>> and u.s. and coalition forces launch more air strikes over libya this morning while leader moammar gadhafi condemns the attack. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm caroline tyler. spring officially begins later today, though winter season is going out with a powerful storm in the bay area this morning. let's check in with our meteorologist lisa. >> good morning, everyone. you can see the camera shaking a little bit. but the wind advisory has expired so we are looking to winds that will continue to subside throughout the morning hours. the front, it is hung up in the south bay around gilroy. you will notice the heavier shades of green and the yellow. but still widespread shower activity around the bay. a pretty good cell here right around lucas valley road. the rain extends southward and eastward into berkely. we are looking at heavier pockets as you head up toward 80. the sierra nevada where winter

storm warning continues until 11:00 tonight. more cells here about to move into the east bay. the showers continue, the chance after thunderstorm throughout the day today. the winds will subside but it's going to be a wet week ahead. i'll detail that for you coming up. >> thank you, lisa. more than 30,000 pg&e customers are without power this morning because of outages caused by the weather. about 14,000 homes are without electricity in the north bay. nearly and 1 -- 13,000 in the south bay. and another 3300 on the peninsula. more than 100 affected in san francisco. pg&e officials say they will work around the clock to restore power. they don't have a time estimate because of the large number of outages. they say the high winds and the heavy rains are making the job more difficult for their cruise. the storm a slowly moving over the area bringing driving and

heavy hail with strong winds especially in the mountains and on bay area bridges. high wind advisories just ended a few minutes ago but the chp said drivers should slow down, be extra careful on the spans. try not to overreact to the sudden wind gusts. in the mountains wind gusts range from 45 to 50 miles an hour. fire teams are gearing up for the kind of calls they know they get in weather like this. >> increase in traffic collisions, trees down, wires down, things of that nature that happen up in the hills up here. >> yesterday pea side hail fell in the mountains as the windy storm moved in. in walnut creek a 100-foot tall treetop he willed on to a home. everyone inside managed to get out unharmed. a rockslide blocked part of river road in guerveville

yesterday afternoon. road cruise used heavy equipment to clear the debris from the highway alongside the russian river. and in other communities, well, they are giving out sandbags to homeowners and businesses that are trying to protect their property. of course, with more rain in the bay area, the sierra is getting several more inches of new snow. snowplows started hitting the roads last night trying to keep up. if you are headed to the sierra you can expect cheaney restrictions post aid long interstate 80 and highway 50. a big rig accident snarled traffic on 80 for two hours last night. san francisco police are investigating a shooting that left two people critically wound outside a nightclub early this morning. it happened on the 2400 block of san bruno avenue near silver just after 2:00. a man and a woman were found with gunshot wounds in front of the el toro nightclub. they were rushed to a local

hospital. police are still gathering the information about the suspect. mow description released so far. san francisco fire investigators are looking into a house fire that occurred this morning around 2:00. a two-story home burned on panorama drive and olympia way in the twin peaks area. the house was destroyed but the people living there made it out safely. fighting that fire was made difficult by the strong winds that were gusting this morning. no word yet on how that fire may have started. let's turn now to the turmoil in libya. the u.s. and coalition forces are launching arab strikes over libya this morning. moammar gadhafi has gone on national television condemning the barrage. coalition forces are apparently attacking gadhafi's air defense positions, and his anti-aircraft guns are firing back. tomahawk cruise missiles are

fired from ships and it will clear the way for a no fly stone. gadhafi is telling libyans the attacks are unjustified and said his people will unite against what he is calling the christian crusaders. libyan television was showing bodies of civilians line up in a morgue, claiming they were killed in those air strikes. apc7 has more. >> more than 100 tomahawk missiles launched from a u.s. ship were fired. the target, more than 20 surface to air mice i will sites in tripoli. >> they pose a direct light to pilots or pose a direct polite to the people of libya. >> on his trip to latin america, president obama addressed what is odddy dawn. >> we must be clear. actions have consequences and the writ of the international community must be enforced. >> before the talk hawks were launched the rebels were

successful in shooting down one of gadhafi's planes. he launched air and land aassaults on rebels earlier in the day. >> the blood of kids, one five years old and one four months old. >> in reaction to the ally's operation, gadhafi delivered this message on state controlled television. >> this is a crusade. he made a threat, an allied threat against libya he would consider all air and sea traffic in the medter rainian targets. he served as an operative almost all of it in the area world. >> gadhafi has lost his mind, clearly. you can see that from the images coming out of tripoli. in fact, i heard today that the family is considering replacing him with another strong man because he is so crazy.

we would be better off without him. >> allen tells us the next phase of this mission will be enforcing the no fly zone over tripoli and rebel-held areas. the european possibly arab nations will take the lead. governor jerry brown has designated today a day of remembrance and prayer for the victims. japan. that country's atomic safety agency is reporting pressure is rising again inside the nuclear power plant. japanese authorities are now backing away from plans to vent radioactive steam from the reactor, over concerns of damaging water supplies. levels are iodide are above government limits. tiny amount of radiation is found in tokyo's tap water and in rainfall over a wider area.

taiwan reports receiving a contaminated batch of fava beans imported from japan. >>. >> some of heading home. >> i fall right into the safety zone so i didn't feel safe staying. >> japanese authorities say the attempts to cool the overheating reactor by spraying water on it may not be working. uc berkely has detected very small radiation levels in the bay area. preliminary results show as of 10:30 yesterday morning trays amounts of elements were recorded. uc berkely said those elements do not naturally occur and are assume to have originated from the fukushima nuclear site. still they say the levels are well below anything that would cause negative health effects. >> up next, new details about weld problems in the investigation of the deadly

pipeline explosion. and the barry bonds perjury trial is set to finally start tomorrow in a san franciscoñtzñ

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utility found a second part of the gas pipeline was apparently flawed. the san francisco chronicle reports the discovery was made during inspections just 20 days after the deadly september explosion in san bruno. other potential problems were found on sections of the pipe both north and south of the rupture site. publicly the pg&e officials said the only flaws they found along the pipeline stretching from malpitas. tomorrow the trial of barry bonds will finally again. they throw out voicemails bonds left for their former girlfriend during their nine year relationship. prosecutors say the voicemails are profane, hostile and threatening, and that he this are the results of bonds' steroid use. the judge said the tapes could prejudice the jurors. earlier this month bonds'

personal trainer, greg anderson, again said he would not of it against bonds. the judge said she would send anderson back to jail. >> injure selection begins tomorrow in oakland for the murder trial of the former leader of your black muslim bakery. two men have pleaded not guilty in the murder of oakland post newspaper editor chauncey bailey. the confessed shooter told a grand jury bay ordered the killing and macky helped him track bailey down on august 2nd, 2007. bailey was fatally shot as he walked out of an oakland mcdonald's restaurant. he was heading to work. lisa is here with a preview of the accuweather forecast. >> well, the cold front is hung up around hollister and the santa cruz area. heavier rain there. but here a bit of a brake. still showers throughout the day. the winds will be subsiding but what about the first week of

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>> that storm was so knows is i woke up a couple times during the night. >> i didn't go to sleep,fs so excited about it. but most of it is behind us. the brunt of the activity is pushed through the bay area. >> you are not going to get sympathy here. >> we are look at pretty good downpours all around the bay area, still even though the solid shield of rain is down by santa cruz. live doppler 7hd shows we have plenty of showers with some embedded heavy downpours not only this morning but right on through the afternoon. here we are in the north day and we had pretty good rain around lucas valley road. take a look further to the north around novato and sonoma.

a pretty good cell and up through 80. here we are in the central bay area around castro valley and hayward look at good rain around 680 and to the west around 280. here's where the front is. a little wave developed on the front and that's why we are looking at the solid area of rain from gilroy to morgan hills down through hollister. and it's going to stay pretty rainy here for the next hour or so. so do be careful for some localized flooding. last stop around san francisco we are looking at rain about to head into the city where we have a little bit of a break around san bruno and south city, and lighter showers around belmont. the totals upward of almost 2 inches by the time we get through the next couple hours. these are through 4:00 a.m. we are looking at .82. oakland and san jose definitely still adding to the total and so far isn't rowsa nearly 2 inches

of rain. so we are looking at temperatures warmer this morning with all those windy conditions last night. those winds helped to bring up the temperature to around 50, half moon bay, san francisco 50 and a few airport delays. the winds continue to subside. look at the north bay around napa. gusting to 30 miles an hour. novato to 21 miles an hour and delays at the airport of 30 to 40 minutes right now. elsewhere the win not so bad, mountain view and san jose. breezy this morning with the rain and isolated thunderstorm this afternoon and more rain this week. area of low pressure brought the windy thanks came up from the south and nowings continues to lift to the north and east just off the northern california coast. as this pull ace way, the winds subside and we will see a break in the rain. but we have an unstable atmosphere, a little afternoon heating. we are still going to so the showers throughout the day today. 2:00 this afternoon you will notice still wet. livermore, san jose, morganville

and santa cruz. monday night more of a break. but the monday morning commute, looks like more rain. the break comes monday night into tuesday and you will notice we aren't looking at any green. but tuesday night into wednesday, the next rainmaker bringing maybe another half-inch of rain. 57 in oakland. 56 palo alto with a few peaks of sun. rain showers, thunderstorms today. yeah, we are still looking at the same old, same old, although the very strong and windy cold front is behind us. you will notice wednesday and thursday. this is the next system we are going to watch out for because we are well above rainfall totals for average for this time of year. anything we get now, it will be a little dicey. >> jim: and the rainy season is getting ready to end, doesn't it? >> it goes on through july but in terms of -- yeah, we should be looking at much less rain. not this week. >> all righty. thank you, lisa. coming up at 7:00 is good

morning america. we are joined live from new york to tell us what is coming up. i would assume that you are going to start with libya? >> that's right. good morning, caroline. libya front and center this morning. u.s. and european forces pound the country overneat with missiles. and now moammar gadhafi is creating a human shield as he surrounds key sites with women and children. how involved with the u.s. get in the new overseas conflicts? we are standing by with the latest developments. nine days after disaster struck japan, a remarkable rescue story to tell you about. an 80-year-old woman and her grandson are found alive. and also this news-startling report. drinking water in tokyo is now tainted with radiation. we will have more on that on the show as well. and underdogs across the world are howling with cheer for a boy who body slammed his bully and he is finally speaking out with the story of what final made him

snap. >> and sad news about the most famous bear in the world. knut died at the ripe old age of four. how did he go from the top of the world to the tragic end? we will get into that in the show as well. only sure you remember cute knut and everyone was buzzing about him. four years old. they usually live anywhere between 15 and 20 years and they are trying to understand what happened here. >> quite a mystery. all right. thank you. we will see you at 7:00. >> bye. turning now to sports. the ms.ness tense. the field of 68 will be whittled down to the sweet 16 today on the men's side of the ncaa tournament. yesterday the stanford women played hair first game of the tournament down on the farm. here's mike shumann with the highlights and this morning's sports. >> good morning. we will start off with march madness. the tip off of the women. stanford gets a tune-up against uc davis in the first round of the match-up. it's always march madness for the stanford band and the aggies

came to play. you see davis out to an 11-8 lead. stanford get it going. down low and that's pretty. stanford up 12. into the half, the player of the year, the three. gives stanford a 12 point halftime lead. and more of the same in the second half, lynndy with one of her four second half threes. stanford now up 25. and later the sisters. two of the 22, condoleezza rice aproves that and stanford is moving on with an 86-59 victory. 3 point shooting is contagious. once someone gets going, the rest of the team follows and then you get inside once they start playing out. i think it's definitely a good way to start out the tournament. >> everyone will come out playing their best because this is the big dance and everyone wants to be the prom queen. i think that playing hard in this game and people getting into the game, making us better. >> the men, cinderella is back.

last year's finalist butler is at it again knocking off the number one seed in the southeast, pittsburgh. brad stevens had his bulldogs in the sweet 16. 4 seconds left. bulldogs down 1. last chance for pitt off the long inbound. the foul before the shot. he goes to the line. after making the first to tie it, he misses the second. on the rebound, robinson does the unthinkable. he fouls matt howard with less than a second left. that sends howard to the line where he hits the first. butler does it again, upsetting pitt 71-70. also in the southeast, byu taking on gone staying ga and the jimmer show is on. he can hit from anywhere. and more from jimmer. the kid is unreal. he has 34. byu is on to the sweet 16 after an 89-67 route.

and ucla taking on florida. second half joshua smith, the big fella. going up strong. ucla down 1. just over a men to play. it's erving walker pulling up for the three, and that is the dagger. he had 21. florida marchs on to the sweet 16 with 73-65 victory. out west san diego state and temple with a thriller in tucson. under a minute to play. owls down 2. the tough runner in the lane. tied at 54. on to overtime. in o.t. still tied. final seconds. malcolm can't hit the jump hook. going to double overtime where the aztecs would pull away off the steal. leonard with the dunk. san diego state advances to their first-ever sweet 16. 71-64 that final. sharks hosting the blues without danny legally who is sitting out because of an elbow to a dallas star tuesday night. but sharky, he brings it every night. sharks brought it too off the rebound. er to mitchell. he's there to bury the puck.

1-0, san jose. later in the first, now 2-0. joe pavelski, the rocket slapshot off the post and in. sharks led 3-0 after one. little joe wasn't done. sam boil is in the net. second goal in 100th career game. sharks win it third straight, 5-3, the final. more march madness tonight at 5. i'm mike shumann. have a great day. and no more vacation pay for employees in one bay area county where they have cut that perk. and the court battle over san francisco's voting system.

>> welcome back. contra costa supervisors say it's one step in a long budget cutting process. last week they voted to eliminate vacation buy back for

300 of the county's highest paid employees. abc7's lawrence anthony has the story from martinez. >> i know it's tough but it's the right thing to do. >> from contra costa supervisors did was vote to eliminate a long-standing vacation buy back policy for 300 top employees. mostly managers and supervisors not represented by a union. >> the sad thing is it's probably only the beginning of a long series of other things that we are going to need to do. >> until now managers could sell back up to one-third of their unused vacation per year. >> please do not take away this benefit. >> district attorney mark peterson told abc7 his deputy da's will be seriously impacted. >> now they will be forced to take that vacation time so i will have to replace them with one or one and a half more attorneys which is going to cost me additional money. >> supervisors say the move is expected to save the struggling county nearly $1 million per

year. besides some short term savings, supervisors hope in the long-term cutting vacation buy back from managers will help them reign in skyrocketing pension costs. vacation pay outs could no longer be add today final year salaries used to compute pensions. >> we are taking an action because of the immediate savings of this benefit. but it will also have additional savings on top of what we are achieving because of the pension costs savings. >> rolly is with public employees local 1 which has 2,000 members in contra costa county. >> there's extensive equity, as i said before the board, folks have had these benefits for years and rank and file workers haven't had. so from our point of view that hasn't been equitable. >> right now the board's action applies only to nonyawn i don't know managers. starting this summer supervisors hope to negotiate with individual unions to eliminate vacation buy back county wide. abc7 news. >> tomorrow morning county

supervisors will meet to talk about a plan that includes layoffs. according to today's moran's independent journal the plan calls for cutting 22 workers in the department of health and human services. maternity care and clinic workers are the ones that will be targeted. two positions in the sheriff's department would also be eliminated. but those workers can chews to take lower-paying positions under union contract rules. final action on the proposed cuts expected in june. the ninth circuit court of appeals is considering the constitutionality of san francisco's election system. at issue is the ranked choice voting system that ranked jean quam as the mayor race. >> two of the three judges on the u.s. circuit court of appeals panel are from san francisco. probably already familiar with the disputed voting system.

since 2004 the ranked choice system has allowed san francisco voters to pick their top three choices in a race. if no candidate collects a majority of first place ballots the person who comes in last is eliminated. and those who chose that candidate have their votes transferred to their second choice or third until someone wins. a recent poll found voter confusion. but stephen hill, the architect of the system, says other surveys indicate voters understand. >> that doesn't moneys inly they can sit down and count the ballots for you, but they understand what they have to do as voters and that's to rank one, two, three, and they feel comfortable doing that. >> ron is the lead plaintiff trying to undo ranked choice. he was an unsuccessful candidate for supervisor in 2006. >> i believe it's not a constitutional system because voters have no ability to be able to know who the final three candidates are. >> really what they are complaining about at the end of the day is that in the all their

votes go in the winning candidates column. >> those monitoring the legal challenge are aware. san francisco is gearing up for its first competitive mayor's race to use ranked choice and everyone is talking about what happened in oakland. councilwoman jean kwan had fewer votes than former state senator, but pulled off a stung victory by gathering more second and third place choice. cory cook, science professor, said ranked choice changes the dynamics. >> it changes the calculation of candidates in terms of what happens in local races. it also makes things nor complicated for voters. >> so the city is asking an appeals court panel to issue a ruling by july 1st, well ahead of november's election. the stormy weather could cut short the first sunday street event of the year in san francisco. they will close at 10:30 this morning for the event where

people bicycle or walk along the bay without having to worry about traffic. the rainy day policy is to start the event and then to see how many people actually show up. officials will make a decision by noon whether to shorten the event and end at 1:00. otherwise the fourth annual kickoff to sunday streets will run until 4:00 this around. and they had some beautiful days last year, but not today. >> no. just looking at that sky. it's going to be quite some time where we see a clear day out there because we have plenty of rain ahead for the first week of spring. today, even though the cold front pushed on through, still a lot of showers. breezy winds. we will have the forecast next. >> thank you, lisa. also next an amazing story. inside the lives of two former c.i.a. agents. what it was like to be married spies and why they left the

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lisa is no exception. >> the glassy eyes this morning because i lived for it last night all night long. it really didn't disappoint. some very gusty winds and heavy rain. the front has pushed south. lots of snow. temperatures in the 30s and winter storm warning until 11:00 tonight for the greater lake tahoe area. i can't get there really because we have the heavy rain and the snow. we are looking at wet streaks here around san francisco. plenty of rain. we are looking at heavier cells in the south bay. also the cold front still is hung up around santa cruz and san luis. here we are looking at the rain around highway 1. also around tebron, a good cell to the to the north. and the east berkely, lighter

rain, and here the rain is pretty good to the north. and napa a pretty strong cell. looking at the central bay. daly city and the san mateo bridge, wet weather through hay war, 580 into dublin. here's the heaviest rain. you see the line from morgan hill. look at gilroy, hollister. downpours here are pretty good at times. we will see the gusty winds, especially along the coast here. look at san bruno. wet start for you this morning. upwards of nearly 2 inches in the north bay with over three quarters an inch in the east bay and the south bay still adding to those totals. so we are looking at not only a wet day today, first week of spring very wet. temperatures are warmer than they were yesterday due to all that wind we had last night. speaking of the wind, it's still quite gusty around napa and

gusts up to 30 americans. lighter winds in the south bay. breezy showers, chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon and more rain comes our way next week. so the big area of low pressure, the deep low that was off the coast yesterday is now pushing up to the north and east. it's going to be pulling away but we still have unstable air behind the front. so plenty of moisture and we are looking at still a pretty rainy day out there. here's the rest of the afternoon. 2:00 today showers, heavier rain in the south bay from san jose, morgan hill, the santa cruz mountains. a little break tonight. more showers for the monday morning commute. 6:00 look to the light to moderate rain and then the bigger break comes here, monday into all of tuesday. but by tuesday night into wednesday, we are looking at another storm headed our way to set the stage for a pretty wet middle of the week. winter storm warning tonight with one to two feet of snow above 7,000 feet. about a foot at lake level.

today showers, thunderstorms, breezy conditions, mid-50s livermore, 56 in santa cruz. less wind but still very, very wet out there. tomorrow still rainy for the morning commute. biggest day where we may have a peek of sun and a brake will come on tuesday and then still rainy by then of next week into next weekend. >> all right. so go home later today, take a little nap. thank you, lisa. well, we want you to meet an east bay cup well a fascinating but dangerous history. they worked for the c.i.a.. they met in a war zone. now they are leaving most of their past behind but their real life story is the kind of stuff you see in the movies. here's abc7 cheryl jennings with the details. george clooney's action thrill area in 2005 was based on the experiences of exc.i.a. spy robert bayer. he now lives in berkely with his wife and former c.i.a. partner,

dana. they have a three-year-old daughter and a bunch of dogs and cats. their lives are so different now compared to life in the c.i.a., living in war zones and always on the run from danger. and always undercover with aliases. >> mine was riley. >> i was -- it was harold but i used to keep about 20 passports with different names. it was hard to keep up with the different nationalities. >> which is really transaggressive. you are not supposed to carry around several different names. >> dana was a by-the-book c.i.a. agent. robert said he did what he needed to do. the first time they met on a mission in sarajevo is an example. he was there chasing hezbollah, and dana was shocked by the car he was driving. >> i was trained to be -- to blend in, not attract attention, go under the radar.

he was driving a lime green car with oragina written down the side. >> i had my own philosophy and for me it was like hide it in the open and what spy would drive a billboard on wheels? so they think the guy is nuts, if anything. >> it was not love at first sight for them. >> i was very leery, and i thought he was a little crazy. i had just been assign to work for him in sarajevo. it's in the middle of a war zone. >> and bob said dana had serious skills as a spy. >> she could run somebody off the road at 65 mills. tap the car, it flips. good skills to have. >> they were married to other people at the time they were at the c.i.a. but they couldn't talk about their work and couldn't say where they were. the relationships with their families were strained. their marriages fell apart. bob never new dana's real name until they met a year later in washington at head quarters.

they decided to create a life together. so they got out of the agency. they have written a book about their adventures called "the company we keep." they adopted a child in one of their favorite chris, pakistan. now they are on the most important mission of their lives with the little kiper. >> most people come to the conclusion a little earlier than we did, but we are slow learners. what can we say. >> cheryl jennings, abc news. >> a grieving family said they must pay $200 to say good-bye to a loved one. i'm michael finney. xxxxxxxxxxxx?x?x?x?x?x?x?x?x?x?x

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roof cam. we are drying out this morning after a wild wet weather last night. if you could have seen it, the moon last night would have looked a little beggar and brighter than usual. itit was a full moon. the biggest in almost 20 years. this rare lunar sight occurs when the moon is at its closest possible point of orbit around the earth, about 212,000 miles away. you know, during a time of grief many families spare no expense for the funeral, seeing up for anything that is advised. well, one family just wanted a chance to see a loved one who died alone to say good-bye and could not believe they had to pay for that right. here's 7 on your side's michael finney with their story. hellmond wong and his brother grew up together in san francisco's china town. born just 13 months apart, the brothers were inseparable. >> we went to school together, went to scouts together and did

everything together. we were very close. i didn't expect this at all, for him to pass away. >> hellmond was shocked to hear his brother died, alone at home. hellmond never got to say good-bye. when he made arrangements here at duggans serra mortuary, he asked to see his brother one last time before cremation. duggans said that would cost $200. >> i said, no, no, i didn't get to say good-bye to him. i said when he passed a way i wasn't there. >> he felt he had mow choice so he paid. and he also took the mortuary's advice and purchased four death certificates, two preliminary and two final. he paid the $48 fee. soon after he received the 2 final death certificates, but never the preliminary ones. so he asked duggans for a refund. >> they said the person that is handling your case was on vacation. i called back in november or december and they told me she was in a meeting. so in january i thought i better

call back and push it and see what happened and she told me you waited too long. >> it was only $24, but hellmond said it was the principle. he and his brother were always taught never to waste money. >> i would like to get back what i paid him more and not having it that way. >> he was also upset about paying $200 to say good-bye to his brother so he contacted 7 on your side and we got a hold of duggans. owner dan duggans said the mortuary never did order all four death certificates since the final ones came in sooner than expected. the failure to refund was an oversight. duggans hand-delivered hellmond a check pour $24. >> i'm glad michael stepped in and did it otherwise i would still be knocking on the door and calling them and everything. >> as for the $200 fee to say good-bye to his brother, duggans said the mortuary requires preparation before viewing to

prevent trauma to loved once. mortuary are allowed to set those kind of polls. >> coming up next, a major production underway to turn the son of the golden gate bridge into a musical

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in morning you are being asked to answer the question what does the golden gate bridge sound like. a new musical works is in the works to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the bridge. artists are look for your input. >> we all know who the golden gate bridge looks like, but what does it sound like? the grand symphony orchestra has been commissioned to work by what happens here everyday. >> the unique feature of this project is the fact we are going into the community and asking

people to contract in their own way. >> sharing their ideas on the golden gate opus facebook page. >> you can up load sounds, ideas, even videos. >> he isen fired by that input and sounds being record. >> i've gotten sounds of seagulls, traffic, sounds of bicycles, bicycle bells. >> and he is finding the elements he needs. >> the rhythm of the tires as they go over the bay. i like to hear the sounds of the waves. i don't know how they will be incorporated. but, yes, go out and collect some more. >> it is an inspiration. finding music in every movement, every cable and every lane and obviously every sound. the grand symphony improvised sounds. max plays corn net. >> we play the fog sound that is a rolling, repetitive chord which sounded sort of mystical,

very uncertain. >> the world premiere will be may, 2012, time for it to come together. it's part of the community's celebration ever the 75th anniversary. it opens in april of 1937. this is like a tribute. >> when i cross it every day i think of the engineers, the human spirit behind the design and the construction, the men who built it. >> expect a majestic salute in music to one of the world's great engineers marvels. in san francisco, donaldson sanchez. abc7 news. >> weather the big headlines so let's get a final check. >> the yes. the first full week of spring and don't put away those umbrellas. central bay, look at this around moraga. heave showers and hayward. here's the front hung up in the south bay from gilroy, morgan hills, down to santa cruz. still some heavy downpours here but throughout the day isolated thunderstorms and the winds will

subside so we are looking at a wet sunday. leftover showers for monday. our driest day will be tuesday and heavy rain wednesday and thursday. >> all right. that is going to do it for us. thank you for joining us. our next newscast starts at 9:00 this morning. i'm caroline tyler, along with lisa. good morning america is up next. have a great sunday! stay dry. achoo! the seasons change, but we still may suffer from nasal allergy symptoms. they can hit you year round... indoors or out. achoo! oh to have relief. prescription nasonex is clinically proven to help relieve nasal allergy symptoms... including congestion, runny and itchy nose and sneezing. [ female announcer ] side effects may include headache, viral infection, sore throat, nosebleeds, and coughing. infections of the nose and throat and eye problems, including glaucoma or cataracts may occur. have regular eye exams. slow wound healing may occur, so do not use nasonex until your nose has healed from any sore, surgery or injury.

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