so -- the sportens going to -- spartans replacing boise state and san diego state. the u.s. open comes to san francisco next month. we will show you real quick the stands are up, the tournament begins june 14-17 and it is great. who won the soccer game? manchester versus manchester city. the most popular sport in the world. manchester city wins 1-0. one goal, that was enough. what a beautiful way to end a broadcast with the most beautiful sport in the world. >> good night.

and with the western athletic conference spiraling after the recent loss to boise state, hawaii, fresno state, and nevada, it was important for san jose state to find some stable ground. >> kids ask you what conference you're going to be in and so now that we know, we are in the mountain west and we'll play there and it's a traditional conference and here we go, we're excited about that. >> with the recent edition of women's outdoor track. 14 of the ncaa division one programs will compete. with added recognition not only on a regional prospective, but a national one. added resources could -- however, this isn't just a significant boost for athletics, but also the every day student. >> more and more students will know about us and look at san jose state. >>> simply joining the mountain west cannot be the goal. perform on a higher level to truly have its impact felt. >> we reach this particular milestone. the journey thought there's a lot more that needs to be done. accomplish all of our future goals. >> looking ahead for the mountain west conference, conference u.s.a. are talking about a

credited with turning boise state into a football power house during his three decades with the broncosthe announcement is set for 10:00 this morning. >>> harvard alumni attending their 50th class reunion getting an unexpected update from one of their class mates. kisinski graduated in 1978. in a directory handed out during the reunion, he lists his occupation as prisoner and under awards he lists eight life sentences. >> really? >> yeah. >> and the alumni association gets this saying it regrets the error. >> how does someone let that get in there? >> i don't know, i don't know. >> expect more from an ivy league school. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," is shaq making a comeback. well, the rumor mill spinning around. basketball superstar might be returning to the nba. might be a different role, but we'll let you know. >>> the 2012 summer games haven't started, but three cities are making preparations for the 2020 olympics. >> and for some folks traveling in out of the east bay, no problem for 580, but we'll show you peninsula issues, possible slowdowns for you guys coming up. >>> a

freshmen enrollment from california students is up from several out-of-state universities including boise state and arizona state. the route says the -- report says the enrollment from portland quadrupled. >>> the california community colleges are considering banning students from repeating recreational classes as a way to save money. now, under the plan students could only repeat arts and physical exercise classes if they got a bad d take a class up to four times. if this is approved, the change could take affect in the fall of next year. this week, the plan by muni to offer free youth passes has its first funding hearing. last month, muni's board approved the plan to give an estimated 35,000 low income kids a free ride on muni buses and trains. it's a 22-month long pilot program set to kick off in august. but that's contingent on receiving $5 million from the metropolitan transit commission. they will discuss this at the meeting on wednesday. >>> sal, how is highway doing? >> well, now the commute is at its peak. so you will start to see slow traffic. it has not been a bad monday. southbound

thank you for putting this together, rick young, thank you for this, and of course to the boise state university political science alumni networks. i understand it's a network. it's not an association. thank you to the owner of this wonderful bookstore. rediscovered books. this is a bookstore, marvelous independent bookstore here in boise. you should stop by. thanks to the folks on c-span and those who will watch. it's a great pleasure to be here on c-span. i'll talk about how past presidential campaigns have shaped the 2012 campaign and give a speculation on how the next will change the picture for the history of the united states, and i'm going to begin for about 20 minutes and then open it up to questions. i'll begin with a bold picture which is on november6, 2012, that's most certainly going to be a winner and a loser. the bold prediction is this. we may not know for several decades who was which. it's not always clear. sometimes the winner has about no impact on american history. they are non-entities, but often time the losing candidate adds big impact on political history, chan

he's credited with turning boise state into a football power house during his three decades with theroncos. the announcement is set for 10:00 this morning. >>> all right. 5:21 right now, coming up on "today in the bay," the south bay squares off against the east bay, and it's not about baseball this time. >>> plus the facebook album that got a cruise ship employee fired. ybe he shouldn't have titled it "stolen iphone adventures." ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> welcome back, everybody. that's a lovely shot. a fine shot of the palace of fine arts up there in san francisco. illuminated in the early morning sunlight. starting to creep into our picture. mike will t

he's credited with turning boise state into a powerhouse.last summer as far as rule violations being accused of, not. >>> 8:19. a story that's kind of haunting san francisco's city hall. the stories of some supervisors are looking for answers from the great beyond. >>> also, it's time to make holiday weekend plans. meteorologist steve paulson is gonna tell us what kind of whether we can expect. >>> new controversy at san francisco city hall as one supervisor leaves his decision making to the deceased. in yesterday's chronicle, the supervisor said he consulted a ouija board to contact harvey milk to see if he approved the of milk's name being used to name a ship. supervisor says it's all a joke. he was simply saying his colleagues were saying they were checking out who all new milk. >>> let's go to sal. >> the contra costa county commute has been slow at somersville road. a lot of people are stuck. that's only. having a good effect on traffic downstream if you will. pay point is getting lighter. 24 moderately heavy to oakland. no major proble

>> boise. >>> wildfires are burning out of control in at least five states this morning. mostly out west. winds finally relented in new mexico where an enormous fire burned more than 120,000 acres and a dozen homes. crews were finally able to move in after being forced to sit on the sidelines and watch the unpredictable flames. national guard troops have been called in to help. firefighters are scrambling to put out a wildfire tearing through michigan's beautiful upper peninsula. light rain aided crews in getting the fire nearly 50% contained. the fire started by lightning has already burned through more than 20,000 acres near lake superior. dozens of homes, dozens of buildings have already been destroyed. >>> back to the story we mentioned at the top of the show. police in chicago are hoping for a peaceful memorial day after a weekend filled with violence. four people were killed and more than two dozen injured this weekend as abc's alex perez reports. one victim shot is a 7-year-old girl. >> reporter: little deja smith was doing what she loves to do. playing with her fr

states. this morning, high pressure over the top of idaho, cool air is in place from boise to billings to casper. no rain to talk about. little storm system kicking through colorado and thankfully for once one of these will head up more toward the northern portions of british columbia than coming on shore in the northwest. beautiful, 73 degrees in seattle. oregon, one of the best spring days we've seenee a couple of 9 arizona but this is perfect. dry, sunny, nice, i think you could have done that. >> i think you could have done that >>> coming up, european election results shake up the markets, facebook beats the drum, and elvis plus warhol equals big bucks. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, crusading superheroes smash all kinds of records this weekend at the box office. >>> a wild sunday, including the knicks snapping their playoff skid, and albert pujols breaks a cold streak of his own. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. voters in france have e

boise, idaho. the team is headed by fermer olympian linda jackson including four hopefuls for summer london games, the women will compete with our their bikes. >> the state assembly considering reducing penalty for simple drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor. advocates say it would save $225 million a year, sponsor mark leno says it would also lift the stigma. critics warn changing the possession from a felony to misdemeanor will put offenders on the streets. >> san francisco's gold dust lounge is moving union scare with you bu nobody saying where just yet. the 47-year-old gold dust was in final days downtown. after losing a battle over the lease. the bar ace owners say it will be tonight. they say they expect to reopen a bigger and better gold dust on the wharf by seept we shall see. >> the reason my co-anchor not here today her big honor just ahead. >>> new tonight at 6:00 live coverage of the president's arrival in the bay area, we'll have him stepping off air force one and paying big money to meet with him. >> and efforts by local students to develop low energy appliances. and the homeowners who got to work -- thought the worse was behind t

. >> nearly nine hours later, couch crosses the state line into idaho, but he's not going to make it to boisehim off course about 85 miles north of the city. >> i was a bit tired of being up there. i'm not a guy to sit still. >> despite missing the mark, he knows he's still broken his previous record. so couch prepares to land. >> you got to have a way to make sure you can get these balloons popped on the way down. my preference is a daisy red rider bb gun. >> it only takes a couple of balloons to change him from ascending to descending. >> i'm coming in on a gradual descent. i'm looking for an open area. not many fences, no wires, no houses or roads is what i'm hoping for. >> couch touches down in cambridge, idaho, to a hero's welcome. his new cluster balloon distance record? 235 miles. >> so i think the next flight i'm going to get enough balloons and enough ballast to go to 25,000 feet. and then see if i can stay out overnight, i could maybe break my old record and go farther. maybe i could go 500 miles. >> luckily, cluster ballooning is a rare pastime. these homemade aircraft require skil

boise. >>> wildfires are burning out of control in at least five states this morning. mostly out west.mes, dozens of buildings have already been destroyed. >>> back to the story we mentioned at the top of the show. police in chicago are hoping for a peaceful memorial day after a weekend filled with violence. four people were killed and more than two dozen injured this weekend as abc's alex perez reports. one victim shot is a 7-year-old girl. >> reporter: little deja smith was doing what she loves to do, playing with her friends on her bike outside her south side chicago home when she was caught in the middle of a drive-by shooting. >> doesn't make sense all this shooting, you know. every day. >> reporter: the shooting that injured deja was just one in an outbreak of violence across chicago this hot memorial day weekend. one person has died so far. at least 24 people were shot and injured between late saturday afternoon and early sunday morning. police believe most shootings were gang or drug related. >> and it's frustrating that you are here one minute talking. the next hour, you are d

boise, idaho. in video spanning 75 minutes, he never speaks or shows his face. the washington stated for crimes in several states, including burglary and identity theft. he was taken into custody in a hail of bullets in the bahamas in 2010 after crash landing a plane that was stolen from an airport in indiana. >>> here's one you can probably identify with. see all those gumballs? there's a kid out there who's got lots of gumballs now because firefighters in arkansas had to be called to a grocery store where little 2-year-old terrell parks jr. had his arm into that gumball machine and was not going to let go. >> just 2 years old. >> he was not going to let go of those gumballs. no way, jose. several people tried to yank him out before they finally called for official help. >> initially, we did not have a plan. we were hoping that we would come in and it would be as simple as putting some oil or something on it and sliding it out. wasn't that simple. turned out we had to disassemble part of the machine to get his finger out. >> took the machine apart. >> look at him. >> i don't know i

boise and helena. also around minneapolis, green bay and the upper peninsula of michigan. warm and summer-like. very sunny here in the northeast. thunderstorms from the carolinas down to the sunshine state. >> 85 in miami. 75 here in new york. and 72 in boston. mostly 80s from kansas city to fargo. phoenix heats up to 102. colorado springs, 85, and billings is 76. >>> a 6-year-old louisiana girl is a real hero with an award to prove it. >> that's right. little ma kayla washington was smart enough to pick up the phone and call 911. that's after her pregnant mom's water broke and her baby brother was rushing to be born. the 911 dispatcher says makayla clearly gave her address and followed instructions that helped keep mom and baby safe. >> the operator says she did a better job than most adults with her 911 call. i promise you if you are still on the show in four months and your water breaks, i'm right here. i'm ready for you. >> that is the biggest lie. >> whatever works. >> rob is going, to i'm out. that's what rob is going to be saying. >> i don't want to see certain -- >> rob wants to have nothing to do with the birthing process, and i don't either, so i don't blame you. >> i just wan