>> and fire crews waiting until day break before they resume a fight against a large wild fire in monterey county. >> good morning to you. temperatures are running milder this morning. mostly in the 40s and the 50s. some cities waking up about 10 degrees warmer, like livermore, what that means is we're going to hit the 80s today, still counting on a rainy week as we get into next week. >> so the weather's great so far, the traffic typical schedule for the tri-valley. yesterday just as you left dublin we had a problem for 580. we'll track that this morning. >> and taking you outside for a live look along the embarcadero on a beautiful thursday, march 20th, this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. breaking news following the search for the missing malaysian airlines plane now focusing on a remote part of the indian ocean.

australian satellite images show what appears to be two large objects possibly parts of the missing plane floating in the ocean. bob redell is in the newsroom with the latest on this search. good morning. >> good morning. in spite of 21st century radar and satellite technology the first two aircrafts to go out and look for the dehave come back empty handed. that part of the indian ocean is so bad t conditions, rough seas, poor visibility. they are looking for what you see here on your tv screen, two white objects that could be debris from malaysian flight 370, one object is about 75 to 80 feet across, the other is roughly 16 feet. these were spotted four days ago by a commercial satellite, the reason it took so long to announce this discovery is because it took a while to analyze the imagery. the fact that australia's prime minister announced the discovery demonstrates the level of confidence the authorities have in this. the prime minister calling this

quote new and credible. the debris was first spotted about 1400 miles southwest of perth, australia, it is obviously since drifted away from the initial location but is still in a very remote part of the world, this is a part that aviation experts think that 777 aircraft if it did go down, could have gone down in that location. >> there is a belief and that belief requires us overnight, that gives us hope. as long as there is hope we'll continue. >> these are the resources right now that are headed to the area. they sent the u.s. navy sent a p-8 krarkt, australia a p-3 that returned, we did get word a norwegian vessel arrived and will begin a search. australia has a vessel headed to the area. it's so far out it's going to not be until sunday until it

arrives and a cargo ship has been diverted to the area. they are, again, saying this is new and credible evidence but cautioning this is a maritime route, a lot of ships go through the area, it's possible that's debris from a ship perhaps a container. reporting live in the newsroom, bob redell, santa barbara. >> thanks so much. stay with us for continuing coverage on the search. you can find updates 24/7 on our website nbcbayarea.com. and of course to our twitter handle @nbc bay area. >> firefighters are waiting until first light to continue fighting a 300 acre wild fire you can see pictures here south of salinas. that started early yesterday morning by a property owner trying to clear land. strong winds caused the flames to jump the lines and spread. the fire fight was called off at nightfall. crews and air support will resume at day break. a violent home invision has people in a quiet neighborhood on edge.

police are looking for suspects but so far no leads. chase cain is live from the street where it happened. so chase, tell us what went down. >> reporter: a pretty scary thing on canada drive. it was 9:00 a.m., so day light hours monday. this woman heard a knock at the door. the person identified as a ups man. she opened the dear. police say that four or five men forced their way inside the home. one of them had a gun and held the woman at gunpoint while the other men tied her up, a source told nbc bay area the woman had been tied up with duct tape on her hands and feet and her mouth. so she would not make noise while they ransacked the home, stealing items from the home and then they left. right now milpitas police do not believe that this was a random thing. they think that this home may have been targeted but it's still unsettling for the neighborhood. >> it's something that i never

thought would happen here. because this is a really good neighborhood. but i'm just -- i was very shocked to get the call. >> reporter: unfortunately, milpitas police do not have a very good description at all of the men who burst into the home early monday morning. so of course they hope that someone out there may be able to provide information. we should also point out that this is the very same street with the mayor of milpitas lives, we're told he is aware of what happened and that he is confident that milpitas police will be able to make an arrest. we're live this morning on canada drive. chase cain, "today in the bay." >> thank you. >> at 5:05 uc san francisco is notifying thousands of people of a data breach. the alert comes after computers were stolen from a medical clinic. christie smith joins us live with the latest on this investigation g. morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. that's right. nearly 10,000 people are going to get these letters that their personal information may have been compromised because

computers were stolen from the medicine center, this is off site from the main campus. but those computers that we're talking about do contain some personal information as well as health information. the center is on slope near sunset. it learned on january 13th that the theft had recently occurred. and they say that the university police were notified right away and an investigation revealed that some information included names, birth dates, medical record numbers, driver license numbers and 125 social security numbers. they stress there is no evidence that any one has tried to access or use this information. they say that the state attorney general and the department of public health have been notified about this as well as the feds and a hot line set up for people with questions or concerns about their information. that is 1-888-236-0299.

they are saying that credit monitoring is available for those whose social security numbers might have been compromised. >> san jose firefighter accused of drug crimes is expected to enter a plea. mario was was arrested and accused of sex with a minor and having methamphetamine. the district attorney decided not to file sex abuse charges but will not say why t.d. a. did file drug charges saying that he tried to sell meth to an undercover officer. the 20 year veteran firefighter and outreach officer with the san jose fire accident on unpaid lead. >> a man is in jail accused of stealing $400,000 of fine wine. deputies say that jose penas stole 350 cases totaling 4200 bottle from the warehouse he

worked at. when they arrested him at his apartment investigators say they found some of that stolen wine as well as $73,000 they think came from black market wine sales. >> another bay area county is asking people to cut back on water use. the contra costa water district is asking for a voluntary 15% cutback. there will be no penalties for people who fail to neat goal b. 250,000 customers will all be affected by the request. >> as you watch your plants wither there is some sunlight i should say showers in the forecast. which will be good news for us. >> yeah, you know we're also putting together a very dynamic drought special. the weather team has been working on this, it's going to air on the first week of april. i can tell you right now that simultaneously we're expecting quite an active pattern here in the bay area so. there is more rain on the horizon. and we have fantastic ways for

you to combat the drought and they are really easy. 53 degrees in oakland, at 54 in mountain view, clear and breezy today, it's going to be nice. really nice. right off the bat we're in the 50s about 10 degrees milder in many cities, than 24 hours ago. bright sunshine this afternoon for the first official day of spring, and then the coastal low clouds are going to return as we head into the evening. you'll notice that fog starting to creep over the coastal mountains by about 7:00. as a result of the onshore flow temperatures will drop off. this is the peek of that warming trend. peninsula at 78, 71 another gorgeous day in the low 70s for san francisco. like i said before not as much sunshine with the clouds returning early. 79 degrees out in the tri-valley, 72 for the east bay and wine country could not be prettier. everything green, gorgeous conditions. 77 degrees, a little warm in the heat of the afternoon. highs come in about 3:00 p.m. let's check your drive. >> a live look out here, the

headlights westbound 580 through dublin, very smooth drive now, good spacing, a lot of space between cars so as we look at the map and the arrow, coming in from the altamont pass, a little slowing into livermore. by the time you pass the 580 sign past the camera, we have you at the speed limit because of the volume still back there. we'll look here toward the peninsula where traffic flows smoothly. for 101 despite the camera view which is frozen now. back to the map we'll end with these maps and show the rest of the bay, north of the dumbarton bridge, we do have a smooth flow all the way up to the bay bridge, both sides of the bay and smth on the approach. here are the south bay speeds. all in the green. back to you. >> thanks so much. commuters heading home tonight, they should expect serious delays on southbound 101 in san jose. up to three lanes between the capital expressway and yerba

buena off ramps will be shut. they will be striping highways. the work should be done by next week. consider yourself warned. >> good to know. 5:10 now. south bay university announces it will shut down, what we are learning about that this morning. >> olympic gold medalist and record holder missy franklin goes for the one of the only swimming titles she doesn't have.

an update to breaking news. at least one ship has arrived in the southern indian ocean to look for possible debris from missing malaysia flight 370. two objects were spotted by an australian satellite this morning. military planes have been flying

over the area for hours, so far pilots do not see anything. bob redell is in our newsroom keeping track of the search as it happens. he's going to have a live report in a few minutes. national hispanic university lost its fight to stay open. the private university in east san jose plans to close next year. the university president tells the "mercury news" it will try to offer courses until the 600 students currently enrolled graduate or transfer. four years ago national hispanic university purchased by the private college chain hopes to use the campus as a new charter school, teachers academy and research institute. the university stopped enrolling new students in january because of its financial troubles. >> the fed continues to cut back stimulus. hampton pearson at the washington, d.c. bureau with all of the details for us. good morning. >> hi, laura.

futures started out flat, they have gone negative after stocks snapped the two-day rally wednesday t markets selling off following the fed decision. most of the news was expected. the fed continues to cut back on its stimulus program and dropping a threshold pegged to the unemployment rate to determine when it might start raising interest rates. inors focus on comments from janet yellen who suggested that first rate hikes could come as soon as next spring, that is earlier than markets anticipated, look for data today on unemployment and existing home sales t dow dropping 114 to close at 16,222, the nasdaq closing at tour 307. back to you. have a great day. >> hampton, i like that tie. looking sharp. >> thank you. >> is there anything not to like about hampton pearson? >> we think hampton is sharp. >> also looking nice is there anything not to like about this forecast? >> well, a couple things, pollen

levels are going to go up. essentially the little ones too, you feel so bad for them. it's one of those things either you are allergic or you're not. and a lot of times people are coming in sniffling, half the newsroom is doing okay. the pollen levels aren't that high now but what i can tell you is they are going to creep up through this weekend. so keep that in mind. right now we're doing okay, temperatures mostly in the 50s, headed to the upper 60s by lunch time. then we're going to level off your temperatures as we head throughout the second half of the day and the onshore flow returns. it's off shore flow that kept us warm. throughout the day today coastal low clouds will roll in as we head throughout the evening so temperatures right now pretty mild out there. mostly in the 50s headed to the upper 70s. peninsula at 78, 79 degrees out in the tri-valley. we're still counting on the rain. here's the great news. i have not had to change these expected totals by that much. we're counting on generous totals as we head through next

week so starting late tuesday into wednesday, thursday and friday, we have at least 40% chance for rain across the bay area. it's only just beginning as that storm track stays south for the first week of april. we're going to get the long-range forecast coming up. here is mike inouye and your drive. >> all right. first of all happy upcoming spring. we're also see a slowdown soon. the speeds looking good, look at this t green, that speed limit for northbound 101, both directions just south of the downtown area. we're going to watch that but it should clear up. here i marked where there is a sharks game. hoping for a victory. i want everybody to think about that throughout the day. southbound 17, passing by the summit you're all right. farther south there may be tree limbs in the roadway. so far a little bit of slowing at the summit and nothing

unusual coming into the bay area. the northbound commute. a smooth drive around the bay, down below 60 miles per hour, again most folks starting to hit the roadway. we'll look at the speeds, we're looking at the green for the most part but the top of the screen west 580 does slow a bit. the majority of that here as you come out of the altamont pass you're fine at the interchange as well. oakland with a live look, northbound 880, great up through downtown and no slowing toward the bay bridge toll plaza. we have a smooth flow westbound with taillights all the way toward the double-decker. that's the commute no. delays. back to you. >> thank you so much. european union leaders could increase sanctions to level two widening the list of people whose assets are frozen and not allowed to travel. chancellor merkel said that the g 8 has been suspended, russian president vladamir putin was to

host his counterparts including president obama at the summit in june. merkel says that the european union would not hesitate to impose level 3 sanctions including economic penalties. >> we should get more details on the condition of the cincinnati reds pitcher that was hit in the head by a line drive. i want to warn you this video you're about to see is disturbing. during last night's cactus league game, chapman was hit in the face. 26-year-old was reportedly conscious and had control of his extremities. he was carted off the field. you can see him in pain. he had fractures above his left eye and around his nose. he is still in the hospital this morning. >> san francisco is moving forward with a quake memorial, the city has put together a committee for the memorial slated for marina green and will hold a public meeting next month. homes were destroyed by the fires triggered by the earthquake. the goal is to have a

groundbreaking ceremony ready for october 17, that would be the 25th anniversary of the deadly quake. >> 5:19. san jose state will hold the fourth in a series of meetings about campus hate crimes. the task force was to create new policies after four students were arrested accused of bullying a black student on campus. >> uc campus system trying to figure out who wha to do after a quarter of students and employees said they experienced hostile conduct. 9% say it was bad enough to affect their work or studies. the vice chancellor says he will soon meet with students and the group to talk about ideas for improvement. >> missy franklin has four gold medals and one bronze as well as a world record. there is one thing missing, an ncaa title. she will lead the golden bears

to the swim championship in minneapolis. she's joined by two teammates from the london games as well as three other swimmers who competed in london for other countries so wishing her a lot of luck. >> new help for oregon cat accused of holding his family hostage. the celebrity now headed to portland to help out.

well, if you have been wondering about this cat we have an update. the star of animal planet as my cat from hell will work with the family that was trapped by their angry cat. actually called 911. the cat expert says cats don't become ferocious for no reason. the baby pulled the cat's tail

and the cat attacked the child and cornered the family and the dog. >> one we'll continue to follow. >> for sure. jimmy fallon has information on the conflict under way in the ukraine. >> his cameras were rolling 18 call between president obama and vladamir putin. take a listen. >> look, don't you see what you're doing though. you're forcing people to accept something that the majority of them don't even want. >> yes, we have a word for that. obamacare. >> ouch. ouch. ouch. now that hurt. >> yes. obamacare cover burns? >> had him on speaker as if he was holding the phone. >> oh, boy. >> fun with the forecast, we'll check it out today with christina loren. how are we looking? >> great. it's always fun in the forecast, just a little shout out to the guy from my cat from hell is

compelling television. i don't even have a cat, i really highly recommend it. 53 in the east bay. 55 in san francisco. and 43 degrees in the north bay. temperatures end up in the upper 70s so it's going to be nice and warm out there. and yeah, he has got a really cool beard, have you seen that? are you familiar with the guy from my cat from hell? >> you know what, i've seen that show once in a while, then that confirms why we don't have a cat. we do have a commute, we'll look at fremont. southbound 880, not much of one. it's a smooth flow of traffic. easy drive for the headlights past the truck scales. a look at the bay really light as far as the incidents reported. no crashes blocking any lanes around the bay. we have slowdown which has started out of the altamont pass through livermore for westbound 84 around your typical slow north through sunol. we show the slowing from the bottom of the screen but that should clear up. i'll track that along with your approach to the bay bridge.

no big issues down the east shore freeway. south 101 at rodeo a deer hit but that has cleared from the report as you head down across the golden gate bridge into san francisco. >> thanks so much. 5:26. fight over traffic lights, a city that says no. >> an explosive problem on the peninsula. we'll tell what you is keeping up an entire neighborhood all night long. >> keep telling you it's the first day of spring, live to washington, d.c., it's also the big kickoff to the cherry blossom festival. if you have never been, it's quite the sight.

breaking nurks ships arriving at the site where possible debris from the missing malaysian flight was spotted. we'll have a live update. >> what a local community college is doing to prevent future classes like this between campus police and protesters.

>> out with the old, in with the new, winter finally coming to a close later this morning action we're kicking off spring and temperatures are going to be downright pleasant. great looking weekend for spring cleaning, then the rain moves in. lots to go over in your full forecast. >> spring cleaning, blah, blah, blah. look at the commute. divert your attention to 101, a smooth flow. we have a build for the east bay. i'll show that to you coming up. >> kind of what i heard too. if the weather's nice i don't want to stay in and clean. a look over san jose. it's thursday, march 20th, the first day of spring. this is "today in the bay." a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm peggy bunker. we have breaking news in the search for malaysian flight 370, officials say two satellite images captured by an australian satellite may show debris from the missing plane.

that debris was spotted in the indian ocean west of australia, two planes have reported back about what they found, bob redell has been watching this all morning long and joins us with the latest. >> unfortunately they didn't find anything. a usp 8 and australian craft returned in the past hours and in spite of their efforts using sophisticated radar they found nothing. perhaps this map can help explain why. the search has been so difficult so far. a commercial satellite spotted the debris about 1400 miles southwest of perth, australia, but that was four days ago, searchers are now guessing where it drifted to and add to the fact there are bad conditions, nine-foot seas, 25-knot winds, poor visibility. looking for two whitish objects on the surface of the indian ocean, one from 75 to 80 feet in length, the other roughly 16 feet. last night australia's prime minister announced this is,

quote, new and credible evidence of possible debris from malaysian flights 370 which disappeared 12 days ago. what makes the sighting even more credible is this is in the general area where some aviation experts think the 777 aircraft might have gone down. >> this is a lead, it is probably the best lead we have right now, but we need to get there, find them, see them, assess them to know whether it's really meaningful or not. >> the reason it took so long to announce this from four days ago, took time to analyze the imagery. a norwegian vessel has reportedly just arrived in the area to begin its search. the australian navy is sending a vessel. a cargo ship has been diverted. more planes will head out which will deploy drift markers to track the current so they can estimate where the debris was and might be headed.

no one is saying for sure this is the debris from flight 370, authorities point out this is along a maritime route where containers call off ships and other things. >> we appreciate it. the u.s. military is also playing a role in the search for the missing plane. we'll have a live report from washington coming up in about 10 minutes. you also can get up-to-date information on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >> a warning to tell you about this morning for thousands of patients treated at uc san francisco. their personal data may be in the hands of criminals. christie joins us from the clinic where thieves filled computers filled with patient information. >> reporter: good morning to you. you know, the concern is that these computers are floating out there and they do contain personal and health information. they were stolen from the ucsf family medicine center at lakeshore, a little far away from the main campus, it's a

facility on slope boulevard. unencrypted computers with names, birth dates, mailing addresses, driver's license numbers, even 125 social security numbers were also on those desk top computers. so far though ucsf is saying there is no evidence that any one has tried to access or use the information taken in that theft. but they have also sent out letters to almost 10,000 people letting them know what is going on. they have notified federal investigators, the state attorney general and also the department of public health. they have set up a hot line. that is 1-888-236-0299. to assist people worried that their personal information may have been compromised. they are also saying that credit monitoring is available for those who had their social security numbers on those computers. christie smith, "today in the

bay." >> thanks so much. >> students from city college of san francisco say they will hold a peaceful vigil in response to protests that turned violent. about a week ago, last week, 250 protesters were trying to get into the school's administration building. plus blocked the door. both sides began shouting. one officer pepper sprayed a student. the protesters wanted a special trustee to resign and wanted to end a new policy requiring payment of class fees up front. >> ccfs chancellor asking for an independent review of the response to the protest. he says the college must do more to promote a quote open, free, safe and respectful dialogue on campus. he will present possible initiatives to the council in order to achieve that goal. >> people living in one peninsula community say they have been waking up tired for

weeks. they are fed up. neighbors say someone has been setting off what sounds like professional fireworks every night for two weeks. families say they can't sleep because it sounds like bombs. they hope it ends before a fire starts or someone gets hurt. >> you don't know if they are gun shots or what, which we find out they are fireworks in the end. >> i'm worried about the explosions because that mean just so loud, i'm thinking it might do some damage. >> the san mateo sheriff's office plans to put more deputies in the area. >> the los altos hills council will get a plan today for a controversial signal. 300 people in the hills have all signed a petition asking the council to shut down the project. the project would add traffic

signals at the page mill road exit, critics say it would jeopardize the hometown feel of the area. >> let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. she's got a look at our forecast. a nice one? >> it's going to be stellar. we're bringing in spring, it's going to be really nice out there. the only thing is, you might not like, it will be very warm. warmer than yesterday. so if it was too warm yesterday tack on a couple of degrees. we're going to crash those into the weekend as we have an area of low pressure that will bring us much-needed rain by this time next week. 46 degrees in half moon bay. milder to start the day. hook at your 24 hour temperature change. 10 degrees milder, it's a noticeable difference. you'll feel that. temperatures across the bay area because we're starting out so much milder will easily end up just about as farm if not warmer in our bay area regions.

78 degrees, peninsula at 78, 71 in san francisco, the north bay at 77 degrees, right at room temperature with a breeze. and then a nice clear day in the tri-valley, 79 degrees out there. comfortable conditions. we're tracking that rain into next week. this is what you can expect from from shower activity. it will be robust, it's going to come in from the pacific and slam the north bay, then move into the south bay thursday, wednesday into thursday, even friday next week. then as we head into the first week of april we bring the storm track back so next week is not our only opportunity for rain. there's a lot going on around the bay area. always looking for those. we'll talk about those, what's happening around the bay this weekend. you got to work for the weekend. >> you do. last weekend we had a lot of

celebration, in dublin your standard traffic flow. we have our camera, and those headlights, all of them and those lanes are slowing down. we'll look at the map. the commute is on out of the livermore area in toward the dublin interchange. slower past hoppier. 680 moves, so does the dup lin grade. the y not a problem. the on ramp i'm told is where the crash is but may be visible from the road so you might see slowing fast interchange which you do. both sides of the bay, 101 and 880, you can round out the approach. a hook through workly and you have your company. back to you. >> 5:38. we continue to follow breaking news. a lot of new details. this is australia's prime minister thinks his country did

spot the wreckage in the ocean. >> police looking for a troupe of men involved in a violent home invasion. a woman tied up while the men ransacked her home. we'll have details in a live report.

we continue to follow breaking news this morning. debris from the missing malaysian jet possibly spotted in the indian ocean off the coast of perth, australia. search planes and ships are trying to verify if those parts belong to the missing plane. tracie potts is in washington with the role the u.s. is playing in this search. good morning. >> reporter: laura, a u.s. navy plane went out early this morning and turned around and

said they couldn't find anything. take a look. the debris are two pieces that showed up on australian satellite image, one 15 feet long t other 80 feet long. it's not clear whether this is connected to the plane. the royal air force went out, australia saying they had visibility problems this morning with that search so. there are a couple of ships headed in that direction as well. they should have technology that can look beneath the surface and get closer to see if in fact there is any debris in the area. speaking of that area, we're talking about an extremely isolated region of the southern indian ocean. in fact, authorities in saw stralia says it's the most isolated place on earth. one official said it's about 4,300 miles away from where that plane was last seen. so the search continues around kuala lumpur on both sides of

the indian ocean, this new search to try to identify this debris in the southern indian ocean. >> fascinating to see. thank you so much. >> investigators who say the suspect who killed a northern california sheriff's deputy did not commit suicide as thought. they say the suspect rick ardo cheney was shot and killed by authorities. he is accused of carjacking a bmw in oregon, locking the driver in the trunk yesterday morning. the driver escaped but it's unclear how. hours later a deputy tried to pull cheney over but he took off. deputies and officer from ft. bragg cornered him and deputy ricky dell was killed in a shootout. >> police are searching for suspect this morning after a violent home robbery in the south bay. chase cain is live in milpitas. this is really a normally quiet

neighborhood, where the mayor lives. this is surprising news. >> reporter: it is. this is the street where the mayor live, one neighbor said that this is a good neighborhood so it comes as a surprise, also may be a little surprising it happened in daylight. nearly 9:30 in the morning on monday. that's when a woman here on canada drive says that she heard a knock at the door t person identified themselves as a ups delivery man so the woman opened the door. four or five men forced their way in, one had a gun and held the woman at gunpoint. the other men tied her up. a source says the woman was duct taped around her hands, feet, even her mouth while the men ransacked the home stealing items. police were able to show up a few minutes later. by that point the men were gone. >> initial investigation reveals that we do have some indications this was not a random act.

but again, our investigators are working hard to try to find out if that's true or not. >> it's something i never thought would happen here because this is a really good neighborhood. but i'm just -- i was very shocked to get the call. >> police do not have a very good description of these men so they hope that someone may have seen something as they would love for them to give milpitas police a call. this is the street where the mayor lives, we're told that the mayor is aware and is also confident that police will be able to make arrests quickly. live this morning on canada drive. thank you. police in san mateo think that this man tied up a woman in her home on the peninsula. look at the surveillance picture taken at an atm. officers say he was burglarizing the home when the woman caught him in the act. he reportedly tied the woman up and took her atm card. he used it several times.

police looking at that. >> a live look, the jefferson memorial in washington, d.c. can you make out the blossoms about to pop. it's the start of the cherry blossom festival. we started our boss tom festival in van. >> we had opposite winters, the east and the west coast. >> they have to wait longer, there is another storm system impacting them today. yeah, they want winter to finish up so desperately. and on the contrary we had very little winter conditions here. but what i can tell you is the rainfall has actually been rather promising. the rainfall we received over the past two months has taken such a significant chunk out of that deficit that we've been running for this year that over all we're not doing that bass. i'm looking 15 days out and that storm track is coming back to

the bay area. temperatures are mostly in the 50s. not a lot of fog out there. mostly clear, cold to start. beautiful conditions for the first day of spring. it starts official hi just before 10 chock a.m. sunrise, 7:13, sun set for the first day of spring at 7:22. look at these temperatures, the kind that will motivate to you get outdoors. a hot of kids are getting ready to kick off spring break. 78 in the south bay, 78 along the peninsula. 77 for the north bay so getting a little warm up in wine country. the breeze is going to build off of the ocean so it's a reversal. more on shore flow throughout tonight. nice and cheer out in the beautiful tri-valley. and then as we head into the first weekend of spring, sunshine stays, temperatures drop off, comfortable and like i said all of those kids getting ready to take a week, maybe two

weeks off. that might mean lighter than normal traffic the next couple week. what are you tracking? >> the build. spring break as they rotate, so we'll track that. fast truck scale i saw a blip, just north of mission boulevard. the southbound has the heavier volume. the scales are kicking in. the reason i nut live camera in to start the report is that's where i saw this top up. thank you for getting that in this. looks like that may be a blip. northbound 101 shows blips but nothing unusual. the tri-valley a standard flow, 580 starts slowing toward dublin and off the dublin krad. down to about 58 miles per hour. getting over to castro valley,

here north 238. southbound 880 at washington avenue. on the shoulder all lanes are cleared. down the east shore freeway, we'll show you the live look at the oakland side. >> thanks, mike. we have new video of the moment a train slammed into a trailer in cobb county, georgia. the pickup truck was able to make it across but as you saw there the trailer got stuck, slammed. it was dragged about a half mile. the people inside the truck, they were able to get out in time. luckily no one was hurt. the driver of the pickup was cited because they are not allowed to cross that set of tracks. >> people will have a quicker way to get to the downtown. the santa clara vta will begin

construction on its bus rapid transit project, a 7 mile long corridor connecting east ridge mall to the s.a.p. center. buses can run at 10 minute interv intervals. work on that should be done. tomorrow at 2:00 at the exi can. >> plans for a new apartment complex. the city council narrowly approved building the com plext near mariposa avenue. the council ruled the real estate group can move forward as long as it pays $100,000 for bike and pedestrian improvements. it will be four stories and an acre of land. >> one of the biggest developments in bay area history is moving forward but san jose is not reveal hoog the tenant will be. the massive $700 million complex will feature ten seven story buildings, built on 30 acres of

land and replace a current bay 101 card pub. this is off highway 101. near the airport. >> if you are feeling blue why not stop by san francisco. >> the city is hosting its annual free hugs day. a group of huggers will be in the financial district to spread some joy. that is if you want a hug. they will wear their free hugs t-shirts and signs part of the united nations i want national day of happy. stop by at market and 1st between 11 and 1:00 p.m. >> depends who is hugging. 5:51. trying to get you to spend cash this weekend.

welcome back everyone. 5:54. a video of the behind the scenes look at our operations control. the brains behind the business. the best of the group. good morning to you guys. >> march madness goes into full swing 18 few hours. the ncaa tournament tips off. businesses all over the bay area they are going to see a drop in productivity. games will be streaming online all day long. chicago-based firm estimates $1.2 billion is lost for every unproductive hour during the work day that first week of play. the company suggest that business dues what they can do to term limit time including catering food, also placing tvs around the office to discourage

streaming. the only bay area team is the stanford cardinal they play tomorrow. >> what do you think of this. starbucks getting an extra shot of star power by adding an oprah chai. >> come on now. >> you get a chai. the new brew goes on sale next month. it's a blend of tea and infused with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. >> today is the first day of spring. walmart trying to get in on the business for home improvement chains. the big store rolling out black friday like prices on 60 items, such as grills and patio furniture. the sale kicks off tomorrow and runs for a week. may be father's day a little early. >> nice. 5:55. we get a look at your weather forecast for the day. maybe a little oprah chai for you. >> 53 degrees right now.

we're always hungry at this hour. you're getting your day started, getting lunches ready i can tell you it's one of those days we have very different parts to the day. chilly to start, then the upper 70s, even low 80s later on so a touch warmer than yesterday. then the numbers drop and we bring in the drops of rain. i can't wait to tell you. the latest projections. stick around we'll take you through your full forecast. here is mike inouye and your morning drive. >> what are we supposed to saxt we need the rain. so far dry now. this is going to change. the metering lights i turned from emeryville to the metering lights. we see folks backing up at the span. on the spanned it's moving. we see a standard flow of traffic across the bay. it's going to improve speedsn the bridge but slow out of the maze, a new incident at old tunnel road.

slows a bit out of orinda. we're looking at the rest of the bay. in the korean. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:56. we continue to follow breaking news. possible debris spotted off the coast of australia. the latest in a live report. >> we'll hear from the girlfriend of the american man aboard that flight. we'll tell what you she told the "today" show. >> new developments in the chach for madeleine mccann.

breaking news. objects spotted by satellite floating in the indian ocean. could they be linked to wreckage from the missing malaysian airlines plane? the search is on. >> a controlled blaze now out of control burning along the

central coast. how the small fire spread over hundreds of acres. >> 10,000 patients personal information could be at risk. which bay area hospital is issuing a warning. >> it's official. spring is in the air. temperatures are going to be warm today, officially starts just before 10:00 a.m. in the bay area. your new sun rise at 7:13 so we've got to wait about an hour for that, not going to have to wait much longer for the rain. >> i'm tracking springtime on 880. standard build in oakland, approaching the bay bridge t backup is on. we'll show you how things are slowing around the bay coming up. >> taking a live look outside, we get this almost first day of spring a few hours away, get it rolling on this thursday, march 20th, this is "today in the bay." >> a very goour