracle arena. probably some of these, this will be the first time in 20 years the warriors have won 50 games in a single season, that's the 50th winning season that they've had in their 68-year history. and they qualified for playoffs in the consecutive season. this season and last season. that's the fifth time they made the playoffs in consecutive

seasons in 22 years. you come here and look inside the oracle arena, you have almost 20,000 seats. the people who come to the game will be getting tonight. loud, proud and warriors. it is not sold out yet, but they do expect it to sell out and, if so, their 80th consecutive sellout game. the longest sellout streak they've had since 1997. again, tipoff here at the oracle arena tonight against the clippers. scott and laura. >> bob, later in the newscast can we expect you to maybe get a basketball. get one shot. >> i'm going to show you just how easy it is to make a free throw. in the meantime, the guy who put all the shirts out there, want you to put that one back. a lot of work. thanks, bob. >> you're funny. all right, see you guys. well, maybe before you go to the game, you can head over to oakland where they're going to hold a public workshop on plans

to build a coliseum city. now, the idea was created to combine sports, entertainment and residential area, but took a major blow earlier this week and the warriors announced they're moving to san francisco. tonight's meeting takes place at 5:00 at red lion hotel. >> between the a's and the warriors. it's 5:12. going off leash. the bay area city that is changing its dog walking rules. the cool down in the hot sauce fight. what a judge is telling the southern california plant that makes sriracha. got a story for nbc bay area investigative unit? call the tip line at 1-888-996-tips.

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welcome back, everyone. it's 5:14. we now know what will happen to the current home of the san jose mercury news.

the paper reports super microcomputer will build a 1.6 million square foot complex in north san jose. the new complex would include space for about 2,800 employees and some light manufacturing. the parent company of "mercury news" sold the site for just over 30 million. relocate offices to downtown san jose. keep an eye on shares of facebook after the company surpassed wall street expectations in its recent report. facebook saw an 82% increase in ad revenue compared to the same time last year. also says the number of monthly users was up sharply, in fact, by one way of measuring it, if you take all the people in the world who have internet access, half of them are on facebook. while the company continues to grow, it is losing a key part of its leadership team. step down as cfo in june. speaking of facebook want to give you a look at this madame

creating a mark zuckerberg wax figure. that is rihanna standing right behind mark zuckerberg. it opens to the public on june 26th. >> is that why he's smiling? >> yes, wouldn't you? >> it is pretty amazing how they make those wax figures. >> it's eerie how realistic they are. >> pretty interesting to stand right next to yourself. >> hard to tell which one is more underdressed, as well. just saying. good morning to you. temperatures looking good out there this morning. it's mild to start the day. a little bit of a wind chill factor especially at the immediate coastline but our camera here not getting all that much of a shake this morning. this is, of course, our bay bridge camera and usually when we have pretty fierce wind at the coast and this is the weather story we can tell by

this story. we have a storm system coming in and an unstable air mass ahead of that system. so, the changes will progress as we head throughout the day. you'll notice those clouds increasing and the winds increasing, as well. temperatures will be comfortable out there because we're starting out so mild, but it will be overcast. 62 degrees in san francisco and 71 degrees sun and clouds for the south bay for today we'll see the most sunshine in the south bay and out in the tri-valley. clouding up pretty quickly around the san francisco bay and up in the north bay, as well. so, here's what you can expect when it comes to the showers moving in for tomorrow. as we head throughout the day today, mostly cloudy conditions and hold off on the rain until about 10:00 p.m. tonight. even at that point for the most part to the north of golden gate bridge and then tomorrow morning around 7:00 a.m. for the morning commute. expecting heavy downpours, especially over the santa cruz mountains through the peninsula and san jose getting some pretty decent rainfall and maybe

accumulating half an inch of rain and we'll take it, as you know, summer is just around the corner by this point. by noon most of that activity out of here and keep showers in the forecast through 5:00 and then by 10:00 p.m. things start to clear out and good-looking weekend shaping up. temperatures on the cool side, cooler than average, enjoy that because by monday into tuesday of next week, the climb is on and we could be talking about the 90s as of wednesday. i know. so, everything is going to change pretty quickly around here. if you like the cool weather, enjoy it, things will be changing rapidly. let's check your drive, that's always changing. no stability there, mike. >> at least we can show folks what to expect. always changing condition. over here looking that math and along the peninsula and other side of the bay moving pretty smoothly and slowest spot in the bay west 580 coming in through livermore and looking at slow down. the earlier issue, we had a break down. sounded like a near crash. car almost hit the wall and

busted a tire over there. that is all moved right off of the shoulder. the slowing on the approach now starting to move a little better and all the folks coming out of the altamont pass and things are still nice over here towards dublin because they are held up back over there. smooth drive through the dublin interchange and no major issues as you come over here and we'll give you a quick look at 880 through oakland and a nice, easy drive. warriors playing first home game of the playoffs tonight and game time 7:30 but crowds will start much before then. back to the maps a smooth drive. west 92 slows and the earlier crash, though, completely cleared from the roadway and so is that tire that is here, as well. we'll look to the north bay and a smooth, easy drive southbound and not a lot of traffic and not a lot of problems for here. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. he fell, he hit his head and was knocked unconscious this morning we learned the daring rescue of an arizona mountain climber was caught on tape.

a chopper flew over the scenes making it difficult to navigate the terrain and heavy rain challenged those rescuers. the man was eventually lifted out of the canyon more than 100 feet down. crew husband s had to hike and to get him to safety. a southern california city declared a two-week cooling off period in the fight between neighbors and the makers of a popular hot sauce. irwindale residents asked the city council to step in because they said the air around the sriracha plant was just too spicy to bear. two weeks ago council members ruled the 2-year-old plant was a public nuisance but last night they decided to delay the final decision to shut it down for two weeks. if declared a nuisance, the factory would have to stop releasing the spicy smell or leave town. 5:20 the nbc bay area investigative unit looking into

uberx. but do you really know what you're signing up for when you get into a car? we've discovered cases of uber-x drivers with criminal records. couples say they have been victimized. their driver took off with their belongings after driving them home from the airport. uber still hasn't responded. >> we haven't gotten any response from them. three e-mails is nothing. i haven't spoken to one single person. you know, we're out $2,500 worth of things. i have never been dealt, i've never been treated so badly by a company ever. >> watch the full investigation tonight at 11:00 and hear more about drivers. the investigative unit found across the country with criminal records that could include burglary, domestic assault and drug trafficking and find out why you may be left paying the bill if you were involved in an

accident with an uber driver. new this morning, the uc children's hospital will launch a $100 million global initiative it hopes will prevent premature births. organizers say premature birth is the leading cause of death for newborns and hope to reduce the number of babies born and help care for those who are. the program will focus on california and africa and in the last ten years funded by the bill and melinda gates foundation. mountainview allowing people to walk with their dogs off leash at some city parks. the one-year program would apply to six parks on your screen there. happen only during very specific morning and evening hours and each park has different hours. the city also considering to plan to dispatch an animal control officer to patrol those parks to make sure people are following the rules.

it's 5:22. a new delay in the opening of quoit tower coming up next.

well, plans to reopen coit tower pushed back to mid-may. it is undergoing a makeover and taking longer than expected. the $1.7 million renovation started last fall. >> good things come to those that wait. 5:25 right now. live look outside at&t park this morning. giants are back home in san francisco, but no game today. next game at the park tomorrow night against the cleveland indians. g-men just returned from a tough road trip. they lost four of six away from home, but did manage to get the bats going in colorado yesterday. hector sanchez homered in the eighth to tie the game up and then in extra innings he hit a

grand slam. giants went on to win it, 12-10. 22-time olympic medalist michael phelps make his first step towards another olympics today. phelps is competing in a meet in arizona this week along with fellow olympian ryan lochte. hoping to make the 2016 rio olympics. he is the most decorated athlete in olympic history. 18 of the 22 are the gold kind. >> 22, that's amazing at only 29. check the forecast right now. temperatures not that low, but we're going to see some rain in the forecast. >> we certainly are. which is a really good reminder to those of you who have sprinklers on a timed system, good idea to turn them off for tomorrow. good way to conserve water in this drought. temperatures today comfortable. we'll hold off on that rain until tonight, 70s on the way to the south bay. the peninsula, 72 for the east bay today and 62 in san francisco and the north bay, right around 68 degrees and

mostly cloudy conditions will time out that storm system for where you live. right now let's check your drive with mike. >> looking over here towards the san mateo bridge and the headlights, no problem. but as you get over through the area pass from 101, a little slowing on our sensors. the near miss for the center divide and also a tire in lanes. sounds like everything is clear, but we still see the slowing and i'll track that for you. just see that build for volume of traffic and westbound 580 the slowest drive and earlier crash in livermore has also cleared. back to you. san jose fire department responding to reports that it's not getting to fires fast enough.

students forced to flee after an early morning fire near san jose state.

what one student told firefighters coming up. the fight to save a peninsula ice rink that was once home to a number of olympians. and we have some major changes coming to your forecast as we round out the workweek turning cloudy today. showers tomorrow and then a big-time warm up. 90s in the forecast for next week. we'll tell you where in moments. not big-time changes but changes. people hitting the roadway and slow drive registering for the tri-valley and sort out 580 coming up. a live look at oracle arena. the warriors back looking to give the home crowd a win. it's thursday, april 24th, this is "today in the bay." a very good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon.

>> i'm scott mcgrew. three americans have been killed, all of them doctors. one of them a well-respected children's doctor. it all happened that cure clinic in kabul. "today in the bay" peggy bunker live with new information just in to the newsroom. peggy? >> this seems to be a senseless act at this point. three american doctors killed at this hospital in kabul. the cure hospital is a pennsylvania-based hospital. one of the doctors killed spent the past seven years of his life treating afghani children. a rogue cop or security officer of some kind that had access to the cure hospital. it's located in a secure wall compound right next to the american university of afgh afghanist afghanistan. he allegedly walked in and shot four americans there killing the doctor and two of his guests who happen to be a father and son doctor team. they were visiting that hospital to observe the other doctors work with afghani children.

the fourth american shot was the wife. she was wounded and had to undergo surgery. the health minister gave us an update on her condition. the condition of the wounded woman who is also an american national and is a nurse she is recovering and in stable condition and she is out of danger now. as she mentioned, she is a nurse. that entire group has a medical background and the hospital is really an incredible hospital. one of 29 run in countries with dire need for medical assistance. it helps to treat young victims of war and many orthopedic patients, as you might imagine. and they also train local afghans who treat their own people. a very well respected organization there. this is the latest in a string of deadly attacks. a very famous war photographer was shot dead by a police officer. this time a father, son and daughter-in-law all from one family is affected. terrible situation in kabul.

>> just awful. >> thank you. it's 5:32. new this morning san jose fire investigators looking into the cause of an apartment fire which left one san jose state student suffering from burns. happened about a block away from campus on east william street. christie smith joins us live with more on the phone call that could have saved one student's life. >> certainly when you're on a cell phone, you have to give it 100% of your attention, especially when you're dealing with matches. as the that's the report that came into firefighters this morning. one of the room mates was talking on his cell phone, lighting a candle with a match and got distracted and walked out and may have flicked that match thinking it was safe, but may have landed on a couch and caught fire. we're talking about the apartment there on the third floor. we have some cell phone video of how quickly that fire grew at 11:30 last night on east william street near san jose university. this quickly grew into a two-alarm fire. the roommate tried to put the fire out and his roommate

apparently sleeping inside. so, he couldn't get it out, he ran outside and woke up the neighbors and at the same time called his roommate on a cell phone to get that sleeping roommate up and out. he did answer the phone, jumped out of bed and ran through the flames to escape. >> three minutes after i stepped out he just ran outside of the burning fire. i saw little flames on his back. i hope he's all right. >> crews did go into that unit checking because the initial reports were that four people may have been inside. turns out it was just two. they did make it out. so everyone very rattled by this whole thing. they heard screaming and yelling and took about an hour to knock this fire down. one apartment a total loss and two others suffered water damage. the red cross, we are told, 11 displaced people and most of them appear to be san jose state students. that person who was injured suffered second degree burns.

reporting live in san jose, christie smith, "today in the bay." so, speaking of the san jose fire department a new report shows the department might not be getting to the calls fast enough. last year the department set a goal of making it to all emergencies in a certain amount of time and do that 80% of the time. the report reveals the department fell short and only made it on time 70% of the time. now, a spokesperson says the department will make changes. >> at the same time on getting to the rigs, getting out to the calls, putting in systems where we're changing lights, you know, when the apparatus lights are on and they're changing the lights to green in our direction so that we can get through the intersections quicker. >> in february, santa clara county fined the department for failing to meet response times for 911 calls. an 84-year-old man faces attempted murder charges for reportedly opening fire on the peninsula.

police arrested the 84-year-old at his home last night for allegedly firing off inside the medical center on southgate avenue. police were called out to the center yesterday afternoon after a doctor reported seeing a gunman and hearing a loud bang. the entire building was evacuated. officers say they found bullet fragments in the hallways, but they didn't find the gunman. they're not saying what eventually led them to the suspected gunman's house. repothey will try to save t ice rink facility. the ice center has been closed if years, but used to be where kristi yamaguchi and debbie thomas practiced before they received their olympic medals. the owner wants to tear it down and replace it with retail stores. >> history made there. >> indeed. time to check with in meteorologist christina loren. she has a look at that forecast. this is an interesting one. just the way it changes over the next several days.

>> there's a little something for everybody. big-time warm up as of next week but not before we get more april showers and that comes in as we head through tomorrow morning. those microclimates making a big difference. for today you'll cloud up, for instance, in the north bay by around 10:00 a.m. and then we'll have to wait until 1:00 p.m. to see the mostly cloudy sky here in the south bay and wait for tomorrow morning for any sort of showers, as well, so, enjoy the 70s for ftoday. temperatures drop off as we head into the weekend and then they soar next week. so, we're talking about 70 degrees for the peninsula and 71 degrees in the south bay and nice, comfortable day shaping up here. widespread showers on and off just about all day long and clear you out by tomorrow evening and as we get into the weekend, sun and clouds cool conditions, cooler than average but a little bit warmer on sunday. if you're trying to make outdoor plans and okay to do so, it's thursday after all. sunday looking a touch warmer and see more sunshine, as well. next week, we're talking about

temperatures nearing the 90s by tuesday and wednesday and looking likely to hit those 90s by thursday. so, we'll dive into that forecast coming up right now. let's check your drive and say good morning to mike inouye. >> i am making plans for many weekends in advance. plan for them now right here. westbound is picking up the volume right there as you're approaching, we'll show you the same area on the map and starting to see a little yellow approaching the dublin interchange and speeds coming down just below 60 and real slow down out of the altamont pass. back to your normal pattern after an earlier crash in lanes for a little while that has smoothed out through livermore. the bay bridge, no backup at the toll plaza and in the south bay, a live look at 101 through san jose and starting to see signs of that first burst of traffic just about five minutes from now is when we'll see slowing on our sensors right here. back to you. >> all right, mike, thank you much. the 49ers first regular

season game at levi's stadium will be on national television. niners will host the bears on sunday night football right here on nbc bay area september 14th. other notable games former 49ers qb alex smith returns with his new team, the chiefs, on october 5th. a thanksgiving night game against the seattle seahawks. it will also air right here on nbc bay area and in week 14, the niners host the raiders. >> wow, a lot of chicken wings to get ready. as for the raiders, the first home game on september 14th against the texans. two weeks later the team will be in london to play the dolphins and the big rivalry game on november 9th against the broncos, that's at o.co and then the silver and black will visit kansas city. the sharks going for the series sweep against the l.a. kings tonight. if team teal wins, it will advance to the second round of

the stanley cup playoffs. the puck drops at 7:30 on csn california. it is 5:39 right now. in the meantime, the warriors look to take the lead in their playoff series. it's all happening at the oracle arena. we'll have the details coming up in a live report. lagging bemind months after local lawmakers addressed the issue of e-cigarettes. the fda finally decides to weigh in. a live report from washington, coming up next.

a very good thursday morning to you. 5:42. for the first time, the fda is proposing rules on e-cigarettes. "today in the bay" tracie potts live on capitol hill with the fda's push to regulate these and other new products. good morning. >> laura, good morning. first of all, if you don't know what they are metal or plastic tubes with nicotine, water and other products that produce an

odorless type of mist, often flavored because they're sold in different flavors. different than the type of smoke and ash and by-products you get from a cigarette. for that reason, the industry says they're much safer alternative. but the fda wants to know for sure. they're proposing that these companies have to register with the food and drug administration, which would require them to produce a list of ingredients and how these things are made. the fda would then be able to issue warning labels if necessary or tests to see whether or not they think the devices are safe. it would not initially regulate advertising or internet sales. speaking of sales, we're talking about a $2 billion industry here. it's something that has been around since the '60s although more popular in the last decade. there are questions about whether with so many flavors out there, hundreds of them, the industry is marketing to kids and whether that sort of a gateway to get into other types of tobacco products. it's a big issue that the fda wants to deal with now with it just being a proposal announced

today. they still have to get more input from the industry, from experts, from the public. it could be a year, maybe even more before they finalize how they want to deal with these e-cigarettes. >> certainly everybody is talking about it. not just e-cigarettes we're talking about, looking at regulating other products. >> like the popular bars, they're looking at that. a number of other things like flavored cigars, pipe tobacco. but the e-cigarettes have gained the most attention because they have become so popular in recent years. >> a lot of cities here in the bay area looking at them, as well. thanks a lot, tracie. warriors and their faithful getting ready for the first home playoff game of the season. >> live look right now at oracle arena all lit up. tonight nearly 20,000 fans will really light it up and packing the seats for the warriors first home playoff game this season. right now golden state and the l.a. clippers knotted up at 1-1. tipoff tonight at 7:30. and in anticipation of today's game, oakland showing

its warriors pride. ac transit buses say go warriors and the tribune building is beautiful. the oakland city hall which is really pretty. i like this one. that is gorgeous, blue and gold. >> i love when the bay area does that. it's always fun. bob redell is live in oakland inside the oracle arena. >> good morning. >> he's got a ball in his hands. >> i'm going to show you some massive hand/eye coordination. good morning to you, scott and laura, later tonight, 7:30 right here tipoff for the barri iwarr. first home game of the playoffs, of course, best of seven game series. third game in that round and, as you were mentioning, right now the warriors are 1-1 against the los angeles clippers. steph curry and his teammates will return to try to regain some of their mojo.

monday night ought not a pretty picture down there in southern california where they were shellacked the clippers 138-98. the team has had a great season. you know they won 51 games this season. that's the first time this team has won at least 50 games in 20 years. it's been quite a while. now, tickets are still available for tonight's game. that means that they're not sold out yet, but the team is expecting to sell out. if they do, this would be their 80th consecutive sellout. that's the first time that that has happened since 1997. so, when the fans come up today, tonight, we're talking just 19,000 fans, actually close to 20,000. everyone is going to get one of these, excuse me, these yellow, loud, proud warriors t-shirts. you'll be happy to know i just finished putting all these up, i'm real excited about that. everyone gets one when they come here into oracle arena. oracle arena, which, by the way, only playing here for another

four seasons. the team you might recall earlier this week announced that they have settled on some new land in mission bay and that's build agnew digs in time for the 2018/2019 season. again, tipoff tonight at 7:30. first home game for the warriors round one of the playoffs. a big misconception of the nba that this stuff is really easy and, excuse me, that's really hard. and it isn't, see? >> very nice. >> wow. >> one more time. >> pretty close. >> and -- >> and one out of three, one out of four. >> hold on. >> three-pointer would -- here we go. >> oh, my gosh. >> that may have been your worse ever. we'll come back to you and we'll give you another shot because he had some pretty amazing shots. >> he should have stopped at that first one. >> all right, bob, we'll come

back and we'll, you practice. in the meantime, let's check in with christina loren. >> air ball! you know, we have seen him, we have seen him do the one-arm way all the way down from half-court, yeah, we will give him the credit he deserves. 5:48. thanks for waking up with us. it's thursday. closer to the weekend and we actually have some pretty big changes to tell you about. your seven-day forecast right there scrolling at the bottom of your screen, but, i want to draw your attention to your screen right now because you'll notice temperatures not that cold this morning. not that cold at all. it's because of this mild start that allows us to still hit the 70s later on this afternoon. we're starting out nice and clear through your inland valleys and low clouds developing at the immediate coastline and the san francisco bay, but just a lovely sunrise shaping up over san jose. 6:23 is the official time for that sunrise. let me show you what we're dealing with this morning in san francisco. mostly clear conditions at this

point. we do have the low clouds starting to drop off near the transamerica pyramid. do watch out, a little breezy this morning, but, overall, looking good for a mostly cloudy finish to the day. if you're looking for the sunshine, get out there early. still hit the 70s, though. that's the great news. 72 degrees, room temperature for the east bay. and 71 degrees in the south bay as we get into this afternoon. let's talk about what's happening as we head throughout your friday because that's when the rain arrives. futurecast in motion and might get a few showers as of this evening up in the north bay and not expecting a lot of activity anywhere from the south of sonoma county until tomorrow morning. between 6:00 and 10:00, that's when the bulk of the moisture will come through. look at this, we're right in the yellow zone right here in the south bay. pretty generous totals out of this system. mostly looking like a south bay and east bay rain event. as of 1:00, still getting light showers and the whole thing

clears out of here by 10:00 p.m. and a pretty comfortable weekend but cool air trailing behind that front and temperatures in the 60s even here in the south bay for both saturday and sunday. by monday that climb is on and we're talking about the 80s as of tuesday and closer to 90 in san jose. by wednesday, isolated 9 os expected on wednesday in gilroy and also the tri-valley. changes coming your way as we progress throughout the morning. mike, i don't know if you noticed, lot of tiny humans running around nbc bay area newsroom. what is going on this morning? >> laura, get back to the desk, please. my goodness. i'm just kidding. she's like an inch shorter than me. i don't know. we'll have to check it out, christina. right now i see little cars running around over here. a nice, smooth flow of traffic on the northbound 101 at 680. seeing the signs of that first burst that we talk about for the south bay. let's look at the maps.

overall, no big surprises. 87 coming up into townddowntown well. the rest of your bay looking very smooth across the area and we'll zoom into the lowest spot for the area and west 580 and into livermore, an earlier crash that cleared out and 84 with a little slowing at the dublin interchange, no problem over there. the approach to the bay bridge coming off the carquinis bridge. they had the first backup and now the ones off to the right starting to slow. look at that low clouds and a beautiful sunrise and typical pattern here. no metering lights yet, back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >> yeah, yeah. it's 5:51 right now. albany will pay dozens of homeless people thousands of dollars each just to get them to leave a plot of land. about 45 people live on the former land and the city wants

to turn that area into a park. so, instead of kicking them out, the city must comply with a recent court ruling and pay each person $3,000 each. 28 people have agreed to that deal and they'll be out by tomorrow. those who didn't agree will likely just be kicked out eventually. . we . well, time now hbo shows available online. if you don't have a subscription, we'll look at how, coming up next. good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help.

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welcome back. an enormous and very controversial step this morning towards a fast lane on the internet. the head of the fcc has proposed allowing internet providers like comcast or at&t to charge other companies like netflix or google

for faster access to customers. now, critics say the new arrangement wrecks the principles of net nutrality. small startup companies might not be able to afford. the full commission will still have to vote on the idea. apple proved last night it still has some tricks up its sleeve, none new iphones but new ideas to give investors money. the company said it would buy back $30 billion worth of stock, increase the dividend it pays out to investors and declares a 7 for 1 stock split. for every share of apple you own, soon you will have seven and that will increase the number of shares out there in the world, means apple will be more actively traded. the first stock split since 2005. >> that's a big one. some hbo shows will soon become available on amazon prime instant video.

"sopra "sopranos," "six feet under." you have to subscribe to amazon but you don't have to be an hbo subscriber. >> there are some really good shows on hbo. >> that's what i hear. let's check in with christina this morning. >> including silicon valley, have you seen that one? >> i have. >> i appreciate it. don't let the kids watch around you. speaking of which, i was talking about the fact that it was take your daughters and sons to work day. if you're doing so today, temperatures are comfortable. we'll hit the 70s just everywhere throughout your inland valleys and clouding up right around by noon and cloud up about 10:00 a.m. in the north bay and in san francisco. keep that in mind and that will keep your temperatures down. limited sunshine in the city means 62 degrees there and east bay at 65 and 71 degrees turning cloudy, like i said, by midday in the north bay. let's check on your drive. he's a proud dad. good morning to you, mike. >> i am.

but i have not brought my kid to this shift in the morning. it's inhuman. i'm just kidding. bay bridge toll plaza looking very nice and very human and very normal. the backup in the cash lane and fastrak lanes and see metering lights on in a few minutes. a smooth drive here as well as the rest of your bay, no big surprises, guys, back to you. >> thank you very much. a south bay family loses a daughter and now the parents face a lawsuit. the tragic new development in the audrie paut case, next. the father of the boy who stowed away on a hawaiian's airlines flight speaks. we'll tell you what the dad is saying. montana versus merino. ready?

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american doctors. now, investigators are looking for a motive. plus -- >> all of a sudden i hear some people yelling upstairs. help! fire department. flames rip through an apartment complex near san jose state sending one person to the hospital. the simple cause of the fire and why this comes at such a bad time for people forced out of their homes. we know that change is inevitable in your bay area weather forecast starting today. mostly cloudy sky, by tomorrow rain returns and then next week temperatures approach the 90s. lots to go over in your full forecast. >> the change has happened already and speaking of the metering lights at the bay bridge toll plaza and that affects the backup you see here. the maze, the approach and the slow down for the tri-valley coming up. let's take a live look outside. little bit of a slow down in san mateo. you heard it, changes in the forecast and an update on the commute and all the days news on this thursday, april 24th, this is "today in the bay."