for commuters who need to use the san mateo bridge. the closure not quite over yet. i'm stephanie chuang live on the bridge with what you need to know m. to vaccinate or not. the debate takes center stage in the bay area this morning. a bill set to go to the senate this week, but not before parents voice their concerns. torrential twister ripping across, up rooting tree, destroying schools, and the trouble is not over yet. let's look at the calm out there in the bay area by the bay bridge. it is monday, may 11th. this is "today in the bay."

y andrew youay, it's monday >> i like that enthusiasm. >> hope you're coming off a grate mother's day weekend. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we'll start with a look at your forecast. christina loren, a little cooler in spots. >> some spots are cool, some are milder this morning. we're starting out the new day at 53 in oakland. as we get into your afternoon, temperatures look just right but the big story in the weather department, good chance for showers coming your way as we head deeper into the week. in fact, we're getting the first opportunity as ofton in some spots. details on that coming up. right now, here's your drive with mike inouye. >> this is the san mateo bridge. stephanie chuang is going to tell you about what is happening there but right now, these pictures with the flash -- the lights going both directions east and eastbound from the hayward side over to the foster city side. the map will show you no slowing on the sensors. dumbarton bridge had a lot of

traffic this weekend. i saw a big jam over there, especially on either side of the span as you hit the land. smooth drive now on both sides of the bay and no problems for the north bay. we'll track this. back to you guys. i'm going to play mike inouye for a second. all good for the morning commute. a little bit more spike in there. cars are moving along the san mateo bridge after a weekend long closure. >> "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang is live in san mateo this morning. steph, crews reopened the bridge ahead of schedule. >> reporter: yeah. that's right. you can see here on the hayward side the toll pla sda here, the traffic going westbound is flowing freely here. caltrans making the 5:00 a.m. goal. eastbound just opening up. i saw the first vehicle pass. this is after shutting it down starting friday night so crews could resurface, treat, and perform routine bridge maintenance. some work because it's pretty old stuff around here adding the asphalt here has been around since 1967.

>> we stripped the old pavement on the high rise and the truss section, the flat section. and we put down a new polyester concrete because polyester concrete will last longer. >> reporter: caltrans said more than 100,000 drivers use the bridge every day and it was a busy weekend in addition to the closure of mother's day and sporting events. the alternates were dumbarton and 237. this is set to be closed yet again memorial day weekend, from may 22nd through 25th. live in hayward, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." you can get traffic alerts on our nbc bay area app. download it to your iphone and android devices to get up to the minute news for free. it could impact nearly every student in california. today dozens of south bay moms and dads are protesting the highly controversial mandatory vaccination bill. parents worked late into the night preparing signs for warning rally outside of state

senator jim bell's office in campbell. these parents oppose a bill to remove the personal belief exemption from current vaccination laws. right now parents can choose to exempt their children from vaccine for religious or personal reasons. the bill could change that banning unvaccinated children from public and private schools. >> it's very severe legislatile, over reaching parents having choose what gets ingested in their children. >> the bill may go to the full senate vote as early as this week. if it becomes law california will be the third state to allow medical exemptions to vaccination requirements. is there proof of police bias? new data showing san jose officers are pulling over and questioning more blacks and latinos compared to other races. the paper looked at police activity from january through september and the report shows although blacks and latinos maybe up one-third of the city's population, those groups

represented nearly two-thirds of all traffic stops. once stopped, they were significantly more likely to be ordered out of their vehicles, frisked, and cars searched. 6% of the stops ended with an arrest. memorial service heldton for a mother and baby daughter killed by an alleged drunch driver. friends are invited to remember esperanza morales and her 14-month-old juli. ton's service begins at 7:00 at st. francis xavier church on lasalle avenue in seaside. mother and daughter will be buried in mexico. >> very sad story. 4:35. the call girl charged ♪ death of a google exec back in court today. a judge is expected to set a preliminary hearing drat for 27-year-old alex tickleman. accused of injecting forest hayes with a lethal dose of heroin on his yacht. it happened in the santa cruz

harbor in november of 2013. tickleman faces felony manslaughter charges for leaving the boat as hayes lie dying. a nurse is back in the u.s. after spending ten days in nepal helping with recovery efforts. it was a happy mother's day who reunite with her family. her volunteered at hospital in nepal to help the thousands of victims effected by last nont's massive earthquake. she says she will remember the stories and the people who were resilient in an incredibly difficult time. >> they had mentioned that they had lost their home and they had nothing but they had each other. >> she works with a non-profit base in centerville called reserge. everyone is accounted for after a late night tornado that ripped through a small texas town. little warning. injuring at least 26 people. crews went door to door helping people to safety. about one-third of that town was damaged and several homes

completely destroyed. earlier in the day another tornado ripped roofs off of buildings near denton 40 miles north of dallas. that destruction follows the death of one person a day earlier in a tornado in central texas. >> this is something you only see in movies. it's something that only -- it doesn't happen to your hometown. you walk through and, i don't know, the people you are with, you know, couple days ago might not still have homes anymore. >> real life in that suburb president in the last efrl days e. mated 25 tornadoes struck parts of texas, oklahoma, kansas, and south dakota. >> people really have to ban together to try to repair now. >> absolutely. so much activity in the midwest. what is the activity like in the bay area for this week? start off with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> we have a great looking week ahead. 54 in san carlos to start the new day. 53 in oakland. hopefully you had a great

weekend. recharged, batteries ready to go for a brand new pattern. things are going to be different this week. let me show you the noon temperatures across the microclimate. a little bit on the cool side today through your lunch hour. 59 degrees at noon on the peninsula. 59 degrees for the east shore. 61 degrees out in the tri-valley. rounding out the day only in the mid 60s. a couple isolated 70s in the warmest cities across the bay area really focusing on that for the north bay. elsewhere, though, mid 60s for the south bay. peninsula, east bay, tri-valley, and san francisco, you will be in the low 60s for today. now, the big news in the weather department we've got an area of low pressure, cutoff low to hit the bay area later this week. could bring more thunderstorm activity. we are expecting showers. we'll detail that for where you live in just moments. tell you how much rain we are expecting. first though i want to check your drive. we don't want any surprises in the traffic department, mike, good morning. >> folk, we're looking over here. no surprise except for a little

treat. we have a couple minutes extra to drive across the san mateo bridge. they reopened at 4:18 this morning. that sounds like an exact time from caltrans. smooth drive. bottom of your screen, flashing lights on either side of the roadway there. there are crews that have just cleared from the span. look at our map. showing you no slowing. thumbs up for 92. dumbarton bridge, you get a thumbs up as well because you saw a lot of traffic over the weekend. back to the morning commute. there's the slowdown westbound out of the altamont pass. earlier crash is just about completely cleared from the roadway. typical pattern here. coing into the tri-valley. as we look at the north bay, no slowing. a live look here for the golden gate. beautiful flow in toward the city, the south bay, and peninsula. no delays, no problems. >> all right. starting monday out with a clean slate. concord man became an instant millionaire after buying a scratcher ticket. why not give it a shot. he brought that lucky ticket at the super liquor and food on

monument boulevard. the liquor store right down the street that sold a million dollar powerball ticket last year. 4:39. bay area likes to talk about having the best and brightest talent in the world. now critics agree. showing love to two local cities. one with a lower profile than you might expect. the bullet train a bargain? if that train ever gets built, wait until you hear how much a ticket would cost you between san francisco and los angeles.

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. san mateo bridge is open for business early on this monday morning. it was closed over the weekend. actually they managed to open it early. good news there. also look at this. g good news on the morning commute. a lot of green but it is early. we'll check the commute with mike. when it comes to investing in the future two bay area cities top most anywhere in the america. but one may be a surprise. uk-based intelligence magazine

put out a list on the best american cities to invest in. new york city finished first. san francisco second. no surprises there. what about this one? sunnyvale finishes fifth. intelligent looked at 421 u.s. cities judging in categories like economic potential, business, friendliness, lifestyle, and connectivity. >> here's an investment we would like to see pay off. that bullet train is going to be a bargain. for less than $100 you might soon be able to get from san francisco to los angeles if l.a. times is report that fares for the newly planned bullet train could be around 86 bucks. roughly 20 cents a mile that would mark one of the world's cheapest high-speed rail trips. if completed, the bug let train would connect san francisco and los angeles by 2029. ordering with a swipe of a fi fing finger. now when you use your smartphone to look up a restaurant on google, there will be a place and order option.

currently six food ordering sites to choose from including grub hub, seamless, and mypizza.com. google plans to add more options in the future. >> don't even need the apps anymore. >> swipe away. i'm hungry. >> i am, too. could san francisco-based uber be worth 50 million bucks? >> million or a billion with a "b"? good morning. >> hey, good monday morning to you. the markets could be under a little pressure to start the week after the stocks rallied friday following a somewhat positive jobs report that could reduce fears about a fed interest rate hike in the near term. retail sales, inflation and consumer and earnings from retailers such as macy's. on friday the dow was 267 points to 18191. nasdaq dosing to 5004. cuber could be running around with a lot of cash in the

trunk. ride sharing app plans to raise funds from investors that could value it at more than $50 billion, the most valuable service ever topping facebook before its ipo in 2012. uaw is encouraging them to add thousands of positions traditionally held by parts suppliers. the move would help union membership but there is a catch. the report says the new jobs would be more low-skill workers who wouldn't be on the assembly line and would be paid less, about $10 to $15 than other union members. the uaw is holding contact talkses with ford, gm, and chrysler this center. back over to you. >> monday started off the right way. thank you, landon. there goes the school. there goes to school. >> can you a imagine the school flying away? more than 100 people were inside that high school. it took a direct hit from a tornado in iowa. the parents of a student watched as a roof was just ripped off. school was out but students and

teachers were inside attending an awards ceremony at the time. fortunately the heard the tornado warning and school leaders ushered everyone into the basement quickly before the building was hit. luckily no one was hurt. of course, there was extensive damage. >> tornado warnings so crucial there. you see the debris flying around. >> got to move fast. calm and steady is the word here in the bay area. let's find out what's in store for you today. >> good morning. we have a great looking day shaping up. temperatures in the 50s. we're on our way to a cool afternoon. actually cooler than average. 65 degrees in the south bay. 65 on the peninsula. 66 for today out in the tri-valley. i got to tell you though that wind will be intensifying as we head throughout the afternoon. so it won't be entirely cool and calm. we have rain on the way as well. we stop that clock for you at 3:00 p.m. on wednesday. starting to get our first showers. interesting set-up for this week. as you know, in may we do

typically get a little bit of shower active thank you bity bue we've had this month. potentially next week as well. that's our first chance for showers. i continue your future cast. stop it again at 12:00 p.m. on thursday. look at this. we've got wide spread shower activity working its way as far south as los angeles. i take you later into the week. by friday, getting another round of rich moisture. and this is great story to be able to tell in the heart of our drought. so that's good news for us. also going to keep things nice and moist and keep this elevated fire danger from creeping up. here we go. let me take you through our temperatures. staying relatively steady. up to 69 degrees by wednesday. even with the showers coming through we're not going to lose a lot of warmth. 67 degrees on thursday. 65 degrees on friday in the south bay. meanwhile, low 60s for san francisco. your east bay valleys looking good to hit the 70s for the

first part of the week down to the upper 60s wednesday into thursday. sam and laura, back to you. >> thanks, christina. it's 4:48. ton the nbc bay area investigative unit looks into the safety of popular summer camp with bay area families. the camp is a summer camp near yosemite. nearly two years ago 21-year-old art teacher retton berg was killed and three other staff members were hurt when a huge 300-year-old black oak tree fell in the middle of the camp. the nbc bay area investigative unit poured through thousands of pages of court documents and discovered the camp had been warned about this tree years before the tragedy. >> there was a terrible thing that happened at camp tawanga. and i have every reason to believe it could have been avoided. >> the camp never responded to our repeated request for an interview but now for the first time since her death her parents are speaking out. be sure to watch vicky nguyen's

full reportton at 11:00. if you have a tip for tony or the rest of the unit give us a call at 188-996-tip or send us an e-mail to theun theunit@nbcbayarea.com. the giants are rising above. the panda is going to get his world series ring even though pablo sandoval is not coming back to at&t park. it's not on our anymore, we don't want to hear that but you want to hear about the san mateo bridge. we'll talk about traffic flowing nicely across that span as well as the rest of your bay.

welcome back on this monday morning. 4:53. live look outside downtown san jose. traffic is ticking along. we'll p making sure mike keeps you updated on the patterns throughout the morning. dad stepped up big with baby in tow. who said that moms are the only ones who get recognized on mother's day. during a mother's day baseball game in philadelphia. this happened on a hot foul ball in the second bat. phillies fan stands up to make a great snag with his 7-month of old son strapped to his chest.

that, my friends, is multi-tasking. dad later said it was his son's first game and first foul ball he had ever caught. mom called it the capper on mother's day. and the phil's general manager said he was tempted to go and find that guy for the team. >> no kidding. i glad it didn't hit the baby. a key yet controversial figure in the giant championship run will finally get the ring on his finger. pablo sand yoefl will receive his third world series ring. panda is now a red sox. today giants bruce boche will present that hardware. the giants are actually off today. here's your ring. >> i cannot see sandoval without cringing now on the inside, especially blowing kisses and soaking up all that glory. don't bite the hand this feeds you. >> somebody else is feeding him

now. >> pandas and eating and i have no bamboo references. oh, bent in the wind, now back flexing its muscles here, the san mateo bridge. there you go. after weekend work that reopened before 5:00. they were set to open by 5:00. there you go. let's look at your bay bridge as well. san mateo bridge moving smooth in both directions. the bay bridge is doing well. bay bridge and dumbarton bridge saw extra traffic over the weekend. you see no problems caught of the north bay across the carquinez or benecia bridges. smooth drive. cash on the altamont was eastbound 580. that cleared from grant line road. build coming into the area. south bay, we do have that 101 slowing. just saw it turn from yellow to green. light drive from around the bay. overnight road crews in san jose as well. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. i think we would all agree moms like to hear from you on mother's day. >> and more often than that, too. just saying definitely on mother's day, too.

>> yes. >> special voice. a lot of moms got a surprise phone call from loved ones. >> three moms got calls that caught them completely off guard. president obama was on the line when they answered. >> hi, stephanie? >> yes. >> this is barack obama, your president. hi, patty. >> hi, yes. >> hey, this is barack obama. how are you? >> uh-uh. >> yeah, it is. >> no way. >> way. i decided on mother's day i should call up some letter writers' moms and say thank you for being great moms. >> you might be questioning first whether or not it's actually the president but then you think about it and just that voice and the style, it's got to be him. the three moms were from minnesota, arizona, and florida. their children had all written letters to the president during the year. he's turning that love back around. >> probably would surprise most people. coming up next, san mateo back open for business just in time for the morning commute.

we'll be live with the details. and tornadoes touchdown across this south overnight, destroying neighborhoods and le leaving some stranded. and live look outside right now. the san rafael s curve just a couple of cars out there. don't worry. things will certainly be a little bit more active as the morning goes on. we'll keep you completely up to date. we'll be right back.

traffic is flowing smoothly on the san mateo/hayward bridge after the weekend closure. it's back each on time. the bridge is set to close yet again. i'm stephanie chuang, live on the bridge, with what you need to know. to vaccinate or not. the debate takes center stage in the bay area. the sbil set to go to the senate this week but not before parents voice their concerns. and after a beautiful weekend, low clouds, comfortable temperatures for today, although they will be cooler, big weather

story. several opportunities for showers. we'll break it down in your microclimate. i'll cover all the rest of the bridges. we've got your morning commute and slowing it starts coming up. live look outside. the bay bridge on this early monday morning. get excited. rev those engines. it is monday, may 11th. you are watching "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> very good monday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. m smooth sailing for the morning commute. san mateo bridge ---ed to traffic earlier than expected after a weekend long closure. >> nice to hear the cars humming in the background behind stephanie chuang live in hayward. steph, everything good this morning, but drivers can expect another closure down the road. >> reporter: that's right. it's great news though for this monday morning. the you can see the traffic flowing along the hayward side