. >> spartans will be reaching new heights. possibly the biggest news to come out of spartan athletics in more than a decade. san jose state will join the mountain west conference next year. here's a look at what the ending will mean. after much speculation for the fate, all questions were finally put to rest. >> today is an exciting day for spartan athletics and for san jose university. i'm pleased to announce we accepted an invitation to join the mountain west conference. >> the announcement a week ago came after weeks of uncertainty. where they saw former elect director depart for the university of memphis and utah state jumping aboard the mountain west as well. and with the western athletic conference spiraling after the recent loss to boise state, hawaii, fresno state, and nevada, it was important for san jose state to find some stable ground. >> kids ask you what conference you're going to be in and so now that we know, we are in the mountain west and we'll play there and it's a traditional conference and here we go, we'r

the lady spartans brought home the championship. this was a familiar place to be. >> we have the experience and knowledge and knowing that we know how to win that championship, and what to do in that tournament. it works both ways. it keeps out edge. >> the spartans held the lead the whole time the ladies won by 13 shots. the team shot an 877 overall. we played really well. very consistently. >> jennifer and madeleine were the stand out players placing in the top 10. once i was under par in the middle of the round, i wanted to keep going more-under par, like how i finished was not in my head. >> never placing outside the top 10. >> every year you prepare yourself. i don't have an expectation i do my best and it's been nice to finish top 10. >> winning the championship was just the first step. they add van to regionals and a possibility of going to nationals. >> the spartans are confident they will be successful. we play a lot of tournaments in colorado. we have experience with the thin air and the ball travels farther. we understand

luke scott with pena donning the spartan helmets. this is spartan. no, this is tem pa and the rays win 8-5. that's your look at sports on early today. i'm mario solis. >>> one star gives emotional testimony, while another is honored by native americans. early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus they say rain is lucky on your wedding day. what about this kind of weather? you're watching "early today." >>> good wednesday morning. welcome back to "early today." not as hot today in the desert but still very warm, 90s, low 100s. onshore flow problems in california, that's why we've been cool along the beaches. san francisco today only 64. northwest you're just plain old chilly with the clouds and tough to get sunshine in there with showers on and off and not a lot changes tomorrow either. looking at similar forecasts, even as we go through friday in the west. if you're watching us on king 5 news seattle, washington, nearby bellingham, see sculptures that prove one person's trash is another's treasure at the art of recycli recycling. t

and they were the spartans, atheepians, different people from the colonies, and they were supportingir athletes. and it was a huge honor for each city to have as many winners as possible at a time. there was a famous man who was an olympic winner himself when he was young and came into the stadium old enough to not be able to run and compete, but he was participating. they both won, and just enough to go and hug them. one of the people from the audience stood up and started yelling at him, die, die, there is no point for you to live any longer. he wanted to show he had an incredible and high honor of life. >> well, as we move gradually towards the handover of the torch, handing the flame to the first torch bearer, who is a greek swimming champion, let's just get the thoughts of the bbc's olympic correspondent, james pierce, who's been watching all of this with me, and in terms of the words we've heard, james, from the v.i.p.'s and the speeches, we're certainly getting lots of sentiment about the olympic ideals, about people coming together through sport. of course, that is the essenc

. >> go spartans. >> go spartans. >> we all learned that from him. 4:40. suspension cable important new bay bridge getting thinner. it started 31 inches thick. made up of more than 17,000 steel wires. this week crews will finish compacting the cable. eventually making it eight inches thinner and much stronger. caltrans says this is another milestone for the bay bridge span and keeps them on schedule. it is set to open labor day weekend in 2013. >> sounds like the ultimate dream diet. thinner and much stronger. >>> coming up, save the day facebook setting a date for the ipo. reaction from wall street and from around the world. >> bay area man wins big on the biggest loser. how he did it in last might's season finale. >> thinner and stronger. >> there you go. >> president obama making a surprise trip to afghanistan and an announcement for the u.s. troops. how politicians are responding. >> and for all news, weather and traffic, check us out on facebook. we will try to get thinner, st as well. i as we hey, your high speed internet here at home... and on the g

the spartans graduating class of 2012 has about 8,000 students.t starts at 9:30 at spartan stadium. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," everything you need to know before you head out for your memorial day plans and how to steer clear if that's what you're hoping for. we are back in 30. >>> welcome back to to "today," 26th day of may. thanks to those spending part of their memorial day weekend with us. welcome back. jenna wolfe is here with us this morning. coming up, the etan patz case. >> yeah. 33 years ago this 6-year-old boy vanished in new york city. a suspect has been charged with his murder but lingering questions remain. we're going to discuss those questions with an fbi profiler. >>> and then we're going to switch gears and talk about prince william. he's been married for a little more than a year. a new biography reveals he didn't think he could settle down with one woman. we're going to tell you why. >> i can tell you why. he's young, gorgeous, rich, and hot. >>> we've got you konked from head to toe. everything from the big holiday sa

fuerte israelita sobre la hora, juventus le gano 2-1 a el salvador, olimpico 4-2 sobre cool spring, spartanipala otra victoria 3-0 sobre firpo, la academia 3 deportivo peten 0 y esstrella roja 1-1 con screaming eagles. en la liga latinoamericana de washington, perdio el campeon mount pleasan 3-1 ante guatajiagua, la juventus empato 1-1 con latin united, cruzeiro 1-0 sobre miralvalle, palmeiras le gano 2-1 al inter, langostura supero 2-1 a pumas.tambien ganaron, guadalupe, once americano, veracruz, tierra blanca y vendaval, el unico empate juventud latina 3-3 con san antonio hoy continua la copa libertadores de america con partidos de octavos de final de vuelta. en paraguay, libertad recibe a cruz azul de mexico con un empate 1-1 en el partido de ida. en argentina, velez sarsfield recibe al atletico nacional de colombia con una ventaja de 1-0 en el enfrentamiento de ida. hasta aqui los deportes, tendremos mas esta noche solo a las once. el miembro mas joven de la realeza britanica recibio en washington un prestigioso galardon... volvemos con la informacion .... er per

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. >> you created a league you have a thing called spartans. >> yes, i started a club called the charlesnty spartans local team part of a new charter, southern maryland conference, we compete on national level. >> wow >> this is our second year in existence, so we are a nonprofit organization, soliciting donations. >> you have a mentoring program. >> yes, actually, jonathan willie, a staggered program where some of our athletes currently in college, mentor high school athletes, the high school athletes mentor the youth league athletewhat it does helps them transition into their next phase, of athletics. >> i think that we can talkability it for a long time but you have reached your full potential. thank you for letting us be here this morning i want to get on over here to ronald, our baseball coach good morning. >> good morning. >> let's talk about our future players here there is a whole new natitude. >> we do sports enhancement, basically we just say pitching 300 pounds isn't quite the same as hitting home runs we are isolating the movement between their arm and legs and use them for r

so -- the sportens going to -- spartans replacing boise state and san diego state. the u.s. open comes to san francisco next month. we will show you real quick the stands are up, the tournament begins june 14-17 and it is great. who won the soccer game? manchester versus manchester city. the most popular sport in the world. manchester city wins 1-0. one goal, that was enough. what a beautiful way to end a broadcast with the most beautiful sport in the world. >> good night.

on the home at the home of the spartans it was raining. you briefly see some of the bursts of rain in manchester today. steady rain at times. rain that we need, dousing our camera here high atop ccbc and dundalk. look at this. they're basking in the sun in ocean city. not even cloudy. don't worry. they'll be getting theirs tomorrow. more rain to the east but none of it today. sunny. there rain showers around central maryland now. one decent cluster of rain over damascus. but on the whole just lightly scattered showers for the moment. we think 70 in dulles will be about it. we may warm up another degree or two. we may crack 70 before the day comes to an end. winds from the south and southeast kind of breezy. 13, 16 in easton. it's breezy and warm. the gusty winds coming up the chesapeake. so for eastern and harford, eastern anne arundel county, if you're on the waters edge, realize you're going to get a foot or two of extra water. humidity is high in frederick. moderate cambridge. the rain showers have not been very prominent in eastern mar

take you down to laurel, home of the spartans, definitely looking at a day of improving weather. i want to remind everyone to check me out on facebook and our abc2 station page. give me a like if you don't mind. we'll talk about the weather each and every day, multiple posts. if we see cool photos, post them there. maryland's most powerful radar. most of the active weather in virginia but in central maryland not much, a couple showers well west of hagerstown. right now temperatures running in the mid-70s. cooler in ocean city but humid conditions all across the state. the dry spot is the inner harbor but most spots seeing humidity north of 70%. the relative humidity will go up. showers to the west. the more significant weather has been offshore but to our north and what was once tropical storm alberto, a very weak marginal tropical storm, now nothing. being drawn into upper air flow and alberto is gone. no more alberto. we'll look for more humid and warm conditions over the next day or two. they will be dealing with similar weather conditions. to the west drier air wrapping in, w

luke scott with pena donning the spartan helmets. this is sparta. no, carlos, this is tampa. win, 8-5. >>> that's your first look at sports. i'm mario solis. >> now for another look at the weather. here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. good morning once again. >> two mornings in a row this week, the worst weather in the country was here in new york city. this morning once again, showers around. things are a little bit improved. near the george washington bridge, some thunderstorm right over the top of that now. besides that, very scattered showers out there this morning in central and northern jersey. this afternoon, though, with the heating of the day, additional showers and storms. especially from d.c. to baltimore, down through virginia, around the richmond area. roanoke, all those locations have a chance of some wet weather. the heat is the big story. 94 today in dallas. then we go to 99 tomorrow. some of that heat spreads up to st. louis and chicago. a lot of areas will be in the 90s. one of the big sporting events this weekend, the

all the mps back to the green benches of the house of commons, an all together more sober and more spartan chamber in that sense. and they are preparing for several days of debate on the queen's speech. the prime minister, leader of the opposition will feature prominently in the opening stages of that. so it's time to have some response i think as the mps take their place in the chamber. of course you'll all be part of this debate. justine, i'm going ask you a mischief question. did you have a bill in the queen's speech? >> not for transport, although there will be drunk driving rules brought through. that will be a lead. the smaller bill i am partly responsible for is the charities donation which i did during my time in charity in the budget last year. and that will mean if you do bucket donations in the street, you can now claim gift date on it. so that's probably my personal bit that i'm really delighted to see. >> would i be wrong to say i might be expecting high speed rail somewhere. would i be wrong? >> you would be wrong. that's quite a long process. we're looking at all the environ

he had been chosen to lead spartan athletics.redited with turning boise state into a football power house during his three decades with the broncos. the announcement is set for 10:00 this morning. >>> harvard alumni attending their 50th class reunion getting an unexpected update from one of their class mates. kisinski graduated in 1978. in a directory handed out during the reunion, he lists his occupation as prisoner and under awards he lists eight life sentences. >> really? >> yeah. >> and the alumni association gets this saying it regrets the error. >> how does someone let that get in there? >> i don't know, i don't know. >> expect more from an ivy league school. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," is shaq making a comeback. well, the rumor mill spinning around. basketball superstar might be returning to the nba. might be a different role, but we'll let you know. >>> the 2012 summer games haven't started, but three cities are making preparations for the 2020 olympics. >> and for some folks traveling in out of the east bay, n

when that sun comes up in spartan burg, south carolina, one determined baker and her mother, already, my god! how are you? >> reporter: and "world news" about to be in on their secret recipe. >> oh, i get a hug. >> reporter: before we dive in, how this baker got here. kim nelson, contestant on "shark tank," hoping for an investment in her all-american cakes. >> my company is daisy cakes. >> reporter: she handed them out to the judges piece by piece. >> i notice when you passed your delicious cake around, every guy here ate more than 50%. >> it doesn't mean it's a good investment. >> but after each of these guys dropped out, they bent forward and had although bite. >> reporter: one judge was in. >> do we have a deal? >> of course. yes, ma'am. >> reporter: and we wanted to know what barbara saw in that recipe. do you believe in made in america? >> i believe in made in america and more importantly than that, we get a passion, they want to make a difference. >> reporter: and back in that south carolina kitchen, we learn they have sold more than 25,000 cakes and counting. all over the cou

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. >> thank you, mindced finally, the spartans have fired gene as their new sports y.irt s their new sportsturned the program into a powerhouse. by the way, re in and jessic co f i will be on the show competing against a competition. >> he dnt n't want to tell us what he was going to do. >> he'll be co oueting against y wi1 ol be co oueting against etition eater? >> a competition eater. >> i put my money on heledced t> all right.neou sptsne central tonight at 10:30. sptsne central tonight at 10:30. >> we'll be rigcf1 o >>> tonigcf1 o following developing news that we first told you about at the toour sof the hours. a body found in pleasanton. >>> we also have more ls, tal coverage at 7: w with brent cannon. >> yes. ur sour l haal analyst eund lai happened in court today regarding the sie-wa lamar case and what happened with the golden gate before there was a brnt ge. that and more on c1 o ast 186 in re on c1 o a couple of minutes. >> we hope you have a great hapening and hope to see you bak here at 11:00 as well. hapening and hope to see you bak here at 11:00 as well. >> bye- sie.

but maybe it feels like people lose their cool every time the profligate greeks rebel against the spartans among them and the rain from spain falls all over the globe, not just on the iberian plain. however, if you did sell at the bottom, maybe tonight -- cow bell. a always need more cow bell. maybe tonight you should dine in hell with the rest of the 300 and be forced to watch rex harrison beat a cockney accent out of some poor but fair lady. maybe you should do something i've been talking about. the fan of panic club that i want to set up to accommodate the throngs of people that seem addicted to selling at the bottom of any given day. or did you keep your head when everyone else is losing yours? even by sitting tight or actually doing -- i mean, get this. buying into the sale the market was throwing. as i urged you to do last night. even if you hate the market r right now, i'm simply advocating that you wait for higher prices intraday rather than dump your stock into today's blue light special sale. s sit tight, wait for the panic to s subside and then get a little rally like we did. a

spartan athletic program will change conference affiliation if july of 20 tlaechbility tvl nevada, fresno hawaii joined the conference. unhv, new mexico, air force, colorado state utah state and the old wabing the new mountain west. >> i think the first thing it does in all the head coaches and all the assistant coaches in here tv that go in all the house office young people you stop getting the question what conference are we going to be in. and tirjs nba play offs. game 3 lakers and nugget. denver on a run to start the first quarter. lawson leading the way. lakers battle back. kobe bryant to andrew here. nice reverse. but the nugget lead 84-74 late fourth quarter. bulls and sixers. l bill murray enjoying the show in the phillies. turner with authority. 16 for turner no. rose for chicago. spencer many 21 for phillies. big man. stroking it from deep. 79-74 and take a series lead. celtics and hawks. rhondo returning after serving 1 game suspension. pretty pre-versus. celts up 8. rhondo triple double. tm game goes to over time. rhondo show and go. kg yes. garnet on the follow. sell tickets

at a news conference outside of spartan stadium school officials announced of the man who will fill theff >>darya: the sporting news ranked all 32 nfl coaches and guess what? the harbaugh brothers are right up there with the best of them. 49ers coach jim harbaugh comes in at no. 6 and his older brother john harbaugh from baltimore ravens came in at no. 5. faugh fought for in >>darya: we will be back with more in a scuffle of minutes. here is a live look outside at the golden gate. the visibility is nice. you can see some high clouds out there in santa rosa. we're looking for a high of 69. it will be much cooler today for our eyes and do not forget we have rain rolling in. we will be right back.

among his many lifetime accomplishments, he founded the spartan daily school newspaper in 1934. he also started the university's journalism school. the school produced six pulitzer prize winners. >> journalists and people around this state and this country who appreciate accuracy and truth in journalism and not all that nonsense get to the point, tell me what i need to know, that's what he instilled in every student, every faculty person he hired and everyone who has ever worked in the program. >> very well said. he was part of the committee that awarded the pulitzer prizes. he earned degrees from stanford and columbia. >>> still ahead at 6:00, keeping the streets safe for cyclists. the changes rideers in one east bay city are asking for that they say could save lives. ♪ working on the chain >> this is a meeting interrupted. students fight to have their voices heard as school leaders consider another tuition hike. also -- >> reporter: i'm marianne favro. a new program in the south bay that's offering free medical care to 1,000 patients. >>> plus, more than just a summer job. the

espn reported that the spartans in utah state will be announcing that they will join in the mountainother schools are reportedly leaving the division. it would leave just idaho and new mexico state and denver and seattle. san jose state joined the wac back in 1986. >>darya: between the signs at one south bay intersection saying no turn on red and the red arrows of the traffic signals, it seems clear that turning on a red light would not be an option once again stanley roberts found some people behaving badly. >>stanley: pay attention to this video and watch what happens when the light turns green. yes, the driver just ran a red light at highway 101. fortunately, i was not the only one who saw this. this officer is about to have a chat with this driver. >> good afternoon. we feel to stop at the red light. >>stanley: there are three signs that say no turn on red. plus, these read errors! the driver claimed the light was still yellow. >> i did not want to be late for work. >>stanley: that light was red for a while. he is not alone. watch this driver. she stops for the red light but she

in fact, he owns most of the spartans' passing records up there.understands rg iii is the team quarterback of the future, cousins says i ain't no punk. i'm ready to compete. >> to be able to go in there this morning and sign a contract is something i'd never done before and certainly something you dream of being able to do becoming a professional athlete and another step in the direction i want to go which is to become a great nfl quarterback. >> i like the way he works. i like it they're studying together, nfl defenses, all the different terminology they're not used to. so it is an ongoing process. it is the hardest class we've ever had and there is only one way you get it. and that is to work at it and both are working extremely hard. >> he did not say i ain't no punk. those are my words. all right? but he's not. you saw his eyes? he ain't no punk. baseball now. nationals are off today. they could use time to recuperate. they ain't no punks either. henry rodriguez the latest to make the injury list slammed his hand in a bathroom door. come on, ma

major shake-up for the spartans.an jose state set to elect the new athletic director this morning. he's credited with turning boise state into a football power house during his three decades with the broncos. the announcement is set for 10:00 this morning. >>> all right. 5:21 right now, coming up on "today in the bay," the south bay squares off against the east bay, and it's not about baseball this time. >>> plus the facebook album that got a cruise ship employee fired. ybe he shouldn't have titled it "stolen iphone adventures." ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> welcome back, everybody. that's a

and former spartan coach with the story of how college blind sighted the hopes of black head coaches. book has been great reviews. sold . >> i was looking forward. you make this a joke. we will talk with the no. 1 sports writer. we are back in just a moment >>gary: this is a topic that has been out for several years but this topic is exploring why there are so few african- american coaches. and this man has spent the last 24 years studying the african relations of coaches. and marc,. how did to collaborate? >> and in 20 04, and i had some issues with getting players to the field. they were all growing me after the interview. >> mark: asked me. >> he had to deal with san jose state, paper work. they have to go out to the registrar's office and i asked him. why aren't you a coach? >> to be honest. this book can be offensive because race can be a sensitive topic. i did not want this to be perceived as african-american problems. so i would rather have a guy that i respected. who is nationally known and can help take in academic book turn into something that he can read. >>gary: no questio

living quarters beyond spartan. >> i was the youngest.sleep in the closet. >> reporter: and yet he was shocked to find not appalachia i can't but relative affluence. the hive-like community humed along with a surprising spirit of cooperation. >> i seemed i had everything. food. a post office. a movie theater. pawn shop. bars and even a brothel. the only thing missing was a funeral home and cemetery. >> reporter: at its peak this island was the most densely populated place on earth yet despite the overcrowding and the difficult conditions in the coal mine, the people of this island somehow managed to create their own kind of utopia. canadian native and nagasaki historian brian burke gafney says the astonishing degree of harmony was rooted in its common sense of purpose. >> it shows a successful example of people not under during he is. people of their own free living under these very tight conditions. but e k-ing out a happy lifestyle. >> reporter: he had a jail but was all but unheard of. doors were left unlocked. neighbors looked after o

she's a spartan. but she's been trying to do double duty all year long. both working and dancing. frustration that goes behind it. i hope they don't kill each other along the way. >> wait a second. say more about that now. >> well, they -- when there's chemistry, which we have clearly seen between derek and maria, sometimes it gets intense. you get tired, the patience wears thin. we might see fireworks. >> that would be something. i gotta put you on the spot. only a few seconds. tell us who is going home tonight. >> you know, it's going to be interesting. it might be one of the girls. i think the boys are presenting themselves strongly. out there. it might the one of the girls. it might be between katherine and maria. we'll see which one goes there. >> you won't tell us which one? >> whoever goes home, it will be a shame. there's no loser there. you know what i mean. >> such a nice guy. >> i think donald is -- >> he's right. >> he's right. >> he's right. at this point, they're all good. real good. >> i gotta get him up on "this week." he can dance around the table. tony, way to go