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 overnight in the

ukrainian capital. this, after ukrainian government turned its back on an alliance with the european union. death toll climbed to 26, with 250 injuries. nine police officers killed in fighting. police are taking background from protesters fighting with guns, molotov cocktails, anything they can get their hands on in street battles that are erupting in flames. at center of the conflict, president yanukovych elected in 2010 democratically, but is widely viewed as corrupt. now he's accused of aligning ukraine with russia accepting $15 billion bailout from putin. an ukrainian-american from scotts valley. >> it's about human dignity and it's about making sure that ukrainians can live in a peaceful, lawful society. >> the fact that everybody's

watching this situation, even hollywood weighing in on this conflict. take a look at youtube video posted by george clooney. >> you cannot have a democracy when you arrest and harm peaceful protesters. >> ukrainian protesters occupying kiev for three months but when yanukovych turned his back on the eu tuesday, that's when violence exploded. this is a changing situation. we're monitoring it closely. we'll bring you the latest details coming up after this. >> thank you. 6:02. new details about severe turbulence that sent people flying out of their seats midair. the cathay pacific flight left san francisco international airport headed for hong kong, but the plane started shaking violently over northern japan. "today in the bay's" christie smith live at sfo. several people were rushed to the hospital. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. they had ambulances waiting on the other side. we did hear from one passenger who said he never experienced

anything like it, that it was like a roller coaster, that he was lifted up in his seat, this wasn't like usual turbulence. it went on for two long minutes, probably the scariest two minutes of his life. this is on a cathay pacific flight, and probably equally frightening for the 321 passengers and crew on that flight from sfo to hong kong on right there. it did finally land safely after that severe turbulence over japan. paramedics and ambulance met the plane at the gates. two flight attendants and seven passengers injured, all but one treated and released now. take a look at aftermath from inside of the plane. twitter pictures were sent out, just a mess inside. looked like someone picked up the 747 like a toy and shook it around. one passenger described the scene like this, saying some passengers on the aisle seats were thrown up and hit the head on the overhead lockers.

the overhead locker was broken and the passenger sitting in front of me was hit by luggage falling from the overhead locker. the airline cathay pacific says it is investigating and so are the aviation authorities in hong kong. i bet you there is a huge sigh of relief when the plane did land safely. christie smith, "today in the bay." happening now, fire crews in fremont picking through a burned out building trying to figure out what caused the house to go up in flames. a live look at home on mission boulevard near the sullivan underpass. home caught fire around 4:30. you can see the crews have knocked down the fire. but when they arrive, the whole building was covered in flames they had to call for backup. the home is vacant, crews are considering the fire suspicious. so far, no injuries reported. time to check the microclimate forecast. we give you live look outside, san jose, palo alto, san mateo bridge. we've got it all covered.

christina looking at radar for us this morning. >> good morning to you. it's wednesday, want to help you get out the front door, maybe an abbreviated work week for you, a plus everyone wants to get home to see polina, our local girl, hit the ice. 53 concord. 52 san jose. 56 for oakland. 54 in half moon bay. half moon bay, missing your beautiful beach weather? we've got it around the corner. seven-day forecast scrolling at the bottom of the screen. right over to radar. we have showers rolling through and slick conditions out there for morning drive especially along the east shore and the south bay where rain has been steady over the past hour. throughout the morning hours, we'll continue to clear you out. you can see that here on the wide view all of the showers moving towards gilroy. tahoe, continuing to see light snowfall for the next couple of hours. live to tahoe in a few minutes. stay tuned. tell you what you can expect if you have not yet left for ski

week. cloudy start, areas of drizzle. throughout the morning, kind of dreary, overcast. but by noon, lunchtime looking great in the city by the bay. little bit breezy. wind will pick up. this area of low pressure clears out of here. through tonight, storm track to our north. that means evening clouds will return onshore flow stays firmly in place for the next couple of days. 5:52 sunset. days are getting longer, as a result, temperatures getting warmer. this storm track comes back into the bay area. talking about heavy rainfall at the end of next week. i'm going to time it out for you, show what we're working with. mike inouye, good morning. >> good morning. looking over to the folks getting to work. this is the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights on. metering lights working as well. slowdown for all lanes. backing up filling in the toll plaza but you see good movement in all lanes including cash lanes at bottom of the screen. that indicates lighter flow of

traffic. we're looking toward the maps. a smooth flow down east shore freeway. maze slowing down. north 880 slowing off the 880 overcrossing through down ton. early slowing for that. smooth flow through the tri-valley, developing slowdowns for livermore, out of the altamont pass and look at bottom of the screen, southbound 680 early slowing but holding steady coming in towards sunol, might be because of rain and slicker conditions in that area. it continues for the build. here in the south bay, an issue as well. passed by one of the shots, fremont, a fire you've been talking about. wanted to mention 238, mission boulevard, traffic control, the sullivan overcrossing, the dip down underneath the railroad tracks through niles area, because of a fire that's going on, suspicious fire, that we can see the tracks. back towards the map. an issue for fremont. south bay north bound 101 the issue. only real slowdown you see is here for the 680 and tully road towards 880.

early slowing and smooths out. 87 slowing into down up to. drive along the peninsula, getting over there via the done barten and san mateo bridges fine. end with the shot of 101, headlights more company but no slowing, no problem for the bay shore or 280 along that stretch. back to you guys. now to the 2014 winter olympics. this morning, olympic flame burning in the heart of the olympic plaza which is buzzing right now as women's figure skating competition begins. >> yes. three american women will compete to earn a spot on the olympic podium. one of them is polina edmunds, right here in the bay area. she's from midi. "today in the bay's" janelle wang joins us in sochi. a big day ahead for the 15-year-old. >> reporter: i know, it's finally here. ladies' figure skating the crown jewel event of the winter games

some many people watch the event and all eyes on polina edmunds. she arrived here two weeks ago but took off almost neated immediately to austria to get more practice time on the ice. back in sochi and ready to compete. ladies' figure skating, take the ice at 7:00 tonight, that's an hour from now. the americans, teammates, include ashley wagner and gracie gold. polina edmunds is the youngest, age 15. sophomore in san jose plans to skate the sam program she did at u.s. schchampionships in boston which landed her i silver meddle and spot on the olympic team. at her young age, polina is a virtual unknown to judges and some say she should have waited for the next winter games to compete but the confident teen strongly disagrees. she's been training for this moment her entire 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 really happy they gave me my shot, and i can't wait to prove myself at olympic games. >> reporter: 30 ladies take the ice today. here's team usa. polina edmunds will skate 12th, current u.s. national champion, gracie gold skate 22nd. and ashley wagner will skate 27th. biggest competition is reigning olympic gold medal champion yuna kim. queen kim yuna and mao asada. russia has yulil alilipnitskaia. she ran into joe pawelski. both competing today here in sochi. it's wednesday, joe pawelski takes ice against the czech republic for team usa at 9:00. polina takes the ice an hour from now at the iceberg. janelle wang, "today in the

bay." >> so excited. sharks ice near downtown san jose. this is where polina does the ma majority of her training. our own bob redell out there on the ice this morning. a watch party. bob's going to have a live report, a report in a couple of minutes. we will be right back.

at 6:13, a look at today's top stories. right now, police in the ukrainian capital of kiev taking back ground from thousands of angry protesters. the death toll has climbed to

26, including 9 police officers. another 250 people were hurt. the protesters are rebelling against ukrainian president who wants the country to reunite with russia. nine people recovering after a flight from sfo to hong kong experiencing severe turbulence over japan. passengers on board say it was so strong, it knocked some of the seats, some of them out of their seats, tossed the luggage around. you see photos of the aftermath. 747 managed to land safefully hong kong. an early morning house fire in fremont suspicious. it happened at a vacant home on mission boulevard near the sullivan underpass. took crews 45 minutes to knock down the flames. oh, it's not wednesday. it's not hump day. it's polina day. we give you a live look at olympic torch in the plaza in sochi. today is the start of the women's figure skating competition, and our bay area

15-year-old is among the contenders. >> check out the sochi selfie tweeted out by the san jose native this morning. looking calm, cool, collective, that a girl. performance on the international stage. >> bob redell joins us live at sharks ice where edmunds and others do their training. good morning, bob. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you. 15 years old, the past 13 years of those 15, spend most mornings here at sharks ice training, training here with these young ladies, if, of course, she weren't in sochi getting ready to make her olympic debut in an hour and a half. michelle is a coach here at sharks ice. you've seen her everybody the years. good morning. she's not the favorite but you said something interesting. you've been in the business a long time. that doesn't matter, huh? >> absolutely not. i think when you're at the olympics, nobody can take that experience from you, and when you get out there, i believe

anything can happen. i think that you can reach the podium, i think you can reach olympic gold. i think you can reach your wildest dreams. >> reporter: she's been skating here since she was 2 or 3. you didn't start noticing her and other people didn't start noticing her until the past few years. what have you noticed about her? >> it's her ice presence. she comes out here on a presence and she owns it. she comes out, she has confidence. she looks like an olympian, a champion. she look like she really is in it 150%. she's got a chance. her jumps, her artistry is amazing. whole attitude. >> how much is the fact that she's an olympian is luck, how much biology, how much is that's who she is? >> i think there's so many factors. i think biology. it's in you. there comes a time you're on the ice, you think i'm pretty good, i'm going for it. then you work hard. and then that's the

psychological part of it. then you get in here, putting 35 hours a week, you know, you eat, breathe, drink skating and think, i'm achieving something, i can do this. just a well-rounded athlete. >> reporter: must be exciting for you to see somebody who skates here to obviously be going to sochi? >> we are thrilled here. just the energy and the kids are excited, coaching staff is excited. everybody here is excited. it's just -- we're so excited, cheering her on from home. we want her to know the energy's alive and well at home while we clear her on. >> reporter: plenty of energy behind you. you don't have to look up, but stanley's bar, over the rink, around 7:00, people start showing up. they'll have a viewing party. she's supposed to be making her debut in the women's short program, her olympic debut. women's short program, around 7:30, 7:45 our time there. >> exciting. thank you, bob. go, polina. the whole thing, tremendous. >> there you go.

people are going to the sierra because they're getting snow up there. >> we are. it's ski week. people haven't left yet. you're going to get four good days on the mountain if you leave today. before you go, hold that thought. let's bring in brian hager, he joins us live from squaw valley. i know you have a lot going on. there's snow coming in now. but i have to know about the squaw prom, what's that all about? do you have a date, sir? >> the squaw prom is actually saturday the 22nd. a lot of fun. we've been doing it for years. always a great turnout. as of now, i don't have a date. i'm hoping. >> we'll have to get together during the commercial break. briefly, i want the snowfall as much as you do. i get to track it, talk about it. you get to shred the gnar on it. next week we are going to see quite a bit of snowfall. i think we're going to be back

up to 50% of average snowpack by next weekend. not this coming weekend, following weekend. because we have a significant dip in the jet stream headed our way and wet weather. but not before we warm you up for the next couple of days. snowfall coming in. now at about 44 degrees out there. that's the temperature at about 3,000 feet for today. our snow elevations, very high this morning, 7,000 feet. seeing rain, otherwise you want to keep that in mind, if you're traveling up there. temperatures are going to warm up. you can see what we are getting now is very light. that white is in the highest peak. back into the bay area, showers. slick conditions for morning drive. we have been getting a break with a lot of kids off this week in the south bay. we'll check on that, see what the showers are doing to your drive with mike in a moment. stay tuned. the golden gate bridge, nice and slick. san francisco, even where we're not picking up radar return, we have that steady drizzle. it's slick everywhere across the

bay area. 65 degrees. mix of sun and clouds for today. down in the south bay good looking day. if you want to hit the beach, you'll get to do so. maybe you decide to stay in town with your kids. 69 santa cruz thursday. 70 by friday. we'll stay warm all the way through the upcoming weekend. so make those beach plans. everything changes next week once that storm track returns. we're picking it up on our futurecast. look at this. that's we call the atmospheric river. check your drive as prop issed. mike inouye. >> i would have called it a green blog. you have experience and education. here, green dot, i'm the traffic guy. at the speed limit around the bay for the most part. nothing unexpected for the peninsula. south bay, north 101, which is slowing down from 680 up to 880. holding steady. christina talked about the ski

week, vacation week for the school districts, lighter flow. commute will kick in now for north 87, 101, 285 and ease off earlier. here we saw slowing for 680 and 580 than we typically see on wednesday. wet roads, misty conditions, slick through the sunol, pleasanton and dublin areas. keep that in mind. lower the speeds toward the cloverleaf and off-ramp. drive speeds here for the east bay and east shore. all in the green zone. nice flow of traffic. live views towards oakland, 880, northbound, past the coliseum, easy spacing. toll plaza, slowing around that bend to the bay bridge toll plaza itself. coming off of this, actually getting on to the overcrossing is an issue. sun will dry things out. in the north bay, the issue of more traffic. just southbound 101 here at curve at terra linda, roadway

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welcome back, everyone. very good wednesday morning to you. isn't it a beautiful live look outside?

san francisco bay bridge, sun coming up. drizzly start but that's going pass and make way for sunshine. christine's got a look at forecast coming up. 6:24. >> a look at all of the giants' position players as they take the field at spring training. >> here we go. scotsdale stadium with more. >> reporter: good morning, from scotsdale, arizona, giants for the past four days, we have seen workouts with pitchers and catchers. and now, position players join in on the fun. we'll get to see some of the guys in action for the first time officially here at scotsdale stadium. one of the guys, pablo sandoval, dropped 30 pounds from where he was last year. we'll gauge his range of motion at third. check out the new left fielder, giants need power from the left field position. only got five home runs from left field all of last season. michael moore should add to that total. marco scutero, he's back, back not feeling great.

see how he's moving with angel pagan, back and healthy. crucial in the center field at at&t park. a big outfield to navigate. all of the stuff. coming up tonight, 6:00 on nbc bay area. see you then. >> first, brandon bell among the position player in scotsdale. supposed to meet the giants' front office in florida for arbitration hearing today but both sides have come to a lat-minute, one-year, $2.9 million contract. that means the hearing is unnecessary. the deal's about halfway between what the giants were offering and what he was asking for. 25-year-old hit .289, 17 homers, 6 rbis. >> i remember when he started, too. still ahead, gold medals for northern california. 6:26. finally sinking in, yeah. the a crazy whirlwind, once you

win a medal, it's nonstop action. >> janelle wang with the one-on-one interview with the ski who are made history on the olympic slopes. looking -- isn't that pretty? that would be sun down in sochi in the mountains there. and the torch in the town itself absolutely fantastic. more olympic coverage coming up in a minute.

brand-new olympic event. janelle wang live in sochi with the one-on-one interview next. live look at san jose. sprinkles or sunshine or perhaps a bit of both? clouds over san jose. christina and mike will look at weather and traffic. make money on the markets today as we await the opening bell from new york city this morning? at the nyse, let's see, we have

deutsche asset wealth management. we're halfway through the work week for wednesday, february 19th. there's trevena, doing the honors, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. now back to the 2014 sochi games where this morning a northern california athlete celebrating a history making win. david wise is the gold medal winner in the olympic debut of the men's ski halfpipe. >> "today in the bay's" janelle wang joins us live from outside the olympic plaza in sochi. you just spoke to the new gold medalist this morning. >> reporter: yes, i gave limb a big hug, so proud of him, so excited for him. his medal ceremony takes place 90 minutes from now, that's where he'll receive his gold

medal. but a couple of hours ago i got to speak to him one-on-one about his big win. >> reporter: guess who's here with me? we've been following him for weeks now, now he's an olympic gold medalist in the halfpipe free skiing. how has it sunk? >> it's a crazy whirlwind, once you win a gold medal, it's nonstop action. crazy but good. >> reporter: watching it on tv, conditions were crazy last night. >> yeah. the a winter sport and sometimes winter conditions strike. it takes a level of skiing 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. being able to make adjustments and still ski well is, you know, part of being able to compete well. and i think -- i'm honestly stoked on how everybody rode last flight.

everybody will put on a show regardle regardless. >> reporter: you instagram, tweet, pictures at top of the halfpipe, a lucky charm. it's that rock. did you find that here in sochi? >> she found it for me. this is my tradition, is that every time i go somewhere i pick up a rock and -- a heart-shaped rock and bring it home to remind her i've been thinking of her while i was gone. this time she flipped it over on me and brought me a little piece of home. brought me this from reno. it's in my pocket all night competing last night, my little lucky charm. >> reporter: a father of 2-year-old niyelle. she was watching from home. did she see your winning run? >> she saw it. 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 home.

you had a crazy life leading up to the olympics, it's going to get crazier now. what's the next step? when are you heading back to reno? >> a gold medal is an amazing opportunity to go out and represent your sport to the world and i'm excited to go, do the media tour, talk to people, get them excited about skiing. and i'll go home. >> reporter: thank you, david wise, congratulations. well deserved. we always knew you were going to be a champion, superstar. so proud of you with your tricks and twists. >> reporter: class act, family man. always said his wife and daughter come first, skiing is number two. obviously he's a gold champion in all events as father, husband, skier. making an appearance on the "today" show. you'll be able to see that after "today in the bay." reporting from the sochi games, janelle wang, back to you. >> love it. he's going to make people excited about skiing. i don't know about all of the flips. i'm excited but i can't do that. >> polina coming up here.

got a spot to watch her? it's coming up soon. >> reporter: it is coming up in about an hour from now. i'm sure it's sold out. there are media spots but of course, everybody's clamoring to get inside. not sure if i'll be in what they call the mix zone yet but i'll be watching live here. we're able to see it before you folks do. if you want to see it, you can watch it online as well. so, it's going to be exciting. she's up and just an hour from now there's 30 ladies competing in the short program tonight. >> the way we so it, polina. thank you from the olympics. >> go, polina. 6:34. more drizzle this morning to start our day. let's check in with christina. >> they'll clear early, good morning. taking a live look at our gorgeous golden gate bridge. what you can make out. i can tell you this is the view that you'll have on your windshield this morning.

have to use them for three, five minutes at a time. otherwise looking good. shower activity pressing south, morgan hill. throughout the day today, we'll clear you out quickly. areas of drizzle to start the day. temperatures are going to be cool out there. but it's not too cold because we have that blanket of clouds overhead. sunny conditions and the breeze is going to pick up. you want to keep that in mind. seven day shows you we're in store for a warm-up before that storm track returned at the end of next week. we could be talking about some major totals next week. we've got a lot to talk about in coming days when it comes to your weather. we want to get you out of the drought and need that rich moisture to do it. evening clouds return sunset at 5:52. days getting longer closer to springtime. temperatures are creeping up. 65 along the peninsula today. 60 in san francisco. we're going to talk more about snow and rainfall in the future coming up in my next report.

awesome cloud behind you, mike. good morning. >> it is an awesome cloud. you look at beautiful sky, i have to look at headlights below, that's the traffic flow. we have metering lights on. they've been turned on before 6:00. typical schedule for wednesday at bay bridge toll plaza and flight lighter than normal flow. it ripples around to the bay area commute around. a smooth flow here. 880 overcrossing, slowing there. we'll look at the maps, folks north of there. it sorted itself out. east shore freeway, seeing more slow, more volume out of richmond. also, west 580 has harrison, approaching 24. earlier spinout. single car spinout. wet roads condition. traction and spinouts, only

seeing a couple, one north of highway 13. the rest of your east bay moving smoothly, typical schedule. heavy slowing for 680 south. wet roadways continue south. the south bay taking if for 87 and 101, and as we look at 101, our newsdesk operator said it's raining, raining when he came over the santa cruz mountains. pe here's palo alto, different situation. a beating investigation at a hospital. coming up, how the patient got off his tugurney, attacked an el derly woman.

a 29-year-old man faces an attempted murder charge, accused of attacking a 93-year-old woman while she was in her hospital bed. mary perez went to san francisco general with breathing problems last friday. she was resting in her room, staff members were wheeling orin zebest to the psych ward but they say they jumped off his gurney, ran into her 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. the 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 they're all evaluated in the e.r. 6:40. coming up, two minutes of turbulence on a flight from san francisco. a jarring ride, sent nine people to the hospital. >> deadly clashes and out of control unrest in the ukraine. new details as protesters push back against police.

fires, thousands of people in the streets of kiev after deadly clash pushed protesters against police overnight in the ukraine. this morning, we're seeing smoke in the streets as protesters stand in defiance of the strong police presence. protesters angry the government 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 in our studio. >> that is part of it. it's hard to believe that this deadly wave of clashes in ukraine started out three months of peaceful protests by ukrainians calling for integration with the couldn't bring. they want the president to hand back self-appointed power. when he didn't do it tuesday, kiev erupted. take a look at this new video into our newsroom of independence square in kiev. flames still burning. a hotbed of violence as protesters and government police clash in streets. fiery scene from last night, violence killed 26, injured over 250 people. protesters are opposing ukraine president yanukovych's decision to back out of a trade deal with the european union and then turning to russia for alliance. the ukrainian-american lives in scotsdale valley. >> what the government has done

is turned a peaceful nation upside down. >> the violence in kiev is capturing international attention, not to mention hollywood. george clooney turned to youtube to offer his support to protesters. >> you cannot have a democracy when you arrest and harm its peaceful protesters. >> this morning, senator mccain said that russian president putin will always consider ukraine to be part of russia. mccain says the u.s. needs to prepare sanctions against ukraine. reportedly the eu is doing the same thing. biden called the president telling him to back off the violence and let his people protest peacefully. >> thanks so much. new details on a scary flight 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 video of

the plane after it landed safely. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the passengers say they've never felt turbulence like this. the plane was rocking, it felt like it wouldn't stop, went on for two minutes, the overhead luggage compartment opened up and started hitting passengers in the head, some of the falling luggage. this morning, nine people recovering after the cathay pacific flight from sfo on the right to hong kong landed after experiencing severe turbulence over japan. 321 passengers, 21 crew members on board. eight people taken to the hospital, most discharged. some people, though, had to be taken out on stretchers. i wanted to show you twitter pictures of the aftermath, give you a sense how it was inside the plane, completely unstable. food trays tossed around. the cabin is a mess. airspace over the pacific ocean is prone to turbulence, particularly winter. sometimes it can't be detected beforehand. one passenger on that flight

described it this way. he said it was like a roller coaster. i was thrown out of my seat. cathay pacific has say it's working with hong kong's simple aviation department on an investigation into the incident. live at sfo, christie smith, "today in the bay." 6:47. traffic is slow going on mission boulevard near the sullivan underpass as fire investigators try to figure out what started the house fire in fremont. started about 4:30. crews had it knocked down 45 minutes later. when they arrived, the whole building covered in flames, and they had to call for backup. home's vacant and crews are considering that fire suspicious. no injuries reported. check the forecast. a live look at the sunrise over dublin, san jose, and san francisco. we say good morning to christina loren. >> good morning. it's a really good morn, not only the olympics and our own polina competing tonight, we'll see a good-looking day.

we picked up good precipitation. right now san francisco's at 56 degree. we're starting out with light showers. they're in the south bay and clearing out of here. as we head throughout the next couple of hours, count on slick conditions for local roadways because this has been occurring. as we head throughout the day today. it's going to continue to clear out. cloudy out there with areas of drizzle. cloud cover over san jose, it's going to be out of here by 10:30. a couple of hours away from that. sunny by noon by the city by the bay. windy conditions, want to travel cautiously in high profile vehicles. storm system pulls oust here, we get unstable conditions. 5:52, sun will set. sunset closer to 6:00 p.m. which is good news. temperatures creeping up. break out the spring wardrobe for a couple of days, 66 east bay. 65 peninsula. we are headed towards the 70s as of tomorrow, in the warmest cities across the bay. we'll hold on to the warmth into

next week. i'll stop the clock. this is looking for police in the pacific whereas you know, it's dry. we've had a big persistent ridge of high pressure. finally going to high tail it out of here. look at all of the rain on the bay area as we head through wednesday, thursday, friday, even saturday of next week. talking about showers and tapping into that atmospheric river. we need this. keeping our fingers crossed that everything will time out perfectly. let's check your time on the roads. any lighter than usual because of ski week? >> we saw it yesterday, likely today. let's zoom in to the south bay. the school districts are the ones off. the rest of the schools have monday and some tuesday off. slow now for the northbound routes. that's starting to kick in. yesterday it let off early, probably will do the same today. watching slowdowns for your northbound routes. wet roadways over the santa cruz. now, trying to get my next map,

slowdown, 880, heading into fremont and 680 for mission. overnight for the next four nights mission boulevard closed for work, continue to make progress but have to close the roadway for the next four nights, traffic control. slowdown, the cause of that, all of the cars south past the struck scales where there's puddling and ponding going on off the roadway. 880 moves smoothly. might need the windshield wipers. getting back to the maps, slowdown, sunol and pleasanton. slowdown kicks off and builds as all of the folks come out of livermore and pleasanton, slowing towards fremont. 580 nothing unusual. southbound 880 build as well past the san mateo and dumbarton bridges, right on schedule for the nimitzs freeway. dumbarton bridge okay. 92 reports of a slow roller, a car limping along the high-rise over to foster city.

expect a little delay. peninsula is fine. bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights turned on before 6:00. slammed down, easing off with these folks. off of the berkeley curve, not the 880 overcross. we had rain on the lens. it cleared out. now using wipers. he folks are moving over from the north bay without wipers. good flow of traffic. back to you. back to the olympics right now. the sun setting over the mountains of sochi. all of the action, though, today, down in the olympic plaza at the iceberg skating palace where women's figure skating getting under way this morning. >> today, three american women will compete to earn a spot on the olympic podium. one of them, polina edmunds, right here from the bay area. we're really rooting her on. janelle wang joins us live in sochi. big day ahead for the

15-year-old. >> reporter: yes, big day, gigantic day here. the sun is setting here. it's cold. i just checked the temperature, it's about the mid-40s. but with the windchill factor going on, it feels like 20s. but i've got some warm headgear. this will keep me warm for my live shot. as i talk about figure skating. yes, taking place at iceberg behind me here. iceberg skating palace. ladies will take the ice five minutes from now. it's a short program tonight, including polina edmunds from san jose. and somebody back home will be looking at her shoes. yes, her figure skating boots. her boots are made on the peninsula in san carlos at a star called harlick boots, making boots for four generations now. previous clients include christie yamguchi, brian boitano, nancy kerrigan, all olympic medalists. >> they come in and they're so excited, it's like christmas

morning, you know? they want to get those new boots. it's very exciting. and to see them advance and to progress in their skating, to know you had a little part of that pretty satisfying. >> reporter: harlick rooting from the bay area, hoping edmunds will be the latest medal winner to wear his boots. polina edmunds has a big support system. her enfire family, mom, dad, brother, family friend. polina is of russian descent. mother was important in russia and moved over when she was a teenager. she hasn't been back in years. her mom's happy to be back home and hopefully a lot to celebrate after polina hopefully medals. she's been training for this her entire life. entire coaching staff, training staff, and choreographer from russia originally. a lot to celebrate here.

take the ice a few minutes from now. top 24 advance to the long program, free program, which will take place thursday night. reporting from the sochi games, janelle wang, "today in the bay." >> you might have a new hat but we've got new polina gear here. the big red team polina. you've been seeing this throughout the bay area. little girls over the weekend wearing these. people are excited to cheer on our girl. >> i've got mittens. it should be like this, go, polina. mittens and shirts. she's got big fans here as well. >> thanks a lot. live to bob redell right now. live at sharks ice near downtown san jose where polina edmunds does most of her training. you'll probably see a lot of the red shirt there's. >> reporter: typically on a witness morning, polina edmunds would be here. she's just about an hour, two hours away from her olympic debut. maybe we'll see somebody who looks up to her. this little girl here, michelle,

9. you like polina edmunds. maybe you could be like her, i'm sure it's a dream of yours? >> yes. >> reporter: what do you admire most about her when you're practicing and she's practicing. >> i admire her jumping. >> reporter: have you been watching her? >> yeah. it helps me. >> reporter: do you mind if you show us a move wheel i talk to coach? coach, i'm watching one of your students here. you've seen polina over the years here. what is it about polina, do you think, that's gotten her to the olympics? >> i think it's her perseverance and how hard she works every day to perfect her skills. >> michelle, that was lovely, very good. michelle, a coach here as well, that was very good, sweetie pie. when you've seen polina over the years, we've talked about luck, we've talked about biology, perseverance, a combination of all three. but you, what has given her that

extra edge to get her to sochi? >> i think when you see a young skater like michelle and farm with what polina has, look at confidence, how they step on 0 the ice, willing to give everything a try. willing to try that jump when you ask them and they're willing to land that jump and be expressive and hold that longer, i think polina has been doing that for years. this is her time to show that off at sochi. >> reporter: people have said this isn't her time, she should wait another four years. >> yes, i did hear that. she's so rezell yen and passionate. she said, now's my time. if you feel that, go for it. you've got nothing to lose. you go out and give it all. give it all you've got. get to that podium, absolutely. >> reporter: as a coach here at sharks ice what does it mean to have an olympian from here, grew up here, skating 13 of 15 years? >> it's such an honor. an honor to be on the ice here and work with all of the coaches that work with her. we're a family here. we really just support our own.

we are true team polina. we just want her to just have her moment out there and have fun and do it. do it for us. cheering you on. >> reporter: love the button there. up here, stanley's bar, which very soon they're going to start viewing party. we have been hearing that polina would be on around 7:30, 7:45. now hearing maybe 8:30 local time. whatever the time, there's supporters up there. also, she dances in town. so her local dance is also having a viewing party. polina edmunds, san jose girl, 15 years old be making olympics debut in the women's short program in sochi. >> bob, we should say, this bar where they're having the viewing party open to anybody. you tonight don't are to be 21. >> we've taken the kids. big family place. it will be fun. it will fill it up. exciting to see little girls out there. you can catch all of the olympic

excitement here on nbc bay area 3:00. gold medal finals and 5,000 meters and women's speedskating, team sprint in men's and women's cross-country. >> tonight in prime time, 8:00, we have the gold medal finals in, giant slalom men's ski, women's bobsled, parallel giant slalom in men's snowboarding and short program in lady's figure skating. that's where we'll see polina. >> exciting. check the forecast one last time with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. look who showed up for the forecast. that's right. we love her so much. we have little polina masks and these are so awesome. you go, girl. temperatures today are looking good. starting out in the 50s. we're headed towards the 60s. i wanted to show you all of your various microclimates because this picture tells the story. we are clearing from north to south. that's why in the north bay over the golden gate bridge we're getting that beautiful blue sky. we still have clouds lingering

over the east bay peninsula and south bay. slated to clear out by 10:00 a.m. full forecast every 15 minutes through the "today" show. >> go, polina. we need this one car to go. it's moving slowly westbound across 92 toward the foster city exist off the high-rise. that's the reason things are gumming up from the hayward side, look at traffic westbound, away from us. we see it moving smoothly across the flat section. watch the high-rise back up. add a few minutes across from hayward towards foster city. map will show you that things are getting busy here off of 238. head south on 880 from 238 on maps, speed sensors show a slowdown here coming off the castro valley y and gumming up westbound. because of the slow rolling vehicle. northbound routes starting to get more crowded but not as bad as we see on a wednesday. things are holding off, guys. >> that's what's happening "today in the bay." back live 7:25 with a live

update. >> join me at 11:00. >> that's how they do those jumps. >> oh. >> i need that. hold me up on the ice. >> go, polina. >> have a great day, everybody. good morning. city under siege. new violence between police and protesters in the ukrainian capital. at least 25 people killed, more than 240 injured. and nbc's richard engel is there in the middle of it all. it's happened again. another nine people injured by severe turbulence overnight. this time, on a plane from san francisco to hong kong. solid gold, ted ligety dominates on the slopes this morning to win the giant slalom while david wise celebrates victory in the olympic debut of halfpi