an update on the search to find her. i'm bob redell. we'll take you live to morgan hill coming up. and new this morning, two sailors injured in around the world race are on their way back to the bay area right now. i'm christie smith. when they're expected coming up in a live report. as the health care debate simmers in the supreme court, state lawmakers now creating a plan "b." what they're doing to keep some of the benefits even if the health care plan is struck down. first monday of april, what's in store with the forecast? we'll find out, monday, april 2nd. 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. >> let's check in with rob m mayeda. looks like the first week of april not too bad. >> not too bad.

we're going to see warming today even if the clouds trying to spill in for the afternoon. right now, 40s outside, pretty pleasant. you need a jacket outside. what you're going to see will be high clouds. the sun will be filtered at times. no rain today. on the coast, close to 60 degrees, mid-60s around the bay at 5:00, and upper 60s for the inland valley. nothing weather wise slowing the morning commute. >> and construction wise, very light, easy drive, because road crews don't typically come out sunday night into monday. here's a look at the north bay again. and the smooth drive down past lincoln avenue. easy drive through navado. another look at the east bay this time looking at oakland. here's past the coliseum where no problems heading through downtown. you're at the limit, 15 minutes from 238 to the toll plaza. >> thank you, mike. well, the search for sierra lamar continues and it's moved into the world of social media. the online effort following

another week of scattering fields in and around morgan hill. "today in the bay" is live with the developments. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, john. the volunteer search effort run out of morgan hill for the past six days is pausing today through friday, the next volunteer search effort isn't going to be until saturday. this is so the sheriff's office can look at all the items that have been found by the hundreds of volunteers who spent much of last week searching a 20-mile radius around the home of sierra lamar. she, of course, the 15-year-old girl missing for 18 days. >> people are flying from out of state just to participate is really encouraging, you know. i know there are more eyes out on sierra. and i know the momentum is going to continue. i really believe that. and i believe with that continuing that we're going to get sierra back. >> yeah, about 700 people

volunteered yesterday alone. that search yesterday did yield a pink bag and clothes. when shown to her parents, nothing looked familiar. that was what investigators initially thought was significant. this week, investigators could receive results from dna and trace testing done on clothes that do belong to sierra. these were ones that were found right after she disappeared. and also results from used condoms used late last week about a mile and a half away from her home. her family is asking you to participate in what is called a 24-hour social media vigil. change your profile picture to one of sierra lamar. reporting live here in morgan hill, "today in the bay." this morning, san jose police investigating an officer-involved shooting. police responding to an alarm at richards bar near east gate avenue. at least one officer did fire a gun, but at this point, there's no indication anybody was hit.

the family of an east palo alto girl killed at an intersection is now suing a city. the wrongful death claim was filed by the parents of this 6-year-old. it alleges the city knew the intersection was dangerous and did nothing to make it safer. she was killed last september while crossing the street with her mother and two sisters. months earlier, a boy was hit in the same spot. two injured sailors were on their way to oakland after a daring rescue at sea. part of an around the world yacht race which hit severe weather over the weekend. live with more on when they're expected to make landfall. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to yo you. it's looking good for the two sailors and their boat, all to be coming back to the east bay.

some time this afternoon, and the first yachts arrived in the race arrived on friday, 1 of 10, we have some youtube video of one of the yachts showing how harsh the conditions were over the weekend when a huge wave hit their 68-foot sailing vessel. they were about 400 miles off the california coast. the coast guard dropped some supplies to the boat, but bad weather prevented crews from boarding it. then a cutter with a helicopter headed out and dispatched a small boat to help. >> looking forward to beds and showers and hopefully cold beers. >> now, two crew members were taken back to the cutter for medical attention. we're told one suffered broken ribs and the other had an injured pelvis. but the cutter, the damaged sailboat, both we're told about 200 miles offshore. now again expected back here in the east bay some time this afternoon.

reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." right now, occupy protesters remain hold up in a vacant san francisco building. 12 cities all aimed at drawing attention to the homeless. right now, they're still inside of a building, which is believed to be owned by the city's arch diocese. they say they are providing community services that the government is not providing. >> we plan to have this be a center for the occupy sf community and the rest of the san francisco community. for homeless people, for education, for food, for healing, to basically provide a safe place for people to go to. >> occupy organizers say they have a full schedule set for tomorrow that includes classes on yoga, meditation, french, and

chine chinese. there's no word yet of any arrests so far. concord police have arrested a person suspected of killing a homeless man over the weekend. a body found yesterday at the food mac shopping center on monument boulevard. police found the man dead in a makeshift encampment. the 49-year-old victim is known in the area but he is not yet being identified. the suspect was arrested near that crime scene last night. it is 5:07 right now. san francisco looking just ahead in the federal health care law that struck down by the high court. there are plans to keep key parts of the law intact. guaranteed coverage for children is expected to survive. but coverage for the poor or uninsured could be in jeopardy. the supreme court's ruling could cut off billions of dollars in federal funding for medical and subsidies for families. after being derailed last fall, the state's high-speed rail project could gain new

momentum today. state leaders are expected to release new cost projection in fresno. it ran as high as $98 billion. but now that plan has been revised downward by about $30 billion. the high-speed rail authority wants to speed up the construction schedule. it's 5:08 right now. and with some of the rain behind us, today looks like a nice day dry and up to 70 in some places? >> yeah, i think around santa ro rosa, we could get close to 70 today. no rain in the forecast. we did have a stormy weekend and one of the lingering effects of that. high-surf is extended into about 11:00 this morning. look out for that. but otherwise, pretty nice day. talking 60s for most of the bay area with high clouds coming in. next chance of showers probably by tuesday night and wednesday, especially around the north bay. so 40s outside right now, the radar is dry. had a tough time doing that this

weekend. we did get clearing skies on sunday. notice, partly cloudy now. some rain staying way off to the north today. places like san jose and los gatos, upper 60, close to 70 for santa cruz. mid-60s as you get toward the inner bay around san francisco. and 71 degrees in santa rosa. tomorrow, more clouds, i think, for the north bay, especially wednesday, we'll see a chance of those showers, cooler temperatures midweek, but for a change, looks like things are warming up back toward the 70s. >> a great weekend. we're looking over here, rob, where we do have a warm-up, but this is a fire. we don't like that kind in the morning. barneson avenue near edinburgh. one of the major streets in the area is clear, it's about half mile away from that street. it shouldn't be a problem for the morning commute.

we'll see how it affects folks lives. that's moving smoothly, as well. and 92 in the san mateo hills. looks equally as clear, the westbound taillights commute, looking pretty good as far as the volume goes. we'll see if we have any early slowdowns. nothing brewing over from the east bay. back to you. well, over the years, plains, trains, and automobiles have typically gotten faster, but guess what? surprisingly, that's not the case for muni. san francisco's municipal railway has actually gotten slower since it first started operating back in 1912. in 1920, the streetcar carried passengers from the financial district to the marina in 17 minutes, now it takes about half an hour. a retired service planner told the citizen, back then, streetcars ruled the road. there was no traffic and no traffic lights or stop signs.

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this monday morning. that's a live look at the shark tank. it's kind of quiet right there. good weekend for the sharks. beat dallas, 3-0 there. they'll take on the stars again tomorrow looking for more of the good vibrations heading into the playoffs. we should learn today if all of that wet weather will help with water supplies. the latest snow pack survey is taken. state water workers will fan out in the area near echo summit in south lake tahoe. so far, surveys have found the snow pack is only 51% of normal for the day. but one bright spot is the state's good reservoir storage from conservative runoff from last winter's storm. i remember when they first went up there it was dry. >> it was pretty bad. you know, before we got into march. now the totals certainly north of interstate 80 have come back from all the rain and the snow we had through march and we'll show you some of the totals from the automated gauges in the sierra and what you're going to see is a good snow recovery for the northern sierra.

now up to 71%. again, it's the southern sierra, down toward yosemite. this time last year, above 155% of average. so we had a huge snow pack last year. this year, we've seen a recovery. today's survey will target that central sierra. get a really good read on the water content along highway 50. so hopefully if all of this rain and snow we've had to endure over the weekend, we'll see improvement there in the sierra with the official snow pack reading coming on later today. 40s outside right now, no patches of fog, not too windy and no rain. so weather wise, nothing getting in the way of the commute. the radar is quite dry. one thing you'll notice today is high clouds spilling in from the pacific northwest. no rain just yet. but it will start to filter out the sun at times as we go from mostly sunny skies, partly cloudy around lunchtime and very likely mostly cloudy skies. high clouds toward the evening.

game one of three, of course, the giants and a's, at&t park, should see upper 50s for first pitch time around 7:00. a nice sweatshirt should be fine heading out for the game. you'll see 50s to low 60s around the bay area. topping out today, briefly in the 70s around napa and santa rosa. mid-60s elsewhere. and as we take a look at your seven-day forecast, more clouds tomorrow, best chance of showers wednesday, towards the weekend, clearing skies, high pressure could be building back enough to get us back into the 70s as we make our way through an entire weekend on a dry note there, mike. >> thad be great. plus it's the weekend, it's fine. looking over here for today. the game rob talked about. i marked the giants because it's the home of the giants, maybe you're rooting for the a's. it's the bay series. that means the bay bridge and the approach and 280 also going to be relatively crowded towards game time. the parking lot opens at 6:00. the game time, first pitch at 7:30.

it is spring break for many folks throughout the area. a lot of school kids. that'll affect the traffic flow, as well. no major issues for the speeds coming off of any of your feeder freeways. we've got to move out to the east and look at antioch. the 50s and the l street sensor, further north on 160, the three-may bridge that has a one-way traffic control throughout the middle of the day. not a big deal for most of the commute. we're looking at a slower drive, just a dip in speeds out of the altamont pass, still 14 or 15 minutes. 680 moves smoothly. no problems, visibility, or flow with 101 and 280. northbound a nice, easy drive. and a live look to see how things are shaping up. look how sparsely this is populated. 880 coming this way toward the north, no problems for san jose. back to you. it's day one of the

workweek. let's get a check on the markets. for that and more, we know where to turn at the cnbc world headquarters. good morning, jackie. >> hey, good morning, john. well, the futures are lower this morning following several pieces of economic data out of europe and asia. first, we've got chinese manufacturing and the number rose to its highest level in 11 months. that was balanced by activity shrinking in the eurozone. wall street coming off the best first quarter in 14 years. and in the u.s., some data to watch for. manufacturing and construction spending. later this week, of course, there are reports on auto sales, minutes from last month's fed meeting and all topped off by the monthly jobs report on friday. we saw the dow rising 66 points last friday. the dow jumping 8% in the first quarter. the nasdaq slipping three points to 3,091. it has soared 18% for the quarter, as well. meantime, global payments says hackers stole account numbers from up to 1.5 million credit cards. the data breach was reported on

friday. hackers didn't get access to social security numbers, but the data they did steal could be used to make counterfeit cards. visa has removed the company from its list of compliant companies. finally, safety regulators are investigating reports of engine fires on the 2011 chevy cruz and jeep wrangler. in some cases the fires began while the vehicles were on the road. gm and chrysler say they're cooperating with the probe and unaware of any injuries. john, back over to you. >> thank you very much. it is 5:19 right now. if you bought anything this weekend, you may have noticed your bill with a bit higher. sales increases took effect on sunday. the marin county, the fairfax sales tax went up .5% from 8% to 8.5%.

and vallejo sales tax increased a whole percent to 8.37%. chevrolet finds out today if contra costa county will pay back property taxes. they are reconsidering the assessment on the chevron enrichment refinery. the cash-strapped city and county will have to come up with the money if the oil giant wins its appeal. chevron says it overpaid by $73 million and it has received a refund before, almost $18 million back from 2004 to 2006. it is 5:20 right now. coming up, "the today shthe "tos a brand new co-host. find out what political pundit will be sitting at the desk in studio 1a.

welcome back, everybody. we're following breaking news right now. a two-alarm fire reported in san mateo. it looks like it's a house. a residence right there with a lot of smoke billowing out of there. you see firefighters approaching the house, trying to knock this thing down. we've had a report that a total of five people so far have been displaced. we have a crew on the scene, we'll continue to gather information. a two alarm fire on barneson avenue. it is 5:23. the "today" show is bringing sarah palin onboard as a co-host tomorrow morning. nbc says the former alaska governor will reveal a different side than viewers have seen before.

tomorrow's edition will also include a big nbc announcement by ryan seacrest. less than an hour from now, the u.s. census will do something it's never done before. scott mcgrew calls it historic history. >> it's never been done before and is indeed history. the u.s. census will put the 1940s census online for anyone to examine startg 6:00 a.m. our time. now, never before has the u.s. government made this much data available in digital form. now, the website will be 1940census.archives.gov. you'll not be able to search by name. if i were looking for information about my grandfather, roy miller, i would search by his house address. that would give me something the census calls his enumeration district. and look until i find the documents about my grandfather's

house. again, 6:00 a.m. today. commercial sites like ancestry.com are also going to get access to all of this census data. they are working furiously this morning to cross-index everything so you will be able to search by name if you're willing to pay. pinnacle airlines has filed for bankruptcy. may have flown pinnacle and never realized it. it's a code share that is the planes are painted delta connection. according to pinnacle's site, it does fly into the bay area. a number have filed for bankruptcy protection in the past. so pinnacle will continue to operate. your tickets will be unaffected. back to you. >> and that was your grandfather. >> roy miller of des moines, iowa. >> that was a cool taste of history in census and scott mcgrew's life. still to come on "today in the bay," two injured sailors making their way to the bay after being rescued by the coast guard. we'll have the latest on their condition coming up.

plus, the move to keep school trucks away from schools is no more. why the bill is going back on the shelf. and i'm rob mayeda tracking a dry start to the workweek, but we do have rain showing up in your seven-day forecast. we'll let you know when coming up. and as far as the traffic flow is concerned, pretty typical build for ta ehat eels is brewing on the roadways as you get started this monday morning. ♪

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new this morning, two sailors injured in a race at sea are on their way to the bay area right now. i'm christie smith. i'll tell you when they're expected and update their conditions coming up. a chilling message left by a man who was shot and killed in san francisco on friday. why facebook posting may have foreshadowed his death. and a pause in the search for sierra lamar so investigators can look over the items found over the past week.

live in morgan hill coming up. and a live look outside on this monday morning. that is the bay bridge. smooth flowing traffic. mike will be along the way to tell us about it. looks like a nice one on this monday, april 2nd, "today in the bay." good monday morning to you. and thanks so much for joining us. it is 5:29 right now, laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm john kelly we get right to the weather with rob mayeda. >> it's nice to have good news on monday morning. in terms of the weather. no storms, no winds through the area right now. it's not too chilly either. we have 40s to get your day started. jacket weather, but again, we've been talking about this. no umbrella today, you will notice high clouds during the afternoon as the system tosses some rain up on the north coast up towards seattle and vancouver today. we could see a few of those

clouds spilling in during the afternoon. so we're talking temperatures today near 60 on the coast, mid-60s around the bay and our inland valleys, upper 60s to near 70 degrees as we go through the afternoon. >> good morning. a live look over in the east bay. oakland, 880 shows a nice smooth drive. we're about double the cars half an hour ago on this same live shot. speeds close to the limit as you're traveling from 238 up to the toll plaza. and across the bay, the san mateo bridge moves smoothly with the westbound taillights. and over on the peninsula side, you guys, we do have an issue on the surface streets, not affecting your morning commute for 92, but talking more about what's going on there. >> we do have the details. we're following breaking news in san mateo as we told you. crews cleaning up a two-alarm fire on barneson avenue. between el camino real. five people have been displaced. you can see the fire trucks on

the scene. the fire has been put out at this point. still checking deep inside for any ambers or anything still burning. a fire breaking out on barneson avenue. we'll stay on top of this as firefighters continue to fight that scene. information coming in, we'll get it to you. 5:31 right now. two injured sailors on their way to oakland right now after monster waves battered their yacht over the weekend. "today in the bay" with the latest on a daring rescue effort. good morning. >> good morning to you, laura. i just got off the phone with a spokesperson for this around the world race. she says everything's looking good for these two injured sailors to be back here in the bay area some time this afternoon, she's thinking around 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. she says right now the sailboat and coast guard cutter that helped them out are still about 200 miles off the california coast. when they get here, they'll join the rest of the fleet involved in this race here at jacqueline and stay for two weeks. and we have youtube video

onboard that shows how harsh the conditions were this weekend when a massive wave sailed into their sailboat. the coast guard tried to help. they dropped medical supplies, but stormy weather stopped rescuers from boarding that sailboat. then a cutter with a helicopter onboard was able to dispatch a small boat where two of the injured were brought back to the cutter for help. the force of the wave so strong that it broke the steering wheel. >> knew immediately and exactly what to do. they just got the yacht back under control. so although the wheel's gone, the rutter's sill there and the boat we can still steer it. >> reporter: 4 of the 13 crew members were injured, two more seriously, one had broken ribs, the other had an injured pelvis. again, this is an around the world race. they'll be coming to coast guard island in alameda. the sailboat will be repaired

here in oakland. and a spokesperson tells me that they're going to continue on with the race. they'll be here in oakland for two weeks from there it's off to new york. and then back to the uk. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." today, a new face begins in the trial of an alleged gang member accused of killing a father and his two sons. the defense start presenting its case. edwin ramos accused of killing three men as they drove through the neighborhood back in 2008. prosecutors rested their case on tuesday, arguing ramos killed them after mistaking them for rival gang members. defense attorneys claim ramos was driving that car, but he was not the gunman. 5:33 now, alameda police shot and killed a pit bull they say charged an officer during an arrest. happened thursday night on harvard bay parkway.

police say an officer was arresting a man suspected of pulling a knife on his neighbor when the dog charged out of the apartment. police say the officer fired in self-defense. 18 days after sierra lamar went missing, that search presses on, but today taking on a new direction. this morning, "today in the bay" is there reporting, there's a new push to send the word through social media. >> reporter: you're talking about 24-hour social media vigil on facebook for sierra lamar. we're at burnett elementary where the volunteer search going on for the past six days is taking a pause. the next search is not planned until saturday. now, this is so the sheriff's office can look over all the items that were found by the hundreds of volunteers who spent much of last week searching a 20-mile radius around the home of sierra lamar, the 15-year-old girl who has been missing for 18 days. yesterday's search yielded a pink bag and clothes, but when

shown to sierra's parents, nothing looked familiar to them. this week, investigators could receive the results of dna and trace testing done on clothes that do belong to sierra. these were the items found in her purse just after she disappeared. the investigators also hoping to get results this week on the used condoms that were found late last week about that mile and a half from her home. in the meantime, her family is inviting the public to participate in this 24-hour social media vigil. basically what they like you to do is go on to facebook and change your profile picture to one of the pictures of sierra lamar. reporting live here in morgan hill, bob redell, "today in the bay." the cause of a deadly fire in pacifica over the weekend is still being investigated this morning. two people died and two were injured when the house went up in flames early sunday. the victims are identified as a 93-year-old man and a 13-year-old boy. firefighters say there were 13 people living in that house. investigators say it appears the

fire was simply an accident. a man who san francisco police say was an active gang member posted a prophetic message on facebook hours before he died. 21-year-old deandre young was found shot to death friday morning near main and harrison who reportedly wrote a poem last thursday that ended with, "my time could be next." he was a member of the gang in visitation valley which has been embroiled in a gang war that investigators say has left ten people dead in three years. >> this morning, a ground breaking ceremony being held in san francisco for the new affordable housing project. the eight story apartment building is one of the first residential projects in the transbay redevelopment area. the apartments are being developed by the community housing partnership and bridge housing. there will be 120 units, the majority being studio apartments. all residents must be extremely

low income, formally homeless and referred by the department of public health. well, a push to ban food trucks near schools has been abandoned. the intention was to make sure students weren't being exposed to unhealthy food. but critics point out that banning the trucks within 500 feet of campuses would make large areas of communities just off limits. the bill has been shelved for now, but the sponsor says he may try to rework it and reintroduce it. time now to check in with meteorologist rob mayeda. >> temperature wise not too bad considering we had 50 saturday, low 60s, today we're talking mid to upper 60s for the afternoon. not a bad day with high clouds coming in. but still use caution on the coast. high surf warning in effect through 11:00 this morning. still see some waves that could break as high as 20 feet. we will see more clouds as we go through the week and eventually

a chance, i think of seeing showers come late tomorrow. right now, we're in the low to mid-40s outside. umbrella free forecast today. the radar is dry. pretty active system that will head toward the pacific northwest for today and eventually start to creep down the coast as we go through tomorrow that will bring us that chance, i think, of seeing north bay showers later in the day for tomorrow. today, mid to upper 60s around the south bay, with a bit of a north breeze. santa cruz close to 70 degrees, same around the tri-valley and coast not too bad. 63 degrees around san francisco and 70 or near 70 around santa rosa and you'll see today, high clouds filling in, especially the second half today, it's going to be overcast toward sunset. tuesday night into wednesday, best chance of seeing showers. temperatures will drop down for the middle part of the wk and we clear out for friday and looks like finally, high pressure building in for the weekend.

>> the thoughts of saturday and sunday warm me up anyway. the east bay, folks are huddling together on highway 4. you see the 29 registering at the l street sensor. to the north, three mile bridge has the one-way traffic control through the bulk of the day all week. keep that in mind if you're heading up through rio vista. a look at interstate 580 with typical slowing. over on the left side of your screen at the dublin interchange, as well. no big drama. folks will be filling in over toward the giants game. a reminder off the bay bridge, they're playing the bay series today and a quick look outside. the golden gate bridge moves smoothly. back to you. >> let's hope it stays that way. thanks, mike. it's 5:39. still ahead, a development that could change the course of the investigation. what detectives have discovered on the 911 tapes from the night

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good monday morning to you. taking a live look outside. all quiet by the shark tank this morning. they had a pretty good weekend coming off a win. it's 5:42 right now. tomorrow, the voters go to the polls in wisconsin, maryland, and washington, d.c. wisconsin being the big prize there. and a chance for mitt romney to all but seal his chances for that nomination. still, rick santorum and newt gingrich vowing to fight on. "today in the bay's" brian mooar live with more on the gop battle. good morning, brian. >> reporter: hi, john. rick santorum says this nominating fight is far from over, but you know what? a lot of republicans disagree with him right now. and they are closing ranks behind mitt romney. this big fight coming down in

wisconsin tomorrow is essentially going to decide this race. if romney wins, it will be mathematically almost impossible for santorum, especially for gingrich to catch up. romney is lining up some high wattage endorsements. he got the endorsement yesterday of senator ron johnson, a tea party freshman from wisconsin, also house budget chairman paul ryan is standing behind the front-runner. mitch mcconnell here in washington says it is all but over. rick santorum, though, says that he's not going to wave the white flag, newt gingrich says he does not believe it's over and he will not concede until romney reaches that magic number 1,144 delegates. john? >> all right, brian mooar, thank you very much for the update. it could be a breakthrough for human rights in myanmar. political activist and political prize winner suu kyi has won a seat in the parliament.

if confirmed, the victory would be a milestone in the nation. myanmar's government is going through reform after half a century of military rule. protests are continuing over the trayvon martin killing and there are new questions about political evidence in the investigation. martin's family enjoying hundreds of supporters over the weekend calling for george zimmerman's arrest. in the meantime, questions being raised over that 911 call from a neighbor during the confrontation between martin and the neighborhood watch leader who shot him. two separate forensic audio experts tell the "orlando sentinel" the screaming in the background is not zimmerman, but likely a younger voice. zimmerman's attorney insists it's his client calling out for help. >> the test concluded it's not the voice of mr. zimmerman. >> i have no comment. >> of course, zimmerman has not been arrested or even charged. a grand jury expected to convene

in a few weeks to review this case. students affected by that deadly tornado in indiana last month returning to school today. the tornado severely damaged the junior and senior high school in henriville. students were out of class for nearly a month while administrators figure out how much of that school could be rebuilt. starting today, students will finish out the school year at a different campus in a neighboring town. a morning news anchor for an nbc affiliate in denver will be back in the studio today. she was bit in the face by a dog on live television. since that accident, she has received hundreds of cards, letters, e-mails, and well wishes. the dog was quarantined for ten days and released to his owner. no charges were filed. she did go through extensive plastic surgery, but great attitude. >> looks like she's doing pretty good for everything considered. nice monday. >> yeah, at least we're not

tossing any wind or rain into the way of the monday forecast. unlike saturday, we got slammed pretty good around the bay area. this morning, it's the chilly conditions as we head out the door. low 40s outside around places like the north bay and areas like fairfield, napa down to 41 degrees. 46 in san jose right now. not too windy outside. it was quite gusty this weekend. we shouldn't see too much in the way of rain today. and the doppler radar quite dry this morning. but we will see clouds coming in at times for the afternoon. this is another powerful system. where the low went right across oregon, pumped up the rain and winds. this one is actually curving off toward the north. we're going to see the trailing edge of this sweep down today. and there you can see the line of intense rain that's going to aim in on the pacific northwest. today, high clouds coming in during the afternoon, partly cloudy skies to start. mostly cloudy across the north

bay, probably toward this evening. but no rain on the future cast. i think tomorrow, though, you may see some showers up in the north bay as we get toward tuesday evening and tuesday night. game one, at&t park today, yes, we'll see temperatures in the upper 50s. first pitch at 7:30 today. so bring your giants gear. or if you get over to the east side of the bay, bring your a's gear. we'll see upper 60s around san jose today. mid-60s around alameda today. some of the warmer places like sonoma up toward santa rosa close to 70 degrees for the afternoon. and here you go. your three-day forecast. more clouds tomorrow, best chance of showers arrives wednesday. thursday, maybe some north bay showers and then we warm up just in time for the start of baseball -- actually the first i guess the real action gets started on friday. we're going to be warming up as those temperatures finally look like spring around the bay area. >> all right, rob. we'll look over to a nicer weekend, i think. a nice morning drive right now, northbound routes not showing ma

your congestion or incidents iffer the south bay. this is northbound 101 past the dumbarton bridge exits. no accidents reported there, we will continue to track that, as well. but so far, nothing of note for 101. 880 through -- heading north, a live look at the volume of traffic as it starts to build a bit coming through the oakland coliseum. it is the high street off-ramp. and high street into downtown about 15 minutes from 238 to the bay bridge toll plaza. all the feeder freeways moving nicely, and down the east shore freeway. no metering lights heading to the city, like rob said the battle for the bay is going on tonight. plots open at 6:00. you'll see pregame traffic building up between 5:30 and 6:00 as folks start to hover

around there. a lot of folks have spring break. that may mean more patrons through the area. and before you head off to work this morning, there's a new recommendation on how to hold the steering wheel of your car. instead of the 10:00 and 2:00 position, drivers are being encouraged to grip the wheel at 9:00 and 3:00. safety experts say the old-fashioned way could be dangerous. an air bag could deploy at more than 200 miles per hour. and when it does, it could send your hands and arms into your face. drives experts say hold the wheel at 9:00 and 3:00 on the outside of the air bag. >> if you can minimize the loss of series injuries to the face, why not do that? another new piece of advice, don't grip the wheel with your palms. instead, hold on to it with your fingertips, thumbs pointing out. >> good information. i'll keep that -- thumbs pointing up -- >> oh, my thumbs will be up.

march madness, coming to the close of the championship game taking place tonight. unfortunately, over the weekend, madness spilled off the court following kentucky's big win over louisville in the final four. taking a look at what happened. victory celebrations turning to destruction. thousands of fans flooding out on to the streets in the campus, setting couches and cars on fire. more than two dozen arrested now facing criminal charges while some injuries were also reported. now, back to basketball, the kentucky wildcats getting set to take on the jayhawks right now in the ncaa championship game set for tonight. kentucky and kansas, the two winningest programs in college basketball history. now if kentucky wins, this will be the school's eighth national championship. kansas shooting for lucky number four. kentucky, a six-point favorite in this ball game. the tip-off is set for the mercedes benz super bowl in new orleans at 6:23 pacific time tonight. now, on the women's side, the road to the championship was

cut short again for stanford. cardinals against baylor. stanford took the lead briefly in the second half with a drive and a bucket. but it was all baylor after that. getting the win, 59-47. stanford women's basketball team the only sports program in history to reach the five straight final fours. but never been able to make it to the championship. gave it their all. >> great season. great season. but it hurts to get that close when you're working so hard. 5:51 right now. an airline storing kids in the cargo bay? well, this video raised a few eyebrows, but it's not exactly what it seems, we hope. we'll explain. >> finally. a ceo bs behaving badly on twitter. we'll take a look coming up. yet gentle enough for sore mouths. new act sensitive. strong teeth, fresh breath. in a sensitive formula. it's kind of a big deal. to find nutritious and gluten-free cereals

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welcome back, everyone. live look outside. looks like traffic's picking up quite a bit in the north bay this morning. we'll check that area there and throughout the bay area, as well. hope you get out the door on monday morning, 5:54. a canadian airline making an offer this week and it sounded too good to be true. >> your child will be whisked away on a magic carpet ride and your work is done. >> that's what they're calling it these days? this is video released yesterday, april 1st. the commercial shows children on the conveyer belt and being helped into the cargo section along with all your luggage. right, that's great. the announcer says it's all part of the airline's introduction of child-free cabins and you can relax. and the kids down there love it. but it turns out to the disappointment of some, it's an april fool's -- >> bad. >> bye, mommy, bye -- get in there with the luggage.

>> no. scott mcgrew has tales of ceoinceos behaving badly. >> you'll recall he was arrested while wandering naked and allegedly drunk in san diego. no new misbehaviors this morning, but russell does say his charity will make a kony sequel about african guerrilla leader joseph kony. this will come to prepare people for the cover the night event when people affix stickers and posters to street posts in an attempt to generate publicity. the head of software company that makes the draw something game also under fire this morning. dan porter of omg pop went on twitter to make fun of one of his former employees. san francisco's zinga bought omg pop. one official decided not to join. the only one omgpop employee who turned down joining zynga was

the weakest one on the whole team. porter also wrote, "games are fun, but they can be socially relevant too. please share this at draw something by omgpop & zynga, we just added the word hoodie." we think it's a sort of strange thing to promote a game with. he has since apologized for both tweets, but they paid $210 million for draw something and they're getting a lot of controversy with it, as well. >> interesting. thank you very much, scott. >> not the kind of publicity you want on something like that. 5:56 right now. still to come, more on that two-alarm fire that broke out at a san mateo home. five people have been displaced. all the details coming up. plus, a search for sierra lamar heads to the internet. the social media campaign to find the missing teenager next. and so far, we're watching a dry start to your monday, but looks like we could see changes with rain coming back to the seven-day forecast. a look at that when we come right back.

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new this morning, two sailors injured in around the world race are on their way back to the bay area. right now, i'm christie smith. coming up, i'll tell you about the dramatic rescue and when they're due back here. a 24-hour social media vigil for sierra lamar as volunteers take a break from trying to find her. we'll have that story coming up. and flames shooting out windows as smoke fills a house in the peninsula. we'll tell you how firefighters just got a handle on this thing and all those flames. and a jump start for high-speed rail. why the cost of the multi-billion dollar project is suddenly going down. and a live look outside at hp pavilion also known ashe