live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> shall we toast the arrival of spring in a few hours? he is to spring. >> it is action. i am kristen sze.

>> i am eric thomas. we will check with mike for the first day of spring forecast. >> 9:57 we bring in the, the clouds will insulate us this morning but not as cold as it was yesterday. they will dim the sunshine a little bit with a slighter offshore breeze to almost nothing with temperatures cooler today but, still, above average, 69 to 76 around the bay and inland 72 to 76 and breezy along the coast. low-to-mid 60's for you along the coast. >> our map shows plenty green. that means we are at top speed. we have a bit of slowing over the altamont pass which is the usual congestion away from tracy and 205 and over the pass that

things out choser to vasco road. i have drive times and you can see how nice it is on friday eve. through san jose it is wide open with top speeds and from tracy to castro valley, 36 minutes westbound on 580 and northbound 101 from highway 85 to the san jose airport 11 minutes. 280 northbound into san francisco under ten minutes. at the toll plaza we have a few extra cars with traffic moving along fine. >> students could be in need of a few night sleep after a fire outside their building this morning at uc berkeley. nick? >> they were not expecting to wake up to the sound of fire alarms and the smell of smoke. one resident described it as an

electrical smell. this is video from early: four engines responded to an apartment fire on university avenue near san pablo boulevard. the exterior fire started in the ally between two buildings and the personal effects from a former tenant caught fire when residents of an add joining building tossed cigarette butts out the window causing a fire triggering alarm and forcing 100 residents to pour on to university avenue while crews tries to put out the fire. one resident described what she saw. >> i saw white smoke. i ran out the other way. they tried to force us from above and they evacuated. >> this is video taken by ashley griffin with dozens outside and several fire trucks. assistant chief says this is a nonsmoking building and even if

it weren't, it is illegal and irresponsible to toss a lit cigarette from a window with little or no regard to where it lands. there were no serious injuries but one person was treated at the scene but not transported. everyone has been allowed to return to the building. more breaking news with contra costa county firefighters responding to a fire in pleasant hill. flames were shooting from the house and trailer on slater avenue with no injuries. the seen was cheered by 3:00 a.m. and the cause is under investigation. authorities are investigating the shooting of a mendocino sheriff deputy would was killed when the suspect turned his rifle on him that started with a carjacking in oregon yesterday morning. it ended north of fort bragg. authorities say the 32-year-old

suspect from oregon sprayed deputy's patrol car with bullets and then a fort bragg police officer exchanged gunfire who ran into the woods. his body was later found after dying from multiple wounds suffer during the gun battle. >> the patrol core came nose to northeast with the dmw and the brave deputy could not get out of the car but was ambushed. >> a big heart. known for helping people out. >> last night a procession escorted the body of the deputy away he grew up in napa and a football and wrestling star in the early 1980's. >> deputy began his career with the mendocino county sheriff in 1988. he spent ten years with the fort bragg police and then in 2000 returned to the sheriff sherifff

department. he coached the wrestling team at the high school. we express our condolences to friends and family and colleagues. spay i don't police are looking for the robber who tied up a woman for a day while stealing her money from an a.t.m. there is a surveillance video from the police. matt? [ inaudible ] >> this was frightening for the woman. she was tie up at her home and the burglar came out here and stole money from her account. check out this imam of the suspect at the a.t.m. at 3rd. this man is described as hispanic and 30 years old and 5' 10 itch and medium build and

clean shaven. the 66-year-old woman returned home to find a burglar. >> for a day the suspect had the victim restrained in her residence and was using the victim's a.t.m. card to access cash at various banks. >> the police say the woman was tied up and fought able to free her sell until the tax day. officers sent an e-mail to the neighbors to let them know what happened. this is believe isolated and they say residents should call first if they come home and find anything suspicious. breaking news in the search for the missing malaysian flight, two objects that could be related to the missing flight were spotted by satellite off australia. we are in washington, dc, with the latest developments. good morning, officials think they have spotted giant objects in the deep indian

ocean. it is not clear what they are. >> australians thing they spotted something with two objects picked up on satellite. high-tech planes searched the location and did not find anything. >> this is a lead, probably the best lead we have right if you but we need to get there, find them, see them, assess them, to though whether it is meaningful or not. >> the objects were spotted 1,500 miles southwest of australia. one object is huge, 78' but this pay not be the missing plane. >> we have been in this business of search-and-rescue operations and they do not always turnout to be related to the search. >> a navy submarine is involved in the search and have been

assisting ma deleteed data taken from the captain's home, that he may have practiced the turns that were reprogrammed at the cockpit computers. the family of the 239 people open board, they have anguish that has turned to anger. >> one thing we want most, they want most, is the information we don't have: the location of malaysia airlines flight 370. >> it is possible since the satellite images were taken a couple of days ago the objects moved. officials desperately want to find them. thank you very much. >> mike is check out spring arriving in a few hours. >> high pressure. it is calm.

and the explore former has the art work and it is rolling. there is a lot of tree pollen. weed. grass. mold. all moderate amounts. u.v. index is moderate. temperatures the next 12 hours, less sunshine or dimmer because of the high clouds. they are keeping us up to 52 and high clouds. 60 at coast at 4:00, and 70 inland and delightful at 56 at the coast but you are breezy at 68 inland. the next three days, we drop down a couple more degrees tomorrow with low clouds joining the high clouds in the morning and we have low clouds at the coast but high sunshine elsewhere with temperatures one to two degrees warmer on saturday and a couple degrees warmer on sunday but not as warm

as last weekend but above average. enjoy. >> we have a problem in marin county if you are traveling interest sausalito southbound 101 the car hit a deer and we could still have a lane blocked but not causing any slowing as you head closer to the waldo tunnel to the golden gate bridge. eastbound 580 there is a project in place until 7:00 this morning between greenville road and north flynn. a few lanes blocked off and intermittent. slow down for the cone zone as always and if you are traveling in the westbound direction we can see all the red so take the extra cup of coffee because it is building up quickly up to greenville it things out at vasco. in is san jose northbound 280 away from 17, it is quiet. >> not irs is looking for you, it could be a good thing.

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we are learning more of what led san francisco investigators to seize a massive amount of explosives. security camera video show as powerful blast at a strip club on broadway if san francisco several months back and that started the police investigation. officers say the man spotted in the video setting up the device is an employee at a nightclub. he said he bought the explosives from two suspects who were arrested march 6. they found a huge amount of employees is at the people in pacifica. >> it could have helpfulled the house and taken out neighbor's houses. >> we had miscellaneous commercial-grade fire works and 1,300 pounds seized. >> police seized 400 pounds of explosive powder and rockets and 700 barrel bombs and a

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charity. san jose officials gave approval for the biggest construction project seen in the silicon valley but they will not say which tech company will lease the buildings, with our media pan, the san jose mercury news reports that the developers have a company committed to leasing the office space and the $400 million roth is located on 31 acres near san jose international airport san and cd be the last prime location in the area. jamba juice is on a hiring spree hiring 3,000 young people for the summer with dozens of stores across the bay area will hold job interviews today. this is the third year that they have held the natural hiring day with all fors accepting

applications but only some will be holding job interviews. we posted those locations on our website at abc7news.com under "see it on tv." >> have had quote a few smoothies, everyone cool because it is so warm. >> yes, stay hydrateed. here is what is going on where we say welcome to spring at 9:57. 10 miles visibility at half moon bay and unlimited elsewhere with high clouds and our temperatures start if san francisco across the golden gate bridge at 52 at crissy field and upper market is 56 right now for the warm spot and coming in through the ferry building we are 55 and headed to downtown it is 54 and 54 in richmond and belmont and 51 in san leandro and 52 in union city and saratoga at 51 and 54 in pittsburg and everyone else is

mid-to-upper 40's so cooler this morning. from emeryville you can see the clouds hanging around and not too much in the way of low clouds this morning but that will be the difference moving forward tomorrow. we will track the low clouds and cooler weather, spring starts today and above average temperatures even if we do not reach yesterday's level. we will have a remain whatting trend this weekend and the first spring storm is looking more impressive on the latest models. high pressure is governing the weather trying to submit the areas of high pressure but it is stopping the wind and we have high clouds streaming in so that is why we will be just a couple of degrees cooler today than yesterday. here are numbers: you can see upper 60 at half moon bay at 68, and trap is 69 and 65 in bodega bay and low-to-mid 70's

elsewhere. >> tone, we will be cooler than to morning with low-to-mid 40's and around santa rosa and napa mid-to-upper 40's the rest of our inland valley and upper 40's to low 50's an the bay shore and to the coast and the low clouds are developing along the coast tomorrow morning. on tuesday, here is our cold front, the area of low pressure is why i am keying on and if that low stays together, the core of the system, if that comes over the top of us, we could see it enhance our rainfall amounts next week. this will then, have you started the spring her system? mine has a leak. does yours? check it out with what we are having. get to get that fixed. we have temperatures warming up through sunday and a slight pull back on monday and considerably cooler with chance of rain on tuesday and wednesday. have a great day the we

eastbound and westbound you can see the the top speed into vallejo is clear and over the cartinez over to hercules, looking good and over to berkeley, still wide open spaces. if you headed in the westbound direction across 37 it is a top speed of 58. highway 121 is clear over to 101 680 southbound from walnut creek to dublin is 14 minutes and 101 southbound is 51 minutes and through the santa cruz mountains is 23 minutes and this is the drive through walnut creek at nine minutes from highway 4 to the 24 junction which is accident free. >> seven things to know as you start color day. >> if t rex was looking for a snack this could be just the thing. >> plus, flipper fitness, a

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at the first sign of my allergies, my doctor recommended taking one claritin every day of my allergy season for continuous relief. 16 days! 26 days of continous relief. live claritin clear. every day. whether you are just joining us or headed out the door here are seven things to know: breaking news in berkeley a fire neared cal campus forced 100 to evacuate apartment building including many students. investigators say debris in an alley caught fire after someone threw a cigarette butt out a when. one was treated for smoke inthatlation. >> mendocino county authorities are investigating the shooting of a sheriff deupty killed by a

suspect with an assault rifle. the 32-year-old suspect strayed the patrol car with bullets and a fort bragg police officer exchanged gunfire with cheney who was found dead. >> veilian -- australian officials say two large objects spotted in the water could be from missing malaysia airlines flight 370 which is 1,500 miles southwest of perth, australia. stunning number from the university of california: a fourth of students and employees in the system have been intimidated or felt excluded on campus according for a system system-wide climate study. a teen is facing trespassing charges after climbing to the top of a world trade center in the middle of night. the 16-year-old was reportedly dressed as a construction worker and took the elevator to the 8

88th floor and climbed to the very top. >> six, high clouds is what we have right now on live doppler 7 hd and a little bit of a cooling trend for the first day of spring with warmer weather on the way through the weekend and a better chance of rain starting to look likely next week. >> with the bay bridge toll plaza you can see the cash-paying lanes are loaded up and more traffic from emeryville but it is friday lite but we have a brand new accident to report in the east bay with more on that will set coming up. it is culled the chicken from hell, sign sifts say a bird like dinosaur roomed the western united states 66 million or 68 million years ago 7' tall and weighed 500 pounds. in pittsburgh a copy is on

display. that is in pennsylvania. it is "chicken from hell." there is no evidence it clucked and this is no way to know if it tasted like chicken. >> the walrus that gained fame during a pushup challenge with 49ers coach jim harbaugh is showing off again. check out the walrus demonstrating her sit up routine. this is from six flags discovery kingdom if vallejo. despite weighing 1,750 sounds, the walrus is limber and has great ab muscles. >> great. >> impressive. >> jim harbaugh has fun at six flags this the walrus who watched the coach pushup for pushup and was posted on youtube and aired on "good morning america" as well and here is proof it was friendly. the walrus gave coach harbaugh a

big kiss. no word on whether he kissed back. >> no photo. only news continues at 5:30 with the top story including the warning ucsf is sending to thousands with sensitive information at risk. >> struggling bay area homeowners can get free help to manage thei

from the kgo broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> thanks for joining us. >> we are a few hours away from the start of spring, the official start. mike? ready to show off that spring body? crickets. everywhere.

>> giving leyla gulen a hard time about the walrus getting in bikini shape. >> good morning, everyone. this is the first day of spring starting at 9:57 with high clouds and sun and cooler than yesterday, but, still, warmer than it should be and a beautiful view from the east bay hills this morning. inland, at 72 to 76 and 69 to 76 where you will notice the biggest change at the coast and breezy and money 60's for you. have a good day. she makes it look so easy with her situps. >> we have an new along 880 at the on-ramp at washington we have a fender bender on the shoulder. 238 have a few extra clouds northbound. drive time traffic treecy to

dublin, 35 minutes westbound 580. and 101 through san travel not bad into san francisco. the drive across san mateo bridge has a few extra cars and it will take 12 minutes. eric and kristen? >> breaking news and the mystery of malaysia airlines flight 370, a search is on right now in the ocean near australia after a satellite spotted what "could be" plane debris. a united states navy submarine hunter has landed in management, australia after searching for three hours. these the images that everyone is chasing. the crew on the submarine did not see any debris. they suspected with their eyes and high-tech equipment. remember, there is limited visibility because of rain and clouds and the satellite images are a few days old so the debris could have drifted.

our reporter was on board the submarine. >> expectations were raised and disappointed. the image is probably a freight we we spotted with the bridge seen clearly and it was not what we were looking for. there were two other radar contacts that seemed promising but they turned out to be pods of dolphins. >> the commander says eliminating a search area does help in the of the and this is not false hope. australian and new zealand planes are still in the area. there are two pieces of possible debris with the longest at 79' and the location is 1,700 southwest of trail why which is four hours from land. officials are taking this seriously but they warn that

satellite images have been rock before. the c.h.p. is investigating the shooting of a hen dough send sheriff deputy who died in a hail of bullets when the suspect turned the assault rifle on the officer that began with a kidnapping in o.j. yesterday -- in oregan yesterday and ended near fort bragg. the suspect ambushed the deputy and opened fire. the suspect ran into the woods prompting a manhunt and the body of the suspect was found in the late off dying from multiple gunshot wounds. the deputy grew up in napa and was a football and wrestling star in the 1980's. >> we express our condolences to family, friends and colleagues of the deputy on facebook.

san mateo police are searching for a burglary suspect who tied up a woman in her home after she interrupted him mid-crime. investigators released this photo of the man that began monday around noon when the 66-year-old woman returned home and said she found the man burglarizing her home. he tied her up and took her a.t.m. card and password information and went to take money from her account. she could not free herself until tuesday. the image was captured at bank of america. >> uc san francisco is warning people there personal information could be compromised after desk top computers were stolen from the lake shore shopping center. the computers contain personal information of 10,000 people including their ininformation and driver's license and some social security numbers.

the computers were taken january 11 and state local and federal authorities is banned notified. today, the city college of san francisco chancellor will call for an independent revow of the campus police officer's response a woke after students clashed with police. this is cell phone video of the protest on campus on thursday. students deend maaed the resignation of a special trust i don't. two students were arrested and a dozen occupied the building. 9 chancellor plans to propose initiatives to promote better dialogue with students. students are planning another demonstration prior to the meeting. national hispanic university in san jose expected to chose next year as a four year college with the chain buying campus four years ago with hopes of bostonning enrollment through internet classes.

the san jose mercury news reports they suffered a set become when the department of education reduced financial aid to students if programs that did not offer good prospects for emlimit. the university is new looking for a charter school to move in. >> a big opportunity kicks off for bay area residents who are having trouble paying their mortgage. the american dream event starts at 8:00 this morning in oakland. home owners can get face-to-face in front of the bank representatives and nonprofit financial counselors to tell them what they are going you to get the payments reduced. it is a flow event and you do not have to be in foreclosure to get help today through monday at oakland mayor idea from 8:00 am on five o'clock p.m. right now at 9:57, something special is happening. mike? >> do the math, four hours and 20 minutes. i like to put hill on the

spot. >> good morning, everyone, exploritorium camera shows ever so slow transition from the last night of winter to the going of sprung. temperature today is one degree warmer in concord at 75 and 74 in santa rosa a degree cooler and oakland is 72 and san jose is 74, and fremont is 73 and san francisco is 69 and three degrees warmer-than-average and 12 hours and says minutes and nine seconds of sunshine today. all the temperatures, still, above average. on thursday, a color will such rise because of the high clouds and temperatures in the upper 40's to low 50's so cooler than yesterday. lowlow-to-upper 60's and rest os in the low-to-mid 70's in the afternoon. the cost will be breezy at low-to-mid 60's. cooler tomorrow. a one or two degree jump on saturday and, then, again on sunday but there will be more

sunshine but low clouds on the coast. >> 43 bart trains are on time and ace has in delays and muni is looking good, as well, as we look at what is happening with the roads headed into the car, you can see clear conditions between san francisco and the peninsula, 10163 miles per hour leashing the bayview district and as you continue at the peninsula through san mateo 66 miles per hour, 280 is clear away from 92 and to the south 68 miles per hour on 101 closer to mountain you have and along 280 at 65 miles per hour accident free and all moving along fine. you can see the cash paying lanes are getting busy up to the toll plaza continuing in the fast track lanes, though, with traffic moving along fine. >> a survey reveals what could be a dark are side to life on uc

campus, with hostility and intimidation some students and workers say they face. >> the drought is taking its toll on a blooming industry. a new focus at the biggest flower and garden shows. >> school's senior senator reveals she is against legalizing mayor one and senator no one stein is concerned about recreation

petaluma, san jose and all the bay area, this is use. >> dozens of students could be in need of a good night sleep after a fire outside their building. nick is on university avenue. do investigators though what started the fire? >> indeed, a cigarette butt tossed from a window. this is video shot earlier and i will show you how crazy it was. there was a fire on university avenue and according to the berkeley fire department the exterior fire started in the alleyway between two building. [ inaudible ] apparently, there was a fire in the alleyway between two buildings and we do know that coals were on fire but we don't

know how. >> quickly, they realized there was a problem and they knocked on each other's door and they grabbed the fire extinguishers and reacted really well. >> there were no serious injuries but one was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation but not transported and she shared this video and you can see dozens of people outside, self fire trucks and thick white smoke she described to us. there is no smocking allowed in the building and the fire chef says whoever tossed the cigarette didn't care where they tosses it. >> the ntsb could release the preliminary report on the fatal news helicopter crash of our sister station in seattle by tomorrow with this wreckage.

investigators are reviewing several scenarios to determine what caused the helicopter to crash near the space needle. the wife is daughter of one of the two men killed are talking of the loss, and he was a great husband, father, and photographer would worked for komo for 30 yours. >> i loved him so were, it will be heart but i have tremendous love around me. >> he was the best father you could ask for. >> the family of helicopter pilot who was killed in the crashes as well, is holding a public memorial on saturday. >> the new university of california survey shows a fourth of all students and employees have experienced intimidating or hostile conduct or felt ex clued on campus. >> the "contra costa times" reports the survey was part of a

system-wise campus-wide study with 100,000 from all campuses, laboratories and medical centers took part in the poll. >> the water district is asking customers to cut become open their water use by 15 percent, and the water district officials unanimously voted to approve the volunteer cutbacks last night so the governor is calling for a 20 percent statewide reduction but contra costa water officials say since the district's primary reservoir is nearly 80 percent full, they don't need quite is much conservation right new. >> interest in drought tolerant plants and artificial turf reached new heights at the largest flower and garden shows in the country the san francisco flower and garden show kicked off at the san mateo event center landscape designers saying they are seeing a new shift to plants that don't use a lot of water and synthetic lawns are a need item rather than a

"want" item. the show runs through sunday showing a lot of cactus. >> spring showers, any coming our way? >> next week and looking more impressive. we need it since we are going to have a deep are drought to contend with. our latest drought-tore came out this morning, but the exceptional drought was growing to the east and now encompasses 22 percent of the state, the worst category you could have. we had a little reprieve across marin and parts of sonoma and you were down to a severe drought but now back into the exceptional drought because we have had no rain. 49 percent of state if that category. >> right new, light and variable wind on live doppler 7 hd this morning, and high clouds to check out our temperatures in the north bay, 51 in san rafael and 50 in calistoga and everyone

else in the mid-to-upper 40's until guerneville at 42 degrees. lodge 50's around san francisco and alameda at 56 and redwood city and new newark and san josd 50 at lafayette. half moon bay is friction. this is how it looks from emeryville looking at both sections of the bay bridge with spring starting at 9:57, above average high temperatures and warming trend this weekend and better chance of first spring showers next week. today, we have a cold front to the north helping stop the offshore win and it is also helping steer high clouds our way with the high pressure dimming our sunshine to pull the temperatures back slightly. mid-to-upper 60's along the coast interest san francisco and low-to-mid 70's elsewhere. we running five to seven degrees above average. tonight we will have the high clouds join low cloud at 48 in

half moon bay and everyone in the upper 40's to low 50's at the coast and low-to-mid 40's inland. the cold front shows the area of low pressure developing on the cold front and rain more likely and the rain could be heavier so we have our finishers crossed. the seven-day outlook shows two to four degrees cooler tomorrow because of a stronger sea breeze. that relaxes so we are one to two degrees warmer saturday and sunday and monday is mild and cooler with a lack of sunshine on tuesday and possibility of rain-cooled air on wednesday. the busy areas cost the bay, it is going to be a hotspot because it is making it hot underred collar and that is the drive over the altamont pass bumper-to-bumper traffic leaving tracy to livermore and the dublin/pleasanton interchange it will take 36 minutes. through castro valley, it is top

speds. san jose it will start off at 101 away from the nimitz, the headlights are coming northbound beyond the san jose airport accident free and top speeds butting in to get in the way. at 280 the drive is clear away from highway 17 a few extra cars northbound are the headlights and to cupertino from 880 a short five minutes. >> a georgia police officer is credited forgetting a driver out of the way after the massive semi trailer was stuck on the train tracks. >> it will not be able to stop. it will hit the vehicle. get out of the truck. >> moments later, police video shows -- boom -- pushing it quarter mile down the track.

the 29-year-old driver was not hurt. he was cited for failure to obey a railroad grade processing. >> a growing trend made popular by celebrity moms, a warning the baby doctors are sounding this morning about water birthing. >> at 6:00, a will dilemma if starbucks with the cost for milk going up. are they going to pass long the confident to customers? >> video shows happen when high-tech meets the swamp.

>> is your kid an artist with big ideas? google wants to hear from them bit end of the day with entries for the doodle for google contest opened to students from kindergarten to 12. the theme is, if i could invent one thing to make the world a better place, there will be a inwither from each state and the winner is displayed open home page on june ninth with details posted on our website on "see it on tv." that is what your kids can do after school. >> four hours and three minutes from now. spring is almost here. our people

small craft advisory from big sur up to the oregon coast and that is our advisory across the state. the winds will pick up there. temperatures are running 66 in monterey, and mid-to-upper 70's in chico. 67 in zig oh. 85 in palm springs. high clouds and sun. my seven difficult forecast for lake tahoe is 60 today. possibly next week we will have rain and snow. have a great one. ace train run is early and no delays for a.c. transit. across the bareheaded into the car, a slow down through antioch westbound through highway 4 at 24 miles per hour. before you get to railroad avenue it moves along fine headed into pittsburg. metering lights turned on a few minutes ago and you can see a sea of headlights pushing away

from the transition road to the toll. from emeryville camera, this is the bay bridge along the bridge up to the first tower, traffic is moving but it is slower with the extra company. america's obstetricians are weighing in on the popular practice of women giving birth underwater. doctors say immersing a woman in a tub of warm weather to relax during delivery is probably helpful but not so great to deliver while submerged. the report finds underwater birth can lead to health problems in the infant including infection and protecting problems. even seizures. >> a pickist along the shoulder of a road was sideswiped by a mattress on a truck and landed on the very mattress. what are the chances in this is

incredible video, the mattress falls off the pickup, knocks off the bicyclist and cushions the fall. it was caught by surveillance video with the bicyclist looking around, dazed but probably feeling lucky and going out to by a lottery ticket after that close call. >> the morning news is minutes away at 6:00 with the new stories. >> senator feinstein reveals why she is against legalizing recorrectional marijuana in california. >> wall growns is freshening up hundreds of stores so why is the federal government launching a probe? >> "7 on your side" reveals the best paper towel

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> breaking news at 6:00, heavy smoke chases uc berkeley students from their apartments and coming up, what one person should not have been doing before the evacuation. >> in the search for the missing malaysian airlines flight, possible debris located in the indian ocean. >> a solemn late night procession for a napa native after he was killed in the line of duty. the remembrance for the fallen sheriff deputy. >> it is 6:00 a.m. on thursday and i am eric thomas. >> a lot going on. it is the first day of spring. >> forecast now from mike: we are less than four hours away from spring. good morning, everyone, sun over the equator headed for our neighborhoods. hoping to bring us sunshine. we need the rain the i have some in the forecast but not today.