it's illegal to come here and up like mt. atm and mt. diablo, this is not a state park and cannot accommodate people who come up here. peer for -- people for the most part were understanding. >> probably sensible. the road up here was shinery. so i guess sensible. >> when it starts snowing, it closes. our fun just got ruined. >> the people at lick observatory say the snow started falling yesterday and continued this morning. four to six inches have fallen so far. live at mt. hamilton, abc-7 news. >> ama: now to the sierra, where lake tahoe is a skier's paradise, there's already a lot of snow on the ground and tonight could bring up to three inches more.

the storm is also stirring things up off the coast. a high surf advisory ended a few hours ago. precaution is still urged. breakers were cresting at 17 feet and rip currents were fierce. >> witnesses say this tree branch narrowly missed hitting a car in san francisco. it fell near turk street. a flew brooks -- few blocks from the civic center. >> leigh: some very impressive woken gust ago -- wind gusts, guts to 30 in novato, 36 in napa. sfo, gusts to 35. 25, mt. view, 26 in san jose, and livermore valley, winds up to 31 miles-per-hour. live doppler 7hd, most of the moisture has moved on out of here but we're still picking up a few little lying rain showers. mainly in the higher elevations

near san jose,, to the north, campbell, blossom hill road, so don't be surprise at a few more scattered showers. wind will be dying to you. more showers in the forecast. we'll get to that in a little bit. >> ama: in placer county the road is open. an entire side of the hill just slid away, blocking a driveway and leaving behind 600 cubic universes dirt to clean up. >> the of of an ancient riverbed. there's actually lava cap. so that's all imported soil from somewhere else, and it may not have been compacted so well. >> ama: county crews scooped up mud and hauled it away. residents hope the sun firms up the ground before the next rainfall. a new economic report shows how the bay area is recovering from the recession, the bay area

boast0s strong $535 billion economy, the 19th 19th largest economy in the world. the report just released from the economic institute of the bay area comes out every two years. sir overquintana has a breakdown of the report. >> trains and towers rising over mission bay in san francisco. this is one of the most obvious visuals of the powerful economic rebound the bay area is experiencing. >> we are, if nothing else, innovation economy here in the bay area. you see is in the tech sector. >> these towers will soon house biotech labs and ecommerce companies, key components in the innovation economy. a report by the bay area council of economic institute lays our strong stats. 40% of all venture capital in the country is invested here. 15% of the country's patents come from the bay area, and more than half of the 100 top ten clean tech companies call the bay area home. >> we are the world's leading innovation economy, and that's what is helping to differentiate us now, and to drive growth.

>> seven of the ten biggest social media companies in the world are headquartered in the bay area. attraction tourism, and plenty of other economic indicators are headed in the right direction. but their findings are not all rosy. one of the biggest problems, aging infrastructure. the report points to the doyle project as one of the only public private projects in the statement another problem, underperforming schools and continued cuts to public university. >> for years we have been whacking their budget, and as the money comes out, their able to generate that work force of the future is going down. >> another problem is the persistent unemployment rate. bay area employees have become more efficient helping boost company's profits, but according to the report, companies have not added many more employees to the payrolls. in fact we have the same number of jobs in the bay area now as

there werin' 1996. in the news room, abc-7 news. >> ama: a federal effort to improve the air traffic in the bay area is about to take of. the faa will announce details about the plan to streamline bay area air traffic and modernize oakland international's control tower. the new tower is part of the federal aviation administration's plan designed to improve on-time performance of airlines and reduce air police. >> the search for a missing morgan hill teen. tonight we hear from her mother. the race for the white house white house as puerto rico weighs in. >> a special day for brides. why these wo

>> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> ama: police need your help to locate a morgan hill teenager. she left for school and never showed up. her friends passed out flierser in her house, search teams and a dog looked through a field where a ping was heard that could have come from her cell phone. her mom want her to come home. >> sierra, if you're out there, there's that possibility, we love you so much and 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

the people searching for you. >> ama: she is 5'2", and thin, her mom says sierra is probably wearing either a black sweatshirt or a shark sweatshirt. >> san francisco sheriff will be sentenced are pleading guilty to false imprison independent the domestic violence case against him. prosecutors dropped the voc violence charges over a new year's eve incident with his wife. he has three years probation, domestic violence counseling and 100 hours of community service. the mayor has to decide whether to file charges against the sheriff. >> 50 year after it was first discovered the bay, ddt is still poisoning fish. ddt levels are at the same levels or higher than tests from 199 4.

ddt was dumped into the shipping candle from the 40s through the 60s. >> just ahead, politics and the gas pump. how the presidential election could hinge on prices at the pump and what the candidates are saying. >> the sun came out today, but are we in for more rain? leigh glaser is up next with the forecast. >> mike: jim harbaugh may have outsmarted himself. as harbaugh courts peyton manning, alex smith visits teams himself and is negotiations wita

>> ama: mitt romney won by a landslide in puerto rico, trouncing rick santorum as the g.o.p. hopefuls focus on wooing voters in illinois and louisiana. all delegates went to romney because he captured more than 50% of the votes there. his 83% of the votes dwarfed the talleys for santorum and gingrich. this is the only time they can weigh in on the race because they are not allowed to vote in the general election. >> santorum compared his rival to president obama.

gas prices are a hot topic in the political campaign. gas prices are still going up but the rise appears to be slowing. the national average is 3.83 a gallon. the same as yesterday but up four cents from a week ago. prices are up more than 30 cents over the last month. here in california, the average is 4.35 a gallon, and even higher in the bay area, averaging 4.40 a gallon. here's more. >> reporter: gas prices are inching closer to the $4 mark in most cities, and drivers in california, hawaii, and new york are really feeling the pain at the pump. prices there already average more than $4 a gallon and doesn't appear any relief is in sight. >> it's easy to promise a quick fix for gas prices. there isn't one. >> gas prices dominated president obama's weekly address. he took a jab at newt gingrich on the issue. >> any career politician who promises some three-point plan for $2 gas is not leaking for a solution. they're just looking for your

vote. >> republicans who want the president's job court punched. >> this president doesn't understand the economy. he hays made decisions that have hurt the american people. i'm an economic heavyweight. >> as you know, driving prices up everywhere, and it's going to hurt average folks trying to make ends meet. >> reporter: as gas prices rise the republican hopefuls are pumping up the rhetoric on the issue, you can expect it to pill over into primaries in illinois and louisiana next week. >> ama: one of the prettiest sights in d.c. is making ang early arrival. this week is the peak time see the fame evidence cherry blossom. the sudden springlike temperatures accelerated the blooms. the annual festival is march 20th. the first day of spring.

>> leigh: tomorrow night, 10:14. treasurer in the upper 40s and the wicked wind out of the northwest that kept a chill in the air. you can see the cumulus clouds floating overhead in san francisco. sutro tower in the background. we are start took see a little built of clearing out there as we are starting to move in temperatures the sunset time. some locations actually saw a little bit of light shower activity as well today. but it has really been the wind that have been just howling across much of the bay area. in fact here's a look at wind gusts for you. you can see for yourself already, actually still pretty much gusty out there. gusts to 35 in concord. novato, gusts to 28. starting to come down a little bit. santa rosa, westerlies at nine. we have gusts to 33 at sfo, and

san jose, southwesterly gusts to 25. we have a tying pressure gradient, and in the evening hours, high and lows will start to relax and that's when the winds will decrease as well. 47, san francisco, 50, oakland, redwood city, 48. so decreasing winds tonight as we take a look at the highlights. colder overnight. partly cloudy for your monday, and as we mentioned, spring does arrive tomorrow night at 10:14, and a few light showers, mainly the north bay, monday night and tuesday. we'll get to that in a moment. speaking of showers, live doppler 7 hd, most of the moisture has moved out and you can see why. the close upsatellite, the klum husband cloud moving through--- -- cleared out nicely and freezing overnight. napa is 36, especially in the

wind-protected areas. temperatures will drop off. san francisco, 44. we look for mid-to-upper 30s towards the livermore valley area. this is the pressure gradient, low to high. and that's what helped to create very strong winds. this low will push on towards the east. the winds will relax tomorrow. a few clouds out ahead of this warm front, increased monday afternoon, the warm front brushes by extreme north bay communities monday night and tuesday. and that might be able to wing out a few -- wring out a few showers. here's a look at the typing. overnight, notice the clear sky, and it's going to be monday, early evening, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, when we start to see a little moisture feeding in, and by tuesday morning, 5:00 a.m., much of the moisture centered more or less by the golden gate bridge and then out of here on tuesday, wednesday and thursday, look terrific and plenty of sunshine.

tomorrow, temperatures will come up. the winds will die down. going to be breezy near the coast. temperatures in the east bay, 60 degrees. 54 for san francisco. 58 for morgan hill. watsonville, al. the accuweather seven-day forecast. slight chance of showers in the north bay, and then dry up wednesday, thursday, friday, warm it up as well, and wait weekend next weekend. >> ama: feels good to get the temperature up a little bit. >> leigh: cold today. >> ama: shu, we have a little soap open oprah or a made for tv show. >> the 49ers may be left without a quarterback. jim harbaugh may have put all his eggs in one basket. alec smith and peyton manning have the same agent. alex now considers that's major conflict of interest with the agent trying to get the best deal for both. so alex has a five-1/2 hour

meeting with miami. he has a deal on the table with he 49ers. harbaugh has completely undermind his credibility with the players, claiming for three months alex was his guy and then sneaks away to north carolina to see manning work out. how can anyone in the locker room trust what he says. if manning chooses another team, harbaugh may be left without a backup, and matt flynn signed a deal with seattle. stay tuned. if alex signs with the dolphins and peyton manning goings goes to denver or tennessee. this could be trouble. >> ncaa tournament. ladies first, cal and iowa. no one on the bears rosters ever played in an ncaa tournament game. cal gets it going early. boyd to gray. part of a 10-3 run. bears up four just before the half. clarendon, the jumper falls.

great game for boyd. the freshman from downtown, the bank is open. boyd loving it. 15-points, cal wins by ten. next up, notre dame on tuesday. >> to the men, michigan state and st. louis. got physical. draymond green no problem finding the bottom of the net. spartans up five. here comes st. louis. conklin inside. five minutes left. st. louis win three but they get no closer. keying appling for three. 19 for him. spartans win. next up louisville in the sweet 16. number 11, north carolina state and number three georgetown on the road. brown, incredible shot from the baseline. wolf pack up by seven. now, five seconds left. down to three. brown misses the free-throw. last chance for the hoyas. jason clark to tie it. brick. nc state stuns the hoyas, 66-63.

let's tee it up. pga players trying to secure a foot in the upcoming masters and we had flourish playoff in florida. the shot of the day from chris blanks. right on line. a couple of bounces, nothing but net. a hole-in-one for a 62. ernie els had a one stroke lead with two to play. bogeys 17. misses the short par putt on 18 to get in the playoff. two missed birdie attempts. garrigus, four footer for birdie. are you kidding me? luke donald, same distance for the win and number one ranking in the world. side door. luke donald, your champion. tennis, indian wells, isner and federer. tiebreaker. federer over isner. takes the first set. he rolls from there winning his

fourth. federer, two losses to isner and rafa nadal. earned a cool $1 million for his victory. great story today at infineon raceway. the theme, you're never too old to try something new. i relate. 84-year-old ruth celebrated her 80th birthday sky diving. today she drove an open-wheel indycar around the racetrack. these f3 models are capable of over 100 miles an hour. she has wanted to check this off her bucket list for a while, and also likes to do sensational things and wants everyone to know about it. we caught up with ruth after her ride. >> i enjoyed it so much. i just really felt good. i'll try anything once. i think i'll probably have to go done a little bit when i'm 90, though. >> mike: she has a 90-year-old boyfriend. four daughters, 17 grandkids,

most of whom were there today. a lot more from ruth at 11:00. what a great story. just keeps get throughout and trying things. >> ama: do we know how fast she drove? >> mike: i didn't get a speed. if you get one of those cars, you're going fast. >> ama: thank you, shu. everything old is new again at the box office, but does 21 jump street live up to the hype? the

>> we're reviving a cancelled undercover police program from the '80s. one of these programs involves the use of young immature seeming officers. i think you idiots are perfect. >> ama: audiences headed back to school for 21 jump street which opened as the number one weekend movie with $35 million in ticket sales. the comedy took down the lorax which had been the top movie. john carter dropped dramatically, taking in only $13 million in the number three spot. project x partied on at number four. and a thousand words debuted at number five. if you thought you suffered from double or triple vision in san francisco today there was nothing wrong with your eyes. dozens of people, men and women,

donned bridal agains for the pub crawl. the brides visited department stores to apply makeup and several bars for a drink, including a champagne toast. that dot is for us. captioned by closed captioning services inc.