good saturday morning to you folks. take a look at this sun rise over the bay bridge. beautiful way to start to the day. beautiful way to start the day, i should say. in the south bay a little bit of cloud cover. but that just makes the color pop, right? thanks so much for joining us this morning. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist anthony slaughter and a microclimate forecast that's illustrated by the two pictures. in san jose you are seeing the

sun but in san francisco you are seeings clouds. we've got high pressure sitting off the coast this morning. this area of high pressure will move in as we head through the next few days. that will mean for dry weather not only for today but through tomorrow and all the way through this upcoming week. in fact, we're headed to see a summerlike pattern return. right now cool outside, 40 degrees in the north bay and 50 in san francisco and you can see in the south bay a lot of low clouds hanging on tightly. 51 degrees. by this afternoon the fog and clouds and everything will burn off very quickly. we're back close to 70 degrees for the inland valleys. you'll notice, though, in san francisco not going to be overly warm. temperatures near average. 63 degrees for today. now, nor tomorrow things really start to ramp up. in the south bay particularly you'll find tomorrow temperatures about a 10-degree jump throughout the entire board and look at that monday and tuesday, summerlike temperatures where we should be for the end of may, we'll see these temperatures move in very quickly monday and tuesday. 20 degrees above where we should

be for this time of year. we'll talk more about the warm-up headed our way and pinpoint some of the other cities that will see the warm-up in a bit, kris. and we begin with breaking news this morning in the search for the missing malaysian jetliner. this morning china state news is reporting that a chinese ship detected a pulse signal in the indian ocean in that vast search area. the news agency reports it's still not determined whether that signal is related to the missing jet. the australian government agency which is coordinating the search would not immediately comment on this report and nbc news has not been able to independently confirm it. however, again, the chinese news agency says the black box batteries on the missing malaysian airliner could run out this weekend and the sounds that they're hearing, the pulses they're hearing are consistent with the frequency and the amount of time in between pulses being sent out. the search went underwater for the first time yesterday. a british ship carrying sophisticated underwater

listening equipment and an australian ship is dragging a u.s. device designed to locate the pinger on that black box. monday marks 30 days since that plane disappeared. back here at home, a bizarre story that's getting national attention. thousands of confused a's fans were sent home from the oakland coliseum rained out and there was not a drop of rain in the sky. major league baseball postponed last night's game because the infield was deemed unplayable after a sonking from an overnight storm. the a's say the grounds crew chose not to put the tarp over the infield after thursday night's game because their weather consultant, who they did not want to name, advised that there would be a break in the rain. at the same time, though, several other forecasts showed that rain was a possibility at that time. it was the second postponement this week. and as you know, coliseum sewage problems have already been a national story in the past year. but the a's have not had a rain-out at home since 1998,

that was on tuesday that forced a doubleheader wednesday night and when the postponement was announced last night, confused fans erupted in boos. >> i was disappointed because i didn't get to see my a's play and they forgot to put the tarp out. it's all good we'll play tomorrow. i'm ready for tomorrow. >> we did come out here. we spent a lot of money to get in here. spent a lot of money to do the whole tailgate deal and our tickets, i'm very disappointed. >> no makeup date has been announced, but players from both teams voted against playing a doubleheader this weekend. as is their right by the collective bargaining agreement. and now to a developing story. a california national guard helicopter from moffett field will soon meet up with a sailboat off the mexican coast. they hope to rescue a sick 1-year-old little girl on board. her parents called for emergency help because the 1-year-old got salmonella poisoning as the family was on a round-the-world

tour. they are adrift 900 miles off the coast of cabo san lucas. the chopper is standing by in cabo. the plan is to meet up with a u.s. navy ship to help transport the girl and her family to a hospital in san diego. the little girl got some antibiotics on thursday night after another crew met up and parachuted into their location where the family is at sea. gilroy police are investigating the city's first killing of the year, and the victim is a 74-year-old woman who was found dead in her own home by a family member. it happened in the 1400 block of bristlecone court. police say they got a call monday evening from saying doris may knapp was unresponsive. >> when emergency medical personnel arrived at the residence, two people were at the home. one person is a confirmed family member, the other person we're not sure if they are a friend or an acquaintance or someone representing a home at the home.

>> when police reviewed the medical xinler's report friday they declared it a homicide. police say they have no suspects and the family is cooperating. a serial rapist who terrorized california in the 70s and 80s will be set free in southern california, christopher hubbard raped nearly 40 women 15 in santa clara county. a bay area judge ruled he'll live in los angeles county where he last lived before his convictions. the exact location is a home in unincorporated palmdale. l.a. county leaders oppose his relocation there and they say they'll continue to fight this decision. and a deadly bacterial meningitis cluster in los angeles is triggering a health alert here in the bay area. the cluster is linked to north and west hollywood. there have been eight cases and three deaths in los angeles since january. some of those cases involved gay men which is raising concerns in the gay community in san francisco. the san francisco department of

public health issued a health advisory yesterday urging gay men who have had close contact with men from l.a. to get tested. bacterial meningitis is spread through saliva. >> is somebody is coughing on you, sharing drinks, cigarettes, toothbrushes, things of that sort where you have the exchange of saliva, you can get exposed. >> symptoms include fever, headache, stiff neck, confusion, and a rash. with gay pride events in l.a. and san francisco in just two months away members of the community say this warning is welcome. now to continuing coverage of the leyland yee scandal. the disgraced state senator was indicted by a grand jury yesterday. that means the 29 defendants named will not be entitled to a preliminary hearing. the 32-page document outlines 50 charges of public corruption, drug and weapons trafficking and money laundering. also the associated press is reporting yee losed nearly $900

in campaign money to fly to manila to meet with officials in 2008. in 2012 he used campaign money again for a so-called fact-finding trip to the philippines. the a.p. also reports that yee spent at least $62,000 at the new asia restaurant where gang leader raymond "shrimp boy" chao hosted many of his events. someone in the bay area has a winning ticket. still ahead on "today in the bay" we'll show you the mega millions numbers. make sure it's not you. when i came to the light i saw a note taped to the pole. and when i read it, i thought, that's for me. >> the note was from the driver who nearly hit her in the south bay crosswalk. why this mother and jogger says she is stunned this morning. plus a tech boom gives way to a food boom. the grossing industry giving the south bay economy a boost.

and two pictures of oakland for you this morning. this one looking at the city from a distance and some blue sky and then we see the oakland coliseum looking much sunnier than it has for the last couple of days. after nearly getting run over by a car, a south bay jogger came across an unexpected apology. julie colwell was running her regular loop on thursday when a car nearly ran into her while she was in the crosswalk. she lunged backwards to avoid being hit. the driver only stopped long enough to make sure she was okay but yesterday colwell found this note taped above the crosswalk button, it read, to the woman i caught off yesterday, i'm incredibly sorry. i've been wracked with guilt. thank you for the wake-up call. she told us apology accepted. >> i'm thrilled, you know, it gichs me a little hope in humanity, and i hope that, you know, it really encouraged me, too, because i can be distracted when i'm driving and i thought, wow, i really need to slow down

and pay attention and i think we need to be more ready to forgive each other and more ready to apologize. >> colwell said the note made her day and she plans to keep it. in return she left her own note saying thank you for apologizing. isn't that nice? bigtime job growth in the south bay but not where you might expect. we know about the booming tech industry, but something else is now booming in silicon valley. our business and tech reporter scott budman tells us about the restaurant revival. >> reporter: the south bay has been in a construction boom for a few years. >> we're building a 23-story high-rise right here in downtown. >> reporter: bringing new jobs along with new buildings. and growth in the tech industry has lasted even longer bringing with it even more jobs. but here's food for thought. the south bay is now a hot spot for restaurant growth as dozens of new places to eat like dikine

have hit the downtown to shake things up. >> we feel that there's a void going on over here and i think san jose would be -- would be a good spot for us. >> reporter: lots of food to feed all those tech workers and soon-to-be new residents. >> i think in alignment with what the city is trying to do with building these sort of, like -- like, these urban developments and these new high-rises that are going up, i think that's really going to fuel the restaurant economy hopefully. and, you know, the sharks always bring, like, tons of people to downtown so that's always a nice thing as well. >> reporter: san jose's dish crawl tracks the restaurant industry, and says growth here had been slow for a while -- >> but now it's amazing to see this just, like, hooj boom. >> i'd like to see more people to come down here and eat and enjoy themselves. >> i think downtown is a growing city at this point. it's never been as well as it is today. >> reporter: building its way up

and serving more people than ever. scott budman, "today in the bay." more details. the trend in san jose matches with workers across the country, hiring is way up in restaurants and in bars, and, in fact, in the past year 323,000 new restaurant jobs opened up. it's a good sign because it usually means people have more disposable money and are feeling more comfortable about the economy. well, this morning someone in the bay area has the money to probably buy their favorite restaurant. still ahead on "today in the bay," we'll show you where the latest local lottery winner bought their ticket and we'll give you the winning numbers and how big the pot was. a local tourist spot getting some unwanted visitors. rats running wild in the neighborhood. and this morning waking up to clear skies by the bay. a little bit of fog and cloud cover and we'll tell you when

the 80s will return. good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice...

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so, if you were hiking mt. tam this is what you might see from the top of there as you look at san rafael in the distance. now to an nbc bay area follow-up. it's happening again in san francisco. people who live in the north beach neighborhood now say rats are running rampant on the streets but we've heard this story before. "today in the bay's" stephanie truong has the connection to another neighborhood. >> you can see 20 to 30 running around here. >> reporter: miles marken spends days and nights here at washington square park playing his guitar. he says there have always been rats in the city but in the last year it seems the rodent population has multiplied. >> i see them usually they come out at night but you can see them running across the field and everywhere around here. >> reporter: used to be one or two and now you are seeing packs of them? >> yeah. definitely increasing.

>> doubling and doubling and doubling. >> reporter: the question is why and why now? the sf municipal transportation agency said rodents usually more active at the start of construction and the complaints began to build as the construction was winding down. they say it is possible something other than construction caused the ratted to come out. people we spoke to say they can't think of anything else. >> maybe disturbing the underground? >> lots of vibration in ground causes them to come up. >> reporter: and even the construction crews linked to the central subway project saying they are having to eat and live in countless rats. >> it is so dark you don't see them until you put the light on them and then you see them and they start running. >> reporter: marcus who has called san francisco his home his entire life rats out heren is a big problem but now they are showing up where they really aren't welcome, his home. >> i noticed an increase in the

basement. i'm definitely investing in some traps right now just because i notice food missing, too. >> reporter: stephanie truong nbc bay area news. anthony slaughter joins us. let us say it together, ugh. >> gross. let's talk weather. with all the rain we saw over the past week or so nowg everything has a chance a chance to bloom and with summerlike temperatures ahead the allergens will be off the chart. today in the low to moderate range. tomorrow they'll creep up higher. we have a few thin clouds overhead and low-level clowuds against the hills. the cold front moved through yesterday that is continuing to move out. the northwesterly flow and behind it we have a few clouds still drifting up over this area of high pressure.

but this large ridge position also across the pacific will impact our weather over the next few days and will send our temperatures soaring all the way through this upcoming week. in fact, it will feel more like summer than spring. right now temperatures kind of cool. need that jacket, 40 degrees in the north bay and 47 in the east bay and the low clouds hugging up against the peninsula and you may encounter drizzle on roads this morning but other wps it doesn't look like the map will work for me. you know how that work, your ipad, sometimes, just does want to work, right? this is what we're looking at for highs. mid to upper 60s for the skies. and the low clouds are the clouclou cloudy skyes that could produce drizzle. you'll notice on the futurecast not really a cloud in the sky as we head through the afternoon hours. we may start to see a little bit

of coastal fog return into the inland gap but i don't think we'll see that tonight as offshore winds really start to ramp up and temperatures are expected to soar. your microclimate forecast for today does show temperatures a little bit warmer from yesterday, 68 in san jose and 69 in morgan hill and palo alto 66 and san mateo 64 and in san francisco you'll notice it won't be overly warm. right where we should be for this time of year. 63 degrees in the marina district and alhays valley. and the tri-valley very close to 70 degrees for today. today's not going to be overly warm. right near average but it is for tomorrow when temperatures really start to soar and, do you know what, kris, all the rain we saw this past week wouldn't you believe it would do something for our drought and unfortunately we still are in an exceptional drought for the east bay, peninsula and even count to the santa clara valley, unfortunately the rain did not help a whole lot. we've still got the drought

concerns and unfortunately as we enter into the fire season that's something to watch. hey, yes, baseball season is back. toi tuesday the home opener for the diamondbacks versus the giants, you couldn't ask for better weather for it. temperatures in the 80s for this time of year, fire danger really going to be off the charts as we head through tuesday and we'd. ba wednesday. new this morning we have a winner. a winning mega millions lottery ticket was purchased in the east bay. a ticket purchased at the island pacific supermark in union city matched five of the six numbers drawn. the winning five numbers, 15, 10, 541 and 41 earned the ticketholder more than $233,000. a ticket purchased in los angeles matched the five numbers as well as the meganumber nine.

thater earned that ticketholder $30,000. well, turning trash into treasure. coming up on "today in the bay" -- >> a lot of hugs and, you know, a lot of congratulations and thanks so much, you know, a lot of happiness which is the best part for me. >> the unique way one bay area man is helping to howls the homeless. so we made our own commercial to tell you why. first, chex makes lots of gluten free flavors. which is a huge thing for us. and there's seven to choose from. like cinnamon, honey nut, and chocolate. i tell them "you guys are gonna turn into chocolate chex!" i like cinnamon, greg is a honey nut nut. when you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] we're the pearsons, and we love chex!

in our bay area proud series this morning we focus on the man who can see solution where other people see problems. the problems he saw in his neighborhood were illegal dumping and homelessness. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas explains his ingenious answer to both. >> all right. let's see. >> reporter: if it were stories greg klain was after, he'd have no problems finding them. among the piles of illegally dumped trash that appear each morning in his west oakland

neighborhood. >> it looks like a little one. >> reporter: there are clues that tell the story of how each one got there. >> you got lightbulbs. you got a little mix here. this is a marijuana operation dump. >> reporter: but greg isn't interested in stories. just happy endings. and so takes only what he needs to build them. greg an artist whose long held a fascination with small living spaces. he once built a home out of a dumperster. he marvels at the shelters his homeless neighbors construct out of materials they find on the street, so a couple of years ago greg gathered some of those materials and built one himself. and that was that. or so he thought. until one rainy night a homeless woman knocked on greg's door asking for a tarp. >> i didn't have a tarp and i said, i'm sorry, i went back in and then i walked past my home.

what am i doing with this? so, i ran back outside, hey, charlene, i'll have a home for you. as soon as i gave it away it felt so good for me. oh, wow this is great, you know, these people are so happy. and then a couple of screws. >> reporter:ful so good greg decided to do it again. and again. and again. with the help of a rotating cast of volunteers greg has now built more than a dozen homes for the homeless. all are on wheels. all made solely out of the materials greg pulls each morning from those trash piles. and all are destined to make a homeless neighbor's life a little drier, a little safer. >> it's great. i have my own place to be. >> reporter: and judging by the look on kelly's face, a whole lot happier. kelly says she has not had a roof over her head for 19 years. but will tonight thanks to greg.

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from nbc bay area this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. looking live at some of the airplanes taking off at mineta san jose. no weather delays. it is a perfectly great day to fly, but why would you want to go anywhere? thanks so much for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist anthony slaughter. maybe some of those folks are coming in, anthony, because our weather's glorious. >> it's going to be awesome over the next few days. in fact, the envy of the country if you will. we're talking about 70s and 80s returning into the forecast for tomorrow and all the way to the

upcoming week and you can find them on the scrolling seven-day forecast at the bottom of your screen. i want to show you what we're looking at right now. we've got a few lingering clouds especially on the peninsula and palo alto in particular. you can see the low clouds hugging the mountains and we may encounter a little bit of drizzle from these clouds but the skies are expected to clear out as high pressure moves in. highs today not going to be overly warm. we're back into the 60s for most of us. low to mid-60s at the coast. upper 60s for the inland valleys and we may hit 70 for a few locations but, again, major warming headed our way for tomorrow, kris, we're talking about temps near 80 and into the 80s as we head through monday and tuesday. details on that coming up in just a little while. back to you. >> all right, thank you. we begin with breaking news this morning in the search for the missing malaysian jetliner. this morning china state nups is repo news is reporting that a chinese ship detected a pulse signal in the vast search area. the news agency reports it's not

determined whether that signal is related to the missing jet but say the frequency and timing of those pulses are consistent with the pings of a black box. the australian government agency coordinating the search would not immediately comment on the report. and nbc news is working on independent confirmation right now. the black box batteries in that missing malaysian airliner could run out this weekend. the search went underwater for the first time yesterday. a british ship carrying sophisticated underwater listening equipment and an australian ship dragging a united states device designed to locate the pinger on that black box. monday marks 30 days since the plane disappeared. happening right now, polling stations are open across afghanistan today amid tight security as voters cast ballots to choose a new president. voters are expected to mark the first democratic transfer of power since the fall of the taliban regime in 2001. after 12 years in office, current president hamid karzai

is ineligible to run again and there are eight candidates now running for office. almost 200,000 afghan security forces have been deployed to protect voters against taliban militants who have vowed to disrupt this election. we are learning more about what motivated an army soldier to open fire on his fellow troops at ft. hood. officials say they are growing increasingly confident that an ongoing argument in his unit set off the rampage. the family of officer lopez spoke for the first time and they said that his son must not have been in his right mind. the father of a soldier said he went on the rampage after trying to pick up a form to request time off. he was apparently told to return the next day. federal agents also say lopez had just learned that he would only get a day of temporary leave for his mother's funeral. meanwhile, family members of the victims are also speaking out. >> very proud of him.

because he was fighting for our country. i can't believe this has happened. i just can't. >> three people were killed in wednesday's attack, and another 16 were wounded before lopez shot himself. back here at home, a bizarre story that's getting national attention. thousands of confused a's fans sent home from the coliseum because of a rain delay without a drop of rain in the sky. major league baseball postponed last night's game because the infield was deemed unplayable after a soaking from an overnight storm. the a's say the grounds crew chose not to put the tarp over the infield after thursday night's game. because they say their weather consultant who they did not want to name advised there would be a break in the rain but at the same time several other forecasts showed that rain was a definite possibility. it was the second postponement this week. as you might know coliseum sewage problems have been a national story in the past year, but the a's had not had a

rain-out at home since 1998 until tuesday. that forced a doubleheader on wednesday night. and when the postponement was announced over the p.a. system yesterday, confused fans erupted in boos. >> i was pretty disappointed because i came out here to see my a's play and obviously i didn't get to see them play because they obviously forgot to put the tarp out, it's all good. we'll play tomorrow. i'm ready for tomorrow. >> we did come out here. we spent a lot of money to get in here. spent a lot of money to do our whole tailgate deal, and our tickets, so i'm very disappointed. >> no makeup date has been announced for that game. players from both teams voted against playing a doubleheader this weekend as is their right in their collective bargaining agreement. a deadly bacterial meningitis cluster in los angeles is triggering a health alert here in the bay area. the cluster is linked to north and west hollywood. there have been eight cases and three deaths in los angeles county since january. some of the cases involve gay men which is raising concerns here in the gay community in san

francisco. san francisco department of public health issued a health advisory yesterday urging gay men who may have had close contact with men from los angeles to get tested for bacterial meningitis which is spread through saliva. >> if somebody is coughing on you, sneezing on you, if you are sharing drinks, cigarettes, toothbrushes things of that sort where you have the exchange of saliva, you can get exposed. >> it's frightening if it's that contagio contagious. >> symptoms are fever, headaches, confusion and a rash. with gay pride events planned for los angeles and san francisco two months from now members of the community say the warning is welcomed. now to continuing coverage of the leland yee scandal, the disgraced state senator was indicted by a grand jury yesterday. that indictment means the 29 defendants named will not be entitled to a preliminary hearing. the 32-page document outlines 50 charges of public corruption, drug and weapons trafficking and money laundering.

also the associated press is reporting that yee used nearly $900 in campaign money to fly to manila to meet with officials in 2008. in 2012 he used campaign money against for a so-called fact-finding trip to the philippines. and the a.p. reports that yee spent at least $62,000 at the new asia restaurant where gang leader shrimp boy chao hosted many of his events. still ahead on "today in the bay," the giants are rude guests down south. and the warriors do something they haven't done in more than two decades.

good morning to you. looking live at a kind of artistic shot of san jose looking at some treetops there and some pretty sky in the distance. the dodgers hosted the giants in their home opener last night, and first inning two on and two outs michael morris rips a two-run single to center to give san francisco an early

lead. and then still in first, now bases loaded, pitcher ryan vogelsong helps himself with a bloop single scoring two more. the giants score six in the first alone. they spoil l.a.'s opener 8-4. lots of happy fans. to hoops now and the kings at oracle last night. the warriors making it look easy. golden state led by as much as 42 point in this one. warriors cruised on to 102-69 win. they sweep the series versus sacramento for the first time since the '91-'92 season. very happy there. still ahead on "today in the bay" -- we investigate day care as we expose how hard it is for parents to get day care safety records. and now see the action the state is taking.

welcome back. 7:42 the time right now. we are finding that we're looking at some visibility kind of reduced across the north baf.

really starting to see some fog hug up against the valleys in santa rosa and even in napa but you'll notice, san francisco, oakland, concord ten miles visibility plus in those locations. in the south bay not a whole lot of fog but cloud cover is hanging on in half moon bay right at the coastline seeing a little bit of fog but elsewhere visibility up to ten miles. patchy fog to head out this morning but skies will clear out completely as we head through the rest of the day. the high pressure sitting off the coast will rev up the offshore winds and that will mean an increased threat for fire danger. right now very comfortable conditions, in the 40s and 50s as i mentioned. still have a little bit of fog lingering in the peninsula and palo alto. if you are headed out in the next 30 minutes, you may run into a little bit of drizzle as you ride along 280 and 101 but we're not expecting widespread drizzle. later on this afternoon it will turn out to be a niles afternoon.

closer to where we should be for averages this time of year. we're back into the low 60s yesterday, back into the upper 60s for today with the exception of san francisco. still only 63 degrees for today. but for tomorrow, temperatures really soar. in fact, take a look at the south bay where we're headed. tomorrow 77 degrees after we'll get into the upper 60s for today. but look what happens on monday and tuesday. temperatures in the 80s there. and that's the area of high pressure that will move directly overhead. winds shift offshore and that will warm up very quickly. monday and tuesday and also wednesday. we're going to be looking at temperatures about 20 degrees above where we should be for this time of year so not only is it going to be warm, it's going to be downright hot as we head through monday and tuesday for our inland valleys. for today, though, just a few high thin passing clouds from time to time not expecting much in terms of cloud cover and that will allow for temperatures to warm back to close to 70 degrees. places like san jose you'll be at 68 later on. morgan hill, 69. palo alto, 66. and san francisco, again, not overly warm for today. low skil60s.

napa, 70 and walnut creek as well and livermore right at 69 degrees. of course, with all the rain we saw this past week, we have still a major drought across the bay area. since july 1 san jose has only seen 6 inches of rain and the new deficit only 7 inches behind. but, again, kris, as we move into the drier months the next couple of months it doesn't look likely we'll make up the deficit, again, conserve, conserve, conserve and we can't hone that in enough. and tonight at 6:30 here on nbc drought special airs so be sure to tune into that we'll have good tips on how you can conserve as we move through the upcoming months. >> i know the weather team has been working hard on that special, 6:30 tonight, the california drought. cam crunch and tony the tiger are staring at your kid for a reason in the grocery store according to a new study on cereal box psychology. two images of trix rabbit were used in a recent study from

cornell university. it examined the faces of cartoon characters on cereal boxes. they found that kids felt more connected to the character on the left whose eyes gazed down at them. according to researchers kids' craving for cereal may be connected to the positive feeling that they get when they make eye contact with toucan sam or tony the tiger. they say that producers of healthier foods may want to try some of the same marketing tricks. they say, please. i say skip the sugar if you want. still ahead on "today in the bay" -- >> this is our job and we're not doing it and we need to now do it. >> lawmakers demand change after we exposed the lack of oversight at day cares. and we also have our pets in need friends coming in soon. good morning, there's lots to do today in the bay. parents treat yourself toe at the mayer theater at santa clara university you have two chances to this see "3 blonde moms." you'll recognize from tv and

stage and screen, they'll connect anyone who has a family or anyone who knows anyone who has a family. semiscripted it may go freestyle and that's why they are suggesting a pg-13 audience or maybe they'll talk about puberty or something. to a missile named for a goddess of victory. that's right, you'll head to the marin headlands for the next event and an open house and a storytelling at the missile site. these right here. the last line of defense against soviet attempt back in the day restored from the cold war the only example in the country, in fact, is what's going on right here. the park rangers and actual veterans will be there to share-the-impact of this time in history. maybe when talking about a missile i shouldn't have said impact, it is a good choice for the next program. which is having that, an impact for bay area kids. you can see the destiny arts performance and they'll break it down about the show about lives of teenagers across social and cultural lines.

and special guest from the broadway cast of the whiz and the loop will perform. ticket prices on a sliding scale. and when the weekend is over i'll have the impact of the morning community right here on "today in the bay." good morning nelly! woah.

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looking live at mineta san jose this morning. and a good day to travel if that's in store for you. bon voyage. if not, look at the sky and know that good things are headed our way. more inspections and better accountability is what law makers are calling for in california's day care centers. this stems from our investigation which exposed a decades-old inspection system that leaves parents in the dark when it comes to information about day cares. investigative reporter has the report on a newly proposed law. >> these are our most vulnerable members of our society and we're

saying we don't care. >> reporter: freshman representative ian calderon isn't married and does not have kids. >> this is our future. children are our future. >> reporter: but that's not stopping him from leading the charge to change state law about how california oversees and regulates its day cares. he's pushing for more inspections more often. >> this is our job. we are not doing it and we need to now do it. >> reporter: how will your proposed bill affect the inspection and safety of children in day cares right now? >> what my bill does is it puts somebody in there, in these child care facilities once a year which is unannounced, so you'll have a frequency of inspections which will further constitute better compliance with the law because they know we're going to be coming. >> reporter: last month we went undercover to show day cares not complying with even the most basic state law requirements to show safety inspection reports to anyone who asked. >> you could call child care

licensing. >> so you don't have anything we can look at? >> no. >> reporter: we teamed for the center of investigative reporting and also found an inspection system so outdated that records are available only in paper form. at regional and state offices not online. >> unfortunately the way that our system works we don't have an easy way -- we don't even have a difficult way at the moment. we don't have a way of taking the information that's in this system and putting it up online. >> reporter: pat here riff with the department of social services oversees nearly 48,000 day cares where 1.1 million children go every day. leery told us the current system does not allow her department to annize the data. >> it didn't connell sieve of this idea of being able to aggregate data up and get statewide reports and be able to say, you know, where's the facility with the worst and how can we track this and track that. >> i'm embarrassed and frustrated. >> reporter: that's why assemblywoman christina garcia wants the records online. she's introduced yet another bill that would require california's department of social services to bite the

bullet and make these records accessible on the web to everyone. >> at the end of the day we have a responsibility to our community and so for me it felt like common sense that we should have as much information as possible for parents to make an informed decision. >> wow, we just got to do this. all it's going to cost is the amount of time it takes to scan it in. i think that whatever that cost is, it will be less than the terrible human consequences that can happen if we don't do this. >> reporter: but we aren't waiting for the state law to get passed. we again teamed up with the center for investigative reporting to do what california has yet to do, take all bay area day care public inspection records, aggregate them, and put them online. our team began scanning in all the inspection records of nearly 150 day care centers and family day care homes in napa county, and coming soon we'll be adding

to our database and to the records that parents and the public can read online on our website. >> i think the government got lazy. we let budget cuts be an excuse. we let that be a crutch to where we have a complaint-based system that isn't proactive and we need to be proactive. >> that was steven stock reporting. one bill has already passed a committee in the assembly and the other is scheduled for a public hearing next month. our team, again, currently working to put all of those records online. you can follow our entire project on our website nbcbayarea.com. or cironline.org. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call at 888-996-tips or send us an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. still ahead on "today in the bay," we have maggie a spunky little girl with a very cool-looking coat. ve chex cerea.

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well, this morning we have our friends from pets in need, volunteer lisa simmons is here with maggie who looks -- she's, like, a brindle coat, looks like a very tiny greyhound. don't you think? >> that's a good description, absolutely, she can run like one, too. but we think she's actually a dachshund mix. she's a puppy. she's only about five months old and she's spayed and current on vaccines and ready to go to her forever home. >> what kind of forever home would she like? >> well, she's going through a bit of a fearful stage and so we would recommend a family with probably older children. and, you know, actually one that had prior dog experience would be perfect. >> yeah. and that's just -- she's just a little fearful, so we heard her barking a little bit earlier. but they grow out of that. >> oh, absolutely. they go through these stages. a tree outside just scared the heck out of her. >> lisa, i've seen some very

scary trees in my day. usually in the disney movies. >> she thought that, too. but she's actually a sweetheart and she's very trainable. learning her basics right now. >> a lot of folks tell us, you know, i'm not in a position to adopt right now or i can't foster but i love the animals and i want to help the animals, so what would you -- i mean, if somebody wants to make a donation, what would you like for them to get? >> well, you know, we always -- because we are donor supported money's always great but we also realize that a lot of time people want to do more than just give money and we can always use blankets, toys, like, $20 would buy five, six, sometimes ten cat toys on sale. >> wow. >> and, you know, we need them all the time. >> it's something that the kids can get involved with and they feel good about it. >> absolutely. or they can make toys for us. >> oh. that's always something. maybe we'll get instructions from you and put them online. petsinneed.org where you can

find more information about maggie or any of her other cute friend s thank you so much for making us a part of your morning.

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