>> good evening, thank you for joining us, i'm ama daets. a new economic report shows how well the bay area continues to recover from the recession, the report is put out every two years. the bay area, boasted a strong $535 billion economy. it's the 19th largest economy in the world. sergio quintana has a breakdown of the report. >> when the last report was issued two years ago the bay area and the rest of the country was mired in a slow recovery. the good news now is the region is rebounding better than the rest of the country. the bad news, we have long-standing problems that still need to be addressed. cranes and towerrers over

mission bay in san francisco, one of the most obvious visuals of the powerful economic rebound the bay area is experience. >> we are, if nothing else, an innovation technology. >> this towers will have ecommerce companies. a report by the bay area economic council institute lays out strong stats. 40% of all venture capital in the country is invested here. 15% of the country's patents from from the bay area, and more than half of the top ten clean companies call the bay area home. >> we're the leading economy and we are differentiated. >> continuing on the innovation theme, seven of the ten biggest social media companies in the world are headquartered in the bay area. trade, tourism, and plenty of other economic indicators are headed in right direction. but their finding are not rosy. one of the biggest problems,

aging infrastructure. the report points to the doyle project as one of the only private-public projects and another problem, underperforming schools and cutting university budgets. >> we have been whacking their budgets every year, and if that money comes out, their able to generate the work force of the future is going down. >> another problem is the per sis extent unemployment rate. the bay area council is getting better but companies have not added many mere people to the payroll. we have the same number of jobs in the bay area now as there were in 1996. back to you. >> if you haven't been outside you probably heard the high winds which knocked a tree branch on to a major street in san franciscole the branch fell from a tree and narrowry missed

a car. some wicked winds and strong surf pounded the bay area toy. a high surf advisory expired this afternoon. breakers were cresting at 17 feet, and strong rip currents were reported as well. omore snow atop mt. hamilton in the south bay. it tends to get snow at least once a year. the area is offlimits to the public bus of safety concerns. but it's quite a sight considering spring starts tomorrow night. let get over to leigh glaser to find out how long the gusty winds are sticking around. >> leigh: they'll start to die down overnight. but let check out live doppler 7hd. you may have noticed sprinkle or showers. these are starting to dedecrees over the evening hours. half moon bay, little rain there. and also, check it out, los gatos, the last ten minutes or so we had a little pink showing

up near highway 17, near the summit. so, a possibility of maybe some sleet, maybe a wintry mix going on there. i know, hamilton is seeing a light dusting, as has mt. diablo. rainfall to date, we're doing a little better. santa rosa to date, 17 inches. we're at 57% of normal. san francisco, 51% of normal. san jose, only 30% of normal. the rain help us out. we're going to see allege more this upcoming week. the forecast is coming up. >> investigators are asking for help in finding a missing 15-year-old girl from morgan hill. sierra la ma is 5'2", thin build, was last seen leaving for school friday morning and never arrived. a search focused on morgan hill, he family and friends handed out fliers where investigators received a hit from her cell phone. her mother said there were no signs of problems. >> sierra, if you're out there,

there's that possibility, we love you so much and we want you home and we want you safe and we really -- there's a lot of people that love you and would like to say god bless you to all those people that are searching for you. >> sierra does not have history of running away from home. she left her cell phone charger at home, something her mother says sierra always takes with her if she is gone an extended period of time. >> the search has been suspended for the mother of an iraq war veteran suspected of killing his little sister and himself. family and friends joined in a search yesterday and found no science of gutierrez. specialist gutierrez was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder police police believe gutierrez may have shot his mother and left her for dead somewhere. san francisco sheriff will be sentenced tomorrow after

pleading guilty to false imprisonment in the domestic violence case against him. prosecutors dropped the domestic violence charges against him over a new year's incident with his wife. he will be sentenced to probation, domestic violence counseling and 100 hours of community service. mayor ed lee will now have to decide whether to file charges against the sheriff, who says he will not resign. a federal effort to improve air traffic in the bay area is about to take off. tomorrow the federal aviation administration will be at the oakland airport to announce details about the plan to streamline bay area air traffic and modernize oakland's control tower. it's designed to help improve the on-time records of airlines and reduce air pollution. >> a lifelong friend of the u.s. soldier accused in the afghan

mass sirs -- mass kerr says the suspect is not the man he knows. >> a real understanding individual, even from a real young age. >> friends and family of the soldier come out in his defense. republican hopefuls scraping for votes. puerto rico holds its primary. gps gone wrong. why we may be relying too much on

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his friends say he join the military ten years ago after the 9/11 attacks. they say bale must have snapped if he is responsible for killing 16 afghan victimmers last weekend. >> i still can't believe it. i can't believe it. the bobby i knew is not the bobby that could have done that. i don't think he -- he'll never be the same, and that -- he is such a great person. that just -- that crushes me. i don't -- i don't know. >> ama: bale has not yet been charged and is being held in ft. leavenworth conditions. mitt romney and rick santorum are folk can you goes on the next two states to hold primaries. illinois and louisiana. this comes as romney won puerto rico today. he hopes to rebound after losing alabama alabama to santorum last week. romney quoted voters in

illinois. >> i want to work on getting people back to work. i understand what it takes to make america the most attractive place in the world for entrepreneurs and job creators. >> the more i look at romney's record and match it up with obama, i feel like i'm in training for the general election. >> ama: gingrich keeps rejecting calls to pull out of the race. 'gps systems are not fool proof. >> i don't know why they wouldn't question driving into a puddle that doesn't seem to end. >> ama: sometimes the satellite systems point you in the wrong direction. will we finally dry out after the week of rain? leigh glaser has the forecaststt

>> ama: so many of us now rely on gps to get where we're going,s' some of us are apparently relying on it a little too much. a couple tourists offend it out the hard way. >> headed here thursday, road trip, three japanese tourists to a tiny pair do is off the coast of australia. seemed simple enough. but what their gps didn't show was the nine miles of water between the mainland and the island. >> continue driving ahead. >> so they kept on driving. and driving. >> continue driving 14.5-kilometers. >> they made it 50 yards across the water before deciding it was a bad idea and got out. were they the victims of gps confusion? or just trying to recreate what happened on an episode of "the

office." >> make a right. >> said go to the right. >> it can't mean that. >> it nose where it's going. >> the machine knows. stop yelling at me. >> it's not right. >> there's no right here. >> maybe some gps units just have a thing for water. in washington state last year, instead of guiding a driver to a nearby hotel, that charming electronic voice led her to a swampy stop. >> i don't know why they wouldn't question driving into a puddle that doesn't seem to end. >> and in 2008, a washington state bus driver followed his gps directions right into a nine-foot bridge. >> continue straight ahead. >> his bus used to be 12 feet tall. a year later, in the uk, one man nearly drove off a cliff. following that directional voice a little too closely. but perhaps the biggest gps blunder of all? what used to be this georgia man's home, wrecking crews accidently leveled the wrong

address thanks to satellite coordinates. so maybe it's a good idea to listen to the voice in your head and not just the one coming from your dashboard. abc news. >> ama: that is awful. skiers, and snowboarders got an extra treat this weekend when more snow fell in the sierra. locations like south lake tahoe received several more inches of snow overnight and this morning. drivers need chains on highway 550 and on interstate 80 between baxter and the donner lake interchange. >> let's get to leigh and check on the weather. just a few sprinkles coming to work today. >> leigh: a few scattered showers. everyone doing this on the steering wheel as the winds really gusty. wind warnings up for all of the bay area bridges this afternoon, and you can see the wind-whipped sky across mt. tamalpais. this is the live shot over

richardson bay. and let's get right to the wind speeds. out of the west, 35 miles-per-hour. sfo, gusts to 36. gusts to 35 in fairfield. concord, gusts to 32. san jose, gusts to 26, all very strong westerly winds and they will be yet to die down later this evening. boy, kept a chill in the air. 49 right now in napa. san francisco, 48. 47 in fremont. 0 los gatos, 45 degrees. look for their wind to decrease overnight. a colder night. partly cloudy for your monday. spring arrives by the way, 10:14 tomorrow night, enjoy that. and'll keep a chance of showers this week. the next few days, in the north bay. you can see some of these little cumulus popup clouds across the bay area. out towards the west, higher clouds in association with a warm front that could possibly

bring us showers tomorrow night. overnight temperatures tonight, 44, san francisco, 39, san jose, 36, livermore. this is the low and the cold front pushing on towards the east, and as it does, start to move away from us, the winds start to relax. you can see the high clouds just to the west of us. part of this warm front will skim very close to the bay area. monday night and tuesday. and might be able to wring out a few light showers for us. so we'll keep that in the forecast. right now looks like the latter part of the work week will be dry. this is our timeline monday. by 7:00, much of the day will be dry. decreasing winds. by 7:00 we may see a few lying showers start to move in across the bay area. by tuesday a.m., most of the activity north of the golden gate bridge, and by tuesday afternoon it's out of here.

wednesday and thursday, dry days. here's the highs tomorrow. warm up a little bit, less wind, breezy near the coast. 50s across the bay area. 59 for antioch. 58 for concord. 54 for san francisco. 59 for gilroy and watsonville, 58 degrees. here's the seven-day forecast. we'll look for a chance of showers developing, mainly in the north bay. monday night, throughout the day on tuesday. possibly lingering in the north bay. on wednesday, dry day, thursday and friday. next weekend, could be wet. we'll keep you posted. >> ama: thank you, leigh. shu is here. any update on the 49ers quarterback drama going on? >> mike: there is some more drama. thanks for asking. alex smith has had enough of the peyton manning drama so he is take hugs free agent act on the road, visiting miami. jim harbaugh may have done more damage than he realizes. that's next in sports.

>> mike: the plot thickens with the 49ers and their quarterback. alex smith and peyton manning have the same. a alex now considers this a major conflict of interest. so alex took his act on the road, visiting miami today for a five and a half hour meeting. you see here raving. and they are in negotiations for a long-term deal. he has a three year, $24 million deal on the table with the 49ers. harbaugh completely undermined his credibility with his player, claiming for the last three months alex was his guy. then sneaked away to north carolina to see manning work

out. how can anyone in the 49er locker room trust what the says after this. now if manning chooses another team, harbaugh may be left holding the bag if alex goes to miami. stay tuned. ncaa tournament continues. ladies first with cal facing iowa. no one on the bears roster has played in an ncaa tournament. the bears looking for their 25th win. cal gets going early on the break. boyd to degray. part of a 10-3 one. bears up four. just before the half. claire clarendon gets the jumper to fathom great game for brittany boyd. the bank is open. 15 points, eight assists. cal byes big and next up, notre dame on tuesday. to the men's top seed michigan state and st. louis. it got physical. draymond green no problem finding the bottom of the. the 16 opinions. spartans by five.

here comes st. louis. within three but no closer. keith appling for three. the shooter's role. spornz win, next up, louisville. >> north carolina state at georgetown. on its heels. brown, incredible shot from the baseline. wolfpack up seven. now five seconds led. brown is is misses the free-thr. last chance for the hoyas. clark to tie it. no good. nc state stuns the hoyas, 66-63. pga players trying to secure a pot in the upcoming masters. we have a four-way playoff in florida. shot of the day from chris blanks. right on line, couple of bounces, nothing but net. 62. ernie els had a stroke lead with two to play. bogeys 17 and misses the short par putt on 18 to get interest a playoff. we have a four-way playoff on

18. jim furyk and bay miss their birdie attempt. garrigus for this for birdie. are you kidding me? now luke donald, for the number one ranking. your transition champion. >> john isner and fer federer face off in the tie break. federer with the backhand lob over the 6'9" isner. lanes in. federer takes the first set. rolls from there. winning his record fourth open. 39-2 since last year's u.s. open. two losses to isner and raf da nadal who he bead in companitive -- can itive consecutive. >> matt kenseth on a late restart, keselowski takes the checkered flag. his first of the season. this is just in.

matt flynn, the former green bay quarterback who also was visiting with miami, has agreed to a three-year deal for 26 million with 10 million guaranteed with seattle. so, if alex goes to miami, and mate ton manning doesn't go to niners, jim harbaugh is stuck with the bag. >> ama: there's teen yeamg mute tan ninja turtles made a big comeback and landed [ male announcer ] at green giant we know nature gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given. that's why green giant picks vegetables at their peak. ...and freezes them fast, locking in nutrients ...for you to unwrap. ♪ ho, h ho. green giant those five food groups sound a whole lot better when you put them in a taco shell instead of a pyramid. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican.

>> ama: coming up at 6:00. politics and the pump. how the presidential election could hinge on gas prices and what the candidates are saying. the brides where everywhere. why so many women and men were jumping for joy. we never knew that there was such a world record but it was set this weekend the minnesota. the teenage mutant ninja turtles broke a guinness book record for the largest gathering of ninja turtles. the crowd numbered 836. that beat the previous record, 786. the student was a promotion for a new ride inside the mall of america in minnesota. awesome. >> mike: a lot of turtles. >> ama: that does it for us at captioned by closed captioning services inc. >> this is a live look over