maryann favreau, nbc bay area news. >> no back flips for sure. thank you, maryann. >>> still ahead tonight at 5:00, sometimes the lines and crowds at festivals are enough to make you sick, but this time it actually may have been the food. an investigation over a popular bay area tradition. >>> plus, do you encourage your daughter to play in the dirt? we're going to take a look at why it may be good for more than just her physical health. >>> and the latest on the weiner online affair scandal. some of the women open up about their very private facebook chats. >>> and good afternoon, i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri live in the south bay where one of the world's largest technology companies is putting an extra wow into the education of bay area middle schoolers. details on how you can get involv cupedg upg j t miusw s.fe jtenu te >>> crustacean frustration for many who attended the oyster fest last month. many festive goers say they got sick after attending the event. the department of public health is declaring a bacteria is to blame. when con

reporting live in los gatos, maryann favreau, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, maryann.opping our health watch tonight, keeping kids in clothes that fit or taking advantage of a growing problem? some major retailers are under fire for marketing clothes to obese children and their parents. stores like jc penny have a plus and husky skieize, a whole sect for kids. it's considered one of the most promising markets in the fashion world. according to forbes and market research.com, sales of wells and girls' plus size apparel has become a $47 billion industry. >> you're trying to figure out something to fit this kid, so she can be in style, be and won't be picked on at school. so that's pretty much i think the reason why they're brought in the plus size. >> other retailers offering larger sizes for children include sears, target, nordstrom, and land's end. the centers for disease control and prevention says childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. >>> your salad is coming under scrutiny tonight, contaminated vegetables are being linked to a deadly e. coli

we bring in maryann favreau who joins us with how the neighborhood is responding.oth sides have a legitimate voice here. >> reporter: police don't always go door to door passing out flyers like this when a convicted sex offender moves in. but in this case, they felt wayne pageas likely to commit more crimes and the public was at risk, which is why they targeted a half-mile area surrounding the apartment off san tomas expressway, an area where there are four schools. san jose police hit the streets today going door to door in this neighborhood off san tomas express way. they're warning residents a convicted sex offender is now living nearby and they want people to know what he looks like. >> we're going out and knocking on doors, passing out flyers to let them know this person's here, they've demonstrated a propensity for violence in the past, we feel they'll reoffend, we want you to be aware of this erin p, know what they look like, and be aware this person may be around. >> i was surprised. >> reporter: now she says she will never let her 5-year-old son out of her

nbc bay area's maryann favreau is altogether the hard rock cafe with more details. >> reporter: earlier this afternoon there was a line wrapped around the hard rock cafe here at pier 39. many of the people arrived here early this morning. they told me they considered it the deal of the decade. a pair of shoes for a pair of u2 tickets. melissa ryan wore these shoes as mate tron of honor in a wedding but will gradually trade them for u2 tickets. >> i came here at 7:00 a.m. so i could get a free ticket. >> reporter: more than 100 other people sat for hours in the wind and rain in front of the hard rock cafe at pier 39 in san francisco. stubhub gave two free u2 concert tickets to the first 116 people who donated shoes to the soles for souls charity. >> i guess it's fate, perhaps. i got here at about 1:00 and i stood in line and i was the last person. >> reporter: and what a concert he'll enjoy tomorrow night. we got a behind the scenes tour of the massive setup at the newly renamed stadium in oakland. >> as of 12 shows ago it became the largest tour of all time. >> from the claw that can ho

reporting live from san jose, maryann favreau, nbc bay area news. >> putting a lot of crimps in plans. now, how much rain can we expect and which neighborhoods will be hit the hardest? rob, not often that we see showers like this in june. >> absolutely, we're talking about seeing generally less than a quarter inch of rain for the month of june. we could see that much falling in just a couple hours later on tonight and a very wet weekend ahead. we see 50s outside, clouds spilling into san francisco. a little bit of light rain around the golden gate bridge heading off to the north bay hilltops. right now, not too bad, 62 degrees. should see mainly lighter rain tonight, good news for the sub zero event with the tarps up. i think things will be okay. the heavier rain will come in as you roll into saturday morning. right now on the radar, already filling in the light green across the north bay corresponding to to some lighter periods of rain. not so much around san francisco and oakland, mainly lighter rain crossing over the bay of the south bay and the santa clara valley still dry for the