right now at 4:30, we are following developing news, dpnmen storm a university in kenya, taking hostages. plus paying tribute to the san jose police officer killed in the line of duty. details on today's memorial service and how other south bay police departments are lending a hand. drastic measures, the governor institutes mandatory water rationing after seeing dry hills in the sierra firsthand. >> a look outside this morning, the city by the pay. it is thursday, april the 2nd and you are watching "today in the bay."

a good thursday morning. it's 4:30, i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to this thursday morning. first check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren, good morning. >> good morning to you, laura and sam, everybody at home. temperatures are chilly this morning, one of the coldest mornings we've had so far in 2015. the 30s in san martin. santa rosa we're at 48 degrees right here in the south bay. temperature also jump this afternoon, more on that in moments. first here's mike and your drive. >> we're looking at our camera from emeryville, looks like it's shivering from the cold. it is not. little broez goieeze going on b wind advisories like yesterday. looking at your map we talk about the maze, there was a fender bender reported earlier this morning, haven't seen any slowing so i took it off of the map and no lanes blocked. the arrow points eastbound 24 headed out of highway 13. typical slowing through the construction zone.

no problems through the caldecott tunnel. east bay, antioch no slowing yet and west 580 the steady flow of traffic coming off of 205. north 280 at 880 overnight road crews in the area, i'll check on the status. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 4:32. remembering officer michael johnson, police officers from across the state will be in the bay area this morning to hopper the 14-year veteran of the san jose police force. >> "today in the bay's" christie smith joins us from los gatos where the funeral procession will start in a few hours and a somber day, of course. good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning, this is bound to be an emotional and powerful day. the procession alone a quarter mile long and maybe longer and a huge crowd is expected at the s.a.p. center. the route will go up santa cruz

avenue which turns into winchester boulevard, once through campbell the procession will head east on stevens creek boulevard into san carlos and north on montgomery street which turns into autumn street that, takes them to the s.a.p. center where a memorial service for officer michael johnson is scheduled to begin at 11:00. san jose police say standard security procedures will be in place at the s.a.p. center for the funeral. arena staff will be checking bags, purses as people enter. friends and co-workers including those who were part of the special response team at san jose regional medical center are bracing for the service. >> it's a very emotional toll tomorrow when we see things that are happening, the tv, the funeral and all that, just understand the support that he truly had and i hope if anything that where he is right now up in heaven that he's able to feel that. >> reporter: now the california highway patrol will also be using 45 motorcycle officers to

guide the procession from los gatos to campbell and san jose as well as afterwards from the s.a.p. to oak hill cemetery in south san jose. reporting live in los gatos, christie smith. back to you. >> going to be a solemn day, thank you very much, christie. a live look at s.a.p. center this morning, it's empty currently, but in just hours, mourner also start filing into that building to remember police officer johnson. among them, california's attorney general carmela harris, expected to speak at today's service, and former mayors tom gonzalez and mostly cloudy mcinerney. >> the procession will leave s.a.p. center about 1:00 this morning -- this afternoon i should say, it will travel along santa clara street through the heart of downtown san jose before turning south on market street. procession will eventually end at the cemetery. the vast majority if not all of san jose's police force is

expected to attend today's service. who is going to be patrolling the city streets? it will truly be a team effort. >> kris sanchez is live outside s.a.p. center with that side of the story. >> reporter: good morning to you sam and laura. the preparations here at s.a.p. center already under way. they just dropped off the risers to prepare for the memorial service that will arrive here. the procession i should say and the memorial sr. to follow, but as many of the the police officers come to mourn their fallen colleague their shifts will be covered by officers from other departments. the department will grow by about 200 officers, talking about 200 officers from about 13 different agencies within the county and in the surrounding areas as well and that includes their police chief. they will be brought up to speed this morning and you may see them in your neighborhood later on today. sjpd is home base for today, it will be impossible for those officers to forget why they are patrolling san jose.

the memorial to this fallen officer michael johnson a reminder of what could happen to them on any given day on any given shift. the memorial here at s.a.p. center starts at 11:00 this morning and we expect we will be seeing a lot of different uniforms from other departments, even as far away as new york here this morning. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, kris. this story hits home for many people living in and around san jose. >> just because you can't attend the funeral service doesn't mean you can't help. today the brittannia arms will donate their entire day's proceeds to the officer's memory. it is open from 11:00 this morning to 2:00 this afternoon. the san jose police officers association raising money for the family. if you're interested, visit our website, nbcbayarea.com, for more details on how you can donate. we are going to air the entire memorial service for officer johnson later this morning, as well as the procession

beforehand. our coverage begins at 10:00 here on nbc bay area and on our website nbcbayarea.com as well. 4:36, new this morning, no damages being reported after a small earthquake overnight. the magnitude 3.6 quake struck about a mile northwest of san ramon just after midnight. people as far away as san francisco are reporting they felt it, struck about six miles beneath the ground. police and sheriffs say no reports of damage or injury. at this hour, we're following developing news out of kenya, where masked men stormed a university there, shooting at students and taking dozens of hostages. this is happening at garissa university in the southeastern part of the country. at least 65 people have been injured and 15 have been killed. police have one suspect in custody. the total number of terrorists involved though still unclear. more than 500 students are still unaccounted for and it started last night with an explosion at

the gate of the university. the masked attackers forced their a into the compound and holed up inside student housing. somalia's al shabab militant group claiming responsibility behind the attack, the same group responsible for the attack on the upscale shopping mall last year. this morning san francisco police hope someone will recognize the assailant, a passenger attacked a cab driver in officer tuesday morning, hitting him with a metal padlock. police say the suspect was trying to steal the driver's electronics in the front seat. the veteran cab company driver says the man didn't get away with his valuables but he did take his sense of security. >> i got a bump on the head and there was a little blood but you know, it could have been so much worse. >> the driver says the man told him he needed to catch b.a.r.t. home to oakland. he took off running after the attack near seventh and market. police are asking anyone with information to call.

the aim nlgs really do tell it all when it comes to california's drought. on the left side of your screen there, video from yesterday's sierra snow survey, dead grass and not a flake of snow on the ground. on the right, what the sierra looked like in the same place just one year ago, incredibly stark comparison there. governor brown was there to see firsthand the trouble and for the first time in california's history, there will be mandatory water restrictions. >> this is the new normal, and we'll learn how to cope with it just as californians have lived in the past under very difficult situations. >> the governor laid out the restrictions atop the dry sierra summit. he threatened hefty fines, up to 25%, raised from 20%. this is the fourth year of the drought. the sane snowpack survey marks the worst april snowpack in

history. >> people should realize we're in a new era. the idea of your nice little green grass getting lots of water every day, that's a thing of the past. >> as we mentioned the grn waov wants a 25% statewide reduction in use and wants to take action on those who waste water. for more, go to nbcbayarea.com and search the word "drought." >> the pictures yesterday certainly told the story of the situation we're in. >> a jarring visual there. >> exactly. want to check the forecast now meteorologist christina loren. this morning it is a cold start. >> indeed it is. we actually have rain in the forecast, which is really welcome news. those pictures we're showing you of the guadalupe reservoir are from last year. at this point it's still doing okay, because this had a decent rainy season, just not such a great snowpack season. we have snow on the way to tahoe and as we know in california all

it can take is one good year to help us really recover from drought situation, so i can tell you right now, temperatures are a little chilly, grab your jacket. something that you can peel off later on today. very cold start will make way to a warm and sunny afternoon, temps in the mid-60s by lunch time today, significantly warmer than yesterday, in fact, by noon today just about as warm as today in the east bay. 66 at lunch time. 56 in the tri valley at noon, rounding out the day in the 70s. beautiful spring-like pattern will return for the next couple days before everything changes again. it starts this rainy pattern on easter sunday and also expecting some thunderstorms as we head throughout your sunday night. we'll talk about that, plus i'll give you the timing of this incoming system in my next report. first, though, i want to say happy thursday friday eve. >> we'll take that, anything with a friday in the name. san jose 101 moves snoothly.

i showed you this camera because we have more lights. next camera at 280 and 880, this is a nice easy drive, light traffic flow and no slowing. that was the red zone a couple minutes ago and just cleared up so whatever may have been going on, there's a rest of the bay, 580 shows a slowdown out of the altamont pass, live camera at dublin a steady flow but easy drive at the interchange. back to you. >> thanks, mike. it is 4:42. the bay area tech company that's expanding to cuba, next. why being a night owl may be bad for your health, no matter how long you're able to sleep in. plus, after almost 40 years after the infamous chowchilla bus kidnapping, one of the men involved is granted parole. details next.

4:45, new this morning, air b&b is expanding to cuba. starting this morning, the online home service will allow american travelers to book in cuba. this is the most significant expansion to the island nation since the obama administration loosened restrictions last year. >> 4:45 right now. godaddy exceeding

expectations during its first day of training. landon dowdy joining us live at cnbc world headquarters with all the details on that. good morning, landon. >> hey there, that's right, shares of godaddy soaring on the first day of trading. the it soared to $26.13. it's considered a big company which generated necessary losses from 2011 through 2014. futures are lower ahead of the open, all of the major indices closing in the red yesterday. the dow lowest level since february 3rd falling 7 points to 17,698 and the nasdaq down 20 to 4880. back to you. >> landon, thank you very much. we'll be following that. >> we sure will. baby's first profile pic. you're about to see a lot more kids photos on your facebook feed, offering a scrapbook feature that lets parents tag their kids in photos.

the parents can create customized shared photo albums of their children in the facebook app and on the web. multiple family members can contribute to the same album which will appear in the photos of each person who collaborates. >> collaboration always a good thing for a great effort there. little picture of what's going on, 4:47. we'll check in with christina on a cool start to your thursday. >> it is chilly out there. good morning sam, laura, everybody at home. happy thursday to you, 48 degrees in san jose right now, we're at 39 in san martin. 4 degrees in livermore, so chilly conditions, and we're going to fall even more so as we head throughout the next couple hours. high pressure has taken control of our pattern for today and this means a calmer situation when it comes to the wind out there, also going to boost your daytime highs by a good 5 to 8 degrees from where we ended up yesterday and everything changes as we get into this weekend. showers on the way, much needed rainfall, and we're looking good to potentially pick up an inch

of rain, i'm going to show you where in just a minute. cold start, warm and sunny afternoon. let me take to you your day part forecast. temps end up in the mid-60s by lunch time so just about as warm as noon. highs 4:00 p.m. this time of year, you'll reach 70 on the peninsula today. 37 for the east bay and 74 degrees in the tri valley. now, as you head throughout the weekend, temperatures are going to be pretty cool so you want to keep that in mind if you're posting your cute pictures of your kids in their easter wonnets, the bonnet might be protecting them from the showers coming down as we head throughout your sunday, some of the futurecast models bringing this rain by about 9:00 a.m. i think it's more toward the second half of the day, we stop the clock at 1:00, widespread activity. watch what happens monday into tuesday, we get even more rainfall, and potentially looking at another storm system as we head throughout friday into the upcoming weekend. so yes, definitely a changing

pattern, we're happy to see it. we want the hills to stay green. i'll tell you how much rain microclimate by microclimate as we head throughout the 5:00 hour together. pack to you, sam and laura. >> thank you very much. 4:48 right now. one of of the men behind a notorious kidnapping may soon be free. judge granted initial parole to 63-year-old james schoenfeld, one of three men involved in the 1976 chowchilla bus kidnapping. they kidnapped a bus carrying 26 schoolchildren and buried them alive for 16 hours. the ruling must be approved by state commissioners and signed off by governor brown. schoenfeld's brother took part and was paroled three years ago. the third man is still behind bars. we could see major improvements today in the controversy surrounding religious freedom bills in arkansas and indiana. lawmakers in both states worked late into the night rewriting portions of the bill and removing others, trying to compromise. in indiana, the pressure is on

to change the law before easter break and final four in indianapolis this weekend. the clark is ticking in arkansas where the governor refused to sign a similar measure yesterday. >> we're going to fix it and bring in this to a close in a positive way. >> my position is clear. i've asked them to remedy it, i've asked them to change the current law and i've asked them to recall it >> epoints of both laws say there is a loophole that would lead to widespread discrimination of gays and lesbians. jeb bush will continue to fund raise in san francisco this morning just hours after he changed his stance on indiana's controversial religious freedom law, initially a supporter of that. during a closed door fund-raiser on the peninsula, the former florida governor told a group of supporters that a consensus oriented approach would have been better from the beginning, that's different from what bush said monday night when he praised indiana's governor for

"doing the right thing." 300 east bay preschool students are relocated to make room for special education classes on campus. ♪ the lease expires this summer. antioch unified decided to centralize its numerous special education programs on one campus, and that would not leave room for the reschool students. >> the school district continues to try to want to help kids club find a location that's going to be accessible, but it needs to make space for those special education kids that it is required by state and federal law to serve. >> the executive director wants the school district to leave things as they are while he finds a new location. he says the nonprofit school needs a lease extension or refurbished building from the district. a new study finds that too much time in front of the television could increase your risk of type ii diabetes no matter how much you workout. researchers looked at overweight

adults. for every hour they spent watching tv daily their risk of developing diabetes increased 3.5%, this happened regardless of age, gender or level of exercise. the night owls may also face a high risk of die piece. researchers looked at sleeping habits of middle aged adults, those with late bedtimes were more likely to develop diabetes, obesity and lose muscle mass than early risers. good incentive to go to bed early, if they got the same amount of sleep, night owls tend to get poor quality sleep and more likely to eat late at night or have "sedentary lifestyles." not a problem for us. >> exactly. have you seen the muscles? 4:52 right now. some bad news for the a's, a veteran they could be without for the start of the season. >> you're without any major slowing through fremont.

we'll show you what is going on, on the other side of the bay, in a second.

spring training in arizona done. >> at long last we are here. the a's and giants back in the bay area this morning ready for one final tune-up before the season kicks off. live look at mccovey cove. ferry service to at&t kicks off today, taking fans to the first game and the first pitch 7:15.

>> the a's getting tough news, veteran coco crisp needs surgery so he can have bone spurs and chips removed from his right elbow. he's expected to miss the first six to eight weeks. >> ouch. san jose's minor league hockey team has a name, the san jose barracudas. >> the team is not confirming the name but says an announcement will be made later this week. barracuda is a tie-in to bar coup you da networks, the campbell based internet security company that already is a corporate sponsor of the nhl team. it also provides a natural goal song of the same name of the 1977 hit by heart. >> barracuda, kind of goes with creatures in the sea like the sharks. >> yes. and moving around with great stealthness, mike, i don't know how much of that on the roadways. >> they're moving pretty nice but maybe fish sticks would have

been better. we're looking at palo alto, a smooth, slow traffic -- that's why they don't have me on that team for naming things. palo alto, a smooth drive. slowing, with the live camera, the light flow of traffic there, a couple of slow moving vehicles likely. no problem toward the bay bridge toll plaza, slowing out of the altamont westbound 580 and construction clearing eastbound 580. >> san jose fish sticks duoesn' have the same tired of -- yes. new details about the woman behind the security breach at san jose international airport. plus california has now instituted mandatory water restrictions. what's the impact? we'll show you the local city that may serve as a role model.

right now at 5:00, remembering michael johnson, part of the city will come to a standstill as law enforcement officials honor their fallen comrade.

and attacked in his own taxi cab, the assault all caught on camera and the search for the man behind it. and we'll take a look over here for freeh month, where i just had some flashing lights pulled over to the shoulder, they just cleared. i'll check on what chp has to report coming up. >> and we'll have a look at the chilly start, christina is working on her forecast right now, a live look outside a clear look at the bay bridge from the distance, it's thursday, april 2nd. this is "today in the bay." and a very good thursday morning to you, thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. with black bands over their badges, thousands of police officers from all over the country will be in san jose today to honor officer michael johnson. johnson was killed last week