good morning. i'm kris sanchez. coming up on "today in the bay," the shocking death of pop star whitney houston. we'll have the latest on the overnight investigation, plus what her ex-husband bobby brown is saying about the loss. another test for gop presidential hopeful. we'll tell you which candidate came out on top at the gathering the most conservative of the conservative in washington, d.c. this weekend. plus, the latest on the fight in syria to oust that country's president. what's planned to end the conflict diplomatically. this is "today in the bay." a pretty chilly start to

this sunday morning. hope you're all cozy and cuddled up in your comforter or your blankie, and -- and have a nice steaming cup of coffee this morning. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm kris sanchez. if you're not warm now, you're going to be really cold later. >> a little less clouds overnight and temperatures did drop off. patchy fog which is kind of slowing things down around santa rosa this morning. it is chilly out there. low 40s around santa rosa and concord. look at that, down to just about a tenth of a mile so that's the reason why we do have a dense fog advisory up to the north bay. increasing clouds heading to the afternoon that will eventually lead to some raindrops, so you'll expect that the clouds filling in today, even around 1:00, not warming up a whole lot. upper 50s to near 60 today and right there by 6:00 we'll start to see some light rain moving in. we'll see how much rain is moving in and how much snow we could get with this system. >> thanks very much, rob. music lovers and the music

industry are mourning the death of superstar whitney houston. the iconic singer was found dead in a beverly hills hotel room yesterday afternoon, hours before the start of the music industry's biggest awards show, the grammys. "today in the bay's" jinah kim has the story. ♪ and i will always love you >> reporter: she was the undisputed queen of the charts in the '080s and '90s and reigned over the big screen in blockbuster hits like "the bodyguard." on saturday afternoon it was her bodyguard who found whitney houston dead in her beverly hills hotel room. >> she found whitney houston unresponsive in her hotel room. they attempted to start resuscitation measures. they were not successful, unfortunately. >> detectives who continued their investigation through the night say there are no indications it was a crime and say there are no obvious signs of drugs. it was drugs, alcohol, and a turbulent relationship with

former husband bobby brown that turned her skyrocketing career into a downward spiral, but recently she was attempting to revive her stardom with a new movie and album. >> it just seemed like whustitn houston was trying to make a comeback, are a very big role in "sparkle". >> and in photo taken earlier houston appeared disheveled and drowsy. overnight tributes sprang up in her tribute in her honor. >> there will never be another whitney. >> and at the beverly hilton where houston was to attend a star-studded pre-grammy gala fellow artists mourned her loss. >> that voice, oh, my god. no one has ever come close to that voice. >> the voice, her voice, we're very sad. >> i am personally devastated by the loss of someone who has

meant so much to me for so many years. >> jinah kim, nbc news, los angeles. >> and jinah kim will join us a little bit later. whitney houston's ex-husband bobby brown spoke briefly about the star during a performance in mississippi saying, quote, i love you, whitney. the hardest thing for me to do is come on this stage. tonight you can watch a "dateline" special on whitney houston's life, the highs, the lows, all starting at 7:00 right here on nbc "bay area news." and a one-two punch for mitt romney, the gop candidate celebrating a big comeback in the race for the white house. following a series of defeats earlier this week, romney got a much-needed boost yesterday claiming victory at the caucus last night. hours earlier he won the straw poll at the cpac conference in washington where the candidates argued their conservative credentials. >> i was a severely conservative

republican governor. >> this administration is waging war on religion, and so are the courts. >> after weeks of action, now there is a lull until the end of the month. the primaries in arizona and michigan are coming up next. here in california the state's democrats convened in san diego to work on a battle plan for november's election. more than 3,000 activists strategized on the party's two main goals for 2012. returning president obama to the white house and getting nancy pelosi back in the speaker's chair and house. the party's top leaders, nancy pelosi, dianne feinstein and governor brown all addressed the crowd. brown urged state activists towards winning a two-thirds super majority in both the assembly and state senate. that's the margin needed to pass new taxes and get measures on the ballot without the cooperation of the republican party. we will talk politics with our analyst larry gerston a little

later. a few families were allowed to leave opposition neighborhoods in homs. hundreds of people died in the past week in the military's efforts to stop the revolt against the president. human rights organizations are calling for an end to the violence while protesters are criticizing how the world is reacting. >> we have to act now because people are losing their lives today, and that's why many of the solutions which are being proposed which are long term are also important, but what we need today is an end to the violence and that will happen only if the syrian government stops killing people. >> i think that the international reaction is very appalling of what's happening in syria. it's a total genocide. >> meantime, syrian state tv is reporting that a syrian military doctor was shot and killed outside his home in damascus. in the coming days foreign ministers from the arab league are expected to meet in cairo to attempt a diplomatic resolution. this morning, al qaeda leader

ayman al zawahri urged syrians not to rely on the west or arab governments in their uprising. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, how bad is california's debt? we'll talk with our political analyst larry t thegerston about the latest projections and how far off the mark we are. ♪

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chung put out revenue numbers that are once again short of projections, plus a story from our investigative unit put mayor chuck reed in san jose on the defensive regarding his numbers that he was used to go attempt pension reform. bottom line is that the mayor was using a pension cost projection that members of his staff said they could not back up, a figure that is a quarter billion dollars higher than it should have been. we'll start there with our political analyst larry gerston. what's the fallout for mayor chuck reed? i don't think anybody is saying this means we don't need pension reform. >> look, any elected official's

standing depends on his credibility. you start giving numbers that aren't credible and there goes your credibility. mayor reed says this was an outside figure, never really considered t.nonetheless, that figure was bantered about a lot. when you get the pension reform come june, the question is will his proposal still have the bite that it had until this happened? >> now, is the pension reform then viable for june, if everybody is trying to rework these numbers? >> it's hard to believe that it still would not be on the ballot. i think it will be. certainly given the opposition something to talk about. people are pretty upset about it. a contentious issue one way or the other. adds more fuel to the fire. >> we'll continue to follow that. now we'll move on to the budget and controller chung's announcement that projections way below where they were supposed to be. again, the figure is off. that's the problem with projections. they are a necessary evil really. we have to have them to project, but how bad is it? it's bad, and it's been bad month after month.

that's the problem. no new story here. it's been going on for a long time. bad because the revenues are less than expected but also because next year's shortfall coming up real fast is somewhere between $9 billion and $13 billion, depending on whether you're taking the governor's or the legislature's point of view. you put the two together here, and you've got a real serious problem. >> now why are the numbers so far off. we know we have to project and make budgets and sometimes we have to use numbers that we don't have right in front of us, but why is this number so far off? >> two answers, kris. first of all, the state is spending money the court have said you can't spend. the courts have said you've got to cut it out, can't do it, unconstitutional. california's recovery been going on, but let's call it sluggish. >> right. >> slow. >> and so because of that, the money that the state thought would come in isn't coming in the way they thought it would and hoped it would. between those two together, the math doesn't look so good.

>> now, this is what we're talking about for november. we're talking about, you know, tax reforms for the november ballot. >> yeah. >> the governor wants those temporary measures to go into place, but is it going to happen? it is is it what we need? >> it's $7 billion which would make a big dent in the hole. the question is why wait till november? why not do it in june? we have an election. the problem is in june all the republicans are coming out to vote, why? because they have a presidential nomination. everybody is clawing at everybody else. high turnout. the democrats have no reason to come out in june. brown says, you know what, let's put this off until november, the november election when democrats will be coming out in large numbers to support their guy. >> you have to head to the airport going to washington, d.c. what are you going to be doing? >> talking to folks about what's going on with the efforts to keep the social security tax down and whether it's going to go through. >> see, you are totally there. off to the airport.

have a great trip, larry. see you back here next weekend. of course, you don't have to miss larry too much because you can get his political insight any time of day. just do a little search for his blog. coming up, celebrating the year of the dragon. we'll give you a look at san francisco's massive chinese new year's parade where hundreds of thousands of people turned out to watch. >> and here's a view of oakland. gray skis, maybe some mist in a few areas this morning before the rain rolls in. as we wrap up the lo at at and your sunday forecast when we come right back. nd

and it is a chilly start to the morning, though it is not yet raining. that's coming on just a little bit later on today so you have time to find your umbrella and your rain coat, galoshes maybe. rob, what kind of galoshes do you have? >> the kind that are extremely

weatherproof. the kind that won't get my feet cold. >> temperatures this morning in the 40s around the north bay. gorgeous pictures around the bay area this morning. not much wind out there, but later on we get some raindrops underneath the clouds. 40 in santa rosa and 47 in san francisco and san mayato 46. san jose, as we show you the winds, not too much, onshore breezes reaching fairfield this morning, which is the sign of a good healthy sea breeze, but look at the visibility miles, dropping off to a tenth of a mile around santa rosa. that's the reason why we have a dense fog advisory up to the north bay. increasing clouds for the afternoon and eventually to wrap up the day, rain coming in for the evening and chilly temperatures. cold enough to support snow levels, close to 4,000 feet by tomorrow. air quality just fine thanks to the breezy conditions later on, and some raindrops that will be headed our way. right now the radar is dry from the bay area up to the north coast. that will change around lunchtime for the north coast, and eventually we'll see clouds spilling our way. right now the system that will

bring us the rain and the chance of snow above 4,000 feet is still getting its act together offshore. it's not a really strong system. one that's dropping out of the northwest. moisture-starved and a little bit chilly, and you'll notice it towards tomorrow afternoon. around 4:00 you start to see the clouds spilling over the bay area. by the evening, looking at mainly light rain. overnight, some moderate pockets of rain going into your monday morning commute, and can you see some scattered showers that will follow as that chilly air starts to spill into the bay area. rainfall totals out of the system, not a whole lot. most of it falling tonight into tomorrow morning. we're talking about a quarter inch for most places or less, but those temperatures monday are going to be chilly again. cold enough for snow levels, as low as pollard pines, and perhaps even as low as the summit of mt. hamilton. today upper 50s for most of the bay area, around the south bay over towards the tri-valley. should see the numbers in the upper 50s to maybe near 60 around dublin, and can you see

the temperatures around san francisco today in the mid to upper 50s, so we're not going to warm up a whole lot. clouds coming in followed up by some raindrops as we wrap up today. tomorrow cool showers. highs in the low to mid-50s tomorrow and for valentine's day, i'd say towards the evening, stay tuned. maybe some showers as the system kind of rolls down the coast. not a washout, but maybe a few scattered showers there as they head towards valentines evening. >> thanks very much, rob. if you missed the annual chinese new year's parade in san francisco last night, festivities will continue in chinatown today so you're not completely out in the cold. hundreds of thousands of people lined the city streets to watch the parade and this time it was a special occasion for the city's new mayor who helped usher in the year of the dragon. more now on this colorful event. >> reporter: parade started with a bang and didn't disappoint the hundreds of thousands of people who came to watch what's

considered the largest celebration of the chinese new year outside of asia. about 5,000 people marched in this year's parade which featured more than 100 floats. >> i'm excited. i've never seen the dragons. always wanted to see the dragons. it will be cool. got my own little mini dragon so it's going to be fun. >> and this year there were dragons just about everywhere you looked, in all colors and sizes. >> the dragon is strong. it's like the best animal. everybody who was born in the year of the dragon and people are trying to get children born in the year of the dragon, everything about it is good. a strong omen. >> helping usher in the year of the dragon was san francisco's first chinese-american mayor ed lee who told us for him the parade is a source of proud. >> and i'm very proud being mayor of this city. it's so diverse, and the asian culture gets to be shared in these lunar new years with

everybody. we're very proud. hundreds of thousands of people here tonight. for the scores of spectators it was a chance to enjoy one of the city's largest and most colorful cultural events. >> i think this is really good. it's really fun. >> oh, it's neat. it's really neat. i like the way -- all the noises and all the dancers. it's really pretty fascinating. >> very cool. that was diane dwyer reporting. chinese new year festivities continues today with a cultural street fair in san francisco's chinatown. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, a glimpse of life under the sea. igpli r oplopusct on disay rhtes here in the bay area.

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well, we have some new celebrities in town. actually, they have been here for a while but now they are above ground. nbc bay ayuh shows us how one

fascinate i fascinating sea dweller is going to the public eye. >> reporter: hunkered down in the nooks and crannies of the aquarium of the bay, three pacific octopi showed little interest in the adoring public. >> a little flashy, but camera shy, a little camera shy. >> reporter: it took the coaxing of a diver to lure one of the eight-legged wonders into the spotlight. >> it's really remarkable. >> reporter: people can go to different places and see fish, but to be able to see an octopus i think is a really memorable experience. >> reporter: the trio of octopi came via a fisherman. >> instead of maybe wanting to barbecue them up, which is, unfortunately, something that they like to do or sell them for food, if they get them alive, then they give us a call. >> reporter: fishermen will usually come across an octopus during crab season and in many

cases they aren't exactly thrilled to see them. >> you know you have an octopus when you pull a trap up and it's got six empty shells in it. >> reporter: this crab fisherman says octopi are extremely intelligent creatures and fishermen are happy to see them on display in the aquarium, but not always. >> just like anything out there in the ocean, you know, it's a tough neighborhood and everybody else eats something for a living out there, so sometimes they get eaten, too. >> but inside the aquarium the octopi are treated to all the crab they can eat without becoming a meal themselves. it's a pretty decent gig, and all you have to do is occasionally wave to the crowd. joe rosato jr., nbc "bay area news." >> how is that for a great rainy day activity. people with epilepsy often go through life without knowing when a seizure will strike but now a bay area teenager has

help. all she needs is a pat on the head. marianne favro has the story of a very special dog and a new partnership. >> reporter: the dog is demonstrating just how her new service dog might be able to help her, by bringing her medication. 16-year-old rosa has epilepsy. >> i income out? and she just learned she will receive a seizure response dog for assistance. seizure dogs require two years of training, a $20,000 investment. one rosa's family couldn't possibly afford because they are already struggling to pay $1,000 a month for rosa's epilepsy medication, but delmonte, the makers of milk bone teamed up to pay for rosa's new service dog she will receive next year. >> it will make me feel secure when i will have a seizure. they said the dog will go get me help. >> reporter: even more important the dog is trained to let her know when she's about to have

her seizure so she can take her emergency medication. this early alert has helped save lives. >> one of our recipients has a dog that is trained for the seizure response, and the child was in the pool swimming, and the dog knew a seizure was coming on and went and got help and brought the mother back to where the child was. >> reporter: rosa's mom is thrilled her daughter was awarded the trained furry friend. >> it will be peace of mind as a mother because i know she will be protected and the dog will help her. >> reporter: rosa hopes the new canine companion will become good friends with her dog and give her the confidence to get out and enjoy life. >> it will make me more safe and secure like when i do have a seizure. it will make me feel more secure about my seizures. >> reporter: a new best friend that just also happens to be a four-legged alert system. >> and that was "today in the bay's" marianne favro reporting. with valentine's day around the corner, not just flowers and

chocolate that are popular this time of year. several bay area pet shelters are offering up some pretty sweet deals on guys like these if you're looking for that perfect match. san francisco animal care and control is hosting a valentine adoption fair at the city shelter on 15th street. they say the fair will be the best place to find true love this valentine's day. all adoption fees will be 50% off today. plus, there will be games for the kids, a photo booth and a bake sale. just across the street the san francisco spca is hosting a van tine adopt-a-thon. the goal is to find homes for 120 animals at the spca. the adoption costs just $12. and we have more ahead for you on "today in the bay." coming up the death of whitney houston. what happened, plus fellow artists mourn her loss. and more information is emerging on the catholic sexual abuse scandal. is the church hiding names of priests suspected of being sexual predators? that story coming up.

good sunday morning. beautiful golden start to this sunday, though it is chilly start, and we have rain in the forecast. when is it coming? rob mayeda is here with that answer. maybe not at much rain as we thought but still the rain we need. >> by the type the sun goes back down, we'll be seeing the sun. i think we'll have clouds coming in and eventually rain coming up. clearing overnight and sunshine, got kind of chilly. patchy fog around santa rosa and visibility, well, it's down to about a tenth of a mile. look out for patchy dense fog in the north bay valleys this morning. then as we head through the afternoon. filtered sunshine around lunchtime and mostly cloudy by this evening leading up to the chance of seeing a little bit of rain. through 9:00, mostly 40. by lunchtime mid-50s around the south bay and we may briefly get

close to 60 around 2:00 in the afternoon, and by 4:00 and 5:00 we're cooling off. inds picking up and clouds filling in and raindrops flying. the difference in this one though, a cold system that will drop snow levels close to 4,000 feet. again, a look at the rainfall and snowfall projection coming up in the full forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks, rob. mitt romney is regaining momentum after losing the last three nominating contests. he is celebrating two wins. first, he won a straw poll yesterday of conservative activists meeting in washington. then he won the caucuses in maine. brian moore has the latest. >> reporter: mitt romney edged out rick santorum in a straw poll saturday as the conservative public action conference in washington. newt gingrich and ron paul finished a distant third and fourth. it's completely unofficial but could telegraph an important signal to voters in upcoming contests. the results were announced as maine republicans wrapped up their caucuses. >> that winner is mitt romney.

>> reporter: romney edged out paul, avoiding a fourth loss in a week that has shaken up this west. cpac wound down with a speech from sarah palin. >> we are not red americans or white americans, we are red, white and blue and president obama we're through with you. >> reporter: romney argued his conservative credentials. >> i was a severely conservative republican governor. >> reporter: gingrich and santorum were preaching to a choir that knows them well. >> it's about government control of your lives, and it's got to stop. >> this administration is waging war on religion but so are the courts. >> reporter: now there's a lull until the end of the month primaries, a chance for the candidates to retrench and not rest. brian moore, nbc news, washington. >> in syria now, a temporary halt to the violence overnight.

security forces eased their week long bombardment of the central city of homs this morning and let a few families leave the opposition neighborhoods. hundreds of people have died over the past week in the military's effort to stop the revolt against the president. human rights organizations are calling for an end to the violence while protesters are criticizing how the world is reacting. >> we have to act now because people are losing their lives today, and that's why many of the solutions which are being proposed which are long-term, also important, but what we need today is an end to the violence, and that will happen only if the syrian government stops killing people. >> i think that the international reaction has been appalling what's happening in syria because it's a total genocide. >> meantime, syrian state tv is reporting that a syrian military doctor was shot and killed outside his home in damascus. in the coming days foreign ministers from the arab league are expected to meet in cairo to try to resolve the conflict diplomatically, and this morning al qaeda leader ayman al zawahri

urged syrians not to rely on the west or arab governments in their uprising. we have new information about the catholic church's sexual abuse scandal this morning. we are learning that hundreds of priests suspected of abuse are living undetected in communities across california and the church is protecting them. that is according to a lawyer who represents hundreds of victims suing the los angeles archdiocese. several victims who received monetary compensation from the church say they are shocked that the church and public officials aren't doing more to protect children. >> child sexual abuse. we're talking about sodomy. >> he raped me, and he would tell me that this is what god's love feels like. >> as part of a 2007 settlement, the church agreed to let courts decide which of the files should be made public. since the priests and the settlement had not been convicted of spews, none can be identified under megan's law or their whereabouts revealed in public database. attorney ray bucher has created

a map that show where 60 suspected priests are living in skull. >> they are being punished as if they had been convicted or at least that's the desire, to punish them, and that isn't fair. >> now a judge ordered release of some files in the coming weeks. the church refused comment on this report by our nbc station in los angeles. more human remains were found at two nthern california sites where a convicted serial may have dumped his victims. investigators discovered a skull fragment and other bones yesterday in an abanded well near the town of linden in san joaquin county. a bounty hunter says wesley shermantine dumped more than a dozen bodies in that well and they are digging near the former property of convicted killer in shermantine in calaveras county where they found the remains of a second person friday as well as another skull on thursday. the department of justice is now analyzing those bones.

this is wesley shermantine who along with his killing spree partner lawrence hertzog are connected to as many as 20 murders. among possible connections, young girls from heyward who disappeared in the late 1980s. hertzog committed suicide last month. the music world is in shock this morning, still reeling from the death of singer whitney houston. the iconic singer was found dead in a beverly hills hotel room yesterday afternoon on the eve of the music industry's biggest awards show, the grammys. "today in the bay's" jinah kim joins us live with more now from the beverly hilton hotel. such a day and people are having such a gut reaction to this because she really crossed so many lines in her music. >> reporter: oh, absolutely. you know, i was comparing when i heard the news in the newsroom yesterday, i happened to be working when this a.p. alert came through. my heart just sank. it was very similar to how i felt when i learned that michael jackson had died, both, of course, their lives taken so

early and very unexpectedly and in very tragic circumstances. now, what's the latest here at the beverly hilton which is where her body was found is that police completed overnight a ten-hour investigation. they haven't said much. there aren't too many questions that they are answering right now other than some that you had just mentioned. now the real work, however, begins to try to piece together exactly how whitney houston died. ♪ and i will always love you >> reporter: she was the undisputed queen of the charts through the '80s and '90s. she then reigned over the big screen in blockbuster hits like "the body guard." on saturday afternoon it was her bodyguard who found whitney houston dead in her beverly hills hotel room. >> they found houston unresponsive in her hotel room. they attempted to start resuscitation measures. they were not successful, unfortunately.

>> reporter: detectives who continued their investigation through the night say there are no indications it was a crime and say there are no obvious signs of drugs. it was drugs, alcohol and a turbulent relationship with former husband bobby brown that turned her skyrocketing career into a downward spiral, but recently she was attempting to revive her stardom with a new movie and album. >> it just seemed like whitney houston was trying to make a comeback of sorts. she had a very big movie role in "sparkle" and she was campaigning actively to get a seat on "the x-factor" judge's table. >> in photos taken earlier this week houston appeared disheveled and drowsy. overnight tributes sprang up across the country in her honor. >> there will never be another whitney. >> reporter: and at the beverly hilton where houston was to attend a star-studded pre-gamey gala hosted by her mentor, clive davis, fellow artists mourned her loss. >> that voice, oh, my god. no one has ever come close to

that voice. >> the voice, you know, her voice. just -- it's -- we're very sad. >> i am personally devastated by the loss of someone who has meant so much to me for so many years. >> and now a few hours from now all eyes will be on the grammy awards which is already such a huge event here in los angeles for the music industry. it's expected to draw even more crowds who are going to tune in to see how the artists pay tribute to whitney houston. it's also going to be a completely different event than in the past with this casting quite a somber tone to the event. back to you. >> she comes from a pretty famous family. her husband, bobby brown, made a comment before he took the stage in memphis yesterday, but have we heard from her mother, her other relatives who we know so well in the music world? >> i know that they are surrounded by family and friends

being consoled, especially her mother and her 19-year-old daughter with bobby brown, but as of yet they have not released any public statements. the only information that we've heard remotely has come from bobby brown, as you said, who broke down sobbing at a concert in mississippi yesterday when he learned of his ex-wife's death. >> thank you very much. so hard to wait to hear from them when we feel like she belonged to all of us, too. thank you very much. now last night -- coming up later on "today" jennifer hudson will perform a tribute to whitney houston tonight. still ahead on "today in the b bay" -- >> we'll get through all the stuff you've done in your life musically and then try to figure out, well, what should i do? >> we'll take a look behind the scenes of the bay area auditions this weekend for "america's got talent," and we're going to tyo want to give it a try.

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it is a bit of a chilly start but a dry start to this sunday morning, so if you have outdoor plans, you can breathe easy because you're going to be okay, until later tonight. we're going to talk with rob in just a couple minutes about that. the creators of "america's got talent" are in town this week and want to see what you've got. the tryouts in san francisco yesterday drew all kinds of folks from clowns, dog trainers, to singers and dancers. >> i am dancing because dance is my life, and i am the new "america's got talent" because i'm talented as well as everybody else but i'm bringing it because america wants to see me. >> they want to see more, right? got a special talent, have a chance to audition from 8:00 this morning until 7:00 tonight. we have all the details on how you can do that on our website nbcbayarea.com. more ahead for you on "today

in the bay." coming up, sometimes it takes years to find love. we have the story of one couple where it took almost a lifetime, but first here's mike inouye with our weekend calendar. good morning. lots to do today in the bay. the parade was yesterday, yes, but the celebration continues. if you've never been to the iconic chinatown community new year's fair in san francisco's legendary chinatown, consider it. park outside the area and then walk the neighborhood and you just -- just take it all in. got a warning for you. there is a dish served called stinky tofu, and if you catch a whiff of that, are you going to know why it got its name. not quite my cup of tea. if you're looking for that though, a cup of tea, head over to berkeley. the berkeley botanical garden today, the valentines tea for kids is a great way to teach kids that tea herbs and other everyday items come from plants before they get to the bottles and bags at the store. they will also make valentines from pressed botanicals, that

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pillowfightsj. that sounds like fan. a pair of newlyweds is proving it's never too late to find true love. as many couples they had a traditional wedding reception and honeymoon, but what makes this marriage unique is that the combined age of the bride and groom is 182 years. here's lester holt with their story. >> like most gentlemen, william thomas doesn't like to kiss and tell, but he just can't help himself when it comes to his wi wife. >> part of her hasn't aged beyond 40 years, her legs, her bosom, her face. >> you're going to say that on tv? >> he's allowed. after all, he and margaret are newlyweds. >> congratulations. >> it's never too late. >> at the mutual age of 91, william thomas and margaret mcspadden tied the knot in december. the bride and groom certainly didn't let age get in the way of

tradition. marking the occasion with a church service, followed by a reception and, of course, a honeymoon. >> we had a very good family gathering for the wedding. >> reporter: both were recently widowed and were friends years ago. >> margaret was the best friend of my wife's. >> reporter: couples lost touch but then fate stepped in last fall when margaret moved next door to william at this retirement community in charleston, south carolina. >> it's a good feeling to know that there's someone there for you, and that's what we missed when we lost our spouses. >> reporter: both lived full lives before retiring here. margaret ran an antique store and william was president eisenhower's pilot. >> aren't too many like this man in the world. >> reporter: they still have their own apartments, but these days they are usually only an

arm's length or kiss away from each other. >> it's meant to happen. >> and we think that it will make the last ten years of our life great. >> reporter: proving it's never too late to find true love. >> that was awesome. still more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, the weekend snow outlook. we'll take to you squaw valley to see what you can expect if you're making plans to head there. >> and this morning we earring seeing a little bit of sun mixed with some clouds and some misty skies. there's a nice view across the bay this morning. pretty light winds. th on e c on the way. a look at that when we come right back.

and welcome back. we're seeing kind of a cloudy start there east of downtown san jose. can you see the clouds up there and some mist around the coast this morning. in terms of the low-lovely clouds of the north bay, ground level with patchy dense fog around santa rosa.

look out for that. visibility less than a tenth of a mile and during the day we'll go from sunshine early to mostly cloudy and some rain showing up later on. can you see here on the satellite radar view, we'll have clouds spilling in for the afternoon and probably right around mid-afternoon we're going to see mostly cloudy skies. right around 1:00 and 2:00 in the afternoon and then by the evening, here comes the rain, mainly light rain and more moderate rain overnegotiate as we get into monday. rainfall totals, 8:00 tonight to 8:00 tomorrow morning, about a quarter inch. the air is cold enough to drop snow levels finally down to close to 4,000 feet. pollack pines and not quite down to colfax. around the bay area today, clouds spill in, and it will be tough to warm up. highs in the upper 50s and close to 60 in some of the warmest locations. cooler on the coast thanks to the onshore winds.

seven-day forecast, rain later today with mostly cloudy skies and monday looks wet. cloudy skies and scattered breaks. cool, low to mid-50s and stay tuned. valentines evening, maybe some showers late, but the computer models are arguing on that point. stay tuned for that forecast. second half of the week does look drier >> the biggest school district in san jose has a whole week off, february 20th. >> wow. >> i'm sure lots of parents and kids are watching. >> they look a little better. >> thanks, rob. >> good news for snowboarders and skiers. there could be up to a foot of fresh powder tonight and tomorrow into squaw valley. last night some people hit the slopes in squaw valley for night skiing, as if daytime skiing isn't hard enough. yesterday the cearra received a little dusting of snow, and we want to thank you so much for make is us a part of this morning. fantastic to have you on this sunday morning.

back with you next weekend bright and early at 7:00 a.m. have a great day.