good morning. i'm kris sanchez. coming up next on "today in the bay" an exclusive interview with the father of a teenager who is charged with the murder of a friend who police say was killed by someone else. more on the provocative act doctrine. plus two bay area store clerks take matters into their own hands. the video you have to see of their takedown. plus a summer-like warmup headed to the bay area. if you're thinking of going to the beach, you'll want to harry what anthony slaughter has to say about a warning this morning. this is "today in the bay." and we are waking up in oakland this morning.

we see the city in the distance. it's fog-free just about everywhere around the bay and we're expecting some temperatures that will have you wearing your sunglasses until night fall. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist anthony slaughter. anthony, folks will want to go to the beach. >> santa cruz will get back into the low to mid-70s. elsewhere in the 60s but tomorrow we're definitely going up. in fact i want to show you this video because we're looking at sneaker waves and rip currents possible as we head through the day today. in fact it's in the water that usually it's up to knee-deep and you don't usually see the waves coming because what we're looking at today is the sneaker waves pulling out and then eventually could see very tall waves. up to ten feet crash up against the beach so you want to keep an extra eye on the kids because you could be in kdeep water before you know it. it's not going to be overly warm

at the beach. for tomorrow if you to have the off, it will be very nice. not only today but the next three days we'll be looking at beach weather all because of this area of high pressure. large area of high pressure will be holding on advertisely for us. what that means is temperatures are going to be going up. you'll notice as we head through the day, we don't have any fog right now. you'll notice the temperatures again close to 80 degrees in some of our inland valleys. we'll talk more about the warmup as we head through the rest of the week coming up in a bit. for the first time we're hearing from the father of a young man charged with the death of a 16-year-old friend at a campbell park, though police say that friend was stabbed by someone else. brian villegas and four other young men with gang ties are charged with murder in connection with the march 16th

killing of their friend. a 24-year-old homeless man claims he stabbed diaz but here's why he wasn't charged and the friends are charged. under the provocative act doctrine, a person whose accomplice is killed by the intended victim can be charged with the accomplice' murder. nbc bay area talking with the father of brian villegas about his side of the story. >> translator: when you got to the park, that's when the accident happened and he was there. but he never touched the person nor did he get close to the person, so that's why i feel it is an injustice that he is being called a gangster. right now he's being blamed for a crime that he didn't commit and it's affecting everybody, me, my family, my younger son j. >> villegas has talked to his son who maintains his innocence. all five suspects could face 15

years to life in prison. two men working in a 7-eleven store took matters into their own hands when a man tried to rob them. instead of giving up the cash, they put up a fight. you can see the clerks struggling with the man, eventually disarming him. they say he tried to rob the store friday night. police say the clerks first tried to pin the man down and during the struggle they somehow got ahold of his gun. while police say this is a brave thing to do, they don't recommend confronting anyone with a gun. >> if someone sees something like this occur, please try not to take it in your own hands. our ultimate goal here is to make sure no one gets hurt and we do apprehend the suspect safely. >> detectives are searching for the gunman who they say might be responsible for similar crimes in the area as well. now an nbc bay area follow-up. it may be a case of out of sight, out of mind. the california state senate deleted the online archives of

senator leland yee and two other democrats facing charges. you won't find any mention of leland yee of san francisco, ron calderon or ron wright. the website still lists senator yee's staff members but gone are the pictures of the senator and information on their voting record. the state senate website now says district 8 is now represented by mark lenno and jerry hill. today uc berkeley students can get a vaccine that most kids get before they go into kindergarten. that's because there are two confirmed cases of measles on the uc berkeley campus. officials are reaching out to those who may have been exposed. doctors diagnosed a student with the contagious illness and he is in isolation. health workers will be available from 10:00 this morning until 2:00 this afternoon to give vaccines. if a person receives a measles shot within 72 hours of

exposure, they can usually avoid getting sick. measles was officially declared eliminated in the u.s. in 2000, but there has been a spike ever since. now, for the first three months of this year, there have been 49 cases of measles in california compared to four for the same time last year. new information this morning about a homicide investigation in oakland. we now know what killed a woman whose body was found near lake merritt yesterday morning. detectives are telling us the victim died of blunt force trauma to the head but are not sure what she was hit with. officers found her body near park boulevard and third around 7:00 yesterday morning. her identity has not been released. police have not released a suspect description or possible motive yet. this is oakland's 26th homicide of this year, very similar to the homicide rate last year. eight people had to be rescued off their boat that

caught fire in the san francisco bay. look at the pictures, really scary. these were sent to us by firefighters. officials say three children and five adults were on board when they called for help. because of that billowing smoke, firefighters told them to abandon ship. a nearby pleasure boat arrived and pulled them from the water. fortunately, and despite the pictures, no one was hurt. new developments in a complex rescue mission at sea for a california family. a u.s. navy ship has arrived to pick up the family stranded about 1,000 miles off the coast of cabo san lucas, mexico. the family's 1-year-old girl is the crew's top priority. she got sick with salmonella poisoning earlier this week. her family was sailing around the world when they lost power and the ability to steer. a california national guard team rushed to the scene and pa parachuted in to give the girl antibiotics and get her stable.

>> this is what we train for. we are specialized in this capability. >> the bay area guardsman stayed with the family until the navy arrived. the little girl will be transported to a hospital for more treatment. she's stable, but still very sick. we are following new developments about the missing plane from malaysia. this morning an australian ship carrying sophisticated deep sea sound equipment has reported picking up possible signals from deep in the indian ocean bringing renewed hope that perhaps they found the plane. new images from the chinese state media were brought broadcast showing a team that could have received signals that could come from the black box on the missing flight 370. they are rushing to determine whether any of the signals are from the black box before the beacons fall silent. >> it's a very, very difficult search. while we are certainly trying everything that we have at it

and the best brains and the best technology in the world will be deployed, we need to be very careful about coming to hard and fast conclusions too soon. >> experts say if the sounds can be verified, this could reduce the search area from 84,000 square miles to just 4 square miles. the plane has now been missing for 30 days and the batteries on that black box could soon run out. still ahead, a dad in the bay area is asking for help to bring a thief to justice. what they stole and what the dad is asking for this morning. and keeping the focus on the dogs. the south bay dog show in the middle of a hit and run controversy.

it is a cool start to the morning and it is a day that's going to heat up quite nicely. this is a live look at san rafael this morning. we can expect summer-like temperatures all day long.

do you recognize this woman? an east bay homeowner hopes someone will help them to catch her. they say she's a thief. he posted the surveillance video on youtube. you can see the woman who's walking her dog grab a package from amazon. the homeowner filed a police report and investigators plan on following up tomorrow. the homeowner said the package contained books for kids. he wrote on facebook, to the lady who took our package, please return the books by noon sunday so my kid can study and promise not to do it again. in the east bay, emergency responders were out in full force yesterday taking care of hazardous materials and wounded victims in preparation for the real thing. this fictional catastrophe helped police practice for what they do in the case of an armed insurgent or explosive.

>> we have the army working together on a mass casualty exercise and our goal is that we anticipate these disasters when they happen and when they do happen we work together to minimize loss of life. >> multiple public and private agencies took part in the event, including the fremont police department and washington hospital. a new push to get guns off the streets in san francisco. police and city leaders hosted a gun buy-back event this weekend at a grocery outlet store in the individua visitation valley district. people drove up and were able to trade them in for cash. organizers handed out $100 for each gun. assault weapons were turned in for $200. >> i think a lot of people do it because they want to make the city safer, their heart is in the right place. i think a lot of people want to do it because it makes their home safer. >> the event allowed participants to stay anonymous.

no questions asked about the weapons turn in. last night it netted 529 guns. a dog show in san jose tried to get away from controversy after its host was arrested last week. 49ers cornerback chris culver is facing charges after striking a bicyclist with his car, fleeing the scene and threatening a witness with brass knuckles. this weekend the chris culver foundation put on a dog show at the fairgrounds. it benefits animal welfare. >> the incredible part about it, the support for him has increased in an area where he's able to -- he has over 20 football teammates coming out here today. chris, we stand with you, we stand firm with you. all the people in the front office of the 49ers stand firm with him. his family has flown out to the east coast to stand firm with him. he just knows that he has a lot of love and support. >> he has made headlines before for making anti-gay remarks

before the super bowl. he later apologized for the comments and said he would accept a gay player on the 49ers. the 49ers front office only said that they would wait until the investigation into the hit and run was complete before saying anything. still ahead on "today in the bay," traffic troubles. why starting tomorrow it might be hard eer to get around in th south bay. and no fog to report but a little haze and a perfect beach day on tap. we'll break down that weekend forecast and get you into this next workweek. one thing is for sure, it is going to be hot. we're back after this.

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looking live this morning, very nice, clear blue skies. a little haze in some areas, but certainly very little in this picture in san francisco. starting tomorrow, crossing the golden gate bridge will cost you more. the toll will go up by $1, which

means drivers with fastrak will pay $6. people without fastrak, $7. and the increase will pay for projects and maintenance as well as subsidize the district's bus an ferry service. starting tomorrow construction on apple's new campus in cupertino will make some commuters wish they had a spaceship to get around the south bay. they will close a seconds of pruneridge avenue which will close forever. >> reporter: the project is well under way with the demolition of the former hewlett-packard offices near completion. the next phase won't be popular with drivers. >> everybody hated traffic. >> reporter: they're already dodging orange cones and lane closures on surrounding streets, but beginning april 7th, a section of pruneridge avenue will permanently close as apple builds up to build a spaceship-shaped office an integrate it with current properties on the oar side of the street. drivers are worried about what

that will mean for them. >> obviously there's going to be more traffic and i'm afraid the road will be crowded all the time. >> reporter: people will be forced off pruneridge, which is known to be a shortcut, adding to the congestion. >> at the same time i'm kind of excited to see what they have in store for apple, so maybe that might be some good things. >> reporter: cupertino city leaders approved the tech giant's expansion because it would mean more jobs and additional tax revenue in two years, when the building is complete. jennifer wang, from cupertino village, fears the traffic headaches will drive away customers who are already frustrated. >> we really worry about that. we don't have any choice. >> reporter: supporters say businesses will be thriving in two years when the new apple office is completed with some 12,000 employees. >> maybe in two years business will be up. >> two years, right?

>> it always gets worse before it gets better. anthony slaughter is now we are with a look at a forecast. you say go to the beach, enjoy the beach but be careful in the water. >> it's the kind of threat that we're looking at, rip currents, sneaker waves. the kind of waves that sneak up on you, hence the name sneaker waves. they'll be right around knee high and what we'll see is waves at times that could go up to about 10 feet. you can already see we're seeing swells up to seven feet off the coast of half moon bay with winds up to 20 miles an hour. it will be bright but i do have to make that extra statement, take it easy and keep eyes on the kids and the pets. temperatures not overly warm at the beach. but tomorrow they're going up even more. right now in the 40s and 50s. in the north bay one of our coldest locations yesterday in the 30s. about 5 degrees warmer this morning. a good sign that we are headed to see a warmer day for today.

some places will be 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. san francisco right around 70 and inland valleys close to 80 degrees across the board. we are headed to see summer-like temperatures for today. we'll be in the beginning stride of what you're looking at the next few days. for tomorrow back into the mid-80s for most of our inland valleys. for tuesday, that's the warmest day of the week where some of us, places like gilroy, even livermore and walnut creek, santa rosa could get close to 90 degrees. we'll get that onshore wind return a little for wednesday and thursday that will cool us back into the 70s by thursday with a little fog returning by friday. for today for nano fog to repor. spf, sunscreen, water, anything you need to enjoy the outdoors. of course remember that extra dose of water, you make sure you stay hydrated, especially when temperatures get so warm like we're going to see across the board today. close to 80 in san jose.

saratoga 77, morgan hill 79 grows. even across the peninsula where yesterday you were in the 60s, widespread 70s from san mateo over to palo alto. today san francisco, while it won't be overly warm at that, you'll be warmer than you were yesterday. close to 70 degrees in the sf area. napa 80, santa rosa 79 action even oakland at 74. walnut creek very warm at 80 and livermore, pleasanton and danville, a good slew of 79s right across the board for the tri-valley. so not overly warm but definitely comfortable weather. mid to upper 70s not tolerable but temperatures really start to go into that uncomfortable range, especially if you don't have air conditioning across the bay. walnut creek, petaluma, mid-80s and then look at what happened on tuesday. places like walnut creek close to 90 degrees. even petaluma close to that as well. here's where i want to take you into as we head through the next few days, the remarkable thing

is even though we're going to be talking about temperatures that are close to 90, you have to get into the 90s. in fact for places like livermore, san jose and san francisco to actually break any of those records. so even though it's close to 80 in sf on tuesday, you'll notice, kris, that record, 92 degrees. that was about 60 years ago. for some of us, it will be warm, but not record-setting. >> i remember it as if it were yesterday. >> of course you do. >> thanks, anthony. on a mission to make a difference. >> it's just a way to give back. >> the way three men plan to honor their friend who is a u.s. marine, coming up on "today in the bay." [doorbell rings]

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months to do it. garvin thomas shows us what the young men are doing and why. >> reporter: it's a saturday night in the danville garage and pleasure principle is taking the stage. jake on the drums. music, you see, is a big part of chase's life these days, in more ways than one. it's how he met these guys. >> i was in a band with him and he was friends with christian so we ended up hanging out together. >> reporter: that's christian grimes on the right, robert uholdi on the left. the three have been friends since high school, bonding through music and video games, and on this day getting together to buy bus tickets. specifically buying them to lordsburg, new mexico. that's as close as a bus will take you to the beginning of the

continental trail. more than 3,000 miles from end to ebld. the three plan to hike all of it this summer. it was christian's idea. at first he had done some long distance hiking before and thought it was fun. they all thought it would be better with a mission. >> we were just like we don't want it to be about ourselves. we want to take it a step farther. >> reporter: and that is where scott carpenter comes in, their fourth high school friend enlisted in the marines after graduation and through him they had learned of the wounded warrior project, helping wounded warriors adjust back home. >> they fight for our country, so just a bay to give back. >> reporter: so in the days they have left, the friends are getting in as many hiking miles as they can, keeping their boots on the trail and their eyes on the bigger picture. >> what we're doing is just hiking, you know. it's like nothing compared to like fighting for our country, you know. >> reporter: garvin thomas,

"today in the bay." and another huge data hack. coming up on "today in the bay," this time your social security number might be at risk. more on a multistate investigation under way. plus how a convenient way to cast your vote also has its share of drawbacks. our political analyst, larry gerston, joins us in just about 15 minutes. 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... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet.

good morning to you. looking live from our camera in dublin this morning, you can see lots of blue sky. you can expect that just about anywhere you live around the bay area. thanks for joining us, i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist anthony slaughter who is reporting about summer today. >> i know. in fact we'll see temperatures today and even through the next few days reflect that of summer-like temperatures. in fact right now we are looking at skies clearing across the board. not even a few clouds in the sky, just some of those high,

thin cirrus clouds elsewhere. but you'll notice off in the distance a big area of high pressure off the coast. this is the next system that's going to try and develop. these clouds here on the edge of that frontal system. that's going to try to be a cutoff low as you head through the weekend and that could actually mean cooler weather by the latter half of this upcoming week and that will eventually return us to normal averages. right now as we're waking up, temperatures in the 40s and 50s. clear sky as far as the eye can see and blue sky into santa clara valley. a good sign of good air quality. three storms in one week and this week it's all about the warmup. in fact today mid-70s for the santa clara valley. for tomorrow, mid-80s and close to 90 by tuesday. so if this weather has you feel like you may want to take off work, start feeling sick here, you're not alone. we'll talk more about the summer-like temperatures headed your way in a little while, kris. >> the summer cold. thank you very much, anthony.

for the first time we are hearing from the father of a young man who is charged with the death of a 16-year-old friend at a campbell park. police say that friend was stabbed by someone else. brian villegas and four other young men with gang ties are charged with murder in connection with the march 16th killing of a friend, ivan diaz. police say a 24-year-old homeless man admits he fatally stabbed diaz, but in self defense claiming the five attacked him. here's why he wasn't charged and the friends were charged. a person whose accomplice is killed by the intended victim in the courts of a crime can be charged with the accomplice' murder. nbc bay area talked with the father of villegas about his side of the story. >> translator: when you got to the park, that's when the accident happened and he was there, but he never touched the person nor did he get close to the person, so that's why i feel it is an injustice that he is being called a gangster. right now he's being blamed for

a crime he didn't commit and it's affecting everybody. me, my family, my youngest son. >> his son maintains his innocence. villegas and one other teenager are being prosecuted as adults so if they are convicted, they could face sentences from 15 years to life in prison. when an armed robber held up two clerks at a san leandro 7-eleven store he probably wasn't counting on this. take a look. you can see the clerks struggling with the man, eventually disarming him. they say that man tried to rob the store on friday night. the clerks first tried to pin the man down. during the struggle, they somehow got ahold of his gun. while police say it was a brave thing to do, it's not something they recommend when confronted with someone with a gun. >> if someone sees something like this occur, please try not to take it in your own hands. our ultimate goal is to make sure that no one gets hurt and

we do apprehend the suspect safety. >> reporter: detectives are still searching for that gunman who they say might be responsible for similar crimes in the area as well. we are following up new developments in the search for the missing malaysian airline -- missing malaysian plane. this morning an australian ship reports picking up a possible signal from deep in the indian ocean. yesterday chinese state news reported the same thing. new images from state chinese media were broadcast today, claiming to show a search team detecting one of those two reported pulse signals that are consistent with what would come from a black box. officials are pushing to determine whether any of these three signals are from the plane's black box before their beacons fall silent when their batteries die out. >> it's a very, very difficult search. while we certainly are throwing everything we have at it and while the best brains and the best technology in the world

will be deployed, we need to be very careful about coming to hard and fast conclusions too soon. >> experts say if the sounds can be verified, that would reduce the search area from 84,000 square miles to 4 square miles. millions of people went to the polls yesterday in afghanistan despite threats from the taliban to disrupt the country's presidential election. election officials say 7 million people voted, claiming a 45% voter turnout. voters waited in long lines and some polling stations ran out of ballots. afghan military forces say there were 146 attacks at voting locations. last election they responded to 600 attacks. this marks the first election that they secured on their own with u.s. soldiers just on standby. >> the people of afghanistan are more committed to go to the polling station for many reason. number one, they want to say no to the taliban. >> eight candidates are competing to replace incumbent

president hamid karzai who cannot run again. results are expected to take six week to come in because of the country's rugged te rain. a washington community comes together to start the healing process after that devastating mudslide destroyed their lives and their homes. the first of many funerals were held yesterday. hundreds turned out to mourn the deaths of three of the victims. as the search effort continues, there are new questions about whether officials should have done more to protect the residents there. before the most recent tragedy, there were five other mudslides, the most recent in 2006. after that mudslide the county placed barriers in the river to stabilize the area. many neighbors thought they were safe. >> they implied the problems were fixed and they were done with it. >> you feel the problem was solved? >> yeah. >> the official death toll stands at 30 and 13 people are

still listed as missing. crews say they will keep searching until everyone is accounted for. protecting consumers from i.d. theft, that's the goal of a new bill in sacramento that would require businesses to adopt better security practices to protect your personal information. under the new legislation if data breaches occur, retailers would be responsible for reimbursing any compromised consumers. last year target was the victim of a mass i've data breach. >> trust me, credit card companies and banks and credit unions and the retailers do not want to have their systems hacked into. this is not good publicity for them. so we're trying to figure out some rational improvements in the law that will restore the confidence that consumers want. >> the bill would also require businesses to notify consumers within 15 days of detecting any possible data theft. another huge data breach is

being investigated now. hundreds of millions of social security numbers may be out in the open. u.s. attorneys general have launched a multistate investigation. officials say the credit bureau experion may have shared social security numbers of more than 200 million americans with an identity theft ring. they will not comment. this data breach comes after consumer information was hacked from stores like target as we just mentioned and neiman marcus as well. still ahead on "today in the bay" the stars were aligned as the giants power surge continues down south.

good morning to you. just a little bit of haze to start the day, but then clear, blue skies. we won't call it dodger blue, though. the giants are mostly known for their pitching but through the first five games of the season, the offense has been the dominant force and it's a trend that continued against their biggest rivals. the celebs were in the house at

dodgers stadium. robin thicke, magic jacquohnson looking on. michael morris, sandoval and buster posey all going deep. the giants slugged their way to a 7-2 victory in los angeles. you might remember they also spoiled the dodgers home opener. the day after an embarrassing cancellation, the a's and mariners were back at it in oakland and the green and gold could not overcome the mariners three-run fifth. seattle would hold on to win 3-1. to the ice now. the sharks hosting the predator s.a.t. center. the second period they slam home the rebound. that's all carter hutton would need. hutton recording his first career shutout. the predators beat team teal 3-0. still ahead on "today in the

bay" with the june primaries just around the corner, we look at why the latest trend in the way we cast our ballots has extended the campaign season. larry gerston joins us and we'll talk about the pros and the cons of absentee voting. good morning. there's lots to do today in the bay. it's sunday fun day. today the oakland roots school of herb and sustainability is happy to announce the study of fungus, mushrooms, those edible biofilters that you can grow at home. the experts will teach you about inoculating logs and what conditions are best for oysters. there's also a mushroom cook-off. oh, come on, it's the best fungus joke i have. i learned it when i was 11. now we roll back the clock even further. members of three for life are encouraging us to regain the mindset of the 3-year-old.

adults are encouraged to come in that age appropriate attire for 3-year-olds. bring your crayons, your cardboard, your paper, your tape, you're going to build a fort. and go to san jose for history at history san jose at kelly park. the golden gate chapter of the vintage volkswagen club of america will be gathering. this is their 30th spring meeting, but these cars have already met many more springs than 30. they gather today from 8:00 to 3:00. i'll meet you back here on monday morning where i'll be tracking your wagon train to work right here on "today in the bay." the answer to treating your dog's fleas and ticks is staring you right in the face. nexgard from the makers of frontline® plus

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don't look now, but the june primary is closer than you think. on may 5th, four weeks from now, absentee voting will begin. of course plenty of us will vote that way. nbc bay area political analyst

larry gerston is here. so remind us again how many of us vote the absentee ballot? >> unbelievable numbers. you just can't believe what's been going on with this. if you think about this, by june 3rd of this year, as many as two-thirds of all californians will go ahead and vote by absentee ballot. it's absolutely amazing. take a look at the explosion that we've seen the last couple of years. 5% in just 1982. in 1998, a quarter. by 2010, nearly 60%. clearly the polling place is going the way of the rotary phone, the typewriter, all those things that we've forgotten to use because they're just not important anymore. it's a whole different way of people making their electoral decisions. >> so what about someone who votes early, and this happens to me because i like to read along

the way, and then something changes, i change my mind? can i take it back? >> that's one of the real problems. the wonderful thing about absentee voting is that you get it done early. you make up your decision, you can do it on your own time frame, you don't have to run any place. that's terrific, that's wonderful. the other thing about it is, is because you're voting earlier, lots of people are wanting your vote early so that means they're campaigning early, that minds they're fund-raising early and doing all the other things earlier. so it's elongating the whole process. so fine, you go ahead and vote early and get it done. what happens if there's some sort of a scandal? what happens if something happens, a crisis? what happens if you've already cast your vote? you know what, done. or as we say in politics, you're toast. >> well, i mean a perfect example would be, you know, senator leland yee who's now suspended. he was running for secretary of

state. let's say this scandal broke way later after you sent it in. that's part of the peril, right? >> if this scandal had broken a month later, just a month from now, the absentee voting had started, then the leland yee thing happened, people might say, oh my god, i just voted for him. once you hear this dinkind of tg you might say i don't think so. too late, you can't get your vote back. >> that's a tricky one. so how do we guard against that? >> look, you know, common sense here comes into play. what you have to think about is doing your homework ahead of time. getting to know the issues early. as these campaigns unfold, what are these people about, not doing it at the last minute. what am i doing, i'm preaching the obvious. doing homework early. if you do those things, it works well. that's why we urge people go ahead and vote absentee, it's a

good thing to do. it offers you flexibility. but at the same time it does bring to us a responsibility that we haven't had earlier and that's something we need to think about. >> and that's you wearing your professor hat too. thank you very much, larry. we will see you soon squlrchlts sti . still ahead on "today in the bay" why this 80-year-old had to be convinced of her incredible feat. and this morning waking up to sunshine, clear skies as far as the eye can see and it's going to be very warm. in fact summer-like the next few days. details on the forecast coming up after this. good morning nelly! woah.

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my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet. all right. welcome back. your microclimate forecast 7:51 is the time right now. i want to start you off with our rip current threat as we're looking at the beaches. of course as we've been telling you all hour long, it's going to be very warm as we head through the next few days so may have you thinking about the beach. there is a warning that we do

have rip currents likely through the day today and in fact not only that, we'll also track the threat for sneaker waves. so again if you're heading out to the beaches, keep an eye on the kids and the pets. we're already seeing waves up to seven feet and some of those could get up to ten feet throughout the rest of the day. let's get into that forecast. what you'll notice, clear skies. not a cloud in the sky as we look from that satellite view. you have to go out about 1,000 miles to see any type of cloud cover and that's what we're finding here across the western half of this area of high pressure that will eventually break down this area of high pressure as we head through the latter half of this upcoming week. in the meantime, high pressure sticks on tightly and that's going to mean very warm days over the next few days. temperatures already starting off in the 50s in san francisco. 52 degrees there. even in the north bay. yesterday at this time we were in the 30s and we're already in the mid-40s, so a good sign that we're headed to see those temperatures really warm up as we head through the rest of this afternoon. and there you go, we'll see temperatures later on this

afternoon, again, close to summer-like weather. we're used to being in the 60s for this time of year. 68 is the average in san jose. we'll be at 78 for today. east bay 79 and even in the north bay close to 80 degrees for today. so again, a little bit of a warmup coming our way. you'll notice on the futurecast, not a cloud in the guy. all day long it's going to be clear, even at the beach and even for our inland valleys. anywhere you go it's going to be bright and definitely warm. let's talk about those microclimate forecasts. you'll notice from the south bay mid to upper 70s from san jose over to morgan hill. belmont 74. even in san francisco, it's not going to be overly warm there, but still very comfortable in the sunshine, close to 70. oakland 74. for the tri-valley, a slew of 79s from danville all the way over towards livermore. so again about ten degrees warmer than it was yesterday. for tomorrow, we're going to continue this warming trend.

for today i want to recap and show you the thing i want to point out is those winds. today those winds will be out of the north but for tomorrow those things will warm us up in a big way because the winds will shift offshore. you know those offshore winds are going to warm us up very quickly. we're talking about mid-80s for places like petaluma. wall net creek 86 tomorrow, 85 in the santa clara valley. even along the peninsula, look at this, on tuesday very warm. i wouldn't be surprised if walnut creek, even petaluma get very close to that 90-degree mark as we head through tuesday so it will be very warm. we're talking about record-setting heat for tuesday. the thing to note here is even though we're close to 90 in places like livermore, you actually have to get to 90 to break that old record. even in san jose, the record for tuesday is 94 degrees. while it will be warm, it's not going to be record-setting for everybody. tuesday is the home opener. i know lots of folks have that on your calendar. the giants take on the arizona

diamondbacks. temperatures will be in the low 70s with plenty of blue sky out there. of course i know lots of folks happy for that. picture perfect weather, kris. couldn't ask for a better opening day here in the bay area. >> i don't think anyone will complain about that. we have a health warning for you now that may have you checking your freezer today. thousands of pounds of chicken nuggets are under recall. this after some people complained about finding small pieces of plastic in the nuggets. tyson foods is recalling more than 75,000 pounds of chicken nug gets sold at sam's clubs all across the nation. it applies to the 5-pound and 20-pound bags. chicken nuggets sold in other packages or any other retailer are not part of this notice. warriors assistant coach darren erman has been dismissed. he was let go for a serious violation of company policy. he is the second coach to leave the warriors staff last season.

last month assistant coach brian scalabrine was reassigned to the santa cruz warriors. here is head coach mark jackson's reaction. >> he made a mistake, he owns it. he's done a lot for me, he's done a lot for this organization and i'm pulling for him to make a comeback. >> and the next generation of engineers faced off in a robot challenge this weekend in the south bay. check it out. san jose state hosting the national first robotics competition. they look like our cameras sometimes. students designed, built and operated their own robot invention. the competition tested the robots in a series of engineering challenges. 60 teams from california, mexico and colombia competed this weekend. it is truly the shot that gave all golfers a dream that it could happen to them. and it can happen regardless of

age. 80-year-old lee cosigan. this was her first hole in one. after ten years of golfing, she was thrilled that she accomplished what seemed impossible. she was on the seventh hole at the colonial club in ft. myers, florida, when she hit that lucky shot. at first, though, she didn't believe that it happened. the best part, she had witnesses. she received a special plaque from the country club in recognition of that hole in one. a winning combo at oakland coliseum yesterday. it all started with the first pitch before the a's game against the seattle mayrinersma >> throwing out today's first ceremonial first pitch, representing autism awareness, is evan iamora. >> evan is a friend of ours. his dad is a photographer here.

he was on the mound pitching to josh reddick. this is all part of autism awareness month. he is an awesome kid. thanks so much for being with us this morning. we will see you back here next weekend. you'll see anthony later tonight.

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