can see the hazy skies from the east bay over towards san francisco and some locations downright chilly, los gatos to 41 degrees and 46 in san jose and east bay temperatures mostly in the mid-40s. dublin, 47, but the north bay waking up to some 30s this morning from lacks spur up towards santa rosa and calistoga for the morning. and the coast low clouds mist around at times and the clouds will spill inland by 7:00 this evening. and your travel forecast the coast is chilly, and yosemite 67 drotion and snow is back in the seven-day forecast for the sierra and the rain coming back. and we'll let you know the timing in the full forecast. we begin with a developing story out of san francisco this morning where officers are a administrative leave after an evening walk in the park turns deadly. bernal heights park was with a scenic view became a crime scene

after people reported a man with a gun around 7:00. an sfpd spokesperson said when officers responded they encountered that suspect and that's when the shooting happened. >> we're not absolutely sure what occurred up here, but it does appear that he drew that weapon and officers responded and shot him. he's dead at the scene. >> police were able to recover a gun at the scene and we're told that police chief greg sir will hold a community meeting next week in the bernal heights neighborhood addressing this police involved shooting and any other concerns that residents might have. new this morning another shooting in san francisco overnight has a man fighting for his life. police say they found a man shot in the torso at least once near the art academy at the intersection of sutter and taylor streets just after 2:00 this morning. they say he was shot by another man who jumped out of a stolen mercedes. the victim who is in the hospital is in serious condition. so far, though, no one is under arrest.

case closed in that postgame brawl near at&t park where a dodgers fan was killed after a giants game. san francisco district attorney george gascone will not file charges against michael montgomery. prosecutors did not have enough evidence nor could they reject the claim that montgomery acted in self-defense. this is the victim jonathan denver, he was wearing dodgers gear when he got into a fight with montgomery last september after the giants/dodgers game. witnesses say denver and his brother teamed up against montgomery and police say the brothers were bigger and heavier than him. at one point montgomery used his knife. denver's family say they are disappointed with this decision. two women are in jail where they are living better than the three children they're accused of abusing. investigators found the children in the salinas home abused and starved to the point that the sheri sheriff's spokes said one of the children looked like a victim from a concentration camp.

both the women who are in jail pleaded not guilty to charges against them. investigators say they found an 8-year-old girl, a 5-year-old boy and a 3-year-old boy living in what they described as deplorable conditions in that salinas home. one of the two women arrested is the biological mother of the 3-year-old boy. the girl and the 5-year-old boy were adopted. officials say the kids were starved and sometimes chained to a wall. >> the little girl, the 8-year-old, was from time to time chained to the wall in the residence and was denied food. she was extremely emaciated. she's been described as someone who looked like she'd been in a concentration camp. they're all malnourished. >> all three children are in foster care. the women will be back in court on wednesday. well, this hit-and-run crash sounded like a train wreck neighbors say. the driver was lucky to walk away from the crash but when he tried to run from the scene, officers arrested him. according to police, one car

slammed into the other at the intersection of good year and sherman streets around 7:30 just west of spartan stadium. neighbors say they saw smoke from one of those cars. police say the victims two girls suffered from cuts and bruises because of that crash. the driver now faces hit-and-run charges. well, was it a prank or was it a dare? either way, 14-year-old dublin student was arrested for allegedly calling in three bomb threats to schools in montana. investigators say the 14-year-old dublin high school student started making the bomb threats on monday. in all three cases he left messages one of them saying, hi, i just left backpacks with c-4 at the elementary school and i'm about to blow them up. who's laughing now? 9,000 students and staff were evacuated yesterday because of that threat. the dispatcher was able to capture a phone number that led police and the fbi to magic jack a computer gentlemen rated telephone service.

>> it's still under investigation. and we think there may be some connections here in helena that this 14-year-old juvenile in california had. >> now, the 14-year-old was arrested at his own high school, dublin high, yesterday and according to court records the boy has confessed telling authorities that he hatched a plan with a 16-year-old in helena, montana, while playing xbox. a huge settlement for this violent response from oakland police. the city agreed to pay this iraq war veteran $4.5 million for permanently injourg him. officers fired a beanbag bullet at scott olsen back in october of 2011 during the occupy protest. his lawyer says that beanbag fractured his skull leaving him with irreversible brain damage. >> i didn't win part of my brain back that's dead but, you know, i'm -- i -- you know, it's hard.

and it was a hard recovery process. >> oakland mayor jean quawnle said in the wake of that protest opd changed its crowd control policy and many officers were retrained. the city will pay $1.8 million. the city's insurance carrier will pay the rest. it is by far the largest payout linked to the occupy movement in oakland. the next largest payout was $645,000 which was paid to a man who suffered a rum tuptured spl. that adds up to more than $6.3 million from occupy-related lawsuits against oakland. yesterday marked five years since the darkest day in oakland police history. it was the day that a wanted parolee shot and killed four officers. officers mark dunikan, john

hege, irvervin romans died in 2. they marked the somber an versery and honor the officers. the man responsible for killing the officers was ultimately killed in a gun battle with police. request denied for a disgraced former san francisco i'm sorry who will head back to jail next week. ed ju will serve one year in county jail for lying for living in san francisco when he ran for office when he actually lived in burlingame. he's notified nearly five years in a federal prisons for other charges including extortion and bribery he was released earlier this year and his lawyers asked a judge to give him credit for time served in federal prison but the judge denied the request and now he'll go to jail. a when for some tenacious neighbors in san mateo who took on a 7-eleven store, this store on north san mateo drive opened two years ago but neighbors say it brought traffic and crime to

the area and they say it was located too close to homes there. turns out they were right on at least one count. after a two-year legal battle the city admitted that the permit for the store was approved by mistake in an area not zoned for that kind of business. >> it's a true david beats goliath kind of story where a group of people just sort of took on this monster corporation 7-eleven with all of their attorneys and all that sort of stuff and we were able to succeed. >> so now the store will close next week. the city will pay $150,000 to 7-eleven and the owner in a legal settlement since the city mistakenly approved their permit in the first place. still ahead on "today in the bay," a new image captured by satellite in the ongoing search for the malaysian airlines plane that van icial edshed two weeks. the new service on the peninsula that could lead to faster response times.

good morning to you. looking live at another view of san jose there. we see the iconic church in the distance and in san francisco another iconic view, of course, we see alcatraz and the it coco tower. a new development in the search for the missing malaysia jet. the malaysian transportation minister announced chinese satellite have spotted more floating objects. a chinese news agency seays it s about 80 miles from where australia spotted possible debris earlier this week. the malaysian transport minister said chinese ships are on their way to investigate the object to see if it is, in fact, debris from the missing plane. this news coming in the middle of the press conference and you can see the transport minister holding a note handed to him as he's facing the media.

>> the news that i just received is the chinese ambassador received satellite image of floating o ining objects in then corridor and they'll be sending ships to verify. they will announce it in a couple of hours. >> china's state tv aired a satellite image of what could be wreckage from that missing plane. chinese crews joining australian and american crews in the search for the malaysian flight that disappeared with 239 people on board two weeks ago. many of the passengers were from china. the ntsb showed that a seattle news helicopter began rotating before takeoff before it plunged to the ground. it pitched forward and fell from the helipad. the pilot and the camera man on board were both killed in tuesday's crash which happened near the space needle and right by the television station. a seattle man was also badly

burned when the helicopter fell on to his car. mount view, los altos and palo alto are teaming up. it means quicker response time but with a catch. "today in the bay's" joe rosato jr. shows us how the new approach could be the way of the future for public safety. >> reporter: this past wednesday fire ripped through a pair of mountain view homes. the blaze drew firefighters from across mountain view but also from nearby palo alto. the fire became the first big test for a brand-new computer dispatch system linking emergency communications for mountain view, palo alto, and los altos. >> for the fire departments they're able to track the apparatus that are available so a palo alto engine might respond to an emergency in mountain view and vice versa. >> reporter: the new system went online earlier this week following five years of planning. it's uniting the three city's

emergency communications all under one virtual roof. >> so, if we have incidents that are on our borders we can immediately access that, look at them. choose to respond on them. >> reporter: when police or fire emergencies pop up dispatchers plug them into the computer. gps mapping software then figures out which units are closest even if they're from other cities. >> under this system of gps you know right away you can dispatch the unit and it will get there faster. >> reporter: and first responders will always tell you seconds count in any emergency. >> most of the public's aware that public safety agencies always communicate the essence of time and importance for either catching criminals or doing cpr and saving lives. >> reporter: the new system is only a first step. the three cities eventually plan to join 911 call centers and field radio systems so that a call to one will be a call to all.

joe rowe ssato jr. coming up what google is saying to teenagers about social media. and we're seeing nom clear skies to start the morning off. hazy view looking back to san jose with 70s in the forecast today but also rain in your seven-day forecast. we'll have a look at both. two . to mix in however your heart desires. go on. spoon me. mixim - from the ehrmann family. it's love, your way.

newwith two unique ingredients. to mix in however your heart desires. go on. spoon me. mixim - from the ehrmann family. it's love, your way. good morning to you. looking live at fremont there. a little bit of a dreary start to the day but it will be beautiful by this afternoon. and in san jose a little less dreary, we're enjoying the wildlife out there in the almaden valley. teenagers and social media can be a double edged sword so google reached out to some of the teenagers to make sure they understand both sides the good side and the not so good side. our business and tech reporter scott budman was at fisher middle school in san jose and reports on the lesson google was trying to get across to the

students. >> do you use the internet to share photos? >> reporter: an auditorium full of teenagers all of them use smartphones to social network with their friends. >> instagram, facebook, snap chat, twitter. >> reporter: all of them vulnerable to scammers, phishers and their own misguided choices. >> it's out there forever. do you know that it's out there forever? >> reporter: so google came to school to talk about why it's so important to pause before you post. >> sometimes it might seem far away from the summer job and down the line and helping them to remember the most important thing we want students to walk away before is think what you share, what you share can be far and wide. >> say you like somebody and the other person likes them, the other person will probably get sad. their feelings hurt. >> reporter: it's a message administrators admit they've tried to get across. >> google's a brand name these days. you have some young folks up there presenting. maybe it hits home better than

when myself or my assistant principals have these conversations with the students. >> reporter: and the message seems to have hit home. do you have the same password for multiple services? >> yes, i use them for all sites. >> reporter: will you change them after today? >> once i get home. >> reporter: be social but be careful, too, scott budman "today in the bay." >> i think the students should share them with their parents, too, because i think sometimes we make the same mistakes. rob mayeda is here with the forecast. do you think before you post? >> there's a social media etiquette and nothing is truly private in social media world that we're in now. but right now we're seeing mostly clear skies around san jose but you notice the sun is coming up over low clouds, patchy fog inland with the sea breeze which brought in more moisture and enough to get us that fog especially up towards santa rosa where we do have visibilities down to about a half mile at times. chilly, truckee, 19 degrees that's good nups for the

overnight snowe production that continues in the sierra, real snow will come back probably around tuesday afternoon but a quick check of the microclimates and a tour around the south bay, 45 degrees in sunny veil around the peninsula waking up to cool temperatures, low to mid-40s and 39 wood saad. closer to san francisco not seed by. 52 for soma, and around the tri-valley mid to upper 40s. patchy fog around the dublin grade this morning and in the north bay here's where the temperatures are really chilly, 30s to get things started here on this first weekend of spring. but temperatures will be climbing nicely once we get into the afternoon. winds right now still onshore somewhat. but not as strong as yesterday. so, this should mean our highs today will be running a little bit warmer except out on the coast where you'll have clouds getting in the way of the sunshine at times as we head through the afternoon and as we approach the evening, the low clouds fill back in and it does look like we'll see a mostly cloudy start to tomorrow morning as the clouds spill back across

the bay. for now things are dry. the weekend through monday will probably be the warmest day of the week. you see it there in the seven-day forecast. temperatures slowly creeping up for the beginning of next week. but by tuesday and wednesday the jet stream starts to buckle and drops down across northern california which will open up a chance for rain especially north. we're talking san francisco north for tuesday. then moving a little bit further south into wednesday. rainfall projections, again, in terms of the timing looks like as we get towards tuesday afternoon into wednesday, here comes a good chance of seeing light to moderate rain at times and then another system should follow as we head towards next weekend. now you're looking at next saturday and sunday. seeing a chance of rain. not for this weekend, though, again the chances start to increase again by tuesday for the week ahead. rainfall estimates not all that impressive. honestly as we get into march and into april, the amounts of rain we see from storms tend to drop off. so it's not unusual that a march system only brings this much rain but you'd like to see more than that. we should get a quarter nchl or so in the north bay and we hope

a few more inches of snow out towards the sierra by tuesday evening into wednesday. the south bay will see highs in the low 70s, mid-60s closer to san francisco. and low fil70s toward santa ros and napa. and monday could be the warmest day of the week especially out by pleasanton and livermore, upper 70s monday for much-needed rain and chance for sierra snow back into the picture by tuesday afternoon. kris? well, a mother finds a way to unlock her child's very special gift. >> there's a beauty in what he does and who he is. >> coming up on "today in the bay," the beautiful creation that will leave you bay area proud.

parents of special needs children often have to accept that other people do not always see the same beauty in their children as they do.

but what if you could help others to see that beauty and also buy a piece of it. it is something that the mother at the heart of this morning's "bay area proud" has figured out. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas has her story. >> reporter: patty gay has been an artist for most of her life and a mother for half of it. still, it wasn't until later in her life that patty discovered a way to bring both those worlds together in the most beautiful of ways. >> there's a beauty in what he does and who he is and i want that to be seen. yeah, rock 'n' roll's in the backseat sometimes. >> reporter: he is noah patty's 22-year-old autistic son. noah is what autism experts call nonverbal. it means he can't tell you that he loves to help his mother in the grocery store. or loves to go for walks in the woods. >> yeah, it's so niles oce out .

>> reporter: still noah manages to get the message across. it's how patty has known since he was a little boy that noah loved it when painting time rolled around. >> look at that. >> reporter: still does as a matter of fact. he seems to enjoy the colors and textures and the sensation that come with painting with fingers, rollers and sponges. >> look at that. >> reporter: patty has always loved what noah created but only a couple years ago came up with an ingenious way for the two of them to collaborate. >> i just -- i was looking at the textures and i just thought, this would be really cool. tons of color. >> reporter: cool if she used his art as her palette. patty scanned hundreds of noah's paintings into her computer and used pieces of them to create these animals, flowers, beach scenes, every bit of blue,

yellow, red and brown in patty's creation started with a noah creation. >> it really is this connection of the two of us into creating something that i love. >> reporter: and as it turns out, not just art, but business. patty and noah's two can artwork got the attention of manufacturers who are putting it on tumblers, paper products, pillow cases and who knows what else. the beauty of a one of a kind collaboration coming to a store near you this spring. garvin thomas, "today in the bay." still ahead on "today in the bay," a new image spotted in the indian ocean by chinese satellite becomes the focus in the search for the missing malaysian airlines jetliner. we have the latest on that and we have silicon valley going to washington. what mark zuckerberg and others gathered to tell the president

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we've had some warm days and now we're getting a little bit of coolness here in san jose. and all around the bay area this morning. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. and a little chillier than i was expecting when i walked out this morning. >> the clear skies in san jose one of the spots waking up to the 40s. san francisco we got partly cloudy skies 50 right now in san francisco. now let's show you san jose. it is 46 degrees. partly cloudy skies around the peninsula and hazy skies there and 46 and a little bit of loaf clouds that have crept into the santa clara valley. cool start but by the afternoon the 40s should be getting closer to 70 degrees a little bit later on as we watch the onshore winds that have brought in coastal low clouds and fog. but look at the north bay temperatures, you think 40s are cold we got 30s around petaluma

and novato this morning and by the afternoon the temperatures should be climbing. look out for patchy fog there. santa rosa less than a half mile at times. and those low clouds will continue to be part of your weather story around half moon bay. no rain-producing clouds, those are way off to the north but we're going to see a chance of getting some rain in here as we approach tuesday and wednesday. we'll talk more about how much rain we're expecting with that pattern change ahead in the full forecast coming up in a few minutes. new developments in the search for the missing malaysian jet. right in the middle of an overnight press conference the transport minister learn that chinese satellites discover more floating objects in an area where the jet could have crashed. a chinese news agency reports the object measures 74 feet by 84 feet and is nearly 80 miles from where australia spotted similar debris earlier this week. they say the chinese ships are on their way to investigate whether the object is, in fact, debris from the missing plane.

this news coming right in the midd middle of the press conference and he was holding the note handed to him as he was speaking. >> news that i just received that the chinese ambassador received satellite image of floating objects in the southern corridor and they will be sending ships to verify. the asian government will announce it in a couple of hours. >> china's state tv aired a satellite image of the object saying it could be wreckage from the missing plane. chinese crews just joined australian and american crews in the search for the malaysian airlines flight. and now to another developing story in san francisco where officers are on administrative leave this morning after an evening walk in the park turned deadly. the scenic bernal heights park became a crime scene last night after people reported a man with a gun around 7:00. a spokes person said when

officers responded they encountered the suspect and that's when the shooting happened. >> we're not absolutely sure what occurred up here, but it does appear that he drew that weapon and officers responded and shot him. he's dead at the scene. >> police were able to recover a gun at the scene and we're sold that the police chief will hold a community meeting next week in the bernal heights neighborhood addressing this police involved shooting and any other concerns that residents might have. new this morning, another shooting in san francisco overnight. in this case the victim is fighting for his life. police say they found a man shot in the torso at least once near the art academy at the intersection of sutter and taylor streets just after 2:00 this morning. they say he was shot by another man who jumped out of a silver mercedes. the victim who is in the hospital is in serious condition. so far no one is under arrest. case closed in a postgame brawl near at&t park where a dodgers fan was killed after a

giants game. san francisco district attorney george gascone bill not file charges against michael montgomery. prosecutors didn't have enough evidence nor could they reject the claim that montgomery acted in self-defense. this is the victim jonathan denver he was wearing dodgers gear when he got into a fight with montgomery last september after the giants/dodgers game. they say that they teamed up and the brothers were bigger and heavier than montgomery. at one point montgomery did pull a knife. denver's family say they are disappointed with this decision. two women are in jail this morning where they are living better than the three children that they are accused of abusing. investigators found three children in their salinas home abused and starved to the point that a sheriff's spokesman said one of them looked like a victim from a concentration camp.

eraca craig and jessica deandra are in jail. and investigators found an 8-year-old girl, a 5-year-old boy and a 3-year-old boy living in what they describe as deplorable conditions in that home. one of the two women arrested is the biological mother of the 3-year-old boy. the girl and the 5-year-old boy were adopted. officials say the kids were starved, sometimes chained to a wall. >> the little girl, the 8-year-old was from time to time chained to the wall in the residence and was denied food. she was extremely emaciated. she's been described as someone who looked like she'd been in a concentration camp. >> all three children are now in foster care. the women will be back in court on wednesday. federal agents are now part of the team investigating a fire at a san jose church. that fire started around 5:30 yesterday morning in an office at the church of god that is in willow glen neighborhood of san jose. crews managed to knock it down before the actual church was

damaged. no one was hurt, but we have learned that most of the church's records were destroyed. friction between president obama and facebook's mark zuckerberg prompted a white house meeting with bay area tech titans. a rare look for the facebook co-founder dressed in a suit and tie walking to the white house yesterday. the visit was reportedly sparked by a phone call last week by mark zuckerberg to the president criticizing the administration for moving too slowly to reform the nsa. along with zuckerberg the heads of drop box, netflix and google were there. this is president obama's second meeting in the last few months with high tech ceos about privacy concerns. trying to minimize damage during a tsunami. the santa cruz harbor will be one of five harbors in california to participate in a new program. harbors in san diego, long beach, ventura, and crescent city are also participating. the santa cruz harbor was damaged in the aftermath of the

2011 earthquake and tsunami in japan. the california geological survey is analyzing danger spots. the harbor in crescent city was also seriously damaged in 2011 and it has since undergone a $54 million rebuild. it is now the first port on the west coast to become resistant to tsunamis. so, how far can your electric car go? turns out it might depend on the weather. aaa found that freezing weather temperatures at 20 degrees reduced the distance that electric cars can travel by 57%. they tested the nissan leaf and the electric version of a ford focus. aaa found heat reduced the range of electric cars but not by as much as 57%. temperatures of 95 degrees reduced the electric car's driving range by 33%. the cars were tested in city driving. still ahead on "today in the

bay," stanford takes a big step in the big dance. and the raiders make a move they hope will stop their quarterback carousel.

good morning to you. looking live at a pretty picture from sunol, a lot of contrast there and the pretty trees in the distance. san rafael similar skies that will burn off and we'll have a nice afternoon. in an effort to shut down the revolving door at quarterback the oakland raiders acquired a two-time pro bowler who was looking for a change of scenery. former houston texans qb matt schaub comes to oakland for a reported sixth-round draft pick. head coach dennis allen said schaub will immediately go into the starting line-up. the team has had 16 different starters at quarterback over the last nine years. day two of the ncaa tournament and tenth seeded

stanford against seventh seeded university of new mexico. cardinal out of the gate early and josh houston perfect alley-oop to randal. second half, game tied and randal hits a deep three and finishes with 23 points and stanford wins. they fails the jayhawks on sunday. still ahead on "today in the bay," did you fill out a bracket in warren buffett's tournament million dollar challenge? how entering the contest just exposed your private information. new baby buggy. >> he shocked wheel of fortune by solving the puzzle so quickly, the bay area man tells us about his improbable win on this popular game show. and it's a pretty niles start, but chilly start to the

santa clara water district, and temperatures in the 40s in san jose and 70s in your afternoon forecast and we'll have a look at it when we come right back.

and good morning again. we're seeing patches of low clouds around san jose and a cool start to this first spring weekend morning here in the south bay. 46 degrees right now in san jose. north bay locations dropped off to the 30s and upper 40s in a few spots. show you some of those temperatures as we go state wide up towards the sierra. ne and san jose 46 degrees. santa clara valley mostly in the 40s but as you head up the peninsula looking at the numbers also in the 40s but near 40 to the upper 30s around woodside. san francisco not too chilly. just some patches of low clouds upper 40s to near 50 right now. should see highs climbing into the low 60s this afternoon. here you see out towards the tri-valley, upper 40s and patches of low clouds near dublin and santa rosa 40 degrees right now. still some 30s out there in the

north bay valleys. those numbers by 9:00 will slowly be getting out of the 30s and 40s on our way to 60s and 70s. the winds still somewhat onshore. you can see into fairfield and antioch winds out of the southwest and the marine air has come in and that will prevent the coast from getting too much sunshine to start the day. we'll get clearing at times and as we head back into the evening into tomorrow morning you can see the fog spilling up through the carquinez strait and the altamont pass tomorrow morning. almost a summerlike pattern where the fog sweeps back in as we approach the evening and overnight. for now things are dry but we'll start to see changes on tuesday and wednesday as the jet stream drops to the south. south enough to get the north bay some rain by tuesday afternoon and then probably the rest of the bay area. we're talking lighter rain tuesday evening and then the best chance of showers rolling through on wednesday as this first we think couple of systems come through next week. this weekend dry. monday looks dry and tuesday

into wednesday light rain at times moving from a weakening system crossing the bay area and another system due in for next weekend will bring the best chance of rain for the north bay and pushing south as we head into sunday afternoon and sunday evening. for the rest of the bay area the rain totals not too impressive. focusing on the midweek system on tuesday and wednesday and the area in blue indicating rainfall totals of about a quarter inch to a half inch staying up in the north bay. areas south we're talking the south bay less than a tenth of an inch of rain. hopefully we get more than that. we'll take all we can get at this point and we should see fresh snow heading towards the sierra heading towards tuesday night and wednesday. today once the patchy low clouds clear pretty nice afternoon. we should see temperatures in the low fills around san jose. upper 60s for the peninsula. san francisco mid-60s and into the north bay 72 in santa rosa and you see the tri-valley low fi 70s today. tomorrow warmer. the temperatures climb and tuesday and wednesday the chance

of showers. but to find showers this weekend, mist at that in monterey. cool temperatures. and dry for now in the sierra but snow coming back, spring snow, we think coming back as early as tuesday in the high country. kris? >> all right, thank you very much, rob. still ahead on "today in the bay," we put one of the bay area's top mathematicians on the job of calculating the odds of winning warren buffett's billion dollar bracket challenge. here's a hint. not good. why is warren buffett hosting this contest and who's really winning the event? reality check coming up next. good morning. there's lots to do today in the bay. march 22nd is national corn dog day according to -- anyway, it's the second annual corn dog festival in san francisco. in what they are calling an epic carnival throw down. there will be corn dog eating contests but to burn it off, the folks from circuit center will

be for free classes as well. it's where bat kid trained so you know that those folks they'll be your super friends. maybe that's too much corn dog and not enough circus, let's flip the ratio and head to oakland at technical show where over 100 very talented kids from prescott circus program at area schools will perform for you for free. they'll have special guest stars to help jazz up the show and get over there. i'm sure they'll have your unicycle and still parking available. more parking in the south bay today as well where the saratoga blossom festival will have you strolling amongst the antique cars parked there while listening to the tunes of the '30s and '40s in the saratoga heritage orchard in 19 hnle they started the celebration when the drought ended then. quite the opposite these days. nevertheless you enjoy the day out there told. whatever you drive we'll get you through that monday morning commute right here on "today in the bay."

and we have some breaking news for you now at 7:50 this morning. we're just getting reports from the san ta clara county sheriff's office that a deputy has fired on a suspect in the hills above morgan hill and san martine, the intersection of croix road and esther lake and there's a manhunt ongoing right now so if you live on croix road in that area the sheriff's office is urging you to stay inside, lock your doors and do not go outside until they locate a suspect. sheriff's deputies showed up to the scene on reports of something suspicious. when they arrived the suspect rammed the sheriff's cruiser with a car and then took off. one sheriff's deputy fired one shot. one person is in custody but that other person, again, is at large. the sheriff's office urging you to stay indoors near the intersection of croix road and esther lake in the hills above

san martine and morgan hill. now, moving on. what is a billion dollars among friends when you are the second richest man in neamerica? investor guru woren buffett's whose net worth is above $60 billion upped the ante for the ncaa bracket challenge. to win all you had to do was correctly predict the outcome of all of those games. the real question is what is it in it for him and his sponsors? we go searching for answers in this morning's "reality check." >> reporter: just another day in the office of applied mathematician daniel ostro who is about to explain how warren buffett's billion dollar bracket challenge. >> it will happen eventually. >> reporter: is connected to the universe if you read the fine

print. >> the odds are astronomical. say you have a blue penny and you put it into a stack of pennies and that goes to the sun to as far as pluto gets from the sun and the stack comes back to the sun and then you repeat that 500 times. the chance that you will pull the blue penny from that big stack of pennies is actually higher than your chance of beating the published odds for the billion dollar bracket challenge. >> reporter: basically you can't win. all these folks watching in offices all over the country glasses glued to the screen are sitting on no jackpot. so to speak. but what's in it for buffett and the sponsors? funny you should ask. >> what they're doing is say, hi, would you like to win a billion dollars and sign up here versus saying would you like to bow my stuff. >> reporter: dr. david micoff a

brand awareness and marketing expert who owns piedmont avenue consulting in oakland says users will definitely owe sponsors something. their information. yahoo! hosts the event and even though the registration is closed right now, they've already signed up a chunk of 15 million players who didn't have yahoo! accounts previously. >> yahoo! is definitely going to gain from this, they're going to gain market share and get people excited about it and they'll start saying, hey, baseball is starting. you should do baseball. >> reporter: meanwhile the event's main sponsor quicken loans is getting you to fill out these forms on your home status and current mortgage rate 15 million people, can you say quicken loans says it's only looking to aggregate info to learn more about consumer trends and yahoo! has not yet responded to our interview request. one thing is clear while these companies have a rock solid guarantee of collecting crucial data, we'll all be at home calculating our odds of winning the big prize and survey says --

>> not so good. >> doesn't take a genius to figure that out. we'll be right back.

and our freedom pets in nee are joining us and lisa has cricket. you said you have had designer mixed breed dogs since the beginning of time. >> we have. shelters have had them all, we've had them all along. >> and this one cricket looks a little bit like a pugle. >> he could be. he definitely does have a little bit of pug in him. he certainly has that kind of pleasing pug attitude. but he's ready to go. he's probably around 2 to 3 years old. he's fixed and my crow chipped

and he's a little shy of the camera. >> and, you know, when somebody sees cricket and comes in, it's not the right match, they don't leave without a pet. you say, maybe this isn't the right one for you let's work something out, right? >> absolutely. we have -- >> because you know them better. >> absolutely. we have people fill out we call them a matchmaker file. and it gives us an insight to their families and housing situations and what they are looking for. >> great. if you want to know more about cricket or the other pets in need, go to petsinneed.org. we'll post some pictures of cricket. the host of "wheel of fortune" pat sajak said it's the most amazing story in his time on the show. >> new baby -- nub -- >> how did he solve this puzzle on hils firs first guest? he said he's been watching "wheel of fortune" since he was

a kid. good for him. thank you so much for making us a part of your morning. and we'll have more local news at 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00.

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