on duboce.r structures are threatened. >>> no injuries in a fire this morning at an art gallery on page street. cause is unknown. >>> rick santorum will have attention this evening as the republican presidential contenders day a bit in arizona. it will be the first debate with santorum leading in national polls a status that tends to draw heavy criticism. >>> oh, this is the kind of day i have lots of friends around the bay area, a lot of sunshine and some warm weather expected. starting out mild in most spots. still a couple of patches of ground fog showing up outside. temperatures now running into the 40s and 50s. but what an afternoon it is going to be. enjoy it, folks. looks like we're having some beautiful weather here midweek. temperatures in the mid-60s. at the coastline some 70s inside the bay, mid-70s in some of the valleys. still, that ridge of high pressure strengthening overnight. the offshore winds blowing a bit and that means we're setting the stage for what looks like a gorgeous d

duboce is closed from elgin over to mission.at's just from 101 basically and duboce all the way up to market. use van ness. just avoid duboce at mission, that's the major intersection affected by the power outage. highway 4 looking all right with typical build coming over towards summersville, 17 miles per hour. construction will go on overnight tonight starting at 10:00. friday as well. they are recon figuring one of those off-ramps and that's an issue through pittsburg. livermore, 17 minutes toward the dublin interchange with a tad bit of slowing approaching hopyard. jumping down to the south bay, northbound, no major delays or problems for speed sensors. just construction through palo alto, oregon expressway off to the side. >>> this morning patriots quarterback tom brady is back in the bay area. unfortunately, it is with a very heavy heart. his long-time mentor and former coach tom martinez has passed away. martinez suffered a heart attack just yesterday. his health had been in decline recently due to complications from diab

at duboce and stevenson. firefighters could only stand by. >> we always want to make sure to secure the scene first, make sure everyone south and make sure that it is deenergized before the fire is put out. >> reporter: that's what pg&e did almost two hours after the transformer blew. power had been out to almost 2400 customers. duboce was shut down and this person wasn't happy. >> a lot of money lost throughout the day. >> reporter: his electrical shop was out of power for most of the morning and that's after a previous run-in with this very transformer. >> it was smoking. so we called pg&e and pg&e came out and replaced it with a new transformer and it blew out again. >> reporter: his theory? someone in this neighborhood is growing a lot of marijuana after an internet search on his neighbor's address we found a website for a grow shop. no one answered the door or the phone and as of now, the sign says it's an aquarium store sently closed. >> a lot of the customers in this particular area are residential but

so all of that needs to be assessed before duboce is reopened this morning. back to you guys. >> thank you, anne makovec in san francisco. >>> also developing, a home and an art gallery went up in flames early this morning. but a big piece of artwork actually threw off firefighters for a while gil diaz is live in berkeley to explain. >> hi, elizabeth. good morning. when you first arrive at the house what strikes you as odd is it looks likele tail end of a plane is sticking out of the home's roof as if the plane crashed into the roof. well, the assistant fire chief told us the first responders told us it was odd and they realize what they were dealing with was an artist gallery and that's what it called the gate 13 gallery on page street between 4th and fifth streets. the fire broke out around 3:00 this morning. the duplex and the owner of the duplex says he was asleep but was woken up by someone ringing the doorbell. and when he looked out the bed room window he realized that there was a fire on the east side of his property. the fire was tearing through what

in the city we still have that closure, duboce right around stevenson. like from elgin park to mission street still closed because of the earlier transformer fire. i'm told by the department of traffic control over there that they actually have the street closed but the power has been restored to most of those buildings in the area and sounds like most of the signals are back up again. just avoid that area right around stevenson and mission. >>> still to come on "today in the bay" -- former giant carlos beltran giving an old teammate a very unusual gift. see the gesture that is as plain as the nose on his face coming up. >>> a groundbreaking for a new smithsonian museum dedicated to african-american h srt s in jus minute a live report from washington is coming up next. land o'lakes spreadable butter with canola oil is made with sweet cream, canola oil and salt. just three natural ingredients. what's in your spread ? >>> welcome back. in about 20 minutes president obama will speak at the groundbreaking of the smithsonian museum of african-american history

i'm here on duboce and valencia. is that small fire on top of that power pole behind me right now. they have duboce shut down and the firefighters are waiting for pg&e to turn off all the power in this area before they are able to fight that fire. and over here, you can see pg&e hard at work there on that line to shut off all of the power in the area. some is off now. more of it will go out before firefighters are able to move in and put that fire out. they do say though that there is no risk to any of the structures around the area. it's going to be contained to that pole. that's where the damage has been done. >> thank you, anne makovec. >>> foreclosure auctions happen every day on courthouse steps but rarely do they end up in a melee. 50 demonstrators showed up to the alameda county courthouse to protest the auction yesterday. county leaders tried to move the auction inside. that's when they say the protestors rushed a metal detector. >> at some point during that protest, somebody threw something at one of the dep