>> reporter: new this morning, yet another challenge to a key video. and sheriff mirkarimi's trial. i'll have the story in a live report. >> reporter: commuters getting b.a.r.t. in the area, one step closer. i'm stephanie chuang live at san jose city hall with a huge check that will be cut. >> a new report on the bay area city that could be vulnerable in the event of a tsunami. details next. >> we give you a live look outside, that is a calm, cool and collected golden gate bridge. smooth sailing on monday, march 12, "today in the bay." >> good morning everybody. thanks for being with us. it's 5:00, i'm marla tellez in

for laura garcia-cannon. welcoming back mr. jon kelley. nice to have you. >> thank you so much. hello again. i'm jon kelley. let's get to the weather right now. that's some sunshine we can talk about. meteorologist christina loren, and you say today looks like a good one. >> today does look like a good one. we're telling you for the past two months about this deficit in terms of our average rainfall. we haven't had nearly as much rain as we saw this time last year and we're still running that deficit. let me tell you, by the week's end we are going to take a big, big chunk out of that. we've got a lot of rain on the way, potentially two inches in the north bay. this morning it's cold but dry. leave that umbrella home for now. i'll let you know when you're breaking it out and for how long. let's check your drive. >> enjoy the drive this morning because it's going to change. we have a look at oakland, 880, things are moving nicely. san mateo first and this bridge shot. 92 moves smoothly westbound. not a problem through this area.

i don't know if we have the oakland camera available. there we go. northbound 880, thank you, as we had a disabled vehicle at the 98th avenue off ramp. that's not affected traffic so i'll consider that a non-issue. even at this time with the time change, good number of cars on 880. always the key. >> good news for the economy, people are working. thank you, mike. this morning a third challenge to stop prosecutors from showing a video and sheriff mirkarimi's domestic violence trial. christie smith is live in san francisco with the newest defense tactic. good morning. >> reporter: a couple of things, jury selection continues after the jury pool was expanded but the state of a video that is the key to the prosecution's case, well, it's still up in the air after attorneys for san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi, they are still fighting to have it kept away from jurors. a panel rejected a claim that

mirkarimi's wife made the video with a neighbor who she thought apparently was a lawyer, the argument there that it should be kept out due to attorney-client privilege. the video show as bruise on her arm and accuses mirkarimi causing it. he has denied any assault and lopez has said she was not abused and refused to testify. his attorneys claim that an unavailable witness would violate his right to question his accuser a. ways to go in this. there are 144 potential jurors still to question. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. the fallout beginning in afghanistan after a u.s. soldier goes on a deadly shooting rampage, killing 16 civilians, most of them women and children. the afghan people questioning whether single soldier could be

responsible for sunday's shooting and protests are expected. afghan president hamid karzai calls it an act of terrorism he says will never be forgotten. >> president obama and defense secretary leon panetta called to express condolences. coming up we'll go live to washington for the latest reaction, national and international, on this subject. >> 5:04. a mystery at a park. police are trying to figure out the identity of a man found at the shoreline. a hiker on the park's san francisco bay trail called 911 to report the discovery last night. the body was on the rocks next to the trail about a quarter mile away from the staging area on a west witten avenue. there are no signs of foul play. >> the search continues for a fourth body from a fishing boat accident. four men fishing in the channel were reported missing saturday. three bodies have been found. they were found floating near a

capsized boat. none of them were wearing life vests. the coast guard was prevented pulling a fourth body from the water. they will try today. >> livermore police looking for a man they say tried to abduct a 4-year-old boy from a daycare. police released this sketch of the would be kidnapper. he walked into the livermore valley tennis club and told a child care worker he was there to pick up his son. when asked for his i.d. he left. the mother said no one else was authorized to pick up her son. >> a major crash actually i should say a major cash infusion will move b.a.r.t. to the south bay down the track. stephanie chuang joins us live from the san jose area with the historic ceremony set for a few hours from now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we keep hearing about south bay commuters getting b.a.r.t. in their area and the project creating at least 1600 jobs.

this morning in a few hours like we said t project is going to get real money, $100 million check that will be presented here at city hall. it's coming from the federal transit administration. the first payment of its $900 million commitment to the project. construction on the first phase is under way, the 10-mile stretch from fremont to south fremont, warm spring, down to barry es sta. commuters say they are counting down the days. >> a very good thing for people going to san francisco from here. >> we never go in the city because it's such a pain to get up there and drive, do we not drive. where are we going to park, take the train. so it would be nice to like be able to have a really easy access to the city. >> reporter: the rest of the funding for the $2.3 billion extension project is from state and local money including a sales tax. $1 billion from that. the groundbreaking at the berryessa station is set for

april 12. congress members will be here, they have been huge supporters of the project. they will be at the check signing ceremony at 10:00 this morning. live at san jose city hall, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you. 5:07 now. the b.a.r.t. extension could not come at a better time. more americans are using public transit. the american public transportation association says people took 200 million more rides on public transit in 2011 than they did in 2010. some of the increase is a result of more people working. 60% of transit rides are by commuters. the group says americans took a total of 10.4 billion rides, that's a billion more than in 2000 and it's the second most since 1957. >> 5:07. state emergency leaders taking steps to ensure you know what to do in the event of a tsunami. several areas of marin county are vulnerable. among them wouldn't bonita and

even sections of san rafael. the topic, fresh in the minds of emergency leaders after a devastating tsunami in japan one year ago. it was so powerful the tsunami traveled all the way to the santa cruz harbor where eight-foot waves ripped away boats and destroyed docks. only two of the 23 docks damaged have actually been repaired. >> thieves put a damper on the start of baseball season. thieves broke into an equipment shed over the weekend taking $3,000 of equipment. any one with information is asked to call petaluma police. >> hopefully make that spring forward effect nicer. meteorologist christina loren is joining us in the nbc bay area weather center saying today is going to be nice. >> today is going to be nice. something you associate with spring, high pollen levels. we're not talking about a lot of allergy problems this week but

hay, that rain we've been missing, boy, does it move in. as we head through tomorrow all the way through this weekend, the pattern changes. you'll have opportunities to get outdoors, but they will be limited. we're talking heavy downpours at times. it's cold enough for a jacket in livermore. 38 there. 38 in concord and 39 degrees in fairfield this morning. as we head throughout your afternoon temperatures will be on the mild side because we're starting out in the 40s in san jose. about 52 by 8:00. 61 by noon and 64 degrees at 4:00 p.m. because of that time change the sun is not going to come up until 7:30. that means it will be dark. weed that sunlight last week, just last week and people had an easy time getting to work. you want to give yourself extra time, more dangerous when you don't have all of the sun light. >> that's a good note for folks, there will be the sun rise hitting folks but not usually the ones it does hit so be prepared. if you travel about 7:30 or after that's when you see the

sun change. like christina's talking about. that will be an issue for the evening as well. looking to the maps where we had the disabled vehicle around 98, that is reportedly off the charts now, clear from the incident report. to the middle of the screen i'm going to circle this area eastbound 580, a lot of wood debris on the road. that has cleared. without any traffic breaks and without incidents. heading away from the bay bridge. antioch area, not showing any slowdown with the 60 on the right. but we're watching for that to change. we'll see if the time change has an influence on the start for the commute as well. we'll look at the south bay with san jose, 280 moving toward us with the headlights under the 880/17 interchange. i'll give you a better look coming up. >> mike, thank you. it's 5:10 now. it's a big deal here in the bay area t film festival rolling up the red carpet. wrapping up last night making

the final day of the festival a festive one. filling the theater in san jose to catch the most popular films of this two-week event. organizers say it was nothing short of a huge hit featuring more than 250 screenings and total of 26 parties, none of which i was able to attend. i'm jealous. >> and you were on the invitation list for sure. the niners may land a future hall of fame receiver. randy moss is hoping for a comeback. the niners appear to be listening. coach jim harbaugh will throw the ball because of league restrictions. san francisco is trying to lock in alex sbhith a contract extension f. they do not sign him many say the niners could be in the mix for a hot new free agent peyton manning. many have already talked to the broncos and cardinals and plan to make a decision this week.

>> big news. alex smith. niners. b.a.r.t. talking about dropping fares by 50%. details coming up. >> berkeley's police chief accused of trying to intimidate a bay area reporter. what he has to say about the matter. >> a new hybrid hitting the market. we'll let you know what iist and how it rolls coming up in a live report.

>> good morning. check out this gorgeous sunny shot of the embarcadero. it's going to be a nice day. we'll check the full forecast in a moment. your time is 5:14. >> rough weather out of hawaii, rarely heard of on the beautiful islands. the vacation paradise turning ugly as record breaking storms

swept across the island chain. you can see that is oahu getting peppered with hail on friday. they were big pieces. some the size of golf balls. wow. a water spout came ashore and morphed into a tornado. destruction a mile and a half inland. the the good news, no reports of deaths or any injuries. the bad news was i spent last week in hawaii and suffered through a lot of that rain and killed my sun tan. >> you did get some sun though. >> we were in the 70s last week. >> can't catch a break. >> we'll get awe break. you wanted that rain, you wanted the stormy pattern, right. we've got that for you. yeah. we got more of the same for you this week, jon. you brought it back with you. 38 in livermore. and 48 degrees in san jose. that's funny because i kept pointing out how people want the

80s in the winter. we were getting the best weather across the nation last week. everything changes as of tonight we start to get our showers in the north bay, we have a series of systems on the way. that will bring rainfall potentially record rainfall as we head throughout this week. dry for today, rain starts tomorrow. we're talking about in time for your morning commute so we set the futurecast in motion. 10:00 p.m., light activity in the norpt bay, continue that,ston it again at 5:00 a.m., we meet back here. talking about moderate rain starting to move across the area. mike and i will be here helping you get through those showers. that starts a rainy pattern that lasts well into this weekend. enjoy the 60s and the limited sunshine we have today. 65 in morgan hill. 64 in evergreen. 62 in pittsburg and 59 in san francisco. so yeah, sunshine and 70s now a thing of the past. we need the rain. we're still only at about 30% of average here in san jose. 60 degrees by wednesday, a few

showers. your washout day will be tuesday. if you have outdoor activities you need to get taken care of, plan them around tuesday. limited opportunities to get outside but some wednesday into thursday, then this weekend we get even more stormy. we'll talk about that coming up, what this all means for the sierra nevada. >> the time change and a weather change on the same couple of days. the south bay, no change. a smooth drive here. as far as your commute, smooth drive. there has been a change south. we're looking here to saratoga. obit drive at bohlman road. that has cleared from the lanes that was affecting local traffic. the freeways have remained clear. we also have a lower bay shore 101 not a problem, redwood city, palo alto, the southbound drive, moving smoothly. the sun's going to hit you an hour later because of the time change.

be prepared for that. you might not deal with that on your typical commute. 84 and 92, dumbarton bridge nicely to the east bay and we'll look at the drive toward hayward and the castro valley y, and a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, a light volume of traffic. there is the east shore. folks are buzzing through, you're at the limit. carquinez bridge, 18 minutes. >> thanks. 5:18 now. investors hope to start monday off after four weeks of gains. for details on that and the rest of news before the bell we turn to jackie deangeles live. good morning. >> good morning. the futures are a little lower as the markets come off of that positive week as you said with the nasdaq and s&p 500 extending their win streak to four on the back of friday's better than expected jobs report and eleaf over greece and its debt crisis. it's a busy week for economic data, reports on retail sales, inflation and consumer sentiment

but it's quiet today with the federal budget statement out this afternoon. the fed is going to meet tomorrow but is expected to leave interest rates at historic lows. we saw the dow rise on friday to close at 12,922, the nasdaq up 17 to 2988. toyota's prius d goes on sale today. it starts at $19,000 and expected to be a shot in the arm. toyota is targeting annual sales of 220,000 vehicles, those hybrids that is. back over to you. >> getting ugly at the pump. thanks. >> 5:19. here is a strange and unusual story, berkeley's police chief issuing an apology after sending an officer to a reporter in the middle of the night. he was upset about a story the reporter had written so he sent an officer to the reporter's house before 1:00 a.m. on friday

demanding changes. the reporter said he was startled and felt intimidated so made the changes. the chief now admitting he was wrong. >> obviously a very significant error of judgment. and i put doug in an awkward position. i shouldn't have done that. what i'm doing is i'm completely falling on my sword because i'm simply in the wrong. >> the story had to do with the response to last month's beating death in the berkeley hills. the report said mehan apologized for a delayed response to the crime scene, the chief says he had apologized for a delay in offering an explanation but not for a delay responding to the crime scene. >> b.a.r.t. is looking at lowering fares for weekend passenger, thinking about slashing fares as much as 50% during off-peak hours on saturdays and sundays to attract more passengers. b.a.r.t.'s director says the lower fares won't mean a net loss.

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national recognition from the congressional medal of honor foundation. kimmia williams is a finalist for the citizen before self honors. winners will be announced today. if you recall last october it was williams who pulled a driver away from a fiery crash on highway 101 in san francisco. firefighters say without her there on the scene being a hero, the man would have likely died. she has already been honored locally. congratulations again. >> here is an honor you don't want, a movie getting a zero percent rating on rotten tomatoes.com. eddie murphy's a thousand words did not thrill a single viewer. a thousand words follows a l litary agent. >> here is a question, what's worse than making a movie that almost nobody likes, making a

movie almost no one likes, that makes hundreds of millions of dollars. scott, disaster for john carter. >> that movie which cost hundreds of millions to make bombed so badly over the weekend. the money disney lost will probably affect its quarterly income statement. so let's go to the math. john carter, a story about a civil war soldier on mars, you heard me right, cost at least a quarter billion dollars to make but made just 30 million in its first weekend. it is the first bomb for the very gifted east bay director who gave the world finding nemo. the fed will show da that that shows the banking system in much better shape. banks are required to hold onto more money that means they can absorb a bad economy. it means less is available to business. good news, assuming it is, joins

other data that show the economy is recovering. on friday the labor department said america added more than 200,000 jobs. california measuring a different month said the state lost job and the unemployment rate fell, remember, though, jobs loss are added are the important number, unemployment rate is a statistical guess. some asked if the person on the other end has a job or is looking for a job, that's why you sometimes hear the unemployment rate referred to as the household survey. mexican billian nair carlos flim will launch ora tv. it will feature content from larry king. when i think of hipsters watching a new internet channel, i'm not sure i think of larry king as the one they are going to see. it launches today. we'll see how it goes. >> with all due respect to mr. king and the suspenders i agree with you, scott. >> i'm not going to touch that one. 5:26.

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>> reporter: great news for south bay commuters and job seekers. i'm stephanie chuang at san jose city hall where a check will be cut breathing life into the extension project. >> reporter: here we go again. another legal challenge to a key piece of evidence in san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi's domestic violence

trial. i'll have that story coming up. >> new ipad isn't in stores and it's sold out. where can you get one. >> a live look outside, you can see flashing lights there in the darkness early morning in san francisco. early on a monday, march 12th, "today in the bay." >> good morning everybody. thanks for being with us. yes, it's 5:30, not 4:30. i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> that time change thing. good morning. i'm jon kelley. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren to fill us in. >> today is the only dry day of the week, so don't wash that car. as we head throughout the week, rain will do it for you. we've got a lot of moisture on the way to the bay area. today is cold to start. 34 degrees, 2 above freezing in napa. we're headed to the mid-60s in

the inland cities. throughout the week we're talking about the 50s and a lot of rain potentially measuring it in inches. so i'll take you through the rainy pattern as things start to chan change. >> we'll take you to 880. south through fremont out of union city we have an accident. earlier accident was in lanes but now the current situation it's on the shoulder. no major slowing. it is there on the south bound side. we'll look north now for a live shot past the coliseum, 880 shows the build northbound with the headlights past the coliseum a. good number of cars in both direction but no slowing yet all the way to the bay bridge toll plaza. >> 5:31 now. this one a big step for b.a.r.t. the official arrival of hundreds of millions of dollars to build that extension down to the south bay. stephanie chuang is joining us live from san jose where city leaders will celebrate that free

flowing cash. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. a pretty big celebration, we've got the federal transit administration cutting a $100 million check to the b.a.r.t. project out of the $900 million commitment in what is called the largest funding milestone for a project ever. that's in its history. construction crews have begun work on the first phase of this extension project. a 10-mile stretch. two stations planned going from warm springs to milpitas and then to barry es is a. >> the family put their stake in here and they voted twice for the -- to make this happen. they put their faith in it so it should be as we say here, should be getting their return on their

investment. >> the project will cost $2.3 billion paid for by federal and state funds and 1.2 billion from local dollars. the project will add six miles ending in santa clara. more news, it's supposed to create 1600 jobs and two huge supporters of this project will be here for the check signing ceremony at 10:00 this morning. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> 5:33. paypal is mourning the loss after top executive. 39-year-old eric salvatira was killed. he was paypal's vice president of online payment service. he was hit by a northbound train in men who park. why he was on the track is not known. two more people died on cal train tracks in san leandro in recent days. a woman was hit friday afternoon near washington avenue, and a

man was hit saturday afternoon near central avenue. >> still no sign of a former marine from san bruno who disappeared 10 days ago. 27-year-old joseph mchenry told friends he was going camping and rock climbing. his car was found wednesday near the sharp park golf course. some of his gear was discovered on thursday, but at this point investigators aren't saying exactly what was found or where. searchers scouring the beaches and cliffs again over the weekend but nothing new turned up. >> attorneys for san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi are offering a new argument to keep a video out of evidence. it's the latest tactic in the sheriff's domestic abuse trial. christie smith is live in san francisco where jury selection should resume today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the prosecution certainly seemed to have a victory on their hands when a court said they would be allowed to show a video of san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi's wife. but now there is an entirely new

legal challenge coming out on this on the grounds that he actually wouldn't be allowed to question her in court over this. attorneys for the san francisco sheriff filed a new motion arguing that statements made by eliana lopez should not be alloweded because he can't cross-examine a videotape and lopez has said she does not want to testify in this. on the video that she made with a neighbor lopez shows a bruise from an alleged incident with her husband on new year's eve day. this is the third challenge to that video and mirkarimi and his wife have both since come forward and said there was no abuse. jury selection as you said continues today, the pool was expanded, there are now 144 potential jurors to get through. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> apple letting people know the new ipad may be in stores friday but it may take a while to get your own. scott mcgrew is in the newsroom

with the new delivery delay. >> good morning. jon, if you decide you want one of those new ipads and buy it on line it may take as much as three weeks to get it. all orders for friday delivery sold out. now as you point out apple does plan to have the new ipad in stores but if past history holds those, too, will sell quickly. in many ways this is one of the least new apple devices, it's mostly a faster chip and better screen. but demand appears high. you might think companies are glad when their products sell out but they are not because it represents a lost opportunity. apple factories cannot pump these out fast enough. you have choke points as well. how many ipads you can get on a plane and how many planes that apple can charter at one time. again, maybe as much as two to three weeks delay on the online delivery. >> in demand. scott, thanks. 5:36. your local county recorder's office may be packed with

protesters today. the occupy movement is joining forces with a group of homeowners to target 20 county offices throughout california including the recorder's office in san francisco. the protest is on illegal foreclosures and demanding independent audits of foreclosu foreclosures, they want the attorney general to put a hold on foreclosures until audits are complete. >> let's take a look at your monday weather forecast and toss it over to meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning, jon. good morning, marla and to you at home. it's cold but we're holding off on showers until tochblt we have a wet pattern that's going to last into this weekend. and we need the rain so that's the good news. however, we don't want to let you get caught off guard so clean out the the storm drains. we haven't had this rain all winter long. we're talking about with seven consecutive days with rain chance, upwards of 60% each day.

38 in livermore now, it's chilly in san jose in the 40s, as we head into your lunch time hour, noon today, 61 degrees, 55 by the bay. and at the coast 57 degrees. so overall temperatures running much cooler than where we were on friday, a beautiful couple days, thursday and friday, with temps in the 80s. everything changes, a series of storms on the way. that jet stream has taken a significant dip to the south. so that's going to usher in several pulses throughout the week. the storm systems are just lining up out there in the pacific. i'll time out the first one for you. and let you know when you might be able to get outdoors. you'll have limited opportunities but i have a pretty good handle on the timing. we'll talk about that. first i'll check your drive with mike inouye. >> we're worried about the timing of the morning commute because of that time change that kicked in yesterday. we're looking at a typical drive, a slow spot for antioch, highway 4 westbound right on schedule. but it doesn't appear to be quite as extensive.

this is only a few minutes into the morning slowdown for antioch, no problems in pittsburg and bay point. off the benicia bridge, 680 moves smoothly. still about an 18, almost 19-minute drive to the bay bridge toll plaza and the maze. nothing as far as incidents across the richmond bridge or the racetrack. bay bridge smooth. we'll get a live look at the golden gate bridge and see how things are shaping up. across from the north bay, a good number of headlights coming in, southbound to the toll plaza. >> it's 5:39. straight ahead the latest on the tension between the u.s. and afghanistan after u.s. soldier goes on a deadly shooting spree. we'll have a live report from washington coming up. >> check this out. a school of sharks in a feeding frenzy. we'll tell you where this was shot. [ female announcer ] with swiffer wet

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>> welcome back. it's 5:41. a u.s. soldier held right now for a shooting rampage, a deadly one that left nine children, three women and four men dead in afghanistan. this of course a big blow to an already brittle u.s./afghan relationship. tracie potts live on capitol hill, she has the detail this is morning with reaction to what many are calling nothing short of a senseless act of violence. good morning. >> reporter: jon, good morning. now the concern is will afghanistan, will the taliban strike back. that's what we're hearing, calls for protest, demonstrations. the last time we saw that they turned violent against at least six americans there in afghanistan. this soldier apparently shot and killed nine children, three women, and four men and then wounded five others, then turned himself in the next morning. this happened 500 yards from a u.s. base.

president obama's call afghan president to apologize, saying this is not representative of u.s. soldiers. karzai said this was murder, it was intentional, it was an act of terrorism and that it won't be forgotten after those koran burnings last month, we saw the deadly reaction to that. now there is concern not only about the safety of americans there, the embassy telling people to keep travel plans to themselves, avoid large gatherings in afghanistan. but also there's concern about u.s. relations, already as you said on somewhat of a thin string and now this incident here in washington reaction, some lawmakers saying this is a situation that unfortunately sometimes happens in war. we need to push through it. also some say underscores why we need to get out. >> a hard to believe story, kind of crazy. a two-part question. what do we know about this soldier, and any idea at this point of his motive?

>> reporter: motive, no. what we know is that he's married, has three children of his own, this was his first tour in afghanistan though he was a veteran soldier. he had three tours in iraq. and you know, after this incident he turned himself in. but in terms of what may have motivated, may have prompted him, what other incidents may have happened in conjunction we don't know yet. >> i'm sure we'll hear a lot about this in the coming days. thank you. >> 5:44. two gop primaries are scheduled for tomorrow and the presidential hopefuls are not letting up. rick santorum is trying to convince newt gingrich to step aside. santorum says he wants head-to-head contest with mitt romney. gingrich says he is staying and expects to win in mississippi and alabama on tuesday. he's calling romney the weakest republican front-runner since the 1920s. if gingrich does not win both states tomorrow he would effectively be out of the race. >> marla, it's like a scene out

of the classic movie "jaws." though we're talking 50 real sharks instead of one fat fake one. look at this. a feeding frenzy in australia. those are sharks. some up to eight feet long. scientists say the sharks were feeding on a school of tuna that swam close to shore. a nearby beach was closed for swimmers for two hours while the sharks got their fill on this free and all you can eat buffet. what a scene. that's how they do it, attack in droves. >> they are enjoyg their tuna sandwiches. >> meteorologist christina loren is here, pretty nice weekend and it will continue today though we could expect changes. >> major changes through this week. good morning to you. you don't need that umbrella today but you'll give it a workout as we progress through tuesday, all the way into the weekend. don't wash your car. forget about hosing down the yard today. things starting to change.

what's going to happen we'll see gusty winds pick up later on tonight, our first showers in the north bay bat 10:00 p.m. making for a slippery commute so i wanted to show you the golden gate bridge now because this is one of the last mornings where it will be this dry at this hour. keep that in mind. you'll probably need extra time all week long. 38 degrees in livermore, at 44 in san jose. 40 in san mateo and 36 in santa rosa. throughout the day today we stay dry, you can see the front as we head throughout tonight all of that rain moves into the bay area. we're talking about potentially picking up two inches of new rain, even in places like san jose. it's not just one system, it's a series of storms, several pulses as we head throughout the week. for today dry, tuesday, rain starts tomorrow morning. stop at 10:00 p.m. you can see the front moving into the north bay. you see moderate rain moving

into the north bay and the greater bay area getting wet at this time tomorrow. by tomorrow things really start to change so i can't -- i can't stress this enough. this is your last dry day to get it done. if it comes down to raking the leaves, something a little more difficult when we get all of that moisture. 64 in san jose. 64 milpitas and 59 today in san francisco. here it is, take a look. we start on monday, north bay shower late. that's our driest day in the extended period. by tomorrow we're talking about gusty showers, one day, intermittent showers continue for thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. a really juicy system moves into the bay area and this one is packing a lot of instability so we could talk about strong isolated thunderstorms. we'll talk more about that and how much snow we expect as well. hint, hint, more than three feet, mike. >> i cannot believe the situation now and that sounds like a dramatic change. locally and toward the sierra.

the local traffic flow. this is a hefty drive picking up. 17 minutes, slow out of the altamont pass. here at the dublin interchange, now speeds into the 50s as more folks hit the areas. we'll see if it sorts itself out. so far that's the build and the pattern. 680 and 880 without problems, northbound we'll push into the commute all the way from south san jose up through cupertino and mountain view. smooth drive in that direction. we do have on the peninsula we still had the earlier report of the car fire. the activity sounds like it's cleared and no problems for highway 1 or sharp park over to 280. the other side of the bay, a smooth drive over toward the maze. we do have debris heading away. a couple of lanes affected. we should have a crew heading

out. may abslow traffic break. a live look shows what things are the like at the toll plaza. no slowing yet. >> thanks. 5:48. closing arguments will begin this morning in the murder retrial of the man accused of killing tracy balitnakov. ali admitted killing her in a violent argument but his attorneys say it was an unplanned crime of passion. if found guilty he faces a possible life sentence. the woman was a daughter of a hall of fames receiver. >> 5:49. a rural homeowners saying they are getting scorched by a fire protection fee. the the state wants to charge $150 fire protection fee each year to 800,000 homeowners. they say more are building in rural areas which means the cost of fighting fires there is going up. critics say there is no new

service in exchange for the fee. the governor says the new fee would bring in nearly $85 million a year for the state. >> march madness about to get started and a couple of bay area teams are in the mix. those are gaels fans. their team st. mary's will be ranked 7 in that midwest bracket of the ncaa tournament. st. mary's won the title and the regular season title. they take on number 10 purdue friday. while the gaels were a shoo-in it was not the case for the other bay area team in the tournament. >> now it's up to us i guess to prove that we do belong and you know, we're a decent basketball team and that the league is good. and it's going to be up to us in colorado to go in and make hay. >> the other steam the cal bears, what some have been playing in the playing game, it's the small round before the

64 teams start to play the official part of that tournament. cal plays wednesday against south naxt. the winner becomes the 16th seed in the midwest bracket. >> who is happy is laura. >> lgc. >> new video of the challenger shuttle explosion. we'll show it to you next. >> today is a cyber monday of a different kind. we'll have all of the explanations coming up. >> a guy who said sclej a waste of stim now going to teach ege. we'll awetatakel ook.ke or i can't stay'asleep.o s, [ male announcer ] unisom helps you fall asleep faster and stay asleep. so i wake up rested. [ male announcer ] unisom. fall asleep faster. sleep longer.

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and supporting an organization working to help the environment. because the more we do in the bay area, the more we help make opportunity possible. >> welcome back. 26 years after the accident that destroyed the space shuttle "challenger" we're getting a glimpse of never before seen footage of the explosion.

jeffrey recorded this on his camera during that launch and he captured the tragedy just 73 seconds into the flight. of course we remember that. the challenger exploding in the sky, killing all of the astronauts on board. while the pictures and the film are just breath taking and tragic all wrapped in one, alt says it does not come close to the shock of witnessing this first-hand. wow. >> so hard to watch. how about lighter news. bring out the cookies. girl scouts celebrate its 100th birthday. scouts across california will be celebrating with local and state leaders. in sacramento the state senate and assembly will present the girl scouts with a joint proclamation. and in cupertino the mayor will present the girl scouts with a proclamation from the city. to help celebrate, a shout out will go out to all of the girl scouts past and present. >> it is as much a tradition

attached to daylight savings time as maybe oversleeping. you might call this cyber loafing monday, many workers will be logging on and checking out, a study looked at six years of google dates. it found the hours of lost sleep sends workers to the web where they spend more than the usual amount of time browsing, particularly on the entertainment sites. the experts say when we're tired we exhibit less self control, or maybe we're just snoozing and falling asleep while surfing. >> 5:55. here is a strange one. the guy who pays kids not to go to college is teaching college. scott mcgrew, peter teal not practicing what he preaches. >> he is not. peter teal made billions establishing paypal and then invested money in facebook and other start-ups. most didn't know who he was until he started offering college kids money to drop out

of college and pursue internet start-ups. he once said that college was a waste of time. well, teal will teach one class at stanford. entrepreneurship. college bashing is in vogue for people who went to college. presidential candidate rick santorum recently bashed president obama's desire to send more to college calling it elitest. mr. santorum got his masters degree and then a law degree. not a lot of data for wall street we have data on oil imports into america. they have fallen. i talked with the head of western state petroleum. she says that probably has more to do with less american demand than more production but it's a move in the right direction. and swiss voters rejected a new law that would have given them six weeks vacation. they decided it would hurt the economy and they will stwik tich

the minimum of four. remember, europe is close to falling back into recession from an economic point of view what the swiss did was a great idea. >> good point. >> great information. still to come on "today in the bay," a new warning from police after an attempted kidnapping at a bay area day care center. we'll show you the suspect next. >> parts of a bay area city on ahurt after warnings a tsunami could cause massive damage there. details straight ahead. >> today looks good, then we bring on the rain, tuesday through the weekend. i'll let you know how much we expect in your city and when those showers will develop. >> we're minutes away from bringing on the commute for much of the bay area. we'll show you where some slow downs are causing the greenyell. ♪

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