good morning. i'm kris sanchez. coming up on "today in the bay," remembering the one-year anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami in japan. we'll show you how the people in the land of the rising sun and around the world are marking this solemn day. plus, a bay area police chief sends an officer to a reporter's house. no routine call. we'll explain. and a living tribute to bay area native pat tillman kicks off this morning. we'll show you what people will do to remember the life of nfl player who gave up pro football to enlist in the army. this is "today in the bay."

good morning to you. a very lovely start to the day, although it is quite a bit earlier, so it's darker there. look the at downtown san jose. the clouds will bring rain. thanks for joining us this morning and we want you to check your clock, because if you're up with us right now, then you probably remembered to spring forward. >> that's right. >> if not, then you're probably going why are they on so early? no emergency. just sleep deprivation. i'm kris sanchez, along with meteorologist anthony slaughter who is in for rob mayeda who picked a very good day to take off. >> yeah, he did, perfect weekend. i think they planned this a while ago. let's bring in the new guy. and not only that but to deliver this rainy forecast, we're talking about rain, not only for this afternoon, kris, but really as we get into the next workweek so keep the umbrellas handy. you'll definitely be glad you had them, especially when you get towards tuesday and wednesday, the showers become more widespread. satellite radar composite, you'll notice light showers on the radar. those are making their way through the north bay as we speak. this morning there's some

drizzle in place becoming more widespread with the heavier band in. temperatures not too bad in the mid-to upper 40s and 50s and later on this afternoon we're talking about light to moderate shower activity making its way all the way down towards the south bay, gilroy and san jose, light showers and even into the east bay with cooler numbers, mid to upper 50s and speaking of 50s, yeah, cooler along the coast. lower 50s there were that onshore breeze, kicking in especially towards this afternoon. we're talking about rain once we do get to the afternoon hours so a good day to keep the umbrellas handy. >> hold on to them, too, because it was breezy last night. >> yes, and breezy especially this week. we'll get more details for you coming up. >> thanks very much, anthony. today marks the one-year anniversary of a tragedy in japan, the effects of which were so great they rippled around the world. exactly one year ago a massive earthquake struck there. this morning the japanese people observed a moment of silence. in tokyo's national theater japan's emperor and empress

stood in silence with hundreds of people at a memorial service marking the first-year anniversary of this disaster. the 9.0 earthquake hit at 2:46 in the afternoon in japan and triggered a massive tsunami. more than 19,000 people were either killed or swept away never to be seen again. [ bells tolling pren. >> meantime, people also gathered in the affected cities to hold a moment of silence and to pray together. the quake was the strong nest japanese history and the tsunami is created was more than 65 feet high in some locations along the coastline there. destroyed tens of thousands of homes. tokyo electric power company workers stood in silence as well to remember the disaster. tepco is the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. reactors at that plant lost power and then the backup generators blooded because they were in the basement, and that led to the world's worst nuclear

crisis in a quarter century. around two dozen people who lived near the plant were forced to evacuate. they were allowed to return for a few hours today to pay their respects to those who died during the tsunami. the effects of the tsunami were so strong that we felt them along our coastline here. you might remember the tsunami traveled thousands of miles all the way to the santa cruz harbor where it ripped away boat and destroyed docks. as of now, only two of the 23 docks there have been repaired. and we want to join you -- want you to join us this evening for a special program dedicated to the anniversary. d disaster in japan, one year later. we will hear from people who lived through the tragedy, and we will talk about the lessons learned. plus, the millions of tons of debris floating in our direction. join us this evening at 5:30. in other news this morning, berkeley's police chief is at the center of a controversy, and now he is apologizing. it all started friday night when the chief sent a sergeant to the

home of a newspaper reporter in the middle of the night. the chief disagreed with an article that the reporter wrote and wanted a correction. requested today in the bay's" monty francis spoke with the police chief and reporter as well. >> reporter: a community meeting was held about the community response to last month's beating death in the berkeley hills. after the meeting doug oakly filed a report online saying meehan apologized to a delayed response to the crime scene. oakly told us by phone he went home, and shortly before 1:00 a.m. he was awakened by a knock on his doro. >> i didn't know what to think. police coming to your door it's never good in the middle of the night. i was just afraid it was something that happened tragic to someone i knew >> reporter: sergeant at the door was the department's public information officer who told

observi oakly saying the chief had apologized for offering an explanation but not a delay in the response to the crime zane. oakley who agreed to make the changes says he felt startled and intimidated. >> i couldn't sleep. kept staring out the window and my wife and i were talking about this is what it might be like for people in other countries that don't get the protections we do here. >> it was obvious a very significant error in judgment and i put doug in an awkward position. really shouldn't have done that. what i'm doing is i'm completely falling on my sword because i am simply in the wrong. >> chief meehan told us he called and personally apologized to oakley and the chief is calling the whole ordeal a learning experience. >> i should have just taken a deep breath, relaxed a little bit and waited for the morning. i did send doug also an e-mail later in the day saying this is my fault. this is my error. >> reporter: monte francis, "today in the bay." >> the reporter says he's ready to move on from this, but it's unclear whether other city

leaders will be able to move on from it as well. the city manager issued a statement saying the chief's actions were out of line. in the race for the republican presidential nomination, rick santorum gained some momentum ahead of two crucial primaries in the south on tuesday. he won caucuses in kansas and mitt romney picked up guam and other u.s. territories. while many are seeing this as a two-man race, newt gingrich is hoping to get a boost in his native south with the mississippi and alabama primaries on tuesday. >> it is a big deal. if we win alabama and mississippi, by next wednesday this totally wild roller coaster race will be reset one more time, and we will be on the way. >> now despite santorum's win in kansas yesterday, romney has 377 delegates so far, about twice as many as santorum. a special race will happen in just about an hour to honor the life of san jose native pat tillman.

the 408k race is a five-mile run starting from the hp pavilion and ending at santana row. proceeds benefit the pat tillman foundation. you might remember tillman gave up an nfl career to enlist in the army in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. he died two years later in a friendly fire incident in afghanistan. several streets in downtown san jose, including parts of stevens creek boulevard, will be shut down. organizers say roadways though will reopen just a few hours later. we still have more ahead for you on "today in the bay." coming up, a u.s. service member opens fire on afghan civilians. the latest developments, including accounts from a photographer who is at the scene. and punk art cars. we'll show you how a bay area artist is transforming odd bits of scrap metal into drivable pieces that look like they come straight out of the storybook. ♪ looking through a lens of gold ♪

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good morning to you. if you haven't sprung forward, then you'll be surprised at how dark it is outside. it is time for daylight saving time. that daylight will bring us wintry weather today. more on that in just a bit. new this morning. a u.s. soldier is in custody after allegedly walking off his base in afghanistan and then firing his weapon at civilians. this happened inwo villages in kandahar.ern province of there are varying reports of casualties. nato says there are multiple wounded, but it has not confirmed any deat, but the associated press has a photographer there on thede ound, and reports seeing the bodies of 15 villagers killed by the mesh soldier. there are reports that that soldier may have have had a nervous breakdown before the attack. he has surrendered himself to the u.s. military. and in pakistan 15 people are dead and 37 others wounded after a suicide bomber attacked a funeral. a bomber was you a allegedly targeting anti-taliban politician who was not injured in the deadly attack. so far, no one has claimed

responsibility for this attack. more violence along the border between israel and gaza. israeli air strikes killed a 12-year-old boy. this is video of his family reacting. militants in gaza continue to fire back. israeli air strikes killed 17 people in gaza since friday when israel killed the commander of the militant group. it has been the worst violence between the israeli army and the palestinian militants in more than a year. still have more ahead for you on "today in the bay." still to come, this video got you doing a double take? you are not seeing things. you can see where you can see this unusual house in person. plus why the owner decided to turn things upside down. >> and at 7:12 this morning you're looking live over the golden gate, and there are clouds hanging out overhead. th bclng n ouso r bring some rain today. we'll explain for you after the break. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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good morning to you. looking live at oakland, and it is a bit darker than it was yesterday this time because we sprung forward, and that means official sunrise is still about, what are you saying, anthony, about ten minutes away? >> 7:30 this morning. we'll start to see the sun. we won't see much of it. we have overcast skies across most of the bay area right now, and those cloudy conditions will remain in place through most of the morning. in fact, some of us will start to see drizzle this morning. as can you see from our satellite and radar picture. light rain already spreading into the north bay so drizzle there first. that will kind of make its way southward through the day. if you live in south bay, hang on. you'll see some rain eventually this afternoon, but you'll notice not much happening, at least for the time being. the heavier stuff still hanging out across parts of northern california. temperatures not too bad this morning. i mean, we were talking 30s yesterday in santo rosa.

48 in napa, same for san francisco. here in san jose we're at 46 degrees. your weather headlines, do keep the clouds in place. a few peeks of snipe, but the clouds will really win over things. afternoon hours, the light rain starts to spread in the to south and i do think everybody will be looking at a good chance for showers, not only today but through tomorrow afternoon and evening. this next system, well, it is a big one. it's a stalled out upper level low hanging out across parts of the pacific, and it's going to send us several surface lows this week. we'll be looking at three surface lows making their way through. multiple storm centers moving through not only means rain but also means the potential for some thunderstorms especially once we hit tuesday. here's the precip. clearer skies towards afternoon and evening and later on today, once we get this first blast of rain, we'll be done with it and then we start the day off tomorrow, and notice the horse

do pull back into the pictures. head into tomorrow afternoon and evening and look at what happens on tuesday. heavier bands pulling in. winds are really going to start to rev up as we head towards tuesday as well. once we hit tuesday. if you don't have an umbrella, you're going to be unfortunate with this rain because we're talking about showers from tuesday, points and all the way towards this upcoming next weekend so it's going to be a long go, and this is through wednesday. these are rainfall amounts, not only for, you know, tomorrow and tuesday, but for wednesday. that's where it stops. we're going to be looking at about an inch and a half to wednesday and santa rosa. after wednesday and points th e thereafter the computer model really wants to blow things up with a lot of rain. 61 in san jose. concord at 59. the coastal areas will be very cool day.

we're talking about lower 50s from half moon bay up towards bodega bay. showers becoming more widespread. tomorrow, start off dry with the evening showers back into place. becomes very wet for tuesday with the potential for thunderstorms, and that rainy weather will be with us, kris, unfortunately, all the way through next weekend, believe it or not it's that time of year though here in the bay area where we see the rain. haven't seen it really much all winter. >> not enough certainly. >> so this last week of winter really going to start to feel like it. >> soggy and sluggish. >> and then it will be spring. >> and then it will be bring. >> cheerful by then. >> well, if you are up with us this morning you probably remembered to spring forward. it is daylight savings time or as i like to call it sleepy time in the sanchez house. we give up one hour of sleep in return for an extra hour of daylight. fire departments always remind us that this is a good time to change batteries in the smoke

detectors and the carbon monoxide detectors. if your fire alarm is more than ten years, you might want to replace it all together where it will squawk at you in the middle of the night like mine did the other day. awful. today is the best chance to watch the best independent films and sample some of the best food in the bay area. the film festival ends tonight and is hosting encore day. award-winning films will be screened once again an some of the best food trucks will be also parked in front of the theater. films will be screened at the california theater and the camera 12 cinema. parts of south first street will be shut down for the encore day of cineplex. >> the bay area is filled with so many amazing artist and innovators. some of it do it for living and some for the joy of creating. a look now at how one bay area inventor is hoping to help his community through his art. ♪ i'm a little teepot >> this is exactly where you

might find shannon o'hare on any given day. hunkered down, tinkering with the components of a teapot. >> made for the madhadder so it's a little bit cheerio. >> in o'hare's world of inventions chaos is merely an ingredient. >> i grew up in corners of galleries with a piece of paper and some broken crayons. >> reporter: and that probably explains why o'hare turns broken things into contraptions that are, well, sometimes broken. >> have to see if -- if this pilot light lit. >> reporter: but then the stars align and a steam-powered car built from cast-off parts springs to life. >> people have brought us items and said only you could find a

use for this blah, blah, blah. >> reporter: now this eclectic creator is finding use in an old auto shop in the city of vallejo. filling it with contraptions, including a drivable three-story victorian mansion, o'hare calls the new art studio obtainium works. >> obtainium is material that you can obtain. it is basically the new -- the new word for recycled or repurposed. >> reporter: and repurposing is what o'hare plans for his new community. he want to spread the joy of creating in a city ravaged by the economy. >> we hope to eventually be able to have workshops here, to have -- to be able to work with the high school kids on projects, either art car or art projects. >> reporter: o'hare hopes to build a community of artists where success is measured in fun rather than performance.

>> because sometimes art and cities just need a little push to get going. >> ding, ding, ding goes the trolley. >> reporter: nbc bay area news. >> joe takes us on the best adventures. most times when you hear people say they are upside down in their houses, they are usually talking about the mortgage, but not the owner of this house. everything, including the living room and the kitsch enare pointing in the wrong direction. even the car in the garage seems to be suspended in mid-air. the home's owner is trying to send a message of protecting the environment. he says if we don't, the world will be turned upside down. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come -- >> stars, they get to be the best at something. >> the remarkable program on the peninsula psput ts puts specia needs kids center stage. ♪ ♪ hit the road, jack

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a theater group on the peninsula is taking a new approach to an age-old art. it is called yuta for all and organizers encourage disabled kids to participate. "today in the bay's" kimberly terry has more on how this program is helping kids and also creating a supportive community for their parents. >> i didn't treat them any different than the typical child, and -- and expected high things from them and got that back in return. so i'm thrilled. >> oh, you're going to radio city music hall. >> going to the matinee. >> 50 kids, many with developmental or physical disabilities make up the cast of new york, new york put on by nutridrama for all. >> they get to be stars and best at something. >> their self-esteem just skyrockets. >> two moms with a daughter interested in acting started the

program two years ago, and it took off. >> kids really appreciate and applaud the efforts of each other. it's -- it's hard warming to see. it's emotional to see. >> it's amazing. we never thought he'd be able to do something like this, and that's such an anything thing that you discover as a parent, that's when kids do something like drama they absolutely rise it the occasion. >> the program gives kids room to be created. >> i love it. >> while parents get a support system. >> and we're fortunate that we can come here and we can talk to one another, and i hear when someone doesn't have that it breaks my heart. >> the co-directors of youth dram a.r.-for all dedicated the show to a sunnyvale woman who killed her 22-year-old autistic son and then herself. >> take a look at the people sitting next to you. my family didn't have that level of support?

since budget cuts have slashed programs for children with special needs it's important to reach out for guidance. >> parents who support children with special needs, they go through a wide range of emotions and it's critical -- it's nice that you see other people who see that and know what you're going through. >> reporter: kimberly terry, "today in the bay." >> the co-directors are looking forward to the sixth year and a new production. practice begins in the fall. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, the long road to recovery. japan marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly earthquake and tsunami that paralids their country. we'll show you today's ceremonies and a protest as well. plus, nation of islam leader louis farrakhan's controversial

visit toberkeley. berkeley. what he had to say about his relationship with the jewish community.

good morning to you. looking live at downtown san jose, and the sun is coming up very slowly. an hour later this morning, but you get it back at end of the day. it is time to spring forward. thanks so much for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist anthony slaughter. rob mayeda picked a very good day to take off, on the day we lose the hour. >> and not to mention the hour we lose, but we're also talking about rain so we've got a rainy forecast, unfortunately,or you kris. we could use the rain around here. been very dry. you'll notice some light showers pushing through central california, the valleys down there, an even northern california starting to see some showers pull on through. that's going to be the first batch of rain that moves through so there could be drizzle around

this morning, especially in the north bay where we're all starting to see some rain being traced there. 46 in santa rosa.el 48 in san francisco and 46 here in san jose as well. as we head through the afternoon hours, showers will become more widespread so keep the umbrellas handy from gilroy up towards palo alto and off to the east bay. fairfield and fremont and san francisco you'll be a little cooler today with that strong onshore flow. 56 there, and, again, rain will be that motto that probably see rain about a billion times today. looks like it will be present for the next seven days. >> definitely think people will be talking about that all day, all week. >> i'm pretty sure. >> what do you do? you talk about the weather. >> thank you very much, anthony. >> this morning, people across japan observed a moment of silence to mark the moment a powerful earthquake struck last year off the country's northeast coast. japan's emperor and empress stood in silence with hundreds of people at a memorial service in tokyo marking the first

anniversary of the disaster. the 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit at 2:46 in the afternoon local time and triggered a massive tsunami that killed or left more than 19,000 people missing. also caused reactors at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant to lose power which led to the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century. the anniversary also are people out in japan and taiwan protesting the use of nuclear energy. they demonstrated outside the headquarters of the tokyo electric power company. the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. meltdowns at three reactors caused radiation to leak from the plant. and around the world people paused today in remembrance of those who died during that disaster n.paris, people laid flowers at a memorial. in the philippines, japanese nationals and filipinos took part in a cultural march through manila and japan's ambassador to india paid tribute to those killed or mission after the disaster as well. and we want to invite to you

watch our special tsunami special "disaster in japan one year later." we'll hear from those who lived through the tragedy and talk about the lessons learned. plus, the millions of tons of debris floating in our direction. join us this evening at 5:30. in other news this morning, berkeley's police chief is apologizing for sending a sergeant to the home of a newspaper reporter in the middle of the night. chief michael meehan admits that he was upset about a story that the reporter from the "oakland tribune" wrote so he sent an officer to the reporter's house shortly before 1:00 in the morning on friday to demand changes to the story. reporter doug oakley said he was startled and felt intimidated, and he made the changes. the chief later admitted what he did was wrong. >> obviously it was a very significant error in judgment, and i put doug in an awkward position. i really shouldn't have done that. so what i'm doing is i'm completely falling on my sword because i am simply in the wrong. >> the story had to do with

police response to last month's beating death of peter succor in the berkeley hills. the report in the paper said meehan apologized for the delayed response to the crime scene, but the chief said he only apologized for a delay in an explanation but not the delayed response to the crime scene. he later did apologize for sending a sergeant to the reporter's house. in the deep south this week gop primaries will happen in alabama and mississippi on tuesday where romney and rick santorum are in a very close race. meantime, romney picked up more delegates yesterday after winning primaries in wyoming and the northern mariniana islands. santorum kept pace by easily winning kansas. during a controversial visit to uc berkeley nation of islam leader louis farrakhan spoke about his relationship with the jewish community. farrakhan was a keynote speaker at the african coalition conference. his writings have been called bigoted, homophobic and

anti-semitic. yesterday at the beginning of the speech the 78-year-old farrakhan made a clear overture to the jewish community, but reaction to the speech as a whole was mixed. >> we thank allah for moses who gave to the world the tora, and the israelite prophets who gave us what is called the old testament. >> he held up to the book that -- that says that there's a secret relationship, a secret conspiracy between jews and blacks and that jews control the government and you need to be their friends in order to be successful, that jews control the media. to me that was just so hateful. >> many students signed online petitions blasting farrakhan's appearance on campus. the black student union stands by a decision to invite him. police are looking for a third suspect involved in a recent double homicide in fairfield. meantime two others were arrested on saturday in connection with those shootings. this happened last wednesday at the parkway gardens apartment

near travis air force base. two men were fatally shot and police believe they may have known the three suspects. a dispute may have started the shootings. investigators say they were all involved in criminal activity. the remaining suspect was last seen driving a black mercedes benz s-500 sedan. in livermore police are on the lookout for a man who tried to kidnap a 4-year-old boy from a day care center. a witness helped police come up with this sketch of that alleged kidnapper. investigators say the man walked into the livermore valley tennis club and told a child care work their he was there to pick up his son and then he pointed to a child. when the employee asked him for his i.d. which is required to pick up the child, he quickly left. the boy's mother told police no one else was authorized to pick up her son. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, a look ahead at the week in business. the reports that will come out, including the relationship betweenl wetai s.sale arerth a retail sales. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there?

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good morning to you. looking live at a foggy picture from our san bruno mountain camera. i hope that you remember to spring forward. if not, you have all day to do it before it's really important and you're late to work tomorrow. cnbc's sue herera has a look at the upcoming week in business, including the latest retail sales figures. >> hiring is still on the rise, and the economy may have moved from recovery mode into expansion mode. this week the federal reserve meets to discuss the direction of the u.s. economy and to decide whether it's time to make any changes in benchmark interest rates. we'll get more insight into the economy and consumer spending with two reports on inflation for february. both readings are expected to show price changes in check. we'll also see if warmer weather across much of the nation last month led to a boost in retail sales and whether stores were able to sell more spring clothing and accessories. and just a few more earnings

reports out this week. clothing retailer rue 21 is expected to show a big jump in profits thanks to all the fashionable teenagers buying clothes but winnebago's profits could fall by 25% or more with sky high gasoline prices holding back buyers. u.s. manufacturers are being given a ground breaking opportunity to export goods overseas and if productivity in your workplace takes a dive this week there's good reason, the first round of the ncaa's march madness college basketball tournament that kicks off, and it won't end until april 1nd. i'm sue herera. get all your business news on cnbc. >> get all your business news on "today in the bay." john and laura get started at 43:00 in the morning. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, more and more animated movies are showing characters smoking in films. we'll show you a south bay group's efforts to get those

scenes off the big screen, but first here's mike inouye on the little screen. >> good morning. i'm mike inouye, and there's lots to do today in the bay. march 11th, 2011, a tremendous earthquake and tsunami devastated northern japan. i'm told it will be ten years though until we truly start to see what could be called recovery. i'll be your mc tonight where we will remember and remind us one year after. a benefit concert for the children of tohoku, japan. classic chamber music is going to meet with avant garde tyco all in fremont starting at 6:00 p.m. helping orphans from northern japan's earthquake over there. over here, kid fest, south bay. head over to morgan hill. locals will know. operation kid safe will be there to help register your kids, too. best of all, a portion of the

entrance fees will benefit rebecca children's services, a south valley centered mental health group. it's all for the kids, but real they's a little bit in there for the kid in me. the san jose super toy comic book and collectible show is on at the santa clara county fairgrounds. hot wheels, g.i. joes, legos and transformers and star wars, remember lando, yes, he'll be there. billy dee williams. he had no choice. the empire beat to solo to cloud city. you have a choice so make it a great one today in the bay. and makes teeth up to 2 times stronger. act. stronger teeth and fresher breath in every bottle.

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a t-rated animated film, the "t" is for tobacco. if a local non-profit gets its way it may become a reality. the group wants to reduce the number of animated movies showing characters increasingly lighting up on the big screen. "today in the bay" marianne favro shows us why those scenes are so helpful to kids. >> reporter: sherlock holmes is known for smoking his trademark pipe but one bay area group wants to see smoking scenes in movies extinguished. there's new evidence when kids see characters lighting up on the big screen, they are more likely to start smoking themselves. >> we now have the u.s. surgeon general's report from 2012 that did a mega analysis of all of those different pieces of research and has determined there is a causal relationship between scene smoking in films and starting to smoke. >> reporter: a big thumbs down was given to the movie "hugo" for its smoking scenes, but the

worst offender was -- >> what are you saying? >> i mean, i enjoy it myself. >> thumbs down. >> the worst in terms of smoking. >> reporter: "rango" showed more than 50 smoking scenes. more and more animated blockbusters are showing characters lighting up. >> it's reprehensible to put smoking in animated films, there's just really no reason to do that. this eighth grader believes she said animation convinces kids that smoking is cool. >> i do see smoking. >> he loved to smoke. >> she says she wants to protect her younger sister who will want to watch movies like rango. doesn't want her to start thinking about lighting up. she admits we go to the movies to escape, but you can't escape the fact that smoking is an

addictive habit that can be deadly. >> that was marianne favro reporting. >> the studio that produced both "rango" and "hugo" issued a thumbs down saying that paramount continues to be responsive to anti-tobacco advocacy groups. the result has been a degree in smoking depictions against all of our films over the last five years. since 2007 paramount has increased the number of tobacco-free films across all ratings by 31%. now while hollywood is kick the habits in films it's shown that the dangers of teens when they light up. the u.s. surgeon general says smoking at an early age could accelerate the decline of vital organs. teenagers exhaled less air and lung capacity declined years earlier than expected. fewer high school students are smoking and the difficult part of this is that the rate goes up after graduation of more young adults light up. a new medication was recently approved by the fda

that offers some hope to cystic fbi sis sufferers. jennifer leaf from our affiliate in tampa bay, florida, explains. >> reporter: this young girl has been changing with the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis. 10 years old now she can pretty casually explain what that means. >> well, there's a lot of mucus in your lungs, and you have to do extra stuff that regular people don't have to do. >> reporter: in the family pickup truck she and her mom have to tote a pharmacy of inhalers, nebulizers and even a vest that helps shake loose the life-threatening mucous that builds up in the girl's lungs. in a couple of days a new pill will join the mix that could change everything. >> right now all that we've been able to do is treatment the symptoms of cf whereas the new medicine is the first of its kind to actually work on a cellular level to kind of stop all these symptoms before they

have a chance to start. >> reporter: what are you hoping that this new medicine will do for you? >> i hope that it like makes me not have to do as many treatments and not have to go in the hospital as much. >> reporter: fda just approached the drug january 31st and jona is set to start taking the pills twice a day every day beginning this week, and while the medication only promises to help cf sufficienters who have what's called the g551 mutation like jona does, it's still hope. >> if it stops cf in its tracks, then it's not going to be any worse than it is right now, and when she's healthy, she has very little cough. she's active. she can play with her friends. she can do everything, and -- and it would give her a chance at a normal life. >> a normal and her mom hopes a longer life, too. >> reporter: and that was jennifer lee reporting from our nbc station in tampa bay, florida. and also it is daylight saving time.

that means that 2:00 this morning if you weren't up, then you need to forward your clocks by one hour. this is also a good time, fire fighters say, to change the batteries not just in your clocks but change the batteries in your smoke detectors as well as your carbon monoxide detectors if you've had them for longer than ten years. you might want to replace them outright. i just saw them at home depot the other day. not too expensive. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, the pat tillman race kicks off in just a few minutes in the south bay. we're going to take you there live. and this morning we're breaking up the cloudy skies and drizzle. how long this rain is expected to stick around. you mabey surprised. "today in the bay" returns after this.

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all right. welcome back. you're looking live back over the golden gate bridge. cloudy over as the cold front is pushing it way across the coast. good morning, i'm anthony slaughter in the nbc weather center.

we're tracking rain that will continue to make its way through. the rain is light and it's really not just much, at heat to speak of now across the bay area. more clouds than anything else, but there is drizzle. patches embed in the clouds. as we head through the day the showers will become a little bit widespread and will pick up an intensity. light to moderate rain. definitely nothing heavy, and, again, want to keep the umbrellas heavy. temperatures not too bad, especially considering how cool we were yesterday at santa rosa. in the 30s and 46. 46 here in san jose. gilroy you're at 48. same for san francisco in morning. your weather headlines, do keep the rain in place. in fact, the drizzle will turn over more to lighter and moderate shower activity this afternoon and evening. then we'll get a little bit of a break so overnight we'll dry out. but that makes way for more showers returning by tomorrow afternoon and evening. here's the first system of a series of three that are headed this way this upcoming week. this system, again, it's going to continue to push inland, and as it does you can see showers

beginning to show up across parts of northern california. this shower activity, as i mentioned, will become more widespread today. then we'll get a little bit of a break. tomorrow afternoon is when the showers will return so we will see several waves of rain move in this upcoming week, and the first already making its way through. in fact, the computer modeling does show the first bands moving through the north bay, right around 8:00, 9:00 this morning, and once we hit noon, just expect for everybody to start to see the light shower activity move through. this afternoon we clear out. by 7:00 this evening we're virtually clear. now tomorrow will be a very tricky day, as far as who sees the rain. i think it will be more spotty especially north into the north bay. napa, santa rosa, wine country. a better chance to start the day. to notice tomorrow afternoon, we don't see much, at least widespread rain the. we're basically talking about hit and miss showers this afternoon so we may luck out and stay dry through the area tomorrow. look at this. tuesday things really go downhill. winds rev up and we're talking

about heavier showers, even toe tension for some thunderstorms once we hit tuesday. your day planner hour by hour does keep the clouds in place and eventually we'll be looking at showers as i mentioned by the myle part of the day. temperatures inland. top out near 60 today. bayside, right around 50 degrees, but you'll notice the coastal areas are really going to be cool today. we're talking about 50s. in fact 54 right around the coastal area. tomorrow we'll bump up the temperatures just about 64 degrees. and you'll notice on the seven-day, yes the rain is with us, but, unfortunately, you know what? looking at the climatic data, this is the time of year that we do see rain and quite a bit of it so this is nothing out of the ordinary, but it may seem a little unusual just because we've been so dry across the bay area, kris, but you know what, we need the rain. >> we do. >> don't need the flooding and that could be a real potential come wednesday. stay tuned for more. we'll be right on top of it. >> my husband got me a brand new rain coat for my birthday in

january and it's been sitting there. >> now you can use it. >> better than a plastic poncho, right? >> exactly. >> animal rescue is hoping to find new homes for lost pets following recent tornadoes that ravaged indiana. two dozen pets were retrieved from a local shelt, and they are hoping to find them new homes. some of the animals were given up by families who lost their homes. officials say that it is starting to run out of room. the shelter is, with the influx of lost pets. >> the animals hide in the beginning. i mean, they are terrified after having gone through that. they don't know what's going on so the first few days after the storm they found some of the deceased animals and some situations that were owner surrendered, but the shelter is now starting to see strays trickle in. >> vets are going to take care of the animals until they are ready to be adopted in just a few weeks. a special race is about to start in the south bay to honor the life of san jose native pat tillman. the 408k race is a five-mile run

starting from hp pavilion that will end at santana road. proceeds from the event support the pat tillman foundation. you might recall tillman gave up an nfl career to enlist the army in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. he died two years later in a friendly fire incident in afghanistan. so you know several streets in downtown san jose will be closed including parts of stevens creek wolf. organizers say roadways will reopen a few hours later. and we want to thank you so much for making us a part of your morning we will have more local news for you and, of course, weather at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 and all day long at nbcbayarea.com. also join us at 5:30 for an hour long program, "disaster in japan one year later q."we'll talk with people who lived through the tragedy and explore what's changed in the year since. until then, have a great day, fish out your umbrella. >> will need it the middle part of the day and after that showers really non-stop once we hit tomorrow afternoon and evening, just keep them handing.

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