rabid bat is found in the bay area, what wildlife officials say you need to know. and happy thursday morning to you, bay area. i'm meteorologist christina loren. beach weather back for the next few days and then a big change coming to your forecast, more showers. i'll tell you when you might need that umbrella, depends on where you live n just moments. if you're driving over the water, here's the bay bridge toll plaza, customary backup early and we'll have all the cash lanes opened soon and track what else is going on further south. >> let's take a peek outside speaking of mike, the beautiful bay bridge this morning, it's thursday, march 12th, this is "today in the bay." a very good morning to you and thanks so. for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. breaking news in the south bay this morning, two carjacking suspects are still on the loose, this after leading police on a chase from san jose to

sunnyvale, multijurisdictional. bob redell joins us live from the command post in sunnyvale where police say they tracked the suspects to a creek, bob? >> reporter: that's correct. good morning to you, sam. when these two carjacking suspects ditched their stolen car at the end of this street here in this neighborhood in sunnyvale, they did run into stevens creek which runs around along highway 85 and there police k9 tracked them inside to a culvert, a large drain pipe with enough room to crawl. in. there were sounds of flash bangs an hour ago. no sign of the suspects. as you can see there's many law enforcement agencies out here, several agencies in thet(0ñ so bay and they have several blocks of this sunnyvale neighborhood at remington and robbin way around as they search for the two men who used a gun to carjack the driver and you should look at the video of the white cadillac escalade around midnight at tully and lucretia in san jose. the driver is doing okay. they were able to track the suv

to meridian and willow also in san jose, when they began a pursuit, a chase up 280 to the neighborhood in sunnyvale. >> the car stopped at a gate that ised ajay september to the creek. the suspects, there were two in the vehicle, exited the vehicle and fled towards the creek. >> you say a weapon. what kind? >> we found a handgun adjacent to the vehicle. we think the suspects may have dropped the weapon as they fled from the vehicle. >> reporter: but san jose police are not certain if the suspects have any other weapons so they are considering them to be armed and dangerous. they say they are both hispanic men in their 20s and you can see there are several blocks in this neighborhood that are surrounded. they have a large perimeter as they still search for the two men. there isn't a shelter in place per se, but of course if people have any questions they have a command center if residents have any concerns as they look for the two men who carjacked a dryer in san jose around

midnight last night. reporting live in sunnyvale, boñ redell, "today in the bay." >> a wild start to the morning, thanks very much. developing news out of ferguson, missouri. the police department is now a crime scene after two police officers were shot during what had been a peaceful demonstration. one officer was shot in the face in fact. there was a lot of new video coming out from the scene as well. it's really amazing to see crowds have gathered, the investigation continues as you see crime scene tape still surrounding the shooting area. >> can we get a closer look at what happened? "today in the bay's" kris sanchez, investigators have video following the shooting. >> as we've seen in many protests folks are out there with their phones documenting what is happening and in one particular video you can hear the tension ramping up. you can actually hear shots whizzing by and then you can hear the chaos. [ gunfire ] [ bleep ] [ moaning ]

>> we believe that moaning to be one of the two officers who was shot. we are working to independently confirm the authenticity of this video which someone posted on youtube. we know for a fact that two police officers were shot, a 32-year-old officer was shot in the face, a 41-year-old officer was shot in the shoulder. investigators do not know who fired those shots, but they say that the gunman was on a hill across from the police department, where demonstrators had gathered. the police chief now in charge says that the two officers were from neighboring departments and were only shot because they were cops. >> these police officers were standing there and they were shot just because they were police officers. >> investigators say that it seems the shooter was on a hill across from police headquarters, that's where earlier in the evening this peaceful gathering was happening. these demonstrators gathered to decry the resignation of the

embattled police chief. the rub is his resignation comes with a severance package that includes a year's pay after a scathing department of justice report accused that chief of targeting african-americans and accused his department of boys a. one community activist says the demonstrations are not going to stop until the mayor resigns as well, and the whole police department is disbanded. by the way, the two officers who were shot were conscious when they were loaded into the ambulance and taken to the hospital. the good news is that they are in serious condition this morning but they are expected to survive. >> that is good news and the two officers not actually members of the ferguson police department either. >> no. we saw a number of different uniforms on the scene, a lot of law enforcement gathering to try to keep the peace. didn't work last night. >> thank you very much. we'll continue to cover the story all morning long, check out our website nbcbayarea.com for much more in-depth coverage. a woman found in albany died from a single gunshot wound.

family members found the 37-year-old in her apartment on monday. officers have not announced any suspect or motive. this is the first homicide in albany in more than three years. she was a student at the ucsf dental school, supposed to graduate next year. a burglar turned attacker. officers say this man attacked a homeowner when he interrupted a burglary happened last november on east capitol expressway. investigators released the sketch yesterday. the burglar took off in the man's car. surveillance cameras captured a glimpse of him driving away. leaders in kensington will meet to talk about the search for a new police chief. last month the board voted to end contract negotiations with chief greg harmon who came under fire after a sergeant's gun and badge were stolen by a prostitute in reno. he then aloud the sergeant to remain on the job rather than place him on administrative

leave. we'll continue to wait for any word on the san francisco family injured in an apartment fire in the mission district. we brought you that story breaking news yesterday morning. father and two children seriously injured in that blaze, they're still fighting for their lives. the mother and another child are expected to survive. a warning this morning for parents and pet owners in fremont. that's where a dead bat was found near a popular community center, it tested positive for rabies. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang is live in fremont. there's also a high school nearby? >> reporter: that's right, good morning, laura, across the street from inkton high school, a community center, a day went by before animal control officers came here to the entrance to pick up this infected dead bat. there's worry about exposure here. this is not video of the actual rabid bat found in fremont on saturday but this is how it would have been acting before it died, distressed as you can see.

the concern is people may have walked by it and tried to help it, and that kids and pets may have actually touched it. >> the disease is transmitted to people vispre see spree via sal. if anyone had a pet or child who played with that bat. >> reporter: the fremont bat may have looked like the one pictured here, the most common to the area. rabies symptoms typically develop one to three months after exposure with tingling in the nerves, mentally altered status, seizures and then coma. if rabies go untreated, a few have died here in the u.s. couple of bats usually test positive for rabies here in almeida county. the public health department of almeida county is asking anyone

who was here in the area last week to contact their doctor and maybe get a series of shots. live in fremont this morning, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> certainly keep their eyes out. thanks a lot, steph. it is of course thursday morning, 5:08. we can still start looking ahead to the weekend. that's always a fun thing to do. >> sometimes we do that on monday. >> yes, no guilty party here, right? but christina loren joining us, she's like yeah, i've heard that line before. good morning. >> good morning to you. you know what? it is friday eve. we are excited about the weekend. south bay nice and clear. we have very little cloud cover to report to kick off the new day. temperatures mostly in the 40s and 50s. we're on our way to a significantly warmer afternoon. you might want to go ahead and pull out that spring wardrobe a little bit early, even though the first official day of spring is the 20th of this month. temperatures for today at lunch time will be mild enough for you to ditch that jacket and we'll be in the mid-70s as we get into your afternoon. 74 degrees in the south bay. weather headlines tell the story.

nice and comfortable for today and even warmer as we get into your friday and saturday, a return of the 80s and the warmest air of the season so far. then as we get into your weekend, kind of two sides to the weekend. you're going to see nice, warm saturday and showers return on sunday, not expecting heavy rainfall, but i will time that system out to your microclimate in just moments. first talking about wine country weekend, friday into saturday, beautiful conditions in the napa valley. you'll be at about 86 degrees, 86 degrees, it's going to be very, very warm up there in the rushing river valley. sonoma is looking good. 79 degrees for saturday and bring in showers sunday. more in moments. right now we say good morning, happy friday eave to hi himike . >> now after i showed you the backup on the left approach, all the cash lanes over, it took another five and now everything is back to clear again, easy drive. you can see the east shore

freeway low clouds hovering around. low clouds are not a problem for drivers or visibility. the earlier crash 580 at 24, the paperwork is also done. no lanes blocked. no problem for the walnut creek interchange or off of the north bay. this morning floating down from novato toward san rafael indicates clouds and possibly fog. our camera in san rafael the live shot southbound 101 is seen clearly, easy drive. maybe some thicker fog farther north of petaluma. maybe a half mile, mile visibility. toward san francisco 280 around the 101 interchange reports of a fender bender out of lanes but still activity there and here's the rest of the south bay the earlier crash north 280 at 87 looks like it's cleared the connector. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >> it is 5:11. helping out a fellow deputy, the major sacrifice one deputy made for his brother-in-arms. a judge issues a blow to ride sharing companies like lift

and uber. >> google for five straight years has been america's top place to work. did they make it six? we'll take a look coming up.

it is 5:14 right now. setback for uber and lift. two san francisco federal judges have ruled juries will be able to decide if california drivers for the companies are employees

or independent contractors. here's the biggest difference. employees must be paid a minimum wage and reimbursed for expenses like gas and vehicle maintenance. google is giving its shuttle drivers a raise starting next month. the move comes amid a growing movement for shuttle drivers to unionize for better treatment from the tech companies they support. google contracts with five shuttle companies. google is going to pay drivers about 4 pucks an hour. apple also revealed this month it will raise wages for its shuttle drivers as well. google has been rated once again as the top place to work in the united states. scott mcgrew, silicon valley companies often listed in the top ten. >> fewer these days, laura, which say good sign. it means other companies in the rest of the country started to figure out treating employees really well like we do in silicon valley pays off. that said we're still number one, at least google is. "fortune" magazine come out with its list, the sixth year in a

row google tops the list with its excellent maternity and paternity leave we may actually hear what the sec voted on today. the vote on net neutrality rules came last month but while we knew the gist of it, only the commissioners saw the entire plan. there's word the rest of us may see the 300 pages of rules later today. let's check your markets this morning and turn to landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning to you. >> hey there, scott. futures are pointing to a higher open today. stocks fell gradually throughout the day wednesday closing the lows of the sessions as investors can't shake fears the fed may raise interest rates sooner than expected. data on unemployment, retail sales and import prices. the dow falling 27 points to 17,635, the nasdaq down 9 to 4849. scott, pack over to you. >> thank you, landon. the company box reported

profits for the first time since it ipo'd and became a publicly traded company. on this day the first day of trading we reminded you box did not make money. last night it confirmed it does not make money. expect that stock to be a bit wild today. and good news, the app store is back up, as in itunes and other apple services. normally, sam and laura, i don't know that we'd mention a service went down for ten hours, these things happen but this is apple we're talking about. first of all that's unusual, secondly, ten hours is a ton of money for apple as far as how much money they make on all of those apps and itunes. >> that would be interesting to see how much money was potentially lost. >>ily' do a calculation. >> third of all we saw madonna has a new album. i was supposed to download the album but the site is down. >> she has a tour in september, october, in the pay area. i'd like to see all of us the next morning after that concert.

>> yes, yes, madonna, okay, you'll have to drag me along but we'll make it a group trip. christina? >> don't go down talking madonna. she's one of the women i always looked up to, big madonna fan. cyndi lauper as well, "girls just wanna have fun." heading out to the beach you want to have fun spectacular conditions for that into the next few day answer come on now, "blond ambition" how do you turn that down sam brock? 46 degrees this morning, into the afternoon the mid-60s and round out the day comfortably in the mid-70s so it's looking good for a spectacular afternoon. we've got two different sides to your weekend and temperatures are going to be really, really warm, near 80 degrees inland on saturday, before those numbers crash and we see scattered rain showers on sunday. i'm going to show you the timing for that in one moment. first walking you through the next few days, friday warmer,

we'll peak on saturday, bringing in showers sunday and residual moisture on monday. you can watch the giants game right here on nbc bay area on monday. don't forget it's a big weekend, st. patrick's day is actually on tuesday but they're celebrating this weekend in san francisco and dublin. the parade starts at 9:30 on saturday and temperatures will be really mild out there at 9:30, in the 60s. up to 82 degrees that afternoon. 164 years of celebrating st. patrick's day in san francisco, and this year it will be lovely. i can tell you temperatures are going to be perfect for a parade out there. 69 degrees out there at lunch time. as promised, we want to show you the timing of this next round of storms. this is a pretty good looking storm system, one on its heels as well. we start sunday at 11:00 a.m., widespread shower activity. you can still get outdoors by about 2:00, a lot of the activity starting to clear out and another round of light rainfall as we get into your monday and like i said before, monday at 3:00, giants right

here on nbc bay area. forecast for that coming up, might blow your mind how warm it will be in scottsdale, arizona. right now checking your drive with mike inouye. >> it's going to be warm enough here as well for the st. patrick's day parades, good kilt wearing weather, dudes. the roadwork overnight clearing. toward the bottom of the screen just cleared out and flashing lights and work cruise. i saw a sign truck moving folks over to the right that cleared backwards across that span and they're getting ready to open the lanes. as we look out to the map a smooth drive traveling southbound, the commute direction. eastbound where the cruise were clearing say little slow because of the distraction, we'll be back to speed over the next 20 minutes. easy drive across the dumbarton bridge as well. build dublin interchange west 580 coming out of the altamont pass. live look in dublin shows you westbound stream of cars, easy flow of traffic westbound,

eastbound an easier drive, fewer cars of course. back to your maps we'll show you the rest of your commute moving from the tri valley, south bay no delays, peninsula clear, the earlier crash in san francisco. a san francisco woman is pleading with burglars asking them to return her mother's ashes. those ashes were taken from a home in petrero hill last month. the ashes were contained in a glass urn shaped like a teardrop, much like the one you see here. hazmat teams gave the all clear after getting a call from deanza college. six students suffered eye irritation. authorities say they found nothing inside the bathrooms to cause concern. a san mateo county sheriff's deputy saved the life of a fellow deputy's son by donating his kidney. 19-year-old garrett ramos has been suffering from kid me failure for five years.

his father wanted to donate one of his kidneys to his son but doctors say it wouldn't work. that's when gary's long time friend and fellow deputy jarren higgins helped out. >> he called me in and said what are you doing on march 10th and i said i'm just going to school, and he said well, how about you skip school and we go get a kidney transplant? so it's pretty cool the way he told me, and we got off the phone and i just started crying. >> unbelievable. the successful surgery was performed at ucsf. everybody you saw in that story wants us to pass along a message to the public, consider being a live organ donor. you see what it can do there. >> it's an amazing story. 5:22. advice for the driver that doesn't want all the gizmos and gadgets in a new car, coming up next.

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hatchback. kia's 2015 rio made the list and mazda's mx-5, miata and mx-3. the choice is up to you. >> there you have it. how would you like to make your mark on the kaleical acali academy of sciences. >> they are asking for your help to pick the names of their two new african penguins. >> the academy has half a dozen options on its website and you can vote for your favorite there. >> a couple come to mind right now. 5:26. new developments in the search for the man accused of running down a home depot security officer. we continue to follow breaking news. police say they have a pair of carjacking suspects cornered just outside a south bay neighborhood. bob redell will join us with a live update next. a quick peek outside downtown san jose in the early morning hours. it's 5:26.

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we're following breaking news this morning, police swarming a normally quiet south bay neighborhood looking to are a pair of carjacking suspects. bob redell will have a live update next. new details we're learning about what happened in the minutes before malaysian airlines plane disappeared. and good thursday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. 80s and near record warmth in the forecast, only to be followed by rain, and this moves in over your weekend. more on this in just moments. and the cars stacking up for the cash lanes, only to be followed by more cars filling in all the lanes at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll follow your morning commute and see what else is stacking up. >> maybe the wins for the san francisco giants this season. we hope so. we're all big giants fans here. it's thursday, march 12th.

you're watching "today in the bay." a good thursday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. breaking news in the south bay this morning, a chase and those searching for suspects. tow trucks pulling a stolen suv from a sunnyvale neighborhood. police from san jose to sunnyvale are on the hunt for the two suspects right now. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live from the command post with what he's learned so far. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. police are condensing their search area here in the neighborhood of remington and robbin. they searched some parts, they're focusing on specific other areas still looking for the two carjacking suspects. about an hour and a half ago law enforcement set off a couple of flash bangs in the stevens creek area where they think they might have had the two carjacking

suspects cornered. not clear if the two men are still in that area. this neighborhood is under lockdown for several blocks. i just mipgsed they released some of the blocks. they are putting a lot of resources in finding the two men who they consider to be armed and dangerous. around midnight the suspects used a gun to carjack a man's cadillac from lucretia and tully. they were able to track the vehicle to meridian and willow. they began a pure suit 280 up through the neighborhood. the men ditched the escalade by the gate to the creek runs along highway 85 and along the way they dropped a small handgun and disappeared into the creek area. >> we've use the the k9 to search for the suspect.

the k9 led us to a water piping area culvert, i haven't been able to see that but it's possible the suspects could be in and around that area and we're looking at that area right now. >> reporter: that was an interview with the lieutenant with the san jose police department that we conducted about just over an hour ago. it's not clear if the men are in the culvert. the culvert is a large drainage pipe not big enough for someone to stand in but large enough for someone to crawl in. two men, described as young hispanic in their 20s. >> thank you, bob. it is 5:32. more breaking news this morning, at least four people were killed and the roof of a five-story cement factory collapsed in bangladesh. the factory was under construction in the port town of mongla. crews are working to rescue

dozens of workers trapped in the rubble. about 150 workers were on duty when the factory collapsed. >> it's 5:32. new this morning out of ferguson, missouri, the police department a crime scene after two police officers were shot during what had to have been a peaceful demonstration. one officer shot in the face. investigators may have video of the shooting as well. >> we expect to get an update on the condition of the two officers in the next hour and a half and hopefully the gunman as well. in the video you can hear shots whizzing by and somebody moaning in pain. [ gunfire ] [ schemes ] [ bleep ] [ moaning ] >> we're working to confirm the authenticity of the video posted on youtube.

two officers were shot, a 32-year-old officer shot in the face, a 41-year-old officer was shot in the older. investigators say the gunman appeared to be on a hill across from the police department where demonstrators had gathered. police chief for the county that ferguson is in says the two officers were from neighboring departments, not from ferguson pd itself and they were only shot because they were cops. >> these police officers were standing there and they were shot just because they were police officers. >> investigators say the shooter was on a hill across from the police headquarters, activists have taken to social media saying they were not in the same area. earlier in the evening demonstrators gathered to decry the resignation of the embattled police chief leaving with a year's pay and other perks from the city, despite a scathing department of justice report that accuses the chief of targeting of acap americans and accuses his department of bias.

one community activist says they want the mayor to resign as well and want the department disbanded, something the attorney general would consider going forward. the two officers shot were conscious when they left the scene by ambulance. as of this morning they are listed in serious condition but they are expected to survive and we are watching for a press conference planned for 7:00 our time. >> at least a bit of good news amidst the violence there. thank you, kris. kris will follow the latest developments from ferguson all morning long. be sure to tune in to the "today" show for any new developments. after a heating meeting with residents last night about 100 people attended a meeting at sacred heart community services center. some in the audience asked for more training of officers dealing with mentally ill. last month 23-year-old philip watkins was shot and killed. his family says he was depressed

and suicidal. he allegedly lunged at officers with a knife and his family believes he wanted officers to shoot him. >> police departments not just here across the country need to reexamine and reevaluate how they train their officers and what kind of sensitivity training and things of that nature that they're exposing them to. >> one councilman pledged he'd fight to have every officer equipped with body cameras for transparency. pleasanton police released a photo of a man running down a security officer at home depot. this is 21-year-old steven proctor. when his accomplice was stopped by a security guard in the parking lot, proctor hit the officer with his car and then drove off. police have also arrested his accomplice, insley smith. >> 5:36 right now. had a little rain earlier this week, a little touch of it coming for the weekend as well. kristina is monitoring that for us. >> good morning to you, laura and sam, everybody at home.

thanks for joining us on a thursday morning. we do have more shower activity on the way. i with a tonight keep to date with how much we accumulated yesterday. san jose 0.3 of an inch, over a quarter in brentwood, 0.15 in san leandro, morgan hill 0.1 of an inch. san francisco didn't get that much rainfall but there is another chance for that as we get into your weekend. i'll focus in on that in my next report. i like to keep you up to date with what's happening. in the bay area in terms of averages this time of year we're up to 108% of average for this time of year, when it comes to our rainy season in mountain view, and that is a great story to tell. now the one problem is, we're just not getting the snow that we need over tahoe and the snowpack is much more important when it comes to getting out of the drought than our rain-filled reservoirs. we'll focus in on that as well as we meet back here at about :15, we'll update you as to how much they picked up in tahoe and how much more we need

to get out of this drought. 49 degrees in oakland. 53 degrees to kick off the new day in san jose. sunny and warmer for today, brilliant air quality, spectacular out there. at lunch time, mid six coming your way, into the upper 70s to finish off the day. we'll have more coming up in just moments. right now i want to check your drive and it's picking up out there, mike, a lot going on this weekend to keep people about as well. >> a lot of parades, st. patrick's day tuesday but the parades largely saturday. we'll talk about those. over the bay bridge toll plaza folks getting into the city this thursday, they're having a typical pattern. fast track lanes starting to show some filling. look at the cash, you can see the metering lights shortly. back to the maps the approach off the east shore freeway, the maze, 24 out of the caldecott moving slowly, speed limit there. upper east shore no problems. we have the orange, low clouds at times through novato but not a problem for drivers and

visibility here. highway 4 antioch and west 580 typical patterns for your east bay driving, westbound toward the dublin interchange. fremont 8 oa large cardboard box in the auto mall parkway, in the hov lane but no problems. a report on the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370 reveals an air traffic control supervisor may have been sleeping on the job the night the plane vanished. includes transcripts of a conversation between an airline official and an air traffic controller four hours after the plane disappeared. during that conversation, the controller says he needs to wake up his supervisor to confirm the plane's location. >> 5:39. later this morning, teams will resume the search for a military helicopter that crashed off the florida coast yesterday. bad weather has hampered search efforts in the waters near eglin air force base. mourners held a vigil for those aboard the blackhawk helicopter

that crashed during training exercise. all are presumed dead. crews recovered human remains. the crash is under investigation. >> it's 5:39. another crisis for the secret service under fire. two agents accused of driving drunk and then crashing into the barrier at the white house. we're live in washington with all the latest details. and hillary clinton makes a surprise visit to the south bay, where she was spotted next. a live look outside right now, lots of folks getting in line, waiting to cross the bay bridge. we will be back with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic and weather right after the break.

o . it is igya5:42. thursday morning. more scandals surrounding the secret service. this morning homeland security department is investigating two senior agents accused of crashing a government car into a white house security barrier. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington, d.c., this morning. q

agents were drunk behind the wheel. >> that is the question and part of what the inspector-general will take a look at. he's been asked to investigate this case. as of this morning, laura, reports indicate both of those agents have been reassigned. police confirmed early this morning the two senior agents being investigated are george oglivie and mark connolly, second in charge of the president's security detail. "the washington post" first reported last week they used flashing lights and a government car to get on the white house grounds, where officers were checking a suspicious package then hit a barrier, after drinking at a retirement party. the paper says officers wanted to conduct a sobriety test and arrest them but a supervisor ordered they be sent home. >> it's egregious the supervisor would let them go. we may never know if they were sober or not because the supervisor let them go. >> reporter: it's the kind of problem new director joe clancy

was brought in to fix. it's called embarrassing and potentially dangerous. they question whether the secret service has done enough to fix its problems. now the secret service isn't saying a lot. they issued a statement saying they're aware of the incident, they've called for an investigation and that's it, that's all we'll hear from them until the investigation is over. >> all right. they've had quite some problems recently. thank you, tracie. fresh off of a spotlighted news conference, answering to private e-mails, hillary clinton now waking up in the bay area this morning, hours after making a surprise visit to be aebay conference. clinton was a surprise guest at the conference focused on gender and equality issues. 500 executives mostly women attended the event at the fairmont in downtown san jose. she has a ready for hillary fund-raising event tonight followed by another event march the 19th. land's end, first chance to get your hands on ticket for

outside land 2015, at 10:00 this morning, three-day eager beaver tickets go on sale for $285 and vip tickets for $645. this year's festival at golden gate park runs august 7th through the 9th but remember you're buying blind. they still haven't announced who will be performing but they usually put together some pretty good line-ups out there. >> i guess you got to have a little bit of faith in the system. 5:45 right now. you're a woman of many activities over the weekend and you'll say this weekend should offer plenty of opportunity. >> good weather and a lot of st. patrick's day happenings over the weekend. temperatures out there a little on the ç8m side, we're at 54 degrees on the peninsula, kind of chilly in the tri valley and the north bay as well, where we are seeing the mid-40s on our way to the low to mid-60s by lunch time, as you break for

lunch, you step out of the office, you breathe in that good air quality, temperatures will be in the mid-60s and we'll round out the day in the mid to upper 70s. so spectacular conditions for the beach today. that's going to continue into friday and saturday. look at saturday, 75 degrees in monterey. you'll be at 76 in santa cruz. ocean beach at 73 degrees and let's talk about pi day. 3/14/15, this is saturday. pi is the ratio of the circumference of asirk toll its diameter, it's a mathematical constant. the number goes on forever and they'll be celebrating this as we get into your weekend offering free admission on saturday to the exploratorium pier 15 san francisco. temperatures will be spectacular out there for pi day. then sunday we get these showers. i stop that clock for you at 11:00 a.m. you'll notice widespread activity at this point. this is going to continue until about 2:00, then everything clears out. you can likely get outdoors

between 2:00 and k p.m. without dodging showers sunday. as we meet back here next monday some lingering shower activity, temperatures on the mild side in the low to mid-70s. monday is a big day for us here at nbc bay area. we get to show you those giants, the world champions are back, they're playing the diamondbacks, 3:05 on nbc. look at the temperature, woo, mike, i'm getting warm just watching the 91 degrees from over here. how about you? >> yes, over here, too and i'm in a completely separate section of our room. looking toward the bay bridge things are heating up for the morning commute as well. looking toward the bay bridge backup, because the metering lights were turned on just seconds after i showed you this last time. past west grand avenue. nothing dramatic around the bay but we show you the slowdowns west 580, north 880 coming  toward the maze, that commute starting to build north of san francisco, things move smoothly. low clouds drifting around novato and north of there, coming from the peninsula smooth drive 101, 80 in towards san

francisco. oakland commute nicely for 580 and interstate 80. the rest of the bay the south bay that first little start for northbound 101 and 580 westbound, the two spots showing the biggest volume of slowing. cars westbound starting to bog down around santa rita and tassahara. this is slower than i might expect to see. san jose standard for their first burst and slowing 101 at 680. back to you. >> thank you, mike. it is 5:48. surprise twist in the case of a san jose police officer accused of raping a woman while on duty. at a preliminary hearing yesterday prosecutors added new enhancements to the charges against jeffrey graves. it could amount to a life sentence for graves if convicted. graves is accused of raping a domestic abuse victim at a hotel following a call to her home in 2013. he's also accused of abusing his ex-girlfriend. the judge yesterday also revoked bail and ordered graves back to jail. a warning this morning for parents and pet owners in

fremont, that is where a dead bat found near a popular community center tested positive for rabies. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us live from fremont to explain what experts want us to look out for. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam. this area is popular, a library, soccer field and playground, nearby the irvington community center and afterschool programs. the worry is people walked by where the dead infected bat was found friday night, maybe kids and pets tried to touch it. this is not footage of the rabid bat that was found in fremont but this is how the bat may have been acting before it died, sort of distressed. animal control officers didn't take it away until saturday. you can get infected if you're bitten by a rabid animal or touch its saliva or brain tissue. rabies symptoms typically develop one to three months after e pokeeur. >> nerve symptoms, tingling, altered mental status, seizures,

go into a coma. it can be severe once the symptoms start. >> reporter: and they can turn deadly if untreated. the fremont bat may have looked like the one pictured here. it is the most common to the area. the almeida county public health department is asking people who were in the area at the end of last week to contact their doctor and get a series of shots. animal control says typically a couple of bats test positive for ray pies every year. live in freeh month, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> situation to closely watch though. thank you, steph. >> students from four catholic high schools plan to speak out against the san francisco archdiocese morality clause for teachers. they're protesting the proposed changes to the teacher handbook which calls homosexuality and sex outside of marriage "gravely ill." students organized several protests in recent weeks over

the controversial clauses. a new mcdonald's ad ruffling feathers in petaluma. >> in the quaint town of petaluma, you'll find a locally owned restaurant where people come together as a great sandwich. >> the commercial for the egg white delight is set in petaluma, once known as the egg capital of the world. some people think mcdonald's is using the town's charm and farm-to-table philosophy to improve its image. business leaders say it's a smart move. >> the it portrayed petaluma as a beautiful place, it was agricultural, it was hometown. we have a beautiful downtown, they portrayed it very well. >> the dairy industry, the cattle industry, chickens, the eggs, fruit, vegetables, yes. that's what it's about, has nothing to do with mcdonald's. >> two mcdonald's in petaluma are locally owned. >> nothing says mcdonald's like small, quaint town.

5:51. genetic testing company 23 and me wants to make its own drugs and scott mcgrew it's a big step. >> it really is an enormous step. 23 and me has been collecting genetic data from its customers through its test kits. you spit in a test tube and tells you about your genetic background. it didn't take long for the people at the company to realize they had valuable data the same way facebook can televisors who is using facebook, 23 and me started selling anonymous data to drugmakers. this morning the company says it's hired a top mind from a drugmaker, genentech, and it's going to start developing its own drugs instead. 23 and me's ceo ann wojiewski expects they'll license the new drugs to establish companies rather than become a full drugmaker like pfizer or glaxosmithkline. genentech is one of the three best bay area companies to work for. "fortune" says goingle is the

best in the united states, google wins for the sixth year in a row. sales force number eight and genentech number nine. stocks wednesday we couldn't keep it in the green. by now you can tell me why. we've been over this a lot of times. we need the fed to get on with it. alibaba has become the latest investor in snapchat. the new investment gives snapchat a paper value of $15 billion. this first reported by the "wall street journal". guys t also makes snapchat one of the most valuable tech startups there is. tesla's worth 24 but it's tesla, they make cars, $24 billion. snapchat 15. >> they reach a lot of young people advertising. >> for sure. >> thank you very much, scott. 5:53 right now. march madness, can you feel it? it is a productivity killer for companies. reportedly. >> a report by challenger, gray and christmas suggests

distracted workers could cost employers almost $2 billion in lost wages because people fill out their brackets in the office and during the first two days of the ncaa tournament. dozen games will be played during the work day. challenger says employers shouldn't ban office pools because it could hurt morale. >> by the end of the first two days, everyone's brackets are already busted so just two days you're sacrificing. i have a sneaking suspicion that christina loren has at some point conquered an office bracket or two in her heyday. >> the one time i went with president barack obama's bracket i did very well. the man knows what he's doing when it comes to march madness. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. we have a great looking day coming your way. we'll end up in the mid-60s as you get out there and break for lunch, beautiful air quality, breathe it in. should be stellar out there for today. 76 degrees rounding out the day with your highs coming in at about 4:00 p.m.

he's a basketball coach, mike inouye, that's who i'm talking about. >> right now i qualify as a child wrangler i think. that's the level we are. yes, try to get on the hardwood. the asphalt we have a smooth drive 101/680. that's the first burst you see through the section that's where the backup is. typical pattern for the south bay, silicon valley. the tri valley a similar situation west 580 slows and south 68 o0 out of the tri valley, the dublin interchange and castro valley y south 808 through hayward, volume building and slowing there. approach to the bay bridge nothing dramatic. north bay low clouds and not a problem for drivers and bay bridge toll plaza we of course have the wait because the metering lights are on. back to you. >> while you're sitting and waiting out there, mike, a mad dash to a bar landed a pro football player in some hot water with police. listen to this. arizona cardinals player alex okafor was running to a bar in austin, texas, over the weekend when he knocked down a drunk man in a crosswalk.

police saw the entire thing happen and tried to stop okafor when he pulled out a football move faking left and darting right before continuing on to the bar. three officers tackled him, good luck with that and arrested him for evading arrest. the drunk man who was knocked down decided not to press any charges. actor will ferrell will be in arizona today, he'll suit up for the a's and the giants. >> comedy and sports, what can't the man do? he's scheduled to play short stop for the a's in the first inning and later in the day meeting up with the giants, supposed to catch in the fifth inning. in all, ferrell will play for ten teams today in a different position for each team. >> such a funny guy. feat once accomplished by bert campaneras, once played all nine positions f positions. while it is a stunt it is also for a good cause, it will raise money for various groups fighting cancer.

>> a good ending to another comedy routine for that man. 5:5. deanza junior college all clear after a hazmat scare in a men's restroom. >> and police say they have a pair of suspects cornered in a creek in sunnyvale. bob redell will join us with the latest developments next. we continue to follow developments in ferguson, missouri, two officers shot and a neighborhood on lockdown this morning. details coming up. at 5:57, taking a live look outside from the south bay overlooking san jose. christina has tabs on the weather, and mike is keeping an eye on the road weis and your morning commute. lot more ahead, stick around.

>> breaking news at 6:00, law enforcements swarm a south bay neighborhood looking for two armed carjacking suspects. more chaos overnight in ferguson, two police officers shot during overnight protests. a new secret service

scandal, two agents now under investigation. good thursday morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. we have a warming trend headed your way, that means beach weather is back, then showers move in just in time for the all-important weekend. we'll be able to get you outdoors your forecast is moments away. >> with the build on here's the tri valley, the headlights. i'll show you what one stalled vehicle will do to the tri valley commute. >> a live look outside downtown san jose. it's thursday march 12th. you're watching "today in the bay." very good thursday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. update to breaking news the search for several carjacking suspects has moved to los altos. bob redell, what is going on? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. they've shifted the ea