everyone, thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. california is bracing for its worst fire season yet. we have a team in place. bob redelll is live in morgan hill with how crews are gearing up. let's start out with meteorologist christina loren. we are expecting some lightning. >> lightning. a very slight chance for that today and a better chance for tomorrow but whenever you're talking about lightning in the bay area, as you know, our hillsides are mostly brown at this point and becomes a very dangerous situation. that's what we're watching for as we head throughout the next 48 hours. but this morning before you make your way out before you head out your front door. we have some really gusty wind picking up, especially at the immediate coast but you're okay in the inland valleys even through the elevations. as we head throughout the day today, tuesday, is when we're really expecting the thunderstorms any activity up in the north bay for today and higher elevations and same for the south bay and look at this. our futurecast models are

actually bringing in those thunderstorms for tomorrow. which is why the governor issued that alert yesterday. this brings us, bob redell who is live this morning. he is live out there in san jose and you're out there at cal fire this morning. what are crews out there gearing up. how are they getting ready for this, what could be a very dangerous fire season, bob. >> well, they're expected to be one of the busier fire seasons. good morning to you there, christina. i think the operative word for this fire season is early. cal fire here in morgan hill, they're already at peak staffing. that's a few week earlier than usual. the declaration of the start of the fire season that happened a couple weeks ago and that doesn't happen until a couple weeks from now. we are seeing conditions so dry, we usually don't see these type of conditions from mid to late summer and here we are in may and we're already seeing them and we have a number of fires and there's already been more than 1,500 fires this year alone

so far. that's about double what you would normally see at this point in time. governor jerry brown is appearing yesterday on one of the morning talk shows says that the state has 5,000 firefighters and around $600 million to fight these fires and sounds like a lot, but, apparently, according to the governor, it might not be. >> so, we have to gear up and we are going to deal with nature the best we can, but humanity is on a collision course with nature and we just going to have to adapt to it in the best way we can. >> firefighters say the one thing that you can do, if you live in a wild wind area where you have a lot of brush around a home or open field is make sure you have defensible space and that's usually clearance around your home of 30 to 100 feet. just 30 to 100 feet around that home, especially if that brush is dry. they want it away from there.

it will make it easier for the firefighters to defend your home if there is a fire in your area. christina? >> yeah, definitely something that is very early on in the season but something that we all want to be alert of as we head throughout the next couple months. very dry out there and looking hot. we'll tell you about the forecast for the week and right now i'll send it back to you, scott and laura. >> as you know, zwe have the weather covered even when we're not on the air. a look at the radar and the seven-day forecast for your neighborhood. it's all at nbc bbayarea.com. a mother accused of attacking a bully who allegedly targeted her younger daughter at school. christie smith joins us live. the alleged attack happened right there on school campus. >> good morning to you about lunchtime and the mom was arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse and she came to the

school midday apparently looking for what she thought was her daughter's bully. this isn't all of it a charter school here in santa rosa and found her 12-year-old son and asked to point out this boy who bullied her daughter. she then went up to this boy in front of other kids and grabbed him by the neck and then demanded that he stop the bullying behavior. the boy apparently ran in to tell adults on campus who then took pictures of what they say were marks on the boy's neck. no adult apparentlyc conferenrontation and she did n check out at the office before she arrived, which usually adults are required to do. she has been released on $30,000 bail, a letter, we're told, is being drafted from the district to parents to be sent home today to let them know what happened. she is due in court on thursday. reporting live in santa rosa, christie smith, "today in the

bay." >> thank you. the former south bay ymca child care worker accused of abusing several children will be back in court today. charged with sexually abusing five children, one as young as 30 years old. the children went to the ymca day care where he worked. he was in court last week for the start of his preliminary hearing. testimony will likely wrap up today in the legal battle over martin's beach. on thursday, a san mateo superior court judge checked out the beach from half moon bay. founded sun microsystems bought the property in 2008 and blocked the public access road to the beach. the surf rider foundation filed a lawsuit claiming the executive had failed to get a permit to close the road. his lawyer said he doesn't need one. both sides have until june 24th to submit written closing arguments. 5:05 on the other side of

the bay they want members of the community to help them come up with tree protection regulations. meeting will start tonight at 7:00 at city hall on east 14th street in san leand row. the city removed large trees several months ago and the city is considering new regulations. a social being held by two homeowners associations could get fairly heated as the very land might get sold from right from under them. "today in the bay" peggy bunker here with more. good morning. >> good morning to you, scott. usually we don't get too bent out of shape, but the circumstances here surrounding the winchester orchard organization sure to make tonight's gathering pretty tense. these homeowners mostly seniors could lose their long-time homes to development and looking to their politicians to stop it. winchester ranch is a mobile home park, but not your typical double wide kind of neighborhood. no way the pride in this mobile home park makes it a pretty

neighborhood, some council members say they walk through because it is so nice. they will fight to the very end to stay there, but hot property as it's combine would the century dome, whose fate has also not been decided. now, several local groups are still trying to hang on to the century dome hoping nostal juwill win over development. squarely in the crosshairs of the mayor's race and a hot topic among city council members. all but one of them will be at tonight's meeting. half of the meeting will be devoted to q and a. taking place tonight at 6:30 p.m. at 403 cypress avenue in san jose. had one resident was quoted as saying many residents think we're old fogies but retired teachers, businessmen, lawyers, we are not, tonight's meeting

could get quite heated, as you can see. >> the first person i bought my first house from bought in that place. christina loren takes a look at this weekend and such a beautiful start to our day. >> really, really nice start. temperatures mostly in the 50s and some wind out there, but only at the coast. funny how your microclimates work out. we're finding the gustiest winds in san francisco and camera on the bay bridge shaking a little bit. not in san jose. breezy to windy to start. we have this really unstable air mass overhead. we're going to see two colliding areas of pressure as we head throughout the next couple days, which is why we have thunderstorms in the forecast. for today very slight chance and much better opportunity as we head through tomorrow, but i want to show you your winds tomorrow with that unstable air mass overhead. wind sustained at 20 in the city

this morning. travel cautiously. come up here, i want to tell you, the breeze as we head throughout the day today and themptures are going to be really, really nice and 70 along the peninsula and 62 in san francisco and we're looking good overall for a comfortable day with that chance for thunderstorms. i'm going to tell you all about that and we'll get into some science, bay area weather science coming up in just a minute. stick around for that. let's check your drive and say good morning and always good to see you on a monday, mike. >> you have not been blinded yet by christina's science. science! palo alto. that was a call back to when we had vinyl. nice smooth flow of traffic. i'll show you on the maps why i am concerned with belmont. a stalled vehicle reported there as you're passing by. now, it sounded like everything was off to the shoulder but chp went up there to check and help out and we don't see any slowing. use caution on north 101.

the rest of your bay moves freely south of there and so far through san jose and the rest of silicon valley. a little slowing shows up for 680 out of pleasanton and not a big deal right now. those sensors should clear and the broadway off ramp the earlier stall and crash has cleared from the roadway without any injury. the yellow you see there more cars hitting the roadway and freeway issue as things sort out and so far i expect you to be at the limit when you drive through the area. sycamore valley road. the earlier crash has cleared without incident from the roadway and one person taken from that scene with some pain and no major injuries from what we understand. that build for 580 out of the altamont and slowing is typical at this time. back to you. >> thank you. 5:10 right now. why you might notice more room on some muni trains this

morning. children and their sleep. the affect it could have on them. we're not just talking about crankiness, as well. big s-curve up there. people getting up, yay, it's monday, right? we'll get through it with you. it's 5:11 right now. nbc bay area honored with three national awards for excellence in breaking news coverage, feature reporting and public service and television journalism all from the society of professional journalists. nbc bay area, we investigate. moments of certainty.

when you know, you know. the all-new volvo v60 sportswagon. the s60 sedan and the xc60 crossover. test drive one today. model year end sales event. the s60 with 0.9% apr and up to $2500 in allowances. welcome back, everyone. taking a beautiful, live look outside from the south bay. nice start to our day overlooking san jose this morning. it is 5:13. you know, they say children who don't get enough sleep are more likely to be overweight.

parent surveys to access kids. sleeping patterns. children with the lowest overall sleep levels had the highest amounts of body mass. the research also suggested not enough sleep at any age is a problem. doctors may soon be able to diagnose pancreatic cancer with a quick cheek swab. patients with pancreatic cancer had two higher types of back teria in their mouths compared to healthy people. it could lead to a saliva test and could significantly boost cancer survival rates. a new study suggests a financial recession may affect your wallt and your heart. researchers in greece compared hospital admissions before and during the country's economic crisis. they found a significant increase in heart attacks among women of all ages as

unemployment rose and wages dropped. experts say the stress from financial crisis often caused people to start smoking, eating unhealthy and become sedentary to escape their problems. same-sex marriages in oregon could begin as soon as this afternoon. all comes down to one judge, u.s. district judge michael mcshane says she will issue a ruling today on a constitutional challenge to the state's gay marriage ban. the county, which contains portland says it will begin issuing marriage license immediately if that ruling allows. a last-minute push to get voters registered across the state. today is the last day californians can register to vote for the upcoming june 3rd primary election. you can do that online or in person. if you're already registered you don't need to do that. workers were out at a cultural festival last night signing up last-minute voters and also looking to hire more poll workers, especially bilingual speakers. there is no deadline to sign up

to help out at the polls. a global survey found a vast majority of u.s. companies planned to hire nba graduates this year. up 5% from last year and 51% since 2009. the survey looked at 565 employers, including 36 fortune 100 companies. it also found the projected median income for people with nba's is $95,000. it is monday morning and we have the best intentions, that's what data engineers say our pinterest accounts tell us. on mondays fitness is the most popular topic, tuesday technology is trendy and to get people over the hump wednesday's most pinned category is inspirational quotes and thursday back to fashion and by friday we all just need a laugh. the top trending category is hum humor. google spending big bucks to

buy twitch. let's check with seema mody, good monday morning to you. >> good morning, scott. once again, keepal our eyes out on the markets and futures and lower after stocks ended. higher on friday rebounding from the daily performance in a month. a lot of eyes on the bond markets health equities move higher and retailers helping push markets higher. in tech news google reportedly striking a deal to buy the gaming site twitch for $1 billion. the report from variety said the all-cash deal would be announced imminently. good news at the pump, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline has dropped 3.5 cents over the past two weeks. this according to the latest lundberg survey. scott? >> all right, seema mody at kru cnbc, thank you much. >> interesting forecast.

spring, you know, we do get thunderstorms traditionally in the springtime and as we head throughout the next couple days we're keeping our guard up with this go around because of the potential for some fires to break out. we do have isolated lightning strikes in the forecast, cloud to ground lightning strikes possible especially through the higher elevations where we do have the dry brush. that's what we're watching for. later on today the best opportunity for that up through the north bay mountain and the western facing slopes and higher elevations near mt. hamilton surrounding san jose. this is what we're working with the wind is picking up and area of low pressure will ride throughout our north and it's kicking up this really gusty wind this morning if you're headed out and about and you do drive a high-profile vehicle, if you do drive one, you want to keep in mind you could get by those strong gusts. as we head throughout the day today, this is what we're expecting that fog bank will set up right at the coastline and get that cool, westerly breeze and comfortable temperatures and as that area of low pressure comes through, a better chance

as we get through tomorrow. i think by evening, temperatures nice and comfortable, 8:09 is your sunset and mostly clear. let me show you your futurecast in just a moment. these are your highs for today. hard to beat 71 degrees in the south bay and no ac necessary. let mother nature do it for you. our area of low pressure dives to the south and we stop the clock for you at 6:30 tomorrow. still getting that chance of showers at that point and the chance for isolated thunderstorms. tomorrow we're watching the hours from noon to about 6:00 p.m. and then high pressure builds in quickly and bring the temperatures up to the end of the week. futurecast tells you that story. 84 degrees by friday and getting into your holiday weekend. clets let's check your drive, here's mike. >> live shot at westbound 580 coming towards us and the cameras facing east and a beautiful view of the sunrise, as well. we're talking about the traffic which is also building coming

out of the altamont. you might get a gust or two that will move your car a little bit keep that in mind. as we look at the patterns for your traffic map, we look at slowing out of the altamont pass on the right and also over at the dublin interchange we see more slowing than we typically do on a monday. it has been sticking around for a little while and maybe an issue. we're looking at 84, highway 84 and use traditional slowing at the bottom of your screen, as well. tri-valley, heavier build for 580 than we typically see on monday. the south bay pretty standard here in san jose. northbound 101 we should see that first burst kicking in and it will clear and come back, once again. right now traffic flows very smoothly throughout the silicic valley freeways. the stalled vehicle may still be blocking one lane and still trying to get more update from chp. not sure the slow lane or the fast lane and right now sound like not a big issue. a little slowing headed towards

92 and i'll track them and use caution as you head north past ralston. the rest of the peninsula moves smoothly into san francisco and and on the east bay moves smoothly, as well. we'll take a live look and see the toll plaza itself moves very nicely. an earlier backup for one of the cash lanes on the right or the left as you approach and a smooth drive so far off the berkeley curve. back to you. you may notice more space if you ride the line in san francisco. starting this morning, muni going to try out a new program that ended easing overcrowding. fewer seats that results in more standing room for about ten more people. starting next month the same design will get a trial. chp joining law enforcement agencies across the nation. click it or you're going to get that tick lt. the seat belt campaign starts today and runs through june 1st.

for the first time in five years deaths involving people not wearing their seat belts has gone up. last memorial day alone chp says 15 people were killed in wrecks, six of them not wearing their seat belts. now an exclusive investigative unit report. people who worked at one of the bay area's largest and most toxic sites says the cleanup is being botched and the public's health and safety at risk. technicians with decades of experience working on radio active cleanup says they've documented what they call egregious violations at a local project. they're speaking up warning bay area residents they can't be competent that dirt leaving the site is radiation free. >> the health and well being of the general public and the workers that handle it and also the quality of the environment. >> i wasn't worried about my paycheck. i was worried about the wrong that is being done to the city of san francisco and its communities around wherever they're shipping this stuff out to. tonight the investigative unit brings you more from those on the front lines and why after

raising red flags for the government they're still calling for more action. we'll investigate tonight at 11:00. south korea's president said she's trying to get rid of the country's coast guard after what she called a failed rescue attempt during last month's ferry disaster. in the first televised to the nation she wants the coast guard to transfer responsibilities to a new government agency she plans to create. she also vowed to root out corruption between regulators and shipping companies. more than 300 people went down with the ship. most of them were students. at least four people are dead after an explosion rocked a christian neighborhood in nigeria. the car bomb exploded overnight in kano, one of nigeria's biggest cities. the neighborhood is busy and full of restaurants and bars. it is unclear who set off that explosion. previous explosions blamed on boko haram. a group holding more than 200

school girls hostage. the largest animal to walk the earth, we'll introduce you to the titanosaur.

well, welcome back to you. look at the bay bridge. a little winds from storms including some lightning. meanwhile a new discovery of the largest animal ever to walk the earth. scientists recently dug up bones of a dine store as high as a seven-story building, 130 feet tall weighing as much as 14 elephants put together. the massive bones were unearthed in patgonia. it walked the earth 95 million years ago and, unlike the t-rex,

titan, i guess you could say titanosaur was a vegetation. >> you think they would work harder and just not lay around all the time. paleontologists for scale. up next, 5:27, a bay area mother defends her daughter against an allege bully, but deputies did say she went too far. oshe's facing charges this morning. taking a live look over san jose. beautiful start to the day here. hard to tell from this live picture. we actually have a chance for thunderstorms in the forecast today. better chance for tomorrow and then a little bit of a warming trend coming your way as we dive into your holiday weekend. your full forecast is coming up in moments. and a quick look at san jose. we are starting to see a little more traffic and the first burst coming up in a few minutes and we will hit the traffic and an incident on the east bay, coming up.

new this morning live in santa rosa where a mom has been allegedly arrested for going to her daughter's elementary school and assaulting an alleged bully. i'm christie smith, i'll tell you how it happened coming up in a live report. growing concern this morning across the state as california braces what could be its worst fire season in history. and the chance for thunderstorms coming into the forecast this week does not help that situation. it's breezy to windy to start the day. you can see that here from the bay bridge and already starting to cloud up in san jose. we'll take you to the changes in your microclimates coming up in moments. the bay bridge, not giving the wind advisory christina showed you the breeze there and also watching the other bridges as you cross over the bay this morning. we'll give you the latest, coming up. a live look from the south bay coming up. sun coming up and starting wave for this monday morning, may 19th. this is "today in the bay."

and a very good monday morning to you, thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm scott mcgrew. this morning students will head back to the class for the first time that a student was allegedly attacked by a mother. she was trying to defend her daughter from a bully. christie smith joins us live. the mother facing some serious charges this morning. >> that's right. felony child abuse is the charge here. bullying is something schools have been dealing with and it is a buzz word. this story comes with a twist. according to sheriff deputies a mom came to this school in santa rosa looking for what she believed was her daughter's bully. when she found that child, an 11-year-old boy, she confronted him and apparently grabbed him by the throat. school staff at olivet elementary school acknowledged this report right after it happened on friday at 1:40. she came to the school at

lunchtime without checking in at the office, which is something parents are usually asked to do and she asked her son, who goes to the this school to point out an 11-year-old boy that she believes was bullying her 10-year-old daughter. investigators say she confronted the boy about the bullying and then grabbed him by the throat in front of other students that were there. no adults certainly witnessed this at all but the victim did have marks on his neck that were photographed. then she was arrested saturday and then released after posting a $30,000 bail. we are told that a note is going to go home with students today explaining exactly what happened here and that the mom is due in court, we are told, on thursday. reporting live in santa rosa, christi christie smith, "today in the bay." waiting to learn the identity of a hiker after falling from a large rock in the berkeley hills. it happened on uc berkeley

property near south park drive and hikers found that body the victim climbed a large rock and fell about 100 feet to his death. >> have to treat it like a crime scene so we had them come process the scene. police hope witnesses will help them track down the person who shot a bicyclist in san jose. the drive-by shooting happened yesterday afternoon on south capital afternoon. witnesses say the gunman fired out of a late 1990s maroon honda with front end damage. one of 18 advisors fired last month said he and his co-workers were victims of a witch hunt. told the "mercury news" they were embarrassed over the

alleged hate crime incident and tell the new task force that it was not afraid. ras were unfairly targeted after the reported hate crime and when school officials got an anonymous tip about underage drinking at one of the dorms they were quick to fire 18 ras and the firings were unrelated to the allege hate crime. in that case three white students accused of bullying their. governor jerry brown said california bracing for its worst fire season yet and the resources we have may not be enough. bob redell live outside the station in morgan hill. how are they planning to protect people in these very fire prone areas. we're going to have a tough summer. >> apparently. good morning to you, scott. cal fire in morgan hill asking for your help. if you live in a wild land area, they want to remind you to clear 100 to 30 sensible space around your home. clearing any dry brush and make

it easier for firefighters to protect your house, if there is a fire. and, unfortunately, this fire season is not only off to an early start, but a very dangerous one. there's already been 1,500 fires statewide, including the ones raging around san diego. normally you only see 700 to 800 fires around this time of the year. unfortunately, the rest of the state, including here in the bay area is right for burning. here we are still in the spring and we're already seeing the kind of dry conditions that we don't usually see until mid to late summer, especially here in the south bay. >> it's not really as green as you think it is. i was just out in the hills over by communication hill and the grass is dry and the fuel moisture there is ready to burn. down around 9%. so, the grasses right now, even with a higher humidity are ready to burn, as far as what we're seeing. we're in the thick of it and this is only the middle part of may. >> scott, you mentioned the governor talking about resources

for fighting these fires. governor jerry brown yesterday morning saying the state has 5,000firefighters, $600 million roughly in funds to fight these fires and in spite of that amount of money and those number of firefighters, might not be enough, according to the governor. reporting live here in morgan hill, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you much. coming up over the bay area, want to check in with meteorologist christina loren, she has a look at that forecast. >> thanks for waking up with us on a monday. want to get your work day started. we have a slight chance for thunderstorms but bring in a better chance for that as we get into your tuesday. for today we're starting out in the mid-50s and pretty comfortable out there. you will notice more humidity in our atmosphere and as we head throughout the day today, breezy to windy conditions at the coast at least for the first part of the day, we have a little drizzle in half moon bay and onshore flow is still in place and that means plenty of low

clouds will hug the coastline and cool, ocean air moving all the way inland and temperatures will be nice today. chance for thunderstorms as we get into the latter portion of the day into the evening hours. sun will set by 8:09 and mostly clear conditions and let me show you the beautiful temperatures that we have in store for your monday. now, this is going to be the coolest day of the week, but 71 degrees, not a bad way to kick off the workweek here in the south bay. 70 degrees for the peninsula. 62 in san francisco today and 74 degrees in the north bay. so, we're going to talk about those thunderstorms. i'll show you what the futurecast models are picking up at this point. we just got the latest run and stick around, that is coming up in the latest report. here's mike inouye. >> looking here at this old-style sign over on the right side of your screen. it is lit up and we conveniently place our cameras behind a lot of obstacles. high winds across the san mateo bridge and i'll let you know across the westbound direction and commute moves smoothly but high rise may be an issue and foster city camera does shake on

the peninsula side. show you it is a smooth drive and just starting a little bit of slowing because of that volume of traffic across the span and you should see that over from the dumbarton bridge. over on the peninsula, northbound 101 at belmont reports of a stalled vehicle already. we had a little confusion whether or not it was in lanes but i have seen no slowing and chp doesn't seem concerned with it any more. that slowing has cleared from the area north towards the 92 interchange there. a smooth drive for san jose as we're waiting for that first burst to kick in over the next ten minutes. so far no surprises there, the tri-valley shows your traditional build after an earlier separation and slowing at the altamont and moved out to the typical pattern, once again, through the tri-valley. 580 continues towards 880 and we'll look at oakland and turned the camera south towards 98 and some flashing loilthights.

aapparently a crew arrived on scene and i'll move the camera and show you up in the upper right-hand corner if you can't make it out and looks like it cleared some lanes. right at the 98th avenue onramp, guys. back to you. new concerns about mers. why health officials say the deadly virus could transmit more easier than previously thought. new developments in the search for the missing plane. what crews searching are doing today. nbc bay area honored with three national awards for excellence in breaking news coverage, feature reporting and public service and television journalism all from the society of professional journalists. nbc bay area, we investigate.

welcome back, everyone. a very good monday morning to you. if you're having a tough time starting your day, this might help. a beautiful live look at the bay bridge. sun is up over the bay area and

check the forecast in just moments. 5:41. there is a new warning from health officials this morning who say the deadly virus mers can be easier to transmit than they previously thought. melissa live on capitol hill, melissa, they're saying it could easily be as transmitted as a hand shake. >> that is what happened in this most recent case. what we know is this. the contact in this case came stateside, it was a 40-minute business meeting where two men shook hands between an infected man from indiana who had been working in saudi arabia and then an illinois man picked up the infection. that man only showed symptoms and a mild cold and no longer sick but the man who had been in the middle east spent several weeks in the hospital and he is now better. virus a bit tricky. symptoms ranged from not at all to a severe cold and respiratory problems. spread to 15 countries and 600 people have been sickened and

200 of those people have actually died. >> thank you, melissa. new this morning, libya's army chief has ordered an al qaeda-inspired group to the capital a day after renegade troops stormed parliament. a possible show down between the two groups in libya. yesterday the renegade troops used mortars and rocket fires to raid that building and sent lawmakers running for their lives. two people reportedly died in those attacks. 50 others were wounded. this week a chinese navy survey ship will start mapping out the sea bed in the latest attempt to try to find that malaysian airliner. chinese, australian and malaysian officials met over the weekend to discuss the search and agreed the ship would survey the bottom of the indian ocean. a submarine searched 144 square miles of ocean floor and found nothing. the former executive editor of "new york times" will deliver the commencement address at the university of north carolina

today. jill abrasom. she listed ways in which she was a bad manager. abr abramson will deliver a commencement speech this morning at wake forest university. a social held tonight for two homeowner associations could get heated as the very land they live on could be sold out right from under them. puts the heat on local politicians, as well. "today in the bay" peggy bunker here with that story. good morning. >> usually we don't get too bent out of shape but the circumstances surrounding sure to make tonight's gathering pretty tense. they could lose their long-time homes to development. looking to their politicians to make sure they don't. winchester ranch is not your

typical double wide kind of neighborhood. very prideful neighborhood, very pretty. many residents there will fight to the very end to stay in their homes. however the 16 acres that house 150 people is located just down the street from santana row, very hot property. residents are being forced to move would devastate them. >> it's been terrifying. we have a lot of people who are in their 80s and 90s who are, i'm going to say, poverty level. if this closes, they have no where to go. >> now, also in the mix the century 21 dome whose fate has not been decided. several local groups are still trying to hang on to the domes and the nostal juthat comes with them. the issue, though, squarely in the crosshairs of the mayor's race that is also putting a lot of heat on city council members and which way they will vote on this. all but one will attend tonight's meeting to discuss the situation. that meeting taking place tonight at the cypress senior center very packed meeting. the address for that, 403

cypress avenue in san jose. now, many residents say they're living in uncomfortable limbo right now waiting to see if the homes are in are going to be sold right out from under them. many hope to live out their days in those homes. they don't know now if that will happen. today at&t will buy directv for $49 billion. it is a move that could affect customers. the deal would make at&t more competitive with other cable companies like comcast which just announced its own merger with time warner cable. comcast is the parent company of nbc bay area. now, at&t and direct tv expect a deal to be finalized by this time next year. both comcast and at&t will need government approval for their various mergers. at&t's move actually might make it easier for comcast to argue it should have its merger. new this morning, no deal. astrazeneca rejected a deal from

u.s.-based pfizer who wanted to buy the company for $119 billion. in a statement just a couple hours ago, astrazeneca's board said it has the confidence to flourish. it has been trying to get this deal done since january. medstudents at uc irvine will make a spectacle of themselves with google glass. this month the school plans on handing out a pair of google glass to every medical student. the first medical school to do so. several medical institutions testing the wearable computers. a surgeon at ucsf started using google glass last year. he used a pair to reference x-ray images while operating on patients. christina loren joins us so storms will help us with this dry glass and bring lightning, as well. >> we're not going to get a lot of rain. if anything, we'll see isolated thunderstorm cells move over the bay area and get a quick flash of rain and, yeah, that

potential for thunder and lightning really comes into play as we head throughout this evening and more so as we get into tomorrow. but you do want to keep that in mind. as bob redell has been pointing out all morning long, if you live in the high country, time to clear out that defensive space. 30 to 100 feet around your property. you're protecting your home, it's in your best interest to do so. as we head throughout the next couple days, very active around here. temperatures mostly in the 50s to start the day. part of the reason why we have this blanket of clouds overhead trapping in some of the warmth from yesterday. the camera here getting a shake to it. just a gorgeous start. just fantastic here. over the bay bridge. i want to show you what it looks like here in the south bay where we have a chance for thunder over our local mountainside. so, you want to keep that in mind if you live in morgan hill or gilroy. heading out and about works out like this. breezy and windy at the coast and otherwise mostly calm conditions in your inland

conditions and not a lot of wind to tell you about. better chance for tomorrow and i can give if to you in percentages. 10% today. we'll boost it up to 30%, though, for tomorrow. as we get into this evening, your sun will set at about 8:09, comfortable conditions. good barbecue weather for the next couple days but, remember, now that we are in fire season you don't want to leave that barbecue until that fire is completely out. 65 degrees in san francisco and south bay is at 71 degrees and want to show you the best chance for thunderstorms as we head through the next couple days and stop that clock for you getting into your tuesday. at noon, little activity here over the western facing slopes surrounding san jose and better chance at 3:00 p.m. up in the high country of the north bay. as we head through the end of the week, your temperatures will climb pretty nicely as a matter of fact, not too hot. 84 degrees by friday. we'll take a sneak peek at your memorial day weekend forecast coming up. stick around for that. right now here's mike and your drive. >> folks traveling through oakland. countercommute going southbound

past the coliseum and right now we do see a lot of slowing around 98 just underneath one of those overpasses there. we do see a clustering of cars and looks like from the pattern, the slow lane past 98 avenue and the slow lane blocked by that stalled vehicle. see folks shifting quickly to the left and things are clustering up just south of the coliseum itself. mark the coliseum with a circle and the incident and the slowing you see on your live camera. the northbound side, your traditional commute as you move up through oakland. that is moving very smoothly. areas south of there across the san mateo bridge. again, that congestion around the coliseum and look at the foster city camera and it does shake from time to time. at times over that high rise and not a big deal, but chp said we just got caught by that and you might want to hold on, as well. the benicia bridge. south of there, san jose starts to build a little more

southbound from 680 to 880 and your typical slowing pattern and over towards the bay bridge. let's look at the cash lanes as they are filling up and the fastrak lanes are moving, as well. the metering lights just turned on less than two minutes ago. there you go, build up very quick at the toll plaza for the 880 overcrossing. back to you. coming up, another possible blow for the a's. one of its minor league teams may be looking to cut ties with the organization. taking a live look outside at&t park. our boys of summer are off for today and they won't be back because they have an away game tomorrow. but, still, always a beautiful vista starting our day. a lot more news ahead. it's 5:51. the answer to treating your dog's fleas and ticks

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welcome back to you. camera inside at&t park. a live look at the park and then let's go over to 0.co, as well. both the giants and the a's are off today. the g-men on their way to colorado. now, oakland's triple a ball club reportedly looking to cut ties with the a's and team up with the giants. "chronicle" reports the sacramento river cats want to switch affiliation when the team's agreement with the team is up at the end of the season. the river cats have been oakl d oakland's triple-a club winning seven titles. so far no comment from oakland. right now the a's are in the process of trying to move to san jose but they have territorial rights to the south bay. california chrome could have been in his bid for the triple crown and all comes down to a nasal strip. the central california-born

horse who won the preakness over the weekend wears the nasal strips to help him breathe. the final leg of the triple crown is belmont stakes and they banned the horse from wearing a trazal strip two years ago. the trainer suggested the horse might sit out the june 7th race if new york officials don't let him wear that strip. the last horse to win the triple crown was back in 1978. over to the nba, the warriors could land all-star power forward kevin love. love's contract with the minnesota timberwolves is up at the end of next season and he has no interest in signing an extension with the team. they will likely lose him for nothing. love says he wants to play for a championship contender and, of course, that's the warriors. also the chicago bull reportedly on his short list. time to check the forecast, once again, with christina. >> good morning to you. love being able to show you all the various microclimates at one

time. take a look at this. you're book ended by partly cloudy conditions in the south bay and the north bay. along the peninsula, san francisco, overcast sky developing and the same for the east bay. temperatures this morning are nice and mild. 50s widespread on our way to a comfortable day. 70 degrees from the peninsula and 71 in the east bay and 71 degrees in the south bay today. 65 not bad in san francisco and we've got a chance for thunderstorms. we'll talk about that coming up right now. right now let's check your drive and say good morning to mike inouye. >> folks traveling south past the coliseum and how quickly once the stalled vehicles from the lanes and cleared it down to san leandro where they pulled it off the freeway. smooth drive at 98 and recovering in the southbound direction. no major drama through the area and sensors starting to spread out towards the area and a smooth flow through hayward and southbound 880. san jose we are starting to see the first sign of the early burst. san mateo bridge moves smoothly towards the peninsula and same thing with the dumbarton bridge

and check northbound through san rafael. we see that we're getting more traffic flow through san rafael. we have your build coming out of p petaluma. still ahead, a bay area mother arrested, accused of attacking a student at an elementary school. why she says she was defending her daughter. plus, growing concern this morning across the state. california bracing for what could be the worst fire season in history. plus, google glass in the classroom. we'll tell you which california medical school plans to hand out the high-tech eye wear to students. this is what we want to show.

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why the governor said this could be california's worst fire season ever. you couple that with a chance for a thunderstorm in the bay area for the next couple days and it could get pretty dangerous. we'll start that up today. mild, overall, with sun and clouds and widespread thunderstorms possible as we head through tomorrow and then we're going to warm you up into memorial day weekend. your full forecast in just moments. over at the oakland coliseum means recovery now for 880 as the commute is building and also the san mateo bridge we'll help you read that sign as i read your signs for your monday commute. live look outside. bay bridge this morning. look at the sun coming up over the bay area. starting our workweek is may 19th. this is "today in the bay." and a very good monday morning to you, thank you so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> a santa rosa mom facing child e