buster brown was his name, the name that i gave him.s him with that brownie part. >> notice that he is itching from allergies, but nothing that his medicine back home cannot heal. trust me, they have a ready. his journey is not over, he will travel inside of this crate on frontier airlines from santos go to denver for a big family reunion. >> i cannot even think about without starting to cry. i know i will be crying. is like your child is coming home and you think that they're gone, but they're not. >> frontier airlines offered to fried--fly buster brown home for free. he expects to be back in boulder some time this weekend. now if you do not have an iphone, you may want to hear what you have been waiting for. the latest technology to oil will be unveiled this week in, and gabe slate has the latest on what experts are expecting from apple. look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas

first class treatment for buster brown, tomorrow morning sfo to denver, frontier airlines is flying hime for free. >> and he gets a new pair of buster brown shoes. >>> another buster blowing up the airwaves tonight. the general manager is speaking his mind, very interesting thing here. >> i heard that. >>> the giants returning home after giants manager -- general stronreg woromds strong w or about the marlins player who injured buster posey. [ jerry ] look at this! you got a state-of-the-art man-cave, but the savings account of a cave-man! hey sports fans check this out. [ beep ] oops, my bad. earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! ooh, 3-d! instead of earning bupkus, your savings could be earning three times the national average! three times more. go online to capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? what's this do? [ beeping ] >>> giants are heading back home right now, basking in the glow of big wins overnight. tonight's game was powered by aubrey huff. the giants down three in the fourth. lance lynn grooves one that huff takes to right

first-class treatment for buster brown today.rontier airlines is flying him home for free. >>> much more coming up on "today in the bay." we're going to check in with the one and only lauren gar see ya. >> don't you wish that dog could talk? >> i no he, what have you been doing for a year-and-a-half, buddy? >> hopped in a cab with a trucker? i don't know. 4:55. good morning, everyone. we've got a major announcement expected today in the criminal case against a former private investigator and three former east bay law enforcement officers. that word from the contra costa district attorney's office. more on that this morning. >>> plus, a court appearance today for the prime suspect of the beating of giants' fan brian stow. those stories and more. it is friday, finally. see you soon. >> we all made it. tgif. >> so far. >> thank you, laura. >>> coming up on the "today" show. the boy bands are back. ♪ >> oh, yeah. the new kids on the block and the backstreet boys are teaming up to perform together on one stage. and they're even combin

the owner and animal services have no idea how buster brown made it all the way to california. a little sunshine,

salinas animal services found buster brown last month. s microchip listed colorado as his home and they managed to get ahold of the owner by mailing a letter. she lost buster last november and she thought he had been eaten by a mountain lion. but the owner and animal services have no idea how buster brown made that 1200- mile trip to the west coast and she didn't have the money to bring him back. but they talked to i think it was one of the airlines and so buster is going to get a free ride home. >> on a road trip heading back to colorado. that's a long little trek, mr. buster brown. >> yeah. >>> it is 5:26 now. a cash-strapped bay area city going to the dogs. literally. how animals could help balance the books, believe it or not. >> the state calling for a new ban on prisons. but not just for inmates. why visitors could also be punished. >>> it only took a few seconds for a house fire to turn into an inferno. now one san francisco firefighter is dead. another remains clinging to life. a live report coming up. >>> all right, elizabeth. and

she was pretty 30 when buster brown showed up although he was 1,200 mi. away.ck home with his family. >> his name is buster brown. he was lost, but never forgotten. >> he was with me 247, he slept with me, ran with me, everything. >> i spoke with his owner samantha, she says the story began on wednesday morning in november when he went missing. six months later he was found here on tighter street. >> she had no idea how he got here, neither do we. he is the only one that knows, we're asking him but he is not telling us. >> his family's 1,200 mi. away never gave up hope. >> i still have his collar with all of his tags, i still have everything. >> there was a letter in the mail from animal services in her heart was racing and a phone call this a dog owner will never forget. >> she said he is brown, his adopted name is brownie and buster brown is the name that i gave him. i knew it was him. >> notice that he is a little feat itchy some allergies, nothing that his medicine back home cannot heal. and trusty they have it ready. but his journey is not over, he will tr

and good old buster brown went from boulder to salinas. nd buster's owner and gave her the great news. >> she has been looking for him, she has been missing him, kept his stuff in the house, and just really sad that her dog was missing. thought maybe he was stolen or bus it's rural, maybe a mountain lion got him. thrilled beyond belief. >> frontier airlines flying him home for free. thank you so much for joining us this morning. "today" show next. i'll be back with a local news update in a half hour.

. >>> the happy homecoming to report tonight for buster brown, that makes it back in boulder coloradohis owner tonight after 7 month adventure. he disappeared last november last month someone spotted him 12300 miles away. how he got -- 1300 miles away. how he got there, no one knows. workers identified him by his micro chip. today they gave him a free ride to denver for a happy reunion. >>> there's really no good time to be outside. >> no. you've got to keep an eye on the sky. we'll have very low weather this weekend. significant -- pretty amazing, they can't show you a live storm, coverage out there, not always reaching the ground, so far some light rain reports right around napa. and also shooting right on -- right through the golden gate bridge and quite a bit of activity out here that will gradually gather up over the next 2 to 3 hours. the rain fall will increase in coverage. the expectations here for saturday sunday and into monday, impressive numbers especially for the coastal hills. most areas will pick up one to 2 inches could be approaching -- so heavy rain expected saturday

that wouldn't be a big deal, but the dog named buster brown wandered from colorado.last month he was brought from the salinas animal shelter after someone found him walking around town. the owner had no way of getting the labrador mix back home. so an airline is giving him a ticket from california to colorado. >>> the two baby bob cat, 17 and 9 weeks old are being fed. by that man in full bob cat costume. that's because the center is trying to get them ready to go back to the wild. >> that way they're not seeing humans as a good thing. but stay away. >> reporter: the center says it'll be at least six months before those bob cats will be able to be released back into the wild. >>> let's go to our meteorologist mark tamayo to watch the timing of this storm. >> the rainfall rates will be picking up also increasing in coverage across the entire bay area. right now in the maps on live storm tracker 2 you can pick up the coverage. not all of it reaches the ground but santa rosa during the 4:00 hour reporting light rain. you can see still a few cells closer to parts of mari

this is buster brown. on a flight to colorado after missing from his home for six months. his owners says it started when buster went businessing one morning in november, 1200 miles later he was found on tyler street in salinas. his mother was more than ready to welcome him home. >> i know i'm going to be bawling. it really is like your child that's coming home from you think they're gone, and they're not. >> she says she will never forget the moment she got call from the salina animal shelter. buster was flown home by frontier airlines, free of charge. >> sweet! 92 if you're looking to be adopt your own pet there's one more incentive to do that this weekend. the free adoption event sponsored by the alameda based mattie's fund, which is the largest pet foundation dedicated to finding homes for all shelter animals. >>> there are free adoptions across alameda and contra costa counties and that includes the animal rescue foundation in walnut creek. they're offering free adoptions from 10 in the morning until

>> strapped on the buster browns and hood of it out. >> getting on a plane today to go home. >> between ready to go home, as well. thanks for watching cbs 5 "early edition." see you at noon. not working. unemployment is up as the job rate slows down. more signs the economy is fading. why the job market is sluggish and visit an auto plant where the president is headed later today. >>> romney is running. he takes another shot at the presidency saying president obama failed america. >> the economy was in recession and he made it worse. and he made it last longer. >> we will ask him why he thinks he can win this time. and also, sarah palin made it to new hampshire on the same day as romney's big announcement. >>> hero dad. an armed gunman threatens to kill two boys in a florida robbery. their army sergeant father protects them from harm and ends up capturing the suspect himself. we will talk with the hero this himself. we will talk with the hero this friday morning, june 3rd, 2011. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning on friday, june 3rd. chris wragge. >> erica hill. glad to have you w

buster brown will board a flight back to denver. buster disappeared from boulder last year. southbound heading towards 19, a little slow from 101. but the rest of the area looking nice around the rest of the plinsz. bay bridge, let's get a look at that. toll plaza shows some backup. but we have those clouds. >> well, it's mostly cloudy, overcast skies across the bay area, but we have got rain on the way, your future cast shows you by noon the front's starting to approach the coast, it moves in tonight, and heavy rain forecast and especially along the coastline at 5:00 p.m., some of those deeper pockets move into the south bay and we don't get a break, it looks like until we hit sunday afternoon, but then we'll have enough leftover moisture around for some pretty strong thunderstorms to develop. we're looking at an active weekend, make sure you plan accordingly. 71 in gilroy and there it is, warmer weather by the end of next week, we're talking about the 80s. so if you can get through this weekend, just hold on and it's coming. >> there you go, once you do get through the wee