let's go to anne makovec who joins us now from san bruno with the latest on this story. anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sydnie. at least 29 lawsuits have already been filed involving more than 100 people. two more suits are expected to be filed today. this neighborhood is still blocked off this morning. now, the lawyers of course getting involved two months later. most of the suits point the finger of blame squarely at pg&e alleging the company did not properly maintain the gas line that blew up two months ago and/or that the company did not have appropriate safety measures in place like automatic shutoff valves for the line in case of emergency. gas did flow through the pipe for almost an hour and a half, feeding this fire, before pg&e was able to access its shutoff switches at remote locations. eight people were killed, 35 homes destroyed. with all these lawsuits floating around, pg&e wants them all to be heard by one judge instead of separately. that could open the door for these cases to be heard in another location outside of san mateo county. the company did formally request that consolidation from the state judicial council and a response is expected within 60 days. more than 100 plaintiffs. you may be surprised by some of them. we'll talk a little bit more about that coming up in the next half hour, sydnie. >> anne, thank you. ann bruno -- excuse me, anne makovec in san bruno. two town hall meetings are planned to talk about the sentence of johannes mehserle convicted of involuntary manslaughter and received a two- year prison term for the death of oscar grant in oakland. several youth organizations will hold a meeting this afternoon in oakland. grant's uncle is organizing another meeting tomorrow afternoon at a baptist church in oakland. the fruitvale bart station is back open this morning after more than 100 people gathered last night to call attention to the deaths of oscar grant and derrick jones. jones was shot by oakland police monday morning during a domestic dispute. officers chased him and opened fire after they say he reached for his waistband. the bart station was shut down for about an hour but the protest was peaceful. time now 5:03. the man accused of killing a bay area woman in her own apartment is scheduled to be arraigned this morning. 44-year-old gary scott holland was arrested last friday. he is accused of killing kathleen horan in her apartment in san francisco's russian hill neighborhood. prosecutors say holland got into horan's home by posing as a utility employee checking for a gas leak. also scheduled for arraignment today, 43-year-old will lynch who is accused of attacking a retired priest in los gatos. jerold lindner was assaulted at a jesuit retirement center in may. lynch was arrested last month. lynch says the priest molested him and his brother during a church camping trip in 1975. lindner was never charged. the church paid a settlement in the case. this morning a law enforcement panel is fighting to repeal jessica's law. that's the law that makes it illegal for sex offenders to live within 2,000 feet of a school or park. the panel says the 2006 law may be doing more harm than good because the 2,000 feet rule means offenders have trouble finding places to live. so many of them are homeless and that makes it difficult for the state to monitor them. corrections officials say 2100 sex offenders in california list themselves as transients. it will be right to work for state lawmakers when the newest members are sworn in next month. governor arnold schwarzenegger is calling a special legislative session that same day december 6 to deal with the state's budget deficit. the legislative analysts say there is a $6 billion shortfall in the budget that was passed just five weeks ago. one budget committee member wonders about the timing of the session. >> if it was really that urgent, if the governor really felt this urgency, he should have called that special session now. he didn't. he waited until december of almost guaranteeing failure. >> the governor's working on a package of bills to deal with the deficit during the special session. well, time now 5:05. with rumors of a big merger growing, so is the prospect of layoffs at yahoo. mark sayre is in sunnyvale to tell us what could be on the horizon for workers. reporter: reports are circulating that yahoo is preparing to to lay off 20% of its workforce but yesterday yahoo said the reports are inaccurate citing anonymous sources, the techcrunch website said that yahoo was preparing to lay off 2800 employees. yahoo's response, quoting now, yahoo is always evaluating expenses to align with the company's financial goals. however, a 20% reduction in yahoo's workforce across the board is misleading and inaccurate. but in a separate report, the "wall street journal's" all things digital blog is putting the possible number of layoffs at about 650 workers. that would be centered on the company's product organization. that "wall street journal" blog says those layoffs would likely take place next month. that being december. now, under california law, any company that is planning to lay off 500 or more employees must file a 60-day notice with the state before it can execute a layoff that large. at this point, yahoo has not filed any such notice with the state. but again, juliette, the reports in multiple tech websites and also in the business trade press saying possible layoffs here as soon as next month. >> thank you, mark sayre. 5:06. let's get another check of weather and traffic. tracy, we're already looking ahead toward the weekend. we love fridays. >> oh, yeah. i'm always looking ahead to the weekend. so of course, today i'm in overdrive! forecast for this morning, out the door, mostly clear with chilly temperatures inland. the mid-30s to the mid-40s. bay area temperatures from the lower to the upper 40s with mostly clear conditions and also looking at minimal clouds along the coastline. for this afternoon, mostly sunny and mild. today's highs up to the lower 70s. i like that! around the bay the upper 60s and the mid-60s at the coastline. plenty of sunshine and mild temperatures all around. that's a look that's a look at today's afternoon highs. coming up we'll have the weekend forecast. i think you're going to like t elizabeth has traffic. better news in livermore. westbound 580 approaching vasco road a solo car accident cleared to the shoulder so we are still seeing top speeds towards the dublin interchange. here's live look in fact of that westbound 580 traffic approaching tassajara. a nice light 15-minute drive time from the altamont pass towards 680. here's live look at the san mateo bridge. friday light! what we like to see. the right side of your screen is the commute direction. unfortunately that travel time is up dating but it should say about 13 minutes right now to take you towards the peninsula or from hayward. here's a live look at your silicon valley ride. westbound 237 looks great towards mountain view. nice and light. i think this is a 6-minute drive time between 880 and 101 on westbound 237. and mass transit is all running on time for bart, ace, muni and caltrain. that's your weather and traffic. back to you. >> you would look so cute in glasses. now that? >> did that say six minutes? i couldn't read that. >> it says six minutes. >> thanks, guys. >> make sure they're pink, though. >> yes, pink glasses for elizabeth. 5:08. okay, so who doesn't love a good bargain? well, apparently not shoppers in one bay area community. >> is this about moraga residents being snobby, wanting to keep this kind of store out? >> why some say opening a dollar store would be a recipe for disaster. >> you're the best. you're the best. >> what a happy reunion. the break that brought this stolen pooch home. dollar store? not in my [ woman on tv ] if you won't let me in, you can't really love me. i know about gayle. i don't know what you're talking 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a personal visit from the vice president. what a local ice cream store did to get the white house's attention. and i'm loving this! take a look at today's temperatures across parts of the bay area. 65 in richmond. 67 in alameda. 68 in san ramon and 69 degrees in pleasanton. plenty of sunshine to go around. that's a look at some of today's highs. we have your weekend forecast right after the break. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, good morning. we have a photographer, crest jewett standing by live in palo alto showing us traffic conditions along the peninsula. looks great. this is northbound traffic fine towards san mateo and southbound traffic looks good as well if you are heading towards sunnyvale. thank you, chris. let's go to our maps. live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. friday light across the bay area, no big problems anywhere out there. in fact, if you are traveling down the eastshore freeway to head towards the bay bridge, right now it's an 18-minute drive time from the carquinez bridge to the maze. not really seeing any brake lights even through berkeley. top speeds all around the south bay. we can show you a live look at 28 by the 880 interchange. the headlights you can see them it's a little dark still but that's traffic approaching the 880 interchange and like i said 101 and 2 80 both equally nice drives along the peninsula. checking the marin county commute southbound 101 top speeds heading towards the golden gate bridge they just did the lane change across the span so right now you're good to go heading into san francisco. heading there towards the toll plaza. we can show you a live look across the antioch bridge where we rarely see problems but this morning, no exception except for our camera there. but westbound highway 4 looks like even that's looking good, as well. usually in the next 10, 15 minutes that's when we start to see some beginning slowing there changing sensors turning to yellow. right around 5:15, 5:30, past a street. bart if you want to use it on this friday morning, everything is running on time. remember our radio partners when you hit the roads, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. that's your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. our forecast for today heading out the door not a lot of clouds to speak of. mostly clear conditions leading up to chilly temperatures inland. inland lows in the mid-30s to the mid-40s this morning. around the bay 42 to 49 degrees and 44 to 49 along the coastline. this afternoon, mostly sunny and mild temperatures. today's highs warming up to the lower 70s. upper 60s around the bay and the mid-60s along the coastline. here's a look at the seven-day forecast. today, pretty nice as we move into tomorrow, take a look at the weekend, saturday and sunday, sunday expected to be the warmer of the two days, lower to the mid-70s inland, near 70 around the bay and mid- to upper 60s along the coastline. monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday, the warm mild temperatures sticking around the bay area and it's november, folks. thanksgiving just a couple of weeks away. this weekend, the holiday ice rink in the embarcadero will be open. it opened two days ago. sunshine mild temperatures, for the weekend with highs in the upper 60s. today's also giants friday. if you wear anything with giants on it, you get to skate for free. yeah. giants friday. and we also have something else going on saturday. it is the good guys car show and swap. who doesn't love a good swap meet? alameda county fair in pleasanton. sunshine and lower 70s. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. >> going to be a great weekend for that. thank you. let's take a check of some of this morning's top stories. some people are suing pg&e over the deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno. there are now 29 suits involving more than 100 plaintiffs in connection with the september blast. the san mateo county times says two more lawsuits are expected to be filed today. two town hall meetings are planned this weekend to discuss the sentencing of former bart officer johannes mehserle. he received a two-year prison term for the death of oscar grant. several youth groups and an uncle of grant's are organizing the meetings. talk of a possible merger with aol has yahoo denying rumors of deep layoffs. anonymous sources tell the techcrunch website the sunnyvale-based company could lay off 20% of its workforce. yahoo hasn't denied the likelihood of layoffs but rejects the 20% figure. the owners of a new ice cream shop in santa cruz are famous for praising the term stimulus money that put them in business. >> we were able to hire, you know, numerous contractors, numerous employees, got to buy some great equipment. >> zachary davis and kendra baker decided to thank the government by making an iphone video. vice president joe biden called to say he appreciated their effort. >> hey, zach. >> hello, mr. vice president. >> so here's the deal. i'm coming for ice cream. >> we were in shock. we were really excited. >> what we were really just trying to do is connect what was happening at the federal level to, you know, a little ice cream shop in santa cruz and how what they do really does make a difference. >> so far, about 16,000 hits for the homemade video they made to thank the government. they have gotten 16,000 hits. >> wow. >> yeah. good for them. >> i know. smart. it is 5:21. okay, they fly on planes but we'll tell you why pilots are being told to skip those full body scans at the airport. plus. >> sandwiches every day. i will never go to subway again. 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(announcer) icy hot patches. targeted no-mess relief. icy to dull pain. hot to relax it away. pain's no match for the icy hot patch. here are a look at some of our temperatures later on today. 63 in sausalito with plenty of sunshine. 65 in san francisco. 67 in palo alto. and 69 degrees in cupertino. more bay area highs in just a few moments. looking forward to it. all right, time now is 5:25. passengers from the stranded cruise ship carnival splendor are likely enjoying their first hot showers this morning and a good meal. the ship finally made it to shore in san diego yesterday after almost 4 days without power off the coast of mexico. that meant no hot food or hot water for the 4500 people on board. some passengers were bused up to long beach, where they told their stories. >> we had toilets that didn't flush for 48 hours and they had to only make public restrooms available and then they had to flush sections of it. >> sandwiches every day. i will never go to subway again. >> sounds like a camping trip. >> sounds healthy to me. >> subway sounds good right now actually. passengers also showed off some video they captured of the supply airlift and tugboats that tried to help during the ordeal. >> well, it may have been a nightmare trip, but don't call it a spam kaytion because carnival says spam was never served to its passengers on the stalled cruise liner. the navy sent out photos of spam being loaded into supplies bound for the ship. even though the canned meat made it on board, carnival said it was not served, not even requested. passengers have to go through them but some pilots are being told to skip the new full body scans at airports. two of the nation's largest commercial pilots unions say the new scanning machines are intrusive and demeaning. and they also suggest pilots could be exposed to risky levels of radiation. so our question of the day, should pilots be exempt from full body scanners? send your comments to mornings@cbs5.com or post your answers on our facebook page and we are also on twitter. >> i think that's what passengers are talking about, too intrusive. >> absolutely. i'm still thinking about the spam thing. why would they be serving spam? high protein count? no refrigeration? i heard, too, that they served free alcohol just like we thought. [ laughter ] >> so free-flowing alcohol and pop-tarts. >> got them through it. 5:27. a tense standoff during the morning commute. we are getting new insight into the man whose bomb threat stopped traffic for hours on the bay bridge. the cryptic text he sent his sister just hours before. the lawsuit after the san bruno explosion. we'll tell you about what some of the plaintiffs are alleging coming up. od. ♪ male announcer ] how do you say... can you believe it's been 20 years since college? ♪ [ male announcer ] nothing says "you're special" like boursin, a creamy, crumbly blend of real cheese and savory herbs, boursin makes any moment more memorable. even if you're saying... my mother has the kids tonight. ♪ good morning, everyone. glad to have you with us on this friday, november 12. i'm sydnie kohara. >> good morning. i'm juliette goodrich. time now 5:30. the number of explosion- related lawsuits against pg&e continues to grow. anne makovec joins us from san bruno as more lawsuits are expected to be filed today. good morning to you, anne reporter: good morning, juliette. it has been over two months since that explosion. this neighborhood that was affected still closed down this morning and now the lawyers are getting more and more involved. more than 100 people have filed suits and more suits are expected to be filed today. most of the suits point the finger of blame squarely at pg&e, alleging the company did not properly maintain the gas line that blew up two months ago and that the lack of automatic shutoff valves showed negligence on the part of pg&e, allowing the fire to burn for about an hour and a half. eight people were killed. many of their families are among the plaintiffs as are the owners of the 35 homes destroyed. now, some of the plaintiffs, though, might surprise you. one of the lawsuits is actually from a pg&e stockholder who lives in new jersey, saying that pg&e's management team wasn't doing its job and should return parts of their salaries. pg&e wants all of these lawsuits to be heard by one judge instead of separately. and the company formally requested that from the state judicial council. a response is expected within 60 days. and that could be interesting because if the judicial council does decide that this could all be heard by one judge, this case could be heard elsewhere outside of san mateo county. juliette. >> all right, anne makovec in san bruno. anne, thank you. and today we're expecting to get the results of air samples taken after wednesday's flare-up at the sorrow refinery near martinez. air quality officials want to find out whether the flares violated local air quality rules. the flare-ups sent plumas of smoke into the air and led to a -- plumes of smoke into the air and led to a "shelter in place" order. >> 5:32. more information is coming out now about the man who chp says shut down yesterday's morning commute on the upper deck of the bay bridge. craig carlos valentino is booked on suspicion of making criminal threats, brandishing a weapon and child endangerment. the 51-year-old is from antioch. carlos valentino is accused of calling 911 and claiming he had explosives. the police didn't find any. his teenaged daughter escaped unhurt during the standoff. the chp says carlos valentino tossed a gun over the bridge. they later found a plastic toy gun inside his suv. before the standoff, carlos valentino texted his sister saying he had killed himself because his wife had an affair. >> this is drama going on, on the bridge and please tell me this is not you because this is just beyond belief. oh, my god, it is you. it is you. i cannot believe it is you. >> although she is family, vivian a carlos says she has little sympathy for her brother's actions on the bridge. two san jose police officers fired for allegedly trying to cover up a former colleague's drunk driving are getting their jobs back. the mercury news says both were reinstated after a long arbitration process. they are expected back at work next month. and the husband of a german tourist killed in san francisco this summer is planning a return visit with his two sons. the examiner reports that he wants to show his children everything. police say a stray bullet hit the wife when two groups of young people started shooting at each other in union square. an 18-year-old arrested in the case was released because of lack of evidence. there is no dispute this morning. jean quan will be the next mayor o oakland. former state senator don perata conceded saying won't challenge the results. he says a lot of voters don't understand the new ranked choice system but won't call for a recount. it could be quite some time before there is a winner in the race for state attorney general the latest numbers showing republican steve cooley retaining a slim read over democrat kamala harris. the margin is less than 20,000 votes. more than a million mail-in provisional and damaged ballots have yet to be counted. 5:34. let go back to tracy and elizabeth and take a look at traffic and weather. but we are going to start with a beautiful weekend forecast. >> that's right, sydnie. we'll start off with some cool temperatures out there. but as we move into the weekend, it is going to be picture-perfect. currently 39 in napa, 37 santa rosa, 35 fairfield. these are some cool morning lows. 38 degrees in livermore. lower 40s in fremont, mid-40s currently in oakland. and the closer you get to the coastline, temperatures going up a bit with 50 degrees in san francisco. later on today, how about some more sunshine and more 60s? 69 in pleasanton. 67 in antioch. 68 degrees in fairfield. our warmest spot today topping off in the lower 70s. 71 in santa rosa. 67 in kentfield. 65 in san francisco. 67 in palo alto. and 69 degrees in san jose. today's highs in the lower 70s through the weekend. mid-70s? yeah. things are warming up. we'll take a look at the bay area temperatures for the weekend in just a few moments. elizabeth has traffic. >> quiet, no big hot spots. it is friday. and so usually there's less cars on the road. we like to call it friday light. all right, westbound 80sayou cut towards the carquinez bridge, cars there traveling at top speeds across the span. very nice towards crockett, hercules, berkeley, all the way down towards the macarthur maze and the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights yet, likely not for another hour or so. and all along the upper deck looks great right now heading into san francisco. check the ride on 880, the nimitz freeway through oakland, 66 miles per hour. these are live traffic sensors showing you the latest traffic conditions right there as you pass the coliseum, you can see the taillights heading up towards high street. nice ride towards downtown oakland. and your drive times for the south bay no big issues here, as well. had a couple of reports of debris in lanes but nothing that shouldn't be picked up quickly. guadalupe parkway, five-minute commute from highway 85 to 280. nice ride up 280 through downtown. and 101 nice and quiet there, as well. and mass transit everything is running on time so far for bart, ace, muni and caltrain. it's a friday. so far everything is looking good on this friday. that is your traffic and weather. back to you. >> so far, so good. all right, elizabeth, thank you. jessica's law makes it illegal for sex offenders to live within 2,000 feet of a school or park. but now a law enforcement panel says that law may be doing more harm than good. the panel wants voters to repeal the law passed back in 2006. that's because the 2,000 feet rule means offenders have trouble finding places to live. so many of them are homeless and that makes it difficult for the state to monitor them. corrections officials say 2100 sex offenders in california list themselves as transients. california's budget shortfall means a special session for the state legislature. governor arnold schwarzenegger called this session for december 6. that is the same day new lawmakers will be sworn in. put them right to work. the move comes after the legislative analysts reported the budget that was signed just last month is $6 billion in the red. the governor's working on a package of bills now to deal with it. the state controller's office is investigating audits involving the town of bell, which was plunged into scandal in july when the excess ever salaries of several city officials were made public. now outside auditors failed to flag incidents of fraud and mismanagement, according to the l.a. times. the state control ever's office says it's unclear how that accounting firm could have missed the abuses. with rumors of a big merger growing, so is the prospect of layoffs at yahoo. mark sayre is in sunnyvale now to tell us what could be on the horizon for those workers. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. reports this morning are circulating in the trade press that yahoo could lay off 20% of its workforce. but yesterday, yahoo released a statement calling those reports inaccurate. now, citing anonymous sources, the techcrunch website said yahoo was preparing to lay off 2800 employees. yahoo's response to that report, quoting now, yahoo is always evaluating expenses to align with the company financial goals. however, a 20% reduction in yahoo's workforce across the board is misleading and inaccurate. but in a separate report, the "wall street journal's" all things digital blog reports the number of layoffs would be 650 workers. that would be centered on the company's product organization. it says those layoffs would take place next month. that is in december. now, under california law, any large company that's planning to lay off 500 workers or more must notify the state within 60 days of those layoffs and at this point, sydnie, there's been no such notification from yahoo to state regulators. >> all right, mark, thank you. mark sayre in sunnyvale this morning. 5:39 now. the obama administration is working internet privacy issues. the white house has created a special task force. the "wall street journal" reports the commerce department is preparing a report on stepped up policing of internet privacy. new laws are expected to follow, although republicans are likely to oppose any plans to expand the enforcement powers of the federal trade commission. one more summit for president obama before he comes home from asia. the president flew to japan today for and a peck meeting . at the g20 meeting the president could not get the other leaders to call on countries to stop undervaluing their currencies. >> the issue is one that is an irritant not just to the united states but is an irritant to a lot of china's trading partners and those who are competing with china to sell goods around the world. >> the president also failed in trying to get a free trade agreement with south korea. a miracle in the making. how one woman's groundbreaking surgery could bring us closer it 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[ male announcer ] it's luxury with fire in its veins. bold. daring. capable of moving your soul. ♪ and that's even before you drop your foot on the pedal. ♪ the new 2011 cts coupe from cadillac. good morning. no big hot spots out there now. we have a stall. i only mention it because it's in lanes blocking a lane of traffic for at least 20 minutes or so. westbound highway 4 before you get to 242, watch out for that. you may find a bit of slowing in that area. but again, it's friday. it's so early that we're not really seeing any huge issues on the road. all the way down the eastshore freeway should be great. we have a live look at berkeley close to ashby avenue exit, quiet westbound 80 commute towards the macarthur maze. 18 minutes for the stretch from the carquinez bridge to the bay bridge toll plaza. 880 in oakland, it's a furlough friday in some cities like oak so expect lighter traffic. northbound traffic looks great heading past the coliseum and there is a drive time for that stretch northbound 880 in the commute direction from 28 to the maze. 15 minutes. typically not until our 8:00 hour will it bottleneck towards downtown oakland. san mateo bridge busier than earlier at 5 a.m. this is westbound 92. this is all those cars in the commute direction heading towards foster city and the peninsula. but it still looks good off the high-rise eastbound 92 heading towards hayward. out of the altamont pass, likely start to see slowing here in the next 15 minutes or so. westbound 580, 14-minute drive time there from the altamont pass towards the dublin interchange. still looks good closer to tassajara, as well. mass transit if you want to use it everything is running on time for bart, ace, muni and caltrain. remember our radio partners when you hit the roads, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. get all the latest traffic updates. for more on your forecast now, let's go over to tracy. [ laughter ] >> what are you giggling about? >> this place is going to the dogs, man. >> i know. i was trying to hold it together. [ laughter ] >> pinpoint weather for this morning. mostly clear, chilly conditions, temperatures in the mid-30s to the mid-40s. mostly clear for the bay and the coast. but cool he was spots in the mid-30s. this afternoon, mostly sunny and mild especially inland. today's highs in the lower 70s, upper 60s around the bay with plenty of sunshine. and the mid-60s along the coastline with more sunshine expected. highs today 65 in san francisco, 68 in san rafael, 66 in vallejo. 69 degrees in san jose. plenty of sunshine monday, tuesday and wednesday and thursday. talk about november, it is an absolutely beautiful month. it is called walk tall for life. it is a walk that's based on raising awareness for spinal fractures. going on at justin herman plaza at san francisco. mostly sunny skies, temperatures in the lower 60s and also the holiday ice rink at union square this weekend with highs in the upper 60s. and if you thought you heard a dog, you did hear a dog. this dog. i just thought we should show him. he is hanging out with us this morning. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. back to you. >> that's jacques, right? >> that's jacques. >> oh, love it. >> thank you. >> awe, and you love this morning. >> gimme kisses. >> thanks, trace. 5:46. here's a check on some of our top stories. more people are suing pg&e over the deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno. there are now 29 lawsuits involving more than 100 plaintiffs in connection with the september blast. the san mateo county times says two more lawsuits are expected to be filed today. two town hall meetings are planned this weekend to discuss the sentencing of former bart police officer johannes mehserle. he received a two-year prison term for the involuntary manslaughter of oscar grant. several youth groups and an uncle of grant's are organizing the meetings. talk of a possible merger with aol has yahoo denying rumors of deep layoffs. some tech blogs are reporting the consumer products group is looking at cutting up to 20 percent of employees. yahoo calls those reports misleading and inaccurate. but the web portal stopped short of ruling out any layoffs. stem cell research has led to a potential breakthrough in understanding autism. the findings are published in the journal "cell." university of california scientists used stem cells from people with a neurological disorder. from there, they were able to replicate autism neurons in a lab dish. scientists hope the breakthrough will help test new autism drugs. doctors in southern california are using a new method to treat malignant brain tumors. for the first time, embryonic stem cells have been injected into a seattle woman's brain. drugs found in pills will then interact with the stem cells to create an active chemotherapy drug that attacks tumors. it's worked in mice. doctors say it will take a few months to see if this human attempt is successful. 7100 signatures are needed if san francisco residents want to vote on banning circumcision. the proposed ballot initiative would make it a misdemeanor to circumsize anyone under the age of 18. scientists with the centers for disease control are still studying circumcisions. they report a sharp drop recently in the number of parents opting for the procedure. 5:48 now. turns out that fat and calories may not be the only health risk at fast-food restaurants. researchers say the stuff that's actually wrapped around some of the food can be bad for you, as well. they say grease resistant food wrappers can leak dangerous chemicals into the food the chemicals are potentially deadly. the study's authors don't go so far as to say you should stop eating fast food but they call wrappers a preventable risk. >> i saw a story about a man who went on a junk food diet and he lost weight. he cut his calories. you might have been eating junk food but he cut his calories and lost the weight. 5:49. it's the latest addition to the bay area's dining scene. an entire store dedicated to cereal. >> plus, ditch the wallet and skip the credit cards. the cell phone is become the new hot way to pay. but just how safe is it? it means ,, we gave it a more powerful duramax turbo diesel and allison transmission to help it move over 21,000 pounds. and then we gave it an advanced exhaust brake system, to help slow it down. saving wear and tear on your brakes. and on you. with a powertrain backed for 100,000 miles... introducing the new chevy silverado hd. our most powerful heavy duty ever. 5:52. paying by phone doesn't mean what it used to. with the rise of smart phones and apps, it means never having to dig for a credit card or cash. >> that would be convenient. one of the many pay by phone apps is m-pay. say when you're out with friends if one person pays, the other can pay that friend back through the app. ceo conrad sheehan says it helps keep all your personal information secret. >> next time you put a credit card inside of a bill fold at a restaurant, you're essentially handing the waiter or waitress with more than enough information to conduct an electronic transaction on the internet. >> mobile security experts say not all apps are built the same so you better do your homework. m-pay is work with the chicago transit authority. a large organization has done its due diligence. if you have a gamer in the house you probably heard of the new call of duty videogame which just set a huge record. call of duty: black ops did $360 million in sales of the game across all of its platforms in its first 24 hours. >> that's about 5.5 million copies of the game. the military shooter has been one. most anticipated videogames ever. here's a breakfast question for you. cheerios or cap'n crunch? >> honey nut cheerios. whole grain. there is a new kind of bar in san francisco. you got to check it out. a cereal bar. seriously. it's called [ indiscernible ] in the outer district. sunset district. the idea is pretty straightforward. you just choose your cereal, your toppings and your milk. apparently there are cereal cafes in other cities but this is actually the first one we have heard of in san francisco. what a great place to take the kids. >> we have to check that out, syd? >> how much does the cereal cost? >> the ambience and the clean- up. no spilled milk. from a new kind of cafe to a new kind of shopping experience in 4d. ralph lauren put on this display in london and used architectural mapping to make it look like the store was exploding in a giant runway with holograms. >> this is all to promote the store's first online shop in the uk. >> all of us have to walk through a metal detector at the airport but for some pilot, they go through full body scanners. unions are calling the machines intrusive urging the tsa for another screening method. >> so that leads to our question of the day: should pilots be exempt from full body scanners? >> i'd like to hear from pilots to see what they have to say about it. send your comments to mornings@cbs5.com. or you can post your answers on our facebook page. we're also on twitter. 5:55. let go back to elizabeth and tracy and check our traffic and weather before you head out the door. >> thank you, ladies. i haven't had much to talk about so far this morning. it's a friday where we typically see lighter traffic. and it's a friday after a holiday. so so far we have been looking really good. i'll mention this stall because it's still blocking one of the middle left lanes. but again it's not really causing any big delays through concord. westbound 4 approaching 242, where we are seeing a little bit of slowing through pittsburg in those westbound lanes and now we're starting to see those brake lights as well through antioch once you reach about a street. speeds just under 25 miles per hour. south bay top speeds. we'll show you live look at 280 traffic out of downtown san jose right by the 880 interchange. 101 and 280 both nice rides along the peninsula. your silicon valley commute, excellent. two thumbs up. this is westbound 237 traffic exiting milpitas heading toward mountain view. milpitas is the scene of our hi- 5 coming up later in our 6:00 hour a little tease for you. tracy has your forecast. >> thanks. seven-day forecast, no teasing here. giving it to you all of it. there you go. today's highs mid-60s along the coast. upper 60s around the bay and the lower 70s inland. temperatures warming up as we move into the weekend. plenty of sunshine monday through thursday, no rainfall. this weekend, holiday ice rink embarcadero center in san francisco. it's going to be open and available. conditions in the upper 60s. today's giants friday so if you have any giants paraphernalia, you go to the holiday ice rink and you will get to skate for free. that's only for friday. that's a look at your weather. back to you. >> what a great deal. >> ice is going to melt. >> thanks. 5:57. coming up in our next half hour, combatting night life violence in one bay area city. >> the risky proposal following a series of club shootings and fights, coming up. >> and more than 100 people have filed lawsuits against pg&e. they are piling up. we'll tell you about some of the allegations and what the company is doing to try to make this easier on itself. and is yahoo preparing for another big round of layoffs? 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