year. live at the scene, next. and also streets soaked as water gushes out of a busted fire hydrant overnight. which intersection is flooded. a warming trend today, tomorrow, first official day of spring. numbers creep up in the south bay. then start to drop off. we've got rain in the forecast. cooler weather as the storm system approaches. we'll time that out, coming up. >> talked about police activity in south bay, flooding in the east bay. problem for b.a.r.t. lines and slowing as you come toward 580. that's unusual. we'll point that out. last day of winter, a warm one across the bay area. you made it to wednesday, march 19th. this is "today in the bay." very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm peggy bunker. breaking news in south bay. investigators there in san jose are looking into the city's tenth homicide of the year, and

the second in just the past 48 hours. the man was found in the middle of the street near intersection of north second and east st. john's street near st. james park. >> chase cain live near the park in downtown area. investigators saying the man was stabbed to death? >> reporter: that's apparently what they're saying at this hour. we just talked to a man who found this person in the street and he said it was very clear that the man had not been hit by a car, something happened to his stomach. he also said it looked like the man was standing on the sidewalk on st. johns street -- as soon as the bus passes we'll zoom in -- a lot of transit activity in the area. there's an impact there. we're talking about second street at st. john. that's where the man was apparently, according to the witness on the sidewalk, shot or stabbed and then fell into the street. there was a lot of blood around. man who found the body, believed

to be 20, 30 years old. it happened before 3:00, that's when the body was found. san jose police got out here and they agreed that this appears to be a homicide of some sort. but they're not saying a lot about the man or the circumstances, even how long he may have been there. those are all questions that they will have to answer this morning. we are waiting to talk to someone from san jose police here in the next 45 minutes or so. so we can bring you better update here later in the hour. peggy and laura? >> we'll look forward to that as you continue to gather information. new video of a watery mess in the east bay. take a look at this here. a geyser, water gushing dozens of feet into the air causing problems for drivers in san leandro. a car took out a fire hydrant in front of the honda dealership on marina boulevard near 880. cars are allowed to drive through the area as crews continue to clean up that mess. 6:02. firefighters evacuated several

team people from overnight house fire. that started on the second floor deck, damaging one side of the home. eight adults, five cats and a dog have been left with nowhere to live. the red cross helped the people and pets find some place to stay. one person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury. it happened near intersection of monterey boulevard and el verano way. officials believe the fire started by accident. 6:03. it not the jackpot but someone in the bay area got 5 out of 6 megamillions correct in last night's drawing good for $2 million. i don't play the lottery but starting to think i should. >> if you don't play, you can't win. christie smith joins us live by the san bruno liquor store where the ticket was sold. not bad for a dollar investment. >> reporter: not at all. huntington liquors here in san bruno. talk about good fortune.

just that ticket alone the face value, $1.9 million. it was sold right here. the machine tucked away right there. that's the lucky machine, hoping to touch it before i walk away, see if i can get a bit of good look. you are the manager here. how did you find out? >> i found out, my employee text me and i woke up around 4:00. i saw my text and he said $1.9 million, somebody hit it. i watched the news and it was true and i opened the store early today just to get some exposure. >> reporter: absolutely. this was $400 million jackpot, two big winners in florida and maryland. but this is really big for you. your first win? >> this is the first win for us. and i'm really excited. >> reporter: absolutely. so what do you think this is going to do for your store? first win, i know when this happens you get the millionaire made here sign, people start coming in. >> it's -- it's -- i'm very glad to see that winner and it's

going to bring a lot of exposure to our store, plus we're getting a big huge caltrans station across the street. it's exciting. hopefully it's going to bring a lot of business to us. >> reporter: absolutely. i wanted to show you quickly, a tucked away little store. i understand why people want to shop here. they've got sports memorabilia, of course liquor, coffee. but they've also got cigars. everything you can think of here. do you get a lot of repeat customers? this is kind of out of the way little store. >> we do get a lot of repeat customers, yeah, that's for sure. yeah. >> reporter: all right. you guys might get a cut, too. you don't know? >> don't know about that. i don't want to wake him up so early. >> reporter: great. congratulations. he's got the numbers here, winning numbers, 11, 19, 24, 33, 51 with meganumber of 7. we are working on a lottery story yesterday. we bought tick it tickets too.

this is what we keep getting checking our ticket. not us this morning but someone, 1.9 million richer. reporting live in san bruno, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> you gained a book mark. >> there you go. that ticket. >> alternative uses. thanks, christie. >> at least it's a million dollar forecast, that's for free. >> no, we've got to pay the beg bucks to live here, right? it's one of the days you are going to be so happy that you do live here because it will be absolutely beautiful. temperatures are perfect. you don't need to apply any additional warmth later on. it's going to be really nice. you can drive with your windows rolled down. pollen levels crept down a touch because winds dropped off. air quality is good. it's going to be a beautiful day. temperatures in the 50s. i say that quite often but today is one of those days you might kick yourself if you don't get

outdoors. 77 south bay. east bay 75. 71 san francisco. i always say it's going to be a beautiful day. how often is it not around here? mostly clear start, north dry wind. this is the pattern change. this is what pushes low clouds back out to sea. as you know, as we get into the month of may and june, very foggy in san francisco. so, yeah, get out there today if you can. absolutely beautiful as we kick off the first day of spring which is tomorrow. this evening, high clouds return. sunset 7:20. temperatures comfortable across the bay area today. rain in the forecast as well. potentially a lot of rain in that forecast. i'm going to dive into that in my next report. 77 in the peninsula and south bay. hit 71 in san francisco. 77 tri-valley. east bay's at 73. what a beautiful day in wine country. a lot of area to cover when it comes to traffic.

good thing we have mike inouye. >> good thing we have computers to help us with whatever chp is reporting around the region. down the east shore freeway, jammed as you approach university avenue. a lot of slowing because a car had to move to the shoulder. bottom of the screen, one set of headlights on the left. lanes are clear again. smooth flow reinstated. slowing through berkeley and toward the berkeley curve. metering lights are on at bay bridge toll plaza and slowing as you come on the straightaway off of 580. west 580 toward eden canyon, two lanes blocked for over a half hour. maybe reopen one of the lanes. the crash causes slowing off of the tri-valley off the dublin interchanging. smooth, typical for livermore and dublin in towards 680, 580. b.a.r.t. lines major delay out of san bruno station. keep that in mind. south bay, avoid st. james park,

police activity. chase cains is investigating that, tenth homicide of the year. no problem for the freeways. following major developments in two stories. capturing international attention, the first in crimea, where forces stormed a ukrainian naval base. the other happening now in malaysia, families of missing passengers were just removed by force from a press briefing room. >> you can hear the heartbreak, see her anguish in her face. that woman among other family members who demanded answer and truth. they held up a sign calling malaysia airlines a liar. malaysia's defense minister says files were deleted last month from the home flight simulator belonging to the pilot. investigators are working to get the file back but the pilot is

considered innocent until proven guilty. storming a navy headquarters, taking control and raising a russian flag. a.p. reporter saw troops packing up and leaving. authorized shoot to kill if pro-russian forces threaten their lives. a ukrainian soldier was killed when pro-russian protesters and trooped stormed a military facility in crimea. the ukrainian militia man was also killed vice president biden visiting countries neighboring russia, calling the annexation of crimea a land grab and prom it'sing the u.s. will step up patrols. 6:10. strange noise and sudden drop from the sky. investigators try to figure out what caused a helicopter to go down.

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go on. spoon me. mixim - from the ehrmann family. it's love, your way. homicide investigators on the scene of san jose's tenth homicide of the year. police found a man lying face-down in the streets surrounded by blood. he had been stabbed. this happened early this morning next to st. james park. san jose city council not supporting a plan to name the winchester domes a historical place. the commission will make a decision on the distinction next month. a developer wants to knock the domes down to make way for new business and housing. in malaysia, a heartbreaking scene as families of missing passengers on board flight 370 dragged out of a press briefing room. this in woman forcibly removed after she held up a sign at the meeting calling malaysian airlines liars. 6:13. coverage of the deadly

helicopter crash in seat that killed a pilot and television news photographer. this morning, federal investigators are on the scene combing through the wreckage, trying to piece together what happened. "today in the bay's" live near the crash site close to the seattle space needle. it's going to take months to pinpoint the cause of the crash. >> reporter: correct. now we're waiting and standing by for an ntsb update some time this morning. in the meantime, a memorial growing here at fisher plaza for the victims of the crash. we're going to see a preliminary report in the next five days but that full report of what caused the chopper to go down in flames could take up to a year. the latest on the investigation, right now the badly damaged chopper is at a secure hangar at the auburn airport where the investigation will take place. ntsb tells us its primary goal to get hold of surveillance video of the crash and looking into maintenance records. chopper went down next to the

space need until front of komo. authorities talking to witnesses. many described seeing the helicopter rotate before hitting the ground. >> right now we're looking at everything, the environment, weather, pilot, operators in the helicopter as well as the helicopter itself, as well as the background of all of the above. >> reporter: and take a look, just coming back from the water main break in covington, all covering this yesterday morning. authorities say the crew landed back at komo to refuel and tried to take off again. news photographer bill strothman and pilot gary pfitzner were killed in the crash. news community is very, very tight. so our hearts go out to our colleagues and friends here at c komo. live in seattle, back to you. >> thank you. quickly, as you mentioned, the news community there, interesting thing about that newsroom, having worked in it, it's all windows.

many people there working saw the helicopter tumble down the side of the building. it's just devastating. also the son of the helicopter photographer works there. >> reporter: right. his son works here. my husband works here, so i called him right away. we were panic stricken. we just had been covering the water main break, sharing aerials and listening to komo radio hearing colleagues talking about what they saw out of the windows. absolutely surreal. it gives us chills. it's incredibly sad. >> we feel your pain. we send our sympathies. >> thank you very much. in the meantime, 6:16 right now. take a look at microclimate forecast. beautiful last day of winter, feels like spring. but rain in the works. you say for next week. that could mean snow in the sierra? >> a believe. >> that's nice. first week of april looks active, more snow. >> no fooling? >> no fooling this year,

hopefully. i'll get if i'm wrong. 6:16 now. you know what? we want to start in tahoe. the great news. i want to bring in brian hager from squaw valley. you have been able to keep the snow consistent because you're making it. machine grown. from what i've heard from everybody up there, it's actually pretty good, even with the lack of snowfall up there. how are you doing in. >> yeah, you know, good morning. it's great up here. it's been freezing at night. you know, warming up during the day, making great spring conditions. we have about been able to make snow, which adds the extra layer. we're completely excited about the snowfall and hosting the u.s. alpine championships here this week. >> and, yeah, a lot of people headed up for those championships and conditions are going to be great because of that consistent snow making. so, yeah, right now 66 inches right at the base at squaw. temperatures are going to be comfortable today, tomorrow, this weekend looking fantastic.

if you wanted to head up with the fresh powder, higher elevations, head up to the upper mountain but we could accumulate maybe 6 inches of powder tuesday into wednesday. this morning temperatures are chilly. 46 in the peninsula. 47 in the south bay. 36 degrees in the north bay. four degrees away from freezing here. you might watch out for a little bit of black ice over local bridges and overpasses but it's dry. chances unlikely. take it easy. we don't want anybody any unnecessary accidents. 71 san francisco. 77 south bay. i.e., it's going to be beautiful. tomorrow, the first day of spring. and conditions will be comfortable. 79 in san jose tomorrow. san francisco's at 72. and then notice, numbers are starting to drop off, as that pattern changes. storm track returns. and that means rain is on the way. and even though it's still days out, our futurecast models are bringing in some pretty substantial rain chances.

that's the good news. picking up oranges and reds. i'll show you that in my next report. tapping into the atmospheric river. put it on your calendar, tuesday, wednesday thursday next week the rain returns. >> tuesday, wednesday, thursday, atmospheric river. remember that. over here toward -- smith drive now at least as the traffic flows, increasing for san jose. a look at bay bridge toll plaza where you have the backup for portion of the bay. metering lights turned on a half hour ago. this settled down. the build gentle, lanes off to the less. we'll give you overall view, looking at bay area. look at this traffic flow. green for the most part except in the tri-valley and coming into the east bay. look at this horrible backup unexpected for folks off the interchange. west 580 at eden canyon road off of dub len and into julia kraca. chp on scene taking care of the

crash. major impact to the drive. coming in out of livermore and tri-valley, looking standard. westbound 580 approaching 680, no big whoop. southbound 680 start the build out of pleasanton into sunol. speeds coming down into the upper 50s. smooth drive into the south bay. south bay, light volume. northbound routes not a problem. bus flow around st. james park because of the murder that's being investigated. chase cain continues on the scene. you cannot drive through st. james park but light rail will not stop there but take your light rail between japan town and civic center. a bit of a slowdown north of 680 on northbound 101. 101 in the north bay, southbound directions your commute building up the company as you travel southbound. curves at terra linda, earlier issue with a deer hit and moved to the side of the roadway. all traffic smoothly navato in central san rafael.

how can you keep your garden growing in the middle of the statewide drought in? live at flower and garden show.

welcome back. this gives you a rare, behind the scenes look of the control room. the people that do plenty of the work right here. it's unfortunate you see our

faces because they're the heart of what we do. >> calm, cool, collected at all times. >> he's like, stop talking, get going. >> still in the middle of a drought and being urged to cut back on water use and that can cause a problem when it comes to water plants if you're a gardener. >> "today in the bay" bob redell at the flower and garden show with plants that can survive with less water being showcased this year. taking a survey, i see? >> reporter: what do you think? >> great. >> 30 minutes i was able to throw this together. this extra pot i put here made the difference. looking at one of 16 gardens that have been created here over the past several days in the san mateo expo center. this is vineyard meadow. as you can see, great vine, definitely drought resistant, run on drips to survive. using tall grasses instead of

the bermuda grasses you see in front lawn. the idea, come out here, look at different vignettes, different scenes. going from wine country to santa cruz, this being a design you see in the beachfront. this is called anchor. it does incorporate drought resistant plants here. we've got the director of the show. good morning. >> good morning. i'm well. how are you in. >> reporter: good to see you. when i think of drought resistant plants, i think of things that don't necessarily have color, maybe boring, maybe dry, because they are drought resistant. what would you say to someone maybe not into that? >> you're wrong. >> reporter: that's the end of the interview. >> it's dry loving plants are some of the most beautiful plants in the world. flower beautifully. great structure. just because they like dry climates, it doesn't mean they're not beautiful, ornamental plants we can see at

the show hundreds of examples of beautiful plants that require low water, that use low water. >> reporter: you are saying, we are in a great climate, the bay area, because it's mediterranean. how many zones do we have here? there i can't remember. >> reporter: five? >> i -- five or ten. >> reporter: or 20. we've got several here, which maybe you're not going to find in another place, like nebraska or new york city. >> think of california, the northern forests and down to the deserts in the south, but in the bay area you've got the kind of mist covered, you know, around the ocean and then go up a little bit and it starts to get hotter and drier, can we can extend the range of plants around the bay area. fantastic area to grow. i came from -- i'm not from around here. >> reporter: texas in. >> ohio. i came from england, which is a damp island. i moved to the east coast. i find california to be the best

growing area in the united states for the biggest range of plants possible. >> chris woods, thank you very much. nice meeting you again. y beauty of this, you come out, get ideas, designers put time and effort into this because they were judged on these. one of the gold medal winners. >> thanks a lot. >> getting inspired. >> right. >> 6:27. new details on breaking news. a body dpound this morning near a well-known park in san jose. what police just told us about the investigation next. toyota hit with the largest fine ever imposed against an automaker. why it's on the hook for more than $1 billion. an unusual investigation under way in southern california. after word of monday's earthquake may have been manmade. ♪

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it's warmer in your inland valleys than right on the coast. 39 degrees in half moon bay. 47 san jose. record warmth possible. we'll tell you where. >> beautiful weather but not a great drive for drivers coming out of the tri-valley. two highways lanes blocked. how will the markets fare today? a live look at opening bell as we await that. doing the honors on the nasdaq, nyse, futures flat after tocks rose for a second day tuesday. we'll follow it today, wednesday, march 19th. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm peggy bunker. and update to breaking news as investigators say the man who was found dead in downtown san jose this morning was stabbed. they have not identified the victim. but they say he was unresponsive in the street and later

pronounced dead at scene. no one has been arrested. investigators have not released information about the suspect. it's the city's tenth homicide of the year. somebody found the man in the road near the intersection of north second and east st. johns streets, that's near st. james park and called 911. "today in the bay" chase cain live getting an update. 6:31, new this morning, toyota set to pay a billion dollars to settle a criminal investigation into sudden acceleration of its vehicles. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live in washington. investigation triggered by a deadly crash five years ago that happened here in california. >> in san diego, it was a very difficult crash. and that's one of the reasons why toyota has been and continues to put out so much money. take a look, a billion dollars with this settlement, reportedly. still waiting on details from the federal government. they've paid out over $1.5 billion to owners.

in 2012 a $17 million fine and operate pli $16 million fine two years earlier for failing to provide safety reports, delays in providing the safety reports. talking about the california accident which kicked off all of the concern about these stuck brake pedals, happened august 20009. four people killed. at the time, toyota blamed it on faulty floor mats, but we later learned there was an acceleration problem, rapid acceleration and more and more reports about this. now it look like today the justice department is going to announce that in exchange for no prosecution, toyota will pay another billion dollars we'll wait to see if those already paid are eligible for that. >> one to follow. that toyota settlement could provide a blueprint for authorities pursuing a similar case, this one against general motors. gm announced two recalls taft

failed address safety problems during the past decade. prosecutors are questioning whether or not gm misled federal regulators how serious the problem was. more than 1.5 million cars recalled due to ignition switch problems. most of the recalled cars are in the u.s. that issue linked to 12 deaths and 31 crashes. dealers receive replacement switches april 7th. the ceo of general motors admits the recall came too late but the company's not acceptable liability. city council wants to investigate whether fracking played a role in the moderate california earthquake. fracking involves breaking apart rock deep under ground with pressurized liquid and some linked it with swarms of earthquakes in california, arkansas, ohio. l.a. council members pointed out a fracking operation close to the epicenter of monday's quake. oil and gas companies say, the technique is safe. 6:33 now. time to check in on the forecast

as we take a look outside at the bay bridge. beautiful sunrise there. you can see the nice colors in the distance. as we get ready for what christine's na saying another nice day. >> last day of winter. it's going to be so pretty. thanks for waking up with us. it's going to be nice. wednesdays can be tough. this is what you get to drive to work under. getting the same oranges and reds across the bay area. san francisco. let me show you san jose. 47 degrees, comfortable conditions. sunrise this morning, yeah, just about 20 minutes away from a full sunrise. it's going to be gorgeous across the bay area this morning. warming breeze along the peninsula. hit a high of 78 degrees. nice warm day. 79 in the south bay. 71 in san francisco. take you across the rest of the bay area. 77 in wine country with a building breeze. dry north wind. so it won't be coming off the ocean. a warp breeze out there today. sunny and mild in the east bay.

clouds in the tri-valley. warmest region at 77 degrees. let me show you the temperature trend via south bay. what we're expecting. average this time of year 67. for the final day of winter today. we're at 77 degrees for the first day of spring. we'll keep that climb going and start to drop off as that storm track returns to the bay area. nice weekend, though. temperatures holding on to the 70s. tuesday into wednesday and thursday, we're tracking our next chance for showers. futurecast models bringing it in. wat watch this. tuesday, wednesday we get rain. rich moisture comes through. it's going to hit tahoe. check your drive. mike inouye. >> take you over to the east bay. looking at dublin, westbound 580, between the two shopping area signs. approaching el charro, the westbound commute, typical backup. the flow i should say, it's not backed up. the maps, the issue is also

heading south -- west i should say on 84 through pleasanton and livermore. we have a crash as you head towards 680, bottom of the screen, a crash around pigeon pass. that will cause more slowing. southbound 680 the slowdown folk as void the backup westbound 850 near the crash that took some time to clear the roadway, dub will in toward castro valley, jammed now. but starting to recover as far as speeds. the backup bleeding into toward the dublin side of the dublin interchange. there's the rest of the bay. 880 not unusual as far as the flow of traffic. nimitz, peninsula side moves smoothly. south bay, easy north bound drive, starting to build for 101 and 87. typical patterns in the south bay. avoid st. james park, a person found dead. chase cain conditions on the seen. bay bridge toll plaza, backup standard. turned on before 6:00. all lanes backed up and slow off

the berkeley curve as well as east shore freeway. >> 6:36. still ahead, the shark tank moves to tears as a teenager lives up his dream on the ice. emotional tribute by the sharks and make-a-wish foundation that brought the crowd to its feet.

welcome back, everyone. a very good wednesday morning to you. halfway through your work week. this is last day of within ter. not too bad. as we tack a live look outside, sunrise over the south bay. 640. >> emotional night on the ice for the san jose sharks but not because the team lost to the panthers. >> incredible moment for a lifelong fan dealing with a heart-threatening life condition. sam signed to a symbolic one-day contract. he's the first nonteam member to skate through the shark mouth on the ice. he got the chance to line up with players during the national anthem and got to practice with the team. an emotional moment for the teenager as he got a standing ovation from the crowd. the teen has been playing hockey against doctors wishes since he was 6. >> he's been through a lot. the video gets you every time.

players moved by that moment. brent burns tweeted, tough game but amazing to see what hockey can do. touching night to see sam fly out of the shark. an amazing experience at the tank. it really gives you goose bumps when you see how much it meant to him. >> 6:41. update to breaking news. streets in downtown san jose shut down as police investigate the city's tenth homicide of the year. live at the scene next. and overnight super soaker. what bay area neighborhood was drenched overnight by the busted fire hydrant. i hate seeing that. we're in a drought. but we have rain in the forecast. not today, though. the final day of winter, temperatures well above average. we'll climb out of the 50s into the upper 70s. warmer for tomorrow and time out that storm system to your doorstep when "today in the bay" is back in moments.

6:44 wednesday. update to breaking news. any minute now police in san jose will give an update on the tenth homicide of the year. hours ago, a man found stabbed to death in the middle of street near intersection of north second and east st. john street. >> chase cain live near st. james park in the downtown area. >> reporter: as you mentioned, hopefully in the next five minutes we're supposed to hear from san jose police. we can tell you we talked to the man who found the body in the street, right at the edge of the sidewalk on st. john's street near second street. he told us it looked like the man had been on the sidewalk, possibly stabbed on the sidewalk, and fell into the street. he said the man was lying

face-down in the street and there was a lot of bld around him but he had no idea how long the man may have been laying there. that's one of the big questions we want to ask police, what time this homicide may have happened. the man found the body before 3:00 a.m. so four hours ago. the man who founded body, it appeared the man was maybe 20, 30 years old. a white man, he couldn't really tell if he was homeless or not because there's a large homeless population at the park nearby where the body was found. we're awaiting word from san jose police here in the next minutes. the tenth homicide of the year and the second in just a matter of hours in san jose. of course we'll join you live here if we have breaking details in the next few minutes. >> thanks for the very latest. 6:45. new video of a watery mess in the east bay. take a look at this. water gushing dozens of feet

into the air causing problems for drivers in san leandro. a car took out a fire hydrant in front of the honda dealership on marina boulevard near 880. the water causing minor flooding. cars slowly allowed to drive through as crews clean up the mess. firefighters evacuated several people from an overnight house in san francisco. now this fire started on the second floor deck and damaged one side. a few blocks away from the city college of san francisco where the house is located. eight adults, five cats, and a dog had to be displaced. red cross helped to find people and their pets places to stay. one person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury. officers shot and killed a pacific ma who stabbed a s.w.a.t. team member. police went to the house yesterday afternoon because family members said the man was armed and with an ax and acting erratic. the s.w.a.t. team was called out when the man would not come out.

after waiting six hours they tossed a flash bang grenade into the home. he stabbed a s.w.a.t. team member with a knife. several other officers opened fire killing him. the injured s.w.a.t. team member should be okay. 6:47. a look at your spring forecast as we take you outside to get a peek at sunrise. if you're attached to winter, don't be. spring is knocking, right? >> it it is. you know we had a pretty active end of winter, as well. a lot of rain. a lot of rain came through. good news, we still have rain chances. next week we're going to see anything rainfall. and the first week of april as well. models hinting at a return of the atmospheric river, what i call the weather game changer. that's what can produce copious amounts of rainfall. we need it. yeah, hopefully that will work out. let's get to right now, though, temperatures are chilly out there to start. grab that jacket. sl thsomething you can peel offy

lunchtime. yeah, we're at 39 in half moon bay with a completely clear sky. offshore flow negating that marine influence and flfr, uniformed temperatures today. clear, chilly to start. grab the jacket. that was oakland, so pretty to kick off wednesday. 10 to 15 degrees above average, abundant sunshine. this evening beautiful. sun's going to set at 7:20 for the final day of winter. spring arrives at 9:40 tomorrow morning. 78 degrees on the peninsula. 71 san francisco. hit 79, beautiful conditions in south bay. 77 for the north bay. east bay at 73. and the tri-valley one of the warmest locations but not too hot, 77 degrees, just right for many people. end of the week, cooler weather but not by much. hold on to the 70s over the weekend. i want to give you a preview of what we are expecting for a return of the rainfall as we head into next week. take it to futurecast.

stop the clock for you, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, even friday, getting some significant amounts of rainfall. we need that significant amount of rainfall right here in the bay area. unfortunately, a lot will come through during your morning drive. mike and i will be here to tip you get through it. mike's always here for us. let's check what he's got. >> i'm happy i'm always here. a lot of our colleagues go out into the rain. i get inside in studio. looking at san mateo bridge. at bat tomorrow of the screen, partially hidden but a chp officer there. be careful. they're always watching. westbound 92 smoothly over to the peninsula side without delay. good volume. as you travel over 92 or the dumbarton bridge, 84, very slow yesterday, seeing more traffic flow. bottom of the screen, typical flow for the south bay. observe here dublin, traveling westbound, toward eden canyon for 580, earlier crash that took an hour to clear. folks pent up back here. now released toward the castro

valley y. 880 toward san mateo bridge that's the flow toward the peninsula. nor traffic on the san mateo bridge. slow south 680. avoid the backup in dublin and south to sunol. that's more traffic. crash at 84 approaching near pigeon pass road, make the westbound commute drive slow. tri-valley out of the altamont pass typical. south bay, talked about the northbound routes picking up volu volume. new crash around taylor is clearing. north bay, southbound 101 is the commute direction. a lot of company. slowing coming out of pet lumina, santa rosa, typical. san rafael, close to the speed limit but company close to you. following major developments in two stories capturing international attention. first is happening in crimea, where forces stormed a ukrainian naval base. the other happening right now in malaysia where families of

missing passengers were just removed by force from a press briefing room. >> you see heartache and anguish. the women among other members of missing passengers who demanded answers and the truth. they eld held up a sign calling malaysia airlines a liar. the defense minister says files were deleted from the home flight simulator belonging to the pilot. investigators say the pie pilot is considered innocent until proven guilty of wrongdoing. we have new video of crimea's self-defense force storming a navy headquarter. hundreds of troops took control of the building with no resistance. took down three ukrainian flags and raised russian flags in their place. a.p. reporter made it inside headquarters. he saw ukrainian troops packing up and leaving. the ukraine government given the

shoulders okay to shoot to kill if pro-russian forces threaten their lives this comes after a a soldier was killed when pro-russian protesters and troops stormed the military facility in crimea. ukrainian militia man killed in that event. vice president joe biden visiting countries that neighbor russia, calling the annexation of crimea a land grab and promising u.s. will step up air patrols. closer to home, san jose one step closer to moving homeless off the street and into hotels and motels. last night city council voted to take a closer look at the pilot program that would give homeless people vouchers for hotel and motel rooms as temporary housing. still a lot of details to work out, which nonprofit will run that program. as well as which motels will participate in exactly how much it will cost. city council will revisit the plan in two months. san francisco cracking down on e-cigarettes. smoking electronic cigarettes in

bars, restaurants and businesses will be illegal. board of supervisors unanimously approved the ban last night, which treats the new product as a traditional cigarette. now the measure introduced by the supervisor aimed at limiting use of nicotine among children and teenagers. it could become law next month. 6:53. someone in the bay area is a new millionaire. lucky person matched 5 of 6 numbers drawn in the lottery. >> we're having a streak of these. "today in the bay's" christie smith joins us live by the san bruno liquor store which sole the winning ticket. >> reporter: he's a smart businessman because as soon as he found out that he had sold that winning 1.9 million megamillions ticket he opened up an hour and a half early at huntington liquors. how did you find out that ticket came from here? >> i found out around 4:00, i saw a text from my employee that

we had 5 out of 5 winner, 1.9, excited. i woke my wife up, i'm like, get up, we've got a winner at the store. i'm going to get dressed and go to the store early. >> reporter: is this your first big win? >> yeah. i'm really excited. >> reporter: steve, i want to -- see if i win next time. i've been dying to rub this machine. this is the one it came from. what do you think this is going to do for your store? you sell tickets. but you get the millionaire made here sign up. >> i'm going to be putting banners outside and a lot of advertisement that we had a big winner at our store, was huntington liquors in san bruno. >> reporter: get the plug in. >> yep. >> reporter: any idea, this is a small, tucked away store, any idea who the person could be who might have won? there you know what? i'm pretty sure it's my regular customer, because we do get a lot of repeat customer, or it's one of the across street guy who

works at caltrans station. >> reporter: whoever it is is very lucky. would you like to meet the person? do you hope they come? there definitely. he should take me to dinner. >> reporter: i agree. he can take us both to dinner. i'll be waiting, too. thank you very much for talking with us. congratulations on the big win. that's the latest from here. christie smith, "today in the bay." >> we're all going. >> that's the fun thing about it, too. not only does the person take home that 1.9 but then the owner of the place will get some money as well. we don't know how much? >> reporter: we don't know. as a matter of fact, he was checking that online. because it was 5 out of 6, he wasn't sure if he gets anything or if you have to hit them all. he's waiting to get clarification on that as well. >> let's hope he gets something, some traffic there, no doubt. once again, just in case, pull out your up ins to check, if you played megamillions drawing, numbers, 11, 19, 24, 33, 51, and

the big megaball power number 7. >> exciting. love to see that. 6:55, richmond could have the highest minimum wage in the entire state. last night city council voted to raise the minimum wage to 12.30 an hour. increase, which will be up for another vote next month would take effect over the course of three years. now minimum wage workers in the city get paid 8 an hour. recent rain helped the state's water supply but it's not enough to get us out of the drought. "today in the bay's" bob redell rifb in san mateo at flower and garden show. drought resistant plants in the spotlight. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. what is in the spotlight, all of the different vignettes. you've got professional landscapers, created 16 different gardens. in the san mateo expo center, several days to do this, you can walk in here. this is a rooftop garden.

right next door you're going to find something completely different. a regular backyard garden. i can see this in monty serino. north bay, you've got your wine country escape. over there, you've got an outdoor dining area. right over there, something you find in tokyo. go 180 degrees, over there a beach retreat, something you can find in santa cruz. right here, to the left, volcania. imaginary place, hope to nautilus submarine. the brainchild of one professional landscaper goes by the name of nathan beck. >> welcome! >> what i expect of a landscape designer, part tarzan. how are you? >> how are you doing? >> when you came up with this, were you having an out of body experience in not talking about swinging? >> imagination, fantasy. what can you do with a guarden? what can your backyard look

like? it's like the sky's the limit here. >> did you have a cocktail napkin moment for this? what was the impetus? >> fantasy. 2000 leagues under the sea, nautilus, star trek, inspiration. why do we have to have lawns when we can have amazing retreats like this? >> lawns, of course, takes up water. >> we have a lush, lush garden here with water going. but this is a recirculating pump. we're not wasting water. little water used in the garden. we have very, very drought tolerant plants. amazing al lows. we have palm trees. look at all of the rock and the color and the beauty. color, life. >> reporter: i see why you won the gold medal. congratulations. appreciate it. sf garden show opens today 10:00 san mateo expo center. runs through sunday. you can go to sfgardenshow.com for more information.

it is cool if you like to come out here, just to get ideas on what you could do, a little bit of that, a little bit of this for your own backyard and ideas on what kind of plants are very water friendly i should say as far as not needing that much. >> there you go. >> cool. nice weather as well to get out. >> do a little gardening. checking in with christina. >> who knew a top hat and l aechlt i would be complimentary. 57 in the south bay, highs that are down right perfect. that's worth swing on a rope swing. >> quite a character at the garden show. bob, too. looking here toward the south bay. traffic flow slow. 280, 85, typical pattern. unusual pattern for 580 west through the dublin grade. rest of the bay bridge approach

smooth. oakland, no problem past the coliseum. >> all right. that's what's happening "today in the bay." back at 7:25 with a live, local news update. >> join us at 11:00 a.m. have a great day. good morning. breaking news overnight. a potential bombshell in the mystery of flight 370. malaysian officials announced files were recently deleted from pilot's home flight simulator. as families of the passengers grow more frustrated and more desperate for answers. billion dollar deal, toyota agrees to a massive settlement with the justice department over sudden acceleration complaints that will save the world's largest automaker from criminal prosecution. damaging testimony of a ballistics expert says oscar pistorius's girlfriend was standi