>> with showers on the radar, water on the road. i can see the glowing lights for 580. watching a fire and traffic control in fremont area. we'll tell you how that's affecting your drive. south bay this morning, drizzly, misty out there, but halfway through the work week. it's wednesday, february 19th. this is "today in the bay." very good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm scott mcgrew. the crisis in the ukraine, the death toll continues to climb as protesters and government forces clash in the capital city of kiev. at least two dozen people are dead, hundreds hurt, as ukrainians fight over their future. "today in the bay's" peggy bunker joins us in the studio with an update including bay area reaction. >> good morning. you know, downtown kiev literally glowing orange this morning. deadly protests in kiev's

independent square, growing more dangerous as the stalemate continues between the government and activists hoping to be more independent. overnight, you can see fires on every corner in independence square. the death toll stands at 25 though the situation and flighting very fluid. the main protester camp in kiev set on fire overnight, setting the city aglow. nine police officers have been killed in the fighting. police are taking background from protesters fighting with guns and clubs in street protests in downtown kievkiev. >> it's horrific, at this point, it's about human dignity and it's about making sure that ukrainians can live in a peaceful, lawful society. >> we told you about the death toll right now.

but the injuries are numbering in the hundreds, some say 250 seriously wounded are in the hospital. we're looking at the worst violence in ukraine since it declared independence in 1991. despite 11th hour meeting between the president yanukovych and opposition leader, no compromised reach. the situation dire and changing by the minute. the opposition continues to call upon the government to transfer power away from themselves and align themselves with the european union. when that didn't happen tuesday, the latest wave of violence erupted. we'll be watching the latest developments as they develop. >> live pictures as well. 5:02. fbi needs your help identifying a man agents are calling the valentine's day bandit. officials say the man robbed a bank of the west in burlingame valentine's day and chase bank

on millbrae january 10th. a black man, slim build and sunken cheeks. also has possible acne scars on his face and skin discoloration on the back of his neck. he's armed and dangerous. that never say die patent battle between apple and samsung looks like it's headed back to court. apple ceo tim cook ordered by a federal judge to meet with the ceo of samsung today. cook met on valentine's day with the chief of samsung's mobile division but walked away without agreement. with no deal, the case scheduled to go back to court next month. apple accusing samsung of patent infringement. we are learning new details about a flight that took off from the bay area and experienced severe turbulence over japan. several passengers were injured in the air. "today in the bay's" christie smith live at san francisco international with new video to show us. >> reporter: good morning. the passengers say the

turbulence was so strong on this flight, it actually felt like riding on a roller coaster, some were lifted up out of their seat. this morning, nine people are recovering who left from sfo after being injured on that flight. i wanted to show you twitter pictures of the damage after the cathay pacific flight landed in hong kong. the economy cabin a mess. looks like someone picked up the plane like a toy and shook it. two flight attendants and several passengers injured, most discharged already. but, boy, what a flight. boeing 747 hit turbulence over japan. airspace over the pacific ocean prone with disturbances over winter and can't be detected in advance. one passenger described the wild ride this way, saying some passengers on aisle seats were thrown up and hit the overhead lockers. the overhead locker was broken, and the passenger in front of me was hit by falling luggage from the overhead locker.

civil aviation department in hong kong is investigating along with the airlines. live at sfo, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> had to be a frightening flight for them. thank you. it is polina day, all eyes on the iceberg skating palace and san jose's own polina edmunds making her olympic debut in women's figure skating. >> i'm so excited for her. live for "today in the bay's" janelle wang. she's only 15 but polina says she's ready. >> reporter: she's a very confident, young lady, that's for sure. good afternoon. figure skating begins in about two hours from now. polina edmunds has been here in sochi for two weeks now, but she did leave during opening ceremony, went to austria for a bit to get extra skating time on the ice at a training center there. all ladies for team usa are back and ready to compete happening tonight at iceberg skating pal lance 7:00 p.m., two hours from

now. her teammates include ashley wagner and gracie gold. polina's the youngest, age 15, sophomore at archbishop plans to skate the same programs she did in u.s. championships in boston last month which land her a silver medal and spot on the team. polina is a virtual unknown to judges and some say she should have waited for the next winter games but the confident disagrees. she's been training for this moment her entire, young life. >> i don't want to be four years older and not as good as i was four years back. and have been held back for that. i'm happy they gave me my shot. i can't wait to prove myself at olympic games. >> reporter: 30 ladies take the ice today. here's team usa. polina edmunds skate 12th, gracie gold will skate 22nd and ashley wagner, 27th. now biggest competition, champion yuna kim of south korea

and mao asada of ajapan and russians have their phenom, lipnitskaia. top 24 advance and skate tomorrow in the free program or long program, as you call it. rooting for polina. she's got a big support system here. but she's got a support system, and i'm talking about her feet, her skating boots are made in the bay area. we'll have more on that in 30 minutes. coming up, 15 minutes from now, i get to chat with the latest gold medal winner from the tahoe area, reno's david wise. he won the gold med until halfpipe free skating. we chat with him in a bit. janelle wang, "today in the bay." >> so many northern californian olympians, love it. olympics online starting this morning and then tv starts at 3:00 this afternoon. >> we have gold medal finals in the 5,000 meters in women's speedskating and the team sprint in men's and women's

cross-country. >> tonight, prime time, starting 8:00, gold medal finals in the giant slalom in men's skiing, women's bobsled, parallel giant slalom in men's snowboarding and short program, of course, in ladies' figure skating featuring polina. >> drizzly start to our day in the bay area. christina's got a look at forecast. >> good morning. of course, everybody rooting for polina. 55 in half moon bay. 53 mountain view to kick off wednesday. we're at 53 degrees in concord. we do have showers out there. want to make sure you're aware of this to get your mind set on driving through slick conditions out there. mike's all over that this morning. showers in the south bay and east bay. take it easy but we have steady mist and drizzle at the immediate coastline and san francisco this morning. want this. futurecast tells a story. set this thing in motion as we head throughout 11:00 a.m., even

10:00 a.m. mostly clear, sunny sky over the greater bay area. nice second half of the day to look forward to. remember, check your seven day, scrolling at the bottom of the screen. i'll be back to tell you about rain on the way. notice here, we have got a warming trend headed our way. today temperatures will end up in the mid-60s. tomorrow, closer to 70 degrees in some of your inland cities. i'll time out changes where you live. mike's going to come in more clutch than usual with showers on the radar. >> yes. watch out for those. now we have slicker conditions. mist and drizzle out there. but live camera here for dublin west 580 with headlights, you see them glowing, as they hit the off-ramp, there's mist through the area. keep that in mind. off-ramps will be slick and that's an issue. as we get to the map with the same area, not a problem as far as speed. starting to build in the altamont pass. you get slowing there. fremont, right up at sullivan

overpass for the train, coming through the niles area, report of two-alarm fire, traffic control in the area. that will be an issue for 238 or mission boulevard. looking on the map, it's north of 84. through the niles area. live look at bay bridge toll plaza. end with this shot of smooth flow of traffic. roadway's fine as far as moisture. no pedalling but we'll track this as there is mist in the area. 5:10. jamie anderson back home making the talk show rounds after her big gold medal win in sochi. tonight show appearance, next. >> bob redell, live to sharks ice in the south bay, home to local teen who is hours away from making her olympic debut on the ice in sochi. that story coming up.

5:13. live look at sochi right now. that's the mountain cluster, a beautiful start to the day. here in the bay area, it's getting to be the afternoon there, but san jose's own polina edmunds ready to make her olympic debut. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell at shark's ice where the 15-year-old trains. getting a feel for the workout she does every day. >> reporter: good morning to you. we're what has been termed polina edmunds' headquarters at steps of stanley's a bar here at shark's ice in a few hours from now, around 7:00, family -- not m her family -- but friends, supporters to watch her skate. should be skating around 7:30,

7:45 local time, that will be her olympic debut on the ice in sochi for the women's short program. michelle is a coach here. hey, good morning. >> good morning. >> i look at the pictures of polina here, started when she was 2. she's 15 now. past 13 years, she's been here. when did you start to notice her during your time here? you've been here longer. >> i've noticed her in the last two, three years. there's a poster from junior nationals and when that poster goes up, you realize you have something special in the building. >> reporter: when you look at her and compare her to other kids her age what makes her different? >> i think it's her presence. i think once they start winning, they start -- start to open up and you start to see a different presence on the ice. the way she skates, she starts to command a presence on the ice, which is amazing. >> reporter: when you look at her at the international level, against the other skaters, she's going up against, how do you compare her to them? >> i think she has such a chance

to get to the podium. i've been watching other skaters as well. i know russia has their 15-year-old, we like to compare our 15-year-old. i think she's just beyond her years. to me she doesn't look like a 15-year-old on the ice, she looks like a young figure skater. >> reporter: the other 15-year-old is debuting but the fact she's not known in ice skating, is that a negative? >> not at all. there were skaters, tara lipinski, sarah hughes, they make a mark that changes the world, changes the olympic dream. they come in and they make a difference. i think that the olympics can bring out anything for anybody, which is amazing. >> thank you. viewing party taking place in the floor above me at stanley's 7:00. polina dances in town. her dance academy, they'll be doing something, a similar --

again, her skate time 7:30, 7:45. san jose teen, 15 years old, debut in the olympics. >> very exciting. >> no doubt it will be crowded there. >> we don't know exactly when she's go fog skate. the whole thing starts at 7:00, right? she's skating 12th. watch the whole thing on live nbc sports network. catch it with fans. you mentioned dance theater group. dance theater international in san jose they're going to get together around 7:30 to watch her as well. >> you can also watch her compete and get your hands on team polina gear at stanley's sports bar and grill, as bob showed us edmunds trains at that facility. >> when you get the gold medal in the olympics you get a lot of calls for interviews. >> jamie anderson of south lake tahoe scoring an appearance on the second episode of "the tonight show."

anderson appeared in the monologue and a prime seat, sitting down with the roots. doing the coast to coast thing, stopped by los angeles to see ellen. and then, the daytime talk show host had a special surprise for her. >> and then, i have -- i have one more gift for you, okay? >> no! >> with all of those interviews she's been doing, anderson never had the chance to stop by her home to see her family after the big win. so, ellen brought her family to her. anderson won gold in the first ever women's slopestyle. what a gift. >> that is so great. wonderful. our own gold medalist meteorologist christina loren, good morning. >> good morning to you. happy to see the showers on the radar this morning. this is what it's going to look like when you make your way out the front door. you need windshield wipers, this is the golden gate bridge.

today we'll lose showers quickly. in fact, by 10:00 a.m. all of this activity will be out of here. it's going to move towards tahoe, maybe bring additional three inches of snow. a live report from tahoe. stick around. you can see, light flashes of green, south bay and east bay. you want to travel cautiously. you might have use your windshield wipers for 3 or 5 minutes. mid-60s. not a bad finish. cloud c. start, areas of drizzle. this afternoon, widespread sunshine. good air quality, nice out there for outdoor plans. one of the days you want to get outside because it's going to be crystal clear out there. as we head into the evening, clouds will return, storm track is sitting just to our north. we'll keep that storm window closed until this time next week. then we kick it open again. sunset at 5:52 p.m. we've got a warming trend headed our way before we get our next

round of rain. today temperatures end up in the mid-60s. tomorrow closer to 70 in your inland spots. we'll talk more about that. i'll show you what we're expecting from next week's rainfall. that's something that interests you as well, stay tuned. if you've got to get out the front door, here's mike inouye to help you out. >> live look for 880, turned the camera to the south. you've seen cloud cover, what we're talking about, mist and drizzle. i had to use the windshield wipers traveling through the area. by the time i got to milpitas, a break. then i had to turn them back on in towards san jose. which city dependent, i guess. mission boulevard, overcrossing, that's what we're talking. look at the map, connecter between 680 and 880, wall net springs, we'll have the closure, continuing with the b.a.r.t. work. tracks have to come through. you have to stop the traffic from doing that. local traffic control overnight clearing by the morning commute. south bay, typical overnight

construction here. off 880, all of the crews here for 680 clearing up through allen rock. typical schedule as well. palo alto, live look shows you we have a sheen on the roadway. no big concern. moisture dampening in the highway for the bay shore. watch off-ramps, as you make the clover leafs or the freeway. slicker conditions mean spinouts. here on the peninsula, speeds north of palo alto, san mateo, easy drive for 101 and 280. north bay nice smooth flow of traffic, coming into san francisco, golden gate bridge, slowing. cones are moving. across the bay bridge, no delays out of the east bay. breaking news. firefighters in fremont knocked down a two-alarm fire at a vacant home. the second story completely collapsed. but everyone was okay. this is at mission boulevard, the sullivan underpass where it is. investigators say the fire is

suspicious because the building was vacant. we'll tell you -- get you more details as soon as we get them. 5:20. exclusive investigative unit report. are they frivolous lawsuits or really increasing access for the disabled at the heart of the debate about a number of americans with disability lawsuits in california. investigative unit found more than 7,000 federal lawsuits filed in the golden state since 2005, more than the next four states combined. the ada has improved access, critics say many laws' requirements leave businesses open to lawsuits. >> there's real consequences to disabled folks when things aren't fully accessible, that's different than the parking lot being the wrong shade of blue. >> the myth that'senni being ho bringing a false frivolous

action, i'm telling you that is bull. >> why california outpaces other states. we'll explain steps businesses can take to protect themselves fromming sued. we investigate tonight. 5:21. skier david wise showing off the lucky charm that helped him win gold, next.

now back to the olympics and golden moment for a new olympic sport. the free ski halfpipe. >> reno's over david wise wowed the world in high flying style last night, clinching the gold med until dramatic fashion. today he still is celebrating with our own janelle wang. exciting. >> reporter: yes. when i saw him i couldn't wait to give him a big hug, a familiar face, we're so happy for him. my producer and i have been following david wise for months now at the olympic trials last month and then with him right

after he clinched an olympic spot on the team. i just got to interview him one-on-one after he just one a gold medal. guess who's here with me? we've been following him for weeks now. now an olympic gold medalist in the halfpipe. has it sunk in for you? >> finally sinking in, yeah. a crazy whirl win, unyou win a gold medal it's nonstop action. crazy but good. >> reporter: the conditions were crazy last night. >> yeah. it's a winter sport, sometimes winter conditions strike. unfortunately it takes the team down a bit to have the fresh snow in there, makes it a lot slower and all of the cool, new tricks i wanted to do went out the window. but being able to make adjustments and ski well is, you know, part of being able to compete well. i think -- i'm honestly stoked how everybody rode last night.

in spite of the fact conditions weren't great, everybody said this is the olympics, we're going to put on a show regardless. >> reporter: you're about to run and yusou're social networking, instagram, tweet. lucky charm, can we see that? did you find that here in sochi? >> she found it for me. this is kind of my tradition, that every time i go somewhere i pick up a rock and -- a heart-shaped rock and bring it home to her to remind her that i've been thinking about her while i've been gone. but this time she brought me this from reno. it's in my pocket all night competing last night, my little lucky charm. >> reporter: father of 2-year-old nyyelle. with you at the bottom of the run but watching from home. did she see your winning run? >> yeah. we got a video that's posted on facebook of her getting super excited while i was competing and running up to the tv and giving me a kiss, so cute.

>> reporter: i bet you can't wait to get back home. you had a crazy life leading up to the olympics, it's going to get crazier now. what's the next step in when are you heading back to reno? >> a gold medal is an amazing opportunity to go out and represent your sport to the world. i'm excited to do the media tour and talk to people and get them excited about skiing. and then i'll go home. >> reporter: thank you, david wise, congratulations. well deserved. we always knew you were going to be a champion, superstar. you get serious air with tricks and twists. just talking to him, doesn't that warm your heart? such a doting father and loving husband and family is number one priority to him. skiing is number two. so it's just great that he took time to chat with us one-on-one. hopefully fingers crossed, other northern california gold athletes two athletes competing point. polina edmunds, figure skater from san jose, and joe pawelski

competing for the shark for team usa hockey team. look at this, they ran into each other at olympic park today. and polina instagramed this photo of the two of them. they're off getting ready for competition. polina will compete in two hours from now and joe pawelski taking ice for team usa. big day, coming up, i'm going to talk about polina's figure skating boots made in the bay area. more on that in a bit. >> representing well. thanks so much. >> we'll be back in a minute. >>

san francisco general hospital. an elderly woman attacked inside her own hospital room. we'll tell you what the hospital says went wrong. plus, a california company that supplies meat to school lunches nationwide is shut down for unsanitary conditions. this is not first time the company's come to the attention of federal inspectors. good wednesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina

loren. we've got showers on the radar, slick continues for your morning drive. we'll tell you when this activity will clear and when we get the 70s back in the bay area in moments. slick morning ride one concern. now a truck stopped in dublin but it's not at the truck stop in dublin. we'll let you know how to affects 580. >> well said. live look outside, that's rather dark san jose. this is wednesday, february 19th. and this is "today in the bay." good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> update to breaking news in the east bay. fire crews knocked down flames at this vacant home in fremont. a live look at the home on mission boulevard, near the sullivan underpass and niles boulevard. it started around 4:30, when fire crews arrived, firefighters say the whole building was engulfed. it is vacant.

crews are calling it suspicious. no injuries reported. 5:31. new details in the scary fight that took off from the bay area on its way to hong kong. experienced extreme turbulence, sending several passengers to the hospital. "today in the bay's" christie smith live at sfo with new video of the plane after it landed safely. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if you've flown, you probably experienced some kind of turbulence. but passengers say this was completely different. it was prong and went on for it two long minutes, but in some cases passengers were being hit by luggage from the overhead compartment inside of the plane. this morning, nine people recovering after cathay pacific flight from sfo on right to hong kong finally landed after experiencing severe turbulence over japan. 321 passengers, 21 crew were on board, 8 people taken to the hospital, most already discharged. but some people were taken out

of there on stretchers. i wanted to show you twitter pictures of the aftermath to give you a sense of how unstable it was inside that plane. food trays tossed around, cabin there, a complete mess. airspace over the pacific ocean is prone to turbulence, particularly winter, and sometimes it can be difficult to detect beforehand. one passenger described it this way, saying it was like a roller coaster, i was thrown out of my seat. cathay pacific says it's working with hong kong's civil aviation department on an investigation on the incident. reporting live at sfo, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> had to be pretty frightening. ukraine, overnight clashes in kiev raised the death toll among protesters and police. two sides battling in the ukrainian capital in the northern part of the country. "today in the bay's" peggy bunker joins us with an update. >> this is changing by the

minute. downtown kiev still glowing orange, flames and fires burning after deadly protests in independence square. only growing more dangerous as the stalemate continues between ukraine's government and activists hoping to gain more independe independent. the death toll from the clashes stands at 25, though as i mentioned, fluid. look at independence square, molotov cocktails, fighting, stones, clubs, everything you can imagine there. nine police officers have been killed in the fighting. police are taking background. however, they're gaining ground after this, setting the protesters' camp on fire. the center of the conflict ukrainian president yanukovych elected in 2010 democratically but widely viewed as corrupt. he's accused of aligning ukraine with russia and putting putin against ukraine's will. >> so empire of evil finally cease to exist but putin wants to rebuild again.

might be different to form but wants to rebuild again imperial russia. and he doesn't think russia is also ukraine. >> that is at the heart of the conflict, a recent loan from president putin to sort of shore up ukrainian bank bonds and that's grave concern to ukrainians. live pictures of the violence here in kiev. you see right now smoke smolders, all of the damage there. there's still activity. joe biden called the president yanukovych to express grave concern over what he was witnessing and also to urge a pullback of his government force, something that clearly we are not seeing on the streets of kiev, at least overnight. all transportation systems from center of kiev in and out completely shut down. traffic from around the city completely halted. >> you'll be updating us throughout the morning. a 29-year-old man faces an attempted murder charge, accused of attacking a 93-year-old woman

while she lay in a hospital bed. 93-year-old mary perez went to san francisco general with breathing problems last friday. she was resting in a room, staff members were wheeling the man to the psych ward. he jumped off his gurney, ran into a room and beat her. >> grabbed the i.v. pole and swung the pole to her head twice, she covered her head with her arm. >> perez is in intensive care. hospital released a statement apologizing for the incident and promising an investigation. hospital officials say doctors see 4,000 patients on psych holds every year and evaluated in the e.r. another california slaughterhouse shut down, due to unsanitary conditions, and this one may have supplied meat to your children's school lunch. federal inspectors have order the central valley meat company to close as a precaution in ha

inford. the slaughterhouse has a history of problems. in september, the company recalled 5800 pounds of beef after the usda said they might contain small pieces of plastic. this was not the first time. the same facility was also closed in 2012 after an animal rights group submitted videos to the usda that showed workers using electric cattle produs on cattle. schools are aware of the problem, and there's no evidence anything dangerous made its way to cafeterias. 5:37. u.s. women back on the track going for gold in two-man bobsled. after first day of runs, usa, one, team of humphries and meyers in first place after two bronze. usa2 in third place, jamie greubel and aja evans. u.s. women say they're ready for today's runs.

>> it's a battle. it's a war. it's not -- it's not over yet. >> olympic sprinter turned bobsledder lolo jones part of usa 3 in 11th place. >> as you know, olympics work the way they do, 12 hour s ahea. what you're see in evening is what happened previously. we know what happened. >> that's right. so, we're going to tell you now, but if you'd rather wait to find out, close your eyes and wait. we'll play some music. when it ends, come on back. ♪

there we are go. mus music's over. >> check our forecast with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> good morning. it's a good morning. we need this rain. as you no, still in a drought. so we'll take every drop in the bucket. getting significant rainfall right now. mostly throughout the tri-valley and down here in the south bay where we usually get rain shadows. looking good except when it comes to your drive. all activity out of the area as we head for 10:00 a.m. its on its way to tahoe, maybe bringing additional three inches of powder. live report from tahoe coming up. stick around for that. today looks good. clear you out. and add the 60s, 66 degrees in the east bay today. 60 degrees if san francisco. up in the 50s yesterday. we'll be at 64 degrees in the north bay. 65 degrees in the south bay today. look at what we have coming our way as we get into the end of the week. after all, trying to get you over that hump so you can get

out and enjoy the beautiful beach weather thursday into friday. temperatures upper 60 in santa cruz. 70 on friday. half moon bay 64. 65 on friday. as you know, we need the rain. we do have more in the forecast. you don't have to feel guilty about hitting this beach weather. i'll talk about when showers return and just how much snow is up there in tahoe for kids who have not just yet left for ski week. mike inouye. >> if you haven't left for 580, here's a note of warning, here, center screen, at the gore point where the roadway splits off, main freeway heading off to the off-ramp as well, triangle called the gore point we see a big rig. it's not the same one we saw a few minutes ago. that one left. this one arrived. there's a construction zone in the area, not blocking lanes but it may be related. as they pull out back into traffic it presents a problem because they're slower to get up to speed. be careful. you see the slick roadways.

chp has given no warnings, it's not block the freeway lanes but it could present a problem approaching el charro for west 580. we see slowing developing by the arrow but that's because of traditional commute. right side, slower out of the altamont pass and into livermore, typical pattern for 580 as far as speed goes. fremont, watching the fire, niles boulevard, sullivan overcrossing, where the train goes over the roadway, live view, traffic control in the area. the fire has been knocked down. scott and laura have been telling you about that. fire crews on the scene. watch for traffic control for mission boulevard. folks heading to school and work, we'll have an issue there. back to the map, we'll talk about the flow of traffic, east bay not a problem. 680 and 880 smoothly to mission boulevard. 5:41. san jose's polina edmunds goes for gold in women's figure skating. a bay area company helping her

do it. live to sochi next. plus, oregon woman goes into her backyard and looks for her dog, falls into a sinkhole. how rescuers pulled her and her dog to safety.

let's talk more olympics and excitement over san jose's own polina edmunds. takes to the ice in women's figure skate, really soon, just a couple of hours. >> everyone will be watching her, there someone else watching her shoes. "today in the bay's" janelle wang live at olympic park with more on polina and those boots. good afternoon to you. >> reporter: yes, literally, somebody's going to be looking at her shoes. her figure skating boots, because the people who made them are in the bay area at the company in san carlos on the peninsula, called harlick boot, family-owned company making

boots for four generations. previous clients, christie yaum ma gu yamaguchi, brian boitano. >> they're excited, it's very exciting. to see them advance and progress in skating, and to know you had a little part of that, pretty satisfying. >> reporter: very satisfying. harlick rooting from the bay area, hoping edmunds will be the latest winner to win wearing his boots. for support here in sochi, polina has her entire family here, her mother, father, two brothers, huge hockey fans as well, as well as a close family friend rooting her on. polina comes from russian heritage. her mother is 100% russian, born here in russia. first time she's been back in many years and polina's happy

for her mother and hopefully celebrate her winning a medal here at olympic games. reporting from sochi, janelle wang, "today in the bay." >> so exciting. back here in the bay, friends and fans plan to watch polina's performance live. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell at shark's ice near downtown san jose. this is where she does her training, bob? >> reporter: yeah, polina edmunds, 15-year-old, making olympic debut, scott, in over a couple of hours in sochi. they've not a photo board here. she's been skating since she was 2 and her entire skating time taking place here. early photos of her here at shark's ice. if this was a typical wednesday morning and she obviously wasn't in sochi, russia, she'd be here on this sheet of ice training. she trains sometimes just on the ice, people have soon her 35 hours a week, a few hours of training here, and then go to school, training like -- there

is a young lady here a minute ago, tracy is a coach. good morning. >> good morning. >> you've been here for forever. you've seen her over the years. >> yes. >> the same question i had of one of your colleagues, when did you notice this is a lady that could go to the olympics? >> from the time she was really young. she just got a superior work ethic. just driven. >> there's a lot of kids probably like that. what do you think separates her from the rest of the pack? how much of it is luck? how much biology? how much you're saying? >> i think it's everything, but she definitely has a work ethic that nobody else works as hard as this girl. she works really hard and brings it every day. i've watched her over the years and every day it's 110% from polina. >> reporter: do you have a sense of how well she might do in the olympics? >> i'm hoping for top five for her, yeah. i think she can do it.

>> reporter: the competition? >> it's great. i mean she's with the best of the best. but she is so good. >> reporter: for you, you've been here since the opening of shark's ice. >> yes. >> reporter: produce an olympian, what's it like for you? >> wonderful. great for our rink. it's so great for the kids and for the sport and our area. and the coaches here. it's really, really great. >> reporter: thank you very much. appreciate you getting up early. above us here at stanley's bar, in about an hour and 15 minutes, they'll start a watch party to watch her live. she'll be skating live. again, her olympic debut, women's short program, scheduled for around 7:30, 7:45. >> bob, we can see this on the nbc sports channel. also see polina skate in prime time as well starting at 8:00, if you want to wait. in addition to short program, the evening and ladies' figure

skate we'll have gold medal finals in giant slalom, women's bobsled and parallel giant slsl men's skiing. >> good morning to you. excited about polina. yes, we really are around here. especially south bay residents. san jose, we're getting showers. as you can see that big batch of moisture right over the south bay. we had earlier showers in the east bay, those are starting clear out. fair game for the light activity as we head through the next few hours. then going to clear out of here. we're going to be left with a nice finish to the day. temperatures this morning are mostly in the 50s. we have rain-cooled air right now in the pleasanton/dublin area. grab your umbrella for the next few hours but ditch it by 8:00 a.m. futurecast tells that story. mostly clear conditions by midmorning. notice on your seven-day foreca forecast, big-time warm-up

headed your way. stop the clock, 11:00 mostly sunny conditions, great news. if you have the kids and want to get outdoors. temperatures on the chilly side. full forecast coming up. right now mike inouye. >> looking overall at bay area and smooth flow of traffic on our maps, green of course at speed limit. take you to the south bay. talking about the rain on the freeways, we see a big slowdown hitting for 101. heff hear slowdown than we typically see on a wednesday. so that could be because more mist, windshield wipers just as they're getting to the freeway. look at the flowing and the live -- the slowing for north 101. slamming down from 680 to allen rock mckee off-ramp and letting up. we see sheen on the roadway. on-ramp doesn't look wet but what might be happening on the windshield might be different than what we're seeing on the roadway. back to the maps, that section of 101, also i saw slowing, a

blob of traffic heading north up in toward the saratoga area. things are starting to smooth out. watch 87 for slowing, might kick in early. proved to be lighter yesterday. see how today shakes out with the school districts on that ski break or winter break. here towards mission boulevard. overnight roadway has that closed between walnut stream and 880. traffic control in the area, reroute, look for vta. dublin, we'll end with the shot. cars drive by, that wart, there it goes, kicks up, rooster tailing. water on the roadway coming in from dublin to livermore. breaking news. firefighters have knocked down two-alarm fire at a vacant home in fremont. live look at the scene. you see paramedics and the fire crew still there. this is near mission and sullivan underpass. the second story completely collapsed. but everyone got out okay.

investigators say the fire's suspicious because the building was vacant. firefighters managed to escape safely. more details from the scene as soon as we get them. new video this morning of a deep sinkhole moments after a woman and her dog were pulled out last night in portland, oregon. the sinkhole opened up in the woman's backyard. she was looking for her dog when she fell into the 20-foot deep hole. the dog was in there, too. a man walking near the home heard her cries for help and called rescuers. pulled the woman and the dog to safety, both are okay. she recently had a sewer line repair done in her backyard. >> that is frightening. a gallon of milk could cost more than a gallon of gas. >> price of the cup of coffee going up as well. 6 i'm afraid your morning cu

of coffee will cost more. coffee prices surged to their high left efrl in more than a year, to 1.55 per found. you'll see that at the local store. price of milk going up as well. farmers cut back on the number of cows they had last year when the cost of feed went up. that's causing trouble now because there aren't enough cows to make the milk. as a result, gallon of milk could increase by 60 cents to as much as$6 a gallon. could go higher if the drought continues. so much games where it's do or die for u.s. men's hockey team including joe pawelski of the sharks. they'll take to the ice in sochi against the czech republic.

winner moves to semifinals. san jose sharks in action. marlo and vlasic play again. niemi didn't suit up but he's there. fins are beating russia in the second period. let's check in with christina loren and a wet wednesday. it's wednesday, isn't it? yes. wednesday. >> darn right it's wednesday. i don't want to go back to monday, that's for sure. good morning to you. maybe you have the week off with your kids. if you want to get outdoors, today's a great day. mostly sunny conditions by noon. showers between now and about 10:00 a.m., partial clearing between 10:00 and noon. then by noon, noon-thirty, 12:30, sunny conditions. warming trend kicks in thursday into next week. that storm window, we'll kick it open through the mid section to

end of next week. something for everybody. i'll show you how this times out coming up in a little bit. let's check your drive, here's mike inouye. >> if we get -- set of headlights, this is sunol 680, water kicking off the roadway. we'll look here, slowing through the sunol area, kicking in probably wet roads there a factor. looking at the build out of tri-valley, right on schedule. >> women's figure skating starts today. gracie gold, ashley wagner and san jose's own polina edmunds going for the gold. we're cheering for them. live from sochi next. >> new snow in the sierra in time for ski week.

deadly clashes erupt between police and protesters in kiev as black smoke swirls and political unrest gets out of control in the ukrainian capital. good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. take a look at live pictures at central kiev, ukraine right now. you can see the smoke and the flag. thousands of protesters standing in defiance of the strong police presence. the protesters are angry at the government that it took a bailout from russia instead of dealing with the european union. for the very latest on the developing story, let's go to peggy bunker, joining us in studio this morning. >> it's a developing situation. as we looks at picture, every time we check back and see what's going on there, it's a different situation. it was aglow in orange from fire and fighting earlier this morning. it's a war zone. the situation in kiev watched internationally as a terrible wave of violence erupted yesterday and