killed ten people in orland including five teens. we're seeing temperatures in the 50s with drizzle and mist once again around the santa cruz mountains and the coastline but temperatures as we get towards the weekend climbing into the 70s. we'll look at that coming up. i just showed you this shot of the san mateo bridge but i saw flashing lights heading west. i'm tracking for the incident. whatever is going on for the flat section, we'll bring it to you. >> the san mateo bridge to the bay bridge. lovely start to this friday morning and beginning of your memorial day. this is may 22nd. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> a very good friday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm kris sanchez. >> people in napa county are looking for damage after an earthquake rattled the area. so far no major damage to report following the 4.1 quake near yountville.

the quake shook up nerves. most people in the area immediately thinking back to the quake last august that struck just outside of napa. they described this one as a big jolt. right now we have a crew on the way to napa county. we are going to bring you the latest in the 5:00 hour. meteorologist rob mayeda has been has been tracking that seismic activity. >> the same area last august that saw the 6.0 earthquake. it was yesterday evening at 7:53, 4.1 earthquake. if you compare the two locations the napa quake of last august, 6.0, seven miles deep along the west napa fault zone by american canyon and the recent cake from yesterday evening there on the upper right, a 4.1 quake centered closer to the green valley fault extension. so in the same general vicinity but it looks like associated at the separate fault system away from the west napa fault zone. but the area that was impacted by the 4.1 quake being felt over

a fairly large area. intense shaking and the epicenter was further away from downtown napa with the weakened structures in napa county after a quake of this size you have to inexpect sopekspect some of tha redell is keeping an eye on that. the location is still being felt as far away as san francisco and east to sacramento. so a quake of a 4.0 magnitude can do that in terms of the area coverage of being how far it's felt. once we get into the patterns where there is still a very small chance this may be a foreshock to a slightly larger quake you want to remember you have your earthquake plan in place. that you can have a couple of days of supplies and water and make earthquake plan with family and friends in case we do see more seismic activity in and around the north bay. back to you. >> folks there must be rattled. we are updating this story across all of our digital platforms. go to nbcbayarea.com to find the

latest developments or download our free app and you can take us wherever you go. update on a developing story near santa barbara. clean-up efforts continue. we're told it could take weeks or months before we will know what caused,000 thousands of gallons of crude oil to spill in the ocean. plains all american operates the broken pipeline. they've yet to dig up the broken section of the pipeline. crews are working to just clean up the coastline and skim the ocean to clear the whole oil slick. stretches for miles. it's estimated that 105,000 gallons of oil spilt in total with roughly 21,000 gallon or about a fifth of it reaching the ocean. meantime, sea lion caught in the middle of the oil spill is recovering at seaworld in san diego. a team of experts are working on the little guy trying to clean up the animal and check out his health. they say the toxic oil can damage the sea lion's vital organs. happening today some answers

into what caused a fiery head-on crash north of sacramento that killed ten people including five students. in april of last year a fedex truck veered across the median on interstate 5 in orland and crashed into a charter bus carrying high school seniors from southern california who were on a trip to visit a college. the chp today will release the results of an investigation into exactly what caused that crash and why the truck veered into oncoming traffic. >> recovering that story and too hard to describe how upset that scene was. right now the young man accused of stabbing a 9-year-old boy to death expected in court later today. 18-year-old william shultz reportedly confessed to stabbing and killing jordan almgren last month as almgren was just sleeping in his discovery bay home. shultz reportedly told the contra costa times he did it and said he just wanted to know, quote, what it was like to take someone's life. back in court, two brothers accuse of attacking two men inside a bathroom at levi stadium. a judge today will decide if

there is enough evidence to try them. prosecutors say the brothers brutally beat two men during 49ers game in october. police said the attack was unprovoked and one of the victims still hasn't fully recovered. back to our ocean now. if you walk along the bay area coastline you're not going to actually see any sign of the three dead whales that washed ashore in the past five weeks. according to the chronicle city leaders in half-moon bay tied up a 40-foot gray whale to a boat and drove the whale back out to sea. the whale appeared on the coastline on monday. earlier this week crews in pacifica buried two whales thereafter residents had been complaining about the stench for weeks. >> i can't imagine why. more affordable housing is coming to san francisco compliments of some tech leaders. mayor ed lee will announce a new housing project in mission bay dedicated to homeless veterans and low-income families. that development will include 100 new units. it is being partially funded by donations from bay area tech

moguls like paypal cofounder peter teal and sales force ceo mark benoff. the project is expected to break ground next year and open by 2018. maybe if you're smart you have one of those minivan it is you're taking your kids out for the memorial day holiday that has a tv screen in the back to keep them occupied because patience might be necessary. the digital pes acifier. the holiday weekend could be issues with repairs on p the san mateo bridge which is sure to cause delays. >> "today in the bay" is life on the hayward side of the bridge with a look at the impact. damian, are you going to pack the kids and hit the other bridges? >> yeah, well, you you know what, not a problem right now on the san mateo bridge. after all, it is friday light traffic flowing very smoothly here through the toll plaza. but again, that is all going to change later on tonight here on the san mateo bridge. crews will close at san mateo bridge beginning at 10:00 tonight. the bridge is in need of some resurfacing. the closure will last until 5:00

a.m. on monday, memorial day. caltrans is asking travelers to plan ahead. the recommendations are to use the alternate routes like the dumbarton bridge and highway 237 down in the south bay. the san mateo bridge was also closed a couple of weekends ago for other repairs. but tonight's closure coincides with the busy holiday travel. aaa predicts nearly 4 1/2 million californians will hit the road this weekend in cars. that's the highest number in the last ten years according to aaa. the agency credits increased confidence in the economy and gas prices lower than other years for the added travel this year. also be aware that b.a.r.t. will close service between the fruitvale and the coliseum station. over the weekend they are having a bus -- asking to expect from 30 minutes to one hour dely on that route. that's the latest from the san

mateo bridge, i'm damian, "today in the bay." >> thanks, damian. a meteorologist rob mayeda is here with a look at the forecast. that's always key on a holiday weekend. >> you know, the weather has been making things a little difficult on some of the roads, especially highway 17. yesterday, golden gate bridge yesterday morning. drizzle and light rain. look closely, the pavement is dry. still have misty skies for parts of the bay area this morning. pleasanton out towards oakland seeing drizzle at times. temperatures right now in the mid 50s. actually lower 50s around the north bay. at 53 degrees. today's weather as you can see once again around the santa cruz mountains, highway 1 or highway 17, run into light rain at times and still for the hilltops of the north bay, north of napa and southeast of san jose heading into monterrey there is still the chance of afternoon showers. but a bigger impact on your forecast for the weekend, if you're traveling up towards the sierra we're going to see afternoon thunder showers at times. increasing in coverage and intensity during the afternoon

from lake tahoe north up towards reno and south towards yosemite. watch out if you have memorial day plans in the high country for this weekend. high temperatures today around san jose. 68 degrees. upper 50s closer to pacifica. highs in napa close to 70 degrees. slight chance of hilltop showers and tri-valley, highs in the upper 60s today. memorial day weekend plans will be a little bit warmer for our valleys around the bay area. notice saturday and sunday, back into the mid 70s for a change out of the 60s it seems like we've been in for the last couple of weeks. and warm temperatures inland should continue into memorial day monday. for a check on your friday commute, get away traffic, mike, how is the traffic volumes looking? >> so far, great. as you expect, light volume at this time of morning on the friday before a three-day weekend we expect a much lighter morning commute. you see that approaching the bay bridge. peninsula, hang on. i do have one incident for you guys. northbound 101 on millbrae avenue, the crash activity still blocks the slow lane. shift over to the left.

you've got plenty of space. you want to give those folks on-scene a little more calm nerves there. it gets tough when the cars are passing by you at freeway speed. the bay bridge, richmond, san rafael at the top. 237 across the land route. those are options, alternates to the san mateo bridge. as damien pointed out, it's moving smoothly. the earlier flashing lights i saw heading webb cleared from the span without any major delay. construction eastbound but, again, as damian pointed out, this bridge closes tonight at 10:00. that's what this sign says here. will be closed through 5:00 a.m. monday when they technically expect to have things open. that is the holiday. it should be well in place after you come back from vacation. back to you guys. >> all right, mike, thank you very much. top down, top down if you're cruising, if you're a warriors fan, two down, two to go for the warriors who held serve last night with a dramatic finish at or rackal arena. houston had the chance to take the game. james hard doen holding on to that ball for the last shot but,

oops, there comes clay thompson and steph curry forcing the turnover and the beard is not happy. they took the game away from the rockets and ended up winning this, the dubs do. 99-98, to go up 2-0 in the western conference finals. oakland mayor says that she and houston's mayor have a friendly major on the outcome. >> when her rockets lose, she has got to go to a houston city council meeting donning a warriors jersey and having a steph koorry mouth guard hanging out of her mouth. >> we feel you, libby. we like our chances here. but, if perish the thought the warriors lose, she would theoretically have to wear a rockets jersey and james harden beard. i'm not sure how she's going to do that. game three is tomorrow night in houston. google is promising to make changes to its maps. the problem isn't that the maps are send you to the wrong address, it's that some people say the maps are offensive.

plus, the slap with two ps scott mcgrew? >> proposed law, kris, which will make you feel better about speaking your mind. take a look, business and tech news just ahead.

it is a sudden change for direction of google's popular map searches and racist and

offensive words. it became public when people reported searches using racist words pulled up locations associated with african-american communities. google says its maps program uses outside web content and that content is not vetted. google now plans to change its algorithm all together, here's the story that has me on fire this morning. scrabble is lightning up to my dismay some of the slang words that once stymied players will now be fair game, sam. >> is this fair? here are the words you're talking about. thousands of new words to be exact. here's a few of them. obvs, lolz, emoji, cazh, as in casual, and thanx. obviously talking about laughing out loud and emoji, the smiley face, that whole deal. the words, kris, you're not buying it. >> i'm not buying it. scrabble up in four years left you going with waah and lotsark and hacktivist and twerking.

but you get points for that one, too, now. >> there ridic. >> that is -- play words with friends. >> i love words with friends. >> travel scrabble. >> the standards are going to be changer. change for the app, too, i don't know. >> maybe slapp will be in there. >> scott mcgrew, what is a slapp? >> a slapp is a strategic lawsuit against public participation, s-l-a-p-p. it's a nonsense lawsuit. i take you to court not because i think i can win but because i can cost you a ton of money making your hire lawyers. that's a slapp suit. i'm not trying to win, i'm trying to bankrupt you. you might see this on a bad review on yell. . you say something bad about a restaurant, the restaurant takes you to court, not to tray to win but try to get you to take it down to you'll drop the lawsuit. california has laws against slapp suits but there's no federal law against this sort of

thing but congress is on this. tech firms are praising palo alto congresswoman and her proposed anti-slapp bill pushing for passage. it's one of several bills that tech is watching. the other of course is the usa freedom act which would reform the patriot act. not as much as anyone hopes necessarily but some reform may be better than none. we'll talk more about that a little later. turns out investors have not lost their taste for new stocks. shopify, a canadian company which started trading on thursday, saw shares run 51%. the company was started by a couple of kids who wanted to sell snowboards online. let's check your markets be fr the bell. landon dowdy is live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> hey there, scott. good morning. futures pointing to a higher open ahead of the long holiday weekend. stocks rose thursday but just barely with the dow easing out a small grain. the broadest measure of the market closing at record high

for the tenth time this year. trading volume was light. we get a on consumer price inflation and janet yellen speaks about the economy this afternoon. rising a third of a point to 18285. nasdaq up 19 to 5090. scott, back over to you. >> have a great weekend. she speaks this afternoon, landon time. our time lit be 10:00 a.m. so we'll have more on our 11:00 a.m. news. not just because investors are watching yellen but because the withhold world watches yellen. what she says changes the value of currency on other continents. i always said she's the second most powerful woman in the world. angela merkel is first but only because angela merkel has an army. >> i would say janet yellen. she's where it's at. >> she's got a financial army. >> she sure does. >> thank you very much. california water regulators are expected to reach a decision today that could impact many farmers. now, the farmers are waiting for a response regarding their offer to give up a quarter of their

water thisary in exchange they're hoping to be spared from deeper mandatory cutbacks. all of this of course a result of our dire drought. meteorologist rob mayeda is here. we know we could use the rain. we got a touch of rain but certain not enough. >> misty. >> helps out the redwoods and things and higher elevations there in the coastal range. but really not filling up any rain buckets. as we get through this time of year we go to the wet start of the year from a climate logical start of year to the big four months, january, february, march, april. for the month of may, average san jose, half inch of rain. last week on thursday we had downpours. right now this drizzle storm we've seen off and on over the last couple of days are not going to add up a whole lot. you can see as we get into the start of summer those averages really begin to drop off. so hopefully we can manage all we can out of the misty skies we're seeing in a few spots this morning around the bay area. right now no low clouds.

at least at ground level. a little bit higher off the ground. maybe up 1,000 feet to 3,000 feet up this morning around san francisco. mid 50s right now. the winds will continue to stay onshorend increase as we head towards the afternoon. so that in addition to some of the low clouds we have will keep our temperatures running a few degrees below normal once again today. best bet seeing measurable rain will be around the san mateo county areas down towards santa cruz. you can see the shower activity there. mainly some light rain at times. west facing size of the santa cruz mountains and chance of hilltop showers around the bay area for the north bay. later on this afternoon, north of napa county and southeast hills of san jose. notice the sierra. that is the spot you want to watch in the weekend over the next couple of afternoons. see the opportunity for strong thunder showers at times, especially south of lake tahoe down towards yosemite. tough travel in the high country as we go through the memorial day weekend. temperatures right now in the 50s. we should hang in the mid to upper 50s through 10:00 this

morning. then mid 60s around lunchtime and for the tri-valley and areas south of san jose today we will have a chance of getting closer to 70 degrees. 71 los galos. you see the chances of light rain at times around pacifica, san francisco still cool today. north bay highs in the upper 60s around santa rosa and memorial day weekend forecast, temperatures finally warming up and climbing into the mid 70s there as we go through the weekend. now for another check of your commute, here's mike. >> drizzle storm of yesterday and we're on drizzle watch 2015 over here. looking at the south bay looking at nice easy drive. kind of trickling here with the traffic flow. look at your map. entire south bay, no problems. this is friday. it's a free three-day weekend friday so we're pecking a light flow of traffic around the bay. but we'll track this morning we do have this crash still north 101 at millbrae avenue slowing at that scene. san mateo bridge remind you it's closed all weekend start agent 10:00 p.m. 237, 8 h, the dumbarton bridge bridge and bay bridge, the bay

bridge right now though we'll show you the live shot from the toll plaza. no backup, no problems. easy drive down the east shore freeway getting into san francisco from the east bay. back to you. >> all right. we can understand forking out a big amount of cash for a good steak, but how about a hot dog? what you you pay, five buck, ten bucks, maybe at a ballpark, 30? it now cost a new york vendor his job. he used to do business at this cart near world trade center. he allegedly charged tourists, saw them coming up, up po $30 for a hot dog. the boss fired the man after seeing an investigative report about him on the news. the cart now has prices posted so that folks can't discriminate based on the folks who are visiting. >> if it's wrapped in bacon, maybe 7 or 8 bucks. the video that grabbed everyone's attention we're talking about bikers badly beating a driver in the middle of a new york street. this happened a couple years ago. we've seen this scene from outside the suv. now we're getting an idea of

what was happening inside the vehicle. we're going to play you the 911 call next.

two motorcyclists accused of beating a driver in new york continue their trial next week. yesterday prosecutors played the panicked 911 call his wife made as her husband was dragged from their suv and beaten in front of their 2-year-old child. >> hello? >> we have a bay bay in the car. stop! oh, my god. stop! we have a baby in the car! >> that trial stems from an incident back in 2013. the suspects including an undercover cop stopped the driver of the suv after the suv hit one of the fellow bikingers. the driver said the bikers were driving recklessly and cutting him off and even slowed down perhaps to cause that collision. new this morning.

the fbi arrested two men in southern california who investigators say were planning to travel abroad to join isis. according to investigators one of the men was arrested at l.a.x., the other in orange county. the suspects were unarmed. sourcing tell nbc news they were likely recruited by isis as foreign fighters through social media. middle east, isis says it's now in full control of the historic syrian city of palmyra. it marks the first time isis has taken a city directly from syria's army. it comes just days after isis did take control of ramadi, a key city in iraq. russia has since promised to supply weapons to iraq to help fight isis. this weekend, soldierses from army's 3rd infantry regiments, the old guard, will finish putting american flags in front of every headstone at arlington national cemetery. it's a tradition to honor the nation's to len heroes for memorial day. that process is called flags in.

hundreds of soldiers walk solemnly through the cemetery and put flags exactly one foot in front of each headstone. there are 220,000 headstones in t cemetery. the flags will stay there through the mholiday. it made a lot of people nervous, moderate earthquake in the bay area still recovering from 60.quake. we haven't heard of serious damage but experts say there's something else that makes this quake unique.

he reportly confessed to taking a child's life just to know what it feels like to kill and now a discovery bay man goes to court. north bay rest debts waking up this morning to shaken nerves but hopefully not more than that. fire crews assessing damage today in quake-struck yountville. other parts of the bay area whatticing up to cloudy skies. drizzle at times during the day. a warmer forecast for memorial day. a look at that coming up.

speaking of that holiday weekend, friday before typically see the light volume of traffic. tracking slowing on the peninsula already. and looking live at the bay bridge this morning as the sun starts to creep up on what is the eve of your memorial day weekend. it is friday, may 22nd. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning. thanks for joining us on this friday. i'm kris sanchez. >> i'm sam brock. the weekend is almost here. before it arrives a bit of a scare for people in napa county check for any possible damage following a overnight moderate earthquake. >> bob redell is live in napa. bob, the quake not only shook the region but also frayed some people's nerves. folks still feeling nervous from the last time. >> think about last night's 4.0 was not a major earthquake but

you can understand why some people here in napa were frightened by this concerning they're still rebuilding from last summer's 6.0. >> lived here my entire life. born in napa. raised in napa. the earthquake really scares me. i think i would -- i think i would move. >> yes. it scared the heck out of me. >> last night's 4.1 tumbler hit just before 8:00 last night about six miles northeast of yountville, nine miles north of napa. it's part of the green valley fault line which seismologists have recently warned us about. people here last night, they say they felt a jolt, then a pause, followed by a much longer jolt. we spoke with a napa fire department who drove around town looking for damage last night. no reports of any problems. we assume that authorities will do the same today again once the sun comes up. that 6.0 quake we were referring

to last summer, august 24th, overnight. one person, a glarandmother was killed after being hit in the head by a falling tv. couple hundred people. >> reporter: hurt. damage estimate was $400 million. you can see here in old downtown napa we're nine months out of that 6.0 and still replacing and trying to rebuild some of the facades here on the old structure. reporting live here in napa, redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, bob. of course there's the magnitude of that quake and also how deep the quake is. both of those really factors here. meteorologist rob mayeda has been comparing it to what we saw with napa, rob. good morning. >> good morning. we're seeing the quake and 4.1, 7:53 yesterday emping. compare that to the event in august last year. 6.0. felt over a much larger area. more energy released along the west napa fault zone. this as bob redell mentioned up toward the green valley fault extension.

4.1 earthquake. it is further away from the west napa fault zone, earthquake of the size we had last august. many times the earthquakes will transfer stress to nearby fault systems in the case of the green valley fault extension. the earthquake of that size, 4.1, relatively shallow quake. the strongest shaking felt right there throughout napa county but as far away as san francisco and the peninsula to the south and almost to sacramento out towards the east. depending on what type of soil you're on, sedimentary soil near the streams and creeks out there in napa county, that can sometimes intensify or amplify some of the shaking. so 4.1 earthquake can cause some small damage. if there's a weak structure still in downtown napa they will be inexpecting those today. reminder when we have the events there's a slight chance of a larger quake in the next couple of days. keep your earthquake kits on stand by. have extra water and of course make your plans ahead of time with family and friends to notify folks in the event we have another earthquake up there in wine country over the next few days.

back to you. >> always a good reminder. three robbery suspects accuse of hitting and killing a woman as they fled from police are expected to be in court today. police say the men were in a stolen car when they ran down bridget in san francisco in april. the suspects were just or rested this week. now to a follow-up on another deadly crash p thun with us a spethed drunk driver crashed his car killing four people. anthony is expected to appear in court today to face numerous charges in connection to the crash. investigators believe he was drunk when imbronone lost control of his car. his mustang crashed into a ditch killing his passenger, three of whom were gilroy high school students. the school's graduation was right around the corner. as well as killing a 24-year-old man. state lawmakers blocked a

bill that would have -- 200089 law requires child protection services to release original case records when a child dies from abuse of neglect. the latest bill would have reversed that, instead providing only short summaries of what the state did to protect those vulnerable children. the l.a. times reports a state senate committee struck the bill down over concerns that it would do more harm than good. we all love sushi, many of us do, but sushi lovers beware. it may be linked to raw tuna. more than 30 people in southern california reported getting sick from eating raw fish. experts say the outbreak spread to ate other states affecting in total more than 50 people so far. they're still investigating the source of the outbreak. well, you are going to need at least some hey shens here and tolerance for screaming kids if you're traveling this holiday weekend. the holiday travel along with needed repairs on the san mateo bridge sure to cause delays. >> damian is live on the hayward

side of the bridge with a look at the impact that we might expect. good morning, damian. >> good morning. no major delays right now here on the san mateo bridge. traffic is flowing very smoothly right now. but that is all about to change very shortly because of this holiday weekend. it's going to change actually at the 10:00 tonight here. that's when the crews will close the bridge for the remainder of the weekend to make some much needed repairs. it will not reopen until 5:00 a.m. on monday, memorial day. it should be back open for the holiday. cal trangs is recommending alternate routes like the dumbarton bridge, even highway 237 down in the south bay. the closure comes on what's expected to be the busiest memorial day travel weekend in ten years. aaa expects more than 4 1/2 million californians will hit the road this weekend. more than usual because of the improving economy and gas prices are relatively lower than in

other years during memorial day. and b.a.r.t. will also close service this weekend between the fruit dale b.a.r.t. stations and coliseum b.a.r.t. station. a bus bridge will be in place but expect delays of up to an hour long on that route in the oakland area. again, no major delays right now here on friday night on the san mateo bridge. but at 10:00 tonight this will all be closed. live on the san mateo bridge, i'm damian trujillo, "today in the bay." >> if you can get there to your destination, warmer, rob? >> at least for right now even though the traffic is light. weather not getting too much in the way of your morning commute unless you're heading over the top of the santa cruz mountains. you will run into drizzle and light rains. 55 in san jose. as we go through the day we will see the chances of showers highest right there around the santa cruz mountain. highway 17 drive over the hill

down into santa cruz and the chance of the hilltop showers around santa rosa and the south and east of downtown san jose. we will see a slight chance of showers today if you're making your travel plans down in to monterrey. so we got 68 today in san jose. upper 50s closer to san francisco. north bay temperatures in the upper 60s to near 70 in napa. close to 70 in pleasanton for the holiday reekd though. we'll begin to see temperatures climbing up. highs on sunday. finally back in the mid 70s. slightly cooler as the sea breeze turns stronger by memorial day monday. you can see the three-day weekend, the temperatures finally looking a bit more like spring. now for a check of your morning commute, let's send it over to mike. >> very light as well this morning for the commute. good news on the peninsula that crash at millbrae northbound 101 completely cleared. all lanes cleared. no slowing there. we'll focus on what's going on here at the bay bridge. you have your right. proe approach. no problems off the berkeley curve. both shots i showed you and more

crowded starting at 11:00 toward the afternoon and ebbing. preweekend of course. looking toward your maps. see a smooth drive on our speed sensors through the north bay and also approaching the bay bridge in all directions throughout the maze. anywhere north of the san mateo bridge is a commute suspect but no problems noond delays. there's tri-valley. highway four through antioch clear. i want to point out the bay bridge, richmond/san rafael and land route, alternates to 92, the san mateo bridge as damian said will be closed saturday and sunday. hopefully reopened by monday. back to you. >> you're as travel savvy as they come but did you know this? every time you fill up at the pumps you put money in a fund to improve the country's bridges and over passes. even though there are hundreds of bridges in dire need of repair. the odds are pretty good there's at least one near where you live. more trouble for lumber liquidators. >> ceo quit. why? we'll tell you when we come back with 15 minutes nonstop news, traffic, and weather after the break.

welcome back. aaa predicts this memorial day weekend will be one of the busiest for drivers in a decade because of cheaper gas and improving economy. the federal gas tax of 18 cents on every gallon you buy goes towards fixing highways and bridges. >> there's a lot of highways and bridges that need to be fixed. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is joining us live in washington, d.c. with how lawmakers are struggling to find new sources of funding for it. >> exactly. there are over 600,000 bridges in this country and tens of thousands that are in dire need of repair. virginia bridge engineer gary shows us what happens when 45,000 cars a day drive over a bridge for 30 years. >> water and saltwater pass through that joint on a regular

basis, and that causes the corrosion of the steel beams. >> reporter: the federal highway administration considers one out of every nine bridges in the u.s. structurally deficient. meaning it needs significant repairs, maintenance, or replacement. like this one. and this i-35 bridge that collapsed in minneapolis in 2007 with highway funds depleted, congress is considering another short-term fix. former transportation secretary ray lahood calls that a joke. >> if you raise the gas tax ten cents a gallon you raise a billion dollars a year. >> reporter: some think that doesn't make sense with more fuel efficient cars. >> you have almost a million cars a year going to alternative fuels where some fuels that are paying nothing. >> reporter: one group is pro prosing a short-term half cent increase in the gas tax. >> it amounts to less than $3 a year per person. the average driver. and it gives us until 2016 to come up with a long-term

solution. >> reporter: engineers say that solution will cost $76 billion and that's just to fix the bridges that need to be repaired or replaced now. >> we'll see if any of that money gets approved here on capitol hill before lawmakers leave for the holiday break. the house is approved a two-month extension. the senate is planning to try to get everything done that, plus the patriot act and other legislation today. >> lawmakers acting with urgency. we'll see if they get it done. >> on a holiday weekend. it might not see like there are a lot of bridges and over pass necessary san jose but if you look at this map provided by transportation for america you can see the bridges and over passes just in the san jose area. all the green that you see represent structurally sound bridges but each red mark indicates a bridge or overpass that is not structurally safe. >> now here's a look at san francisco. you can see a lot of red on both sides of the bay.

so certainly some pro effect,s here, too. >> up north in napa county it has its fair share of bridges. you can see a few of them have been deemed structurally deficient as well. crews are going to be checking those bridges in napa county this morning following a light earthquake, moderate earthquake there last night. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in napa. bob, any word on any major damage now that we're almost 12 hours away? >> reporter: kris and sam, we know that local leaders here in napa, local fire which you can see the city is still recovering from last summer's 6.0, they drove around here as well as in yountville, the epicenter of last night's quake. so far no signs of any damage. we expect they will continue their inspections later this morning once they get some daylight. keep in mind compared to last august, 6.0 in napa, last night's 4.0 was a much weaker earthquake, even though it was felt widely throughout the region. >> felt like a train coming and almost sounded like a train hit

the building. it was just a really big jolt. >> reporter: authorities in yountville were particularly concerned about older structures in that town like the v-marketplace. but again, they checked it out and so far no signs of any damage. our expectation is now that the sun is up, because keep in mind, last night's quake happened after sunset. now the sun is up, they will get out here this morning and do a once over and perhaps check any bridges if they need to be checked. again, last night's 4.1 much weaker than the 6.0 that was nine months ago. reporting live in napa, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. hopefully just a scare. rob, this morning, you're playing meteorologist/seismologist. you were explaining there was a small chance but a chance this could be a foreshock. >> northern end of the green valley fault system, 4.1 earthquake, there's that small

relatively 5% chance it could precede something slightly harnlger. but now that we're out of this 24-hour cycle heading into tomorrow we'll see the chances starting to decrease. also decreasing by tomorrow will be the chances of seeing some drizzle in the forecast. right now low clouds, mist around san francisco. you've got some cloudy skies there and on the left side of the screen, some light rain and drizzle across the santa cruz mountains. you can see the peninsula dry right now. roadways are relatively dry but some mist could come down to give you some wet pavement in a few spots. wind speeds there 10 to 20 miles per hour, onshore winds increasing in the afternoon. with the cloud cover again today, much likely we've seen for the last couple weeks. we're going to see our temperatures running below average. santa cruz mountains, highway 17 down into santa cruz. you will see the best bet of more light rain again today. hilltops there, the north bay, north of napa county and down to the southeast of san jose there's still a slight chance of isolated showers but as aen upper level low track in the nevada for tomorrow.

more moisture will be to the east. sierra, this includes your weekend plans. southlake tahoe and yosemite. especially during the afternoon. we'll see some wide spread thunder showers and some of those could contain some small hail and obviously some rapidly changing conditions in the high country this weekend. mid 50s through about 9:00 this morning around the bay area. around lunchtime you will see the numbers trying to keep into the mid 60s inland around the tri-valley and san jose. los galos near 71 degrees. a sign of warmer days to come as we head through holiday weekend. closer to 60 in san francisco. upper 60s around 'stros. you can see close to 70 in pleasanton. the holiday weekend will see the temperatures climbing up finally the valleys back in the mid 70s for sunday and monday. cool around san francisco, highs in the 60s. mike? >> rob, easy light drive right now this morning. we're just starting to see a few more cars on the road. san mateo bridge moves smoothly. the reminder is it closes at 10:00 tonight all of the way through 5:00 monday morning. that is the holiday hopefully have it open just in time for that holiday day traffic.

out to the maps you will see the alternate, dumbarton bridge, another great alternate for you. a lot of traffic over mother's day weekend. north of san mateo bridge, we see no slowing showing up on our sensors. these are our suspects for the morning commute. a slight tiny slowing for livermore out of the altamont pass. we will give you a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. look how light that is. this will build about 11:00 a.m. murder mystery in our capital appears to be solved. authorities arrested a man in connection with the killings of a wealthy washington, d.c. family and their housekeeper. authorities arrested daron wint also night while he was a passenger in a vehicle trailing a box truck in which his brother was riding with a considerable amount of cash. wint is charged with first degree murder. civil other people were taken into custody. they believe he killed his former employer, his wife, their son, and the family housekeeper. then set the family's d.c. mansion on fire. investigators started searching for wint after finding his dna

on a pizza crust inside the home. >> nightmarish. two motorcyclists accuse of beating a driver in new york continuing their trial next week. yesterday prosecutors play the panicked 911 call his wife made as her husband was being dragged by their suvnd beaten up in front of their 2-year-old child. >> terrifying sounds there. that trial stems from an incident that happened here in 2013. you see the bikes swarming this suv. the suspects included an undercover cop, stopped the driver of the suv after he hit one of their fellow spike bikers. the driver said the bikers were driving recklessly and cutting him off. up with of the stars of the reality show "19 kids and counting" has admitted to sexually abusing underage girls. the eldest son of jim bob and michelle buggedugger released a

statement. in that stimt the now 27-year-old explained when he was a teenager he engaged in, quote, inexcusable acts. the abuse happened between 2002 and 2002003. dugger says he confessed to his parents and he and his alleged victims received counseling. update now on an amazing story of survival from last month's massive earthquake in n napal. crews rescued a 27-year-old man trapped underfeith the rubble three days after the quake struck. how even though he had to have his leg amputated, his condition is improving. no word yet on when he might be able to leave the hospital. okay. major advance now in prosthetics. that is what doctors are calling mind-controlled robotic body parts. eric can now shake hands andrey beer without any help. it's all thanks to a team of doctors at usc who recently implanted a device into his brain. that device is connected to his prosthetic arm. he thinks about moving the arm

and it follows his commands. you would not think we would ever get to a point where you can control actions based on sort of technological device utilizing. >> that's amazing. as it is, using some of the nerve endings used to manipulate the prosthetic but to see it actually coming all of the way from the brain is just unbelievable work. >> all right. hopefully he's enjoying a cold beer ahead of the memorial day holiday here. >> yeah. it is crunch time for the u.s. senate lawmakers have just days now to either renew or modify the u.s. patriot act. >> which expires after may 31st. scott mcgrew, if they don't do either, the patriot act goes away. >> june 1st, a week from monday. there are plenty of people who would like to see the end of the patriot about but we don't think there's a realistic expectation. rather the senate has those two choices. renew it or reform it with something called the u.s. freedom act. the u.s. freedom act has passed the house. now, if they renew the patriot act in the senate, the house is unlikely to put it mildly to

agree to that to make it worse, the 40us actually has gone home for the holiday. turning to business news. you know when you combine two things like two companies you get cost savings, right, because now you only have one hr department, not two, one copy machine, not two. the opposite is true as well. if you split one company into two it's expensive. hewlett-packard thursday said it split into two companies will cost almost $3 billion. weirdly the company also said the break-up would help it save $1 billion which if you're doing the math at home still sounds like a loss to me. the hits just keep coming at lumber liquidators. thousand of people in the bay area have floors made by this company. it's the hardest hardwood flooring seller in the country. ceo just quit. stock fell 17% yesterday. there's a federal investigation as well after reports bile "60 minutes" the company got its wood for the wood floors from a protected forest and allegation some of the laminate floors give

off formaldehyde, a carcinogen. they're offering a free air test. imagine that, you've got an entire floor in your house that may be dangerous. >> yeah. so the ceo quit or was forced out? there's a difference. >> there is a difference. no, he just up and quit. several executives have quit have that company. >> washing their hands. >> thank you very much, scott. update on a developing story out of santa barbara. it could be weeks now or even a month before we know what caused thousands of gallons of crude oil to spill into the ocean. nbc's halle jackson is in santa barbara with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. here along the santa barbara coast clean-up operations have moved into a around the clock process. so crews working at all hours to try to get these beaches, about nine miles of coastline, looking like it normally does, picture perfect. we know right now the impact to wildlife at least five pelicans have been taken in by fish and wildlife rescuers and we were

there as the sea lion was brought in as well. we will have all of this coming up on the "today" show including a look at dramatic new images from the air and from the water. stay with us. back to you. here's a live look at the san mateo bridge which will be off limits this holiday weekend. it will close starting at 10:00 tonight for maintenance and repair. if you're planning to do some traveling by car you might want to consider using alternative routes like the bay bridge, the dumbarton bridge, or perhaps highway 237. the san mateo bridge is scheduled to reopen on monday morning. a lot of people probably have family events scheduled. hot dogs, barbecues, cookouts. just kind of taking in the holiday. and you know what, the temperatures should be going up, rob, but not too much. >> pretty comfortable. at least breaking out of the pattern of seeing highs only in the mid 60s around the bay area. right now san jose, 55. a little bit of drizzle and light rain around santa cruz mountain there's off to the south. you can see our temperatures in the 50s right now. by the afternoon, upper 60s in

the forecast. for san jose, 68 degrees. santa rosa, 70. should be fine nor everything outdoo outdoors. repaving the top of the san mateo bridge and for any of your weekend plans. mike? >> i will be watching the plans. look at this. ship has come in. the bay bridge toll plaza, flashing lights that just cleared from one of those cash lanes. that's i think what was cause that backup over on the right approach. very light volume. look at your maps. no delays on the approach out of the maze. no problems. slowing starting for that incline in towards san francisco. i said this slow down would start at 11:00. i meant in addition to the morning commute which will probably see the metering lights on later. san mateo bridge closes at 10:00 p.m. tonight. >> thank you for the reminder. there is a new attraction at the ft. worth zoo in texas. these african lion cubs made their adorable debut yesterday. you can meet the boy and the

girl girls. they are cute. they were born back in march. they are the fourth successful lion litter born at that zoo since 2004. >> you know what they call you, sam, lunch. happening today, finally some answers. the families of ten people who died in a fiery bus crash have been waiting for more than a year to find out exactly what went wrong. details on this chp investigation after the break.

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police say they got their guy. overnight developments in a high profile quadruple murder. no new damage but rattled nerves as another earthquake hits wine country. seeing a misty start once again for parts of the bay area. 56 in san francisco. highs today in the 60s. but some changes ahead and warmer ones at that for your holiday weekend. and we're looking at the low clouds right here, rob was

mentioning it. light traffic, preholiday. what do you have to watch for? we'll give you that as well. >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> good friday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. this morning a 4.1 magnitude earthquake typically not a huge deal here in the bay area, but when it is as close to an area still struggling to put the pieces back together you can imagine how people are feeling. that earthquake, a damaging 6.0 just last year. >> last night's quake was centered in wine country near yountville just a few miles away from napa. "today in the bay's" bob redell is joining us live from napa this morning. bob, no new damage reports of it yet but this quake definitely renewed some rattled nerves. >> sam and kris, if you think about last night's 4.1 was not a major earthquake by any stretch. but