next week, it plans to add a few more at tilden park in the east bay hills. >>> a closer look at noontimetocks. people appear to be spending more in this weak economy and we'll tell you why that is not necessarily good news >>> tiking a live look at the -- taking a live look at the big board on wall street, stocks are at their afternoon highs as they enter the final hour of trading. tomorrow's action could be interesting giving the lack of corporate earnings reports conditioning in. of course, investors are watching carefully at president obama's budget plan he just announced. right now, the dow is up 23. nasdaq, up 18, s&p is up 2. >>> consumer spending was up in march but not in stores. the commerce department says retail sales increased .4% last month. but the increase shrank when sales from gas stations were taken out. meanwhile, businesses in february posted the largest number of job opening in more than two years. evidence that hiring is picking up as the economy grows. economists hope the bright outlook for growth will keep people shopping as the year continues. >>> coming up on th

a car went off a cliff near grizzly peak boulevard in the oakland hills near tilden park golf course about 30 minutes ago. a person was plucked from the car and hauled up the hillside to an ambulance. not clear why the car veered off the road. oakland and berkeley fire departments helped in the rescue. >>> and a fire ralph and a san jose pot -- ravaged a san jose pot club for a second time n both cases firefighters responded quickly but as kiet do reports, they didn't center any water when they got there. >> reporter: 450 drake street in san jose was an old victorian with its fair share of baggage. it was a cannabis club called herb appeal but just before 3 a.m. it caught fire yet again. and it forced the next-door neighbor, wife, son, mother and pet bird out on the streets. yes, they're okay. >> but just sucks. >> reporter: the fire was so intense, the glow from the flames more than 30 feet tall woke up ken's mother and caused their roof and attic to catch fire. for the james family it has not been a good year. back in january, the same cannabis club suffered more than a quarter mil

reporting live at tilden park, i'm yoeddy hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> a happy ending to a terrifying crash. four people are being treated for minor injuries after being pepper sprayed on a muni bus in san francisco. our nbc chopper above the scene this afternoon. it happened about 3:00 in the afternoon. the suspect has been taken into custody but it isn't clear why the suspect used the pepper spray in the first place. the incident happened near 16th and mission in the heart of the mission district. we'll bring you more details as they become available. >>> and a visiting coach is in hot water tonight, the pitching coach for the atlanta braves is now on administrative leave after making obscene gestures and gay slurs. the braves are investigating roger mcdowell's verbal rant at a group of fans at at&t park last weekend. the coach is accused of threatening a fan with a baseball bat. mcdowell has issued an apology but the team has benched him any way. major league baseball says it's waiting to hear from the team before deciding on possible penalty. >>> san jose police are agreeing to a

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