. >>> i'm marianne favro. i have a live report from santa clara. >>> we have a live look out over san jose into the mountains. meteorologist christina loren says it will be a spectacular week, so hang in there. the nbc bay area news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> good morning. thanks for being with us. i'm marla tellez. >> good morning, everybody. i'm jon kelley. the cuts are coming, and yes, they will be deep. governor jerry brown asking for more help from state workers to try to help balance the budget. >> the governor is now proposing state workers move to a four day nine and a half hour work week, losing two hours or 5% of their pay per week. he has also taken cell phones from state workers and offered a proposal to roll back health and pension benefits. the proposed cuts come as governor brown pushes a tax increase that will appear on the november ballot. >> and if you want to vote on the tax increases or any other issue for that matter, you need to be registered. today is the final day to be eligible for

marianne favro joins us live in santa clara with the new program. she is at an urgent care center giving patients a life line and so many people desperately need th this, marianne. >> reporter: there certainly is a need, jessica. about ten out of every 100 patients that come here to santa clara urgent care will now receive free medical care thanks to the new safety net program. and that care could even include surgery. >> thank you, honey. >> reporter: 3-year-old alexandra is all smiles now that he's recovered from a severe chest infection. >> he had a fever of 102 and then the day i brought him in it was 103. >> reporter: single mom whitney weaver had no job and no insurance, but when she came here to santa clara urgent care center, alexander got an exam, received several x-rays and a prescription for medication, all for free. >> they were willing to fund the bill so he could get the care he needed. it means so much to me. i just -- i don't know what

reporting live in santa clara, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> protesters forced an early end to a public meeting at the board of regents today. the protesters in sacramento called themselves the student chain gang, suggesting they're prisoners to rising tuition. tuition has tripled in the past 12 years, and regents are considering another 6% increase for this fall. but not all those who demonstrated today were students. >> we're seeing our best faculty lured away to other

reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, marianne. i was sneezing all through the weekend. >>> one of the biggest and most formal meetings of his life, and he showed up in his trademark hoodie. mark zuckerberg is ready to go public. facebook kicked off its ipo road show. in a private meeting in new york this morning, you can see the scene here. the facebook co-founder and other facebook officials answered questions from about 400 potential investors. the goal was to convince investors that the social networking stock will be a great buy when it goes on sale on may 18th. in a video posted online, zuckerberg says access to facebook's 900 million users is really what is up for sale here. >> we all use facebook. if it's suddenly our news feed is showing up with all kinds of advertising, we're going to bail. you're just not going to come back. so he needs to tread really carefully not to anger users. >> the ipo stock price is expected to be between 28 and $35 a share. with the pricing, facebook is expected to make nearly $14 billion. >>> a

let's bring in nbc bay area's marianne favro who joins from san jose city college. marianne? >> reporter: raj, many students here at san jose city college say they are frustrated because they need specific classes this summer in order to transfer to san jose state or another four-year university. and they say if they can't get those summer classes, it will cost them valuable time and money. ♪ out of my mind, how could i ever have been so blind ♪ ♪ i was waiting for an education ♪ ♪ it was hard to find >> reporter: what's really going to be hard to find for brian bautista is the summer class he needs to transfer to san jose state. san jose city college is cutting 40% of its summer courses. >> i believe that's very worrisome because i'm not sure if i will be able to go get the classes i need to get the credits. >> reporter: evergreen college is looking a at 40% cut in summer offerings. the cuts will save the college district $2.5 million and impact 3,000 students. students hoping to take remedial math and english classes this summer will be hit the hardest because those are som

i'm marianne favro. >>> a big break in a 30-year-old inssg child case coming up next. ch child mystery. a man confessed he strangled a new york city boy and left his body in a box. 6-year-old etan patz disappeared while walking to a bus stop in 1979. back then the suspect was an 18-year-old clerk working at a corner story where they lived. paez was among the first missing children to dis'peer on milk cartons. tomorrow's the anniversary of his disappearance. >>> well, it may not be marked on your calendar but it's national emergency services week, a chance to recognize emergency workers who have gone above and beyond the call of duty. >> sometimes the matter of life and death isn't up to the professional but the average person. we have two such people and one incredible story. >> they have been professional trainers for many years, always working for someone else until a couple years ago they opened a jim in emeryville. it was going to be a test of their business skill but little did they know in what other way they would be tested. with repetition comes reward. do it r

reporting live, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, marianne, amazing, what a great story. >>> let's get a check of our forecast with jeff ranieri, live at crissy field for the golden gait anniversary coming up on sunday. >> how does that look, you guys? just doing a little touching up here. >> nice paint job. >> yes. we've got to spruce it up, make it look good here. nbc is the official sponsor as we head into the 75th anniversary weekend. there is a lot of stuff going on. there's a lot of buzz. there's not too many people back here behind me, golden gate bridge is surely signing bright, as this weekend is expected to attract hundreds of thousands of people. and of course, everybody has been working overtime, making sure she looks as beautiful as ever. let's bring in howard with the national parks. you're full-on in your gear because this may be the best way to come here? >> one of the two best ways to come here. on bicycle, always a great way to visit the this park. and on foot. >> what you're telling me is there may not be any parking available at snaul. >> there's goin

in san francisco, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> that is remarkable to see, isn't it? >> it sure is. let's turn our attention back out to jeff ranieri, our chief meteorologist, who is now our chief wine correspondent from the livermore wine festival. >> but i didn't forget you guys. look at this. there's three glasses as my photographer pans on over. i haven't touched either one of yours either. those have been freshly poured. take a look at this down here in livermore we're getting some food arriving now and that's the best part of the livermore wine country festival, the 21st annual happening this saturday and sunday. a lot of local restaurants and bars, so it's about a lot more than just showing up at a tent and tasting some great wine. the executive director of this festival is here, rye shell, we talk every year about this is a big hit. over 100,000 people come out, right? >> absolutely. everybody who is anybody is here. we're real excited. you have to go to the reception. we have chefs from maui out here doing cinco de mayo hawaiian style so you have to watch som

marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> decision 2012. the race for the white house rolls through bay area today. these are live pictures this afternoon from the peninsula. in about an hour, the newly minted republican presidential nominee, mitt romney, will host a fundraiser at the historic carolyn chateau in hillsboro. this property is magnificent. 65,000 square feet. it's one of the largest mansions in the country and a california landmark. tickets for tonight's event co-hosted by meg whitman topped out at $50,000 per person. now among the notable guests, former governorrh pete wilson a george shultz. romney's visit comes on the same day his campaign is trying to clean up a bit of an embarrassing mistake. take a close look. romney's new mobile app misspelled america. the romney campaign has submitted an update to the app, and is waiting for apple's approval. no one at the campaign is sfeeng record about the mistake. meanwhile, president obama called mitt romney today, congratulating him on winning the republican nomination officially.

also -- >> reporter: i'm marianne favro. new program in the south bay that's offering free medical care to 1,000 patients. >>> plus, more than just a summer job. the creative way a south bay teen is getting his small business off the ground. >>> and, good evening. i'm jech jeff in the nbc bay area weather center. did you feel that breeze had afternoon? that marine layer is hugging the coastline right now and it's also helping to whip up some waves anywhere from 3 to 7 feet. while numbers will be going down a bit as we head throughout thursday, we'll talk about a much warmer weekendas in in jus minut minutes. >>> in these tough economic times having health insurance is a luxury many families just can't afford. but now the uninsured have a new safety net, one that soon could be cast throughout the entire bay area. marianne favro joins us live in santa clara with the new program. she is at an urgent care center giving patients a life line and so many people desperately need th this, marianne. >> reporter: there certainly is a n

i'm marianne favro.ing up, i'll introduce you to the young patients who now have new hearts. >>> and how far would you go to get your startup off the ground? the entrepreneur who lives inside a tech company for two months without anyone knowing and how the stunt is paying off. >> reporter: and good evening. i'm jeff ranieri live at the golden gate bridge. it's looking better than ever. less than two days away from the 75th anniversary and, yes, i'm on a bike. we'll explain why and what it has to do with that 75th anniversy comi up. doesn't she look marvelous tonight? mom? hmm? what does your esophagus look like? let's look it up after school. here. thanks, anita. eww. dad, how did luke cage get his powers? umm... here, i'll show you. [ comic book expert ] luke cage's superhuman powers... thanks, anita. mom, how is paper recycled? anita! anita! [ male announcer ] answer life's most pressing questions. instantly. get high speed internet from at&t for only $14.95 a month for 12 months. at&t. ♪ >>> following

. >> reporter: i'm marianne favro. i'll take you to a south bay can company that has developed a simple blood test that can help women learn more about the health of their baby. >>> and school is almost out. what parents needth to know and ask to make sure their kids stay safe. >> and then we want to know what you will do to balance the budget by texting or calling. press one for raise taxes, two for cut programs, three for both. we'll bring you the results later in the newscast. t never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. >>> a bay area school district is at the harpt of a new lawsuit

reporting live, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. grab your tissues. >> did he say it's going to start picking up now? >> it's going to get worse. >> yesterday was horrible. >> i feel so bad for the kids. >> jeff ranieri, what have you got? >> i'm an allergy sufferer, too. when it does get bad, i'm going to be covering it here. we do have the allergy forecast here in the next 60 seconds. 90 in livermore. 93 in san francisco. 88 in san rafael. close to some records. not quite there yet today but one of those close to that very warm 85 in oakland. record high was 8 the. our average high only in the 60s so well above at today's rate. 83 in san jose. starting to see a cooldown near the coastline san francisco down to the peninsula. and right now a bit of haze it at the current moment but some onshore flow and some moisture. high pressure is compressing this down to the surface and similar to that white appearance right now. but overall it's also pretty breezy outside. let's bring you back to our weather maps. high pressure sitting just o

reporting live in morgan hill, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> all right, thank you, marianne. and we invite to you stay with nbc bay area for all the latest developments in the sierra lamar case. we also have extensive coverage on our website at nbcbayarea.com. >>> coming up at 6:30, another sobering revelation from today's press conference. there are more than 60 teenaged girls missing in santa clara county in the past 18 months. what investigators are saying about the efforts to find them. >>> also ahead, the warriors make it official they're heading back to san francisco and the process the team is pitting two cities against each other. >>> and berkeley's police chief is in the hot seataiagn. the connection to his son's missing cell phone. >>> and good evening. i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. wi windy and gusty here from the higher elevations down to sea level. mt. diablo at 49 miles per hour. napa winds close to 30. we'll talk about warming in the short term but also about big time cooling, maybe even sierra snow in the forecast. ag >>> back to the fut

here's "today in the bay's marianne favro. >> chris could be 59 but doesn't want to look it, so she'sing a new treatment here at the dermatology center in los gatos. but first she has to give a little of herself. >> i'm going to give you a small amount of local anesthetic behind your ear to completely numb the area. >> reporter: dr. iris gin is conducting a biopsy from behind her ear. a 1/10 an inch big. this is the first fda-approved self-therapy to improve the look of your smile lines. the ship sample is sent to a specialized lab to grow the cells. the skin cells produce collagen. it will take about three months to produce millions more cells. then they will be shipped back to doctor jen to inject them into chris' face. >> we are replacing what the skin loses as we age. >> reporter: dr. general says because patients use their own skin cells, the risk of reactions is eliminated. >> i like the idea of having my own cells grown and coming back into my own body, which means they are going to grow the way that they grow, not anything that is artificial. >> reporter: these before and afte

marianne favro is here to show us how a high school senior in san jose has lost 143 pounds. >> reporter: megan akasha is embracing biking. just a year ago she could barely make it a mile. that's because megan used to weigh 333 pounds. she struggled with her weight since she was 5. >> since kindergarten i had been teased about my wait. >> reporter: despite trying dozens of dieting and exercising she couldn't shed the pounds. instead she was gaping lots of health problems, including diabetes, sleep and neah and joint pain. >> i was taking seven medicines a day. >> reporter: how did she shrink from a size 26 to a size 4? she underwent a sleeve gastrectomy to shrink her stomach to a smaller size. this was the fist on the west coast to offer this to morbidly obese teens. >> the surgery will restrict the amount of food that you can eat. and that will give you, hopefully, that push in order to change your behavior. >> reporter: but results are not guaranteed. megan must stick to a low-calorie diet. if she eats too much, her stomach could expand and she could gain back the weight. to gal fi for

marianne favro shows us how the procedure has made all the difference to a high school senior in san53 pounds. >> reporter: megan akasha is embracing biking. just a year ago she could barely make it a while. megan used to weigh 333 pounds. she struggled with weight since she was 5. >> since kindergarten i had been teased about my weight. >> reporter: despite dozens of diets and exercising she couldn't shed the pounds. instead, she was gaining lots of health problems, including diabetes, sleep annie yeah joint pain. >> i was taking seven medicines a day. >> reporter: how did she shrink from size 26 to size 4? she underwent gastroectomy to shrink her stomach one-third its original size. it was performed at children's hospital, the first on the west coast to offer the procedure to morbidly obese teens. >> the surgery will restrict the amount of food you can eat. that will give you hopefully that push in order to change your behavior. >> reporter: results are not guaranteed. megan must stick to a low-calorie diet. if she eats too much her stomach could expand and she could gain back the

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marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> the president's remarks today really, as he himself described it, as a long evolving road. in 1996 he said he was in favor of same sex marriage. eight years later as a state senator he said i am not a supporter of civil union laws, i am not a are supporter of gay marriage as it has been thrown about. in october of 2010, he said he has been unwilling to sign on to same sex marriage but reserved the right to evolve. and finally today saying i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >>> former b.a.r.t. police officer wants his conviction overturned. they called the shooting of oscar grant a tragic mistake. they asked the state court of appeals to overturn mehserle's 2010 conviction for involuntary manslaughter. mehserle was seven is tensed to two years in prison and released last year. his lawyers are pursuing the appeal because mehserle cannot apply for a job in law enforcement with a felony on his record. prosecutors argue that mehserle acted recklessly and with gross negligence. a ruling is expected within three months. >>> the bay br

reporting live in santa clara, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you, marianne. just ahead, another interesting story, the warriors moving back to san francisco? the new report and what mayor ed lee is saying about it. also the warriors owner of a restaurant along the embarcadero reveals what executives told him. that's coming up at 6:30. >>> new tonight at 6:00, congresswoman nancy pelosi has long represented san francisco and congress. now a street in san francisco will represent her. today san francisco remains middle drive east and golden gate park after the democratic leader. the new pelosi drive sits between john f. kennedy drive and martin luther king drive. pelosi's career has spanned 25 years in congress but says she's still surprised by all the hoopla. >> this is so thrilling that it really goes beyond words. i didn't even know until friday that other people would be here. chinese-american mayor of the city of san francisco. >> now this isn't the first street bearing pelosi's name. her home street in baltimore was named in 2007. >>> missing and now foun

reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area enthuse. >> thank you, marianne. meanwhile, it was smooth sailing on the dunbarton as the span reopened earlier than planned, linking fremont and menlo park opened at 3:00 after a three-day closure for seismic fitting. they installed steel plates to allow it to flex during an earthquake. it could require another weekend closure. >>> on saturday night he scored the game-winning touchdown for the san jose sabercats. late last night he was found dead inside of a santa clara hotel room. police are investigating the death of 26-year-old johnny. they do not believe any crime was committed. he was a newcomer to the sabercats, joining the team earlier this month. he was also a star player for the university of washington before joining the arena football league. the sabercats today canceled practice. you see here some flowers were left it at the hotel where he was discovered. the sabercats released the statement. johnny was a great team guy and hard-nosed player, and he will be sorely missed. our thoughts and prayers go out

i'm marianne favro. i'll show you how they're doing today. >>> and it's expected to be a first for california. why lawmakers are supporting a bill that would ask contractors 0 to reveal their sexual orientation. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. >>> good news for bookworms. for the first time in eight years the campbell library is opening its doors on monday. the library reduced its schedule in 2004 due to budget cuts and mondays got the ax. but now it's back to being open six days a week. the library is located on ha harrison off highway 17. >>> new legislation

nbc bay area's marianne favro joins us in san jose. marianne, these are tangible results from obama care right in the south bay. >> reporter: that's right and it will impact thousands of patients here in the south bay. gardner health center here is just one that will benefit from this federal funding. it stands to gain $500,000. today doctors are listening to this girl's heart. doctors here at foothill community health center see 3,000 patients. >> on a daily basis we have regular appointments plus walk-ins and we are barely able to keep up with that. >> reporter: soon doctors will be keeping up with demands because the clinic has been awarded $900,000 in affordable funds. the center plans to use the money to open a new clinic here next year where it can seat 6,000 more patients and offer them more services. >> we're going to be expanding in service. we hope to be offering optometry, dental, and the scope of rack tis that we're doing now which includes family practice, internal medicine and ob/gyn. >> reporter: that sounds great to she

. >>> marianne favro shows us how the procedure has made all the difference to a high school senior inan jose who has lost 153 pounds. >> megan is embracing biking. just a year ago she could barely make it a mile. that's because megan used to weigh 333 pounds. she struggled with her weight since she was 5. >> since kindergarten. >> reporter: despite trying dozens of exercises she couldn't shed the pounds, she was gaining lots of health problems including diabetes, sleep apnea and joint pain. >> i was taking seven medicines a day. >> reporter: how did she shrink from a size 26 to a size 4? she underwent a surgery to dramatically shrink her stomach to one-third its original size. this doctor performed the surgery at children's hospital, the first on the west coast to offer the procedure to morbidly obese teens. >> the surgery will restrict the amount of food you can eat and that will give you hopefully that push in order to change your behavior. >> reporter: but results are not guaranteed. megan must stick to a low calorie diet. if she eats too much, her stomach could expand and she coul

. >> reporter: i'm marianne favro in san jose where new apartments are being built because demand is high and rents are climbing. coming up, i'll show you just how high they're getting here in the bay area. >>> and we have the video to prove it, it's a costly problem captured by our hidden cameras. straight ahead, our teef investigative reporter exposes how south bay tax dollars are o tho e light ngrail s tysteras o the light rail sysm. stay wteith us. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> well, your tax dollars built it but tonight an nbc bay area investigation is uncovering problems inside santa clara county's light rail system. our chief investigator joins us with a preview of his hidden camera investigation. tony. >> reporter: jess, we've been riding light rail and watching your tax dollars at work or not at work. our in

i'm marianne favro. i'll show you why coming up. >>> and not so fast. the surprising items that a woman tried to bring with her on a flight to the bay area. >>> and good evening, i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. a cold blast here moving in throughout the bay area as the onshore wind has dropped temperatures some 20 degrees from what we had this past weekend and we're going down a bit more for wednesday. we'll talk about when showers come on back. what'll it be? i'll have blueberry pancakes. uh huh. actually, make that glazed pecans... ok. with chocolate... no... caramel sauce. whipped cream? uhhhhhhh, yeah... but on the side. introducing build your own pancakes. only at denny's. >>> a big day for facebook, making some investors very wealthy. >>> scott budman is following every facet of it's bobbing and all the stories and hype generating as we head to the ipo. >> a lot of money to be made, raj and jessica. we are close to that money coming to a lot of investors. according to the wa"the wall st journal," less than three weeks away fro

marianne favro. >> thank you. that's just ahead in about po minutes from now. >>> a developing story in a high-profile murder trial. a verdict just handed down in the trial of a reported gang member accused of killing a father and his two sons coming home from a picnic. jodi hernandez was in the courtroom this evening. joins us from san francisco with the story. >> raj, a very emotional courtroom, nearly four years after they were gund down. a jury has found an alleged ms-13 gang member guilty of the crime. after four days of deliberating, the jury fouled edwin ramos guilty of three counts of first-degree murder forever 2008 deaths of 48 anthony bologna, and his sons. ramos and another man opened fire on the family's car after the gunmen confused them for members of a rival gang. the victims' wife and mother sob as each verdict was read. her other son andrew, the sole survivor of the attack hugged his mom and nodded yesterday. the family says the verdicts are just what they had hoped for. >> manny was going to tak

marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> very nice. thank you, marianne. >>> just into our newsroom, five people have been arrested as a result of the sierra lamar investigation. we just got off the phone with the santa clara county sheriff's office. they say the arrests are related to sex offender violations and not to the disappearance of the morgan hill teenager. meanwhile, the search for the 15-year-old missing girl from morgan hill will resume under water this week. the dive team will be doing more high-tech searches of the local waterways. their side sonar scans and they can detect objects below the surface. >>> thousands of nurses in the bay area are set to go on strike tomorrow morning. the demonstrations have happening across the bay area from burkll burkley to antioch. they will hit the picket lines for one day. they say they have been without a contract for last summer, and the hospital is asking for too many concessions and cuts to benefits. >> nurses never want to strike. this is a measure of last resort, and suter health h

nbc bay area's marianne favro has a look. >> many of these amputees loved sports before an accident, an injury or cancer forced them to lose a leg. so they say the fact they can now return to competitive activities is very empowering. carlos gonzalez's sharp one-two punch is delivered on only one leg. in 2005 carlos was shot by gang members in san francisco and had his leg am pew tated above the knee. now he's demonstrating to other amputees what's possible. >> after you go through hard core tragedy of losing a limb, you feel displaced again. you don't feel like you belong and you're different. martial arts got me back into what i love to do. >> reporter: here at the uc san francisco human performance center amputees are testing out the latest prosthetics. alan shankin says this is a big improvement over the wooden leg he received after his leg was am pew tated at age three. now he can log an eight-minute mile and run half marathon. >> the technology has begun to level the playing field where amputees can become really athletic if they want to be. >> reporter: the athletes are reachi

reporting live in san joerse, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> acting on a tip the sheriff's dive team pulled the body of a man out of the waterway near blossom held and sanchez. the santa clara county sheriff's department believes the body had been submerged in water overnight. detectives say they are treating the case as a homicide. an unconfirmed report says the death was the result of a fight between two men in the pond. only one of them making it out alive. >>> it was a first in the start. nearly seven years ago fremont police began refusing to respond to unconfirmed burglary alarms saying it was a waste time and money since most of them are false alarms, but now residents say the real thick is happening and burglaries are on the rise. nbc bay area's stephanie trong is live at police department. >> reporter: the police department is saying burglaries are on their way down in recent years but the neighbors i spoke to say that's not what they have seen. they are ready to fight to change all the rules. she paid for a security alarm system. after her house in the mission san jose

marianne favro in san francisco. >>> a group of men and women as they worked on a difficult math problem higher heart rate, but then men had increased coronary blood flow, while women showed no change. experts say this difference mace predispose women to stress-related heart problems. >>> soldiers are refusing to leave some war victims behind. a charity set up by a former british soldier is taking care of stray animals found in kabul. the organization makes sure they are given full medical checkups before they are then adopted. soldiers from the united kingdom as well as the united states have brought home over 330 pets. >> dogs have been proven to be help with post-traumatic stress, so actually the soldiers who adopted a dog over here are actually addressing those moments. >>> the organization has found new homes for pets lost in the iraq war as well. >>> a real-life team of super heroes are fighting crime in southern california, but not everybody wants their help. the extreme justice league patrols the streets of escondido and san diego. their costumes look wild, but the mission is ser

. >> marianne favro is here to join us and explain why and how and really who is most at risk here, marianne>> reporter: well, people that take a.m.ery medications and wear contact lenses are most at risk, raj. on top trysts are seeing an increase in those who don't wear contacts. >> the treatment has been working well. >> reporter: ian herman is hoping to warp his contacts soon after an eye infection forced him to switch back to glasses. >> the latest infection was pretty bad. i actually woke up and my eye was -- i couldn't even look at the light. it was painful. >> reporter: on top of that, ian has allergies and has been taking antihistamines. gentleman net lee says those medications may have put ian at risk for eye infections. the medications dry out your eyes making contact lens wearers vulnerable. if you take antihistamine, the contact lens then sticks on the eye and that alone can cause a dry patch so that your eye is now primed and ready for an infection. >> reporter: lately she's seen a lot more patients like ian. >> a number of eye infections which came through last weaning, 15% to

marianne favro shows us the first fda-approved personalized therapy that uses your own skin cells to help you look younger tonight after "the voice" finale. >>> and we continue with brent cannon along with google plus hangout. >> that's right. we're getting that fired up. you heard janelle mention the interview. we're going to have a new perspective on that foiled bombing attack. i'm going to talk to them about some of the changes in trying to fight back against terrorism and could syria be heading for civil war? how the violence has escalated there and who is speaking out tonight. same sex marriage and religion, our political analysts talking more about the impact of those issues coming up on comcast 186 in a couple more minutes. >> thank you, brent. have a great evening. we hope to see you back here at 11:00. thank you for joining us. >>> and now another viewpoint, response to an nbc bay area editorial. >>> i'm suzanne shaw. in our latest editorial, we said seniority should not be the only factor in teacher layoffs. we think local school districts should consider other factors as w

marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> well, facebook is now the biggest tech ipo ever. the social offering expected to raise $16 billion. here are the numbers, staggering, even for wall street. the ipo valued at $38 a share. the company now valued at around $100 billion. the stock will be available for everyday investors. that means you can buy it tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. pacific time. that's 11:00 a.m. eastern. so will zuckerberg and his facebook army wait until tomorrow morning to celebrate? not really. the beers and ideas will be flowing tonight, an all-night hack athofnlt hundreds of facebook employees are staying at work tonight for some play. more live now from facebook headquarters on the peninsula. for tech iies, this should be a pretty wild night. >> reporter: a lot of excitement at facebook headquarters and a lot of media interest in covering this i'mio. facebook doesn't usually let tv cruise and tv trucks on campus, but tonight it's providing parking and even providing refreshments. we did take some pictures from our chopper earlier day on the today before faceb

. >>> i'm marianne far favro. >> this wild and erratic and 571,000 with wind at 52 miles per hour.hange this is friday, including sierra snow. >>> a confession in a landmark criminal case a 51-year-old new jersey man has signed a confession in the murder of 6-year-old etan patz back in 1979. since the 33rd anniversary of the boy's disappearance, they fear it's just a false lead. the man who confessed today worked at a convenience store and lured the boy inside with the promise of a soda and strangled him in a basement. he hid the body in a box which later disappeared. >>> there is a hard blow to pakistan. >> raj and jessica, a senate panel voted to cut aid to pakistan by a symbolic $33 million. $1 million for each year of prison time handed to a pakistani doctor. yesterday in a secret trial, the government convicted him of treason and sentenced him to 33 years behind bars. he's actually a hero for helping them find osama bin laden. the pakistani authorities arrested him calling him a traitor. today's decision is not going to help u.s.-pakistani relations. both sides of the conflict