a nice blue haze there as well as a live image from palo alto. good saturday morning. thank you so much for joining us, i'm sam brock in for kris sanchez this morning. as we know rain has mostly been hard to come by in these parts but not lately. let's check your forecast with meteorologist rob mayeda. >> yeah, especially last weekend we had all that heavy rain in the north bay. right now we've got cloudy skies across the bay area. no rain just yet as we're looking at the temperatures climbing into the afternoon that will eventually get into the upper 50s and 60s. the real action is up on the north coast. you can see the clouds spilling over the bay area right now and later on today the significant rain band is going to drop from north to south as we approach the evening. but notice the rain totals. unlike last weekend where we were adding things up by the inch for parts of the north bay. today maybe up to about a half inch in santa rosa. so, despite all that moisture on the satellite, rain totals not looking that impressive and we'll explain why and walk you that through the timing of

today's rain and the full forecast come up in a few minutes. the drought here has really triggered alarm bells. the president visited the central valley yesterday with his signature unbuttoned collar and rolled up sleeves. he toured a farm along with governor brown and other state politicos. the farm he visited normally grows melons and asparagus, but owners say they won't plant any new crops because of the drought. the president pledged more than $200 million in federal aid to help california. >> california's our biggest economy. california is our biggest agricultural producer, so what happens here matters to every working american. right down to the cost of food that you put on your table. >> and mr. obama then jetted off to palm springs for the evening where he met up with king abdullah of jordan. all-new this morning a motorcyclist dies overnight after tumbling off of a freeway on-ramp. the california highway patrol

sels the rider was getting on southbound highway 101 on 10th street at 2:00 this morning when he fell off his bike and dropped 30 feet onto the roadway below him. the crash is currently under investigation. well, instead of preparing for horse riding competitions a group of bay area girls are now channeling their efforts to team up with the east bay regional park police hoping to track down thousands of dollars worth of stolen equipment. somebody broke into the las trampas stables equipment room in san ramon stealing 11 saddles and all other kinds of riding equipment. instead of practicing, the gymkhana team showed police and nbc bay area news picturebles of their missing saddles, hoping that somebody would find them and return them. >> and you make memories in them and we compete with them and so each memory is kind of with that saddle. >> i won champion in it so i thought, well, i guess it's pretty special now. i guess it's a lucky saddle. >> your heart breaks for the girls. all of them would need more than $1,000 to replace their stolen

gear. pricesy goods that they worked hard to pay for. the competition season officially begins on march the 1st. stunned and shocked, that is how parishoners at a san jose catholic church described feeling this morning. this man mario enrique cuestas is facing charges of sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy and selling methamphetamine to children online. he's one of the main singers at sunday mass at st. leo the great parish. he is also by the way a 20-year veteran of the san jose fire department. a tip to the california department of justice sparked the investigation. which started out as a narcotics case quickly evolved into allegations of sexual abuse. he was arrested at the fire administration building where he worked. parishioners say it's taken so long to amend feelings from previous sex abuse scandals and now this. >> we know the pastor here, everything. they're going to be very, very shocked. this is going to be something

that is not going to be okay with them. i'm sure they had no idea. >> doj agents are now looking into what, if any, interaction occurred between cuestas and the children that go to st. leo's school located next to the church. he was acting in self-defense. the man arrested for a deadly stabbing in downtown san jose three nights ago will not be facing charges. prosecutors say that mark gutierrez was defending himself when he stabbed ryan veeri outside of a bar and that veeri was caught on surveillance video going after gutierrez with a knife. the aggressor worked at johnny vs as a bouncer but he was off duty that night. the feds are helping banks figure out how to deal with legal marijuana clubs and it is not an easy task. especially when medical marijuana use is legal in california but it's illegal under federal law. dave hodges is the manager and founder of the all-american cannabis club in san jose. he's been in business for five

years. and says simple things like opening up a bank account for his business almost impossible. >> right now if a bank finds on out that you're connected to a marijuana business, they're likely to close your account. >> the new federal guidelines include avoiding dealers who sell marijuana to minors. hodges is happy the feds are stretching in, but the american bankers association is not so sure about this move. the group is quoted as saying, quote, guidance and regulations does not alter the underlying challenge for the banks. an olympic surprise on the eve of the big rush sha/usa hockey game, russian president vladimir putin visited the usa house in sochi yesterday. no tension. just some pleasantries and some wine. word of putin's unexpected visit quickly spread on twitter, this selfie was tweeted with the russian leader. we've got another days of

heart-stopping victories and losses to come. if you are a reporter in sochi, you are going for gold in endurance arriving way before the athletes to show case the games. we usually show you the beauty of the games. this morning the inner workings not so beautiful. our own janelle wang live right now in sochi. she is the hardest-working woman in show business these days and i understand you even got your own workout in today. >> reporter: i did. i just ran here to the live shot to talk to you, sam. it's just after 7:00 p.m. on olympic park. i spent most of my days here, we're in early and out late and i just go to the hotel to sleep. when you are speaking about p putin that he's actually watching the usa/rushen hockey game going on right now just over my shoulder here. so, an exciting day here, but i want to let you know where i spend most of my time. i eat, i breathe, i work inside a building just on the outskirts of olympic park.

it's a city within a city. the ibc, the international broadcast center. down every long hall that seems to never end, you'll find journalists buzzing around, 11,000 journalists from all over the world working the sochi games. many of them working day and night, 24 hours a day. nbc, of course, as well as the associated press, cctv, broadcasting station from australia, finalland, france, long hours, long days. a lot of responsibility. >> my job is to organize all the camera crews, all the reporters, and decide what features we're making. >> it's amazing. i absolutely love it. it's so much fun. it's such an adrenaline rush. it's crazy but it's great fun. >> reporter: it's also a lot of work. since most of us are locked down here for a month, we can find everything we need at the ibc, a general store, a post office, laundry services and, of course,

mcdonald's. and you can even get a massage. five minutes will cost you 50 r rubles. we're off again tracking our local athletes and every country here has their own star athletes to watch. >> we have many, many good athletes here, not just one. >> we have a lot of athletes. >> reporter: we also have several restaurants, a beauty salon and a gym. i have yet to visit those places and i just discovered there's a relaxation room and just this afternoon i actually took a peek, i opened the door, it looks very peaceful. that is now on the top of my priorities list. reporting from the sochi games, janelle wang, nbc bay area news. >> i would imagine with all the strems that you're under a $1.50

per massage, i hope you are taking advantage of that. >> reporter: i only had time for five minutes and then we were off again. i will hit it sometime again before i leave. i actually have a day off tomorrow. this came as great news to me today, so i've already made an appointment for a massage, so i could really use that one. >> much needed, no doubt and we appreciate your hard work. thank you so much, janelle. much more coming up on "today in the bay." target may not have been bleend sided by that big data breach after all, the warning the retail giant reportedly received in advance. big changes for fans going to at&t park this season. the team says it will be a much faster, safer experience for folks entering the ballpark. we'll find out why.

7:11 on your saturday morning. a live look right now outside at emeryville first and then the

oakland international airport on a day we are expecting some rain. we'll get to rob mayeda coming up. new details this morning retailer target coming under additional heat after reports emerge that the company was warned about potential security risks at least two months prior to its payment system getting hacked. several critical reports say target's own computer security staff advised the retailer about this potential problem but those red flags were allegedly ignored. the attacks occurred a late last year as you'll recall leading to the exposure of credit and debit card information to about 40 million customers. big changes are coming to at&t park. just before opening day, no less. fans will now have to go through metal detectors. this is all part of major league baseball's new rules so we are not being singled out. we've got more from the ballp k ballpark. >> reporter: if you are a giants

fan you recognize the scene. long lines outside at&t park as fans wait in line to be screened with metal detecting wands. last season the wands were used at some but not all entrances of the park. one fan told us she's glad to see the wands go. >> they would wand you so slowly that you're still watching 100 people go by you as you are trying to go in, so i think it's not a bad thing. >> reporter: the director of ballpark operations says there may be an initial slowdown getting in as fans get used to walking through metal detectors instead of the old turnstile. >> i think it will be not entirely dissimilar to going through the airport minus taking off your shoes and belts. we actually expect it will be faster than in the past. >> reporter: the oakland a's already have metal detectors because they share the coliseum with the raiders and the nfl began requiring metal detectors in 2012. giants fans had mixed reaction to the news that metal detectors are coming to at&t park.

>> it's a good idea if it's going to make the line go faster, but if it doesn't then, you know, there's always a problem of you have to get here earlier and look for parking or commute earlier. >> definitely will be a lot better. make it a lot easier. the lines get long when there's big games. and the team says it's buying at least 40 different metal detectors to cover all those entrances in time for opening day on april the 8th. the team also says that once fans get used to them, accustomed to the process it should be easier to get in and out of the ballpark without wasting too much time. still ahead on "today in the bay" exclusive interview with longtime "chronicle" food critic michael bauer. but we still cannot show you hiss fahis face. right now looking at san francisco, misty skies followed up by rain in your weekend

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a meelild start to your saturday morning and a live image of the south bay and next, of course, of san francisco. that is right outside of the ballpark. some people despise him, others respect him, but in the end they all cook for him and if they don't cook well, they could be run out of town because he is the most powerful person in the bay area restaurant scene and this morning he reveals himself kind of. raj mathai goes behind the scenes in "the interview" with "chronicle" food critic michael bauer. >> reporter: this is a man who uses fake names when he walks in. he covers his face in front of cameras and writes reviews which are so influential it could make or break a restaurant.

is it interesting, we've gone 26 years and i can see your face but right now we are silhouetting it so nobody can see it? it's kind of a cat and mouse game, isn't it? >> it is. and it's a small town so when you've been here as long as i have, it gets a little diffic t difficult, but i do everything i can to at least get in the door before i'm recognized. >> reporter: his face is relatively unknown but his name sets the table for the bay area restaurant scene. you can literally put a chef and a restaurant out of business in the city. >> well, i don't take responsibility for that. because, you know, i hope i have integrity and that i'm fair. and if i give a good review, it's because they're doing a great job. if i give a bad review it's because they need to improve. >> reporter: you ever feel guilty about a scathing review and you've had several? >> i don't like doing it, but i learned early on in my career

that the only thing i have is my own integrity so i have to kind of if i know the personal or not, i put on blinders and i just write what i think. >> reporter: what does he think? i tried to eat the noodles but they were hard as glass. and another one, it seems to me that they have stepped over the price/value line. it's still excellent but i can no longer justify giving it 3 1/2 stars. >> it would probably have to be wrying the negative reviews and i don't relish it because i know people's lives are at stake but at the same token i have to keep in mind i'm writing for the general public. a lot of people don't have unlimited amounts of money so i'd rather send them to a place that could be struggling that needs, you know, that's really good and needs thes about rather than someplace that doesn't and doesn't do a good job. >> reporter: you are a slender guy and it looks like you are in great shape. how many nights a week do you eat out? >> i eat out every night.

>> reporter: seven nights a week. >> seven nights a week. >> reporter: do you have a kitchen at home? >> i do. but i don't cook anymore. i used to and i actually love cooking but, you know, it's just the job is all-consuming and i consume it all. >> reporter: you have out-of-town friends coming in, where do you go? >> i have a few that are go-to. i love park tavern. foreign cinema. so, and those are kind of restaurants that please everyone. >> reporter: where are you going to dinner tonight? >> i can't tell you that. >> still has, of course, a little mystery or a lot of mystery there. mr. bauer says he dines at a restaurant three times before writing his review. and he adds that the peninsula is actually the weakest weak spot for bay area restaurants. it was only a couple of weeks ago people across the bay area were praying for rain and now it's become almost like a common occurrence. let's check in with rob mayeda who has a look at what's in store for you today.

>> anything and everything at this point would be good news and right now there is a common theme throughout all the bay area in terms of our city cameras that we're looking at right now. cloudy skies filling in. the view from emeryville looking back toward san francisco and you can see mostly cloudy skies and a little bit of drizzle out there as the low-level clouds are forced to rise over the coastal hilltops that is getting us drizzle in spots but we expect significant rain approaching the afternoon. the radar mainly dry. the radar beam above the mist which is closer to ground level and the bigger drops are up here for the north coast for now up around eureka and crescent city. the rain line will spill southward as we head through the afternoon. so starting off in the north bay later on this morning you may see light rain picking up and as we move through the afternoon we'll see the rain pressing through the rest of the bay area as we head towards the evening. hour by hour, as we get toward the evening this should be pretty close to the main event, late afternoon into the early evening, up are seeing the rain line from the north bay and san francisco and eventually heading

into the south bay by 10:00 and 11:00. here's midnight, you can see a pretty good swath of moderate rain across the bay area and advancing off to the east and by this time tomorrow morning, look what happens, unlike last weekend where the rain was just stuck for the entire weekend in the north bay, this should be a pretty quick mover for late today and tomorrow morning and clearing out as we wrap up the weekend. the rain totals here not all that impressive except up in the north bay, santa rosa now we're seeing an update to the projection there up to about a half inch of rain which, of course, means in the coastal hilltops there sonoma county or marin county perhaps closer to an inch, but same story as last weekend, notice the south bay missing out. enough that we'll get rain on the ground just not big rain totals. the highest totals will be in sonoma county and northward as the system exits quickly the bay area as we head into tomorrow morning. snow totals not as impressive as last weekend but every little bit helps. 4 inches of snow around kingvale and the snow totals above

pollock pines and it's a warm system with the snow levels at 6,000 feet, and once this system clears on bay, notice the next opportunity will come in towards tuesday and wednesday but, again, looks like mainly the north bay and as we head through the second half of the weekend in the seven-day forecast a little bit cooler. strom track, though, a little bit too far to the north to bring us any more rain. the best chance of rain in the next seven days coming in late today and into tonight for the south bay. today 60s around san jose. low 60s around the peninsula, san mateo, 62 degrees. upper 50s closer to san francisco. napa, 61. 59 in santa rosa where the rain should start flying as we head towards the afternoon. mid-60s around pleasanton and livermore and what we should see here for your holiday forecast will be temperatures running a little bit cooler. the maybe rain event coming in from the peninsula down to san francisco and late today and into tomorrow morning and the clearing skies running a little bit cooler as we head into sunday and monday, highs in the

upper 50s to low 60s. >> thank you, rob, of course, we'll take all the rain we can get. much more ahead on "today in the bay." >> i think they recognized how fortunate they are. >> a family coping with two children who have heart disease. this morning garvin thomas shows us the way the whole family unit is responding and it will make you bay area proud. good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat!

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welcome back. two young children are at the heart of our next story which seems to be appropriate because the story starts with their hearts. in one sense they don't work like they're supposed to but in another sense they work just fine. garvin thomas explains in this week's "bay area proud" story. >> reporter: in the sea of tumbling teens that is this san jose gymnastics class, audrey and her little brother max do not stand out. and mom sterling couldn't be happier. so happy, in fact -- >> i forget myself. >> reporter: forget that such a normal display of being a kid seemed at one time so very

unlikely. it was while sterling was pregnant with max that doctors discovered both children had a congenital heart defect called heart block. max is bad enough he went into surgery to get his first pacemaker before he was even 2 days old. when audrey collapsed two years later, it was her turn. four major surgeries between the two have left scars on them and on mom. >> there's nothing like handing your child off at the operating room door. they always cry and reach and there's nothing -- there's no feeling like that. knowing that you don't know what's going to happen. >> nine, ten, 11. >> reporter: but instead of wondering why their family was unlucky enough to bear this burden, they marvel at how lucky they are to have come through it all while so many others didn't. which goes a long way to explaining this picture. and the many more that audrey and max regularly send out to

children around the country about to get their pacemakers. it also explains why the two have turned to crowd sourcing to raise money for camp taylor. it's a summer camp just for kids with heart problems, a camp o audrey went to last year and an experience she wants as many other kids like her to have. garvin thomas, today in the bay. >> nice seeing one family using their tragedy to help others. still ahead, another wet weekend in the bay area? meteorologist rob mayeda will let you know which city stands to see the highest totals and we'll go back to our very own janelle wang in sochi where the olympic torch burns brightly with a preview of today's big events. we'll also show you a prominent bay area athlete who just landed in russia.

7:30 on your saturday morning, a live picture now of the bay, of course, all of the yachts docked there near at&t park on a day you may not want to be out on the water. good morning and thanks so much for joining us. i'm sam brock in for kris sanchez this morning. it is starting to become thematic, rain is again in the forecast if you can believe that. let's check your forecast with meteorologist rob mayeda. >> yeah, we're seeing the clouds already in this morning, sam, and eventually they'll lead to some rain. right now cloudy skies from the north bay into the south bay where we have hazy skies and you can notice the thin layer of haze closer to ground level. 48 degrees in san jose. the radar still dry in the south bay for most of the bay area. what we're having out there is low-level clouds forced up over the peninsula hilltops brings us mist in spots this morning. the main event now is north of the north bay and it will drop down the coast as we head throughout the afternoon. unlike last weekend where it stayed in place, later today this system once it arrives in

the bay area should move through pretty quickly. the rain totals will be highest up in the north bay up towards santa rosa. the hilltops there in sonoma county may approach, may be close to an inch or rain or so, but notice how the totals drop off in the south bay and not insignificant rain because it will move fairly quickly. we'll show you the timing and what you can expect for your holiday weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. sam? the drought here has really triggered some alarm bells. the president visited the central valley yesterday. the signature unbuttoned collar and rolledup sleeves and he toured a farm with governor brown and other state politicos. the farm he visited normally grows melons and asparagus but the owners say they won't plant any new crops right now until the end of the drought. the president pledged $200 million in federal aid to help california. >> california is our biggest economy. california is our biggest agricultural producer, so what happens here matters to every

working american right down to the cost of food that you put on your table. >> after his central valley stop, the president jetted off to palm springs for the evening where he met up with king abdullah of jordan. all-new this morning a motorcyclist dies overnight after tumbling off of a freeway on-ramp. the california highway patrol says the reader was getting onto southbound highway 101 on 10th street around 2:00 this morning when he fell off his bike and dropped some 30 feet onto the roadway below him. the crash is under investigation. instead of preparing for horse riding competitions, a group of bay area girls are now channeling their efforts to collaborate with the east bay regional park police hoping to track down thousands of dollars worth of stolen equipment. somebody broke into the las trampas stables equipment room in san ramon and that process stealing 11 saddles and all other kinds of riding equipment. instead of practicing the gymkhana team now showed police and nbc bay area the pictures of

their missing saddles hoping that somebody would find them and return them. >> you make memories in them and we compete with them and so each memory is kind of with that saddle. >> i won champion in it so i thought, well, i guess it's pretty special now. i guess it's a lucky saddle. >> tough break for the kids. all of these girls will need to raise more than $1,000 each to replace their stolen gear, pricey goods that they worked hard to pay for. official competition begins on march the 1st. stunned and shocked, that is how parishioners at a san jose catholic church describe feeling this morning, this man mario enrique cuestas is facing charges of sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy and selling methamphetamine online. he's one of the main singers at st. leo the great parish and he's also a 20-year veteran of the san jose fire department. a tip to the california department of justice sparked the investigation which started out simply as a narcotics case

and quickly evolved into allegations of sexual abuse. the agents arested him at the fire administration building where he worked. parishoners say it's taken so long to mend wounds from previous sex abuse scandals and shed its reputation and now this. >> we know the pastor here, everything. they are going to be very, very shocked. this is going to be something that is not going to be okay with them. i'm sure they had no idea. >> doj agents are now looking in to what if any interaction occurred between cuestas and the children who go to st. leo's school which is located right next to the church. all new this morning federal wildlife officials are offering a $21,000 reward for information leading to the person responsible for shooting and killing three sea otters no monterey county. the california department of fish and wildlife said three sea otters were found last september, two shot in the head and one shot in the back.

with less than 3,000 left in the wild sea otters are protected under the endangered species act and marine mammal protection act. you could actually face $100,000 in fines if convicted and jail time as well. the world is certainly watching. it is saturday evening right now in russia. here a live picture of the olympic flame burning brightly in sochi. now, team usa enters its second full weekend of competition in sochi on the hunt for more medals. currently we are tied for the -- tied for the overall lead with 13 medals and the americans are counting on olympic veterans today to help them add to that count. our very own janelle wang is live at olympic park with a look at today's events and all kinds of action coming up. >> reporter: oh, yeah, as you are waking up we are wrapping up a full day of action. i just want to let you know that team usa faced off with russia

and it was a thrilling game. i can't give it away, but it was an incredible matchup so you'll have to look out for that. as you said, as for the medals, almost all of them have been won up on the mountain and one down here at the coast at cluster and it was a bronze medal in the team figure skating competition. in prime time speed skating we're back on the ice the short track the women on the long track, the men, the americans, have yet to medal in speed skating which is a big surprise. up in the snow squaw valley's julia mancuso in the super-g. the three-time olympian hoping for her fifth olympic medal today. >> just going to relax and kind of refocus and put these races in the past. things can only get better. >> reporter: and a niners legend has just arrived. we're talking about former tight end vernon davis from the niners. he instagramed this photo of the cauldron today. he's the honorary captain of the

u.s. olympic curling team and visited the usa house today with the women curlers. yes, vernon davis is a huge curling fan. he became so passionate about it about four years ago when the usa curling team was at san jose sharks ice training, you know, back in the bay area so he's very passionate about it. he's here at the olympic games. i'm hoping to speak with him. as for speed skating, the long track, a little bit of controversy today. some of the athletes are complaining their new skin suits are slowing them down. they are, like, the vents in the back and they believe it's causing some drag and slowing them down in competition. they have yet to win a medal, so when you watch speed skating they're not new uniforms that you're seeing, these are the older earlier versions so we're going to have to see if they make a difference. reporting from the sochi games, janelle wang, nbc bay area news. much more ahead on "today in the bay" the boys of summer are back, we'll take you to giants

spring training in scottsdale. and president obama makes a major statement about steph curry on all-star weekend.

7:41 on your saturday morning. just to get you in the mood, a live picture right now of at&t park in san francisco. hard to believe we're only a month and a half away from the start of the major league season, in the meantime things have gotten started out in scottsdale as giants pitchers and catchers reported for spring training yesterday. however, they weren't the only players ready to get started. several position players were not only in camp but on the field. you see hunter pence handling ground ball action and brandon belts trying to work out the kinks. new acquisition tim hudson made time for the fans as he returns to the bay wearing the signature orange and black. nba all-star action in the big easygoing on right now,

rising stars challenge games, harrison barnes getting ready and drives to the lane and sinks the floater off the glass and on to the second half here where oakland native damian lillard finds barnes for the corner three and he finished with 16 points. barnes and hill win the contest 132-146. the big game is on sunday and noted basketball fan president obama had big praise for warriors all-star guard steph curry. >> curry's the best shooter i've ever seen. i believe that. get his shot off from anywhere that fast, best i've ever seen. >> yeah, we've seen that in action. curry is right now actually the odds-on favorite to win the three-point shooting contest tonight and we'll all be tuned in. much more ahead in the meantime on "today in the bay" coming up next in the spirit of the olympic games we'll take a closer look at a sport that has become one of the most popular events at the winter games that, of course, being curling.

and a few across the bay area shows increasing clouds and lift increasing over the hilltops giving us some misty skies to start off your saturday morning. more rain later today.

and we're seeing mostly cloudy skies. temperatures right now thanks to the clouds not too chilly out there. a bit of a south wind bringing up more mild air from areas south of us and you got all the low clouds into the north bay and into san francisco now the upper parts of the towers there, the golden gate bridge seeing some misty skies. 55 right now. should see high temperatures not much warmer than that. with a cloudy day like today. not going to see much sunshine over san francisco, maybe a few sunny breaks at times as we go through the morning. the rain continues to be dropping down out of the north. not really even the north bay just yet. what we have outside are low-level clouds lifting up over the coastal hilltops giving us the mist and drizzle this morning. you can see the blanket of high-level clouds on tom of us right now but the frontal

boundry that will add more lift to the moisture and wring out the rain that will be dropping in a little bit later on this afternoon. heavy rain totals for areas north of mendocino but unlike last weekend we'll see the system move through fairly quickly. notice the time frame here, heading through the afternoon you are starting to see moderate rain at times dropping in from the north bay into san francisco and as we pass 9:00 now you can see the rain from the central bay area down into the south bay and then as we head towards this time tomorrow morning the rain begins to move on. what's left of the showers shut down and clearing skies for the second half of this holiday weekend heading into monday. and rain totals given how fast it will move through not expecting to see a whole lot. again, it will be the north bay that will get the most out of it. and the ocean-facing side where the lift is maximized will get closer to an inch in sonoma county but the numbers really drop off as that front picks up speed and weakens over the south bay. a little something for everybody but nowhere near those totals that got close to 12 inches in

parts of napa and santa rosa last weekend so a much different type of pattern we'll see coming in tonight. for the sierra notice the snow levels above blue canyon closer to 6,000 feet. a quick mover for the sierra, too, wind more of an issue in the high country and look out for gusty winds and brief chain controls along kingvale and interstate 80 and khybers and twin bridges will see snow into tonight and tomorrow morning and the snow totals maybe close to 4 inches or so. the next chance for rain once we pass this event will come in towards the middle part of the week and again for the north bay and that looks like it. the seven-day forecast we'll cool things off with the storm track staying a little bit too far to the north to make an impact. a sun at times before the clouds peck up and upper 50s closer to san francisco and already seeing the misty skies into parts of the north bay and temperatures in the 50s for the tri-valley mid-60s today. notice the temperature pattern as we go through the rest of the holiday weekend.

we'll see the numbers turning cooler but more sunshine as we head towards monday. so some 60s inland today and then most locations in the low 60s to upper 50s as we approach monday. some people think certain sports get all of the love at this olympics and hockey and figure skating and we're telling you about a new sport soaring to new heights in popularity. what is the secret to having success with the curling? santa clara resident curling expert stops by to talk about the physics of this sport. good morning, there's lots to do today in the bay. we've been celebrating chinese new year all around the bay but today this is the big one. the san francisco china town community street fair goes on today and tomorrow in the iconic district and the world famous parade spreads the good fortune citywide after 5:00. you head to san francisco china town.com for location and route information or follow the sound of firecrackers and the drags

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well, the u.s. men and women's curling teams takes on sweden and canada in sochi this weekend. now, curling is becoming one of the most talked-about sports in the winter olympics and it's often compared to shuffleboard on ice. before you dive into the action you might want an explainer on the physics that makes this game possible and for that dr. phil kesten who teaches physics at santa clara university joins us to talk about it. thank you for being here. how does it work exactly? i understand it has to do with friction and the ice melting. break it down for us. >> anytime anything slides forward, the front end tends to dip down a little bit. so, it pushes down, the curling stone pushes down a little more on the front than the back on

the ice. that causes the ice to melt just a little bit. so, it actually reduces the frection friction on the leading side of the stone and when it's spinning the least amount of friction is on the side toward which it's turning which is the inverse of what you would expect if there weren't melting ice underneath it. >> if you took a glass and turned it upside down and spun it, it would go the other way because the front side is controlling the friction. >> you put together this video with some of your santa clara students to give them a window into what is happening with the sport. what sort of reaction do they have to all of this? >> well, you know, it's incredible how excited students get about science and sports. i mean, i think it's a great way to connect students with science. of course, when you think about it, curling is just a lot of fun to watch, so we don't always go out there just thinking about the physics. >> it is. we see the drag effect illustrations up on here.

how does that work when you have the curling stones that are already out there and you strike a stationary stone, what happens there? >> if you have ever played pool, billiards, when one objection hits another the second one tends to go off in the same direction it got hit, but when the curling stones are touching, the curlers call it being frozen, the first stone can pull the second stone along with it and that allows you to adjust where you want that second stone to go. >> there's definitely an art at play here. let me ask you one question that many people wonder about, what are they doing with those brooms? what kind of an impact does it have on the flight if you will? >> the sweepers. >> the sweeps. >> they'll tell you that they're cleaning dirt off the ice, but really what's happening is they are warming the ice up just a little bit, same deal as with the stone. puts a very thin layer of water down in front of the stone, reduces the friction. a stone can actually go 10 to 20

feet farther based on the sweeping. the other thing that i think is really cool is the stone curls, curves much more when it goes slower. so, if you keep it going fast, it goes straight. if you let it slow down, it curls a lot. >> so you can really moderate the pace of the stone itself based on those brooming actions. >> i think curling may be the only sport in which participants can change the motion of something once it's been released. >> this is definitively a sport, right? because you are talking about the physics of it which is fascinating, but some people, you know, how much -- how much expenditure of energy are people really doing to actually get this done? >> well, i'll tell you what, we went out to the rink, to put that video together. curling is a lot harder than it looks. >> okay. so, you're saying that's deceiving. >> oh, yeah. >> you would know first hand, of course, dr. kesten from santa clara university, thank you so much for joining us. a fascinating topic. now we'll see how the u.s. fares

this weekend, of course, you see the basics, the fundamentals as laid out by dr. kesten. we'll be back with more olympic information next.

nothing epitomizes the olympic games more than overcoming adversity, never giving up and making the impossible, possible, but sometimes you just have to admit when you've been defeated. one of the sochi wint eer olymp mascots learned that first hand. the polar bear's head is a little bit too big to fit in the passenger's side door of the olympic vehicle. being the champion he is, the bear tried over and over again to wedge it in there but sometimes you can't fit a square peg into a round hole. it's still efforting. the mascot may have suffered embarrassment, but we look at it there's always the 2018 games to look forward to to get another shot there.

>> he got it there. >> took a little bit of maneuvering. thank you for joining us. your next news is at 6:30 and your olympic coverage begins at 2:30.

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