ht? [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] switch to u-verse and add a wireless receiver today. ♪ good morning. i'm kris sanchez. coming up on "today in the bay" a man hunt for a gunman who ended with a san francisco police officer firing his gun. a high speed chase through several counties. we'll show you where police finally caught up with that car full of suspects. the search for the missing malaysian airlines plane continues this morning. what officials think might have happened before losing contact. and looking live at foster city this morning where the rain will return to the bay area. rob will show us when and where to expect those showers. this is "today in the bay."

we are waking up this morning with lots of lights in the sky and paying for that spring forward in a very dear way. thanks so much for joining us. we're a little sleepy this morning. i hope that you are awake because you wanted to this morning. let's start with rob who has a look at that forecast. >> the forecast this morning, we do have some clouds moving across the bay area. at times today we will see, i think at least, a few sprinkles out of it. best bet up towards the north bay. the main event for the rain should hold off till a bit later on tonight into monday. if you're going to travel up northward today, quite a bit of rain coming down. that's where the downpours will be during the day. bay area sitting on the outer fringe of the system through the afternoon. right now 50s and 60s outside. very mild start to the morning as you can see around most locations. now, as we get into the afternoon we will see those temperatures climb up into the low 70s. around san jose, east bay toward pleasantton and livermore, you'll see temperatures climb up.

north bay looking at showers. coming up we'll let you know how much rain we're expecting from the system for the bay area and a big time warmup in the seven day forecast, too. coming up in a few minutes. kris? we begin with breaking news this morning. the man hunt for a suspect in an officer involved shooting ends in a high speed car chase overnight. eventually three arrests. this is the scene just a few hours ago. you can see the suspect's vehicle, a white mercedes, surrounded by flashing lights and caution tape, lots of officers. the car is now considered evidence in the san francisco police officer shooting. police say the chase ended at 12:30 this morning at the gas n shop gas station on mckee road near 101. that's in san jose. the wild chase spanned several counties including santa clara, alameda, solano and contra costa county. investigators got tips leading them to that white mercedes. officers followed the car toward the east bay before11:00 last night. deputies tried to stop the car

in rich mand but the suspects got away. fortunately despite the length of that high speed chase, there were no collisions and no one was injured. the shooting happened just before 3:00 yesterday afternoon when two officers responded to a malicious mischief call. san francisco police say they pulled over a car matching the suspects' vehicle near the intersection of 25th street and florida in san francisco's mission district. that's when they say a witness told them one of the officers was approaching the car, called them over. officer was approaching the car, shots were fired, hitting the officer in the left shoulder. the 28-year-old officer is a six-year veteran and has undergone surgery. is expected to be okay. more details on bay area police officers shot in the line of duty recently. earlier this year a b.a.r.t. police officer was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow officer in dublin. in january 2013 an oakland police officer was shot in the

leg while chasing down a suspect. and just a week before that, another oakland officer was wounded while doing undercover surveillance. we will continue to follow this breaking story throughout the day for you. we'll bring you the latest details tonight at 5:00 on nbc bay area news. you can also check our website, nbcbayarea.com for the latest details there. right now prayers for the passengers and the crew of the missing malaysia airlines jet. a crowd is starting to join the buddhist, hindu and muslim faith leaders in prayer at kwal la lum purr airport. it comes at a time when hope is starting to fade more than 36 hours after losing contact with the plane. there's still no sign of the flight or debris. the plane was en route to beijing and lost contact with ground control somewhere between malaysia and vietnam shortly after taking off from kuala lumpur friday morning.

malaysia's air force chief says a military radar indicates that the missing plane may have turned back before vanishing with 239 people onboard. authorities are now investigating at least two passengers who may have been using false identity documents. while the search continues, malaysia airlines says family members of the passengers should prepare themselves for the worst. >> after more than 30 hours without any contact with the aircraft, we believe family members should prepare themselves for the worst. >> this shouldn't be happening. this shouldn't happen to us. so -- but, i mean, it happens to a lot of people so, you know, we understand when it finally happens to you. >> that was phillip woods' younger brother, 50-year-old wood was one of three americans onboard that missing flight. so far no wreckage has been found, although oil slicks were spotted in the sea south of vietnam. last year's crash at sfo was

the first deadly crash of a boeing 777. we're digging deeper into the boeing 777. it has a very good safety record. boeing has delivered more than 1,000 aircraft since 1995. the national transportation safety board, the ntsb, has logged fewer than 60 incidents involving this model since 1997. according to the ntsb most of them were minor incidents. it is one of the popular models for boeing because it can fly extremely long distances. some flights as long as 16 hours. authorities are investigating what may have forced a san francisco bound plane to make an emergency landing in hawaii this weekend. japan airlines flight number 2 made it to honolulu international airport yesterday afternoon just after 1:00 hawaiian time. this is a photo of the plane on the tarmac from our sister station in honolulu. according to the pilot, there was a hydraulic issue with the boeing 787, the dreamliner. the plane had 171 people onboard including staff. but they all made it off the

aircraft safely. in oakland, a man is dead after a fire swept through his apartment. oakland firefighters say the residential fire started on santa clara avenue just north of lake merit around 2:00 yesterday morning. the victim only identified as a 32-year-old man. investigators say the fire may have started in the kitchen, but they're still trying to figure out the exact cause. in monterey county, more than a dozen cats and kittens are recovering after being found in terrible and unsafe living conditions. take a look at this picture here. this is what the monterey county humane society found. a mobile home covered with feces and urine. and it had an active sewage leak as well. investigators say that's where they rescued ten cats and seven tiny kittens from a woman who was living in that camper. the cats are now being treated for a number of health issues. the suspect faces multiple counts of animal abuse. an executive order by

president obama will expand the california coastal national monument. his executive order on tuesday will add the point arena public lands. this is the first onshore property included in the monument, adding up to 1,600 acres. the monument was originally established to protect islands, reefs and marine land habitats. this marks the tenth time the president has used his executive power to expand a national monument. still ahead on "today in the bay" -- for the very first time, an inside look at the billion dollar project that will connect parts of san francisco underground. we'll show you a part of the city you've never seen before. plus, one of seaworld's most popular attractions could be gone. why a california lawmaker wants to ban killer whales during the show. the paralympics are going on in russia right now. how these games are different from the olympics. pillsbury crescents -- awesome.

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good morning to you. looking live at san jose this morning. waking up to a mild start. but we can see the clouds are starting to roll in. st staybridge toll plaza. rob says we're going to see some rain today. there was song and dance at the paralympic opening ceremony. the russians putting on a show resembling the olympic ceremonies from just a few weeks back. but the crisis in ukraine has changed a lot of things and that was evident during the ceremony. the ukrainian team sent one lone athlete to carry their flag. a solitary protest against russian intervention in ukraine. the u.s. paralympic team skipped the ceremony altogether. russian competitors arrived to music that included the lyrics "good-bye usa." back here in the bay area

this is part of san francisco that the public has never seen until now. we're about to go on an underground tour of the new central subway project connecting two very different parts of san francisco. our own terry mcsweeney is our guide. >> reporter: in just a few years, instead of construction equipment coming through this tunnel, there will be muni trains transporting people between the cal train station with several stops in between. nbc bay area was there for the media's first look at the $1.5 billion project. on the other side of this is natural ground, right? >> we're north of sutter street, approximately close to the nike store. on stockton. >> reporter: the two tunnel boring machines doing this work are huge. each coming in at 750 tons. more than 100 yards long. crews keep them going 60 hours a week. they bore a few dozen feet per

day. >> i believe averaging, they're right in the 50-some-feet range. which is excellent. >> reporter: the tunnel is about 70 feet underground, except where it dips to 100 feet below ground to go under the b.a.r.t. tunnel on market street. >> this was one of the -- probably the biggest engineering challenge for this project was the b.a.r.t. drop. >> reporter: why? >> just from a complexity issue. the engineering challenge of actually building the tunnel underneath an existing, operating line. >> reporter: critics say it's way too much money. $1.6 billion for a rail line not even two miles long. the mayor says it's one of the most important projects for san francisco's future, and it's going to be here before you know it. >> construction phase will go into may. we'll retrieve the tunnel boring machine. at that point we'll continue work on the stations throughout the line. in 2018 the work will be done. in 2019 service will start.

>> that was terry mcsweeney reporting. officials say it is possible the tunnel may one day extend all the way to north beach. coming up on "today in the bay," a big screen tribute. >> he just sounded like a really incredible guy. just very, you know, charismatic and fun. just seemed like someone you would want to hang out with. >> the special honor for a south bay man who sacrificed his life to save others on september 11th. here's a view over the bay area this morning where you've got mostly cloudy skies and a few sprinkles in the forecast along with some rain. and 70-degree temperatures. pretty wild looking seven-day forecast ahead. we'll have a look at that when we come right back. [ mom ] hi, we're the pearsons, and we love chex cereal.

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last week. today is day six of the cynic west film festival in san jose. one of the most anticipated premieres is a film about a local hero. it's called "the rugby player" about a bay area man who fought back on 9/11. "today in the bay's" scott budman sat down with the film maker and that rugby player's mother. >> reporter: we now know mark bingham as a hero. >> i love you very much. >> reporter: mark, who grew up in the bay area and played rugby at cal was part of united flight 93 on 9/11. he's now the subject of a documentary film called "the rugby player." >> and he just sounded like a really incredible guy. just very, you know, charismatic and fun. seemed like someone you would want to hang out with. >> reporter: mark was an amateur filmmaker himself. much of the footage you'll see in the movie was his. >> it's wonderful to see what he has filmed. it's wonderful to see some of family members in there, too. i learned things about my son i didn't know. for example, i didn't know that

he smoked, and he did. >> reporter: the film traces mark's life. 9/11. and what he left behind. friends, family, and a legacy of a man who fought back. >> myself and other filmmakers were convinced that mark led that -- helped lead that charge. certainly. he was someone who didn't back down. stood up for himself but he also stood up for those around him. >> he was a terrific guy. i just wonder what he would be doing right now if -- if things were different and he hadn't caught that flight. >> scott budman, "today in the bay." >> a lot of what ifs. now, let's look at that forecast. rob mayeda, it's going to rain. we all want to know, when is it going to happen to me? >> for most of us by tomorrow morning. at least between midnight tonight into the early part of tomorrow morning's commute. right now a lot of clouds outside. not exactly seeing a lot of rain drops just yet. kind of an interesting view. you look from palo alto, see the

mixed clouds. mid-level clouds dropping some sprinkles aloft that really aren't quite hitting the ground. 48 in palo alto. mild temperatures around the bay area thanks to the clouds and a little southerly flow. some of the moisture out of the southwest into the bay area. the north bay actually seeing a few sprinkles here within the last three hours. up towards santa rosa you're seeing a little light rain. where most of the action will be today, far northern sonoma county heading up to the north coast. see a lot of clouds out here. this will be filtering the sun at times. with mild temperatures today we'll see with all the moisture a few passing, light showers before the frontal boundary begins to push to the south. i think that happens a little later tonight. future cast, heading into early tomorrow morning, this is when we see the rain transition out of the north bay and head south. best chance for seeing showers today should be the north bay. as we head into tonight and tomorrow morning, 3:30 a.m. see

the rain getting out of the north bay, pushing through the south bay by 5:00 a.m. perhaps impacting part of your monday commute. look how quickly things clear. by monday the evening commute looks just fine. then our skies clear and the high pressure system really starts to kick in. the system not expected to bring much rain. except if you're tuning in around ukaiya and lake port. see how it fizzles out through parts of the south bay. most of this coming down later tonight on into the very first half of monday. once the system clears we're going to see the opposite take hold. high pressure building in. fairly strong, at least. so as it builds up and over the west coast we could get gusty winds at times monday night. maybe another round coming in for thursday. the storm track going way off to the north. as you see in the seven-day forecast, especially the last three days of your seven-day forecast, temperatures vaulting up into the upper 70s and perhaps even near 80 by the time we get towards next friday and saturday. that is the big pattern change

headed our way as we head towards next weekend. but for the end of this weekend, mostly cloudy skies. still some mild temperatures. especially around morgan hill. should see 70s around parts soft south bay. 60s elsewhere. with a few drops flying around santa rosa, notice how north bay temperatures, the coolest we'll see around the bay area today. with a few sprinkles still possible around the east bay and tri valley. if you're traveling up toward the sierra, see the temperatures there. right now kind of mild. 55 degrees around lake tahoe. we'll see the snow level at 8,000 feet. by monday morning, could see some winterlike driving as the snow levels do drop down close to 6,000 feet. expecting another two to four inches of snow around lake tahoe. good news. once we get past this system, as you saw, things drying out as we head towards the middle part of the week. kris? a california lawmaker is trying to put an end to one of seaworld's most popular attractions. richard blum is behind a new measure that would ban using killer whales for entertainment

purposes. santa monica democrat says the 2013 film "blackfish" inspired him to take action. it tells the story of a seaworld trainer who drowned after being pulled under water by a killer whale. if that bill is signed into law, it would require san diego's seaworld to rehabilitate and release its killer whales back into the ocean. still ahead on "today in the bay," she went to thailand to document the problem of human trafficking. but she returned to the east bay with a solution. how she's saving kids in a story that makes the bay area proud.

if helping someone out of a bad situation is a good thing, preventing them from being there in the first place might be even better. that is a philosophy of a nonprofit started by an east bay woman trying to help children half a world away. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas has this story in this morning's "bay area proud."

>> different ideas of how we could engage people locally since so much of our work is in thailand. how do we start to get people involved here? >> for as forward thinking humanitarian as rachel goble is, she did kind of back into the world of nonprofit. >> for whatever reason i ended up working in thailand. i never thought that would happen. why not have a party with a purpose and screen the film? >> reporter: you see, while many groups that do good end up with documentaries made about them, rachel actually began with a documentary and took off from there. it was rachel's skills as a photographer and interest in subject matter that landed her with a crew shooting a film about sex trafficking in thailand. while assessing the problem, though, they found something missing from the solution. lots of organizations rescuing girls and boys from forced prostitution. but precious few working to stop it in the first place. >> on my -- my end of it, i was

really interested in what does prevention look like? >> reporter: apparently, it looks like this. >> that's the old building. this is the new one. >> reporter: because six years ago, rachel co-founded the souls project. rachel now splitting her time between her home in the east bay and their base of operations in thailand. there, scholarships are provided to at risk kids with the understanding that keeping them in school went a long way to keeping them out of harm's way. the soul project is now working with close to 150 children in a village sex traffickers had been preying upon for years. still, measuring their success is not easy. >> and that's obviously because i can't tell you how many of our kids would have gone into prostitution or been trafficked, and that's the point for what we do. >> reporter: regardless, rachel knows what she is doing is worthwhile. she only has to look at cat, the girl who got their very first scholarship, now two years into

high school. >> she's changed my life. like, i'm going to cry. there's -- that little girl has given me more joy. so i didn't do anything for her. she chose it for herself. >> reporter: which is all the evidence rachel needs to keep going. garvin thomas, "today in the bay." still ahead on "today in the bay," more on the man hunt that led officers on a high speed chase through several bay area counties before ending in the south bay. and cleaning up the clutter in the south bay. how the san jose sharks helped out. [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents -- awesome.

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save 25% when you buy two scotts fertilizers -- one to use now and one for later. good morning, dublin. this is what your skies look like as you look out your window this morning. and in oakland, similar cloud cover. and the kind that drops rain drops as well. the question is always, when? thanks for joining us.

i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. when, when, when, rob? >> it's starting to come down at least in the north bay right now. san jose you've got mostly to partly cloudy skies. 58 degree. mild start to the morning. similar conditions throughout the bay area p p we're seeing upper 50s right now. little cooler in the north bay. that is where we're seeing a little bit of light rain. within the last three hours right around santa rosa, not much but a passing shower or two. most likely north of the golden gate bridge today. as you see all the moisture here offshore, we'll see a mostly cloudy day. some of these deeper moisture approaching the coast during the afternoon. we can't rule out a few widely scattered showers as we go through the day. even though most of the energy clearly is up north towards ukiah this morning. that's where the he havevy rain will be for sunday. over the next 24 hours we're expecting maybe about about a tenth of an inch of rain. considerably less in the south bay. there's one bull's eye when all the precipitation should move

through the bay area. we'll walk you through the hour by hour timing. the rest of your sunday getaway forecast coming up in a few minutes. kris? we return to our breaking news now. more on that manhunt that began with the shooting of a san francisco police officer in the afternoon yesterday. then ended with a high-speed chase that lasted hours and spanned nearly all the bay area's counties. this morning three suspects are under arrest. this was the scene just a few hours ago as the chase ended in east san jose. that car you see there in the distance is the suspects' vehicle. it is now considered evidence in the shooting of that san francisco police officer. police say the chase ended about 12:30 this morning at the gas n shop gas station on mckee road near 101 in east san jose. the child chase, however, spanned several counties including alameda, solano, contra costa, obviously santa clara and san francisco. they say investigators got tips leading them to this white mercedes. officers followed the car toward

the east bay before calling chp for help around 11:00 last night. deputies did try to stop the car in richmond, but the suspects got away. fortunately, though they were on that chase for hours, no one was hurt. and there were no collisions. the shooting of the officer happened just before 3:00 yesterday afternoon when two officers responded to a call of malicious mischief. according to san francisco police, officers pulled over a car matching the suspect's vehicle description near the intersection of 25th street and florida in san francisco's mission district. as one of the officers was approaching that car, someone inside the car pulled out a gun and fired ed at the officers. one officer was hit in the left shoulder. that officer is a 28-year-old officer who is a six-year veteran. he has undergone surgery and is expected to be okay. more details on bay area police officers shot in the line of duty recently. earlier this year a b.a.r.t.

police officer was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow officer. in january 2013 an oakland officer was shot in the leg while chasing down a suspect. a week before that another oakland officer was wounded while doing undercover surveillance. we will continue to follow this breaking story throughout the day. we will have the latest for you tonight at 5:00 on air. you can also get anything you need online, nbcbayarea.com. now to our developing story. prayers right now for the passengers and the crew of that missing malaysian airlines jet. a crowd is starting to join the buddhist, hindu and muslim faith leaders in prayer at kuala lumpur international airport. it comes at a time when hope is starting to fade because it's been more than 36 hours since that plane lost contact. there's still no sign of the plane or of debris. the plane was en route to beijing and lost contact with ground controllers somewhere between malaysia and vietnam

shortly after taking off from kuala lumpur friday morning. malaysia's air force chief says a military radar indicates that the missing plane may have turned back before it vanished with 239 people onboard. authorities are also now investigating at least two passengers whodocuments, stolen passports. while the search continues malaysian airlines says family members of the passengers should prepare themselves. >> after more than 30 hours without any contact with the aircraft, we believe family members should prepare themselves for the worst. >> this shouldn't be happening. this shouldn't happen to us. but, i mean, it happens to a lot of people. so, you know, you understand when it finally happens to you. >> that was phillip woods' younger brother. 50-year-old wood was one of three americans onboard that missing flight. so far no wreckage has been

found, although oil slicks were spotted in the sea south of vietnam. last year's crash at sfo was the first deadly crash of a boeing 777. we're digging deeper into the boeing 777. it has a very good safety record. boeing has delivered more than 1,000 aircraft since 1995. the national transportation safety board has logged fewer than 60 incidents involving this model since 1997. according to the ntsb, most of those incidents were minor. it is one of the more popular models for boeing because it can fly extremely long distances. some flights as long as 16 hours. the annual gathering of top conservative politicians and their supporters wrapped up near washington last night. cpac had three days of speeches. many from leading conservativec. and it's clear -- it's clear that the path to the 2016 gop nomination for president is as wide open as it's ever been. nbc's chris pollone reports.

>> reporter: day three of the conservative political action conference brought more broadsides against key democrats including the president. and former secretary of state hillary clinton. believed to be the front-runner for the democratic presidential nomination in 2016. >> she's going to have a lot of tough questions that she's going to have to answer. >> reporter: if anything, this year's cpac has revealed potential battle lines for the republican party's direction as it tries to regain the senate this fall and the white house in 2016. >> we have to stop letting the media define who we are and what we stand for. >> reporter: some like new jersey governor chris christie are urging conservatives to broaden their message to draw more voters. >> let us come out here resolved not only to stand for our principles, but let's come out of this conference resolved to win elections again. >> reporter: but hard line conservatives like tea party favorite senator ted cruz say that strategy is what's led republicans to lose the last two presidential elections. >> of course, all of us remember

president dole. and president mccain. and president romney. >> reporter: cruz urging conservatives to fight harder on issues they deem important. >> when you don't stand for principle, democrats celebrate. >> reporter: 2012 vice presidential nominee paul ryan down plays the rift, calling it creative tension. ryan is expected to be among the early front-runners for the 2016 gop presidential nomination along with kentucky senator rand paul. chris pollone, nbc news. meanwhile, democratic movers and shakers from around the golden state headed down to los angeles for the party's annual convention. nancy pelosi was a keynote speaker at the gathering of democratic leaders. the major focus for this year's gathering, governor jerry brown's run for an unprecedented fourth term. it also showed off a younger generation of democrats who are likely to compete for higher office at some point including attorney general connor harris and lieutenant governor gavin newsom. our political analysts will be joining us in just a few minutes. we will continue to talk

politics, and we are going to talk about the san jose mayor's race. after several data breaches at stores like target, credit card companies are looking at new technology to keep shoppers' information safe. visa, mastercard say credit cards that use computer chips instead of magnetic strips to hold data are harder to counterfeit. the technology is already in use in europe and in asia. mastercard and visa want u.s. stores to adopt the new payment type by october 2015. retailers are at odds on who should pay for the upgrade. it's estimated it will cost $10 billion. they may be taking up space, and you don't use them anymore. there is a big push in the south bay to get rid of old gadgets. san jose sharks teamed up with sims recycling for this weekend's electronic recycling event. fans dropped off old tvs, vcrs. some people came up from gilroy to get rid of old tvs. also accepted, broken dvds, dvrs

and other useless devices. >> this is one of the items that's very difficult to recycle. so more and more opportunities for the residents, i think, really helps. because it does pile up. and it does need to be separated out from the other stuff. >> it's pretty important. we got to make sure that, you know, things like this disposed of properly. it's kind of important that we make sure we don't put these toxins in the ground. >> everyone who dropped off an old device was allowed into the shark tank to watch the sharks' pregame skate. win/win. still ahead on "today in the bay," speaking of the sharks, they were looking to keep a certain streak alive against the montreal canadiens. batter up. the next generation of ballplayers took to the field this weekend. we'll show you some of the opening day festivities for little league teams in the south bay.

the sharks hosted the canadiens at the shark tank last

night. san jose was looking to beat montreal for the seventh straight time at the s.a.p. center. first period, shooting from center ice. sharks lead 1-0 early. in the right place at the right time. deflecting in a shot by matt irwin. san jose goes on to beat the canadiens, 4-0. to the valley of the sun. mariners and giants and scottsdale. ryan vogel sosong making his fi spring start. not a good day. he gives up six hits and five runs in just two innings and a third. the giants lose big, 18-3. embarra embarrassing. from the big leaguers to the little leaguers. and it is time to play ball. it was opening day for quite a few little leagues around the bay area including this one. the little glenn little league in san jose. ballplayers suited up and hit the field yesterday morning at brandt hall park.

and it was great weather for a ball game. keep them busy. still ahead on "today in the bay," ready, set, go. the san jose mayor's race is about to hit high gear. our political analyst, larry gersen, joins us to sort out the candidates next. there's a lot to do today in the bay. overnight your day just jumped up an hour. that whole time change. in palo alto take the kids to a concert by these pop-ups. their cd "radio jungle" was nominated for best children's album grammy. they'll take you, the kids and their puppet friends on high energy and educational adventures. kids under 2 are free. check the website for more information and prices. palo alto jcc.org. that's where you get the information. from a kids show to a show of kids. as part of the 11th annual crossroads irish-american festival, young dancers will perform for the children's hour at fisher children's center. they're right here.

the main granbranch is in san francisco. high kicking clogs, fiddle, accordion, guitar. a lot of noise. they'll all play a big part. we'll probably be waived off for the hour at the library. those events were for the kids. this one is for the older. probably sold out now but it's just for me. across the bay at the market building in oakland jack london square. brewers and west london tours for the bacon and beerfest. this year's t-shirt stars. what a team. like i said, this sells out quickly. check baconandbeer.net to get information on this year's event. register early for next year's event in case you missed. sorry if i just told you about something you missed this weekend. you're already missing an hour from your day. check back tomorrow morning and you'll be happy with the jams i also help you miss on your commute right here on "today in the bay."

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the filing period for the 2014 election is over and ten candidates have declared themselves candidates for san jose mayor. nbc bay area political analyst joins us now with an early assessment on the race. ten candidates. are you one of them? >> no. >> i think you and i are the only ones that are not. >> that's about it. everybody is putting their hat in because it is a wide open race. there's no question about that. you know, to handicap this kind of thing, we've got to begin with a couple of qualifiers, let's call them. first to win out right, just a little civics lesson, to win outright a candidates got to win 50% plus one. ten candidates? are you kidding me? it's not going to happen. virtually impossible in a ten person field. we're looking to see which two get the most votes for the november runoff. second point, yeah, there are ten candidates. don't want to dis any of them. five certainly are better known now than the others. for our purposes for the time being, at least, let's begin

focusing on those with the most name recognition z. >> okay. let's talk about them. four of them are city council members currently. >> four city council members which kind of blurs things for some people, i think. that so many are members of the city council. madison lynn. vice mayor. seventh district council member. the only person of color in the top five. that might be interesting. she defeated a recall vote a couple years ago over the little issue. she seems to have emerged stronger for it. something to look at. sam licardo. well known. former deputy district attorney. represents the 3rd district. a very important district. downtown area. he seems to be more fi philosophically aligned with the outgoing mayor, chuck reed. the top fundraiser by far at this point. something else to watch. something for everyone. then there's pierre representing the fairly affluent 6th council district. he's made police support a central cornerstone of his

campaign. took out a full page ad in the mercury news the other day on that issue. rose herera. city council member from the 8th district. that has a sizable latino and also sizable asian-american population. so we have to watch to see how that plays out. and then there's the person outside. that is to say the county supervisor. he's also a former city council member. so he's had his fingers in both sides of local government. now, as a county supervisor, he has a constituency much larger than any single city council district. so wow. you know, i'm a kid in a candy store here. there's a lot to choose from. >> so, it's early. three months until the election. you know, depending on which side you're on, that's a lot of time or that's not enough time. >> or if you don't have a side. you know. yeah, it's very early. we do have one poll. it's sponsored, let's disclose it here, it's sponsored by -- i checked this out personally. the methodology is pretty straightforward with one caveat.

it was conducted in english only. leaving out spanish and vietnamese interviews. that's something we might want to think about in a city where both groups are well represented. but that's notwithstanding, we do have some findings. you can see what happens. dave kortase is at the top. one person outside the city council. the county supervisor. followed by madison nguyen. sam licardo, the great fundraiser, hasn't transferred into votes. 10%. pierre, 8%. rose herera in fifth place at the moment at 6%. no one should panic. that leaves about 40% without any candidate at this point. you know, let's put this down to the bottom line. the race is fluid, kris. there's no other way to say it. searches for votes have just begun. one fact is clear. out of all this, we have to expect a wild finish. >> yeah. no kidding. thank you very much, larry. we will be right back. [ mom ] hi, we're the pearsons, and we love chex cereal.

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welcome back. just in case you're wondering, the time is indeed 7:52 right now as we're seeing numbers in the 50s outside for across the bay area. mostly cloudy skies around san jose. mainly high level clouds over the south bay right now. as we show you palo alto, you're seeing mid and high level clouds. a few sprinkles passing by a bit earlier. now about 48 degrees around palo alto. you can see some of the temperatures around the best of the bay area, 50s and some lower 50s around the north bay. we've been watching some rain flying, not so much around santa rosa but closer to ukiah and lake port this morning. that is where we've been watching some of those showers at times as we go through the next couple of hours. as you can see, mostly cloudy around parts of the bay area right now. we will continue to see more cloud cover, i think, as we jump into the afternoon. we're going to see those temperatures start to can climb up into the upper 50s and low 60s. as we take a look outside if we could to san francisco, we got mostly cloudy skies right now. with the temperatures in the 50s and 60s outside. and numbers that will eventually

climb as we head into the afternoon into the upper 50s and low 60s as we jump through the afternoon today with scattered showers still a possibility in the forecast as we move through the afternoon. what we're watching for this morning, mostly cloudy conditions right now. then towards the evening, i think, that is going to be our best bet for seeing a few showers in the forecast. that is something we'll be looking at over the next few days. as you can see, in the seven-day forecast toward the bottom of the screen, one of the things we're going to have to watch out for will be some warming temperatures as we go through the end of the week. as those temperatures start to climb on up we'll see those numbers in the upper 70s to near 80, i think. as we jump towards the afternoon by the end of the week. high pressure building in after the system clears. see the seven-day forecast. monday into tuesday, temperatures starting to climb on up. as we see, again, high pressure building in p. that's going to be the big story. with the winds turning somewhat offshore at times this week. yes, the chance of showers today. but by the middle part of the

week, we will see those temperatures climbing to the mid-70s and maybe up to 80 approaching next weekend. >> that is wild for march. seems like the spring forward got your computer, huh? >> it did. the computer is running a little bit slow. still thinks it's 6:52. >> so do i. >> see if we can get that thing going again. >> it is tricky. nice to have you up with us so early. right now girls are lining up. they're very excited about a chance to get a free prom dress. we are looking live this morning as the ladies are in their casual wear now. as they wait in line to get their formal wear. it's seven trees community center in san jose where vice mayor madison nguyen and mayoral candidate is giving away more than 3,000 dresses that were donated. the sixth annual operation prom dress will be held today from 9:00 this morning until 1:00. the goal, to make sure every girl gets a dress for prom. the rankings are out. uc berkeley can still claim to

be the best university in the world. sort of. uc berkeley is number one when it comes to public universities. but came in eighth overall in this year's world university rankings, which is put out by the times higher education. stanford gets bragging rights over uc berkeley. they ranked fourth overall. here are a look at some of the top four schools from this year's list. cal tech in pasadena. harvard, oxford, with stanford following at fourth. t-e-i-f-l-e-i-n? >> maybe you didn't catch that. fifth grader sophia hoffman misspelled the word. it was the first word she got wrong in two weeks in a regional spelling bee contest. up until that point, she and a seventh were back and fourth for 66 rounds. when he stepped up to the mike,

all he had to do was spell the word "definition" right. d-e-f-i-n-i-t-i-o-n. definition. >> i was getting pretty sad when she got that word incorrect. it's sort of messed up that, you know, that it came to that. >> yeah. that was a bummer word to misspell. sharma is now headed to washington, d.c. for the national spelling bee competition. hoffman, again, just a fifth grader, says she'll be rooting for him. maybe she'll win next year. we want to thank you so much for making us a part of your morning. we have more local news for you tonight starting at 5:00. an hour and a half straight. then we'll wrap up the day with you at 11:00. of course, any time of day at nbcbayarea.com. have a great day and enjoy your spring forward. i was going to the library to do my homework.

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breaking news this sunday morning -- terrorism concerns and that missing malaysian airlines jet with 239 dead. the latest from the white house on what the u.s. knows. good sunday morning. such a difficult way to begin the program this morning, more on the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of that plane and the questions about foul play give than two passengers were traveling on stolen pass ports. pretty rare occurrence. and new reports that the plane may have tried to turn around.