weekend plans? let's find out. thanks for joining us, i'm kris sanchez. a mild start, but kind of an interesting weekend. >> it is. transition weekend from the hot temperatures we had earlier in the week seeing some cooling this morning with low clouds, fog, a little bit of mist around san francisco where it's 57 degrees and mild temperatures around most of the bay area right now, patchy low clouds and inland across some of our values, too. southwest wind at 14 helping to bring in some low clouds. so, our east bay valleys, as well, into solano counties. by 1:00, most of the low clouds around west of the golden gate down the coastline and mainly clear skies today inland but temperatures pretty mild. mid-70s around livermore and getting into morgan hill and oakland 72 and 68 san francisco. but i want to show you the radar because right now a battle going on on the west coast with the rain and snow north of the california, oregon, border. sunshine to the south but that line will move south late tomorrow. we'll let you know what it means

for the rest of the weekend plans coming to your full foreca forecast. >> battle going on, i thought you were talking about the giants. >> or the cardinalses the bears today. >> thank you very much, rob. new this morning, post-season push back in the bay area and tonight san francisco giants will rest. they completed their trek home from st. louis last night after surviving elimination in game five of the national league championship series. the team plane landed just a few hour uz go at sfo and down three games to one, the giants beat the st. louis cardinals 5-0. >> boys are tired. they'll get some rest, we'll have a light workout tomorrow and get all set for sunday. >> kimberly tere has more reaction from giants fans. >> reporter: since they couldn't be at the game in st. louis, fans created their own stadi stadium-like environment. >> let's go giants! >> reporter: just steps away

from at&t park at pete's tavern, standing room only to watch the giants on a brink of elimination take on the cardinals. >> i love our management. i love our players and i love t the, but i love, i love our spirit and we have great fans. >> all the teams you watch have skill. but not that many teams where you can feel their chemistry, you know and it bleeds into the fans and the fans' chemistry bleeds into them. >> reporter: with the giants win, cardinals are up 3-2 in the national league championship series. san francisco now needs to forge a three-game winning streak to make it into the world series. >> got to get there. got to get there. >> we'll do it again. >> reporter: the odds aren't in their favor. since league championship series became the best of seven in 1985, only 4 of 33 teams have fell behind 3-1 have come back to win. >> well, that's what they said about the last series.

and, hey, red sox did it in four games. we only need three. >> torture. but we're coming back and it feels amazing. love it. >> so, i'm just so glad and i'm just so glad we can bring it home. we'll bring it home. >> and jamie with the comcast sports network was at the game in st. louis and has highlights of the big win. >> now 4-0 this postseason when facing elimination and have a chance to go 5-0 on sunday behind ryan vogelsong. this team seems to play better and turns up the intensity when their backs are against the wall. >> not necessarily because we did it. we're in the same position against the reds, but i think each guy is going out there and giving everything they got and that's basically what it boils down to. >> it's always good to put a crooked number up there to make life a little bit easier and take some pressure off your

pitcher. but in this game, it's always good to get a break and what's important is you need to take advantage of it and they did. >> you could say there are momentums and momentum does play a part. as you can see, the momentum got swung. so, you know, there's two very strong-minded teams going at it. >> playing a great team. you know, they win some, we win some. i can't really define it. we played good so far with our backs against the wall. we feel good and we love to play and we enjoy it. >> we've been in the situation before with cincinnati and it's not over until the last out. i think both teams playing right now proved that in the first round. so, we're just going to play hard until the end and see what happens. >> reporter: the giants are the second team in baseball history to win four elimination game ins a post-season. four of the previous six went on to win the world series. reporting from busch stadium, nbc bay area news. >> game six is at at&t park

tomorrow. game start, 4:30 in the afternoon. ryan vogelsong will start for the giants and, of course, we have live coverage all weekend long. nbc bay area and nbcbayarea.com. new this morning, a scary morning for people in an east palo alto home when a car rammed into the house. police say a man suffering from a gunshot wound slammed his car into a home on hunter street, which is not too far from jack ferrule park. the shooting happened just before midnight. that 39-year-old driver is now in stable condition. so far police have not made an arrest or released a motive in the shooting. also new this morning, the california highway patrol is investigating a deadly collision on a main highway in san jose overnight. this happened just before 1:00 this morning near the blossom hill off ramp on southbound 101. the car overturned and went down an embankment. three lanes of traffic were blocked until about 4:30 this

morning. all lanes are, once again, open right now. new this morning, ant yauk firefighters are keeping a close eye for hot spots after knocking down an early morning house fire. the two alarm fire erupted at a home on melton lane. it happened just about 2:00 this morning. firefighters say a blaze started at a detached garage there. no injuries and the cause is still under investigation. in san jose, seven people are behind bars accused of beating a 14-year-old boy to death in a san jose park. police say the boy was beaten back in april during a fight at roosevelt park. investigators say he was targeted and attacked. and he died three days later. in recent weeks, police arrested four men and three teenagers on suspicion of murder. police have not released a motive, but they do say that roosevelt park is a known gang hangout. a richmond man is the first to be sentenced for a gang rape

after a homecoming dance at richmond high school three years ago. he will serve 32 years in prison after accepting a plea bargain. he originally faced life in prison. five more people are charged in the 2009 rape of a 15-year-old girl at richmond high school. you might recall she was beaten, robbed and raped over a two-hour period while spectators watched and, yet, did nothing. the san mateo is shut down for the weekend. eerie, isn't it? retrofit project. the bridge should reopen by 5:00 monday morning in time for your commute and then it will close, again, next weekend. drivers can use the dunbarton bridge or the bay bridge or highway 237 as an alternative. a big change for the 408 today if you're calling someone in the south bay, you'll have to dial the entire phone number.

1-408, plus the phone number, even if you're calling from another 408 number. next month, a new 669 area code will be introduced in the south bay because santa clara county is running out of 408 phone numbers. much more ahead on "today in the bay." biological clocks of women on pause. the major development that could change the fertility of millions of women. plus, serving up squash. top squash players getting ready for action on a glass court today. we'll take you there for a preview live. alright let's break it down.

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two other polls show the candidates are in a dead heat. the nbcmarist surveys shows romney trailing in the midwestern states he needs to win. meantime, president obama unleashed some stand-up comedy in northern virginia where he accused romney of shifting positions on key issues. >> in a debate you say, i don't know anything about giving tax cuts to rich folks. take your temperature because you probably got romnesia. here's the good news. obama care covers pre-existing conditions. >> now, the crowd ate it up but last night in florida romney told supporters that the romney campaign is engaging in "petty attacks and silly word games." the president is prepping at camp david. romney is in florida. a blow for san jose mayor chuck reid and the re-election campaign. the state fair political practices commission ruled that

the mayor violated state law when his political action committee, his pac donated $100,000 to re-election campaign. the commission is ordering the herrera team to pay that money back in full and now the mayor faces penalties up to $5,000 for each violation. the mayor denies any wrongdoing. >> the government action that they're citing and control committees i'm not a fan of it. they're acting on a complaint and once they get all the facts. >> the attorney plans to discuss it with the commission on monday. herrera is being run against jimmy wen. much more ahead on "today in the bay." squash anyone? how about on a glass court? where you can catch the electric action today. here's a live view of san raphael. pretty nice day today, but big

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good morning to you. looking live at fremont. you can see there the flag not blowing too hard in the distance. but we are expecting a wind of change at some point. rob mayeda has a look at the forecast and mild temperatures and chance of rain. >> we'll get through the weekend without most of the rain coming in and wind picking up and rain chances also increasing, once the weekend comes to an end. let's take you outside right now to san jose where little bit later on, we'll have thousands of people waking up heading to arena green park to take part of the walk to end alzheimer's. keeping our temperatures up this morning may have a little bit of misty skies in parts of the bay area, too. as we show you that view, mostly cloudy right now, but mostly

comfortable temperature wise. 57 in san francisco and 58 in oakland. one thing the low clouds can do, they can keep the morning temperatures up acting like a blanket overnight and take time for the low clouds to break up. probably around lunchtime you'll see clearing skies inland. right now onshore winds reaching into fairfield and fremont, san jo jose, not much in the way of wind outside. satellite radar view, very active across the west coast and this is starting to look like fall here but the jet stream arching further south and dive into northern california and late tomorrow on into monday and the pattern shift we'll see. jet stream buckling heading to the south and as this trough sets up. we'll see increasing chances of rain, especially by monday morning. we'll see heavy rain from sonoma county northward and periods of rain further south and maybe some snow, 5,000 feet might be too low. closer to 6,000 feet for this first wave to come in monday. some sierra snow. clouds inland through 11:00 as

we go towards the afternoon. clearing skies except along the coastline where low clouds will linger and let's jump ahead to sunday. sunday afternoon, mostly cloudy and looks okay for the giant game as we come back home for game six and by 8:00 seeing some showers moving in and by monday plan on rain for your monday morning commute. temperatures around the bay area, low 70s around san jose and some upper 70s south of morgan hill and mid-70s around the trivalley today. fairly cool and upper 60s closer to san francisco and mid-70s around the north bay. today, obviously, the warmest day of the two weekend days and the warmest day of the seven-day forecast, too. here comes the chance of seeing some rain rolling in, especially monday off and on through the middle part of the week and foggy mornings to wrap up the second half of the week. only showers expecting tonight the oridon showers. the particles cause that flash of light and if you want to find these, look to the southern skiz

skies tonight. tomorrow night, not so good. we'll have cloudy skies. so, hopefully some folks have a chance to see it. >> it's been on people's radar because they've been looking up at the sky and wednesday we saw that meteor, right? we have video of that as it was captured. it was the meteor streak that had people talking all around the bay area. scientists say that the fireball was actually not related to the orionad meteor shower. the meteor was caught on surveillance cameras at the observatory. hoping that people got a shot of it with their cell phones, home video cameras and maybe surveillance and are willing to share it. >> two things that important here, one to get more visual sterile. someone has photos, materials, if we can look at those things, then our meteor guys can compute the trajectory more accurately.

what path did we follow? >> the meteor shower will be best around midnight tonight as rob mentioned and you should head to an area away from city lights. at its peak, you could see up to a 15 meteors per hour or one every four minutes. the reason rob and i might look tired tomorrow. you can catch lightning fast action along san francisco water front during an unusual sports tournament. some top athletes are playing at an outdoor glass court for the 2012 net sweet pro open squash championship. the tournament's producer joins us live from san francisco on this eye catching event. i have to say, squash, we're thinking back in the era of tom collins and maybe rollers in your hair seems old-fashioned, but you say maybe not. >> not any more. this is the sport really built for the future and to be able to put this glass court down here

by the ferry building and bring the world's best squash players from all over the world to play here in the open is a real treat. this sport is growing in the bay area and most importantly knocking on the door of the olympics. it's not in the olympics yet, but we hope we get there. >> it's not exactly a spectator sport as you play in an enclosed area, but you'd like to see that change, clearly. >> well, that's one of the reason we bring this all glass squash court behind me. that is visible to the audience on all four sides. it has a one-way viewing system in the glass. so, people can see whether you have a ticket or whether you're standing here right by the embark daro as you can tell over my shoulders some of our players are playing now and this sport is tosally accessible to the public. not anything behind closed doors. >> good for your cardio vascular health if you choose to play. it's fast action. >> yeah, it's a fantastic health and lifestyle sport and really something you can play into your 60s and 70s.

"forbes" magazine gave it the healthiest rating of all sports because of the cardio vascular benefits and how quickly within 45 minutes you can have a squash game that really exercises all, you know, your whole body and your mind, too. >> now, how accessible is it right now for people who say, my dad used to play back when i was a kid and maybe i'd like to take it up. are there a lot of venues? >> increasingly, there are more and more courts. actually, the bay club chain has made a real commitment to squash and you can play at four or five of their athletic clubs around the bay area. schools and universities are building courts. much more accessible as an academic related sport. stanford has a fantastic program and built seven courts. there is more and more court building and more and more access for the general public. >> so, folks are now interested. they want to see it for themselves. you are going to is be having this glass box tournament along the san francisco water front for the weekend, right? >> well, correct.

a little longer. the net suite open will run from this afternoon all the way through tuesday night. so, as long as you keep the weather in check and we have good weather monday and tuesday night, we'll be out here high and dry with the world's best players finishing semifinals on monday and the final on tuesday night. >> well, i don't know about high and dry on monday. we'll check with our weather man on that one. thank you, john, for joining us, and we'll talk to you in about 30 minutes and find out why tournament organizers chose that glass venue. it is very interesting to see. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, putting the brakes on women's ticking biological clock. we'll show you a major development. [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits.

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the american society for reproductive medicine is changing its stance on the practice of freezing eggs. no longer considering the practice experimental.

monte francis spoke with some experts about the hugie is implications this could have for women and infertility. >> reporter: freezing eggs has been experimental, but women who use frozen and then thaws eggs are just as likely to get pregnant as those who use fresh ones. >> we see patients all the time asking what their options are. >> reporter: deborah is an infertility doctor at reproductive science center of the bay area. she says removing the experimental label from the procedure and making it a routine fertility procedure is most significant for women under the age of 35. >> especially in younger women, if they freeze their eggs, they have, in some way, paused that biological clock. in women who are in their later 30s and come to see us asking about this technology, we can't make the same statement. >> reporter: eggsurance was founded by a san francisco woman who wanted to blog about her own experience and hear from other

women about theirs. we spoke to bridget adams by skype. >> the reason i froze my eggs was to have the possibility of having a child some time in the future. >> reporter: adams was 39 when she froze her eggs and on her site she's trying to get the word out to other women not to wait too long to act. >> we've missed that window and we found ourselves in our later 30s, you know, childless and hoping that, you know, we will have a traditional family unit. >> reporter: the doctor says the change could also affect couples who have ethical problems with freezing embryos, which is a successful and proven method to get pregnant. but now there is another viable option for young, healthy women who want to press pause and wait. >> now, we have more ability to say, she can freeze her eggs so she can wait until she does meet the right partner and then thaw her eggs and use them at a later date. >> reporter: monte francis, today in the bay. >> it costs anywhere between

$20,000 and $40,000 and few insurance companies will pay for it. and that is something that is not expected to change in the near future. still more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, a major traffic alert you will want to know about as you plan your weekend. plus, the san francisco giants are back on home turf. we'll take you to their rival at at&t park.

good morning to you. looking live at a very pretty start from our camera and the forecast is changing just a bit. just enough to keep you on your toes like the san francisco giants. thanks for joining us, i'm kris sanchez with rob mayeda. different by monday, different? >> we had 90s just about a couple days ago and now things are cooling off and more clouds

coming in and, yeah, two days from now. probably going to see quite a bit of rain coming in. right now 50s outside and temperatures held up because of the low clouds and mist, too, with fog over san francisco and the coast, winds calm around the bay, but pushing the low clouds inland this morning. by 1:00, looks like most places inland seeing hazy sunshine and patchy low clouds on the coast today and 60s along the coast and mainly low 70s for most of the bay area and out towards the tri-valley may see mid to upper 70s today. but a cool day today. certainly looks cooler tomorrow. with the changes we're seeing off in the north coast and out towards the pacific northwest, that's coming our way tomorrow. we'll talk about when the chances of rain increasing and just how long we'll see that part of your seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> stanford fans and cal fans happy that the chiefs come tomorrow. >> today looks fine. a political heavyweight is coming to the bay area today to help teachers fight for their cause. governor jerry brown in san francisco later this morning to support the california teachers

association. there he will launch a statewide community campaign for prop 30, his prop position. it will rai sales taxes and income taxes on the state's highest earners. the taxes are necessary to fund public education and higher education. new this morning, the giants are back home in the bay area after facing off elimination in game five of the nlcs. the team plane arrived at sfo just a few hours ago and now the giants are hoping their momentum will carry over to game six tomorrow at at&t park. team manager bruce bochy said this about tomorrow's game. >> boys are tired. it was a late night and they'll get some rest and have a light workout tomorrow and get all set for sunday. >> fans are still buzzing at that stellar performance to force another game. during last night's game it was standing room only at many sports bars across the bay area. many fans never gave up on the

team despite facing elimination. >> red sox did it in four games. we only need three. >> torture. we're coming back and it feels amazing. love it. >> i'm just so glad, i'm just so glad we can bring it home. we can bring it home! >> league championship series the best of seven back in 1985. only four of the 33 teams have come back to advance to the world series. but here's to hoping, right? the giants bats finally came alive during last night's game five with the bases loaded. brandon crawford gets a base hit up the middle to score two runs and pitcher barry zito lays down a bunt switch towards another run to pad the lead. go on to pitch seven strong innings striking out six to seal off the win. giants win 5-0. so the series comes back to at&t

park tomorrow. games start at 4:30 in the afternoon. ryan vogelsong will start for the giants. live coverage all weekend on nbcbayarea.com. in other news new this morning, east palo alto police are investigating an unusual car crash. police say a man suffering from gunshot wounds slammed his car into a home on hunter street not far from jack ferrule park. the shooting happened just before midnight and that 39-year-old victim is now in stable condition. but so far police have not made an arrest, nor expressed a motive in the shooting. new this morning, antioch firefighters are keeping a close eye for hot spots after knocking down an early morning house fire. the two alarm fire erupted at a home on melton lane near almond ridge park. this happened just before 2:00 this morning. firefighters say the blaze started in a detached garage. there are no injuries reported. the cause is still under

investigation. halloween is less than two weeks away but one san francisco man tricked his way with some goodies. police say back on thursday the 45-year-old suspect walked out of the store in the mid-market neighborhood with bags and bags of candy. when an employee tried to stop him, the suspect allegedly punched the employee before fleeing on foot. so far no arrest. picket signs going up outside a popular latino grocery store chain today. a demonstration is planned this afternoon in front of the mi pu pueblo market in oakland. activists are upset that the store owner who is taking part in a government program would check the immigration status of workers is keeping up with that plan. community leaders say they want residents to boycott the grocery chain until it stops participating in the federal program. also new this morning, the

fight to save a pediatric ward is turning into a family affair today. children dressed up in halloween costumes will picket kaiser perm nanty in haywood. they are upset that the hospital is planning to shut its childcare unit in 2014. kaiser says services will be transferred to a new hospital that is being built ein san lead row. the san mateo bridge is shut down right now. a live look at the bridge, which will remain closed until 5:00 monday morning and this is all because of the retrofit project. caltrans is installing new seismic joints and the bridge will also be closed next weekend. if you're planning to get around the bay area that way, you can use the dumbarton bridge or highway 237 as your alternative. if you live in the south bay, starting today, you with ilhave to dial a little

differently adding a few extra numbers when you make those phone calls. this is part of santa clara county new plan to supply new phone numbers for a growing population. so, now, starting today, callers must dial the entire phone number, meaning area code and the other seven digits, even if you're calling from another 408 number. on november 20th, a new 669 area code will be introduced. customers who introd request ne service may be assigned that new code about a month from today. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up the country that just raised taxes to 75% for millionaire. [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents

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month in the same apartment that they rented last year. san jose is home to the third fastest rent growth in the state. right now the average price for a one bedroom, one bath unit is more than $1,600 a month. that is up more than 11% from october of last year. >> one job is still on fire and probably will continue to be. two, we're seeing people who lost their homes continue to rent and we'll see that for a long time coming. three, i think the number of people that have been doubling up with room mates and living at home with families are now out on their own. >> industry experts expect that rents will continue to climb for the next five years. in france, the country's highest earners will now have to pay more in taxes. parliament voted yesterday to raise taxes for 75% or, rather, 275% for people who earn more than a million dollars. backers say the law will generate $273 million per year

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good saturday morning to you. welcome back. here's a view heading out to the east bay this morning. i believe we'll check out oakland or parts of the east bay this morning as we show you some of the temperatures around the east bay. oakland right now, you can see we're looking at overcast skies

and jacksonville coming down to down tomorrow to take on the raiders. fine for that game. of course, the big game today stanford taking on cal. that's at noon. weather looks like partly cloudy skies. as we look at the forecast here around the bay area, things are going to be pretty comfortable. we're looking at numbers mainly in the 50s outside right now and thanks to our low clouds keeping our temperatures up right now, look at the satellite view, starting to see some changes just off to the north right now across the pacific northwest, we'll see the showers drop further south during the day tomorrow and eventually by tomorrow night into monday. that's the chance of rain. a big pattern shift here. right now the jet stream moving west to east. this is going to drop further south and buckling down across central california. this is going to allow a few systems to come riding in into california late tomorrow and into monday and north of sonoma county and heavier rain on the north coast and sierra snow by 5,000 or 6,000 feet by monday. today patches of low clouds by lunchtime inland and clearing skies going into the afternoon

and then let's fast forward to tomorrow. mostly cloudy conditions and should be fine for the giants game during the early evening and then by sunday night into monday, here's where the rain starts to sweep around the bay area. pretty big impact for your monday morning commute. highs in the low 70s around san jose and mid-70s around morgan hill and mid to low 70s out towards the trivalley and cooler back into the bay and numbers in the mid-60s around pacifica and closer to 70 in berkeley and in the north bay, those numbers mainly in the low to mid-70s. three-day forecast shows today the warmer of the two weekend days and show a few clouds spilling in from time to time and today mostly cloudy late and then monday into tuesday we see a chance of that rain coming in for the middle part of the week and then clearing somewhat for the second half of the week with patchy, morning fog. kris? >> i don't think i know where my umbrella is, i'll have to look for it, thanks. thousands of people are waking up and heading to arena green park in downtown san jose

to take part in the walk to end alzheimer's. one was a woman recently diagnosed with the disease and she is only in her 50s. today maryanne favro has the story. >> reporter: an hr exec who is always active. recently her husband dave noticed some changes in her. >> she would ask similar questions repeatedly. >> reporter: so she came here to stanford hospital for memory disorders where she had several brain scans and also a took several tests like this. >> laundromat. plum. bank. tunnel. now, how many of those words can you remember? >> reporter: after all her testing, at only age 53, susan received a new title, alzheimer's patient. >> i cried on the way home.

>> reporter: she can't remember work or drive. >> it was just hard. like changing, like turning my whole life upside down. >> reporter: not just hers, but her family's, too. >> you know, it's a difficult diagnosis. that, you know, things are not going to get better. >> reporter: susan is not alone. the alzheimer's association says of the 5.4 million americans living with the disease, 4% were diagnosed before the age of 65. and that number is growing. that means patients' children are younger, too. susan's daughter, clare, is only 22 and she's concerned about what she might face in the futer. >> you know, you're going to show up and be like, oh, well, my mom doesn't know who i am. that kind of stuff. it's, obviously, a real concern. >> reporter: behavioral neurologist says however difficult, an early diagnosis can off aer patients an

advantage with medication. >> yes, taking those medications earlier means that you'll get more use out of them. >> reporter: still, he says, current medications will not slow the progression of the disease, but he says something simple might. >> the one thing that we've identified so far that does seem to slow down the disease process is aerobic exercise. as old-fashioned as that sounds, that's still more effective than any medication that has been invented. research shows exercise can also help delay the age you develop alzheimer's, if you're at risk. as she shares memories with her daughter, susan says she considers her early diagnosis a gift. more time to make decisions about how she wants to do things. but she also recognizes she may have less time with her family than she'd hoped. >> i want to spend the rest of my life with my family. but i just, i kind of, in my

life, i always try to take the high road. >> reporter: which is now why she is part of a clinical trial in stanford and she is volunteering with the alzheimer's association to help raise money for research. >> i have to kind of take things day-by-day. i feel great now. i feel like i can do just about anything. >> reporter: in san jose, marianne favro. >> ceo of the northern california chapter of the alzheimer's alwassociation. you have a busy day ahead of you. >> you know susan personally, what is this diagnosis meant for somebody who is, i mean, really, not even close to retirement age. >> that's right. well, fundamentally right there she had to stop working, which she had not planned to do. she was an executive with human resources and this changed her life fundamentally in that respect. >> and, you know, it's shocking to hear diagnosed with

alzheimer's at the age of 53, but how common is that? are we seeing that more often? >> not terribly comen and we are seeing it more often. 5.4 millions with alzheimer's about 3,000 to 5,000 people with young-onset alzheimer's and susan falls in that category. i think the reason we see it re is not because it's spreading, but because we're diagnosing the disease better than ever before. >> that is ultimately a good thing to know earlier. >> because she is now involved with her family and planning and, obviously, taking action and speaking out and she's been a public spokesperson for the association in many venues and she'll be at the walk this morning. >> sharing her memories with her daughter as early as she can. we always think that we have more time. >> yeah. >> and we don't know how much time that we have. now, you work with the alzheimer's association in mountain view. what kind of services do you have? i mean, this is not a curable

disease. >> right. that's right. we have nine offices in northern california, northern nevada. that's my service area. alzheimer's science, because we believe we can beat this thing. a whole great host of programs for families. education programs and support groups for caregivers and support groups for people in the early stages of alzheimer's, people like susan. we have our website alz.org is a great place for resources and information and, so, we have a 24/7 help line any time, day or night. trained professional is there to talk to families. >> clearly, you can't do it without folks participating in things like the walk to end alzheimer's. >> that's where a lot of the money comes from. >> time to register this morning? >> absolutely. come join us. >> you can do it by going to alz.org or showing up in person at arena green in san jose. at the alzheimer's website you can always find the ten signs and marianne brought them back

and tested a couple of us and it was interesting to see what some of those diagnostics are. bill, thank you for joining us and enjoy the walk today. >> thank you. >> lucky it's today and not tomorrow. >> yeah. >> the weather is changing. much more ahead on "today in the bay." we'll take you to san francisco for that unusual squash tournament that is happening today. plus, the push to get the sport more visible. alright let's break it down. mom, pop it. ♪ two inches apart, becky. two inches.

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we're looking live from arsenal camera and see blue sky in the distance and there is some fog along the coastline, but that will disappear and we'll have a nice day today before we get rain by monday. and we are still talking about that highly visible spectacle of a rather nonvisible sport and squash athletes will be competing at a tournament in

san francisco and right now we have the organizer of the net sweet open pro squash championships. now, there is a very good reason why you chose an all-glass enclosed court. tell us about that. >> well, it's a really unique sporting environment, a sport court because it's got four sides of glass with a one-way viewing system in it. we can look in and see the athletes play, but they actually are looking at solid walls. so, when you look over my shoulder and see this clear view into the play where we've got two of our local pros from the bay club playing, you'll see them very clearly. but what they're looking at are walls that are blue and green on the inside. these portable glass squash courts can go into unique places and we hope down here by the water front and the ferry building that it's eye catching and that people will come out and see world class squash. >> well, it certainly is eye catching. i don't want anybody watching me play sports because i'm not that good. those guys are pretty good.

you're hoping to raise the visibility of the sport and maybe even get into the olympics by 2020. >> it is on the short list of sports that is still vying for inclusion in the olympics. the sport was highly rated in the last go around of the ioc and they'll make their decision in may and september of 2013. rumor has it that squash and karate are the two top sports for inclusion. we use a white ball because of the color contrast with the glass and this is where the sport got its name. it is soft and squishy and that's how it got named squash. >> thank you very much, john, for letting us look into your world and good luck. the tournament continues until the finals that are on tuesday evening. thank you very much for joining us and we will be right back.

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