good morning to you. it's 4:30, also friday and i'm scott mcgrew. >> you can say that again. >> it's also friday. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. lot to get to. let's get to the friday forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> better stop doing my happy dance, i'm on camera now. it's still early on a friday morning, i can tell you right now look at what's coming our way as we head throughout the weekend. we're talking about really heavy rainfall totals and we've got more on the way through next week so a lot to talk about this morning. i want to make sure you bring that umbrella. i'll time the system. there are three more on the way. time them all out all morning.

>> watch my watch, timing it out. toward 880 moving through fremont, we'll take to you the maps. overall the bay looking light. a couple of incidents the last half hour. chp report. we have drier roads, not a major concern but a spin-out reported north 680 as you approach stone valley road. you see red on the map heading to the walnut creek interchange. there is slowing through the walnut creek interchange. there may be road crews. down to about 60 miles per hour. northbound 680 up to highway 4, another spin-out reported. two for 680 despite drier roads. so far no injuries. everything moved to the shoulder. >> at 4:31 breaking news to tell you about. right now investigators trying to piece together what happened to a person found dead in a home in san jose. it happened at a home on aborn road not far from silver creek

high school. bob is at the scene. police are calling this death suspicious? >> reporter: yes. good morning to you. they are not sure of the person found dead in this home last night died of natural causes or if they were murdered. the police received a 911 call, this was before 8:00 last night, someone on the other end of the line telling them there might be a dead body inside. officers arrived to do a wonderful check. they knocked on the doors, no response. it appears they had to enter through the front window. inside they did find this dead person. they have not announced whether it was a man or woman. they point out that even though this is suspicious, this could turn out to be benign. but until they know for sure they are going to err on the side of caution and treat it as a homicide. >> you only get one opportunity to treat that crime scene properly and collect evidence and preserve evidence. if we find out later it's a homicide but we didn't preserve the scene we're going to be behind the curve.

best practices we're going to treat it like a crime scene, later on if it's determined to not be a crime, then we haven't lost anything and we can basically know that we did the right thing. >> reporter: that is sergeant jason dwyer announcing the rationale declaring this a crime scene. back out live you can see the front door has been boarded up as is the window where we believe police forced their way in. clearly doesn't appear that anyone lives at this home. the front area is untended t lawn and the landscaping and whatnot. what police have not been able to determine is whether or not or haven't announced whether this person found dead inside lived here. reporting live in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest. >> ships on the way to check out a piece of debris spotted in a new search area of the indian ocean. crews in the air spotted the object while looking for flight 370.

ships will probably not get there until tomorrow. they just started looking in that area today after australia announced new information showed the plane may have gone down 6 to 700 miles to the northeast of the original search area. further analysis shows the plane was traveling faster than thought meaning it may have burned more fuel and traveled a shorter distance. officials admit this is an inexact science. >> it's possible that further analysis may change that again. we at this stage don't expect significantly but there are no guarantees in that area. this is the best available information and analysis. >> australian authorities say satellites were being redirected to the area. the new area is larger but it's closer to australia's west coast that has more favorable weather as well. >> developing now, state legislators plan to call on state senator leland yee to resign today f. he refuses they say they will have him suspended.

yesterday yee's lawyer announced that yee is dropping out of secretary of state. as far as we can tell he has been in his home since he posted bail for corruption and weapons trafficking charges. he was scooped up along with 25 others. marvin sullivan is accused of being part of a murder-for-hire conspiracy, gun and drug trafficking and selling fraudulent credit cards. keith jackson who used to serve on san francisco's school board faces similar charges. >> when we served together almost 20 years ago the keith i remembered cared deeply about the city's most disadvantaged children. >> somehow those two are linked to yee as is a notorious china town criminal raymond chow. our own christie smith is in sacramento monitoring the developments. she'll have a live report. and any time we're not on the

air you can find our latest developments on nbcbayarea.com. >> the former richmond teacher accused of sexual misconduct with a student will be back in court. he was arrested last month right in his classroom. he is accused of sexually abusing a student when he worked at a different school, making waves academy also in richmond. the west contra costa school district voted to implement new hiring policies after gunta was hired while still being investigated by police. now all new hires have to go through background checks. >> at 4:36, pg&e says it expects to face federal charges for the explosion that killed eight people in san bruno. they have been meeting in hopes of reaching a resolution to the investigation into the blast. but now officials expect criminal charges. if the charges are filed they would allege pg&e's operating practices at the time of the

blast violated the pipeline safety act because the utility reportedly did not keep good records or identify faulty pipe lines. many in san bruno say it's about time. >> we know it wasn't an accident. it could have been prevented and that is the most frustrating thing for all of us. >> did they commit a crime? >> well yeah. i'm not paying attention to it. yeah. >> officials say the charges are not warranted and they implemented new safety practices since the explosion. the u.s. attorney's office did not comment. to a developing story, officials in washington say the number of people confirmed dead in the massive mudslide will probably go up. the count stands at 16 with 90 missing. today's search and rescue crews are fighting through rain and exhaustion on the seventh day of searching using forensic digging techniques, picking up debris, sets it off to the side. people are going through the

pile piece by piece. they get to another pile they do it all over again. the owner of the stump bar and grill says everyone cannot get out and search but can do something. they are collecting money for victims. >> a lot of them are regulars, one of them was a really close family to us. and it's a ton of help. >> the silicon valley chapter of the american red cross is sending more volunteers to support survivors. >> turning now to our microclimate forecast, a live look outside. beautiful san francisco, just love that shot of the bay bridge. early in the morning. a little south to fremont this morning. things are calm now. roads dry but rain is on its way in. could put a little damper on your weekend plans. maybe you stay in and watch a movery. >> let's see which one she's going to do. >> i'm a romantic so i'm going to be indoors with the pitter-patter coming down. it's going to be nice out there,

and i can tell you today is your day to do anything outdoors you need to take care of. we have flashes of green. this is what you can expect this friday. mild temperatures to start the day. we're going to end up in the 70s into this afternoon. lots of cloud cover overhead, though. then we'll start to see scattered showers develop and organize, heavy rain and we're going to see on and off showers about everywhere tomorrow throughout the day before we really get that heavy stuff. look likes the second half of the day tomorrow. temperatures are going to be upper 60s to low 70s. east bay at 67, and yeah we have really cool events happening as we head throughout weekend. we're going to talk about that, but yeah, one of those weekends where you want to stay tuned because there is going to be heavy rain. sunday's looking better for outdoor plans. see what mike's tracking before we get to the totals. >> the good news, sounds like the morning and the evening commutes are going to be all right. they are going to hold off until

later. san jose a smooth flow northbound. easy light drive. the map shows the entire bay is showing up pretty good green, the sensors go, no green on the highlighting from our road weather index. northbound 680, stone valley road reports after crash. i have to correct this is a single car crash but not a spin-out. there are two lanes. be careful, unusual for that spot, also for that direction any time of this morning and midday. we're following that approaching 24, the other slowing north of concord cleared as the accident cleared. a smoother drive on the approach toward the bay bridge, west 24 and 80, you come through berkeley and the berkeley curve. we'll look at the speeds through the north bay. no problems, all in the green zone for south 101 heading to novato and down to the golden gate bridge. a live look at san rafael, 101 on your route t light volume of

traffic. also the puddles on the truck stop on the right under the lights. they dried up now. that's good news until later on. >> till later. >> still ahead "today in the bay," paying at the pump. we'll look at how much. >> plus a delay in the room. why olympian turned accused murderer oscar pistorius will not be taking the stand in his own defense for several more days.

welcome back everyone. 4:44. although the federal government extended the deadline to sign up for obama care the extension does not apply to california. in this ste you have until monday at midnight to enroll. even though the obama administration announced an extension this week. that only applies to 36 states, and california if you start the application by monday you'll have until april 15 >> the cost after regular gallon of gas shot up 19 cents to $3.98 according to aa, a. here is the breakdown for the

bay area. gas most expensive in san francisco as usual. average $4.03. oakland is $3.98 and in san jose $3.96 up 17 cents from last month. contrary to earlier reports amazon says it has no plans to offer free streaming video services. for that and the rest of the news before the bell we turn to bertha coombs. good morning. >> good morning, scott. you wonder what they are going to announce next week. let's take a check of the futures, they are pointing to a higher start. we've seen that every morning this week, but stocks fell for the fourth time in five days yesterday, after mixed economic reports. we saw the nasdaq hit a 6-week low and it's on pace now for its worst week since october 12. october 2012 rather. we near the end of the first quarter on monday the dow poised to break its winning streak. we're going to get data on personal income and spending and

consumer sentiment. starting at 16264, the nasdaq at 4151 after falling 22. amazon says not true it's going to offer free streaming video. addressing them ahead of that event. "the wall street journal" reports that amazon has been considering a prescreening tv and music video service. amazon invested heavily in providing shows and movies to customers who pay the $99 fee for prime service. mcdonald's is looking to give you something for free, the free cup of coffee for breakfast starting monday you can get a small coffee during breakfast hours, it's going to run through april 13, mcdonald's will host events with free samples and entertainment. i'm not sure what you get at 6:00 in the morning. and starting in mid april mcdonald's is going to surprise one twitter follower every day

with coffee and prizes. i don't know about you but before i had my coffee i don't need entertainment. >> you don't need ronald mcdonald dancing. >> just give me the coffee. >> this seems like it's clearly in response to the ronald mcdonald ads. >> from taco bell. the breakfast wars are on. >> yes. >> exactly. >> bertha coombs. with your breakfast news. >> the waffle cha who pa. i'm hispanic. that doesn't exist. >> let's check in with christina. >> good morning. i can get into the hamburger playing the harp but that's about it. we have light showers out there. you want to get yourself extra time because there is also some wind out there. and it's friday after all. you don't want to run into any unnecessary slowdowns.

a little shower activity. we're going to see that ramp up at the end of this afternoon and we also have steady drizzle at the coast with that persistent onshore flow as the storm track stays to the north of bay area. let me take you through friday, by 4:00 p.m. the heavy rain starts to move into the north bay. it's going to continue for most of the night. we could pick up pretty decent totals, 3 to 4 inches possible up in the north bay higher elevation. san francisco, you'll start to get the heavy rainfall by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. then look at this. i want you to focus on san jose for one moment. because we typically get rain shadowed by the santa cruz mountains. watch what's coming, 5:00 a.m. saturday and 9:00 a.m. that rain starts and then watch this. we continue into 2:00 p.m., and we're talking about some really heavy downpours right here in the south bay. we need. our reservoirs, they are very low. the lexington could use a nice refreshing round of rain. as we head throughout the next couple days we're going to keep

the rain coming into the bay area. these are our expected totals just between now and sunday with two more storm systems on the way. over an inch in half moon bay. under an inch in san jose. and in the north bay you're going to see decent totals as well. over an inch in santa rosa. this is computer generated. we're going to pick up a quarter inch additionally in san jose so up to one inch and a quarter. buck 25 that's going to do good help, help out our trees, our hillsides and the farmers. we have local farmers here excited about this rain and the central valley, wait till you see. back to you, scott and laura. >> a difference in the price of food. thanks. 4:49. the family of reeva steenkamp will have to wait days to hear testimony from her accused killer. the trial of oscar pistorius has been postponed to april 7. pistorius was to take the stand today in the first day of the defense presented its case. but the judge said one of her

two legal experts helping her with the case is sick and the trial had to be delayed. >> a fourth person died from the car crash in the south by southwest festival in austin. the 18-year-old had been in critical condition since he was hit in the march 13th incident but he died yesterday. 21-year-old rashad owens is accused of driving drunk, plowing into the crowd, two people died that day, a third died later. 23 others hurt. owens is charged with murder and could face the death penalty. >> still ahead big news for the raiders as the team closes in on a deal with a veteran running back from the bay area. >> the cardinal bounced out of the big dance. the best it could cost a stanford grad a pretty penny. >> we're looking here, 880 moves, warriors looking for a win. looking for a win on your commute. i'll show you what's going on further east.

as we take a look at the bay bridge from our emeryville camera, a beautiful morning ahead. we're going to check in with christina. a record breaking pay day may be ahead for a star. the detroit tigers and two-time defending american league mvp miguel cabrera are close to inking an eight-year extension worth, are you ready, $248

million. but, add to that the money from the $44 million still left on his current contract, that is a total of $292 million over the next 10 years, more cash than any player has ever received in one deal in the history of the game. >> wow. that's a lot of green. good news for fans of the silver and black. we're talking colors, maurice jones-drew expected to sign with the raiders. jones drew met with the general manager yesterday and the deal was made last night. still don't know the terms of that contract. hoping he can bounce back from a down season with the jaguars. good to have him. >> and the giants ready to kick off, mixed metaphor t 2014 regular season on monday. >> but today, the entire giants organization including players, coaches, broadcasters and alumni will join more than 1,000 fans for the annual play ball lunch.

the event at the hilton in union square, raises money for the junior giants. this year marks the 20th anniversary of that program. >> later tonight giants and a's back at it on the field at at&t park for game two of the preseason bay bridge series. last night a's beat the giants 4-0. the first pitch tonight at 7:15. >> always fun. cardinal fans waking up disappointed but still a sweet season for the men's team. >> sanford's dream of moving on came to a crushing end yesterday, losing to the dayton flyers, 82-72. the cardinal did have a great run upsetting new mexico and kansas. this married couple who watched the game from the old pro in palo alto had a lot on the line. she is a dayton grad, he is a stanford alum. >> i better get my diamond. that was diamonds, i expect diamonds. it's going to be expensive for

you? >> probably. if not in the monetary sense but the pride sense. >> obviously she's very happy. most cardinal fans say despite the loss they are so proud of their team. they cannot wait to dance again. >> pride costs more than diamonds. >> stanford out for the bay area still arizona to root for because san jose's aaron gordon is leading the wildcats into the elite 8. true freshman, scored 15 points and one-handed dunk in the 70-64 win over san diego state. wildcats take on wisconsin tomorrow with a trip to the final four on the line. >> over to mike right now. >> also lost last night. ucla bruins. >> i was going to bring up the bruins. >> i thought i would put that into the room. dublin, smooth 580. westbound no problems out of the altamont pass. look at the easy flow of traffic

where the arrow is. from the bottom of the screen, shows slowing. that happens as more cars hit the road. northbound 680 approaching stone valley road. where it says alamo that blocks to lanes. pleasant right now. >> still ahead on "today in the bay," looking into a suspicious death. >> new objects spotted. we'll have all of the details.

>> could be the city's 11th homicide of the year. what we're learning about a body found in a home last night. >> and state senator leland yee has yet to be convicted of a crime in a court of law. his peers are about to issue their own justice. the vote to strip him of his powers. >> and we made it to friday

together. we've got a lot of rain in your forecast for the weekend. nonetheless we're going to help you get outdoors without having to dodge showers, make those plans. it's going to be a pretty intense weekend weather wise. your full forecast in moments. >> the good news now, 5:00, not so intense through palo alto. the commute looking good. but we'll see how things are shaping up. >> looking good at the bay bridge. lights glistening. it's friday. march 28th. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we are following breaking news for you this morning right now investigators trying to piece together what happened to a person found dead in a home in san jose. police say last night they were conducting a wonderful check at a home not far from silver creek high school. when no one answered the door they entered.