>> i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to. let check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. as you're picking out your wardrobe today you want to think short sleeves, sunglasses. it's go to-ing warm out there. here's the deal. warm-up today, tomorrow, first day of spring, and then we bring on the rain. potentially a rain c. pattern that extends well into april. first, let's check that drive. here's our own mike inouye. >> good morning. rain in april, showers, okay,

part of the rhyme. looking 880 northbound, traffic flow's smoothly, no problem at the coliseum itself northbound approaching 98 from the camera shot here. but we'll look at the map. speed sensors register fine. i've marked the arrow where we took a live look. farther south on to the freeway, marina boulevard in san leandro, getting on to 880 north, a car hit a fire hydrant. video coming in. if it's what it sounds like, stick around. sounds like a mini geyser going on, affecting your approach to the on-ramp but the ron ramp is open, marina boulevard to north 880. all bridges smoothly. crews continue typical road work. look at the green all over the bay. we'll talk about the water flow. >> sounds busy already. also a developing story to tell you. very strong video out of malaysia, as families are forcibly removed from a news conference for holding up a sign

calling malaysia airlines a liar. hard to watch. that woman was among other family members of missing passengers who demanded answers and the truth. in the meantime, malaysia's defense minister says files were deleted last month from the home flight simulator belonging to the pilot. investigators are working to get files back but say the pilot is considered innocent until proven guilty of any wrong doing. crimea's self-defense stormed headquarters taking control and raising a russian flag without resistance. a.p. reporter made it inside the headquarters and said he saw ukrainian troops packing up and leaving. the ukraine government has authorized its soldiers to shoot to kill, if pro-russian forces threaten their lives. the move comes after a ukrainian soldier was killed when pro-russian supporters and troops stormed a military facility in crimea.

ukrainian militia man was killed. joe biden is visiting countries neighbori russia. promising the u.s. will step up air patrols over estonia, latvia and lithuania, but it could come with a cost. >> if we have a rupture in our relationship with russia there are costs elsewhere in the world. >> during a speech yesterday, president putin said he was not interested in other parts of ukraine. here at home, firefighters evacuated several people from an overnight house fire in san francisco. that fire started on the second floor deck and damaged one side of the home. eight adults, five cats and a dog have been displaced. the red cross helped find the people and pets a place to stay. one person was taken to the hospital for minor injurieinjur. it happened near monterey boulevard and el verano way. officials believe the fire started by accident.

a man accused of setting more than a dozen fires in san jose expected to enter a plea in court today. prosecutors say the 48-year-old patrick brennan set 13 fires between january 8th and 10th, cussing $6 million in damage. fires include a five-alarm warehouse fire and six houses with people inside them at the time. no one was injured. mayor reed and city council honored self-people during the meeting credit helping to catch brennan. they organized neighborhood watches, turned in surveillance video during the string of arsons. officers shot and killed a pacifica man who stabbed a s.w.a.t. team member after a six-hour stand-off. police went to the house yesterday afternoon because family said the man armed with an ax was acting erratic. the s.w.a.t. team was called out when the man would not come out. after waiting six hours they tossed aflash bang grenade and rushed the home. he stabbed a s.w.a.t. member

with a knife, several officers opened fire, killing him. the injured swat member should be okay. deputies shot a man after a chase through the east bay. deputies tried to pull a man over in the black bmw in hayward. the driver took off, sped on to northbound 880. at hesparian boulevard, that driver reportedly tried to run down another deputy, who shot twice into the car. the driver managed to drive back down through hayward and on to highway 92 where he went on the on ramp, that's where his car was disabled. the suspect tried to run away but deputies caught up with him. he was shot in the arm, and officials say he should survive. >> san jose is one step closer to moving homeless off the street and into hotels and motels. with more than 4700 homeless throughout the city, the council voted to take a closer look at pilot program. if approved the program will give rooms to people with

housing vouchers but who cannot find a place to live because prices are too high. the city will add kitchen ets to 10 rooms. people who work with the holeless support the program but others think they'll take advantage of the free stay. >> chillin', not looking for a place. that's supposed to be temporary housing away from home, it's not supposed to be long term. >> this type of thing that they're doing now that where we can put people in some kind of temporary housing to get them ready to go into a more permanent housing is really the answer for a lot of people. >> there are still a lot of details to work out, such as which nonprofit will even run the program, as well as which motels will participate and how much it will cost. earlier estimates have the cost at $1 million per year. city council will revisit the plan in two months. richmond can soon have the highest minimum wage in the state. last night the city council voted to raise the minimum wage to $12.30 per hour. the increase, which will be up

for another vote next month, would take effect over three years. the right now minimum wage workers in the city get paid $8 per hour. there was talk of taking the measure to voters in november but the city council decided it had the authority to make that decision on its own. single mom that we spoke with says higher wage would make a world of difference for her life. >> that would mean that i would work less, spend more time with my kids, more time doing homework and be able to pay the bills. >> the increase has business owners concerned about coming up with extra cash. by comparison, the minimum wage in san jose is $10.15 per hour and $10. 74 in san francisco. >> san francisco cracking down on the e-cigarettes. smoking electronic cigarettes in bars, restaurants and businesses will be illegal. board of supervisors unanimously approved the ban last night which basically treats the relatively new product as a traditional cigarette. the measure introduces by the

supervisor is aimed at limiting the use of nicotine among children and teens. the board will vote next week, and it could become law next month into the drought caused food prices to spike. experts say it's about to get worse. our drought combined with dry weather in texas could trigger the biggest retail food price hike in three years. this is according to the federal bureau of labor statistics. food prices are expected to jump 3.5% in addition, bad weather in brazil can cause the cost of coffee and fruit to jump. farmers will testify in front of congressional committees in -- excuse me. the san francisco flower and garden show kicks off at san mateo event center. it's one of the top ten shows in the world. includes 200,000 square feet of garden. coming up, "today in the bay's" bob redell will give us tricks to gardening during the drought.

a tough thing to do. >> turning to microclimate forecast, live look outside overlooking san francisco. we take you down the peninsula to palo alto this morning. it is guying to be another nice day. good chance to get out and garden because rain will be the works as well next weak? >> way. we'll get into a rainy pattern. good morning to you. peggy, lawyer ra everybody at home. here's the deal. again this morning, starting out in the 30s at the coast and that's ancation of just how clear it is out there. meanwhile, just up the road in san francisco, half moon bay at 39. at 50 in san francisco this morning. so microclimates making a big appearance and they will later today as well. it's going to be a nice, warm day. everybody expecting 70s. but closer to 70 in san francisco. today, mostly clear and chilly grab yourself a jacket but something that you can peel off in the heat of the day which is typically 3:00 p.m. now with that time change. so keep that in mind, warmest time of day.

it's going to be toasty with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above average for this time of year. then as we head into tonight, one of those gorgeous city nights in san francisco where you can see the stars, all of your bridges, very clearly. it's going to be gorgeous. but that means also with the clear sky, temperatures going to drop off quickly as we head into evening hours. highs today 71 san francisco. 77 south bay. 77 today along the peninsula, hard to beat that. 75 in east bay. wine country, perfection at 76. talk showers in my next report. stick around. if you've got to get out the front door, hold up one moment. mike inouye first. >> you say showers coming up. i have flooding now. look at this video. my gosh, there's the geyser we are talking in san leandro. the green sign, that's the freeway entrance. marina boulevard on ramp is open but this is by the -- you see the onromp.

you see the honda dealership. it's not affecting the dealership, just the street in front of it. bay area looking smooth. green for all of your freeways. getting on north 880 from marina boulevard, that's where you have flooding. looked like one lane open. on ramp open by chp as well. tracking that on surface streets. less drama toward the bay bridge. easy drive as well. north bay, speeds all in green zone. that's a good flow of traffic for southbound for 101. one crash. this is moving smoothly. farther north, 101 at todd road, a crash reported there, the only incident now and it's pretty far north for viewers. check your tickets for the third time in months, a winning lotto ticket sold right here in the bay area. a live report from the lucky store after the break.

4:44 right now. someone in the bay area has become an overnight millionaire again. >> what a lucky place where we live. two winning tickets to last night's massive $400 million megamillions jackpot. but a ticket that matched five winning number was purchased in

san bruno. whoever has the ticket will get $1.9 million. >> not too bad. >> for the jackpot winners themselves, those tickets were sold in florida and maryland. if the winners pick the lump sum pay-off, they're going to split $224 million. jackpot the sixth largest lottery prize in u.s. history. it's not bad. now "today in the bay's" christie smith live outside the liquor store that sold the lucky tick that had five numbers. that person will get $1.9 million. that's pretty good. >> reporter: considering it started with $1 investment, not too shabby at all. certainly wasn't $400 million win but $1.9 million, i'm sure the person who won it is going to be awfully happy as soon as they figure out they did. sold here at huntington liquors in san bruno. that lucky person matched five numbers in tuesday's drawing. ticket sales, of course, shot up with the prize of that jackpot.

the sixth largest at $400 million. talked about this but the two big winners were from florida and maryland. those winning numbers are 11, 19, 24, 33, 51, with a meganumber of 7. and according to the state lottery website, wanted to mention, of course, 30 people matched four plus the meg dpa. check your numbers. if you got that, that's worth $3600. retailers, of course, get a cut, too. so we're hoping to speak with that person as soon as they get in. right now the store is closed but again, 1.9 million out of san bruno this morning. reporting live in san bruno, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> 4:46. one month ago to the day someone bought a winning ticket worth $425 million in milpitas. the ticket sold at a chevron gas

station, but who the winner is remains a mystery. >> do they know? maybe they don't. janet yellen will deliver her first news conference. investigators watching closely to see how yellen might difficulter from her predeces r predecessor, ben bernanke. there is word that toyota will reach $1 billion settlement with u.s. justice department. for and the rest of the business news, courtney reagan. good morning. >> good morning. toyota has reportedly reached $1 billion settlement with the justice department, ending a probe into how the automaker handles cases of sudden accelerati acceleration. this would be the largest fine levied against the automaker. the california highway patrolman and his family were killed when lexus ran off the highway at 120 miles per hour.

reports say toyota will avoid criminal charges if shown making improvements. futures flat. this after stocks rose for a second day tuesday. investors were optimistic as the crisis in ukraine appeared to be de de-escalating. the fed expected to continue cutting back on stimulus efforts. the central bank could change its outlook when interest rates may rise. rising 88 points to 16,336. nasdaq up 53 to 4333. amazon will roll out video streaming device next month to compete with apple tv and google's chrome cast. will be able to straeak contest. it will be available on amazon as well as best buy and staples stores. back to you. >> we'll look for that. let's look to the skies right now and to the very lovely meteorologist christina loren.

she's got the conditions right now. >> you can see every star in the sky right now. it's so clear out there. good morning to you. 37 degrees in the north bay. but you can see the stars, because it's clear. grab the jacket. climb up into the north bay by 40 degrees as we head throughout the span of the day. it's going to be warm later on but it's chilly, even colder than yesterday in many microclimates. throughout the afternoon, temperatures will jump into the 70s. give you an idea what to expect today. warm sunshine in the south bay. so this is going to kick in after lunchtime, that's when you can peel off the jacket and enjoy the beautiful day ahead. so many people out there on the streets walking around riding bikes. it's so gorgeous yesterday. 77 on the peninsula. san francisco at 71. 77 in the tri-valley. 73 for the east bay. hey, 75, not a bad day, up there in wine country. high pressure's in control. this is going to push winds

offshore, negating the marine influence. peak warmth as we head through tomorrow, first day of spring. that doesn't traditionally happen where we warm up as we connect off spring. we've got spring showers coming in wednesday, 9:00 a.m. this is next week. i want to put that on your radar, though. we're going to get into the pattern. storm system after storm system coming into the bay area. take a look at this. i'm so happy to show you this this morning. look what models are bringing in as we head throughout thursday. rich moisture and hopefully this could produce four inches of rainfall. four inches in the north bay with more on its heels. back to you, peggy and laura. the mayor of seattle says officials will review rules for helicopter pads, this following yesterday's news helicopter crash that killed two people. ntsb is investigating but witnesses say the helicopter did a nosedive and crashed on to three cars on the ground after

take-off. the chopper and the cars burst into flames. the helicopter crew, pilot and longtime photographer, were pronounced dead at the scene. strassman's son also a photographer at komo 4 news. >> he was a great photographer but he was a great person. >> this is one of the last shots taken of his helicopter, framed against a rainbow. hard to put into words what that image means. >> a man from one of the cars was burned and is currently in hospital, in serious condition. ntsb says it could take up to a year before they're able to say what caused the crash. l.a. city council wants to investigate whether fracking played a role in the earthquake. fracking involves breaking apart rock deep underground with pressurized liquid. some experts linked the oil extraction technique with waswas

of earthquakes. there is a fracking operation close to the epicenter of monday's 4.4 quake. oil and gas companies say the technique is safe. still ahead on "today in the bay" on wednesday, cheers and tears at shark tank last night. we'll introduce you to one courageous teen who brought the entire crowd to its feet. you do not want to miss this video. we'll look over here. peninsula, palo alto moves smoothly. 101 not an issue. 280 moves smoothly. we'll show you the south bay and what's going on in the tri-valley.

let's get up and let's get going. st. mary's fan riding high after a thrilling comeback in the first round of the n.i. t. trailing utah at home nearly the entire game last night. we were just teasing. st. mary's managed to pull off 13-point run with minutes left to play to put that game away. 70-58 win earns the gales second-round matchup sunday against number one seed, minnesota. action on the court continues tonight. cal bears host utah valley tonight 7:30. and dons hosting lsu. there such pride. with the help of the sharks, the 17-year-old hockey player battling a life-threatening heart condition warmed the hearts of thousands of people. take a look. sam skated through the shark mouth last night before the

game, the teels against the panthers. he got a chance to practice with the sharks. so touched by the standing o there. players during the national anthem stood up for him. general manager signed him to symbolic contract. the martinez teenager playing hockey against doctors' wishes sense he was 6. part of the reason he got the standing ovation. the sharks did lose but the highlight making his dream come true. >> wow. >> you see him. >> look at that. amazing. >> red eyes to the newscast. check the morning commute. a busy one for plenty of reasons. >> exactly. we have -- we'll talk about it in a second. here, san jose, laura talking about another portion of your east bay but right here, 101 in the south bay moves smoothly. the map will show you the same thing. i circled northbound 101 north of 680. smooth easy drive for the rest

of the bay in green. to the tri-valley, traffic starts to build out of the altamont pass. livermore, dublin, interchange fine. this is what laura's talking, north 880, getting on at marina boulevard. we'll talk about flooding and the source of the flooding. getting on to the freeway, you can still do that. marina to northbound 880 still open. across the bay, san mateo bridge. quick look, smooth drive to the peninsula which is clear. still ahead on "today in the bay," emotions run high as families desperate for answers about the missing malaysia airlines plane are dragged out of a meeting in kuala lumpur.

>> emotions run high during the latest update on the missing malaysian airlines plane.

family members break down over the lack of information boils over. we are getting into the final full day of winter. thanks for waking up with us. i'm christina loren. peak warmth. we'll tell you when it moves into your neighborhood. >> waiting for the rain but i have flooding that's over the east bay and reroute caused by police activity, that's what i understand now, for the south bay. those both coming up. >> no one matched all of the numbers in last nights big megamillions draw but someone won more than $1 million yet again. where that winning ticket was sold. live look outside. wednesday morning, along the embarcadero, looks like one of the love boats made an appearance. wednesday, march 19th. this is "today in the bay." >> straight up 5:00, good morning to you. thank you for joining us.