reporting live on southbound 101 south of the caesar chavez exit. bob riddell, "today in the bay." >> thanks for the update. anthony is in for mike today following that situation on highway 101. he'll be up in a few minutes. a live report coming up. we'll have the details. >> former giants slugger barry bonds is asking the ninth circuit federal court in san francisco to overturn his obstruction of justice conviction. bonds was convicted of the charge after giving what the court decided was evasive testimony during a grand jury investigation of balco, is bay area lab at the center of a major scandal. bonds was never convicted of using steroids. three judges will hear his appeal today and issue a decision at a later date. >> we continue to follow developing news out of southern california. police this hour trying to determine if the body consumed by a fire in big bear in fact belongs to suspected cop killer christopher dorner. toni schinn is live in san bernardino county near big bear with the latest. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. first of

southbound 101 just south of the caesar chavez accident north of 280. there were two vehicles involved. there is one straight down from where we are now. a mustang up against the wall. and then the car we believe the woman was in. that's in the number two lane, the second lane off the wall. this happened around 15 a minutes ago. it will still be a while before chp caltrans, whoever else needs to be here to clean up is able to do so. now you have the two right lanes southbound 101 south of caesar a chavez shut down. the two left lanes are open. you can see with headlights headed toward us that traffic is moving smoothly now. there have been times where they had to shut down traffic or traf

pharmacy on caesar chavez boulevard and demanded similar narcotics.luding tylenol with codeine and viagra. second time here in two months. >> it's pretty high in deman. they cancel to it make other illegal substances. >>reporter: now the a.g. pharmacy is adding more camera panic button and only order certain narcotics causing a two day delay. white house office on drug control policy says prescription drug abuse is a natural epidemic. >> 2008 we saw for the first time in this country that drug over dose death drug poisoning death exceeded motor vehicle fatality as the single largest cause of injury death in the united states. >>reporter: prescription drug abuse for number south san francisco today experts discuss the crime health problems and lost production time caused in part by doctors over pre-describing the drugs. >> big problem especially in worker compensation rate now. >>reporter: san francisco workers cominvestigators ruth says california taxpayers are shelling out for huge increase in prescription drugs for injured workers. >> i can tell you

southbound 101 near caesar chavez. i want to put it on the maps for you. southbound 101 traffic is going to be busy as you leave san francisco. i have been looking at my san francisco camera it's so early we don't have a big backup on 101. it's one of the things if there is any good news at all coming from this it's not happening later in the commute. i want to move the maps over to 680. same thing there. an accident blocking three lanes but since it is early, we don't have have a big backup yet and they are working hard to clear this crash. southbound on 680. let's go to live pictures. bay bridge toll plaza is still light. westbound coming into the city. no problems if you're on the bridge. this is a look at 280 in san jose. 5:09 let's go to steve. >>> sal, a little bit of fog. increasing. and you can see it's filling in on parts of the coast. we saw the same thing yesterday. there is some not showing up. it's up in the north bay. forecast headlines today very similar to what we had yesterday. patchy fog then sunny and nice. a little decrease in that fog.

northbound 101 north of caesar chavez.you are looking at the bay bridge westbound the traffic looks pretty good. there are not any major delays. metering lights are not on. south bay san jose 101, 280 and 85 off to a good start. 5:50 let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you. a very good morning. we have a little bit more fog this morning. santa rosa, napa, concord, livermore. saw north bay and east bay. over all it's another nice day on tap here. similar to what we had yesterday. i'm kind of happy here. although it's showing up for a little too long. we could use rain now. it's been quiet for four year weeks. sunny and warm weather. highs 60s low for some to 70 for others. mostly sunny. there will be higher clouds coming in. i think most of that will be san jose south. no big deal. there will be some. 30s and 40s to almost 50- degrees in san francisco. antioch 31. livermore 36 but not far away. you can find a little bit of fog and temperatures in the 40s. it just depends. higher clouds coming up to the southwest are taking an

and so inspired by the teachings and wife of saint francis and jesus christ, let's pray as caesar chavezho had no voice who were the most vulnerable in our society. he prayed, show me the suffering of the most miserable so that i will know my people's plight. free me to pray for others because you are present in every person. help me to take responsibility for our my own life so i can be free at last. grant me the courage, yes, grant me the courage to serve others or in service their is true light. give me honesty and patience so i can work with others. brick forth song and celebrations so that the spirit will be alive among us. let the spirit flour rich and grow so that we will never tire of the struggle. let us remember those who have died for justice because they have given us life. help us love even those who hate us so we can change the world. god bless you, god bless the united states of america, god bless all of our leaders. [applause] >> of all the complex things in the world. s the most come mention is the human brain. how come i can remember the words of the preamble of the con

in 1990, the united farm workers, at the time, run by caesar chavez, won to represent workers, but they 20 years, the grower says, and the union admits as much until last fall when the union said they plan to bargaining on workers' behalf. where were you the last 20 years, the farm asked? the union refused to answer, but said they fought off the farm for 20 years, and they rejected. they admitted it was not true, and on friday, they sued the ufw for libel. key points, first, 95% of the workers were not at the company when the union vote took place in 1990. some of them were toddlers at the time. second, the workers did just fine for 20 years without a union. they are earn $10-$15 an hour, learn english in a local college, and they provide college loans for workers and scholarships for their children, and, third, they had 1300 workers when the workers won the election back in 1990 with just 536 yes votes. it has over 5,000 full timers today, and almost 12,000 at peak harvest. united farm workers, by contrast, has withered on the vine with 27,000 members in 2000, and, today, fewer than 5,