>> we have to spare the air for today, kris, in fact, you just saw the hazy air setting the stage for unhealthy levels across the bay area from the north bay and east bay and towards the south bay as well. right now as we take a look outside, from every vantage point we have high, thin clouds outside and this is a southwesterly push that we're seeing even though it will be warm today we'll deal with the high thin clouds as they drift throughout during the day. temperatures by lunchtime in the mid-60s across the south bay. close to 70 by 5:00 and same across parts of the peninsula and over towards san francisco. that's where we'll see temperatures in the mid-60s, again, as we head towards the evening hours and even across north bay, east bay and trivalley. mid to upper 60s by lunch and in the lower 70s by this afternoon and it does put us in record-setting territory. we'll talk more about the records and what that means as we head through sunday and a

cooler day for tomorrow, we'll detail it later today. we begin this morning with new details in the arrest of a benicia elementary schoolteacher who police say served up pot-laced food at a potluck dinner. teresa badger seen here in her mug shot is a first grade teacher at matthew turner elementary school. she was arrested at her home yesterday after a two month long investigation. authorities say the investigation started on november 21st when 20 people most of them teachers attended a potluck in benicia. >> there was some food ingested by several of the attendees. the people later started feeling sick and developed symptoms where they thought they were under the influence of some type of a substance. >> at least one person was rushed to the hospital and police say a 15-year-old got sick after eating some leftovers from that party. badger is in a solano county jail on $15,000 bail. and faces three counts of

it'sening. a good samaritan from pleasanton died while trying to save another man from an oncoming train. investigators say philip scholz was at the santa clara station monday when he saw a man on the tracks down. he sprung into action laying down on his stomach and reaching out to the man as the train came toward them. scholz saved that man but could not clear the tracks in time. and he himself was killed. philip scholz's wife emily said her husband's action define the man she met at santa clara university so many years ago. >> it says to me that he was, you know, a person that was willing to do the right thing. i mean, and that sounds kind of generic but just, you know, a person who didn't stop to really worry about, you know, why was that person out there. >> philip scholz worked at the santa clara based computer graphics company nvidia. emily said she's overwhelmed by

the support of her family and friends who are helping her to celebrate her husband's life and lifesaving action. no criminal charges will be brought against the elderly driver who hit two 6-year-old twin boys with his car. the san mateo district attorney's office says there's just not enough evidence to charge edward nelson. police say the 90-year-old was attempting to back out of a parking spot when he drove forward instead. crashing into the twin brothers. new this morning, one woman in antioch is lucky that she is alive this morning after a car crashed through her bedroom overnight and she slept through the whole thing. you see that car upside down in the front yard on buchanan road near highway 4. police say the driver lost control and went right through one home before then rolling over into a second home. one witness says his mother-in-law who suffers from dementia was on sleeping pills at the time of the crash and says she didn't hear a thing. >> i walked in there to check to

see if she was okay. i asked her if she was okay. said yeah. and went right back to sleep. >> he says she was not hurt in that crash. but the crash also took out the pg&e curbside power box and knocked out power for a half a block. well, they have an idea what they look like. now palo alto police need your help in tracking down three home invasion suspects. take a look at the police sketch here. they say this man and two others terrorized an elderly couple and then robbed them on thursday morning. investigators say the men forced their way into the homes in palo alto's downtown north neighborhood. police say one of them had a gun. the husband and wife were forced on to the floor while the crooks ransacked their house for valuables. the good thing is the couple was shaken but was not hurt. the kidnapping and sexual assault of a college student is under investigation in the north bay. a student at college of marin told marin county sheriff's investigators that he got into his car thursday night in lot 13

at the kentfield campus and found a masked man in the backseat with a gun. he said the man forced him to drive to southern marin where the suspect sexually assaulted him. college of marin posted warning signs on campus and sent e-mails and text alerts to students who are stunned by the violence. >> our coach just told us that we should use the buddy system now. >> college of marin put up temporary lights in lot 13 after the incident. the spokesperson said he's working with the county to figure out a permanent lighting solution for that location. last night in castro valley a car rolled down a hill out of control with a family inside. the accident happened around 7:45 manter court north of highway 580. chp officers say the woman was picking up her kids at the time and forgot to sent her parking brake and that sent her car rolling down the hill 300 feet until it hit a fence. no one was hurt, but while the

family wait for a tow truck the kids asked to pose with firefighters for a picture. changes are coming for san francisco general which will implement several security and safety measures after the disappearance and death of a patient. in september lynn spaulding went missing but her body was not found until three weeks later in a rarely used stairwell. among the changes coming converting door alarms at emergency stairwells they can only be deactivated with a key. there's also a new patient tracking system. the changes go into effect next month. and the flu continues to claim lives in the bay area. now 31 confirmed deaths, a number that could still rise as health officials investigate other possible cases. the latest two deaths were confirmed by santa clara county on the day alameda county confirmed another death. statewide nearly 100 people have died from the flu this season. health officials are reviewing other cases to determine whether

the flu was to blame in dozens of other deaths as well. the calf department of public health reports that one in five of the people who died had gotten the flu shot. but health officials maintain it is still your best defense because while you can still contract the flu, with a flu shot, your symptoms will be less severe and you won't be sick as long. a south bay councilman has a new proposal that he believes will help crack down on crime. roughly 300 police officers in san jose have retired or resigned over the last few years forcing the department to close its burglary and vice unit. so, the council is proposing a half cent city sales tax increase which would allow the department to go back to having 1,400 officers on staff. some are saying it is a political maneuver, however, because campos is running for re-election. however, campos says that's not the case. the estimated half cent sales

tax would generate almost $70 million per year. much more ahead on "today in the bay" including heroes in half pipe. how two local skiers are set to become olympic pioneers. and a high-tech icon turns 30. coming up why the history of the mac is the history of silicon valley.

good morning to you. looking live at a beautiful start to the day in san francisco. a little bit of cloud cover but not the kind that brings rain. it is a spare the air day, by the way, as well. and we are now two weeks away from the opening ceremony of the 2014 winter games in sochi. it is a big moment for all of the athletes, but especially for those first-time olympians. this morning nbc bay area's

janelle wang introduces us to two california olympians both competing in the new olympic sports half pipe free skiing. >> reporter: when 20-year-old maddy bowman secured her spot for sochi this month, brita sigourney was the big person to congratulate her with a big embrace. maddy from lake tahoe and brita from carmel are elite half pipe free skiers. they often trade number one and number two spots in competition just as often as they trade laughs. >> we joke with each other all the time. there's never high tension in the start gate with us. we're always giving each other high-fives and hugs when we do well. it's just -- she's my best friend. there's not much rivalry there. >> reporter: it helps to have someone so close who can relate to the dangers of the sport. >> what we do is dangerous, but that's what we love. we love to push the limits and we love to go big and challenge ourselves and scare ourselves. and i mean, sometimes the limits

push back, but it's kind of sometimes the price you have to pay and sometimes that price is really heavy. >> reporter: she's talking about the loss of half pipe free skiing pioneer sara burke. the 29-year-old canadian died two years ago after falling during routine practice. >> knowing, you know, what happened to sara, in a way it's actually pushed us farther. she was a person who would go for it. she would crash and get up and do it again and again. >> if i was scared i wouldn't be able to do it. i fortunately have been lucky enough to be able to put it away and not keep it in my head while i'm skiing and i just focus on what i have to do and what i've been doing well because that's how you ski well. >> reporter: they may not be scared but some of their tricks sound downright frightening. >> i think what i'm known for is probably that i do both nines. a left nine is just 2 1/2 rotations, spinning to your left. whereas a right nine is 2 1/2 spinning to your right. >> reporter: and both these women are ready to show the

world what they can do. >> i think they're going to love it. i think they're going to see how fun it is and they're going to under why we love it. >> i'm really excited to know the people and hopefully be a part of the group that gets to show the world exactly who we are and what we do. >> reporter: janelle wang, nbc bay area news. >> wow, it's amazing. the opening ceremony is now in 14 days and we will, of course, have complete coverage of the entire olympic games on air and online at nbcbayarea.com. and tomorrow night, join janelle for an inside look at the games with our "road to sochi" special, we'll profile the northern california athletes you should be rooting for as they head to russia. the half hour special begins at 9:30. still ahead on "today in the bay," the excitement and the danger and the surfer that came out on top of the 50-foot swells at maverick. well, we are waking towm a few high, thin clouds over the silicon valley. otherwise expect a bright, warm

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>> putting yourself in the most dangerous place in the world at a time to catch the honest nature's power. you can't get a rush from that, then nothing's going to help you. >> baker takes home $12,000 for that win which he says pales in comparison to being able to do what he loves and, of course, bragging about it. adding to the drama and the excitement was being able to get this unique perspective of the competition. go pro cameras were placed on surfboards giving us these amazing shots. you can just see their faces full of concentration. the company sponsored mavericks which seems natural since it is headquartered in half moon bay and the company was started by surfers. if you would like to see more raw videos and pictures of the contest go to our website nbcbayarea.com and search mavericks. and now we check in with meteorologist anthony slaughter. and, boy, you know, they were expecting great conditions, but

i think that surpassed even what they were expecting. >> i think it did too as well, the waves were really big. we had beautiful conditions and now we're waking up to more beautiful conditions as your girls like to call it pi pinklicio pinklicious. i remembered. beautiful color from the peninsula once we get this to work if it's actually going to work. there you can see, kind of like the ipad doesn't always work when you want it to, right? looking at palo alto, you can see the beautiful sky. just a few high, thin clouds the upper level clouds will be with us for today as the southwesterly flow kicks in from the desert southwest. the other thing we have to deal with unfortunately is poor air quality. we have to spare the air from today, north bay, east bay and the south bay, that's where we'll be looking at the worst air quality. even the peninsula, moderate to unhealthy air quality. here's the thing i want you to make note of. take a look at the seven-day forecast at the bottom of your screen, we are tracking the potential for some showers late

on thursday and friday. the system that's keeping us dry right now, it's pushed more inland, so we've got more of a return flow. that's why we have those clouds with us coming in from the southwest today. for tomorrow the same shifts a little bit further south and that means we'll see the onshore wind return. that will bring back the fog at the coast and it will eventually improve our air quality. but not for tomorrow even though it will cool off. our air quality won't improve at least until the middle part of this upcoming week. for today, the microclimate zones, the south bay temperatures in the low 70s from gilroy towards san jose. the peninsula upper 60s and lower 70s from san mateo to palo alto, and even san francisco. while it will be above average by about 10 degrees still not overerly warm, mid to upper 60s there. a good amount of cloud cover as that southwesterly flow continues in so we'll see partly to mostly cloudy skies by the evening hours.

low fil low 70s for the south warm and the warmest 73 for livermore. let's talk about the records that we're expecting for today out of those cities you can see, again, not having to get too warm for this time of year. low fil70s for day time highs wh would put us at 12 days of record-setting heat for january. that is very impressive. all right, now, let's skim ahead to the good stuff. i want to show you this, this is what we're tracking as we head towards this upcoming week thursday into friday. this will be the next system with the onshore wind returning. could bring us a good amount of showers as we head towards the last day of january. so, here it is, average rainfall for the next four months does start to decline, but february we still have one more month where we could pick up a good amount of rain. of course, we'll be tracking that rainfall thursday into friday as each and every day gets a little bit closer. kris, back over to you. >> thank you very much. it wasn't the most popular computer in its day, but 30

years ago the apple macintosh offered a new way to see technology. scott budman has a look at a very influential little machine. >> and the macintosh was cool. >> reporter: a tour of high school students not even close to being born when this machine was introduced. with this ad. >> and that was the announcement of the macintosh. >> reporter: the apple mac is now 30 years old. the creation of wozniak and jobs that brought computer to the masses. >> basically almost anyone, there were 5-year-olds who could sit in front of a mac and do something interesting with it. that's unheard of for any previous computer. >> reporter: that followed the apple one, the apple two, and briefly the lisa, changing the game and silicon valley along with it. turning technology only not into something easy to use but something nice to look at.

>> that ease of use and simplicity i think is an apple dna and that has carried forward for the last 30 years or so. and it's mainly from steve jobs i would think who has a sense for what is beautiful and what is simple at the same time. >> reporter: so, the next time you see one of these, just remember, its roots are in one of these. scott budman, "today in the bay." >> that is a throwback for you. still ahead on "today in the bay," a little boy mauled by a pit bull in the east bay gains the attention of a high school baseball star. how he swung into action to help save that victim. "bay area proud" coming up.

our "bay area proud" series is all about the good things that people do, and this is no exception. this starts with something bad, a 10-year-old nalled by a

neighbor's back back in august in antioch, the road will be a little easier thanks to an unlikely source. >> reporter: if lucas halstead's dreams come true -- >> that was it. >> reporter: someone is one day going to pay him a lot of money to do what he already loves doing. hitting and catching a baseball. still, what makes this baseball standout stand out even more is how he is choosing to give long before he ever gets. lucas is a star player on his high school baseball team, so good, in fact, he was one of a handful of young players from around the world chosen to participate earlier this year in the elite power showcase in miami. >> i was awesome. it was the coolest thing ever. >> reporter: one part of the event a home run derby with a generous twist.

with each home run hit, money raised for the charity of the player's choice. and while many chose large, well-known organizations, ones that helped thousands of kids, lucas was interested in helping just one. >> once i found out that i could do a charity organization the first thing i thought was hunter, help him out with some medical costs that he has to pay for. >> reporter: lucas first heard about hunter kilborn like the rest of us on the evening news. hunter had been playing at a friend's home in antioch when that neighbor's two dogs attacked him. the injuries severe, the scars long lasting. but then lucas learned he was soon to have another connection, his mom kelly was to be hunter's fourth grade teacher at morello elementary in martinez. over the past few months lucas got to know hunter. >> nothing's going to really hold him back and i thought that was the coolest thing ever. >> reporter: and hunter got to know lucas. >> he's tall. he's a big guy.

>> representing california, here is lucas halstead. >> reporter: so, if big league scouts watching him hit in a major league park weren't enough pressure, lucas wanted to hit out at least a few for hunter which is just what he did. >> there it is. high, it's deep, it's out of here. >> i get emotional about it all the time when i really think about it, you know, and, he's my baby. he's my firstborn and when someone wanted -- you know, and he wanted to do that for him, it was huge. >> reporter: in the end, though, lucas didn't just raise $2,000 for hunter. he gained a whole new perspective for himself. >> i can just promise you that i'll never play another game of baseball without thinking it's going to be my last game. it can end like that. >> reporter: garvin thomas, "today in the bay." still ahead in "today in the bay" a simple tweet launched a landmark case around the world. the connection to a rock star.

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good morning to you looking live at a beautiful start to the day in dublin. a very nice sunrise, and a nice day on tap if you are looking at anthony slaughter's forecast. thanks for joining us i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist anthony slaughter. and we stay a little warm today. >> yes, a little. not too warm. it will be cooler tomorrow, but it definitely will warm up today. yesterday we had a few clouds move through with the system that really kept us cool at least comparing how warm we have been. right now you'll notice, though, as we look outside, we still do have those clouds with us. these are not rain-producing clouds. they're mid to upper-level cloud

cover, so it will look very sunny, even from time to time with those clouds passing by. not going to be overly cloudy. but here's the thing, by the afternoon hours, temperatures are going to warm into record-setting territory once again. so, low 70s for the south bay. east bay and the north bay. that's where we'll see temperatures in the low 70s as well. here's your hour by hour forecast taking you into it a little bit further, and you can see the passing clouds from noon to 5:00 and mid to upper 60s, and the peninsula, same thing, the passing clouds. san francisco you'll be warm, at least considering where you should be this time of year, you'll be in the 60s today. across the north bay, east bay and tri-valley, mid to upper 60s. and by 5:00 plenty of sunshine as the sun goes down. for tomorrow, though, it will be a little bit cooler as the onshore breeze does return and temperatures like this will eventually cool off by five degrees. we'll talk more about that coming in a bit, kris. we begin with new details in the first grade teacher in

benicia accused of poisoning her colleagues after serving up marijuana-laced foods at a dinner party. teresa badger seen here in her mug shot is a first grade teacher at matthew turner elementary school in benicia. she was arrested in her home yesterday after a two month long investigation. authorities say the investigation started on november 21st between 20 people mostly teachers attended a potluck at a home in benicia. >> there was some food that was ingested by several of the attendees. the people later started feeling sick and developed symptoms what they thought they were under the influence of some type of a substance. >> at least one person was rushed to the hospital and police say a 15-year-old also got sick after heating leftovers from the party. badger is in jail on $15,000 bail and now faces three counts of poisoning. the wife of a pleasanton man who died trying to save another man says she's not surprised that her husband sprang into

action. investigators say philip scholz was at the santa clara caltrains station monday when he saw a man down on the tracks. he sprung to action laying down on his stomach and reaching out to the man as the train came toward them. scholz saved that man but was not able to clear the tracks in time and was himself killed. philip scholz's wife emily says her husband's actions define the man she met at santa clara university so many years ago. >> it says to me that he was, you know, a person that was willing to do the right thing. i mean, and that sounds kind of generic, but just, you know, a person who didn't stop to really worry about, you know, why was that person out there. >> philip scholz worked at the santa clara-based computer graphics company nvidia. his wife emily says she's overwhelmed by the support of her family and friends who are helping her to celebrate her husband's life and his lifesaving action.

early this morning a car crashed not only into one house but two houses in antioch and yet a woman inside slept through the whole thing. you can see the car upside down on buchanan road near highway 4. police say the driver lost control before rolling over into second home. one witness tells us his mother-in-law was inside. she suffers from dementia and was sleeping and didn't hear a thing. >> i walked in there to check to see if she was okay. i asked her if she was okay. she said yeah and went right back to sleep. >> he says his mother-in-law was fortunately not injured in the crash. the crash also, though, took out the pg&e curbside power box and knocked out power for about half a block. in the north bay investigators are trying to track down the suspect who allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted another man in marin county. that man a student at college of marin told marin county sheriff's investigators that he got into his car thursday night in lot 13 at the kentfield campus and found a masked gunman

in the backseat. he says that man forced him to drive to southern marin where the suspect sexually assaulted him. college of marin posted warning signs on campus and sent e-mail and text alerts to students who say they are stunned by this violence. >> just told united states that we should use the buddy system now. >> college of marin put up temporary lights in lot 13 the night after that incident and a spokesman tells us he is working with the county to figure out a permanent lighting solution. well, courtney has been cleared. the first libel trial involving social media wrapped up yesterday with the jury ruling in favor of the defendant courtney love. it was claimed that love had defamed someone on twitter. the singer said she thought she was writing a direct message to someone and immediately deleted that tweet. after three hours of deliberation the deliberation

sided with courtney love. >> they believed me because i told the truth so that's good. they followed the judge's instruction. a really good judge, too. >> the case was closely watched because it was the first of its kind to go to trial. justin bieber was not legally drunk when he was arrested for dui this week. the pop star's blood alcohol content was well below the legal limit of 0.08. however, miami police say the 19-year-old admitted to drinking, smoking pot, and taking prescription drugs. bieber now faces charges of dui, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license. and more beejer drama, three florida police officers are suspended now without pay for personally escorting bieber when he arrived at a miami airport monday night. the police department says the escort service was not authorized nor was it approved. still ahead on "today in the bay," the warriors game comes down to the final shot. and taking action, how the nfl is now responding to a

seahawks player's controversial comments after the nfc championship game.

good morning to you looking live at the sunrise over foster city. there are the power lines in the distance. and it is a spare the air day, so good thing you won't really need to light a fire anyways. it will be nice and warm. to the east bay now and the warriors who returned from four days off with something they haven't had since 1995, and that is an all-star starter. so, how do steph curry and the warriors handle their return to the floor taking on the timberwolves at oracle? fast-forward to the fourth quarter and golden state up one, but not for long. kevin martin hits a jumper to give minnesota the lead with eight seconds left. one last chance for the warriors and curry to harrison barns for the win and it's no good. golden state loses their third

state home game 121-120. this is a story 49ers fans wish would just go away, the richard sherman saga, though, is still not over the league announces he's been fined almost $8,000 for, quote, unnecessarily taunting his opponent. 49ers wide receiver michael crabtree at the end of the game. sherman has since apologized sort of for his rant against crabtree following that game. now he'll pay $8 thour$8,000. george gascon talked how he went from high school dropout to district attorney in an interview. waking up to a few high, thin clouds today, cooler tomorrow and a chance of rain in the seven-day forecast. we'll explain when "today in the bay" comes right back.

all right. welcome back, 7:42 time for your

my crow climate forecast. we're waking up to sunshine, however, we have to spare the air because air quality will be very unhealthy from the north bay to the east bay and down towards the south bay so pair the air alert is in effect for today. let's show you what we're looking at right now. beautiful sunrise across the board from every microclimate region. the high thin clouds in san francisco. no fog this morning but the clouds off in the distance is what we'll be dealing with all day long as the southwesterly flow tick kicks in that will ce to stream in the low clouds. you can see from the satellite perspective, even a few showers down towards palm springs but these clouds are going to continue to move in because of that return flow with this area of high pressure positioned off towards our east, eventually tomorrow that will mean for onshore flow to return so we'll wake up to a little bit of morning fog at the coast and air quality will begin to improve just a little bit, but it's not until the middle part of this upcoming week when that really starts to improve.

but with this ocean breeze as we head towards the day tomorrow, it will be a cooler day, so take advantage of today. temperatures expected to be warm by about 20 degrees above where we should be at some locations. places like san jose, you'll be at 71 today. gilroy, 73. the peninsula, where you'll see upper 60s from san mateo over towards belmont and palo alto, low 70s there. san francisco, expected to be warm for january standards. back into the upper 60s where you should be in the 50s for this time of year. across parts of the north bay, napa, sausalito, upper 60s and lower 70s, east bay and tri-valley a good mix of upper 60s and low 70s. places like liver move, 73 and oakland 69 degrees. you've heard us talk about how dry january has been. now we're in the final week of january and this drought does continue not only for parts of california but parts of nevada, some of the worst drought we've seen in over 100 years, so this is going to continue at least for the next couple of days. but here's the good news. we are talking about the chance

of some showers in our forecast as we head towards thursday and friday of this upcoming week. the computer models really starting to pinpoint this thing to be moving through the bay area as we head towards thursday night into friday morning and you can see a good deal of this moisture does stay to our north but we do get clipped by this system and with the drought in place we could see our levels start to increase and, again, that would improve our drought greatly. we'll have more on that coming up this evening, of course, the waves looked really sweet yesterday, didn't they, kris? >> do you know what that picture doesn't show, how cold it was in the water. i mean, the sunshine -- >> 55 degrees. >>-- great for the speculators but the folks in the water it's chilly. from high school dropout to one of the pitchingest nam ebig california. behind the scenes with george gascon and what turned his life

around. happy national puzzle day. yeah, i didn't know either, but now we do. so, head over to redwood city for the great jigsaw puzzle competition. it's put on by jigsawpuzzle.com and it will be held in redwood city. you pay $15 to compete with your team of four races to finish a 1,000-piece puzzle and the fastest team gets $500 and a portion of all puzzle sales they made. food access, the work to make fresh nutritious food available in all communities in one district of san francisco they are saluting the bounty of the bayview, the folks from southeast food access coalition celebrates food access and you'll want free food made by neighborhood vendors. and from food made healthy to fairy tales made to order. improvised if you will.

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looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza, we see blue sky where earlier we saw golden sunrise. it is a very nice day on tap according to anthony slaughter's forecast. san francisco's district attorney is a high school dropout who was elected by the people to one of the most high-profile and powerful positions in the state and that raises the question how long will george gascon stay in san francisco. many political insiders say he

could be chasing a higher office in the near future. here's raj mathai with the interview. >> reporter: george gascon is a man about town. but he isn't like the others. he's a high school dropout and he's also the first district attorney in the country who is a former police chief and, of course, that hair that stands up and stands out. >> my mother for years would try when i was a little kid to control my hair up to and including using vass elinevasel hair is just very unruly by nature. >> reporter: the soon to be 60-year-old is what you might call a velvet hammer. polished and educated with a heavy dose of street cred. a man who once patrolled south central l.a. during the 1992 riots. >> i worked some of the roughest neighborhoods that you could work within the city. and i did it with a great deal of pride and commitment because

they were very similar to the neighborhoods i grew up in. >> reporter: where he grew up he fled, cuba, in 1967. mixed feelings speaking for cuban americans, when you think about your country? >> very mixed feelings, you know, i think that, you know, we are by and large we have been successful if you define success in economic terms as a group of people. but i think there's still a lot of frustration. we still carry a lot of baggage about, you know, what we left. >> reporter: was there a moment that changed your life that you said, hey, do you know what, i want to get on the good track here? >> yeah, for me it was the military, you know, actually what happened is that i was working and i was having a lot of fun surfing. school obviously was getting more and more remote. i was missing more and more, until i dropped out completely. i was fortunate enough at least that period of time, you could get into the military by getting a ged and it was in the military

that i got my high school diploma and then started going to college. and i had my mentors at that point really were -- were superior officers that saw in me probably something that i wasn't seeing anymore. >> reporter: have you felt it at all that former police chief here and now the d.a. that in many ways the d.a. is supposed to be a watchdog of the police department yet at one point you were the police department? >> you know, i think that that was a concern certainly during the election period. i think that we're way beyond that and part of that is for people that know me well know that actually i am probably one of the harshest critics about police practices even when i was inside policing. so for those that knew me well actually saw this as a really good thing. >> reporter: fair or unfair criticism you're a lawyer, yet you're a d.a. here but you've never tried a case? >> yeah. and, you know, it's a -- it's a good concern for some, you know,

in fact, some of my opponents brought it up during the election period and, you know, my response to that is there are airlines that are run by people who have never flown a commercial jet but they're good business people, they know how to run a large organization. there is a distinction between being able to do some work at the ground level and being able to run a large organization. >> reporter: would you be happy staying here long term in the bay area of san francisco? >> i would be extremely happy. you know, my wife and i are very committed to the area. we love the city. this is home for us. >> reporter: who is more high profile, you or your wife? [ speaking spanish ] >> i think she is. she's a lot smarter than i am, too. >> gascon's wife is local spanish language tv anchor. gascon is about halfway through his four-year term as d.a., and you can watch this interview and others on our website

nbcbayarea.com. just go to nbcbayarea.com search "the interview." still ahead on "today in the bay," meet gordon. we met his sister already. we're going to find out how she's doing and how soon he can go home with his forever family.

and our friends from pets in need join us this morning, volunteer lisa simmons is here with gordon and we met his sister who looks completely different. >> yes. it's amazing how different puppies can look in one litter and they can have more than one dad, so that could be. >> scandalous! >> i know. absolutely. but little gordon he's much smaller than his sister, he also has a brother as well, tom. and they're definitely terrier mixes. he's a little more reserved than camilla.

>> cute. >> he's very active. >> i like at him, who, me? look at my ears. so, how old is he and how soon can he go home? >> he's good to go as is tom his brother and camilla is still available. she did have a family who looked at her last weekend, but they need to get the dad in to meet the puppy as well. >> ah, dad was out of town? >> uh-huh. >> and that's important because everybody has to fall in love, right? >> absolutely, absolutely. >> because everybody has to take her out. >> absolutely. and care for her and we need to make sure it's a good match for everybody. >> very good. well, gordon is super cute. gordon, we hope you find a home soon. if you want to know more about gordon or his brother and sister or any had of the other wonderful pets at pets in need, you can go to petsininneed.org. thank you for coming in and, gordon, you are a sweetie. a puppy on a pastry is now going viral on twitter.

a california teen almost took a bite out of a costco blueberry muffin when she noticed it looked like her which chihuahua. it does look like him. ellen tweeted a link to the photo. the muffin for now is frozen. chico is not. fortunately for chico. and baby's first bath is always a really big deal and this time, of course, no exception. this polar bear cub was born last november at the toronto zoo and his momma bear had problems nursing him so zookeepers took over. they say his coat is becoming thicker and he's getting stronger. and has become quite active. so, soon he will join the other polar bears at the zoo. shocking how small they are and how big they end up being, right? we want to thank you so much for making us a part of your morning. we'll have more local news for you at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 and,

of course, anytime you want it at nbcbayarea.com. have a great day.

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