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let's begin with the falling temperatures, which could turn into new record lows by tomorrow morning. leigh glaser is here with more on this cold snap. >> leigh: this morning we had about eight new records, that either set new records or tied records for lows overnight, and tonight we'll see another handfulful right now 35 in napa. 44 in san francisco. 40, redwood city. 35 in livermore, 41 in san jose. temperatures into the 20s, and that's prompted this freeze warning until 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, north bay, and east bay, and salinas valley, temperatures dropping into the mid-20s to mid-30s. remember when these freeze warnings are in effect to protect your pets, pieps, -- pipes and your plants.

>> alan: abc-7's tomas roman is in walnut creek. >> reporter: we're here on civic drive, and when we arrived at 8:00, the temperature was 42. it's now 38 degrees here now. now, while the freezing temperatures are still a couple hours away, some people here in walnut creek were trying to make the best out of these warmer temperatures while they lasted. ♪ >> reporter: the emperor nero is said to have fiddled wheel rome burden. >> the cold weather? talked me into singing tonight, and i had a good time. >> reporter: he sings on the corner about job losses. tonight he is cutting he sir

serenade short. >> i'm going home and watching the movie. >> reporter: the temperature here, at 40 degrees at 10:00 p.m. it's been dropping steadily hour-by-hour. freezing temperatures could damage delicate plants. the weather service is suggesting those that can should be put inside. firefighters are concerned about freezing pipes which which break and cause damage. the homeless are also a concern. >> with the homeless and stuff, if they don't have a shelter or aren't dressed in layers, that's a concern. someone burning a fire, very warm all day, and leave it unattended, go to bed, those kind of things. >> reporter: fire officials are asking the people to make sure their heating systems and fireplaces are working properly. also to be careful for areas on the roadway where those automatic sprinkle systems that could leave behind black ice,

and check on the elderly or any other person who might be impacted severely by these freezing temperatures. reporting live in walnut creek, abc-7 news. >> alan: dozens of warming centers are opening in the south bay. ten warming centers in san jose, including this one at the roosevelt community center. they're open from 8:00 a.m. to noon, and we posted a list of all the warming centers on our web site at abc-7 abc7news.com. >> blossoms are still on the trees and farmers are bracing for possible crop damage. farmers are running water to raise temperatures in their orchards. a snowfall predicted to fall at sea level, failed to live up to its billing today, and most of it just didn't stick. the sheer novelty of anything white falling out of the sky was something to marvel out.

here's lisa amin gulezian. >> snow at the coast. something we have never seen in our 12 years of being here. >> lisa: the images came flooding into abc-7 sey you report. >> now we got to start palm trees. >> lisa: from the coast the mountain tops, to mount tam to the north and uc santa cruz to the south there, was snow. small flakes found near this shell gas station on 19th in san francisco. the last time it snowed in the city was in 1976. and today, people wanted more. >> i was hoping it was going to snow, but since it's not raining, not really a chance of that. >> lisa: instead the sun came out but the air was crisp. >> have a shirt, the fleece, neck scarf, my big rain coat, and an umbrella,. >> reporter: is that enough? >> hopefully. his his temperatures are low so san jose opened ten major warming centers, this one in the

community center, allows anyone to come inside and warm up during the early morning hours this weekend. the bitter cold can also by dangerous for drivers. >> we're in a winter storm watch. the temperatures have been dropping. and even in the daytime hours, if the temperature drops far enough to the freezing level, you can actually have black ice during the daytime hours also. >> lisa: that's what several drivers faced today. this sign warned drivers at icy conditions, but it was too late. several cars slipped on black ice, and in napa, ice on american canyon road is blamed for this rollover. ice could form again tonight if standing water freezes up. >> i'm just cold. i don't like cold weather. report. >> lisa: the cold weather is prompting a frees warning -- freeze warning for the energy bay mountains. >> alan: in the south bay, about

a quarter inch of snow fell early this morning. drivers headed up skyline boulevard in the santa cruz mountains, hat -- had to chain up once they reached 3,000 feet. it was enough to bring out caltrans plows and sand sharks. >> i come up here a lot. ride bicycling ride motorcycle. so i didn't think motorcycle was a good idea this morning with the slippery roads. i did slip and lied a -- slide a little even in a jeep. >> alan: by 10:00 a.m. most of the snow start ted melt. we wanted to share some of the pictures sent in. this isly lizett. taken last night on john daly boulevard in san francisco. and more proof it snowed in san francisco. michael says he took this picture last night on 19th. you can send us your videos or

pictures. somewhere in the middle of the cold weather there's an elderly man who has been missing since thursday, team of 50 volunteers with search dogs combed golden gate park looking for ken chin. he suffers from sit schizophrenia and doesn't have his medication. he was wearing a black jacket, long blue denim shirt, jeans and black shoes with velcro straps. >> interstate 5 near stability -- sacramento was tearily shut up to and it had nothing to do with the weather. hundred goats escaped from a field and ended up on the freeway, causing a seven-car accident. several cars were damaged. one driver suffered minor injuries. 30 goats were killed and 100

more were loose on the highway. the road re-opened at 9:00 p.m. the plane came -- a pilot survived a small crash of a small plane today with barely a crash. the glad came down at the eastern end of the dumbarton bridge. the pilot reported losing power after taking off from the palo alto airport. they sent an air boat out to rescue the pilot. >> landed in the mud, and obviously a good job in doing that. he appears to be knopp injured. at it leaking aviation fuel and will be leaking oil, so we need to boom it or get it removed as quickly as possible. >> alan: the man piloting the plan is a retired commercial pilot with 30,000 hours of flight experience. >> vta service in downtown san

jose has been restored after an accident between other light rail and pedestrian. it happened at the valley transit station. witnesses say the pedestrian was pushing a shopping cart and may not have been paying attention before he was hit. he was rushed to the hospital and his condition is unknown. light rail service was shut down for three hours. a bus bridge was provided for commuters. the u.n. takes action against libyan leader gadhafi tonight. president obama aimed his strongest words yet at the libyan leader. >> actor charlie sheen defends the recent radio rant that led cbs to pull the plug on his popular sitcom, and we tell you >> all new oprah: the day after hollywood's biggest night we're taking over oscar's stage! ((oprah)) hooray for hollywood! it's our ultimate after oscar party from the kodak theatre in los angeles! from the kodak theatre in los angeles! withthththththththththththththth

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>> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> alan: u.n. security council voted to sanction libyan leader moammar gadhafi and his family for his brutal attacks on antigovernment protesters. >> reporter: the u.n. security council voted unanimously to impose sanctions against gadhafi, his children and associates, freezing assets, banning travel, and imposing an arms embargo and referring the situation to the international criminal court. >> a powerful expression of the deep concern, indeed anger, of the international community about the levels of violence perpetrated on the people of libya by the libyan leadership. >> reporter: in his strongest words yet, president obama said gadhafi must go. when a leader's only means of

staying in power is to use mass violence against his people, he lost the legitimacy of rule and needs to do what is right for his country by leaving now. in tripoli, sea of humidity, workers trying to go home, tenses of thousands of refugees are pouring into few -- few nearby tune niece -- few niece should. in gadhafi's circle, the loyal ukrainian nurse is heading home. the second largest city is run by the on -- opposition. they're helping families find loved ones abducted by gadhafi's

regime. [chanting] >> alan: in san francisco's u.n. plaza today, hundreds showed their solidarity with antigovernment libyans and other prodemocracy movements in the middle east. they called for justice and liberation for libya, bahrain, yemen and morocco. they called for gadhafi's resignation. >> actor charlie sheen defended his comments during a recent interview on abc's "20/20" magazine. cbs suspendedded the hit comedy after sheen blasted the show's producer during a radio interview. he referred to the producer by his birth name, which sparked claims of antisemitism. sheen argued if someone called him car loss esteves, which was his birth name ex-he would call them antilatino.

you can see the interview on a special edition of "20/20". >> the 83rd academy awards airs right here on abc-7. part of hollywood boulevard was closed as the rolled out the red carpet. producers say they'lly a new device that lets winners know how much time they have in their acceptance peach. and james franco and anne hathaway will mark the first time a man and woman have hosted the show together. >> something else new, the "on the red carpet" ipad app will give you access to exclusive cameras in the red carpet in the theater, and at the governor's ball. it works on the iphone and ipod touch, and you can go to oscar.com to find the same features. >> the academy awards are right here tomorrow on abc-7. coverage begins at 2:00, and the oscars begin at 5:30, followed

by a post awards show, and then abc-7 news starts at 11:00. leigh glaser here. record lows. let's look at the currents. >> leigh: record lows, and speaking of the oscars, it will be dry there tomorrow afternoon as the festivities get going. but it will be cold. cold night for the bay area. high definition sutro cam, clear skies but already freezing, and napa, current readings, 32. fairfield, 33. 41 in ant yoke. freezing in livermore, 39 redwood city, and 44 in san francisco. so, we had numerous record lows last night. do it again tonight. tomorrow afternoon, more sunshine, and of course, temperatures will come up a few more degrees. so a warmer day for sunday afternoon, and then parts of the day will see the rain next week. here's a look at the expected lows for tonight. you can clearly see napa, 25.

25 for accept -- santa rosa. these records could set record lows for the evening. 37 expected overnight in san francisco. 36 for oakland. 28 for antioch. 27 livermore. and i'm looking for 33 degrees overnight in san jose. this is the front that brought us the rain on friday. this is the cold front that helped to bring some of that wraparound moisture that brought us snow flurries in san francisco, this low, everything pushing off towards the south. now as the cold air mass is settling over clear sky across the bay area tonight, and this is going to bring us the record lows by tomorrow morning. by tomorrow afternoon all this will shift towards the east. there's a weak weather system to the north that will thicken our cloudss night and monday, bringing the north bay a chance of more showers as we head into monday afternoon. for tomorrow, enjoy the sunshine.

it's going to be a cold start but we warm up rapidly with mid-50s for san jose by plate the day. half moon bay, you warm to 53. 55 for redwood city. san francisco, terrific day, lots of sunshine. 52. in the north bay 54 for cloverrerdale. petaluma, chilly, but you warm up into the mid-to-low 50s. oakland tomorrow, 55. hercules, 54. interior east bay. 66 for concord and danville. livermore, warm to 56. and numerous 50s as well as you head down towards watsonville. so earnings here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. we thicken the clouds sunday night and monday, so not as cold start for monday morning, chance of showers developing in the north bay. a chance for us on tuesday, but we'll all see rain on wednesday, and then start to taper those showers off on thursday, and right now friday and saturday

look dry. >> alan: on to shu. get you pools ready. guess what? >> mike: march madness. the only time i watch college hoops, building the resume for the big dance. a share of the regular season title on the line. that tastes good is torturous.

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>> mike: college hoops, st. mary's hosting portland for the number one seed in the tournament. the gales on a losing shriek. first half, gaels down three. then the two-hand flush. the pilots came to play. stowell driving. finishes with the left hand. holt led the way. the freshman, three big traiz. then mickey mcconnell, check this out. beautiful finish. 15 for the mick. for the first time, st. marys

captures a share of the league crown. >> in the cww. loyola, and santa clara knocks up a pepperdine. >> pack 10 bears in corvallis, all oregon state. cunningham, high flyer out of san leandro high. cal rallied. bears down just six at the break. second half. cal down two. gutierrez from long range. he had 14. bears now on top by one. crabbe couldn't miss. his sixth trey of the game. the bears up seven. the freshman had 26. the bears improve to 9-8 with the victory. >> down the road in eugene, stanford and oregon. the spin, throwing up for two, ducks up three. that lead wouldn't last. green, with the friendly roll on

the three. shooter's touch. cardinal up 21-18. then off the steel. mane, to owens. josh throws it down. stanford snaps a four-game skid with the victory. well, there's no place like home for stanford women. with the win over oregon they sit a new record 60th win at maples pavilion. maybe the stanford band is the lucky charm. i think it's the cardinal talent. jocelyn with the strong post move and one. stanford up 31-10. then off the great outlet from kayla pedderson. poland, two of her 20. later in the half, pedderson, driving, baseline, converts. and it's then the freshman, ogwumike. going up strong for two stanford rolls, wins its 11th straight

pac-10 title. >> i'm proud of the program and proud of the young people like tony that are part of this. it's not easy. to stay healthy, come out every night. if it was easy, more people would do it. mike pike we'll take a brief time-out. on our return, cactus league. the g-men's pull out

>> mike: cactus league action. giants and dodgers, split scwawvmentd there's some hating going on. sanchez got the start. went 1 2/3 innings, no hits and no rups, pablo sap -- sandoval provided the offense. the panda looks like he is back. then nate schierholtz is trying to hold on to his job. the giants blast the dodgers

8-3. let's tee it up. match play. i love match play, me against you, not the golf course. it was not a good day for american players, luke donald facing matt kuchar, and donald is on fire. he birdies. win twoz matches today, playing only 27 holes, winning 6 and 5 to to advance the finals, bubba watson meeting martin kaymer. martin nails it, deeding watson. kaymer meets luke donald on sunday. a's fans, facing the cubs. and at 11:00 tomorrow night, i'm taking the day off and will be picking the oscar winners. >> the man who predicted the green bay packers. >> i predict king's speech. i don't want to give away any other picks. i'll give you actor, colin firth.

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