suspect wanted in the deadly shootings in france is surrounded by police. an early morning look at the golden gate bridge. we will check the morning commute and changing forecast as well on this wednesday, march 21. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. 5:00 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. i'm john kelly. time to check in with christine loren. it is spring. sunshine is back. it is warmer. >> thank you very much. yeah, you know, we are going to get spring showers as we head through the next couple of days. it is like this. you get a day of rain, nice dre' day, day of rain, nice dry day. today we are on the dry side. 45 degrees in livermore. 47 in san jose. rain on the way tomorrow. quite a bit for this weekend. we will climb out the next two systems first. let's check the drive at 5:00 a.m. straight up with mike.

>> welcome back to you. let's get a nice look at the bay bridge. smooth flow you are talking about. clear view now. fog may develop in many spots around the bay. that will be the issue as we update you throughout the morning. a smooth drive so far across the upper deck. getting into oakland, that side of the -- construction zone, may have an issue as you come off of the incline. we are also in berkeley are following this water main break at 7th and addison. 7th is closed from university avenue south of addison. that affects folks going north-south. connector is fine. we will monitor this. there was pavement damage, too. >> sounds good. 5:01 now. investigators this morning stepping up their search for 15-year-old sierra lamar. desperate for any clues that her mother makes another emotional plea for her daughter's return. bob redell is live in morgan

hill with what we know so far. good morning. >> reporter: yeah. good morning. even at this early hour, we are still -- still dark out, we saw a deputy canvassing the neighborhood where lamar lives. the sixth day since sierra lamar failed to catch her school bus at the sbeshgs down the street from her home, the sheriff's office has been interviewing their classmates. while her family has been praying for her safe return. >> if you can hear me, how much i love you and want you back. i want you back. i love you and i just want you back. >> that was sierra's mother, marlene, at a candlelight vigil held last night. a large crowd of her friends and people from the community gathered to offer their support. sierra is is a years old and last seen at 6:00 friday morning

and supposed to be headed to school where she is a sophomore. for whatever reason, she never made it there. >> we are not going to give up until she comes home. i just -- things aren't the same without her. >> you have on get home before saturday because you have a hair appointment. we can't wait for you to come home, sierra, we love you. >> the sheriff's department tells us that steve lamar, sierra's biological father is a registered sex offender but is not a person of interest. that he has been cooperating fully with the investigation. and into his daughter's disappearance. investigators don't know if she was abducted or ran away. her family said that there were no problems at home. and adding to their concern is the fact that her cell phone was found abandon order the side of a road not far from her home here. less than a mile away. reporting live here in morgan

hill, bob redell. >> gilroy police are looking for help in finding a woman missing since a murder/suicide in her home. investigators believe gutierrez, iraq war veteran, shot his mother last week before killing his 11-year-old sister and himself. they say evidence found inside his car and outside the home indicate a violent struggle and gunfire. several searches failed to turn up the mother's body. a longtime prosecutor accused of sexual assault now taking an east bay county to court. the deputy district attorney will file suit against contra costa county and martinez police today. he says they maliciously investigated and prosecuted him after he was accused of assault. he was accused of raping a former co-worker back in 2008. those charges were dropped.

he's currently on paid administration i have leave. oakland will honor four police officers that lost their lives in one of the city's darkest days. the keller avenue bridge will be dedicated to sergeant mark, irvin roman, daniel and officer john hegey. they died during a shoot-out with a cornered fugitive. mixon was also killed. the search continues for a san francisco man who just disappeared in death valley national park. 67-year-old george kohler vanished march 12 during a cycling trip. witnesses say that they last saw him heading back to his tent at the mesquite springs campground. the campground is about 180 miles northwest of las vegas. his tent and bicycle were both at the campground the next morning but he was nowhere to be found. search crews still searching death valley for kohler with the help of dogs and aircraft from a

nearby airport base. 5:05. the suspect wanted in a deadly shooting in france surrounded by police right now in a stand-off. marla tellez has the latest. >> reporter: they are talking to police negotiators and say he plans to surrender. exactly when is not known. the stand-off started early this morning when heavily armed officers raided the home. it was within a few miles of the jewish school where the suspect is accused of gunning down three students and a arey. officials say that he's a 24-year-old frenchman of algerian descent. he wants revenge for palestinian children killed in the middle east. at one point gun fair erupted during the stand-off. officials say three officers were hurt. to the north and paris, police on high alert after a package explodes at the indonesian embassy.

police say that an employee discovered the suspicious package and stepped back just in time before the bomb exploded. the blast broke windows but did not hurt that worker. this morning we are getting a feel for yesterday's 7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit central and southern mexico. this amateur video here capturing the moment the quake hit at this office building in mexico city. the epicenter was 200 southeast of here. plenty of people waking up outside this morning because their home is simply not inhabitable. about 800 homes in all damaged. hard to believe no reports of any deaths. taking a hit from budget cuts. focus of a meeting tonight on cuts in social programs in alameda county. the realignment of state funded programs to county responsibility is straining finances. supervisor chance sae ooe ooe o

not be able to make up the difference. tonight's budget hearing starts at 6:00 at the alameda boys and girls club in alameda. the city will weigh in today on the fight to keep historic san francisco bar open. city preservation commission will hold a final vote on landmark status for the gold dust lounge. the vote is a formality. last week the commission decided to borrow which -- operating more than 100 years does not meet the criteria. the owners of the bar are trying several tactics to keep the business, including suing the landlord for discrimination. right now their lease is up and have been told to get out and make way for new tenants. we can tell threw is a new push for a statewide ban on plastic bags. berkeley city leaders and activists right now calling for legislation that would ban single use plastic bags at businesses statewide. the group planning a news conference today to call on law makers to create this legislation. more than 20 california counties

and cities already have plastic bag ban in place. some bay area passengers left out in the cold on site to shanghai. the united plight 857 left sfo sunday. it was diverted to anchorage when they discovered several bathrooms didn't work. the passengers were forced to deplane and given vouchers for food and hotels. united brought in a second plane on monday but that plane also had problems. passengers finally took off yesterday, two days after they left. >> the joy of flying. >> little peanuts for breakfast, lunch and dinner. >> yeah. 5:09. meteorologist christina loren joining us. i have to leave that story alone. >> good morning to you. we have really a cold start out there in a couple of places. otherwise it is really mild. 43 in napa. you need a jacket there. 50 this morning, san francisco. we head throughout the

afternoon, most cities will touch on the 60s. couple of isolated 07s in the south bay. take a look at the noon readings. comfortable. outdoor activities. 65 at noon. livermore, 59 in oakland. little bit of cloud cover lingering around the bay and coast for the first part of the day. still going to round out in the 70s. gilroy, 71 degrees. 65 degrees along the peninsula, san mat yo and redwood city. tomorrow things start to change. and front arrives tonight bringing light showers to the north bay and front arrives to the greater bay area to wake up tomorrow morning by 5:00 a.m. whole thing will move through quickly. we are only going to pick up a tenth of an inch of precipitation out of this system. we have a stronger one for the weekend. we will time that out for you. maybe two inches in the north bay. we need the rain. i will time that out and hope you get outdoors for the weekend as well. 5:10. let's check your drive. >> before that system comes in drier roads in. pretty write much road work going on. right now.

but traffic volume is picking up. on looking at going northbound on 680. alameda on ram subpoena closed for another 40 minutes and crew blocking the southbound onramp at monument boulevard also. that's just near 242 meets the 680. look at highway 4. westbound, just pine. issue is eastbound. full closure. showing yellow in the eastbound direction from summersville. looks like folks are hitting the roadway and those sensors are starting to catch up as the average changed. across the golden gate bridge, no problems. hardly any cars. smooth drive, guys, into the city this way. >> thank you very much. talk about a cool field trip. faa looking for future air traffic controllers from peninsula high school today. group of minds graders from san

mateo high touring an air traffic control simulator lab in oakland. field trip aimed at students to the math and problem solving skills you need to become an air traffic controller. this event is sponsored by nasa and faa. >> $241 million jack pot keeps rolling over. check your numbers. they say there were plenty of smaller winning combinations. here they are. 1, 4, 6, 11, 14, mega-ball was 30. now since no one won the big pot friday night's mega-millions drawing could be worth a whopping $290 million. the thing is, though, it shows how crazy hard it is to get those numbers. >> yeah. >> keeps rolling over. >> what i love about that news is we still have a chance. >> let's do it. >> it is 5:12 now. new worry about the kind of crowd wine tasting in the north bay is attracting. a look at the concerns coming up next. >> san jose talking about

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5:15 now. saving california parks and how you can help. that's the purpose of an meat town hall tonight with north bay senator noreen evans. she and the head of the state parks and recs commission will talk about how the public can get involved to keep parks open. california plans to close 70 state parks this summer to save the state money. the meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. on evans. >> 5:15. christina loren is back. things are maileder and slowing down after a crazy week last week. >> crazy week. you know what we are getting into that mild spring pattern. temperatures today are going to be comfortable. by tomorrow we will shave off about 10 to 15 degrees. you will want to get out there

today. if you putting off the outdoor activities because of rain, more in the works tomorrow. and another stronger system on the way for the weekend. temperatures this morning are a little on the chilly side in places like gilroy. 43 there. 62 in santa rosa. we are expect visibility to drop off as we head throughout the morning hours especially herbally herb l-- in the east bay. we will keep checking that all morning long. don't be surprised to encounter a deep pocket of fog on your way to work. as we head throughout the day today looking good. high pressure stays in control. it is going to move in for one more day as we head throughout this afternoon as a result some cities touching on the 70s. very comfortable conditions even along the peninsula. mild mid 60s. tomorrow a cold front arrives. a weak system. we have another stronger system, core of low pressure arrive right over the bay area as we head through this weekend. tomorrow not really a main event. it is going to be a weak disturbance. hey, we need tall rain we can get. picking up a tenth of an inch in

the places that received the most moisture. today 60s and 70s. 69 degrees in san jose. about 67 degrees in livermore. 7-day tells the story. nice today. showers tomorrow. friday looks good. we get rain again saturday. few showers sunday. fun want to make the outdoor plans for the weekend, sunday is your day to do so. the whole system blows out of here by about 9:00 a. mfshgsz. the second half of sunday looking good. it will be on the cool side. by monday, we climb back up to 62 degrees. and then we get a few more spring showers on tuesday. so this is a pattern. keep the umbrella by your side. we have rain just about every other day. let's check your drive now with mike. >> folks, we are going to take to you the south bay. southbound 101. that's unusual. i have my eyes on it. no incidents there. likely just effect, more folks hitting the roads and averages -- they are averaging. over here to the northbound route. 101, 87, smooth.

construction south of here around the summit. typical as they work on that drainage repair. that will continue as we know for the next year. we are looking over here, though. this construction has cleared embarcadero on ramp to 101. no issues. 280 looks smooth also. dunbarton bridge, no slowing. that's great news. as we take to you the other side of the bay, let's get things over here. oakland. smooth drive for 880. nice easy drive towards the toll plaza. both directions that go back to the maps. the fact are is a water main break at berkeley. intersection closed. back to you. >> thank you very much. new housing data could help out the markets and for a look at how futures are trading along with the rest of the news we turn it to jackie at cnbc. good morning. >> good morning to you, john. futures are higher this morning.

after the markets took a breather tuesday. stocks fell on fresh concerns about a slowdown in china's economy. china raised fuel price it is second time in less than six weeks and chinese demand for iron could flatten out this year. investors took note of a drop in new home construction last month. we are going to get more housing data. we saw the dow fall 68 points. the nasdaq losing four. meantime hair salons are the new economic indicator. quite interesting. industry has seen an uptick in business and sales driving more than 5% in the past two years. after cutting back on household expenses during the recession data is showing that americans may be visiting the salon more often and opting for more expensive treatments. "u.s. news & world report" named hairdresser as the top job in 2012. forecasting 13% growth by the end of the decade. looks like we are in the wrong business. president obama kicked off his tour today to promote the energy

policy. he visits las vegas, nevada, carlsbad, new mexico today. the president's tour comes on the backdrop of rising gas prices. republicans, of course, have been highly critical of the white house and reepsentally for failing to provide consumers with relief at the gas pump. john, back to you. >> you inspired me to get my extensions put back in. thank you very much. >> i can't wait for that. 5:20. students and parents will get another chance today to weigh in on plans to end preferential admissions. budget cuts resulted in overcrowded classrooms and demand can no longer be met. that means qualified seniors and transfer students from santa clara county will no longer be guaranteed a spot. administrators want to change the policy for the fall of 2013 admissions. the meeting will be held this afternoon in the foothill college appreciation hall. it starts at 12:15. parents in hayward are rallying today in support of several popular school

principals who were demoted. the school board members decided to remove 7 principals earlier this month because of poor student performance. several top administrators also lost some of their duties. parents upset they were not told about the decision. they will attend tonight's school board meeting in protest, hayward city hall. stay classy, bay area. north bay merchants are complaining about who is showing up at the annual wine road barrel tasting. young drinkers are turning up to the event and turning it into a pratt party. during a city council meeting last night, merchants complained they saw participants staggering around town and getting sick in the streets earlier this month. they want the tradition to continue but to say new regulations need to be put in place p so participants act responsibly. >> note to self, wine tasting not a good place for a toga party. almost as large as the empire state building.

take a look at the ship getting to roll in the bay. we will have it with you. >> the fight for city hall. why biologists say it is a good thing. >> a real video or fake video. i will show it to you. i want your opinion. coming up.

5:24 right now. victoria territorial battle is brewing in the an million kingdom. biologists say it is a good thing. a falcon chased off a rival in a dramatic display in the skies above downtown san jose earlier this month. the fight was over a female. >> of course. >> isn't that always? biologists say that rivalry is a good sign. making a comeback in the bay area. in 1970 there were no falcons

here. now there are 30 to 35 pair. >> no online dating for those guys. voters in the san francisco bay bracing to make room for a shift today of supersize proportions. arrive thing afternoon. look at this monster. the largest container ever to sail under the golden gate bridge. red write for this? 1,200 feet long and 157 feet wide. that's a small island. empire state building.han the and as wide as 10-lane freeway. scheduled to dock just before 4:00. >> wow. can't miss that. real or fake? youtube is saying a video after man flying like a bird. scott mcgruder takes a closer look. >> i am no expert about birds or flying people. watch this one with me. this is on youtube. there he goes. this is supposedly motored.

off he flies like a bird. real or fake? i don't know. some news agencies are taking the video as fact. others are questioning it. one thing that does seem a bit odd to me, we have -- isolated this in video. let's show it to you here. there is a transition i want you to see. it is that second video. okay. so here's the takeoff and then will is a cut to the next side where we actually see him from the side. well, we are going to see had a? i don't know. maybe we won't see it. there. all right. where is that cameraman? that's the one thing that bugs me. he's not there. i don't see a cameraman off to the side. and then we cut to here. who took that picture? also eventually the guy tucked his legs up behind him which seems awfully hard. go on facebook and tell me what you think about the video. we will post to it facebook. you can decide. it bugs me there is no cameraman

on the side. as long as we are on the subltd of youtube videos, you will recall the "coney 2012" video. the ugandan government this morning released an official video response. as you can see, it is not quite as slickly produced. this is the prime minister of uganda who thanks organizers for invisible children important making that video but also points joseph kony is no longer in uganda, to be fair the original video points out, too. he appeals to the people not to think of uganda as dangerous but lonely planet. a top tourist destination in 2012. i looked it up. the u.s. state department has no particular advisories against going to uganda. the british government still does. >> interesting. thank you, scott. it is 5:27. still to come, a tie-up in the city. we will tell you about the main roadway you will want to avoid this morning. >> san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi won't leave without a

fight. official paperwork being filed today. it is wednesday. right about now. you start thinking about the weekend. trying to make those plans. could be problem at wrik. rain on the way. outdoor activities few and far between when it comes to your options. we will get you out there. your forecast is coming up. right about now specifically you start thinking about your commute as well. 580 has that coming through the wll silw you what else is cropping up. s

new this morning. san jose moving forward with plans for a controversial new shopping center. details next. where is 15-year-old sierra lamar? a morgan hill family grows more worried as her disappearance enters the sixth day. bob redell. i will take you live to south bay coming up. >> norts need your help finding a burglary suspect that almost ran down a local sheriff's

deputy. live look outside for this wednesday morning, march 21. this is "today in the bay." and good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. the team is back together. 5:31. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> in full force and full effect. i'm john kelly. let's check in with christina loren. day two of spring. it feels like we are slowly creeping back towards that. >> yeah. today will be springlike. sunshine and 70s. we are right back to winter tomorrow. 50s and rain. so our forecast is going to bouncing around. roller coaster ride. lots to talk about. this morning, you don't need that heavy coat. grab a light jacket. 47 degrees in san jose. you can leave the umbrella at home today. you will need it tomorrow. the next system and stronger system on the way important the weekend. coming up, a check of your drive. >> welcome back. looking at the bay bridge. we have a nice smooth flow.

into the city. upper deck and headlights out of the city, lower deck we have a disabled vehicle around 1st. that cleared. no more problems out of the city and on to that deck there. live look at san jose shows you 280 moving slowly towards us. 80 and 17. most of the freeways moving slowly. i have a new incident report of 880. san jose. i will check on that and give you the update. >> then you will have something going on in berkeley. >> yes, we do. >> right now crews cleaning up water works in berkeley. and intersection this morning. and a water main burst at the intersection of 7th street and addison. 3:00 this morning. water just bubbling up through several holes in that pavement. sending a steady stream of water right out into the street. crews working to shut off that line and no word on whether any homes or businesses have been affected. >> it is 5:32 right now. san francisco's mayor could start the process today to remove the sheriff from office. ross mirkarimi was suspended yesterday but the embattled

sheriff insists he is not going anywhere. christine smith is live. >> reporter: good morning. lot of developments in this story. mayor ed lee is expected to file the official paperwork today to suspend ross mirkarimi from his duties as sheriff. he had asked him to resign. that didn't happen. so the next step is that there will be an etc.ition probe in this situation after mirkarimi pleaded guilty last week to misdemeanor charges of false imprisonment for an incident involving his wife on new year's eve day. lee said mirkarimi's actions fell below the highest leelt and ethical standards for elected officials. before lee's announcement, very defiant mirkarimi spoke out, too, saying he doesn't believe there really was official misconduct and is digging in for a fight. >> i believe that i am still very able to be the sheriff of

san francisco. and that at this time i do not plan to resign. >> reporter: lee appointed vickie hennessy as the interim sheriff and served as deputy chief in the sharive's department before. and she has 35 years experience. he has a lot of confidence in her and as for mirkarimi he says he is not hiding from this. he says he wants a chance finally to they his side of the story. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith. >> the question remains what is next? if ed lee files official misconduct charges it will be sent to the ethics commission. the commission will make a recommendation to the board of supervisors. that could happen as early as next week. nine of the 11 supervisors must vote to remove sheriff mirkarimi in order for him to lose his job. 5 kwlon 34. authorities are looking for a suspected thief who they say tried to run down a san mateo county sheriff's deputy. investigators say that this man

is responsible for a series of locker break-ins at the fitness club. it is on alpine road west of 280. a sheriff's deputy had to jump out of the way yesterday as the man sped away from the club. driving a tan or salmon colored four-door nissan maxima or toyota camry. a family waking up for a fifth straight day with no idea where their daughter is. 15-year-old sierra lamar disappeared friday on her way to school. bob redell is live in morgan hill this morning with what we know so far. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. sierra lamar was supposed to catch a school bus at this intersection friday morning. where you can see now her mother has posted a missing -- person for her. investigators now trying to find out why she never made it that ride to the school where the 15-year-old is a sophomore. her family doesn't believe she ran away because they say there were no problems at home. and what is concern sing that

her cell phone was found alongside a road less an mile from her house. investigators have ruled out her biological father, steve lamar. the sheriff's department tells us even though he is a registered sex offender he's not a person of interest. that he has been cooperating fully with the investigation. he along with sierra's sister and mother spoke last night at a candlelight vigil attended by large crowd of sierra's friends. >> she's inside of me. if i keep my faith i can go on. it is hard. i feel like -- it is hard important me to eat. i just feel guilty about doing anything. >> reporter: in the five to six days since is sierra lamar disappeared, the deputies with the sheriff's office have been interviewing her classmates and registered sex offenders who lived here in morgan hill. and in the fremont area where she used to live. reporting live, bob redell,

today in the bay. >> one of the last patches of oakland land in san jose is being zoned for a mega-retail center. 45 acres of land on the northeast corner of highway 85 is rezoned for commercial use. city council approved that project in the 7-1 vote last night. mayor reid said the new retail center will help boost retail sales, tax receive may in the city. critics of the project have their concerns retail center would have a negative effect on traffic and the quality of life. here is warning. san francisco drivers should avoid the embarcadero this morning if they can. part of that northbound lane between mission and howard street will be closed. crews will be out repairing that sewer line there and at this point there is no word on when the lane will reopen. what we are in store today as far as the forecast. christina loren. >> we are going to see a springlike day. temperatures in 70s in close cities. close to it just about everywhere else inland.

at the coast temperatures will round out in the low 60s. not too bad. pretty much on track with our seasonal averages. we lose about ten degrees tomorrow. lot of the sunshine and we have showers on the way. for your thursday, so enjoy the warmth we have for you this wednesday. 47 degrees in concord and 45 in livermore. head throughout the afternoon hour, comfortable. just about everywhere. mid 50s. what's going to happen is we will start out with a mix of sun and clouds. by noon mostly sunny conditions. and then as the cold front starts to approach the coast, we will see the clouds thicken back up towards the evening and overnight hours. first showers coming down in the north bay. by about 8:00 p.m., and then that front will slide south as we head for your thursday. meet back here tomorrow we will be pinpointing showers on the radar for you. we con the futurecast off the clock at 11:00 a.m. getting a quick break and then another potent system arrives as we head into the weekend. we could pick up an additional couple of inches of rain. i will tell you where, what cities will get the most and when you can get outdoors this weekend. you will have opportunities to

do so. let's check your drive at 538. >> we will take to you the south bay and i will give thank you update. an accident 880 around coleman. behind this big exclamation point. not so much of an exclamation point. more of a comma. a traffic break. everything i'm told is off to the shoulder. i didn't see any major slowing. 280 and 101. more folks hit the road there. more here. this is westbound highway 4. circled area both directions slowing around summersville. construction eastbound picked up and we picked up the volume for your commute. standard there. construction on and off the freeway there at 680. monument and at willow. both cleared through the drive. live look at oakland shows you an easy drive. >> thank you very much, mike. 5:39 now. holding on to the lead. mitt romney takes illinois. we will have a live report from washington on what this means for the gop presidential race.

>> also condoleezza rice teaching a stanford bus. what the former secretary of state has to say about this. the battle to determine who will be running o.com in the coming years. final pitch today.

welcome back. 5:42. popular air races that turned deadly months ago are returning to reno. e-mails announcing tickets for the air show for the annual event went out yesterday. last year scary there. 11 people were killed when a plane crashed right out into the crowd. organizers say that despite the tragedy they are moving forward with plans for this year. the air race is scheduled for november 12 through 16th. 5:42. had morning mitt romney pulling ahead in the republican race for

president after big win in illinois. the going is getting tough for santorum as the campaign moves north. what do you think? >> it is. illinois was a real proving ground for mitt romney. he was supposed to prove whether or not he could win big in a midwest state. you saw the narrow victories in michigan and ohio. last tonight he won by double digits after outspending santorum 7-1. 47% of the vote. the exit polls showed people who were very conservative went for santorum and those that were most concerned about the economy and beating president obama went for romney. as we see in another state. what's this mean for rick santorum? he ended up in second place which he said was good. he focused on the fact he won conservative and focused on that going into louisiana. and as well hoping to take that southern state as he did with mississippi and alabama. he's also focusing on the gop convention. you know the delegates count may

not be as far ahead for romney as it looks. florida and arizona may have to give back some of those delegates to him. reapportion them. based on some complicated rules for the bottom line is, those rules won't be decided until republicans go to their convention in tampa. >> thank you very much, tracy. condoleezza rice not wasting any time shooting down the prospect of becoming a running mate for mitt romney. rejecting the notion she would accept the vice presidential nomination. rice back at stanford as a senior fellow on public policy at the hoover institution. she says that she thinks romney should find someone who wants to be in elected office. >> major milestone will be celebrated today on the senate floor. senator the longest serving senate. she has been in congress since 1977. she won her senate seat in 1986.

>> that's a long term. time to get another look outside. meteorologist christina loren telling bus a nice mild day. >> the forecast, 7-day, has something for everybody. it is hard to please all the people all the time. i think this week we will. go ahead and start with your current conditions now. pretty mailed out there in places like san francisco where we are holding on to the 50s. 52 degrees this morning in santa rosa. once the sun comes out warming you up into the 70s in some cities. especially in the south bay where we are going to get the most sunshine. limited shine for the second half of the day. north of the golden date bridge. as our next weather system starts to push onshore and inland. high pressure for one more day and will boost your temperatures into the 70s. keeping us nice and dry. keeping the storm track way to our north. by tomorrow, that ridge breaks down and the mild weather heads right off to the east. we have a lot of rain on the way this weekend. so we are going to see that jet

stream take a dip. that's going to open up the window. the storm window opens right back up starting tomorrow. friday looks okay. and then saturday kind of a washout. first system arrives tomorrow. all works out like this. probably ending up with less than a tenth of an inch. you will notice that it is not just the north bay that will get the rain as we head through tomorrow. looks like the front will slide to the south between the hours of about 6:00 a.m. and noon. after that we will get a nice chance to clear up the second half of the day. take a look at this potent system that arrives as we head through your saturday. this one is going to be with us for at least the first part of your saturday. should start to clear out by saturday night. if you want to make outdoor plans for the weekend you will be able to do so sunday. i would put them off until the second half of sunday when you get that sunshine. today the 70s. 69 degrees here at san jose. and take a look at the drop-off between today and tomorrow. 69 to 59 degrees inland. 62 by friday. mild conditions. we get that rain saturday into sunday. monday warming back up into the 60s. then tuesday, another round of

spring showers. like i said, little something for everybody. let's check the slowdown. no discrimination there. >> little traffic for everybody. sprinkle it around the bay. that's typically what happens. 16-minute drive. not so bad. not as bad as tuesday. wednesdays are a little better. there's the flow. more slowing now as you come through livermore and heading towards airway. that's great. folks heading to the south bay, i showed thank you maps earlier. live shot from our photographer. he is over off of 101. i better get out of the roadway. looking at 101 and traffic flows north under the 680/280 interchange. good, steady volume just starting to pick up over the next half hour. we should see slowing. so far none tul why you north towards the 680 interchange. further north 101. coming across golden gate bridge. folks coming from the city in the city and as the city, smooth drive. more folks coming in now. you can see across bay on the bridge. okay, now, christina talks about the fog creeping in and may be a factor later on.

getting out to the maps we will show you again. drive across the bay bridge, no slowing, no problems. we have that water main break we told you about. city street. 7th, addison. avoid that intersection from university all the way down to alston. 7 is closed. addison is closed at that time intersection. university off to the east shore freeway is cleared if you are heading towards the university itself. back to you guys. >> thank you very much, mike. 5:48. people who live in oakland's montclair district say police need to do a better job patrolling the neighborhood. not just concentrating on high crime areas. community meeting last night, many expect concern about a recent rash of burglaries in the area. last week an 89-year-old woman was attacked in her montclair home and locked in her bathroom for hours while thieves ransacked her house. residents say that the focus on oakland's more violent neighborhoods is leaving them vulnerable. >> we all know that there's a lot more violence going on in different parts of the city but that doesn't mean that somehow

you shouldn't have police presence in all areas of oakland. >> i think it is something we need to do. everybody has to be transparent about. if you are taking them from one area to another you have to tell us. if you are not, then you need to tell us that. >> some people are taking security into their own hands by installing security cameras. 5:49. the family of brian snow will be allowed to move forward with their lawsuit again the dodgers. bankruptcy judge saying thathe family can proceed with a negligent suit once the team emerges from bankruptcy. that could happen next month. familiar t family sued the team and owner last year saying that they did not provide adequate security at the march ball guam. he was beaten in the ballpark after the opening day game. his attorney wants to leave $50 million for his long-term care. snow is still in rehab right now trying to relearn every day

tasks. the man originally suspected of beating brian stowe is out of jail. he was eventually cleared in that investigation but a judge did sentence him to ten months in jail for a parole violation. police found handgun on ramirez when they arrested him. investigators later arrested sanchez and norwood for stowe's beating. 5:50. three competing companies will have one last chance to convince oakland coliseum leaders they are the best to run the company for the next ten years. the bidlers present their qualifications to a coliseum subcommittee today. the meeting is closed to the public 37 the bidders are smg, global spectrum, aeg. under the multimillion dollar contract the winning bidder will be responsible for two buildings and lee sports franchises including the as. 49er fans, i guess they can rest easier this morning. word from insiders in sports say alex smith is coming back.

nothing is official from the team right now. the nfl network reporting smith will return to the 49ers, terms of that deal, exact terms have not been disclosed. the team has already had a three-year deal worth $24 million on the table. >> pretty penny to play ball. >> yeah. coming up, senior citizens could get a special visit today. details next. a world record attempt in sonoma county. we will tell you what they did and if this were successful. >> doughnuts. all right. coming up, we will have hot ipads as well. >> a live look outside. i'm still thinking about scott mcgrew eating doughnuts. i love my co-workers. a lot more ahe ♪ [ male announcer ] who's your car's best friend? gasoline that cleans. chevron with techron. care for your car.

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welcome back, everyone. taking a live look outside. kind of quiet. sharks defeated last night in l.a. 5-2. they will be back home tomorrow. >> there is a report a meat heave is on the run in the south bay. we said a meat thief. mountain view police say somebody broke in and stole four slabs of fillet minion and they also took 80 bucks in cash. i suppose they didn't leave a tip. no camera system at that store. police are just hoping at this point somebody saw the suspicious person around the restaurant and running off with the meat. speaking of dinner, delivered in style in several pen lanes cities. mayors for meals day. mayors will be handing out hot meals. the deliverys will go to homebound and frail seniors who

cannot cook for themselves. the mayor is taking part from adderton, east palo alto, redwood city, san carlos and woodside. >> how about doughnuts for breakfast? 75 cars successfully performed simultaneous doughnuts. different kinds than the breakfast food. for more than 15 seconds yesterday. look at them burning that rubber. yeah. they broke a world record. professional and amateur drivers took part in the event. they sent their evidence to "guinness book of word records" for final verification. previous record was 57 cars spinning doughnuts, that includes an australian in 2010. that's a lot of skid marks. >> imafrom the skid pad to the ipad, some owners say the new tablet just runs too hot. scott mcgrew, apple says it is normal. >> yeah. new ipad has a bigger battery. runs faster. from an engineering standpoint

it will run a bit warmer. some users say they actually measured it. it runs 13 degrees warmer, they say, than the predecessor. this is under a heavy load like a graphcally intense video game. up won't notice the difference if you are surfing facebook. the temperature is well within thermal specifications. probably a bigger issue for most users, amount of data a new ipad uses. remember, these new ipads run on the 4g cell network faster than they do on wi-fi. some users are reporting they already run over their data limits. five days into using the new ipad. lot of people don't realize is the new ipad increases the quality of video you are watching. maximum of the data stream. if you are watching hulu, hourlong "awake," thursday nights right here on nbc at 10:00, you can burn lou more data than if you did on your old

ipad. it is the same tv show. you are watching it for the same length of time but you will burn through more data. other news, hd will consolidate printer and pc business. normally this is inside baseball. but we suspect it means layoffs are on the way. hp laid off about 500 people when it cut web os last year. would years ago it was 9 thousand. 25,000 four years ago when it bought eds. one of the biggest layoffs in american history. we will see. >> all right. thanks for the update. 5:57. still to come, stranded in the snow. why a flight out of sfo ended up spending days in alaska. >> ugly. the bay area prosecutor who plans to file suit against his boss. >> we are going to see a really nice day today. showers arrive tomorrow. then this weekend, everything changes. we have a lot of rain, gusty winds. potent winter storm. we will talk it all out in weather. >> coming out of the south bay or into the south bay. i have a new accident for the east bay con hctneatorve. dea a.

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