a. and he goes for it. i jerked away but he was too strong so he get it. >> a girl scout troop is ripped off, selling cookies in the south bay but the story does not end there. hear how one of the scouts taught him a lesson. and terrorists threatening to attack malls and we know from experience they mean business. and the new secretary of defense makes a major announcement that could lead to a change in military policy. a live look outside on this monday morning, it's february 23rd. this is "today in the bay."

and a very good monday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. top stories in a moment. the first sign it is monday, startb with the slate clean a meteorologist christina loren. >> i'm excited being with you here on a monday. thanks for waking up with us. wind advisories in place for parts of the bay area until 10:00 a.m. we'll have more on that plus rain in the forecast this week. happy monday to mike inouye, shaky camera. >> exactly. the cameras are the way we can see the wind even though the wind is kind of invisible. towards the san mateo bridge from the foster city side, there was a stalled vehicle westbound with the headlights, no longer a concern. the wind advisory by chp is still there. as we look at your map for the greater bay area, wind advisories as well.

view from the hayward side and steady flow of traffic toward the high-rise a clear view. no delays across the san mateo bridge. back to you. >> mike, thank you very much. a san jose man this morning behind bars accused of trying to rip off gill skourcouts. >> the girl scouts were selling cookies when a man yanked the cash box right out of a 10-year-old girl's hands. she did her best to hang on but he was too strong. the thief took off running. >> i didn't really know that a guy would do that. i didn't know there were people around here that would do such a thing and it just made me feel bad. >> makes us all feel bad. the thief came back to the parking lot ten minutes later where witnesses spotted him getting into his car, but they got his license plate number. police quickly arrested 23-year-old cody gibbs on suspicion of strongarm robbery.

the girls got their money back. on top of that, police bought $240 worth of cookies and gave the troupe $60 cash. >> 4:32. a convicted sex offender just released on parole may answer to new charges in court this morning. carlisle villazon is accused of molesting a girl in a 9%n

high-end call girl charged in the deadly heroin overdose of a google exec. alex tickleman injected forest hayes with so much heroin that it killed him. it happened 16 months ago on hayes' yacht in santa cruz. tickleman faces felony charges for leaving the boat as hayes lay dying. a hit-and-run crash killed a food vendor in east soes, when a driver slammed head-on into a car in mt. pleasant high school saturday. the driver took off ran into a couple manning a food cart. the man died in the crash, the woman who was hit died. marco shamale faces several charges including vehicular manslaughter. oakland port workers finally back on the job but liqueuring labor issues makes you wonder if everybody's on board. the problems started over the weekend, both sides reached a

deal on friday. longshoremen took a break en masse violating port rules. the port sent the workers home. last night an arbitrator ordered the longshoremen back to work. truckers doing business expressed relief the port was back in business. >> yes, of course. it relieves some of the congestion in our port. . >> the union calls the work stoppage a "misunderstanding." it's 4:35, a sea of black at the sea catholic church in san francisco, some church members attended yesterday's mass of black clothing as a symbol of protest. parents and alumni are upset over a controversial pamphlet given to kids as young as 7, it talks about abortion and mercy killings. members dropped notes of opposition instead of money into the collection basket, the notes

directed at father joseph iolo behind the literature. >> again it was without the permission of the parents and i find it to be abhorrent. >> last week father iolo admitted it was probably inappropriate but he added it is nothing the church does not teach. washington is washing you should be vigilant following a terror threat at u.s. malls. the somali terrorist group al shabab called for attacks on western malls including the largest mall near minneapolis. they took responsible for the 2013 attack in a shopping mall attack in kenya that killed 67 people. tony abbott announced a national security crackdown in the wake of a hostage siege in the sydney cafe. the government could deny welfare payments to people who

are seen as potential threats and curb travel overseas. a new video released by isis is believed to show the group training young kids. we're not showing you that video because it's isis propaganda but in it you could see children standing in formation, chanting, praying and doing exercises. and isis instructor says about 80 of the kids are foreign fighters. also back here at home, the new defense secretary does not think transgender people should be kept from serving their country. ashton carter says the military wants the best people in our country to serve and does not care what their personal lives are like so long as they get the job done. supporters want carter to review regulations preventing transgender service members from serving openly. new warnings about the growing danger of derailments involving trains carrying crude. expect more to come in the years to come. latest federal government report comes in the wake of last week's fiery derailment that forced ,c west

virginia. an average of ten per year, the $4 billion in dauu5 it recommends stronger tank cars, more effective braking systems, and other safety improvements. okay, back at home now 4:38. we are just kind of wondering what this week has in store for you. >> kind of a cold start, it's clear out there. >> yes, good morning to you, sam, laura, everybody at home. temperatures mostly in the 50s. pretty day coming your way. things will change throughout the next few days with a storm system on the way. we'll see a cooler week on average than any day we saw last week. temps only ramping up in the low to mid-60s just about all week long. look at temperatures for today at lunch time in the mid-50s and we'll round out the day at about 63 degrees in san francisco, 64 degrees in the south bay, hopefully had a chance to catch the oscars last night. we have our own version of the

oscars coming to the bay area. cinequest starts tomorrow night. more on that coming up for you. we want to keep in mind it's a little gusty from time to time all across the bay area, not too bad though. if you drive a high-profile vehicle across any of our open water bridges you might get caught by a strong gust or two. wind advisories should be expiring at 10:00 a.m. more on that plus i promise you rain. you'll see in your seven-day forecast as we head throughout friday and into the weekend i'll show you exactly when for where you live coming up in my next report. right now, i want to check that drive with mike inouye. >> you did a great job acting like i didn't almost fall in front of you. i, like many of you, last night i tripped on the way to the set, we're okay. golden gate bridge, no problems over here either. we're looking at that live look a crystal clear view of all of our lights across the span. we don't have a fog advisory for the golden gate bridge. another look at your maps talking about the area i circled that's the golden gate bridge. pretty much all of the bay area

bridges have wind advisories. remember they go east/west. the bay bridge is going north/south. chpish eyed advisories for san mateo, even dumb barton bridge a warning across highway 84 with a light volume of traffic keeps everything moving smoothly around the altamont pass, where we have the windmill farms and that'd naturally be where we'd find some wind. back to you guys. bad advice and bad weather made for a rocky delivery in the rockies this weekend. >> she said you need to get me to the hospital right now. >> yes. right now. >> so -- >> not yesterday, right now. it started when nurses at a denver hospital told an expectant mom she was in false labor. they were wrong. blizzard conditions made an ambulance out of the question. when the baby wouldn't wait, dad did the delivery on the

interstate, sitting behind the wheel. their two other children were sitting in the back seat. mom had a rough delivery. she was hospitalized are, now everyone especially the mom and baby -- look at those cheeks -- doing just fine. >> the peace after the storm there. 4:41. taking a trip to the happiest place on earth is now going to cost you even more than it did before. plus thousands of employees could be forced to go to work without getting paid. congress has to agree keep homeland security from partially shutting down. the sun may be coming up but parties are still going down in tinseltown. live report on the oscars afterparties in hollywood.

4:44, monday, honda is replacing its president. in response to the car company's air bag fiasco, the current president agreed to step aside. he'll be replaced by another honda exec. the move comes after massive recalls of cars with faulty air bags. some of the air bags exploded sending shards of metal and plastic flying. at least five deaths are linked to the problem worldwide. another car company is issuing a recall this morning. thousands of mercedes owners have to check their car after a nationwide recall. for the rest of the news

before the bell we join landon dowdy joining us live from cnbc world headquarters on a monday, good morning, landon. >> hey guys, good morning to you. mercedes is recalling more than 147,000 mid sized sedan and station wagons in the u.s. to check for risk of an engine fire. the recall affects cls class sedan and e class sedan and wagons produced between 2013 and this year. mercedes will notify owners and repairing the cars next month. prices are rising at the gas pump. the average price of regular unleaded rose 13 cents to $2.33 a gallon, still more than $1 lower than this time last year. large refinery strike and explosion helped to push prices higher. san francisco gas is at $2.95 a gallon, $2.88 in san jose. it's going to cost more to visit the happiest place on earth. disney is raising ticket prices for its u.s. theme parks. one-day pass for disney world is

now $105. other disney parks in orlando and california are also raising prices. sea world and universal orlando typically increase prices soon after disney. there there is a lot of demand for the attractions >> getting pricier for parents, maybe some of that saved gas money going to disneyland. thank you very much. >> expensive. it can add up. there may be some intense party action going on right now in tinseltown this morning fog last night's 87th annual academy awards. >> it was a show that spread the wealth and stirred some emotions. jennif jennifer bjorklund. lot of afterhours activities going on or are things wrapping up? >> reporter: things are wrapping up. i love the glitz and glamour last night but right now it's pretty of cleanup crew and it's

been for hours they've been taking stuff out of here and clearing out hollywood boulevard after the big party last night. "birdman" best picture, best director. the oscar for best actor, eddie redmain, who tackled the real life role of physicist steven hawkings in "the theory of everything." he says this goes to all the people around the world battling als. early onset alzheimer's disease julianne moore winning best actress for her portrayal of that "still alice" and patricia arquette best supporting actress for "boyhood" and got very political in her acceptance speech saying you know what? it's time for equal pay, equal wages for women in this country, and got a huge round of applause from a lot of people that were there in the theater, and the

very first oscar of the night went to j.k. simmons who is just a career character actor, you know his face and you definitely know his name, he was a character in "whiplash," winning that. lot of wonderful moments last night and a lot of work ahead today for crews wrapping things up. >> i can't get other that. it looks like you're at a construction site, from the red carpet, now. >> reporter: and it was raining so the red carpet is rolled up and dripping as it comes by. so glamorous. it is. >> thanks a lot. >> some of the celebrities were walking around with bags to protect their hair from the rain. >> it was raining, unless you had someone to hold an umbrella for you. >> a gentleman or lady. after watching the awards, did you catch any of it? >> i loved the lady gaga tribute

to julie andrews. i had no idea she had such an amazing voice. just to see julie andrews come out as well, very impressive. we've got some wind out there this morning, happy monday to you. wind advisories only going to stay in effect until about 10:00 a.m. and you know what, i have to tell you, it is a little blustery through the east bay hills and the santa cruz mountains not feeling the affects of the strong wind but this is courtesy of the area of low pressure that came through, brought us the clouds yesterday, starting to head out of town, going to leave us with some cool air but also some snowfall up in tahoe so we're going to tell you how much th how much we picked up. stick around, that's coming around in my next report.windy. temperatures plenty of 70s for the last couple weeks and we'll switch to the low 60s. the wind will relax by this afternoon. cool night ahead. temperature also drop like a rock once the sun sets at 5:56. i got to tell you, we'll see shorter days as we lose an hour

of sleep, yep, it will be kind of tough, as we head throughout the first week of spring, march 8 is the time change, that's spring forward, the first official day of spring occurs on the 20th. as we head throughout the next couple of day, temps in the 60s in the south bay. not much of a difference though in san francisco, you can see uniform temperatures of areas of low pressure, rain on the way as we head throughout thursday into friday, first showers begin, for most of the bay area as we head throughout 3:00 friday. more coming up. back to you, sam and laura. >> christina, thank you very much. it is the beginning of a tense week for government employees right now who are going to learn more information about what will happen if funding runs out for the department of homeland security. the department's secretary jeh johnson will meet with his employees today. tens of thousands of whom would be furloughed if if the department's funding runs out as scheduled later in the week. johnson says it's an issue of national security. >> we go into government shutdown, some 30,000 employees of my department will be furloughed, including a lot of

headquarters person knell who i count on daily to stay one step ahead of groups like isil. >> the rest of the workers would be required to show up without pay. that money is in limbo right now because some republicans are refusing to fund homeland security unless president obama stops delaying deportation orders for up to 5 million immigrants. nearly a dozen students are sick this morning after overdosing on a drug called molly. it happened at wesley ann university in middletown. 11 students were treated at the hospital, two are in serious condition. molly is a pure form of ecstasy that can cause people to hallucinate. parents should not feel guilty giving their children sugar, under one condition. child doctors say it's okay for kids to dip fresh vegetables in ranch dressing or sprinkle of brown sugar on motoatmeal if it

makes healthy foods more appealing. the peanut patch exposes patients to small doses of peanut over a period of time. half were able to tolerate the aquif lent of four peanuts after one year of wearing that patch. i. a series of studies is shedding light why breast fed babies have fewer allergies. they have a wide arrange of gut bacteria which boostst the immune system in the first boost of life, less chance of developing asthma or allergies later in life. how about the restaurant scene? a bay area restaurant designed to please your taste buds and your conscience. still ahead, how the owners of a popular place are able to pay their workers more than anywhere else. looking toward the bay bridge you have to see the camera shaking a little bit. we'll talk about that and your commute coming up.

a government investigator is blowing whistle on his own agency. an agency designed proprevent disasters and keep us safe, tonight at 11:00 on "nbc bay area news." we investigate.

a san francisco restaurant is getting national attention right now as a model for workers' rights. >> the award winning zazie known for more than just its menu, the success is keeping workers happy. small charge on the bill covers full benefits for all employees including sick leave and have led to better profits than most

san francisco restaurants. >> everybody wins. okay, right now hoping there will be a lot of winners not just on the red carpet, mike, but the roadways as well. >> that's true. we're looking at green roadways. we'll show you what we're talking about there. the oakland camera shakes once in a while because of the wind. green sensors around the maps, the speed limit in the approach, but watch the oakland hills, diablo you're likely to get higher wind gusts coming through the area, christina said about 10:00 a.m. things should calm down. looking at green all over, the green carpet awaits on your bay area freeways. watch the bridges, you'll get gusts across most of your bay area crossings. the golden gate bridge does not have a wind advisory, likely to do with the wind direction. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. coming up next, what happened at the port of oakland that stopped shipping for a good portion of the day, this despite a new labor agreement? plus a local library getting

national attention for what was found in its storage. we'll have details still ahead. a live look outside right now, that is downtown san jose on your monday, some brave souls on their work week a little bit early, we'll be back with more news, weather and traffic after the break.

a terror threat at america's largest malls. we'll have details in a live report. plus not a shutdown but a snag at the port of oakland. we'll explain what's mind a brief work stoppage there. we're looking to the bay bridge, you have a little backup forming, we'll talk about the bridge this morning and what's going as you cross. a live look outside, beautiful bay bridge. look at that, a little windy out there that shakes our camera on this monday, february 23rd. this is "today in the bay."

a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. security is being stepped up at some of the largest malls in the u.s. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez has more that the department of homeland security could shut down. >> we don't know if the threat from from the somali-based of terrorism could help open the door. the extremist group encouraged threats against malls here in the u.s. including that mall of america in minute minute. the al shabab group called for malls in canada and britain. this is the same group that attacked the mall in kennia back in 2013. 60 people were killed over three days' time, but authorities say so far this threat does not