the top 49ers star in the prime of his career walking away from the team, citing serious health concerns. how his move could change the nfl forever. >> it's meant to help the working class but some east bay business owners say the new minimum wage hike is doing more harm than good. plus turn off the tap. the new water restrictions the state is considering today. >> maybe a little bit of rain out there on this tuesday morning will help. i noticed it on the drive in. we'll check in with christina. it's also st. patrick's day, tuesday, march 17th. this is "today in the bay."

>> and a very good morning to you. 4:30 in the morning for you, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> aim essam brock. the luck of the irish perhaps. let's begin with a quick check of your forecast. meteorologist christina loren happy st. patrick's day. >> happy st. patrick's day. good morning to you at home. we have comfortable conditions to kick off this tuesday. there's drizzle out there so give yourself extra time. you'll find the thickest fog and drizzle at the immediate coast and inland valleys. we'll have your full forecast, maybe you want to get outdoors for your st. patrick's day celebration. let's withal come in mike inouye. >> it's very early but celebrate responsibly, i'll say that all day. toward the san mateo bridge crews have been responsible there abiding by the cones westbound, run either side of the freeway all yesterday. the construction crews have picked up. look at your map westbound we had a little bit of slowing a couple of minutes ago that

cleared to green, in the spirit of the day i guess. eastbound we have crews going on there for about another half hour. i did see flashing lights. no major slowing. we'll track if the green turns to yellow and red later on in the commute. back to you. >> thank you, mike. students at san jose's leland high school are remembering a classmate this morning who collapsed and died on campus. he collapsed while jogging near the football field yesterday afternoon. his track coach immediately performed cpr on him until paramedics arrived. the student died a short time later at the hospital. the school says he had a history of asthma. >> 4:32 right now. if if you are a 49ers fan it has been a turbulent offseason. now this morning football fans are buzz being the latest player to leave the niners, an up and coming defensive star in the prime of his career stepping away from the game. >> "today in the bay's" rob redell is live at levi's stadium. chris borland says it's not

worth it to play football. >> not from a health and safety perspective, not worth the risk, says chris borland in a surprise announcement yesterday, the 49ers linebacker told espn "outside the lines" he was retiring not only from the 49ers but from professional football because of a concussion he suffered, it happened last season during training camp but he ended up playing through it because he wanted to make the team. he told the network, "i just honestly want to do what's best for my health. from what i've researched and what i've experienced i don't think it's worth the risk." a stanford neurologist says concussions are not to be taken lightly. they can have a serious impact on one's health. >> it's a lot more complicated than that, than just simply walking it off. these are real injuries in the same way you injure a shoulder or have a knee injury. having a brain injury is a real injury and needs to be taken care of properly so that you don't suffer long-term side effects. >> 49ers general manager trent baalke released a statement

"while unexpected we certainly respect chris' decision," and it sends with "we will always consider him a 49er and wish him the best." just a week and a half ago patrick willis announced his retirement. many expected borland a rookie standout last season to step up and fill willis' shoes. reporting live in santa clara, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> creates a big hole for the niners. >> special decision, though. >> got to be looking for his health. >> check out nbcbayarea.com for the very latest. san francisco the city leaders are talking about how to deal with racial bias among police officers after four officers were accused of sending racist text messages. police spokesman says the officers have been reassigned to non-public duty. the chief wants them fired. the public defender will discuss the next steps in handling these cases. the meeting includes young people who have been the victims

of racial profiling. people in the community are stunned that this could happen. >> we are aghast, appalled and very much disappointed. >> these are sustained -- you know, i don't think that maybe police work is the appropriate line of work for somebody who has those views. >> san francisco mayor ed lee has said those four plirz shool officers should be fined if they did send offensive messages. state water officials will spend the day reconsidering or considering new rules for how and when you can use water. the new rules could restrict restaurants from serving tap water unless customers specifically ask for it. some restaurants already do that here in the bay area. others would set tighter restrictions on when you can water your lawn and for how long. a nasa scientist told the "l.a. times" last week that california has only about a year's supply of water left in its reservoirs. 4:35. fast food workers will rally

today protesting what they call safety hazards on the job. they filed dozens of complaints with the u.s. department of labor yesterday. they say burn injuries are rampant on the job and restaurants lack basic first aid or protective gear. at noon, workers will protest in front of mcdonald's on 12th street in oakland. an effort to help the working poor in oakland having a devastating impact on some businesses. voters improved a rate hike from $9 to $12.25. six restaurants and four grocery stores in chinatown had to close down because they couldn't afford to pay their workers that much money. >> from $9 to $12.25 that means annually for a full time employee is about $10,000 which would be including the insurance and workmens corps and everything. >> those who study the issue believe businesses that had to close were financially unstable

to begin with. one city councilman says it's too early to jump to conclusions because the wage hike has only been a fact for two weeks. a shortage of affordable housing a cording to a county report rents for two-bedroom apartments increased more than 50% over the past four years. the county will consider several options, including rent control and relaxing regulations on second units. >> no question, finding affordable housing here difficult, largely because it's so desirable, to live in the bay area. the weather one reason why. >> and that is free today and every day really. christina has our forecast for us. >> for now, anyway, until we get charged more for water. you always want to conserve if you can, every opportunity is a good opportunity, don't waste those, as they come your way. we got this interesting pattern, i know laura pointed out she had a little bit of shower activity on her way to work this morning. the jet stream is right on top of part of the bay area, mostly the south end, so as a result of that, we are going to see a

little bit of that activity as we head throughout the morning but happy st. patrick a's day to you. thanks for waking up with us. temperatures are comfortable, 55 degrees in san francisco, 59 degrees to kick off the new day one degree shy of 60 to start in san jose. so here is the story of the day. low clouds, those light showers will make way for mild sunshine for today. more sun than we had yesterday, a little more vitamin d coming your way. 64 degrees on the peninsula at noon and we'll round out the day at 70 degrees on the peninsula. 67 in san francisco, a lot of celebrations will be occurring for today and you know what? we have the spring equinox just around the corner. i'll show what you that means, give you a little scientific lesson coming up. march 20th is the first official day of spring and temperatures are going to be cooler as we get into the next couple days, so go figure, mike. winter just wants to hold on, now that we're at the end of this. >> it always happens, don't want to say good-bye until it's time to say good-bye and we say

good-bye and anyways, let's get on the roads. i don't know if we said hello to overnight construction. camera fremont toward mission boulevard off-ramp from southbound 880, the tail lights away from us. the overpass has cars going across it. we'll show you on our maps the whole interchange northbound and southbound 880, to and from mission boulevard were supposed to be closed overnight, that's the schedule. there were no signs of overnight roadwork. we haven't seen any slowing through the area either. from the south bay to san francisco all the freeways are looking good, the tiniest build on the right. livermore out of theality month pass, typical, slowing below 60 miles per hour west 580. the north bay, novato into san francisco, no problems 101 and easy drive down the east shore freeway. earlier crash in hercules cleared without slowing. slowing eastbound 24 heading toward the caldecott tunnel. totally different from

yesterday's issue. this morning overnight typical roadwork going on unrelated to the earlier issue. things are moving slowly and clear up about 5:00 they should have the other bore open. we'll send it back to you guys with a quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza and easy drive towards san francisco. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 4:40 right now. bay area solar city plans to back up entire towns. plus she's known as the miracle baby, up next we hear from the family of the baby rescued after spending hours trapped in a crashed car.

welcome back, everyone. taking a live look outside from the south bay this morning, overlooking downtown san jose. christina keeping tabs on the forecast. might get a little rain on your parade today. wondering where, coming up. 4:43 right now. is it a case of tmi? many new parents are being called out for oversharing on facebook and twitter. new survey says three-quarters

of parents know someone who shares too much information about their child. those postings could be embarrassing or provide too much info about your child's location. that has many kids turning to other social media networks like snapchat, which are not as popular with their parents. still good to be a proud parent. 4:44 right now. last week's market losses erased. >> for more on that now, we turn to landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, landon. >> good morning to both of you. futures are lower after stocks surged monday erasing all of last week's losses. investors will be watching the fed today, which begins a two-day meeting with a decision due tomorrow afternoon, and widely expected for the fed to signal it's ready to start raising interest rates possibly as soon as june reflecting the improving job market. data on housing starts and building permits, the dow jumping 228 points to 17,977, the nasdaq up 57 to 4929.

apple is reportedly in talks to launch an online tv service this fall, it would be a bundle of about 25 channels, anchored by abc, cbs and fox but not nbc due to a fallout between apple and comcast. it would be available across apple tv, iphones, ipads and macs. the service will likely cost $30 to $40 a month. this is an interesting study. office workers may be fed up to their ears in paperwork but they're saying they've had enough. new study by adobe shows an overwhelming majority feel their success and productivity is being slowed down by outdated ways of handling documents. nearly two-thirds say they'd switch to a new job for the sake of less paperwork and more than a quarter believe mundane tasks are getting in the way of advancing their careers. sam and laura, back to you.

>> interesting in this digital era. i thought their productivity was slowed down by ncaa tournament basketball. >> everything is on the computer now. >> there you go, all right, happy st. patrick's day to you. >> thank you very much. bay area company that's known for rooftop solar systems is expanding into larger power sources now. that company san mateo based solar city is now launching a new product microgrids, larger power systems that communities can tap into when regular power grids go down from severe weather or catastrophes. the systems include tesla batteries that store the energy. the drought is forcing an early end for another resort. sierra at tahoe suspended winter operations yesterday. restaurants and shops there are also closing. you can see why from this picture. general manager says although there's no snow in the immediate forecast they plan to reopen if it snows. they have to get a lot to cover the slopes. >> that has been a dagger to

business, you would imagine snow maybe in the forecast? let's find out and check in with meteorologist christina loren. good morning to you. >> good morning. the difficulties up there they've got this great snow-making technology but not cold enough to make the snow. we came off of a record weekend. temperatures here in the 90s, up there the mid to upper 60s so very unusual to see that this late in the season. i can tell you right now it's not looking great for snow chances. we'll have more as we head throughout the 5:00 hour together. temperatures mostly in the 50s to start. little bit of shower activity out there and as we head throughout the day today mild yet again in the mid-60s. as of lunch time the biggest difference between yesterday and today is going to be additional sunshine for your st. patrick's day. sun will rise at 7:19, rapid warming on the way between 12:00 and 4:00 and a mild finish to your st. patrick's day evening, a lot happening in the city if you want to avoid the crowd you probably want to avoid downtown san jose. let's get into a little bit of science because as we get closer

to spring, we've got some changes headed your way. our days are going to get longer than our nights and that's always the case, so here's the deal. the's's axis is tilted at an angle 23.5 degrees as it goes around the sun. twice per year on the equinox the earthis perpendicular right angle with the sun so you get that direct sunlight. as a result we have worldwide commonalities. we'll see 12 hours a day and night worldwide northern and southern hemisphere as we get into this friday. so that's what the equinox is all about and then after that, the days will continue to get longer as we get into your summertime months so cool little science there. if you're like me, you only want to get smarter. temperatures in the mid-70s for today, upper 70s by thursday, into friday, the first official day of spring, when we hit that equinox. temperatures will be very spring like but above average, in fact all of these numbers above average getting into the next few days, but still, comfortable. i can tell you we have a chance of showers getting into your

all-important weekend. more coming up. back to you, sam and laura. >> thank you so much, christina. 4:48 right now. the sight of a day-long siege in sydney is set to reopen this week. in december a gunman stormed a cafe and took 17 people hostage. after 16 hours the gunman and officers exchanged gunfire. two hostages and the gunman died. the cafe is set to reopen friday with a memorial plaque on display in honor of the hostages who died. jurors in the boston bombing trial are back in court for more testimony. they left the courthouse yesterday to see the bullet-riddled boat where dzhokhar tsarnaev hid until police caught him. the jurors looked inside the boat with the bloodstained note he wrote denouncing the united states for muslim wars in other countries. durst was set to return for a murder charge but the real estate heir is charged with possessing a firearm.

police charged him in a 000 murder this past week, as it comes as new details of the case were revealed in an hbo documentary series on durst. a utah family talking about the incredible rescue of their baby girl trapped for hours in a submerged vehicle. >> go, go, go! >> that video showing rescuers pulling little willie grosbeck last week. the mother died in the crash. lily spent 14 hours trapped upside down in the car before rescuers were able to get her out. >> definitely the video hearing them talk back to the voice and say we're coming, we're here. it was incredible. >> we were very happy and blessed that part of jenny is still here with us. >> police say they found drugs in a purse inside of the car but have not said what was behind the cause of that crash.

>> a little miracle girl. 4:50. someone's cell phone caught the incredible escape of two stunt pilots after a crash. >> an indonesian acrobatic air team pre-show practice maneuvers when the wings two of planes hit each other. >> it caused a fiery crash but after the fire erupted, two people you could see there, they safely ejected from that plane. they are lucky. >> yes. we'll keep it on the ground here personally. it might be a little early right now but no doubt later on a lot of you will be celebrating st. paddy's day. >> coming up, how many pints of guinness partiers across the world will drink today. what do you think? and how this holiday stacks up to others. >> the red solo cups as well we'll count. the peninsula easy drive and palo alto the slowing farther east and what we see for your commute as well coming up.

welcome back. coming up on 4:55 on your tuesday morning. live look out there, oracle arena this morning. the warriors clinching a playoff spot last night. they are rolling right now. new york's mayor will not be marching in the city's main street excuse me, city's main st. patrick's day parade this

morning. he disagrees with organizers' policy of banning gay groups from marching under their own banners. this year organizers are allowing one gay group to march, something the mayor's office calls a token gesture. >> you need a tophat like that, sam. walmart has interesting statistics, it ranks fourth among the calendar's most popular drinking days behind new year's eve, christmas, and the fourth of july. i thought cinco de mayo would be in there. with that, 13 million pints of guinness will be consumed worldwide today alone and shipments of cabbage will also increase this week by a whopping 70%. what a combo there. >> it doesn't sound that tasty but in the spirit of the holiday, mike, good morning. >> you need the corned beef to go with it. >> forgot to buy the corned beef and the guinness. we'll see. >> you can come to my house. >> oh, great, we'll swing by.

you'll never notice a few more. 580 in dublin, as we look out westbound coming out of the dublin, into the dublin area out of livermore the steady stream of traffic we expect. out on the maps you see way over on the right out of the altamont the early slowing toward vass cowhere it's at speeds, toward the dublin interchange and the rest of that north bay and east bay looking good. no delays for antioch, just a little start right off of "a" street, typical through highway 4 transition, as we look towards the caldecott tunnel the earlier slowdown and construction looks like it has cleared from that, all bores open both directions. the south bay with no delays. no problems and no slowing. back to you. burger king is clucking over its latest product promotion. it's going to use a chicken named gloria to decide the restaurants that get to serve their popular chicken fries. gloria, which direction is it going to be? gloria will travel the nation visiting select burger kings and

each one choosing between bowls of food, yes and no, keeping it simple. yes vote means chicken fries return to the menu. gloria's decisions will be streamed live online, just so you know it's not rigged. >> what a campaign that we fell ofor. 4:57 right now. come up in our next half hour big changes to the san jose police department. when city leaders want to have all officers hooked up to body cameras. another first for san francisco, the debate about lowering the legal voting age in the city coming up next. and beautiful bay bridge illuminated from the distance this morning, a lot more news ahead. stick around, 4:57.

saying good-bye to the game, a prominent 49er player hanging up his helmet citing serious health concerns. plus why the next time you call for an ambulance you might end up in the back of a fire truck. and good morning to you, i'm meteorologist christina loren. happy st. patrick's day.

little green on the radar to kick off the day. we'll see a nice, sunny finish. better chance for rain getting into your weekend. details in moments. >> i don't know'green on the maps will be interrupted but i see the traffic flow temporarily here and there on the san mateo bridge. we'll talk about what's going on eastbound and to the east. >> okay, green, that's the theme today clearly. i don't see too much of it out there at the golden gate bridge this morning. we'll find other ways to get you your green. live look outside this morning, tuesday, march the 17th, and you are watching "today in the bay." a very good tuesday morning. thank you for joining us on this st. patrick's day. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. jaw-dropping news for niners that could lead to shock waves across the nfl. one of the team's most promising young players stepping away from the game. >> hanging it up. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in santa clara this