coming up in a live report. and forget heading to tahoe this weekend. see which roads are closed this morning. and a live look outside this morning. one of them that is not closed, 880 through the east bay, but it is looking a lot better today than yesterday. friday, march 25th, "today in the bay." good friday morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. strait up 6:00. i'm brent cannon. >> and i'm marla tellez in for laura. we'll get started with your hour-by-hour forecast. let's go to christina loren. good morning. good morning to you. we are seeing a lot of improvement. right now showers are stream ashore, but nothing like we had at this time yesterday. and the situation continues to improve for your weekend. we have your seven-day coming up. stay tuned for that, but first, we'll get you to work through the sloppy roadways with mike

inouye. good morning, christina. the south bay will look here at this accident reported on northbound 85 near highway 17. that's the bottom of the screen. no injuries there but it is over moving off to the shoulder. that's the same area we saw earlier reports of flooding at 4:00 this morning. so that is all cleared up but the accident is still moving there. the ice keeps you from getting to the peak of mount hamilton. nothing new there, so we'll look at the bay bridge. the earlier wind advisory has been canceled for the bay bridge, but look at the water. we have huge puddles approaching the toll plaza, especially in fast trax lanes. it is very slippery out there. back to you guys. we are seeing new landslides this morning. we have a look at new video in from fairfax in marin county. this is happening on white hill near sir francis drake boulevard. at last check crews were still on the scene cleaning it up. and one lone east bay commute will be a difficult one this morning. we are finding out about ace

transit cancelled this morning. christie smith has the latest on when wind ace transit will be rolling through the area. >> reporter: good morning to you. normally two trains would be rolling through here to san jose at 6:46 and 7:51 this morning, but no trains are rolling at all. it is very quiet. commuters have gotten the message. no train service due to a mud and rock slide through niles canyon. i talked with a spokesperson this morning for ace train, they really don't know exactly how bad it is. they just didn't want to take a chance this morning of getting any trains stranded. so they decided to cancel service today. he says they are in touch with union pacific about the state of the tracks and what's going on there in terms of a cleanup, if anything. they also tell me they plan to put out an update a little bit later today. i also have calls into union

pacific about the state of the tracks. normally three trains take 2,500 to 3,000 commuters between stockton and san jose in the morning and then three trains back in the evening. yesterday those riders got taxis or buses back home and the trains are still, we are told down in san jose. no bus service today. friday is the light day. the spokesperson expects service to be fully restored by monday morning. reporting live in pleasanton, christie smith, "today in the bay." thank you, christie. evacuation orders are no longer in effect in the santa cruz mountains this morning. automated calls went out to people in felton grove and paradise park yesterday afternoon. we will have more on the conditions in the santa cruz mountains coming up in a live report at 6:30. well, you have to see this video of damage in capatola. an underground storm drain failed flooding homes and

businesses. one business opener says it all happened in a matter of minutes. he watched the water go up and over sandbags and flood his place. people who live near clear lake in lake county north of the bay area are getting ready for what could be the first flood there in 13 years. the lake is expected to hit flood stage at 11:00 this morning. in fact, water is already reaching the decks of some home that is are along the shore. sacramento report that is some people have already left town there. meantime, a sonoma county man went outside just in time to see a big tree crash through his home. also a tree took out an entire neighborhood's power supply because it landed on lines in the tiny area called camp meeker. san jose will decide later this morning if it will reopen alum rock park. the city closed it yesterday. the storm created hazardous conditions at the park. a decision will be made by 9:00

this morning. there is so much snow in the sierra you may not be able to get up there to enjoy it. in fact, a big section of interstate 80 is closed this morning. brian hickey from our nbc station in sacramento is live near the end of the line at colfax. brian, what's going on up there? oh, he's getting hooked up right now. i can see him getting ready. hey, brian. he's waving. they must have had a bit of a problem because there's so much water up there. it can ruin your mike. are you hooked up and ready to go, brian? >> reporter: yeah, it was water that got in there. sorry about that. yes, we are in colfax where it was rain and now it is snow. you can see even at this low elevation snow continues to fall. and behind us here is the caltrans closure here in colfax that has been in place since yesterday afternoon. and drivers have been camped out right over here. look at this, these poor drivers have been waiting and hoping the road would reopen some time overnight. that's not the case. in fact, caltrans and chp are telling us it likely won't

reopen until noon because of avalanche concerns and zero visibility and all of the snow that has fallen over the sierra. it is going to take them some time to clean it up and stabilize those slopes. in the meantime, all the drivers camped out, not a good time to try to be heading into the sierra or perhaps over torino. to reno. the drivers are bringing patience. >> up the mountain i hear it is pretty bad, i don't know. but anyway, we are hoping to get out of here. if it is not going to open until noon, we'll probably split up. maybe at 6:00 or 7:00 this morning. >> reporter: back here live, you can see the conditions again. snowing here in colfax and all the cars are lined up. as soon as we hear anything we'll pass it on to you. we'll go to interstate 80 right now, you can see a caravan of plows making their way down the mountain. that's a good sign as they continue to work the lower part of the mountain. it's the upper part near kingvale where they have to run the heavy-duty graters before

the plows can go up to reopen the road. back to you guys. >> brian, i know that's often a problem in the high country when you get that much snow that sometimes even though they have the equipment, there's nowhere to put the snow anymore. that becomes an issue. >> reporter: if you have been over 80 in the last week, the snow banks in some cases are 1546, 15-plus feet tall. they have to get the massive snow blowers to blow it up over the bank. that's a great point. talking to one of the caltrans workers, when they came down yesterday to set up the road closure, the snow has drifted from the snow bank, from the top of the snow banks all the way down to the center of the road. they were basically carving a pass through the can yoon canyon of snow. >> that helps. like you had the driver there that spoke to you a moment ago saying it is not too bad here, it is worse up the mountain. i have to give you credit, brian, that was the fastest mike

change i have ever seen on live tv. thank you, buddy. >> thank you. they have snow slides and we have landslides in the bay area. >> that's the thing. getting some of the light showers, it is not a big deal like yesterday, but we are so saturated that that is the problem. >> that's the problem. even when it stops raining later on today that still is going to be something that we are really concerned about because our grounds are so saturated and like bob redell pointed out the land is still moving in some areas. we still have been under the gun for the potential for downed trees and power lines. we'll watch it for you and bring the information to you as soon as it comes into the newsroom. right now we have a bit of shower activity pushing into the bay area. it is definitely spotty. definitely enough to keep our roadways nice and slick. that was my friend you just heard. we are going to introduce you to him in a minute. showers continue to push past 680 right now through livermore. and it is going to be a little bit better today than it was yesterday, but still we have ponding on the roadways, we have

slick conditions in many spots. so you still want to give yourself ample time to get to your destination this morning. this is the system crossing through tonight. it will pass us to our north, but it will drive a front through the area. so we are expecting rainfall to come down overnight. nothing heavy, maybe .75 an inch at best. heading through sunday another system drops into the area bringing light showers as well, but both days will provide enough sunshine for you to get outside for a couple hours. 48 in hayward, 47 in sunnyvale. and 44 degrees right now in santa cruz. it will turn to the mid-50s heading throughout the day today. 56 in oakland. 53 in santa rosa. 54 in los gatos where we have wind speeds yesterday gusting over 70 miles per hour. so definitely improvement in this neck of the woods. heading throughout the next few days more improvement. take a look at monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, we'll see a lot of clearing. it is looking good. 71 degrees by thursday. all right, are you ready for the word of the day?

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water, we had an earlier wind advisory canceled. no major issues traveling westbound with the taillights over to the peninsula, which is calm at 101 and 280 alike. the bay bridge, we'll look at that. that's very calm as far as the winds go. we'll see more folks pick up here, 15 to 20 minutes for the metering lights to turn on. look at the huge puddles. last the big factor here. watch for rock slides throughout the morning. we'll send it back to the desk. it is 6:11 now. still to come on "today in the bay," uc berkeley is shopping around a development to bring jobs and money to the city it chooses. and sales taxes are about to jump around the bay area. find out where you have to start paying a lot more. plus, find out where the governor just made cuts to the budget. and a live look outside this morning at 880. again, it is getting busier, but at least it is not like it was in.longute wel g inlong. the internet on a plane! are you from the future?

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6:13 now. welcome back. a live look at the san mateo bridge. so far no major problems to look for. better news than yesterday. the chances of a special election in june are getting slimmer this morning. the governor signed into law billions of dollars worth of cuts yesterday closing a significant chunk of the state's $26 billion deficit. however, he says a special election and cuts to redevelopment funding is needed to get us the rest of the way. it is too late to put tax extension measures on the june 7th ballot. but governor brown is still taming for some time in june. only six shopping days left until people in a number of bay area cities will end up paying more at the check stand. sales taxes go up in seven bay

area cities on april 1st. that's when union city and el cerrito will have a 10.25% sales tax. san leandro will hit 10%. concord's will reach 9.75%. novato and santa rosa will reach 9.5%. the sales tax hikes were approved in november by voters in each city. several east bay cities are in the hunt to land a new prestigious laboratory. and they are pulling out all the stops. the lawrence berkeley national laboratory is looking to build a new campus in addition to the one already in berkeley. the city of oakland is offering up four sites for consideration including the old pacific pipe and american steel factories in west oakland. other cities bidding for the lab include alameda, richmond, dublin and walnut creek. the land is expected to bring plenty of jobs and millions of dollars to whatever city lands it. san francisco spca is getting set to host the annual

bark and whiine ball. scarlet is here joining me this morning to talk about it. good morning, and i should mention you have a little friend with you, priscilla here, who is quite active and ready to roll. oh, yeah. >> priscilla had three cups of espresso in the back. >> do you serve that at the spca? tell us a little bit about the event. 15th annual ball, raising a lot of money to help eager dogs like this one. in fact, she was there a couple years ago and you took her in to do surgery and things. >> this event is to promote the cinderella fund, a fund we use to treat a lot of animals who come in with extraordinary illnesses and injuries like priscilla. she had a broken leg. >> she was a three-legged dog or is? >> yes, a three-legged dog now. look at her attitude, she is so happy and eager.

her partner is right over there. her momma is over there. she wants to see mommy there. tell us about this event. what's going to happen this year if people want to get involved and how do they help, that kind of thing? >> it is a really fun event. it is this wednesday, the 30th. it is at fort mason pavilion. tickets are on sale at sfpca.org. you can buy tickets at the door, but it is a great night. bring your pup if you would like. >> it is dog-friendly. >> yes, dog-friendly. >> very cool. in more ways than one. >> you have a few days to get an outfit for your dog and come on down. >> do you encourage outfits? >> absolutely. >> it is kind of a mardi gras kind of thing. >> it is a great time. >> how is this going to help you guys? you know, you raise the money but then that helps you going forward. >> yes, we use about $460,000 a year to treat animals with illnesses in our hospital and find them homes. so it goes to a great cause. >> i think she's like, i am so done with this interview.

i want to go play. i see the opportunity for fun. jennifer, i'm going to let you go because, obviously, you have to. >> exactly. >> thank you for joining us this morning. we'll get folks out there to help you as well. it should be a decent weather-wise event. not perfect, but it won't be a deluge like yesterday. not purr-fect. i think she's trying to tell me she's sick of the rain as many people who want to take their dogs for a walk probably are. good morning to you. a great event. rescue dogs are the best. they are so loyal. i have one name? named stingy. the showers are rather spotty. we have heavier downpours coming down through places like antioch and livermore where we kind of see the storms and the very few storms we have had this morning passing through the east bay. this is what we are expecting as we head throughout the day today. we'll get a break from the rain, probably starting at 9:00 a.m.

a mostly dry bay area, but we are talking about mostly cloudy conditions. not by any means nice today, but still when you consider the fact that we are not going to have the heavy rain coming down throughout the day it is not that bad. rain moves in tonight and we could pick up to 3/4 an inch. we have another weather maker on the way for sunday. this will pass to the knot grag dragging the cold front through the area. nothing heavy. i think you can make outdoor plans for both days. we'll see enough sunshine for several hours on saturday and sunday for you to finally get that vitamin d you have been lacking. 48 degrees right now in san francisco. 48 in hayward. 47 degrees in livermore. as we head throughout this afternoon, probably a ten-degree spread in our temperatures between the highs and lows. 54 in los gatos. 54 in san jose. 55 in fremont. as we have a cold air mass overhead, courtesy of the system that passed through yesterday. it brought a cold front through here. here it is, the extended outlook. not too bad, especially when you zero in on tuesday, wednesday and thursday.

71 degrees by thursday. spring-like weather finally makes its way into the bay area. so if you have been saying rain, rain, go away. finally we'll get a break. back to you guys. the rain is still causing a lot of mudslides and rock slides. and one major transit service is stopped this morning. we'll have a live report on that coming up. plus, one of the really cool ipad lkhel taut abop flird boana we'll talk about flip boardnd a atwh ahead for it coming up in tech today.

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welcome back. here's a live look over san jose this morning. not leerily as wet as it has been. rather, i'm sorry, this is san francisco. hard to tell. still dark outside. 6:23. >> i was believing it. >> don't believe everything i say apparently, huh? we are watching these folks getting to work this morning. mike inouye has the latest on the roads. >> we certainly are. we are watching the entire bay area. marla, you are fine and covered. right here, the south bay, we have an incident here that has cleared. look at the chopper crossing the screen. you are looking south to the south bay. highway 101 right at 680, the camera froze there, too. wow, things are happening all over the place. but the accident cleared for 87. out to the maps again. we'll look over here, 880 looking nice coming up past the coliseum. brent told you we are watching these folks because we had two lanes blocked by pothole repair for 12 hours into this morning, but it has cleared. a smooth drive right now.

it is pinging up, but it is friday light. for the nemitz, the eastshore freeway, just a 19-minute drive. the bay bridge had earlier wind advisories but they have been cleared. we are looking out to a wide shot. we see a nice flow to the maze. i'll give you slow spots coming up in the next report. thank you, mike. >> well, the latest batch of ncaa tournament games provided big surprises. >> yeah, a few upsets last night. probably the biggest one happening in anaheim. defending champs duke blue devils lost to the fifth seeded arizona wildcats. they dominated them in the second half. they pounded them 93-77. that was the final there. here's the latest on the bracket challenge. yours truly still in the lead with 50 points. there you go. laura, she's bitter and angry. >> that's why she's not here today, huh? >> she's so mad she doesn't like to talk about it. she has a cold. she's in second place. christina on her heels.

mike and then, well, scott. >> explain to me, if i had duke winning it all, is last night's loss, that's probably bad. >> yeah, that's the nail in the coffin there. >> okay. all right. >> i believe i hear singing in the distance. >> christina, you still have a chance, right? you have kansas that plays tonight. >> i'm still on pace to win, brent cannon. don't get too cocky just yet. >> who do you have going all the way? >> kansas. they are going to win tonight. >> i also have kansas. so you won't gain ground on me if you win. >> i'm completely out of this whole bracket thing, so i'm just sensing the tension in here. it is killing me. >> it is a good thing you are between me and mike. don't make me come to your end of the desk. >> i'm still going with ucla and duke. i'm sticking with that. next year we'll get you. >> very cool. we are talking to scott now. we'll talk about something he

can cover well, and that's the economy lately. and there have been hiccups, however the silicon valley is doing much better in the economy than you are in your brackets. >> it is. speaking of bad news in brackets, just look at the last four or five days of national news. sales of existing homes plunge, sales of new homes, lowest level in decades. just yesterday durable good sales fell. these are the things you keep for many years like refrigerators, that kind of thing. tech companies are avoiding the bad news. last night the peninsula's oracle said sales of its hardware and software were gang busters. revenue is up 37% and it boosted the amount paid out to shareholders by 20%. that's good news. a lot of money is going into the economy surrounding the redwood shores area there. hey, have you tripped flipboard yet? it is truly one of the world's best ipad apps that creates a digital magazine out of all kinds of content like "the new york times" and facebook. so on the same magazine you are seeing pictures of your friends

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coming up on "today in the bay," the rain-saturated hillsides and this morning we are seeing a lot of landslides. and i'm bob redell live in the santa cruz mountains where you see heavy equipment on standby and for good reason. i'm explain that coming up. good morning. ace train riders, there's not a train in sight this morning. that's because service is canceled due to a mud slide. i'm christie smith. we'll tell you when trains will be rolling again. good friday morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. 6:30 right now. i'm brent cannon. >> i'm marla tellez in for laura. we'll get you moving with an

hour-by-hour forecast and christina. good morning to you. i'll tell you what's moving, the jet stream. it was digging to the south. you can see that very well-defined jet here. now it is starting to lift to the north. that is our improvement. the jet stream is like a river of air to carry low pressure systems to and fro the united states. what you can count on today, improvement. we'll see breaks of sunshine, but we have a little more activity anticipated for the weekend. we'll break that down for you with your extended forecast coming up. stay tuned. right now, if you have to get to work, make sure you are ready. mike, what does it look like out there? christina, it is a little slow in antioch right here at highway 4. typical slowdowns for a friday. going from about 8th street to loveridge, no big surprises except for the 45 in bay point. we'll see if that extends itself further to the concord commute. further south the altamont pass, the commute is looking nice westbound in your commute direction out of the area. wet roads but no problems as far as the drive goes. christie smith has a report coming up on why more folks are

hitting the road today instead of the rails. here's a live shot of the bay bridge where we have a build up as far as traffic volume and a lot of water. standing water all over the bay. watch the puddles and avoid them if you can. you can't at the bay bridge toll plaza because it is in the roadway approaching the tolls. you have to pay those. well, as the rain continues, a threat of major mudslides is rising this morning. the ground is so saturated it cannot hold any more water. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in the santa cruz mountains with a look at the latest conditions there. bob, are you sinking into the ground? >> reporter: no, unfortunately, for the people here in the santa cruz mountains, marla, they have no choice when the spigot turns off. this is not good news to get more rain. fortunately, it is not a downpour, but it is heavy rain. and the more rain the worse off they are here because, as you mentioned, the ground is very saturated and the soil is loose. we have seen caltrans with their plows going up and down, back and forth, on highway 17.

which is behind you right here in the santa cruz mountains. they are pushing off any rock or debris that could be pushing out into traffic. you can see they have this front-end loader on standby in case they need it for a much bigger job. you know, a mudslide, for instance. we have only seen one instance in which that might have been needed but workers already cleared that up. we have take an look at pictures here that we shot. you can see what happens when the ground becomes saturated. a very large tree cut this house in two in scott's valley. even though the owner was inside the kitchen at the time, remarkably, he was not hurt. this incidentally is not far from the other rock slide that shut down a road earlier this week cutting off vehicle access, isolating several other people who were stuck on the other side of the rock slide. some other pictures, this is from felton, not far from where we are at, the san lorenzo river was starting to jor flow, so yesterday afternoon san tra

santa cruz county evacuated 800 people who lived near there. fortunately last night before 7:00 the river subsided and the people were allowed to go back home. the question is will the next couple of systems coming through the bay area, including whatever we have going on right now, be enough to push the san lorenzo river back up? that's the x factor. hopefully it will stay down. reporting live in santa cruz, bob redell for "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, bob. in a similar story in marin county, the ground is giving way causing problems there, too. check out new video we have as crews clean up a landslide on white's hill, which is near sir francis drake boulevard. there are traffic backups in the area because of all the heavy equipment. they have to do their work. of course, then there's the rocks and mud and stuff. so people are being diverted around the area. now, the commute into the east bay is impacted this morning because of a week's worth of rain. ace train service from the central valley is canceled this morning because of another landslide. and "today in the bay's"

christie smith is live in pleasanton with what crews are doing there, trying to get service back on track today. >> reporter: good morning to you, brent. this is really kind of odd, normally by this time you would see people standing around with their phones, their bags, getting ready to get on the train, but we have not seen one train roll through all morning long here at the pleasanton station. the next train would normally get here in about 15 minutes. it is 6:46 this morning. but no trains at all are running due to a mud and rock slide through niles canyon, which means for 2,500 the 3,000 commuters they have to find another way around this morning. or you have a great excuse not to go in or at least telecommute. three trains run daily to san jose from stockton in the morning and three back in the evening. i just spoke on the phone with an ace train spokesman who gave us an update on the tracks. >> we are hearing that they are able to make progress on the

tracks here through niles canyon. we anticipate running full schedule on monday. and that gives them a good weekend to make sure everything is dry. >> reporter: this is the closest we have come to seeing a train out there. we are told they are still in san jose. yesterday commuters took buses or taxis home. the spokesperson says they were notified by at least 6:00 p.m. what was going to be going on this morning. so again, the good news is it looks like everything will be up and running by monday morning. reporting live in pleasanton, christie smith, "today in the bay." thank you, christie, for the update. >> 6:36 now. terrifying moments for a mother and daughter relaxing at home in petaloma when a car crashed into their home just missing the young girl. witnesses say the driver of the car appeared to be asleep or unconscious when the car accelerated through a bank parking lot across the street and then into the home on south

mcdowell boulevard. firefighters say the car came within a couple of feet of hitting the 11 or 12-year-old girl who was sitting at her kitchen table. now thankfully both mom and daughter are all right this morning. and so is the driver of the car, but there's just so much damage to the home that the family is living in a nearby motel for the time being. there are new concerns that more radiation could soon spew out of the damaged nuclear reactor in japan. emergency crews have been pulled out of the plant again after two more workers got burned. they were waiting in the radioactive water. remember that happened yesterday. the water is said to be 10,000 more radioactive than normal levels. experts say that could mean that there is a breach in the core of one of the reactors but so far they are not getting a lot of specifics or details on that. a deadly earthquake on the border between thailand and myanmar overnight. now more than 70 people are dead

and that number is expected to rise. this video was shot in thailand. the 6.8 magnitude quake tumbled homes and damaged temples and other buildings. myanmar's quake reportedly damaged more than 200 homes and hurt more than 100 people. tremors were felt in bangkok and as far away as vietnam. the time is 6:38. we want to get the very latest on your friday and weekend forecast. let's go to christina. >> finally the weekend. good morning to you. yeah, we are watching improvement all courtesy of the jet stream. the jet stream has taken the storm track right into the bay area over the past several days. but we are noticing some improvement. i'm actually picking it up this morning on my satellite imagery. so watch this. let me remove this animation for a moment. you can see the clouds changing. i set this back six hours. take a look at that. the jet dream is already curving to the north. so that means we are going to see some major improvement over the weekend. you'll be able to et get outside if you have been missing the

sun. that's great news, especially for those of you putting off the outdoor plans. we have pretty good shower activity in the east bay near antioch and livermore. we have light to moderate rain coming down in brentwood. get ready for moderate rain in the next 15 minutes. antioch has seen that all morning long. travel cautiously through there. mike inouye is telling you what the roadways look like. we'll get to him in a minute. we'll talk about the weekend, finally a friday, you made it. you can see the system of low pressure is going to be taking off to the north. as the jet stream takes that turn, we have another weather maker to pass through on sunday, but it is not going to bring us all that much rain. just a little scattered shower activity for the first part of your sunday. you'll be able to get outside for several hours both days with the sun back. wait until i show you the seven-day. we have a lot of improvement on the way. mike, what does it look like out there, buddy? it looks like this. if it was a cartoon, it would be a nice drive. if it was live, it would look

like this. the mealer metering lights have turned on. there's slowing in the fast trax lanes meaning people are waiting. use caution approaching the toll plaza. wide view of the maze shows you that overall speeds are looking good. you can see all the accidents on highway 24. they are all eastbound, all off on the roadway, but this happened in the la last 25 minutes. this is all near walnut creek. the wind advisory is canceled here, just an increase in volume, but that's no big surprise. the time is 6:40. the giants lose one of their post-season stars for the start of this season. we'll explain. plus, find out what happened at the trial of former giants' star barry bonds. and the latest on the libya air strikes coming up in a live report from washington. versus toyota. which is better?

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new promises from president obama this morning as he says america will hand over control for libya within a few days. tracie potts is live in washington, d.c., with more. >> reporter: good morning. they have announced that the coalition of western of countries plus arab countries are oversee the no-fly zone over libya. that the point they have made the decision but have decided to spend the next few days working operational details. that doesn't mean the u.s. is

completely backing off. it will still be heavily involved with britain and france. there's a tax in this mission attacking the air defenses and ground troops which some of the other allies have bun uncomfortable with doing. so far about 70% of those flights over libya have been american and he announced that hillary clinton will be able to reduce that quite a bit which also has am an impact on the budget. the u.s. will no longer be the sole decision maker. it will be working along with nato and soon we expect an announcement about this. i'm tracie potts for "today in the bay." 6:the 44 now. on day four of the barry bonds trial, the jury got a lesson on the side effects of steroids. the testimony came from larry bowers, the chief scientist for

the u.s. doning agency. he outlined on taking performance enhancing drugs and the role of balco. balco in burlingame provided the steroids dispensed by bonds' personal trainer. no court session today as trial resumes on monday. the giants will be without cody ross for the season opener. he's headed for the disabled list after an mri in his right calf. we showed you the highlights the other day when he injured that. he could misup to three weeks. if that does happen it would include the first two weeks of the regular season. don't forget, our special on the giants tomorrow night at 7:00 right here on nbc bay area. we have an in-depth documentary on the team called "posed for a repeat" that takes an inside look at the giants as they defend their trial and talk about spring training. it is the most important camp for some of the players. major league baseball just released a list of the

best-selling jerseys. the giants may be the defending champs but are not selling a whole lot of jerseys. they don't rank in the top ten for team sales. the yankees and red sox top the list. the hated did jers come in third. a couple giants do rank in the top 20 when it comes to individual jersey sales. tim lincecum is tenth and buster posey is 19th. yankee derek jeter sells the most. i have a brynn wilson jersey ready to go for opening day. our home opener is april 15th. you can see here we have the jet stream continuing to bring in showers for the bay area, but the jet stream is going to start to lift to the north. we are already noticing that, and that means better conditions as we head into your weekend. finally, a lull for the steady rain.

right now we have the rain coming down across the board north of livermore. you do want to take a good amount of time out there. a lot of this rain will start to die down and steady rain is going to come down while you are sleeping tonight. we have another wet maker on the way for sunday that takes a ride on the jet stream to impact the pacific northwest. the north bay has the best shot of rain heading into the summit. here's what to expect here. here's what we are expecting from the shower activity today. by 9:00 a.m. mostly dry bay area. just a little cell coming down over santa rosa. as i advance this you'll see what we are expecting between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. by 6:00 p.m. the next round brings steady rain into the entire bay area. a little bit expected, maybe a quarter inch, up to three quarters in the place to pick up the most. that all clears out of here early saturday. so you'll get a bit of a break by saturday.

let me step out of the way here. this is the great news that everybody wants. 69 degrees. warm conditions. high pressure setting up as we head into sunday. we'll really fill the impacts of warm days ahead. 71 degrees by thursday. back to you guys. thank you, christina. the time is 6:48. scott has a preview of what your kids are going to be asking for yo in this week's gadget friday. plus, do theaters have to start showing you more than movies soon? that story is next. a live look outside across the bay rir area. the good news is we have visibility and we still have a little bit of wind hanging ater youec foranast d ler ouormmast and e miutng ummp in a few. p

good morning. it is 6:50 right now. here's a live look through oakland. fairly heavy congestion. it is not friday light, but it is not standstill traffic because of huge storms either. we'll update the commute with mike in a few minutes. you can soon find out exactly how many calories are in movie popcorn and candy at the theaters. i don't know why you want to, but the fda could decide as early as today whether theaters are forced to post calorie information on all the snack puckets including popcorn. the cinema owners don't like the idea saying it is unwarranted intrusion into their business. most major theater chains in california already report lower information, caloric information. we do want to check in with mike. we showed you 880 congested through there, but at least it is moving. not like yesterday when it was pretty tough. >> that's the good side. you are looking at the nice side of things, brent.

we'll talk about that in a second. here it is jammed up out of daly city. northbound 280 the slow approaching geneva. there's an accident in the lanes. two lanes are blocked and have been for almost a half hour. as far as the slowing, we have not seen that pop up until the last 15 minutes. slow now for that portion of daly city into san francisco. that's unusual, it is friday light for the most part here. we have a live look out there. as we talk about this, we'll look out to the area past the coliseum that you showed a few minutes ago. northbound with the taillights moving smoothly, all lanes are open through downtown for the nemitz. the southbound side near 66, we had an accident in the lanes causing a backup. it is just a slow drive past the coliseum. clearing up by the time you get to the san mateo bridge. another live look here showing the toll plaza itself. things are clearer than a few minutes ago. light volume there. there's an advisory from chp about the big puddles approaching the toll plaza. huge splashes there. this is fine through the bay

area, but heading out to the sierra, you can see it is closed from colfax over to the nevada state line because of whiteout conditions. you can't see through many parts and can't drive because you can't see the road. that's really tough. we are following this, but so far inaccessible for interstate 80 into the sierra. >> seeing the road is key. on sunday nintendo starts selling the much-anticipated 3-d version of its gameboy. scott mcgrew can can cannot wait that long. >> i like to walk around to the kids and say, ha, i have one. nintendo 3ds. it is one of the newest gadgets out there. you are seeing our senior tester ian trying it out. watch what ian does here as he moves the unit and is pretending to have a parascope. it is situationally aware. the picture to him is in 3-d.

he needs no special glasses. it goes on sale on sunday costing you $250. okay. i have a couple other things to show you here. this is -- what is it? is it bob redell? >> it is bigfoot. >> you are right. a guy in north carolina claims to have captured bigfoot on this really, really amateur video. he sent it into news channel 36. apparently that's the nbc affiliate there. we have posted this video on nbcbayarea.com. in this day edge age a cell phone camera has an 8 megapixel -- >> yeah. >> how is that even possible? i mean, come on. >> did you notice a cool ufo or something like that. it is always in fuzzy video or out of focus. why is that? >> in 2011 i'm guessing -- do we have time to show you the captain america video? i promised it to you yesterday.

here it is. this is the new video coming out. he starts super skinny. we missed that part coming off the top of it. they put him in the machine and chris evans, isn't that the name? he comes out -- hello ladies? >> does it matter? i don't know. >> here's the interesting thing n the beginning of e movie he is super duper skinny like the 98-pound weakling. they used cgi to make him look weak. >> as opposed to the other way of making him look big. >> movie 300 was all about fat guys. that's what i hear. >> that's the one casting call i wish i would have been at. 300 of them. >> captain america comes out in july. >> can we get one of those things on the lens? >> wait, it is not on? >> no. all right. we'll check in with christina, another beauty. >> brent, like you need it. good morning to you. we are looking good right now.

we have showers streaming onshore, but they are spotty. and we'll get a break today. we are already noticing the break right here. you look at the north bay between the north bay and ukiah we are seeing the showers subside significantly over the past hours. we are going to get a break during the day today. a steady flow overnight. we have moderate rain over the east bay. temperatures won't end up that warm today with a cool mass overhead. keep the jacket handy. keep the umbrella handy as well. you may find yourself dodging a few showers on your way to work. 53 in fremont. 54 in san jose. this is the good news. i like to bring good news to the table. take a look at this. we'll walk you through the next seven days. 56 degrees friday, today. breezy conditions and spotty showers early. some clearing anticipated throughout the day today. you will be able to get outside to take care of any outdoor activities that you have been putting off because of the heavy rain. if you want to walk the dog, you

can. 58 degrees on saturday. a few showers on sun. better weather shaping up across the bay area, 60 degrees. we like the 60s. 63 on monday. and then the warm, dry trend lasts all the way throughout thursday. we are up to 71 degrees. i cannot wait. take a look at this, though, all that snow. if you are somebody who wants to get up to the sierra nevada, put off your travels. they say the road could open up at noon today, but still, dangerous driving conditions throughout incline village and the cities in the tahoe area. so fresh packed powder. it looks like paradise to you snowboarders and skiers. taked it easy out there. >> who wants to start out their weekend stuck in traffic? not a good idea. >> you have to chopper in these days. it is good, a lot of ski places are extending their season already. >> cinco demayo, you'll be on the slopes. >> another local news update is

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