>> and we're getting into the last two days of winter. good thing is we are going to warm you up, a nice clear start to the day. temperatures 5 to 8 degrees milder this afternoon. we still have that great chance for rain. we'll take you through your full forecast. >> that weather looks great. the speeds are coming down. we'll talk you through them and the flashing ones i saw traveling through the area as well. >> a live look outside on this tuesday morning, always love that shot. never get tired of the beautiful bay bridge. clear out there. nice way to start our tuesday morning, march 18th, 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 bunkerment we have new information on a developing story. just moments ago vladamir putin told the russian parliament the country should take over the crimean peninsula.

chase cain joins us from our newsroom so chase, what else is putin saying? >> putin is addressing russian parliament now so we're continuing to lis tloon that speech but the bottom line is that russia has already recognized ukraine as a sovereign state, you see a live picture from russia. putin is claiming that he does not want to take more of ukraine, he says that he did not want further division. you see him sort of bidding farewell. he has wrapped up his speech in moscow. earlier in the speech putin told parliament he feels for the people in crimea who many years ago went to bed in one country and woke up in another when ukraine and crimean peninsula broke off from the former soviet union. putin denied he invaded saying russia is allowed to have troops at its military base in the region. this follows sunday's so called election where crimean voters chose to leave ukraine in favor

of russia with more than 96% of the vote, but the ballots were cast with russian troops at polling places. both the european union and the united states imposed sanctions on russia and its officials connected with the move to annex crimea. vice president biden flew to europe to meet with nato allies about this very tense situation, you see members of russian parliament there shaking hands as they leave the room, putin had also told the people that the west had cheated russia, the west crossed the line on ukraine and interesting to note president obama used similar language yesterday in his speech saying that russia has crossed a line on ukraine. we just saw russian president putin wrap up there so of course we'll bring you much more on what he had to say in the next half hour. >> amazing to see those live pictures. thank you so much. >> 5:02, new this morning firefighters battle add one-alarm fire early this morning at an old u.s. navy building minutes from the

vallejo yacht club. firefighters arrived after midnight finding five homeless people inside. seven others had taken off before crews arrived no. injuries reported and the cause is under investigation. >> police are looking for a suspected arsonist who lit at least three parked cars on fire over the weekend in south san francisco. police say two cars were deliberately set on fire on sunday just after 2:30 in the morning. about an hour later a third car on oak avenue was lit on fire. police say dark blue or black car similar to a buick or perhaps a ford crown victoria was in the area around the time of the fire that's what they are looking for. the drifr a man with dark shoulder length hair in his 20s. >> 5:03. better training at taco bell, disneyland, even walmart from employees at l.a.x. who say the airport is not prepared to respond to emergency situations like the one in november. the second report out is taking

a close look at what the airport did right and wrong. bob redell live with an advanced copy of that report. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning. this is the official report to be presented to the los angeles board of airport commissioners at noon today. in it it argues that l.a.x. has serious shortcomings when it comes to its emergency response. last november a man with a high powered rifle shot and killed a tsa officer at a security checkpoint in terminal 3, then went through the check point and shot and injured two tsa officers and a school teacher before police shot him and placed him under arrest. you saw his photo there, 24 years old, has pled not guilty to chargeses. the report criticizes the police and fire response saying both agencies set up separate command posts which added to the chaos of that day, took 45 minutes to coordinate together. officers and firefighters radios were incompatible. there was almost no communication between police and

fire and the airport emergency operation center and because of this confusion first responders didn't know where and how to respond. hence, the long delay for the emts to help the dying officer. what the report does not address, the fact that there were only two armed officers in terminal 3, and that both were out of position to provide a quick response. there is a separate report t one you alluded to, that's prepare bid the union representing some of the airport workers. it is critical as well, says thousands of the workers were in the dark that day, they are on their own, not adequately trained for an emergency that when the shooting started some of the wheelchair attendants scattered leaving their disabled passengers to fend for themselves with no way to move on their own. in the report many union employees say they had better emergency training at their previous jobs as you mentioned at taco bell, disneyland and walmart. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> quite the day that was. >> a recent security breach at

the palo alto yunl fied school district appears to be an isolated incident and not widespread fraud. last month a district revealed a palo alto high school senior made changes to his or her grades. according to the "mercury news" the district has reviewed all of the transcripts of palo alto and gun high school students and found no other changes made. however, the district has taken steps now to make sure this does not happen again. >> the city council will talk whether to recommend the state name winchester dome theaters a national historic place. mayor chuck reed is against the plan. he's written to the office of historic preservation telling the state agency not to nominate the winchester domes. he says preserving the domes will hurt the city's urban village plan which is supposed to go up where the current century 21, 22 and 23 domes stand. reed calls the theaters obsolete and practically unusable. >> richmond looking to become the next bay area city to raise the minimum city. the council will decide tonight

whether to put one of three proposed hikes on the november balance lat. between $11 per 4, $12.30 or $15 per hour. the current minimum wage in richmond is $8 per hour. >> st. patrick's day long gone but millions looking to push their luck. tonight's mega millions jackpot sup to an estimated $400 million. that's a $224 million cash value. to get in on that action you have to buy your ticket, though, by 7:45 tonight. >> there is an office pool do, the office pool. you never want to be the person that didn't throw the dollar in. >> if we're not here tomorrow you know why. meteorologist christina loren is standing by. what do you think. >> definitely we should do a ladies pool. must be a lady with this. we'll see. temperatures right now are chilly. a great indication that the coast is clear at this hour. when you have temperatures in the 40s and the 30s, right at

the immediate coast. you can see that in half moon bay. 37 degrees, yes, that is highly unusual to hit a temperature in the 30s where we're in the 40s in san francisco, san jose, even livermore at 50 degrees this morning. so it's very unusual. the coldest city right there on the ocean. as we head throughout the day today, the biggest difference is the winds have relaxed. we have the nice north wind yesterday and it was mixing everything up as well. we lose the wind. we have clear sky, and all the warmth from yesterday radiates back out into the atmosphere. we don't get the blanket of low clouds. temperatures comfortable, we have strong high pressure in control and as a result 67 degrees. a little bit of ocean breeze. we're not going to get much in the south bay as a result tri-valley today what beautiful conditions, 74 degrees for you. the rest of the bay area works like this. 70 today in the east bay. a little breezy through the east bay hills that will start to pick up as we head through tonight. we'll get the stundowner winds. sunny and mild, 74 degree, up in the north bay it is so pretty up

there now. 75 degrees. everything is green and beautiful. and we have a reinforcing shot of rain for next week to keep things green. we'll talk about that in the next report. let's check your drive. good morning traffic tuesday mike inouye. >> and now first of all we don't typically take this angle so relax a little bit. it looks extremely crowded. traffic facing westbound. they are going over to the dublin interchange. at the top of the screen you see the road snaking through the hill there up the dublin grade. it's typically packed like this view. all of the other lights, those are the signs for the businesses in the area. so we don't usually take this shot but we did see a good amount of slowing at the lower -- middle screen on the right side. that was jamming up as you approach and heading to the off ramp. the slowdown we saw has started to clear up and the flashing lights looked like they cleared from the road as well. an earlier crash westbound 580 at 680 t dublin interchange

should have moved to the shoulder. chp making a shift change. again a live view does show improving situation there. the rest of your bay looking typical according to plan. the south bay no major issues. speed floos the north bay in the green and we're looking across the bay, the san mateo bridge calm so back to you. >> sounds good. thank you so much. mountain view could have a solution to beat the gridlock. leaders say it needs federal funding. christie smith joining us live on the pod car tran stit system. tell us what this is about. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is not like any light rail system that we're used to seeing in the bay area. we're talking about a two-prn pod car is what they call. rolling along an elevated track to try and do things like alleviate congestion here in the downtown area, and other hot spots around the city. sky tran, that is based in mountain view, developing a personal transit system

according to the merc. possibly backing plans to build a demo project at moffett field. they are also looking for federal funding. this is a system of magnetic levtation and could link the downtown area with the transit center, light rail and also the north bayshore area. at a cost of about 7 to 8 million dollars a mile to build. we spoke with a v.p. of engineering. >> not taking away parking. just the pole tons sidewalk and the guide way above the traffic. >> reporter: for the city's part it could chip in $75,000 for a grant to look into this. some council members taking a wait-and-see approach seeing if maybe other companies have similar ideas. one estimate is it could move about 5,000 people per hour and be developed in about five to 10 years, if you want to weigh in

on this, the council is taking up the issue tonight at 6:30. reporting live along the peninsula, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> pretty cool looking. >> 5:11. a cal football player named in a massive antitrust lawsuit against the ncaa. >> and the search continues for the missing malaysian airlines jetliner, what investigators now reveal about what happened in the minutes before the plane disappeared from radar.

5:14 now. malaysian authorities say they are now not sure whether the copilot's last words were spoken before or after the plane's data communication system was shut off.

that announcement shakes up the timeline that's developing since that plane disappeared a full 11 days ago. officials told us yesterday the copilot said all right good night before that system was turned off, now they say they actually don't know. we have learned that the turn that was made by the airplane was preprogrammed into the plane's computer system. >> oscar pistorius's lawyer questioned a police photographer about items at the crime scene including the bat used to beat down the door. the bat may have been used before pictures were taken. lawyers showed hundreds of pictures from the crime scene including blood smears and bullet shells. they grilled the officer about when and where some of the pictures were taken. pistorius is accused of murdering his girlfriend in his home. the blade runner says he thought she was an intruder before shooting and killing her. >> a third person has died in the crash of the south by southwest festival in austin.

sandy lee was one of the 26 people hurt after a man speeding away from police plowed into a crowd of people in a blocked off street. two people died at the scene. lee died yesterday at the hospital. the suspect has been charged with capital murder. >> former berkeley professor janet yellen will oversee her first meeting as fed chairwoman. good morning. >> good morning. yeah, she will hold her first press conference as fed chair tomorrow, today they start the meeting. the expectation they will likely continue cutting back on their bond buying stimulus program but will get that news tomorrow afternoon. this morning the futures have made a really big turn around. they are higher after vladamir putin said that russia doesn't have any designs on the ukraine, they simply are going to recognize crimea and the crimeans want to be with russia

and that's the end of it. at least for now if you trust him on that. we're going to watch for economic numbers on consumer prices and housing starts t dow will start at 16,247 after rising 181 points, the nasdaq at 4279 after gaining 34, but as i mentioned they are set up to both be higher at the open. walmart wants a bigger cut of the video game business. shoppers can trade in used games for gift cards. they can be redeemed in store or on line. walmart estimates the consumers spend about $2 billion a year on used video games. game stop appear ones of the ones seen as the loser. shares are down 8%. the feeling is that walmart is going to eat into their market share of used games. you got to admit it's great timing folks doing spring cleaning, as i imagine you probably have a couple of those mario brother games.

>> my husband has a lot of those ts 3 ones that aren't getting used. repurposing. thanks a lot. >> keep them next to the atari. >> which is never played anymore. >> checking in now with meteorologist christina loren. we love those old games though. >> i go to the game stop once a week. i'm a geek. >> she's a gamer. >> i am. i like to do it on my treadmill. that's how i stay motivated. whatever motivates you, maybe it's the weather. it's comfortable out there. it's going to be pretty as we head into the 7:00 hour. we get the sun rise around 7:25. we're talking about a pretty sun rise this morning. throughout the morning, grab that jacket. temps about 5 to 10 degrees cooler to kick off your tuesday. if you are heading out and about this is what you can expect. it's mostly clear along the bay bridge. we could see more low cloud cover roll in throughout the next couple hours, as our wind speeds are starting to drop off.

that does typically enable some of the fog to settle in. we're looking pretty good. the only fog you're going to find is around daily city. we'll keep you updated. overall we expect to be completely sunny by 10:00 a.m. today. that warming is going to kick in. you'll notice the difference. we climb 5 to 8 degrees. so that breeze will build as we head throughout tonight. it's going to be nice and clear. a great night to check out the stars, really pretty out there as we head throughout the next couple nights. it will be clear. then the pattern is going to change getting into next week. highs today work like this. upper 60s in san francisco, 67 degrees, about 75 in the north bay, so comfortable conditions just about everywhere. 74 degrees along the south bay. it's going to be really nice in san jose today. offshore flow and a warm-up the next couple days, and then look what comes into the mix next week. a potent system of low pressure, and what i really like about this system is and what our futurecast models bring in. it looks like it's going to

bring more rainfall to southern california where they need. our farmers in the central valley, this is all moving toward us. we'll talk more about this, the early tallies i'll have in the next report. first here is mike inouye. >> first we'll look over at the bay bridge. i zoomed in toward the incline. we took a look about a half hour ago, there were crews there. no more flashing lights, no lanes blocked. both up to the right and the left moving smoothly. we have one set of bright light there is as you approach the toll plaza, that crew remains to clear but they are out of lanes. smooth drive across the bay. no delays in that stretch. looking at the rest of the bay, a smooth drive for the bridge, the dumbarton t san mateo bridge, christina warned there may be a patch or two of fog drifting across highway 1 but not a problem for drivers or the drive around the bay. the tri-valley, the earlier

crash, that's clear from 580 westbound. a smooth typical build for tuesday out of the altamont pass. you have slowing and highway 84, the south bay, those crews are starting to move. that's probably why we're seeing this slowdown for 280 northbound and 17 south off of the interchange, we don't have incidents in the area but overnight crews starting to move and that does mess up our data for the timing. we'll track that. in fremont, toward mission boulevard we don't see problems. the headlights have just passed by a crash and tire debris. i'll track that for you as well. back to you. >> thank you. it's 5:21. a local college football player one of four named in a federal lawsuit against the ncaa. the suit claims the league and its five dominant conferences including the pac-12 illegally restrict the earning power of football and basketball players while making billions off their labor. big time college sports is an unlawful cartel.

the ncaa has not responded. cal football player william tyndall is named as one of the plaintives. he started in five games over two seasons at cal. >> the time now 5:21. possible changes coming to the nfl playoffs and they could show up as soon as next year.

5:24. the nfl apparently all set to expand the playoffs in 2015 allowing 14 teams compared to the current 12. according to the monday morning quarterback editor peter king, one team in each conference would get a bye leading to six wild card games instead of four. the six games would be spread over three days meaning a possible monday night match-up. king says the new format will be discussed at next week's owners meeting. >> too young to play the lottery

but one teen beat the odds. sank back-to-back hole in ones over the weekend. some never get one 18 lifetime. the video retrieving his ball after a second hole in one. he was playing 18 junior golf tournament on the short course at santa teresa club in san jose. the 14-year-old aced the 84-yard eighth and scored another hole on the one on the 116-yard ninth hole. >> i want to be able the hit the ball properly f. that name sounds familiar it should, she the son of sharks head coach todd mcclellan. >> the closest i have gotten is playing at the course. >> closer than me. >> good day to go hit the links. >> fore, peggy and laura, watch out everybody. we've got a good looking day. laura's actually really good. i'm going to tell you that right now. take her on one day. 44 degrees in the south bay. 49 along the peninsula and 49 in

san francisco. and i know that because golfers have told me that, laura. so you can't hide from it. 74 in the south bay, 74 in the east bay and 67 degrees today in san francisco. so yeah, great day for golf, we're not going to have a lot of wind. you don't have to be a straight shooter today. let's check the drive. >> you do, however, have to be a straight driver, stay in your lane, not with that driver. topped the ball but i can stay in my lane. folks are doing that in dublin. west 580 off of el charo. a smooth drive, you see at speed. that's great stuff. the map will show you. we're talking about a crash approaching the off ramp. that slowing has cleared up, improved in time for a look on the right side of the screen. traffic tuesday starting to approach. the slowing into livermore but no problems once you're west of that. toward the rest of the bay. aside from construction crews, a smooth drive. we saw slowing on the sensors

for 17 and 280, those have cleared up as far as your average speeds go, at the bottom of the screen in the green, for all of these and no problems, same for 280. back to you. >> it's 5:27. three east bay teens hail heroes after reportedly saving a woman from a burning building. >> i really wish i didn't have to. >> the man accused of stabbing a teenage boy to death at a popular south bay park tells his side of the story from behind bars.

arson investigation, why police say a fire was to cover up another crime. >> the honor that was a long time coming. the family of a war veteran gets ready to receive the military's highest honor in his name. >> and good morning to you. temps in the 70s, feeling like springtime. we're still in winter. two days left, however. we'll keep on climbing and then

we've got significant rainfall we could tap into, that atmospheric river. we'll tell you when. >> looking at the flow on the roadways as well. 880 past the truck scales before you get there, debris and a crash. >> taking a live look outside right now over san jose. good morning to you. right now it's 5:30. it's tuesday, march 18th and this is "today in the bay." good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. mountain view leaders will ask for federal money to help ease traffic. christie smith joins us live with details on the proposed pod car transit system. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. this is much different than b.a.r.t., different than light rail, things we're used to. we're talking about a two-person

pod car system that would basically move above the people on the street to help alleviate traffic congestion in places like the downtown area and other hot spots. skytran is the mountain view-based company that's developing a personal rapid transit system. sort of a small pod car using magnetic levitation. it's looking at the city here in mountain view to help back its demo project at the nasa aims research center that could rink the downtown transit with the google future campus and the ellis street station. the city considering talks with the u.s. transportation secretary and local companies about a possible grant fund for cars safely above the ground. >> they will be above traffic so they don't interfere with traffic. you can't get run over by a pod because it's elevated. >> reporter: that was from an interview we did a time ago with

skytran company. this project would cost about $750,000, at least at this phase that they are talking about. about 7 to $8 million a mile to build it eventually. the council though appears to be taking a cautious approach here, sort of considering what other companies might have to offer as well. we're told that it could move about with 5,000 people an hour and be developed and up and running in about 5 to 10 years. the council taking this up. tonight at 6:30. reporting live in mountain view, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thanks a lot. >> developing now, russia has accepted crimea's request to join the country officially breaking off from ukraine and heightening tensions in eastern europe. that agreement came at the end of a lengthy address to parliament by russian president vladamir putin. chase cain joins us. you listened to the long speech putin gave. tell us what you learned. >> we saw the end of it the beginning of our last half hour.

since then russian leaders and crimean leaders signed a treaty to annex the region into russia leaving ukraine and that bold move comes as both the united states and the european union have pushed back in posing the toughest sanctions against russia since the cold war. russian president vladamir putin we hear there telling parliament he feels for the people in crimea who many years ago went to bed in one country and woke up in another referencing when ukraine and the crimean peninsula broke off from the former soviet union. putin denied western allegations that he invaded crimea instead saying russia is allowed to have troops at its military base in the region that is part of russia, this follows sunday's so called election where they chose to leave in favor of russia with more than 96% of the vote but the ballots were cast with russian troops at polling stations. both imposed sanctions on russia

and its officials connected with the move to annex crimea. vice president biden got off a plane in poland to meet with nato allies about this tense situation, president obama has even said he will fly to europe next week if that becomes necessary. the big question that remains is how the international community will respond. ukraine had called up 40,000 reserve troops, the united states and the european union oppose the annexation of crimea so clearly this move by putin and russia is a defiant move. >> a lot of discussion will there be will mary involvement from our country now. so interesting story. thank you so much. >> investigators are deciding whether a deadly stabbing in a park was self defense, this morning we're hearing from the man police arrested in the case. from jail todd tharp tells nbc bay area he was being attacked by up to six men he believed to be gang members when he says he pulled out a knife to defend himself. police found him badly beaten

and around the same time ivan diaz was taken to the hospital with a stab wound where he died. tharp admits he stabbed the teen but says he was defending himself. >> i wouldn't have pulled out if i didn't fear for my life. yeah, definitely, i was on the ground for probably 45 seconds to a minute, that whole time i was getting hit in the head, kicked in the head, kicked in the head with a bottle. >> at a vigil friends of diaz says he was not a gang member. >> this is a 16-year-old boy that we all know and he is not like that, he is not a gang affiliated and would never throw a first punch. >> diaz' friends say tharp is trying to get out of trouble by claiming self defense. tharp says he has 16-year-old brother and can't imagine what diaz' family is going through. police are looking for someone they think set fire to a home to

cover up a burglary. we told you about this fire yesterday in mountain view. a man driving by called 911, then went door-to-door warning neighbors. after the fire was knocked down investigators realized some items were missing. we're told the homeowner was out of town. the owner's car was also taken. it's a 2003 blue audi a-4 with 5 hjm 491. >> three east bay teens are credited with saving a woman from a burning homep in san ramon. a neighbor saw smoke coming from the home and tried to grab the woman but couldn't do it by himself. the teens came over to help. >> got me and pushed me aside and went in, grabbed her and the chair and brought her out and brought the dog out on the leash and everything. at the same time brought her oxygen tank out. so they happened to be by, and they were playing hooky so i guess they'll get excused today. >> a good excuse now. another woman in the home was

able to get out. it took firefighters 45 minutes to put out the fire, no one was seriously hurt. >> right place, right time. >> check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. a nice one on tap. >> yes. it's going to be nice out there. we still have the rain as well. i know people start to feel guilty about enjoying this beautiful weather. we have a lot of rain next week. it all depends on the atmospheric river which right now many of the models are hinting we're going to tap into that. so that's the game changer. make as difference between one inch in santa rosa and 5 to 6 inches so hopefully that will play out. we'll talk about that coming up in your main weather forecast. for today this is all you need to know. chilly start, grab that jacket. not a lot of fog. a little bit of patchy fog is starting to develop. we're mostly clear in half moon bay which is why you're starting out so cold this morning in the 30s. nonetheless by about 10:00 a.m. it's going to kick in as high pressure is strong for today. it's going to build and boost those numbers up to the tune of

about 5 to 8 degrees. as we head into tonight that breeze going to pick up. mostly clear, great night for stargazing. same tomorrow and then we kick off spring on thursday. so here's your temperatures. san francisco, ocean breeze, 67, 74 in the south bay, tri-valley, this is still above average. you notice the difference from yesterday. a cool start to the day. like i said by 10:00, 11:00, the warm-up is on. 70 degrees in the east bay. the peninsula 74 degrees, coastal fog, 75, we still have good air quality overall the north bay, just beautiful. look likes we could see really significant totals here. like i said we're going to talk about that in your full forecast. right now see how we're doing. >> you know i moved our camera over toward well let me talk through the shot. all the way on the right side of the screen you see the headlights under the overpass, northbound 880 approaching mission boulevard. reports of after truck that blew out a tire. i don't see problems.

the map will show you the area approaching at the bottom with the arrow, 262 is mission boulevard. no slowing so we'll consider the lanes clear. chp hasn't given us a lot of information. doesn't sound like a major concern. in the south bay typical overnight construction, 680, 101, moving smoothly. the earlier slowing for 280 at 17 that has cleared after those started to move as well. north of the san mateo bridge, problems into or out of san francisco t east bay and the approach all smooth and the approach and a live look out there because the cash lanes starting to stack up in the last five minutes from nothing to basically to the parking lot for the cash lanes only. fast track is clear. >> with 5:39. a long time coming. the families of two dozen war veterans receive the medal of honor today. i'll have a live report coming up. >> also the latest recall linked to the north bay meat processing plant. this time it's beef jerky. what types to look out for. >> a new video t dangers of

crossing the tracks all caught on camera. close call there. the lessons caltrain has learned from this video.

it's 5:42. today president obama will bestow the medal of honor to two dozen denied the honor years ago because of prejudice. among them a santa clara man who died during the korean war. tracie potts with a look at the historic ceremony. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. these men waited a long time, and only three of them are still living so they are still going to be honored today at the white house for their valor in world war ii and the korean war, and vietnam. joe baldanado is being honored, a man who was machine gunner and

according to the army he held his position after wave after wave of attacks by the enemy, turns out that he ended up getting killed by a grenade, his remains were never found. he got the purple heart and numerous other awards, but as you said, because of prejudice at the time was not considered as a medal of honor recipient which is the nation's highest military honor. all but five of these men are african-american, jewish action or hispanic and they are now being reconsidered and honored today at the white house because of their actions in those three wars. >> long time coming for the families as well. thank you. >> at 5:43, a northern california man with ties to the military facing charges of trying to help a terrorist organization. 20-year-old nicolas was captured near the canadian border. the fbi says he planned to join al qaeda fighters. according to documents, the

student in stockton told an undercover agent he wanted to bomb the l.a. subway system. the complaint also says he was a member of the national guard. if convicted he could face 15 years in prison and be fined a quarter million dollars. >> this morning video has surfaced of a man nearly killed when he ran across the tracks at a caltrain station, seconds before a speeding train passes. take a look at this. in this video you can see the barriers were down t sirens blaring when a group of commuters decided to run across the tracks in front of an express train. moments later another man follows that group and makes it by just barely. the man has not been identified, you can see it again here. watch that. boy, half a second to spare. caltrain says trains on the system can reach 79 miles per

hour, covering the length of a football field in less than three seconds. it is releasing the video to urge riders to never go around gates and expect a train at any time on the track. bob redell is heading to menlo park. we'll talk to him coming up around 6:00. >> you have to ask yourself how much time did he save? >> you can't -- see or understand how fast that train is going i think the perspective is off. >> got to be careful. >> put on the sun screen. >> indeed. >> the sun has been glorious. >> it is nice. it's a good time to get the garden growing. >> yeah. did you know we have rain in the forecast next week so maybe this weekend you put that on the map, it's a good time to do so. spring starts on thursday. you know spring is one of the prettiest seasons across the bay area. 44 degrees in the south bay. the only place we have considerable cloud cover at this point is san francisco, down to daly city. south san francisco, you'll be socked in a little bit but not for long.

we should see a good amount of clearing as we head throughout the next hours. part of the reason the fog is settling in is because our winds are so light this morning. and these winds are going to remain light until this evening, then they will pick up offshore winds mean little cloud cover. great night to check out the stars, great night to get on out there. still partly a full moon out there. high pressure is in control. here's the story. this is our friend right now. this is going to warm us up the next couple days, then break down and allow for an area of low pressure to bring us shower activity. for today we're going to see a clear start to the day, cold as a result. then the north wind will start to pick up and our temps about 5 degrees warmer. high builds offshore the next couple days and we're going to keep that climb going all the way into thursday, the first official day of spring. a little preview what if we expect from the warm-up. 67 degrees in san francisco, 74 in the east bay, warmer in the south bay, 74 degrees for you. going to be nice out there.

then we have changes as we head into next week and i want to make sure you're aware whafts going to happen. especially if you want that rain. for the most part it looks like the main portion of this front is going to impact the north bay. look at this. looks like it's staying organized via this computer model all the way down into southern california. they need rain as well. here's the deal. we could tap into the atmosphere river, i do believe we will, and that is a game changer. that could bring in generous rainfall totals in the bay area. i'm expecting 3/4 inch even in san jose where we get rain from the santa cruz mountains possibly up to four inches in the north bay. you want to keep the levels up as we get into the summer. let's check your drive. here is mike inouye. >> more rain will make that russian river rush more. the morning rush, there you go with the theme. west 580. the headlights move, not a big deal. but we have this build out of the altamont pass, it's traffic tuesday, we expect heavier volume and we see that compared

to yesterday. slowing approaching that livermore interchange. by the time you get to isabelle back to speed, a little off to the left side that yellow off of the dublin interchange. the start of the commute in that direction but no big concern. the rest of the bay looks smooth across the water. the san mateo and dumbarton bridges. the bay bridge, also moves nicely. the south bay t northbound routes start to see the first build north 101 north of 680. typical pattern that will let up. the road crews continue to clear with nothing unusual. the san mateo bridge, a smooth flow. 101 and 280. 101 at 92, a light volume of traffic, no problems into or out of san francisco t north bay at speed. back to you. >> 5:48. a new recall to tell you about tied to the tainted meat from a bay area slaughter house. hemt officials crawl krave beef

jerky in 3.25 ounce bags, that was produced january 1 last year through january 7 of this year, and shipped to stores nation wide. that variety may contain bad beef from the rancho feeding corporation in petaluma. earlier this year the slaughter house recalled more than 8.7 million pounds of meat, almost an entire year's worth because it processed diseased animals without proper federal inspection. >> 5:49. yesterday's 4.4 earthquake in southern california put an early warning system to the test. scientists say it worked. a network of seismic sensors gathered data about the quake from what's called a p-wave sending researchers an alert that shaking was coming. the warning arrived about eight seconds before the ground shook. seismologists say sensors in the bay area could also provide advance warning. >> there will be some areas like the bay area where we have

enough seismic stations where it will work just as well as we saw in los angeles. >> seismologists at the usgs would like to give the public access to the system but they say the system needs about $80 million improvements before it's ready. >> a couple of eitems on the san jose council agenda. the city will continue discussions on a pilot prax to lease vacant motel rooms for homeless people. it would kbost $1 million a year. at 7:00 the council will present to polina edmunds. she placed 9th in her olympic debut proving she will be a serious contender for 2018 winter olympics. >> with south bay toddler getting read the appear on ellen. >> he is so cute. goldie blox settles with the beasty boys.

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5:53 on tuesday morning. a high profile legal battle between a bay area start-up and the beasty boys reached a settlement to dismiss the claim filed by goldieblox was filed yesterday in san jose. terms were not disclosed. it comes after a youtube video with a parody of the hit song girls sparked copy right infringement complaints. the video was later edited without the song. >> microsoft's new ceo will unveil a version of office for the ipad. he is set to speak on march 27.

reports say microsoft has had ipad and iphone versions of office ready for several months but has delayed releasing them due to internal divisions. >> a developer has come up with a plan for new housing near facebook's campus. the company is proposing seven apartment buildings in eastern menlo park according to the "mercury news." they would be built along the highlighted area of hamilton avenue. they are less than a mile from the facebook campus. it would create 195 units. the planning commission is accepting public comment. >> take a moment to watch a. 3-year-old youtube sensation set to appear on the ellen show. >> he's got a job offer from ellen. she thinks he would make a fabulous lawyer. here's why. >> no. i'm -- >> look. look. >> this is video arguing with his mom linda. it went viral with more than 4

million views. he is only 3. he was taught to use his mother's first name in case of an emergency. in this case the emergency was wanting a cupcake for dinner. he goes on for quite some time. linda, linda, honey, i need a cupcake. watch mother and son today on ellen. a future lawyer. >> i got to side with him. occasion all i need a cupcake. >> it's urgent. >> from time to time yes. >> i feel the need. >> now come on. yeah, i know what you need. a need a cupcake and then i don't once in a while as well. if you are someone trying to work off all of the cup cakes over the weekend today temps in the 40s and the 30s. we're going to end up in the 70s so thanks for waking up with us. i really want to bring you the latest information on the

weather pattern change we have next week. there is rain potentially a lot of it. as you know we desperately need it. next week we're going to talk about that as we head throughout the 6:00 hour and we're going to check the status of tahoe. there is still snow up there and more on the way. first, though, let's find out how he likes his cup cake. mike, you're my cup cake. >> thank you, christina. asking how, what type, anything, just my belly. looking here to the bay bridge this is not great. this is a beautiful view of the tower but look at the taillights going around the bend in toward the treasure island tunnel. we have a stall in the tunnel. i saw a lot of slowing, things came down to a creep but now starting to recover. may have just moved the car. look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we have the metering lights just turned on as a result of anything on the span. make sure they are clear moving vehicles for the crews. so we have metering lights turned on even early. back to talking about a

smooth flow on the approach. that span slowing down into san francisco. you can use the san mateo bridge if that's easy, no need for that yet but consider it because it's moving as well across the bay. a slow drive for the altamont pass and the tri-valley, typical for a tuesday. back to you. >> 5:57. still ahead a peninsula school district responding after reports a student was able to alter their grade. >> a top south bay politician comes out against the preservation of the winchester domes. >> we continue to follow a developing story out of russia. in the past hour vladamir putin made public comments about the situation in crimea. we'll have a live update coming up. >> and a live look outside now san jose, just getting reports of police investigating the city's ninth homicide of the year. we'll have more details on that coming up.

>> a split second decision nearly cost one man his life. incredible new video released by caltrains next. >> something for everybody in your full forecast. starting with a warm-up offshore flow returns, a little bit of beach weather and then we bring on the rain. we'll tell you where and how much in your full forecast. >> with the offshore returning looking at the shore-to-shore commute. westbound across the bay bridge, we have a stall on the span and getting over there a new four-car crash for the east shore freeway. we'll sort those out coming up. >> also a look outside on this tuesday, march 18th, you can see the bay bridge waking you up at 6:00 a.m. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon.