i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is 6:00. a major fire in lafayette is snarling the east bay commute. highway 24 has been a mess. let's kick it over to gianna and find out how things are going. >> they have at least three lanes shut down because of this car carrier that caught fire. we have been monitoring this for almost an hour now. here's a live look from chopper 5. and you can see it's still smoldering there in the area. this is on the right side of highway 24 at central lafayette there. so they have opened two lanes but again traffic is still jammed all the way from 680 causing a bottleneck effect. so you definitely want to avoid the area if you can. now, we want to show you some video of what actually happened in that area. we have that for you right now. so you can see earlier the car carrier on the right shoulder completely caught fire. it was fully engulfed carrying at least 9 vehicles. it did ignite a grass fire there over to the right shoulder, as well. so lots of fire crews there were on scene and again that's when the backup really began. it's really going to cause a lot of delays for people headed toward the caldecott tunnel. quite a problem there. let me show you on the maps. you have red and yellow so very slow speeds coming away from 680. right now they are saying your alternates are highway 4, mount diablo is a good choice, as well. you can use bart also. no delays right now. bart is running on time systemwide so that's a good choice, as well. back to you guys. a developing story right here in san francisco. police forcefully evicting protestors from an urban farm in the hayes valley. officers used a cherrypicker to get that last protestor out of a tree. kpix 5's sue kwon is there live with more. >> reporter: you know, really dramatic few hours here. and as you mentioned, there were three protestors who would not leave. they were still up in the trees. the san francisco police department got people down and brought up cherry pickers and negotiated for up to 30 minutes and then they were in a position to actually get ahold of the man and pull them safely into the bucket. they then brought him down and arrested him along with two other people who would not leave the trees. one man fell from a tree but on to a box of cushions. the sergeant tells us that there were minor injuries involved. in all, there are about 40 people camped out here overnight. they knew the police were going to come in. the rest of the people left when told and there were 7 others on the street who were arrested for basically causing a commotion. now what we have here, live, are images of dpw coming in and taking down the debris left by the people who have been protesting. this is all over protests against avalon bay and build, inc., coming in to construct about 185-unit complex here. this has been a community garden since the fell ramp shut down. this was an empty lot sold to a developer. most people know this has been going on but people got attached to this land they were growing a garden and members of the "occupy" movement came in, as well. but again this morning ended relatively peacefully if you consider the tense situation. san francisco police say this operation went well. reporting live in san francisco, back to you. >> thank you, sue kwon. san francisco police also dealing with a double murder overnight. two men were shot to death near the intersection of brookdale and blithedale in the visitacion valley just south of john mclaren park. police are looking for three suspects in a white truck this morning. san jose police are dealing with the city's 24th homicide overnight. officers were called to a home on checkers drive just after 12:30 this morning. they found a stabbing victim in front of a home. >> yeah. i'm surprised. this never happened here before. wait four to five hours to go home. they didn't tell me anything. >> the man died at the hospital. police are still investigating the motive and aren't sure whether the murder was gang- related. work resumes this morning at the new 49ers stadium. the site has been shut down since a deadly accident on tuesday. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec joins us now from santa clara as crews return to the job. it's a tough day today for those workers. >> reporter: definitely. we have seen a lot of workers walking in today. the first thing they will have is a safety meeting this morning. the construction company in charge of the construction here at the new levi's stadium will make a stadium to all 1200 construction workers here. 63 donald white an employee of schindler elevator died when he was hit by a counterweight on tuesday in an elevator shaft that was when he was work there is that morning. the workers that i spoke with this morning didn't know white, but their hearts go out to his family today. >> you got to do what you got to do. got to still come to work and, you know, just got to be extra cautious about everything else and just pay attention. >> reporter: the construction was halted after that accident on tuesday. today cal-osha will be on scene and they will also have an elevator specialist on scene. cal-osha is continuing the investigation into exactly how this happened. they think that that will take about 6 months total. right now live in santa clara, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> in addition to the investigation by cal-osha, it's also being investigated by santa clara police and fire departments. some developing news out of colorado where a wildfire is burning for a third day now. the black forest fire has scorched nearly 9,000 acres near colorado springs. flames have consumed more than 90 homes and 7,000 people have all been evacuated. hot weather and dry conditions are helping to fuel that fire in colorado. and an impressive image. check it out. you get a feel for the size of that fire. take a look at the picture here. it's a huge black plume of thick smoke seen rising from the black forest blaze. it could be seen from miles away while this baseball game was going on. wow. a massive storm rolled through the midwest overnight heading towards maryland. twisters in iowa, illinois. there it is. damaged homes and businesses. other areas have been hit with hail, lightning, strong winds, which have toppled trees, ruined homes, power lines are down. more than 1,000 people have lost power. so mother nature is not happy. >> not at all. >> pretty happy out here. but the east coast will be a mess again. they have a chance for more severe weather again. here in the bay area more sunshine and nice weather to begin the day. mostly clear skies out there right now except for a couple of patches of fog at the coast. we are expecting mostly sunny skies as we head throughout the day today just a breeze out along the coastline. a couple of patches of fog there early on but that should give way to a nice shot like this. beautiful as the sun comes up over the bay this morning and plenty of sunshine in most spots by the afternoon. a little cool though. we are looking at 46 degrees in santa rosa, 49 in oakland right now. and 53 degrees in concord. afternoon hours promise lots of sunshine and 70s some low 80s inland once again. you will see a lot of 60s and 70s around the bay but along the coastline still some 50s and 60s couple of patches of fog. that should give way to sunshine this afternoon. but there's some warmer weather on the way. but it's going to be very fast. only for one day. we'll talk about that coming up. bart's vacation policy may be getting fresh scrutiny. the agency's general manager says she is open to reviewing it for any abuses. it comes on the news that former bart gm dorothy dugger saved up thousands of hours of unused vacation time and cashed it in for hundreds of thousands of dollars when she retired. the current gm tells the "contra costa times" she can understand the public outrage over the issue. the video has gone viral am a naked man assaulting people at the 16th street bart station. [ woman crying ] >> oh, gosh. he tackled -- can you get sfpd then, please? thank you, bye. >> now some bart workers are using this video to make a point that this sort of thing is way too common. >> when you see something like that, an innocent woman that's a passenger is getting beat up, we have agents that have black eyes, that have been punched, spit on, the whole nine yards. i have been assaulted. >> bart has asked for a mediator to help in contract talks with the labor unions whose contracts expire at the end of the month. and police say the man in the video, 24 years old, was arrested at the scene. a ranker ran for his life in a bay area robbery. >> the clever way a neighborhood banded together to prevent crime and there hasn't been a daytime break-in since. >> and students giving up a little extra lunchtime, but it's paying off in a big way. it's this week's "cool school." ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, good morning. welcome back. it's 6:13. we are still dealing with some breaking news as you work your way westbound 24 this morning. i'm going to show you video of what happened this morning. a car carrier caught fire just around 5:00. it is carrying 9 vehicles. it was over to the right shoulder but it caused a pretty big mess. you can see fire crews responded quickly. it ignited a small grass fire but everything is now under control. but what a problem it caused there. westbound 24 at central lafayette. so we'll show you what's happening live at the scene. we have three left lanes now open as you work your way through there but the damage is done. you are backed up all the way to 680 at this point. still have some activity there. looks like they are mopping up the mess off to the right side. so no word yet as to when everything will be reopened. in the meantime you're going to want to stick with some alternates now so jumping to our maps right now, again you can see the backup all the way to 680 at this point. highway 4, bart, good choices right now so avoid the mess as you work your way through there. we have reports of a motorcycle accident in the south bay i want to let you know about. north 101 just before julian in the center divide. you might see some slight delays through there. now, over to the bay bridge, a live look at conditions right now. no metering lights so far at the bay bridge but we are starting to see a bit of a backup there but not too bad. looks like it's not as bad as usual for a thursday morning. that's a look at your morning commute. let's hope the forecast looks better. a lot of sunshine around the bay area looking like we'll see sun all the way to the coastline although we have patchy fog out toward the beaches early on today. still, by the afternoon, plenty of sunshine just a breeze out along the coast. how about this? as we sail throughout the day today we'll find mostly sunny skies. but changes coming our way for the weekend. i think we have some cooler weather on the way. and a few more clouds too. looks like we have a trough along the west coast continuing now but high pressure not too far away. the ridge will slide in for one brief day tomorrow bringing us the warmest temperatures of the week before cooling down. we have this guy on the way for the weekend. so with that in mind let's enjoy the weather while we have it. looking good. 80s and low 90s into the fresno area, 85 and sunny in yosemite. 65 and mostly sunny into monterey bay this afternoon. computer models show you patchy fog giving way to sunshine throughout the entire bay area by the afternoon. looking good well into the evening. and that's the way we are going to play it. a lot of sun out there and numbers nice, as well. 76 degrees in san jose. 81 in morgan hill. about 74 in palo alto. 50s and 60s at the coast. east bay temperatures up in the 70s and also some low 80s. and then as you make your way into the bay it will be cooler and there will be that afternoon breeze but not bad. 74 and beautiful in oakland. 73 in berkeley. and about 76 degrees in novato. so looking out over the next couple of days, expecting some warmer weather through tomorrow. but then weekend plans, those temperatures are going to be cooling off saturday and sunday and that trend probably lasting well into next week. still nice, but a bit cooler below average over the weekend. >> sunny though. >> yeah. >> we'll take it. hey, thanks for that coffee, by the way. >> you're welcome. give you a little kick? >> you promised and you delivered. >> and a cookie, too! >> thanks. >> you're the best. [ laughter ] surveillance cameras capture the robbery this week of ranker "two chainz." tmz releasing pictures taken on howard street on sunday outside a medical marijuana store. three men approached the rapper and his entourage and fired a shot before taking "two chainz"' wallet and driving away in a sedan. so far no arrests have been made. private cameras are helping keep watch over a neighborhood in fremont. >> neighbors got together after a series of break-ins and decided to install cameras. they bought two of them and now 25 are installed. >> they are high definition, high resolution cameras. >> reporter: were there a lot of break-ins prior to the cameras? >> absolutely, yes. >> people in the area say there haven't been any break-ins since the cameras went up and now police want to know where the cameras are so they can use them in case of a crime. a new study suggests a reduction of diesel emissions has dramatically reduced pollution in california. university of california and government researchers say the information could potentially help reduce global warming worldwide. they say new regulations on trucks and other vehicles are the equivalent of taking millions of cars off the state's roads. the three rs, reading, writing and arithmetic, your basic escapeles the at any elementary school. how about reduce, reuse and recycle? no school is doing that better than fremont's cabrillo elementary school. and we think that's pretty cool. >> reporter: it's lunchtime at fremont's cabrillo elementary school. students line up to get into the cafeteria and they line out to get out and they don't mind. >> i like it. it helps the earth. >> reporter: 400 kids have taken on the ready, set, recycle challenge. every lunch hour students separate their trash into three buckets. the goal is to fill up the recycling and composting bin and cut down on the garbage. and it's working big time. >> 80%. but until we start to recycle and do the challenge, it went down --it dropped down to 20%. >> reporter: so what do no, sir -- so what do those numbers mean? the kids here at cabrillo used to fill up this garbage can nine times a day. now it's just once. so what do you think of this recycling program? >> awesome. >> what bin do you think it would go in? compost or the recycling or would it go in the trash? >> first day was the longest day. but now they actually before they hit, you know, the sorting station, they're already taking out their napkin, they're already sorting what needs to go in the garbage. >> reporter: 17 alameda county school districts take part in the stop waste program and cabrillo is one of the model schools hitting their goal in just one month. >> recycle! >> it's empowered. what they are learning here at school, they are actually taking into the household, as well. >> reporter: you're making your mom and dad do it? >> uhm, yeah. >> reporter: how do they feel about it? >> really proud of it. >> reporter: they're proud of you? >> yeah. >> reporter: that's a win-win, then? >> yeah. >> reporter: taking what you learn at school back home. you can't beat that. cabrillo elementary, this week's -- >> "cool school"! whoo! >> a little bit of enthusiasm there to say the least. >> that's great. >> they're taking it home, too. so the parents are learning good habits as well about recycling. the goal is to have every school in the alameda county recycling and composting 90% of their trash. the kids are already doing 80% in a month. >> that's great. >> a big tip to their custodian greg. he was camera shy but does work behind the scenes cleaning up and motivating the kids. so nice job, greg. what's cool about your school? you can submit your nomination on our website, this summer what's cool about your camp? we want to hear from you, as well. submit your nomination at our website, kpix.com/coolschool. we may come out and feature your school and this summer we're going to feature your camp so if you are into archery or whatever the case may, let us know. we'll be busy this summer. >> lots of cool things happening around the bay area. the as look to push their winning streak to double digits at the coliseums. >> the yankees in last night and the blackhawks outlast the bruins triple overtime. the game winning shot coming up. >> it's painful. >> first here's a look at the new span of the bay bridge. ,,,,,,,,,, (sir can-a-lot) good day, ma' lady. 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stanley cup final game one and they nearly played two last night. game one the blackhawks and bruins go into triple overtime in chicago last night. then andrew shaw scored on a deflection about 10:15 last night giving chicago a 4-3 win over boston which had led by two goals at one point. that is your play of the day. game 2 is back in the windy city on saturday. i watched for four hours. mike our director did, too. >> it was only game one. >> i know. but to invest all that time you just want a little payback. the bruins are off the ice in like three seconds. okay, we lost. we're out of here. 6:26. coming up, bart gets ready to spend millions to upgrade its aging fleet of train cars. >> and work resumes at the new 49ers stadium. what's being done to make sure the site is safe following the deadly accident. >> plus "occupiers" ousted. the early-morning raid at a san francisco urban farm. ,, ,,,, [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to get great prices 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doctors say a 10-year-old pennsylvania girl had a successful lung transplant. >> from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on kpix 5 news this morning. good morning, everyone. it's thursday, june 13. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 6:31. and we're following a fire in lafayette that's causing some big-time trouble if you are an east bay commuter. >> a huge backup now on highway 24. let's head to gianna. >> reporter: live pictures from the scene. we have been monitoring this about an hour and a half. westbound 24 at central lafayette this car carrier fully engulfed at one point. they have opened at least three lanes. traffic is easing up. traffic is backed up to 680. 680 also affected now. it's really backed up as you work your way towards the southbound side towards 24. >> you can see the flames. car carrier was fully engulfed. flames why seen from under the carrier. -- flames were seen from under the carrier, nine vehicles on the car carrier. the fire department responded there to a grass fire. it is going to take time to mop it up. tow crews are on the scene. 680 also backed up because of the trouble spot on westbound 24, of course 24 very busy, as well. use highway 4. bart is a good alternate. the good news is once you pass the mess, if you are heading towards the caldecott tunnel, traffic isn't too bad. delays at the by bridge. 80 backed up through berkeley. delays at the bay bridge. >> good day for bart. >> definitely. some developing news here in san francisco. police raid an urban farm in the middle of the night to remove protestors. officers forced -- used a cherrypicker to eject the last holdout out of a tree. kpix 5's sue kwon is there live. >> reporter: i'm at hayes valley farm just off fell street. been here since about 4 a.m. this has been a busy night with 100 police officers, bulldozers, tree cutters now clearing debris from the area. i want to show you that video of the dramatic moment when police were take the last of three tree-sitters. they used a cherrypicker and tried to negotiated for 30 minutes with this person named or referred to as mike. he would not come out. they did grab him and pull him into the bucket. and then they lowered him successfully. one other tree-sitting fell out of a tree on to cushions. police say there were minor injuries. all three were arrested plus four others on the street. this is a sergeant describing the evening. >> over the past week now, we have been giving notices coming out and talking to the folks to let them know they were trespassing on city property. we worked with homeless outreach and dpw to actually ask them if they want to store their property if they couldn't take them with them. we have been given verbal and written notices that we would be coming out here and removing them from the area. >> by all accounts, he says this was a successful and peaceful operation for police. but 7 arrests, four on the street, and three inside tree- sitters. an ambulance was standing by. i believe those were minor injuries treated at the scene. this is all over protests over a condominium company coming in. avalon bay and build, inc., coming in to build 185 units. they purchased this land once the fell street off-ramp was removed and the area was a community garden because it was empty. people got attached to the land and now it is being cleared to make way for this apartment complex. reporting live in san francisco, back to you. >> thank you, sue kwon. city crews are likely to be out there all day to clean up the site and get ready for construction to begin on monday. san francisco police are also dealing with a double murder overnight. two men were shot to death just before 1 a.m. near the intersection of brookdale and blithedale in visitacion valley. police are looking for three suspects in a white truck. >> 6:35 now. san jose police are dealing with the city's 24th homicide of the year. officers called to a home this morning. they found a stabbing victim in front of a home on checkers drive. >> i'm surprised. this never happened here before. wait four to five hours to go home. they didn't really tell me anything. >> that man died at regional medical center. police are still investigating the motive and aren't sure whether the murder was gang- related. work is about to resume at the new 49ers stadium this morning. the site has been shut down since a deadly accident occurred on tuesday. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec joins us live from santa clara as crews are now arriving on the job. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's definitely a tough day back to work here on the new levi's stadium and i spoke with several workers on their way in. a lot of them are just trying to put this out of their minds as they get back to their jobs. the contractor, turner devcon, that is the company that's been working on this stadium, is going to make a statement this morning as they hold a safety meeting for the employees, 1200 construction workers total. 63-year-old donald white an employee of schindler elevator died when he was hit by elevator counterweights in an elevator shaft where he was working on tuesday morning. construction was halted immediately. workers i spoke with this morning didn't know white but their hearts go out to his family today. >> i feel bad for the guy and his family. i feel bad for the guy that had to make the phone call. it's hard. how are you going to tell somebody, you know, that their family member died? it's a little rough. but, you know, you got to do what you got to do. you do the to still come to work and -- you got to still come to work and -- >> reporter: cal-osha is going to be on site today and also have an elevator specialist coming to the job site. this is all part of their investigation, which is going to take about 6 months to complete. right now live in santa clara, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> in addition to the investigation by cal-osha, the incident is also being looked into by santa clara police and fire departments. the video has gone viral. a naked man doing somersaults and assaulting people at the 16th street bart station. [ crying in the background ] >> oh, gosh, can you get sfpd then, please? thank you, bye. >> now some bart workers are using this video as leverage in contract negotiations pointing out the dangers of their jobs. >> i have been assaulted. so this is something that's hang on a day-to-day daily basis. it's unacceptable. >> bart takes safety more serious than anything else. safety is our number one priority. >> bart has asked for a mediator to help in contract talks with the labor unions whose contracts expire at the end of the month. police say the man in the video, 24-year-old yeiner perez, was arrested at the scene. the bart board is expected to vote tonight on money for new train cars. it's been a year since bart placed the order for more than 400 new cars from a company that plans to do some of the construction in the united states. the first of the new cars are due to be online in 2017 and all by 2023. are you ready for the weekend? >> i am so ready for the weekend. is it friday? >> dumb question. >> we are getting close, guys. yeah. but, you know, we have changes coming up for the weekend. temperatures are going to cool down. clouds flow back in but now we have mostly sunny skies inside the bay and valleys, patchy fog at the coastline but a whole lot of sunshine coming our way as we're going to see what looks like a good couple of days here before we head into the weekend. still, if you are headed out the door, we have clear skies over san francisco. the temperatures running a little cool in spots. numbers dropping off into the 40s and the 50s now. 46 in santa rosa. 49 in oakland. and 52 degrees in san francisco. enjoying sunshine this afternoon and temperatures up in the 70s and 80s toward morgan hill. 76 degrees in san jose. inside the bay you will see a sea breeze mid-60s into san francisco. mid-70s into oakland and warmer day on friday. we'll talk more about that in a moment. usually the fbi is doing the question. a short time from now the bureau's main man will be giving the answers this time. fbi director robert mueller will be questioned by the house judiciary committee. his last day is september 4 and committee members want to ask him about some of the highest profile cases over his last 12 years as well as. >> the man who disclosed government surveillance of citizens has revealed something new. edward snowden told a chinese newspaper the u.s. has been hacking into computers in china and hong kong for years now. so if deny said the target -- snowden said the targets include the university of hong kong and its students. the head of the nsa defends the program before congress. >> both here and abroad, disrupting or contributing to the disruption -- >> all those millions, dozens, have been critical? >> that's correct. >> some of the lawmakers now want to see parts of their surveillance program declassified to help explain to the public what information is collected and how it's used. a summit planned today to deal with a problem police have nicknamed apple picking. the number of people being robbed of their smartphones has become an epidemic from coast to coast. today san francisco district attorney george gascon and new york's attorney general are asking cell phone makers to install technology to disable stolen phones. just this week, apple announced plans for a so-called kill switch. the as make a sick boy's dream come true. the pitch he threw from halfway across the country. >> plus, a man sess his wife's wedding -- sells his wife's wedding ring at a garage sale for 10 bucks. why he says it's not his fault. >> of course not. >> and the market just opened up about 10 minutes ago. let's check the numbers. not looking good. we'll get an update from kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. 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your morning drive. westbound 24 is just crawling along despite three lanes open. still backed up to 680. you can see all that red and yellow along 680 as well causing major problems so use highway 4. that's an alternate. you can also use bart a great choice and mount diablo. now, elsewhere as you work your way westbound highway 4 at somersville there is an accidents involving a big rig. traffic is backed up to the antioch bridge. a power outage causing problems in mountain view. 5800 customers are without power. calderon decastro street el camino real and north of sonya, avoid those areas. looks like traffic lights are out through there. that's a look at your morning drive. lawrence has better news. very quiet in the weather office. we have lots of sunshine coming our way. patchy fog near the coastline right now. temperatures in the 40s and 50s right now. but as we head toward the afternoon, plenty of sunshine warming the temperatures up nicely right about the average. then just a built of an afternoon sea breeze but there are some bigger changes coming our way for the weekend. so we have a trough along the west coast right now. high pressure going to start to build in for tomorrow. that's going to bring us probability the warmest day of the week -- probably the warmest day of the week on friday. today a little warmer. no delays at sfo as we are going to see mostly sunny skies there into the afternoon. but if you are headed across the country, you might see at least a slight chance of some thunderstorms into denver. a strong storm possible in new york. so if you are flying in that direction, make sure you checker carrier. there may be some problems heading in that direction. temperatures for the bay area today, looking at some 70s and low 80s inland. you will see 60s and 70s around the bay and mostly sunny skies even along the coastline today. we should find plenty of sunshine by the afternoon. looking out over the next couple of days, maybe a little warmer on friday. but over the weekend, things change. clouds start to roll back in a little bit thicken up coastside and temperatures will be cooling down. still not bad. >> two thumbs up. >> yeah. we'll take it. all right. thanks. here's something that may give you the hebejeebies. bats are making noise, smell and attracting curious people. they may eat insects but people should be careful because bats carry rabies possibly. >> they love mosquitos. 6:48 now. another bay area city is dropping those red light traffic cameras. belmont says they are going to be gone by the end of june. the cameras were supposed to spare police the job of monitoring some of their busy intersections but studies found no evidence the cameras improved safety at all and in some cases were dangerous distractions. >> you're afraid to make turns. you're afraid to go straight. you're afraid -- people are all, uhm, their mind is on these cameras, way too much. >> hayward and redwood city are ending their programs, as well. fewer americans are signing up for unemployment benefits. more americans are buying cars. here now to chat about it, kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. >> reporter: good morning. some decent news on the u.s. economy to start with this morning including on the job market. the labor department reporting that first time weekly unemployment claims fell by 12,000 to 334,000. that's nearing the five-year low that was reached a month ago. four-week average slid to 345,000. that signifies that there's more hiring than firing taking place. as far as consumers are concern, the commerce department reported that retail sales in may were up six-tenths of a percent over that of april. strongest gain in three months. all tow sales led the way up 1.8%. that was their strongers gain in 6 months. safeway is in the spotlight this morning. after the chain sold its canadian stores for $5.7 billion, it will use $2 billion to pay down debt. the rest will go towards buying back shares. investors love that deal. safeway shares are soaring higher this morning. let's take a look at the big board. after a couple of rough days and despite the positive economic information, market down, dow down 20, nasdaq down 3, s&p down 1. safeway shares up 15%. >> thank you, kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. are you having trouble out there keeping your mind on your work? well, you are not alone. ask.com asked and 60% said loud colleagues are a distraction. 40% said they would get more done if coworkers would stop chatting. nearly one in four say they spend more time in meetings rather than doing the work itself. >> there's a lot of chitchat here. >> a lot of truth to that. no security lines no baggage fees and no parking hassles. the country's first all you can fly airline is making commuting between the silicon valley and los angeles a lot easier. the inaugural flight for surf air landed in san carlos yesterday. for $1,300 a month, members can fly any of the airline's eight flights a day as many time as them. only a couple of hundred members have been accepted so far. more than 4,000 people though applied. >> so if it's unlimited flights, use it maybe twice a month or once every week, you can easily surpass the cost that i'm paying already with traditional airlines. >> sounds like a good idea. in addition to valet and concierge service, founding members will get unlimited complementary guest passes for flights, as well. 6:51 now. the family of a 10-year-old pennsylvania girl says she has undergone successful lung transplant surgery. sarah murnaghan has cystic fibrosis and her parents challenged the policy that made children under 12 wait for pediatric lungs, which are rarely donated. a judge agreed to put her on an adult transplant list. >> we expect her to be, you know, doing some things within the next couple of days and taking her first breath so we can't wait for that. >> a relative says the lungs transplanted yesterday in philadelphia are from an adult donor, although the surgery is considered a success sarah is not out of the woods yet. doctors will be watching for any signs of rejection. another youngster dealing with a very difficult illness gets the thrill of a lifetime. he will never forget this. and you might not, either. check it out. 13-year-old nick legrande threw out the ceremonial first pitch for last night's game in oakland last night all the way from kansas city, missouri. google provided the technology that allowed nick's pitch to be tracked by cameras sent to a robot in oakland that sent the baseball to the plate and the catcher. aides relief pitcher ryan cook help set it up. >> pretty exhilarating feeling. just the fact that electronically we were able to make that happen for somebody with such a passion for the game. >> thanks to everybody who was part of it. >> nick is being treated for aplastic anemia, which is a life-threatening bloodies order. he loves the as. the as beat the yankees. the team will sign the ball and give it back to nick when they play at kansas city this season. new this morning, britain's duchess of cambridge kate middleton christened one of the world's largest cruise ships today. this will probably be her last public appearance before she gives birth. she is eight months pregnant. kate christened princess cruise's new royal princess in england. duchess kate was reprising a role played by her late mother- in-law, princess diana, who christened an earlier princess ship of the same name back in 1984. >> she is finally looking pregnant. a husband in orange county is in big trouble. >> he has five kids though but man this guy is in a lot of trouble. he accidentally sold his wife's wedding ring at a garage sale for 10 bucks. >> boy. >> that ring was worth $23,000. the woman apparently put it in an old watch box before going to the hospital to deliver their fifth child. there it is. while she was recuperating, the husband put the box out at a garage sale and as i said, he got 10 bucks for it. >> i saw this big box in my closet had been there for over a year. i mean, probably worth 120, $130 but i don't need it, i never use it. >> what do you mean you sold it? you sold the box? he's like, i start crying. why are you crying? my ring is in the box. that's why i'm crying. you have to be kidding me, the ring is in the box? >> i got an idea. open the box. >> or buy her another ring. >> there you go. the couple hopes that whoever bought that box will find the ring and bring it back. he may even give you ten bucks for it. >> poor thing in the hospital giving birth. >> wedding rings, you have to hold on to those. >> buy her another ring. 6:54. coming up a final check of your top stories. >> including some breaking news out of lafayette. the car carrier fire that is snarling traffic in a big way on highway 24. we'll have the latest coming up. ,,,,,,,, seven people are facing cha, including three who re top stories this morning a raid on protestors in the middle of the night. 7 people are facing charges including three who refused to come down from the trees. one of the tree-sitters suffered minor injuries in a fall. and police are now clearing the land that's been the site of an urban garden for a can doe development. san jose police are looking for suspects in a motive in the city's 24th homicide. a man found with multiple stab wounds outside a home on checkers drive around 12:30 this morning. his name is being withheld until police notify the family. construction workers are back on the job at the new 49ers stadium this morning. the site was shut down tuesday following an accident that killed a worker in an elevator shaft. the contractor is meeting with all 1200 workers at the site this morning to review safety procedures. and a big traffic snarl i guess highway 24 in lafayette still a mess. >> live pictures from chopper 5 right now. you can see the backup westbound 24 at central lafayette a car carrier caught fire this morning. it shut down all but one lane at one point. they have three lanes open but you're backed up to 680. 680 troublesome, as well. looks like 680 backed to concord at this point so slow- and-go there. give yourself some extra time. use bart. that seems to be your best bet. >> thank you. lots of sunshine around the bay area, patchy fog coastside but looking good over the city of san francisco and most of the bay area now. chilly in spots, 40s and 50s. but by the afternoon, we are enjoying some of those numbers up in the 80s inland. some 60s at the coastline. a little warmer for tomorrow. >> time for a walk and coffee. >> lots of coffee. [ laughter ] >> and breakfast. thanks for watching. remember, your next local update is 7:25. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com good morning to our viewers in the west. it is thursday, june 13, 2013. welcome to cbs this morning. flames tear through more homes in bone dry colorado and tens of millions of people are in the path of severe storms in the northeast. >> the latest on a 10-year-old girl who just received a life saving but controversial lung transplant. and top fashion designer john gal yano tells charlie why he said those racist things that very nearly ended his career. >> we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> it's crying's way of ghicagog another night in this