closure. the two men accused of attacking the south bay paramedic back in court where they are expected to take a plea deal. >> plus, new violence in the you crane overnight. how it's impacting the olympics hours ago one competitor at the olympics dropped out of competition in support of these protesters. we'll tell you what we learned. >> and good morning to you. we're starting without a little bit of low cloud cover. not a lot. today we warm you up into the 70s. beach weather returns and then we get hammered by rain. lots to go over in your full forecast. >> including some folks going over the san mateo bridge which moves smoothly on the east bay side. a crash on the peninsula. we'll talk about where that is and what connectors that might affect coming up. >> let's take a live look outside this morning. golden gate bridge, folks making their way across the span. it's thursday, february 20th, this is "today in the bay."

good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we begin with the two men accused of severely beating giants fan and south bay paramedic bryan stow. sources tell nbc news the men may take plea deals admitting to at least some of the guilt, as early as this morning. bob redell live in santa cruz where stow is still recovering from the attack at his family's home. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning. an attack that left bryan stow brain damaged and unable to care for himself. the two men accused in that attack, the two dodgers fans, accused of putting him in that situation are expected to accept plea deals in a los angeles courtroom for allegedly attacking stow outside dodger stadium in march of 2011. this was just after the opening day game between the giants and the dodgers. according to nbc news, one of the suspects louie sanchez would plead guilty either all, some or a reduced version of the charges, you see there listed on

the screen. in exchange for eight years in state prison. and his co-defendant, marvin norwood, would agree to serve four years in state prison. again, this is not final with regards to the plea deal. a decision would be made in the courtroom. that hearing expected to start at 8:30 this morning in los angeles. after those sentences assuming they do have this plea deal go through the feds are expected to charge each man with a weapons crime since police did search norwood's home the day he was arrested and found them in illegal possession of a gun. sanchez is reportedly drunk at the time, that day three years ago. allegedly got into a shoving match with stow in the park lot after the game. both went their separate ways, then later was another confrontation, this time sanchez allegedly sucker punched stow and norwood, his sister's boyfriend at the time, joined in on the beating, allegedly fracturing stow's skull. stow is a paramedic, recovers at

home here in santa cruz. his family has posted an update on valentine's day. saying that not much has changed since the last update posted late september, that stowe's physical and mental struggles leave him exhausted. we recently shaved bryan's head and it was shocking to see the damage to his skull, seeing him stare at himself in the mirror was heartbreaking. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, bob. the criminal case may be winding to a close, there is still a civil case in court. stow's family file add civil suit against the former owner of the dodgers, frank mccord among others. the suit alleges negligence on the part of stadium security and liability and negligent hiring. the civil trial was supposed to start last month but was delayed when the judge presiding said he was reassigned and a new judge will have to be chosen. we'll have an update on our website as well nbcbayarea.com. search bryan stow, we'll have

the latest details in our next newscast tonight. >> now to a story developing in ukraine. more protesters were killed as violence raged in kiev. a new truce has begun to crumble. you have a live look at independence square in kiev, the scare has been the center of the capitol there for hundreds of years and the center of fighting sin protests began. nbc's richard engel is in kiev, reports seeing police running away from positions around independence square. he saw police kill at least two protesters, in fighting, saw at least 20 serious injuries. engle is right there in the midst of it. he reports seeing people using pieces of wood to drag their injured into makeshift field hospitals including one at a luxury hotel. at least 28 people are now dead, hundreds have been hurt. the crisis in ukraine has forced one olympian to withdraw

from the competition. early this morning a ukrainian alpine skier withdrew as a show of solidarity. she posted on her facebook page. the olympic committee says she is the only member of the ukraine team to withdraw from competition. >> no bow out for san jose's polina edmunds. tonight she competes in the final round. >> it's going to be so exciting to see. she showed so much poise on the ice. i think they called her what -- >> iron butterfly. >> exactly. her beautiful yellow out there. we're going to check in with janelle wang in sochi coming up in a bit to talk about polina's performance. and hear all of the support we've seen in the bay area. >> it's so much fun to have this one person from san jose, our girl, that's right we have lots of olympic coverage, it starts early actually this morning at 9:00. we're going to have gold medal final in women's hockey, usa versus canada. we'll also have the men's

freestyle skiing competition. >> in prime time at 8:00 gold medal finals in ladies figure skating, the half-pipe in women's freestyle skiing and the men's freestyle ski cross. >> who knows it better than janelle wang. she is in sochi this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good afternoon to you, scott and laura. in front of the iceberg, polina edmunds told me she wanted to skate cleanly and she did. she skated beautifully last night but lacked a bit of speed and components to get higher up. she is currently in seventh place after the short program. but what a sight to see her on olympic ice last night. she appeared to be enjoying the moment. she was poised like a young lady but also happy and giddy like her 15-year-old self. if the teenager had nerves you couldn't tell at all. >> i was kind of thinking like when they announced my name and

i stepped on the ice my opening position is in the middle of the ice rink so i was standing on the olympic rings and i was telling myself to enjoy it because no matter what happens i'm at the olympics so. >> reporter: her entire family was in the stands at the iceberg, mother, father, two brothers cheering her on. after she skated she had a message for the bay area. >> i just want to say thank you for all of your support and your belief in me and really carrying me flew the competition. >> reporter: there is a lot of support in the bay area especially in the south bay where the teen is a sophomore at archbishop middy high school. several watch parties to cheer her on including at sharks ice where she trains and practices. edmunds is half russian. her mother is russian. it's been a joy to come back here, she can speak and understand people so it's been fun for her and her family. as for her chance of medaling i spoke to kristi yamaguchi about

that. she says it is going to be slim but polina has done so well, she has a bright future ahead and i'm sure we'll see her in four years at the next winter games. we're going to speak with polina's family before she skates in part 2, the long free program, coming up tonight in a bit. reporting from the sochi games, janelle wang, "today in the bay." >> we'll look forward to hearing from her family. got to be excited and proud. >> tonight to her is tonight because it's 5:00 in the evening there. we'll hear it real soon. >> check in with the forecast right now. >> you know what happened yesterday? all i heard was, she's on! laura garcia-cannon. 44 degrees in the east bay. 47 in san francisco. later on today we'll be in the 60s and 70s so comfortable conditions out there. really getting into this warming trend as we head through the next couple days. if you've been missing that

beach weather you've got to love our beautiful beaches, you get it the next couple days. of course as usual santa cruz is the warmest. the most sunshine that's where you want to go. 70 degrees. not bad at half moon bay. mid-60s for you. pacifica also, mid-60s. we'll see the upper 60s out at stinson beach. then as we head through next week i hate to put these two words together, oh, i like it because we're in a drought, atmospheric river. it's back in the forecast. unfortunately a lot of rain coming in at one time not always a great thing but at least i can time it out for you. here is mike inouye and your morning drive. >> the atmosphere river sometimes causes roadway rivers. we'll watch that as well. the bay bridge moves smoothly, stream of lights, it's lit up. smooth into the city from the east bay. we look at the maps, san francisco side, approach with the arrow, nicely into the city. south 28, before you get to 3ite reports of a car that hit the

guardrail. no major injuries but flashing lights. slowing because of distraction. smooth across the san mateo and the dumbarton bridges, 92 and 84. we look to the fremont side, the construction that had mission boulevard off ramp closed reopened now. the south end of fremont, the north end of milpitas where you are a lot of lights at a gas station, perhaps you can tell me why. >> why, yes, mike, i think we could. it's a ticket, not a million dollar ticket, it's a multi-million-dollar ticket. we don't know who won so far, but somebody has won $425 million in the lottery. >> can you imagine waking up to that. we know where it was sold. christie smith live in milpitas at the store where it was sold. pretty exciting, christie. we're at work today. >> reporter: yeah. i tried hard but i was not the winner. you know t the winner could be any one because this chevron station sits along the 880

corridor. i spoke with the gentleman working, their phone is ringing off the hook. he doesn't know but did confirm that machine you see right there, that's the one where the winning ticket came from. it could be a regular or someone passing through but they had the incredible fortune of turning $2 into $425 million at the chevron food mart near dixon landing road. don't know if it's the only winner because there are 44 lottery jurisdictions. the numbers 17, 49, 54, 35, 1, and the powerball 34. and the retailer gets a million bucks just for selling that ticket. >> mr. sing. it's mr. sing. >> mr. sing now has something to sing about. he's going to get a million dollars. >> reporter: the two other tickets matched five number, and they were sold in el segundo the

other in modesto. the closest office to claim the prize to us is in hayward and back live if that person for some reason were to show up here, i wanted to show you what it looks like. there is just a crush of media here about every parking space taken by a television truck hoping that person might pass by f. they do we would love to talk with them. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> talk, i want to be their best friend. even bigger than the powerball, mountain view tech company hits the jackpot. >> plus, how a best selling novelist helping out book sellers. star command, i'm detecting increof happiness. ...and the speed readings are off the chart!

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up. >> remember those wild pigs at the golf and country trub in san jose. it appears they are moving in on other parts of the city. there is a new report in silver creek where a pig wandered into a kitchen through an open back door. san jose allowed a temporary measure to allow hunters to trap and shoot the pigs in city limits. the ordinance will stay in place until december when council members will decide if it will be permanent. as the pigs i suppose. the best selling novelist james paterson giving away part of his personal fortune. he has start add program to give away $1 million to more than 50 stores across the country. he says with the invention of the e-book the future of brick and mortar stores are in peril. the new york times reports among the shops getting funding is book passage in marin and san francisco, and hicklebee's.

it's expected to use the money to buy a new computer system. great. remembering the little guy. >> and i do love hicklebee's. >> let's check in with christina. >> i like hearing you say hicklebee's. >> there are shenanigans at hicklebee's. >> we've got good weather for you. nobody's going to call shenanigans on this forecast. i can tell you we've got something for everybody. 5:17 now. take you outside, show you san jose. nice clear start to the day. no fog to report. which a lot of people, you think about the rain we picked up yesterday, we didn't pick up a lot but what happens is high pressure comes in, compresses that moisture and typically we do get fog. this morning we're getting off easy. i think tomorrow we'll have a little fog. 71 in the east bay, 68 along the peninsula. a lot of kids are still off this week for ski week. look at this. if you have the kids home with you, you didn't take them to tahoe take them to the beach the next couple days, great looking

days ahead through this weekend we're going to hold onto the 70s. san francisco in the mid-60s, then monday things start to change. our temperatures stead we the clouds will increase as that atmospheric river returns to the bay area. next week overall looking very active. we're talking about major moisture coming our way. and really, really talking about measuring this rain in inches. this is the weather game changer, this is what happened a couple weeks ago. that's what we expect again so. we'll keep you updated. potentially six feet of snow on the way to tahoe. i love it. let's check the drive. >> let's take a look. first of all the map shows you the bay area of an easy drive. you expect that this time, as christina is talking about some of the south bay school district calls it ski week, whatever you do you have the week off in the south bay school traffic is slow, very easy. through this area yesterday we had a crash right around here, highway 85 at 28 and that caused

a backup into downtown. 280 north and 85 and 87 really slow because of folks trying to find another route. we expect a lighter flow again. a smooth drive out of the tri-valley, start of the build out of livermore. pretty typical for 580. by this arrow, the live camera in dublin and see the volume of traffic coming up. see how we have traffic flowing, there is the commute direction. good spacing, passing el charo. not a major concern. we'll see this change. highway 4 will get a slowdown. right now a little bit through antioch. and the rest of the east bay approach to the bay bridge no problems. richmond/san rafael, at speed a. look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the stall has cleared. back to you. >> for "the tonight show" debut

week jimmy fallon bringing back a favorite with a twist. >> brian williams rapping the news and he gets an assist from another veteran nbc news anchor. take a look. >>cy said hip to the hip hip-hop you don't stop to the bang, bang, up jump the beeg to the rhythm. what you hear is not a hit. i'm rapping to the beat. and me and my friends are going to try to move your feet. see i am wonder, i like to say hello. to the black to the white, the red and the brown, the purple and yellow. first i got to bang, bang, the boogie to the bang, bang. rock, you don't stop. that will make your body rock. well so far you heard my voice but i brought two friends along. next on the mike there is my man hank. sing that song.

>> you know by the tone of the mission up held and why. i dress to a t, i got more clothes than mohammed. i dress so viciously. everybody go hotel motel what you gonna do today. drive off. everybody go hotel motel holiday. say if you're a girl starts acting up you make her friend. >> wow. my goodness. >> that's so much work. >> years of work. years of work. >> well done. >> i don't know that there is anything else to talk about today. if we had to, the time now is 5:21. actually women's hockey, that's what we're talking about. going for gold in sochi. we'll get a preview coming up.

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welcome back to you laes night at sochi. not just in figure skating. the the women compete in one of the most anticipated match-up of these olympic games, hockey. >> that includes the gold medal game between team usa and canada. let's go live to janelle wang. no love lost between these two teams really. >> reporter: oh, man. this is like the biggest rivalry. usa and canada. it's happening right behind me there at the arena. it's a huge rivalry. usa and canada compete for the gold medal. the game at 9:00 from now and you can watch it live on our station. every gold medal game since women's hockey debuted in 1998 has come down to usa and canada. america won the inaugural game but canada won every one since.

the american women say the past is the past. >> this is our moment. it's not to think about what happened in the past and not to think about okay, maybe what happens in the future. what can we do tomorrow. that's what we're focused on we're so excite we'd earned our slot into the gold medal game. it's our turn to earn a gold medal. >> we worked four years for this one moment. 60 minutes of hockey for us to achieve our dreams. >> reporter: you can see the gold medal game live on nbc bay area. our coverage starts at 9:00 a.m. up on the slopes, look out for the half-pipe free skiers, the women's turn. david wise won gold on tuesday. we're keeping our eyes on maddie bowman and brita sigourney. they are each other's biggest competitors but also best friends and roommates here. and they told me it's the other

one wasn't here they would be so lonely without them. so they are also each other's biggest support system. so a big day here for northern california athletes and a big night for hockey. i just -- the famous white sochi bear. i have not seen the bear in two weeks and i'm leaving. i'm going after the bear and taking a picture. okay. bye! >> get the bear. >> we can't wait to see it. she's really gone. >> stay on this. as she jumps the sidewalk thing. >> can't wait to see. >> chasing that bear. >> the u.s. men's hockey team gearing up for a showdown of their own. >> it's a rematch of the gold medal game, americans looking for payback after losing four years ago in sudden death overtime. features three san jose players. jo pavelski against his nhl teammate patrick marlow and mark

vlasic. >> you can check out our website to find out all of the cool things that are going on at the olympics. nbcbayarea.com, an olympics tab up there, click on it. >> 5:27. bay area lottery player now a mul multimillionaire. at least we think. could be somebody passing through. >> or several somebodies. >> we're going to tell you about the winning powerball ticket sold in the south bay coming up next. >> we've got a winning forecast for you as well. whether you want the warmth or the rain, we got it all in the next seven days. partly cloudy now. temps in the mid-50s. we'll tell you how warm it's going to be where you live coming up. >> looking on the peninsula, smooth drive for 101, a tough drive south through palo alto yesterday. talking about the east bay as well. traffic starts to build. okay. let's train like it's race day. what's up ted?

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>> a possible plea deal. the men accused of attacking giants fan bryan stow nearly three years ago have reportedly made a deal with prosecutors. what they are expected to admit to next. >> new fallout after dozens of south bay paramedics are accused of paying for cpr certification without taking the proper course. >> guess what? you can give your heat area break. temperatures are going to warm into the 70s and we're going to stay nice and warm all weekend long. then the free car wash moves in. the atmospheric river returns. how much rain we're expecting next week. >> as i drive my car that says wash me on the back, 880 moves smoothly through oakland. what you don't want to come across on the road coming up. >> a live look outside at the embarcadero, today is thursday, february 20th, this is "today in the bay." >> a very good morning to you.

thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. sources tell nbc news the men accused of attacking a giants fan at dodger stadium may take plea deals as early as this morning. bob redell is live in santa cruz where south bay paramedic bryan stow is still recovering from that attack. bob. >> reporter: good morning, scott. it's a slow recovery from what we've heard from the family, bryan stow is brain damaged and unable to care for himself. the two dodgers fans accused of putting him in that situation are expected to accept plea deal this is morning in a los angeles courtroom for allegedly attacking stow outside dodger stadium in march 2011. this was after the opening day game between the giants and the dodgers. according to nbc news, one of the suspects, louie sanchez, would plead guilty either all, some or reduced version of the charges you see there listed on the screen. in exchange for eight years in

state prison. his co-defendant marvin norwood would agree to serve four years in state prison. again, this talk of a plea deal is not final. nothing is final until the decision is made in court. that hearing expected to start at 8:30 this morning. after they serve those sentences, the feds are expected to charge each man with a weapons crime since police searched norwood's home the day he was arrested and found they had a gun illegally. sanchez who was reportedly drunk at the time got into a shoving match with stow in the parking lot after the game, both went their separate ways, then later was another confrontation, this time sanchez allegedly sucker punched stow, and norwood, his sister's boyfriend, joined in on the beating, fracturing stow's skull. stow who was a paramedic as you mentioned recovers here at his home in santa cruz. his family posted an update on the family website posted last week. saying that not much has changed

since the last update posted late september. his physical and mental struggles leave him exhausted at the end of the day. i read you a quote from the site. the family saying we recently shaved brian's head and it was shocking to see the damage to his skull. seeing him stare at himself in the mirror was heartbreaking. reporting live here in santa cruz, bob redell, "today in the bay." thank you, bob. to a story developing in ukraine. more protesters were killed overnight as violence raged on in kiev as newly established truce began to crumble. a live look at independence square in kiev. the square has been the center of the capitol life there for hundreds of years, the center of fighting since the protest began. you can see some activity there. richard engel is in kiev and reports seeing police running away from their positions around independence square this morning. he saw police kill at least two protesters in the fighting and saw at least 20 serious

injuries. he reports seeing people use pieces of wood to drag injured into field houses, including one in a luxury hotel. at least 28 people have died, hundreds have been hurt. >> the livermore golf pro accused of molesting three of his young students expected to enter a plea in court today. andrew nisbit faces 75 charges for reportedly abusing three boys he was teaching. he was a popular golf coach, worked with kids on several courses. he was arrested in december in livermore. the victims say the abuse began back in 2009. >> 5:34. this morning dozens of bay area ambulance workers who faked their professional credentials have been fired by the santa clara company they worked for. peggy is here to show us why it might not be the end of the disciplinary action. >> reporter: you have a medical

emergency and want to know the paramedics know what they are doing, that was not the case at the rule ambulance company. workers were fired for allegedly buying credentials. they must take a cpr course every two years, that will cost two to four hours, not too much time. rural metro ambulance learned that saefrl of their paramedics were buying the certification card from a local instructor who was selling them without having to do the work. >> it appears as though the training that we would expect them to have gone through was not completed, and that there was financial transactions completed to get a cpr card. >> reporter: after rural metro investigated the initial claims, 24 workers admitted they rece e received those cards without taking the course. they were fired. in addition to faking the certifications the 24 individuals also had a history

of disciplinary actions with the company which contributed to their dismissal. we are still waiting to find out what punishment, if any tcpr instructor will face. this was sort of what he did as a matter of course. >> thank you very much, peggy. >> let's check in with christina loren talking about an atmospheric river. sounds like it's going to bring snow and great stuff. >> it is. you know what, we really, really need it. the one thing we don't need is for it to come in all at once. we've got three storm systems back to back next week, really want to make you aware of that. let's start with what we expect today. morning low clouds. sun rise at 6:54. through the day today you're going to notice the warming trend begins. throughout the evening hours sun sets at 5:53. we'll see the breeze pick up. temperatures comfortable for next few days. you'll notice that at the bottom of your screen. it's a little bit chilly.

we have botchy fog to tell you about. i'm going to tell you now this fog isn't going to last long. along u.s. 1, you can see who i pictured, not a lot of low cloud cover so looking pretty good this morning. let's check on the drive, see how we're doing. here is our mike inouye. >> we'll take you from the coast to the east bay, 880 northbound. past the coliseum with the taillights toward high street. you see a smooth flow of traffic. a good number of cars, no surprise for 5:37 in the morning. the map will show you where we're watching. warning folks about a tire in lanes. you don't want to hit that. i don't know if the rim is on the tire. either way you don't want to come across that. a round robin. chp goes back and forth to slow down traffic while another squad can remove that. here in the south bay more debris, eastbound 237 out of santa clara and into milpitas.

we have garbage across lanes, sound likes someone dropped a garbage bag. note that it is there out of mill peep into zanker. we'll get a look, end with palo alto 101 along the peninsula. no delays. >> someone in the bay area waking up a multimillionaire because he or she bought the winning ticket for last night's powerball drawing. >> christie smith is live at a store where the $425 million winning ticket was sold. the owners got to be winners themselves. >> reporter: that's right. they get a cut. you have to wonder if this lucky person even knows it dwlaet they are a multimillionaire. sometimes these get tucked away in drawers. what we can tell you is that lucky ticket came from this lottery machine you see right there. printed off that kikt for two bucks. $425 million sold at the dixon

landing chevron in milpitas. they matched every number and the powerball number of 34, don't know yet if this is only big winner. there are 44 other lottery jurisdictions but a lot of folks around here dying to see if they are suddenly brich. >> i don't know if he bought it here. we'll see. i may be the next millionaire. >> are you suspicious your friend bought the ticket, find out they are winners and doesn't need you any more? >> he better not do that. i know where he lives. i'll hunt him down. >> reporter: two other california tickets matched five of the numbers in modesto and elsa goon do. the retailer as we mentioned they get a cut, $1 million just for selling that lucky ticket. now, it's not likely that the winner would show up here. they would probably go to the

nearest office to cash in, that would be in hayward. if they were to show up here i want to show you what the front door looks like. all the media, i mean like maybe 10, 12, they keep showing up. they would have a lot of friends out here if they did show up. >> i'd be headed to my financial planner's office first. new security measures expected to greet fans at oracle arena. >> and san jose's polina edmunds in the top 10. we'll tell you what other bay area -- what the bay area olympic darling has to say about the performance coming up. if janelle caught up with that bear. almond.

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competitions takes place in a couple hours. >> we are talking about the women's figure scath finals and san jose's polina edmunds in the running. let's go back live to janelle wang. she is live in olympic park outside the iceberg skating palace in russia. how is it going out there? >> reporter: it's getting a little busier. people arriving to the iceberg, competition begins about an hour and 15 minutes. 24 ladies advance from last night's short program including all three american ladies, they will skate in the free program. we'll know who will win gold. right now in first place in the lead is korea's yuna kim. russia's is in second. she is a dark horse. has a history of making mistakes in the free skate. then italy's kostner is in third. gracie gold is in fourth,

followed by ashley wagner in sixth and polina edmunds in seventh. i spoke with kristi yamaguchi about their performances last night. >> polina is exciting to watch. ashley was solid and gracie gold sits in fourth so she is in striking distance of the podium for sure. >> reporter: yes. striking distance. in order for gracie gold to medal the top three have to make some flubs and possibly mistakes. for polina edmunds, it's a slim chance but we're rooting for her. christie says this girl has such a golden and bright future ahead. hi, how are you? hello. i have a visitor who came to say hi. you are so adorable. you want to say anything? the kids are so cute. sorry. had to say hi. we're going to watch polina skate. her family is going to speak to me in about 10 minutes, they are

helping their daughter get ready for tonight's preskate and try to chat with me quickly. for the bear, the last shot i ran after the sochi bear as hard as i could and when i got there, there was a line to take a picture with the sochi bear. and i didn't have time. so i took a picture of the bear. isn't he cute. he goes to all of the events. he hangs out everywhere. it's hard to track him down. when i saw him i made a run for it. at least i got to see him in person. i'm determined to get a picture before i leave. >> on that no doubt you will. >> you are driven. >> compete in the summer olympics in the sprinting category. >> thank you. we'll look forward to that interview with polina's family. the prime time coverage for this skate, ladies figure skating, starts at 8:00 tonight. we'll have the gold medal finals in half-pipe women's freestyle skiing and men's free style

skicross. >> and women's hockey, usa versus canada. we'll also have the men's free style skiing competition. a lot of fun. >> speaking of skiing, lots of snow headed to tahoe. you said six feet. >> i think it's definitely possible. i think it's possible after we get to the end of next week into the weekend to be up to 50% of average snowpack. which isn't fantastic but much better. you know it was looking really dismal out there with little patches of snowfall. now they have got lots. and it's ski week so hey, you want to head up there, looking good for that though it will be warm. let's take you out and show you what we are working with this morning. temperatures are mostly in the 50s out there. we're 54 in the south bay. 52 in the peninsula, san francisco is mild at about 56 degrees. as we head throughout day, temperatures will be able to climb quickly with the big ridge of high pressure firmly in place. so as we head throughout the day today, i want to take it right to your hour by hour forecast for san jose. as you leave the house you

probably want to put on a light jacket or sweater. by lunch time, 62 degrees. you can ditch that first layer once you head out for lunch. by the time you get ready to leave from work for home, temperatures are going to be comfortable. 66 degrees in san jose. so a nice looking day. if opportunity 70s in livermore and also out in santa cruz. it's going to be warm out there. forecasting about about 69 degrees in the north bay. your seven-day forecast is here at the bottom of your screen. you'll notice the warming trend into the weekend. i want to show you the temperature trend for the peninsula. into the next couple days, temperatures comfortable. room temperature is 72. that's where you'll be by sunday. then everything changes as we head into next week. the beginning of next week. i want to make sure you're aware of this because we're going to have a comfortable weekend, then by monday the changes arrive. atmospheric river looks like it's shaping up. this is the weather game changer. the pineapple express, what we

need are storm systems to ride along the river and bring all of that moisture into the bay area. we've got three headed our way next week so. i always like to keep you two steps ahead of the storm system. this one arrives, looks like the rain tuesday into wednesday. want to keep this in mind. you might want to postpone that trip for the next couplend withes. let's check your drive. good morning to mike inouye. >> we'll see you. might have a cold coming on. planning ahead. over near the peninsula moves smoothly. don't tell anybody. we're looking at a smooth drive. here 101 northbound and 87 northbound, sudden slowing through the south bay. this is early, we don't typically expect this dramatic before 6:00 so i'll track that. no incidents reported. to the slowing here west 580 out of the altamont pass approaching the dublin interchange. also we may have a change to the traffic flow around the bay because of a tough drive yesterday. an easier flow, folks have the ski week, some weeks off for the

south bay school that disrupts the traffic flow because of the businesses that change in the south bay. past the earlier car that was on the shoulder. a bus in a minor accident. no passengers on board. that has cleared around 29th. again, no injuries and no people on board other than the driver. a smooth flow of traffic from the oakland area. your speeds along the east shore freeway. at the maze as well. all in the green zone. no problems, the cash lanes starting to build. 101 through san rafael, an easy drive as well. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. 5:4 mine. a neighborhood in sunnyville coming together in hopes of warding off an arsonist who hit the same house more than once. the house south of el camino real has been set on fire three times in two years. the latest happened last week and spread to homes around it.

the arsonist struck in 2012 while the family was in voncation. the next two happened while the home was being rebuilt. one neighbor wants to know why the family is targeted and says she is taking action in case the attacks are not over. >> we're going to put motion detectors so i think we're all trying to stand together and see if we can scare this person away. >> they do not think any one else is at risk. the family who owns the home is considering selling instead of rebuilding. >> the alameda county sheriff's office will use dogs to patrol oracle arena before and after and even during all home warriors games starting tonight. a spokesperson says the canine sweeps will be an important part of the arena safety plan. mayor chuck reed to give his final state of the city address. he will talk about the issues and opportunities facing the city this year, his son alex will introduce his father in the

final address. this will be held 0 at the convention center 6:30 tonight. >> $10 billion isn't enough. the company that turned down google and score add bigger deal with facebook, next.

welcome back. one of the most jaw dropping deals, not just of this year but in the history of silicon valley took place this week. this app called what'sapp has been purchased by facebook for $19 billion. 19 billion. mostly admittedly in facebook stock. remember the world thought mark zuckerberg went too far when he bought instagram for $1 billion.

this is going to be debated for weeks. but you should know the what'sapp which follows the free text messaging like imessage is popular outside of the united states. but the mind boggling price tag aside it is a neat victory for the two guys who made it. one was a ukrainian immigrant and san jose state drop-out. the other was turned down for jobs at twitter and ironically at facebook. brian wrote in 2009 facebook turn immediate down. it was a great opportunity to connect with fantastic people. looking forward to life's next adventure so. facebook turns him down, then this week paid $19 billion to get him back to the office. >> wow, that's a pretty penny. to the sochi games where the u.s. women's hockey team just about three hours from their gold medal game against canada. two teams met in every gold medal match since women's hockey was added to the winter olympics

in 1998. the u.s. looking for a little revenge after canada won the last one in vancouver in 2010. president obama just met with canadian -- canada's prime minist minister. he said jokingly relations are strained even in the current state ever affairs. >> i will note i think we're going to have both the men's hockey teams and the women's hockey teams battling it out, so for a very brief period of time i may not feel as warm toward canadians as i usually do, at least until those are over. >> the game will air here. you can see it live starting this morning here at 9:00 a.m. an american man turned russian is the latest gold medal winner in snowboarding parallel event. dick well became a russian citizen almost three years ago when he married a russian snowboarder. it turned his career around culminating in gold yesterday. his wife ailina won bronze in

the women's event. >> in the spirit of the winter olympics the sharks and the earthquakes go head to head in curling. the match open to the public will be at sharks ice in san jose at 1:30, facility also homes the bay area curling club which currently has 150 members. >> they always get more after the olympics. like i'll try that. >> i can sweep. >> let's check in with christina. good morning. >> good morning to you. i know how to work a swiffer. temperatures are going to end up in the 50s. people are going to think about spring cleaning. this weekend is a good weekend to do so. comfortable conditions. we're going to stay in the 70s inland and the mid-60s at the coast. then everything changes. we'll tell you where we could be measuring the rain in inches next week coming up. right now first let's check your drive. he's got his spring cleaning done, i'm sure. >> oh, what cleaning i do in

spring, yes, it's done. looking here to 101, my wife is very clean though. this is a slowdown we saw. the reason for this, the a ha moment. a crash at oakland road through that stretch causing a backup for 101. we'll end with this map and back to you. >> 5:57. south bay's polina edmunds taking the world by storm. the 15-year-old in great position. we're live with the details. >> sochi is not the only place people are hitting the slopes. the sierra, fresh powder, we're going to get a live snow report on how things are looking. >> new video in, a church collapses with people inside including children.

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>> a shocking twist in the bryan stow beating case. nbc news the first to report the suspects plan to admit their guilt in exchange for shorter sentences. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. it was a brutal attack that left giants fan bryan stow with life long brain damage and now nearly three years after that beating, the suspects may change their pleas to guilty. bob redell is live in stow's hometown with exclusive details. >> reporter: yes, here in his hometown where bryan stow is recovering, scott, again from brain damage, unable to take care of himself, there are two men who authorities say are responsible for putting him in that situation. they are expected to accept plea deal this is morning. in under three hours in a los angeles courtroom for allegedly attacking stow outside a dodgers stadium in march 2011 after the opening day game