a very good saturday morning to you all. it's 8:00 a.m. i'm katie marrzullo. here's meteorologist lisa argen. well into the 50s here downtown, also on the coast, and in san jose live doppler 7-hd this morning, we have a few clouds around half moon bay, but from mt. tam looks a little bit hazy. 50 in san jose with 44 in rapid city, los gatos, 47. we will be looking at a nice afternoon today with temperatures ranging from the mid-60s around the bay to near 70. high clouds favor the north bay. the coast low to mid-60s. we'll see low 70s return.

73 today in the livermore valley. that's not the whole story. we have more clouds and some rain headed your way for tomorrow. we'll have that coming up. katie? >> lisa, thank you. breaking news. a desperate search on the way this morning for a malaysian airlines flight that disappeared in waters over southeast asia. vietnam air force planes have spotted two oil slicks off the southern tip of vietnam. air-traffic controllers lost contact with the plane last night. 239 people were on board. abc's bob woodruff has the dedetails. >> reporter:? kuala lumpur, an authority spoke solemnly to the press. >> the flight lost contact with air traffic control at 2:40 a.m. this morning. >> reporter: the plane was due to fly from malaysia's capital, koauala lumpur, to beijing, chi. it went off the radar somewhere

off the southern tip of vietnam. 227 passengers from 14 different countries and 12 crew members were on board the boeing 777. among them three americans, two of them children. here at this beijing hotel room today, family members gathered in tears. "i don't want to live. what is the point of me being alive?" says this mother whose son was on the plane. in frustration with the airlines, this woman said they were only given water and bread in the room. by the time the company's officials came out to talk, hundreds of reporters had poured in, crushing into each other just to get close. at one point, i could barely move. it's out of control here. i can't believe believe this. the search is happen off the coast of vietnam cover managerer than 4,000 square miles. >> we have requested assistance first on information of whereabouts the plane may be and secondly if there is a need for search and rescue, which we

cannot cope. >> reporter: at the beijing airplane, things have gone back to normal but the night has fallen in asia, which means that that search-and-rescue operation down in vietnam could get harder and harder as the night goes on. bob woodruff, abc news, beijing. >> here's a look at the passenger list from the flight released by beijing airport. the state department confirming there were three -- there are three americans on board. the "l.a. times" reporting the names of people carrying u.s. passports, 50-year-old phillip talmadge wood, 3-year-old nicole meng, and 1-year-old leah moeng. the pilot of the plane join mad lay sha airlines in 1981 and has more than 18,000 flying hours. the mising plane a boeing 777. it's 11 years 10 months old. malaysia airlines is an award-winning carrier. it's not had an accident since 1995 when a crash killed 34 people out of 53 on board. now to a bay area story that's getting national attention.

kathy zimmer was found dead in the back seat of her car 25 years ago. and after all this time, two arrests have finally been made in the case. abc news reporter sergio quintana has the story from santa clara jail. >> reporter: this is a picture of the quilt that investigators say was found along with kathy zimmer. it's what sparked new interest in this 25-year-old case. >> we felt that it was time to put it out there to see what kind of response we could get. we did get an overwhelming response of people trying to help. >> reporter: the 39-year-old mother of two had been strangled in 1989. police discovered her car, a chrysler new yorker, in a parking structure at san jose international airport. the quilt was draped over her body in the back seat. >> we feel that at this time we have the two people responsible for her murder. her husband at the time, david zimmer, and his brother, robert zimmer, are both now in custody. >> reporter: david zimmer was arrested and booked into the santa clara county jail on murder charges. his brother, robert zimmer, was

arrested last week. the prosecutor on this case says zimmer's former husband is implicated because of financial gains following her death. >> life insurance policies, sale of the home, so, yes, we do believe there's a financial motive here yes e. >> reporter: investigators say dna samples taken from kathy clothing is what implicated her husband's brother, robert. a school in oakland went on lockdown yesterday while police searchd for a man believed to have sexually assaulted a young girl. sky 7 shows police responding to world academy in oakland yesterday afternoon. the 7-year-old said the stranger on campus touched her inappropriately. despite the lockdown, police were not able to track down the man. police are offering a $2,500 reward to find him. we have startling new details about a teacher accused of molesting several el children. yesterday 32-year-old ronald ginnto was charged with 27 felonie felonies, his bail set at $17 million. he pleaded not guilty

investigators believe he molested six boys ages 11 to 13 all students at the academy in richmo richmond. it happened during several camping trips where ginto was the only chaperon. he was fired in november but hired this january. last night the president of the school district told abc7 news he planned to take six more young boy s on a secret trip to yosemite next month and that he went to great lengths to make that trip happen this. >> he had falsified the signatures on the form, and unbenoeps to us we had no idea this was going on. i know we dodged a bullet. >> the district has proposed changing its hiring practices. administrators did not call making waves academy as part of his background check. the university of california has announced a new system-wide sexual assault policy. it's in response to the claims by several female students that their sexual assault claims have been ignored. the mu policy includes expanded

sexual assault training and education, increased reporting reporting requirements and broader protects for victims of sexual violence and harassment. police are asking for the public's help to identify a man who robbed a woman at gunpoint at an atm. this is a picture of the robert fremont police say he confronted a woman outside of bank of america on fremont boulevard thursday morning, flashed a gun at the woman, took the money she'd withdrawn and forced her to pull out more cash. the man took off in a red toyota corolla with utah license plates. four central european nations are urging the u.s. to boost natural gas exports on the possibility that russia could cut off its supply of gas to ukraine. ukraine is heavily dependent on russian gas. previous disputes between the two countries have led to supply cuts. meanwhile, tensions remain high in ukraine after a pro-russian troops advanced onto a military base on crimea yesterday. several ukrainian troops barricaded themselves inside a barracks. the pro-russian troops e eventually withdrew.

and there are new questions this morning about the snipers who contributed to last month's bloodbath in kiev. ukrainian authorities are now focusings on russia using the gunmen to create a pretext for a military incursion. a search continues in solana county for a missing woman who suffers from memory problems. victoria mueller palomino was last seen yesterday morning at ve nika community park. she lost most of her short-term memory when she suffered a brain aneurysm two years ago. police don't know if she drove off in her car, a prius like this one, or if she's been the victim of a crime. dozens of trees have been removed from a san lorenzo park to protect natural gas pipelines. nearly 70 trees at the community park also known as duck pond park with taken out by p&g in the last month, and the power company removed 35 more at the park district's request. the roots can damage pipelines and cause leaks. the tree removal is in response to 2010's san bruno gas line

explosion which killed eight people. the move the build a traffic median on the golden gate bridge takes another step forward. according to our media partner the "marin independent journal" district officials are taking contract bids for work related to the project. it would include the demolition of four tollbooths to make room for the barrier and installation of crash cushions at the toll plaza. officials say the barrier, which would prevent head-on collisions, could be installed as soon as october. 8:09 now on your sat morning. let's check in can with lisa argen, who's enjoying some lovely weather on the roof. it is beautiful out here. temperatures in the low 50s, san francisco. just a little fog left over at the shoreline. a few high clouds today, above average. rain arrives tomorrow. i'll time it out for you when we return. next, a health scare on treasure island. why a san francisco fire squadron has been forced to move out. and some of the newest

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in the midwest, a gun inside a thrift store in chicago went off killing a mother of 2. 50-year-old maria dominguez died yesterday after she was shot in the chest. dominguez had worked for the company for 25 years. she was married with two children. police are treating the shooting as an accident. dinner for a florida family turned into a long and terrible trip because their steaks were laced with lsd. the family of four, including

two kids ages 6 and 7, purchased the meat from walmart. shortly after dinner, they started hallucinating and had to be rushed to the hospital. the mother was nine months pregnant handle had to have labor induced, but the baby was born healthy and the family is okay. walmart is cooperating with the investigation. san francisco fire officials have temporarily shut down a firehouse on treasure island after finding mold and asbestos in the building. abc7 news reporter jonathan lu has details. >> reporter: box after box of personal items and firefighting gear, all of it has to go. the locks are being changed. the beds loaded into trucks. firestation 48 is closed. >> we just got the report that there's mold in a few of the downstairs rooms and they recommend abating it and so we have to get the members out of it. >> reporter: what was the only working firestation was by no means modern. it was originally built by the navy before san francisco took control of the island.

>> we inherited the building and moved in. >> reporter: the city also inherited this building where the station will move. >> they've only moved a couple blocks away. we don't expect it to have any impact on response time. >> reporter: it's built of cinderblock, far different from station 48's aging wood frame. firefighters there stay the building has been fall eight part for years. they even started documenting their efforts to keep out rainwater, a primary cause of mold. they dug a trench to keep water from getting in through the siding. top-ranking fire officials are looking into it. >> might have a couple leaky windows that could be causing it and there could be a leaky roof that might be causing it. the exact nature of cause isn't known until they open up the walls. >> reporter: firefighters say they complained about the leaking roof years ago. one said he used to wake up in the middle of the night with the headaches. another said you could smell the mold. administrators say no complaints reached them or they would have acted sooner. >> health and safety is not

worth playing around with. we won't keep our members somewhere they'll get sick. that's crazy. >> reporter: this is not the only clone-up under way on treasure island. the navy left in 1997. crews have been working to clean up toxic materials left behind including more than 500 radioactive fragments found in the past three year. the city has been sued over that. this could mean another lawsuit in the works. jonathan bloom, abc7 news. many of you watched "shark tank" last night on abc and the stanford graduate who accepted a sweet deal talked with us. he presented his idea to the tycoons. the lights are mounted on a bicycle's wheels to illuminate a bike's path without shining in anyone's eyes. he accepted an offer for $300,000 and 10% of the company. we'll pay ourselves chashgs big one so, we can actually grow the team. it's hard to get people that are talentd to want to joint a steam and you can't pay them. >> they say they survived on

ramen noodles developing their product and those days are over. congratulations to them. happening today, the university of the pacific will dead date its new san francisco campus ahead of its summer opening. the renovated building in the south of market neighborhood will house about 1,000 faculty, staff, and students. this is time lapse video of the building going up. it will hold classes from the university's school of dentistry as well as graduate frams in audiology, music therapy, and data sciences. summer classes are set to begin in july. also happening today, the home of the san jose sharks will be collecting old electronics. the sap center is teaming up with sims recycling to encourage the community and shark fans to recycle their old electronics. everyone who drops off a recyclable item will get to watch the team's pregame morning skate and receive a raffle ticket and a chance to win sharks memorabilia and merchandise. today's recycling event is from 9:00 to 1:00 at the sap center in san jose. there's a new wave of

privacy concerns over the wearable technology that's rolling out of the silicon valley. sensors collecting data can easily be hacked. abc7 news's david louie got a look at some of the devices. >> reporter: the workout shirt he's wearing has multiple sensors embedded in the fabric that collect data an amateur athlete might find helpful. over time, he sees a fast-growing database that will make wearable technology a breakthrough for medicine. >> the real value in these devices will come when we can give that kind of level of insight, taking it from detection and diagnosis to the point of actually being able to predict something and then prevent it. >> reporter: it's a competing start-up. its shirt has 14 sensors inviz to believe the wearer. >> sensor, we have two here for the heart rate. there's one on each bicep, which goes on the inside of the arm here. our sensors are about that big.

and that allows us to have constant surface area contact. >> reporter: wearable technology is also aiming at foot pain. these shoes have a dynamic suspension. >> we have multiple points, multiple shocks and we have that chassis suspended so that kind of allows you to stay in traction and in control as the terrain is rough. it allows you to grip the ground better than current shoes. >> reporter: consumers embrace fitness bracelets. samsung and apple are jumping on board. these devices collect data, personal data, and that's raising new concerns about privacy. >> stories outside of the u.s., what are we doing, selling it to advertisers? are you sharing it, about my health? >> reporter: in sunnyvale, david louie, abc7 news.

daylight-saving time begins tomorrow at 2:00 a.m. set your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed tonight. every time we change the clocks the consumer product safety commission encourages us to check the batteries in our household smoke detector and change them if needed. there's your official reminder. write it down. most of our technology these days changes the clock for us. a lisa argen on the roof, it is 8:19 on this saturday morning. >> yeah. it's pretty out here. we can see the high clouds beginning to filter in and a little fog at the coast. but we are shaping up for a very mild afternoon. right now in the low 50s. live d live doppler 7-hd where there is some haze from mt. tam. other than that, we are in the low 50s for the most part except for redwood city, a little cooler there, 52 in the city. 50 at the coast ap pnd give it about an hour, hour and a half and that fog should begin to lift at the shoreline. santa rosa 45 degrees.

it's 49 in concord and livermore you are at 48 degrees. high pressure our fair-weather maker with us again for the day today. the view of the golden gate bridge a little bit of haze out there, but still feeling like spring, above average highs today. rain arrives tomorrow night. and we will look for more clouds in the sky tomorrow, but after that it's dry and mild for the rest of the upcoming workweek. pacific satellite picture, high pressure to the east and southwest of us bringing up some southerly winds later on. but for today, mild and a little bit hazy. you may notice that already. the front and the area of low pressure well to the north. we're going to get the tail end of this thing and that gives us the rain but not until late. look at this, today and tomorrow morning we will be dry but maybe mist and drizzle until about 3:00 in the afternoon. front still well to the north, not even in ukiah. it will be until past 9:00 when

the north bay gets wet, 11:00, look at the rain push south. it's really overnight. east bay and into the south bay. how much, well, not very much. couple hundredth in the south bay to a tenth to three tenths in most areas. little bit more in the coastal hills. statewide, 74, sacramento, 59 in lake tahoe. you could get about 6 inches of wet snow with this next system through monday. 68 in oakland, 71 palo alto. 72 in fremont and san jose. here's the look ahead. the accuweather seven-day forecast, mild to warm today with 60s at the host to the low to mid-70s inland. and remember we gain another hour of daylight tomorrow. so it should be definitely feeling like spring. the rain doesn't arrive in until late. clouds start out on monday maybe a few showers, a little cooler, then we'll look for sunshine tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday. winds will be gusty on tuesday as the high pressure builds in

strongly behind this weak weather system. so we've always got lots to say. you can find out about it when you follow live doppler 7-hd on twitter. that's where you'll get all sorts of weather information, tweets from all of us, and anything else you need to know. also some fun factoids for sure. it is a lilt hazy out here but still about 5 degrees above average and some welcome rain headed our way tomorrow. katie? >> yes. easier i think to enjoy the sunshine when we know we're still getting a little bit of rain because we need it. so we can root for ul of it. thank you, lisa. next, graduation at a north bay swim club. the reward that must have made these new swimmers feel like olympians.

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welcome back. a california lawmaker wants to ban killer whale shores which would affect aquatic theme parks like seaworld. the orca welfare safety act would make it illegal to use orcas for entertainment purposes and stop breeding. he says it's not healthy for them and it's dangerous for trainers. seaworld responded saying a lawmaker is siding with extreme animal rights activists. a group of marin county kids graduated from swim school yesterday, and they finished like olympic champions. about a dozen kids from the marin city boys and girls club took part many the swim program. it's put together by san

rafael-based sustainable sports foundation aimed at inner city youth and teaches kids how to swim and be safe in the water. bay area native and olympic champion heather petrie was there to hand out special medals to the new swimmer ps. >> to see them swimming back and forth and have that confidence in the pool is awesome. you never know. one of them might be a water polo player one year. >> it lets everyone to different moves while they're swimming. >> program organizers say learning to swim can build a kid's self-esteem and boost his or her confidence. morgan hill police are introducing the newest member of the force. meet sunny a 3-year-old shep frerd the czech republic. sunny and morgan hill's other k 9, sierra, will get to knee know each other in school and hit the streets by the end of next month. up next, a boeing 777 missing with 239 people on board. we'll have update on this breaking news story. also, a a local homeowner is

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visibility just about a half-mile. half moon bay and only at a mile in novato. you can see the fog from our tower camera. the forecast for rest of the day calls for partly cloudy skies in the north bay. elsewhere high to midlevel clouds with temperatures above avrerage with low to mid-60s at the coast, a few lower 70s today out towards livermore, sunnyvale and los gatos. it will be as mild tomorrow but we he'll have more clouds and welcome rain coming our way. i'll let you know how much and when in a few minutes. breaking news. vote that please air force planes have spotted two large oil slicks that are suspected to be from the jetliner that disappeared yesterday evening. the plane with 239 people on board was traveling to beijing from kuala lumpur in malaysia when it lost contact with air-traffic controllers over the south china sea. a vietnamese government statement says the oil slicks were spotted off the southern

tip of vietnam, the slicks each between 6 and 9 miles long. a statement says those slicks are consistent with the kind that would be left by fuel from a crashed jetliner. new this morning, president obama says he's hearing from business owners across the country who are voluntarily paying their workers more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. in his weekly address, the president says that shows change comes to washington, not from it. he's signed an executive order to raise the minimum wage for people working under new federal contracts. >> a clear majority of americans support raising the minimum wage because nobody working full-time should have to live in poverty. about half of all republicans support raising the minimum wage too. it's just too bad they don't serve in congress, because the republicans who do serve in congress don't want to vote on the minimum wage at all. some even want to get rid of it completely. seriously. >> the president says working

americans have struggled through stagnant wages for too long. raising the minimum wage is good for the bottom line. there's a challenge to house chickens in roomier cages. the law requires 116 square inches of space per bird but attorneys general in five states say the law violates the principle of interstate commerce and is forcing farmers to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to compete. california attorney general says she'll fight the lawsuit. texas governor rick perry says states like california are damaging the economy. perry says taxes are too high leading to fewer jobs and stagnant growth. perry also targeted capitol hill at yesterday's conservative political action conference in maryland. >> it is time for washington to focus on the few things the constitution establishes as the federal government's role --

defend our country, provide a cogent foreign policy. get out of the health care business. get out of the education business! stop hammering industries! let the sleeping giant of american enterprise create prosperity again! >> rick perry made a failed run for the white house in 2012 and says he is considering running again in 2016. a peninsula homeowner and her neighbors say caltrains is to blame for their skyrocketing flood insurance premium and want the rail agency to fix the problem. vic lee has more. >> reporter: if only carolyn knew about the culvert under the caltrain tracks. it's about 100 yards away across the street from her home on california drive. water from easton creek flows through it and into the bay. last year carolyn had to pay almost $1,800 for flood insurance, and she was told it might jump as much as 25%. >> i had no idea i was going to be facing this kind of

precipitous rate increase. >> reporter: so she hired civil engineer alan huntsinger to find out if maybe her house was high enough to exempt her in the future. he discovered the culvert was the reason why her home and those of her neighbors could flood. >> pipeline here where the word culvert appears is too small. it restricts the flow of watt sore it can't get through. >> reporter: word spread quickly. a neighbor's flood insurance also vie skye rocketed so much so that he wants to sell his home after 20 years here. >> there's no question, i'm thinking of it because it's a big bill. this is all i got. >> reporter: what will these homes sell for now? >> i'm concerned about my real estate investment now. it has i think a significant chilling effect on what its value is. >> reporter: she wants caltrain to build a wider culvert. she contacted them in december. caltrains said it would

investigate. >> they've not contacted me since. >> reporter: caltrain did respond to abc7 news when we contacted them. its answer -- that it was still investigating but that it appears the culvert or other drainage systems that cross under the tracks are not owned or maintained by caltrain. vic lee, abc7 news. today a community will march across the golden gate bridge to mark the third anniversary of the japan earthquake and tsunami that damaged a nuclear power plant. today's march begins at 11:00 a.m., followed by a noon rally in san francisco. radiation escaped from the fukushi fukushima nuclear plant after it was severely damaged in the 2011 earthquake that rocked northern japan. also today an activist will begin her one-year trek on foot from san francisco to washington, d.c., to promote equal rights. as part of international women's day, helen swanson will begin her journey from the golden gate bridge. you see her in this picture nap's her kneeling in the front row. she expects to alive in the

nation's capital one year to speak at the equal rights amendment rally at the capitol. she plans to meet with the leaders of the 15 states that have not yet ratified the equal rights amendment. the number of female pilots in the country is increasing but the percentage is still small, just about 5%. now there's a big push to introduce more girls into aviation. abc7 news reporter lee e ya me nuclear weapon dez on the thing the students do for the first time before getting on the plane. >> reporter: getting on a plane was not as easy as some of these students thought. for many it was their first time flying. this woman wants young girls to try it. >> we went through the school. we have this program. why don't we bring a couple kids to see what it is? >> were you able to see the city from up here and everything else? >> reporter: the students are from mcnair middle school in east palo alto. the field trip to the san carlos airport is part of their science, technology, engineering, and math program. >> the airplane's trying to go forward, there's always this

force called drag. >> reporter: they're participating in a program called women of aviation week. >> these girls got more than a lesson in aviation and a chance to fly. they were also introduced to a woman who's made aviation history. captain olga was the first latina to complete u.s. air force military pilot training and the first hispanic female pilot to fly for a commercial airline. during her career, she ran into people who questioned her ability to fly. >> yes, we e do have women flying airplanes and i am the captain today. so is there a problem with that? and he goes, well, i didn't know and i said you do not have to take this flight. >> reporter: today she is retired and encourages girls to start thinking about flying. >> i want to give back and let them though know that they are able to do it. as long as they don't give up. >> anything can be achieved when you try hard enough. >> if you try, there will be fear at times but if you try

there's no -- you'll overcome your fear. >> the view, you could see, like, a bunch of houses. >> like, it was excellent. like, i don't know. it was amazing. >> reporter: in san carlos, abc7 news. five bay area rosie the riveters will be on their way to meet washington, d.c., to meet vice president joe biden. all five women are on fixed income but a fund drive came through. kaiser permanente and virgin america are among the benefactors. biden called them members of a remarkable generation of women, cultural icons representing the women who worked in factories during world war ii often in place of men serving in the military. the women fly to d.c. march 29th. still ahead, a superhero and a sneeze. how those two things have changed the lives of two bay area college students. and at 8:38, let's take a live look outside from our emeryville camera. you can see a lilt bit of haze in the sky there. lisa argen with your forecast in just a few minutes.

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we'll have the clouds with us today but that's not going to stop our warming temperatures. we'll look at your forecast today, the rain tomorrow when we return. >> thank you, lisa. also next, the warriors return home from a long road trip against the hawks and they appear to be peaking just at the right time. we'll have the highlights. ñ

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♪ well, it's been said that we all have at least one movie in us. easy to say. not so easy to do especially if you're a student with no budget. where there's a will there's a way. as wayne freeman tells us, there's also a big payoff. >> reporter: can a couple college students be superheros? let's see. >> manly man. >> never heard of you. >> you will. >> reporter: most definitely. assuming you get to see the short film they produced. it. >> it's about a sick superhero

who can't really stave world at the moment. >> reporter: they attend kenyatta community college in redwood city. they heard about a contest to make a short student film in one week and decided to give it a shot. >> i've never done a movie before. >> reporter: didn't it scare you a little bit? >> not so much, no. >> reporter: not until the duo got carried away. melissa wrote the script. she's an english major. and he's a computer whiz who was looking for an opportunity to try special effects. >> a little more comp collated. that was a red circle with a bunch of other different shades of red circle and different effects giving it that electric look on the inside. >> reporter: their professors blown away by it all. it's not the kind of thing you expect in a student film. especially when one considers they had hardly any money. how small a bunlet? look carefully. >> that is a towel. >> that is a towel. >> reporter: he's wearing a towel. >> that's my towel, yes. >> reporter: and yet it was so good it's already won some

student awards, which ought to be enough, right? well, last week a big surprise. they were notified by the cannes film festival in france, the big one, that their film had been se accepted for competition. and they're going. >> i was -- i was completely blown away. >> reporter: bee ginner's luck? maybe. but it's also the kind of break that puts a small community college program on the map. only a couple of shooup superheroes could pull that off. from kenyatta college, wayne freedman, abc7 news. 8:47. up to the roof. lisa argen keeping an eye on our forecast. no cake needed. just regular human power. >> hi there, katie. pretty nice out there. we are thinning out the high clouds from time to time. look around the bay and you'll notice we have some fog still with us anywhere from a quarter to a half-mile visibility from novato to the coast. here's live doppler 7-hd where you can see some of the clouds

and mt. tam where those clouds really settle into the protected valleys of the north bay. take a look at the numbers. 54 from los gatos, 51 redwood city. oakland, 53, demand the city 52. san jose, partly cloudy say skyes and we're looking at the cooler numbers in the north bay where we have the fog, 46 in novato, 49 in concord. livermore, 48 and boy you'll warm into the 70s once again. there's another look from our future tower camera, so beautiful morning and the afternoon will be nice and mild and springlike, above average by about 5 degrees. rain arrives tomorrow night. more cloud cover during the day and then dry and mild weather for the rest of the upcoming workweek. so here's our satellite picture with high pressure keeping this front at bay. that allows for a hazy day today with some mild temperatures. the front, it's a weak one. the energy is headed up to the

north of us around seattle. we'll see just a couple hundredths in the south bay. nothing in santa cruz. here's the timing on what you can expect for the rest of the bay area. we'll go through the day on the cloudy side, 3:00, mendocino county has the rain. clover dale and santa rosa looking at some showers. overnight it's east bay and south bay and by monday still a new leftover showers for your morning commute. couple hundredths for our friends in the santa clara valley. a tenth to a third of an inch for most areas. we'll be a little bhit more up in the coastal hills. 73 in chico today with 80 degrees in los angeles. south bay, how about 71, sunnyvale, 73 morgan hill. redwood city 71. san francisco you'll warm to this 66 degrees and more high clouds the further north you go. you'll notice a little haze out there, vallejo 70.

look for 69 in richmond. going to feel pretty good in newark today at 69. fremont 72. and our highs inland once again in the lower 70s. so 73 in livermore. concord, 72. the accuweather seven-day forecast, mild to warm weather today. that lasts tomorrow despite the cloud cover. we get an extra hour of daylight. the sun sets tomorrow night at 7:11. tonight at 6:10. and some morning showers on monday. take a look, the dry weather takes over once again tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, 60s coast, low to mid-70s inland. looking forward to that rain but of course it's never enough. katie? >> right. more would be better but we'll take it. thank you, lisa. in sports tonight, the sharks return to the ice against the montreal canadiens at the sap center. last night the warriors were finally back at oracle arena after a six-game road trip facing the atlanta hawks. here's larry beil with the highlights and this morning's sports.

good morning. the warriors have a schedule loaded with home games through march. time to lock down the playoffs spots starting with hammering of the hawks. a lower back strain there. hit his head as well. not believed to be serious. andrew bogut, instant souvenir for sparky, shoe just rips apart. seth curry, david lee for the layup, knife do you think the lane. jermaine o'neal, what a contribution, 17 points off the bench. warriors go on the a 10-0 run to end the first half. curry floating to the basket. 18 points. fourth quarter, jordan crawford, andre iguodala with authority on the hoop and the warriors win going away 11-97. women college hoops, stanford in seattle, pac 12 tourney quarter finals down two at the half. the cardinal go on the a 16-2 run in the second half. the three and then inside 19 points, 11 boards, stanford pulls away to win 69-54. they'll face usc today in the

semifinals. but cal is done. the bears two-seed facing washington state. a little double dutch action here with a jump rope at halftime. 28 points and 7 boards, 3 of 6 from downtown. leading the cuges to the semifinals. 91-83. brittany boyd upset but cal 21-9 will still make the ncaa tournament. tim lincecum needs to relax, just kick back and enjoy the off-season. however, after two subpar seasons timmy went to work this winter and the results are crystal clear. giants and royals in surprise, arizona. no surprise but with the giant pitching. stars looking good. three scoreless, walking arias. nice pick at third. escobar. we love the story of the 31-year-old fighting through injuries and independent ball for years. he can hit no matter what. smacks his second homer of the spring as the giants win 5-0 and the a's beat arizona 2-0. after beating pittsburgh on thursday night, the sharks were busy yesterday building a

playground in san jose. the sharks foundation teaming up with a nonprofit kaboom combining to turn a parking lot instantly into a playground. it took only six hours. >> great day for everybody in the community around here, for the foundation. putting up something like this and helping out and getting their hands dirty. >> second round cadillac championship, 30-mile-an-hour gusts in florida. hold on, birdie. hold on. speaking of birdies, tiger with a 73, 6 off the pace, a long birdie, 92 footer here. a tie for the lead at 1 under par. a rare moment of glory in the second round for tiger in very tough conditions. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. next, prom season's almost here. how hundreds of high school girls who can't afford a dress can get a free gown this weekend. knows her way around a miniskirt.

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here are the winning numbers from last night's mega millions draw. 11, 13, 51, 57, 69, and the meganumber, number 1. nobody picked all six so tuesday night's jackpot grows to $309 million. happening today an organization will be giving away free prom dresses to teens in need. the giveaway is sponsored by the princess project. teenagers must bring a valid high school i.d. to receive a free dress, appointments to pick out a dress, first come, first served basis. you do not have to bring any proof of financial need. today's the first of four giveaways in san francisco with others scheduled for tomorrow. march 15th and 22nd. today's giveaway started about 30 minutes ago. it's open until 5:00 tonight. it's located at 2099 market street. have fun shopping today, ladies. we'll send it up to the roof for a final check of the weather with lisa argen. feels pretty good out here,

katie. getting my vitamin d. there will be plenty of it today. high to midlevel clouds at times but they'll fin out. we'll look for that fog to dissipate at the coast. coolest numbers there. 64. 68 in oakland but a return to the low set for live mor and morgan hill today. the accuweather seven-day forecast get an extra hour of daylight. tonight the sun sets at 6:10, tomorrow 7:11. rain arrives after about 9:0010, o'clock in the north bay, leftover clouds on monday and then the rest of the workweek will be sunny, mild, a bit above average and dry. have a good weekend. katie? >> thank you, lisa. time change hard for those of us who try to go to sleep while the sun is still up. thanks for joining us on the abc7 saturday morning news. news continues online on twitter, facebook, an all your mobile devices with our new abc7 news app. abc7 news continues at 5:00 p.m. have a great day.

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