exploavmentd you felt really dizzy. >> never been that scared in my life. >> i knew where -- i was under the hole, and you could see daylight. it was crazy. >> alan: investigate dwroors not know what could have caused the fuselage on the plane to rupture. southwest officials say it has undergone all inspections. similar planes are undergoing inspection, and tomas roman joins us with more. unhappy customers there. >> reporter: a lot of unhappy customers. the incident caused southwest airlines to cancel 300 flights across at the criminality. it -- country. some passengers had to wait 15 hours. >> waiting at sfo, dues citizen hughes wants to get back to

nashville, tennessee. >> we went first to check in. they told us our plane was cancelled. didn't get a text message or phone call. a little angry about that. >> he is not the only one angry at southwest airlines. >> got here at 8:00. so, -- >> when are you getting out? >> our flight to boston leaves at 11:0 tonight. so we're going to hang out at the airport. >> reporter: this line is filled with people forced to make alternate travel plans because southwest grounded 79 of its 737s for fuselage inspection after a portion of the fuselage ripped away yesterday on a flight from phoenix and sacramento. our aviation consultant points out an area on the 737 fuselage like the one that failed out flight 812. it's a spot where two planes overlap. he said planes get a lot of use, cottsing fuselage fatigue.

>> you can't see it. but it's to some degree it expands and then depressurization and it cracks. >> reporter: the fuselage blowout as caused massive delays and cancellations, southwest issued this statement: the safety of our customers and employees is our primary concern. we're working closely with going to conduct inspections and support the investigation. we are working aggressively to attempt to minimize in the impact to our customers travel schedules today. that being said, some travelers at sfo don't know when they'll reach their destination. in oakland, more than a dozen flights were cancelled. cory is traveling with his very pregnant wife. >> our flight was cancelled and our next available flight was 12 hours from that flight cancellation. >> reporter: many flights were connected flights, which has

doubled and tripled travel time for some people. >> i want to be on a safe plane so i'm glad they're checking our planes. so that's good. southwest could have handled it better. >> reporter: southwest cancelled a lot of flights in the bay area. 12 at sfo. 22 in oakland, 21 in san jose. he airline says if you plan on traveling on southwest tomorrow, check the web site before leaving home. reporting live at sfo, abc-7 news. >> alan: two years ago fatigue cracks caused a football-sized hole to open up in another southwesterly 737. the cabin also lost pressure and the plane made an new jersey landing -- emergency landing inwest. the hole was caused by metal fatigue. in response to that accident, southwest changed its maintenance plan to include additional inspections. a fire in the berkeley hills

caused a scare. >> can't get the hydrant open. >> alan: firefighters struggled with a sub barn hydrant while a fully engulfed home threatened homes around it. it started on queens road. firefighters were preparing to conduct a rescue when word got back that the elderly couple who lives there was out shopping. the family dog also escaped and firefighters had it under control in 30 minutes. witnesses say they could see it burning from clear across the bay. in santa cruz, police arrested a man suspected of intentionally leaving leaving to suspicious looking suitcases in a bank lobby. it happened at the bank of the west on pacific avenue. officers initially thought the luggage may have been explosive so police closed off the block and rerouted traffic for about two hours. while the bomb squad was working, 52-year-old grant

anderson wandered up and asked about his suitcases. police allowed him to get the bags, then arrested him for trespassing they've say anderson has a history of interfering with intnses in that -- businesses in the area. >> half moon bay has decided to outsource its police department. city leaders decided to contract service with the san ma -- san mateo sharves -- sheriff's office. the city is facing a $3 million budget shortfall. san carlos made a similar move six months ago. highly radioactive water is leaking into the sea from across from the yasuo fukushima nuclear plant pear man. it's not expected to cause haven't hazards. word of the leak came as japan's prime minister took his first

trip to survey the damage in the area slammed by the march 11th 11th tsunami and earthquake. 11,800 people are confirmed dead. more than 165,000 people are still living in shelters. >> alan: evidentsefforts to raiy happened here in san francisco. today's free concert in japan's peace plaza included hawaiian music, poll nearby -- poll nearby san bands and funk, reggae and rock. up next, a giants fan is recovering in los angeles. an update on the bay area man who was brutally attacked at a giants dodgers game. and more violence in afghanistan after a florida minister burns a copy of the koran. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser.

a very weak cold front is moving across the bay area right now. north bay is actually seeing some sunshine. those of you in the south bay, still seeing clouds and even a few sprinkles. check out the forecast for tonight, and what is ahead for the next

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>> alan: a bay area maintenance in a medically induced coma after being beat 'outside of dodger stadium. here's more. >> reporter: brian stowman is in critical condition, and family members are here at the hospital. they tell us he underwent surgery yesterday. this was to remove part of his skull and that was to alleviate pressure in his brain, to alleviate the swelling taking place in his brain. so he is in a medically induced coma here at county usc medical center. the l.a.p.d. is trying to find out who beat him on thursday and put him in this condition. the suspects depicted in these sketches knocked him to the ground and repeatedly kicked the giants fan in the head. it happened after thursday's game an dodger stadium. l.a. beat san francisco and some dodger fans were heckling giant

fans. his brother says brian never saw the attack coming. two guys pushed him from behind. dodger and giant fans say they're disgusted and disappointed by the up sportsman like conduct they witnessed and say there's no reason to get violent and lash out at fans from the opposing team. >> it's disgusting. we have been doing this for four seasons now, and this season it just -- it's a lot right -- a lot rowdier and people have no sportsmanship at all. >> reporter: dodger fans says this makes them look bad and don't bode well for all of l.a. fans were cheering for both teams and are wishing bryan stowman a full and speedy recovery. there's a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the two suspects.

>> alan: thanks for the uptate in international news, more violence in afghanistan today following the deadly massacre of seven united nations workers yesterday in response to a florida pastor's burning of the koran. terry jones says he feels no responsibility for the deadly attacks but the chief othe uted nations mission in afghanistan had a message for jones. >> if he did look at me at this moment, i would tell him my three colleagues and died, and the seven altogether died, were very good people so you should be feeling guilty. >> alan: in the second day of angry demonstrations, thousands filled kandahar city, sitting fire to shops and cars in an effort to control the large crowd, police killed nine protesters and injured more than 80 others. rebels in libya say 13 of their fighters have been killed in a nato air strike aimed at their opponents. a rebel spokesman says the

fighter wrs hit while trying to take back the oil city of brega. the air strikes were aimed at gadhafi's forces. the rebels called it an unfortunate accident and doesn't din million intheir -- diminish their support for the international campaign. nato is looking into the report. another newspaper appears to be looking at a plan to charge money to read its content. the plan to start charging for content on sf gate.com. >> our first warm spring weekend. leigh glaser is coming up to tell us about that. >> mike: the giants in l.a. getting schooled, but the g-men did some huffing and puffing and blew their way into the win column with everyone contributing.

>> alan: the hearst corporations considering charming for looking at their newspaper online. the paper intends to roll out a payment system and a digital description for the ipad application possibly by the end of the month as many as half of

the stories now available would be restricted to paying subscribers. no word yet on what the fee might be. >> stores and restaurants in capitola village opened for business today three weeks after heavy rain caused serious flood damage there. cleanup efforts continue throughout the city while crews remove mud and debris from city sidewalks. business owners hope the moderate weather today will attract more visitors. the pacific grove mobile home park was nearly destroyed after a broken drainage pipe resulted in massive flooding. finally dried out. hot yesterday but cooler today. >> leigh: we have a cold front, very weak system, make its way into the bay area this morning. now push spoog the southern regions. and live doppler seven picking up maybe a sprinkle or twosm -- or two.

this is a shot from the high definition east bay camera overlooking san francisco bay. temperaturewise, yeah, much cooler today. no 80s. we still have a few 70s. antioch right now, 70. napa, 66. san francisco, 60. and los gatos, 61 degrees. and you have clouds overhead there so, at least for tonight, breezy conditions at the coast. higher elevation hills. overnight, few passing clouds for sunday. a little breezy near the cost. look for plenty of sunshine tomorrow afternoon as well. then as we get into wednesday night and thursday knight week, we may have to bring in a little more rain. now, let me show you the cold front. this is how it started out this morning. the clouds and cold front right up here, and then in the day, this thing slowly pushed south. that's the clearing in the north bay now. right here this thing in the last hour or sew getting a little more energized there. we go to live doppler 7hd. a lot of this is not even

reaching the ground. it's evaporating. but this may be a sprinkle or two. this kill dry out as it pushes south, so we go with clearing north to south tonight. and overnight temperatures a little cooler because of the clearing. san francisco, down to 48 degrees. half hoop bay, -- half hoop moon bay, 44. the front will push into southern california tonight. tomorrow, high pressure will build in. that will bring us plenty of sunshine and keep the westerly winds with us. a little breezy, and a few passing clouds. here's the highs for tomorrow. 68 for san jose. half moon bay, breeze y. upper 50s there we will look for mid-to-upper 60s for palo alto tomorrow. 67 degrees. 69 for the sunset district. san francisco, 62. 70 for accept rosa -- santa

rosa. oakland. 68. sun and cloud are for castro valley. and snipe for santa cruz tomorrow. 65 degrees. the accuweather seven-day forecast. another nice day sunday, and then thickening clouds on thursday. wednesday, thursday, friday, we could see colder air masses move in temperatures drop. showers on thursday. only in the 50s. and then warm back up next weekend. >> alan: let's talk to shu. the champion giants still on the road. >> mike: defending the world championship, starting on the road. you have to start at home. the type of things to too in sports is to repeat as world champions. giants are realizing that with two straight losses to the dodgers, bud today they were hitting on all cylinders. this guy is having an identity crisis. freddy sanchez rips one down the line off lilly.

g-men, 3- 0. bell scores. it's 5-0 giants. looking good. later in the frame, now 6-0. aubrey huff smashes one unthe middle. huff with three rbi on the day. that was more than enough for matt cain. he catches dejesus looking. a day after signing a contract extension, freddy sanchez, playing like he is a lot richer. deep to left and gone. first homer of the season. he was a triple away from the cycle. had three rbi and the giants win big, 10-0. >> the stanford women are in indianapolis to face texas a&m. a matchup of the aggies guard against the stanford big and the final shot for janet pullen and kayla peterson. the cardinal have the edge in experience going into the matchup. they don't think it will make

much difference. >> experience helps, definitely, just -- i mean, being in the final four, knowing what to expect helps, but i think all four of the teams that are here have just as good a chance of winning. experience takes you only so far. it won't be the main factor in the outcome of these games but helps. makes you more comfortable with your serenaings, and the other teams have played in big games. >> mike: for the men, butler advances to the ncaa championship game. bull dogs edge virginia commonwealth university 70-62. mack led butler with 24. >> the pga tour touping up for masters. and phil mickelson was on fire in texas. round three of the shell houston open and lefty was feeling it. we start with anthony kim. for birdie. 40 feet. on line. the right speed? bottom of the cup. 69 for kim.

11-under. scott verplank made a run on 10. second shot from 85-yard, and it's in the hole for eagle. 1450695 today. 13-under. and tied for the tournament lead with lefty. on 6. if anyone can make this shot, it's phil mickelson. nails that for par. but mickelson made plenty of birds, nine of them. including this one on 18. after sticking his proorchtion ties the course record with a 9-under 63. best run in two years. women's first major of the year at rancho mirage. michelle wie playing well. her approach on 16. nearly holes out. wie, 3-under 69 today. minus 6. another young gun, morgan pressle. bottom of the cup.

your leader isyani sting. she has two-stroke lead. >> a little tennis. key biscayne florida, women's finals, sharapova and azarenka. sazarenka dominated. sharapova with 43 unforced errors. falls to 0-3 in the finals. azarenka moves up with her straight-set victory. >> sharks, warriors, a's, earthquakes, uconn and kentucky tonight. put those kids to bed. see you then. >> alan: all that snow we got this year is going turn into a big bonus for skiers. wewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewe

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>> alan: it is official. this year's monster snow pack has extended the ski season by another month in the sierra. most ski resorts shut down for the season in aim this year's squaw valley says it will stay open threw at least memorial day. the resort received 57 feet of snow. that's a record since measurements began in 1970.

boreal will extend its daily operations to april 24th and weekend operations into mays a conditions permit. also had a record 64 feet of snow. pretty incredible. that's it for us at 6:00. thanks for joining us. see you tonight at 11:00. don't forget to connect 24/7 at captioned by closed captioning services inc. [ woman ] everybody's looking for deals these days, and i'm not talking about saving a dollar off shampoo or two-for-one tacos or something. i'm talking about paying less -- every month. like this deal. and get the fastest internet

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