steve levy is a top tech author, he spent two years behind the scenes for google for his book, "in the plex." and "u.s.a. today" reporter john schwartz will tell us about facebook's embarrassing week. the company's pr firm tried to bully reporters into emphasizing google. >>> we want to thank you so much for making us part of your morning. we'll have more local news for you tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00, and any time of day on nbcbayarea.com. have a great morning if you're headed out to the zazzle bay to breakers running of the 100th 12-k. stay safe and sober. have a great day. see you next weekend. kd considered

>> williams: we conclude with an interview charlie taped with steve levy of "wired" magazine whose new book is called "in the plex: how google works, shapes, and changes our lives." the biggest challenge is thinking like a small company when it's so big. this has bedeviled the founders since the company started growing at a rapid rate in the early 2000s. >> rose: have to maintain the culture they started with. >> and the nimbleness. the internet is all about getting products out in a big hurry even if they have to be in beta for years. they want their people to feel creative and nonconstrained and not have to answer to middle management. >> presidential leadership, the world today ten years after september 11 and the killing of osama bin laden. and charlie's interview with stef levy all coming up. we can all root for. story no who bes the odds and comes out top. but this isn't just a hollywood storyline. it's happening every day, all across america. every time a storefront opens. or the midnight oil is burned. or when someone chases a dream, not just a dollar. they are small business o

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levies fail. >> we would move in quickly and help people get out. >> steve olson reporting the. >>> back here in the bay area work to shore up a hillside weakened by the rain in san pablo is still on hold after homeowners objected to the city's terms for dock the job. part of why it started sliding during heavy rains this winter. the city wants to be released from all liability in case there's damage to the homes caused by repair work. our media partner at the contra costa times reports that six of the seven homeowners refused to release the city from liability. city leaders want to avoid the risk of future lawsuits. the proposed temporary fix will cost at least $100,000. >> talking about rain, you say we may not be through with it? >> that's right. we have an extended outlook of cold showers. but its definitely cold with breezy winds. emeryville, temperatures are in the 50s. but it doesn't tell the story. the winds. gusting at 25, 30 miles an hour. the blustery mother's day forecast coming ahead. >> and another walk off. the giants make up some ground on the n. l. west-leading rockies with the

levies fail. >> we would move in quickly and help people get out. >> that was steve reporting. back here in the bay area work to shore up a hillside weakened by the rain in san pablo is still on hold after homeowners objected to the city's terms for dock the job. part of why it started sliding during heavy rains this winter. the city wants to be released from all liability in case there's damage to the homes caused by repair work. the times reports six of the seven homeowners refused to release the city from liability. city leaders want to avoid the risk of future lawsuits. the proposed temporary fix will cost at least $100,000. >> more high winds are expected to gust through parts of the bay area again today. yesterday in the mission neighborhood police closed off mission street between 20th and 21st due to concerns that that metal sign on the tower theatre might snap off. they secured the sign with cords to assure pieces will not break off in the win. was it really that windy yesterday? >> yes, we had pretty good wind gusts, up to 30 miles an hour, mainly along the coast. tod

steve kingston, you're watching bbc news. still ahead, a call for the art world to close its doors for a day to protest against the detention of the chinese artist ai weiwei. here in the u.k., leviellfield, a convicted double killer has gone on trial accused of murdering the school girl millie dowler and disappeared nine years ago when she walked home from school. her body was found in woods in hampshire six months later. bellfield pleaded not guilty to murder and kidnap. >> an ordinary 13-year-old who would have been a fine young woman, the words of the prosecution as they outlined the case against the man who they say abducted and murdered her. the jury heard levi bellfield was a predator and violent offender convicted of murdering two women in west london and attempting to murder a third. amanda dowler known by everyone as millie caught a train home from school in 2002. her normal routine was to catch a train nearest to her home but on this occasion she got off here to share a plate of chips with friends and they were among the last to see her alive. levi bellfield lived with his partner and children in a flat close to the station, they had moved but he had access to the buil

evaluating levy performance, system performance andy val yeah, you know, what went right, what damages were sustained by the system and what we need to do differently to modify it. >> brown: steve stockton of the u.s. army corps of engineers, thank you very much. >> thank you very much, jeff. >> suarez: still to come on the newshour, frayed ties between the u.s. and pakistan; teacher layoffs in hartford, connecticut; and mexicans protesting drug violence. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: security officials in egypt arrested 23 people today after weekend clashes between muslims and coptic christians left more than a dozen people dead and a church in ashes. the riots raged for hours saturday night, triggered by a rumor that christians had abducted a woman who converted to islam. security measures across cairo were stepped up today, with armored vehicles and riot police at the ready. still, about a thousand demonstrators gathered peacefully to protest the weekend clashes. the united nation's refugee agency today reported a ship carrying some 600 migrants fleeing the violence in libya has sunk. witnesses said it broke apart soon after l