today the san francisco sheriff's legal troubles may be ending, but are his political problems just getting started? why sentencing day could be decision day to save his job. and a live look outside, golden gate bridge, what is in store? weather wise for your workweek, we'll find out on this monday, march 19th. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you, and thanks so much for joining us. 5:00 right now, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> we find out after a pretty wild weekend. looks like things are calming a little bit now, right? >> are you finally ready to say good-bye to winter? >> finally, yes, winter's gone -- the forecast's not going to live up to it. and we're watching the radar. we don't have rain around the bay area. rain offshore, but nothing impacting your morning commute. the temperatures quite chilly.

hour-by-hour, you'll need a winter coat and keep the jacket on during the day today. no need to dress in layers. highs today only in the mid-50s. tomorrow morning, though, looks like a few more showers coming back into the bay area. well, you're talking about sustained winds, nothing like last week, but we've got a gust or two. and right here, chp says, you know, watch it, as you're coming in through the pass, you might get caught with a gust or two. we talk about higher profile vehicles, but even the smaller cars, get caught with those gusts. oakland, we look at 880 across the coliseum, and the camera is steady. not a problem for the east bay right here. and that smooth drive up to the bay bridge. >> thank you very much. well, sadly gone without a trace. a morgan hill mother is desperate this morning to find her teenage daughter after a weekend search failed to turn up any sign of the girl. today in the bay's damian joins us in morgan hill where the teenager failed to show up for

classes on friday. good morning, damien. >> reporter: good morning, laura, it's unclear if there'll be any search today or how extensive that search will be. we'll keep you posted. but you're right, nobody has heard from sierra lamar since she disappeared on friday. they spent the last two days looking for her in the fields next to her house. her mother says sierra has never run away and showed no indications she was attempting to do so. her cell phone is now dead so deputies are not able to track it. the 15-year-old left for school friday morning at 6:00 a.m. just like any other day. but her mother wasn't notified until late friday that sierra never showed up at her high school. so she dialed 911 and the search began. deputies say the other troubling thing is there are no witnesses. no one has seen or heard from sierra since she left home. >> it's just out of character. she always, you know, maintains contact and sometimes i'll have to text her twice to get a

response, but she always texts back right away. >> reporter: sierra is a 15-year-old sophomore here. some of her family lives in fremont, but they've been out helping in that search. again, no word on how extensive that search might be today. the sheriff office says it is troubling to them that they began this search so late in the game. several hours after she was apparently missing out of morgan hill. we are live in morgan hill, i'm damien today in the bay. the police called off their search for a woman who they believe was a victim in a tragic murder/suicide. they found no signs of her after looking in a rural area. the 52-year-old mother has not been seen since tuesday, the day before her son, an iraq war veteran killed his 11-year-old sister and then himself inside the family's gilroy apartment. they found evidence he killed his mother, as well, inside his

car, but there's still no sign of her body. also this morning, police right now in oakland searching for two men who a woman claims lured her to a secluded spot near city hall and then raped her. officers say it happened early sunday morning across the street from broadway street near 14th. she was treated at a nearby hospital, so far, no arrests have been made. we're still watching the water gushing on to the street. trying to cap a water main break this morning. the 15-inch rupture burst this morning near monte rosa drive. so far, no word on if the water has gushed into nearby homes. today a california couple will once again go to court to fight for their right to sell arms at local gun shows. their appeal could have a wide-ranging impact on gun show laws across all of california and across the entire city. today in the bay's christy smith live at the fairgrounds which is at the center of all of this

legal argumenting. good morning, christy. >> good morning to you, john. a number of counties have laws on the books that don't allow the sale or possession of guns on government property, which essentially bans gun shows at what some consider some of the best places to hold them like fairgrounds. this is video from near the cal palace and now a couple is asking a federal appeals court in san francisco to take another look at their request to strike those laws down as unconstitutional. that according to it -- they're challenging alameda county's. the couple says the fact they can't have gun shows where they want to has really affected their lives tremendously. the decision could determine the fate of gun show regulations in california and a number of other western states. and some believe this could actually end up all the way at the u.s. support. the ninth circuit court of

appeals is expected to hear arguments this afternoon in san francisco at 2:30. reporting live in pleasanton, christy smith, today in the bay. 5:05 right now. today, san francisco sheriff faces sentencing. and now his job hangs in the balance. pleading guilty to one misdemeanor count of false imprisonment. in exchange, officials are dropping domestic abuse charges that left his wife's arm bruised. he's expected to be sentenced to three year's probation, 52 weeks of domestic violence classes, 100 hours of community service and a $400 fine. mayor ed lee is consulting with the city attorney to decide if he should remove him from office. he so far insists he's not stepping down. a man opens fire at a jewish school in france taking the lives of children there.

we're hearing this may be linked to other recent attacks in southern france, correct? >> yeah, the attack comes after three soldiers were shot and killed in two separate shootings. the same area within the past week. there are reports that the gun used in today's attack was of the same caliber as one used in the soldier shootings. but this connection has not been confirmed. here's what we do know. officials say a man on either a scooter or a motorcycle pulled up to a jewish school in france and just opened fire. so far, three children and one adult have died. this includes two brothers and the father. at least five more are hurt. the gunman got away and now security is being tightened at all jewish schools across france. well, today the u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians will meet with his lawyer for their first face-to-face meeting. the seattle-based defense attorney arrived in kansas last night where army staff sergeant robert bales is being held in an

isolated cell. prison officials are calling today's meeting a privileged visit. bales has not been charged yet in the march 11th shooting. but formal charges are expected to be filed within the week. well, it is tornado season in western nebraska as the latest victim of mother nature's tornadic force. two confirmed tornadoes hitting lincoln county overnight wiping out power lines, damaging homes and vehicles. now, one of those tornadoes carried winds above 110 miles an hour. now, officials say some people were taken to the hospital for minor injuries, but so far, no deaths have been reported. john and laura? >> nebraska's my home state, i'll have to call back and make sure everybody's okay back there. that's serious stuff this time of year. we had some weather of our own over the weekend. want to check in with rob maeda. >> we're seeing breezy conditions over the hill tops this morning, but the hail, snow, flooding rains has given the bay area a break. it's chilly, though, 30s and

40s, 35 in fairfield and livermore, even san jose, kind of chilly, relatively speaking at 41 degrees, 43 in san francisco and close to 40 in oakland. the winds at sea level not too bad, but the mid spans of the bridges, the bay bridge, san rafael bridge and the san mateo bridge, breezy conditions higher off of the water this morning. patchy clouds to start the day, filtered sunshine at times, another cool day today, highs in the 50s and later tonight, i do think we're going to see a little more rain coming our way, especially for the north bay as we head into tuesday morning. the radar right now mainly dry and you can see here the future cast heading through the day, mainly gray skies, overcast conditions and eventually we're going to see a better chance for rain showing up later on. for the north bay, and this time tomorrow, count on seeing some showers. we're not talking super soaker rains like we had last week, but rather enough probably to wet the ground as you can see here. rainfall totals heading through

tonight and tomorrow, north bay heading into tuesday and enough to wet the ground around parts of the south bay i think as we get toward tuesday afternoon. numbers in the upper 50s, feeling more comfortable outside because it won't feel as gusty. 57 in kaster valley, almost like one giant micro climate today. to the north bay, as well, 57 degrees in santa rosa. so later on tonight, it's 10:14 spring. wednesday's going to be the spring-like area after showers for tomorrow, and toward thursday, i think a few more showers and moving into the weekend, temperatures will be cooling with a little more rain as we head toward saturday and sunday. mike? >> 10:14. we'll look over here to the bay bridge where we're looking at those gusts you're talking about, rob. chp did warn about those. your other east/west bridges and we're looking at the approach as far as the commute goes and not a problem. light volume. easing into this much better

than last week. last week a lot of rain, windy conditions, this week a lot better for the monday start. over off to the right side of your camera shot from the toll plaza and you see it's lit up talking about a wind advisory for the bridge. again, the high-rise probably the issue here as well as the bridge. because the toll plaza is very steady. the golden gate bridge, a look up there shows things moving nicely. we saw the earlier crew move the cones getting ready for the morning commute. no problems and delays down into the city, guys. back to you. >> thanks very much, mike. 5:11 right now. it's a good day to be a golden bayer. facing top-seeded notre dame in the next round of the ncaa tournament. iowa hung on to beat the hawkeyes, 84-74 in south bend, indiana. the game, by the way, was the first time any player on the cal roster had ever competed in the ncaa tournament game. it didn't scare them off. tuesday's game against noter

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who saw temperatures more typical of june. described as balmy. five 80-degree days in a row. all records 35 degrees above average. >> it's pretty unusual to have to debate whether or not you're going to turn on the air-conditioning in march in chicago. >> everybody's breaking out the tank tops. the cause of the unusual jet stream pushing way north to canada keeping the cold air in the arctic and ushering warm gulf air through most of the country. well, while it feels like summer in much of the country, arizona, look at that, feeling the chill. that's flagstaff, arizona. yeah, up in the mountains. the rare snowstorm has left up to 2 feet of snow on the ground near flagstaff there. some highways had to be shut down stranding travelers, some of whom weren't really sure what to do. >> we never drove in snow before. this is the first time. so try to find a way home.

>> and more snow is expected to fall throughout the day. we shovel it out? >> i'm from nebraska so i love seeing people who have never witnessed snow. they're in shock. >> what is this? no way. >> and the video from chicago, you would have thought that was south beach. >> oh, man, that's incredible. well, unfortunately, we're sort of more like arizona, especially this weekend, we had hail, we had low snow, around hamilton roadway, the snow totals of the last week. you might think this is good news. we had almost 20 inches of rain in the san cruz mountains, perhaps good news for some of our reservoirs up there for some of the runoff coming off the mountains. but as we show you now updated rainfall average to date numbers. and you can see we kind of made a dent in some of those numbers for the north bay, san francisco, and oakland, but it tells you how dry this year has been. we're only 50% of average.

san jose kind of missed out on a lot of that heavier rain last week. no rain this morning, plenty chilly, though. winter coat weather this morning. 30s and 40s outside. dry for now, but we're going to be watching a jet stream pattern, which obviously dropped in the cool and blustery conditions this weekend. move a little bit further to the north as we go into today. and also into tomorrow. still not totally out of our neighborhood. so we're going to see moisture spilling up and over into the bay area that will toss clouds our way, maybe a few sprinkles toward this evening and for parts of the north bay, looks like you will see a little more rain. the future cast model picking up on light rain moving back into the bay area by this time tomorrow. today, overcast skies should see numbers in the upper 50s. this is the last afternoon of winter with our temperatures in the bay area mostly mid to upper 50s outside. 58 degrees in dublin. mid to upper 50s toward the north bay. tonight, actually spring

officially arrives, but it's going arrive on wednesday. tuesday, again, on thursday, and for the weekend. looks like a little more rain rolling in as we head into saturday and sunday. so the weather goes on. we're looking over here to the south bay. we are looking at a nice smooth drive. talking about the weekend leftovers. we have the peak of hamilton closed. we'll get the updates before we let folks go up there. northbound moving smoothly through the south bay up through the lower peninsula. 101, 280, no problems, rarely a problem this time of morning. a smooth drive here. the dunbarton bridge, wind advisory from chp, that high-rise section along county line, and gusts possible over to the san mateo bridge, highway 92, at the county line, similar reminder from chp. across the bay, we'll get a look at 880 past the coliseum with a smooth drive.

northbound with these taillights, no problems pass high street and the toll plaza. no metering lights but an advisory again for the bay bridge. upper deck mid span watch it over the water but an easy drive over the water, guys. >> thank you very much, mike. 5:19 this morning, starbucks turns the page of a new chapter while chevy puts the brakes on a chapter of its own. for that and news before the bell we turn to jackie deangelos. good morning. >> good morning to you. the futures are slightly lower this morning coming after last week's big gains. the largest gains of 2012 largely due to positive employment numbers and favorable retail and manufacturing news. we saw the dow close down 20 points on friday, 13,332. the nasdaq closed down a point to 3,055 and the s&p 500 closed up point to 1,404. investors looking to the

national home builders survey to gauge into the industry's confidence. and starbucks is expanding from java to juice. the company will open its first evolution juice store today. they will help starbucks decide whether it will continue to expand into the $50 billion health and wellness industry. they'll have vegetarian and vegan dishes. today, general motors will halt production of its electric vehicle the chevy volt. the detroit plant will cease production of a car for approximately five weeks to help clear out inventory. the volt has experienced low sales despite the tax credit offered to buyers of the luxury vehicle. >> i'm still hearing that $8 for 16 ounces, better be the fountain of youth in there. march madness is normally associated with basketball, but also applies when it comes to divorce filings. that's right, the people at

finelaw.com say more couples file for divorce in march more than any other month. they analyze divorce filings between 2008 and 2011 and found divorces spike in january, continue to rise and then peak in late march. one lawyer tells the website, some families decide to try to keep it cool, wait until after the holidays are over to split up to give their children one last celebration. for others, the stress of the holidays pushes them right to the point of divorce. >> i thought perhaps it was an analysis of the present. coming up, cap and gown cutoff. plus a huge announcement coming from apple this morning. we're talking more money than the gdp of iraq that may come into the economy. we'll about the it coming up. ♪

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well, graduation is just a few months away for high school seniors. a new study shows more work needs to be done to reduce the number of dropouts. children advocacy group headed by colin powell finding 1 in 4 fail to graduate within the past decade. and more than 1,500 schools failed to pass more than 60% of its students. there is a push to develop early warning systems to try and identify and help those who may be at risk of dropping out. it is 5:24 right now. it is one of the most important decisions ever made by an american company and it's happening in a little more than half hour in coopertino. what will apple do with all its cash? business and tech reporter scott

mcgrew has details. >> never before in history has any company had such a cash hoard. they will announce what it's going to do with $98 billion in cash. it'll do so on the conference call with reporters. tim cook has been hinting about this for some time. last night apple announced this morning will be the morning. so let's go through the possibilities. the most obvious thing apple could do is pay a dividend. everyone who owns a share of apple gets a share of the $98 billion. apple could buy back its own stock. this would reduce the number of shares out there and that would boost apple share prices to never before imagined highs. apple could buy something. actually could buy practically any company in the world or let's not forget it could do absolutely nothing. not impossible, but unlikely. why does apple have so much cash money? obviously from selling lots of stuff. but the hoarding mentality is inherited from this man, steve

jobs who saved apple from bankruptcy. this is the cover 1997, simple word there "pray," this was not that long ago. and much like a person who lived through the great depression, mr. jobs was a saver. if apple is going to divvy up the money amongst shareholders, this will be the biggest injection into the economy in history. facebook could raise as much as $10 billion in cash in its ipo, we are talking about a number this morning that is nine times and somewhat more bigger than that. so 6:00 a.m., it's coming soon. >> and i heard this is the biggest year for dividends should that happen. >> yeah, absolutely. it totally changes the face of the nasdaq, of mutual funds. it's a big, big deal. >> thank you very much, scott. coming up, a college pushing local kids away. why they might be forced to move away for school. and good morning, the radar's dry right now, but i'm

tracking new chances of rain starting to show up in the forecast as we go through the workweek. a look at that when we come up. and early slowing for 580 coming up toward north flynn where we also have a wind advisory. followine bridges, advisory and a new accident to tell you about coming up.

as well as $199 per couple including a tour of mountain homes and lodging. go to dreamschaefersmill.com. get ready, it may be time to dust off that bicycle helmet. gas prices spiking again and there's no end in sight. just how much you can expect to pay at the pump just ahead. well, you better hope the weather cooperates then or you'll get a helmet with an umbrella top. the forecast for this week on this monday, march 19th, this is "today in the bay." >> i like the thought of that. a helmet with an umbrella on top. apple's not the only one thinking.

good morning, thanks so much for joining us. it's 5:29 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and we've been talking about things chilling out, but the question is, for how long? >> right now, the rain has stopped right now. we have clouds moving over the bay area and you can see it on the satellite and radar view this morning. we have a little bit of light rain offshore, but not expecting much in the way of rain today, but things will be changing in the next 24 hours as we go hour by hour. your temperatures this morning, obviously it's quite cold, 30s and 40s outside by lunch time, low 50s. a dry day, but, mike, i think we'll be tracking the radar and a wet morning commute. >> oh, my. all right. something to look forward to for tuesday. right now, we're looking at an accident, though. eastbound 92 as you're getting off at the bridge in hayward, reports of the left lane blocked again heading over toward 880 your commute direction, watch as you're heading over the high-rise further over off to the left. let's get a live look out there.

the san mateo bridge, the sign lit up on the right side. gusts possible over the higher elevation here. the bay bridge, just a note. today the fight over where gun shows can be set up in the bay area heading to federal court. today in the bay's christy smith live at the fairgrounds a site right at the center of this legal challenge. christie, good morning. >> reporter: yeah. good morning, john. gun shows have been jaut outlawed here since 1999. and now a couple from glenn county is challenging that law and those like it in the bay area as unconstitutional. they have allowed to set up shop in clara county for gun shows. but counties like alameda, san mateo and marin have laws that don't allow the sale or purchase of guns on government property. which means you can't hold them

at what some people consider the most desirable places like ferry grounds. this according to the merck. the couple is asking the ninth circuit court of appeals to strike down these regulations. and they're specifically targeting alameda county. the outcome could determine the fate of gun shows in california and other western states. they're going to be watching this closely. the ninth circuit court of appeals panel is expected to hear the case this afternoon at 2:30. reporting live in pleasanton, christie smith. the end is near for guaranteed admission. administrators abandoned plans to toughen standards this fall for students who have been historically given preference. overcrowding in classes brought on by state budget cuts is forcing them to be more selective. the issue is coming up again in students applying for the 2013 semester could be impacted. three public hearings are

scheduled in the south bay this week. a peninsula lawmaker wants pg & e to pick up the tab for upgrading the aging pipelines. a consumer watchdog group will hold a news conference in san francisco today urging the california public utilities commission to reject pg & e's plan to charge rate payers 95% of the cost to upgrade the pipeline system. problems with the aging pipelines were exposed during the deadly san bruno explosion back in 2010. 5:33 right now, a new stretch of toll lanes is expected to open tomorrow. four miles worth of the new lanes were supposed to open last thursday on 237 and interstate 880. but the grand opening was delayed because of bad weather. express lanes allow car poolers but also solo drivers who pay a toll through their fasttrack account. >> always hate to start your morning off on a monday with downer news, but gas prices, yes, still on the rise nationwide. aaa says prices rose 7 cents

over the last week. reaching an average of $3.83 for one gallon of regular unleaded. that is 31 cents more than one month ago. the all-time nationwide high $4.11 a gallon. that was set in july of 2008. now, of course, prices right here in the bay area far higher than that nationwide average. but right now, well hopefully they seem to be holding steady here. in san francisco, a gallon of regular unleaded is going for $4.41 on average. in san jose and oakland, $4.33. just a month ago they were around the $4 mark in most cities. >> probably the one time in life you don't want to be above average. >> can we be mediocre? 5:34. some records over the weekend, as well, when it came to rainfall. what's in store for this week? >> yeah, not so bad at least this morning, what a wild weekend we had.

it'd be nice if our temperatures could go above average. it's cold outside, it's going to get you to step out the door to temperatures in the 30s. 41 in san jose and some of our temperatures in the south bay now, sunnyvale down to 39 degrees, 36 in gilroy and look at santa cruz down to 38 degrees, 43 in san francisco. not as windy as yesterday, that's a little bit of good news. we're not dealing with the windchill factor this morning, but it's going to be a cool day today, overcast skies, highs in the mid-50s and a slight chance of rain coming back in. doppler radar is dry. the reason it was so blustery and cold this weekend, the jet stream actually dropped into southern california, opened up the door for all that cold air and for today, the jet stream's going to start to move a little bit further to the north. we'll see some rain, i think for the north bay as early as late this afternoon, then looks like most of the bay area come this time tomorrow's going to see a little more light rain. we've got overcast skies through the afternoon wz head toward the

evening, rain offshore starting to approach the coast, but unlike the super soaker heavy rains we had last week, we're talking mainly light rain coming back in as we head toward tomorrow morning. upper 50s around san jose, 60 degrees, that's not warm for this time of year. we should see 70s on these maps, mid-50s in san francisco with increasing clouds, and yes, spring arrives, 10:14 tonight and just in time for that, we're going to see some showers into tuesday morning. wednesday looks pretty good. upper 60s. we'll warm up a little bit. and as we roll into the weekend, looks like more rain as we go into saturday and sunday. tough commute around here and probably tough commute up in the sierra again for the weekend. >> hey, but you know, some folks are willing to go through that. we're looking over here to 580 as folks will head east if you're going to the sierra, but west is your morning commute and we do see some slowing right now. early for this slowing to start up and beats highway 4. 15-minute drive, that's the same area to greenville where we have

wind advisory coming off that hill there. keep that in mind. i said it's beating highway 4 and it is. that 57 registering there. so still not a whole lot of slowing and it's after 5:30. we'll watch over the next ten minutes, likely to see speeds dipping down there, but a lighter flow so far for your morning commute this monday. we will get a live look out there. and as we look at the golden gate bridge, i want to give folks advisories. we are getting this from twitter. tweeting out an alert. an update from the city of vallejo due to ongoing work -- the unavailability of scorpio, these are both ferries, there are going to be delays. so the 7:00 and the 8:30, to san francisco is what's important. there's a bus bridge in place. you'll have to take a bus instead of a ferry. you can't use the scorpio this morning. >> i thought you were giving us a horoscope for a minute. >> back to you from the

capricorn. >> pices and -- >> leo. are you a senior? if you are, you may be getting a break from the tsa. why the elderly will have an easier time getting through airport security. also, the man right in the center of a big-time international incident. what he allegedly did in the moments before taking aim, firing, and killing nine children and others in afghanistan. and a live look outside overlooking san francisco this morning. cold start to the morning. what's in store for the workweek? we will check in with rob mayeda in for christina. 5:38.

5:40 right now. we're following a deadly shooting at a jewish school in southern france. children have been killed and the gunman reportedly still on the loose. today in the bay joins us from our newsroom with reaction from france's president. good morning.

>> good morning. president nicholas sarkozy just making a statement about the deadly shooting that has left three children and one teacher dead. he says, "this barbaric act cannot win. we will find this killer. we must practice calm and caution." officials say a man on either a scooter or a motorcycle pulled up to a jewish school in france just before the start of classes today and opened fire. the dead includes brothers, 3-year-olds and 6-year-olds and their 30-year-old father. at least five more are hurt. this is the latest in a series of deadly shootings that happened in the same area within the past week. well, tens of thousands of iraqis filling the streets of basra today to mark the end of the u.s.-led war that toppled the government of saddam hussein in 2003. protesters waving iraqi flags and calling on the government to provide food and services to everyone, especially the poor. iraq's official unemployment

rate sits at 15%, although the actual figure is believed to be more like 30%. the international community continues to condemn north korea's plans to launch a satellite into space. this morning, south korea officials say it is a secret test of nuclear rocket technology. just last week, north korea announcing the launch saying this will take place between april 12th and april 16th. less than an month away. laura? >> thank you for the update. 5:42 right now. now on to decision 2012. the big primary with a big twist this morning. republican candidates are gearing up for tomorrow's vote in illinois. state with more delegates at state than any other state except for georgia. today in the bay tracie potts live on capitol hill with a look at the loophole that makes this primary different from the rest. good morning, tracy. >> hi, laura, good morning, everyone, it's called the loophole primary because there are essentially two votes when you go to the ballot box. vote for president, vote for the

delegates to nominate the person from the republican party who will represent the party in november. those votes disconnected so those delegates not bound by the popular vote. mitt romney is going into this with momentum after winning big in puerto rico this weekend. he won all of the puerto rico delegates, all 20 of them. he also is leading the polls in illinois by in some cases as much as nine points. but his chief rival there, rick santorum, thinks he can win the nomination. and winning it, he says, has a lot to do with what happens tomorrow in illinois. >> able to come out with a huge surprise win. i guarantee you -- i guarantee you, then we will win this nomination. >> every time it looks like mr. romney has some momentum, he gets set back. he hasn't been able to make the sale to his own party. >> we're only at halftime. i think that this process is going to play itself out. we will have a nominee. i think fairly soon. one, two months away.

>> newt gingrich and ron paul are also on the ballot, but not with nearly as much support. in fact, laura, it was gingrich who said this one, the illinois primary tomorrow is going to be between rick santorum and mitt romney. >> thank you very much, tracy. this morning, the very first face-to-face meeting between a lawyer and that u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 afghan villagers and then setting some of those bodies on fire, attorney john henry brown plans to meet with army staff sergeant robert bales being held in an isolated cell. military officials say bales was drinking before he crept away from a southern afghanistan base and went on that shooting rampage killing nine children and seven others. those who know bales, shocked. >> i swear that this is a major mistake. you've got the wrong name. bobby bales could not hurt a woman or a child.

>> well, over the weekend in fremont in a small town of -- called little kabul, the community gathering to express anger and resentment. >> it doesn't matter if it's muslim, christian, american -- >> staff sergeant bales has not been charged yet in the march 11th shootings, but formal charges are expected to be filed within the week. and if the case does go to court, it's said it will be held in the united states. well, fire crews right now getting the upper hand on a wildfire in colorado. 90% of the fire now contained, which has just scorched 14 miles of grassland in the northeast part of that state. at least two homes were destroyed and three firefighters were injured during that. 300 residents in a nearby town were evacuated. gusty winds, of course, helping fuel that fire which started up on saturday. it is 5:45 right now. a deadly weekend on three separate california mountain slopes. the owner of china peak mountain

resort northeast of fresno says the 30-year-old snowbordarrdeas killed. a 54-year-old skier was killed after falling into a deep hole created by an underflow of water. and at kirkwood mountain resort a skier taken to the hospital after being injured in a small avalanche. the extent of that injury is not known. >> the turn of this kind of weather, we weren't expecting the wind, the rain, trees falling, people getting injured up in the tahoe, but it's starting to slow down this week a little. >> last week we had several feet of snow in the sierra, several inches of rain in the bay area, but this morning, it's probably the cold weather that's going to get you. we have some 30s, napa, fairfield, santa rosa, sunnyvale down to 39 degrees. santa cruz, 38 degrees this morning, it's cold. we have partly cloudy skies, at least the wind has backed off. that was a big story yesterday.

blowing sand across the roadways on the coast and also powering up big waves on the coast. as those winds back off, the surf, high-surf warnings have expired. right now, the radar is dry, no worries about rain for your commute. tomorrow might be a little bit of a different story. we'll see changes with light rain approaching the north bay and eventually spilling south as we go through the afternoon tomorrow. and you can see here on the satellite radar view, jet stream moving to the north, but clouds spilling over during the day today. that's going to help to keep our temperatures in the mid-50s. and heading into tonight and yes, tomorrow morning, we're looking at rain showing up especially for the north bay and this is mainly areas of light rainfall that will be coming down. if you add things up through the day on tuesday, we're not seeing 3, 4, 5 inches of rain like we had last week, but enough it could slow down the commute at times tomorrow morning, which, of course, mike will keep an eye as we go through your tuesday. today, upper 50s around san

jose. yes, the last full day of winter. we've got spring rolling in later on tonight. it'd be nice to get to the 70s and 80s. tomorrow, we'll see a little bit of light rain coming down, especially for the north bay. wednesday, upper 60s, maybe some low 70s out there. but you can see, we've got more showers rolling in for thursday, saturday and sunday, not the best timing there. a little more rain dropping in on us for the weekend. mike? >> all right, rob. well, right now as you said, things are moving nicely and no problems with the snow leftover from this weekend. we expect that to reopen about 9:00 this morning. but we don't want anybody slipping and sliding over there. over here, water, in its liquid form, the roadway. sharon parker drive that has a wear main break there affecting local traffic, but not affecting to the south and not affecting sharon heights golf course. highway 84, over the high-rise,

just watch it, you might get caught with a gust or two there. as well as the san mateo bridge. and over on the peninsula side, we have a no slowing there. now, we'll get you a look over in the east bay where we have antioch showing your slow down. look at the change over the last 15 minutes. speeds close to 20 miles per hour, all the way over toward love ridge. getting close to the bay bridge, a nice smooth flow through the maze. we have an 18-minute drive. no problems besides the wind advisory for the bay bridge, as well. chp gives that note because they were caught with a gust or two, not because of a sustained issue there. a smooth drive for the westbound commuters including down the west shore freeway. well, starting today, older travelers will have a little easier time getting through that airline security. travelers aged 75 years and up will be allowed to leave their

shoes and lightweight jackets on when they pass through airport screenings at four u.s. airports. chicago o'hare, denver, portland, and orlando. the transportation security administration says the pilot program will be -- will actually cut back on pat-downs while moving away from one-size-fits-all security screenings. officers will make visual assessments on who qualifies for the screenings. that's going to get people in trouble. >> i'm not taking my jacket off, young man. 5:50 right now. the latest solution to speed up the bus system rolls up july 1st when all door boarding will begin. the biggest problem for speeding up the buses is boarding difficulties. all riders must enter through the front door of the bus and that wastes pressure minutes. come july 1st, riders will be allowed to board on the back of the bus, as well. card readers are already installed, and muni plans to

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welcome back. and a good monday morning to you. looks like traffic's picking up just a tad on the golden gate bridge, at least. we will check all of the bay area bridges. highway, biways. 5:53. well, it's clear, alex smith not about to sit around just waiting by the phone while the 49ers try to lock down peyton manning. no, no the a chance. instead the 28-year-old

quarterback visiting other teams for the very first time during his career. first in a trip down to miami to work out for the dolphins over the weekend. and now, we're getting word smith is scheduled to meet up with the seahawks up in seattle some time this week. as for manning, the quarterback, well, he could be making decisions some time soon, possibly as early as tomorrow. this week, three competing companies will have one last chance to convince oakland coliseum leaders there the best to run o.co. the bidders, smg, global spectrum, and aeg will present their qualifications to the subcommittee today. the company they select will run o.co for the next ten years. they'll be responsible for two buildings and three sports franchises, including the a's. >> racking up more interest to pick up another sports team. oracle ceo larry ellison in advance talks to buy the nba's memphis grizzlies.

how about that? the speculation has been ellison wants to buy a team and move it to san jose. the price tag for the team right now reportedly $350 million. the only nba franchise in the bay area is, of course, the golden state warriors who play in oakland. but don't count on those season tickets just yet. the grizzlies' current lease in memphis run through 2021. 5:55 right now. we now know what apple will do with its pile of money. you have the latest. >> we're less than five minutes away, but we know that apple will spend about half of its pile of cash. keep in mind, we are talking about the biggest pile of cash in american business history. apple will, we understand, spend $45 billion on dividends in a stock buyback plan. $2.65 a share on the dividend $10 billion worth of stock buy back. $45 billion is a staggering amount of money, but some disappointment this morning that apple is keeping so much money

in reserve. now, the official announcement will come at 6:00 a.m. our time just a few minutes from now. there was all kinds of speculation as to what might happen. remember, at $98 billion, we're talking about more money than the gdp of iraq. now, it's not so important compared to today's news, but let me squeeze in the latest debacle for app makers, big group of them being sued for allegedly uploading your private information without your permission. it's a black eye for app makers, apple, just an unavoidable mistake, but could be a class action suit coming out of texas. again, we're talking about a $45 billion expenditure by apple. that conference call gets underway in about three minutes. 5:56 right now. after weeks of small returns, box office back in a big way. sony's "21 jump street" opened outpacing expectations with $35 million.

universal's "the lorax" with $22.8 million, bringing its domestic total to about $158 million. and at number three, disney's sci-fi flick "john carter," lifting its domestic total to a little over $53 million. 5:57 right now. "today in the bay" will be back in a couple of minutes. >> search nbc's bay area news for the latest news, weather, and traffic updates. and speaking of weather updates this morning, it's cold outside. we've got some 30s and 40s out there plus some tracking our next round of rain. mike? >> you've got the rain coming, the wind that's here and also the slowing for 580. i'll showts wthre er spotshere your monday commute is kicking in.

good morning.