"today in the bay." good saturday morning to you. it's 7:00. we're taking a live look outside over sunny oakland. what a beautiful shot before a cooler saturday. thanks so much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. anthony slaughter has a look at our microclimate forecast. you say rain. >> yes, in fact, south bay quite

a different story from what the camera looks like from oakland. showers, this is developing in last half hour of the clouds rolled in over san jose. rain off in the distance. most of us waking up to a good mix of sun and clouds. it's just one spot seeing showery activity. later on, thunderstorms possible. yes, we don't have to say that often. today, one of those days where we actually have thunderstorms on the radar. between 11:00 and 4:00 this afternoon, we'll see the best chance of seeing any thunderstorm activity. dry for tomorrow, and then more rain pushes back into the bay area by monday. notice doppler radar fired up. lots of showers off the coast of the bay. then we have snow showers across the sierra. zooming in closer, a lot of the activity across the peninsula, down through the santa cruz mountains. one cell i was showing you earlier in the skycam in san jose pointed towards south across 101 and 85, near blossom hill and the mall. lots of us waking up dry. it's just as we head through the

day, every now and again, a brief thunderstorm that pops up, lets down rain and move on. it's not a complete washout of today but a good mix of sun and clouds means cooler temperatures, upper 50s for highs today and low 60s. keep that jacket handy and umbrella. >> good day to stay inside and watch "house of cards" maybe. >> catch a movie. >> good idea. thank you. new this morning, a driver is dead in the high speed crash on interstate 580. it was a close call for workers nearby on the freeway in oakland. it happened about 2:45 this morning near the grand avenue off-ramp. the chp says the driver was going at least 100 miles an hour. he slammed into a work truck in a construction zone and died. >> hit the back of the truck and just because of his speed and the impact caused major intrusion in the driver's side compartment. >> the officer says at least three cars were involved in the crash. amazingly none of the workers

were hurt. new details this morning as our cars get more high-tech, so too are burglars. sausalito police are looking for man who broke into a car with a fake key fob to gain keyless entry as seen in this video. he stole a woman's bag and her $15,000 bike. after he somehow deactivated the sensor on her car door. experts say thieves are learning how to override electronic locks with tools like hand-held electronic scanner boxes. those can mimic our keyless entry key fobs, giving criminals easy access to our cars. >> it's my fault for having trusting the environment that i'm in and leaving my bike in the car. but at the same time, it's a really -- it's pretty freaky. i feel very violated. >> the victim and police hope the video will lead to an arrest. the killer in a mysterious homicide in sonoma county remains on the loose. investigators have found the

victim's car. they found olga dead. the red lexus had been missing until last night. investigators didn't reveal where they found her car but they hope it will get them closer to solving the crime. about los altos police are telling residents in the safe community to beware of burglars. the police department reports nearly 50% increase in burglaries compared with this time last year. they say solicitors may be casing homes. police will be holding community meetings to inform residents of the crimes hitting their city in hopes that that will prevent more people from becoming victims. one family's home was hit by burglars twice. >> people are on edge and it's a stranger's coming to your house, not welcome. >> they'll determine that a homeowner is home alone and one person will engage the homeowner while another person goes to the side or back, enters the home

while the homeowner's being occupied. >> the meetings will be held this coming wednesday and thursday. more crash and grab burglaries in san francisco. police say this silver pickup truck was used in the latest break-in. it happened at a high end audio store on california near polk street on knob hill. there have been five other burglaries like this one in recent months. thieves are used cars to break into san francisco businesses. >> there's always cars parked here always traffic here. didn't stop them. backed straight into the shop, ran in, ripped up a bunch of things, grabbed product and took off. they attempted to break into the listening room using a speaker as a battering ram and they failed to do that. >> police have not said if all of those crimes are connected. concerned residents of san francisco's mission district will have the chance to meet with the city's police chief monday. this follows a deadly police shooting thursday night. police say a man was trying to

rob a victim at knife point near folsom and 25th in the mission. two plainclothes officers happen to witness the attack and drew their guns. they say they shot and killed the would-be robber when he refused to drop his knife. the big money makeover of san francisco's delores park has been put on hold. workers had to clean up yesterday removing about 20 tons of sand from the giant sandbox because it was littered with broken glass after a party wednesday night ended with people smashing beer bottles. the city's recreation and parks department says this is a big setback for the park's renovation. happening today, san jose leaders hope to fight gang violence and get crime off their city's streets. the mayor's gang prevention task force is holding its seventh annual crime and prevention summit. the goal to build rips among community members focusing on the youth. a reformed gang member will be

the keynote guest speaker. the summit goes on from 8:30 until 2:00 this afternoon. it's at mt. pleasant high school on south white road. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- a popular san francisco bakery makes a not so sweet discovery. its treasured recipes were stolen. what happens to the business now? a bump in the road for uber after hackers target the ride share service. was your information compromised? what's that thing?

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palace of fine arts there. beautiful morning. a san francisco bakery's creation, a cruffin, has become so popular, thieves targeted the secret recipe. "today in the bay's" na net miranda has the story. >> nothing else was missing? everything was intact. >> reporter: binders containing hundreds of treasured recipes mysteriously disappeared overnight from mr. holmes' bake shop, a 3-month-old start-up in the tender loin that's seeing a surge in popularity. 7:00 a.m. opening the bakery's sold out in hours. >> good morning, officer, i'd like to report stolen recipes. >> reporter: word got out to the shop's loyal following and customers were worried famous cruffins, croissant and muffin hybrid, were history. everything was backed up on a computer. >> some people calling up through the day, if they stole the cruffin recipe, are you going to have cruffins tomorrow morning? if not, we might not come. but we'll have cruffins.

as per usual. >> reporter: the co-finder suspects a copycat might be the culprit. >> a sense of competitiveness in pastries just like as in a sport or, you know, in writing. it give us more motivation if it was worth steal, it's probably worth making. >> reporter: it doesn't mat that someone else has his recipes. directs are part of the battle. most of his success, he says, is technique, which the thief may not have. >> the native australian says if the suspect is caught he's not sure he'll press charges because what goes around comes around. >> i would say this, ill gotten recipe never bakes well. the ovens will never work, the pastries will come out soggy. >> reporter: nanette miranda. >> the bakery says nothing else was stolen, just recipes. no signs of forced entry but the owners insist it was not an inside job. hackers have hit uber,

specifically uber drive ofs. the san francisco-based ride share company revealed someone breached their systems last may. hackers got names and license plate numbers of about 50,000 employees. at this point, uber customers are not affected. uber says the company has since updated its cybersecurity. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- will it save lives? we show you how a local company's giving breast cancer patients a new way to live longer. here on saturday morning we have towering cumulus clouds over the san francisco bay. towering cumulus clouds means rain and thunderstorms later on. we'll break down the forecast after this.

you're watching "today in the bay." >> welcome back. here's a live look at the san jose earthquake's brand new home where, for the first time, we will see action on the field today.

today is the soft opener preseason game the earthquakes will be be taking on their rivals, the l.a. galaxy. 10,000 people are expected to come out. be prepared for traffic for the new stadium. avoid driving altogether and take vta to get there the loud noise and traffic congestion on game days brings crowds, and that's good for business. the owner of mon pizza hoping to make new customers out of fans. the mayor of san jose looks forward to the turnout as well. >> when you have public gathering space, people part of one community, it starts to create a sense of pride. >> and did you know, avaya stadium home to the largest outdoor bar in north america? the soft opener game starts at 2:00 this afternoon. the first official game is march 22nd. it's a breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer, developed right here in the bay

area. a new therapy is set to prolong lives of patients by more than 16 months. doctors say it's unprecedented. here's "today in the bay's" ian cole. >> reporter: michelle avery diagnosed with breast cancer in september 2013. doctors told her her cancer was aggressive and spreading quickly. >> i had cancer all through my spine and my hipbones and i had too many liver lesions to be able to count. >> reporter: her doctors elected for a treatment found to be successful in women with incurable her2 positive breast cancer, includes one-fifth of patients, avery was overwhelmed. >> and then to learn, okay, for rest of your life you're going -- every three weeks have do these infusions and i thought, my god, who could do that? but it's okay. >> reporter: instead of using just chemotherapy, doctors added two more drugs in herceptin and perjeta. when this method tested in clinical trials it expanded the

patient's average life expectancy by more than a year. >> this is the kind of discovery that's unprecedented. we don't see anything like this. >> reporter: uncommon because most breakthroughs have only added a few months to life expectancy. the study also found patients given the cocktail of drugs lived nearly five years, compared to the usual life span of two to three years. >> there are women who will be treated with this therapy who will never relapse. these will be -- the disease will be controlled. in other words, incurable disease in some patients will become curable. >> reporter: both herceptin and perjeta developed at genentech. they point out the therapy isn't new to most doctors but the clinical trial showing its effectiveness is. the findings were published in the new england journal of medicine. >> the study is really the result of many years of reserve here and in fact about 30 years. in really trying to understand

what drives a subset of breast cancers. >> reporter: the drugs may not be for everybody. costs about 11,000 a month, insurance companies cover some patients, and genentech has a program to help people who can't afford. for michelle, tumors and lesions disappeared. she'll continue treatment under doctors' orders and says it's been life changing. >> it's been a year and a half. so far, so far it's been great. >> reporter: ian cole, nbc bay area news. 7:18. let's check in with anthony slaughter with a look at our weekend forecast. >> cloudy in the south bay now but we have lots of sunshine across the rest of the bay. it's one of those days where you get sun, cloud, rain, and sun comes back out. yes, keep the umbrellas handy. not going to need them all day. but every now and again, get caught under one of the brief showers. there you can see live camera now, shows san jose, where we did have a shower earlier has

moved tonight morgan hill. i want to show you the radar, big picture. this tells a story. we have an upper level low of low pressure sitting right on top of the bay area. and you get counterclockwise rotation around it, that's why you have showers towards the southeast and around it you get the snow showers that turn up towards the northwest. so that area of low pressure's going to be with us all day long. as it sags to the south, it's going to keep the rain in the forecast as we head through the day as well. notice activity across the peninsula through the santa cruz mountains but we did have one rogue cell through san jose. it's cutting towards morgan hill and will roll towards gilroy. not a heavy cell but it does produce moderate rainfall. it will continue to produce moderate rainfall. through the day, really that's what we're looking at. you can see we have sun from every van tavantage point. we'll see building clouds like the peninsula and the south bay

and then that will drop down rain showers. overall, not talking about a complete washout of unfortunately not talking about a lot of rain. the system that moves through today, produce a quarter of an inch under the downpours and not widespread. you can see, 11:00 this morning. again, most of the bay area dry. north bay, san francisco peninsula, east bay dry but a few thunderstorms especially across the south bay around 11:00 in the morning. as we head through the day, what you'll find showery activity, hit and miss. by 5:00, still a few showers towards north bay, through the altamont pass through the east bay and the south bay. the thing about the thunderstorms, though, they're going to be short lived and not strong. we may get one or two lightning strikes and that's. notice by 8:00, things clear out. we'll be done with the showery activity. microclimates, notice every city will be cool, upper 50s to low 60s. cupertino 61.

milpitas 59. mountain view up to 6 on into the peninsula, you'll see temperatures very similar, each microclimate today really not going to find a big variation of temperatures. 60 daly city. los altos, 60. belmont 59. woodside at 58. looking for things to do, we like to tell you what's happening across the bay area. good day to stay indoors if you're dodging showers. oakland asian cultural center celebrating the lunar new year. this afternoon a brief shower in oakland. 61. we'll do it for your high there. another storm system making its way towards the bay area. tomorrow dry day. this system off the coast, going to continue to make its way towards the bay. as it does, as i mentioned, tomorrow a dry day, showers today, those will move out of here tonight. tomorrow we wake up to sunshine all the way through the day. now monday the storm system starts to dive south. it's going to be a fast moving storm system. as it moves through, it's not going to have a lot of time to dump a ton of rain. unfortunately for us, same

pattern as we're seeing today. core moves right over us. but unfortunately the system is moisture starved. we're not go see a lot of rainfall. the same pattern continues to develop, rain, more sunshine, a little bit of rain for monday and we enter back into a dry period as we head towards tuesday and wednesday. as i mentioned, yes, kira, it's just a little rain. we could use more but you know what? towards tuesday and wednesday, temperatures go back up. flirting with the 70s before you know it. back over to you. >> the bay area weather could never be accused of being boring, could it? thanks so much. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- >> identify locating and safeguarding historical treasures. >> like indiana jones, he's searching for lost art. bay area proud takes you on a treasure hunt, next.

you're watching "today in the bay." >> during the great depression,

the federal government put millions of americans back to work, building bridges, dams and monuments. and a few were put to work making art. those treasures likely would have been lost if not for efforts of the people in this story. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas has the bay area proud. >> when you hear someone call a history detective, they usually aren't a real detective. but michael ramos is. he's a special agent with the united states general services administration. he catches bad guys who waste taxpayers' money or steal government property. a case he's been on the past few years doesn't fit that mold. what it is, is our "bay area proud." >> the targets of his investigation, special agent mike ramos was told, could be found at the grand avenue branch of the south san francisco public library. the fact the objects of his search were just hanging around, hiding in plain sight as it

were -- >> sophie brannon. >> reporter: -- didn't make their discovery any less sweet for mike. when i first walked in here i saw that i got the goose bumps. >> reporter: two paintings by the late artist sophie brannon were the beginning of what mike found. in back rooms, basements and behind boxes a dozen other works of art all with one thing in common. at the height of the great depression, the works progress administration or wpa, put millions of unemployed americans back to work. that included artists. hundreds of thousands of pieces were commissioned, then placed in public spaces, like libraries all over the country. the government then promptly lost track of most of them. >> sometimes records were nonexistent, facilities closed, administrations changed and lose track of the artwork. >> reporter: but a few years ago mike's bosses at general services administration decided to track down the lost works of

art. they reached out to mike and mike started reaching out to others with a few bump as long the way. >> i have to say, when i first got the e-mail i just looked at mike's job title and i thought, oh my gosh, what have i don't? he shuffled all of these. >> reporter: but shannon was the san mateo cloud library on board, showing mike more than 50 works of wpa art they had stored in their attic. >> a lot of people are very passionate about wpa. once you're able to make the connection to them, you essentially have another investigator on your side. >> reporter: mike says all of this has been time well spent. the more than 150 pieces of taxpayer property his office has tracked down are valued at close to $3 million. not to mention the value of making sure once lost pieces of american history don't stay that way. >> there's a lot of work to be

done. we look forward to continuing this. >> a long journey it's going to be. mike says, of the estimated 200,000 works of art created by the wpa, they've only been able to identify about 20,000 to 30,000 of them. to be clear, mike says the government doesn't take piece as way, they just catalog them and make sure they know where they are. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> as always, if you know of someone doing something nice for others, garvin would love to hear from you. nbcbayarea.c nbcbayarea.com, search bay area proud. more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- google's utopia. a look at the company's grand expansion plans and its potential problems. plus -- >> we had potato chips, gatorades, anything you can think of. >> workers gaining weight and bosses have found a silicon valley way to get them into shape.

from nbc bay area, this "today in the bay." good saturday morning to you. this is a live look for you in palo alto. clouds covering the bay, dumbarton bridge and the same situation aup in san francisco. the sun is shining but we have what meteorologist anthony slaughter calls towering cumulus. i stole that from you. i'm kira klapper. i'm not weather expert but he is. >> you sound like one now. >> i took whatever you said. >> technical term for cumulus clouds and tower, upper level lift ha we have today. think of a tower and cumulus, put it together. more clouds across the south bay this morning. more of these stratus clouds, the gray, lower clouds, like just the gray skies that we see. there's a bit of a break of sun in there because we are looking at a good mix of sun and clouds.

the system moving over doesn't have a lot of moisture to work with. later on, with the heating of the daytime, we'll get thunderstorms between 11:00 this morning and 4:00 this afternoon. it's going to be hit and miss, it's not a huge rain event for everybody. i think most of us will stay dry. it will be a few select folks that get up under the shower. a brief downpour, then the sun will come back out. dry for tomorrow, more rain in the forecast for monday. we have rain across the bay this morning, across the santa cruz mountains and monterey bay and snow showers across the sierra. expecting to get a couple of inches across the sierra 4,000 feet. south bay, dry. we have a shower move through, making its way towards morgan hill. a lot of the rain activity across the santa cruz mountains. keep in mind we'll see a good amount of sunshine but every now and again, clouds produce brief heavy rain and then it will move on and the sun will come back out. it will be cool. talking about upper 50s to low 60s. kind of a wintry day across the

bay area. we have 70s in the forecast and more rain on the horizon. we'll talk about that coming up. >> a roller coaster with you. thank you. new this morning, a driver is dead after driving more than 100 miles per hour into a construction zone. it happened on interstate 580 in oakland about 2:45 this morning. this is near the grand avenue off-ramp. the chp says the driver was going at least 100 miles an hour. he slammed into a work truck in a construction zone and died. it was a close call for workers fixing a metal guardrail nearby. >> hit the back of the truck and because of the speed and the impact caused major intrusion in the driver's side compartment. >> at least three cars were involved in the crash. none of those workers were hurt. new details this morning, burglars are going high-tech to steal from you. sausalito police are looking for this man who broke into a car with some type of key fob to

gain keyless entry into a woman's suv. he stole the woman's bag and $15,000 bike after he somehow deactivated the sensor on her car door. experts say thieves are learning how to override electronic locks with tools like electronic scanner boxes. those can mimic key fobs, giving criminals easy access to your car. >> it's my fault for having trusting the environment that i'm in and leaving my bike in the car. but at the same time, it's a really -- it's freaky. i feel very violated. >> the victim and police hope the video will lead to an arrest. this morning, a popular restaurant in berkeley is part of the measles scare. someone with measles ate at the restaurant a week ago friday night. that person was infectious but didn't have symptoms until later. if you were at la med in berkeley last week, monitor your

health extra closely for the next two weeks until march 13th. >> if there were susceptible individuals in the restaurant that evening, they could acquire measles, they could come down with the meeseles. >> you're putting other people at risk, you know? you are putting other people at risk by not being responsible of your own health. >> la med's employees have all been screened by health officials. so far, no workers have been deemed at risk. if you go to google and type in mt. view, google comes up as the result. the company is taking over block by block and we're getting a look at googlele's next big thing which has people concerned. our business and tech reporter scott budman explains. >> hello. how are you? >> reporter: google made it official, it wants to change the way you think of the corporate office. this is the plan google plex of the future, domes and movable structure as long side a public

thoroughfare with places to shop. it's the kind of thing you see when the economy's good from a company with a market value of nearly $400 billion. >> we're on the upside. sometimes you like the upside to improve the quality of life for a lot of people. >> reporter: but a new headquarters can't disguise the fact that google wants to put lots of new employees in these buildings. we asked mountain view officials how they plan to deal with even more traffic. >> the fact that we have also an outstanding program of reducing single occupancy vehicles right now. we'll carry that program on further and better. >> reporter: the buses? >> buses, carpooling, bikes. >> reporter: across silicon valley, tech building is booming. in addition to google, new buildings are also going up for apple, facebook, linked in, and

box. >> the whole area, bay area's experiencing it. you can go to redwood city, san jose, everybody's experiencing it, yeah. it's part of the growth. >> reporter: a strong economy where things are getting bigger, fancier, but also much more crowded. scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> more now on google's expansion and how it stacks up to apple. our helicopter flew over the construction site for apple's new cupertino headquarters last fall. crews have made considerable progress since then. workers broke ground on the 2.8 million square foot project in november of 2013. it's expected to be completed next year. the building has room for more than 12,000 employees. if you'd like to see more of the plans for google's new campus, go to nbcbayarea.com. that's where you'll find video and sketches. much more ahead on "today in the bay."

coming up -- things get a little bit chippy north of the border between the warriors and the raptors. we'll show you if the ws can pull out a win.

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yeah!!! badabopbopbopa!!! no? must be the honey!!! you're watching "today in the bay." >> welcome back. it's 7:40. this is a live look at avaya stadium, new home of the san jose earthquakes where they will hold a soft opening today. an exhibition game ver us the l.a. galaxy. kick-off 2:00 p.m. the warriors hoping to have -- it wouldn't be easy, would it? golden state to take on the raptors. those is over almost before it started. the ws defense smothered toronto from the tip-off. thompson, 25 minutes. the frustration boiled over in the fourth. a little pushing and shoving

between the teams. but order eventually was restored. and golden state wins in a blowout, 113-89. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- a dire situation gets even worse. the new trouble for california fruit and vegetables. and here on saturday we have cloud cover hanging around the bay area. for some of us, sun. but all of us will see cool temperatures today and potential for thunderstorms. we're back to break it down after this. welcome back.

7:43 the time. start off with a live look out across palo alto. this morning you can see clouds across the bay. we'll see cloud cover through the day because of an area of upper level low pressure sitting on top of us. even across the south bay, extensive cloud cover. the farther north, that's where you have more sunshine, san francisco, north bay, more blue sky. notice the icons across the bottom of the screen, yes, rain

in the forecast for today. some of lus see thunderstorms especially across the peninsula. santa cruz mountains the best bet. down across the south bay, looking at best chance of seeing thunderstorm activity. north bay, san francisco, tri-valley, east bay, rain showers. it will be brief, whatever does come out of the sky, because the system doesn't have a lot of moisture to work with. we show you the doppler radar, a lot of the activity across the coastal waters and up towards the sierra, right in between a lot of the showery activity. as we move through the day, showery activity off the coast. rain, going to move through into the bay area. we are going to see showers later on. this is 11:00. notice a lot of the stuff off across the coastal waters. but there will be a few thunderstorms that start to pop up across the santa cruz mountains, even the foothills of the south bay. activity will continue as we head through 1:00ing 2:00. after that things become more i should say less widespread and we'll start to see more sunshine as we head towards 4:00, 5:00.

but that's when the sun goes down. as we move through 5:00 and 6:00, it look likes showery activity, anything that's left will move out of here. hour by hour, show you what we're looking at in san jose for today. 10:00, dry for most of us. won't be until 11:00, 12:00, showers develop across the south bay. by 1:00ing 2:00, thunderstorm activity. and after that, shower activity will die down. 5:00, more sunshine. 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, skies will clear and rain will be out of here. if you're doing plans across the south bay, there you go, hour by hour forecast. east bay, 59 for hayward this afternoon. 60 for fremont. sunol, dublin, expecting 60 degrees, even livermore, antioch, up to 61. wherever you go across the bay, temperatures very consistent from each microclimate zone. even in san francisco today. 59 twin peaks.

castro, mission districter 59. embarcadero, 58. you get the picture, you need a jacket. next storm system, you can see, it's a big one but un-natefortuy it's going to lose power and moisture, it's going to work up towards the pacific northwest. by sunday. we'll be dry tomorrow and monday the system moves through. yeah it's not going to produce a lot of rainfall but more mountain snow about 4 to 8 inches more of snow headed to the sierra, even on top of the couple of inches today. that's good news for the mountains. unfortunately for us, a little bit of rain today and same story for monday. you know what? it's going to head towards tuesday and wednesday, back up to 70 degrees. something for everybody. >> if you don't like the weather today, wait a few days. >> there you go. well, now to news that farmers dreaded. there's likely no federal water allocation for california this year. the federal agency responsible for delivering water to many

farmers, simply doesn't have the water to deliver, citing the sierra snowpack is too low. it's the second year in a row this has happened. many central valley farmers say they'll be forced to skip a planting cycle until the feds change their minds. more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, you've heard about the freshman 15? how about the tech 15. why silicon valley workers are packing on the pounds. good morning. i'm mike inouye. lots to do in the bay. first, it's officially an activity called dad and me. but the folks from san mateo library say all family members are invited to the puppet art theater performances today at both locations. you can see the shows they've developed all over california. word is hansel and gretel. from there, if you head east, the lunar new year's celebrations continue. today the oakland asian cultural center, free celebrations there

year of the ram what we're observing where they'll have music, dance, martial arts demonstrations and other activities. plus, if they have tickets join in the showing of the film infinity or the sketch comedy of 18 mighty mountain warriors for their first show in nearly a decade. off to the north side of the golden gate bridge to sausalito and the bay area discovery museum, they continue their world on stage series, with a music and dance group. voices with traditional zimbabwe dance, to celebrate the beauty and power of south african culture and allows me to say zimbabwe, which is not usually said during my traffic coverage.

it's common for many college students, the freshman 15, but the weight gain isn't just reserved for college students. how about the expanding waistlines of silicon valley employees? free meals catch up to you. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang has more on what's called the tech 15. >> reporter: the start-up scene in the bay area is expanding like crazy. for some in silicon valley so is something else. >> i would say i've gained five pounds. >> reporter: five pounds she has no room for. not with her big day fast approaching. >> it was really hard because i was months away from getting married.

i had my dress already custom made. so there was a lot of, you know, choices, hard choices that i had to make. >> reporter: choices driven in part by her ceo, tim chen. the 32-year-old founded nert wallet a personal finance website in 2009 with a team of just a handful. nerd wallet employs more than 150 people housed in two-story office in downtown san francisco. and as the company grew, so did its snack selection, shelves with oreos, beef jerky. >> costco. >> potato chips, gatorades, anything you can think of. >> 48-pack of shrimp chips, gone in like three days. >> reporter: lunch is catered. every day. then there's nerd wallet's brand-new bar, an impressive selection, bottles of brandy, vodka beer on tap. >> we have craft cocktails, the

nerd fashion, revenge of the nerds. >> reporter: these nerds, as they like to call themselves, discover a discipline they didn't realize they have to have. >> as i've gotten older i've noticed my met tab limp has been slowing down. >> the new grads are more prone to weight gain in this environment. >> lunch is ready. >> reporter: a few block as way, erica rings a bell, a cattle cow, so to speak, to trade shift employees, it's time to eat. the greens come first. >> most people fill up their plate. by the time they get to other offering there's not a lot of room to put too much of anything else. >> good eating. >> reporter: the free food, drinks and snacks took getting used to. >> in the corporate world, it's go out to lunch. there will be treats here and there, it's not the most healthy option but for the most part, it's fruit, it's always granola bars. >> reporter: varying des of offering standard from atapar,

the company hosts breakfast options and even growth and harvests its own fruits and vegetables. and zynga, the network in san francisco, with games like farmville, a term that's gained a new meaning for employees with recipes dubbed farmville to table. perks go beyond offering choices of what to consume. companies counter calories with free fitness. >> it's quite a mind-set shift from my days in finance where it's all about number of excel spreadsheets you cranked out. having a high level of wellness internally allows people to be more creative and a safe space allows people to really do what they need to do. >> it has become a lifestyle. people at work here, live and breathe nerd wallet. yeah, we're always excited to hang out with each other. it's crazy. >> reporter: inevitably there's a darwinian realization, better dietary input, better work

output. that's how she shed the unwanted pounds and fit in here wedding dress even without the big life event, according to workers, there's a rule of thumb that forces your hand. >> it's superimportant. it's all fun and games until your jeans don't fit. so -- >> one question, are free meals taxable? with tech giants like do. facebook, twitter, first offered the perks catching the attention of the internal revenue service. the top tax priorities released three weeks ago, the irs would not comment on whether it will launch any imminent crackdowns. stephanie chuang, nbc bay area news. >> suddenly i'm starving. i can figure it out. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- the dress that nearly broke the internet. the color controversy that sparked a worldwide conversation about everything from fashion to personal perception. my tin man has a big toe the size of a house.

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you're watching "today in the bay." >> the missing oscar pearl dress has been found, ditched in a hotel bathroom. the calvin klein dress stolen from lupita nyong'o's room wednesday after she wore to the academy awards. well, yesterday it turned up in a hotel bathroom after the thieves figured out the pearls were fake. the dress decorated with 6,000 pearls, is still estimated to be worth $150,000. oh, boy. there's another dress setting social media on fire. i was hoping i could make it through the day without this. sales of this original dress are skyrocketing after it became an internet sensation this week. sales are up 350%, after a picture of the dress went viral. some say it's black and blue, others see it white and goal. the dress is black and blue but they would make a white and gold version as well. why we saw it in different colors it depends how you adjust your eyes to the light.

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