vicky nguyen, "today in the east bay." >>> all right, it is 4:44, let's talk to christina. good morning. >> good morning. are you a groupon fan, scott mcgrew? >> i have never in my entire life clicked on one, which is going to be an issue for groupon. >> yeah, everybody in the technology world needs scott mcgrew backing them. >> it turns out a very small percentage of groupon subscribers actually do anything with the coupons. >> fascinating. i personally get all my techno tips from mr. scott mcgrew. we're looking pretty good in the east bay. we do have a little rain coming down right now. these are your totals from yesterday. these are the cities that picked up the most rain. san francisco picked up over a quarter of an inch over the past 48 hours, napa over half of an inch and danville is the big winner for the east bay, almost 0.6 of an inch out there. so definitely we need the moisture. it will replenish our water for the summertime months and they are right around the corner. here's what's happening on your radar. nothing heavy, you see just green and a little deeper gr

but now as nbc bay area's vicky nguyen shows us, one major grocery store chain is introducing a firstf its kind animal welfare rating system. >> the rating system on all our beef is one. >> reporter: this could be more than many people ever wanted to know about their meat. >> the basics are no antibiotics, no added hormones for growth, and we give them space and room to roam. >> reporter: kim edwards, the meat team leader at this whole foods, says the company's new five-step animal welfare rating system is a big step toward improving the lives of farm animals and ultimately food safety. >> level 2 means that they have lots of room, they have access to outdoors. >> signs and stickers help customers figure out what it means. >> and i think as time goes on and this becomes more to the forefront, you're going to see more and more guests ask questions about it, more and more guests actually start to understand what it does mean and jump right on the bandwagon. >> reporter: the system was launched by the nonprofit global animal partnership which rates a farm's conditions and animal treatmen

vicky nguyen, nbc bay area news. >> some alarming numbers there. >>> let's turn our attention to jeffis tomorrow an air-conditioner kind of day? >> a major warm-up, jeff. >> yeah. i would certainly say to crank those acs up, especially for those of you inland. certainly do it efficiently. this sunset we had just a preview of what's going to be coming our way tomorrow. one of the warmest days we have had in months. now, today it did get warm for some of us. so los gatos with 82. santa cruz 78. san jose 75. and livermore close to 80. tomorrow we're going to jack temperatures up by about ten degrees. still mild with 60s for most of the south bay and the east bay. throughout tomorrow we'll see those 80s inland as the heat continues to rise here. and ahead we are looking at some weekend changes just in time for mother's day weekend. we have high pressure offshore. that's going to combine in with these warming winds out of the northwest and keep temperatures in the 80s for wednesday, maybe even a few possible 90s inland. and throughout thursday it's still going to stay warm before we start

i'm vickie win nguyen. >>> the secret is out.ou can turn down your volume if you don't want to know. tomorrow's final guest -- no one. insiders say there were no celebrities or news make us on the stage with the talk show queen. instead,he t show features oprah sharing her life lessons and revisiting clips from the last quarter century. >> it wasn't just about being famous and making a lot of money. be the best friend, the best mom. >> it was just sad to hear her say it was the final show. >> it was a historical moment, witnessing the end of an era. very inspiring. >> several celebrity friends were in the audience including maria shriver, suze orman, trainer, bob green, best friend gayle king and longtime partner stedman graham. >>> unless you're oprah house hunting in the bay area on a budget is a challenge for buyers and renters. last night we showed you what 529,000 would get you in four bay area cities if you wanted to buy. tonight we name a price. nbc bay area garvin thomas hits the pavement do see how far your rental dollar

as vicky nguyen reports, she's sharing her painful story so every woman in the bay area can be aware.> i remember saying "no" and then trying to say "stop" in spanish. but then i remember his hand going to my neck to stop me from speaking. i do know that i was sexually assaulted. >> reporter: it was the summer after her freshman year at usc. joel emerson was in spain for the first time for a three-month study abroad program. it was supposed to be the experience of a lifetime and the american students quickly made friends. one young man seemed especially helpful. >> we had been spending time with a bartender in spain. >> reporter: you considered him a friend? >> yes. >> reporter: and you trusted him? >> i did. i went to meet up with him the night of june 19th. >> reporter: that night forever changed the course of joel's life. she says he gave her a glass of sangria before they left the bar and went back to her home. she woke up unable to move. >> my muscles were completely weak. i remember having a really hard time speaking. i couldn't yell. but i remember saying, no. >> reporter: she

vicky nguyen reporting. >>> jeff ranieri, let's bring you in now as we head towards this memorial day weekend. we see no green in that radar, right? >> well, we do have green, yes. in the bay area, we do not have any. to the north, the true scientist in me cannot say no. we take a look out here toward the east bay towards san francisco, we have clear skies, not much in the way of fog. it is pretty breezy out here. that did help to keep temperatures down a little bit for our bayside areas. 61 in san francisco. but still warmer here in the south bay, with 70 in gilroy, 71 in the almaden valley and 68 in san jose. i say that warmly, very loosely here, because we should be in the upper 70s and low 80s this time of the year for the south and also for the east bay. all right, let's take you right now to the rain we're tracking here, well up to the north from crescent city to eureka. it's not anything that is heavy, but it definitely is dropping some showers here on the pacific coast highway and also on interstate 5. for us, it's mainly the wind right now. so moderate pollen levels can kicki

vicky nguyen, nbc, bay area news. >> al awlaki is an american born in mexico, but currently based inemen. experts say he is fiery, facebook savvy, and may be at the top of the american hit list. >>> complaints from americans are pouring in about the code name geronimo that was used for osama bin laden. one apache tribe member is asking for a formal apology, saying that to equate the legendary apache warrior with a mass murderer and terrorist is quote, painful and offensive. >>> president obama are will mark the death of osama bin laden tomorrow in a visit to new york city where he will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the 9/11 memorial. he'll then meet privately with members of -- family members of those who died in the 2001 terror attacks and also with some of the first responder families as well. former president george bush was also invited, but he decided not to attend. >>> the high-end handgun used to end osama bin laden's life is becoming even more popular with those who bear arms. the sig sauer is typical lly us by s.e.a.l. teams. at least one member used his. many p

nbc bay area's vicki nguyen introduces us to one man who did just that. >> reporter: this family is likeany families with tanlers -- bu busy. but they slowed down when 42-year-old dad mark was diagnosed with melanoma two years ago. >> we use humor in our family a lot. and that helped us tremendously, even before this happened. and we've got -- i mean, we're always cracking jokes. >> reporter: mark says he never had a bad sun burn, never found a dark mole. >> just nagging back pain and the doctor kept giving me pain medicine and muscle relaxers. it got to a point where plefs gi -- he was giving me so much that i was concerned. >> reporter: mark was diagnosed with stage four cancer that had spread to his organs. >> we were just plugging away at it. basically became my job. >> reporter: as part of that fight, mark entered a clinical trial for a break through drug now approved by the fda to extend the life of melanoma patients. >> it's for people with invasive melanoma. it's spread beyond the skin to other tissues, to other organs. >> dr. cruz says it's the first in a new class of drugs that

. >> well, tonight vicky nguyen takes us in depth and inside in a report on our 11:00 newscast. >>> well, comeback terminated? next, a decision arnold schwarzenegger is making about his movie career in the wake of his love child scandal. >>> and they're weighing down your keychain and wallet most likely. all those club loyalty cards. so what exactly are stores learning from them about you? plus the new way you can combine them all into one. >>> and cut from "american idol." hasn't stopped the star from rising. now james durbin is giving his i'm chief meteorologist jeff a. ranieri. after starting off the week with winter conditions, sunny skies today and even a few isolated 80s. right now a lot of 70s as temperatures start to cool off. >>> it is a serious and sensitive topic here. preventing a deadly pipeline explosion like the one in san bruno. brought the department of transportation secretary to the bay area today. we bring in nbc's marianne favro, who joins us in san francisco with the latest. and marianne, what was his message? >> reporter: well, the press conference ended just a few

vicky nguyen has more on this emotional but low-key visit. >> reporter: president bahama with former york mayor rudy guiliani first went to the firehouse hit hardest on 9/11, engine 54 lost 15 men. >> whether we say we will never forget, we mean what we say. >> reporter: the president never said osama bin laden bud praised the s.e.a.l.s who got them. >> they were doing it in part in the name of your brothers lost. >> reporter: christopher was kimmed in the collapse on 9/11. his mom and dad invited today to join the president. >> he acted as the commander in chief, and i'm very proud to be an american and he did the right thing. >> obviously, he paid close attention and he made a decision that could have cost him seriously if it did not work out. >> reporter: the president stopped at the nypd station whose officers were the first to rush to the trade center. his sister came up from philadelphia. >> fwris up everything, the images and pictures and the reliving of my family. we never had closure. >> reporter: today she says she does. at ground zero he paid tribute to the nearly 3,000 de

vicky nguyen takes us in depth tonight at 11:00. >> we'll see you then. bye-bye.

. >> and i'm vicky nguyen in for jessica aguirre. >>> a san ramon police officer arrested in connection with an alleged dirty cop scandal in contra costa county appeared in court for the first time today. 38-year-old louis lombardi faces several felony charges including conspiracy to sell drugs. it's a story new at 6:00. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez joins us now live from martinez, where lombardi appeared for the arraignment today, jodi. >> reporter: vicky, louis lombardi is now the fourth person with law enforcement ties to have been added to this 38-count complaint. sources tell nbc bay area that investigators have a large amount of evidence, evidence they say proves the police officer was dealing drugs. >> he seems like he's in decent spirits given the gravity of all the charges. >> reporter: just yesterday san ramon police officer louis lombardi was reporting to work. now he's behind bars. accused of taking part in a law enforcement drug scheme. >> it's a difficult situation, to say the least, to go from the position of being on the other side of the bars to being where officer lom