reporting live in mountain view, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> okay. thank you, scott.all of that money used for the space shuttle program will come to the silicon valley for new technology like this. it's a pretty exciting time around here. >> very exciting. it's going to be a very exciting weekend, too, because you can go outside and not get fried, right? >> that's right. very impressive and rolling into san francisco with that fog building up to 1500 feet off shore. already dropping numbers, 66 in san francisco. winds northwest at 8 but they are starting to shift to more of an onshore wind cooling us off. 69 in san mateo and warm in the east bay with 86 in livermore, 88 in concord and 73 in napa. the bay area was a major transition, at least this afternoon with the wind shifting. with more fog tomorrow morning, we're going to see that cooling and plenty of 80s coming back. we have a mix of a little bit of heat for the seven-day forecast. a little bit of something for everyone. let's get a look at the winds right now. they are starting to shift to a more westerly onsh

we have more from scott budman on the investigation. scott?> reporter: marla, this hospital is where the plane crashed last night. today we learned more about the family on board and how much they'll be missed. the houghton family, dee dee, david, and luke and ryan, ages 12 and 10, were traveling to see family members in tuolumne county when their plane crashed moments after takeoff into the watsonville community hospital. >> there were four persons on board, two adults, two children. there were no survivors. >> reporter: relatives described the family as fun loving and adventurous. david, who would have turned 45 years old monday, and 44-year-old dee dee ran two businesses in santa cruz. both were avid scuba divers. david had his pilot's license for about a year. >> in this case we have four parallel ground triations -- striations which are indicative that the propeller had cut through the tarmac. >> reporter: the family leaves behind relatives here in the bay area and in nevada, all stunned by the accident. the safety board says it will remo

we're going to bring in our business and tech reporter, scott budman, with a newmoilstone for apple. scott? >>> you guys are not the only ones by any stretch. apple has been hot for several years, but just when you think you've seen as many i-devices as you're likely to see, they sell more, a lot more. apple breaking records the past three months. during the time period it sold more than nine million ipads and 20 million iphones. apple's stock price which has long made investors happy topped $400 a share tonight in after-hours trading. if you know an apple stockholder, dinner on them. >>> and let's check wall street. the rest of the day very strong. we had earnings last night from ibm and then this morning from coca-cola. a 2 hundred-point gain for the dow industrial average. apple will likely help stocks tomorrow morning. back to you. >> are you an apple stockholder? can you reveal that on air here? >> i'm happy to reveal that i'm not -- i guess i'm unhappy to reveal that i'm not. no, no stock. >> very good. scott budman reporting. >> you bet. >>> it was a wild scene. a british comed

scott budman takes us for a finality spin around the floor. >> reporter: one last birthday party. last chance to lace them up and roll away. after three decades in milpedes. cal skate is getting ready to close its doors, saying good-bye to generations of roller skaters. >> it's wonderful. i've been here, we've been going skating since i was a little kid. and to be now with my children here skating with them is wonderful. i hate to see it go. >> our memories that are going to keep going. >> reporter: chris saint germane's family has run the rink from the beginning. >> there's so much history. >> reporter: now, shutting down and making room for townhouses. they say they'll miss it and the people who have loyally come to skate through the years. >> we've even had third generation skating. we've had third generation working here. so it really does make you feel like a part of somebody's life. and, you know, that is probably the part that's making us closing the hardest. i know that i'm taking that out of their lives. zbltd music's a little different. but there is something cool about

scott budman, "today in the east bay." >> it is 4:48. let's check in with christina and our first july day. good morning. >> it's going to feel like july. good morning to you, scott. we have a big holiday weekend, temperatures are going to be really warm especially for you in the east bay as we head through the next couple of days. today i'm forecasting 90s in places like livermore and concord. so make sure if you work outside you drink lots of water and seek shade when you can. as you can see high pressure is the reason why taking that storm track well out of the area. that rain that we had tuesday, record rainfall, a thing of the past. we don't have any rain in the forecast for at least the next 10 days. high pressure is going to stay in control. our temperatures will be hot and i want to make sure everybody's aware of that. we have a holiday weekend. fourth of july fireworks time. about 8:35, temperatures should be nice and mild in the east bay. i'm forecasting around 82 degrees on independence day. at 8:30 so. nice and comfortable. i

nbc bay area's scott budman joining us live this morning -- this evening with a look at the trend and if that is going to continue. scott, you know nbc bay area used to put on this fireworks show, host it for several years. they haven't had it because of the budget problems. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. it was here in discovery park for years that the fireworks display went on. then the budget shortfall shut it down. as you know, san jose still having budget problems, but it can still have a good time. ♪ >> reporter: they had dancers. they had a singing elvis. and enough cute kids to melt any patriot's heart. but what this rose garden neighborhood parade didn't have was a need for san jose city money, which made all sides of the budget battle happy. >> this parade is more a model of what we can expect which is private sector funding, managed and organized by private sector interests, community interests, with -- i don't know if there's any city money in this at all. >> this is the kind where you get public participation, communities, families. this is what san jose's about. >

in milpitas, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> good memories. good times. >> all those memories. okay. >>> we are officially on our weekend. >> yeah. >> we're still working, but -- our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, always working, let us know how's it going to be? >> it's going to be getting better into the weekend. if you like the cool breeze, we have more coming our way throughout saturday and sunday. now a look at the familiar fog pattern building right offshore. 71 in san francisco. winds northwest at 18 miles per hour. and a decent drop today with the cooling winds. walnut creek from 95 to 86, livermore from 93 to 85. morgan hill from 90 dropping to 83. still warm here in the east bay with 86 in livermore, 82 in san jose. starting to cool off here in san mateo at 68. novato, 82. 75 in santa rosa. and our weather headlines do show these winds ramping up at the coastline tonight. it will be breezy there with also patchy fog. for the weekend, we'll see these average temperatures staying put. here's something, if you want more heat back, we have 90-degree weather coming our

. >>> i'm scott budman. as you know, san jose is having big budget problems.o the day of the fully funded city parade, well, that shape s sailed. but that doesn't mean local parades can't make people happy. we'll take you to one coming up. >>> among the casualties of san jose's budget drama, fireworks shows and parades. but the bay area's biggest city still wants to entertain you. nbc bay area's scott budman shows us how san jose has downsized its traditional celebration. >> reporter: it's not exactly the rose parade. but san jose's road garden neighborhood still brought out the king, a genie, and loads of cute kids to show 20,000 paradegoers a good time on the fourth. >> just to have fun. and interact with your dog. and also people. >> this is what it's about. being american, no matter all the drama that happens during the day, coming together as a community to have something like this for the kids and for us, it's what it's about. >> reporter: in fact, the rose forwa garden parade comes at a time when san jose as a whole is cutting way back. with city dollar

we bring in scott budman. scott, this could be a new day in the battle against aids, especially in those poor countries around the world where they can't afford the treatments. >> reporter: you're absolutely right, jessica. this program will begin in those developing snaigs nai ining nat this the most. it's because of the country here in the silicon valley. they are expensive, for many too expensive, but as we learned today, many of those drugs are about to go generic. >> personally, i've been positive for 26 years. >> reporter: jerry larson is feeling good, spending part of his day volunteering at the food basket to help others with hiv. managing his own condition with drugs at a cost of $3,000 a month. >> i've been a fortunate recipient of hiv medication and drugs obviously. that's what i attribute my longevity to. >> reporter: but jerry, also the co-chair of the santa clara county hiv planning council, says many others are about to be as fortunate. that's because gilead scientists, a maker of drugs to fight

scott budman has today's news and, scott, i see you have another toy. >> yes. we're going to have a tablet review. huge week for this. first the california supreme court today handing down a decision saying that companies must pay overtiemt to workers who don't live in california but who work here. the case stems from a lawsuit filed against oracle of redwood city. the software giant not properly compensating out-of-state works who came to oracle for work. they could be liable for back pay. >>> more bad news from myspace. laying off more than half of its staff. that's more than 200 pink slips. this comes one day after the company said it was sold for $35 million. >>> another strong day for your money. the stock market has now gone up four days in a row. the end of june, far better than the way things began. >>> all right. if there is one thing the bay area has gone batty over lately, it's tablet computing. just about everybody, it seems wants to own one. just about every company, it seems, wants to sell one. this one is coming from hewlett-packard which is goin

expert who is helped to power that program and nbc 5's tech report, business and tech reporter scott budman is here. scott, there's been so many silicon valley contributions to the the space program. >> you're right. the bay area has had a close relationship with the shuttle program throughout the decades. the thermal tiles and blankets all tested in mountain view. one of the astronauts that died on board the columbia worked there. at tomorrow's mission, another bay area resident. they'll launch into space tomorrow morning. the end of an era rests on pad 39a. >> looking amazing. a great way to head into this countdown. >> reporter: flight managers looking ahead to the final launch. >> the team's ready and prepared. everything is in the right spot. >> we have a liftoff. >> reporter: while so many are looking back. >> we think about space you think about the space shuttle. >> and the shutting has cleared the tower. >> reporter: it's been an amazing ride. >> the vast majority of people who have been ever been to space on board the space shuttle. >> three decades of stretching our limits and kn

nbc bay area's scott budman takes us for a final spin around the floor. >> reporter: one last birthday party, one last chance to lace them up, and roll away. after three decades in milpitas, 25 with this hardwood floor, cal skate is getting ready to close its doors, saying good-bye to generations of roller skaters. >> it's wonderful. i've been here, since i was a little kid. and to be now with my children here in cal skate, skating with them, it's wonderful. i hate to see it go. >> certainly our memories are going to keep going. >> reporter: chris' family has run the rink since the beginning. >> there's so much history. >> reporter: now shutting down and making room for townhouses. they say they'll miss it, and the people who have loyally come to skate through the years. >> we've even had third generations skating. we've had third generations working here. so it really does make you feel like a part of somebody's life. and that is probably the part that's making us closing the hardest. because i know that i'm taking that out of their lives. >> the music's a little different, but there

. >> reporter: i'm scott budman at facebook headquarters. two silicon valley companies come together to help you come together. >>> also ahead, fool's gold, it was believed to be the biggest piece of gold found in the sierra in decades. one prospector says, not so fast. >> how has mother nature affected this year's wine crop? we'll take you into the field, plus how global competition is changing the game. >> reporter: good evening. i'm chief meteorologist, jeff, live at stanford university and the gym of ping-pong is responsible for a chinese delegation arriving tonight. we'll talk politics and your weather. that's the youngest u.s. national champion hitting it right now! go get 'em! i want to crush more cars. ♪ i want to sell more tea cups. ♪ i need help selling bread. ♪ i want to sell more crabs. [ male announcer ] you know where you want to take your business. i want to design more buildings. [ male announcer ] in here, small business solutions from at&t can get you there. starting with the at&t all for less package -- just $70 per month,

our reporter scott budman is live in san jose. you do tech. how did you conyourself into this story? did it work getting these discounts? >> you know, it is working and no, i didn't get a discount but i'll tell you lots of restaurants here in downtown san jose have spent two weeks discounting their meals. and the goals are twofold. one to get people to try the restaurants and two, to get people to spend more money more often in the future. so far it seems to have worked. san jose wants to get restaurant scene cooking again. and while the recession has been a drag, more diners are pulling up chairs. >> yeah, i think so. we've had a lot of faces in here we haven't seen before, in here to try our menu, they heard about some of our signature dishes. they heard about our wine. they like what they hear on yelp. hopefully that's getting inyou faces in here. >> the dine downtown promotion enticed foodies into restaurants by dropping prices, aimed at giving people who live here a new look at what the area has to offer. >> of course we see more of them

. >> this company is helping the space program see what's out scott budman has the final uninstallment. >> reporter: it's a company that can see its handy work in space but it actually does that work in the east bay. tinsley, a division of lb int e integrated optical systems operates out of a huge warehouse. >> we've been here since 1926. >> reporter: setting and polishing mirrors for the james webb space telescope to accuracy he is of less than one millionth of an inch. >> this group is 130 people and we developed our own technology, our polishing robots to do the grinding and polishing. >> reporter: and it has good reason to be proud. the work done in here helps astronomers see and photograph objects in one has ever seen before in space at negative 440 degrees fahrenheit. >> the telescope is designed, mirrors are designed to collect light from the faintest obs that are up to 13.5 billion light years away. >> reporter: those image he eventually come back to us with photographs. proving nasa can call richmond for an out of this world project. in richmond, scott budman, nbc bay area new

nbc's business and tech reporter scott budman is here with apple's monster numbers. had we combined our money back then when it was trading at $11 a share. >> we'd be rich. >> the numbers keep growing from apple. the company's earnings setting the pace for silicon valley, which is setting the pace for our nation's economy. over the last three months apple says it sold more than 20 million iphones and 20 million ipads. investors call it it catnip for their money. shares hit $400 each in after hours trading. for those of you keeping track, apple ceo steve jobs still on medical leave, and apple still does not pay a dividend. overall as for the rest of your money, apple's good news comes after strong numbers from coca-cola and ibm. stocks are higher on word today from president obama that he's making progress on cutting our nation's debt. more signs of local strength in the bay area. wells fargo reported strong earnings today and even beyond the bay area and even when zillo says it will go public tomorrow morning. strong numbered from the established company janelle in a

. >>> i'm scott budman. a new report out today warning of thousands of tech layoffs. tell you where after the break. >>> the biggest imploy year in silicone valley could be getting smaller soon. business and tech reporter scott budman with the latest reports on the layoffs at cisco. this is a global company. how many jobs lost in the bay area you think? >> talking thousands, cisco was ultimate silicone valley growth company. lately stumbled. reports are circulating employees may soon pay the price. the latest rumors, cisco may let 5,000 go through layoffs and attrition, bet many here in the bay area. cisco share price has fallen. when asked, the company would make its plans clear august 11th. pessimism about the future hit the stock market for the second day in a row. concern about our nation's dealt and slow job growth leading to selling. oil dropping today $1 a barrel. better news for silicone valley startup. punched based in mountain view, bought by its much larger neighbor, google. punched runs customer loyalty programs through smart phones via their app. rare bit

in redwood city, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you.coyotes and people have been uneasy for decades but the problem has become deadly. in the town of laguna woods, the city security council holding an emergency meeting, voting on whether to change its gun laws to allow exterminators to shoot coyotes. currently the law says within city limits, guns may be used only by police nor self-defense. a coyote attack on tuesday prompted this proposal. a yorkshire terrier was snatched while its owner was walk on it a leash. the woman was dragged suffering minor injuries. >> i think we need to remove them from the time being from our city. and disrupt their normal habitat so they don't come back for a while. i think that is necessary. >> city officials say they've set traps and tranquillizer guns and even paint ball guns but the coyotes have become too aggressive. >>> coming up, a story that a best friend can appreciate. you'll meet the southern california dog who keeps making his way back to his owner's side even after her death. >>> and at 27 yea

scott budman, "today in the bay." >> i like good coffee, but this time of morning i'll drink any coffee. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, we'll head south where extreme temperatures are taking a toll not only on people and plants but appenimals as we >>> and around here no worries about heat. we've got a lot of low clouds this morning, some drizzle in a few spots, including near oakland. so when will the low clouds br plans? sundaplans? we'll look at your weekend forecast when we come right back. >>> looking live at sunol this morning. even a little bit of haze there. the a's are playing in new york, the giants are playing here at home. let's guess who's more comfortable, rob? >> the a's were roasting there in new york. at least they came home with a win yesterday. we saw the temperatures around new york, i think around game time and the last couple of evenings in the 90s. here nice and comfortable. we've got lots of low clouds in san jose, 59 degrees, southeast wind at 9 miles per hour. in oakland right now 58, mostly cloudy skies to start. over in san francisc

scott budman takes a look. >> good morning.y hollywood starlet can fell you once you reach a certain level of fame you become a target. that's happened to apple, long the company whose gear you could buy and not worry about hackers and viruses, apple is now a target. the hacker group anonymous saying it broke into an apple server, hasn't taken personal data but wants mac users to know they are on the anonymous radar. google changing things when it comes to real time search. it removed a couple of features that let you type something into the search bar and get real time updates from twitter and facebook. this doesn't mean that google is severing ties to those hot silicon valley companies, look for real time search to reappear somewhere on the new google plus that is being tested. speaking of red hot silicon valley companies we're waiting to see a price range for the upcoming zynga ipot san francisco social gamer coming up with an ipo filing that plans to pull in near $1 billion, this company could make linked in look like chick

. >> scott budman posted that and also information about what alex trebek sleeps in or doesn't sleep . looking here to the maps. 880, scott, we had reports of an accident. this is a dui, driving under the influence arrest made at 2:30 this morning. activity on the shoulder because of major damage to a car and major injuries to the driver, a big note. don't let your friends drink and drive. the major injuries. of course there are legal proceedings, driving under the influence. 880, fine as far as the volume. back to you. >> what are footy pajamas? >> close. >> at least two people face charges after los angeles police had to put their riot gear on at a movie premier that did not happen. los angeles police had to shut down the streets last night after several hundred people began throwing bottles and vandalizing cars. they were upset because the producers of the film canceled the premier. the film was about a party last june called the electric daisy carnival rave. lapd says no one was injured in the movie premier priot. >> the ban for circumcision appears over before it started. the sou

scott budman will be there tomorrow and will send up updates. you are a big facebook .re take?no. i have no idea. >> see you tomorrow.

our business and tech reporter, scott budman, is here now. let's talk some social networking. >> reporter: absolutely. it's the way we communicate these days, no matter where we live or how old we are. the big kahuna in social networking, palo alto's facebook which, as of today, will let you reach out and touch your friends. >> hey, donna, how's it going? >> reporter: 750 million friends and now they can all see each other. ♪ >> reporter: facebook launching video chat. ceo mark zuckerberg says it will please everyone from your co-worker to his own neighbor. >> i was walking around the block this morning, and i have this neighbor who's -- 70 or 80 years old. and he always, you know, doing work in his yard in the morning. and i walked by this morning like -- i heard you guys are launching something on the radio. yeah. it's going to be a good day. he says, i hope it's video chat. really want to chat with my grandson. all right, tune in. >> reporter: and yes, zuckerberg's neighbor can no video chat with his grandson over facebook. a partnership b

. >> and i'm scott budman in watsonville.shed claims an entire family of four. >> also new, federal report involving phillip garrido and the parole agents who were supposed to be watching him. the news at 6:00 starts right

teaching technology now a victim of technology, and nbc bay area's business and tech reporter scott budman joins us now with the latest local hacking. scott? >> reporter: jessica, this one might have your name on it. we take you out to the tech museum in downtown san jose, home to all sorts of tech-oriented exhibits, but last night the tech admitted that a hacker broke into the system and accessing private data from 100 people who signed up for events at the tech along with some nominees of the museum's tech awards. the museum says it has since alerted those whose data might have been hack and has moved the information to a more secure server. better news for a silicon valley company that just nailed a big cloud-based deal. box scored its biggest deal yet bringing content management to thousands of procter & gamble employees. it says the ceo on twitter, quote, it's pampers in the cloud, unquote. the jobless recovery may not be so jobless after all. payroll processor adp says businesses hired twice as many workers as expected last month which bodes well for tomorrow's employment report due

. >> scott budman caught up with trebek at google headquarters. a game force roll can involve some real jeopardy. >> alex trebek in town to moderate a geography bee but getting a rude awakening tuesday morning. the jeopardy host came to san francisco to host the "national geographic" world championship at google headquarters today. tuesday morning he was robbed at the marriott marquis hotel in san francisco. he said he woke up to the sounds of a woman going through his things. >> as i reached for the phone to call security, she bolted, ran down the hallism chased her and i didn't get more than 25 feet before my right achilles' tendon ruptured and i crashed to the ground. but i managed to hobble back to the phone and informed security. and they apprehended the lady on the ground floor. >> trebek recovered everything except cash and a piece of jewelry. police say they've arrested this woman for the robbery at the marriott marquis. trebek for his part said he doesn't hold anything against san francisco. he said he still loves the city. he was on stag

scott budman is live in watsonville with more. i understand they're on the scene and of course the families from across the country are reacting to this tragic loss. so sad when you see those young children died also. >> reporter: yeah. you're absolutely right, jessica. the investigation continues into this evening and it will for a couple more weeks. and we did hear from family members. the houghton family of four was on their way for vacation but shortly after takeoff their small plane crashed. as we now know, there were no survivors. >> everybody in the family is really devastated. >> reporter: that from a relative of the houghton family of santa cruz. dorothy, known as dd, david and their two children, like and ryan, ages 12 and 10. all four loved being outdoors and were on their way to such a vacation when their plane crashed moments after leaving watsonville's airport. the small plane hit the ground outside of the watsonville community hospital. then crashed into the building. >> in this case, we have four ground striations

scott budman has the story coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] who's your car's best friend?ine that cleans. chevron with techron. care for your car. >> new this morning live look outside, look at that, you can make out the top of the golden gate bridge. clear in some parts, cloudy in others. micro climates at their best. christina loren with weather and a look at the morning commute. also filling in for mike. >> let's not overdo it. i've seen better days. good morning. let's take a live look at traffic. the good news is we have more problems about 45 minutes ago than what we're looking at now. we're accident-free all across the bay area. you're taking a live look at the maze. no problems here. traffic up to speed in all directions, we have no problems this morning. that's a sign that some people probably still have the day off. take it live to the golden gate bridge. laura showed you the top of the bridge. you can see here, yeah, the fog now interrupting your drive over the span. maybe give yourself extra toym once you get to bridge. take it easy, allow a space cushion betwe

. >> scott budman check the huge profits. >> yeah, the big news comes from google which before a few hours ago had been giving investors little to get excited about for sometime. but that changed tonight. google reporting quarterly earnings way above expectations, earnings up, profit up and google share price, way up. in after hours trading google stock shot up by 12%, that's more than $60 a share. look for google investors to be smiling tomorrow. the latest numbers are in from the housing market. for the last month bay area sales are up. that's the good news. the not so good news, housing sales are down from where they were a year ago, and last year as you know, not a very good year for housing sales. we have a new addition to the on like music wars. spotify, now available to us yanks, 15 million songs for free to download, eventually you'll pay to subscribe. spotify trying to challenge itunes in the way that google plus is trying to challenge facebook. happy surfing. >> thank you. we want to get to you breaking news now from the east coast. logan international airport, this is in b

business and tech reporter scott budman is here to tell us, this case, not a chi wa war, but money. >> mail has something to do with this. maybe not mailing things. a lesson, in popularity and economics. happening in our backyard. silicone valley dot com giant, netflix said it will raise the price subscribers. today you would think it had taken all our puppies away. polls, showing how many people will drop netflix or how many will flee to come pelt tors. meanwhile because netflix stands to make more money, the company stock price jumped. wall street it turns out likes the move. the nation's economy is sluggish, but the government won't leave it to fend for itself just yet. federal reserve chairman, ben bernanke telling congress today the central bank is prepared to provide money if the slowdown continues. now his reassurances helped drive stock prices higher today but not much hyper, bernanke says the money will flow only if the economy gets much worse. either scenario, tough for investors to get all that fired up about. something for music fans, a european music streaming service say

reporting live in san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> talk about good karma. thank you very much. >>> from the cal campus to state's high court, a law professor at uc-berkeley is governor brown's top pick. if confirmed he would be the governor's first appointee to the state supreme court during his current administration. he's not without some controversy, though. lu supported same-sex marriage and affirmative action is regarded as catalyst for republican filibuster of his nomination to the federal appeals court last year. today, though, the governor says he has the right person for the job. >> but there's no doubt in my mind that he has the background, the intellect and the vision to really help our california supreme court be, again, one of the great courts of the country. >> the nomination must be confirmed by state department. >>> thousands of people in the bay area depend on programs to help take care of their elderly loved ones. we take a look at cuts to adult day care due to state budgets and state budget cuts and what it means for families here. >>> pl