. >> the couple was flying a cirrus sr-22 from san bernardino, california, to colorado springs. it was over southern colorado when trouble hit. the nearest airport, farmington, new mexico. that's when controllers asked a crew of a neighbor great lakes commercial flight to move frin a visual and help talk the pilot's wife down. >> nbc aviation consultant john cox. >>> when you don't have enough oxygen, your speech is slurred, your mental ability is slurred, and finally, your physical capabilities are diminished. >> you need to get below 10,000 feet. you'll feel better. >> he has oxygen on. it's just not -- >> as the plane descended, the pilot insisted he was in control, but to the great lakes crew, the message seemed gargled. >> i can tell by how he's talking. he's conscious, but he can't think straight whatsoever. >> that's not true, i'm better. >> reporter: ten minutes later, the pilot and his wife landed safely in farmington, and today, they thank everybody involved. that plane is not pressurized, so above 10,000 feet, you need to wear an oxygen mask. the question toon, whethe

san bernardino woman never flown a plane before was forced to land a small prop plane after her husband passed out at the controls. the cockpit tape were released today and lisa has the white knuckle story for for us. >> i'm trying to get it off auto pilot. >> that's the voice of woman whose 70-year-old husband is falling unconscious at the control of the small plane. flying in clouds at 16,000 feet. she has never flown a plane before. >> i can't tell what's going on. >>reporter: listening in the crew of nearby commercial plane who suspects the pilot is suffering from a lack of oxygen. the crew jumps in with critical advice on how to get the plane to a lower altitude. >> auto pilot is on might be able to turn counterclockwise and select lower altitude. >> we are going down. i don't know where. >>reporter: on the ground at denver air traffic control charlie rohr a 22 year veteran he knows he must get the plane turned around. it is heading straight toward the mountain. >> you are better off heading towards the south east. >> i have to get down. >>reporter: they apparently were using the p

police in san bernardino county say this morning's robbery is her fourth in as many days. the woman appears to be about 80 years old. two nights ago she got out of her car in the target store parking lot, stole a woman's purse. day before that the granny bandit robbed a pregnant woman. >> she came up and said, excuse me ma'am, i need your purse and pointed the gun directly at me and took off. >> well, it appears the gun- toting granny might be easily scared off though. in yet another robbery attempt yesterday outside a wal-mart store, the victim did not take the suspect seriously, told her to go away and she did. >> it worked. >> but if granny's got a gun on you, i'd give it up. >>> if you are going to head to lake tahoe, you need to plan ahead. >> good idea. caltrans just closed highway 50 over echo summit for two weeks. it's all to replace a rock wall on the soviet union the barrier was built in 1930 and doesn't meet safety standards. highway official urge motorists to use highway 88 to the south to reach south lake tahoe from the central valley. >> that is a scary climb

in san bernardino county, the figure is actually $3,931. both aetna inc. and blue shield say they charge higher rates to customers in northern california. they actually acknowledge that. then they do customers in southern california. aetna charges 30% more. blue shield says it charges up to 40% more. that comes directly from them. the issue becomes especially urgent, as the city has before it a proposal by one of the hospitals, by california pacific medical center, to build a 555- bed hospital in the cathedral hill. let me be clear -- the focus of this hearing is not that project. that project is going through the approval process and will duly come before the planning commission and the board of supervisors, and we, as members of the board, cannot prejudge that project, but we do need to understand what is happening in the context of this issue. cpmc is an affiliate of sutter health company, a hospital system that has 25 hospitals in the region, for which premium levels are assessed for san francisco. a number of news articles, many news articles, have ci

. >> the woman and her husband were apparently flying in a single engine plane from san bernardino insouthern california to colorado springs. it was over southern colorado when the pilot made an unintelligible call to air traffic controllers. veryuionck clelyoltrrs realized the pilot could be suffering from a lack of oxygen because of the high altitude. soon his wife was on the radio. >> the crew of a nearby small commercial flight moved alongside the plane and talked the pilot's wife down. she flew for 40 minutes and landed that plane safely. pretty remarkable. >> that's out ofol movie. >> it is. >> life without buster. a eoe eoecedcndhe elmo eoecedc >>> the giants' day game came too soon. the harsh light of day brought the realization that buster posey would be out for quite some time. perhaps six to eight weeks but likely the rest of the season. posey leaving the ballpark on crutches. a disappointing sight. a broken left leg and ligament damage in his ankle. the word from the doctors, ryan vogelsong, the giants saw a near collision in the outfield. aaron rowand just avoids burris p

among latinos was not in the coastal counties, but it was more in the inland counties, riverside, san bernardinosacramento, salino. it's true across the country. you're seeing more asians and latinos in places like mcincome and, you know, states that we didn't typically see those at least in the first wave of immigrants, but now they're spreading out and living just not only throughout california, but throughout the country. >> which brings us really to michael's story, and that's transportation. to getç prosecute those places that are growing in the center of the country. so your story tonight is about getting us on to a train that moves faster than what we're accustomed to. >> 220 miles per hour. quite a bit faster. about 140 miles faster than trains go now. this was a big week for high-speed rail. it was november of 2008 that californians voted. it was a close vote, but they voted to invest $10 billion in a high-speed rail system. it was projected even then to cost about $43 billion, so some of the money was going to have to come from elsewhere, but the week started off well for high-speed r

the couple was flying from san bernardino to colorado springs, colorado.he 70-year-old pilot had apparently been stricken by an altitude illness. his wife took over speaking with air traffic controllers along the way. >> i'm trying to help. i'm trying to get him to put it on autopilot. i'm trying to do this. we are going down, i don't know where. >> the woman was so terrified, she said she was ready to deploy the parachute but as the plane began descending her husband regained consciousness and control and landed safely in new mexico. >>> all right. checking out your weather today, well, a little cloudy out there as we're expecting the clouds to continue into the morning hours. but by the afternoon, we should see some clouds breaking up. partly cloudy around the bay area. 60s and 70s. 60s and 50s at the coast. slight chance of sprinkles in the north bay. showers in eureka. we are on the trailing edge. system. but we want to get the weekend right. trying to dry things out around the bay area today. it should be mostly dry again a slight chance of sprinkles

this happened yesterday in the yucca valley in san bernardino county. the deputy responded to a parking lot after getting calls of a suspicious man being there. that is when they say he attacked the deputy and grabbed his taser, that led to his shooting. >> right now endeavour is making its final trip back to earth. the crusade goodbye to the as astronauts on board the space station then mark kelly had a few words for americans. >> on this memorial day weekend i would also like to say that you know as a crew we are thinking of the veterans out there that have lost their lives in wars, especially recently in afghanistan and iraq. >> now the shuttle undocked from the space station again last night. it started the two day journey home. s >>> these are the last few days for it in space, after that it will be retired and sent to a museum. >> let's check in with sal. i know it is early but there may be cars and trucks on the road. >> there are some things going on, unfortunately it is not completely clear. let's show you highway 4 is completely clear. a nice

they came in, tranquilized the animal and then took it to the san bernardino national forest where itas released into the wild. >>> still ahead at 6:00, trying to lose weight? your job may be to blame? >>> i'm scott budman. twitter spending big money to grow. we'll show you how next. ♪ i throw my hands up in the air sometimes ♪ >>> plus, we'll explain why tonight will be dynamite at at&t park for a youtube star, keenan k eoecedcndhei fhfaebeecacacaca >>> a silicon valley startup is tweeting its good news tonight. twitter is getting bigger. nbc gabay area reporter scott budman. >>> twitter snatched up a very popular product, the san francisco company buying tweet deck in a deal said to be worth $40 million. tweet deck is a well known way for both individuals and businesses to organize their real time twitter streams. originally a third party tool tweet deck now part of the mothership. another silicon valley company moving money, tesla. the electric car company is raising funds to help pay for a future crossover electric model. they plan to sell close to 5.5 million shares of its stock.

that couple flying from san bernardino to colorado springs. the 70-year-old pilot was apparently overcome by altitude sickness. his wife then took over speaking with air traffic controllers along the way: >>> the woman said she was so terrified, she was ready to deploy the parachute. but as the plane began descending, her husband regained consciousness and control. and he landed safely in new mexico. >> that is a little scary. i got a brother that's a pilot. my mother would never let both of us go up. he still flies out of concord a little. not as much. >> have you gone up with him? >> yes, several times. i have taken a few lessons. >> so you would be ready? >> you always wonder if you're with somebody and something happens, it's like, um, okay, here we go, you know? crazy. >> i know. >>> 5:25. buster posey down and out possibly for the rest of the season with a broken leg and torn ligaments. >> it's not looking good. his injury could be a game changer, too. not just for the giants this year but the entire league. the "mercury news" reports po

county also into orange county and riverside and san bernardino counties as well. lot of people go to those dodgers' games. they want to get the billboard out so people can see it. hard to spot considering the way they put it all together. wanted, attempted murder at dodger stadium. the sketch police have been using to try to find these guys. we're talking more than a month and a half now. they have not been able to find these punks, as they're being referred to here in the l.a. area and they need your help. $100,000 reward to do so. 1-877 did lapd-24-7, and hoping this will help the family heal. they came up with this idea, planning on having an outing at dodger stadium with employee, but none of the employees signed up. they're too scared to go because of safety issues. that's when the company stepped up and said we need to do something in as well. they spoke with the dodger organization and lapd and came up with this billboard. today, popping up, about 200 of them here in the south. guys? >> hope they catch them. thank you very much. >>> for a look at the commut

southbound 101 leaving the -- the swx air -- leaving the spwax area -- san bernardino area do not leave 101. the two right lanes are closed. the traffic is very slow. let's move along to look at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's moderately heavy on toll plaza. traffic is moving okay. if you want to use the san mateo bridge, our newschopper2 is over westbound 92 approach, the bridge, it's backed up only about to hesperian. earlier, we had a crash on the san mateo bridge and that's -- but that was gone. >> let's go to steve. sunshine out there, don't want you to -- don't want to blind you. nms you are on the san mateo, santa cruz coastline, there is a lot of fog, especially down towards santa cruz and monterey. some that is moving us way up to the coast. it does not look likeis taken turn yet. we'll be good for sunshine today and warmer weather but a really strong system. i mean, for this time of year. looking impressive, coming in for the weekend. today, though, we're already out of the gate and temperatures warming up. 59 fairfield. winds picked up a little bit. 55 mountain view. san jose

this comes in the wake of the san bernardino pipeline explosion last november. >>> hundreds of dog advocates are expected to rally against a plan that would ban dogs from some area beaches. the golden gate national recreation area plan would eliminate? off-leash dog walking areas. that march begins at ocean beach at 10:30. >>> after two tough losses in vancouver, the sharks absolutely had to find another gear, and last night in game 3 of the western conference finals, they did just that. san jose came out strong in the first period out of the tank, adding three goals. it was 3-0 after one, and remained that way after two periods. the canucks, though, battled back. they scored 3 in the third, and got within one goal with just about four minutes left, but the sharks survived vancouver rush, and took the much-needed game 3. >> i think we were more composed tonight. we stayed within our system, and sucked it up, took a deep breath, and went back after it. >> that last time, the five- minute penalty, i don't like the call. i thought it was a good hockey hit, but even though they scored two, we fo

. >> reporter: the couple was flying a plane from san bernardino california to colorado springs.ms. your speech is slurred, your mental ability is slurred and physical capabilities are diminished. >> get down below 10,000 feet and you will feel better. >> he's got oxygen on. it's just not. >> reporter: as the plane descended the pilot insisted he was in control. but the great lakes crew wasn't convinced. >> i can tell by how he's talking. he can't think straight. >> that isn't true. i'm getting better. >> reporter: the plane has a parachute that pops out of the top in case of engine failure. thankfully it wasn't necessary. 45 minutes after the emergency started they managed a safe landing in farmington. on thursday the pilot and his wife thanked everyone involved for making the mid-air save, if you will, including the great lakes pilot. what's not clear is why the pilot's oxygen mask wasn't working. ann? >> tom, thank you so much. from that dramatic story to the final spacewalk for "endeavour" astronauts which wrapped up this morning. construction on the international space stati