. >> reporter: i'm marianne favro live at stanford. researchers around the world will meet to talk about ways to prevent alzheimer's disease. i'll have that story coming up. >> and a state budget could be finalized today. what needs to happen first. >> a live look over an overcast san francisco there, it is tuesday, june 28, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning. welcome to tuesday. it's 6:00. i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. we're going to check win christina loren. she has a look at your hour by hour forecast. >> good morning to you. we've got showers coming down, something else i'm tracking now on the radar. thunderstorms. even hail, moments ago i'll show you where that's headed and when these showers are going to arrive. it looks like they are now pushing on to the peninsula. that full forecast is on the way. let's get you on your way to work at 6:00 a.m. looking busy out there this morning, mike. >> we have a lot of cars on the road. for a tuesday, at this time it's not unusual but you know, the summer months typ

marianne favro joins us now and the connection to the man dressed in drag behind you. >> naacp says they are calling on u.s. airways to call on him because they did not treat him the same way as this arnlg who has flown several times on the airline dressed like this. >> naacp, in no uncertain terms contends this young man was profiled. he's been a victim of racial injustice. >> the san francisco chapter of naacp says us airways as a double standard. last week, this 20-year-old was heading from san francisco on a flight to new mexico when an employee asked him to pull up his saggy pa jama bottoms. the pilot asked him to leave the plane. all the passengers ended up getting off and he was arrested, accused of trespassing and resisting arrest. when the naacp learned us airways let this manoard the planes several times dressed in a woman's bikini, they accused the airline of racial profiling. >> they did not arrest him. even when the spokesperson for the airline was approached, they indicated they had no dress code. >> his mother agrees. >> i was surprised us airway treated my son the way the

reporting live from newark, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> they are having fun in newark. thank you. >>> after a false start, joe montana is back on the agenda for the santa clara city council. the 49ers' legend was supposed to meet with city council members two weeks ago but had to reschedule. if you recall, he was reportedly involved in an atv accident on hiscalistoga. they will now pitch the proposed entertainment complex on july 12th. the hotel project would be built directly across the street from the proposed 49ers stadium. >>> the dublin school board is hiring a consultant to find out if the public will support a bond measure to fund facilities. just yesterday the board unanimously approved the budget for the upcoming school year with no major changes from last year. the school district has been considering a number of voter-approved taxes to fund programs and services. >>> before you hit the beach this holiday, listen to this, 11% of california's beaches reported elevated levels of bacterial contamination, the largest amount in the past five years. candlestick poin

marianne favro has more on the allegations and the outrage from the man's mother. >> reporter: this is a story of two passengers, one wearing a woman's bikini. the other wearing saggy pajama bottoms. us airways treated the two men much differently. this 20-year-old ended up behind bars. >> i was surprised that us airways treated my son the way they did and this cross dresser was okay to come in, not once, not twice, but on a regular basis, he comes through and they don't bother him. >> reporter: her son was headed on a flight to new mexico when an airline employee asked him to pull up his saggy pants. he intended to when he got to his seat. the pilot asked him to leave the plane. all the passengers got off. us airways says he was arrested for his actions, not his clothing. in an earlier statement, they said the passenger refused to comply with instructions. the captain made a citizens arrest after the passenger refused to deplane. naacp sees it differently. >> nationally, the naacp will call on the officials of us air to retone, to repent, to show their wrongness is understood and they

reporting live, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. 5:35. christina has a look at the forecast that includes rain in santa rosa where mom lives. she's going to get rained on. >> momma get that umbrella out. we have rain, also a mix of rain and snow over the sierra nevada. it's hard to believe. we are well into summertime now. but there is some snow on the way and in fact, mammoth will be open. we have steady rain now moving into santa rosa, ready to slide to the south through the next hour or so. and san francisco, you're about an hour away from your steady rain. you can see the front's probably going to break apart before it makes its way all the way inland to san jose. south bay you'll see the least when it comes to the totals. i think the bulk of the moisture will stay to the north as per usual and maybe up to an inch of rain possible in the north bay. also expecting thunderstorms this afternoon with those thunderstorms we could see heavy downpours in the east bay and the south bay. as well as along the peninsula. i think it will be too c

reporting live, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. a beautiful backdrop where you are tonight gee, members of a san jose state fraternity were helpless watching their fraternity house go up in flames. the house on south 11th street in downtown san jose caught fire around 3:00 this morning. the four-alarm fire was fought by multiple agent simpts at one point three ladders and about 90 fire fighters. the fire might have started in the laundry root all 28 people living in the house escaped safely. >> we could feel it from like a block away. you could feel the fire. it was huge in the sky. >> the cause of the fire has not been determined. one fire fighter was taken to a local hospital for a burned hand. sheexpected to be okay. fire officials say the kapa sig house is a total loss with damages close to $2 million. san jose state is providing free housing for the students for one week. many of these students ren rolled in summer session. >>> the iranian lawyer who was representing the two detained uc berkeley students say they could have th

reporting live at city hall, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> from san jose we go to the coast now. half moon bay's police officers are still on the force tonight, but they're now deputies working for the san mateo county sheriff's department. this morning the sheriff swore in 14 police officers at the courthouse. the city's police department was officially merged with the sheriff's office on sunday. half moon bay's former police headquarters now serves as a sheriff's substation. budget cut backs and a bad economy for city leaders to provide the county law enforcement services. >>> last september's pg&e explosion will cost the utility nearly $2.4 billion. and now a joint federal and state investigation increases pg&e's chances of being heavily fined for the accident. those fines would be something the utility would not be able to pass on to its customers. eight people died in that explosion. 65 more been injured and more than 100 homes were destroyed or damaged in that san bruno blast. >>> well, it was bound to happen eventually. with the weather warming up, the lingering sierr

reporting live in milpitamilpit marianne favro. >> baggy pants won't fly. the man who refused to pul pull his baggy pants is set for arraignment tomorrow. the football player was in san francisco to attend a friend's funeral. as he boarded a us airways flight back to new mexico, an employee asked help to pull up his sagging pants. he allegedly refused and the pilot ordered everyone off the plane and he was taken into custody for trespassing, battery and resisting arrest. the story has some coming to his defense. >> naturally, everybody should have their own belt on to have your pants pulled up. if you couldn't at the time you had bags, can't do that, why arrest somebody for that. >> u.s. airline says us airways does not have a dress code but expects passengers to dress in an appropriate manner that does not offend other passengers. >> a man caught in the middle of a san francisco gang fight is in critical condition with a shot to the head. it was 7:30 this morning walking at the section of 6th and minea and gunfire erupted. he was 46 years old and shot in

marianne favro, "nbc bay area news." >>> still ahead tonight, they come here for a better life, but isheir family safe back home? we have new work on the attempt here in the bay area to stop the executor shun of immigrants from el salvador. >> the drummer is moving back home with high hopes. >>>beou next generation of tablets truly rival apple's dominance? we share. shop from anywhere. and are always connected. we live in a social world. isn't it time we had a social currency to match? membership rewards points from american express. use them to get the things you love from amazon.com, ticketmaster.com, and more unexpected places. they're a social currency with endless possibilities. tinchtsz. >>> we have an update to a story about executor shun of i am grants from el salvador. the government is taking action to help the immigrants in the bay area. they say some immigrants were paying money to executor shunnists in el salvador who threatened to harm the family's home or get the victims deported. >> he they received phone calls or messages are from people who live in el salvador, but th

reporting live in heyward, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much, marianne. >>> guilty of first-degree murder. a jury read that verdict today in the trial surrounding the death of oakland journalist chauncey bailey. >> our jodi hernandez was in the courtroom when that verdict came down. she joins us live from oakland with the details. it took them ten days. all right. let's -- jodi filed this report just moments ago, and there she is. >> reporter: hugs outside the courtroom as a jury delivered guilty verdicts for the 2007 murder of oakland journalist chauncey bailey. >> i'm very teary. this has been a long journey. but justice has finally been done. and it's over. it's over. >> reporter: the former head of your black muslim bakery, yusuf bey iv, and bakery associate antoine mackey didn't flinch as the verdicts were read. jurors found the men guilty of first-degree murder, not just for bailey's killing but for the murder of michael wills, a man prosecutors say was targeted simply because he was white. >> chauncey bailey was murdered just two blocks from here. michael wil

nbc bay area's marianne favro joins us from san jose with that part of the weather-weeltd story this evening. >> well, i am here in downtown san jose where the subzero festival is now underway. this is an event that showcases the talents of local artist says and musicians, and some of the artists actually sell their work here. they say that the threat of rain is painting a gloomy picture. not just for them, but for some brides to be too. >> they redirected inside to say her i dos all because of rain. >> other option would be renting a tent, which is -- >> we're supposed to be havi having -- >> and many are already scratching those plans. michael foley hopes to sell this painting for $150 tonight at the subzero festival in downtown san jose. now the artist is worried rain may keep buyers away cutting his profits in half. >> this is my livelihood. this is the only job i have. i am a full-time artist, and this -- i'm really hoping people just decide to come out  regardless of the weather because there are a lot of us like me who we depend on these events. you know, this is our bread a

in oakland, marianne favro, nbc pay area news. >>> a state assembly bill has been approved that's aimedt cutting down on the misuse of debit cards issued by calworks. under the will they could not be used inside poker rooms, casinos, even adult entertainment businesses. the bill follows an executive order issued by governor arnold schwarzenegger last year to limit where the cards can be used. >> showed over an eight-month period more than $227,000 a month of ebt cash was being withdrawn at various casinos and poker rooms throughout the entire state. so this measure will help stop that. >> state rules put into place last year already prohibit state-issued debit cards from being used at places like casinos and similar businesses. but the author of today's bill says this was never enough. >>> a massive wildfire burning out of control in arizona is threatening mountain communities and forcing people to evacuate. the flames are being fueled by high winds, low humidity. more than 2,000 firefighters are battling that blaze but are faced with rugged, overgrown terrain and a very fast-moving fir