annoying drizzle that makes you put on your windshield wipers for a second and turn them off. >> we see lighter showers around sunol grade and the south bay. scattered showers around the east bay. a weather system crossing the central coast, adding extra lift to the moisture this morning but as we start to see north of the golden gate clearing that will work its way north to south. we can see hour by hour in our rainfall futurecast the clouds break up around midday. south bay maybe lingering clouds around san jose. temperatures hour by hour, by lunch time, 50s to near 60 but not the 70s we saw a couple days ago. this is a brief break coming in by 4:00 this afternoon, sunday morning and more rain will come in. that system packs a bigger punch, colder air and lower snow levels. >> it's mid-february, we're ready for winter.

the parental instinct of a peninsula father is leading to a major staff shakeup at a local elementary school, something should have happened before his son was abused. >> reporter: the father of one of the alleged victims of abuses by special needs teach ear lexia bogzes is speaking out because his son can't do it himself. is he autistic. the 5-year-old's father explained to us what he believes happened to his son while enrolled in a special education preschool class run by the doctorate roosevelt elementary school. apparently he was fidgeting or not being compliant and the teacher came behind his chair and kicked him. >> reporter: there were also allegations of arm twisting and withholding food, all during a two-month period. a teacher's aide reported the alleged misconduct to redwood to police.

bogdos is on suspension. >> they are required to report it and if they don't it's a crime. >> reporter: bogdos' attorney steven clark says no crime was committed. >> she's received nothing but good reviews from her supervisor and this is the first time that she's ever been made aware that her behavior could have been considered misconduct. >> reporter: but this young father believes something happened in that classroom. he says he verbalized his concerns and was told by the teacher he was overreacting. his message to parents? listen to your heart. >> we should have listened to our own internal and paternal instincts because they were correct. >> and that was cheryl hurd reporting. six men allegedly lured a

craigslist sell near an ambush and escaped a home surrounded by a police s.w.a.t. team. the situation ended in a standoff at a house on castlewood drive off springs road in vallejo yesterday. police say a buyer answered a craigslist ad was beaten and robbed by six armed men who were traced to the house on castlewood. when the people inside the house refused orders to come out, s.w.a.t. officers tossed tear gas canisters into the house. though police say the tear gas was non-flammable there was a fire a few minutes later and officers don't know what sparked it and that was not the last surprise. >> shortly thereafter the officers entered the residence and determined that there was no one inside the residence other than a couple of dogs. >> reporter: where did they go? >> at this point we don't know where the suspects have gone but the residence was empty. >> one of the dogs was killed in that fire. there was no one inside. the vallejo police believe the suspects were indeed inside the

house when they arrived on the scene. a cautionary tale this morning if you're headed outside to do yard work. san jose police are investigating the death of a man in the 1700 block of hillmont avenue. police say the 65-year-old man fell from the ladder and did not survive his injuries. neighbors say the man was trimming the tree for his tenants, when he fell. >> the gentleman was pruning the tree and he climbed up a little too high and lost his footing and fell down. >> police do not suspect foul play. more than 164,000 people end up in emergency rooms because of ladder accidents every year according to the consumer products safety administration. in san jose a woman was struck and killed in an intersection last night around 8:30 near the intersection of meridian avenue and west san carlos street. a green late 1990s legend was

driving northbound on meridian avenue when the driver struck the bomb. she died at the scene. the driver cooperated with investigators. alcohol is not believed to be a factor in this case. this morning the contra costa county sheriff's office wants you to look at a picture, finding a 66-year-old man angelo lucido. he is described as a white man, 5'8" tall, weighing 190 pounds with brown hair and eyes. if you have information, you are are asked to call the contra costa county sheriff's department. state officials shut down the massive construction project under way at san jose valley medical center. representatives from the state office of health planning and development went to the job site wednesday to stop the work. published reports say that the state cited two problems, one that the contractor changed building plans without state approval and the other that the county replaced a top inspector responsible for making sure that

those approved plans and building codes were followed. the hospital is undergoing a multimillion-dollar seismic, remodel and seismic updwrgrade. you can once again see banana sam. someone stole him in december, the next day a man said he found sam in a grove and lured him into his backpack. the monkey will be returned to his exhibit today and there's a bonus, if you take banana sam a valentine, you will be treated to $1 off admission all weekend long. 20 local kids in the east bay will receive a special gift today, they are getting free bicycles. as part of their second anniversary celebration, bikes for life, a non-profit bike shop will give away 20 bikes to a group of worthy and needy kids. the kids will get to pick out their wheels started today at noon, the events will be held in west oakland. and we still have more ahead for you on "today in the bay."

coming up, hidden from police, see how cops in one bay area city were able to stop gangs from arming themselves with guns they don't even have. it is a story you will only see here on "today in the bay." overnight iran's president announcew nils hat. t

good morning. it's a good thing the rain is tapering off. tonight is the chinese parade through chinatown in san francisco. there are other events going on but this is the biggest one drawing more than 1 million people. deadly and dangerous, ak-47s, what cops call community guns which is firepower hidden in public places, what police are up against in the bay area as they battle heavily armed games. in san francisco, police officer are on to the game and going in for the guns.

"today in the "today in the bay's" jean elle reports. >> reporter: mandel plaza is always crowded. police check in often, latron depoplar see it is all. >> from bad stuff to police bad stuff. >> reporter: they're not always popular, police say their presence is paying off. >> just a general environment of m mendel plaza confiscated nine or ten arms. >> reporter: she is shocked. >> yeah, there's kids over there and it's sad, it absolutely is and i wish there was something we could do about it. >> reporter: police say getting guns off the streets is their number one priority. weapons here can be used all over the bay area. since may, 2011, bay view officers have seized 177 guns. >> first one is a mach 11, a machine gun.

>> reporter: tech .9s and ak-47s, they're hiding in stovetops, strapped on with a belt or hidden in public where people in the know can get to them quickly. >> this is what we call like a community gun, knowing that several members of this gang would know exactly where this gun is so in case they're attackinged or want to attack somebody, this he can go to the location, grab the gun and use it. >> reporter: police say a growing number of people fed up with violence are calling in with tips of who is carrying. like many, there is a still a lot of fear. >> it's about safety and sometimes you're not protected by the police enough to want to help the police and i think that's one of the biggest issues as to why a lot of people don't help the police, with enthey should. >> reporter: building trust is building an arsenal in the evidence room. jean elle, "today in the bay." >> sfpd is offering cash for tips that lead to arrests and guns. in international news supporters and opponents of the syrian regime or fikting for a second day in northern lebanon.

armed men fired down an open road while army vehicles patrolled the streets. the violence is taking place between sunni militants who support the syrian opposition and the alois militants who support the president. a majority of 292 million people are sunni but syria's president belongs to the sect. ♪ and in tehran, iran's president marked the 33rd anniversary of the islamic revolution with a speech today. he said iran will soon reveal "big new nuclear achievements." mahmoud mahmoud ahmadinejad did not elaborate but insisted iran would never give up uranium enrichment. he insists his program is peacef peaceful. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come --

>> well for school like the other coach is saying what's that kid's name, jeremy lin? >> he is the sudden sensation and all the buzz of the nba. just ahead how jeremy lin inspired a special gathering on the peninsula. pretty cool. rob? >> indeed. a view of oakland, pretty cool outside, we've got drizzle out there, gray skies for now, weme clearing later ta'll bo a slk aut on. we'll talk about a stronger storm on the way to the bay area. your full forecast when we come back. ge

good morning. looking live at san jose, the clouds look dark and ominous. the kids were asking yesterday is it going to rain? i was surprised they remembered what rain was anyway because it's been a long time. how are you doing in the weather center, rob? >> pretty good. we're watching some light rain around parts of the bay area this morning and rain might be pushing it, maybe heavy drizzle coming down in a few spots.

temperatures thanks to the clouds kind of mild, in the 40s and low 50s to start off your morning so not too chilly outside right now but with the winds picking up for the afternoon they should pick up out of the northwest which would help to clear our skies out. right now mainly light winds. as we go through the day tomorrow we'll see mostly cloudy skies, by the afternoon, and real rain coming in as we go towards sunday evening into monday, and this next system should drop snow levels at least down to near 4,000 feet or maybe as low as 3,000 feet north of interstate 80 and the sierra, which is good news. also good news, some of the light rain air quality is back in the good range around the bay area and should stay that way for a while as long as we can keep showers and breezy knsz in the forecast. the radar right now, not picking up a lot, some areas of light rain, the radar occasionally runs into, with drizzle and light rain it is low to the ground. a lot of the radar will scan up

and above it. offshore though we have clouds this is a fairly weak system dropping into the central coast and will continue to scoot by to the south with northwest winds picking up for the afternoon. you'll see it here in the futurecast. showers and clearing starting off in the north bay, maybe some clouds lingering for the south bay, in terms of rainfall totals not a lot, this is mainly the drizzle fallen for today. watch as we shuffle ahead now into sunday and into monday, this is going to be the rain event right for your monday morning commute, maybe up to approaching close to a half inch of rain in some spots as we get towards monday morning. so for today close to 60 in san jose, mostly cloudy start, some clearing later on in the afternoon, out towards the trivalley. 50s and low 60s and around the north bay, 63 for santa rosa, 58 in san francisco. so some drizzle for the morning, i think towards the evening and into sunday morning we'll get this break and sunday night on into monday. here comes the rain and some cool temperatures we're looking at 50s for highs on monday, cold

enough again i think we'll keep our fingers crossed. could be snow up top mt. hamilton at least and then skies clear, looks like for valentine's day but towards the night maybe a few more showers after that, looks fairly dry for the second half of the week. >> the weather is certainly important today because san francisco's chinatown will light up for the chinese new year parade. the tradition spans some 150 years. the parade starts at 5:15 on market and second streets and will make its way up to geary boulevard, down post and finish at kearney and columbus. the parade will feature 100 boats, marching bands and spectacular 250-foot-long dragon honoring the year of the dragon. parade organizers say for the best spots stake out your space as early as 4:30 a.m. this morning, head to chinatown for a community fair.

we see the preparations, gets started at 10:00 and there will be dancing and music throughout, as well as chinese art, calligraphy, kite making and acrobatics. if you're in the mood for a fun and heart-warming story this is it. palo alto's jeremy lin continues to shock basketball fans around the world. the warrior is taking new york by storm. >> kind of like the disney story because he wasn't even given a chance pretty much. >> would you believe that the harvard grad outscored kobe bryant last night? lin had 38 points leading the new york knicks to their fourth straight win and all those wins with lin in the starting line-up. "today in the bay's" george kirkir iyama takes us to menlo park. >> reporter: with every basket he made in friday night's

knicks/lakers game -- >> doesn't get any more fun than that. >> reporter: what he's doing doesn't surprise me. it was a matter of him getting minutes to show his skills. he has vision, the ability to make everybody better and he's done that since like i said six years, i mean sixth grade. >> reporter: his basketball coach at palo alto high, lin led them to a state championship in his senior year. >> i coached him in high school i remember saying to myself, wow! >> reporter: and now lin is wowing the crowd with his moves as the starting point guard for the new york knicks. his growing legion of fans dubbed his momentum lin-sanity, a palo alto kid done good. >> seems just like an average joe almost even though he went to harvard, he's got the brains and whatnot but he seems more relatable to the average person than say like lebron james does.

>> reporter: if anything, jeremy lin shows what can happen when you give someone a chance. he's had to prove himself every step of the way. >> that's his mentality the whole offseason and career in the nba, when i do get the chance i'll make the most of it and that's what he's doing now. it's awesome to watch. >> reporter: that's why he inspires fans like kevin ma. >> very inspiring. obvious he will he's asian-american, i'm asian-american and there are a lot of stereotypes out there, and he's breaking stereotypes. >> and that was george kiriyama. after the game kobe bryant said "players don't usually come out and a half where. if you go back and take a look, his skill level was probably there from the beginning but no one ever noticed. this is a great story. it is a testament to percent is veer perseverance and hard work. it is a good example to kids everywhere." thank you, kobe. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come some san jose

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this is unfamiliarer it for for san jose mayor chuck reed, his entire political career has been relatively by the book until our latest investigation. the issue here is the pension fund that thousands of san jose workers and the ethics of the mayor himself. our investigative unit continues to expose more internal documents. "today in the bay"'s" broke the story. >> reporter: this e-mail called our investigation "misleading." it was also sent to the council listing 400 and 431 million were used as the projection for retirement cost. what they left out? all these press releases from

the mayor last spring, each one warning costs could reach millions. the mayor says retirement costs could jump to 650 million if ajumpgss are adjusted to r lect modern conditions. it wasn't just in press releases. the mayor used it in his june budget mess annual. this document -- >> one more slide in a minute. >> reporter: in a steven at stanford and "vanity fair" magazine, that was in november. >> that was a number off the top of my head. >> reporter: retirement services director russell crosby said it once in a meeting last week. he told us his estimate was wrong. >> the mayor was told not to use that number, that the number was 400, that was the projection. >> reporter: why would you use that number? >> we used both numbers. >> are that number was used when calling for thisical emergency, that number was used in the

public, that number was used to say that we need pension reform. >> we do need pension reform and that number is part of the discussion. >> reporter: a number the city says was never used to make decisions. but it was fed to the public and it's the public that ultimately decides on pension reform at the ballot box. five unions filed ethics complaints against the mayor and retirement services director following the investigation. if the law enforcement determines it warrants an investigation it will take the city's elections commission up to a month to complete. back to you. >> thank you, jenna. if you have a tip for the investigative unit we want to hear it. e-mail us at theunit@nbcbayarea.com or call a number on your screen, 1-888-996-tips or 8477. you can also reach's through our website nbcbayarea.com. dog beater and puppy stealer? san francisco police say they are out there and they need your help to catch them.

the sfpd says this litter of 3-week-old puppies was forcefully stolen from a home on the 100 block of cameron way in the bay view district on tuesday. the suspects forced their way into the house, attacked the two parent dogs with a blunt object, then made off with the puppies. police say because of the puppies' young age it is vital they be returned to their mother. >> we're hoping that these suspects return the dogs either to the victims, to the victim's home and/or to an animal care facility, so that the puppies can survive. >> if you know anything, you are asked to call the san francisco police department. much more ahead on "today in the bay," still to come, we have the latest on the maine caucuses. there is a lot at stake after gop presidential hopeful mitt romney's series of losses. plus take a look at this. the drive that has one bay area cindirhtic fef firefighters

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we are looking live at the preparations, so quiet now but once that chinese new year's parade starts winding through chinatown in san francisco, boy, it is loud. this year, 250-foot-long dragon, because it is of course the year of the dragon. thanks so much for joining us on this saturday morning. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda, and will that dragon be wearing a little 250-foot-long raincoat? >> i think it will be okay. the roads there are a little bit wet, we had drizzle and light rain earlier but the radar for the most part now not seeing anything in terms of moderate rain. it would show up in yellow or orange there on the map, we're really not seeing a whole lot. you notice we have a system there crossing by just south of the bay area this morning, so that's the reason why, right around 3:00 and 4:00 this morning, we had a few light showers come on through, i think for the first half of the day you can see from 8:00 until about 2:00 or 3:00 in the

afternoon we'll still see pop-up showers around the east bay hills and the santa clara county hill tops, east of san jose and eventually clearing from north to south. temperatures toward lunch time not too bad t will take a while to clear out for the south bay. we'll call for partial clearing around san jose, clear skies up toward santa rosa where we should see low to mid-60s today. it will be a brief break. by 4:00 sunday evening the stronger system rolls in, more rain, and snow, maybe near 4,000 feet. so we'll talk more about that in the full forecast in a few minutes. >> here's to hoping. thank you very much. a major staff shakeup at a peninsula elementary school thanks to the parental instincts of a father. the father says the school could have prevented his son's abuse but did not. the redwood city teacher and eight other school employees are now on administrative leave in connection with the case. the the fore of one of the alleged victims and the lawyer of the special needs teacher says, has this to say. >> apparently he was fidgeting or not being compliant, and

teacher came behind his chair and kicked him. >> she's received nothing but good reviews from her supervisor and this is the first time that she's ever been made aware that her behavior could have been considered misconduct. >> the teacher alexia bogdis is out of jail on $15,000 bail, faces charges of abusing two 4-year-old students at her class at roosevelt elementary school. she's due march 1st for arraignment. friends and family will say good-bye to a well-known junior college football coach. a public memorial will be held today at one of the foothill college gyms. 52-year-old died in his sleep a few weeks ago. he spent 30 years at foothill college in los altos, last five as heir head coach and he took the owls to a top five national ranking in 2007. maine's caucuses today come at a critical time for gop

presidential hopeful mitt romney. the one-time republican front-runner is looking to avoid a fourth consecutive defeat. romney stepped up efforts to court local republicans and he's now locked in a two-man race with texas congressman ron paul. neither newt gingrich nor rick santorum are actively competing in maine. this morning president obama is backing off a controversial requirement for birth control coverage. president obama is backing off his plan to have church-based hospitals and charities provide contraception for female employees, this comes after the president got an earful, including from members of his own party. instead the president announced that the insurance companies and not the churches, will provide this free service to all female employees. there could soon be some changes to martin luther king jr. memorial statue in the nation's capital. the towers legacy of the civil rights leader now immortalized in stone on washington's national mall seems to have something wrong with the inscripti inscription. critics say the shortened phrase

doesn't accurately reflect king's words and makes him seem less modest than he was. "i was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness." they say if the full quotation was used they'd get the true meaning of the words "it reads yes if you want to say that i was a drum major, say that i was a drum major for justice, say that i was a drum major for peace. i was a drum major for righteousness and all of the other shallow things will not matter." there is a difference, isn't there? so far no date has been set for the changes. the state department is issuing a travel warning to much of mexico. the widest such advisory since the drug war escalated in 2006. the warning covers 14 of mexico's 31 states seen here in highlighted areas in yellow, including parts of central mexico and areas bordering the u.s. while the state of couhuila is

included, some cruise ships are no longer stopping there. acapulco excluded from the list despite a big spike in drug violence there. if you know the city of livermore, has a reward for you, it happened 2:30 yesterday morning near a railroad crossing. a veteran officer was hit in the head when a group of people began throwing large rocks and concrete pieces at him. the officer pulled over to clear debris from the street when he was hit from above causing moderate head trauma. police are scouring the area for clues. >> it's so daring, let alone to do it on anybody, but then when it's clearly a law enforcement officer, his lights are on, and to just be so aggressive and fearless is concerning of the type of individuals that are on the street. >> police say the concrete throwers will face charges of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer. the reward is $2,000 for information leading to arrest. a howell woman drove her

lexus several hundred feet over a sandy beach and into the ocean, still has police and firefighters baffled this morning. when they arrived at this scene, the ocean beach, the driver was still sitting in her car. firefighters got her out. she was hospitalized with minor injuries. then crews waited for low tide so they could pull the car out of the ocean yesterday afternoon. a large crowd is expected today for the grand opening of a 30,000 square foot library in los gatos. the new library is the first municipal facilities built since the 1970s. it opens a milestone event for the community following four years of planning and construction. the opening ceremony will feature music, a economic rative poem and recognize of the first library in santa clara county. a designation that usually goes to environmentally friendly buildings. the grand opening is at 10:00 this morning. they are very excited. this morning is your first

chance to see san francisco celebrity banana sam again. someone stole the monkey from his zoo enclosure in december. the very next day a man told police he found banana sam into san francisco's stern grove and lured him into the backpack. after weeks in garn teen he'll be returned to his exhibit today and a bonus if you bring banana sam a valentine you'll be treated to $1 off admission all week long. police still investigating how banana sam ended up in the backpack. much more ahead on "today in the bay," growing food tr lyfaa matter how much space you have. anything not moving forward is moving backward. [ tires screech ] [ engine turns over, tires squeal ] introducing the 2013 gs. with the lexus enform app suite, the most connected information and communication technology available in an automobile. [ tires screeching ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs.

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ucsf doctors believe they've found a way to use patients' own stem cells to repair damage caused by a heart attack. they've already tried the procedure in mice and will soon test that treatment in people. "today in the bay's" marianne favro explains why this holds so much promise. >> reporter: this spectacular view has great use forrant me lincoln. a few weeks ago he suffered a heart attack. >> they called and i was a heart attack. >> reporter: he's watching the research going on in the medical center with intense interest. professor of cardiology, dr. zarian and his team believe they found a way to take stem cells from a patient's own heart and use them to help perform heart functions after a heart attack. tests conducted in mice are promisi promising. >> we see more blood vessels forming and much less damage to the heart. >> reporter: this is a picture of heart stem cells beating in a special culture. doctors say using a patient's

own stem cells offers major benefits. >> if we can use adult stem cells that come from the same patient to treat that same patient, the chance of rejection is going to be minimized. >> doctors have already taken heart stem cells from five human patients to learn more about the technique. clinical studies where stem cells will be reinjected back into a patient's heart will likely begin next year. while anthony may not personally be a new candidate for the new procedure, he supports the research. >> i think we can save a lot of lives, and open a lot of doors for people like myself that had a heart attack and possibly could have another. >> reporter: giving a more promising view of the future for fellow heart attack survivors. growing enough food to sustain you and your family may seem out of reach especially if you live in the city. one couple makes a lot of garden out of a little bit of spee. here's lee spahn of tampa toe

show how it works there and could work there for us. >> we call it homesteading. >> reporter: melissa canaaris and green dreams could help you move toward homesteading. their own backyard is a great example. >> we call it edible landscaping. we pulled out hedges and replaced it with edibles. we want to show that growing food with be just as beautiful as ornamental. >> reporter: they use vertical planters. ? >> one square foot of space how much can be done. this takes about 20 times the size because there are 20 separate plants and containers here. >> they use a square foot garden, gridded so you can pack in the plants. >> four lettuces per square, 12 beets per square. >> reporter: raised bets replaced shrubs. >> i built up my base with the newport richie compost and small islands, broccolis, radishes and

beets. >> reporter: they create their own nutrient rich soil from four bunnies. >> we keep them for fertilizer reasons and raise worms for the same purpose. we use the worm waste and create a worm tea for fertilizer. >> reporter: believe it or not this is their second growing season, just nine months ago this whole backyard was nothing but grass and looked like any florida landscape and now their tasty landscape helps them limit their dependence on chemicals and passes on the tradition to the next generation. >> you still have to water the garden, though, that i found is the key. much more ahead on "today in the bay," still to come your ticket to stardom could start today. we'll show you where auditions will be held for "america's got at thatt talent." low clouds and drizzle around the headlands and clearing across the north bay. what can you expect fory ans? t?

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welcome back. here is a live look outside san jose and off to the east, you're looking at really a drizzle storm right now, 680 you'll find that around fremont, milpitas, the sunol grade light rain coming down and a lot of clouds in the south bay and because of the clouds it's not too chilly this morning, mostly 40s to low fift 50s outside. some of the temperatures, 52 in san jose. 50 san francisco. 40s around napa and santa rosa. skies are starting to clear. we have patchy fog in santa rosa. not much wind right now but later on today we should see northwest winds picking up which should hopefully clear out our skies as we get towards the afternoon. right now and through probably midday especially for the hilltops a chance of drizzle and light rain and clearing for the afternoon. not much clearing in terms of

how long it's going to last because midday sunday mostly cloudy skies, rain returns by sunday evening then as we head into monday, chilly temperatures, highs in the low to mid-50s for most of the bay area. air quality is finally looking good as we get the rain and the winds to pick up, that is helping to rinse out the air and in terms of the radar view, not a whole lot happening there as we widen out for you, we got this weather system that is passing by to the south taking all the low clouds and forcing them to rise over the hilltops which wrings out just a little bit of light rain. we're seeing that right now, later on today as the northwest winds pick up we'll see clearing but in the meantime right there around the east bay hills up towards the marin headlands up into the north bay, sonoma county as well and santa clara county and the hilltops through early afternoon, chance of drizzle and by the evening things should start to wind down. this is not a big one in terms of filling up rain gauges around the bay area. it is enough to wet the ground in a few spots especially along the 680 drive up towards sunol this morning. as we get towards sunday

afternoon notice the rain rates start to pick back up again, sunday night into your monday morning commute. the next system likely dropping close to a half inch of rain in the wettest spots. the temperatures are dropping down as we get into your monday afternoon and tuesday. today close to 60 in san jose, late day partial clearing for the south bay, around the east bay, upper 50s to low 60s and the same temperature trend as we head up to the north bay. santa rosa probably one of the warmer spots as the northwest winds pick up and start to clear out the skies. so a few showers early today, then tomorrow, by the evening, into monday morning we will see the wettest part of the week aed has, chilly temperature, valentine's day, partly cloudy, maybe a few coastal showers tuesday night moo wednesday and patchy fog and dryer second half of the week. the snow level quo be as low as 4,000 feet so snow for the sierra. >> good news, finally get to say normal weather. >> it's finally winter again. >> thanks, rob.

this weekend you can show america you've got talent without leaving the bay area. the show is holding open auditions in san francisco this weekend and you could be picked to audition in front of how warde stern, sharon osbourne and howie mandel in two weeks. host knick cannkha nick canon w. doors open at 8:00 this morning and tomorrow morning, get the details on our website nbcbayarea.com. we still have more ahead for you on "today in the bay," still to come, millions of people saw this at the super bowl halftime show, it is called slacklining, a new sport growing in popularity. we'll show you what it takes to stay on top. here is mike inouye with a look at the weekend calendar. >> there's lots to do. being the traffic guy i have to make sure i give the note about the chinese new year parade in san francisco. expect delays around and down market street. now, this right here on the screen is not pat raid route,

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good morning to you. millions of people got a taste of slacklining during the super bowl halftime show. if you missed it, it's sort of like walking on a tight rope except much lower and much more tricky. brian hickney shows us what it takes. >> reporter: don't call it a tight rope. it's a flexible rope. >> the line actually moves with

slacklining. tight rope walking is held stable. >> reporter: damian cooksey is the owner of bridges rock gym where a third of the space is dedicated to teaching, practicing and showing off the sport. >> with skiers, snowboarders, surfers, anyone that does any balance sport with benefit from slacklining. >> reporter: getting started is about patience and balance. >> you get started by just trying and just taking some steps on the line. we actually offer beginner slacklining courses here. >> reporter: once you find your footing here, time to try the slick line something 14-year-old alex mason mastered. >> i like how much practice it takes and it's just a really, really fun sport. >> reporter: alex discovered slacklining two years ago at a birdie party in this gym. this year he took third in a national event in boston. when you first stem on you realize these guys make it look really easy but after a little bit of time you, too, could be walking the thin nylon line.

>> he might need a different microphone for that one. we have a crew headed out to the scene of a crash on highway 101. all lanes are shut down in the northbound direction because of a big rig that crashed, turned over, jack-knifed and to complicate matters further it was carrying gravel so there's gravel all over the roadway. our crew is headed out there, so are emergency crews, this is near whipple avenue on northbound 1501. we'll get you more details as soon as we get them in and we will and be right back.

this morning we want to introduce you to bianca, who is so cute. she only has three legs but she doesn't know she's supposed to have four. >> she does not. she's only six months old. when we rescued her, her left rear leg had been horrifically broken at some pint in her short

life and so badly broken we couldn't save it so we had to amputate but she is fine for a tri-pawed dog. >> i get it. how cute. she doesn't seem as shimmy as a lot of chihuahuas. >> she's certainly not. and she's friendly and loves meeting new people and quite the adventurer, gets around great on three legs. she's running with the bhes est them. >> if there's a dog with a traumatic break, something happened to her leg, do we need to worry that that is going to kind of follow her and her personality, that she's going to be maybe afraid of people? >> you know that's a huge possibility. we certainly don't know what happened or how it happened, and you know, we have rescue dogs before who have been very hand shy and just really you have to build their confidence, and with people and let them know not all people are bad and they're kind. >> she seems like she's getting that message loud and clear.

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