left on the outside looking in. and good friday morning to you. another round of record heat in the forecast for today, but big changes just around the corner, including temperatures tumbling and some rain in the forecast. more on that in just moments. it's still early in the commute so i'm able to put east shore and recovery together after a crash. bond combination though. we'll sort it out, coming up. live look outside. the bay bridge, the heat rising, it's friday, april 17th, and you are watching "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> a very good morning. thank you for joining ounce this friday. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> this is an industrial area of town. at this point the fire is not contained but there are no injuries as of yet. we do have a crew headed to the

scene. we're going to bring you an update. a suspected peeping tom is under arrest accused of recording people in a bathroom at a local starbucks. "today in the bay" is live in walnut creek. police say he did this more than once? >> reporter: that's right. police say they want to talk to customers who may have been at this starbucks in walnut creek, who may have used the rest room during their visits. police say they may have been secretly recorded. the two dates in question are this past week, this past tuesday, april 14th, between 2:00 and 3:00 in the afternoon. and february 16th, also in the afternoon, between 2:30 and 4:00. both at the same downtown location at 1152 locust street address. investigators is a i on those two dates starbucks employees found the video hidden in the unisex bathroom. it taped several customers using

the rest room without their knowledge. police want to talk to anyone who might have been their during those times i mentioned because they could be possible victims. police did arrest this man yesterday, 34 years jacob turner of benecia. he's been charged with multiple counts of placing a video recorder in a rest room. now, police are likely looking for victims to come forward to build a strong case against this man. live at walnut creek for "today in the bay." >> thanks. east bay nanny is facing charges he molested a child entrusted to his care and now police believe there could be more victims as well. 51-year-old joaquin sierra-cruz allegedly molested a 6-year-old girl in his care in 20,0008. the allegations only came to light recently. they were both licensed nannies employed through an east bay agency. three men are in the hospital this morning recovering from stab wounds after a bar fight. police say the fight broke out

about 8:30 last night at shiloh's near 880. three men were stabbed. the suspects got away before police arrived. the victims are all in stable condition. deputies busted a second major marijuana operation in benecia. the sheriff's office and fbi seized plants worth more than $14 million from a warehouse yesterday. in january authorities busted another grow operation in a warehouse less than a mile away. deputies arrested 34-year-old hayward man in this latest raid. he is set to be in court on monday. 5:03. and google is changing its search criteria to favor mobile friendly websites. the new algorithm will roll out on tuesday. it affects search results on smart phones and tablets moving mobile friendly websites to the top of the list. experts say it could drastically affect some business whoes get traffic based on traditional websites. laptops and desktops will not be

effected. several people gather in san francisco for an emotion alan versery last night. this month marks the 40 years since operation baby lift. some 2500 orphans. >> reporter: airlifted out of the vietnam has the war was ending to be adopted by american families. last night four of the orphans and the people who helped them came to the officers club to share their story. jennifer grey ham was a flight attendant on one of the planes. >> a little girl i bonded with. her name was angela. i said, how come angela never smiles. she says she doesn't know how to. >> we were little babies. most of us don't have the mem y memories of coming into the presid presidio. >> pretty amazing. there's an exhibit documenting the event. it's free and open to the public. amazing history. it's been a long time coming but warriors fans are pumped up for this weekend after a record setting regular season, it's time to kickoff the playoffs. >> "today in the bay's" bob ridell live inside the oracle

arena which will be loud in more than 30 hour, bob. >> reporter: yeah, tipoff tomorrow at 12:30 right there at the center court here in oracle arena as they take on the pelicans. this is the warriors third consecutive playoffs. if you think about it, the last time they've been in the playoffs three times in a row was back in 1977. a lot of the another tension of course on their superstar steph curry who scored an astounding 286 three-pointers during the regular season. that of course puts him in the running. he's a favorite for the mvp. if you look at their vukryes over the season of wins the team had 67 wins. that's a franchise record. it's the only tenth team in the nba history to pull off a feat head coach steve kerr not only credits seth curry but the rest of the team and the atmosphere these guys have created.

>> fun, attitude, gunslingers, they come out and play and they enjoy it but there's also a discipline to it and they've shown all year. >> our goal is to win a champ joi don't know ship and we haven't been close to that in the last couple of years so we've have to focus on that. >> reporter: now, tomorrow's game is not officially sold out yet but the team, of course, is expecting that to happen. if it does, that would be the 124th consecutive sellout for the team here at oracle arena. i went on stubhub and tickets are ranging $160. they could end up averaging in the $400 range for decent seats. that's astounding. of course, times have changed. anyone who comes in here beginning one of these beautiful t-shirts and close to 20,000 seats and you can see there's the phrase strength in numbers. now, you guys might recall. did you hear about seth curry

earlier this week. out at practice and hit 77 three-pointers in a row. going to be taking him head-oncoming up within the next half hour. i'm going to try to see if we can at least get him the 78. you will see why. i need full range of motion. >> take that jacket off. >> oh! >> one more. one more. >> all right. better than an air ball. >> oh, i got it! at least it looked that way on camera. all right, guys. >> nice, bob. >> thanks for that show and tell there. all right. so excited. >> the day is young. >> going to make it three or not, we'll have to find out. it's a slam dunk meantime outside the next couple of days. while the temperatures are on the rise here. >> that's right. ray is going to conext week. let's enjoy what we have while we have it. >> you know if you just turn for a second he did get that three-pointer. 53 degrees in san francisco. 54 in san carlos. 51 degrees in oakland. he will be shedding that jacket later on today as temperatures are going to be warm all across

the bay area. yet again. it's a nice comfortable morning out there. temperatures are on the cool side. you want to layer up for today. something that you can peel off by lunchtime, summertime, temperatures in the forecast for this afternoon. at lunch as you step outdoors, breaking for that final workday. temperatures will be nice and comfortable in the low 70s. we're going to max out in the mid to upper 80s for today in many spots across the bay area. 86 in the south bay. 87 degrees could be breaking more records out there in the tri-valley as we get into this afternoon. then everything changes for the weekend. there's a lot going on here in the bay area this weekend. tomorrow morning it's the golden fire hydrant painting. this is something that we do annually. as celebration of the hydrant that saved the mission district from the 1906 earthquake fires. temperatures will be chilly out there because this is occurring on the weekend. expect more traffic out there. a lot of people will be headed out at 5:00 a.m. for this

celebration. 54 degrees. it's going to be on the chilly side. there is a lot going on this weekend. we also have earth day. a lot of free events. eco friendly events for you and the family. we'll talk about that as we head throughout the next half hour. my next report i'll have a couple of those events to spread out throughout the morning. you know what, mike, this is going to draw a lot of traffic. what are we watching right now in terms of traffic? >> we're going to watch that corner for traffic about 5:30 in the morning. interesting, use the aerosol cans to paint that but then a lot of earth day celebrations later on approximately we'll see how that settle that. the maze, we have folks meeting over there as you approach the transition from the east shore freeway to southbound 880. they were. but it cleared in about five minutes. that's how light and how early it is in the commute. on a frai as we look at your map we have the big backup and the sensors are adjusting starting to clear out. you saw the live shot with no delays at the maze or off the berkeley curve there. the crash has cleared and an easy drive now because of that light volume around the bay. we had a little slowing shows up

for a second there as you travel westbound across that richmond bridge. right now richmond and san rafael moving at speed. looking over here, antioch, a tiny bit of slowing. westbound highway 4. no problems out of the altamont pass but we did have reports of a fender bender. i'm getting more information from chp once they get through the area. so far not much slowing. easy drive for the rest of your abay. there's the south bay. quick look at foster city as folks are traveling to the east bay. looks like at least one of the trucks is clearing from the area. we'll track that san mateo bridge. back to you. >> thanks, mike. it 5:10. disney seeing new results from the new "star wars" trailer. why do you dress to impress. the study that proves that point to a t, coming up next.

3 5:13 on your friday this p weekend marks a dork moment. it's been 20 years since the horrific attack on the federal building in oklahoma city. 168 people were killed. nearly 700 more injured. nbc's jay gray has a look at how that city and survivors are pushing forward two decades since the blast. >> reporter: this gate at the oklahoma city memorial marks the moment just after the blast. the empty chairs honor 168 lost.

and the reflecting pool gives visitors a place to remember what those who were here will never forget. >> susan walton was trapped in the rumble of the explosion after more than one of 180 injured. triage doctors didn't expect her to survive. >> she had a nasal skull fracture, broken nose, and six fractures along each jaw line. a ruptured spleen, both legs were severely broken from the knees down. >> reporter: but susan -- >> my goal is to make it run lap around the track here. >> reporter: -- like her city, refused to give up or give? >> it's been quite a journey for 20 years. >> reporter: two decades of recovery and resolve that this community and our nation now pauses to remember this weekend. keeping a promise made to the

survivors and those lost. jay gray, nbc news, oklahoma city. >> it is 5:14. fire that tore through one of southern california apartment complex last night could have been much worse. the fire destroyed several units in los angeles. one firefighter suffered minor burns to his face. another injured his eye the. the crew managed to knock down the flames in a half hour saving 50 units in the process. scott mcgrew is off. he's going to be back very soon but in the meantime we're keeping you up with your top business headlines. landon dowdy is live at cnbc world headquarters. i know you personally landon miss scott. he will be back on monday. good morning to you. >> miss him terribly but i've got your business news covered. stocks could come under pressure today after stocks failed on on to gains thursday. nasdaq is positive for the week. oil prices are ease after they hit another high for the year.

near $57 a barrel. we start consumer price insflags and consumer sentiment. slipping 6 points to 18105. and the force is with disney. the company stock popped 1% thursday right around the same time as the new trailer for the upcoming "star wars" movie debuted online. that's the equivalent of adding $2 billion to disney's value. disney bought lucasfilms for a billion dollars in 2012. not a bad investment. >> a lot of buzz about that trail trailer. thank you very much. all right. so you've heard the saying dress for success. a new study may just prove that adage correct. a new published study in the journal of business research finds what you wear to your job interview can determine if you get the job and how much you earn once you're there. students at korean university were shown three videosing of the same woman interview for a

job. in each video the woman wore a white polo shirt if only difference it was logo. louis vuitton and h and m and one had no branding. the study found when she wore the luxury label he was more likely to get hired and earn a higher wage. >> that is interesting. of course, dress to impress but concentratisencentrating on the, i don't know. i don't know why that would be -- >> somehow that study proved it. >> anyway, we're not going to be sociologis sociologists. christina joining us, obviously a warmup going and maybe one for the record books. >> indeed i am. good morning to you. the time now, 5:17. i wonder who makes sam's pocket square. that's the big question this morning. well, it's a nice pocket square. he definitely dressed for success. temps are mostly in the 40s and 50s. 46 degrees in san martin. you're probably not wondering at home. we've got our warriors colors on this morning. it's going to be a nice night in oakland. temperatures are going to be on

the comfortable side all evening long as we have a warm day ahead. but this afternoon in between, very warm conditions coming your way. cool morning. summer like afternoon. temperatures climbing into the low 70s by lunchtime. today, 69 degrees on the east shore. 75 in the north bay. 76 degrees in the south bay. it is a feel good friday. you made it to the end of the week. although it will be warm you can do a couple things to safeguard your car. park in the shade for today if you can find that sacred spot. or close the blinds in your home and then once that sun starts to drop off we cool you off rapidly. yeah, beautiful night ahead. good air quality. 83 on the peninsula for today. tomorrow, big day. really big day. it's earth day 2015. there's a lot happening to commemorate earth day across the bay area. emeryville, for example, 78 degrees. doing a shoreline cleanup. this is the park, 9:00 a.m. to noon. free snacks for you and the little ones. this is going to be a big fiesta in pacifica.

earth day ecofest is going to have looks like barn yard animals out there. they're going to have bean bags toes. a lot of vendors. shoreline cleanup. this is 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. this is a cool event. earth day on the bay at the marine science institute between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. they're going to have an eco film festival. and shark feeding out there as well. so there's a lot that you can do to find out about how we keep this beautiful bay area nice and clean. i mean, this is one of the most pristine areas in the entire country. and a lot of it has to do with you, the locals. this is a great way to find out more how you can help keep the bay area pride and keep it clean. 82 degrees for your saturday. in the south bay, 81 degrees by sunday. and then those changes move in. we are tracking showers. we'll talk more about that coming up in my next report. right now he is a local through and through, born and raised here. >> born and rised. that's right. bay area local.

love it, folks. when i say the bay area i assume people know we're talking about the san francisco bay area. i forget there are other bays around. crossing the bay. trucks clear from the high rise but i want to show you behind me the bright lighting. forcing folks over to the left lane as you travel over the bridge. we do still have crews out there. they're clearing from here as well as from the flat section on the other side. the high rise itself is clear. out to the maps, no real slowing and no wind advisories. things are much calmer. as christina said, changes continue. cooler over the next few days. smooth drive. more congested but so far there's just some slowing for northbound 92 through the san mateo hills. looks like overnight cruise might still be there and that's what's causing that. over in the east free, tri-valley approach. the crash is completely out of lanes west 580 at 680. that causes the slowing for the sensors. nothing dramatic and no problem at the maze, after the earlier

crash was cleared from the berkeley curve. drive from the north bay, upper east shore freeway. bay bridge toll way. we're going to end with this shot. no drama, no problems, no slowing for the south bay either. back to you. >> thank you. there's a lot of hype right now over electric cars like the nissan leaf and the tesla model s. many people say battery power is not the way of the future. instead some automakers are turning more attention to hydrogen fuel cell cars instead. one perk here of those cars, shorter charging time. hydrogen cars can charge in as little as ten minutes compared to hours of charging time for electric cars. the range has also better. up to 265 miles for the hyundai tucson, for example. the only thing the hydrogen car looks right now is a network of charging stations. >> 265 miles. >> 265 miles. >> one refill. >> refill stations then are critical. >> yes. that's why they're not here yet. we don't have the

infrastructure. >> dealers say that those refill stations though are coming. keep an eye on them. pope francis is considering adding another stop to his september trip to the united states, cuba. the pope last visited cuba in 2012. that was first papal visit since pope john paul ii's stop in 1998. francis has been credited with helping cuba mend political fences with the united states. right now vatican says there's no official decision about cuba. it seems like you can't go anywhere these days without being reminded of a certain disney movie. i believe the name is "frozen" if including a set hearing on capitol hill. >> come on. ♪ >> just let it go. sorry about that. about the feed. and we -- >> johnny-on-the-spot there. who called out the "frozen" theme song.

that was senator pat roberts cellphone going off at a hearing at a senate finance committee. received a pretty good chuckle from the crowd. business then resumed as usual but he might have blushed a little bit. >> it was pat roberts as it went off, made a joke about it. >> gotcha. 5:23. ikea jumping into the wedding business. what they're now proposing.

welcome back, everyone. looking live outside in san francisco. that's at&t park where the giants are struggling, losing seven in a row. let's hope they shake it as they play the diamondbacks right now. a former marine is going to scale mt. everest with a prosthetic leg. he lost his right leg and several fingers in an explosion in afghanistan. he's using a prosthetic leg with

specialized attachments for hiking and ice climbing. lynnville works with the hero's projects. it's a non-profit that helps wounded veterans. >> it became something for me to show people that my brothers and myself are capable of doing anything that anybody else is doing, you know. it might be more of a challenge in the beginning but we're still just as strong as everybody else. so don't pity us. >> linville attempted to climb everest last april but was stopped following the deaths of 16 sherpa guides in an avalanche. linville was at the base camp at the time. ikea makes furniture simple. now it's doing the same thing it thinks for weddings. >> the furniture giant is rolling out an new online wedding service. this is the video the company posted on its swedish website. you and your special someone can get hitch fred the comfort of your own home. even invite your guests to join

via webcam. their heads will appear on top of the virtual guests. ikea says if you want to make the wedding official you will still need to supply an officiant and witnesses in the same room. very sufficient, clean wedding, though. >> just don't lose a part. 5:27. today we find out new details about the governor's plan to fight the drought. plus, another step forward in his journey to recovery. bryan stow tossing out the first pitch at last night's san jose/jijose giants game.

a disturbing arrest near a popular bay area shopping center. what police say this man did in a starbucks bathroom. plus, as emotional as advertised. what bryan store had to say after tossing out the first pitch at the san jose/giants opener. good friday morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. another hot day in the bay.

temperatures are going to approach records yet again. then those numbers will crash and we bring in some shower activity. your microclimate forecast is just moments away. >> don't say crash so close to the traffic report. none of that at the bay bridge toll plaza. we have the gathering even on a friday. we'll show you how things are developing. >> you've got the toll plaza, i've got where the people are crossing. friday, april 17th. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> good friday morning. thanks for joining us. i laura chris christie. >> a man accused of planting a video camera in a starbucks bathroom not one time but twice. >> "today in the bay" is live in walnut creek. you talked to someone who works nearby. >> reporter: that's right. this is a disturbing case for anyone who is just now hearing at it. this is the walnut creek starbucks here behind me. it's just getting ready to open up for the day.

boy, are customers in for a surprise, especially if they use that unisex bathroom back there. that's the bathroom in question at the back of the store. that's where police say a video camera was found hidden. investigators arrested this man yesterday. 34-year-old james turner of benec benecia. he's been charged with multiple kouchts of placing a video recorder in a rest room. the two dates in question are this past tuesday april 14th between 2:00 and 3:00 in the afternoon and february 16th, also in the afternoon, between 2:30 and 4:00. both at the same downtown location at the 1152 locust street address by chipotle and panera bread. police are asking for people who may have been there using the rest rooms during the dates and times to come forward. >> us, starbucks, chipotle, we all take care of each other. for this to happen, it's kind of a shock to all of us. like we don't -- it's strange.

>> reporter: on those two dates investigators say turner recorded several customers using the bathroom without their knowledge. it was starbucks employees who discovered the recorder on both occasions. police want customers to know they could be possible victims. h is a very busy shopping area in downtown walnut creek so several people, several customers could have certainly been victimized. live in walnut creek, "today in the bay." >> a lot of people creeped out this morning. thank you. it is 5:32. san mateo police hope you recognize a man who exposed himself to a female jogger this week. it happened wednesday at about 6:00 p.m. on a foot bath along east third avenue near detroit drive. he may have reached toward the victim making her stumble as she tried to run away. the man is in his 20s about 5'8", 170 pounds. . it's a bold goal and now it comes with a blueprint. state water officials are

expected to unveil new details today on governor brown's plan to cut back water usage across the state by 25%. communities have to reduce anywhere between 10% and 35 'of theirs water usage depending on how much they're currently going through. the governor is not backing down even though she's received complaints from dozens of water agencies. the governor met with business leaders concerned by the cutbacks including landscapers and swimming pool industry. 30 hours from now or rackal arena will be rocking. >> "today in the bay's" bob ridell is live from inside roracle and, bob, the team led by the mvp candidate seth curie, you have a match you would like to throw his way? we have, me and steph going man no ayman no on a three-point contest. tomorrow's game, round one of the playoffs. this is the third consecutive

playoffs for the warriors. tipoff at 12:30 center court here at the oracle arena. thi they expect to have a soldout crowd. went on stubhub this morning, $160 for standing room only. they're expecting the average cost of the playoff tickets for the warriors will be in the neighborhood of $400, north of that. it's no surprise why. if you look at the past season they won 67 dprims games. that's a franchise record. only the tenth team in the nba to ever pull off such a feat. then talking about sket curry, the superstar who is the running for mvp shot a staggering 286 three-pointers during the regular season. here's his thoughts on the regular season that just ended and of course with tomorrow's game ending the playoffs. >> have much to play for, having locked up number one seed overall and western conference and pacific division and all that stuff. but we finished the season

strong winning games. >> reporter: okay. and you guys heard about earlier this week, this is during a practice, seth curry hitting 77 three-pointers in a row. he was going around the arc hitting ten at time. we're going to try to match it. he did 77. i'm a little disappointed because i think 78, 79 would have been a little more impressive. do we have him up here with us, stan and laura? >> yes. >> let's see if we can't do it here. >> oh! okay. >> stop while you're ahead. >> i'm done. i'm done. i'm done. i'm shooting 100%. >> don't do it. >> oh! i'm shooting -- i'm still shooting 50%. here we go. >> air ball. >> oh scloo! okay. i'll stop at 33%. magic fingers. tipoff tomorrow at 12:30. >> in theory, bob, you still could have missed four more

shots and been fine. you would have had to make 93 more. your shooting is the stuff of legends. thank you very much. >> there's always the next hour as well, my friend. a very special night meantime at the san jose/giants home opener. bryan stow showed how far he's come since he was beating into a comb a four years ago. >> ian cole was at san jose's municipal stadium to see it happen. >> reporter: when every day, every step, every thought is a fight, this is a celebration. >> a lot was going through my brain. >> reporter: it's a moment four years in the making for the giants organization and bryan stow. >> this has been really big for me. >> reporter: stow suffered serious brain damage after he was beaten outside the giants/dodgers game in l.a. in 2011. his prognosis was grim. but then he started progressing and kept his love of baseball at the top of his mind. three years ago his son threw out the first pitch at the san francisco/giants in his honor

because stow couldn't himself. he continues to push himself. >> trying to make the best of what's come of me. getting my walking back. i need to walk. >> reporter: it's a much different stow than people are used to seeing, taking steps with a walker, even joking around about that first pitch. >> i would love to do it again. when do they play again? >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> next week? oh, tomorrow? i can be here tomorrow. >> reporter: he's making a comeback. his spirit is thriving. >> thank you to the fans that are here for me. thank you. and i mean, i can go home and probably cry over this. >> reporter: ian cole, nbc bay area news. >> so great to hear him. >> they're going to do it again tomorrow night. maybe he will be back. check in with christina now at 5:37. the temperatures are rising

today, christina. good morning. >> good morning to you. it's going to be a nice warm day with near record highs. just about everywhere. with the exclusion of san francisco. getting a little bit stronger onshore flow as we head throughout the day. thanks for waking up with us on a friday morning. you made it to the end of the week. temperatures are going to drop considerably. as we meet back here to kick off your next workweek. do keep that in mind. temperatures are mostly on the mild side. it's a cool morning. that will make way for a summer like afternoon. 71 degrees on the peninsula today. 75 degrees in the north bay. 76 degrees in the south bay. 69 degrees is the forecasted high on the east shore where we have a lot of people headed out to roaracle arena. that was pretty amazing from our own bob ridell. 79 degrees on the east shore later today. your lunchtime temperatures into the 60s and 70s, rounding out the day in the mid to upper 80s. a warm day coming your way. we would like to tell you about everything happening across the

bay area. and this is actually pretty cool. it's free national parks weekend. no entry fee. no parking fee. that's pin knack call, sequoia, and yosemite. temperatures will be comforta e comfortable. upper 50s in saturday and sunday. then that rain i promised you moves in as we head throughout monday. 9:00 p.m., first showers across the bay area. that will intensify as we head throughout your wednesday. i'll tell you how much we're expecting in the specific microclimate but right now i want to check on that drive. basketball coach, mike inouye, i'm sure you excited staabout t warriors in the playoffs. >> good job, coach. over here looking a the bay bridge toll plaza and traffic flow. smooth. look at the backup. we see may the metering lights turned on any second. that's earlier than a typical friday. no big delays after the early crash cleared.

recovered quickly from the east shore freeway. novato down to the city, easy drive. gentle slowing through antioch. we have no real problems for the south bay or the peninsula. the only other slowing behides the bay bridge toll plaza "the artist" shows up is here, westbound 580 approaching the dublin interchange and live camera looks a little something like this. 580, back to you. >> tanks. 5:40. a snoring seat mate sends one ply flier over the edge. find out what one woman did that got her kicked off of a plane. amazing rescue caught on camera. a man fuld to safety by a samaritan. we'll hear from the man who jumped into action, next. and a live look outside that, of course, the bay bridge and city from the san bruno mountain perspective. we'll be back with 15 minutes nonstop news, traffic, and weather right after the break.

at 5:42. crews put out a fire outside a warehouse on washington avenue and san leandro. this is video just in to our newsroom showing the flames behind the building. firefighters say a car caught fire. they were able to keep the flames from reaching the building. no one was hurt. investigators are looking into a cause. so how daus spontaneous vacation sound on your friday? this weekend kicks off national parks week. getting into any of the country's 59 national parks is free. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live at great falls national park not far from washington, d.c. while beauty is an understatement most parks need serious repairs. >> reporter: rose can't think of a better place to volunteer pulling up nonnative plants at shenandoah national park. >> it's just very peaceful, hearing the birds, feeling the breeze. >> reporter: she knows her work helps save money. money is a big problem for the parks service. last year there were a record

292 million visits to national parks like the grand canyon, yellowstone, for skyline drive in virginia. somehow crumbling rock wall, cracked bathroom sinks, paved walkways covered in moss. the parks service estimates it will need $11.5 billion to fix maintenance projects that have been neglected for years. >> and then you actually have to spend a lot more money repairing them instead of just maintaining them. >> reporter: but congress may not foot the entire bill. most national parks and monuments are free. one in four charge fees, but that doesn't cover all if repair congress is looking at a new idea, centennial challenge. the government matching donations from individuals, businesses, and foundations. >> this would be a very classy way of being able to leverage private dollars along with public dollars. >> reporter: and there's no time

to waste. millions are expected to visit great falls on the potomac and other sites next year when the parks service celebrates 100 years. >> that was tracie potts reporting. happening today, appeals court will consider allowing president obama's immigration order to take effect. justice department of attorneys will ask a three-judge panel to lift the temporary injunction place tond executive ord per that order would protect millions of undocumented immigrants from the threat of being deported. texas led more than 20 states in filing an injunction which a federal court judge approved in february. trapped in a cargo hold of a plane thousands of feet up in the air. now for the first time we're hearing the dramatic and unusual 911 call made by an airport employee. >> 911. >> hello. i'm trapped this this plane. and i called my job but i'm in this plane. >> you're where? >> i'm inside a plan. i feel like it's up, moving in

the air. flight 448. can you please tell somebody to stop it? >> that bizarre incident unfolded on monday in seattle after a worker loading bags on to an alaskan airlines flight took a nap in the belly of plane. the next thing he knew the plane was taking off. dispatchers were confused by his call. >> where are you in the plane at? >> i'm inside the plane. alaska airlines plain flight 448. >> are you at the airport? >> in the plane passengers could hear banging and screaming coming from underneath the cabin. the pilot eventually made an emergency landing. the baggage handler spent 14 minutes up in the air. he wasn't hurt since the cargo hold is also pressurized. but he is now banned from working on any alaska airlines flight. flight rage on a southwest airlines flight. a woman on a flight from chicago to new hampshire was kicked off after she tried to deal with a snoring seat mate. the man fell asleep before the plane took off and he started snoring.

that's when his seat mate stabbed him with a pen to try to wake him. that's what his shirt looked like after. the plane returned to the gate and the woman was removed. the man did not press charges. the woman was put on a later flight. >> he is probably looking for a dry-cleaner right now. good luck with that. tons of activities veil. we talked about national parks weekend coming up. you have others, too. >> yeah, always. always doing my research to help you get outdoors. after all, this bay area that we get to enjoy we work hard to live here and we have a lot going on each and every weekend. the time is 5:47. thanks for waking up with us. remember, if you don't tevo this show your dvr is more of a hip way of saying that. we have all updates for you on your facebook page. check that out. also we tweet them out for you. we like to keep you up to date. and that way you can check it out at the office. hope you plan that weekend. temperatures at noon for today into the 70s. we'll be at 76 degrees in the south bay.

75 degrees at lunchtime in the north bay. 67 at noon in san francisco. rounding out the day, pretty warm today. 77 degrees for san francisco. 87 degrees on the vie rally side. if you wanted to get out to the beach, another spectacular beach day coming your way in pacifica. it has been one of those years where we haven't had a lot of fog in pacifica. 75 degrees for today. fog free to start. a little bit of low cloud cover returning by this evening. 77 degrees in half-moon bay. of course, if you want the really warm beach weather you head on down to santa cruz. 80 degrees out there. you know what, they're getting ready to open up the boardwalk regularly as kids will be getting out of school so soon. s here's one of those events happening this weekend. 2015 cesar chavez day par rid at delores park in san francisco. 65 degrees out there. thousands of people getting together to honor a wonderful man, cesar chavez. that should be nice weather.

also this is happening this weekend. it is the eighth annual dog fest in san francisco. the biggest san francisco dog event of the year. very dog friendly city so you can imagine a lot of pooches and their owners headed out to this one. 68 at 11:00. we will round out the day there at 73 degrees. here we go. temperatures will start to ease as we head through sunday and monday. then we bring in that shower activity. by tuesday for most of us some cities picking up rain as of monday night. your future cast tells the story. we stop that clock for you 9:00 p.m., showers move in. stop it again at 3:00 p.m. wednesday. loob look at this. not just the light green. we're also expecting moderate shower activity as we head throughout your wednesday afternoon. expecting anywhere between half an inch of rain to an inch of rain up in the north bay. more like a quarter to half down here in the south bay. and, yeah, we need this rain so desperately. this will continue through most

of your wednesday, even thursday by 9:00 p.m. storm track really doesn't budge much. for us that means we will continue to get light activity through the end of the week. so the moral of this weather story is get out there and enjoy that warm weather if you can because things are going to change rapidly by the time we meet back here next week. you got to work for the weekend, here's mike inouye to get you there on time. >> thanks have changed as they meet here president the metering lights are on. 5:39. that's earlier than a typical friday. we do have most of your spring breaks wrapping up and we do have the backup here at the toll plaza. holding steady to the end of the parking lot for most lanes. was alook at your map we show a smooth drive down the east shore freeway. slowing on berkeley around golden gate field, westbound 80 slows coming out of richmond in towards the merge as folks get out. no delays, no slowing for 101 on the north bay. novato through san rafael, mill valley, golden gate bridge.

smooth drive there. close to the speed limit but i want to show you our poorly aligned golden gate bridge camera. it's enough for us to see the low clouds hov verge around the deck. if you're driving through you might call it foggy but it's not a big enough deal to cause slowing for folks. it is a nice shot returning to the golden gate bridge. looking at the rest of your map. move farther south and show you the san mateo bridge in between there and the city or the bay bridge. we have a nice smooth flow of traffic. southbound 880 all of 238 and the dublin interchange for 580 shows slowing. pleasant on the. here's the rest of your bay. northbound automatic very clear. 101 is slow. you're just getting more company. back to you. >> thank you, mike. germany will hold amorial s of flight 9525 that went down on march 24th in the french alps on its way from barcelona to

dusseldorf. the copilot intentionally crashed the plane. today's memorial will be held in germany's cologne cathedral. chancellor angela merkel will attend to service along with officials from france and spain. a judge today is going to reconsider a deal to settle a class action head injury lawsuit filed against the ncaa. that same judge rejected a settlement last december saying it needed to be refined. the fine print is the same. create 70 million fund to monitor head injuries. some adjustments this time around include more athletes koved by the fund. kris at this timics say the settlement does not include any compensation for the athleting who suffer head injuries. as of this morning adrian peterson is back in the nfl. league suspended him of he pleaded guilty of hitting his son with a switch. wooden stick. while the nfl expecting peterson to fulfill his obligations with the minnesota vikings peterson's agent is hoping his gets a fresh start with a new team.

bay area highways a, quote, ring of death. not for people but for wild animals. the uc davis is documents it. volunteers around the state submit data and in the past five years 29,000 dead animals have been recorded. highway 17 just one of the hot spots. >> butted right up against the protected open space so the and malls are wandering on to the road quite easily. >> california trans is now reviewing the report. the agency says it needs funding to improve fencing and to add safe crossings for animals. traveling overseas, united airlines is bringing back free beer, wine, three course meals during long flights. passengers will receive the first class treatment starting in june. we hear meals will include turkey meatloaf, artisan breads and gelato. police in campbell are working extra duty for fee mine friends. check this out.

these three kittens were found in the city's public works yard yesterday morning. according to the merck, one employee opened the back door of the car of the yard and found the kittens. the officers are taking turns fostering the little ones including bottle feeding until they're old enough for adoption. quite an effort there. >> you have to do that every couple hours with baby kittens, too. got to set the alarm. babies are babies. all right. want to check the forecast right now. not quite the dog days of summer but a heat-up we're going to feel. >> it's going to feel like it out there. good morning, laura and sam. everybody at home. happy friday to you. temperatures this morning are a little bit on the cool side but we're going to end up very warm with a big rebound coming your way, especially in the north bay. starting out at 43 degrees, ending up at 87 degrees today. 86 for us in the south bay. don't forget this weekend the 48th annual cherry blossom festival continues in san francisco. japantown. a lot of people headed out there including our own celebrity,

mike inouye is going to be in the parade. 1:00 p.m., 9 degrees. he will be joined by robert hyundai. >> how many years have you been doing this? >> i've been doing this for almost ten years now. the last ten years solid. it's a great place. a horrible parking situation. do get there -- i think the parade kicks off a little before 1:00. i could be wrong because they have me stand ing there on the float in place so they don't want me to fall off so they tape me down. easy drive but we have the metering lights on at the toll plaza. the map will show you the maze and the approach. no big drama for a friday. just the build right there. looking at a crash that might have just happened in hayward. chper stiller a i'ving on scene. that's about it for the issues. here's south bay and there's the tri-valley. look the small bridge. crews are cleared. back to you. ♪

sweet tunes of green day. you can be sure that east bay rockers green day will be having the time of theirs lives tomorrow when they and seven other legendary musical acts are inducted into the rock 'n roll hall of fame. green day over the course of career sold more than 75 million albums since the release of the debut back in 1994. >> pretty good. man in idaho rescued a driver from an suv as it teetered on the edge of a cliff. he's sharing his story. >> check out the visuals. jason saw the suv hanging off of the edge of a cliff held back by just a flimsy chain linked fence. the vooif ver was trapped inside. did not take long for him to go and get him. >> i ran across the walkway and then along the fence line there to right here was where he was hanging. i was thinking, god, don't let me have a heart attack before i get to him. gave me his hand and that was

that. >> we always tell people to be cautious about what to be involved in. it's human nature to react and to help. so we're thankful in this case that he was helped by a citizen. >> everybody's heart was probably fluttering there. this photo have the local newspaper shows the incredible rescue. warnock does not want to be called a hero. he just calls himself just a regular dude. extraordinary things. the giants going to extra innings. we're doing to show you what you missed if you went to bed. wounded veteran is reaching for the stars. his plans to climb the tallest mountain in the world.

. breaking news at 6:00. up in flames. firefighters scramble to put out this overnight fire. >> plus, disturbing crime inside a bay area starbucks rest room. and the countdown is on. we're going to take you live inside of oracle arena this morning as playoff fever is

spreading across the bay area. meanwhile, we have another very warm day to get through across the bay area. a surge of summer like heat and then everything changes. we bring in showers. microclimate forecast is coming up. it's friday but we do have the metering lights on already at the bay bridge toll plaza. return for traffic and another return across the bay. taking a live look outside. yes, it is friday, mike. it's april 17th. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> very good friday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. this is video just in to our newsroom. you can see the flames behind the building. firefighters say a car caught vir out back but they were able to keep the flames from reaching the building. no one was hurt. investigators are nowing looking into the cause.