we are in pleasanton. good morning to you. a crisp, clear sky overhead. we are free to move in the street. the police shut it down just for us this morning so we can bring you a live show like no other. lots of fun to come. let's get to the forecast. if you are joining us out here. it's going to be beautiful. you might not need the jacket unless you are sensitive to the cold. we are going drop off in temperature a little bit more. high pressure is still in control. it's shifted a little bit to the east. as a result on shore flow is picking back up. for today, this is what we are expecting. a few more clouds. temperatures five degrees cooler on average. now, as we head further into the weekend, on shore flow kicks into high gear. that means tomorrow, a mostly cloudy start, turning over to mostly sunny conditions. the temperatures today, that are going to be in the mid-80s inland, the temperatures are going to drop to down right perfect conditions as we head into your mother's day weekend. i have the full fo

this morning, we are waking up in pleasanton. pleasanton is waking up with us. good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. so happy to have you on board. a road trip across the area to show you the great unique things about the area we all love. christina loren joins me live along with the members of the amador marching band. she's already get a french horn. >> yeah, but i don't know how to hold it. right now, girls, tell me, are you cold this morning? >> no. >> no and they all have short-sleeved shirts on. there you go, observational for you. coming up, we will tell you more about what this fantastic marching band does, some of the awards they have won and we are going to talk about where our temperatures are headed for mother's day weekend. i think you will be pleased. that's coming up. but hey, you have to get to work. it's a thursday. how is traffic flowing, mike? >> i want you to check with the band and check if it's a french horn or a melaphone. it sounds like that. his name is mel, that's why i remember. because of that big event and the band, main street is closed in downt

this is happening in pleasanton. the house being remodeled is just east of 680 between stoneridge and las positos. kris sanchez joins us from pleasanton where police are urging cooler heads to prevail. this is normally a quiet and friendly neighborhood. what's happening now? >> it's a very quiet little cul-de-sac. construction can be hard on people with all of the noise and all of the mess. but the family that lives in this pleasanton home says their trouble started when their neighbors got a sense of what they were planning to do, which is to add the second story on this block and the troubles been escalating ever since. >> when vandals struck the lopez home sunday morning, the lopezs caught it on video. >> there was a video shot of three individuals taking down the port-o-potty and rung off. >> they tipped the port-o-potty, egged the cars and papered their tree. it wasn't the first time. in january, vandaled toilet papered the tree and also targeted her car writing the letters f-u and letting the air out of one of

today's stop is pleasant pleasanton. we are shocking bob redell and an award performance from a high school marching band. >> i forget today was the fifth of may. >>> if you don't already, it's time to believe in this sharks team. another remarkable finish for the men in teal. the star of the night put himself in the right place at the right time. not once, not twice, three times. three goals. in overtime, he gets the game winner. this is huge. a 4-3 win. the sharks lead the series, 3-zip. the as were out to rebound at the coliseum. david took matters into his own hands. two solo home runs. it helped oakland as pick up the win. he's now 5-0. oakland graps the 3-1 victory over cleveland. let's say hi to mike. good morning. >> children's day in japan today. i'm sure you knew that. we are looking at construction. full closure for eastbound highway 4 as it hanovs been ove the last few nights. it will slow down at 5:30 in the westbound direction. 580 moving smoothly. not a problem in livermore. passing through pleasanton. a n

let's look at where my hottest numbers are, santa clara, 92, gilroy, 92, pleasanton, and what helped spur in the heat was the drying northwest wind, anywhere from 15 to 20 miles per hour, really helps to keep this weather krafrpg up m high pree high pressure sitting offshore is driving these winds and producing a lot of sinking and warming air here across the bay area where we did have plenty of 80-degree heat. as we just mentioned, this is some of the hottest weather in seven months. the last time it was this hot was back on october 2nd when the east bay got up into the upper 80s. as we all know, big weather can mean big business and we join elise. how is the weather impacting the businesses? >> reporter: remember a few weeks ago we had all the rain and now sunshine. local businesses like this one behind me are finally breathing

places like morgan hill, livermore, pleasanton towards concord could push 90 by wednesday. not only spring but starting to feel like summer as we head towards the middle part of the week. >> that worries me for places like yosemite. we could have some flooding. i bet you this time next weekend we'll be talking about run-off in the sierras. >> thanks, rob. >>> giants are playing in the nation's capital this weekend. and the torture is following right behind. see how they made i iternt iestt >>> now the xfinity sports desk on nbc bay area news. >> president obama's schedule today denied the giants the traditional white house visit on this, their only trip to the nation's capital. instead, they had to plan over in july before playing in philadelphia. that's all right. with the capitol building in the backdrop, the giants were trying to make up for yesterday's loss to the nationals. backup catcher eli whiteside would tie the game at one on this home run to left field. very nice. the game remained tied until the seventh when the giants scored on a bases loaded walk and then, ah,

it gets even warmer, 89 in walnut creek. 90 in pleasanton. antioch, but murder, but is recognized degrees for you. 90 in santa clara. -- antioch 90. here is a k at your 7 day around the bay. similar conditions for tomorrow. >> george: morning james, cuddy's a traffic report no hotspot, pretty good writer and the bay area. the purchase look great. bay bridge, light traffic westbound, now back up, problem, delay. -- no back up or call for delay. golden gate, 101 looks good. so does the ride during county. --through marin county. >> darya: thank you, drunken-driving convictions are in jeopardy because of a faulty breathalyzer used during traffic stops. craig sklar has more. >> reporter: at breathalyzer device designed to help police determine whether they can arrest someone turns it to be faulty it could jeopardize the number of drunk driving cases. these a the devices in question, san as they please just send back 60 of these to the manufacturer after they determined they sometimes give up all two readings. there is a pre scanning for dri cases

equally pleasanton for tomorrow. friday a cooling trend heading into the weekend mixed with some patchy morning fog move the right back. at monday, tuesday. >> james: quick check of our bridges, bay bridge looks nice, light. not a lot in the way of the backup of linton to san francisco, jumping down to the san mateo bridge highway 92 hardly any traffic it's an easy ride. one less bridge, the golden gate. 1017 added to san francisco those headlights are moving past the toll plaza. >> justine: breaking news, the white house will not release photos of osama bin laden's body. the president is given interviews to cbs showing 60 minutes, they said there too many concerns that the gruesome image of osama bin laden's body could anchor too many people and prove to be inflammatory. this is now getting people to wonder, is he really dead? a lot of people are setting off. >> james: they have been wonderful comment, a myriad of opinions on both sides. we had christine ready and just as well, they're damned if they do, damned if t

wow, we're going to pleasanton! huge surprise. i did not see that coming! don't they have the largest antique mall in the east bay located there? >> they do. >> i think i can whip up a piece on that. you guys got some surprises too? >> always have surprises. it will be fun to head out to pleasanton. >> we better get on the road then. let's hit the trolley. free ride here in walnut creek. see you guys. let's go. hey, william. >> hey, william. >> we're headed out to pleasanton. >> our limo has arrived. >> let's get going. >> do it! >> see you guys. see you tomorrow! twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs out with the camp director. just like that. [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it.

parcel taxes failed and the pleasanton and new haven school districts along with the jefer on union -- the jefferson union high district. >> the heat is on. tomorrow will be warm. >> sandhya patel is here with a change for us. >> absolutely. warm and even bordering on hot, almost summer like as we look at 90s inland tomorrow. temperatures right now running pretty warm. look at antioch. close to 70 degrees at this hour. we do have some very gusty winds in the north and east bay hills. anywhere from 30 to 40 miles an hour holding the temperature up. redwood city, mountain view, san jose and fremont. a big warm up for tomorrow. record temperatures are possible, and much cooler weather is expected by this weekend. you look at today's high temperatures compared to tomorrow and you can see what i'm talking about. it is going to be a significant warm up. san francisco 65 today and going up to 79. 14 degrees warmer. concord from 80 to 90 you are up 10. san jose 75 today and expected to reach a high of 86 degrees. 11 degrees warmer. you are going to feel the heat tomorrow. it was a nice, sunny

it's what we are seeing through pleasanton and fremont. the golden gate bridge, the rain. reflecting off the clouds in the area, it's not that bright. it's the reflection. use caution around the bay. laura, back to you. >> thank you very much. we are right back out here live in alameda aboard the "uss hornet." we are going t sho yheou t show connection with space exploration. imagine being in this thing for two weeks. the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experience, certainly. but maybe it's also because they care about the markets they serve and the neighbors who rely on them. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. [ waves crashing ] [ gasps ] brrrr! [ giggles ] [ sea gull squawking ] >>> 20 cities in 20 days this morning we are waking up in alameda. it's been a delight to tour the bay. this morning, we are aboard the "uss hornet." it's got planes and

dublin and pleasanton in the upper 60s. everybody else in low 70s. clouds around monterey and carmel. upper 60s for santa cruz, watsonville. mid-60 for salinas. inland, upper 60 to near 70 degrees. temperatures tonight should hover in mid-to-upper 40s in north bay valley. cooler this morning because the winds will be less. winds keep the atmosphere overturned. don't let the warm air rise at night. cold air coming in below to replace it. we'll be around the upper 40s to low 50s for bay. which is cooler than this morning. a look at the area of low pressure. high pressure out to the west. the pressure gradient between the two. the difference, that is what is creating the winds right now. that moves off to the east tonight. and the sun sets. everything should calm for tuesday. then we'll get ready for the wet weather on wednesday. yeah. wet weather on wednesday in may. temperatures look at that. struggling in the 60s away from the coast. 50s there. we will see a warming trend briefly for thursday and friday before the next system right now just gives us

out towards pleasanton and livermore, mid-70s for highs. san ramon, 76. 77s around napa and santa rosa. still at this hour, we're hanging on to the 70s by the tri-valley and delta. 67 in oakland. 69 in san jose. we've got the clear skies and dry air so wind protected spots tonight could get downright chilly. i think we'll see a lot of 40s with the wind backs off and then tomorrow we'll continue to see a pretty nice finish to the weekend. afternoon highs climb up even more. not much clouds out there. the storm track for a while now has really been aimed right across northern california. but that has changed now. high pressure building off to the west. storm track stays way off to the north. warming conditions for sunday and warming up a whole lot more tuesday and wednesday. so here you go on the futurecast. needless to say, next three days, no sign of rain around the bay area. but temperatures will start to climb on up. look what happens here as early as lunchtime tomorrow. we'll see numbers in the mid-70s already for inland valleys. out tow

antioch, tracy, oakley, back into discovery bay. 76 degrees in san ramone and pleasanton. 75 in palo alto. redwood city today had 78 degrees. pollen report. means the oak and mullberry count on the medium side. the extended forecast does call for saturday starting off overcast. then sunshine. more clouds by saturday night. leading to that chance of rain showers on sunday. and then on monday through thursday we are looking at a dry weather pattern. notice the temperatures are at seasonal levels. that's the first time i have seen that in months, guys. like a whole seven days of almost seasonal conditions. going to be beautiful. >> thank you, roberta. >> one more piece added to the bay bridge erector set and another way to measure the value of your home. sort of. threats in 2 minutes. 2 -- that's in 2 minutes. ,,,,,,,,,, you're smiling. and when they're laughing... you're laughing. be kind to your eyes... with transitions lenses. transitions adapt to changing light so you see your whole day comfortably... and conveniently while protecting your eyes from the sun. ask your eyecare profess

looks great. 18 minute drive time back to pleasanton from highway 24. mark? >>mark: waiting for the opening bell in 10 minutes. the dow was up seven points right now sox have a small percentage of the game. quarterly earnings for aol and time warner. wall street is looking at a latest readings for the service sector. we have a few private payroll jobs that and added and expected for the month of april we are also waiting for the government report on oil supplies. we are reporting that they negotiated development for portugal and wal-mart will invest $75 million to operate in close brazil. we're looking at an assembly bill but will predict the district of millions of dollars in fines. the state is facing its first legislative court today. mary swanson would forgive about $20 million in fines from when the oakland school district was under control in 2009. the bill goes through today. >>darya: there is a unanimous approval of a budget for 2011 fiscal year. it approved $70 million in cuts. the cuts come on top of $250 million that the county has cut from the bud

and over to fremont and pleasanton and livermore, a few spots climbing into the low 80s. the seven-day forecast shows temperatures cooling off a little bit tomorrow and tuesday as the sea breeze comes back and cools us off a little bit. look at wednesday and thursday, temperatures climbing summer preview for the middle part. of the week and coming towards the end of the week. >> we found a little mouse running around the studio. an extra littermate, this is snickerdoodle. east bay spca is where you can find more information. thank you to snickerdoodle and short cake and thank you for making us part of your morning. we'll have more local news tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. and also at nbcbayarea.com and we're bleeding teal at noon. the puck drops at the hp pavilion as the sharks continue their quest towards the stanley cup. have a great day.

plenty of sunshine with low to mid 70's around dublin and pleasanton. get towards antioch and 72 in hollister. here's the seven day forecast, mid 70's, warmest inland valleys today. the temperatures taking a bit of a hit tomorrow and into monday. kind of up and down middle of the week. by next weekend, if you want warmer weather, so far, it looks like that may be coming our way. that could change oochlt i know it's a week out. people are thinking about memorial day weekend and i saw an 80 there. that's encouraging, perhaps. >> we'll see. >> thanks a lot. dan harris joins us now from new york to tell us what's coming up at 7:00 on "good morning america" and good morning, dan. >> i love hearing that tricky san francisco weather forecast. coming up on gma, i'm sure you've been following this story. the frenchman who used to be one of the most powerful bankers on the planet and is now out on a million dollars bail after he was charged with sexually assaulting a hotel maid. we have new details about his release. he's staying at a rather luxurious spot right

south you get 80 in hayward, 83 fremont, san ramon valley will be warm today, as you head south to pleasanton warming up a degree or two. in the south bay 88 degrees give or take a degree. friday, saturday, sunday at cooling trend against. friday temperatures take a dive, along sunday a similar pattern. 636 a m let's go traffic. >> erica: we are slowing things down at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza, pretty much solid the back up beginning from the first over cross. 880 is probably the best bet to the bridge. the san mateo bridge ride looks good, abet said on the right-hand side making your way towards foster city, golden gate bridge probably the best perjure of them all. lots of space between cars, no delays for your ride through marin county just 24 minutes out of novato in to san francisco. >> mark: we will be right back as the news continues, president barack obama headed to ground as the news continues, president barack obama headed to ground zero. úúúo the internet on a plane! are you from the future? um, no. cleveland. listen cleveland, your savings account is stuck in the

did go 74 antioch, brentwood, but 71 walnut creek. 65 oakland. 70 pleasanton. alameda 63. 74 gill roy and then 71 saratoga. 66 fremont sunny vale 68 and same for woodside, palo alto, 61 san bruno upper 50s pacifica, only 62 in san francisco. not much in the way of any warmer weather. maybe with a south wind we might bump it up a little bit. but clouding up on saturday and sunday that's when everything moves in for a much cooler pattern and rain then showers into monday maybe heavy rain on tuesday believe it or not. >>> wow. all right. well, the 100th running of the bay to breakers race kicks off on sunday. hopefully no rain in san francisco. but there are some major changes. in past years the event has been an excuse for many people to let loose and party. but police are cracking down this year with a zero tolerance for alcohol and public drunkenness. there will be check points along the route to see if people are registered but that's not stopping some people. >> they will be escorted off the course. >> i'm just going to get a big group of friends together and

last hour wind gusts are over 40 miles an hour at mount diablo. 74 in pleasanton and 75 in gilroy. seven-day forecast, warmest day we'll see in the next four or five because a couple of systems are rotating allows for the stiff winds, coastal clouds and temperatures not quite where they should be. by the middle to the end of the week, we should warm up a bit and heat wave by memorial day. >> all right. thanks a lot. >>> in sports, pleasanton based will try to defeat amp kingdom in the running of the preakness stakes. last night the sharks tried to sway their fans in western conference series. here is larry beil with the highlights. >> good morning. sharks are back in the series with vancouver, game three in the tanker, very different from the first two games. they had to hang on for dear life. reversal of fortune with vancouver committing the penalty in this one. sharks take advantage of the power play, thorton and patric marleau, 1-0 san jose. this makes it 2-0 and marlow on the break and then dan boyle with 5-1. and then jamie tattoos him and calls for a five minute major. five m

danville and dublin and pleasanton. looks like it's going to be a warm one out here. if you didn't use the air conditioner yesterday, you may be able to get rid of it today. low to mid-70s inland valleys. monterey bay, 56 in monterey. 72 in santa cruz and look at 80 degree temperatures gilroy and salinas. cooler at the coast and the bay today.. cooling will hit everywhere tomorrow and culminate right on mother's day the coolest day in this forecast. stray shower, that is change in the forecast and yesterday it's possible but nothing to change plans on. compared to yesterday, we are slightly cooler, inland, one cord, 1 degree cooler, fremont 3 and closer you get to the golden gate bridge where the colder air is going to funnel through, the cooler you are compared to yesterday. oakland 90, and san francisco 10. these temperatures are still running well above average. mid to upper 80s in most of east bay valleys. to 80 in castro valley and fremont. low to mid-80s in south bay with san jose around 84 degrees. mid to upper 70s on the peninsula to low 80s as hid southbound

in pleasanton, kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> this story was sent into us by one of our viewers. we're always eager to hear what is going on in your neighborhood. send them to news tips. >>> from bad to worse, the san francisco police officer accused of stealing items from a home after a drug arrest has been caught on a new video allegedly doing the same exact thing. san francisco's public defender released this video today. it shows that two of the officers who walked into the julian hotel empty handed came out carrying bags. the contents were reportedly never booked into evidence. 64-year-old jesus, who was i illegally searched says that the officers stole a laptop and a camera. >> i asked if they had a search warrant and they just ignored me. while they were searching i was outside by the hallway and during the search they asked me is this your laptop? i said yeah. >> less than a week ago, video was leased back in december at another hotel. the response says all of the officers in this case have been taken out of plain clothes. some have been reassigned to administrative dutie

livermore is clear to pleasanton. speeds still in the 40s as you approach the caster valley. averaging around the area, it's close to the limit. no problems toward the san mateo bridge. northbound 880 at southbound 230, metal debris reported. they have to clear that. there's the san mateo bridge, a smooth drive. the fog as you cross the bay as well as the bay bridge. we can't see the hills so an indicator of lower visibility. >> thanks for the update. now, i want to check in with marla tellez. you have good news for cal sports. >> i do. it's fun to report happy news. great news for cal gymnastics as the mens team is reinstated. they trimmed the baseball, rugby as well as both gymnastics teams. they met the goal of $5 million by 2014. through private fund raising, the three other programs were reinstated for seven to ten years. during that time, they have to develop permanent endowments. supporters raised $2.5 million. it's enough to convince the chancellor to bring it back on a non-scholarship basis. time to move. students across the country are going to move their bodies to

danville and dublin and pleasanton. looks like it's going to be a warm one out here. if you didn't use the air conditioner yesterday, you may be able to get rid of it today. low to mid-70s inland valleys. monterey bay, 56 in monterey. 72 in santa cruz and look at 80 degree temperatures gilroy and salinas. cooler at the coast and the bay today. still warm inland. cooling will hit everywhere tomorrow and culminate right on mother's day the coolest day in this forecast. stray shower, that is change in the forecast and yesterday it's possible but nothing to change plans on. compared to yesterday, we are slightly cooler, inland, one cord, 1 degree cooler, fremont 3 and closer you get to the golden gate bridge where the colder air is going to funnel through, the cooler you are compared to yesterday. oakland 90, and san francisco 10. these temperatures are still running well above average. mid to upper 80s in most of east bay valleys. to 80 in castro valley and fremont. low to mid-80s in south bay with san jose around 84 degrees. mid to upper 70s on the peninsula to low 80s

on the oakland side, 64, 64 for castro valley, as we hop over and look at pleasanton, 67 degrees, 67 in livermore. 68 degrees in antioch. as a nova when the bear mid-60s and san jose. depending on where you are you could get up to the mid-60s. our 74 past and look ahead to the weekend is coming up in a little bit. america, good morning. >>reporter: hot morning, james, there are no hot spots in the traffic center, the middle lights came on at the approach to the toll plaza. a back up is beginning to build up, stretching to the end of the east parking lot. traffic is flowing freely. triple will drive time of about 12 minutes. there are no backups or delays to track over at the san mateo greece. was down 92 looks good for your right out of pay would into foster city. the golden gate bridge, on one 01, nothing to report. a lot of space between cars. taking a closer look at the south bay 101 no. no, no problems to report. but not a hot spot just yet. we are pretty clear. we are not seen too much and with accidents. the drive time back from downtown towards santa clara is coming in at 16 m

inland a lot of the low 90s here, 92 pleasanton and danville. it upper 80s for the dealt the and in the south bay temperatures ranging from the low 80's in places like mountain view to the upper 80s in los gatos and morgan hill. the warming trend will continue into at least thursday. really warm temperatures tomorrow and on thursday temperatures will stay virtually the same. by thursday evening we will start to see the sea breeze winds kick in. fog over night in the coast and much cooler temperatures and for friday. the cooling trend continues over the weekend. more cloud cover expected. >>pam: the internet is the nation's second-highest consumer of energy. internet companies are getting heat from greenpeace to be more efficient. >>reporter: internet uses up more electricity in america than the audio industry uses to manufacture cars and trucks. experts say the system can handle the extra demand. overall demand has dropped over the past few years mostly because of the recession and higher efficiency of the factory floor. google and facebook have

. >>> officers arrested a woman of pleasanton after a federal grand jury indicted her. a two-year scheme to admit foreign students on in addition to fees. meanwhile, in danville, three former church workers under arrest accused of embezzling $60,000. they used church owned credit cards for expenses. they began an internal investigation in may of 2010 when the pastor noticed irregularities in finances. >>> a federal appeals court upheld a gun ban on the fairgrounds there. the court ruled the band does not violate the right to keep and bear arms. a couple fought that law since 1999 in an effort to host gun shows at the fairground. let's check in with christina. she is live in napa. what you doing in napa? >> well, what do you do when you come to napa. >> what are you doing in napa at 4:30 in the morning? can you hear me? >> yeah, i can hear you. >> go ahead. >> thought she said she was coming to me in the next block. >> no worries, go ahead. >> scott mcgrew, i want to talk to you. it's wine country. it's going to be gorgeous across the bay area. it's chilly to start you o

a few heavy cells over pleasanton and livermore. you can see the rain still falling in some areas. we have got some rain over the day. the north bay still dealing with some light rain. check out santa rosa. already sitting at 49 degrees. it will be a cool one as we go through the overnight hours. take a look. monday evening at a 11:00 p.m. still dealing with the scattered showers. tomorrow morning, our drive should be mainly dry and mainly cloudy. tuesday will be and unsettled day and by tuesday evening, the last disturbance right off the coast at 8:00 p.m. why should we expect out of this system? anywhere from a quarter inch to a half-inch of rain. gusts of 40 miles per hour possible and the rest of us will be between 20-25. widespread 40s tomorrow  morning. 50 degrees in areas around the san francisco. our temperatures remain below average. widespread upper 50s and low 60s, once again. you are extended forecasts, we have to get through tuesday and wednesday, and then we are looking better thursday, friday, and into saturday. widespread 60s for the coastline and upper 60s and lo

pleasanton only 71. saratoga at 70. 70 ons peninsula. slightly warmer tuesday and cloud it up wednesday. bring possible rain in. it will be clearing out thursday morning and then clear and breezy. partly sunny and cloudy as we go into the weekend. >> i can't believe it. >>> two americans were allowed a rare phone call home. what they have been telling their families they have been doing to protest their treatment. >>> we republican getting a better look at the devastation in joplin, missouri. >>> and you might all of a sudden in a few minutes see more people coming here on their cars because of something that happened with fairy service. >>> good morning, to you. women come -- welcome back. this is a quick look at the top stories. a prison riot in san quentin sent four inmates to the hospital. guards say 200 prisoners were involved. it started last night in the prisons dining hall. none of the guards were hurt. this morning antioch police are searching for suspects in a deadly shooting. it happened just before 8:00 last night on d street

the normal delays as you make your way to pleasanton. no delays yet at the bay bridge toll plaza but a wind advisory for bay bridge still in effect. the san mateo bridge. go to abc7news.com for more info. eric? >> all right. thank you, frances. >>> 6:52 now. very good news for drivers just in time for the memorial day weekend. gas prices dropped 9 cents in the past two weeks. the lundberg survey shows national average for gallon of unleaded is $3.97. in california, of course, we're higher than that. $4.03 in fresno. highest price in the state is in san francisco. what a surprise. $4.17. highest gas prices in the nation, this is a surprise. chicago! $4.38 a gallon. experts say weak economic data and the european debt crisis has traders concerned about demand which is pushing the prices lower. today, the makers of bayer aspirin trying to make something that is already good better. today introduced a new aspirin formula. they say works twice as fast. they call it pro-release technology. micro particles of one-tenth the size of regular aspir

sway away made a debut in pleasanton. it's his trainer's hometown. you can say winning is in the horses blood. his sire won in belmont stakes in 2005. you can catch the second leg of the triple crown here, saturday, that's tomorrow at 3:19. how is that for precision. the favorite is kentucky derby winner, animal kingdom. >>> how a daughter's tweet saved her mother's life.re trouble on the mound for the oakland as. i was told that i was at risk for sudden cardiac death. i was 23 years old, i wasn't overweight. i never dreamed this would happen to me. when the doctor told me i had three blocked arteries, i felt like i was punched in the gut. i found out that one in three women die from heart disease. how did i not know that? . >>> welcome back. we are coming up on 4:53. a live look at 880 past the coliseum. we are going to talk baseball as well as traffic. marla, over to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> a new bill working through the state capital could keep parks open for a little while. it's easier for nonprofit groups to take over. they must now veet on th

. >> said it seemed like the traffic was backing up for their here into pleasanton, once i got up it took a long time to get to calaveras where it would come in from livermore from 84. it seemed it was confusing how to merge in a once you got up there the traffic stayed in the commuter lane was open. >>reporter: why is this happening? i spoke with a spokesman earlier today and they feel the reason might be in the past year santa clara county has seen the unemployment level dropped from 11.7% to 10.3% possibly meaning that thousands more drivers might be on the road each day the slow down the commute. they also said the toll lane is working just as planned. they're collecting as much money as they hoped and a lot of drivers to use the lelane. back live, the mtc wanted to remind drivers that this lelane it is always 24 hours a day free as an aide joe be laid. in fremont, charles kron 4 news. >>pam: starting today highway 50 is closed at echo summit and that will stay that way for two weeks. they're going to replace the old rock wall which prevents people from dropping out the side of t

later on today, the mid-70s, maybe upper 70s in pleasanton and livermore. 76 in fairfield. if you are going to san francisco, a gorgeous day there, 70 degree weather. high pressure builds in throughout the next few days. by wednesday, it sets up over the bay area. that's going to drive the offshore push. that means the warm, down sloping winds bring the temperatures to near record levels. 88 degrees on wednesday. warm for thursday. an on shore push at that time. this weekend, nice and dry and comfortable. no rain in the forecast. back to you. >> thank you much. >>> coming up, the rest of the news for the day. an american auto maker raising their prices. >>> the latest on governor jerry brown's post nose surgery. >> driving on 880, you are doing fine until the toll plaza. reports of an accident there. another tffecng your drive. i'll show you how things are developing this monday morning. >>> it's 4:52 on may 2nd. you are looking at the approach to the bay bridge. berkeley will release its budget today. they get an informal meeting today. the city manager will present a deta

she was arrested yesterday in pleasanton. the school is closed. >>> for the first time, pg&e is admitting technical problems with some smartmeters. the utility says it will replace 1600 devices due to what it calls a rare defect. hire temperatures apparently caused the wireless meters to run fast and in turn they inflate customers' electric bills. pg&e has told affected customers that they will receive full refunds for those bad charges. >>> well, you could have trouble hailing a cab today in san francisco because some taxi drivers plan to park their cabs in protest. high gas prices and a slow economy taking a toll, but many drives say it's those new fees for using credit cards that hurt the most. cabbies, you see, are now charged a 5% fee for processing costs every time a passenger pays with a credit card. today's protest is set for noon at city hall. >>> coming up, bin laden's death is all over the internet. and how scammers are taking advantage on websites like facebook. >> a close-up look at bin laden's luxury hideout. wh

start in the east bay valleys, upper 80s in pleasanton and brentwood. 83 in downtown oakland would be a record high temperature. mid to upper 80s down in the south bay and a lot of these temperatures, about 2-3 degrees shy of record highs to give you an idea where we're dealing with this afternoon, what we're dealing with. low to mid-80s throughout the peninsula with low to mid-70s along the coast. daly city 73. mid to upper 80s in the north bay valleys with low to mid-70s at your beaches. we'll have 76 in monterey and 85 in santa cruz. heading inland, upper 80s to near 90 in gilroy. around the state everybody warmer with upper 80s throughout the central valley, look at big sur, 85 degrees, 97 in palm springs. 92 in san diego. coliseum, indians and best team in baseball for a reason. 81 degrees dropping down to 68 by the time the game ends. comfortable high temperatures, low to mid-50s in the north bay valleys. mid to upper 50s for the rest of us. tomorrow we'll make another run at near record high temperatures with pretty close to what we're dealing with. 8 degree drop on friday and

a few low 90 degrees readings inland places like danville, pleasanton in walnut creek. in the coastline, 73 half moon bay, '80s for the bay shore and the upper 80s in the south bay. thursday will be another warm day just a tad bit cooler special close to the coastline. you could see '70s and 80 degree readings into friday things will cool down. fog in the morning, sea breeze winds will be part of our forecast. it much cooler temperatures, back into the 60s and low to the mid-70s. very warm tomorrow, very warm thursday but late thursday the sea breeze winds kick back in which means fought for friday morning, cooler temperatures and that trend will continue over the weekend. >>catherine: they are the elite of the leak. the navy top secret force known as seal team six, a commando force is getting credit for killing osama. we are learning new details of how they were able to carry out a mission impossible without a single casualty. navy seal team 6 was born at a failure, more than 30 years ago american effort to rescue the american hostages in iran ended disastrously when t

mid upper 60's there. 64 at walnut creek and pleasanton. antioch and near monterey bay look for mid 60's near the bay and upper 60's inland gilroy morgan hill. accu-weather 7 day forecast. sunday skies will clear up. breezy. pleasant inland high in the low 70's upper 60's right around the bay but only in the 50's on the coast. cool down again on monday memorial day. skies mostly sunny and then monday night a slight chance of some light rain overnight but it doesn't lack like it's an area wide event. >> consistent temperatures. >> right through the we can. >> continue tonight. seafood scam. why the fish you order may not be the fish you get. >> traveling for memorial day weekend. new report may have you thinking twice about where you sit. we talk about germs. you thinking twice about where you sit. we talk about germs. stay with us.  >> for more than 5 decades this cafe in san francisco forth beach has been one of the city most popular hang outs. hip place to be. poet. police. politicians and celebrity came fo

temperatures running well below average about 65 degrees in antioch, 64 in pleasanton, breezy in san francisco and at the coast. cooler than normal, chance of showers and we'll try and dry things out tomorrow. looks likes partly cloudy skies, a few more clouds friday with again about a 20% chance of a few more raindrops. over the weekend a little more sunshine returning and hopefully for the unofficial beginning to summer, hopefully it will start to feel like it just a little bit anyway. all right. time to check your traffic with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. i guess rain is in our forecast. you may want to use mass transit to get to work today. and i checked and bart has at least 20 trains all running on time. ace train number one off to a great start. muni metro, caltrain, also reporting no delay. in other words, mass transit is good to go. northbound 101 approaching todd, mostly green in the stretch but it's a major injury crash. chp out there for a couple of hours. nimitz 880 you can see top speeds up and down from 238 to 980 towards downtown. up to 71 miles per hour. here's

inland areas getting into the milder range. 76 for concord and 75 for livermore and pleasanton. 67 in santa cruz. 75 inland in morgan hill. tomorrow at the coliseum, the a's are going to take on the minnesota twins at 12:35. count on sunny and mild weather. good baseball weather. mid to upper 60s. as you look at the accu-weather seven-day forecast, you are looking at 60s coast side and 70s inland. holding pattern for friday. cooler on sunday and monday as the wind kicks up. notice no rain drops on the accu-weather seven-day forecast. >> that's hard to believe. >> yeah, that's something we haven't seen in awhile. >> a nice change. >>> bike racing fever wheels into san jose. >> the tour of california's mad dash through the bay area next. >>> we have developing news in oakland where police confirm that one of the officers has shot at least one person. police have not said what the circumstances were leading up to the shooting, but there is now a manhunt under way. it happened at the corner of berlin way near maple. >>> the santa cruz spca says someone stole a kitten from its shelter in l

w 71 for morgan hill on friday. 72 in gilroy. 69 in pleasanton tomorrow. yes, it is friday! it is here! oh, boy, i'm ready for the weekend. okay, 67 in san mateo, 64 in san francisco, 69 in redwood city. and 62 in half moon bay. and we're also looking at upper 60s to near 70 here in the east bay and also for our north bay communities. morningtime on the weather channel on cable on this deadly and severe weather as it slides east and on your seven-day forecast, we'll find some dry weather this weekend, but we're monitoring the cloud cover and those showers off to the north. and that's what we've got for you. >> not so bad. >> not at all. >> let's turn things over to laurence scott and the big buzz with the giants. >>> good evening. the giants' day game came too soon. they needed some time to decompress from not just a loss to florida last night, but to losing buster posey to likely a season-ending injury. it was the talk of the ballpark today. >> there's no place to go, you know, then, sure, you can run into the catcher. i don't know. these are -- i'm just saying, we might ne

more of the same pleasanton, livermore, still some 60s and 70s on the coast for another day. then tomorrow looks warm to very warm. upper 80s continue into thursday. little cooler friday as the fog returns. then it really comes pouring back in saturday. a lot of clouds and possibility especially in the north bay of maybe some light rain on sunday. >>> another hack attack at so, ny. personal information was taken from nearly 25 million users on sony's online entertainment network. sony says financial records from an old data base are part of the information stolen. the records are all from people who live outside the u.s. sony already said it's increasing security and moving its play station network to another server after personal information was stolen last month. >>> all right. let's check in on wall street. here's where we start the day. pretty quiet if you look at the numbers. there was quite a lot of activity yesterday as investors around the world sifted through what might happen since osama bin laden has been killed. world stocks down this morning as traders now focus

but speeds improve closer to pleasanton. and quickly want to go out to video taken from chopper 5 earlier this morning. the backups unfortunately are just beginning now. this is south of market near fremont and natoma where an area of construction where the patchwork on the roadway is not level so as you can see, crews are out there. they have the lane blocked off. expect it as commute gets under way. problem spot. you don't want a flat tire. >>> thank you. we are

shores. 68 in berkeley, 65 for alameda, 67 for san leandro and we are going to look at 73 for dublin and pleasanton. 77 as a high in brentwood. in marin, seeing 60s and 70s here. 72 for san anselmo, 69 in san rafael. going to keep it cooler in the city at 65 today. nice and warm in napa at 75. 77 for both sonoma and for fairfield. so we are going to start to cool off as we go into tomorrow and see a little more cloud cover and we continue with that cooling trend into thursday and friday. saturday dropping down into the mid-60s in those inland spots. clouds are back in the picture and rain is back in the picture starting late saturday. continuing into sunday with even cooler weather and the possibility of keeping showers in the forecast for the start of next workweek. that's a look at your forecast. let's get a look at the driving conditions with elizabeth. >> let's go towards chopper 5 and it continues to fly along the peninsula now in redwood city near whipple and you can see everything is free-flowing this morning in either direction. thank you, chopper 5. to our maps now. westbound highway 4 is

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the places that will hit the low 90s, places like danville, walnut creek in pleasanton. along the coastline in the slow '70s, '80s for the bay shore and '80s and the south bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay, the warming trend will last through thursday so very short- lived. we'll see the sea breeze winds kick back and thursday. that will bring us fog along the coast and friday morning. much cooler temperatures friday, the cooling trend continue more cloud cover expected this weekend. >>pam:a programming note, this saturday kron will air nbc programming while the giants shown at 8:00 p.m. and back. [ jerry ] look at this! you got a state-of-the-art man-cave, but the savings account of a cave-man! hey sports fans check this out. [ beep ] oops, my bad. earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! ooh, 3-d! instead of earning bupkus, your savings could be earning three times the national average! three times more. go online to capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? what's this do? [ beeping ] >>catherine: new informati

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should not be a problem coming out of livermore and pleasanton and i'll follow this, because that is a major commute spot where those two roadways come together. i'll follow this. for for now, right back out to you. >> thank you very much. also we're following the day's news this morning. and we begin with the triple shooting that happened at san jose state sending shock waves across that campus. "today in the bay's" christie smith has an update. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. we hope to learn more today about the circumstances surrounding this horrible shooting. we know it's being investigated as a murder/suicide, but a little later this morning we're expecting to learn the identities of the three people involved. but apparently the university has had some trouble reaching one of the families of the victims. so it's taken some time. now, we do know the identities, but we are withholding that information until we can confirm that the university has indeed contacted all of the family members. we know that two of the people shot and killed tuesday night in the parking

and crawford grew up in pleasanton. a short stop in the future and the future is now. a grand slam and the giants were up 5-3. bases loaded and mccoy and a single to left. no, no, not another collision at the plate. eli white side takes the brunt of it and holds on the crawford is welcomed to the biggs with a pie in the face. dallas brayden is hurt, but raising awareness about skin cancer prevention. the game is tied at two and two on for baltimore. he is bad guererro. but pennington is even bader. a diving stop to stop the double play. geo gonzalez fired up and not figuring in the decision. sweeney delivers and it is one of oakland's five hits with two outs in the game. welling ham and aloha. a's roll 6-2 and their second straight victory. another day and another upset at the french open. the two seed in the women's side is out. and today the top seed followed her out the door. number one, but has never won a grand slam event. and she made sure she wasn't doing this one. she takes the first set. she crushes number one. 6-1, 6-3 and advancing to the fourth round. bosto