big year for the bruins but even bigger year for this happy couple. i'm fred roggin. >>> now for another quick look at the weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. i don't know if that wedding would be romantic with a sports theme. >> to each their own. >> i guess. >> let's talk about what's happening in the weather world. a lot of active weather out there. flash flooding, really, really heavy rainfall amounts in southern michigan. we have river flood warnings, flash flood warnings, and still more showers and storms heading from flint to detroit, all through southern michigan. then more to it, back outside chicago, south of milwaukee. steady light rain in eastern iowa will spread to the lower great lakes today. if you're in the lower great lakes, plan on a very wet morning. now, as far as new york, hartford, boston goes, you may start off sunny but clouds increase during the day. more heavy rain coming over the top from cleveland. showers north of pittsburgh. a lot of these clouds move over philadelphia, too. th

bruins beat the canucks to win their first stanley cup in 39 years.he highest rated stanley cup game. ever for nbc. more than 1,000 people tuned in to watch. you know -- [ applause ] hockey is a great sport. it doesn't get the attention that some of the other sports do. but one hockey tradition i love, they allow players from the winning team to each spend a night alone with the stanley cup. which is kind of cool. they do a similar thing in the nba, only instead of the cup, it's a kardashian, but -- [ laughter ] special tradition. the bruins beat the canucks 4-0, and the city of vancouver did not take the loss in their town well. they had riots. and, in vancouver, see, this is what happens when extreme couponing goes unchecked. almost 100 people were arrested. nearly 150 people were hospitalized. look at this. port-a-potties were being viciously attacked. so were the -- i have to say -- the things we do to port-a-potties are disgraceful. and someone set a car on fire, which is always a good idea. >> somebody left it here, probably went down and caught

. >> san bruin hoe sell and allow the use of safe and sane fireworks. she says people come from all over the bay area. >> we always remind them to make sure they set off fireworks where they're legal. >> and where they can be handle el safely. >> they're not allowed to light it. >> there are fines up to $5,000 for using illegal fireworks, and the sale of those fireworks can land you in jail. in the newsroom, abc-7 news. >> the first full day of the holiday weekend is an appetizer for some warmer weather in the coming days. hundreds enjoyed the saturday outside the alameda county fair. temperatures were just right for a lot of people to enjoy the attractions there. it was a similar scene in san francisco at the fillmore jazz festival. the largest free festival on the west coast. thousands packed the streets. the high temperatures are affecting our air quality, though. there is a "spare the air" alert tomorrow. the bay area air quality management district is expecting unhealthy conditions. so if you have big fourth of july plans, prepare for the heat. met

i shared it with the late, great john wooden, the coach of the bruins, the ucla bruins, in los angeles. so that was an honor just to be with him. because basketball was my first love so him being a basketball coach i thought was great. usually i always shared covers with people in the beginning. i'm the person that got the door ajar and then the next time, like chris evert was sports woman or person of the year, she got the whole cover. >> chris evert's always called you the weissest woman she knows. >> chris and i always got along good. martina we had the tri going. media's always baiting you to get you upset over another player. they are just baiting you. we will always be good to each other. the three of us, that really cemented it. my generation mentored their generation a lot. there's always a big influence on the second generation. by the third generation it is a much more "me" type of generation. >> what was the hardest barrier for you to break down, do you think? >> i think for me probably being gay, being a lesbian. i think that's probably been my toughest fight. because i gre

big year for the bruins. an even bigger year for this happy couple. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> early today sports is brought to you by touch of gray, get rid of some gray, never all. >>> joe pescci gained weight, and he is suing because of it. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the majestic soaring symbol of america just welcomed some new members into its population in the wild. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this thursday. my job is pretty easy this week and all the other meteorologists around the areas of the west. temperatures are really the only forecast problem. we don't have a lot of clouds to deal with, unless you are on the coast of california. that's the typical rain layer that will burn off. today, 81 in los angeles. 105 in vegas. a little warm in salt lake city. boi boise, warm. central valleys of california will be in the 90s. boise, we'll cool you off slightly tomorrow. not a lot of changes.

, ucla bruins, in los angeles.at was an honor just to be with him. because basketball was my first love, so him being a basketball coach i thought was great. usually i always shared covers with people in the beginning. i'm a person that got the door ajar and then the next time, like chris evert was sportswoman or person of the year and she got the whole cover. >> chris has always called you the wisest woman she knows. >> really? >> which i thought was a great compliment. >> chris and i get along very well. and martina. we had like a trioca going. i said if anybody said anything bad about us, we come to each other. we don't let the media bait us, because they were always baiting you to get you upset with a different player. i said you guys, they're just baiting you so we're always going to be good to each other. you know what, the three of us, that really cemented it. of course my generation mentored their generation a lot. there's always a big influence on the second generation. by the third generation, it's a much

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the bruins win it 4-2. the a's are in new york where they still adore matsui. a's jump on top early. pennington lashes to second. the a's were up 2-0 in the second. and then welcome to trevor kay hill's nightmare. the yank roups for five runs in the second. nine more in the third. the former a nick swisher with five r.b.i's. it is 17-7. nfl players did not vote on the contract ratified by the owners. they will look at it over the weekend and maybe vote on monday. some players reacted negatively to news the deal was done, because they hadn't even seen terms of the proposal. he said the contract on the table includes some items that the players had really never seen before. >> when you are going through a deal like what we are going through right now, you can't give as you time line to agree on something we never talked about. that's where you see the twitter where guys are going off mad. and rightfully so. you feel your intelligence is insulted. >> don't make him angry. you won't like him when he is angry. among those in lockout limbo, undrafted free agents like

. >> pg&e crews worked on an unusual dig in san bruins are. they are looking for clues to help prevent another pipeline explosion. they are looking at a piece of pipe that used to be connected to the one that blew up. they say they want the pipe looked at to prevent more failures. >> taking a look at it and removing about eight foot section and running a camera through a pipe that was abandoned. >> pg&e had expected to complete that today. instead crews said it'll be done tomorrow. the camera will then be put into the pipe to inspect the welds and look for any defects. >> the attorney for northern california is looking at a major bust of marijuana operations in the emerald triangle. authorities arrested more than a hundred people and destroyed 460 marijuana plants during the two week operation. the raids took place in the nationaller toest. that area spans 6 counties and is called the emerald trian ge because it's home to a large number of pot farms. >>> police are found shell casings in the hills above morago. this video was from tuesday when

. >> pg&e crews worked on an unusual dig in san bruins are. they are looking for clues to help prevent another pipeline explosion. they are looking at a piece of pipe that used to be connected to the one that blew up. they say they want the pipe looked at to prevent more failures. >> taking a look at it and removing about eight foot section and running a camera through a pipe that was abandoned. >> pg&e had expected to complete that today. instead crews said it'll be done tomorrow. the camera will then be put into the pipe to inspect the welds and look for any defects. >> the attorney for northern california is looking at a major bust of marijuana operations in the emerald triangle. authorities arrested more than a hundred people and destroyed 460 marijuana plants during the two week operation. the raids took place in the nationaller toest. that area spans 6 counties and is called the emerald trian ge because it's home to a large number of pot farms. >>> police are found shell casings in the hills above morago. this video was from tuesday when

jerry bruin wrote, i fear your approach is setting a pattern for public service we cannot afford. >>> all right. 5:08. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren with a check of the cooler forecast in the area. >> you can afford your pg&e bill. it's been rather high at my place so i'm taking this break with stride. we're looking good. this is something i want to show you. this is a graphic i built for you yesterday. showed you where that low pressure system was. take a look at how much it's moved in the past 24 hours. there it is, really hasn't moved at all. as a result of this slow-moving low we're going to see cooler conditions today. and it looks like it's going to take quite sometime to get out of this very, very mild pattern for this time of year. back behind that area of low pressure, now we've got another pulse on its way into the bay area. the two combined will keep that on-shore flow fully in effect. that means for us foggy start, cool start, temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees below their seasonal averages for mid july. some people are really embracing this weather. 59 i

. >> victor bruin has been referred to as the father of the shopping mall.what features or design elements were considered unique at the time of the construction? >> victor drew in was an amazing story. there is a biography of him where i obtained my permission called lawmaker. he was a holocaust refugee who came from vienna in 1939 to america and one of the things that influenced him the most on his arrival was central park and broadway. it was a juxtaposition about things that one was used by the public free of charge and broadway was used by the public to said the capitalism -- so he married these two elements in the shopping center design and rand hearst -- brandhurst was a triangular design. it was supposed to minimize the walking distance the tween the stores. first time there were more than two enter stores in the center and also the amount of sculpture, the aesthetic pieces. you literally invested hundreds of thousands of dollars into the public art. it was supposed to be a public space in addition to buying and selling that would be going on. >> wha

on our facebook page eduardo trujillo hefelt it over in san bru bruin oh if you felt something this morning it was at 3:51. the weather as we go through the day, lots of low clouds, misty skies. we'll get clearing for inland spots and low clouds on the coastline and peninsula. we'll see 60s and 70s for highs today, but things will start to warm up, look more july-like. who knew that july was one of the cooler months of the year the last week. but we will see those numbers climbing but probably not until we get out of the weekend. mid-80s inland by next week. >> look how foggy it is in san francisco. >> lots of drizzle. >> thank you very much, rob. >>> in los angeles today and right through monday morning it's more than just slowing for the cone zone on one southland freeway. thousands upon thousands of motorists are being forced to avoid the cone zone altogether, turning one of the world's busiest highways into an empty ribbon of concrete. l.a. is calling it carmageddon and it is now in full force. a ten-mile stretch of interstate 405 is now closed through the sepulveda pass which snakes th

. >> let's start out with miss colleen bruining, 43 years old from tip city, ohio.ht. >> are you ready for her to look hot? >> absolutely. >> why does mom deserve this? >> she does my dinner and does my laundry when i come home. >> good enough reason for me. are you ready to go? >> i'm ready. >> we're fired up. okay she is here, colleen is here with her husband, greg, her son chris and daughter megan and we're all blindfolded. keep them on until we give you the green light. here's colleen's before picture. let's see the new colleen! ♪ >> wow! >> gang, you guys ready? greg, are you ready? take off your blindfolds, everybody! >> i think they like it. >> they look astonished. are you ready to see yourself. >> oh, my gosh. >> you look gorgeous. >> you sure do. >> wow, wow. >> so different. >> turn around. >> show the camera. >> let's show the split screen. louis, tell us about the hair. >> colleen had great hair. but she didn't show it. she had a haircut that was a little bit too layered. lena cut off the tail. gave it great volume. she can wear it wash and wear, a made