leave the jacket behind, upper 70s coming to the middle part of the week. >> we thought it was a really warm start. >> no. casual sunday. >> thank you very much, rob. we'll see you in a bit. new this morning, three people are dead, another seriously hurt this morning after a crash in daley city. the crash happened near the intersection of terrace view court and eastmoor avenue about 8:15 last night. three of the victims died at the scene. the fourth person remains hospitalized this morning with life-threatening injuries. the driver of the other car involved stayed at the scene and was not hurt. daley city police are trying to figure out exactly what caused that crash. in vallejo, nearly 350 firearms were taken off the streets. who turned the rocket launcher

in, no one knows, because the buyback promises no questions asked. law enforcement agencies worked together to hold the gun buyback at the fairgrounds yesterday. the rest of the weapons turned in were 113 handguns, 67 shotguns, and one 163 rifles. police encourage anyone with guns that they don't use be turned in. it's often unauthorized weapons are used to kill someone. the weapons collected this weekend will all be turned into scrap. some of that scrap will help a local artist create a sculpture memorializing victims of gun violence. nothousands of people in la enforcement went through the emotional dask three days ago of saying good-bye to two santa cruz police officers killed in the line of duty. and now for the first time we are hearing from firefighters who were on the scene when the bullets started flying.

"today in the bay's" cheryl has the story. >> reporter: jerry freeman is captain of ladder truck 3170, the first crew on the scene just moments after two santa cruz police officers were shot and killed. >> the fire captain, it's not an environment you should put your crew in. but it was special circumstances. >> reporter: special, because the man and woman were also in uniform. something no one, not even the dispatchers, told him ahead of time. >> we didn't know it was officers until we arrived on scene, until we were physically stas standing next to them. >> reporter: when the accused cop killer jeremy goulet returned to the crime scene, it was this crew who spotted him first. >> he came back and we saw him. we saw a car. we were told it was a white car. >> reporter: officers were quickly alerted and rushed in. the fire crew simultaneously evacuated bystanders, curious

about what was going on. >> at one point i actually said, you guys need to get out of here unless you want to get shot. and right about then the shooting started. >> reporter: this firefighter was in the thick of it, standing next to a woman who fell to the ground. instead of leaving her behind, ogden chose to cover her with his own body. >> at some point she tried to get up. and another hail of gunfire started, so i just totalld her stay down, don't move. it was probably the safest place for us to be on the ground. >> reporter: the heartbreaking loss of the two officers has consumed this coastal community ever since. and for many, ogden's bravery will not be forgotten by those who watched it unfold. in san jose, cheryl herd, nbc bay area news. >> this is an emotional weekend for family and friends of a stabbing victim in the south bay. dozens of people gathered at oak grove park yesterday to remember eric wright.

27-year-old was found stabbed to death at that park on wednesday evening. his family said they are devastated and cannot understand why he was killed. >> this is really heartbreaking for me. he was one of my best cousins, and for him to be taken in such a tragic death, i'm very upset. >> he was no coward. he stayed strong through all the struggles that he went through in life. and he's going to be all right now. and the guy that did this to him, like mom said, he needs to sit there and realize what life you took from us, you know what i'm saying? he took a valuable life from us. >> this 20-year-old man who first told police that he found wright bleeding is now charged with the murder. police say the suspect knew the victim. detectives are working on ha motive but say this killing was not gang related. violent crimes are often the crimes that capture the attention of the public and the

media, but you might be surprised to learn that property crimes are spiking in several bay area cities. in fact, san jose, in san jose home burglaries, robberies and auto thefts were up last year by over 30%. there were similar trends in san francisco, oakland and fremont. in redwood city, thieves have struck at least five homes on the same block in just the past few months. >> they took my grandmother's wedding ring. they took my wedding ring and band. my mother's wedding ring. every piece of jewelry my father ever bought my mother. >> critics say the police are not giving enough high priority to property crimes because of staffing reductions and budget cuts. still ahead on "today in the bay," it has been almost a year since sierra lamar disappeared. >> as a parent, i'm not going to let go of the hope that she's still alive. >> the family of missing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar

speaks exclusively with nbc bay area. hear what they had to say about the suspected -- the suspect accused of her murder.

this coming saturday will mark one year since sierra lamar vanished while on her way to school. although a man is in jail charged with her murder, there's still no sign of the morgan hills teenager's body. her parents tell me they still cling to the hope that means she's still alive. sierra lamar's smiling face looks on as people who never knew her in person continue to show up at the morgan hill search center that bears her name. saturday will mark one year since the 15-year-old vanished after leaving home for the school bus stop, one year since steve lamar and marlene lamar last saw their daughter. >> it's been hard, because it would be her junior year. and this would be the time she would go to junior prom, and i

just feel bad that i haven't been able to share that with her this year. that does make it hard. >> sierra's milestones make it hard as does the fact that the one person who might know where she is isn't talking. torres was arrested last may after investigators found sierra's dna in his car and some of his dna fund near her home. he has yet to enter a plea. >> with what they have, as far as evidence, as far as dna, it's obvious that he has the answers as far as to her location. that's what's frustrating. >> the santa clara county sheriff's department long ago classified sierra's case as a homicide, but her parents wanted to believe she's still living and breathing. >> i know they've got the suspect, and they're pushing

forward with that. but as a parent, i'm not going to let go of the hope that she's still alive. >> sierra's parents plan to release balloons before volunteers start searching again saturday in morgan hill. then in the afternoon in fremont where sierra was born and raised, they'll host a fund-raiser. >> it's going to be a tough day. >> they say they'll work to keep the search center open as long as their daughter is missing. torres is expected back in court to enter a plea in april. and we'll be there, of course, and we'll also be with the lamar family next saturday as they gather for the balloon release and fund-raiser marking the one-year anniversary of sierra's disappearance. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, national celebrities on hand to help ring in the little league baseball season. we'll show you who that is coming up next. the weather's looking fantastic for that, including the view right now over san francisco, looking off to the

east. sunrise about 7:30 now in the morning. it's going to be a gorgeous one across the bay.

good morning. looking live at just a little bit of the pink sky coming ahead of a sunrise now at 7:30, since we sprung forward. speaking of spring, it is in the air. and that means it is little league season. many little leagues around the bay area officially started play this weekend. these players from the mission san jose little league team in fremont had an early start to their saturday playing their first game of the season. and there were some very special guests on hand. among the fans, players from the petted r p petaluma national team that played last fall. >> it's their time to shine. this is the time where dreams are made.

and we worked hard. and we've seen them work hard so they can get their dreams, too. >> the event started with a parade and ended with a barbecue for the players and their families. i passed a couple of parks and saw them out in san jose as well. the bay bridge this morning, where work on the new eastern span is now one major step closer to completion. yesterday crews poured concrete, a lot of concrete to create the final deck section of the new eastern span. it took more than 100 trucks to deliver all the concrete needed to fill the nearly 1,100-foot-long section of roadway. that's about the length of three and a half football fields. >> there is a bit of concrete work that still needs to happen after this, for the hinges between major bridge sections as well as the on and off-ramps. but really, this is the last piece of bridge deck that needs to be created. >> the job took nine hours. now that the concrete is set, it

needs to dry and cure for a couple of days. the new bridge is due to be completed and open on labor day weekend. this beautiful dry weather has got to be good news for them as they are waiting for that concrete to dry and cure, right, rob? >> they really lucked out. the weather this time of year we should see a lot more rain and stormy conditions that we're going to see over the next seven days. so it's good for curing concrete. it will be good for your outdoor plans. if you're heading outside in the next couple of hours, 30s and low 40s outside. clear skies, dry air for now. i think tomorrow morning we'll wake up to a blanket of low clouds. tomorrow won't be quite as cold as we're seeing now. a hint of a slight north wind in the north bay, to help the inland locations around santa rosa, napa, should see the temperatures in the low 70s this afternoon. the late day sea breeze keeping san francisco and the coast running a little bit cooler than the inland valleys. temperatures in the 60s to low 70s.

low clouds will fill in tonight. we'll see a lot more low clouds this morning than tomorrow morning. middle part of the week, temperatures really climb up as we head towards tuesday and wednesday. from the view around san francisco and the bay this morning, mainly clear skies right now. with just some patchy low clouds approaching the coast as we head into the afternoon. sunshine will win out inland. you notice here on the coast, future cast pointing this out toward the late afternoon and evening hours, clouds at the coast. we still have a sea breeze out there. as long as the low clouds are hugging the coastline, you won't see a warm-up along the beaches this evening. by 10:00 tonight, the low clouds start to fill in on the coast. tomorrow morning they start to fill back in across the inner bay. to the head of the start of the work week, a little cooling on monday for the coast. upper 60s and low 70s inland

monday afternoon. then the pattern changes tuesday, wednesday, thursday, winds turn lightly offshore and push the low clouds away and the coasted and peninsula will see a nice warm-up for the middle part of the week. upper 60s around san jose. santa cruz probably the nicest place to be out on the beaches today as we still see the sea breezes keeping the temperatures cooler. we'll probably warm up quickly toward noon and the sea breeze should pick up around the inner bay, low 70s into the north bay. with the time change, more sun and less sleep. unfortunately we lost the hour of sleep this morning. nice weather, which means the extra hour of sunlight in the evening, once we get to the middle part of the week, wednesday and thursday, upper valleys possibly getting into rt the upper 70s. evenings nice and mild as we go through the middle part of the week. next weekend, a little cooler.

we could still use more rain and snow, but not in the cards there in the next seven days. >> hopefully we'll recover. it's hard to recover that one hour. >> i wish we didn't have to do it. but i guess we look forward to fall back in a few months. >> that will get us through. thanks, rob. still ahead on "today in the bay," we take you inside the bay area home of coco, the most famous ape in the world. how her quest for a baby and a family could help with the survival of her species.

time is running out for coco the world famous bay area gorilla. not only is coco nearing the end of her baby-making years, her species is facing extinction and her handlers at the gorilla foundation are now searching for help. as suzanne shaw reports, coco's quest to become a mom might help save her species. >> reporter: in the hills above woodside, inside this old

trailer, coco lives and eats almost like we do. >> there's avocado, gluten-free crackers. >> reporter: these are the only parents coco's known. she's nurtured like a child and at 41, she's been long wanting her own child. >> coco's been wanting a baby. essentially asking for a baby for christmas for years. >> reporter: yet again, this past christmas, the best she could do is a pretend doll. >> funny hair cut, yes. the baby's hair cut is pretty silly, huh. >> reporter: coco began learning sign language 40 years ago. she also understands pictures and words. >> those are all the options. >> reporter: when asked to choose the family she'd like to have, she points to the drawing of the typical family in the wild. one with a dominant male and many females and babies. from "60 minutes" to cover

stories in national geographic, her intelligence and rich emotional life have drawn attention. when we visited koko she was quick to sign and gestured for us to come inside. when we were all settled, she purred. and then pleaded with penny to open the gate. >> you are nice. you are, as in open that. >> reporter: the danger of germs kept us separated. >> your beautiful nose. i love you. >> nose. >> reporter: although koko has a male companion at the compound, she hasn't yet had a baby. with a doll she's molded their fingers to make sign language. could she teach a real baby gorilla to sign? for that, penny says, they would have to create a normal gorilla family. >> what we need is the rarest commodity on the planet. because there's so few, nobody wants to part with the babies, the females.

>> reporter: gorillas are an endangered species. in africa, they're slaughtered by the thousands for food. they're trying to stop the poaching. with high-tech, they're using koko to teach children how precious these animals are. and they're reinventing their organizations. they're searching for a new executive director who they hope will help them raise money for a gorilla sanctuary in maui. that would give koko the family she wants and provide a home for future jen raggenerations of ap. >> we're all apes. once they see the similarities, they go, oh, my gosh. they're just like us. >> reporter: and just like us, koko's strong quest for family my ultimately save her species. in woodside, suzanne shaw, nbc bay area news. >> you can see more of koko on our website. we have clips of her getting ready for her big interview with

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good morning. looking live in san francisco at what will be this first sunday street of the season, couldn't ask for better weather for it. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. in the hour we sprung forward from 2:00 to 3:00, that's usually the hour you pick up your jacket. >> it's still laying somewhere. this is not the morning to leave the jacket behind.

we look at the temperatures outside, still cold. you've got the clear skies this time of year, you can drop into the 30s. 42 in san jose. 44 in san francisco. the good news, now that is near sunrise, 7:29 right now, that's the coldest it will get for the rest of the morning. on the coast you may find patchy low clouds, just a subtle sea breeze keeping the coastline lagging behind the temperatures, lower 60s there. we'll wake up to a lot more low clouds tomorrow morning. today we're talking about upper 60s to low 70s for most of our inland valleys today. as high pressure builds in toward the middle part of the week, we could see mid to upper 70s, maybe even near 80 in a few spots. we'll show you the warm-up timeline in the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> i'm busting his chops about his jacket. but i forgot my makeup bag, too. >> you don't need makeup. i use more makeup than you. that's a true fact.

oh, get out. the faithful did not gather in st. peter's square. instead they celebrated mass at the honorary churches in and around rome. 115 eligible cardinals will gather on tuesday to elects the next pope. there is no front-runner, the archbishop of millan is regarded as a leading european candidate to become pope. two-thirds of the 115 cardinals is needed to be elected. if nobody gets enough votes, they will continue to vote twice a day until they can agree on who the pope will be. former south african president nelson mandela remains in the hospital this morning. the 94-year-old human rights leader was admitted to the hospital yesterday in what the government is saying was a routine checkup. he spent nearly three weeks in the hospital late last year where he was treated for a lung infection and gall stones. mandela has not made any public

appearances for the past two years because every his fragile health. people in venezuela will head to the polls on april 14th to select the successor to the late president hugo chavez. the acting president will run as the ruling party candidate. tomorrow marks the second anniversary of the devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake that sent a massive consumer crashing into japan. to this day, a nearly 200-foot-long ship that remained stranded on an empty patch of land in northeast japan, the city wants to preserve it as a tsunami memorial. many residents, however, oppose the idea, but the city is negotiating to try to keep the vessel's owners from dismantling it. meanwhile, more than 250 artifacts and hundreds of pictures from the disaster will become part of a new permanent exhibition at an art museum.

the earthquake and tsunami killed an estimated 19,000 people. new this morning, daley city police are investigating a deadly crash that killed three people and injured one other. the crash happened near the intersection of terrace view court and east moore avenue around 8:15 last night. firefighters managed to pull the victims from one of the mangled cars, but they did not survive. and died at the scene. a fourth person remains hospitalized this morning with life-threatening injuries. the driver of the other car involved did remain at the scene, and was not hurt. a vallejo man is in jail after a wild chase that began at a robbery at a bay area walmart. they were called yesterday morning on reports that a man with a gun stole a tv. officers say they spotted the suspect on highway 29 and chased him to a mobile home park before he crashed into a patrol car. 64-year-old robert craig is now facing multiple charges

including robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. now, a story you will only see on nbc bay area. saturday marks one year since morgan hill teenager sierra lamar disappeared while on her way to school. her parents, marlene lamar and steve lamar, said they plan to release balloons before volunteers once again start searching for their daughter on saturday in morgan hill. then they will also host a fund-raiser in the afternoon in fremont where sierra was born and raised. the sheriff's department long ago classified the case as a homicide but her parents say they refuse to give up home of finding sierra alive. >> i know they've got the suspect, and they're pushing forward with that. but as a parent, i'm not going to let go of the hope that she's still alive. >> it's been hard, because it would be her junior year, which would be the time she would go to junior prom, and i just feel

bad that i haven't been able to share that with her this year. that does make it hard. >> as for the suspect, garcia torres was arrested last may after investigators found sierra lamar's dna in his red volkswagen jet a and his dna on some of her clothing found near her home. torres has yet to enter a plea. he is due back in court in april. it's been an extremely emotional weekend for a family and the friends of a stabbing victim in the south bay. dozens of people gathered at oak grove park yesterday to remember eric wright. the 27-year-old was found stabbed to death inside that park wednesday evening. his family said they're devastated and cannot understand why he was killed. >> this is really heartbreaking for me. he was one of my best cousins, and for him to be taken in such

a tragic death, i'm very upset. >> he was no coward. he stayed strong through all the struggles that he went through in life. and he's going to be all right now. and the guy that did this to him, like mom said, she just wants you to sit there and realize what life you took from us, you know what i'm saying? he took a valuable life from us. >> a 20-year-old man who first told police he found wright bleeding is now charged with the murder. police say the suspect knew the victim. detectives are working on a motive, but they say that the killing is not gang related. not only violent crimes, but property crimes are surging in several bay area cities as well. that spike has a peninsula woman on edge this morning. she fell victim to burglars earlier this month and is now taking matters into her own hands. "today in the bay" has the story. >> i picked up the kids to

surprise them to take them to lunch. >> reporter: heather left hoesm last monday afternoon for just about two hours. she came home to find her house ransa ransacked. >> everything pulled off. they broke this drawer. this was locked. >> reporter: thieves had come through an unlocked back door and left with electronics and about $40,000 worth of jewelry. >> they took my grandmother's wedding ring, they took my wedding ring and band. my mother's wedding ring. every piece of jewelry my father ever bought my mother. >> reporter: the burglars also ransacked her 9-year-old daughter's bedroom. >> they didn't take any of my coins. my money was right in there. all my gift cards are there. >> reporter: theirs is just one of at least five home burglaries on their block in the last few months. in other cities, the problem is even more dramatic. last year san jose recorded the highest number of property crimes since 1995. up 30% from the previous year. in oakland, property crimes were up 24%.

and in san francisco and fremont, 13%. critics, including heather rangel, say the police aren't giving a high enough priority to property crimes, why in the last few days she bought a heavy-duty safe, in125u8d a security system and did some of her own detective work, bagging the thieves' gloves as evidence. she's just glad no one was hurt. >> that's the gift of all of this is, i learned that, and i hopefully will not have to face another situation that could be worse. >> reporter: monty francis, "today in the bay." still ahead on "today in the bay," the usually peaceful world, baseball classic turns violent. the baseball brawl that cleared both benches. we'll show you why this escalated. plus, when we can expect to see tim lincecum back on the mound after missing his last two spring

love that song. good sign for the world series champion giants. tim lincecum in assimilated game yesterday. the two-time cy young winner has missed his last two scheduled starts with a blister on his right middle finger. he struck out seven hitters. he expects to be ready to go on for the scheduled start on tuesday with the padres. things did not look as well as the royals rolled over the giants 13-2. brian belt belted his fourth home run of the spring. giants fans, don't panic, it is just spring training, and the team is without a lot of its players. that is because they are representing their home countries in the world baseball classic. a crucial game against undefeated italy, gave the team just enough in four winnings allowing only two runs.

teammates jeremy affeldt relieved vogelsong. team usa beat italy 6-2 thanks to a grand slam from david wright. tempers flared between canada and mexico. an all-out brawl breaks out with both benches clearing. a mexico pitcher intentionally hit a canadian player. seven players were ejected. fans threw bottles on the field from the stands. it was the worst brawl in baseball classic history. canada went on to win the game 10-3. the sharks are headed to colorado to take on the avalanche this afternoon. but before they hit the road, the team was hoping to get a much-needed win at the tank last night. things were looking good with the sharks up 3-1 in the second period, but they could not hold off the blues, losing in overtime 4-3.

and like the sharks, troubles continue for the warriors as well. ellis back in town last night as the bucks visited oracle arena. this one was back-and-forth for most of the game. but the bucks rallied late in the fourth to take this one 103-93. staying on the court, st. mary's looking to advance to the wcc final. matthew hits the game-tying three against san diego to send this into overtime. st. mary's wins. they take on gonzaga. we will talk immigration reform and what it could mean for the golden state. plus, here's mike inouye with your sunday calendar.

well, there are an estimated 11 million undocumented

immigrants in this country. and while lawmakers in washington work or reform, many folks here in california are wondering what it will mean for us, or for our community. we get answers from larry gerston. first, we want to talk about the impact that immigration has, people talk about the impact on social services, the transmission of disease, folks are coming in and perhaps not being vaccinated. is this a bigger problem for california than for other places? >> yeah. listen, it really is. i mean, whatever you want to say about illegal immigration, we've got 2.7 million undocumented residents in california, right? and that figure represents one-quarter of all the undocumented residents throughout the nation. here we're talking about a state with 12%, 13% of the population, one-quarter of the immigrants. that makes a difference. yeah, it's definitely correct to say that illegal immigrants benefit from california programs, and social services, especially costly programs such

as public education, and emergency health care. no question about it. those are the facts. of course, those are part of the facts. >> the other side is that they also contribute in terms of sales tax and pay into social service, perhaps not with their own documents, but they pay into the system as well, right? >> absolutely. as a matter of fact, they put into social security that they never see. there's no question about it, there's all kinds of ways in which illegal immigrants or undocumented residents, however people may call them, have some sort of an effect on the state. it affects californians, particularly at the bottom and at the top end of the economic spectrum. at the bottom, we're looking at agriculture. to date, seven out of ten agriculture workers come from mexico. with most of the rest, by the way, coming from central american countries. americans don't pick crops. i asked my students every

summer, who's going to go out and pick crops? they look at me like i'm crazy. these farm workers are denied access to the united states now and that makes california agriculture in a very tenuous situation. there are other issues. we've got the h1b program, hiring skilled worksers. this program allows 65,000 people to come in annually. but bay area technology companies alone gobble up that quota, just a few months into the year. and that's the other side of the dilemma. by the way, a little footnote, everybody focuses on mexico, things like that, you know the one country last year that had more immigrants come in? china. >> i knew it. it's very difficult to come here if you want to come here as a documented worker.

they come from mexico and couldn't get in. >> no question about it. it leads to the current discussions, if you will. congress is now discussing the various proposals to do something about immigration reform. and you know what? there is a good chance that something will be done. but not for the economic reasons, not for the social reasons that a lot of us might think about. latinos are the largest ethnic block in california. latinos are now the largest minority in the nation. we're talking about a political force here, kris. last year, 71% of latino votes went to democrat barack obama. largely due to the republican opposition to immigration reform. you know, had that latino vote not been so prominent in a state like florida, we might well be talking about president romney instead of president obama.

so republicans figured it out. there's a lot of harm that comes to them from not supporting immigration. in the end, simple math, not anything else but simple math may dictate the rules of the road to immigration reform. >> all right. thank you very much, larry. and you'll like this one. president obama, he and the other politicians joined journalists for a night of humor at the annual gridiron dinner. there are no cameras involved, but president obama got in some good natured jabs at political foes and allies alike. he told the crowd if his jokes were not funny, it was because his writers were furloughed. a and the gridiron club is made up of a select group of washington, d.c., journalists. we'll try to get larry to crash that party next year. still ahead on "today in the bay," a group of teenagers will soon have a home away from home thanks to the tireless work of a bay area woman.

it is a story that will make you bay area proud. while we're seeing low clouds on the coast around the inner bay this morning, mostly sunny skies. looking back to san francisco, watching a warming trend ahead of your seven-day forecast. you can't move the tv there.

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dreaming with them, and on this day, celebrating with them. >> we did this. thank you! >> reporter: their remarkable story begins in 2004, when hillary then just 24, took a job as a residential services coordinator at the eden house apartment complex in ashland. she quickly bonded with a core group of about a dozen of the young people who lived there. >> this is the community room. we would meet here every wednesday. >> reporter: it was here that hillary heard from the kids just how little there was to do in ashland, and how great it would be to have a place to just be. >> kids need to play. they need something to do. >> reporter: the group decided a youth center is what ashland needed, and they set out to get it. >> they were like nomad. >> reporter: for the next nine years they bounced from temporary home to temporary home. meeting in a portable building

behind the fire station for a while, then in the middle school classroom. all the while hillary kept the group on task. they would show up at every board meeting, every committee hearing, where there was a chance to be heard by the powers that be. >> there were no other kids doing that outside of our little unit. >> reporter: time and time again, hillary says, they were told they would never get what they wanted. until, that is, they did. ashland's new $25 million youth center opens this spring. >> it's a real pleasure to be here. >> reporter: it was nate miley who first championed their cause, eventually corralling redevelopment money to make the dream come true. >> let's go see. >> reporter: hillary now working for the sheriff's department will oversee the youth center's new fitness center. she's still pinching herself that all this actually happened. >> it's crazy. it's mind-boggling actually.

>> reporter: so are the kids. >> it's crazy to look at and think in my head like, we did that. >> reporter: but just as the youth center gets up and running, hillary's group is ending. their lives taking them in different directions. but only after leaving behind one great legacy. garvin thomas, "today in the bay." the ex plor tor yum will open its doors on pier 15 next month. but the party is already getting started. the ex plor a tor yum is celebrating with a road show called on the move. the main attraction is this. it is the mechanical octopus. it's an art sculpture from burning man. the embarcadero will be closed to traffic to allow for thousands of people as the festival is part of san francisco's first sunday streets fair this year. and meteorologist rob mayeda is here with the forecast. it looks perfect for sunday

streets. >> rain-free. got the sunshine out. pretty nice day today. warmer days to come as we actually go to the week ahead. chilly outside right now. but now that the sun is up, we'll see the temperatures climbing into the 60s and 70s later on. into the north bay and inland locations, a little bit of a wind out of the north which is going to help to keep things nice and mild this afternoon. but a developing sea breeze on the coast means the peninsula and the coast today will see slightly cooler temperatures compared to our inland valleys here. at least as we start into the work week. so 60 to low 70s inland today. we're going to see changing up later tonight, more of the coastal clouds will spill inland for tomorrow morning. then high pressure builds back for the middle of the week, temperatures climb on up as we get close to the mid to upper 70s by wednesday. high clouds dropping by a little bit later on into the afternoon. and a push of the low clouds inland will mean during the day today, at least on the coast, you'll find temperatures mostly in the low 60s, maybe near 70

around santa cruz. into this evening and tonight, you'll see the low clouds inland across the bay into tomorrow morning. probably seeing a few extra low clouds. after that, high pressure builds in and the winds turn slightly offshore, that will lead to the temperatures climbing into the middle part of the week. san jose south, upper 60s to near 70 degrees. tri-valley locations in the same temperature range. now as we head back to oakland and san francisco, running a little cooler here, low 60s and sea breeze picking up for the afternoon. today with the time change, less sleep but more sunshine. pretty nice. sunset around 7:15 in the evening. as we head to the middle part of the week, temperatures climbing up, mid to upper 70s, maybe close to 80 in a few spots. i think wednesday and thursday will be the warmest days of the week. we'll cool down with a few more clouds heading toward next weekend. >> sounds good. enjoy the warm weather. and as we nap this afternoon to make up for the spring forward. thank you for making us part

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this sunday, the president is trying something new to see if he can get along with republicans and get something done on the budget. stocks are flying high. the jobless rate is down as friday's unemployment report. but what will unlock a sustained economic rebound? dealing with the debt is one way, and the president tried reaching out to someey members of the senate to break the stalemate. so we wonder this week why can't washington get along? the search for real solutions this morning, plus reaction to senator rand paul's filibuster this week. a special discussion with some key senators, some young members of congress, but former gop congressman from florida, joe scarborough. also this morning, a big week for the potential 2016 republican field. we talk to former florida governor jeb bush about

immigration and more. and our roundtable grapples with the latest contribution to the debate on women, motherhood and work. facebook executive sheryl sandberg's book called "lean in." sgugood sunday morning. the president has realized that if he's going to get something done in washington, he's got to create some different kind of consensus among republicans in the senate and maybe even in the house to achieve that still illusive grand bargain on the budget. he's going to head up to capitol hill this week. a couple major areas to watch from my point of view, is there any ratio of spending cuts to tax increases republicans can actually accept? particularly if, number two, the president persuades democrats to go along with a big reform of entitlement programs, social security and medicare. all of thisds