i'm marianne favro. coming up, i'll take a look at how it may impact your own battle to lose weight. >>> and colin kaepernick brought the heat to at&t park last night. >>> in just a matter of days we will know the u.s. supreme court's decision on prop 8, california's ban on same-sex marriage. the high court has at least two more decision days, monday and thursday. nbc bay area's cheryl hurd finds the public debate and the emotions continue. >> for us in california, couples will be marrying again. >> reporter: kate kendall is a lesbian, married and a mother of two children. she says waiting for the supreme court decision on prop 8 and the federal defense of marriage act has been grueling. >> this whole thing started in 2004, which is nine years ago. a lot happens in someone's life in nine years. >> reporter: for one, kendall's daughter grew up. she was 2 when then mayor gavin newsom allowed couples to marry. in 2008, same-sex couples were allowed to marry for a short time. now gay marriage is in the hands

i'm marianne favro. coming up, i'll look at how it may impact your own battle to lose weight. >>> some local teenagers learning how to become journalists. a new change at the capitol could mean a big loss for the public. >>> one of the most powerful animals journalism might be eliminated. as part of the new budget, governor brown appears ready to sign a bill that would effectively eliminate the state's public records act. the bill would make it nearly impossible for news organizations like nbc bay area to uncover corruption and other crimes by public agencies. nbc's dayan trujillo joins us from the public library where a national group is getting involved. >> reporter: we spoke to two groups today. a group of teenagers who want to be journalists, and a group of teenagers who want to tell a difference between good journalism and bad journalism. today critics say both of those groups would be hurt if this bill is signed by the governor. >> our first couple are going to be on the first amendment. >> reporte

"today in the bay's" marianne favro is live in the bay. >> good morning, marianne. >> i can tell you security is extremely tight in downtown san jose. many road closure surrounding the fairmont hotel where the president will be talking about what the affordable care act will mean to all americans. california is already doing to implement the law. the plan takes effect january 1st. under it, you can't be denied coverage based on pre-existing conditions. you are mandated to buy insurance even if you are currently healthy and subsidies will be offered to low income clients. this rng month, president obama is expected to highlight efforts to make sure latinos are enrolled in the plan in california and encourage them to sign up for a plan that best meets their needs. overall, the affordable care act is going to provide 10.2 million uninsured latino americans across the country an opportunity to get affordable health insurance coverage. the president is also going to talk about new evidence that when insurers and providers compete for business insurers win. more insurance providers are off

marianne favro is live to explain why and when we could see'5; the problem go from bad dire. >> reporterdespite efforts to encourage medical students to ensue primary care career, it's not working. and experts say it's only going to get worse. finding a primary care doctor may get tougher. fewer med students want to pursue that path. the association of american medical colleges projects in 2015 we'll have a shortage of nearly 30,000 primary care no> with the pace of seeing a patient every 8.5 minutes, it becomes a gruelling pace at the end of the day. some 30 to 40 patients per doctor are seen, and it's quite difficult for them. and the reimbursement is probably one of the lowest in medicine. >> at ucsf school of medicine, of the 164 med students, only 12 said they plan to pursue family medicine. and with mor

marianne favro joins us with the latest on this investigation. >> reporter: investigators say they haveno motive, and no suspects tonight. neighbors have been dropping off flowers on the doorstep of 61-year-old elizabeth block. they say she was one of the friendliest people in the neighborhood. neighbors were stunned when they saw the flames rip through this home june 18. but they assume the woman who lived here was traveling and not home. they were saddened to later learn elizabeth block was found dead in her kitchen. today, investigators said the early morning fire was no accident. >> based on our investigation, the evidence we located at the scene, the fire was intentionally set. so we're investigating the case as an arson and homicide. >> reporter: susan bell is stunned. >> this neighborhood we feel very comfortable in, we've had no problems. >> reporter: she says 61-year-old block was a good friend with no enemies. >> she was the dearest person. people just loved her. she just had a beautiful energy about her. people would walk by her home and stop and comment on how beautiful it w

reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> our flash survey tonight. is this the end of the same-sex marriage fight here in california? you can vote by texting or calling us at 408-300-9222. you can text 1 for yes or text 2 for no. you can tweet us @nbcbayarea. >>> i'm stan brock. the supreme court found that same-sex couples should receive federal benefits. >>> also coming up we'll take you live out to the castro where a rally in support of today's same-sex marriage rulings is about to get underway. >> in the emergency room after a suicide attempt. that can't be the right decision. >> a member of california's air national guard was served termination papers hours after an attempted suicide. we investigate how and why it happened. >>> and clearing skies around the bay area and rising temperatures outside right now. we see numbers in the mid-80s. this time tomorrow we could see mid-90s as temperatures climb closer to 100 degrees. your full forecast is straight ahead when we come back. >>> it feels good to have love triumph over ignorance. >> continuing

"today in the bay's" marianne favro joining us.ent is likely going to highlight california as proof obama care can work. >> reporter: he certainly is. he is also going to talk about the importance that latinos sign up for this plan. there will be 13 different plans available to them. here in downtown san jose, security is very tight. we had security detail sweep our media vehicles and use bomb-sniffing dogs in several streets surrounding the fairmont hotel are also closed right now. president obama is expected to speak at 8:50 this morning at the fairmont hotel. he is also going to talk about how california has been early in implementing the new law. now, the plan takes effect january 1st. under it, you can't be denied coverage based on pre-existing conditions. subsidies will be offered to low income clients. you also are mandated to buy insurance even if you are currently healthy. this morning, president obama is expected to highlight efforts to make sure latinos are enrolledz in the plan. san francisco psychiatrist, dr. laura dav

marianne favro was at his press conference at the fairmont hotel with more on what the president had to say and reaction from local health care providers. >> this is working the way it's supposed to. >> reporter: president obama says california is doing it right when it comes to implementing his affordable health care act. at a press conference at the fairmont hotel in san jose, he said millions of californians will benefit from the new plan which goes into effect january 1st. >> if you're one of nearly 6 million californians or tens of millions of americans who don't currently have health insurance, you'll soon be able to buy quality affordable care just like everybody else. >> reporter: he strongly encouraged latino americans to take advantage of the new program. he also says the affordable care act will offer benefits to people who do have insurance through their employers. >> you just got a wide array of new benefits, better protection, ang stronger cost controls that you didn't have before. and that will over time improve the quality of the insurance that you've got. benefits li

in tonight's health matters, marianne favro talks with doctors and patients about the ground breaking research. >> tom anderson didn't expect to be moving his arms like this after he broke his neck and pinched his spinal cord in a forklift accident last month. >> i hit my ahead on the forklift rail and before i knew it, i was paralyzed. a c-3 injury of my state shouldn't be doing this. >> but the 41-year-old can move his arms and he thinks the drug he received within 12 hours after his initial injury may have played a major role. after his accident, he was taken to santa claire rare valley medical center and as part of a clinical trial received a shot of a synthetic molecule just hours later. >> the molecule acts to prevent some of the cell death that happens after a spinal cord injury. and it also acts to increase the ability of hopefully the nervous system to regenerate. >> he received three doses of the medication for 28 days. doctors say the goal is so minimize the impact of secondary injuries after the initial spinal cord trauma. >> the best case scenario is for patient who have

marianne favro joins us. why not san jose?rter: i can tell you that the acting police chief says he is already deploying officers, more of them out on to the streets to combat the recent spike in violence and he says because of that he has no intention of calling in the chp. 21 people dead, killed in san g five were killed just last week which is why state assembly speaker protempwants to call in chp officers for help. she sent this letter to the acting police chief asking him to rely on chp officers. >> my thing of concern for me is that we know that some of these violent crimes are happening near schools. and that's a huge concern. >> reporter: campo says she made the same request to the department last year but city leaders said no to chp help. today acting chief had the same response. he said while the san jose police department is always balancing staffing levels wit

reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> marianne, thank you very much. >>> this just into our newsroom, a federal grand jury returning a 30-count indictment against the surviving suspect in that boston marathon bombing. dzhokhar tsarnaev was indicted for using a weapon of mass destruction and bombing a place of public use resulting in death. a total of three people were killed, more than 260 injured in twin explosions near that finish line of the marathon >> dzhokhar's old brother, tamerlan, was killed following a shootout a few days after the bombing. >>> a follow-up now in a high-profile murder case in the south bay. santa clara prosecutors dropped charges against a prostitute linked to multimillionaire, robbery kumra. ravi dixon, seen here, was charged in connection with the murder but last night, dixon's attorneys says his client had ÷ do with hd hadn't seen him in months. dixon already pleaded guilty to unrelated charges of prostitution and drug possession. earning how another person once charged in that case was able to go free. lucas anderson's dna wa

in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> developing news now, security or an invasion of yourprivacy. a report just released claims the government with help from a phone company has been tracking your phone calls and your social networks. and putting them into a database. scott budman is here with the details. >> this seems to be getting worse for the obama administration. first, the government tracking our phone calls with the help of verizon. then a report released this evening from "the washington post" about a program called "prizm" that has bay area technology companies like facebook, google and apple also giving your data to the government. this is not what we signed up for. it's the latest bombshell out of washington. the government can track and keep records of every phone call you make. and phone companies, like verizon, turn their records over daily to the national security agency. the location of every caller. the location of every recipient. and the time and duration of the calls. reaction from republicans was quick. >> between the total failure of attorney general

marianne favro talked with him. >> reporter: he has been with the men lo fire protection district moren 30 years, now he's hospitalized and in a wheelchair with limited ability to move his hands and legs. physical challenges that have not deterred his fighting spirit. when most run away from disasters, howard runs toward them to help. after 9/11 he led a bay area search and rescue team to the world trade center to look for victims. he brought with him plenty of experience. from the oklahoma city bombing in 1995, or responding to hurricane katrina in 2005. now his latest challenge, hits closer to home. last month while trimming bushes at the san jose home, he fell off a ladder and broke his neck. >> kind of an irony, i was in a high risk low frequency operations and you know, a ladder did me in. it's an adjustment. >> he has regained some feeling in his legs and can use his right hand, promising signs. the menlo park fire chief is hopeful rehab will enable him to eventually return to the district. tim campbell, his friend and fellow firefighterer of 32 years is not surprised by that. >>

. >> nbc bei bei area's marianne favro is looking at the groundbreaking research going on at santa clara medical center. >> reporter: patients enrolled in the study receive special shots about a month. skeet they must start within 12 hours after theinitial spinal c injury. tom anderson is a determined man. he is working hard to increase his mobility after the he broke his neck and pinched his spinal cord last month in a forklift accident. >> i hit my head and before i knew it i was paralyzed. >> reporter: the 41-year-old has more than physical therapy on his side after the accident, he was brought here to santa clara valley medicaler and within 12 hours after his injury, he received a special shot as part of a new clinical trial. for 28 days, he received three doses a day of a sin threatic molecule. >> the hope is using the molecules after injury we might be able to decrease the amount of what we call secondary injury and maten able to promote some degree of recovery u. >> the molecule acts to prevent cell death that happens after the initial injury. tom is already able to move his arms,

reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> too fast, too furious.a 25-year-old woman remains in critical condition tonight after being shot during an oakland side show. the illegal show was reckless driving and spinning cars. within the last two hours oakland pd announced it is stepping up pressure to end those shows. cheryl hurd was in the room as the oakland chief outlined the plan. >> reporter: it is a plan that seems to be still in the works. quite frankly, it is an old plan that was used in 2009 and 2010 when side shows were deadly and out of control. it looks like they are dusting it off and using it again. the big question is, will it work. the cars that were spinning out of control at 106th avenue and foothill quickly made it to youtube. at about 2:30 shots rang out wounding three people. a woman in her 20s was hit and is in critical condition. late this afternoon acting police chief says he has a plan to try and stop an old problem from catching hold and spinning out of control. >> i'm enacting the plan of enforcement, collaboration and com

marianne favro joins us live outside city hall to explain. >> reporter: just a few minutes ago the city council approved going forward with a study to look at whether or not a new builders fee is warranted and money for that fee will go to building more affordable housing in san jose. finding affordable housing in san jose is almost like trying to win the lotto. the odds are slim. here at eden palms there are 435 people on the waiting list for an affordable unit. right now they are all living in her mom's living room. >> it is tough because we stay with my mom. they don't have their own place, their own rooms. so it's just really, really hard. me working two jobs trying to make ends meet, not spending the time with them makes it harder cht. >> reporter: which is why several organizations came together today to support a plan to charge developers a fee for every new square foot they build. the goal is to raise money to spend on creation of more affordable housing in san jose. >> we have an imbalance between supply and demand and the market doesn't provide for the lower income families an

in san mateo, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> trying to identify a woman who died in an early morning fire in sunnyvale. the woman was found in the kitchen on the 200 block of central avenue after 6:00 a.m. fire was coming out of the front door and the side doors and windows. neighbors were evacuated as a precaution. the home is a complete loss and the fire is not considered to be suspicious. but investigators are still trying to figure out how it started. >> the bay area's biggest city is about to get a new fire chief. rueben torres will become acting fire chief when current chief willie mcdonald leaves this summer to take over the las vegas fire department. torres has been with the department 27 yers and 8 years of senior commander experience. the city will conduct a national search to find the next permanent chief. >>> so who exactly is in charge of san jose? let's bring in larry gerson. it was a destination job but it's almost like a steppingstone. >> it's no secret that high ranking leaders, civil servants move jobs from time to time. often it's like anything else. they g

reporting live in los gatos, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thanks. >>> overseas, president obamassian president vladimir putin are at odds over syria. specifically how to end the violence that's left tens of twg the g-8 summit in northern ireland. putin has harshly criticized western nations for agreeing to arm syrian rebels. russia support the syrian government. >> do have differing perspectives on the problem. but we share a goal in reducing the violence, securing chemical weapons -- >> while putin has called for negotiated peace talks, he's not called for syrian president bashar al assad to step down, and he remains one of assad's strongest political and military allies. >>> he's defending his actions edward snowden says being labeled a traitor is the highest honor you can give an american. snowden is the man who leaked details about top-secret government surveillance programs. in an online chat with "the government has destroyed any possibility of a fair trial for him and indicated he does not plan to return to the u.s. voluntarily. snowden was asked if he had fled to hong ko