here in menlo park they use about 7 million a year.ority of them end up in our landfills or on the streets. researchers have constantly pushed plastic bass have a harmful effect on our environment and wildlife so here's how the ban will work. it will include grocery stores, convenience stores, pharmacies and other shops. it doesn't include restaurant food takeouts or bags used for produce, meat, bulk foods and prescription meds. now, if you don't have that le you do your grocery shopping plan to pay about 10 cents per paper bag. the good news is i know the city of menlo park will be offering free reusable bags at places likely bay area's or recreation or senior centers. reporting live in menlo park, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> thank you, cate. by the end of the year 17 cities in san mateo county will have implemented the ban. >>> a new waterfront development dealing in oakland requires a substantial down payment from taxpayers. our own phil matier reports that to help swing the deal with chinese backing, oakland has agreed to spend about

now, we're live in menlo park. it's just one of the 12 cities and incorporated areas in san mateo county where that ban will take effect today. the hope is to encourage the use of reusable bags and to discourage the use of plastic bags. the board of supervisors approved this ban back in october. the bag ban is as a result of the news that californians use 20 billion plastic bags each year. in menlo park they use about 7 billion a year. the majority of these plastic bags end up in our landfills or out on the streets. researchers have constantly pushed plastic bags have a harmful effect on the environment and wildlife. let's look at where the ban applies. these include grocery stores, convenience stores, pharmacies as well as other shops. the ban does not include restaurants food takeouts or bags used for produce, meat, bulk foods d prescription meds. we want to make note, if you don't have that reusable bag handy starting today here in those san mateo county cities, you will have to pay 10 cents for a paper bag and

it's a welcome center that also offers training for service dog in menlo park. as lee ann explains for veteran suffering from ptsd, this is a win-win. >> robert is a veteran would suffers from ptsd. but female named daisy is helping him with his condition. >> sheree lacks me. to the point that i can go backg dog and this is her trainer. both are part of the va canine therapy program. that bond helps draw vets lick lynn out emotionally. >> one of the things that depression and ptsd and things do is you go inside yourself and dog brings you outside yourself to focus on something else. >>reporter: studied the bond as part of the masters thesis in graduate school in 2006th and brought it to the va in menlo park. the va dog assisted training program started here in 2008. the first in the nation. is that right? oh,d8 yes. he embraced the idea and offered his support. >> we don't really have a facility to train dog. lab lock i'll build awe building. >>reporter: so he did. 10,000 square foot welcome sister opened today at the va menlo park campus. he was not there but m

-una mujer esta siendo acusada de robar mas de 200 mil dolares y un automovil a un seminario en menlo park" de 57 aÑos trabajaba como directora de finanzas del seminario "saint patrick" cuando, segun las autoridades, sutrajo miles de dolares de las arcas de la institucion... ---la mujer se habria pagado extrasueldos... cobrado viaticos por viajes y utilizado la tarjeta de credito del seminario para pagar por objetos personales... ---tambien esta siendo acusada de poner a a su nombre un "mercedes benz" donado al seminario y darle mantenimiento mecanico con dinero del seminario... ---morris se declaro no culpable y sera presentada en corte la proxima semana. ===roll ticker=== blanca ---tiempo de la primera pausa, pero mas adelante... take vo blanca ---2 adolescentes de east palo alto son acusados de grabar amenazas contra un nino de 5 aÑos que es hijo de su rival. take vo cesar ---despues de varios meses de reparaciones por un gran incendio, la refineria de chevron en el este de la bahia esta lista para operar... nat sound wait for cue blanca ---enterese porque lupillo rivera tuvo que cancel

menlo park fire chief who's talked about the texas city fertilizer explosion that killed hundreds in the 1940s believes yesterday's disaster will become another one for the textbooks. he has questions about how firefighters responded to the fire. >> did they make it better or worse? >> reporter: that plant reportedly stored tens of thousands of pounds of a type of ammonia, extremely flammable and explosive when exposed to water. >> with that type of ammonia, if you add water, it's going to expand to a large, white vapor cloud. did that create a different problem for them that they weren't aware of? when you have a volunteer fire department, whether they had that level of training, i don't know. >> reporter: the chief doesn't question the bravery of his texas colleagues who probably knew that they were putting their lives on the line. >> when you go to those calls, you think about dying. you could die. it doesn't always happen, but sometimes it goes wrong. but they were doing their job and that's the job of the firefighter. not to necessarily die in the course of their duties, but, ag

. >>> a woman charged with stealing more than $200,000 and a mercedes benz from menlo park seminary. jennifer morris worked as financial director for st. patrick's seminary. she stands accused of dipping into seminary funds to overpay herself, collect airline miles and cover personal credit card purchases. she's also accused of transferring the title of a car donated to the seminary into her own name while the seminary paid maintenance and registration costs. now, the seminary discovered the missing funds after conducting an audit. morris is pleading not guilty to those charges. she's due in court sometime next week. >>> new details now on what may have caused a massive water main break in san francisco that ultimately flooded 23 homes. city officials say work crews dug up a block of 15th avenue several times before the pipe burst on february 27th. investigators now trying to deteñmine whether the pipe was ever damaged during construction. a special office opened yesterday to help those in the neighborhood impacted by the flooding. at least six home owners have filed claims against t

the city of menlo park could use weed wakers to clear out this tall grass. one, that would be noisy and polluting. two, that hot equipment would increase the risk of fire danger. so if you alluded, that's why the city hired a herd of goats to do the the job. they are on the way, should be here in the next 24 hours to chew away the brush and reduce the risk of a wildfire in the county. conditions are so dry here and elsewhere throughout the area that cal fire just instituted a burn ban for nine-county area starting today. that means it is illegal to start an out fire. this is two to three weeks earlier than usual. we normally don't see the burn ban until mid to late may. the conditions are so dry because there's hardly any rain during the late winter and early spring. >> our big concern isn't starting early as much as what we'll see over the next four or five months when we start to get july, august, september. if the fields are dry already we'll start to see an extended window of time where fields will reach critical dryness all across california. >> reporte

menlo park's facebook will be entering the smart phone market. we turn things over to jackie deangeles live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >>> good morning to you. the futures are higher this morning coming off the holiday weekend. kicking off the newmont and the second quarter. there could be light trading bus europe and parts of asia are closed for easter monday. muted react in south korea's market after the latest war threats from the north. >>> data here in the u.s. on manufacturing and construction spending. the dow coming off its best first quarter since 1998. april is historically the dow's best month of the year. on thursday, the dow rose 52 points to 14,578. the nasdaq adding 11 points to 3267. >>> facebook wants a bigger presence on your phone. the social networking site is holding an event to show off what it calls its new home on android. speculation is that the company will unveil a new smart phone that would be made by htc. that would have facebook, its interface built on top of google's droid mobile software. reports say

"today in the bay's" marla tallez live in the facebook campus in menlo park. you already starting to feel the energy and excitement, anything going on? >> no, not a thing, jon. we are the only ones out here. we are ahead of the game as we typically are. there is so much anticipation surrounding this big facebook announce. . scott mccrew was talking about this earlier this week. he expecting facebook is going to announce a whole version of android software for the smart phone. that's what they are going to announce. they won't make this smart phone. experts say that would be left to taiwanese-based htc. they would make the hardware and it would run on google's and android operating system. this photo put out by tech website 9 to 5 google. it shows your photo pick replacing the lock button, a constantly changing news feed. a facebook profile pick would be paired with each of your contacts assuming they have a facebook page. >>> it would be a mid-range smart phone with one gigabyte of ram and five megapixel cameras. this is all speculation. how much is this rumor

off in menlo park, a hundred 10. in west menlo park 1726. >> in richmond 587. >> in vallejo, a hundred 96. >> no word yet on what caused the outage is and no word yet on when power is expected to be restored. >> they are working on those right now. >> in other bay area news to people are wounded by police gunfire in the mission district remain in a hospital this morning, with life-threatening injuries. the shooting happened early yesterday morning outside a bar on 17th and valencia streets. witnesses say two groups of people got into a confrontation outside the bar, when one person pulled out what appeared to be a fire arm. when police arrived, they saw one person and in the fire arm at a group of people. that is when police opened fire wounding the suspect and another person. police are still looking into what type of firearm was being used by the suspect. please keep bread suhr says a community meeting will be held about the shooting later this week. >> power ball lottery goes on sale today in california. >> many b

in redwood city almost 44300 and in menlo park 810.1700 richmond about 600 and vallejo nearly 900. >> we are going back to will tran and to see what they're doing in standards as go to he big tree that came crashing down. >> sorry about the technical the the gold sees but they are making great progress as far as removing this tree. it toppled at around 38 am and crossed several cars. it was leaning across this particular car but fortunately they have got a tree off of it. now you can see it, it doesn't look like it suffered any damage. that looks like it will continue to be shut down for probably the next hour or so. you can see traffic on 24th being diverted. there were people inside sleeping at the time, very gusty. fortunately with a tree toppled it did not injure anyone inside the home. this is just one of many stains all over is francisco. we talk to an officer and he said yes this is the worst of it. he had to respond to at least four other locations. the good news about those locations is there was no injuries there as well. the

>> former 49er and raider harris is accused of assaulting his boyfriend during an argument at a menlo parkant last january. the former defensive tackle said he was gay and kept his sexuality a secret during his career. he played one season with the raiders and the nhl has released the schedule with the san jose sharks and game one is wednesday. the defeated sharks will play vancouver canuks in round one. round 2 is in vancouver friday night and they shift for game three sunday and it stays here for game four next tuesday. the sharks want revenge after losing to the canuks in the western conference finals after losing two years ago. >>> sal, you are checking the toll plaza? >> yes. it is one of the big commutes getting into the city. >>> you can use the toll plaza or 101 getting in and traffic is moving well as you drive through and right now there is a very small delay in some of those cash lanes and traffic does move well into the city. also the morning commute on interstate 880 is wide open and certainly people are out there and nothing major reported here but traffic is moving along wel

we will start at 72 in millbrae and warm to 75 in palo alto and 74 in menlo park today and low-to-mid 60's along the coast and sun will set at 64 so the sunshine is not too breezy, a good day to be at the beach. low-to-mid 70's through the north bay valley and the exception is santa rosa and low do mid-70's along the east bay shore and inland, walnut creek and san ramon and antioch, the warm spot at 78. tonight, a mild night, temperatures in the upper 40's to mid-50's. now, the seven-day outlook shows a weak cold front pushing a few clouds near the coast and a little high clouds for the prosecute of us holding our temperatures the same as today and there you go, by monday, we are nearly 90 inland and mid-80's at the bay and mid-60's at the coast staying close to those temperatures tuesday and wednesday next week. have a great day. leyla gulen? >> we have an update from san francisco, a code four so the suspicious package investigation will wrap up soon but streets south of union square are shut down including market and mission and around 3rd. grant, too. that means bart will be affec

---los sujetos se encontraban en libertad condicional cuando fueron detenidos por la policia de menlo parkn ni al menor de edad ni a su padre. ---los sujetos se declararon no culpables de los cargos. cesar ---la empresa "chevron" informo que falta poco para que la refineria en richmond comience a funcionar, luego de un incendio ocurrido en agosto del aÑo pasado. take vo ---los trabajos de reparacion y de re-construccion en el equipo que sufrio daÑos, ya se han completado dijo un portavoz de "chevron". ---ahora solo estan a la espera de la aprobacion de las autoridades reguladoras del estado para que la unidad comience a procesar el crudo. ---"chevron" considera que para el segundo cuarto de este aÑo, la refineria trabajara al 100 por ciento. take vo - blanca ---los fabricantes coreanos de automviles hyundai y kia estn retirando del mercado casi 1,9 millones de vehculos para corregirles problemas con las bolsas de aire y los interruptores de las luces de freno... take gfx 1 ---el retiro de los modelos con fallas en las luces de freno abarca a los modelos... accent, elantra, genesis coup, sa

system along a creek that frequently spills sending water into palo alto and east palo alto and menlo parkey will install rainfall gauges. authorities use a patchwork of creek gages to try and predict flood. only one measures rainfall. the grant to buy three more rain gauges is funded by proposition 84. >> you say the name that creek so ease-- easily. >> can you say it, mike? >> i need to practice. >> "the arsonist had oddly shaped feet." >> never heard that one before. review your movies. >> a lot of quotes from the movies. but we need to keep it clean this morning. here is a look, everyone, from the tower and you can see how quiet it is in san francisco. just about 30 minutes ago we could barely see because of the fog. it is moving and it does have flow to it so watch out. it could be clear in your neighborhood but fog could move in rather quickly. right now the bulk is in the north bay, petaluma is at 48, we are radio in richmond and san leandro and union city and financial district is at 51, and 48 in belmont, and 47 in walnut creek and pittsburg is 52 and pleasanton is 45. today we st

local and national rescue teams from menlo park and oakland took part in the exercise. teams were judged not only on the quickness of their response but the quality of handling the injured. >> how they treat the victim in terms of not just medically, whenever is medically wrong with them for that simulation, but if they're contaminated, and there will be contaminated victims with biological, radiological, and chemical agents as part of the simulation so they go through a decon process of the victims and the rescuers themselves. >> this is the first time the teams have had a chance to practice the simulated disaster in mere nearly four years. >> still to come, multibillion dollar industry that can't operate like a normal business. why banks don't want this organization's money. >> the food truck guy has a new home but there's one place where they're not allowed now. >> and how much would you pay for a baseball card? it's called the holy >> states with legalized marijuana are running into problems with cash. in the eyes of banks cash from medical marijuana stories is ille

live in menlo park, patti lee, ktvu. >>> do you remember life before cell phones?years ago today the first cell phone call was made. motorola inventer martin keeper in new york city made that call. the first cell phone, remember, that was known as the brick. it weighed two and a half pounds and measured 10 inches long. analysts say smartphone users globally surpassed the 1 billion mark last fall. >>> chevron says the damaged unit in richmond may not reopen now until june. that unit was damaged during a fire last august. as a result, chevron was issued 25 citations by the division of occupational safety and health and fined nearly a million dollars. now the company says the damaged unit has been repaired but regulatory approvals are expected to delay the reopening. >>> san francisco health inspectors gave a thai restaurant the all-clear following an order earlier this week that it shut down immediately. a crowd of people waited in line for dinner at the restaurant on 9th avenue. on monday the inspector noted cockroaches were running across kitchen prep surfaces and

live in menlo park, patti lee, ktvu. >>> do you remember life before cell phones? 40 years ago today the first cell phone call was made. motorola inventer martin keeper in new york city made that call. the first cell phone, remember, that was known as the brick. it weighed two and a half pounds and measured 10 inches long. analysts say smartphone users globally surpassed the 1 billion mark last fall. >>> chevron says the damaged unit in richmond may not reopen now until june. that unit was damaged during a fire last august. as a result, chevron was issued 25 citations by the division of occupational safety and health and fined nearly a million dollars. now the company says the damaged unit has been repaired but regulatory approvals are expected to delay the reopening. >>> san francisco health inspectors gave a thai restaurant the all-clear following an order earlier this week that it shut down immediately. a crowd of people waited in line for dinner at the restaurant on 9th avenue. on monday the inspector noted cockroaches were running across kitchen prep surfaces

menlo park, pal amounts, 66 milbrae. breezy along the coast. in the north bay look for 70s. 72 in petaluma. some 60s to low 70s as well in the east bay. 68 in berkeley. interior areas, that's where we will see the warmest temperatures. upper 70s, antioch 78. and here's your accuweather seven-day forecast. we've got a lot of sunshine pretty much all week. just the windy conditions that we will need to look out for tomorrow. 30 miles an hour winds expected in the afternoon. cooler and windy, as well, on monday. that will be the coolest day of the work week. then we will climb back up again to near 80 degrees on friday. abc7 news has another great weather resource for you. follow live doppler 7hd on twitter for the very latest bay area weather conditions, rain or shown. plus get video forecasts, spare the air alerts, power outage info and weather tweets from your favorite weather team. looking like a gorgeous and dry day today. >> yes, and i feel honored anytime i post a photo on twitter of the beautiful day i'm enjoying the live doppler 7hd tweet

menlo park, 84. san francisco, 75. sunset district, 68. petaluma, 84. 86, novato. castro valley, 84 degrees. close to 90 degrees for brentwood, livermore and even concord. concord will be at 88. seven-day forecast, it will heat up tomorrow. by mid-week sea breeze returns and so does the fog and cooler air. enjoy the next couple of days. >> katie: thank you. turning to mike shumann for sports. >> a little bit of everything. second favorite treatment, columbus blue jackets are fighting for a playoff spot. sharks needed a pointed to clinch a playoff berth. second period, sharks are down 2-1. here a one pass for power goal. 3-1, columbus. sharks respond in the third. andrew cuts back in front and 3-2 game. jorge pasada j pal pal but when he thought he was hero me turns it over to the blue line. and sharks fall 4-3. second regulation loss this season. >> warriors got bad news as the heart and soul of their roster, david lee is out on this season with a torn hip flexor. lee took a nasty collision going to the hoops. there was nothing dirty about the play. he led the lead

half moon bay tomorrow, 80 in menlo park. north bay, 83 santa rosa. oakland, 75. union city, 78 and mid-80s as you head out to brentwood and accu-weather forecast, there is possible record as we head into monday, lingering into tuesday with inland temperatures near 90 coast around 70 and clouds and fog on thursday and friday. >> katie: thank you. mike shumann with a look at sports. >> i know the warriors is your favorite team. haven't been to the playoffs in 2007. this is young team that found out it's lot more physical postseason and may get tougher as david lee was injured and his return is questionable. lee played 3577 games without a playoff appearance. here a double, double, 14 boards home state up by 4. seth curry, missed his first nine shots. wakes up in the second. warriors were up by 5 but nuggets get a run. fourth quarter. bad news for golden state, david lee injuries his right hip flex or. mri on sunday. they battle back. andre miller, huge game off the bench, nuggets up by 5, now they are up by three, curry ties the game. too much time left on the cloc

frank, did you just say something about menlo park? >> i did. isn't that your hometown? say i went to menlo atherton high school, mighty bears, class of 1972. >> bay area girl, as well. >> love the bay area. >> come back. >> reporter: hello, elizabeth. >> hello. >> good to see you guys. >> you, too. >> reporter: ahead former fbi insider john miller with new information about bombs that exploded in boston plus an inside look at how investigators are searching through thousands of photos and videos to find clues. also, former national security advisor condoleezza rice on what it's like inside the white house right now as it deals with this attack. plus, the secrets of super agers. how they keep their memories sharp. and masters champ adam scott in studio 57. those stories and more when we see you at 7:00. and neither of you guys have to rory about super agers yet -- neither of you have to worry about super agers yet 80 years olds with brains like 50 years. >> we are approaching that. >> have a good program. i know charlie is going to enjoy talking to the masters champ. that

tomorrow, warm things up slightly at the coast. 63, half moon bay. 76, menlo park.an francisco, 66. a touch of fog. 61 in the north bay. napa, 82. oakland, 72. union city, 76. 86 for brentwood, 84 for concord. here's the seven-day forecast. slight cooling, possibly monday night and tuesday, in some locations. otherwise get ready for things to heat up wednesday, thursday, friday, inland, mid-90s, mid-80s around the by and some mid-to-upper 60s at the coast. >> thank you, league. >> ama: mike shumann is here with sport and a fun day for a's fans. >> the a's had a dine stays winning world steers tithe for three years. thesome team held a reunion for the team. this team was known for the green and gold union -- uniforms and the arch bash brother, reggie jackson. >> be here, put my a's shirt on and wear my a's hat. i wear my a's hat when i play golf. worked for the yankees and love the yankees and all that stuff, but a's are of m that goes back forever. >> just to be around a team that brought that much happiness and kind of enthusiasm and everything to the bay area. it'

tomorrow, 87, gilroy. 84, menlo park. near 70 at the coast tomorrow. 75, san francisco. bay,86. , 86.oakland, 84, castro valley. east bay, brentwood, livermore, near 90. 88, concord. here's the seven-day forecast. two days of warming. monday the warmest and then shave numbers off on tuesday. thursday, friday, saturday, fog moves back in, temperatures come on down into the 70s. >> still looks pretty beautiful to me. thanks, leigh. >> time now for sports. do you know who he is? >> who is he reese wither spoon? the warriors got bad news. david lee is out for the season with a torn right hip flexor. the injure occurred in the fourth quarter yesterday. lee took a nasty spill going to the hoop. he hit the floor hard. lee says there was nothing dirty about the play. his lost will be tough to replace. he0 points 4 , d yesterday. today he said he knew he was done right away. >> the reason why i new last night it was torn after it happened, it wasn't severe pain like i pulled something. almost like i went to raise my knee and i had no feeling in my whole entire hip area. i was pla

tomorrow, warm things up slightly at the coast. 63, half moon bay. 76, menlo park.ncisco, 66. a touch of fog. 61 in the north bay. napa, 82. oakland, 72. union city, 76. 86 for brentwood, 84 for concord. here's the seven-day forecast. slight cooling, possibly monday night and tuesday, in some locations. otherwise get ready for things to heat up wednesday, thursday, friday, inland, mid-90s, mid-80s around the by and some mid-to-upper 60s at the coast. >> thank you, league. >> ama: mike shumann is here with sport and a fun day for a's fans. >> the a's had a dine stays winning world steers tithe for three years. thesome team held a reunion for the team. this team was known for the green and gold union -- uniforms and the arch bash brother, reggie jackson. >> be here, put my a's shirt on and wear my a's hat. i wear my a's hat when i play golf. worked for the yankees and love the yankees and all that stuff, but the a's are certainly a part of me that goes back forever. >> just to be around a team that brought that much happiness and kind of enthusiasm and everything to t

marla tallez joins us live at facebook headquarters in menlo park. look at how the site is launching into the mobile market. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is actually pretty convenient considering i am going to say right away that google is only about seven miles south of facebook in mountain view, because this new rumor, new facebook smart phone would run on google's android operating system. this is all speculation at this point. our business and tech guru, scott mcgrew, says he expects face boom will announce a new version of software for the phone. that would be manufactured by taiwanese htc. they would build it and facebook would provide the software. it is expected to run on google's o.s. here is a glimpse of what it could look like. you should be seeing a picture provided by tech website, 9:00 to 5:00 google. it shows your facebook pick replacing the lock button, a news feed and a status button on your home feed. also, you get a call. those facebook profile picks of your caller would pop up. these are all the rumors. mark zuckerb

menlo park wants to fix that. major traffic delays expected. the process will be impacting motorcycle and bike routes using this route. the process started after a deadly crash on alpine and interstate 280. >>> 6:09. coming up, new threats from north korea prompt action from the pentagon this morning. >>> plus, the injury that haes everybody talking about this. university of louisville basketball player, kevin ware, shares a picture with the world overnight and has an update on his broken leg. >>> good news coming out of tesla this morning. we'll take a look at the stock market ahead as we get back to work after a three-daybreak coming up. > >>> what google did that has some users threatening to switch to bing. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! ♪ wow. [ buzz ] delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? bee happy. bee healthy. with clusters of flakes and o's. oh, ho ho... it's the honey swee

look at all the 80s in the south bay. 82 s it above your averag peninsula a big warmup for menlo park to redwood city. look at the coast. some of the cooler temperatures still pleasant from pacifica to the sunset district. low 60s south city. still airport delays but it's not due to the weather. in the north bay numbers ranging from the mid-70s sausalito. so right by the water it will be mild. take a look at stinson, bodega bay. not often in the upper 60s. and mid-80s calistoga. east bay, pleasant in berkeley to oakland. but here low 80s. over the else we could see 90s here. 84 pleasanton, 88 antioch f you are headed to oakland, a very nice afternoon with a pretty nice breeze out there. we will turn around today. mid-70s by 4:00. the look ahead showing today one of the cooler days. look at the beaches. 80s and 90s elsewhere. no change tomorrow but then we get warmer. then if you want it cooler, you will have to wait until next weekend, ms. tyler. >> okay. >> oh, one more thing. abc news has another great weather resource for you to follow on twitter. that will give you the latest weat

low 70s in menlo park. sunshine in daily city. low 60s there. communities blue skies going to be a beautiful day. head out towards east bay, hayward, 68. inland communities into low 70s. warmer weather throughout the weekend. low 80s inland. abc 7 news has another great weather resource for to you follow for latest bay area weather conditions get weather tweets from your favorite weather team. >> looks like it's going to be shining for the entire seven day period. >> the reason behind the irs zeroing in on the bay area for tax cheats. >> we're one of the top five zones where rurnz are getting a bit closer >>> proposal to remain name san francisco international airport after harvey milk may get competition. nine members to the naming committee this group includes united airlines representative, fire chief and a city council woman. committee will establish guidelines for renaming airport and may recommend someone other than milk to honor. >> he has come up, certainly someone worthy of consideration but there are other names as well. and this commi

a better morning for palo alto heading up toward menlo park. a live camera shows traffic is mong.ever was helping the dog has moved over to the shoulder. i will try to check on the update. we are looking toward the south bay. we are looking at 101, which is also recovering through area, slow from just off monterrey highway up toward the airport recovering from an earlier crash that finally cleared. there is the bill for south 280. an earlier crash finally cleared from the roadway. slow off the castro valley "y." we are back to a typical monday. down the eastshore freeway, still slow. things are held up after an earlier sig alert down through san pablo. all crash in the lane has cleared. still, slow from the carquinez bridge to the toll plaza. >>> one final check. syria's prime minister has escaped an assassination attempted to. a bomb went off near his convoy in damascus as his car drove by. he was not hurt. >> at least 40 people were hurt after an explosion tore through a building in the czech republic. the cause still under investigation. police say initial evidence suggesting i

this is the menlo park fire chief on the phone with us. he has enormous experience traveling around the country and the world involved in search and rescue operations. thanks so much. >>> the force of the blast was felt for at least a 50-mile radius. one police officer in a town about 40 miles away responded to the disaster after he felt the explosion. >> when he arrived in the town of west he was stunned by just the widespread nature of the devastation. >> what did it look like? >> destroyed. the farming complex devoid. the nursing home, the school, a lot of homes. >> when you say destroyed, what does that mean? leveled? >> yes. a lot of damage. >> herald was mentioning firefighters in texas are concerned tonight about a pungent gas used as fertilizer and the west fertilizer company reported to have 54,000 pounds on hand. this can cause serious health problems. hydrous means without water. >> the hydrous i'm mown yaw can cause dehydration and severe burns if it combines with water in the body. exposure to high concentrations can be fatal.

larry iselsteen head quartered in menlo park says sometimes there can be too much trust of suppliers. >> many cases manufacturers will do their own tests and sometimes the end user will do validation testing as well. on the other hand, there are quality topnotch manufacturers in which you maybe wouldn't scrutinize their products as much. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00, will a work around fix be sufficient and who's going to pay that estimated $1 million to fix it? we'll have that at 6:00. >>> an el cerrito man wanted on a million dollars gold heist has turned himself in. david johnson seen here on the left surrendered yesterday. he's in jail now on $1 million bail. his accomplice is still at large. officers say the two are the prime suspects in the theft of $1.4 million in gold nuggets. >>> the 33-year-old man accused of deliberately crashing his car into a wal-mart store and then attacking customers appeared in court today. we have video from you tube taken by customers who witnessed the incident. four people were injured. today he appeared in court to face charges unrelated to sunda

harris is accused of assaulting his boyfriend at a menlo park restaurant last january. the defensive tackle admitted he was gay shortly after the incident and said he kept his sexuality a secret during his entire career. he played one season with the raiders. >>> coming up next, new information on the investigation of the boston bombings. the fbi is working around the clock to answer one critical question. >>> plus early education funding, why the numbers are not adding up for children right here in the bay area. >>> golden gate bridge traffic looks good, we will tell you more about the bay area commute and the bay area weather. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kid

condoleeza rice" y el ex- secretario de vivienda henry cisneros y varios gobernadores, debatieron hoy en menlo park la asignacion de visas para trabajadores calificados en el sector de la tecnologia que se destinarian bajo el plan de reforma migratoria que se discute en el senado. ---varias compaÑias del valle del silicio han estado cabildeando a los legisladores para que aumenten las visas tipo "h-1 b". stop open cesar ---surge nueva informacion sobre el sospechoso de los bombazos de boston que murio el jueves pasado... take vo ---de acuerdo a agentes federales, "tamerlan sarnaev", visitaba con frecuencua paginas de internet que promueven el extremismo musulman, lo cual, segun las autoridades apoya la teoria de que los ataques estuvieron motivados por sentimiento anti- estadounidense... ---entre los sitios de internet que supuestament e el hermano mayor visitaba, esta uno en ingles y que es producido por una celula filial a al- qaeda en yemen... stop open blanca ---los 3 adolescentes acusados de violar a la adolescente audrie pott... take vo ...ya han sido liberados del centro de detencion juvenil

take vo --segun el jefe de bomberos de menlo park, una de las sustancias mas inflamables es un tipo deniaco que se procesa en la planta de texas, el cual, al mezclarse con el agua, tiene una reaccion explosiva... blanca ---momentos de tension vivieron varios residentes de un complejo de apartamentos en gilroy, luego que la policia los evacuara por una amenaza de bomba. take map ---ocurrio ayer en un complejo de apartamentos en la avenida "kern" ... take vo ....cuando uno de los residentes se encerro en uno de los cuartos de su apartamento y amenazo con hacer explotar una bomba. ---el equipo "swat" de la policia se hizo presente y comenzo a negociar la rendicion del sujeto quien habia sido desalojado del apartamento. blanca ---en san francisco hoy tambien se vivio una falsa alarma por un paquete sospechoso... pitch - cesar ---y como nos dice angel ayllon, la ciudad tambien se mantiene en alerta ante cualquier eventualidad... take pkg 0:01 0:19 0:59 1:11 1:30 pkg tremendo susto se llevaron esta madrugada residentes de san francisco cuando vieron el equipo antibombas revisando minuciosame

menlo park. coastal area half moon bay 61 degrees. daly city 59. downtown san francisco up to 67 degrees in bump up the temperature in the north basement upper 70's for calistoga. kauai -- ukiah santa rosa, 68 in sausalito. east bay oakland newark low 70's inland, 80 in antioch and 77 in livermore and going to the game tomorrow night at the coliseum a's take on the tigers sunset at 7:42. 65 degrees at 10:00 p.m. dropping down to the mid 50's. that would take sweatshirt or jacket with you. here's the 7 day forecast. it will feature slight drop in the numbers saturday but by sunday it's windy and cooler. wind continue to monday. tips will foul some more warming up tuesday through sunday with a lot of fun. twitter bay area weather conditions rain or shine and video forecast spare the air alert power outage info and weather tweets from us all here. >> thanks very much. >> all right. a's in action. >> yes. larry is here with all the sports tonight. >> yes. fantastic series in anaheim. just in case anybody thought last year was a fluke, a's have a messag

menlo park's facebook expected to announce it is working on its very own smart phone.mazon could be following suit. for the details on that and a list of other interesting nuggets, we turn things over to bertha coombs. bertha, good morning. >> good morning, jon. >>> futures are higher. the stock posted small losses on monday, pretty low volume. the number of european markets and asian markets were closed for the monday after easter. the s&p 500 index sow its first loss on the first day of a new quarter in more than a year. we are going to get data on factory orders, the dow ended the day down five points to 14572 while the nasdaq lost 28 to 3239. mr. kindle is meeting kindle. amazon has hired charlie kindl who spells his name differently than the popular software device. he left in 2011. he isn't saying what his new role will but he says he is the director of something secret on his linked in page. the rumor may start to spin on whether amazon is thinking about its own phone. i am director of something secret here at cnbc, so secret i don't know what it is. >> you have

details will be released at an event at the menlo park headquarters. >>> we'll tell you why another big area benefit could benefit from face time's big reveal. >> the new moves governor brown is making to try to bring more jobs and money into california. >>> a not so triumphant return for "triumph." we'll tell you about the trouble for the cursed cruise ship. >> after hours of debate, new details for connecticut's plans for some of the strictest gun laws in the country. >>> welcome back. home to the san jose sharks. they beat the wild, 4-2. they have the longest active winning streak in the nhl. >>> the governor will soon be headed to china to attract investments from china. he will be joined by leaders that will help him open the first of two state trade offices in china. he will promote tourism and clean energy technology and sign a series of environment tall agreements with chinese officials. china is california's number three trading partner, importing $14 billion from the state last year. >>> new this morning, nba commissioner, david stearns, says it is going to be a little bit of

menlo park is hiring nature's hungriest eaters to help.herd of goats will start chewing away at the large, tall brush. the conditions are so dry that cal fire has instituted a burn ban for all nine bay area counties beginning today. that means it is illegal to start any outside fire, including camp fires. this one comes three weeks earlier than usual. >> our concern is not starting earlier but what we'll see over the next four, five months when we start to get july, august, september. if the fields are dry already, we'll see a very extended window of time that the fields will reach critical dryness all across california. >> unfortunately, this could be a very active fire season. the burn ban runs about five months. >> and the hot weather over the last few days is not helping to ease the fire danger. temperatures pushed up towards 90 degrees. chiefç meteorologist jeff ranii has more on that. jeff? >> that's right, janelle. we're in one of the driest years on record. as we heard from that firefighter, it's going to get worse as we head thro

the buyer is a ceo of the menlo park regenerative company. he says he'll display it to inspire employees. a letter crick wrote to his son about the dna discovery was also auctioned off. that sold for $6 million. >>> now trending, a fisherman got quite a scare when he came face to face with a shark. >> whoa. >> who he is right. the encounter happened sunday as isaac was reeling in a tuna. we've slowed it down for you. that's a roughly 500-pound, 10- foot tiger shark. it nearly jumped into his kayak and tries to grab the fish. the footage was captured on a camera mounted to the kayak. to learn more about that boater or see this video again, go to ktvu.com and look under today's hot topics. >>> an 8-year-old girl is being called a hero for a 911 call she made that saved her mother's life. ken pritchett spoke with that girl and the dispatcher, both who were honored today. >> reporter: 8-year-old alexa had a remarkable day. she did what tourists do, such as taking a photo of her petting the bear at the governor's door. she posed with lawmakers and

this is the menlo park fire chief on the phone with us. he has enormous experience traveling around the country and the world involved in search and rescue operations. thanks so much. >>> the force of the blast was felt for at least a 50-mile radius. one police officer in a town about 40 miles away responded to the disaster after he felt the explosion. >> when he arrived in the town of west he was stunned by just the widespread nature of the devastation. >> what did it look like? >> destroyed. the farming complex devoid. the nursing home, the school, a lot of homes. >> when you say destroyed, what does that mean? leveled? >> yes. a lot of damage. >> herald was mentioning firefighters in texas are concerned tonight about a pungent gas used as fertilizer and the west fertilizer company reported to have 54,000 pounds on hand. this can cause serious health problems. hydrous means without water. >> the hydrous i'm mown yaw can cause dehydration and severe burns if it combines with water in the body. exposure to high concentrations can be fatal.

warning system along a creek that frequently spills the banks sending water into palo alto and menlo park and calls for installing rainfall gages along the creek. now they use a patchwork of gauges to predict flooding. only one measures rainfall. the grant will buy three more rain gauges as funded by proposition 84. >> we have seen some rain recently. >> and fog. >> yes. >> what will we see today? >> what is next? >> we will check with mike. >> great question. i am here to answer it. from the east bay hills looking back toward the west, you can see some of the fog that is developing along the east bay shoreline and, also, into the north bay. novato is reporting .16 mile visibility and half mile in santa rosa. right now the thickest fog is along the east bay shore is not hitting the reporting stations with those along the bay shore but it will filter down to those areas. watch out for fog through 7:00. temperatures in the mid-40's to around 50. we will see increasing sunshine by noon. we will have high clouds and sunshine this afternoon. we will be brighter and remain warmer than yesterday

this is the menlo park fire chief on the phone with us. he has enormous experience traveling around the country and the world involved in search and rescue operations. thanks so much. >>> the force of the blast was felt for at least a 50-mile radius. one police officer in a town about 40 miles away responded to the disaster after he felt the explosion. >> when he arrived in the town of west he was stunned by just the widespread nature of the devastation. >> what did it look like? >> destroyed. the farming complex devoid. the nursing home, the school, a lot of homes. >> when you say destroyed, what does that mean? leveled? >> yes. a lot of damage. >> herald was mentioning firefighters in texas are concerned tonight about a pungent gas used as fertilizer and theertilizer west fertilizer company reported to have 54,000 pounds on hand. this can cause serious health problems. hydrous means without water. >> the hydrous i'm mown yaw can cause dehydration and severe burns if it combines with water in the body. exposure to high concentrations can

among those who crossed the finish line just before the first explosion tracy christianson of menlo park who ran the race with her husband. >> people running down the street hift aircrafticalysteric people to move out of there. and then just the sirens. lots of sirens. >> in the confusion that followed among all those sirens, tracy and her husband ended up walking several more miles to get back to their hotel. they say they're fine tonight and plan to come back home to the bay area tomorrow early evening. another bay area runner we spoke to calls the finish line "a scene of horror." if you are trying to find someone in boston tonight, google launched a tool to help find people and enter a name if you know where someone is. raj, back to you. >> thank you, scott. if you are a runner, the boston marathon is a dream come true to be able to compete in it but today it was tragic. to get more from our coverage, visit our website, nbcbayarea.com. click on the red breaking news banner at the top of our website. there we have photos and video from the people on the ground and we've edited the vide

menlo park. coastal area half moon bay 61 degrees. daly city 59. downtown san francisco up to 67 degrees in bump up the temperature in the north basement upper 70's for calistoga. kauai -- ukiah santa rosa, 68 in sausalito. east bay oakland newark low 70's inland, 80 in antioch and 77 in livermore and going to the game tomorrow night at the coliseum a's take on the tigers sunset at 7:42. 65 degrees at 10:00 p.m. dropping down to the mid 50's. that would take sweatshirt or jacket with you. here's the 7 day forecast. it will feature slight drop in the numbers saturday but by sunday it's windy and cooler. wind continue to monday. tips will foul some more warming up tuesday through sunday with a lot of fun. twitter bay area weather conditions rain or shine and video forecast spare the air alert power outage info and weather tweets from us all here. >> thanks very much. >> all right. a's in action. >> yes. larry is here with all the sports tonight. >> yes. fantastic series in anaheim. just in case anybody thought last year was a fluke, a's have a messag

. >>> state senator leland yee will be at the tesla headquarters in menlo park announcing some good news for green drivers. his sb-286 passed on the senate floor. it would extend the state's green and white sticker program until 2018. the stickers emission cars to drive in hov lanes even if there is only one person in the car. >>> the golden state warriors bringing playoff fever back to oracle arena. with the series tied at one a piece, will steph curry wb healthy enough to play. he had to sit out of practice, nursing a sore angle he tweaked in game two. he is telling comcast sports bay area if the game would have been yesterday, he would not have been good enough to play. he is hoping the ankle will be better tonight. coming up at 5:00, we will take you live inside oracle arena where the stands are set and waiting for the ravid warrior fans to blow the roof off the joint. >>> the sharks playoff tickets go on sale at 10:00 a.m. you can get them on the line or on the phone. you want to get into the action live in living color, stand outside of hp pavilion. the ticket office handing out wr

no more plastic in belmont, brisbane, daly city, half moon bay, menlo park, pacifica, san bruno and south san francisco. county officials say the reusable bags are just much better for the environment. one shopper she had she agreed after seeing them floating around in the breeze in her neighborhood. >> i saw a bag fly away. i like this idea. >> but you have to remember to bring all your bags when you shop. >> i put in the car. >> i think it's smart. i just think it's one more thing for us parents to remember but i think it's a good idea. i have no problems with it whatsoever. we're very well prepared. we've been worrying about this for months so it's not a surprise. >> signs are up near the doors letting people know what's going on. san mateo, carlos, redwood city and east palo alto will follow soon with this same rule. the law basically applies to grocery stores, convenience stores, but not to restaurants. plastic bags can be used for produce, meat and prescriptions if needed. today shoppers telling us if they bought a little extra, paid a little more than they intended to, they were ac

expressed interest in relocating its electronic -- electric car sales and services who is from menlo parko birmingham. on monday the city's planning is set to vote on a permit for the company their rival says i'd have fired about wondered 60 employees that equals about 75% of its workforce. the move is being described as a last-ditch effort to conserve cash and put off a potential bankruptcy filing. the company's flagship vehicle is the 100,000-dollar karma plug-in hybrid. >> target customers in new york were offended by the color description on a plus sized address. the tag on the dress show the color as manatee gray apparently referring to the huge marine animals. smaller sizes of the address listed the same color as dark heather gray. targa called the labeling an unintentional oversight and has pulled the dress. santa rosa police are looking for a man who robbed a bank this morning police said the man of the surveillance video robbed a chase bank on ord street around 11:20. investigators say he handed the teller a note when ran off with an undisclosed amount of cash. is described as a