jose without public dollars attached to it is always good news. we're thankful to the folks on the private side making an investment in san jose. >> reporter: but he agrees more needs to be done to ease the traffic mess but he'll gladly accept that problem if it means san jose is adding business. i also spoke with the local neighborhood association. they like the idea but would also like to see a pedestrian bridge along the development. that, however, is not in the general plan. live in south san jose, i'm damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. now let's take you to the east bay. look at this, the flames dramatic. tonight an apartment building next to the uc berkeley campus is a burned-out shell. so dangerous it's threatening neighboring buildings. the predawn fire gutted the three-story complex on dwight way just a few blocks from the cal campus. even now it's so unstable that the two buildings next door are red tagged. four more buildings have yellow tags, which limits access. that leaves about 50 residents, many of them students, all of them now displaced. they have also lost valuable notes and books inside the building. while no one was hurt, the neighborhood, needless to say, was shaken up. >> everything is like yellow and red. i am a single dad with four kids, so it's time to run. >> run they did. the fire was around 4:00 a.m. dwight way was closed most of the day and still no word on the cause of this blaze. it is one of the most toxic sights in the nation and it is right in our backyard. divers took a plunge at the site at the lawrence channel in richmond's inner harbor where tests have shown high levels of a dangerous level ddt. it's a pesticide with a long and controversial history. monte francis joins us from richmond with that. monte, what's being done now to fix it? >> reporter: well, jessica, the environmental protection agency is starting by doing more tests and trying to figure out exactly where that ddt is coming from. then the agency says it will undertake a massive cleanup effort. divers searched the murky waters in richmond's inner harbor, retrieving testing devices which measure the levels of ddt in the water during the past 30 days. those devices, along with tissue samples take from mussels in the channel will help the epa determine where the dangerous chemical is coming from and just how bad the problem has become. >> we've identified several potential sources. we may have not during the initial effort been able to druj around and underneath the piers. we're also concerned there may be ddt coming from the embankment. >> reporter: a chemical company contaminated the channel pack in the 1940s and it is listed as one of four super fund sites or abandoned hazardous waste sites. the epa's most recent review those levels of ddt as much as 30 times higher in fish found in the channel compared with levels taken 20 years ago. because the channel is home to a loading company, fishing here is rare. even so, signs are posted warning that the fish are toxic. but the warnings to little to keep people from fishing in other parts of richmond's inner harbor. >> because i've been coming here for years and nothing ever happened. i never got sick or anything off the food here. >> reporter: jesse romero says he and his friends still fish in the harbor but don't take what they catch home for dinner. >> pretty much we just do it for the sport. take pictures of a big fish and maybe throw it back. that's it. >> reporter: the epa wants to stress the fish in the channel are the ones contaminated with ddt. there's a separate advisory for the fish in the harbor containing high levels of metals and pcbs. was for when the next big cleanup is to take place, they have set a target date of 2014. monte francis, nbc bay area news. just barely, a new survey shows just a slim majority of likely california voters supposed the governor's proposed tax hike on the november ballot. 52% support temporarily raising the state sales tax by a half cent for four years. it would also raise income taxes for those earning more than $250,000. the public policy institute poll found 40% oppose the measure. 8% are undecided. the same poll shows californians strongly oppose the automatic cuts to k-12 grade education. the most recent poll shows rick santorum picking up momentum here in the golden state. the public policy substitute of california poll shows romney is the gop leader with 28% support, but santorum has been climbing steadily, picking up 18 points since december. santorum now sits at 22%. the california primary, by the way, is on june 2nd. next up for the gop primaries, next tuesday in mississippi and alabama. santorum is counting on the religious and conservative vote there to continue his momentum. newt gingrich is counting on the south as well where he tried to appeal to truck-driving republicans who are seeing rising gas prices. >> when obama was sworn in, the day he was sworn in, we paid $1.89. >> when it becomes a two-person race for the republican nomination, the conservatives will win that nomination. >> back to gingrich for a moment. his aides hint he may drop out of the race if he loses the southern primaries. we still don't know why a gunman killed one person and injured seven others after opening fire at a psychiatric clinic in pennsylvania today. the shooter was also killed, but it's unclear if he took his own life or was killed by officers. the shooting happened at a clinic at the university of pittsburgh. witnesses say they heard gunfire and barricaded themselves inside offices for at least 20 minutes until the s.w.a.t. teams arrived. from jail cells to the job market, a group of bay area women are taking advantage of a program designed to turn their lives around. this is not some sort of extreme sport, take a look. these women are strapped into harnesses and dangling from the ceiling in order to learn how to stay safe while working at a construction site. the working partnership usa program is designed to help previously incarcerated women to learn skills to help them land a trade union job. the program has a 70% success rate for placing graduates in real jobs. >> i would have never thought that i could be a construction worker or a roofer and now i can if i just put my mind to it and don't mess around. >> the rest of the course focuses on money manages and interviewing skills that can help them launch into what many of them call maybe the first shot at a stable career. still ahead at 5:00, cemetery errors. mistakes being uncovered at bay area gravesites. i'm marianne favro. a new report shows one out of every seven people with alzheimer's lives alone. coming up, i'm take a look at the unique challenges those people face. also ahead, if you think airports are crowded now, just wait. the forecast for air travel was just released. and it's the viral video stirring emotion and controversy. how the california nonprofit behind the kony video managed to make a video about war crimes, a must-see link. and i'm robed mayeda showin you temperatures today that were in the 30s and 40s to start. 70s by the afternoon. warm day around the bay area, but we have big changes arriving just in time for the weekend. 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the number of people diagnosed with alzheimer's is growing and the costs are rising just as dramatically. the disease is expected to cost the nation $200 billion this year alone. tonight nbc bay area's marianne favro looks at why the cost is so high and the number of patients is growing with no safety net, marianne. >> they're living without a safety net because they have no family support. the report found one in seven people diagnosed with alzheimer's lives alone and public health experts say that number is even highner in big cities like san francisco. 64-year-old arthur mccaffrey of san jose was diagnosed with alzheimer's two years ago. he says initially he was in denial but soon realized he had changed. >> i was forgetting appointments when i was working. i would forget phone calls. >> reporter: arthur has no children and no immediate family living nearby. it's a situation a growing number of alzheimer's patients experience. a new report by the alzheimer's association shows one in seven people diagnosed with alzheimer's live alone. >> they're at such great risk of falls or injury or just not being able to take care of themselves, and so it's a real challenge that we face across the united states. >> reporter: after his diagnosis, arthur quickly realized he needed some help with everything from finances to getting to doctors' appointments. >> i don't have the same capabilities that i did three or four years ago. >> reporter: so he moved into an assisted living community to get additional support but still maintain his freedom. as baby boomers age, the number of people diagnosed with alzheimer's is expected to triple to 16 million, and you can bet there will be more people like arthur who had to face the possibility of living alone with the disease. >> i really have accepted the way things are and i'm just living my life as fully as i feel i can and enjoying it as much as i can. >> the alzheimer's association report estimates this year medicare and medicaid will pay $140 billion for alzheimer's care. the report suggests that part of the high cost is because alzheimer's patients tend to need hands-on care, especially during the last phases of their lives. but their care is also often complicated by the fact that patients often have more serious chronic ill nes as well, like diabetes or heart disease. now, if you need help finding alzheimer's services here in the bay area, just go to alz.org. marianne favro, nbc bay area news. teenagers aren't kicking the habit. new information from the u.s. surgeon general found nearly one in four high school seniors smoke cigarettes and 3800 kids pick up the habit every day. the report says tobacco companies spend more than $27 million a day in marketing and promotions. the report recommends higher taxes on cigarettes, smoke-free zones and tobacco prevention programs aimed at kids. the move to legalize marijuana is getting support from a higher power. teleeadvantage gist pat robertson. the 81-year-old said the war on drugs is a failure and pot should be legalized but regulated. he said it should be treated like alcohol and that he, quote, absolutely supports upcoming ballot measures in caolorado an washington state which would allow adults to possess small amounts of pot for personal use. rising airfares aren't going away. in fact a new report says airfares will continue to rise for the next ten years. the federal aviation administration is out with its annual travel forecast and it predicts that airline travel will nearly double within the next 20 years. that means there will be a higher demand for available seats. >> yeah, and that really affects us because this decade our mothers are 90 plus, so we have no choice. >> to go visit them you have to fly. >> we have to fly and we have to take whatever comes, and it's frustrating. it's very frustrating. >> for business or leisure or family, many airlines, including southwest, united, american and jetblue recently raised prices on round-trip flights by about ten bucks blaming higher jet flew prices. call it the flare that fizzled. one of the strongest solar storms in years engulfs the earth this morning but according to scientists, there wasn't much fallout. other than a few flights diverted, there were no problems with power grids, gps systems or other technology that often does suffer during a solar storm. but we're not out of the woods yet. the storm is part of the sun's normal 11-year cycle which is expected to peak next year. a spectacular sight in the san francisco bay where whale watchers has been getting an eyeful. several days in a row people have spotted a full-gro hiffull whale and her calf right here alcatraz. with the excitement comes a warning for boaters to steer clear. there's been at least one reported incident of boaters harassing the whales. whale experts are warning people not to take any sudden speed or direction changes around the whales and stay about 300 feet away from them or you'll face some hefty fines. it's not totally uncommon for the whales to pay us a visit. about 30 whales a year venture inside the golden gate bridge and into the bay. >> and you don't want to get between a mama whale and her calf. that is for sure. >> very good advice. let's turn things over to rob mayeda. certainly a nice day today. a lot warmer than we expected. >> we saw temperatures close to the 70s in our inland valleys, this after we started the morning with freeze warnings for most of the bay area, including the north bay heading down toward san jose. you can see from our high temperatures today, pretty nice. let's take you outside right now. san francisco, notice no low clouds. the sea breeze really not there. we're seeing temperatures today even around san francisco in the upper 60s. we did warm up to 72 degrees in morgan hill today. let's show you some of the high temperatures around santa cruz it was gorgeous, 73 degrees. 71 in san jose. and you can see as you head inland toward the tri-valley, 70 in livermore. low 70s around pleasanton and 70 close to oakland. right now it's a picture perfect evening outside. not too chilly in san francisco. we'll see a bit of a sea breeze, but the stronger sea breeze will pick up this time tomorrow leading to cooler changes by the time we get into the weekend. so our winds still slightly offshore. this is going to give us another mainly clear sky night tonight and another nice warm day tomorrow before things start to change up. fortunately for your outdoor plans this weekend. so a chilly night, 30s and 40s. temperatures tomorrow probably a little warmer. i think we'll get mid-70s in some spots. for the weekend, more clouds and a chance of showers, especially by the time we get to sunday. right now the radar obviously quite dry. we don't have any clouds out there. no high clouds, no low clouds on the coast. as we widen out for you, you can see that high pressure is holding its ground for one more day, but all this moisture which has been hanging offshore moving off to the north of us is going to slide over the bay area as we go through saturday morning into sunday. so futurecast for tomorrow morning, it's going to be cold again. then by lunchtime nothing but sunshine. t-shirt weather again. notice what happens on saturday. not only are we seeing clouds come in but maybe some sprinkles out here on the coast. better chance for rain and a big drop in temperatures. 50s and 60s for highs by the time we get to sunday and monday. so if you want the warmer weather, enjoy tomorrow. things are changing up as we get into the weekend. tonight 30s and 40s outside. probably not quite as cold as we saw this morning. santa rosa started the day at 31. probably mid-30s in some of our cooler inland valleys. during the day tomorrow, warmest day of the week. may even see upper 70s around gilroy. out to the tri-valley, places like pleasanton should be in the mid-70s. low 70s around castro valley. even san francisco and oakland looking pretty nice, 60s to low 70s for friday. this time tomorrow the sea breeze starts to pick up. we'll see temperatures cooling off for your saturday and especially come sunday, plan on some rain. this is actually pretty interesting. take a look at the seven-day forecast. we've had this very dry winter, yet here we go. next week it looks probably one of the wetter seven-day forecasts we've seen. we'll see some rain, especially as we get into monday. tuesday it looks pretty rainy. then my wednesday a break in the action and then more rain comes rolling on in. this is good news for the sierra but maybe not so good news for outdoor events as we get to the next couple of weekends. >> we'll take the rain, that's fine. >> 40-degree temperature swing today. >> we're sneezing and sniffling on this set as we speak. still ahead at 5:00, a pricing plot. why apple and other companies could be facing a federal lawsuit. and change is coming to coke and pepsi among othernko tvoseia 's all to avoei bidng 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