sam//vo a brush fire scorches hundreds of acres in monterey county... as firefighters pour in, trying stop the flames from gaining more ground. laura//vo and more than 50 years later... president obama gives veitnam the right to buy american >>. >> a brushfire. president obama gives vietnam the right to buy american weapons. warriors, after last night clobbered at the hands of the oklahoma city thunder. "today in the bay" starts right now. good morning. thank you for joining us on this monday. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. the morning commute coming up. >> monday. >> it will perk you up because it's chilly. >> it is chilly. we have upper 40s in parts of the bay area and tracking patchy

fog. it's now 48 in the north because but peninsula, as well. most other spots are in the low to mid 50s. today's forecast brings it up into the 60s today. we'll have a chance of spotty rain in the north bay hills. elsewhere mix of sun and clouds with comfortable temperatures. i'll talk more about that. let's head over to mike about fremont. >> we had overnight road work. here we are looking at our shot. we have the block and north of there as we look at the map we had closures. southbound construction continues. at 4:31 a grass fire

developing in monterey county. the metz fire is in the southeast in a agricultural area. it appears they are making headway. the fire is now about 20% contained. no structures or homes have burned. we heard this before. the trial in sierra lamar's murder case could begin later today. kris sanchez is at the courthouse. are there any possible hold-ups? >> unfortunately there is a possible hold-up because one of the defense attorneys is still going to try on another case and thus it could delay this particular case. torres now 25 years 0 old is charged with kidnapping and killing 15-year-old sierra lamar

in 2012. you heard countless times she left home heading to school and never made it to the bus stop. his lawyers asked to submit more evidence for testing and there is that chance today's much-anticipated start could be delayed again because the one defense attorney is on another case. it has been four years since the 15-year-old disappeared. her body has never been found. this at this point is a capital murder trial for torres. he could pay with life if found guilty. 4:33. three people in jail. one was arrested at a swat raid saturday. she is keith green's ex-girlfriend. other people were arrested over the weekend. green's body was found last week in the north bay.

to baltimore where a judge is expected to decide the fate of one of those six police officers who was charged over a year ago in the freddie gray case. edward nero was charmed with second degrees assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct. he was on bike patrol when a group of officers chased and arrested gray last april. freddie gray died from his spinal injuries suffered when being transported to jail. his death sparked riots and protests in baltimore. news out of vietnam. the u.s. is lifting its ban on arm sales to that country. it's taken more than a half century. president obama made the announcement as he is visiting the south asian country and his move lifts a decades-long embargo. >> sales will still meet strict requirements, including those related to human rights. this change will ensure that vietnam has access to the

equipment it needs to defend itself. >> this marks president obama's tenth trip to asia. the president is planning to vis vis vis vis visit hiroshima. warriors were down as much as 41 points in the second half. lose by 28. thunder now lead that series two games to one. >> sharks play critical kwame five tonight. the western conference final tied 2-2. sharks lost saturday to the blues 6-3. tonight's game starts at 5:00 in st. louis and airs on the nbc sports network. >> a couple of high stakes affair there. >> nice to see. monday morning, here we are.

>> good morning. we have such chilly weather starting out these mornings and slight chance of showers in the north bay. let's check it out as we go hour by hour. we will have a lot of clouds. once again, a chance of rain mainly off towards the north into the east. a look at all the microclimates today. we are keeping it below average. san jose with a high of 70. 76 in gilroy. half moon bay 67. low 60s in san francisco. 72 in napa. we'll also have low 70s in parts of the east bay with mid 70s in the tri-valley. not a bad day. we'll see some more of this same kind of weather throughout the week. no major changes. let's head over to mike to get an update on a crash. >> peninsula traffic like the rest of the bay looking light. here is the bay bridge. speed sensors don't reflect any problems but we do have a crash

here. 84 off 35 there. no major injuries. it's the only crash we have. back to you. thanks, mike. 4:37. phc commander in the hot seat. sacramento law makers taking on a bill to get drunk drivers off the road that. was centered around a device law makers say could save lives. more after the break. a new bill would put the brakes

on convicted drunk drivers. supporters will gather in sacramento today. ==vo== there is a new bill that would the brakes on convicted drunk drivers. senator jerry hill's bill requires mission interlock devices for convicted drivers. this week that bill will get the second test in the state senate. the senate public safety committee approved it back in march. the state of california paid out millions of dollars to citizens with run-ins with highway patrol officers during the last decades. tonight they have new information on a story they broke. the case of a brooklyn man who nearly died after a officer restrained him in handcuffs

after the traffic spot. the berkeley man speaks russian. he refused to sign the valid traffic ticket. that's not the first time taxpayers had to pay out. tonight our senior investigative reporter sits down with patrol commander to ask why. >> to the average person, that is a lot of money. a lot of taxpayer money for to you do that. i go back to where i started in my speech i was just giving saying, we contact millions and millions of people. if you multiply that over the ten years we are talking about. >> tough stories like this prompted new efforts to change state law. coming up tonight, hear from those law makers and see what other cases your tax dollars have gone to settle. tonight at 11:00. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call. devices that could answer questions. latest in the egyptair crash and

search for the black boxes. the presidential election numbers will surprise you. >> venus rising in the heart of san francisco. this statue expected to be the tall nest all of san francisco. a new sculpture is set to be

revealed today in san francisco. the 92-foot stainless steel sculpture - venus - is the a new sculpture is set to be revealed today in san francisco. it is a 92-foot high stainless

steel sculpture, venus, the creation of lawrence average event. it's at the trinity place apartments. >> artist rendition. >> that's what it is. on 8th and market street next to a new housing development. today a crane is going to crown the head on top of the statue which is almost as tall as the statue of liberty. our bob redell is live at the site and will join us in an hour. >> that's quite a sight. that's going to be huge. >> huge. >> venus and cupid's arrow on the embarcadero. >> friday they were supposed to put it up but it was so windy. >> today won't be as windy. much better weather today. it's looking like we'll have more of the same kind of weather we had over the weekend. we look at fremont and see clear visibility. that may not be the case over

the bay area. patchy fog here and there. a mostly clear sky. in the north bay 48 and 52 in the peninsula. a look at all the east bay microclimates. 50 in pleasanton. 52 in the peninsula as we start out we have definitely jacket weather. then in the rest of the day we see the cloud and fog we have now just rolling back right along the coast k. hovering over san francisco where you see all the dark gray. that's where the cloud will be and rolling back into tonight. will be another one of those mostly cloudy starts to the day. then we'll see afternoon sunshine. a look at the giants game today. first pitch wille 59 degrees. still cool. and 58 by the end of the game. cool and breezy weather, winds from the west. over the next five days, no major changes. staying below average. we should be at 7 6.

we don't see that all week long. we'll have this area of low pressure moving offshore. it could produce a few showers north and to the east of us. heading into the weekend, i know we are hoping for beach weather. looks like we'll see this mat earn continuing with some highs only in the 60s and 70s all across the bay area. a look at our microclimates and what to expect. 62 in san francisco, the peninsula. 66 and the low 70s for the tri-valley south bay as well as the north bay. let's head over to mike. what's happening at the bay bridge? >> memoriville, the treasure island tunnel, we are looking for something mid span. we'll see that eastbound getting out of the tunnel traffic does flow smoothly. watching there are reports of something going on around that treasure island off ramp. there may still be one lane

blocked. a slow-moving vehicle may be making its way. we'll get more details and hopefully they say all clear in a couple of minutes. we don't see any slowing there we see the construction in the maze. rest moves well. no delays this early on a monday. nice easy flow on 101. back to you. >> thanks, mike. it is 4:48. egypt is sending a submarine to the debris field where egyptair 804 crashes into the scene thursday. egypt's president says there is mounting evidence some kind of sudden catastrophe occurred onboard the plane, but will not say if it was terrorism. it plunged into the mediterranean killing all 66 onboard. searchers recovered parts of the plane's record including personal belongings the

batteries only last about a month. >> a new nbc and "wall street journal" poll shows hillary clinton's lead over donald trump in a general election is shrinking. 46% said they would support hillary clinton. 43% would back donald trump. that difference is within the poll's margin of error. in april a similar poll showed clinton with an 11-point edge over trump. hypothetical matchup between bernie sanders and trump has sanders winning 15 percentage points. >> time is running out to register to vote in the california primary coming up june 7th. today is the deadline to register or switch party affiliation. most can register online through the secretary of state's website. a major merger in the works for thing aconsue agricultural .

landon dowdy has our cnbc business. >> futures are lower this morning. the dow closing higher friday is now down for the past four weeks on speculation that the federal reserve could raise rates as soon as next month. look for data on housing and gdp. friday the dow was up 65 points. nasdaq adding 57 to 4769. a big merger deal may be in the works today. germany's bayer is offering to buy monsanto for $62 billion. that would create the world's largest agricultural products maker and largest takeover by a german company. and axa is getting out of the tobacco business. it will sell $2 billion in

tobacco stocks and bonds owning that owning them clashes as a insurance. back to you. axa giving tobacco the axe. landon dowdy, thank you very much. a san francisco real estate investigator starting hiding envelopes of cash in 2014 and tweeted out clues. the account @hidden cash announced the scavenger hunts are up and running. a laugh that will have you laughing. have you seen this? a mask, the woman, the laugh? it is driving facebook wild. we'll explain after the break.

where firefighters are battling a rapping right now, keeping a close eye just to our south where firefighters are battling a blaze ripping through 4,000 acres of monterey county. a "house of cards" star making an emotional graduation speech in the bay area. a wild goose chase-- literally.

and c-h-p officers are calling it their slowest chase ever. ==sam//vo== take a look at this video posted a wild goose chase and chp officers calling it their slowest chase ever. >> take a look at this video. it shows a squad car slowly tail

something bay area geese on i-80 yesterday morning. this geese were led back to the bay area. it did cause a bit of a traffic jam. ç he's 12 years old thinkin about college. this boy is from sacramento being accepted to uc santa cruz and uc davis. this is video receiving one of his three community college degrees. he plans to become a doctor by age 18. so young his mom had to come to classes. >> he's 13 years old and three degrees from community college. >> have you seen this yet,

chewbaca mom. her story will probably make you laugh. i think the lead-up to it is part of it. >> i don't know if i want to laugh or cry having heard that shriek. she is a stay at home mom in texas. last week she bought a chewbacca mask at her local kohl's store. the world knows her as chewbacca mom. kohl's gave her a $2,500 gift card for mentioning the store in the video.

>> that looks like a snapchat video. >> she was hilarious. just the lead-up to it. i went to the store and i bought something for me and i can't wait to show my kids. >> i haven't seen it in its entirety. >> it would be on somebody's feed. no doubt she will be on the morning shows. >> trick-or-treat. we are in for warmer weather this week. and a slight chance of north bay rain. >> i'll watch for geese or whatever is on the road. we'll show you what's going on. plus could the sierra lamar trial begin today? kris sanchez will have a live report after the brick. kris tease

=sam/vo= plus-- igniting the start of fire season.. day one of his murder trial is on the calendar again here. what could be the snag today. brushfires pop-up and down california. the conditions firefighters are facing right now in monterey county. >> down to the wire. today is the deadline to register to vote here in california. "today in the bay" starts right

now. a very good monday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> mike will have everyone's favorite morning commute. >> we've got our monday morning faces on here. >> and our forecast looks like the weekend. maybe if you're off today or have a chance to enjoy it, we'll have the same weather continuing. it does start out cool. look at these temperatures in the north bay. 48 degrees in the peninsula and 54 in san francisco with breezy winds and few clouds that are low clouds this morning. then we'll see sunshine today with highs reaching into the upper 60s, low 70s. 63 in san francisco. i'll show you what else to expect as we go through the week. mike is checking in on the tri-valley commute. >> i like that weekend weather. we get over to the tri-valley. the map will show you the only