holiday weekend. how to get around that, coming up next. meanwhile, we are waking up with a cloudy sky. you know what, though, we're going to see temperatures warmer this afternoon and beautiful conditions to accommodate your outdoor plans this weekend. we'll show you the warm spots, coming up. and so i'll be talking about those low clouds and san francisco build up while the closure happens on the east bay. your friday commute, coming up. a live look outside and lots of fog as we look at the transamerica building. it is friday, may 23rd and this is "today in the bay." good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us, very happy friday to you. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm peggy bunker in for laura garcia-cannon today. warning people in the south bay to be aware of their surroundings after a man with a shotgun killed people at two shopping centers. it happened at the target parking lot and subway in morgan

hill. opposite sides of highway 101 near cochran road. bob redell is live this morning in morgan hill and, bob, they have a pretty good description of this suspect. >> they have a great image of him taken from a surveillance camera here at this target on cochran road. good morning, peggy. you can take a look at it, the most distinguishing characteristic of this young man is the fact that he has a mohawk. according to morgan hill police they consider him to be very armed and dangerous. last night around 9:00 in the parking lot of this target shopping center this man drove up to a woman, a customer and tried to rob her of her purse. she refused. he ended up taking off in his car and we'll now show an image of that car, again, from another surveillance camera's point of view. a white four-door car a dodge neon or chevy cavalier and it has a black bra on the grill. one of those covers that people sometimes put on the front of their cars.

according to police, he then after he failed to rob this woman in the target parking lot went down it cochran across 101 to a subway shop and showed the shotgun there. and ended up robbing that store. took some amount of money and police won't say how much. he has not been caught. again, we'll go back to an image of this man. clearly you can see he's white and he has that mohawk and they believe he's in his 20s. slim build. has a tattoo on his outer left wrist and he was wearing a black punisher t-shirt, green shorts and a black and white shoes. again, that vehicle is either a dodge neon or a chevy cavalier. a white, four-door vehicle. the woman was not hurt and the employee at the subway store wasn't hurt either. although the suspect did get away with some money when he robbed this store. this taking place around the 9:00 time frame last night. >> that surveillance picture certainly will help. thank you so much, bob. an important stretch of interstate 280 in san francisco

is now shut down. hello, peggy. >> hello. >> throughout this memorial day weekend. mike inouye will look at how that closure will affect your morning commute and we'll start with "today in the bay" christie smith. she is live along interstate 280 in san francisco. christie, a busy weekend. >> yeah, good morning to you. you know, we've been talking this morning about this all being for seismic safety work and i want to step aside because this is the work that we've been talking about this morning. started about 9:30 last night after the closure of the southbound lanes which was at 9:00. what they're telling me is that basically that 60,000 -- >> all right. >> we lost christie there. we can talk to mike inouye for sure. >> this is our live shot. the construction going on right now that seismic retrofit for southbound 280 anywhere between and the last onramp down towards

pennsylvania avenue that is what is going on. san francisco, that's your blockage right there with the explanation point getting away from at&t park and use pennsylvania avenue as your surface street alternate and the arrow makes 101 southbound which is the easier alternate and getting through town on sixth likely over there. use pennsylvania avenue and jump back on to 280 and that is your alternate and that is going on through tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. the end of the memorial holiday. this is indicative of your typical friday commute and as you look at the bay bridge toll plaza a very easy drive right now. toll plaza itself is filling in very nicely and the metering lights is turned on, this is early especially for a friday and especially for the volume of traffic that we're seeing. nums, th nonetheless, they've turned those on and approaching the maze without any real issues. the tri-valley shows slowing and through livermore and down

towards the upper 50s and that's a very pleasant drive right now. watch get away traffic starting late morning, early afternoon and towards the sierra and the rest of your south bay moves very smoothly at speed and the rest of your bay, right now. transit systems reporting no delays. modified service for monday holiday. >> that's a good look right there. we do want to go back right now and check in with christie, as well. this is really going to impact a lot of folks right now. let's get back out there and check in on this closure right now. what do people need to know on memorial day weekend. a lot of people are hitting the roads. >> well, good morning to you. you have to pack your patience because what they're telling is that 60,000 drivers use the southbound lanes of 280 each day and as you can see, it's shut down. the reason it's shut down is because of the seismic safety work that's going on down there. what they're doing is they're replacing hinges that are underneath the roadway and they said they're about a foot down. so, what they're doing right now is demolition work and then they

get to that. with me this morning, steven williams, good morning, come on over. thanks for joining us. how is it going this morning? >> we're about halfway through and we anticipate being through before lunch. that's what the demolition part. we're going to remove the hinges and replace them and then pour concrete and hopefully this job will be completed by 5:00 tuesday morning. that's our goal. >> and part of this, leading into it, i notice that all the lights are lit above telling people reminding them that this closure is happening. we have a really busy here in san francisco. giants game, and carnaval. what should drivers know if they're trying to get around here? >> use public transportation where it's available. b.a.r.t. and caltrain both go to at&t park. >> all right. well, you get the idea there and remember that there are other

ways around this. 280 closed between sixth street and 101. let's go to a live picture this morning of downtown san jose and a check of your microclimate forecast. there's that spider, again. i'm going to name him phil. >> i like phil. phil has been showing up every time we take a live look at san jose. >> working the bugs out of the system, as it were. >> check in, christina loren. it's a friday morning, you can tell. >> such a human name for a spider. phil. phil, huh? heading out friday. freaky friday shaping up in the weather department, as well. we've got a little weather bug and a lot of fog to show you all across the board. south bay at 56 degrees and 57 to kick off and, i mean kick off that three-day weekend in the peninsula area. that's redwood city right now. here's what we're working with. i want to show you the fog on the golden gate bridge, as promised, right on time.

that may gray is settling in and as we head throughout the morning hours if you're traveling over that bridge, you may have to use your windshield wipers and little coastal mist and it keeps our hillsides nice and moist which is great news when it comes to potential fire danger. as we get through next week, we could look at elevated fire danger towards the end of the week. but overall you still want to take it easy out there if you are still going to be camping. always, always watch that camp fire and don't leave it until it's completely engtinguished. keep the onshore flow going which means our hillsides will stay moist. mild coast warm valleys and sun will set at 8:17 and comfortable out there. get your grill on. temperatures not too hot for that. 82 degrees in the south bay and 74 degrees for today on the east bay and 67 in san francisco. so, it's nice and overcast and right now we'll show you exactly when the fog will clear your microclimate and look at the events across the bay area for the big weekend. right now back to you scott and peggy. >> thank you so much. still aahead "today in the

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it's friday. you made it to friday. 6:11 now. we've got a fabulous weekend shaping up weather wise for your outdoor plans at the coast. not too hot inland this year. we'll show you what's happening across the bay area in moments. and across the bay, here the san mateo bridge moves smoothly. the low clouds across the hills and watching fog settle in and the metering lights on at the bay bridge already for a friday. that's unusual. we'll talk about that coming up. top stories for you, the southbound lanes from 280 from downtown san francisco to pennsylvania avenue shut down this morning for seismic safety work. the roadway will be closed on memorial day weekend opening up just in time for tuesday morning's commute. the two owners of the san jose chiro spa are using the spa to bilk insurance companies out

of $7 million they billed as chiropractic services. right now authorities in morgan hill are on the hunt for a man they say is armed and dangerous. a woman says this man threatened her with a shotgun and tried to rob her in a target parking lot last night. a few minutes later authorities say that very same man robbed a nearby subway sandwich. save the country's presidential election. investigators say 11 of the 21 people killed were civilians. they were at a rally showing their support for president assad when opposition activists fired a shell at them. 30 assad supporters were hurt. assad is widely expected to win a third seven-year term in the june 3rd election. happening right now fire crews finally gaining control of that massive wildfire in northern arizona. in the sedona area slide rock park that fire has been burning for three days now. so far it's charred an area

bigger than the city of san francisco. officials believe a person started the fire but haven't found that person. hundreds of businesses and homes were evacuated, though, no reports of injuries or any structures burned. new video out of reno this morning. this is something to see. here is this time lapse video showing a wall of dust just devours downtown reno. late last night you can see shrouds all those lights in the dust. really just disappearing there into the horizon. the dust storm lasted about 20 minutes and brought winds with it of about 40 miles per hour. now, this was the first one that the city has seen in more than six years. not too common there for reno to see that. completely dark in the dust. you see that more in arizona. we'll have to ask christina about that. >> if you're still looking for a way to spend your holiday weekend, you might have a free show among the stars starting tonight in the west coast. meteors will streak through the sky. this is video of the previous meadier shower and sometimes there will be more than 200

meteors per hour but this is the first time. this is the first time we'll see the meteor shower from earth. no one can say what is going to happen. the best spot to watch the meteors anywhere but the coast itself. >> all right. nothing like a new perspective watching a meteor shower. you start thinking we're so small in the whole scheme of things. taking a live look here at at&t park. the giants take on the twins tonight at 7:15. you can watch that game right here on nbc bay area. >> speaking of baseball, our own meteorologist christina loren trying her hand on the mound, here it comes. let's watch. nice across the plate. christina turned out to be really good luck. the giants beat the stockton ports 5-1. you were there for education week, right? >> i was. 1,400 south bay kids. >> they offered you a contract, i understand. debating salary, talking about that. >> it's tough. you have to start in the minors if you want to make it to the majors, right? 6:15 taking it live outside.

we have some pretty chilly conditions out there to start the day but it's going it be warm out there later on. so, if you wanted to get out there, go for a run, go for a bike ride, something, it's going to bring your temperature up. your internal temperature, make sure you are ready because it is going to be hot later on. probably a good idea to make those plans later on. overcast conditions in the south bay. you wake up and walk out your front door in the south bay and see the full deck of clouds overhead and temperatures won't soar out of control, but i can tell you it will be warmer for today. this is our natural coolant really starting to settle in here on the golden gate bridge at this point. that fog is developing and continue to develop as we head throughout the next couple hours and start to burn off between about 9:00 and 10:00. 82 degrees for the south bay today and 67 in san francisco where we have a big weekend event. carnaval is taking place. harrison between 16th and 24th. festival is both days and your temperatures downtown are going to be comfortable in the city. keep that in mind the parade is at 9:30 on sunday.

also on memorial day, in san francisco, they will be honoring all of our veterans, our fallen men and women who served this great country reminding us that freedom is not free. if you want to be part of this, 21-gun salute taking place at the presidio main post and comfortable conditions 10:30. let's check your drive, here's mike inouye. >> great reminder why we have the holiday not just the day off of observance. over here looking at the fog sinking down. christina showed you this a couple seconds ago and want folks to see this. can't make out the tower of the south bridge clearly and lighter volume of traffic and i don't see the windshield, well, maybe a couple windshield wipers moving right now. get to the maps and talk about the city. not from the north bay, that's all right. getting out of the city southbound 280 and can't use from at&t park and down to the 101 interchange. you'll use 101 as an easy alternate and take pennsylvania along the freeway and then jump

back on anywhere south of cesar chavez. you're okay heading out of the city on 280. that will go on throughout the holiday weekend and we'll keep reminding you about that. the smooth drive the maze and east shore freeway at speed and bay bridge toll plaza unusual for a friday, especially a preholiday friday and have the metering lights on. i said the bay bridge toll plaza is slowly filling in. we just now see cars all the way back to the 880 overcrossing but it does continue to build. no incidents on the bridge and they may want to reduce the traffic flow into the city and also the confusion for the 280 closure. back to the maps and we're talking about the rest of the bay. a smooth drive and your mass transit system throughout the bay including the ferries and b.a.r.t. system no delays and the south bay and the peninsula with no big problems and over here in the trivalley we have your steady, slow build as a later friday commute kicks frin the dublin interchange. we'll send it back to you. >> thank you, mike. the billionaire owner of an nba team is apologizing to

trayvon martin's family for what some are calling insensitive comments. >> he was talking about the donald sterling and he said, "everyone has prejudices one way or another." >> if i see a black kid in a hoodie at night on the other side of the street, you know, i'm on the same side of the street, i'll walk to the other side of the street. but other than safety issues, i try to always catch my prejudices and recognize and be very self aware that, you know, my stream of thought is never perfect and i've got to be careful. >> trayvon martin, of course, the teenager who was wearing a hoodie when he was shot and killed two years ago. he apologized for the hoodie reference he stands by the context of the comments of what he was trying to say and certainly called for more tolerance, as well. in the wake of the donald sterling controversy, capitol hill lawmakers are calling on

the nfl to change the name of washington, d.c.'s home team. 50 u.s. senators have signed a letter to roger goodell asking him to retire the redskins team name. the letter says in part "we urge you and the national football league to send the same message as the nba did that racism and bigotry have no place in professional sports." the nfl says the team name is meant to represent a respectful and positive image. landon donovan left off the world cup roster and the head coach's son, apparently, thought it was kind of funny. >> taking to twitter to say so. after that came out, ha, donovan, ha ha. i didn't notice until my phone notified me. ha, ha. donovan has played in three world cups, the los angeles galaxy star reportedly had problems with the coach after taking several months off last year.

the bay area own earthquake star is headed to brazil. chosen as one of the four forwards. making that game super excited. >> he used to play for de la sal. time now 6:21. still ahead. bay area county is the luckiest in the country. many people making a b-line there. bridging the late night gap. how you can take a school bus to get home after b.a.r.t. trains start running at night. as we get you going let's give you a foggy, misty look at san jose. the skies a bit covered and hopefully won't impact that giraffe meteor shower later on this evening. we'll talk about that coming up.

6:24 now. two life-long friends say they've come up with a plan to bridge the late night transportation gap from san francisco to oakland. they're calling it school night. they plan to rent school buses to take people back and forth from downtown oakland to san francisco's mission district. as of now, those are the only two stops the buses would run overnight from midnight until about 4:00 in the morning when b.a.r.t. is not an option. >> a lot more young people living here and a lot more night life here. >> because we're using this resource, the school buses that aren't just normally being used at night, we can offer this service, you know, really affordably while still, you know, being able to support

ourselves. >> when they say really affordably, they mean it. the two say they hope to launch the service in a couple of weeks. they still have a couple of kinks to work out, but the public utility commission but they'll only be charging $13 for a one month unlimited pass. that sounds pretty reasonable. it's almost summertime and we love our beaches here in california. >> some professor in california is leaving our state off the list of top ten beaches. the top ten beach in the country is in waw cuky according to stephen leatherman at florida university who clearly knows nothing. beaches in florida, south carolina and massachusetts are among the others rounding out the list. but, again, no california beaches crack the top ten. now, there's one silver lining when it comes to beaches and the drought. a new beach report shows because of the dry weather there is less runoff into the ocean.

as a result of that, 95% of california's beaches have scored an a or a b on the 2014 beach report card. so, a bit of a silver lining there. >> it is. if you live in santa clara county, lucky you. you officially live in the luckiest county in the state. >> that's when it comes to playing the lottery. crunched the numbers for you and they say more big-time lottery winners come out of santa clara county than any other place in the state. of course, we had that huge mega million jackpot. >> does not change the average. >> that probably skewed -- 6:26. still ahead, silicon valley slash another round of job cuts. twitter blocking -- let's take you live out to the bay bridge and check in with mike in just a minute as we look at the toll plaza. downtown san jose. apparently this is a very lucky place to get your lottery tickets. we'll be right back.

twitter blocking blast family by request. the controversial new policy in pakistan coming up next. whether you're celebrating a graduation, getting together with family members or, hey, maybe you just want to hit the beach. we have gorgeous conditions for your memorial day and we'll tell you what's to come after that. >> of course, memorial day. right now we have the clouds drifting around and a backup at the bay bridge, which is unusual for this time on a friday. we'll talk about that, coming pup. mike, we'll take a live look at the opening bell this morning. this is nyse and a young man getting the honor this morning as we look ahead here comes the bell. very good and over on the nasdaq, as well. we have finjan not familiar with them and that looks like we're a ways away. today is friday, may 23rd. this is "today in the bay."

hey, taking a look at the bell, apparently they're ringing it right now. >> very good. yes, we were a bit early. >> a couple seconds early there. let the trading begin. good morning to you and happy friday. i'm peggy bunker in for laura this morning. >> i'm scott mcgrew. there is the opening bell. here is today's top business headlines. hewlett-packard cutting up to 16,000 more jobs. spread out across different businesses and countries. now, 50,000 jobs have been cut since megwhitman became ceo in 2011. default to being seen just by your friends and current users will be reminded of who they share their posts with and "wall street journal" is reporting google reporting a seven inch tablet that captures 3d images. the company plans to produce 4,000 prototypes. blog what a pakistani

bureaucrat considered blast afemous tweets. they asked to block five tweets and accounts from his fellow countrymen. the content included offensive drawings of the prophet mohammed and photographs of burning koran and messages from anti-islamic bloggers. an american porn star was also blocked. in 2012 twitter agreed to block offensive tweets in certain countries and this is the first time it has blocked anything from pakistan. the new ntsb report is finding that the government did not test lithium batteries that caused problems around the world and sjc. the dreamliner 787s when they were first released by boeing back in 2007, however, this week is the ntsb criticized the process that the faa used saying that the organization should have sought out technical advice from someone other than boeing. well, the dreamliner is the first commercial jet to rely on rechargeable batteries, but those batteries caught fire on several planes.

this weekend we honor the lives of veterans and those who gave their lives for our country, but right now scandal continues to unfold about medical care at v.a. hospitals. "today in the bay" tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. tracie, this is a lot bigger than just one v.a. hospital. >> this is a lot bigger than phoenix where we first started hearing these allegations. now in new mexico whistleblower told nbc that there they were assigning veterans, patients to doctors who didn't even work for the hospital. people who left or who were administrators who didn't see patients. we're hearing from st. louis a former head of the psych department they were seeing half as many people as they were reporting. the stories are starting to spread. one of the reasons why president obama sent neighbors out yesterday and spent all day talking to doctors and nurses and patients and veterans and president obama will get that report. meantime here on capitol hill, lawmakers are taking some

action. they've been trying to get what they like to call here in washington, the document dump. what may be hundreds and maybe even thousands of pages of e-mails and documents about what people hear and washington knew about this appointment scandal and whether they were doing anything about it. but they're not getting the information they want as quickly as they'd like to. so, they set a deadline. three officials from the v.a. have got to come to a meeting next wednesday night. if they don't, thursday morning subpoenas will be going out for their testimony. >> tracie potts live in washington, thank you. every available soldier in the third u.s. infantry division was at arlington national cemetery today to complete a very solemn task. for more than 65 years members of the third i.d. have taken part in what's known as the flags in ceremony. the soldiers place small u.s. flags exactly one foot in front of each grave marker to honor fallen service members on memorial day. there are more than 250,000 grave sites in arlington

national cemetery. >> gives you goose bumps when you see that. what a good effort and remember to pause and think about what memorial day is about. let's get to mccovey cove right now. as you can see a bit foggy and looking nice next to at&t park. wonder if the weather is going to be that way for the game. christina loren, what do you think? >> 7:15 first pitch and good-looking night for a ball game out there and they're definitely coming home to quiet conditions compared to what we had to see them play through. oh, it was rough out there in colorado. but, you know what, that brings up a good point. if you're trying to travel today we still have the system lingering in the mid-section of the united states and it could impact your travel if you're trying to get over to the east coast. we'll show you that in just a minute. temperatures mostly in the 50s and let's keep it local. as we head throughout your day, windshield wipers for the first part of the day and you can see that mist and drizzle accumulating here on our camera lens. we'll see that big, thick deck of clouds start to break apart

by lunchtime and then complete sunshine on the way as we head throughout this afternoon. but, yeah, it is thick out there this morning. overcast sky all across the board. sun will set tonight at 8:17 and temperatures will be comfortable, even at sunset. getting into the days where you can go out there and have a barbecue and comfortable conditions and get the cool ocean breeze in the evening hours. 74 degrees the high for the east bay today. looking comfortable out in the tri-valley and even here in the south bay where it will be warm and talking low to mid-80s. let's talk about tricky holiday travel because this is what we're going to be watching for. we have two systems and this one has really been impacting the four corners region and it will continue to. if you fry to fly from san francisco over to the east coast, that could slow you down. we have another one in the east coast that is going to produce showers and thunderstorms here today. so, count on some travel delays in the northeast and if you're traveling through the four corners region, you want to check ahead and the sheer volume alone will be enough to force delays. let's find out how we're doing on our local roadways, here's

mike inouye. send it back to all three of you guys. >> getting excited for the big moments. >> they have been preparing me because i get a little nervous. i'm okay, now, guys, thank you. golden gate bridge. this is what christina is talking about. the low clouds and mist and drizzle. look on the lens itself, some moisture on the lens. if you watch, you can see through that blur and windshield wipers going on and those are our rain sensors that we talk about and not only rain, but rain back on the windshields. friday we talk about a lighter build and a later commute kicking in getting into the city and out of the city southbound and going on, folks, until tuesday morning and southbound 101 a little slower off the bay bridge and surface streets, for example, getting over towards a tt&t par. and you join back anywhere south of cesar chavez you're okay.

south bay smooth drive out of the bay and the bay bridge toll plaza shows you all lanes are fill in and good movement for all these lanes. they turn the metering lights on earlier for a friday and light volume down the east shore freeway keeps things moving and they are on and back up there. the rest of the east bay and the rest of your bay in general showing a very light volume right now. the south bay starts a little slowing for north 101 again approaching 880 and a disabled vehicle reported on the southbound side right around shoreline. prepare for that. a traffic break but sounds like it is going to ease over to the shoulder just without any problems. a smooth drive for the rest of your bay and the tri-valley just through livermore and getting out of town and folks will head towards tahoe and sacramento starting early afternoon and, in fact, judging by traffic yesterday evening. >> creating those family memories in the station wagon. can't prepare yourself. >> facing backwards. >> wood paneling, there you go. thanks, mike. 6:37. an incredible catch. dramatic video. a baby falls out of a second

story window. taking a look at morgan hill, you can see the fog here creeping over the hills. very nice picture. we're glad you're with us. we'll be right back after the break. nbc bay area honored with three national awards honored for excellence in breaking news coverage, feature reporting and television journalism. all from the society of professional journalists. nbc bay area, we investigate.

6:40 now on your friday. tennessee is bringing back the electric chair after a nationwide shortage of lethal injection drugs for inmates. the state will only use the electric chair if prisons can't get those lethal injections. the decision comes shortly after that botched execution took place in oklahoma last month. that's where a man began rising and clenching his teeth just moments after he was given the first dose of a new lethal injection combination. tennessee will be the first state to reintroduce the electric chair without giving prisoners an option. the man accused of holding a woman against her will for ten years in southern california says the woman is making up the story. the suspect isidio garcia appeared in court yesterday. the 25-year-old woman he allegedly abducted is lying about it because the couple is breaking up. they filed five felony charges against garcia. authorities also say he forced her to marry him and have his

child. meantime, absolutely remarkable video out of china. >> take a look at these two men anxiously holding out their arms, seconds later, this. oh. this 1-year-old boy comes flying down from a windowsill. apparently he had been hanging on to the second floor windowsill for quite some time. that baby might have been looking for his mother right before he fell, despite that drop in the rain, too. you can see he is okay. oh, boy. >> holy cow. 6:42 coming up a south bay woman stares down the barrel of a gun pointed at her outside a target store. we'll tell you how she convinced the bad boy to drive away without hurting her. a major stretch of interstate 280 shut down for the holiday weekend. live pictures when we come back.

and new this morning. homicide investigators trying to figure out who shot two people at the scene of a car crash. this in hayward. police called to saklan road and winston near interstate 880. there they found two wrecked cars and a 22-year-old who was shot to death. another shooting victim was found later at a nearby hospital and police believe he was shot in the same incident. his injuries are not life threatening. police say as of now they don't know who is behind that shooting. 6:45 now. a normally busy stretch of interstate 280 in san francisco now shut down throughout the holiday weekend. mike inouye is looking at how this closure is affecting your morning commute. mike, how is it looking? >> we are going to start, however, we are going to start with christie smith who is live along 280 in san francisco. let's get to her first and we'll check in with you in a second,

mike. you are there. you can see the activity under way. what should drivers know? >> good morning to you. well, drivers are going to have to know that southbound lanes of 280 are closed through the long weekend. they're just going to have to find another way to get around it. while all of this is seismic safety work is going on and that's what you see happening here behind me. what they're telling us is that about 60,000 drivers use the southbound lanes through san francisco each day. what they're doing is replacing hinges that are about a foot below the roadway. they're outdated about 50 years old and caltrans says no one uses this style any more so they have to replace them. so, until tuesday, neighbors, people in town to see a giants game or carnaval or students home for the holiday are going to have to find a lot of company out there on the streets, if they decide to drive. 5 on and off ramps near at&t park to pennsylvania avenue are closed. the options to get around include using public transportation and maybe the

already busy 101 if you use that. caltran says the work has to be done in steps and the demo work is halfway there. >> we anticipate being through before lunch. that's what the demolition part. we're going to remove the hinges and replace them and then pour concrete and hopefully this job will be completed by 5:00 tuesday morning. >> now, he tells me they actually considered leaving one lane open southbound, but then they looked at the models and they figured that would create a seven-mile backup so they certainly didn't want to do that. again, what he said, they're looking at 5:00 a.m. tuesday, but then consider this, it's going to happen, again, fourth of july weekend and labor day. but this time on the northbound lanes. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> good heads up there. a lot of people headed that direction. now, meanwhile, let's check in with mike inouye to make your

weekend a success and what they can do. >> first of all, i'm glad christie smith pointed out they will leave one or two lanes open and people asked why they did that and it would cause confusion. avoid southbound 280 through san francisco or out of the area. from at&t park heading south down past king street and down towards pennsylvania avenue, that's the portion that is closed. you can't use that. 101 conveniently located over here just parallel to the freeway and that's your alternate over here. from at&t park with that home run lasting through the holiday weekend and a lot of traffic getting across city and using sixth street from king over there and that was your best route or pennsylvania avenue alongside that freeway. now, for the rest of your friday commute looking at a lighter preholiday traffic flow and, interestingly, we have the bay bridge metering lights on and a live look shows you the bay bridge toll plaza and we saw 60 filling in and now starting to

ease a bit and the fa, strak lanes have the most traffic. talking about a smooth flow of traffic and palo alto area and we're picking up a little bit of volume here and no delays here or in the south bay and mass transit looking good around the bay, as well. b.a.r.t. trains and other buses the holiday they're likely to have a sunday schedule but check each agency because some do a sunday schedule and a 280 southbound is closed from at&t park closed towards cesar chavez but you're okay getting back on to the freeway. send it back over to you. >> thank you, mike. cal fire asking everyone to remain vigilant as fire danger continues to rise. officials want to remind you, you need a permit before lighting a camp fire and maybe local restrictions, as well. clear a ten-foot perimeter around the fire pit and someone should be at that fire or for that matter, the grill, at all times. pay extra attention when putting the fire out, please. make sure that thing is

completely extinguished. also new rules at san francisco ocean beach go into effect. a new program tacks on a curfew for bond fires. they must now be completely out by 9:00 p.m. and not allowed on stir the air days. that program will last from labor day when the national park service will decide whether or not to make them permanent. check your microclimate forecast as we give you a live look out at the golden gate bridge this morning. i don't think we can see either tower. it is beautiful, but definitely a lot of fog. good morning to you, christina. >> good morning to you. a lot of fog out there to greet commuters this morning, but, really, our natural ac. people who live in the city and especially if you live inland, you walk out your front door and see those low clouds, you know it's not going to be too hot and kind of scary and you wake up and no low clouds to start the day. that's typically an offshore flow set up. temperatures right now mostly in the 50s and overcast out there right now and not great viewing for that meteor shower, but we are going to have better viewing

as we head throughout tonight. you want to combine camal and leopard and then say dalids. that's the name, the first time that we're actually going to have a chance to see this meteor shower. scott mcgrew wanted me to become a geek this morning, you know what, i'll take that challenge any day. the name comes from the greek word. they actually thought that the giraffe was a combination of the camel and a leopard. that is the actually greek name for giraffe is camelopard. we'll see the skies clear by 7:00 p.m. and overnight tonight if you want to take a look at that beautiful meteor shower 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. friday. okay, done being a geek. let's get right to your forecast. temperatures for today looking good. we'll lose this cloud cover between about 10:00 a.m. and noon but look at this, we're getting some drizzle this morning, which is really good news. hillsides will stay nice and moist and we don't want them to dry out because that's when we

have the elevated fire danger to deal with. nice weekend onshore flow continues right at the immediate coast. it's going to be warm, though, inland. i have to tell you that. 8:17 p.m. that's when our sun sets and you're getting long days. great barbecue conditions in the evening hours. 74 for the east bay and 82 south bay and 67 degrees in san francisco today and comfortable conditions across the board. want to show you little sneak peek of that holiday weekend. warming trend up to 87 degrees by sunday. we'll cool you off just in time for memorial day. all right, guys, on that note, send it back to you. >> you are absolutely outstanding. thank you. investigators in the south bay looking for a man who threatened a shopper with a shotgun before robbing a fast food restaurant. all this happened last night morgan hill at the target parking lot and subway. you can see they're on opposite sides of highway 101 near cochran road. "today in the bay" bob redell live in that location and, bob, police released a good surveillance picture of this suspect. >> very clear image and what

makes this man frightening is what he did was so gutsy around 9:00 last night trying in this parking lot here in morgan hill. let's look at that surveillance photo. appears it was taken by a camera inside the store. you can see the man, the most distinguishing characteristic of him, of course, is the mohawk. and, according to morgan hill police, as i mentioned, this attempted robbery took place in the parking lot here at this target store. it was around 9:00 last night. this man was in his car, he drove up next to a woman, a woman shopper who was coming in or out of the store and showed the shotgun and demanded her purse. she refused. so, this man took off in his car. we have an image of that car taken by another surveillance camera and you can see a white four-door car. either a dodge neon or a chevy cavalier. what you can't see but what police describe is that there is a black bra on the front grill of the car. that's one of those covers that people sometimes put on their cars. so, he takes off in the car and he goes down cochran, across 101

to a subway sandwich shop. there he has the shotgun and he pulls off a successful robbery, unfortunately. pulls out the shotgun and robs that store. police will not say how much money was taken but he did succeed and took off and they have not been able to find him. trying to get the word out, again. there is another image of him. the image that morgan hill police department. he has that tattoo and a slim built and a tattoo on his outer left wrist. green shorts, black and white shoes. the woman was not hurt, neither was the employee of that subway shopping center. but as you can imagine, police do consider him to be armed and dangerous. again, this man last night with a shotgun going around trying to rob people. failed one, unfortunately succeed would the other. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. hap ang today, as well, the woman accused of attacking a 4-year-old girl with a tire iron at walmart will be in court.

maria grote entered the walmart and hit the girl in the head. the girl's father blocked a second blow. posing and singing for the surveillance cameras before laying down on the ground and waiting to be arrested. the 20-year-old faces charges that include assault with a deadly weapon and a hate crime. police say she was mumbling "asians bug me" as she was arrested. the young girl is expected to recover. police in livermore warning women to leave their headphones at home when they go jogging. the warning comes after a man grabbed the woman from behind last friday. she told police she didn't hear him because she was listening to music. she did manage to escape after a struggle. officers say they are checking to see if it is the same man who attacked other joggers in recent years. a follow up now, the district attorney's office in santa rosa says they need more time to investigate claims that a mother grabbed a 12-year-old boy by the neck. she was supposed to be charged with a felony yesterday, but

that case was postponed until mid-june. garcia bratcher is accused of grabbing that boy by the neck because she thought that boy was bullying her daughter. some saw the attack while others say it didn't happen. the woman just told the boy to leave her daughter alone. two owners of a popular san jose spa are being accused in one of the largest medical fraud practice cases in the bay area this morning. they are accused of using their spa, the san jose chiro spa near montgue expressway and 680 to bilk insurance companies out of $6 million. the operation dubbed nail polish an undercover investigator went to the spa many times for manicures and pedicures and employees reportedly took the investigator's insurance information and charged insurance companies for cai

chiropractic treatments. the owners will be in court next month. a uc berkeley student who was severely burned after spilling hot coffee on her lap has filed a lawsuit against in-and-out. according to "san francisco chronicle" the student claims that employees ignored her screams and row peepeated requeo call 911. they gave her a bag of ice, which could make burns worse. they have not commented on the lawsuit. campbell's prune yard on th market for the first time in 15 years. the shopping center located right off highway 17 home to businesses like trader joe's and marshalls. it has been around since the early '70s and no word on what will happen to the property once it's sold. well, it's 6:57. let's do one final check of today's stories. palo alto's hp says it will cut 16,000 more jobs which will

bring the total number of job cut to 50,000. the job cuts will be spread out over different countries and businesses. and southbound lanes at 280 from downtown san francisco to pennsylvania avenue are shut down this morning for seismic safety work. the roadway will be closed on memorial day weekend opening just in time for tuesday morning's commute. you might want to stay up a little later tonight. catch the first of its kind meteor shower. scientists say more than 200 meteors per hour, but nobody really knows for sure the best time to see the action will be 11:00 tonight until 1:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. if you're an astronomer you hope the clouds can depart and we can catch a glimpse. >> even if you don't, you head inland and as high as you can get. nice out there to see oh, that beautiful meteor shower. temperatures low 80s inland and 67 degrees in san francisco and as we get to that weekend, warming up to sunday and then we ecool you off. looking good. check in with mike and a lot

going on as far as closures. >> talk about the 280 closure and the weather that christina mentioned. golden gate bridge camera and the fog blocking our view of the south tower and the moisture on the lens and the windshield wipers going. keep that in mind and looking at the maps a smooth drive into the city despite a lighter friday commute and the closure for southbound 280 through that stretch and use 101 as your alternate and bay bridge with your alternate. lower visibility at times across that span. keep that in mind. >> sounds good. if we could only dance like this. youtube sensation for his michael jackson routine. >> getting special recognition from the jackson family, as well. the 17-year-old won this talent show. they got the eye of the jackson estate. brent nichols and his family invited to las vegas to see cirque du soleil michael jackson's "one." he received two michael jackson cds. >> he is so good. he is such a great dancer. that is great news for his

family. >> exactly. he does it well. that's what's happening "today in the bay." back at 7:25 with a live local news update for you. have a good and really safe weekend. good morning. breaking news overnight. that massive recall of tainted ground beef expanding. more states and stores added to the growing list, and a recall of popular dips. what you need to know before your weekend cookout. holiday headaches. that massive wdfire in arizona grows ten times larger in the past 24 hours, while hail from the strong storm in the northeast dents cars and smashes windows. and dangerous new storms bear down on the south today. al's tracking it all. how did he survive? a climber plunges 70 feet into a mountain crevasse, breaking his arm and five ribs, then records