hollyfield in livermore. police are encouraging parents to talk to their kids now that a teacher has been arrested accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy. >> reporter: two adults have been charged for their role in providing alcohol to a minor who died in a drunk diving crash. the crash in which she was not -- driving. the story coming up in a live report. two more days of poor air quality and near record high temperatures before a change comes this weekend. we'll talk about the rain for next week. good morning. a large plastic tub reported on the san mateo bridge westbound. hopefully it won't cause delays. we'll track that for you. [ inaudible ] all kinds of interesting things on the roads this morning. thank you for joining us i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. a livermore math teacher will be in court tomorrow to face charges of having a six month sexual relationship with one of her underaged students. amy hollyfield is live at granada high. a popular social game app has a role in this? >> reporter: yes. they were playing words with friends. officials here at the school are the ones who called police when they caught wind there was possibly an inappropriate relationship going on. she was a math teacher here at the -- the boy was within her students. 40-year-old marie johnson core responded with the boy -- core responded with the boy through text messages, facebook and playing words with friends. police believe she was having sex with him between december and may of last year. >> there is 24 counts that range from sexual intercourse with a minor, lewd acts with a minor and oral copulation that occurred in her car and throughout other locations in livermore, mainly in her car. >> reporter: the school district released a statement saying the teacher has been placed on leave. and the district is cooperating fully with law enforcement officials while conducting a simultaneous personnel investigation. police are encouraging parents to be mindful of their children's social media relationships. investigators don't have any reason to believe there are any other victims. they say it is important parents have frank discussions with their kids. the teacher is scheduled to be in court tomorrow. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. the state is going after adults who provide alcohol to minors in a big way. arresting an alameda mother and south san francisco market owner and charging them in a drunk driving crash that resulted in the death of a teenager last year. terry mcsweeney is live at the dairy market in south city. >> reporter: the owner of this market has been arrested as has a woman all for their role in providing alcohol to a teenager who died in a drunk driving crash. a story with more than a few twists. take a look at the two suspects in this case. you are going to see -- the state alcohol beverage control says chin helped buy the alcohol for her daughter's friend the 17-year-old on february 4th, of last year. 3:00 the next morning the 17-year-old is killed in a drunk driving crash 101 near san francisco, she was not driving the vehicle. state investigators have seen the video of the transaction and they say what it shows is clear. >> the minor tried to purchase the alcohol with a debit card. the transaction did not go through. so the minor left and went to get cash. came back in, purchased the alcohol. they left the store with the alcohol in miss chin's hands, miss chin furnished the alcohol outside the store. >> reporter: the tone for the store owner says -- the attorney says it shows chin buying the alcohol not the teenager and calls the arrest the result of a witch-hunt that authorities are trying to find someone to blame for what everyone agrees is a tragedy. the 19-year-old who is behind the wheel of the carr last february has been -- of the car last february has been convicted of vehicular manslaughter and faces up to four years when he's sentenced next month. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. 5:05. on to the housing crisis. banks backed off on home foreclosures in 2011 that is not because of a big improvement in the industry. economists expect things to take an ugly turn this year. katie marzullo is live with the numbers. >> reporter: never just good news. the numbers in the report by realty track look like good news. but there's that catch. there was a massive drop in foreclosure activity, the fewest since 2007. not necessarily because homeowners caught up with their payments. here are the numbers. realty track reports nationwide for closures were down 34% in 2011 from 2.9 million in 2010 to 1.9 million last year. in california, foreclosures were down 20%, still the third highest rate in the country. experts say a large part of why there were fewer foreclosures is banks were in a holding pattern waiting for certain legalities to be worked out now that they've been worked out banks will move quickly to clear the backlog. back to news, even with more foreclosures coming, the numbers are expected to stay below the peak of 2010. and the prices should bottom out this year. so 2013 could be the start of a real recovery in the housing market. katie marzullo, abc7 news. all 10 university of california campuses, including uc berkeley will be smoke-free within two years if all goes according to plan. uc president yudof sent a letter out monday asking chance horse to form committees on how they will implement the ban: it will prohibit smoking and chewing tobacco on campus. 600 other campuses across the country have smoking bans. [ unintelligible ] san leandro police are on the lookout for a man and woman linked to at least seven daytime street robberies. the first íj$u$e day after christmas the latest this past saturday. all occurred between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. near bancroft and joaquin avenues. the woman approaches the victim says she has a gun and demands the victim's wallet or purse. anyone with information about the robberies is asked to call san leandro police. the west contra costa school district says security cameras will be installed at pin knoll valley high. they were supposed to be -- set up after a shooting almost two years ago. the project ended up on the back burner until recently when community groups began asking about the delay. bidding on the estimated $400,000 project will begin next week cameras expected to be up and running by april 1st. connected directly to the police department. >> -- another wave of fresh dungeness crab should hit the market within days. this follows central california opening its crab season in november. so far it hasn't been as productive a season as last year when crabbers hauled in 19 million pounds of crab. >> we know one thing, we won't be needing that dungeness crab for mayor lee's bet. >> we could have it with the gulf shrimp here, right? >> that's right start peeling the shrimp now. and the weather is going to be great, we have record temps, right mike? >> absolutely. possible this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon. good morning. shrimp and not crawfish. crawfish season now, mardi gras, absolutely. poorest air quality possibly in the santa clara valley it is in san jose now we could have poor air quality anywhere today it is spare the air until midnight i we'll have another one tomorrow. fog out there, quarter mile visibility novato, 3/4 at santa rosa, 101 corridor foggy while the rest of us unlimited visibility. we are doing pretty well. it is still coolest up in the north bay from the low 30s around napa, santa rosa, novato, 28 fairfield, we have mid to upper 30s along the peninsula, east bay shore into the south bay, low 40s. high pressure still dominating keeping us high and dry. high in the form of near record temperatures in the mid to upper 60s today, possibly near 70 tomorrow. it will still be warm saturday, you can see the cooling trend and more clouds roll in sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, most of us in the 50s rain beginning possibly in the north bay, wednesday night. good morning. fremont stalled bus southbound 680 near washington boulevard. on the shoulder but they say it could be partially block being the right lane because they are trying to transfer the passengers on to another bus looking good so 64 miles an hour. here's a live shot of the san mateo bridge keeping an eye on this one, because they reported a large plastic tub floating around in the westbound lane sounds like up with of those plastic swimming pools for toddlers. do look out for that. they are going to try to clear that. bay bridge toll, no delays. it is quiet all around the bay area. i want to take you to the waze traffic maps to show you how it looks now in the north bay. what see here these little budgets, these are drivers on the roads. they've turned on their waze app. by doing so, they've decided to share their information with you. it will tell you how fast they are going and what roads they are on. we have someone on sonoma highway in the glen allen area this is marley 21 they just joined today. almost 900 abc 7 traffic spotters right now. you can be part of this by going to abc7news.com/waze. learn more about the application and what it can do for you. this will help you on your commute to work. the more people who join of course the better our information is. we can give you traffic on city streets as well this free traffic app. this is free. 5:11. not so fast. the state's top accountant questions the benefit california schools will get from governor brown's proposed tax hike. if you want to get in on the 9ers playoff action it may be more affordable than you thought. bay area lab develops breakthrough material for sniffing out nuclear bombs that costs pennies. tahoe resort guaranteeing snow what you will get the flakes don't fall. 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has unveiled a cheaper material that can detect newtron radiation that includes materials to make -- neutron radiation that includes materials to make bombs. made of crystals can be as small or large as necessary. it is not in production yet but it should be available within a few years. san francisco's commercial real estate market showing signs of recovery. mayor lee says the online professional network linked in has sign add agreement to leasing 57,000 square feet of office space at one tower the second technology deal announced so far this year. sales force.com announced a 400,000 square foot lease late last week. timing is everything. online ticket brokers stubhub says ticket prices are down 20% since monday. the cheapest seat going for $150. the game between the 9ers and saints still the hottest selling playoff game on the site. they expect prices to continue to fluctuate. >> speaking of prices going down, sierra hotel hoping to head off winter for skiers with a special offer. unbelievable. the resort is offering a snow guarantee package. if you book a visit this month and there isn't two feet of fresh snow, when you get there, you can cancel your reservation and get your deposit back. or you can stay and choose between a free lake tahoe sight ceasing cruise for two or one lift ticket to -- heavenly mountain. >> imagine how the creative marketing comes out. >> holiday weekend you can get free rentals and free lessons. they are pulling out all the stops. after next week hopefully they won't need do that mike. >> the steady snow will start falling friday through next weekend may get a few snow showers late sunday night into monday that won't amount to anything we have to wait until this time next week. back here at home, we are on the opposite end of the spectrum. it is still feeling like spring as we take a break from winter and try to push temperatures up near record high levels this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon. beautiful picture of san francisco to the east bay hills. i just updated temperatures they are colder upper 20s fairfield, napa, novato, 30 santa rosa, most of the bay shore in the mid to upper 30s into the south bay, we have low 40s around oakland antioch, half moon bay, 47 san francisco and 34 concord, livermore. monterey bay 37 in santa cruz, 40 watsonville and monterey, 41 salinas and frosty 30 in gilroy. let's talk about those warm temperatures with a lot of sun and light winds today. that stagnant air means it is our 14 sp spare the air. cooler and cleaner will start to roll in sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday head of that next system or the big pattern change that will bring rain and mountain snow next week. until then sunshine today mid to upper 60s. 63 san francisco, richmond warm up 68 santa rosa, 69 in livermore, also in cloverdale. mid to upper 60s monterey bay inland we could touch 70 in salinas. tonight cool once again, no clouds, no wind, not much moisture in the air low humidity and that's why temperatures drop off so dramatically once the sunsets. 29 santa rosa, mid to upper 30s inland valleys, fremont, palo alto south to morgan hill and santa cruz mild low to mid 40s around richmond, san francisco, oakland, san mateo and half moon bay. three areas of high pressure dominating the weather with the clockwise flow you can see why it is so cold, temperatures are dropping right now in the upper midwest and they won't get warmer in the afternoon that's how strong that area of cold air is. winter is back for them. we are still on spring breakthrough at least saturday. we'll be in the mid 50s along the coast sunday with 60 for the rest of us you can see the increase in s all of us in the 50s monday, tuesday -- in the 50s all of us -- first chance of rain wednesday. fremont southbound 680 near washington but, several buses looks like a tour bus group that one of them has stalled, apparently up to six buses are on the shoulder. chp at the scene. you can get by okay. it is not reportedly blocking any lanes. might partially traffic still light out of the sunol grade. live shot of the san mateo bridge still looking good despite a large blue plastic tub in the westbound lane. not much slowing at this point. they usually clear debris quickly 680 walnut creek southbound light heading towards highway 24. not too bad on the rows right now. bring up the waze traffic maps this is cool all those budgets are other drivers on the road right now. -- all those bubbles are other drivers on the road now. they've turned their waze application on so they are sharing their speeds with you. we can find out which areas are slow. some have a little abc7 logo, notice dave from rp joined three days ago moving a bit slowly at this point. the waze traffic maps will show you where things slow down by putting up green and red or rather red and yellow lines so you will see what can be slow. you can be part of this community by going to abc7news.com/waze download the free application and you can put in your iphone, android or blackberry and be part of the community. like the emphasis on free. 5:21. nabbed on video. a brave teenager helps deputies catch a burglar in southern california. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> new hip-hop anthem for the 49ers. the beat that one rapper hopes will give him a bounce in the playoffs. ♪ if you can't take a hit, take rc now it can stop pain from any angle, with no mess. [ male announcer ] icy hot spray. relief that's icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. and no mess. icy hot spray. don't mess around with pain. a 15-year-old boy foiled aburg ray tempt. he was home alone when he heard somebody breaking into the house he called 911 and used his cell phone to record it. >> they opened the window. i think i should call the police. er in the house. >> -- they in the house. i hear him. >> that boy hid under his bed with the prowler feet away rummaging through the bedroom. officers arrested the man at the scene. the video will be used as evidence against him in court. >> the 9ers are rolling into their first playoff contest in day decade to the beat of their new hip-hop anthem. ♪ ♪ >> yeah! sorry. bay area rapper bailey created his tribute to the team by sampling some of coach hard bow's rants. >> i talked to them -- they say they play it at practice and i told them who i was bailey, i got the song. oh yeah man we love it man you keep ongoing. i said y'all keep going too. >> 9ers chant is also featured on a new mission district mural. >> guy to learn this one now. i used to sing we are the 49ers. 5:25. following developing news in downtown san francisco. police on the scene of a fatal stabbing. what investigators say about this crime, next. east bay teacher arrested on charges of something sex with a student. we are live what led police to suspect her. >> our first arctic outbreak of 2012 taking place right now highs in the teens in fargo and minneapolis to freezing in chicago. 27 in st. louis, 35 in denver, mid to upper 40s in seattle and portland. a lot of rain mixing with high elevation snow in the northeast right now flight delays laguardia, jfk and out here near phoenix if you are traveling use our flight tracker at abc7news.com at the bottom. 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680 walnut creek looking good southbound. more about waze. thursday light that sounds good thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. developing news in san francisco right now police are on the scene of a deadly stabbing near 6th and market streets near stevenson around 2:30 this morning. police found a man in his 30s suffering from a stab wound taken to a nearby hospital and died a short time later no word on motive or suspect description. police say it appears witnesses saw the attack. we'll continue to follow the story and bring you more information as we get. students at a livermore high school are without one math teacher this morning after she was arrested, accused of sexual assault for a relationship she had with a teenaged student. police say she was having more than just words with friends. amy hollyfield is live at granada high with more. >> reporter: that's the online game they were playing with each other. she getting some support here at granada high some parents tell us some of her students are coming to her defense. other kids are not being so nice. everyone is talking about this. 40-year-old marie johnson is a math teacher some of her students call her miss j. she accused of having a sex relationship with a 14-year-old she faces 24 charges. she was arrested afterschool officials called them. they just found out there was a possible relationship going on and they heard it was possibly took place between december and may of last year. they called police. police say the boy and the teacher corresponded through texting and facebook and played words with friends. >> i never played words with friends with my of my teacher except her my relationship with her was different, i talked to her about other things. she was like a friend almost. >> reporter: the school district released this statement saying the teacher has been placed on leave and the district is cooperating fully with law enforcement and also conducting a simultaneous personnel investigation. police are encouraging parents to be mindful of the social media relationships their children have. they say it would be smart to talk to their kids. they don't think there were any other victims they say this is a good time to have frank discussions with their children. the teacher is due in court tomorrow. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. police in pennsylvania say an antioch special ed teacher is getting ready to turn himself in to face charges of having sex with an underaged student. he has been suspended from his job in antioch. police say he had sexual relations with a 15-year-old female student in 2006 and 2007 when he was 24 and living in mercer county, pennsylvania. he's charged with statutory sexual assault, indecent assault and unlawful contact with a minor. >> in california authorities cracking down on underaged drinking, especially the grown-ups who help teenagers get the booze. right now law enforcement is targeting two adults for their roles in the drunk driving death of a teen last year. terry mcsweeney is live in south san francisco to explain. >> reporter: one of those adults charged is the owner of the market. another is adult woman. they have been arrested for providing alcohol to a minor who died a few hours later in a drunk driving crash. there is more to the story. take a look at the two suspects in this case. the state alcohol beverage control says chin helped buy the alcohol for her daughter's friend february 4th of last year. 3:00 the next morning the girl is dead after a drunk driving crash on 101 near san francisco although she was not driving that vehicle, she was a passenger. state investigators have seen the video of the purchase and they say what it shows is clearly the two adults participating an attorney for the store owner says, he sees something else. >> my client did not sell to a minor. my client sold to adult. adult who put that purchase on her tab on her balance that she has with the store. >> reporter: the person who was driving in that drunk driving crash a 19-year-old man has been convicted of vehicular manslaughter and he's going to be sentenced next month. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. 5:34. family and friends of a missing 15-year-old hayward girl will hold a search for her today. darlene sink was last seen leaving her -- darlene singh was last seen leaving her parents home her final communication came in the form of text messages with friends. darlene is 5'4, 100 pounds. here are two pictures of her. supporters say she suffers from social anxiety disorder sy> all of the most important decisions on this subject have all been made. they've been made by big developers. and high density growth advocacy groups. and we were not at the table when all those decisions were made. >> planned bay area is scheduled to be adopted in april 2013. the next meeting next tuesday at the marin center in san rafael. pg&e and san francisco officials say candlestick park is ready for saturday's playoff between the 49ers and saints. mayor lee says the city and utility have completed the last of several improvements and testifies to make sure there will not be another -- and tests to make sure there will not be another power outage. last month there were two outages twice delaying the monday night football match-up against pittsburgh. the mayor says he thinks the only lights out saturday will be the 49ers shutting down the saints. kickoff 1:30. >> that's the lights out. >> i think we are going to win that you don't want to tempt drew brees that way, because he can -- >> rise to the challenge. >> yes he can. >> you said what? all right. >> weather is going to be great. on the way to saturday, we have warm temperatures. >> absolutely near record highs not only today but tomorrow and probably not saturday but still, we are talking upper 50s to lower 60s during the game. upper 50s while you are tailgating, lower 60s to even mid 60s towards the latter part of the game. it is going to be a wonderful day. we'll probably have hopefully not another spare the air but close today is our 14th, poorest air quality is supposed to be in the south bay all of us under the umbrella once again. unlimited visibility until you get to 101 through the valleys in the north bay quarter mile in novato, 3/4 mile visibility in santa rosa. temperatures 28 napa, everybody else in the 30s and 40s total sunshine 8:00 by noon, mid 50s to even 60 around napa, san jose and morgan hill all of us will reach 60 by , mid to upper 60s except for at the coast -- low to mid 60s. here's your seven day, near record highs today i think we'll set a few tomorrow, still warmer and average -- warmer than average saturday. 50s monday to wednesday of next week first cans of rain in the north bay wednesday afternoon. good morning. still looking good on the roads. a couple minor problems, first westbound 80 getting a little more crowded probably one of the most crowded spots now through berkeley. dead deer blocking lanes northbound 13, chp en route now. it is just a little slow at the scene, 45 miles an hour. waze traffic maps, these are drivers on the road now that have turned on their waze application. we can track the speeds on whatever streets they are on right now brentwood area, big red who has joined the traffic spotter group and other folks on the roads as well what is really cool about this application is that it tracks your speed wherever you are driving. we can give you traffic problems on surface streets as well. you can be part of this community by going to abc7news.com/waze download it on your iphone, android or blackberry. have this information while you drive and right now we are almost up to 900 in our group. please join the more folks we have in this group the more accurate the information will be. at start of this week, so that great. if you are looking for that information it is at the top of our home page, abc7news.com. 5:39. >> mystery in a northern california town. a plot of land 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[ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. . >> wide speculation in patterson that amazon is planning to build a distribution center there. city officials will only say there's a plan for a project x and a giant unnamed company may be coming to the small town. they won't give out the name of the company. citing a confidentiality agreement. last september governor brown cut a deal with amazon to delay collecting online sales tax in the state if the internet giant created 10,000 new jobs in california. the unnamed patterson center with would bring 1500 jobs a boost for a town with an unemployment rate approaching 21% with >> -- >> we've been working hard to diversify our economy. the new distribution center would join several others already in patterson like cvs and coles. >> you may need a prescription in -- -- the state legislature is considering a bill that would make any drug containing pseudo ephedrine -- a key ingredient in meth a.m. get minute. -- methamphetamine. >> clearly consumers don't want it. understand the concerns by law enforcement. we feel there's a better way to do that. >> prescription bill advocates say consumers will still have plenty of choices. there are at least 130 over-the-counter cold remedies that don't contain pseudo ephedrine and won't be restricted. big lender refusing to front money of suppliers of goods for sears. broomberg business report is coming up. -- possible tornado ravages towns in north carolina. more wild weather on the way. i'm tahman bradley with the details. 1.3 billion people cannot be ignored. the new push google is making in china. intel searches bay area high schools for talented science students and finds a record number of them. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. nogoing back the again. good for you! how'd you do i eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't... multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories per serving... more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. a lot of sun through the central valley low to mid 60s same over the sierra tahoe 48, yosemite 52. 69 big sur, 72 l.a., 68 san diego, 71 palm springs less sunshine if you are heading to southern california. 5:47. the republican presidential candidate are working south carolina today getting ready for the primary in nine days. front-runner mitt romney hosts an early morning meeting with voters in greer. john huntsman takens a breakfast on daniel island. perry will have several events that was newt gingrich who has two afternoon events in columbia, south carolina. south carolina residents will cast votes january 21st. >> president obama's campaign has hauled in more than 68 million dollars in combined funds for his reelection and the democratic party during the final three months of last year. his campaign manager released those figures this morning. combined mr. obama's campaign and the dnc raised more than 220 million dollars in 2011. wild weather across the nation this morning. parts of the country finally seeing normal snowfall this winter. alaska is digging out from unusual amounts of snow. one tornado has ravaged the east. tahman bradley has more. >> reporter: this morning, part of the country is digging out or picking up after a day of wild and destructive weather. a possible tornado ravaged towns in rutherford and burke counties in north carolina. the streets were filled with rubble overnight as residents and emergency responders viewed the remains. dozens of homes and buildings were damaged, some leveled. hundreds were left without power. >> i got a call saying that my grandma's house got hit by a tornado. >> here you can see where it blew part of the barn that came from that barn right down there. >> trees down, tower lines down in that swath. >> reporter: in denver, snow was the problem. it fell at the worst possible time, right in the middle of rush hour. the roads left drivers helpless and frustrated. >> every time it snows people try to get up this hill and they can't make it. most have to turn around. after a while it becomes a can of warm -- can of worlds. >> reporter: today, more wild weather. several states are bracing for a major storm that is expected to bring the heaviest snowfall of the season. the snow probably won't leave 20 feet on the ground like in cordova, an -- alaska, a winter that arrived late for many is packing a big punch, tahman bradley, washington. we were reminiscing about ice scrapers, mike and i, back in the midwest and south you need one of those. >> tahoe maybe next week. >> some snow there, ice possible there morning in the north bay, freezing frost out there, possibly. freezing fog creating frost, there we go. still chill what i'm trying to say. golden gate bridge this morning, we'll talk to frances about traffic i'm sure she has a few waze of showing you -- [ laughing ] >> the way traffic is moving this morning. been waiting to use that one all week. let's take a look at the temperature. if you are new, you will see it is really cool it sells us apart from everybody else in feeding you the information you need. upper 20s, fairfield, napa, espn, 30 santa rosa, closer to freezing around concord and livermore 34, peninsula -- mid 30s, fremont, san jose, upper 30s. 47 right now in san francisco, 37 in santa clara -- santa cruz. frost is developing around gilroy at 30. spring break from winter again today. we'll be near record probably won't set any this day two or three years ago were in the mid to upper 70s in most areas by far one of the warmest days ever in january. tomorrow closer to setting records under a spare the air today probably will be tomorrow also. winds will bring cooler and cleaner air back half of the weekend starting sunday and spilling into next week with when the pattern changes to more wetness. for today, 7° warmer than average in san jose with that 66, fremont, oakland, san francisco, 65°, eight degrees warmer than average, live more your 65 is nine. sunset 5:11 after coming up 7:25 this morning. mid to upper 60s with livermore 69. santa rosa 68, cloverdale 69 most of news the mid to upper 60s with light winds. mid to upper 60s monterey bay and inland to salinas 70°. tonight 29 santa rosa, subfreezing in napa, clear lake, fairfield, mid to upper 30s in most of our neighborhoods low to mid 40s richmond, oakland, san mateo, san francisco and half moon bay. not much of a change in the forecast, all the cold weather spilling into the eastern 2/3 of the united states while we've got this dry pattern that brings us near record highs. we could touch 70 in a few areas tomorrow, low to mid 60s saturday, upper 50s to near 60 sunday, definitely cooler then, a lot of 50s to round out the holiday weekend our first chance of rain in the north bay, with wednesday. as promised here's frances. >> got a lot of waze to track traffic. chp screen, live camera shots, no delays at the bay bridge toll. still looking good across the san mateo bridge despite an earlier large plastic tub in the westbound direction on the right hand side there golden gate bridge, no trouble. not seeing a lot of accidents this morning, that's great. i want to show you my newest way to show you traffic the waze traffic maps. you turn on the application when you hit the road and it tracks your speed that's all you need to do to contribute to this waze community. you will notice, a lot of folks have joined the abc7 traffic spotter group. long ride joined five days ago she is moving along near highway 4. we also have another person road warrior who joined a couple days ago. we are almost up to 900 members. last week with when i joined i was member number 20 it shows you that we are getting a lot of -- number 23. it shows you that we are getting a lot more folks. go to abc7 news do the/waze, download it to your. -- iphone, android or blackberry. it will tell you on any roads with where we have other wazers it might help you for your ride up to tahoe. 5:54. sears may be about to face an inventory problem. >> here's this morning's bloomberg business report. good morning. sources tell bloomberg companies that supply inventory to sears are running into trouble. starting today business lender will no longer lend suppliers money to cover their costs as they wait for payments from the store. sears which owns sears and kmart disagrees with the action and has ample liquidity and resources at its disposal. home depot hiring a month earlier. the chain is looking for more than 70,000 seasonal workers to get an early start on flower, fertilizer and grill sales. targeting people who want to upgrade their home living experience but don't want to spend big bucks. all this as the housing market continues to suffer. realty track says banks may seize more than a million u.s. homes this year that would be a huge jump, almost 25% more than last year after a lull in for closures because of the legal scrutiny over their business practices. at the new york stock exchange with the bloomberg business report. google has renewed its push in and looking to expand its web search engine operation there is. the company scaled down its presence in china two years ago after a confrontation over censorship with chinese authorities. the "wall street journal" reports google is hiring more engineers, salespeople and product managers in china also working to introduce new services to chinese consumers that don't require sensor . 14 bay area high students are among 30 semifinalists in the competitive intel science talent search. four are seniors in san jose. they each received $1,000 checks from intel. they did research projects in physics, gene foamics, computer -- genomics, computer sigh kwrepbls. people make science seem hard to do that is not the impression people should be getting i'm not a genius i'm just someone who managed to work hard. >> work will go up against 271 of their counterparts from 44 states. a group of finalist will be chosen by intel in a couple of weeks. >> record number of bay area high students among the simi finalists something to be proud of. >> -- 5:57. >> just ahead, is it keeping us safer or technology gone too far? the east bay company looking to photograph your license plate. plus the latest on developing news as san francisco police investigate a deadly stabbing overnight. >> reporter: high school teacher in livermore playing words with fence with a student is now in jail. -- with friends with a student is now in jail. turn out she was doing much more with the h@h@h@ccccccccccccc you can see