coming up. plus pg&e rates on the rise. how much more you could soon be paying the utility company. and good thursday morning to you. your wind direction has shifted overnight. we're getting more of that ocean air moving inland. nonetheless high pressure still in control. i'll let you know when the heat will break in your micro climate weather forecast. >> yefr lookioverlooking the bey bridge all illuminated on this thursday, june 19. this is today in the bay. a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. >> the bay area mom accused of choking a boy at her child's school will be in court this just 00 few short hours. dalia garcia has not been charged with thinking yet.

she's accused of grabbing the throat of a boy she thought had been bullying her daughter. private investigator hired by her attorney says another student saw the alleged victim choke himself to create red marks on his neck. garcia denies assaulting the boy. we'll have a live report in the next half hour. today lawyers for the san francisco man who led fbi agents on a manhunt earlier this month will meet with a judge. the grand jury handed down an indictment against ryan exam berlin, charged with possession of an illegal destructive device, carries maximum sentence ev of ten years. came today's meeting could determine if his psychiatric evaluation will happen. a bay area music teacher faces life in prison for reportedly inappropriately touching three young students at a daly city performing arts school. brian butts was arrested last week but investigators just released details of the case.

butts was a guest instructor at music arts studio. when the owner returned, several students told him about the assaults. >> so three occasions, this fellow touched them inappropriately in the chest area outside the clothing, but did touch and fondle them in the chest area. >> butts pleaded not guilty on monday. the students are between 13 and 15 years old. a man killed a few units shy of graduating from college will be given a posthumous degree today. he was shot and killed when he accidently went into the wrong apartment in his building. the 68-year-old man who shot him was arrested but later released. what was a scary situation yesterday afternoon, investigators spent the night monitoring the shells of two sunnyvale homes burned to the

ground. chris sanchez is live in sunnyvale where two families are without homes this morning. investigators still don't know how the fire got started? >> reporter: they will get in there and try to dig around a midst all of the chore ehe chau. the fire truck monitoring for hot spots did leave just a couple of minutes ago. this was in stark con ttrast to the flames we saw yesterday. the homes quickly consumeded by the fire. firefighters did move quickly, but the fire moved even faster. two houses are now a total loss. but it could have been a much worse story if not for some quick thinking of good samari n samaritan, one a tree terrorism who ran door to do you know tor people to get out. >> i ran inside the house and

got everybody out of the house. i pounded fire, fire. >> at least our lives, we have our lives. and i think my ghneighbor's dog died. >> reporter: firefighters ran into the burning home, but they can't stay long. they were for used to take a defensive position because they were afraid the home would come down on top of them. they doused it from the outside. at one point from our chopper vantage point, we did see a man climbing on top of the roof of his house with a garden hose trying to keep the fire from overtaking his home, as well. police wanted him down from that position because they said it was dangerous. they even threatened to arrest him if he didn't come down, but he says he couldn't stand by and watch. investigators will be back here at the scene this morning combing through the debris trying to figure out what the origin was and what the cause was. insurance adjustors usually come out the next day, as well, and

the families will certainly be trying to figure out what is next for them. chris sanchez, today in the bay. it is 5:04. new this morning, investigators trying to figure out if a brush fire in oakland was started on purpose. the fire burned bushes and trees in an area half the size of a football field. several roads were temporarily shut down near the intersection of courtland and brooke dale avenue. that fire several miles away from where crews have been patrolling the oakland hills. five separate fires broke out tuesday afternoon, all within a couple of hours of each other. they think three were intentionally set. and the two others were started by embers. investigators say burn patterns suggest someone may have even put gasoline on wood to get those fires going. a judge has approved pg&e's plans to raise their rates, though not as high as the utility might like. a law judge agreed to allow pg and e to hike it year and every

year through 2016. under the plan, rates will go up enough to increase the utility's profit by almost 7% this year, 4.5% in 2015, and 5% in 2016. since the increases are to reach a profit goal, it's still unclear how much your energy bill will go up. the proposal must still be approved by the state's public utilities commission. crews will finish the second round of mosquito fogging tonight. it comes after some adult mosquitos infected with west thil we 23450 nile were found in the area last week. >> hopefully not the too much humidity on tap for today. let's check in with christina. >> they're looking okay. here is the one note i will bring up because you're very, very wise, sam brock. they do love that humidity. so if you ever accumulating

water or ponding, that tapping water attracts the mosquitos. so you want to eliminate it. and plus we're in a drought, so there shouldn't be any standing water. 57 degrees in livermore, 57 in san jose. 54 in oakland. i think this is the time of year that people are really going to start conserving. as you know, we have three very dry months to get through in the bay area. we kick off summer in just a couple days. first official day is saturday. 84 degrees for today in the south bay. peninsula at 82, 88 in the extreme east bay. upper 60s again for you in sfwra san francisco. you'll see significant cooling at the immediate coast for today. switching gears now, more between news in the traffic department. last thing you want is something that will slow you down. we don't have any major delays and this is the one incident we're following right now. reportedly there is a mattress blocking the right hand lane on

southbound 880. so travel cautiously. keep alert. otherwise no problems so far. let me show you how we're moving 101 through palo alto, up to speed. 580 in dublin, a little bit backed up here. but not too bad for this hour. and looking good on the golden gate bridge where once against we can actually count those cars. we'll keep you updated. back to you for now. mattresses one day, golf clubs yesterday. an 11-year-old girl is making history this li is youngest pe qualify for the u.s. open. >> and it's so exciting to just get into the back stage. >> reporter: very exciting. the 6th grader got her start here at mariner's point golf course and driving range. she's from red wood shores, although she does train half the

rear in miami. the 11-year-old is impressing the world with her many giggles at the press conference. she shot a 68 at half moon bay last month to win the sectional qualifier beating the next person by 7 strokes. the head pro here says he had seen li when she was just 3 or 4 get emotional at practice and he wondered if she was getting pushed too hard. turns out it was practically the opposite. >> at the end of the day when they would leave a lot of times she would throw some tantrums crying and i'd ask the aunt or her mop what wm what was the prd they would say she's mad because she has to leave. >> i just want to have fun and play the bs i can. i don't care about the outcome. i just want to have fun. and learn. >> reporter: li saying that's all she wants to do is her best and have fun. although she is used to victory. she just two months ago won the

drive chip putt championship against other young golfers at augusta national. not everybody is happy that she's in the open. the world's number one lpga player stacey lewis who is 29 told "usa today" that she wants kids to learn how to live before reaching this stage and that if li was her kid, she wouldn't inlet her play the qualifier. so different reactions there, but li from right here in the bay area, very proud. at last check, she double bogeyed the first hole, parred the second one. we wish her luck of course. stephanie tron, today in the bay. >> an impressive command of the golf lexicon from stephanie. it's 510. a new netflix show filming in san francisco this week. >> plus what facebook is saying about an overnight outage that affected users across the globe. and a live picture right now

on your this morning of tursday golden bridge.

good morning to you south bay. taking a live look outside, sun rise over san jose. another glorious sunrise. hopefully a great day ahead. facebook is apologizing after an overnight outage that seemed to sweep the entire

globe. a good portion of europe, asia and africa and all over the country. early this morning, facebook released this statement saying, quote, we experienced an issue that prevented people from posting to facebook for a brief period of time. we resolved the issue quickly and we are now back to 100%. we're sorry for any inconvenience this may have called. american apparel has fired its controversial founder and ceo. yesterday the board of directors voted to fire ceo after and ongoing investigation into alleged misconduct. it's unclear what that misconduct was, but the board says it was doing the right thing. over the years, there have been several sexual harassment lawsuits filed by employees. there were reports he had meetings in his under way. american apparel stock continues to fall. filming has begun for the upcoming netflix television

series. motorcycles raced back and fort through the city streets. the science fiction show created by the writers of the matrix is about eight people who have psychic powers. crews will film in various locations throughout the city. the show is expected to air on netflix at the end of this year. the nerve bank decision to cut back on stimulus programs could cause the markets to rally today. for a look at how futures are trading, let's turn to jackie deangelis. futures are a little mixed, so we'll very to see where the session goes. but stocks rallied on wednesday following the latest decision by the federal reserve. the fed saying the economy has rebounded in recent months and the labor market is improving, as well, although a little cautious on the housing recovery. it is taking a little more time than expected. the federal government signaling interest rates may start to rise

next year, but saying that, we should expect to see them low for a considerable period of time. meantime, we'll get some data on unemployment and manufacturing. so look for that. the dow rising 98 points yesterday to finish at 16,906. nasdaq up 25 to 4362. a 14 year high for the nasdaq. t-mobile offering users a one week test drive of its wireless network. customers can sign up on line, get a free iphone in two days and pay no charges unless of course they return the phone at the end of the week. the company says streaming music no longer going to count against your data plan. remember last year t-mobile hook things up by unbundling service fees. so they're reversing course on that. back over to you. president obama's head will be the first 3d portrait of a sitting president at the smithsonian. digital specialists scanned his head and used a 3d printer.

many were experts from the university of southern california who used their face scanner to document the president's face from ear tosof george washington and two of abraham lincoln. >> looks a little like him. the eyes i don't know. a major cosmetics company helping you try on its makeup without entering the store. l'oreal paris has released a makeup app on the iphone and ipad, it will scan your face and put the products on you so you can see what you look like. different looks. and you can see it there different angels. y angels. you can buy the makeup through that app, as well. >> too bad they can't recreate my shaky hand. >> exactly. >> if there affairs application app, you'd be good to go p.

>> i would be. as we take my close up. i'll be ready for my close-up come 6:00 a.m., but if you watch in the morning, you already know that. temperatures mostly in the 50s. i like to get ready with you in the morning. we're at 57 degrees in livermore. should anybody look as good at 4:30 a.m. as laura garcia can. she raises the bar for the rest of us. 56 in san francisco. 52 in half moon bay. another good looking day for your outdoor plans at least until lunchtime. that's when it will get uncomfortably warm by most bay area standards. i can tell you if you live in the south bay, 85 degrees is bearable, but not what we like. we like the upper 70s where you don't have to use your ac, the ocean air builds in the afternoon hours. and today we will see the ocean air move back on shore, but it

bt would won't be enough to keep us cool. 91 in the north bay in cloverdale. 83 in palo alto. basically we'll cut off the ocean influence right around the coastline. so half moon day, you'll get a little bit of it. san francisco much cooler today. 82 degrees for the peninsula, 87 in the north bay. and you know, what we're starting out this morning on a good note in the traffic department. we'll get to that in a minute. but a preview of where we're headed for the weekend. cooler conditions. you might set your sights on the beach for this weekend. overall looking good. if you want to take a trip to the beach, beautiful conditions right now. all across the board, your drive looking good as well. we don't have any major delays. we are stacking up in the usual hot spots. 580 headed westbound showing

that usual slowdown that we get at this time of the morning. but overall, nothing out of the ordinary there. we're look pretty good. your transit status shows you everything on time or close to it. we'll let you know as things progress throughout the morning. but right now, getting a really good looking drive. back to you sam and laura. pg&e says it will start increasing security at its south bay substation later this year. the utility is responding after someone fired more than 100 rounds from an assault rifle last year, 17 transformers and a half dozen circuit breakers were hit. the upgrade includes opaque fencing and protective barriers and there will be better detection systems. lighting systems will also be improved. now to an exclusive investigative report, trains on a collision course and faulty wheels that could derail. we investigate train safety as the transit agency geefr gears

new riders in time for the 49ers season. they reviewed months of inspection records. vta trains carry 140,000 riders a day. records revealed they failed to properly maintain critical signals in many of its trains leading to hazardous conditions that could cause head-on collisions and train derailments. >> when your inspectors found these problems, what did they instruct vta to do? >> not run those vehicles. and we found that they did run them after that. >> vta is a very safe operation and i encourage everyone to ride vta. >> tonight more on what inspectors found and why they say vta has been slow to make some of those fixes plus concerns about whether the trains will be ready in time. we investigate tonight at 11:00. today some of the top men and women in the u.s. swimming

will be competing in the south bay. among the stars expected to be there, michael phelps, the olympic winner considering a run at the 2016 rio olympic team. the groand prix runs through sunday. and coming up, the soccer playing getting toward release a rap album. not too thick right now, but we know it won't stay that way. we'll bring you more news updates coming up. no rush, andy. come on. with the chase mobile app you can get a lot done in a little amount of time from transferring funds

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who likes baseball? taking a live look outside.

we're liking the as these days. they beat the rangers last night 4-2. they take on the red sox tonight here at home at 7:05. ♪ that guy looks familiar because he's u.s. mens soccer captain clint dempsey who will be releasing a full length rap album once the world cup ends. he released a rap called don't tread but never released anything else. a portion of the sales will go to his hometown food bank in east texas. no word on when the album will officially drop as they say. >> what timing though. >> yes, indeed. in honor ever tof the world cupe is a name generator. >> thanks to the generator, you, too, can have your own brazilian

soccer name. we put your name in and mixed it up and your soccer fan with be sinho. >> and we did the same for you. if you were a professional brazilian player, you would be garcia-cannaca. we expect you to wear that tomorrow. >> oh, yes, on the back of this dress, little do you know. >> and christina's would be lorardo. i like it. >> i love having lardo in my name. >> not lar cando. in. >> rolling those rs are not

easy. 54 in the east bay and every woman does not want a little lardo in her name. 68 for san francisco this afternoon. it will be comfortable. back to you two. it's 5:27. the mom accused of attacking a young boy allegedly bullying her child will be in court today. what a judge could decide coming up. plus despite written protests, the archbishop prepares to march in support of traditional marriage. s if [ mom ] hi, we're the pearsons, and we love chex cereal.

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. fire investigators are looking for answer after a possible suspicious fire in the east bay. details next. plus the president taking new action as iraqi insurgents continue to push toward baghdad. we'll have a live record. and even though the wind direction has shifted and now we're seeing the arrows coming off the ocean, it's still going to be a hot day for some parts of the bay area. not everywhere. we'll break down all those

various micro climates for you in just moments. and a live picture right now in the south bay at 5:30 on your thursday, june 19. this is dis today in the bay. good morning. thanks so much for joining us. new this morning, investigators are trying to federal government out figure out if a brush fire was started on purpose. several roads were temporarily shut down while crews put water on the flames. and that fire is several miles away from where crews have been patrolling the oakland hills. five separate fires broke out tuesday afternoon all within a couple hours of each other. they think three were intentionally set and into others started by emblows. burn patterns suggest someone may have put gas on wood on get

the fires going. investigators will exam burn patterns and debris in hopes of figuring out what started a fire that burned two homes to the ground yesterday in sunnyvale. chris sanchez is live there with what we know so far. have there been any updates? >> reporter: no updates so far. but we know investigators will be out here again today looking for any sort of clue as to what happened here. the homes are surrounded by fencing. the fire truck that was monitoring for hot spots has left the scene. but it is a stark contrast from yesterday as we watched the fire quickly assume the two homes. firefighters moved quickly but the fire moved even faster. the two houses now are a total loss. but it could have been way worse if not for quick thinking good samaritans, one of them a tree trimmer ran door to door telling people to get out. in one of the houses, there was a home daycare center where there was a child sleeping inside. fortunately every made it out inside. >> i ran inside the house, ordered everybody out of the

house. no one was answering the door, i under founded fire, fire. >> but at least we have our lives. and i think my neighbor's dog die died. >> reporter: firefighters had to take a defensive position from the outside trying to douse the flames, keep them from spreading to the other homes. at one point we did see a man climbing on to the roof of his house next door trying to wet down the roof and do what he could, though threatened with arrest by the police because they were concerned for his safety, he said he just couldn't stand by and watch his house go up in flames. fire investigators will comb for clues today and as soon as they tell us what they think happened here, well will of course give to you. reporting live in sunnyvale, chris sanchez, today in the bay. today a san jose judge will hear it from a man who insists he is the biological father of audrey pot. pot of course the saratoga teen

who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted at a party. michael wants to be included in the wrongful death lawsuit. the pots filed the suit against the parents of the boys who assaulted audrey. the three boys searched 30 to 45 days. the arch bush shop is scheduled to speak at a march for marriage rally in washington, d.c. today. comes as local catholics as well as leaders like gavin newsome and mark leno urged him not to attend. no response, the arch bush shop sa bishop says it's simply a pro marriage march. over 30,000 people signed the petition asking that he not go. 5:33 on your thursday morning. yesterday was a bit toasty but

not. >> so cooler today a little bit? >> about the same. but we're in the talking triple digits. i think you can get through it. and if you play your cards right, you shut the blinds before you leave, you can probably get by without using your ac in most the spots. you probably will need to use it in the eastern east bay today. but you're used to that. it's getting close to summertime out there and that is very warm this time of year. next couple days, our temperatures will drop off. so we won't heat you up as we get into summertime, we'll cool you off. but basically see more of the same. temperatures fluctuating by a few degrees in the cooler direction. so 68 this san francisco today, you'll lose the warmth, though, after tomorrow. so if you want the city with the 70s, get on out there for today, tomorrow and by saturday, we're definitely talking about a return of those low clouds. dublin today, 88 degrees.

so definitely a big contrast between the of course micro climates. these are your temperatures today. 88 for the east bay, 87 authority bay, hot spot also south bay at 84. cooler conditions along the peninsula. just 82 degrees. and speaking of the peninsula, a great looking drive on 101 and 280. we are stacking up in some of the usual hot spots. westbound 580, let me show you what it looks like through dubl dublin. starting to seat cars stepping on the brakes a bit and the space definitely becoming more limited between the cars. you're stacking up here, but this is the only spot. we'll keep you updated. back to you sam and laura. it is 5:35. today a bay area mother could find out if she will face charges for allegedly choking her daughter's bully. the mother claims she didn't land a hand on the student.

>> reporter: good morning. that's right, the mother delia garcia bratcher will likely learn whether or not she will face any charges today in a santa rosa count -- rather sonoma county courtroom. this mother was originally accused of grabbing the throat of a little boy who was allegedly bullying her daughter. but there is some question as to whether or not she actually did that. there are varying witnesses and the attorney for garcia bratcher says this never happened. >> she never laid hands on this boy. that is what must be made clear. she did ask him to stop bullying her daughter. she did not get the wrong boy. the boy is lying if he claims otherwise. it's that simple. >> reporter: since there were varying descriptions of what happened, the d.a. wanted a little more time to investigate. that court date was put off a month. that is today. and again, we will be learning

whether or not she will be facing any charges. derek shore, today in the bay. 5:36. news isn't all bad for spain. they have a new king. the overnight change coming up. plus the young peninsula girl making history on the national golf stage right now.

welcome back. it is 5:39. as militants battle their way towards baghdad, president obama is working to get washington politicians on board to w. a plan to save iraq without dragging the u.s. back into war. in the meantime, some private companies are working on getting

people out of iraq. today in the bay's tracie potts joins us live on capitol hill with the latest on possible military action. >> reporter: good morning. no word on military action yet. the u.s. is still trying to get the iraqis to pull together and fight this enemy on their own before we send in planes. we do have drones and maybe planes out will doing surveillance, but no sort of military action that the president has announced so far. after that refinery attack that started yesterday, concerns by big oil companies. exxonmobile is pulling all of its people out of iraq. also bp has decided to pull about 20% of its people out. the iraqis say they are nowhere near the fighting, but it certainly raised questions and concerns about where these militants might move. they need a better handle on what is going on on the ground.

>> vice president biden made more phone calls to iraqi leaders yesterday. is it working at all? >> reporter: to the prime minister, to the kurdish leader. essentially telling them all the same thing, the vice president said that they need to pull together and get rid of their differences and fight this enemy on their own and not expect the u.s. just to come in and solve the problem. you asked is it working. to some degree, yes, on paper in front of cameras, we're seeing iraqi leaders talk about unity. we're even seeomething sunnis join the shiite army fighting against the sunni militants, but it hasn't stopped them yet. >> one to watch. thank you very much tracie potts live from washington. the unrest in iraq is giving congress pause about the president's plan to withdrawal troops from afghanistan next year. violence tips. this morning three heavily armed suicide bombers attacked a nato convoy near the afghan-pakistan border. it was along a key route for nato. the attack triggered a gun

battle with police guards. police killed two attackers, but one blew himself up. 37 fuel trucks exploded, as well. the taliban has claimed responsibility. the obama administration insists afghanistan is not iraq. the white house plans to withdrawal u.s. forces from afghanistan by the end of 2016. today house republicans will elect a replacement for eric cantor. cantor stepped down after he was unexpectedly defeated in a historic virginia primary. it was the first time that a majority leader has lost in a primary election. republican whip and californian kevin in being car any mccarthye frontrunner. spain welcomed a new king earlier today. there he is felipe vi will take over the throne at his father and former king juan carlos hands over his crown after a four decade long reign.

the new king is expected to face tough challenges as the country emerges from a deep economic crisis. and # 1-year-o1-year-old gi making history. lucy li is the youngest person to qualify for the u.s. open. she teed off an hour ago. >> stephanie tron is live. how is she performing so far? >> reporter: she's performing pretty well. and she is was in good spirits as she talked to people before this week for the open. she's just from a few miles south of here, red wood shore, but she got her start here in foster city. she does train, though, part of the year in miami. she's everywhere for the game of golf. the 11-year-old was this pigtails and sparkles, still able to make an impressive mark on the world during the press conference. through many giggles, she told

reporters she was inspired by her big brother and while her dad is good, he still can't beat her. she two months ago, she won the drive chip championship. so she's used on winning and also the attention and pressure. >> i think i like crowds. they don't bother me. i play better the more people that come watch me. so, yeah, i'm really excited, though. >> thinking about this week that makes you nervous? >> not really. >> reporter: not everybody is happy that li is in the open. number one lmpt pga player told "usa today" sports that she's not a big fan of li at the open. if li was her kid, she wouldn't have let her play at the qualifier at just 11. she says kid shoes experience more wkids should experience moe

win before they get to this stage. li is at three over. so again, 11 years old, already impressing so many people. we'll be checking with her through the entire open of course and keep you posted on the score. stephanie tron, take in the bay. >> makes you wonder what were we doing when we were 11. >> have you seen her golf swing? it rivals some of the men on the senior tour. and i love how she just wants to have fun. >> she's enjoying it. >> usually kids with that kind of pressure, they don't realize. hey, i'm ten years old, so really nice to see. and making the bay area look even better. we wish her the best of luck. as you're making your way out the front door, does thats are mostly in the 50s. we're at 57 right now in livermore. and that's a nice way to start the day.

probably don't even need a jacket. overnight we get what i like to call the equalizer. all of our temperatures basically drop into the 50s and then we get the separation as we head into the afternoon. all because of the wind. the on shore flow will impact the immediate coast bringing cooler conditions here. otherwise we'll cut it off. it won't even make its way to the inner bay today. so for us, i can tell you right now, it's going to be another warm one. want to make sure you're ready for that. but we won't exceed the mid-90s. 82 for the peninsula, 84 south bay. 68 in san francisco. 87 in the north bay. so not too hot out there. still, though, a little on the warm side especially as we break it down for you city by city throughout the various micro climates. gilroy will hit 90, palo alto a warm spot. and the maybe getting up to 70

degrees depending how much of the on shore flow persists. we'll fall out of items, drop back to the aefts in the south bay by sunday. but if you still wanted to hit will the beach, head out to san francisco, a lot of events happening there. we are off to a fantastic start in the traffic department. let's switch gears here. mike has the day off. he'll be back soon. i miss him, too. but we have a good looking drive all across the board. usual slowing right now 580 headed westbound, that is the commute direction. no accidents to add to the slowing. accident free across the bay area. very light drive 101 through palo alto for now. 580 through dublin, stacking up a bit, but still up to speed there. and on the golden gate bridge, wrapping up construction for the morning, and look at that, a little bit of a marine layer. that will keep you cool at the coast for today. back to you. bay area you music teacher faces life in prison for

inappropriately touching three young students at a performing arts school. brian butts was arrested last week, but investigators just released details of the case. butts was a guest instructor at music tart studio while the owner was out of the country. when the owner returned, several students told him about the alleged assault. >> on three occasions when the girls were by themselves, it wasn't like there were other students in the room, this fellow touched them inappropriately in the chest area. outside the cholothing, but did fondle them in the chest area. >> butts pleaded not guilty. the students are between 13 and 15 years old. business owners and police are working on a plan to combat what is known as the oldest profession for women in one san francisco's hot spots. between 11:00 and 4:00 in the morning at union square, numerous prostitutes walk the streets soliciting men and women. witnesses say they sometimes aggressive and it's bad for

business. and becoming dangerous for tourists. >> if you come in here with your wife and you're from omaha and you're walk down the street and you saw rather obvious prostitutes, not exactly fun thing. you already put up with the homeless. >> not a new problem for the city, but a problematic one. police say they want to clean up the square but also want to help women who have been forced into prostitution. a man who was killed a few units shy of graduating from college in san francisco will be given a positithumous degree. he was shot and killed when he accidentally went into the wrong apartment in his building. the man who shot him was arrested but later released. the president of the ncaa will be placed under oath in a federal courtroom in oakland today. according to the mercury new, mark emmert is a key witness in the ongoing trial about whether college athletes should or should not be compensated for playing. the judge has already heard from three former college athletes.

they think those athletes deserve the right to some of the revenue that schools earn especially from television broo broadcast rights. starting monday, dogs can run through at some mountain view parks. the one year pilot program goes in to effect at six parks. they are here on this map. those marks will have designated off-leash areas, but the hours will be restricted. the purpose is to see if dogs and people can share the same green space. many pet owners welcome the change. others are not so sure. >> depends on the people are responsible enough. >> i assume people know that if their dog is dangerous to children, they would keep them on leash. >> the city is putting up temporary signs this week to let park goers know about the change. city leaders say they encourage people to call in if they have any problems with the dogs or any complaints. the people who put the tens

of thousands of lights on the bay bridge are now working on lighting up san francisco's market street. illuminate the arts was given preliminary approval for a two mile stretch. the lights will be timed to light up as subway cars go by the underground. project organizers say this is more challenging than the bay lights project because it requires real time data. other city agencies must review the plan before it's approved. it's 5:51. >> team usa's chances of beating portugal just got better. we'll tell you why next. plus chaos at a world cup stadium as fans break through security trying to sneak into the game. they weren't terribly successful.

two u.s. senators are proposing the raise the federal gas and diesel taxes for the first time in more than two decades. congress is struggling to come up with ways to pay for highway and public transit programs. the plan would hike the taxes by 12 cents each. taxes would be linked to inflation. lawmakers are concerned about the federal highway trust fund which is set to go broke in late august. ammazon's fire smartphone hs a 4.7 inch screen. it comes with 12 months free of amazon prime and live tech

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field yesterday. his knee wrapped in ice. he reportedly told his doctor, quote, i'm the one who decides if i'm playing or not. sunday kickoff is at about:03:0. it would greatly boost the u.s.'s chances, but germany is the favorite. >> they still have to get through portugal and then face germany. and yet germany is really looking good everybody has the world cup fever and we have weather to accommodate that fever. it will be hot out there. if you want to keep it cool, head to the coast. 68 in san francisco, 84 in the south bay. as we always do, we like to let you know about weekend events that are free for you and your family. this one is happening down in santa cruz. if you enjoy wooden paddled car,

you might enjoy woodies on the wharf. it is nor cal's 20th annual wooden paneled car show. not going to find a bigger show. everything is on time. in on problems on your local highways right now. no stack ups that are unusual. i can tell you right now transit status right up to speed. we're on or close to being right on time. back to you. 5:57. new mosquito fogsing in the south bay tonight. where the trucks will be coming out. and head of american apparel yo yo yoused overnight. ousted overnig.

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our lives. >> plus heartbreak as a man watches two homes burn to the ground. new details as firefighters try to pinpoint what sparked those flames. and good morning to you. almost uniform temperatures to start the day. we're in the 40s and the 50s. we will see a 20 maybe 30 degree spread throughout your various microclimates. it will be cooler at the coast and then we have changes for your weekend. we'll talk about those coming up. before we get into the weather, let's start with a live picture of coy tower at alcat z alcatraz. striking as always. 00 good thursday morning to you. thanks for joining us. today prosecutors come file