good saturday morning. the rain has cleared. i'm kira klapper and anthony

slaughter has our forecast. >> good morning. good to see you. >> good to be back. >> you're our good luck charm. >> ahh. >> this is a shot from the golden gate bridge. rain still on the lens there. the rain moved in. now it's starting to clear out. most of us are dry right now with residual showers across the mountainous areas. sunshine will continue to increase as we head through the day. in fact, through tomorrow, warmer weather. in fact, 70s return and then 80s for monday. rain showers i'm talking about have moved out here. we still do have some snow falling across the sierra. that is expected to wind down this evening. doppler radar shows a lot of rain has pushed south near soledad to monterey. clouds will continue to move out. sunshine moves in. 70 for the north bay. tri-valley to the south bay. warmer weather ahead and maybe a chance of rain as we head toward

this next week. that's coming up in my next report. >> we'll stay tuned, anthony. thanks. >> good resource for weather and breaking news is our free nbc bay area app. you can connect with us on facebook, twitter and instagram for the latest. breaking news. the death toll is rising as the massive earth shook the capital of nepal west of kathmandu. leveling centuries old temperatures and towers. it's the worst earthquake in the him layan nation. 600 people are feared dead. it was felt as far away as new delhi and other cities with tremors lasting almost one

minute. an historic temple in kathmandu has collapsed, trapping at least 50 people. dealing with the downside of airbnb rentals. in los altos, homes are being rented out for high school parties and neighbors are angry. an 18th birthday party swelled to more than 250 people at a rented airbnb house. police responded to a call from a neighbor, they say teens were running in the streets, climbing neighbors' fences. neighbors tell us they saw partygoers driving drunk and urinating in the street. those neighbors brought their concerns to the city. >> since the first time -- this was the third weekend in a row that this house had become identified as a daily rental of an unoccupied house that you ought to throw a party at. >> the owner of that house apparently told neighbors he's taking his home off of airbnb.

los altos city council plans to address this issue at its next meeting. blamed for a massive fire in the east bay last night. auto repair shop in antioch. it took firefighters an hour to knock it down. two people were working inside when the fire ignited. both did make it out safely. a woman shot by sonoma county sheriff's deputies has died. wednesday, police say karen jenks was driving recklessly, leading deputies on a 19-mile chase. investigators say deputies opened fire on her as she drove at them. people across the world are remembering the more than 1 million armenians killed 00 years ago. people took part in a march of justice, carrying armenian flags

as they walk to the turkish consulate. they are calling the deaths a byproduct of war, not genocide. more than 12 pounds of marijuana were found inside a storage unit that son vu rented last summer. >> they conduct thorough investigations every day. when it's determined that one of their own is engaging in any form of elicit activity, it definitely tarnishes the reputation of the san jose police department. the 21-year veteran of the san jose police department faces up to four years in prison if convicted. hundreds of demonstrators gathered yesterday in san francisco's mission district to remember a 20-year-old shot and killed by san francisco police. the victim's family now claims to have evidence that they say

proves that officers shot the 20-year-old in the back and not in self-defense. yesterday, protesters laid candles in front of the mission station to honor lopez and others killed by police. they maintain that officers shot the 20-year-old as he lunged at them with a knife. but protesters are accusing police of a cover-up. they say he was shot six times from behind. the city attorney's office says those claims are not true. >> the allegations contained in their news release aren't consistent with the evidence and eyewitness accounts we're aware of in this particular shooting. >> if i'm charging you, you can't shoot me in the back. it's just physically impossible. >> perez lopez's family in guatemala tearfully asked for

justice in this air link during a news conference. they're asking the department of justice to investigate what he calls an illegal shooting. 17-year-old south bay boy who vanished for three days now says he was hiding at his school during the frantic search to find him. connor sullivan disappeared after he went to his first class in cupertino. he said he had been hiding under the school's bleachers and ate fruit from campus trees. no word on whether the family will be billed for the cost of that police search. 16-year-old bay area girl is back behind bars after she escaped chp custody. ellie latona was arrested on a number of things, including stealing a car. when she was at the chp office

in oakland, she was able to slip out of her handcuffs and escape. officers found her the next day, thursday, and rearrested her. she is being held at the juvenile center in san leandro. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, the revealing interview captivating the nation and changing perceptions of the transgender community. bruce jenner talks about his long journey to womanhood. also -- >> i can't describe it. it's a very rewarding yet surreal experience. >> that peninsula man explains the event that took him from tech exec to hero.

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see the sun later today. after years of rumors and speculation, bruce jenner finally is telling his story. in an exclusive interview with abc's diane sawyer, he told the world he is transitioning to a woman. >> yes, for all intents and purposes, i am a woman. people look at me differently. they see you as this macho male. but my heart and my soul and everything that i do in life, it is part of me, that female side is part of me. that's who i am. >> the 1976 olympic gold medalist and reality tv star says he felt he was female since the age of 5. he says his life has been a constantly battle. jenner added that the increasing tabloid focus had him, at one point, even considering suicide. >> and i thought i can't do something like that. i mean, i want to know how this story ends. >> jenner self identifies as

her, but says he's still comfortable being called he and bruce until he transitions. there is widespread response this morning. glad, national lgbt group released a statement reading in part, millions of people learned that someone they know is transgender. by sharing this story, bruce jenner has shined a light on what it means to be a transgender person and live authentically in the face of unimaginable public scrutiny. here at home, one of san francisco's most influential transgender people tells us this was a teachable moment. theresa sparks is the executive director of san francisco's human rights commission. she says she was impressed with jenner. sparks herself was a hard-charging ceo, a father and self described man's man. but deep down confused. >> i think most transgender people believe from the beginning that there's something wrong. something's not right.

they don't know what it is. i didn't know what it was. it's just something's not right. it's not like every day i woke up i said i should have been a girl. >> that was an interview from 2013. if you would like to see the entire segment, go to nbcbayarea.com and it's post there had on our front page. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, how a computer glitch led to free drinks at some starbucks around the nation. waking up to showery activity. especially across the south bay. a lot of that activity is starting to wind down. we still have here snow falling. we'll let you know when that snow is going to come to an end and warmer days ahead. we're back after this.

welcome back at 7:15. beautiful look at cloudy skies over a very green palo alto. the rain is clearing. we should be seeing sun later today. frequent flyer came to the

rescue at san jose international airport. los altos tech exec went from airline passenger to life saver. a volunteer firefighter, trained in cpr. he knew just what to do when he saw a man in need of help. he even understood how to use those emergency defibrillators the airport has on hand. >> fortunately because san jose has more than 40 of them deployed around the campus, there was one literally just right there. it's a model for the rest of the country. >> he and the others helping the man shocked him with the unit three times. he says he isn't a hero. he only agreed to meet with reporters so he could encourage everyone to get cpr training and become familiar with those defibrillators. on twitter, it was referred to as the frapening. i missed out.

apparently it was after a technical glitch. more on friday's freebie. >> thank you, starbucks. >> reporter: it's true. free coffee for everyone. >> they told me the systems were down so, you know, they decided to give out free coffee to everybody. >> reporter: everybody who was ordering at the starbucks on oxford and center at berkeley. some stores like this one in san jose went to a cash only policy. but you can find one of the free frap stores scattered across the u.s. and canada. the drinks were on them. >> big loss financially for them but they're still offering coffee to us, which is great. >> i think somebody might get fired over this. >> reporter: fired? way too early to speculate on that. a spokesperson from the company was quoted as saying the glitch was not a hack. coffee giant says the outage was caused by a failure during a daily system refresh. we apologize to our customers for any inconvenience. there was no confusion at this

store near uc berkeley. only gratitude and smiles. >> they're handling it pretty well so if anything, this will actually make customers like them more. >> reporter: in berkeley, cheryl herd, nbc bay area news. >> all right. let's check in with anthony slaughter. now we both really want coffee now. >> i'm like, i love peats and bill's. >> local shop. >> and still starbucks. >> i don't discriminate. any coffee i'll take it. >> this morning it sounds really good. >> it's a gloomy morning. >> cloud cover is clearing out. if you are having your coffee this morning, quite fitting. even morning tea to warm you up. always chilly in the morning hours, especially in this building. keep the ac on all the time. >> they really do. >> look at the rainfall amounts. over a quarter inch in the north bay and even close to half an inch in san francisco. even in the south bay over a

quarter inch in santa clara. menlo park over half an inch. belmont, three quarters of an inch there. santa cruz and even here at kntv nbc bay area, .3 inch. we are happy about that. shores move out down toward southern california and snow over the sierras this morning. we have cloud cover out there. you know what? we'll see increasing sunshine through the day. that's what the forecast calls for today, mid 60s across most of the bay area. active weather and skies will begin to clear, especially like they're doing already right now. more sunshine expected for the city. san francisco you'll be at 62. north bay, warm spot. pretty nice shot from our tiberon cam. you can see that shot -- actually, that's not. it's moved right on. sometimes it happens when you have a digital ipad. >> or when you need coffee.

>> yes. maybe an extra cup. we'll send it home. weather advisory in effect for the sierra. higher elevations through the sierra, reno, tahoe, you'll run into some snow. they're expecting another six inches of snow. they picked up six inches above 5,000 feet. fresh powder there. comcast cares day. you may have been hearing about that on the "today" show. it's all across the nation today and nbc bay area is owned by comcast. temperatures back in the mid 60s in san francisco. it's just a day where all the comcast employees get out and basically just give back to the community. you may see some familiar faces out there. today, across the south bay as well. dutch king's festival happening today. one of the largest dutch heritage festivals at golden gate park. we'll have morning clouds. by afternoon, skies will start to clear out.

they'll have a parade and even a silent disco. how does that happen? >> oh, i've been to one. you wear headphones. it's awesome. >> why did i ask? 98th annual opening day on the bay happens tomorrow. this is cool. you can get out on the water. winds won't be overly gusty. that's good news as well. we head toward the middle part of the week tuesday, wednesday, storm system passes through. that marine layer will thicken up wednesday, morning cloud cover. by wednesday afternoon, this system falls apart. unfortunately for us, no rain. another one on its heels we'll be keeping our eye on for next weekend. mid 60s for most of us. tomorrow 70s return. nice enough to hit the beach. 80s by monday. cool today and cloudy and dreary, you may need some shorts and flip-flops that make you want to head to the beach tomorrow and monday. kira? >> i like it. it's another one of those little

bit of everything for everyone weekends. anthony, thanks. >> much more ahead on "today in the bay." >> i felt really lucky. >> using a little luck and a lot of lemonade to make a difference in the lives of other children. and his determination will make you bay area proud. (scal): good day, m'lady!

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if you can believe it, the end of the school year is approaching and many are finalizing their summer plans. many camps are too expensive for some families to afford. one pacifica boy found a way to pay for his, others and then some. this morning's "bay area proud," garvin thomas. >> a sports camp wasn't quite for him. there was one camp, though, that he was very excited about and considering what he is doing to

get there, they should be very excited about getting him. there's something you should know before drivenging a glass of hand-squeezed lemonade prepared by cash ashkinoa. he likest sour, really sour. >> i would prefer to put no water in, but i know we have to. >> reporter: lucky for the general public, mom sweetens it up before sale. >> eh, too sweet. >> reporter: why cash is selling his lemonade is what this story is really about. not long ago, cash, a 12-year-old with learning differences and challenges hear a pitch for camp inc in southern colorado. he instantly wants to go. and his parents would love to send him. one problem. >> $3,675. >> my heart sank because i just knew there's no way we could

afford this. this was way out of our league. >> this is so heavy! >> reporter: which brings us back to the lemonade. he has had luck raising money with it in the past so he starts again. >> hi, i'm cash. >> reporter: this time, though, he adds crowd funding to his campaign and the money for summer camp starts pouring in. so fast, in fact, cash reaches his $2,500 goal in just a couple of weeks. >> thank you. >> reporter: but this is where the sour-loving kid does something very sweet. he keeps raising money. cash's goal is now $10,000 and it's no longer for him. >> i want to keep it open for other kids. >> thank you. >> because i felt really lucky. so i wanted to help make a scholarship fund for other campers. >> i think it's so great. to see him care about other people and not just be self centered and think oh, i get to go to camp or this is about me

going to camp, to look, to turn the lens the other way and look out and see there are other people in need, too. >> it's modeled off of -- >> reporter: cash's original online campaign is about to run out, he's ready to start another one so he can keep taking donations, no matter how big or small. >> $1 to $3 donations accepted. wait. so we don't accept $5 donations? because i got a $5 donation. >> cash's original online fund-raising campaign on indy go go is set to expire in a couple of days, but he says will start another one to help him reach his $10,000 goal. he wants to provide a $1,000 scholarship for ten other camp inc youth. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. if you know someone doing something nice for others, we would love to hear from you. go to our website,

nbcbayarea.com and search bay area proud. much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, tough talk from angelina jolie, who she blasted on the visit to the united nations. plus -- >> we have about 200 miles of pipe that's over 100 years old. >> fresh drinking water provided by an aging system. we investigate a system costing california millions of gallons of water during this historic drought.

it is 7:30. we're taking a live look outside in san jose this morning. as the clouds move out, you can see the sun trying to break through. sun is shining over part of the bay bridge there. anthony slaughter, who happens

to be next to me now, says the sun will be out for most of us later today. >> it will be. in fact, i just saw from the images, in the south bay, more cloud cover. farther north, more blue sky. that's our clearing process. >> which isn't always the case. >> exactly. that's the cold front that moves through. cloud cover is hanging out across the south bay more than it is the north bay. clearing process is already under way. it will continue through the day. more sunshine headed our way this afternoon and then warmer weather is expected. monday we'll be in the 70s and 80s. showers and snowfall across the sierra continuing to make its way down toward southern california. we are clearing out. no rain across the bay area. we did have some very decent totals. you can find that on my twitter page. search weatherman slaughter and we'll talk all things weather and have you covered. near 70 in the north bay.

more sunshine this afternoon and warmer weather. >> you have a lot to get to. i feel like i should just give you the next half hour. >> no, no, no. >> anthony, thanks. >> yeah. our free nbc bay area app is a great roesource for weather ad breaking news. you can follow us twitter or instagram for the latest on weather and traffic. massive earthquake shook the capital of nepal. 7.9 magnitude struck past kathmandu. techls and towers. officials say it's the worst quake in the himalayan nation. the death toll continues to rise. currently reports of more than 600 people are dead. the quake was felt as far away as new delhi and other cities across india with reports of tremors lasting almost one minute. nepal media says an historic

tower collapsed trapping at least 50 people. now to the bay area. one of the most exclusive communities is struggling with the downside of airbnb rentals. in los altos homes are being rent odd ut to high school teens for parties. when police responded to a call, they say teens were running in the streets, climbing over neighbors' fences. neighbors tell us they saw those same partygoers driving drunk and urinating in the streets. those neighbors brought their concerns to the city. >> i mean, it wasn't the first time. this was the third weekend in a row that this house had become identified as a daily rental of an unoccupied house that you ought to throw a party at. >> the owner of that house told the neighbors that he will be taking the house off of air bnb.

the los altos city council will address this issue at its next meeting. support from a hollywood star. actress angelina jolie addressed the united nations in new york city, pleading with world leaders to help millions of syrian refugees. syria has been in the midst of a civil war nearly four years now. terror group isis is also trying to overrun the country. both conflicts have forced millions of syrians to flee their homes. swroely criticized the u.n. for not taking more action. >> the purpose of the u.n. is to prevent and end conflict, to bring countries together, to find diplomatic solutions and to save lives. we are failing to do this in syr syria. >> jolie, by the way, is a special envoy for the u.n. on refugee issues. she has made nearly a dozen trips to the syrian region in just recent years.

the beginning of volcanic eruption caught on camera. a hiker in chile who just happened to be filming the calbuco volcano when ash started spewing out of the top. it first erupted wednesday and then yesterday sending ash and toxic gas six miles into the air. 1500 people living in the foothills of the volcano had to be evacuated. much more ahead on "today in the bay." warriors have their brooms ready in new orleans. tonight's attempt of a sweep in the first round series.

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sweep and finish off the job. >> tonight's game tips off at 5:00. we wish them the best. to coors field in denver. giants facing the rockies. game tied in the top of the fifth. joe panik comes around to score. g men up 4-3. that wouldn't last long. answer with three runs in the six. that's what the score stayed as. colorado comes away with a 6-4 win. a's and the astros at the coliseum. straight to the 11th inning. game tied at 2 a piece. robby grossman smashed a base to left. houston would add one more. a's battled back. marcus simmeon cuts the lead to one. that's as close as the green and bo gold would get. a's lose 5-4. much more on "today in the bay," out to conserve water but

the aging water system. images from the sierra of some snow that's still falling. this is a live look from northstar you can see and also a peek at tahoe. snow still falling. up to 12 inches of snow expected by the end of the day. rain is making its way out of the bay. warmer weather headed our way, coming up.

across the radar, we have showers that are making their way out of the bay area. even snow still falling across areas of the sierra. i want to zoom in closer and see your doppler radar. green, yellows and oranges to our south. notice that rainfall. standing virtually dry skies across the bay area. cloud cover out there and a little drizzle across the south bay, through the tri-valley and coastal mountains. overall, highs today, very similar to where we were yesterday, low to mid 60s expected for our inland valleys and north bay. one of our warmest at 70

degrees. overall, can you see the general trend right now. cloud cover peninsula, south bay. head up into san francisco, north bay. we have pretty good conditions. you can see the blue sky out there and some of those clouds still moving out of the bay area. even the little rain droplets. rain and even snow. winter weather advisory in effect until 5:00 this evening for areas above 5,000 feet in the sierra. they're expecting 12" total. you see they've already got about 6" of snow from that picture i just showed you a few minutes ago and another additional six inches of snow by the end of the day. all the snow is expected to move out of here by 7:00 this evening. plenty of things happening across the bay area this weekend. in fact, you can can get out there and meet nbc bay area's janel wang and low 70s this afternoon. even in santana row tomorrow,

the dance week kicks off. it starts today. san jose dance group will be down there tomorrow during the day 10:00 to 3:00. get a gliches of some of those cool moves. of course, i'm a weather man. i'm not going to try to bust any of those moves. you can meet mike inouye at the cupertino cherry blossom festival. so many things happening across the bay area, the thing to note, comcast day today. you may see familiar faces across the bay area at some of these local events even across some of the south bay venues hosting the event today. cloud cover that's expected to move through as we head toward the middle part of this week. unfortunately for us, the system was organized last week and the computer models continue to paint a drier picture as this system moves in. you'll notice it falls apart as it makes its way to the coast line. more clouds expected and maybe a brief shower. as of right now it does not look like it will happen.

today, tomorrow, dry days continue. warmer weather by monday, tuesday and that system moves in tuesday night into wednesday. increased cloud cover by then. cooler temperatures. kind of a roller coaster ride. 60s today, 70s tomorrow. 80s monday. back in the 70s tuesday. you're just all over the place. they could really use more rain. >> nothing surprises me any more with this bay area weather. anthony, thanks. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay" coming up. investigating the aging water system failing us during our historic drought. good morning. i'm mike inouye. lots to do "today in the bay." comcast cares day. company spread throughout the country helping the community. cherry blossom, bridging communities between u.s. and japan. as a former international exchange student, this two-day food, culture and entertainment festival is a big fund-raiser for the exchange program.

live music, demos, food like sushi, teriyaki and shave ice. yeah. cherry blossom in silicon valley, one of the areas with roots in agriculture. farther north in petaluma we'll focus more on butter and eggs day. the annual festival we've been talking about. our own janel wang will be there with their parade and maybe even flip a chip for the cow chip toss, celebrating the great history in ag and being one of the country's premiere dairy reasons. it must be good because janel keeps going bok, bok -- never mind. time for our robot smackdown of science in berkeley put by the uc berkeley pioneers engineering group. college mentors help students from underserved but much deserved bay area high schools flex their stem skills to build and train with their robotics,

learning about team work and team play. we thank you for letting us be a part of getting you a head start every day on "today in the bay."

nearly 5,000 miles pipes are breaking a day and wasting millions of gallons of water all because of old age.

investigative reporter uncovers the aging pipes and all the water we're losing in this record drought. >> it's all because we're not replacing this aging infrastructure fast enough. take a look at this map. these markers show every broken water main last year, from san francisco to the east bay and then down to the south bay. more than 1,300 breaks in 2013 alone. and because of those breaks, tens of millions of gallons of water lost. >> emergency services. >> all day -- >> on hampton road. >> every day, all day, phones at east bay municipal utility district ring with his reports of water main breaks. danville to berkeley. >> meter on the sidewalk. >> open to all traffic. >> reporter: 4,200 miles of pipe in the east bay alone. >> thank you. >> reporter: more than 800

breaks last year. >> the oldest pipes date to the 1800s. >> reporter: serving as director of engineering and construction at east bay municipal utility district, a district that serves about 1.5 million people. >> our overall go is to make sure every time you go to your tap and turn on the faucet that clean water comes out, every single time. >> reporter: the pipes carrying this fresh water to customers are made with all types of materials, everything from cast iron to steel. polyvinyl chloride or pvc to ac or asbestos cement. as these pipes age they break at diven times in their life cycles. some of the oldest pipes in these systems are lasting longer than pipes involved in the 1950s and '60s. regardless of their type, all of the pipes are getting so old that the rate of these breaks and leaks is rising faster and faster every year. >> as the pipe gets older it will tend to leak more unless we

do something about it. >> east bay mud has as many as 25-member crews repairing leaks and other maintenance. six to 11 investigators whose only job is to find and uncover leaks. in addition, another seven teams do nothing but replace old pipelines. east bay mud is replacing ten miles of pipe a year up to seven. officials admit they need to be replacing 40 miles of pipeline a year just to keep up. >> it's going to take a huge effort. we certainly don't underestimate it. across the bay in san francisco, three leak detection crews do nothing but try to find leaks. then another eight repair crews work nonstop to fix the problem that the leak crews find. water main that these guys repaired when we followed them around dates back to 1883. but, believe it or not, 1883 is not the oldest pipe carrying water in san francisco.

take a look at this. this cast iron water main recently dug out of the ground after it broke was put in back in 1861, the year the civil war began. similar old pipe put in around the turn of the century and before as these pictures show, is still delivering fresh water to residents now in san francisco every day. >> we have about 200 miles of pipe that's over 1 hu00 years o >> katie miller oversees water distribution at san francisco's public utilities commission. >> streets with expensive property. it flows into basements, floods houses and cannot only be dangerous, but causes a lot of property damage. >> reporter: aging pipes are a problem in the south bay, too. since 2010, san jose water company, a much smaller operation than east bay mud and san francisco water has averaged 200 breaks a year. average age on the pipes in san

jose that break? more than 50 years old. >> it is something that we need to be paying attention to. >> jennifer stokes are doctors at cal berkeley. studying this very problem. >> if we go into it without a lot of planning we could find ourselves in a really tough situation in ten or 20, 30 years. >> stokes and hendrickson's research shows a clear economic benefit to spending that money on infrastructure repair now rather than later. >> system that is operate day-to-day are more expensive than if you end up paying this money earlier. >> communities like san francisco, parts of marin, parts of any area in the bay area are going to have very, very old water pipes. they're going to fail. >> congressman jared huffman represents marin county. he is proposing that congress spend more money to fix these problems now. >> we'll have to try to get

ahead of this. if we don't regularly update and modernize that infrastructure, you're going to see massive failures. >> reporter: worst case? some experts say some communities could be cut off from reliable, clean supplies of water for weeks, months or even years, depending on the breaks. and that they might have to treat their own water supply in their homes. >> what's the implications if we don't fix this? >> if we don't fix this, we're looking at a long time for recovery. >> reporter: how much will all this cost? water officials estimate just to catch up will cost about $1 billion over the next ten years. that would likely mean higher water bills and fees to pay for it all. if we don't do it, take a look at this map. all of these new markers show broken water pipes over the last four years. now imagine this map ten times worse than this. that's what experts say will happen if this problem is not fixed soon.

i'm steven stock, nbc bay area news. we'll introduce you to this little group.

welcome back. pets in need executive director is here with alano, who works at the shelter as well. and these little babies, anton, alfred, andrea. these are really sweet puppies. they need new home. >> they do. they've been with us about five weeks. they're probably two weeks away from having surgery, from being big enough to have surgery. we're looking for a foster family to maybe take them in for a couple of weeks until their ready. >> you mean being spayed and neutered?

>> right. >> they're little poodle mixes. >> poodles, right. this is probably twice the size they are now. they love sitting in laps and loving people. >> they are very sweet. and, like you said, they have a few more weeks before they can get spayed or neutered. if anyone is willing to foster one or all -- >> that would be great. >> -- that would be an incredible thing. also you wanted to talk about if anyone is just going to adopt any puppies, besides these, any cats, you have a special program at pets in need where spaying and neuter something free? >> part of the mission of the organization is to offer free spaying and neutering to the pets of any california resident. >> wow! >> anyone is interested there may be a cost that's an issue, give us a call. >> or send us to their website. petsinneed.org.

thank you for joining us. thank you for making us part of your morning. we'll have nor local news at 4:30, 8:00 and 11:00 and on nbcbayarea.com all day. have a great morning.

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