a nice easy drive anyway you cut it. a live look out here. nice smooth flow of traffic off the east shore freeway. we had the sig-alert in the east bay. i'll show you slowing. this is early slowing now. it's 5:23. ten minutes earlier than we expect to see. it is a tuesday. heavier traffic. we watch the trend as it developed for highway 4. it's cleared up. a 14 minute drive after the earlier accident cleared and things are moving nicer now. 680 is clear with the accident. >>> moving down to the south bay and fremont. no major issues for the northbound speed sensors. great stuff through the south bay as you come up. golden gate bridge where 101 shows you the fog. many parts of the area seeing the fog. thinking later on. so far, driving is okay. you can see at the golden gate bridge. over to you, brent. >> thanks. several aviation air traffic trollers have been suspended, this time for watching a movie on the job. they were watching a dvd early sunday morning as he monitored the landing of incoming aircraft. the faa says the controller left the

a nice volume of traffic. the newest freeway building in volume. i saw a slowdown at the toll plaza. back to you. >> thank you very much. developing news from japan overnight. a strong 6.6 magnitude quake shook the country overnight. the epicenter was 100 miles north of tokyo and 40 miles south of the plant. the operator said the quake had no impact but it triggered a tsunami warning. officials called that off an hour later. it was actually one month ago today that the 9.0 magnitude quake and tsunami hit japan. it's believed the disaster killed 25,000 people. >>> the jury in the barry bonds case gets back to work this morning. they want a closer look at something bonds personal shopper said in testimony. marla is live outside the courthouse. >> reporter: good morning. it was three weeks ago today the barry bonds trial began. today is day two of jury deliberations. here is where they left on friday before they broke for the weekend. they requested, from the judge, to hear, once again, testimony from a key witness for the prosecution. the judge grante

it's going to be a nice day. second half of the day, in particular. a lot of you haven't gone to sleep yet. when you wake up at noon or 1:00 p.m., you will have missed most of the shower activity. action pushing through oakland. enough to make the highways slick. take it easy. travel with caution. after the beautiful weekend, no one wants to start out monday with showers. it's not going to be a wash-out of a day. everything turns more spotty as you can see here to the north. these little showers push on for the second half of the day. subsiding by 3:00 p.m. that's good news. as you make your way home from work, mostly clear conditions over the bay area. here is what you can expect for temperatures. 64 in santa rosa. 64 degrees in redwood city. the seven dayout look shaping up like this. a roller coaster week in the weather department. by the end of the weekend, temperatures really start to climb, mid-70s. 71 degrees on saturday. 75 sunday. maybe warmer, still a little bit early. i think it's going to be beautiful. back to you, scott. >> thank you. the

san francisco is a very nice niche market for organic, sustainable products. and we thought that would be a good market to take advantage of. >> they grow everything from oysters to shiitakes to king trumpets to even something called a bear's head. and it all starts with bricks made of a blend of sawdust and rice bran that are filled into plastic bags. the bags are then carted into a high-pressure steam treatment and then taken into a clean filtered-air room where workers treat the bags with care as they introduce them to fungi spawn. after a primary growing period of 4-12 weeks, they are then taken to their private rooms to grow for another couple of weeks, depending on the variety, and then they are harvested. >> each crop is about 3/4 to a pound. and they're picked not necessarily by size but by maturity. when the mushroom's veil starts separating from the stem, or when the cap is slightly curled and the gills are all white, this is the time that the mushroom is cut. the mushroom is just hand-cut. and what we're looking for is a roundness and a nice curve to

it's a nice place to welcome home and welcome to our country. different people from all over the world. i think it really serves us well. it's beautiful. >> reporter: over a decade ago, terminal two served international flights and closed. in its place, this brand-new state of the art building home to virgin america. over 30,000 square feet of retail space. 3 million passengers are expected to use terminal two in the first full year of operations. there's been a steady stream of traffic here since we got here at 4:00 a.m. people giving themselves plenty of time to check out all the new amenities. live at san francisco international airport, today in the bay. >> i guess you don't mind if your flight is delays if there are spa facilities. >> i guess now. >>> on to barry bonds. he is now a convicted felon. the federal government has to decide if it's worth the time and money to retry him on perjury charges. the jury found him guilty of obstructing justice. he faces ten years in prison on the guilty charge. experts say that probably won't happen. his

how about a nice hand for all our dignitaries to came out this evening? it is almost 10 after. we will start the countdown. i am going to stall for a minute. is that what i am going to do? let's see. the giants lost. we have a lollipop. oh, yeah, we're is shocked. -- where is chop? -- chuck? yes. let's get a picture of mary c -- jobless and variety. that's right. chuck, do you have any words of wisdom this morning? >> don't be a sucker. >> san francisco is a wonderful survivor. >> make sure you get a lollipop. they are out there. i want to thank every one who supported the reconstruction of fine arts, and that to me is a symbol. please take a look at it. it is beautiful. >> does everybody have their programs? hey, dave. i have got mine. at 5:11, we do the one-minute countdown. is that when we go with the siren, david? what time does that say? i cannot see through 100 people. 20 seconds. all right. 20 seconds until our countdown. now. all right -- one minute? ok. tell me where i am right now. 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [siren] >> come on! c

we do have a few showers out there in the east bay this morning. for the most part the peninsula is nice and dry and the showers that we are seeing are moving through the east bay so watch out for slick roadways throughout the morning. the showers will become a little more steady this afternoon and then we'll see clearing by tonight, but we do have a couple more rounds of rain to get through as we head through the coming days. i'll break down your forecast in moments. >> no problem on the roadway. i'm talking about going through the water. the posey tube had construction overnight and should have reopened minutes ago. chp has -- i'm sorry, department of transportation has no delays getting from alameda over to oakland. looking at the oakland shot we see a nice easy drive, very light drive past the coliseum. the northbound commute is not interrupted by any closures this morning, it's a nice smooth flow. >>> the barricades are out, the signs are up, secret service is in the bay area. at 1:00 this afternoon, president barack obama will touch down at sfo for a 17-hour visit. now, supporters

we are looking at a nice flow of traffic as well. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza shows you there are no issues there. a beautiful commute as far as the conditions go. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 4:40 now. coming up today in the east bay. concerns for the warriors this morning. a scary spill for ellis. he ends up in the hospital. we'll tell you about it. the cost of gas keeps on rising. find out if you will see relief at the pump anytime soon. we'll have a live report. back to the bay bridge at >>> yes, they meant to do that. one of those videos you can never get tired of. more than 50 years of serving the commute, the naval hospital becomes dust. it was supposed to be imploded years ago, but the collapse of lehman brothers delayed it. the property is going to be turned into a housing development. the plans are on hold. neighbors are just happy to get the building gone. >> steve jobs is not writing a book about his life, but he's contributing to one. it will be calls isteve. they have been working on the book since 2009.

we're off to a nice start. now a little farther down on 880 in hayward, union city, fremont that traffic moves well in both directions. and then down to the south bay we go the traffic is still very nice on 101. and stays that way on 101 up the peninsula. at 4:54 let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. hope you enjoyed monday. warmed up rapidly. we had a north-northeast winds. just like last week we'll continue that right? no. it's going to be just the opposite. yesterday was the warmest day of the week. today won't be bad but it will be cooler as we get more of a westerly breeze and temperatures just really take a plunge on wednesday and thursday as a very cold system comes down from the gulf of alaska especially for this time of year. today we'll start off mostly sunny. you can see some clouds beginning to form. really this weak little system will just move south. it's going to pick up the breeze more than anything. but it's also going to nudge the high out of here and take the edge off some of the highs today

we have a nice forecast in for the weekend. my mouth does not want to cooperate with my brain. high clouds over head. realtively mild. we do have a slight chance for a few sprinkles come the afternoon. we will show you where. partly cloudy for the evening hours. our temperatures will continue to warm into the weekend. we'll she you that forecast coming up in a few moments. >>> westbound 92 traffic looking pretty good. we are off to a nice started there. there are no major problems if you are driving on highway 92 it looks good all the way up to the top of the hill. we are looking at northbound 101 approaching the 80 split that is looking good. you don't have to worry about giants traffic. the giants are on the road for the next few games. it should be quiet in the south of market area. at 5:30 let's go back to the desk. >>> we begin with breaking news right now in oakland. police are on the scene of a possible homicide. ktvu channel 2 reporter tara moriarty is also there with the very latest. hi tara. >> reporter: hi. we just pulled on the scene here. the very information is sca

we have a nice, easy drive coming out. e metering lights are set for another hour or so. >> thank you. >> it's 5:28 now. a reward is glowing as a south bay business helps a giants fan pay for medical expenses after a brutal attack in los angeles. bob redell is live with the details. good morning, bob. >> reporter: the attack took place after a dodgers game, good morning to you laura. yesterday, the dodgers organization announced they would contribute $25,000 for the reward doubling it to $50,000. trying to find the men accused of attacking brian stow. why are we outside pizza my heart. chuck is the owner of all the locations. he was a regular here. you didn't know him personally, but what can you tell me about what you heard from talking to your colleagues? >> all my managers said oh, it's one of our guys. he's in here all the time. he's a really, loved person. >> reporter: so, today pizza my heart is doing what? >> if you come in or get delivery and say it's for brian, we are going to give 30% of the proceeds to brian and

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we ha a very nice tuesday. we will still have a nice wednesday. the breeze is still in place. it's not really sunny and warmer. it's just sunny and nice. but cooler pattern takes over thursday and windy on friday. what is the good news? by the weekend we will turn this around. tomorrow we love get clouds in here and a weather blustery day on friday as the system digs in. today we start off sunshine. the clouds start to drift in later on today. not until early afternoon. most of those will be in the north bay. west, southwest at 14 at fairfield. west 14 at sfo. a few locations staying calm. 40 in napa. santa rosa 42. you lose that breeze and the temperature gets down chilly. if you can combine the breeze it could be darn cold for awhile. by the late morning to afternoon hours we will be in the upper 60s. this system will dip over us tomorrow. that big low up in there will dig in toward northern nevada. today though the jet stream everything stays to the north. it will be sunny for awhile. breezy at times. clouds start to drift in later on. breezy at times. lots of sunshine for a

a nice easy drive and light flow for 880. up through fremont, the earlier accident. nothing blocking the roads. >>> today kicks off the kr national distracted drivers month. chp is starting a month-long campaign to stop driving while losing control on the road. we'll have a live report on what to look out for in the next 30 minutes. >>> if you are flying southwest, make sure you check your flight status before you head to the airport. the airline is cancelling flights as it inspects dozens of planes. bob redell is live at sfo. i know, i just dropped my mother off at san jose airport. she's flying southwest. she's one of the travelers trying to check out their flight status. >> reporter: southwest had 300 cancellations yesterday. today, they are expecting more than 100 cancellations. check your flight status before you head out to the airport. here at sfo, a few morning flights are canceled. same story in oakland. i'm not sure about your mom's flight, but there are flights that are canceled. they are cancelling flights to inspect the boeing 737 airplanes. inspections r

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and a nice drive. the approach to the bay bridge is not a major issue. here's a live look at the toll plaza, a very light volume of traffic going on there. no issues near the approach. we have a big problem that could be caused by lights out near the civic center. we'll have more coming up. >>> an overnight power outage left hundreds of people in the dark and could cause trouble with their commute this morning. christie smith is live with more on what happened. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. a very dark start to your friday morning here in san francisco. we are at hays and gulf streets where pg&e crews have been working on this since 12:30 this morning. an outage leaving 6600 customers in the dark. a lot of them in this neighborhood all along van nuys and on here. a lot of these street lights are not working at all either. pg&e says it is an underground equipment failure here near gulf street. one witness said she saw smoke coming from under the ground. she thinks it was coming from a

overall, a nice, dry pattern. uses when it comes to yard work. >> fair enough. >>> a judge says nfl owners must end a lock out. a judge sided with the players and granted a preliminary injunction to lift the lock out. owners imposed the lock out on march 11. the owners will file an appeal. the owners and players are fighting on how to divide the $9 billion business. >>> the giants try to right the ship in pittsburgh today. the giants lost four games in a row including a sweep over the braves over the weekend. >>> the as play the angels tonight at 7:00 in anaheim. they are coming off a shut out from last night. they didn't get help from the umpires. here, barton gets called out on a close play. replay shows barton may have been safe. as go on to lose 5-0. >> may have, nothing. the sharkss beat the kings. they will find out who the next opponent will be. the sharks won in overtime last night. the captain with the game winning goal slides across the ice in celebration. tickets for round two go on sale at 10:00 a.m. th

it's keeping in for a nice morning. we are dry and clear of the showers this morning. 42 degrees in sunnyvale. 37 up in napa. now, you are at 35 in gilroy. grab a jacket. it's chilly out there. this afternoon, nice and warm and comfortable. 67 degrees today in san jose. 65 for fremont. 65 degrees in discovery bay. ukiah, low 60s today. the good news is today starts the warming trend that is going to kick in for the weekend bringing the numbers up to the 70s. above average. let's see if you are able to drive above average from 5:40 a.m. how is it shaping up? >> a lot of activity off 280. only one lane is open as you come in past hickey boulevard. tow trucks arriving on scene. the sig alert is going to continue. swbd 101 as the alternate otherwise, a light volume into the south bay. no issues on the northbound compute. 41 i call that out. it's early slowing here. 680 from the same area we have a live shot there. we have a good number of lights. a heavier volume. it's a thursday, to be expected. this is heavier than i expec

. >> she was a nice girl. she wept to class. she was not around a big crowd. a nice person. >> referree: at 7:00 last night she was spending time with her 16-year-old boyfriend in a house on stacket street. they were playing with a gun when it went off. >> there is nothing to indicate she was a murder victim. we are investigating it. we don't know who was handing the gun. >> referree: and police don't know where the gun came from. the boy's name has not been released but i talked to his father. not wanting to appear on camera he said that she was a sweet girl and kids shouldn't be playing with guns. district officials and police agree. >> there are too many guns out there outside of our purview. >> any time you see a gun, assume it is loaded. all guns are loaded all the time. >> does this teach you a lesson? >> stay away from the guns. >> leave them alone. >> referree: district brought in grief counselors to talk with the staff and students. the police believe it was an accident but an autopsy will reveal more details. live in richmond i'm john sasaki, >>> inv

we are off to a nice start. we don't have a lot going on. traffic is moving along nicely if you are driving at the bay bridge toll plaza. westbound coming into san francisco. and this mornings dry on 280 continues to move very well. 4:38 let's go to steve. >>> thank you sal if you enjoyed yesterday you will like today. the breeze is still there. it's not as cool as this morning. a lot of mid 40s upper 40s. slightly warmer air mass. clouds will come in late. the morning hours look sparkling again with lots of sunshine and clouds will drift in later on. the pattern is everything is staying to the north. we will see a little dip in the jet stream tomorrow. but today, a lot of sunshine later on today. we will start to get clouds in here. some temperatures 40s and 50s. yesterday we had fairfield at 36. today they're at 46. there is enough of a breeze to stir up the atmosphere. much for many locations. we are running about 4-10 degrees warmer. there is a weak system out there that keeps driving in. there are stronger systems up toward the midwest.

this is a nice early bloomer. >> it has a flower. let me lift it up so we can see. that's very pretty. >> that blooms in early spring. that's also kind of an evergreen perennial. that will stay up in the garden and stay really nice. this is a coral bells plum pudding is the variety. coral bells does bloom with a nice bloom on it but it is known for the colors in its leaves. when you talk about shade, you are talking more about leave texture than bloom. this ann green way. it spreads nicely and has that beautiful pink bloom on it in the early spring. >> let's talk about feeding and watering the plants. >> you need to water the plants to get them really well established. >> you wean them off to once or twice a week. it is better to water deep for a long period of time than it is to just go out and broadcast spray with a mister on top of it. you'll use a starter fertilizer. this has microriza. it helped the get strong root growth going here. you have a good broad-based fertilizer, this is plantone. put this down. it has a nice, long release to it. and so you don't have

should be a nice day to get out there and play ball yourself. hopefully, though, the wind doesn't take it away, right? >> it could get a little interesting, especially if you're playing wiffleball ball or something that could fly out to the ocean. a pretty pleasant start to the ocean, clear skies, 40s and 50s outside in san jose. you can see a breezy and dry start to your weekend so far. nothing really showing up here on the radar, the storm track as is more typical for late april and may. this is the future cast, actually taking you all the way through monday and tuesday of next week. notice nothing close to green anywhere near northern california or the bay area, temperatures in the meantime time will start to warm on up as we wrap up the weekend. if you're heading up to the sierra, it is to start, we'll get a little windy out there. one of the items we have to talk about as we head through the middle of the week and next weekend will be the sierra snow melt. we will see those runoffs start to increase coming out of the sierra, so look out if y

a nice drive coming out to the macarthur maze. if you're driving any time soon toward the bay bridge it should be a very nice drive for you. this morning's commute looks good at the toll plaza as you might imagine a nice drive getting into san francisco. and if you're driving in the south bay, northbound 280 traffic continues to move along very nicely all the way up to highway 17. traffic is very light in the south bay with no major problems reported. 4:36. let's go to steve. >>> all right, sal, thank you. yesterday not bad. mostly sunny. then we turned mostly cloudy later in the day. but overall the end result is going to be a cooler air mass. we're in between systems so it will be sunny today until the next system approaches. might push in low clouds closer to the coast. the key will be the wind today as that system is getting closer and getting closer. we're going to see the wind ramp up here. so it's going to be a blustery day. excuse me. 40s and one 50 there at concord. any breeze and your temps held up. san raphael at 45. 44

a live look outside this time from san jose, hoping for a nice week weather wise. we'll check in with christina. >>> big change for match.com. it is changing the policy and will now screen against the national sex offender registry. that change comes a week after a california woman filed a lawsuit saying she was sexually assaulted. the man was a registered sex offe offender. the company president says they have avoided screening in the past because the registry is often unreliable. it's improved so now match.com will begin screening new and current subscribers. gas prices in six states topping $4 a gallon on average. five others are close behind. despite the record prices and sluggish economy, most americans are not changing the way they drive. 56% say their car is the same as they are driving now. some will go bigger. nicole is live with the rest of the news before the bell. some people just don't have a choice. >> reporter: that's right. well, that's the problem. we are going to talk about this for the next couple months, unfortunately. here is the thing. futures

looking toward a nice friday and better tomorrow. the full forecast is coming up. let's get you to work tomorrow. >> overnight construction. no accidents, but folks are hard at work. the maze, a smooth drive here. 880, a live look across the coliseum. north of this shop, getting on to 880, construction in the area for another half hour. not a lot of traffic in the area. glowing lights. moisture is in the air. back to you. >> thank you. >>> oakland police looking for more suspects that shot and injured a teenager. it's near mcclemmons high school. he's expected to recover. police did take one teen into custody. >>> medical marijuana users -- city leaders will decide whether to ban pot dispensaries. it opened last month without permits. they will consider a 45 day moratorium tuesday to take a closer look at the policies. antioch will be the first east bay city to have gas pipelines tested by pg&e. they will test using water pressure next month to gauge the safety of the lines. this is after san bruno's explosion. one and a half miles of pipeline will be tested. there

nice. this is only a little backup. westbound 580 traffic is moving along nicely getting up to castro valley. if you are driving to the nimitz freeway so far so good. 6:38 let's go to steve. >> sal, the future is so bright i've got to wear shades. we have sunshine, sunrise over the big city and it's clear. it's also cold out there. now we'll warm up but it's a cold morning. a lot of 30s this morning. but sunshine will take over today and then we'll have warmer weather as we go into the weekend. windy at times. tomorrow morning saturday morning will be crisp and clear. but then warmup. it will be a nice day 70s and by sunday close to 80. we will take that into monday as well. strong, strong low move into the north of us. that is not doing much for us expect ushering in a cooler air mass and kicking up that wind. a northerly wind is in place and that will establish itself a little north and north easterly. on the coast point rays lighthouse has 35 miles an hour gusts. by noon it will decrease. napa airport says 33 degrees.

a little cooler, so that will be nice. it is 4:54. let's check in with brent cannon with what's coming up later. >>> we have good news this morning about safety on the highway. we'll take a look at how advances in car safety technology may be reducing the number of highway deaths. >>> and the interesting numbers are coming up in that story. also we have another type of technology that could be causing traffic problems. so a couple things to sort out there. >>> we'll also tell you about a campaign designed to keep drivers' attention on the road. >>> and sometimes we wonder what goes through the mind of bob redell. we'll try to find out as he takes us through wondercon. i have no idea what he's up to this morning. >> there are some places you just don't want to go. thank you, brent. see you in a few. >>> let's go to mike right now who has a look at our early commute. >> even on a friday you have slowing through antioch, probably around 5:45. that's when you'll see the slowing where it says 67 at l street. no major issues through concord

once you get on to the upper deck it's a nice drive. let's go back to the desk. >>> angry students mobilizing and getting ready for major protests all over california. where they will be and what they will be doing in an effort to fight education budget cuts. >>> what we know about that early morning fire in bay point. >>> a look outside it's 5:57 right now. we do have mostly cloudy skies. rain falling to the north of the bay area. that will soon move in. and also the noticeable change for our afternoon temperatures. >>> good morning, an alarming wakeup call for an east bay homeowner what firefighters told us about this fire

take a look at this. awfully nice out there. 70 mountain view and san jose. the extended forecast zeroing in on the weekend. partly sunny skies. 73 on sunday. now again we are talking about the possibility of a little bit of light rain sunday night into monday. the monday morning commute could be a bit soggy. by tuesday we are dry once again. 72 in the forecast. >>> all right it is 4:56. voters in one bay area community cried foul. why latin and asian voters say the system is bias. >>> a warning this morning for construction workers in oakland. you are taking a live look outside. the new danger on a job site that has nothing to do with their job. >>> a spike in armed robberies in oakland. we will tell you who thieves are specifically after. >>> a woman is injured and her dog killed when two dogs attack them in this south bay residential park. >>> new details about what caused that deadly san bruno gas line explosion. what officials now say lead up

that will set the stage for the most part a nice afternoon. so for today we have the morning fog and drizzle. a sun-cloud mix. and then for tomorrow partly cloudy. we'll be dry. weekend more cloud cover and we have to bring in just a chance of a light shower although it looks like the bulk of the activity will remain to the north of the bay area as we head into the weekend. as far as current numbers here we go. readings mainly in the 40s to lower 50s. temperatures i'm just thinking back to yesterday at this time probably about three to six degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. san francisco right now checking in at 49 degrees. here we go with our forecast models. doing a nice job on showing you the current pattern with the clouds and rain showers. look what happens when you scale back on the clouds later on today. for tomorrow we're going to increase high clouds moving into the region especially for tomorrow afternoon. but no rain drops expected for your friday. for today here we go at 8:00 clouds and drizzle, 53 to 58 degrees. scattered

lemon scented. >> it is beautiful. >> it has a nice truck and ibe creditably smooth bark. you'll see the bark flakes off a lot. and it plakes to the point it is almost completely smooth, and you actually get some really nice color variations in the bark, it is really beautiful. >> there are five more right in the -- in the center island, right around the corner from here. week see them right by the freeway. those must be, 80 muffs feet tall. >> they are definitely taller than the buildings across the way. they're very good size trees. luckily they have enough room to grow. the trunk on this one gets substantial, we don't see these in the sidewalk area. >> this is not its full-size, these get a lot bigger than this, in another 30 years. >> much bigger. that's right. >> that's gorgeous. but we don't recommend this, for people to put in their sidewalk in front of their house. >> unless they lived with a wide sidewalk and they're able to do a oversized basin or maybe sidewalk landscaping w mae consider it. >> okay, great. >> let's talk about, let's talk about this. these are al

we're off to a nice start in the south bay as we always look at 280 at this time and it's a very nice drive right through downtown san jose driving into the west valley. 4:38. let's go to mark. >>> hi, sal. good morning to you. all is quiet in our weather world for today with a dry forecast. just a few high clouds pushing into the bay area. we're going to stick with that theme as we head into the weekend with partly to mostly cloudy skies for tomorrow. temperatures you will notice change beginning today. they will be warming up. in fact we're talking about more 60s later on this afternoon. as far as current numbers pretty chilly out there. in fact this morning is cooler than yesterday at this time. napa right now 39 degrees. san francisco 47. and livermore at last check reporting 40 degrees. here you can pick out the latest on the slight and still high clouds streaming into northern california. that includes the bay area of the clouds breaking up a bit as you work your way closer to monterey bay. here's the overall set up with the showers. the main shower ban is up to our north. as a

this is a look at the toll plaza. traffic looks nice. no problems as i mentioned on the span and this morning on 280 northbound getting up to highway 17 that traffic is moving along very niecely. so we're off to a pretty nice start. 4:39. let's go to rose mary. >>> good morning to you. we are looking at mostly clear skies outside our door. because of it we're chillier this morning by a few degrees. some of us partly cloudy. hayward at this time waking one cloudy conditions. partly cloudy san francisco as well as oak lands. upper 40s at this time low clouds patchy low clouds with us throughout the morning. and as we progress in the afternoon we have mild pleasant weather in store for you. a chilly one napa santa rosa upper 30s low 40s and 45 in mountain view. light on shore breeze at this time between five and ten miles per hour. satellite radar from up above watch that system move out of here. didn't bring us much rain at all. maybe a sprinkle in some cases. sure did cloud us up and bring on the breeze in the afternoon. it is now pushing

looks like a nice drive. chp is giving us the all quiet for now along this commute and also in contra costa county. moving along and taking a look at interstate 880 that traffic looks nice driving past the coliseum or the other way around. >>> and if you're in the south bay we're off to a nice start there. let's say you're driving from your home in santa cruz down to the valley. looks pretty good at getting down to the valley. no problems if you are on the peninsula at 101 and 280 are equal right now. 5:40 let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you sir. a big shoutout to the twitter nation with the nice comments coming in. reports of drizzle and light rain. that's what we have. it's a mostly cloudy little bit of fog out there. 50s for temps. a lot of clouds. what we have on the weekend we are carrying into monday. tuesday and wednesday look better. right now one of our forecast models is very bullish for a sunny and warmer weekend. the other one is close but not as bullish it does look drier. today is a lot of clou

now, a nice looking shot. >> hopefully a nice looking commute. >> we have had a few weeks of spring breaks in the bay area. we are seeing slow downs in the altamont pass. clearing by the time you get to springtown and first. there's an issue off 680. dublin boulevard off ramp is clos closed as well as amador plaza. christie smith is there to follow an officer shooting. it's the reason it is closed. we'll get a look out there and see how things are on 880. no problems on coliseum or overstock.com. back to you. >> if you are one of 77 million people who play play station you should have gotten an e-mail warning your personal information may have been stolen by a hacker. scott mcgrew has the one thing to do right away. >> change your pass words. not only on sony play station network. this morning that doesn't work. if you use the same password for everything. as we have been reporting, a hacker has gotten into the online gaming service. it's largely a free service. credit card numbers are not an issue, but if you use the same user name and password and e-mail on itunes and amazon.com, the bad

it's a nice drive. also the morning commute looks good on highway 4 are already getting a little bit of slow traffic believe it or not as you drive through antioch. let's go back to the desk. >>> topping our news at 5:30. a new attack is raising safety concerns. jade hernandez is at golden gate park. >> reporter: we can show you right now there is a car in the difference. that is a san francisco police officer. we have seen that officer drive by this morning. golden gate park during the day is realtively safe but at night when officers have seen the work of vandals and violent attacks. police are patrolling the park this morning. ktvu spent some time in the park yesterday. a police captain showed us where they destroyed park benches and hacked down young redwood trees. police have stepped up patrols but need the public suspension. earlier this week on monday a passer by discovered an unaccording man beaten -- an unconscious man beaten so badly he couldn't remember the attack. the attack came five days af

all in all a nice afternoon. 42 napa, 51 oakland. rning it's a little breezy and fact are wind gauges jury as sfo 13 mi. an hour winds. 10 mi. an hour winds and oakland it's a little windy. nothing too bad. temperatures pleasant. 70 degrees expected for your eye and santa rosa, napa, fairfield. 64 in mill valley, 62 and san francisco. 66 redwood city 7:00 p.m. palo alto. oakland 63 today 64 hayward, also in union city. through the valley pleasanton 69 for you, walnut creek 70. south bay, 69 degrees in san s.a., 71 in cupertino. those of the highs, here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. we are looking for conditions to gradually warmed as we head towards friday-monday inland highs approaching 80 degrees. not a cloud in the sky. >> george: no hot spots to track rain now we'll start with the bridge check bay bridge, westbound ride leading toward highway 80 the toll plaza coming down the shore freeway. coming up the nimitz freeway it all looks good. no delays across the span. your ride is equally nice here especially on the right si

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shaping up to be a nice holiday weekend. >> we hope so. bag but we'll focus on the good parts. >> of course, of course, good morning to you. good morning, everyone at home. we want to start off with high temperatures. some are very bomby. brownsville 93, los angeles 69. 71 in kansas city. new york will be 73, just a little below normal. as we look at the national >>> this >>> this supersized weather report sponsored by the home depot. more saving, more doing. that's the power of the home depot. >> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now, here's erica. >> thanks. >>> just ahead, an epidemic that kills hundreds of thousands of americans each year. preventible medical mistakes in hospitals. we'll help you make sure it doesn't happen to you and your family. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. de. it's grow time. so let's plant some perennials that'll turn up every year. trees and shrubs to give us depth. and fill it out with flowers placed in just the perfect place. let's spend less, but plant more. what do you say we plant a week

we have a little change today. after yesterday nice to about 2:00 or 3:00 when some of the clouds started to move in. sooner in the north bay. the clouds are draped across us now and will give us a cooler day. the wind picked up. it will be windy for some. along the coast and some higher elevations on the bay about 20, 25 about noon maybe stronger today as the westerly northwesterly wind begins to pick up. santa rosa 41. yet 51 concord. any breeze in the area you're much warmer if you lose the breeze it's cool. 47 redwood city. a lot of low 50s around. rather strong low for this time of year digging into the pacific northwest. that will move into the north and east of us but it will keep the wind going and occasionally cloud cover. cooler day, breezy, sun and clouds. windy at times coast and higher elevations. highs one 70 here antioch. upper 50s, 59 the the city. 62 oakland. 65 fremont. so temperatures coming down. it will be windy on friday. then we look like we turn things around sunshine and warmer weather will take us into the wee

off to a nice start in the south bay as we look at a nice picture. i doubt it's going to stay this way. if you want to get on the road early and take advantage of the nice clean start we have now is the time to do it. here's someone who never makes a mistake. hi rosemary. >>> oh, i fall off the truck quite often. thanks a lot, sal. good morning to you. starting with on shore breeze and low clouds in some areas. patchy in nature. partly cloudy skies san francisco as well as oakland. could be a little breezier in the evening hours. but for now we're looking at fairly calm conditions as we start our morning. as we move through the afternoon -- not sure why that won't move for me but we're going to see temperatures improve over yesterday and mostly sunny skies. satellite view watch that system move through yesterday bringing plenty of cloud cover but we cleared overnight. because of it we're chillier this morning. temperatures starting low 40z. mid-40s in some cases. hayward with 50. mostly cloudy conditions. but for today we have plenty of sunshine in st

. >> looks like a nice environment. marine environment is very hostile and unpredictable. >> dice can get caught off guard -- divers can get caught off guard by hypothermia. this was one of four emergency responses that the coast guard responded to on saturday. >>> concord police investigating the first murder of 2011. police say a 19-year-old man was stabbed to death in the chest yesterday afternoon at a burger king inside the clayton valley shopping center. a suspect was arrested at the scene. >>> pg&e is suggesting that it may back out of a deal with the public utilities commission to pay a fine of $3 million depending on what happens today at a public hearing. the agreement last month came after pg&e missed a deadline to provide documents showing safe operation of its urban transmission lines. now the utility says its due process lights will be violated if commissioners are allowed to ask about past practices. >>> time now is 5:12. snuffing out the smoke. how a bay area lawmaker wants to make california's tobacco la

looks like we're in for a nice day. cooler at the coast 50s and 60s. days temperatures in the 70s in many spots. still a slight chance of some showers. i have a great pictures for you. point lobos. you ever been down there to the carmel area? great shot from john adolfo of castro valley. great picture. check it out. one of the prettiest places in all the world. let's check traffic now with elizabeth. >> love it. we need some pretty picture. we have bad, bad, bad mess in daly city right now. a traffic alert. people stuck in a rough commute. southbound 280 approaching hickey boulevard, we still have this traffic alert in effect. it sounds like they got one more lane re-opened. two lanes open, two lanes blocked. the kcbs phone force says that traffic is jammed solid for at least one exit to at least serramonte boulevard. this is a crash that happened more than a half hour ago now and it was involving three to four cars, possible injuries. use 101 as an alternate. they hope to cancel the traffic alert by 6:00. that was the estimate. so we'll wait and see.

a nice weekend for outdoor activities. if you have a bicycle or golf cart you'll want to use it this weekend for sure. the clouds are trapping in the heat from yesterday. we are starting out significantly warmer. it's going to make for a warmer afternoon. some cities, we are talking act the 70s. east bay, i think livermore is the warmest city. you will hit 70. as you can see, we have high pressure in control of the weather pattern that's keeping half the state nice and clear. the other half is seeing storm tracks. this is the set-up for the next couple days. the storm track is to the north. we could see some of the light scattered showers push into the north bay, maybe the east bay as we head through today. we're going to watch for that for you. otherwise, enough sunshine for temperatures to climb from upper 40s to 50s into the upper 60s and 70s. 70 in livermore. 66 degrees. we are talking up in the north bay for fairfield. concord, 69 comfortable degrees. i have the seven day coming up. let's get you to work now with mike

it's a nice alternate for you. cal train is a nice way to go. oakland, 880, the volume increases past the coliseum. there should be a game tonight. watch the post work traffic. the volume is holding steady with the speed limit roughly 60 miles per hour. the maze, overall, no problems with the speeds getting through oakland. 18 minutes off the carquinez bridge. slower through antioch. we have another issue, in addition to the delay for the altamont commuter there's a 20-minute delay there. a 17-minute drive. a new accident, i'm looking at the chp report. the latest update at livermore airport. maybe two lanes are blocked by debris and an accident there. i'll bring that update to you. >> thanks. >> 6:11 now. still to come on today in the bay, a program to help you find precious parking spots in san francisco. it goes live this week. >> reporter: they are allowed to stay. native americans camping out at a sacred burial ground. i'm bob redell. what's next in the fight to keep it from development. that report coming up from vallejo. >> a live look ou

let's take a westbound bay bridge nice and light. rthbound 101 san jose an accident in the blossom hill. a minor delay in the area. traffic has been light. it's only a half mile delay approaching the accident. let's go to rosemary. >> no complaints as we get outside this morning. upper 40s and low 50s. but again it's just over all a quiet morning. 46 in oakland. 50-degrees in san francisco. 49 in napa. 50 in santa rosa. your afternoon will bring on the possibility of a few scattered showers to the north bay and just a borderline chance south bay. 66 for oakland this afternoon. 68 in napa. 63 expected san rafael. a good looking day and weekend. we have your extended forecast coming up. >>> coming up on mornings on 2 we want to take you outside right now to ocean beach. take a look at that. how it got there and the driver has been arrested. a live report on why. >>> also the conviction of barry bonds' is reigniting a hot debate among baseball fans.

we're off to a nice start for this tuesday morning. let's go outside and take a look at the westbound bay bridge toll plaza. looks pretty good there. no major problems getting across the bridge. also if you are looking at interstate 880 it is a nice drive between oakland, san leandro and hayward in both directions. and finally westbound 580 has improved. that accident in livermore has been removed. westbound 580 at 680 looks like we have a minor accident there. watch for a brief slow down. at 4:54 let's go to rosemary. >>> and in the wake of yesterday's weak system we have low clouds out there. we even have a little drizzle hitting the ground. 57 right now in concord. mid-50s oakland. 54 san francisco. santa rosa right about 50. 56 napa. and our winds on shore this morning. a westerly san francisco reporting 4, 8 in oakland and napa west-northwesterly 6 miles per hour. so we are going to be in between partly cloudy skies. mostly cloudy as we start the day but gradually clearing. bringing through tuesday we don't see any rain. but it wil

. >> the maze has a nice easy flow. waut creek to la fayette is 35 to 40 miles per hour. it's not supposed to happen here. i'll check that out. no delays on b.a.r.t. it will go to 45 to 50 trains this monday morning. a live look shows the traffic across the bay.

for a nice weekend. sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> and i have a forecast that will have you smiling for the weekend. it is a warmer forecast. a much anticipated warming trend began today. but it was just a small one. a few degrees. here is a time lapse from the high definition south beach camera. you can see the city skyline in san francisco and the setting sun. absolutely clear at the time the sunset at 7:58. tonight no clouds in sight, no fog in sight, and that's the way it is going to remain all weekend long. temperatures right now in the 50s. another cheer and chilly night. warming trend for the weekend and we are looking at mild conditions into next week. we definitely have a stretch of spring weather coming your way here. this afternoon higher pressure over the pacific started to move toward the coast here. and this basically provided us with a northwesterly wind. this is really a clearing wind, dry, clear wind kept skies on the sunny side this afternoon. what's going to happen is this