moments before the crash. >> meanwhile, it's a mostly clear start to your st. patrick's day temperatures in the 50s now as you pick out the green. don't forget, you could get pinched if not. i have a big forecast. major changes coming our way. stick with us, i'll take you through all of the details. >> and weather related chp issues a couple advisories. we'll give you the latest for thata as well as a closure in the east bay. >> let's take you out on this st. patrick's day. seeing the bay bridge there looking beautiful on this sunday, march the 17th. this is "today in the bay." a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm peggy bunker. some people in san jose are waking up this morning to blinking alarm clocks after a fire at a marijuana grow house forced pg&e to shut off power to a block overnight.

bob redell is live in san jose near this burned home. i guess the question are the lights back on for the entire block? >> reporter: they are. good morning to you, peggy. the lights are back on, on lanier drive after this house caught fire 10:30 last night. and what the fire department tells us was a marijuana grow. firefighters pulled out around 70 plants from the garage where this operation was based. it started around 10:30, took a while to get under control. two hours, unusual amount of time in a situation like this but the reason it took so long is because of the electrical hazard inside. turns out the residents bypassed the electrical boss to draw electricity to power all of the lights needed to grow marijuana plants. >> we were unable to secure the electrical, disconnect it. with live electric lines it's a hazard to firefighters because there is a risk of

electrocution. >> reporter: there were people at home at the time. they all made it out okay, they are not hurt and the fire department tells us they are cooperating with san jose police. the police who are investigating whether or not this pot grow was legal or illegal. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. 5:02. happening now, a navy seal team is guiding an oil tanker back to livia. the ship was hijacked by three libyans earlier this month who tried to sell the oil on the black market. president obama authorized the operation just after 10:00 last night. in a few hours the seals took control of the tanker. the mission took place in international waters no. one was hurt. there are some reports the tanker was flying a north korean flag but north korea denies having anything to do with it. >> deputies look for a castro valley man they think may have murdered his wife. yesterday they issued an arrest warrant for sang mee, that he should be considered armed and

dangerous. authorities found the body, her husband may have been driving a silver toyota rav4 with paper plates. >> at 5:02, officers looking for a driver who hit a pedestrian and dragged him across the road in concord. officers found a person in the roadway on willow pass road near sixth street before midnight. the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. witnesses think the driver who took off from the scene was in a two-tone pickup truck. the victim was not only hurt but dragged an unknown distance before being thrown back on the roadway. a man is in critical condition in the hospital after being hit by a tour bus in san francisco. christie smith live in south market neighborhood with what witnesses say led up to the crash. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. we did hear from san francisco police and they tell us that this man is still at sf general with life threatening injuries. what we're hearing is that he was in the crosswalk at seventh and mission, witnesses say the

bus driver appeared to make a left turn as the light was turning red. across the sleet are several cameras at this intersection, so one of the things police will look at is footage to try to figure out how this accident happened. police say that the bus was turning from the seventh to mission street when it hit a man believed to be in his 60s, a really frightening thing to see for witnesses who were just standing here as the man's cane, bag and belongings were scattered. the latest such accident in the city, 21 pedestrians died last year in traffic accidents and that's the highest number since 2007. a witness to sunday's accident says it appears that the driver actually sped up as the light turned yellow. >> because there was a few people running through the light, but i have no idea, like i know that the light was changing red and he tried to make the light. he was going faster than what i think he should have been going.

>> reporter: the tour bus company called grayline of san francisco issued a statement saying our company has been in business 25 years with a perfect safety record to my knowledge this is the first incident as such. of course our first concern is to those involved, as i mentioned we are fully cooperating with the authorities, the driver cooperating as well. i wanted to mention coming up in the next half hour, we're going to be talking about a citywide campaign to increase pedestrian safety here in san francisco. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> everyone needs to be more aware. thanks so much. >> students at city college noon get together to talk about the violent protests that resulted in two students getting arrested. the violence started thursday afternoon when about 250 protesters tried this to get into the administration building on campus. campus police tried to stop them. one student was pepper sprayed, two were arrested. six campus police officers were

hurt. a small group of students staged a ship in, spent the night on the campus demanding the resignation of a special trustee and an end to the require thamt they pay their entire tuition bill at the beginning of the semester. >> 5:05. experts say the drought could force a rare california bird on the endangered list. the water shortage may force the tricolored black bird to nest on farmland instead of dry sanctuaries. farmers are expected to harvest as early as possible because feed and water prices are sky rocketing. that could cause the birds to die in large numbers. in the 1930s there were three million black birds in california has the twindled to 250,000 today. >> surfers and beach walkers beware. officials issue add high surf advisory, this is what the surf was like yesterday shortly after the advisory was issued. there could be swells of 12-14 feet with breaks up to 18 feet

possible. advisory stretches from sonoma county to monterey. >> we've had nice surfing weather. maybe getting out and checking out the waves. meteorologist christina loren joins us now with a look at the forecast. >> you know peggy and laura, they are big. they are really big. the biggest waves today are going to be found off the coast of point reyes as well, huge waves out there. i can tell you it's not going to be as warm as yesterday. if you got out over the weekend, you really had the best of the best beach weather. 49 in livermore. 50 in san jose. we have wind picking up. a little cool front coming in. this is going to bring in a dry air mass. it's going to drop the temperatures 5 to 8 degrees from where we did end up on sunday. what a beautiful day. throughout rest of the week we'll warm you up. you can see right now most of your winds are coming on shore so let's talk about what we expect from these winds as we head throughout day. take to the your future cast.

this is searching for the strongest wind gust. wu see at the bottom of the screen your key. 30 miles per hour, that's where you get the oranges and the reds. the warmer colors indicating the warmest wind speeds. we set this in motion, the second half of the day, all of that wind starts to drop off. we're looking toward a nice finish to the day. more of those coming in. 10 to 20-mile-per-hour gusts. we head through tomorrow morning very calm. things start to warm up, tracking showers next week. we'll take to you the full forecast. let's check your drive and say good morning to mike inouye. >> the wind gusts you're talking about, that's what alerted the chp. chp they are not meteorologists, they are enforcement but they talk about when they feel their car get pulled from side to side. they said to watch it across the bay bridge but then taking -- a full shot of the bay bridge. the toll plaza moving, the wind advisory by chp has been cleared by them for the bay bridge and the benicia bridge actually so

that's changing conditions. as to the maps, as you travel from oakland to san francisco, no delays there. the maze moves nicely at speed, so does the peninsula into and out of san francisco. we're following this crash we told you about in concord. willow pass road is close forward the time being and that's possibly until maybe 6 or 7:00, sun starts to come up they complete that investigation. out to the rest of the bay a smooth drive here, the rest of the bay, pick your path. we have pretty much at the speed limit for the freeways, good stuff. a little slowing out of the tri-valley and the altamont pass. speeds so far you are doing much better getting into livermore you're at speed. it's just the slowing into livermore. across the bay there we go, foster city, there was a wind advisory issued for the san mateo bridge. 92 has maintained clear and we did have that lifted by chp as they traveled over that. we should see more as christine said conditions will change. back to you. >> sounds good.

thanks so much. we're learning new details on that missing malaysia plane, the airline believes it was the copilot who spoke the final words, this before the plane disappeared 10 full days ago. chase cain joins us in studio and chase, another piece of information but still unbelievably, so many questions, not enough answers. >> absolutely. it's still amazing to me how we could lose 239 people on such a huge jet. all right good night the final words recorded from the cockpit and this morning we're hearing that those were spoken after one of the communication systems was turned off. of course that just adds to the theory that many people have that the pilots may have been responsible for what happened there on that plane, diverting the flight and flying somewhere else. the plane may have flown as low as 5,000 feet avoid some radar though military radar does reach that low. the search continues. chinese officials bet malaysian

leaders earlier to express anger with malaysia's handling of the search and the investigation. more than half of the people on board that plane are chinese. moments ago malaysians ceo spoke about the copilot's final words. >> with air traffic control. >> analyzed it? >> that is part of our investigation. >> great question, was the pilot speaking under stress or was he speaking calmly? we don't have the answer but that may give us an idea what if had been going on. one of the theorys is the airline may have hidden in plain sight, flying along a commercial route to blend in and avoid raising suspicions. but you know, as we said, this is really still just a mystery. >> it is. it is so strange. such a large jet there with so many people on. >> just like --

>> still ahead, it's a chocolate lover's dream. health officials turning to the treat in hopes of preventing heart attacks and strokes. >> i'm in. plus, ebld of an era for a popular burger joint. we'll tell you how you can get your hands on memorabilia from joe's cable car restaurant.

welcome back. chocolate lovers, this could be too good to be true. chocolate pills are being studied to see if they can help prevent heart attacks and strokes. the pills will have the same nutrients in dark chocolate.

you can't eat enough to get amount being tested in the study. oh, yeah? in smaller studies the nutrient improves blood pressure, cholesterol and the body's uses of insulin and also artery health. >> a long time burger joint in san francisco that closed shop over the weekend giving away souvenirs. 11:00 this morning joe's cable car restaurant letting customers take home mementos. the restaurant which started out as a drive-in diner back in 1965, had a packed house before closing its doors for good yesterday. 2008, food network guy dubbed joe as the best of the best. the owner said it's time to retire. >> of course but you know, doctor's order, 49 years, 79

years old. time is up. >> they have really good hamburgers, the best in the bay area. we'll miss joe, we'll miss coming in and seeing their friendly faces. >> someone needs to take that place over. joe says she grateful to his loyal customers keeping him in business for the last 49 years. >> still no word on the identity of the silicon valley billionaire who bought the most valuable life insurance policy. the $201 million policy is more than double the previous record that was set in 1990 by another unnamed billionaire. it was sold by a southern california financial services provider and is made up of more than two dozen policies by 19 insurers. the billionaire will have to pay premiums up to $9 million. >> goodness. it's 5:16. honda recalling nearly one million of its popular minivans because they could catch fire. let's turn to bertha kooms this

morning. good morning. >> hi, laura. the futures pointing to a green start, a little higher appropriate on st. patrick's day. the markets coming off a negative week with concerns about the vote in the ukraine over the weekend and also signs that the economic growth is slowing in china and germany. the dow coming off its worst week since january, the nasdaq snapping up five week winning streaks. we'll see if the dow can hold 16,000, closing at 16,065 after falling 43 on friday. and the nasdaq starts at 4245 after slipping 15. adjustable rate mortgages are making a comeback. despite being one of the big culprits in the u.s. housing crisis more than five years ago but the "wall street journal" reports that banks are focusing on borrowers with strong credit using arms for large mortgages instead of the subprime

borrowers. arms made up 31% of mortgages in the 400,000 to $1 million range in the fourth quarter up from 22% in 2012. honda is recalling nearly 900,000 odyssey minivans in the u.s. because fuel pumps could crack causing a leak and possible fire. the recall affects the 2005-2010 models. honda is not going to have the proper replacement parts until this summer but will provide owners with interim parts starting next month f. you've got a honda odyssey minivan get that checked out. >> a lot of families do. thanks so much. >> getting a check now with meteorologist christina loren. we're talking about how you guys got the green memo. how could i overlook this. i'm going to get pinched. >> allow me. from both sides. you know, kids, learn from me. it's a minch. mini pinch. 5:18 now.

let's show you what we're working with outside right now. as you can see, pretty good looking drive now. of course i don't know all of the particulars of what's going on with your commute. you know who does, mike inouye. we'll check with him. the san mateo bridge, temperatures in the 40s and the 50s, very light patchy fog. only at the coast. and your wind sheltered valleys. throughout the day not going to see a lot of fog. it will be a cooler day with bright sunshine so deceptive sunshine. the winds are starting to relax overnight. we had really strong gusts up to 50 miles per hour so at this point our gusts are coming in bat 20 to 30 miles per hour. one of the things the wind does do is it purifies our air quality. now it's been a while since we had rain so i'm happy to report we have good air quality. open up the windows if you would like. pollen levels are not that high but i have to tell you we're three days from the official kickoff of spring. 70 degrees in the east bay, 69 in the south bay, the peninsula

at 69 degrees for today. and the north bay pretty warm but breezy conditions especially toward the coastline as this little disturbance comes through. as we head throughout the day, sun comes out by about noon. nice and clear all the way through tomorrow. then the off shore flow that completely negates that influence. the seven-day forecast shows you that at the bottom of your screen. here's mike inouye and that drive. >> good morning. we're looking at in the theme of the day, we have mostly green. it's still very early so we'll do a roll call. northbound 101 through san jose, we did have the earlier crash. took out a light pole. there may be activity on the shoulder. southbound a little yellow you see, it's down to 60 miles per hour. that mean as few more cars on the roadway. no incidents through that stretch or for the rest of the south bay. here the tri-valley starting to

see a build. you come into westbound 580 out of the alta mont pass. you're getting close to the speed limit, here we'll get a live look at el charo, westbound through the two areas. a nice easy drive but good spacing so that keeps you close to the limit. out to the maps talking about highway 4 westbound. you come off theant wok bridge we're seeing a slowdown. look toward love ridge. pittsburgh and bay point you're moving but watch reports of debris in the lane. we have an issue not on the freeway but surface streets, we told you overnight willow pass at sixth, between fifth and sixth someone was hit and killed. they are continuing the investigation. closing willow pass road between fifth and sixth into the morning commute. could be clear as early as 6:00 but may continue if they need

sunlight for pictures. we'll continue following that. it's a couple of blocks but watch that. 242, highway 4 over to 680 are just fine. the rest of your bay moving as you head to the bay bridge no. problems. you have an easy drive after an early morning wind advisory. they cleared that, they drove it again and it's okay. the north bay moves as well. southbound 101 the example of traffic. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. 5:22 to an exclusive investigative unit report. it's a system that allows ski resorts to self report, but what are they leaving out? investigative unit discovered that they have little owe veer sight about releasing information. the ski area's association reports fewer than 50 serious injuries nationwide during ski season. when the investigative unit

questioned that safety record t city refused to provide detail showsing how those are counted. medical providers say more transparent accident reporting should make mountains safer. >> i think data is tremendously important especially identifying patterns, that's how you identify ways to improve safety measures. >> the ski industry trade group says while they are the only national organization releasing information about these accidents would encourage misrepresentation. the division found that just in california more than 6,000 people a year are treated for ski or snow board related injuries. more tonight at 11:00 in the full investigation. >> right now on monday, coming up the 3,000-mile tribute to the victims of the boston marathon bombing.

people running more than 3,000 miles are hoping to raise a million dollars for survivors of the boston marathon bombing. around 2,000 runners left santa monica yesterday for one run for boston, it's nonstop cross country relay. the group should arrive in boston april 13, two days before the anniversary of last year's tragedy. so far they raised a little more than $200,000. three people were killed and more than 260 injured during last year's boston marathon when bombs exploded near the finish line. all right. we'll go and get a check of our weather. checking in with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> hey, good morning to you. top of the morning to you. the one and only day you can say that and get away with it. 53 degrees along the peninsula, we're at 54 in the east bay, good morning san francisco. you're waking up to 54 degrees, we've got a good afternoon

shaping up. it's going to be cooler than yesterday and a little on the breezy side as well. we'll hit the 60s and 70s. i'll take through the full forecast but first, here is mike inouye and the morning drive. >> the morning drive moving pretty smoothly but as there were some gusts of wind that caught some chp officers across the san mateo bridge so they continue to leave a wind advisory in place though our cameras aren't showing shaking across the span. we'll watch for changing conditions. the speeds across 92 as well moving smoothly to 101 and the rest of the bay looking good. a quick look at fremont. no problems for the nimitz. >> 5:27. still to come on "today in the bay." suspicious fire in the south bay, what investigators found in this burned out home. >> the man fighting for his life after being hit by a tour bus. witnesses describe what led to the crash.

a pot grow goes up in smoke,

destroys a home. that story coming up. >> reporter: a man is hospitalized after being hit by a tour bus while crossing the street. i'm christie smith. we'll be talking about what the city is trying to do to improve traffic safety. >> a little cooler, a little on the breezy side, nonetheless a beautiful st. patrick's day for the whole bay area. look at your highs, upper 60s to low 70s. we're going to boost those numbers up, then bringing in the rain. i'll time out your full forecast. >> while the weather is great we do have a closure after a deadly crash in a major east bay roadway. we'll give you the latest. >> in the meantime let's take a live look outside, beautiful day, bridge illuminated on this monday morning, march 17th, this is "today in the bay." a good monday morning to you. thank you for joining us.

i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. new this morning police are looking for the driver who hit an elderly man in milpitas. they found an 80-year-old man unconscious in the intersection of south park victoria drive and hansen drive east of 680. he was taken to the hospital in critical condition. witnesses say he was hit by a gold chevy silverado pickup that took off after the crash. >> investigators are looking at surveillance cameras hoping to find out more about a tour bus crash that sent a man to the hospital. christie smith is live in san francisco with what witnesses and the tour bus line are saying about this crash. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning. according to witness this is man as in the crosswalk when a tour bus hit him as the bus was trying to make a left turn and according to witnesses that driver seemed to speed up a little to try and beat the red light. that man in the hospital this morning with life threatening

injuries at sf general. police say the man hit is in his 60s hit by a tour bus sunday. the man's cane, bag and other belongings scattered in the street after the accident. and it's just the latest pedestrian accident to happen in the city. there were 21 fatalities last year and that's the highers number since 2007 in san francisco. mayor ed lee recently unveiled a campaign aimed at getting drivers to slow down and pedestrians to watch their surroundings more closely. in november, san francisco voters will decide on a $17 million traffic safety project at several intersections. yesterday's accident really shook up witnesses who saw the victim and the driver. >> i don't even know he knew he hit somebody until he heard the guy or the girl yell. >> reporter: the bus is operated by a tour company called grayline of san francisco which issued a statement saying our

company has been in business for 25 years with a perfect safety record. to my thj is the first incident as such. of course our first concern is for those involved as i mentioned we are fully cooperating with authorities, the driver cooperating as well. and wanted to stress that one of the things police are going to look at is all of the security, surveillance cameras, to see if they can pes together how this accident happened. christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. >> investigators seized dozens of pot plants from a burning home in san jose now trying to figure out if the pot grow was legal or illegal. bob redell live in san jose near the house. have investigators said snig nig about a cause? >> reporter: it appears this is probably electrical related, this home here, you can see what's left. the the garage is boarded up as are the windows. the garage they believe is where the pot grow operation was and

that's where the fire started. this is 10:30 last night when the fire started. there were four people home at the time, they were all able to get out. they ended up pulling out 70 pot plants from this fire. that gives you a sense of how large this operation was. it did take a couple hours for the fire department to nut fire out because of the electrical hazard which did not allow theme get in. they pulled out and took on defense from there. >> electrical bypass usually to grow a marijuana plant it takes a lot of light. >> reporter: so there was the fear of electrocution. pg&e had to turn off the power. it was out for several homes here on lanier lane here in san jose. that power has since been restored. as i mentioned there were people home at the time. they are cooperating with police, san jose police who are

investigating whether or not this pot grow was legal. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> a driver is credited with getting neighbors out of their homes when a house went up in flames. he was driving his friends home yesterday morning when he saw this, flames shooting out of this house. he stopped his car, called 911 and ran to the house banging on doors to get neighbors up and out in case the fire spread. the person who owned the home was out of town. they have been notified. investigators say the fire caused significant damage. >> the wife shakes me, get up, get up, something's happening out here. all i could see is red trucks, about six fire trucks. >> feel bad for these people, you know. at least they weren't home, that's good news. boy, that's a tough one. at least they are safe. >> investigators are trying to

find out how that fire started. it's 5:35. turning to our microclimate forecast. clear skies. let's take you south in the peninsula. a couple of clouds there. peninsula, palo alto, nice day ahead. let's check in with miss st. patrick's day. >> an irish lassie. half irish, half spanish. oh, yeah. san francisco looking good, we have a good looking day. i'm a saucy girl and i'm proud of it. 64 in san francisco, 70 degrees in the east bay and the south bay at 69 degrees today. so as you try to get your wardrobe going you want to think two parts of the day. it's clear for the most part. we have coastal fog starting to develop and roll over the coastal mountains. mostly clear when the sun comes up. we're three days from the official kickoff of spring. we're going to warm you up.

funny thing is first day of spring warmest day of the week, then we're tracking showers. in your forecast b 5 to 10 minutes away i'll show you what we expect in terms of that rain as we progress throughout this week. >> we're looking across the bay, at the crossing for the bay t bay bridge crossing. we have the lanes off to the left with a little more traffic. fast track still a good advantage, not a major issue. we'll look at the east bay. that's for westbound highway 4, thafk doesn't include the altamont pass. we have a smooth flow in toward pittsburgh. another concern in that portion of the east bay. willow pass continues to be closed after a deadly crash. a pickup hit someone, dragged him for a bit of time. this was the scene earlier. we're hearing about the crews starting to get ready to move.

they think about 6:00 is when this will be reopened. should be reopening about with 6:00. this is not affecting your on or off ramps. back to the maps we'll show you the traffic around the bay as we zoom out we're showing you the greater bay area moves nicely we have green in the spirit of st. patrick's day of course. in the spirit of 5:38 as well. we have west 580 as you get toward livermore, by the time you get to dublin you're back up at speed limit. here for the south bay, all in the green stuff. not slowing yet. the crowd will build. we'll tack it. back to you. >> the new information on the missing malaysian yet. >> also coming up next a vote to break away from ukraine. now what happens snex we'll go live to washington for the latest.

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welcome back everyone. look at that. a snowy washington, d.c. this morning. a different picture than certainly the bay area where we're seeing very nice temperatures climbing. it's 5:41. hours ago crimea's parliament declared the region an independent state. residents voted to break off from ukraine and join russia. tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. this morning with what happens next. good morning. >> reporter: laura, good morning. early this morning the officials in crimea declared themselves an independent state and now some of the lawmakers are traveling to moscow today to try to get russia to annex them, looks like

the parliament may take that up soon. the u.s. not thrilled about this, in a phone call after the vote president obama told president putin it's in violation of international law, something he said before, something that putin ignored before. and that they want to try to work this out diplomatically. no clear path on how. the foreign ministers are working on that, lavrov and secretary of state john kerry. the european union and the u.s. may release names today of individuals who may be targeted for individual sanctions. banning their travel into the united states and into european countries, freezing their assets in those countries, trying to squeeze russia economically into backing down a bit here, not clear yet how many people, though, will be targeted by that. >> new details on the search for a missing malaysia airplane. investigators believe the copilot may have spoke at any

last words heard by ground controllers, those all right, good night. chase cain joins us with the latest. the mystery continues. >> it sure does, this is adding to the confusion. we reported that the final recorded words came after one of the plane's communication systems was disabled but in the past minutes malaysian authorities now saying well maybe those came before the communication system was shut off but they don't know. that is frustrating for the families of the passengers. other reports suggest the plane may have dropped to 5,000 feet and continued flying for some seven hours after contact was lost. that makes the search more difficult in part because the altitude of the plane would determine how far it could have flown. australia has taken the lead in the search in the indian ocean. one theory explored is that someone but the boeing 777 on a popular commercial route to hide

in plain sight. all of that putting the families through quite a difficult time. >> with all of the new developments about the pilots and the amount of fuel and the course changes in their course, the flight path, i feel like the plane's probably been taken somewhere, you know. so that's hopeful. that's good. >> that was the brother of one of the american passengers. families are not hiding their contempt for malaysia's handling of the investigation and the search. while we do not know unfortunately what happened the evidence is mounting that the people responsible for this were either pilots or someone on board with extensive knowledge of the boeing 777. it seems less likely that this was simply an accident. seems like something had to happen. >> seemingly around the radar, how would they know the take the jet off the screen. >> a lot of knowledge required.

>> thanks so much. there's no threat of a tsunami this morning following two powerful earthquakes in chile. the u.s. geological survey reported that the two earthquakes struck off chile's northern pacific coast yesterday afternoon. one registering 6.7 magnitude. more than 100,000 people evacuated as a precaution but only minor damage was reported. >> an 18-year-old father accused of biting off part of his newborn's nose could enter a plea in court. joshua cooper has been charged. investigators say he bit off part of his one-month-old son's nose because the baby wouldn't stop crying. the mother called 911 right away. the doctors expect the baby to survive but found the child suffered a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage in addition to the severed nose. the family of missing teen sierra lamar says it will keep looking for the girl despite yesterday marking two years since she vanished. family and friends dedicated a

bench at her old school in fremont. the lamar family and volunteers searched for the 15-year-old every saturday since she disappeared and they are not stopping now. >> hope we'll find her alive still. >> antolin garcia torres has been charged with kidnapping and murder but her body has never been found. >> plan to see lots of green and also maybe a bit of controversy today during celebration and parades across the country for st. patrick's day. >> new york gears up for the largest parade in the nation, the city's mayor will not be there for the first time in decades. bill de blasio is skipping the parade because organizers refused to let participants carry gay rights signs. boston's mayor who is the son of irish immigrants will not be marching in south boston after talks failed to include a gay

veterans group. despite tensions and weather spectators will still show up. >> we've been out here for 25-plus years and this is the best f. you are hard core irish you're going to be here no matter weather. >> last week the company that makes sam adam beer pulled its sponsorship of boston's parade. >> it's going to be chilly there. all of the storms seem to hit chicago t midwest and the east coast. out here the opposite. >> complete opposite. >> it feels like spring. we have rain in the forecast this week. we want to keep the rain chances coming. april and may are not always dry in the bay area. hopefully we keep the storm systems coming in. that's what it looks like. i'm always looking 15 days out. i told you 15 days ago, for our next rain, yeah, we're looking good for that. it's still holding together. it's not as promising as it once was but we could pick up maybe

3/4 inch of rain out of this. that's pretty high but that's what i'm expecting through next week. dry starting today. cooler, breezy out there. but overall a nice day. the wind is going to help us out. 48 in the south bay, the east bay at 54. and 50 in the north bay. we have a little on shore flow and that is keeping our trees, nice and moist. we want to keep the hills green. that's what helps out when it comes to fire safety as we get into the summertime. 64 degrees in san francisco, 70 in the east bay, south bay at 69, mild, let me show you where we're headed throughout this wek. and beyond. we stop the clock as you head through tuesday, wednesday, temperatures are going to climb. the first official day of spring. in san francisco you'll get a taste of the 70s. then temperatures drop off as this arrives. look at this, a pretty robust

area of low pressure slated to move in as we head through late wednesday into thursday of next week. what i can tell you is, this is still a ways out. it could get better and the chance could get worse, we have to keep watching it. at this point i feel confident saying 3/4 inch in the south bay. we still need it. that would bring our totals up. maybe another two inches out of this. we'll keep you updated. mike inouye, you grew up here. i know the last thing you want is a bad drought in the bay area. >> it's been the case in the bay area we kind of get used to things but we don't want to get lax about. i live in the east bay and we have more restrictions so there you go. turn off the shower. it's not my kids' fault but i let them think it is. how is that for a guilt trip, dad. top of the screen there was a crash outside of our camera range.

it's north 101 approaching story before the interchange. a light pole was taken down. it's on the shoulder. a little distraction. the volume of traffic starting to build before 6:00, 101 between 680 and 880. the rest of the northbound routes moving smoothly. this will back off and kick in about with 6:20. north of the south bay a smooth drive, green for the most part off of the bay bridge, westbound 80 at fourth there is a fender-bender there. sounds like everything is off the road but we'll track that as well into the ski. your first slowdown for the altamont pass. the orange means 50. no big surprises here for 84 as well, 580 toward dublin, that's a good flow. out to the bay bridge after we talk about this first. i want to talk about the closure willow pass road, i don't have

anything official but the buzz is that willow pass road has reopened between fifth and sixth after overnight investigation. there was a deadly crash there. sounds like it's open or will be in the next couple of minutes. now we'll get to you the bay bridge toll plaza. the cash lanes backing up. a little slowing, this is early for the metering lights to be on. i'll confirm that, let you know in the next report. the southbound direction for the north bay. again we're watching the bay bridge toll plaza. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. 5:51. >> coming up everyone, a thrilling come from behind win for the warriors out on the road. >> jim harbaugh challenge as walrus to a push-up competition. video you're going to have to see to believe it.

a good morning to you. welcome back. 5:54. a live look here at oracle arena. the warriors back in action tomorrow night against the orlando magic. last night it was a thriller on the road in portland. >> warriors fell behind early down 18 points in the third quarter, that is when stef curry put the team on his shoulder, five threes in 12 minutes. to put the warriors up by four. the blazers took back the lead in the fourth but klay thompson made a three, with 20 seconds left. a win for golden state. the nba playoffs around the corner but right now it's college hoops. >> stanford cardinal the only bay area team heading to the

ncaa tournament this weekend. the cardinal earned the 10 seed in the south region of the big dance and will face off against the university of new mexico friday morning in st. louis. >> however, the season isn't over for the cal bears headed to the n.i.t., cal number 2 seed will host utah valley wednesday night. also headed to the n.i.t., st. mary's college. the gales host utah and the dons lsu on wednesday night. go gales. >> how about this for an off season workout. that is 49ers head coach jim harbaugh challenging a walrus to a push-up competition. this was yesterday during a family trip to six flags in vallejo. no official word who won. eye to eye. check that out. complete level there. park officials say harbaugh got a kiss from a sea lion, bottle pedestrian a tiger and met an elephant. >> who sets that up?

>> walrus. >> what's next? let's check in with christina. a look at our forecast. >> that walrus giving harbaugh the stink eye. temperatures in the 50s, 54 degrees in san francisco, 50 in the north bay right now. so it's chilly, a little breezy. you've got a windchill factor. today temperatures really comfortable. good air quality. you want to open up the windows in the home today is a great day. 70 for st. paddy's day. 71 degrees in the north bay. mike's been busy this monday, let's check in with him now. see if there is anything new. >> there is and that's not good usually for the drive. but the backup at the bay bridge i was concerned because that was early and there you go, all of the metering lights are on, all of these lanes backed up. they turned the lights on slow because of this, look at the maps. the backup of the toll plaza you saw out of oakland is jammed upow ver to the san francisco

side where chp called a sigalert, basically they think it's going to take at least a half hour and have a major impact to the flow of traffic. getting off the bay bridge with at fourth. the on ramp there is a crash but may be visible and may be blocking lanes off the roadway. that's what it looks like into san francisco. there you go, the rest of the bay looking pretty good. willow pass road reopened in concord after a deadly crash investigation and the rest of the bay according to schedule. >> thanks so much. 5:57. still ahead firefighters find dozens of pot plants in a burned out san jose home. >> a man is recovering this morning after he was hit by a tour bus in san francisco. what witnesses say the driver of the bus did moments before the crash.

right now at 6:00, a house fire with a secret stashed

inside. the evidence hauled out by the bagful next. >> plus, final words aboard the missing flight, we'll tell you whose voice ground control heard as communication links were cut off. >> dublin, ireland, 52 and rainy. dublin, california, however, we're going to hit the 70s, lots of sunshine, a warm-up and then we bring in the rain, much needed rainfall in your complete forecast. >> ah, but the speeds for dublin, california back to the dublin, ireland temperature, that's 50s. we have a backup early because of a crash on the san francisco side. i'll let you know about that coming up. >> and the hills are alive with a lot of green, you can't see it in this picture because the sun hasn't arrived. it's monday, march 17th, st. patrick's day, this is "today in the bay." a very good morning