he will face democrat john laird a former assemblyman from aptos.would put democrats within one vote of a two-thirds majority in the state senate, which is needed to approve budgets and tax increases. >>> 6:12. when we come back, we'll have a check on traffic and weather for you. >> plus, the effort to keep lake tahoe clean and just how well it's working. >>> and how well is our forecast looking for today? currently, a little cloudy outside. here's a look towards treasure island. cloudy skies, drizzle, temperatures essentially in the 50s and today's afternoon temperatures are actually cooling down a bit. i have your afternoon highs coming right up after this break. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> south bay check. top speeds, all green, no yellow on any of our sensors. out of downtown san jose still quiet nice and light out of those northbound lanes of 280 approaching the 880 interchange. i'm going to try to click past this. we have a lady gaga concert at hp pavilion later on tonight at 8:00 so watch out for possible delays later on. again, 8:00, kind of la