around the bay area and clear skies in san jose. dry air and clear skies in place. in san francisco today we should see pretty nice conditions. we're talking low 70s going through the afternoon around san francisco. other locations seeing those highs in the 80s today. mostly sunny skies throughout the day and even along the coast and we'll see some low clouds approaching as we head towards tomorrow morning, but even expecting those sunny skies to get us through tomorrow. the story for the weekend at least to start high pressure holding on, 70s and 80s today. and then we're going to see some windy changes coming up in the seven-day forecast and we'll have a look at that and a closer look at how warm it will get in your neighborhood coming up in a few minutes, kris? >> thank you very much, rob. all of the blue skies and sun shine will be a sharp contrast to a somber milestone in san jose. the family of sierra lamar is bracing for the second anniversary of her disappearance. last night they gathered to raise money to fund the

continued search for her. "today in the bay" monty francis has more. >> reporter: with the population of just 40,000, morgan hill is the kind of bedroom community where everyone seems to know each other. at the city's only bowling alley, sierra lamar's father was joined by many of the people who have spent the last two years every saturday searching for his daughter. >> missing sierra, of course, and just not knowing what happened to her, yeah. those are probably the hardest things. >> we always say that she's everyone's daughter. that's how we feel. >> reporter: 15-year-old sierra lamar was last seen in morgan hill on march 16th, 2012, heavi leaving for the bus stop. she's never been found but police have arrested antonin torres. and debbie nunez helped organize a fund-raiser at morgan hill

bowl to help fund the weekly search effort. she says the case continues to affect everyone in the community. >> i live on the same street where she caught the bus stop. and so as i take my kids to school every day, we pass by the bus stop. >> reporter: with still so much uncertainty surrounding the case, parents say it's made them more protective of their children and with photos of the missing teen still up all over town children here have lost some of their innocence. >> you have to be more careful now. >> reporter: until there are answers steve lamar says the support from this tight-knit community means everything. >> it always helps to come out and have -- surround yourself with people you know especially, like, our family and the volunteers and the friends. >> reporter: monty francis, "today in the bay." >> this weekend volunteers are gearing up for the cleanup of one of america's biggest homeless camps which is right in

the south bay, however, the city is asking the volunteers to stay out of it. the organization called the homeless outreach plans to clean up the camp known as the jungle. it is an encampment situated right behind happy hollow park and zee in san jose. the advocacy group brought two huge dumpsters to collect garbage, but nearby businesses don't want them to clean up the camp. they want the homeless folks to get out and the city of san jose agrees. city spokesperson says the city has plans in place for the homeless and they are urging the volunteers no to go into the jungle this weekend. >> in any encampment environment there represents a number of health concerns everything from individuals that may have tuberculosis or other health issues. >> san jose's homelessness program sent out about a dozen workers into the jungle yesterday. they're trying to create case files for each person so they can try to get a roof over their heads before city crews move in to tear down the jungle again.

things did not go well yesterday for two people taking driving tests at a south bay dmv. firefighters evacuated the building after one of those drivers crashed right into the building. that driver ruptured a gas line. she also hit a motorcyclist who was in line in front of her. luckily for him he took it all in stride. >> well, i stood in line for a driving test and the person behind me was a little too eager and ran me over. and next thing you know, you know, i was up in the air. >> he's really lucky he walked away from the crash with no injuries. as for that woman she was taken to the hospital. firefighters cleared the scene about a half hour later. no word on whether she's going to reschedule that driving test. a partial victory this morning for students of city college of san francisco just days after violent protests broke out on campus. yesterday the students took

their protests to city hall with two main demands. one to end the new policy requiring students to pay for classes upfront. the other demanding the resignation of the state-appointed trustee who replaced the elected board last summer. san francisco supervisor david campos is leading the fight to remove the special trustee. >> we want good school responsibility and management but that require transparency, not decisions that are made behind closed doors without any input from any one of us. >> the board of supervisors committee at yesterday's meeting approved campos' resolution calling for the reinstatement of the elected trustees. the full board of supervisors will take up the resolution on march 25th. overnight allegations that the missing malaysian jetliner was hijacked. still ahead on "today in the bay," the prime minister of malaysia responds. a description of the unprecedented series of events leading up to the plane's vanishing.

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good morning to you. looking live at some of the trees sprouting up on one of the mountainsides in san rafael in the south bay, we're getting a little bit less of our sunrise or it's delayed just a bit. this morning the malaysian prime minister held a press conference in which he said investigators confirmed that the cut in communications from the missing malaysian airlines jet was deliberate. however, he stopped short calling it a case of hijacking saying that those reports are inaccurate. keir simmons reports. >> reporter: hey there. an extraordinary news conference here in this briefing room for what the prime minister of malaysia described as an unprecedented series of events and what he laid out was the evidence or at least some of the evidence that they have that

this was a coordinated, deliberate act by somebody on board the plane. >> we can say with a high degree of certainty that the aircraft communication addressing and reporting system was disabled. >> reporter: he confirmed what has been reported through the week. he gave more detail that the last time that flight 370 had contact of any kind with the ground, if you like, communication was at 8:00 a.m. local time on saturday morning. that is many hours later than after it dropped off the radar, if you like. he also went on to say that despite media speculation, they are still working on all possibilities including hijacking. >> despite media reports that

the plane was hijacked, i wish to be very clear. we are still investigating all possibilities for the families and friends of those involved. we hope this new information brings us one step closer to finding the plane. >> hoarere's what we know aboute crew. the flight captain in his 50s has about 18,000 flight hours and is considered highly experienced. he even had a flight simulator at his own home. this is his copilot who is 27 years old and relatively new with only 2,800 flight hours. the local mosque calls himself a quiet respectful man living with his parents in his middle-class home. word spread quickly overnight about the possible hijacking of that malaysian airlines jet creating anxiety

for pilots and passengers at sfo. investigators now believe it's possible the plane was hijacked. we did, however, talk with people who are headed to thailand and to taiwan, they say the possible hijacking is upsetting but it won't stop them from taking off. >> terrible, terrible thought. i had never myself thought that could have been the outcome of this disaster happening to so many families, so many people. >> i have a couple friends, actually, that were very nervous about us flying. but more people are killed by, you know, car crashes every day than airplanes. >> i am surprised. but i try not to be in fear about traveling and flying. i don't let it stop me. i think it's an unusual occurrence.

>> some passengers say the thought of having air marshals on flights does bring them some comfort. other travelers say they don't believe the hijacking theory. all of them, however, say the plane must be found. we will continue to follow this story through the day, and when we're not on the air, you can find updates on nbcbayarea.com. you can also find them on our twitter feed. still ahead on "today in the bay" -- no winners reported. the new mega millions jackpot reaches lofty heights. and coming up we'll show you how sweet that pot is. and mostly clear skies. kind of a cool start to the morning for now, but we have 70s and 80s in your st. patrick's day weekend forecast. we'll have a look at that when we come right back. [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents -- awesome.

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look towards san francisco it disappears there in the distance. it will reappear as soon as those clouds burn off. people are scrambling to buy tickets for their chance to win the third largest mega millions jackpot. still no winner after last night's drawing bringing the prize to $400 million today. that's about $250 million less than the biggest lottery jackpot which happened in 2012. people are rushing to this dixon landing chevron station which sold the winning $425 million power ball ticket last month. they're hoping lady luck will strike again. >> today i sold around 2,000 mega million tickets. people were crazy. people were buying, like, $1,000 and all. this is the lucky store, man. >> that's what they're hoping. still waiting to find out who the winner of that jackpot is. come this tuesday there could be another bay area multimillionaire joining that

person. the jackpot has been rolling since january 3rd. rob, i say we buy a couple of tickets, if we win we do something fun for our viewers. >> we'll take the show on the road for the final show and we'll see how that goes by tuesday. right now this morning clear skies, chilly, down to 40 degrees there in the north bay and what's really interesting about that number by the afternoon we may be adding 40 degrees to the temperatures. places in the north bay close to 80 later on. clear skies and hazy skies i should say in san francisco and in the south bay. gorgeous pretty sunrise view. 49 degrees right now in san jose. winds are slightly offshore. a hint of a sea breeze will be picking up later today as our inland temperatures begin to climb. so what we'll get is almost a summerlike pattern as the valley temperatures get into the 70s and 80s and the late-day sea breeze should cool things off towards san francisco. no rain for us this weekend but a powerful storm off to the west is fanning a lot of wave action our way. a long-period swell starting to approach the coast.

as all that wind off the water well offshore eventually manifests in the form of larger waves heading towards our coast. this is the concern for the weekend. it will be gorgeous out there, upper 70s in santa cruz the next couple of days. look out for the sneaker waves and breakers getting up at least 15 to 18 feet. high surf advisory sunday into monday morning should be the biggest waves but i do think we'll see the rough surf approaching even as we head towards this afternoon. mostly clear and notice the low clouds offshore. hour-by-hour forecast, mostly sunny and hazy skies and tonight and tomorrow morning, wind slightly out of the north and keep most of the low clouds offshore which means, yes, sunday looks to be another warm day as those inland temperatures climb possibly into the mid-80s in some of the warmest spots. this is the pattern we have now. high pressure keeping that storm track well off to the north as we watch the forecast here. the next few days we're going to see the high weaken a little bit.

a system will come through monday which will give us clouds but no rain, breezy conditions at times and unfortunately here in futurecast fast-forwarding all the way to friday. there you see the story cooler but still fairly dry. as we head toward the end of next weekend it looks like we may begin to see a pattern change. but for now through friday and very likely at least until next friday it looks like we'll see dry conditions in the bay area. in the seven-day forecast warmest days both today and tomorrow, st. patrick's day for monday we'll see the cloud cover come through and the temperatures drop a little bit as we get into monday. today, near 80 degrees in san jose. and the temperatures for the south bay, los gatos and morgan hill could get mid-80s in the forecast and with these dry conditions, breezy at times pollen count very high unfortunately. if you have allergies not the best weekend for you. but the temperatures looking pretty good. mid-70s around the peninsula. san francisco into the low 70s for the st. patrick's day festivities. toward the tri-valley dublin with st. patrick's day parade today and throughout the weekend

looks very nice. should see low 80s. napa 79 degrees. oakland, 76. walnut creek, 80. tomorrow east way and tri-valley locations should see highs in the mid-80s before things cool down some and turn breezy for monday afternoon. kris? >> thank you very much, rob. well, kids get about a third of their daily calories from snacks but you don't have to cut them out to make their diet healthier. coming up we get tips from a former disney chef about how to make the snacks matter. new mixim, creamy greek yogurt. with two unique ingredients. to mix in however your heart desires. go on. spoon me. mixim - from the ehrmann family. it's love, your way.

newwith two unique ingredients. to mix in however your heart desires. go on. spoon me. mixim - from the ehrmann family. it's love, your way. march is national nutrition month, so we've invited in a former disney chef to help us with sop heme healthy snacks foe kids in your life or the kid in you. >> thank you for having me. >> very italian. >> i work for the culinary

school for cheildren and i've been teaching american family children especially how to appreciate and prepare great fresh food. >> sometimes people say my kids are picky and they won't anything. but it's worth a try. >> the way to get them engaged is to engage them in all parts of the preparation of the food. i'm talking about bring your children to the market with you. expose them to the food. tell them where they come from and then in the kitchen. the family that cooks together stays together. it's a great way to engage them. we'll talk about healthy snack choices and snacks that is easy to think as you probably know 30% of the calories that kids need every day come from snacks, you know, and it's easy to think that a soda or a chocolate bar like this is a good snack, but i don't like it. this kind of snack. i love snacks like this full of colors, full of flavor, fresh. things that kids can prepare really fast. right here we have what i call

green burst, you know. it's a power smoothie and it's a combination of fruit and vegetables and all the colors of the ingredient are green. >> i see avocado, brk broccoli, spinach. are you sure that they will eat it? >> whatever it takes to keep their attention. again, in this case it's the color. cooking with children in the kitchen is about the sent and looking at the beautiful colors and tasting the great food you make and touching and doing things. in this case you put all the ingredients in the blender and a little milk because it's great for calcium makes your bones strong and your nails strong, your hair grow faster. it's for the kids. you blend everything. i love the avocado you mentioned because it will give the smoothie a creamier consistency. they do it together. all the recipes will be available on gotmeal.com. this is a healthy version of

te tiramisu, you soak graham cracker in milk and then you make a cream with greek yogurt and a little cocoa and you layer the cookies with this cream. sort of a tiramisu technique. >> and they could eat it all separately but it's not as much fun if they don't make it. >> you're shuabsolutely right. food doesn't have a bunch of empty boxes of cereal at home. >> leftover cereal. >> you take them out and you let the kids make their own little selection of mixed cereal and then you give them little healthy and not so healthy topping like fresh fruit. you put a little bit of honey in it. and then there's the honey. there it is. and then you let them have fun. you take another and go da da da

da da and you can dance and move while you are working with your children. a little bit of milk and it's done. and something really fast and it's pesto. this is done with ton of vegetable. instead of putting oil which is the traditional base we put a lot of milk and olive oil for the flavoring but not too much. and then you can help me. you can put the zucchini inside. >> you are not be a purist. it's not just nuts and cheese and basil, right? >> you talking about the traditional pesto which is pesto genovese, it's a preparation. you can do it with other things. sometimes basil is not available you can use spinach or other green. in this case the base is zucchini, when we eat it, there's a lot of vegetable in there. then we put basil, i'm italian, i got to put some garlic. >> yes, please. >> and i'm from parma and from

it is the king of all cheeses, parmesan and we put a lot of things, almond and that's what there is to it and we just going to blend it for a few seconds if we do have a couple of seconds. >> oh. >> there it is. what does it do? it's like a pesto. it's light and very flavorful. we can use it to dip raw vegetable like this one. >> it smells like pesto. >> it does. and it look how creamy it is. i could have blended it a couple more minutes but for time reason there it is. and if you add, like, some cold pasta already cooked it's a great dressing for a pasta salad. >> i notice all of the thread is also getting the protein in there. >> you are absolutely right. >> a little bit of milk for the protein but you could keep the protein -- >> we have a mix. we all share the same mission.

we have to raise american children food iq. we got to expose them to better, healthier choices and engage them in the kitchen because it's easy to scare them by demonizing their food, what i like to do is celebrate good food. >> thank you for coming in. if you want more recipes go to gotmilk.com and you can find the recipes that we've made today. and still ahead on "today in the bay" have you googled yourself lately? this bay area man did and what he found landed him in jail. >> once you push the send button, you essentially lose control over what it is you are sending. and the sexting scandal that has school kids in the middle of a criminal investigation.

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start to saturday morning looking live at san francisco and the golden gate bridge there in the distance. thanks so much for joining us, i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda who says blue skies and warm temperatures are what you can expect this weekend. >> yeah. fantastic for your weekend plans. here's a view from san jose officially sunrise there looking pretty gorgeous throughout the south bay this morning, but with the clear skies chilly temperatures in a few spots. it's really the north bay with numbers near 40 to start the morning, but adding about 40 degrees to those temperatures by the time we get towards the afternoon. and we've got is the patrick's day festivities going around the bay area including dublin, we'll be hook ilooking at temperature the low to mid-80s this weekend and cooling off monday and we see a few clouds but no rain in the forecast. today from the coast to the valleys, mostly sunny skies, no sign, really, of any strong sea breeze until late in the afternoon which means san francisco should see the temperatures climbing into the low 70s as we go through the afternoon and 80s in the forecast inland the next couple of days. coming up we'll let you know if

the seven-day forecast brings us any rain or sierra snow coming up as we head into the new week, kris? >> thank you very much, rob. the blue skies and all of that sunshine will be a sharp contrast to a very somber milestone in the south bay. the family of sierra lamar's bracing for the second anniversary of her disappearance. the 15-year-old disappeared before school on the morning of march 16th, 2012. last night her family and supporters gathered to raise money to keep the weekly searches going. most of the searchers have never met sore but want to bring her parents some peace. >> missing sierra, of course, and just not knowing what happened to her, yeah. those are probably the hardest things. >> i live on the same street where she caught the bus stop, and so as i take my kids to school every day, we pass by the bus stop. >> they say that sierra lamar feels like everybody's child because it could have happened

for anyone. she was last seen leaving for the bus stop on her way to school. last month a suspect was indicted on kidnapping and murder charges. her dna was found in his car though investigators have not found her body. searchers will be out looking again today just as they have every saturday since she disappeared. joining us now from the morgan hill search center is sierra lamar's mother, marlene lamar. i don't know how you prepare for a day like this. how are you holding up? >> well, tears later. i will tell you the pain is just as agonizing as it was the weekend she went missing. they say time will heal all wounds. well, i will tell you those wounds are very deep. and it's really hard as a mother, as a parent, to have those wounds heal without having the answers and i'm grateful that we have these volunteers

and the community supporting her plight and the search center is still open. we continue to search for her and we won't give up until she's missing. and there's to resolution at this point. and it hurts and it's just really painful to not know where she is at this time. >> marlene, we were with you last year as you marked the one-year anniversary and, you know, you all tried to keep it positive with balloons and flowers. but, you know, did you think that we would still be here a year later talking about the fact that there are no answers? >> i knew that this was going to be a long, arduous process. i knew that things wouldn't happen quickly. and marc klaas was real paramount in making me aware of this, that this could be a long journey. and knowing that, you know, i relied on my faith to keep me

strong and the community and the volunteers, the media have been very supportive and keeping her face out there and increasing awareness to the general public that, you know, every day we think that, you know, things are good. but the reality is there is evil out there. there are risks out there for our children and as parents we need to do everything possible to protect our children. >> right. certainly she wasn't do anything that an average teenager would do, she was going to the bus stop on the way to school. there shouldn't have been any trouble along the way. the sheriff's department maintains that sierra is not coming home. they think she's gone. what do you think? do you think it's a possibility? >> well, there's nothing really definitive, you know, we don't have any proof that that's the truth and we still have a lot of unanswered questions at this point as far as i'm concerned. so, somebody has to step it up.

and fortunately we are blessed to have the search center and the community and the media that continues to keep her name alive and, you know, increase awareness out there to the community and just to continue our search i think is a message to everybody that somebody needs to step it up and get those answers. >> do you feel better now that the grand jury has indicted antonin torres, that maybe the judicial part of it will start moving along? >> i'm pleased that the judicial process is starting to move forward. it's definitely long overdue. it's been difficult for us as a family, this waiting period. >> a lot of folks think, you know, if only somebody could talk to him that he might say something that would bring her home in one way or another. we've reached out to him, asked him for interviews.

he's denied our requests. has your family reached out to him? >> i feel that since the sheriff's department hasn't been able to get anywhere with that, i think right now personal confrontation wouldn't really do any good. it just seems like he's not willing to say anything at this point. and i just need to focus on the positive aspects that we need to do what we can to get sop answers and just, you know, keep our faith that we will get some soon. >> so many of us have seen her beautiful, smiling face on those flyers all around the bay area, marlene, i've been impressed in my travels around the bay in my reporting duties, i see her all over the place. what can people do if they don't live close enough to help with an actual search, can they make a donation to keep those searches going? >> well, her body has not been

found and so we do have the search center. so, if there are volunteers that would like to continue to post her face on facebook and any keep of media forum, flyers, i encourage those to be put out because we do need the volunteers and we do need the awareness to be out there. >> i think that those pins that people were wearing, like, everybody's daughter, i think that really speaks to why people keep showing up at that search center, don't you think? >> yes. i like to think that i'm doing this for sierra's plight but also i feel like an advocate for all those missing children. and i just don't really like seeing this type of thing happening in our world. and just hope that as a nation that we can do everything possible to divert from this type of thing happening in the future. >> tomorrow will be a difficult day for uf. today can't be much easier, so we really thank you for joining us, marlene, and we'll be

thinking about you tomorrow. >> you're welcome. thank you, god bless you. >> you, too. and now to new developments in the missing malaysia airlines jet. families of the passengers now accusing of both the airline and malaysia's government of hiding the truth following a press conference overnight. airline officials who watched the malaysian prime minister's news conference with them say they couldn't answer questions because the situation was starting to look like a criminal investigation. malaysian's prime minister confirming the disappearance of the plane with 239 people on board was not accidental but a coordinated, deliberate act by someone on board the plane. however, he says, despite media speculation, they are still working on all possibilities including hijacking. >> despite media reports that the plane was hijacked, i wish to be very clear. we are still investigating all

possibilities for the family and friends of those involved. we hope this new information brings us one step closer to finding the plane. >> the prime minister says the flight's last signal which came about seven hours after takeoff placed it in one of two corridors, a northern corridor stretching from northern thailand to the border of kazakhstan and a southern corridor stretching from indonesia to the southern indian ocean. both areas will be searched. and we'll be following this story throughout the day and when we're not on air, you can find us online nbcbayarea.com. you can also follow our twitter feed. a palo alto man's google search ultimately landed him in jail. he googled his own name last month and found out he was wanted by the san leandro police. the 27-year-old's name and picture appeared on a most

wanted website. it said he was wanted for firing a semiautomatic gun last summer. he turned himself in and he's under arrest on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. we are learning more about a group of east bay middle school students allegedly caught sexting. if convicted at least one student may have to register as a sex offender for life. the students are spread out between four middle schools in brentwood and byron. police say they were sending each other half nude pictures of themselves. in one days, though, a boy is accused of using pictures of a girl to force her into sex acts on campus. >> i think that's the part that's most disturbing is that when you're here on campus, there shouldn't be any opportunity for anything like that to go on. >> i am shocked. i'm very shocked. they're so young. and i don't -- i don't know what they were thinking. >> after the police investigation, the district attorney will ultimately decide whether charges will be filed. among the possible charges,

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good morning to you. looking live from our palo alto camera toward the san mateo bridge there in the distance and at oracle arena which was set for a birthday party last night. the warriors were looking to bounce back from wednesday's loss to the clippers hoping that a struggling cleveland cavaliers and some home cooking would be just what the doctor ordered. steph curry celebrating his 26th birthday and everything going well early. nice pass to david lee for the score and warriors led the game by 18 in the second quarter but the party did not last. the cavs outscored golden state

by 27 points the rest of the way, upsetting the warriors 103-94 at oracle arena. and now to cactus league. rockies at giants. bottom of the fourth. hunter pence crushes an opposite-field blast. second home run of the day. baumgardner had a nice day on the mound. and the giants will take on the a's today and you can catch it here on nbc bay area starting at 3:00. still ahead on "today in the bay," a rare tree is causing quite the commotion here in the bay area. why there's a legal battle to keep it from being chopped down. hazy skies over parts of the bay area to start your morning off, but we could finish the day soaring into the 80s. we'll talk more about that in your saturday forecast when we come right back.

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off to a pretty pleasant start, 40s and 50s outside and a little chilly around the north bay down to 41 degrees this morning. but the sunshine, we'll see things warming up pretty quickly. 49 in san jose. 51 in san francisco. winds still slightly offshore at times and later today we're going to see a bit of a sea breeze pick up in a day that may feel a little bit more like june or july. as the inland temperatures warm up pretty nicely by midafternoon and that should trigger the late-day push of cooler air coming in from the coast. we do have some pretty strong storms but they're well offshore so all we're seeing out of it is really the effects of wind off the water well off into the central pacific and as the wind pushes the long-period swell toward the coast. as we go through the weekend we'll see wave heights increasing, rough seas at times as we get into sunday and monday when the high surf advisory will be in effect through the day. and we could see breakers starting to approach 12 to 15 feet today then getting up to 18 feet as we head into sunday afternoon.

so, if you are going to head out to the coast and enjoy the warm weather especially around santa cruz, be careful on the seashore this weekend. that's the main weather concern as the high surf advisory. not much in the way of any chances of rain or cloud cover as we go hour by hour through the evening. things staying relatively clear on the coast. just some patches of low clouds and that should be the case as we head into the night and into tomorrow morning. most of the clouds staying offshore as the winds should be generally out of the north which is a dry wind and one that will help to boost our temperatures as we go through the weekend. no signs of rain. this is the weekend pattern. 70s and 80s inland, could hit some mid-80s in some of the warmest spots tomorrow in the east bay and then the high's going to weaken a bit. but not enough to really just clear the picture. we're going to see one system come by monday which will tawls some high clouds our way. and give us breezy conditions and now how the showers between now and friday night staying off to the north of us. so, as we head towards the next weekend, looks like a dry start but we could see a pattern shift for the following week, so it's

not in the seven-day forecast you're seeing there. just a little bit of cooling later on as we go through the week but it's the following week where we could see the return of rain. we need a trough of low pressure to return to the coast and we might start to see that maybe eight to ten days from now. but to start off your weekend it does look pretty nice. close to 80 in san jose today. mid to upper 70s around the peninsula. san francisco, st. patrick's day parade looks good. we should see low 70s around the marina. the north bay, highs close to 80 in santa rosa and tri-valley temperatures in the lowe 80s this afternoon and around fremont we should see temperatures in the upper 70s. so, your getaway forecast around the area, santa cruz getting up to 78 degrees. close to 72 with patchy low clouds around monterey and even up to the sierra you're going to enjoy the snow, but day time highs in the low 60s. cooling around the sierra as we head towards monday and we should hopefully see another chance of snow programs coming to the high country towards the end of next weekend. kris? >> thank you very much, rob. still ahead on "today in the

bay" nature versus progress. the fight to save a rare redwood from being bulldozed for train tracks.

there are thousands of redwood trees all across the bay area but one extremely rare redwood is causing quite a fuss. "today in the bay's" joe rosato jr. shows us why its location may bring its end. >> reporter: before there was a wall or a storage business on this corner in cotati there was a house where this woman grew up. >> cotati was a small town. >> reporter: it was on this land her father planted a redwood tree. >> apparently my dad planted it and babied it. he used to protect it. >> reporter: what the family didn't know then the tree was an extremely rare albino redwood and a rare type. >> it two sets of dna. >> reporter: tom stapleton

discovered this genetic wonder with its multicolored needles. there are only ten in the world and only one with cones. >> this is the first observance of female cones on this type of tree ever. and it's quite astounding. >> reporter: pat tappian planted his tree a few yards back it wouldn't have been a fuss. but it's growing in the construction path for the new smart railway. >> it is in the railroad right-of-way and it is much too close to passing trains. >> reporter: railway officials plan to remove the tree after collecting and replanting 1,000 cuttings but stapleton said the cuttings would die and science would lose. >> because if we understand redwood mutation we can understand the health of the forest that could give us clues to climate change that can tell us about the state of our environment. >> reporter: stapleton's working with the city to see if the tree can be removed and replanted in a nearby park. he's also secured a temporary stay of execution. >> we are stepping back and bringing in additional experts to verify the information we've

been given. we're also allowing the time to explore other options if there are any. >> little when we were little, huh? >> smaller. >> reporter: science aside, ramirez hopes the tree will be saved a symbol of a simple childhood and a loving dad with a green thumb. >> he was such a wonderful man and to try to save something that he had, was a part of, is good. >> reporter: joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news. still to come on "today in the bay" -- five pounds of pure cuteness. we'll introduce you to jake coming up.

and our friends from pets in need join us this morning. leaps lisa simmons is here with jake who is cute as a button. >> he is. he's only 9 months old but this is really about as big as he's going to get. he's going to stay very very

small. when we did rescue, we had a big surprise next morning and he was the runt of five. and we notice he wasn't developing as quickly as his siblings were, so we does have a vision deficit. but it doesn't impair him at all. >> okay. >> he has no idea. but he's very playful and friendly and frisky and just a wonderful little dog. he's not going to get much bigger than he is right now so he'll also be a little peanut. >> you said about five pounds, huh? >> yeah. he'll stay very small. >> that bone might be the wrong size, lisa. >> i offered the little one and he went for the big one. >> another big dog trapped in a little dog's body. >> absolutely. >> lots of personality. jake is ready to go, 9 months old and ready for an adoption and good for any family? >> yes, he is. probably not with really small children just because of his size, but his personality is

just wonderful. >> thank you very much, lisa. if you want to know more about jake or the other pets in need, you can go to petsinneed.org. and we'll see you next weekend. a silver medalist proves he has a heart of gold. the freestyle skier promised to bring these dogs home with him which proved to be a difficult task to getting the proper medical care and filling out the paperwork but his friend stayed behind in russia for nearly a month to help with the adoption process and now he's able to show off his new family. he did so on nbc's "today show." he hopes this story will bring attention to the issue of strays in russia. thank you so much for making us a part of your morning. no news tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. instead we'll watch the giants take on the a's in spring training but we'll be back with more nuews at 6:30 and 11:00 an

you can get news all day long at nbcbayarea.com. have a great morning and we'll see you here tomorrow.

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