we do know mountainview took in nearly $86,000 in tow fees last year. that's up from $72,000 in 2009 and nearly double what it was the year before. >> unless your car's disabled completely, they don't seem to be towing any cars. >> reporter: baskin says towing calls from officers in nearby cities have also gone down drastically, beyond the effect on his bottom line. he worries it's creating a public safety risk. >> i think any of the officers i've talked that to see are frustrated. i think is the best term. in that they know that the same car is back on the road hours later. >> reporter: lupe stands by her challenge saying people should know their rights and speak up when they've been wronged. >> i don't care about the money. i just wanted to -- don't treat people like that. >> reporter: the city of mountainview told us today that in the first four months this year there have been 82% fewery tos compared to the same -- fewer tows compared to the same time last year. it is clear the new policy is making a big dent in the number of tow calls, and not just

we do know mountainview took in nearly $86,000 in tow fees last year. from $72,000 in 2009 and nearly double what it was the year before. >> unless your car is disabled completely, they don't seem to be towing any cars. >> reporter: baskins says towing calls from officers in other nearby cities have also gone down drastically. beyond the effect on its bottom line he worries it's creating a public safety risk. >> i think many of the officers i've talked to are frustrated i think is the best term. and they know that the same car is back on the road hours later. >> reporter: but lupe stands by her challenge, saying people should know their rights and speak up when they've been wronged. >> i don't care about the money. i just want them to don't treat the people like that. >> reporter: the city of mountainview told us today that in the first four months of this year there have been 82% fewer tows compared to this same period last year. but the city insists officers were acting in accordance with previous policies when the tow rate was higher. it is clear thi

mountainview and san jose. 48 in napa and 47 in santa rosa.hlights, chance of showers this afternoon and then becoming sunny tomorrow though temperatures are going to stay below normal today, tomorrow and then clouds return for the holiday on monday. live doppler 7 h.d., we had some strong thunderstorms off the coast so they're quite far away but a few returns being picked up here off shore and by about 1:00, we're going to see some showers paralleling the coast and whether or not they make it into the bay area, well, we've got the chance in there for the afternoon. so you can sort of tell with the nature of the cloud structure here that it looks more like a spring and early spring system and then late spring with a cool trough poised to the north. and the west of us and so as that pushes on through later on today, not only increasing the clouds, the southwesterly winds, we've got snow in the sierra nevada, a winter weather advisory for the mountains with 2 to 6 inches below 7,000 feet, up to 10 inches at the crest so some slushy snow. 50 and

the mountainview voice reports as many as 5 people may have been living in storage lockers there. inspector said that the woman refused help and then took off in a u-haul. >>> a fire at a gravel yard redwood city around 2. 306789 this afternoon sent flames 30 feet into the air. the granite rock asphalt company tells us a tanks of liquid asphalt exploded. it took about an hour for firefighters to put out that fire. crews are still there watching for any flare-up. >>> any time we do a story on those new smart meters we include pg&e's assurances the meters are accurate. well, guess what, a complete 180 tonight. they admit some do have technical problems that end up costing customers money. for the first time, pg&e is >>> this award winning body builder swears by it. supporters call it super milk. supporters call it super milk. >> it's a po,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, airlines rapid rewards, >>> for the first time pg&e is admitting technical problems with some smart meters. the utility says it will replace 1600 of the devices due to what it calms a rare defect. the problem causes the wireless m

. >>> so imagine paying $16 a week in gas to commute from san jose to mountainview that is what josh harvey pays after dumping his car in favor nor a motorcycle. industry analysts say that motorcycle sales have jumped 7% since january and scooter sales are up 50%. >>> new information is emerging about accused serial killer joseph naso who is awaiting trial in marin county. we first got a look at him last month. investigators searched his home in reno and found more than 4,000 photographs of women with little or no clothes on. some were posed to look lifeless or in bondage. he has not yet entered a plea. >>> we now know the names of the victims in a double homicide in san jose this weekend. antonio velasco and another man were at a house party sitting in a garage with a door open. and just before 5:00 a.m. on saturday, the gunman walked up to them, opened fire and took off on foot. a 17-year-old boy was also wounded in that shooting but is expected to survive. >>> and we are learning more about a double-murder-suicide that took place at this fairfield home on saturday. a disbutte put

. >>> so imagine paying $16 a week in gas to commute from san jose to mountainview that is what josh harvey pays after dumping his car in favor nor a motorcycle. industry analysts say that motorcycle sales have jumped 7% since january and scooter sales are up 50%. >>> new information is emerging about accused serial killer joseph naso who is awaiting trial in marin county. we first got a look at him last month. investigators searched his home in reno and found more than 4,000 photographs of women with little or no clothes on. some were posed to look lifeless or in bondage. he has not yet entered a plea. >>> we now know the names of the victims in a double homicide in san jose this weekend. antonio velasco and another man were at a house party sitting in a garage with a door open. and just before 5:00 a.m. on saturday, the gunman walked up to them, opened fire and took off on foot. a 17-year-old boy was also wounded in that shooting but is expected to survive. >>> and we are learning more about a double-murder-suicide that took place at this fairfield home on saturday. a disbutte put

san francisco, oakland, mount n mountainview and san jose. sunshine already, it looks pretty nice out there but we have a fair amount of clouds around, too. but overall, the sun will win out and we'll see mostly sunny skies today. breezy and cooler tomorrow. temperatures coming down 5 to maybe 8 degrees or so. so today, a few clouds around. we'll see them clear and look for a lot of sunshine today. a little cooler, though, in some spots. significantly at our coasts with only in the mid 50's and this forecast holding through tomorrow when the temperatures will be hard pressed on reach the low 70's in the inland valleys. today, we'll see some 70's but we have this dissipating system first off. with that some northerly winds taking over for today. that will allow more sunshine. less in the way of fog. you know with that stiff northwesterly wind, we will have a cool breeze around the bay today. and another system knocks the temperatures down further tomorrow with a stronger sea breeze so if you're headed out of the bay area, look for the showers

mountainview, san francisco, definitely a cool day out there. 57.e of an isolated storm and in the north bay, we'll see temperatures just in the mid 50's here near east bay, 57. union city, so really not much of a range today. only 58 in dublin. 60 danville down by the monterey bay, yeah. some showers here. and we'll look for the next system to be right on its heels. numbers still staying well below average. wednesday looks like we're brightening up into the 70's by thursday and friday so interesting day once we get the sun up there and we should see some thunderstorms. >> it's been an interesting year. >> yeah. >> weatherwise. yes, absolutely. >> kept you on your toes. thanks, lisa. what started out as a black history event in oakland has become a catalyst for a long-term research. it's a search for history for roots. >> the church of jesus christ of latter day saints has the largest collection of genealogy records in the world. >> find our ancestors and we do work in the temple to combine families internally. >> their documents cover more than jus

temperatures are in the '50s, of our 50 san francisco, 61 fairfield, 59 livermore, 60 mountainview.ght were going to stay into the '40's and '50's. santa rosa 43, 49 san rafael, 47 napa. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay, tomorrow looks like we will continue as sprinkles especially in the early morning. by the afternoon we will warm up a few degrees and the sunshine will make more of the appearance tomorrow. thursday will be lots of sunshine, temperatures in the '70s, breezy and partly cloudy for the weekend. >>pam: the wet weather here means the dumping of fresh powder in the not spirited we sent jeff bush to show is the scene. >>jeff: it's the middle of may and this is what's going on up in the sierra. getting up here was no picnic. right around baxter's we were stuck for about a half-hour along interstate 80 because of a crash that happened farther up the road. at that point it was a 50-50 mixture of snow and rain. after that we had a follow-up caltrans vehicle until we came across the crash site. he could see the driver of the pick up lost control and wrapped his vehic

the temperatures are running much lower than where they usually are. 67 degrees in mountainview. 68 degrees in -- 50s out toward the coastline. toward the east bay, maybe as high as 74 in brentwood. 69 in pleasantton. you will see 70s and 60s elsewhere, but only 50s out toward the immediate coast. so tomorrow, little cooler in spots, and the winds will be blowing, so that will make it feel cooler than it is. wednesday, temperatures should warm up. we have the cold front diving into the bay area. we had mostly cloudy skies. looks like we could see some showers then and also as we head into the holiday weekend, a chance of showers on saturday as well. >> not acceptable. >> unacceptable, yes. >> sometimes i wish you weren't so right on. >> thank you. >> yeah, but let me be one of the first to wish you best of luck. no, he's not leaving cbs 5, but after 14 years of extremely accurate weekend forecast, guess what. he's jumping ship. >> heading to the morning show. i'll be heading in at 2:00 a.m. >> thank you. >> congratulations, there, lawrence. >> we'll talk a little baseball. the babe ruth ser

mid-60s around the bay area. 68 for mountainview.s for those of you down in the south bay. 70 for san jose. warm 72 for those of you down in morgan hill. mild conditions on tap for the next seven days. temperatures probably going to range in the low 70s for your inland locations. mid-60s around the bay. upper 50s for the coast. we will have to contend with some partly cloudy breezy conditions along with morning fog for the coastal area. fully sunny conditions until next friday. >>> giants and as square off in their first interleague matchup of the season and the sharks face a do or die game 3 against vancouver at the shark tank. next is sports. the bay area -- a place with natural beauty and a forward thinking spirit. at bank of america, we've been fueling economic growth here for over a century. today we're investing in innovations that will define our future. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion. from financing a solar project for the milpitas school district to funding the institute at golden gate. because wh

the mountainview company began trading on the stock exchange for the first time this morning, and early demand drove the opening price to $45. it surged then to more than double the price. at one time it hit $122 a share. analysts feel the ipo's are fine if optimism and then investors will be watching when linked-in goes from here. >> i think there's a lot of focus on how linked-in will perform. it's been going up and the private market the last several months, and so coming out at a nice level here, i think there will be a lot of focus on how a trade prost is offering here. >> linked-in is the biggest ipo since google began trading publicly in 2004, but analysts say that does not mean it will reach the same level. it's checking now, trading at over $100. >>> students attend, uc schools may see another rounds of fee hikes next year. uc leaders warn that tuition could rise as much as 32%, if governor brown's tax extensions are not approved. the tuition hike would come on top of an 8% fee increase already set to go into effect next fall. it would bring the cost of attending a uc school to

mountainview 83. and half moon bay in the upper 60s. here's a look ahead. your 5-day forecast will be watching patchy fog, coastside as you can see into friday. but then for the weekend, a big dropoff in the temperatures from saturday and especially into sunday as we thicken up the clouds and only 60s out there for sunday. we'll gradually warm up the next week for monday and into tuesday. but it's one of those deals where whenever we have sunshine and warm temperatures, you can almost count the days, and then the fog comes back. so it will come back probably by tomorrow. >> okay. thank you, mark. >>> san francisco's police chief and his command staff are getting rid of their gas guzzlers. the chief informed his top brass just yesterday they'll be trade engine their crown vices and suffers for hybrid vehicles. it's unclear how the city will pay pay for the new vehicles but the gas mileage is expected to help save money. the crown victorias get between 14 and 19 miles to the our. >>> several new studies show americans are using less gas. today's rise in claim

not even getting to 60 degrees this afternoon for pacifica. 58 degrees, breezy and cloudy. 67 mountainviewr the afternoon. 68 in san jose. 59 degrees expected on the coast along half moon bay. extended forecast here, showers today, maybe a thunderstorm especially for the north bay. temperatures will run cool. we'll be breezy. tomorrow even colder, the showers tapering off by the second half of the evening. thursday looks to be maybe one of the best days. we're going to be still below average but we're going to see dry conditions and partly cloudy skies into the weekend. another system rolling in by friday night, saturday looks like it could be fairly wet. and even lingering showers into sunday. and both temperatures just don't budge. >> no. >> 50s for the coast and 60s inland. >> they're sweltering around the country. cool for us thank you. >>> the commander of the space shuttle endeavor is calling the return to earth a bittersweet moment. they are finishing up a 16-day trip to the international space station and will return to earth after midnight. the crew will put the finishing touches

mountainview in the upper 50s. and san jose reporting 60 degrees. active weather pattern over the past 48 hours. see the clouds and rainshowers, even the snowshowers. but you'll engines a trend that's decrease engine coverage and that will continue today and into friday. this is pretty much our forecast, clearing skies out there but we'll watch for the leftover moisture forming fog first thing tomorrow morning. cloud and rainfall forecast, still picking up on a few showers targeting parts of the sierra. we'll take this into thursday morning, notice we'll start with fog favoring the coast tomorrow morning, but then increasing sunshine into the afternoon hours. look what happens in friday, mostly sunny skies but a few high clouds moving into the northern parts of the state. this is associated with the system i've been talking about that will cool us off and also thicken our clouds, especially for sunday. but for today, 4:00, partly cloudy skies, 58 to 65 degrees. by 7:00, a bit of a breeze out there, especially coastside, around the bay. then 10:00 th

current temperatures outside 54 san francisco, warming up in san rafael, hayward, mountainview 55 degreesyear after an highs into the '60s, '70s in vallejo, fairfield 65 san rosa, today's temperatures should stand to the low 60s through the east bay, 66, view, terms of your bay to breakers forecast we are actually going to see a chance of rain said an early in the morning. restarts and seven we could see rain 7:00 a.m. low fifties in the morning sun not too cool in the morning hours towards the afternoon upper 50s, a chance of showers even potential thunderstorms in the afternoon with the potential of small pale.hail. chance of wet weather next week monday, tuesday, and wednesday some raindrops. 9:36 a.m. checking in with george. >> george: still backed up bin to downtown for the ride up toward said clara, all lanes are very slow. to think it was set off by one minor accident northbound at shoreline boulevard it was hours ago that accident happened we are still reeling from the effects of it. a bridge check the bay bridge westbound, maybe not. here's a bridge westbound the rights to looks

. >>> well, big news on wall street this morning is a well- known company out of mountainview. today is the first time the average investor gets a chance to buy linkedin stock. the big money managers get the first chance to buy most of ipo shares but it goes public this morning. interest in the bay area professional networking site is so high that offering price is $45 a share. that's up from a target range of $32 to $35. and that puts linkedin's market value at more than $4 billion. analysts expect interest to send that stock even higher as soon as it opens this morning. >>> pg&e has issued another warning about pipeline pressure reductions. the utility sent a letter to regulators last week that says dropping levels could effect service to customers including hospitals and power plants. last month they warned of uncontrollable outages. state regulators ordered the utility to cut pressure on some lines and to conduct water tests following the san bruno explosion. today secretary of transportation and jackie spear will tour the crash site. >>> this morning cal trans crewing prep

mobile payment service at certain stores but pay pal is suing google over the program saying the mountainviewy stole trade secrets. just this week, square unveiled a similar payment system. >>> all right roberta, no pressure, big weekend coming? >> yeah, and i've got a little wrench thrown into it in the past couple hours. so right now this is the scene in north beach where it's a relatively cool night. temperatures currently into the 50s across the board from the coast to our inland areas as the clouds now begin to push into the bay area. tonight overnight dropping down between 41 degrees in fairfield and in vacaville, to 51 trees in san francisco. upper 40 around the peninsula. tomorrow morning carry that umbrella to be on the safe side but if we see any kind of rain it will be in the form of very light showers and be very spotty and scattered. right now a little bit of precipitation to be noticed around that northwestern section of the state of california lifting up in a northerly direction. this is a pretty impressive area of low pressure but it has fallen apart as it bangs up against the

around mountainview, san jose 68. 69 los gatos and 70 morgan hill. so a few degrees of cooling, areas inland and for the bay area and along the coast. very similar with just a slight dip from yesterday. your extended forecast here, sitting in the 60s on the coastline. low 70s inland. upper 60s by tomorrow. partly to mostly cloudy skies. breezy throughout. we'll look at your future-cast when it comes to the winds and if you are expected to hit the theater for mother's day weekend, more coming up. >>> a spanish golf legend has died. seve ballesteros passed away yesterday. he was diagnosed with the tumor. a statement on his website says the major winner was surrounded by his family at his home in spain when he died yesterday morning. he was just 54 years old. >>> a school field trip to a zoo takes a wild turn. the animal that attacked a 7- year-old boy. and the new investigation underway in marin county into several peeping tom incidents where the suspect is alleged to have targeted women and he may have more victims. >> the golden gate bridge, all is s

so beginning at 5:00 a.m., crews plan to start hydro static pressure testing in mountainview. the test is designed to reveal any potential problems that could lead to a disaster similar to the deadly explosion in san bruno last year. the entire process is expected to last up to eight hours. also tomorrow morning, workers will vent a pipeline in antioch near highway 160. >>> and tomorrow there is also a meeting scheduled in san bruno to discuss upcoming work in the disaster area that meeting is scheduled to start at 5:30 in the afternoon. >>> bank of america is offering a new version of overdraft protection that could help some people before they make that purchase. but it could also cost customers a whole lot more as well. the bank says it will test a new overdraft program that notifies customers by a text message if they're about to make a debit card transaction with insufficient funds. if the customer okays the overdraft, bank of america will let the buy go through, but with an overdraft fee attached. here is the catch. also starting next month, the bank will revert to charg

>> ready, aim, fire. [ sound of firing ] >> and in oakland it began with this 21 gun salute in mountainviewery and that was followed by the traditional placing of the wreath. >>> what do hackers, rappers and public television have in common. how they used tupac shakur to get their message across. >> why oracle owner larry ele son is taking his neighbors to court. >> we'll see the sun until thursday, but pinpoint forecast as "eyewitness news" continues. >> tonight on dave, don't miss norm mcdonald. the internet on a plane! are you from the future? um, no. cleveland. listen cleveland, your savings account is stuck in the past! earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking baby! so instead of making peanuts, your savings will be earning three times the national average. oops. sorry. three times more? i'll have that! it is now safe to go online to capitalone.com. ellison buh-bye... call me. today's phony ar >>> hackers posted a fake story on pbs's web site claiming tupac shakur is alive. today's phony article claimed the rapper is living in new zealand. he act

>> ready, aim, fire. [ sound of firing ] >> and in oakland it began with this 21 gun salute in mountainviewy and that was followed by the traditional placing of the wreath. >>> what do hackers, rappers and public television have in common. how they used tupac shakur to get their message across. >> why oracle owner larry ele son is taking his neighbors to court. >> we'll see the ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, today's phony ar >>> hackers posted a fake story on pbs's web site claiming tupac shakur is alive. today's phony article claimed the rapper is living in new zealand. he actually died from gunfire in vegas in 1996. the hackers say they sabotaged pbs because they are upset over the network's investigative news program on wikileaks. critics say the show did not feature wikileaks in a very positive light. they have since removed the falls article from the web site. >>> oracle ceo blamed his neighbors for blocking the prime scenery from his san francisco home. tonight a resolution. sharon chin on the arbor altercation. >> reporter: when larry ellison looks out his living room he sees the root of the proble

will be nice forecast, outside sitting in the '40's, 50's, 40's and the north bay and 44 napa, 50 mountainview, also a day word. by this afternoon the highs in to the '70s a few degrees warmer than yesterday. 74 san rosa, 77 concord, at the east bay upper 60s, 61 for happened bay, in the south bay plenty of '70s so fairly comfortable weather and to the afternoon. keeping our eye on the weekend the later part of your saturday that's when we pick up sprinkles. if for one to be doing something outdoors to it into their early afternoon hours or early morning. picking up sprinkles by 7:00 p.m. saturday and lasting through the night. for bay to breakers sunday the looks like we could be in store for some rain. we are talking about widespread chances of rain. here's a 7 day this could be the warmest of the workweek as we head toward the saturday, sunday, even monday cooler temperatures and a chance of rain. >> erica: no hot spots around the bay area at the toll plaza not a hot spots yet, traffic flowing freely westbound 580 in the northbound direction of the nimitz freeway, san mateo bridge ride look

mountainview 52 as well.radar showing high clouds beginning to sweep through and this is just the beginning because behind it we've got the scattered showers, in store for the evening hours. they should role through in the late night, early morning by tomorrow, and then we begin to dry out. but it's not going to go away. this system bringing with it the most unstable coldest air here well center of circulation. that's going to hang off the coast. while the front moves through tonight bringing us scattered showers and more of a steady rain, the possibility of thunderstorms will be in our forecast for sunday. so here we are picking it up this morning. mostly cloudy, by about noontime or so we may see just a few sprinkles over the north by but it won't be much. this is what we're waiting for, the front. by 9:00, most of us beginning to see a little bit of light rain it. will happen while we sleep, thunderstorms as well. we wake up tomorrow morning already clearing out. you may look outside your door tomorrow mor

tomorrow, people who live in mountainview and antioch may smell gas and pg & e crews will be performing vent tests and pressure tests on sections of pipelines in those communities. officials say the gas will quickly dissipate into the atmosphere and is not harmful for breathing. this is part of the company's plan to check 152 miles of pipeline, which has similar characteristics to the one that exploded in san bruno last september. >>> one of bay area county is to get ahead of this year's fire season, they're trying to, anyway. starting tomorrow, fire agencies from alameda county will patrol neighborhoods as part of the governor's wildfire awareness week. a rainy spring means lots of tall, thick grass and brush. which is of course fuel for fire. this week, fire departments will remind home owners to trim vegetation around their property and remove dry debris from the rooftops. you may also notice controlled burns around thousands of acres around lawrence livermore national laboratory. the official start of the fire season is still weeks away. >>> this morning the mississippi river contin

temperatures across the bay area today only 54. 62 degrees in mountainview. is our live high-def doppler radar. rain showers still pretty much widespread in and around the entire bay area. right now if you're in the concord area. leading edge of more precipitation will be heading your way. all this is lifting up in a north and easterly direction. here is the north bay where the most rain is falling at this particular time than when you see the shades of yellow. more moderate to heavy downpour. so far today let's check in and see how much rain has accumulated from 5 a.m. this morning until 5 p.m. just nearly 6/10ths of an inch of rain in santa rosa. 1/100th of an inch at the airport. thought this was really interesting. i compared these numbers with march 24th when we were in the thick of the rain and we are still pretty much even. 123% of normal in santa rosa to 94% in san jose. if you are out and about this evening we still have some scattered showers in the offing. so you will want to carry that umbrella. temperatures across the board are pretty much 50 to

vistors are invited to explore an >>> aviation history on display in mountainview today. two world war ii planes landed as part of the nationwide wings of freedom tour. witnesses are invited to explore and learn more about these unique treasures. you can buy a ticket. that exhibit runs through may 28th. >>> in the south bay to call this a busy weekend, that would be an understatement. joe vazquez is live in san jose where all week long there will be hockey. let's see. music. hopefully some money rolling in, right, joe? >> reporter: well that's what these businesses are hoping. that's san pedro square right there transforming into san jose sharks. i'm told bars and restaurants right now as the sharks game is underway that those folks are standing room only as the big weekend begins. . >> reporter: used to a big crowd. but not this big. >> one of the biggest weekends i experienced. i thought the ncaa march madness was huge but nothing comparing to this. >> reporter: sharks playing tonight and sunday. a few games away from the stanley cup. and it is not just sin city. put on

for many, 50s, 60s and 70s with a breeze, temperatures morgan hill and gilroy 70s, livermore 67, mountainview 68, redwood city 67, tuesday, wednesday, more clouds and light showers. just kind of continuation as we said of the cooler and breezy, a break on thursday and friday but there could be interesting weather moving in on the weekend. it will be cooler again. >> international stock markets are mostly higher but on a day of light trading in part because of the u.s. holiday overnight in asia some of the major indices dropped slightly as a stronger japanese yen all right the country's exporters, shares in toyota, honda and sony all down overnight. >>> checking on our numbers again, our markets closed today in observance of memorial day, dow, nasdaq and s&p all gained ground on friday. >>> alaska airlines is about to make a big upgrades in its cockpit. it will use the ipad as a replacement for flight manuals. it will cut down on weight and paper and is looking at replacing the inflight maps. >> 5:22. there is a call to restrict the use of fire retardant to fight wildfires. what it would mean

the utility started the process in mountainview. this is part of an effort to test pressure on some of pg&e pipelines. the company says the natural gas quickly dissipates and is not harmful. similar tests are expected in san bruno and san francisco. >>> five people sent to the hospital in san francisco today. chp says about 12:30 p.m. a small toyota suv was going south across the center divide, sideswiped a mercedes and rolled onto its side and was hit by a third car. the mercedes veered into southbound traffic, smashed into a fourth car. police describe the injuries to two people as life threatening, three others potentially life threatening and of course the wreck caused a huge backup for well over an hour while crews cleared up that mess. >>> before the dna tests confirmed it there was a picture and some computer software. a look at the technology that proves the death of osama bin laden. that's coming up at 6:30 p.m. >>> but first, why one of the prosecutors in a murder trial openly laughed today. the prosecution rested today in

. >>> a couple from mountainview could get a $1400 refund from pg&e for a faulty smart meter. it was installed in november of 2009. the following month their bill tripled. immediately they blamed their new smart meter. after months of complaints and replace smart meters this case might finally be resolved. what was the problem? the couple found that their smart meter triggered a motion detector that turned on a flood light and caused the usage to rise. final approval is on the agenda toe tonight. >>> the pcu approved the first phase of a rate hike for pg&e customers. under the plan those who use less electricity pay more and higher volume users pay less. pg&e wants to make it fair for everybody by creating the across the board fee. if approved the change would go into effect next year. >>> what looked like random litter along highway 101 in marin today was really some trash of a significant and sensitive nature. a moving truck got a blowout on saturday and accident aally dumped several boxes of files onto the freeway. the confidential papers belong to a lawyer who had no idea

the hydrostatic pressure tests are similar to those conducted in antioch and mountainview earlier this month. they ordered the tests to make sure there's not another rupture like the one in september. residenting have been preefed at two public meetings, telephone and mail. it's slightly older than the san bruno segment that dates back to the 1950's. when it comes to seafood, conservation groups say you can be fooled about what you're eating. some concerned scientists are sounding an alarm that fish fraud is not only bad for consumers, it is dangerous to fish populations. abc 7's wayne freedman has more on the problem and who it is fishing for solutions. >> it is fish in a restaurant and in many cases, eating it is an act of faith. >> special for today. >> are you sure it's yellow tail? >> that's what they tell me. >> at pacific fresh seafood, you can bank on it but another group has questioned how the food and drug administration has let standards slip in this country. >> they have fallen down on the job. in terms of enforcesing against nonhealth related problems. >> almost 80% of the

it's 47 in santa rosa with 50 in fremont. 53 in mountainview so we are looking at temperatures a coupleees cooler in some spots and a little warmer out in our inland areas. concord is a little warmer. napa 3 degrees cooler this morning. here are the highlights then. partly cloudy to start out. the marine layer is back so by the coast, we're talking a little over 1,200 feet deep so we'll see some sun there. it will be breezy today. elsewhere, lots of sunshine and then cooler conditions tomorrow as a weak system heads our way. here's our satellite and radar composite. i talked about a few showers up in the mountains and you'll notice it will continue to be a threat around the higher elevations, crest today but other than that, we have the system today and then the one tomorrow. they're weak but, you know, temperatures will stay a little bit below average so the warmup looks like it may be coming in time next weekend for the holiday memorial weekend. today, clouds at the coast to start out and temperatures will come down even further tomorrow. and you'll leave the jacket out there from tim

it was 52 in mountainview. 47 in napa. are looking at numbers a little bit warmer this morning due to you wiall the cloud cove. partly to mostly cloudy today. could see a few showers this afternoon but the rain frontal boundary arrives late tonight and see a chance of thunderstorms tomorrow. here's the setup. we have got an unusually strong cold front. area of low pressure for this time of year sliding to the south and with the speckling of the clouds, that kind of denotes a strong system so it's off shore and it will be parallel to the coast later on today. that will bring the cloudy skies, the cooler temperatures and maybe a few rain bands our way but the timing on this really shows that we are looking at maybe a few light showers this afternoon but here's the heavy rain. take a look. 11:00 tonight, and we've got widespread snow showers -- i should say rain showers but to the north, yeah, that's a little bit of rain/snow mix. even the higher elevations of mount hamilton could see a little bit of snow so for the run on su

the first pressure test will take place in mountainview at ant yoke as early as next week.reas should receive letters early this week or next week with more information and details. during those hydrostatic tests they fill a section of pipe with water making pressure higher than normal, and then they monitor the pipeline for eight hours. any section that doesn't pass the test is replaced with a new pipe. >>> more than a month in the los angeles hospital and now brian stowe could head back to the bay area. today they discussed the idea of moving brian to a bay area hospital. officials say stowe has not had any seizures over the past four days since doctors took him off coma inducing medication. that's a popular sign. he's still listed in critical condition, but doctors say his vital signs are good. stowe has been in the hospital after he was brutally beaten on march 31st. >>> now the exfigood evening th wrap pg up a four-game series in d.c. tonight and it didn't take the nation's capital by storm, but we're in washington at a pretty eventful time. a stirring rendition of "go

temperatures are averaging as much as 4 to 7 degrees cooler this morning than yesterday morning from mountainview, san jose, concord and oakland. so you'll notice that starting out cooler for the most part today, a few more clouds around. not only the low clouds but we're looking at some higher and mid level clouds today but they will begin to break up. we'll see some sunshine later on today but the winds will be a factor. it will be breezy. that will continue tomorrow into mother's day and then we could see a few showers tomorrow with a few breaks in the cloud deck so we're going to see pretty much everything all weekend long. and the shower activity we see any if at all, it's not going to be much. here's the front. area of low pressure hung up to the north and west of us so we will look for the cloud cover this morning. we have the layered clouds but as some of that cooler air gets ushered in, that cloud deck will begin to break up. but the winds, they're going to be kicking up as well. so they're anywhere from 10 to 20 miles an hour now and those breezy winds gusting up to 30 miles an hour lat

problems were reported from yesterday's high pressure water test of a natural gas pipeline in mountainview&e pumped 170,000 gallops of water into the mile and a half long pipe. it's the pipeline that feeds the san bruno pipeline that exploded last year. more tests will be done next week in antioch. >> >>> panel e pakistani officials will allow the u.s. to interrogate osama bin laden's three wives. those women have been in pakistani custody ever since navy seals killed bin laden at his compound in pakistan last week. >>> the man accused of trying to storm the cockpit of a san francisco bound jet is due in court in just a few hours. ktvu's kraig debro says we are now learning more about the suspect's past. >> reporter: good morning, pam. that suspect is scheduled to appear in front of a judge in the federal courthouse. he's accused of shouting god is great in arabic and pounding on the door of a cockpit in mid- flight. >> he's not terrorist. >> reporter: this man says he is the cousin. he says he's passionate and likes to argue and win arguments but not kill people. the 28-year-old is now ac

then more significant rain tonight. 52 in mountainview. good morning, fairfield. 48 for you. to mostly cloudy skies today. showers arrive this evening, maybe as early as 7:00 tonight and thunderstorms after midnight into tomorrow and then system number two heads our way monday so here's an area of low pressure. it's a strong area of low pressure for this time of year. we've got a strong jet stream that's diving this system to the south. it's going to move over the area and spread significant rain from mid may. we're talking maybe a quarter to 1/2 inch of rain. messing up a lot of plants for the weekend. here's the timing on the rain. 7:00 tonight. it's off the coast. and you'll see already, the rain/snow mix to the north of us as it pushes on through by 9:00 tonight. widespread showers, north bay, peninsula, south bay but by midnight, it begins to push to the east of us but really not out of the woods yet. this is when the cold, unstable air moves our way. mount hamilton, a little rain/snow mix and we'll be looking at showers in the forecast then for the rest of the day. thun

problems were reported from yesterday's high pressure water test of the natural gas pipeline in mountainview. pg&e pumped 170,000 gallons of water into that mile and a half long pipe. it's the pipeline that feeds the san bruno pipeline that blew up last year. more tests will be performed next week in antioch. >>> in memphis today people are watching the mississippi river after it crested early this morning just inches short of its all time record. coming up at 5:45 we're going to have a live report from memphis to hear more about the damage there and to hear where the flood waters are expected to hit next. >>> the man accused of trying to storm the cockpit of a jet bound for san francisco is due in court this morning. prosecutors have charged 28- year-old with interfering with a flight crew. still photographs captured the frightening scene on board the american aligns jet sunday night. stunned passengers say they watched the vallejo man jump out of his seat and race toward the cockpit. the motive is still not clear. investigators say he is no -- has no known ties to terrorist groups. >>> tim

elsewhere in the '50s and oakland, hayward, mountainview and san jose. half moon bay 39 degrees low 40 for the napa valley and san rosa. 50s through the delta. afternoon highs '60s and '70s so we will stay in to the mid-60s and san rosa, novato, 71 for fairfield. tempters warming up in to about 74 los gatos, morgan hill. 73 in antioch. everybody wants to know about the bay to breakers forecast. sunday starting off with showers temperatures into the low 50s, chance of thunderstorms around from the early morning hours on your sunday all the way up into the afternoon as well. keeping the shot of wet weather around potential for heavier downpours associated with the thunderstorms. 7 day around the bay, it really is saturday night that brings us a first chance wet weather gear so few have plans for close to fast it will be ok.oyster fast it looks lik'l be okay. >> erica: friday light currently no hot spots on the radar, no major slowdowns, the bay bridge toll plaza westbound looks good as to make your way out of oakland to san francisco. traffic moves will fr

it could see yellow in livermore, fremont and mountainview. it this this will continue tomorrow. latter part of your day. overnight temperatures, bought the '40's and 50's. 43 santa rosa, 53 antioch and 48 livermore. tomorrow, your temperatures will rise a little bit. by thursday the sunshine will be in full force. we will have a dry day and we will continue to stay dry through the end of the week and weekend. >>pam: definite winter weather in the east bay, kron 4 gives us a look from the oakland hills. >>haazig: in addition to the rain and oakland there is windy conditions and dense fog. take a look over this hillside, which you would normally see our row after row of homes across the canyon but not today. just a blanket of light covering everything below. driving in the fog is also a challenge in the oakland hills along skyline boulevard. and then there is the wind, take a listen. look at those tall trees beyond the electric wires. the ending with the force of strong wind. another common sight are the orange cones. the indicating rock slides like you see here bringing down ston

east bay low 60s, san jose 64, 63 mountainview. keeping our eye on the weekend, a lot of things going on here is what future cast 4 looks like, early morning saturday looks dry, showers kick in later in the day, throughout the evening we have a chance of showers and a widespread chance of showers early morning sunday through the afternoon into portions of the evening as well. 7 day around the bay shows a warm up by tomorrow, lots of sunshine for you, then we continue with the pattern of morning fog, afternoon sunshine, run the bay 60s and lund, the weekends bring a guest wet weather. >> george: we are still looking at a good ride, no delays or hot spots yet this morning, the bay bridge as we start our bridge check here, traffic is fast enough to vdt over frost, but the approach looks good. --880 and over across--at 707 day and we will take a break and be right back. i am a sneeze whisperer. i am an allergy analyst. bermuda grass. ragweed. willow. i am a dander decoder. chihuahua. i am a target pharmacist. ask me about allergy relie

we are warming up temperatures in the '60s and mountainview, antioch, concord, 56 degrees in san francisco the afternoon our eyes will warm into the '70s in many spots, close to 83 the delta, a 75 for napa and 64 for downtown san francisco. further south we could get into the '70s in places like redwood city, mile view, los gatos, san jose, we are keeping our eye on the storm that is pushing through as we head toward so weekend. if your out plans for saturday best bet to do them outdoors is the morning, by 7:00 p.m. chance of showers were the morning hours on your sunday. bay to breakers a good chance of picking up rain drops and that is widespread rain chances throughout the day even the potential for thunderstorms as well with hale is embedded in that. most of the rain will stay more on the side of light. towards evening we will see spot showers and snow levels dropping down to 3,500 ft.. 7 day around the band shows us heading into the next couple of days we will stick with the similar weather patterns, sunshine and clouds in ice breaks there. temperatures in to the '70s inland spots '60

and '60s, antioch 68 degrees, 64 concord, 53 in downtown san francisco, south bay 574 hayward, mountainview, san jose. we are looking at a system moving into the area that could produce showers, it will move into your sunday, a few sprinkles as we head into the sunday hours, we might even get some snow up in the high country. temperatures as we head into the afternoon a big difference for you compared to yesterday, 75 in san rosa today, 65 in san rafael, 64 in san francisco, 65 in oakland, upper 60s hayward, fremont, 71 san jose. here's your 7 day, showing us the coulomb we will cool down into the weekend temperatures into the '60s and especially on your sunday, breezy and a chance of rain moves in. sunny and warmer headed into next week. >> erica: as you head out the door no hot spots that's the good news, the bay bridge toll plaza looks good, no problems here making your way to san francisco. san mateo bridge looking good, there is no special traffic advisory no reports of strong winds. golden gate bridge a couple of cars streaming in for yourself bound ride into san francisco. one last c

this is video of similar high- pressure tests that were conducted in mountainview last week.ws are usualing pressure gauges to find out in the pipeline has any weeks. this comes in the wake of the san bruno pipeline explosion last year. similar tests will be conducted in other areas. >>> after two tough losses in vancouver, the sharks had to find another gear, and last night in game three of the western conference finals, they did just that. >> thornton, the four play, and it's a goal! >> san jose came opportunity to early on in "the tank" tacking on three goals, but the canucks battled back, taking advantage of a five-minute major against the sharks. they scored three in the third and got within 1 with about four minutes left. the sharks survived and took a much-needed game three by a score of 4-3. >> i think were compose tonight, and we learned from sour last game. we sucked it up, took a deep breath and twenty back after it. >> that last five-minute penalty, i don't like the call, i thought it was a pretty -- i thought it was a good hockey hit, but we found a way to win, a

only getting to 60 degrees for the afternoon in san francisco. 65 mountainview. bay and pacifica. and the extended forecast, today will be the coolest day. we'll be slightly better for tomorrow. monday looks pretty good if you have the day off. but then by monday night and tuesday, the clouds are become and a chance of rain come tuesday morning on that back to work drive. meanwhile our temperatures will remain very similar between now and then. if you're headed up to the big carnivale festival for this weekend, we're got the forecast coming up. >>> giants catcher buster posey believes he'll miss the rest of the season. speak he says he is wait are for final word once he undergoes surgery on his injured leg. he also said he is 100% committed to returning as a catcher when he recovers. he thanked the giants organization, his teammates and the fans for the outpouring of support he received. >>> the giants are trying to bounce back from losing him and getting swept by the florida marlins so the team hit the road and landed in milwaukee. the brothers up 3-1 when rook

cooler around the bay area mid-60's for oakland redwood city and mountainview, 80 by 3:00 p.m. and the south bay. a degre 7 day around the bay highs today will probably be the warmest day for the next seven. you can see it will be 10 degrees cooler making and into tomorrow mostly cloudy conditions expected for the weekend, chance of rain monday, by tuesday, wednesday, thursday sunny and warming it up. a quick bridge check to get you out the door, the bay bridge toll plaza no problems here nice easy conditions, making your way to san francisco san mateo bridge the same story there, nice easy ride in both directions of 92 just 14 minutes across the span. your own gate bridge ride southbound 1 01 just a couple of minutes ago we saw a slowdown here at the toll plaza, not the case anymore traffic flowing freely. >> james: another developing story a new one, a man was killed in a hit and run incident at 2:30 a.m. i will show you some locations. this morning between golden gate and turk that is where police found the body in the street, police got calls of a car sideswiping parked car

tomorrow morning. 54 san francisco warming it up to about 57 places like kathleen bey, hayward, mountainviewthe livermore valley and up in san rosa as well. your afternoon highs breezes '50s and '60s now much change in your temperatures from place to place today 55 along the coast and 61 in san jose. tomorrow another wet day, wednesday leaves us some breaks of dry weather starting off with leftover raindrops but after that clearing. thursday, friday bringing out the sun and temperatures in the '70s. >> erica: your commute is practically over no hot spot on the bay area. no significant delays or accidents to tell you about. he approached to the bay bridge toll plaza in los wall from all the approaches once you get to the toll plaza flaxen no way that the pay gates the meter lights are cycled off. nice easy ride at the san mateo bridge no problems to report their in both directions and 92. golden gate bridge southbound 1 01 loss of space between our smith stands between the toll was our overall great conditions. walnut creek we have a track that is a hot spots yet lots of space between cars. c

you are going to leave and go to mountainview, california and you are going to invent crazy stuff andow and how fast the electrical vehicle industry is changing. >> you are not a politician under indictment. answer the question. you are not going back to college, right? >> it really depends on where everything goes, i guess. i don't plan on going back to college if it works out well. >> that's what i wanted to hear. what are you inventing? >> so i am working on electric motor for electric vehicles. it is very similar to a brushless dc motor, more efficient, lower cost of materials, not going to use permanent magnets and it is going to be more torque controllable. >> this brings up a very good point. look, the world is changing faster than a four-year degree can keep up in some cases. now, you have some degrees, specifically computers, that kids can tlelearn this at camp, some things that used to take a four-year degree. >> everything happens only once. there is a right time and a right place for them. if the facebook people had stayed in college for another two years, they would not h