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. they found a body inside.

right now all detectives are telling us is they are treating the death as suspicious until they can prove otherwise and homicide investigators were at the scene overnight. the person's identity and how he or she died has not been released. we continue to follow a developing story, some of the men arrested in an fbi operation expected to appear in court today. among them raymond "shrimp boy" chow still in jail after a judge denied him bail and declared him a flight risk and danger to the public. he is accused of money laundering and other charges, also possibly in court keith jackson a political consultant and former san francisco school board member, he is accused in taking part in a murder-for-hire conspiracy as well as gun and drug trafficking. the big name in this fbi operation senator leland yee faces other judgment on the senate floor.

christie smith live in stack sack. lawmakers expected to ask for his resignation. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you, scott. that's right. and u.s. senators boxer and feinstein are now joining the chorus of lawmakers in sacramento that are demanding that state senator leland yee go ahead and step down, resign from his post. now in a couple hours there is going to be a vote this morning on the senate floor. what they are going to be doing is asking that he resign, if not, the president of the senate says that they are going to go ahead and vote to suspend him. shortly after yee's arrest colleagues moved to remove him from all committee positions here in sacramento. senator yee facing a number of serious, stunning federal charges ranging from bribery to weapons trafficking. wednesday morning there were a series of raids across the bay area, even here in sacramento. yee's attorney, though, says that he would be pleading not

guilty and he shared that yee wrote a letter, dropping out of the race for secretary of state. >> this was a very personal decision on the part of the senator, this is what he wanted to do in relation to that election for office. give at any circumstances of the federal case. >> reporter: when asked if senator yee would resign from the state senate, his attorney offered a no comment response yesterday. and yee has yet to comment. there have been media looking out, staking out his home but it has remained quiet. if he is suspended, state senator mark leno said that yee would not be on the senate floor again. these proceedings start at 9:00 this morning and we will be there. reporting live in sacramento, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. stay with nbc bay area for

continuing coverage of this story. any time we're not on air find the latest on our website nbcbayarea.com. >> it's 5:03. a former bay area principal accused of selling drugs will be in court today. investigators say they found methamphetamine and weighing scales in the san francisco home of eric lewis in 2012. the one-time principal of montague elementary in santa clara was arrested at a caltrains station after he reportedly tried to sell drugs to an undercover officer. investigators say lewis met the officer on a dating website. >> livermore police asking for your help finding a man they say robbed a woman with an -- at an atm. he had a baseball bat. images released show the man running across the parking lot toward the woman late wednesday night. he comes up to her holding that bat in the hand. demanding money, he steals her phone, the victim says he took off in a red sedan. >> two significant updates, the

search for the missing airlines flight. the search area is changing yet again. and a plane has reported by spotted objects in the revised search zone. peggy bunker joins us with the latest. >> good morning. big changes in the search for flight 370. analysis of radar data has revealed that the plane was traveling faster than originally thought. this means that the plane likely went down much closer to the coast of australia than the original search area. so let's look at this map here. you can see the highlighted difference here. they were originally looking toward the bottom of your screen. now 600 to 700 miles north and east there off the coast of perth is where the new search parameters are. both planes, they are moving about 700 miles north of that search, right now we're hearing that a plane from new zealand has spotted possible debris. there are six ships on the way

all due to these revelations that the plane was going faster. that means they were using the fuel quicker than previously thought. >> the continuing analysis kates the plane was traveling faster than estimated results in increased fuel use and reducing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. >> the entire world is watching this rescue frustrated to see satellite pictures like this. when searchers get to that location nothing is found. this will hopefully be the key that unlooks and the 240 people on board that plane. weather has been the other element that complicated this search. many times the planes and boats have to turn back because of rough seas and time is running out. the black boxes only send out the low cater ping for another eight days so time of the es

saens. >> thank you, peggy. >> let's check the weather this friday morning with christina loren. >> we're going to have a busy weekend as well. >> we are. >> rain and snowy. >> christina has been tracking this storm. you should see the way she works behind the scenes. >> how about when scott mcgrew calls both you and i in the afternoon for tips on tahoe travel. >> thank you for that. >> thank you. >> he calls me for chain tire advice. you for the forecast. >> you have freshous car go. it's very important, his son is a smart young man to check before he leaves. it's a good idea for you as well to keep the forecast in mind if you plan on hitting that fresh powder. i can tell you today is going to be a good travel day. things start to get active. we've got a lot of heavy rainfall on the way to the bay area. throughout the next couple days we're going to keep that pattern going. let me take through the changes. stop that clock at 6:00 a.m. on

saturday. heavy periods of rain rolling through the north bay. you can see how this extends, organized out here to the eastern pacific. that's our friend the atmospheric river. there is what produces 1 to 2 inches of rain as opposed to 3/4 we get from a storm system without that tap. as we head throughout the next couple days we keep that tap flowing into the bay area. saturday at 9:00 a.m., san jose is going to get that heavy rain. look at this. talking 5, maybe 6, 7 hours of heavy rain all the way through about 2:00, 3:00, we keep the yellow on the map. today is a good travel day. just light scattered showers. drizzle at the coast. i want to see if that's impacting your drive. we'll bring in our highway man, happier on a friday. i know i am, mike. >> i'm doing well. better in a few more hours once i change into my sweats.

san mateo bridge which moves nicely no problems. we expect a lighter flow. our map shows gren. cars hitting the road. slower out of the altamont pass. approaching the bay bridge, an easy drive for west 24 and 80 all the way off of the carquinez bridge. north 680 shows slowing from ala mow around stone valley road. that crash blocking one or two lanes. minor injuries a. slower drive, a few miles, up to the walnut creek interchange. we'll keep that in mind. unusual for today. slowing out of the altamont pass. close to the speed limit through the dublin interchange. oakland no problems for the nimitz freeway. >> thanks, mike. the battle over a south bay

congressional seat goes to court a. judge kicks one candidate out. >> we're learning new details after a number of l.a.x. bag handlers are accused of stealing. investigators say there could be thousands of victims.

welcome back. it's 5:12. looking at a live picture out of sacramento where they are getting some rain, also very serious things ahead at the state snaxt we'll get to that in a minute. new this morning president obama left europe en route to the middle east. the president boarded air force one in rome a few hours ago off to saudi arabia to talk to king abdullah about u.s. troops

withdrawing from iraq and afghanistan. >> the family of reeva steenkamp will have to wait to hear from her accused killer. the trial of oscar pistorius has been postponed until april 7. pistorius was supposed to take the stand today, in the first day of the defense presenting its case. the judge said one of her two legal experts who are helping her with the case is sick, so the trial had to be delayed. >> investigators think thousands of items were swiped from checked bags at one of the largest airports, they are still trying to figure out how long a theft ring involving baggage handers at l.a.x. went on. they suspect it lasted months. six were arrested monday but police think as many as 25 were involved. they all worked for independent contractors. the workers rifled through bags stuffing valuables in their pockets. investigators say the baggage

handlers would sell the stolen items on line. >> another south bay company set to ipo, shares of arrow hive networks will start trading at $10 a share. it's it new big ipo last night $75 million, for the rest -- look at the markets let's check in with bertha coombs at cnbc's washington bureau. >> good morning. the futures point to a higher start but we have seen this movie all week. start off higher, but for the fourth time in the last five days stocks fell on mixed reports about the economy. a 6 week low. and the dow is poised to end the quarter on the down side for the first time in a year. we're going to get data on personal income and spending and consumer sentiment. the dow slipped 4 t nasdaq

dropping 22 points. meantime, it may not feel like spring or certainly doesn't here on the east coast. but there are some things melting. apparently one month after rolling out its new diet coke slurpee 7-ev11, they were able make a diet soft drink freeze but it's not so simple because of the sweetener. it doesn't freeze as well as sugar or corn syrup. we were talking earlier, my aunt in havana would call this a first world problem. exactly. oh, the humanity. >> bertha coombs, happy friday to you. >> always fun to see her. a lot of people looking forward to the rain drenching but you

better find a place to stay dry. yes. out door plans on saturday could be rough f. you have to be out there, we're going to time that storm system out. you'll be able to avoid it at times. i'm going to tell you off the bat, bertha is making me thirsty for some cuban coffee. that will get you going. spotty activity this morning, not a lot to tell you about. but enough to where you want to give yours extra time. we had rain in the forecast for the past couple days. it's going to stick with us the next few days, then by next week you might be sock of the rain. all the way across the board you'll see there at the bottom of the screen. going to be a hot easier. mild temps to start. worm with cloudy skies.

it will be pretty comfortable for gardening or anything you want to do before the rain hits tomorrow. as we head through tonight it gets going up in the north bay, then we are expecting heavy downpours here in the south bay, at this time tomorrow morning. 64 degrees in san francisco. look at these 70s, nice comfortable conditions for the south bay and the east bay. as we head throughout the weekend this is what we expect. it's going to be cold and rainy, sunday we're going to have that beautiful air quality. it's going to be a nice day to get outdoors before we get another round ever rain into monday and tuesday. that's a system i want to focus on, but for right now get to you work in a timely fashion. >> this is how my luck goes with live cameras. we have them around the bay in face we want to spot something like this crash but it's usually behind an obstacle.

you get off of the freeway and it splits there is a triangle that you submit off. that is the core point named for a sewing term. we'll show you that area on the map and the rest of the south bay. we have construction crews that continue to clear over the next half hour over the southbound 880 toward bascom and stevens creek boulevard. the rest, usual suspects, taking down one lane, two at the most coming into cupertino. a smooth flow, both sides 880 and 101 don't have a problem along the coast. talking about a steady chrisle. like pacifica. half moon bay. we have slowing westbound out of the altamont pass, then things smooth out toward livermore, west 580 and by the time you hit airway and isabelle you're at

speed. we'll give you a live look. look at all of the space and still at the limit. the bay bridge toll plaza, there is a crew eastbound with the bright lights. back to you. >> we've got new drama in the race for south bay congressional seat. a superior court judge has kicked one of the candidates out of the race. in the meantime another has been cleared of accusations he stacked the race in his favor. earlier this week a republican official filed suit saying roy cano recruited two republicans for the seat. the suit claims he did to the split the republican vote and increase his chances of winning. the judge asked them to remove both candidates from the ballot. the judge disqualified candidate

citing issues with his petition. republican joe vanlandingham will be allowed to continue. the judge found no wrong doing. >> police are investigating after a $24,000 shipment of wine disappeared. mountain view voice reports the owner backed it up. someone claiming to be the delivery driver and the wayne never arrived. police have not released any sort of description. warning people to be on the alert for a possible scam artist. a man flagged down a big rig telling the driver his truck was smoking. when the driver went to check then begin suspect stole his cell phone and ran. a similar scam may be for other drivers. >> slated to go to camp this summer, despite damage caused by the rim fire, the 90-year-d

camp will be able to ok date almost 2 thou groups. letters will be sent out giving cabin assignments. initial fears with the drought would limit water supplies to the camp forcing them to scale back. the water supplies or safe and reliable. >> let's build a cell phone tower. meeting a push chak, baltimoreo little league wants them to build at middle field ballpark. they will pay $2000 a month. it off sets player southwest. >> 5:21 a. bay area teacher makes another tip to get a senior to the prom.

5:23. taking you to paris because there's an american woman that is looking to put a stop to a popular tradition. lisa taylor launched a campaign to try to ban the love locks on bridges spanning the saine. it's supposed to be a public show of undying love but she's worried they are a threat to safety. >> so we did math and that would mean that it's covered with 93 metric tons of metal. and that is about the equivalent of three large trucks parked on the bridge at all times. i have a hard time believing that this bridge which is a pedestrian bridge, not made of stone, that it was built to withstand that constant pressure and weight. >> a lot of amount there. she says the locks take away

some of the beauty of the city center. i think i need to personally go there. >> better investigate. lisa, come on. you remember. started them there as well. not that we're suggesting it. a teacher taking a shot getting will ferrell to chaperone his school's prom. ♪ say you'll go say you'll go ♪ say you'll go so he'll stop bothering us ♪ >> say you'll go. chad cochran issued this follow-up video to the one earlier this month. he wants will ferrell to help him chaperone the san ramon valley high school prom. he says if he does not show up he will ask the deejay to play "all by myself." >> that's interesting. fun. christina, you remember your

prom date? your prom dress? >> i remember losing prom queen more than anything. >> i wasn't either. >> not over that. i got winter ball. my date was not too pleased because i was bummed out the whole night. 71 along the peninsula, 64 in san francisco, north bay at 67 degrees, and i'm glad we covered that story because those kids from the high school, they have been really coming at us on facebook. did you get any of those? they want their teacher to have will ferrell. >> they know if they invite immediate, because i know they are looking but i would actually show up. they'd be scared. we didn't have prom king and queen at our school. or maybe they kept that from me too. this one has no locks but the bay bridge moving smoothly. from east bay to the san francisco side. friday a gentler, lighter and later build. but we'll have the backup, we'll track that, the maze, the east

shore freeway at speed. all around your bay most looking good. where it says livermore on the right side you see west 580 that's the build there. that's about it. look at the north bay, southbound 101, a glow to the lights, moisture in the air but not a problem. back to you. >> thanks so much. 5:27. a bay area teacher arrested in front of his students. prepares to return to court. eel have details. >> the showing at the domes, the fight to keep them rages on.

call this is morning for state senator leland yee to resign. what lawmakers plan to do if he refuses. >> as i step up to the weather wall you can see we're going to hit the 70s and spring-like temperatures today. by tomorrow a return to winter, heavy downpours and heavy duty

sierra snow. i'm going to take you through your full forecast. there is a lot to go over this friday morning. >> looking at the positiontive a good commute day and good travel day. a light volume through fremont. where there is slowing coming up. >> a live look outside. the beautiful iconic bay bridge. it's friday, march 28th, this is "today in the bay." a very good friday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm scott mcgrew. an update on a developing story, the former gangster accused of money laundering and other charges is waiting to face a judge this morning, raymond chow could appear in court in a few hours, he was arrested following a massive fbi raid on wednesday. also arrested in that raid senator leland yee. he's not due in court until monday but his colleagues plan to confront him about his future

on the senate floor. christie smith is live in sacramento where lawmakers expected to ask for his resignation. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you, scott. senator leland yee announced yesterday he would drop out of the race for secretary of state, but when we asked his attorney would he be willing to give up his seat altogether, we got a "no comment at this time." his colleagues are pushing back very hard today. what they are doing already is that they removed him from all committee positions, that was within hours of his arrest wednesday on serious federal charges ranging from bribery to weapons trafficking. yee appeared in federal court after a series of raids at his home and a half dozen other locations. senator mark leno said every indictment, arraignment, reflects poorly on the

institution and had this to say about moving to suspend yee today. >> we have already asked that he step down, and if he does not the president protem of the senate announced we'll be voting on the floor. >> they will do that at 9:00. for yee he kept a low profile since his court appearance. media camped out at his home but hasn't seen a lot of activity there. wanted to also mention that u.s. senators boxer and feinstein are also calling for yee to resign. reporting live in sacramento, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. christie will have continued monitoring of these developments all morning long. we'll check back with her in a half hour. when we're not on air later today you can find the latest on our website nbcbayarea.com.

>> we have breaking news. 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 the home on aborn road. police say they entered the house where they found a body inside. right now all the detectives tell sus they are treating the death as suspicious. until they can prove other wise. homicide investigators were at the scene. the person's identity and how he or she died has not been released. >> the former richmond teacher accused of sexual misconduct with a student will be back in court. ron gundo was arrested in his classroom. he is accused of sexually abusing a student when he worked at a different school also in richmond. yesterday the west contra costa school district voted to implement new hiring policies

after he was hired while being investigated. now all new hires have to go through fingerprint and background check. >> a plane searching for wreckage of the malaysian jet has found objects in a if you search zone. why we have to wait until tomorrow to find out if those belong to the missing plane. >> that is true. about an hour ago we got heard that a new zealand p-3 plane spotted dwot largest number of objects seen by any plane, this person just returned to berth australia, very encouraging after the search wear as changed to 700 miles from the previous search zone. analysis of radar data reveals overnight that the plane was traveling much faster than thought. you see at the bottom where it's labeled as possible wreckage.

once the radar pings indicated the speed of the plane researchers realize it couldn't have flown that far as thought. >> this continuing analysis indicates the plane was traveling faster than previously estimated resulting in increased you'll usage and reducing the possible distance it travels south. >> the world watching this related to the possible debris. look like white specks, it's frustrating when it turns out to abboondoggle. nothing has been found. the block boxes have eight days left to send out their pings so there is no time to wait. this will hopefully be a key. we won't have more news until tomorrow when ships arrive at this new location about 8:30 p.m. as you might imagine, too dark

to see anything. >> income we remain anxious and hopeful. >> a live look at the weather and the microclimate forecast. here is downtown san jose with lights sparkling. we have a lot of clouds and rain on the way as well. >> that's right. christina is monitoring the radar t big downpour is probably going to happen tomorrow. we'll give you some breaks too. >> yeah. definitely. it depends where you live on plan on heading out. you can get out with no problem. you probably want to give yours extra time. when there is weather in the area, some flashes of green. hey, a pop-up shower there in the san francisco area. crossing over the bay bridge. throughout the day it's going to be mostly dry but mostly cloudy, mild. starting out close to 60. which means we'll easily time to

71, so 10 degrees not out of the question. tomorrow we have another potent storm system. i want to show you before i sthet in motion. you can see everything organizing. this plume of moisture extends all the way to the hawaiian islands. the pineapple express. the weather came ganger. we need these totals. as we head into april our rain chances diminish. by may we usually don't see a lot of rain in the bay area so we need this. 7:00 a.m. saturday, most of that activity in the north bay, north of san francisco. 3:00 p.m. we're talking about heavy dew points for the greater bay area and potentially accumulating two inches. that's not our only rainfall. the atmospheric river comes back. we're still in the thick of it. the good news we could pick up

generous totals. in the north bay 6 additional inches between now and wednesday, 4 to 6 in the east bay hills, 2 to 4, san francisco as well. 1-2 may be more so right here in the south bay if everything worked right. right now let's check your drive. >> good morning. the good news it's friday, a light volume. we'll show you what's going on at the bay bridge toll plaza. you have cash lanes with the cash payers starting to back up. fast track a good advantage. you're at speed through oakland for 880, 580, the bay along the water's edge moving smoothly. now over in livermore you have slowing for west 580 toward 84, and patches of speeds below 60 as you approach the dublin interchange. the foster city side, an easy flow.

more cars. back to you. >> 5:38. late night word the raiders made a signing, a local player expected to put up big numbers. >> another major step forward in bringing b.a.r.t. to san jose. the new construction that starts today. [doorbell rings]

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welcome back. happy friday to you. 5:41. the obama administration extended the deadline to sign up for obamacare. but that will not matter for california. you have until just monday at midnight to enroll. there is little leeway. while you have until monday to start the application you don't have to finish it until april 15. all this back and forth with the health care plan has politicians in washington upset. tracie potts live on capitol hill this morning with that side of the story for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. like john boehner republican leader who says hey, the president can't single-handedly

change the dates on this. washington isn't calling it an extension, the white house i should say isn't calling it an extension, they call it more like a grace period the way they described it if you're in line when it's time to vote and the polls close you still get to vote. people in line electronically and have signed up for health care but haven't fully been able to process that, or they called in and the whole thing hasn't gone through, by monday still won't get the tax penalty. the penalty is $95 or 1% of your income which depending on your income could add up to be over $95. the other thing, yes, they hit the mark. the 6 million which was the lower revised mark of how many people they want to sign up by this deadline. however, the chunk of the 6 million that are young, healthy americans not quite as much as they wanted. they were going for 38%. right now they are at about a quarter so that's why there is this push over the weekend to try to get more people

especially young healthy people to sign up. >> exactly. young healthy ones help pay for it. >> to a developing story, officials in washington say the number of people confirmed dead in that mudslide will probably go up today. as of now the official count is 16, with about 90 missing. today search and rescue crews are fighting through rain and exhaustion on the seventh day of searching. they are using forensic digging techniques t machine picks up debris, sets it off to the side, people go through the pile. when done they do it all over again. the owner of the stump bar and grill in town says not everyone can get out and search but everyone can do something. they are selecting money for victims. >> a lot of them are regulars. one of them was a really close family to us, and we just want to help. >> for the third time this week silicon valley chapter of the american red cross is sending more volunteers to support

survivors. >> 5:43. an end of an era coming to san jose. >> the winchester dome theaters closing down. bob is there. bob, some of the movie fans hoping this won't be the absolute last screening ever. >> reporter: as it stands scott and laura, sunday's screening of raiders of the lost arc will be a chance for people who love these places to say good-bye to the century 21, 22, and 23 theaters, across santana row. the families who own these properties want to tear down the theaters and redevelop these parcels of land and bring in more money than these. especially since the domed theaters don't bring in the crowds as they have to compete with on demand movies at home. the owners have entered in a long term lease to develop this property but there are hundreds of people in the south bay who

want to see these 50-year-old structures preserved forever. one woman who used to work the snack bar has posted a video trying to persuade people to sign a feet save the domes from the wrecking ball and have these designated historical buildings. the state is going to consider this to be a historical structure. a federal government expected to consider the domes for preservation and so is the city of san jose. if you look at this shot from change.org, more than 6,000 people have signed a petition on that website asking mayor chuck read please preserve the domes. tickets are available for the 7:00 showing on sunday evening which if you're not familiar is a story about a man on a quest to protect and preserve important artifacts in history. >> that was surprisingly deep. >> exactly, for bob.

also that big boulder too. thanks a lot. >> well, it won't be raining arrows, raining water. >> not dwight holy grail of the rainfall. >> noah's ark comes doubt this weekend. >> stop it. >> hey. you might want to get started on building that ark. i did it for scott. keep you out of the human resources office. san francisco 56, somebody has to be the adult around here, we know it's not mike inouye. temperatures now are pretty mild out there but that's why we love him. as you head outdoor this is friday mostly cloudy to start, mild conditions, as we head throughout afternoon warm with cloudy skies. it's going to be cloudy, a little soupy. this rain really is a blessing because yeah, it was looking

pretty grim for us. i can tell you with confidence we could make up 25% of the snow pack we're lacking between now and wednesday. hey, that's really good news. it's the snowpack that's like our frozen reservoir in the summer that replenishes our regular reservoir. 71 on the peninsula, san francisco cloudy, 64. showers at times, not that bad. we'll see a few is lated showers especially around the bay. and hey, tri-valley looking good. mostly after 6:00 p.m. this is what we expect. if you want to make outdoor plans, two different sides to the weekend. temperatures will be pretty cool for tomorrow, it's going to be rainy and i would advise you to find something indoors to do. sunday, that's when you could bring the kids back outside. we'll get a touch warmer but this is also a transition day before we get more rainfall getting into your monday.

let me give you a glance at what the futurecast models are prote protecting. we still have two more behind it up to 21 inches in kirkwood. there is a lot more on the ray. great news there, sorry about that, mike, if i offended you but you know i love you. >> no offense. no offense but my kids don't understand but no one else in the entire world, that's my job. everybody else has to discipline me. looking to the bay bridge, the cash lanes are backed up because we have a crowd building. more drive in for perhaps staying after for dinner and they don't commute for the rest of the week, that's why we don't have as many fast track users in the morning. a look at the approach, a smooth drive, 24 out of the caldecott tunnel and 580 close to the

speed limit approaching the maze. on the san francisco side bayshore boulevard, the off ramp is partly blocked by a truck stalled. the lanes of southbound and northbound 101 clear past the 280 interchange. a little adjustment to those sensors. the rest of your bay a smooth drive, without any real incidents going on. no problems for the south bay. northbound starting a gentle build. look at fremont getting down here 880 southbound. a few more cars. the dry roads, then into the north bay we're looking at southbound 101. back to you. >> thank you, mike. construction begins on a key stretch of track for b.a.r.t.'s extension into san jose. crews begin breaking up the pavement at the intersection of sierra road and lundy avenue. it expects to continue.

drivers are karned of detours. the project which connects b.a.r.t.'s fremont neighborhood should done by 82017. >> if good news for fans of the silver and black. pending a physical oakland native drew expected to sign with the raiders. jones-drew met with the raiders general manager and the deal was made. still don't know the exact terms of that contract but hoping he can pounce back from a down season. >> cardinal fans, waking up disappointed. it was a sweet season. >> stanford's dreams of moving on they came to a crushing end. losing to the dayton flyers. the cardinal had a great run up setting new mexico and kansas. this couple who watched 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 monetarily but in the pride sense. >> she's pretty happy. most cardinal fans say they are proud of their team and cannot wait to denies again next we're. >> the bay area still can root for arizona because aaron gordon leading the wildcats right into the elite 8, scoring 15 points. on the 70 to 64 win. which would cats take on wisconsin. >> it is 5:51. the chain that is offering free coffee if you eat there.

let's talk big money on this friday morning. a record breaking payday may be ahead for one of major league baseball's biggest stars t detroit tigers and miguel cabrera close to inking an eight-year extension worth $248 million. that's just the extension. add that to the $44 million left on his contract that's $292 million over the next ten years. that is more cash than any player has received under one deal in the history of the game. >> if you heard reports regarding free streaming video on amazon the company says no plans for it.

however t "wall street journal" still reporting amazon is considering free streaming tv and music service, supported by ads. amazon has invested heavily ta those who pay the $99 a year for prime service. looking for a cheap caffeine fix, maybe one you don't have to pay for, mcdonald's giving free cups of coffee startings next week a small complimentary coffee during breakfast hours. around that time mcdonald's going to give away coffee and prizes to twitter followers. >> i'm a big fan of the mccoffee. >> i am of all coffee. >> an i.v. drip for us. let's check with christina. i bring my big thermos. >> i know. it's really like this. good morning to you. we've got a great day shaping up if you're going to hit the cafe or anything this morning. probably want to give yourself extra time and stay aheard out there though we don't have really active weather yet.

it's on the way today. the winds are picking up. temps in the 70s, today is a good day to get anything outdoors done that you want to take care of before that heavy rain comes in. we're going to time that out. do you like coffee? >> i am a coffee drinker, just kind of goes straight down. i ingest coffee. looking toward 580, a smooth flow of traffic. westbound with the headlights, more company as we look at the maps. slowing into livermore. here is the tri-valley drive. dublin shows a little bit of showing from time to time. an increased volume but no incidents. pretty much no incidents, the bay shore boulevard off ramp cleared off of the roadway as well. the bay bridge toll plaza we'll give you a look. it's a friday so we have a little different pattern at the toll plaza. the cash payers outnumber the fast track.

they have to wait. no metering lights yet. >> it's 5:56. new developments in the search for the missing malaysia airlines jet. new objects found in the search. >> a live look at sacramento. lawmakers say if leland yee does not resign they are going to make him. >> we continue to follow breaking news, police investigating a suspicious death in a home. we'll have the latest.

>>. >> right now breaking news in the south bay. a suspicious death in a san jose home. now homicide detectives are taking over that investigation. >> and new this morning a 700-mile shift in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. >> plus, will state senator leland yee resign after his shocking arrest? how lawmakers are trying to

force his hand. >> we told you it was coming your way. now that atmospheric river is poised to bring us several inches of rainfall over the course of your weekend. we'll help you get outdoors with your full forecast. >> the bay bridge toll plaza, why we see this different pattern on fridays and what i'm expecting is different about this afternoon as well. >> a live look outside at downtown san jose this morning, it is friday, march 28th, this is "today in the bay." a very good friday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. we have an update to breaking news. homicide detectives trying to figure out what happened to a man found dead in a san jose home. police say they were conducting a wonderful check at the home, on aborn road, no one answered the door so police say they went inside, found a .