trump and clinton win big--- as what the rests mean for aunch. georforging ahead in the rao the oval office. clinton and trump win as expected. dozens of people fall ill, the highly contagious virus surfacing among students. right now, a rain drop-free golden gate bridge. today in the bay starts right now! we are in the middle of your week. good wednesday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's see how we're faring. good morning. >> is it really just wednesday?

>> we will have dry conditions for most of the bay area today. we're also watching patchy dense fog developing, temperatures in low to mid-50s, 60s in san francisco and strength in the north bay and peninsula. i will talk more about what to expect with wet weather in the next few days. let's see how it looks from emoryville across the bay bridge. here's mike. >> low clouds hovering around the deck. fog may be an issue as it tracks around. so far, easy drive across the bay. speed sensors not an issue either. we have typical traffic over the maze. and 4th and howard, watch the area. and all lanes open. back to you. thanks, a race to the finish. headquartered and donald trump

snag the most states on super tuesday. it's a long way ahead in the presidential race. >> the smoke starts to clear, chris, what can you tell us? >> i can tell you i'm tired because i can't stop watching all this unfold before my eyes. while the two candidates who enjoyed resounding victories, the candidates who came in second and third and fourth and fifth are still saying it is not over. democrat, hillary clinton won 7 of 11 states. senator, bernie sanders took four. clinton has 979 delegates, 41% of the number she needs to clench the nomination. she's getting closer there. the republicans, donald trump won 7 of 11 states, ted cruz did pick up his home state plus oklahoma and two other states. marco rubio only won minnesota. john kasich and ben carson could not claim victory in any state.

trump celebrated his victory in his florida home where marco b rubio lives promises to be a unifier who can defeat hillary clinton in the general election. clinton is setting her sites on november and donald trump. >> instead of building walls, we're going to break down barri barriers. >> once we get all of this finished, i'm going after one person, that's hillary clinton. >> apparently this is not only energizing me to stay up past my best time, energizing voters. there was record turnout in all but one state yesterday. stephanie and i will be doing team coverage on this one with analysis in a little bit and we will digest them for you. >> that's a very good thing. >> hope you're hungry. >> may need antacid to go with

it. you can always go to nbcbayarea.com or download our latest app for the latest super tuesday results. a train carrying hazardous materials derails in a small upstate new york town. happened last night near the town of ripley an hour south of buffalo. one car is leak ethanol right now. homeowners within a thousand feet are on vehiclevacuation or. others are told to stay in place. during yesterday's session, an inmate took the stand. his cell is located near the one holding michael james tyree, who died last summer. that inmate testified that the defendant entered tyree's cell and moments later heard tyree

screaming for help before the cellblock went silent. >> his sister testified to him as a kind man who suffered from mental illness. >> michael tyree, he was a kind man and loved and he mattered. it doesn't matter what they testify to, nothing changes that. >> and testifying to being beaten by the same three guards on the night tyree died. if convicted, they could face life in prison. health officials at uc berkeley urging students to stay home if they are sick after several students came down with the norovirus. this is a photo of one of the flyers being plastered around cal's campus. so far, 29 people in total have fallen ill. showing symptoms of the norovirus is also known as the winter vomiting disease. three people have been confirmed to have the norovirus. you could have left that last

part out. it's a little earlier. for the forecast we need a good stiff wind to blow things clear out here. >> my allergies have been so bad we're still looking for rain. this is tracking showers but won't be for most of the day, we'll have dry weather and then showers developing this evening for parts of the north bay, while the rest of the bay area sees cloud cover. looks like it could be heavy at times tomorrow and impacting the morning commute as we head to thursday morning. a look at the microclimates temperature is in 60s and 70s today. more on that coming up and we look ahead to a soggy weekend in less than 10 minutes. let's see what's happening on the roadways. >> up to san rafael, we have smooth traffic and moisture in

the air. the speeds are fine in san rafael. and low clouds touching the tops of the towers in san francisco, that central subway project contin continues. in fremont, continues as you're crossesing crossesing -- crossing reroutes. >> coming up next. >> how would you describe your experience there? >> dreadful. a lot of things gone on behind closed doors. >> we investigate abuse inside bay area group homes and ask the state how they plan to protect the most vulnerable children. now to an investigative unitexu=

children suffering through p children suffering through physical abuse and sexual abuse, even a lack of food. >> the irony is these are children already victims of abuse and neglect and pulled from their families and relocated to government funded families for protection and re-victimized all over again. >> we spent the last three months covering the story. >> good morning. it's happening at modern day orphanages put together by the government. we got reports of children beaten and drugged as a form of discipline. there are 166 across the bay area that can have 4 to 100

children. over the past eight years there have been 815 violations at bay area group homes that pose an immediate risk to children according to the california department of children services. they can act immediately to force change when children are in danger, the process to shut down a poorly performing group home can take a while which means kids and teens will continue living in a facility cited for posing an immediate risk to children. the new law aims to limit them by 2021 and means they will have to recruit a lot more foster families willing to take in the children and doing a better job tofind -- relatives of those kids who might be willing to open up their home. orld 340days in space - astrona

4:41. he's back after being out of the world. 340 days in space. astronaut mark kelly!

ings april showers bring mayflower, typically how the y saying goes. >> this is march. >> in like a lion, out like a

lamb. i think we will see that the next couple of weeks. >> go fly a kite! >> as we take a live look at san jose, it is nice and clear. we don't see the dense fog here but we are seeing it in parts of the bay area, like the north bay and dense fog moving in. temperatures in the low to mid 50s. 50s in san jose and livermore at 48 degrees and concord, 53 degrees. as we go hour by hour in san francisco we will still have clouds throughout most of the morning, low clouds hanging around throughout the day to keep the temperatures down. the bottom of the screen, after today, rain pretty much everyday for seven days, a couple breaks here and there. a total washout. we are expecting heavy downpo downpours. in san jose, we're up to 71 degrees and 64 degrees in san

mateo. 64 degrees. we're bringing temperatures back down thank to the cloud cover. soon, we will see rain moving into the north bay later tonight. it will be fairly dry as we go through today. we're getting ready for a change in that pattern that brings scattered showers starting in the north bay saturday night. by friday we also have scattered rain moving in and then the heavy stuff for the weekend, as the storm door swings wide open. we'll have gusty winds potentially up to 50 miles an hour and very heavy rain late saturday night to early sunday morning. on the backside of that, still some scattered showers as that low pressure moves off to the east. rainfall potential looks crazy over the next several days. at least 2-3 inches, maybe 3 1/2 inches in spots that get even more rainham.

potential of flooding, wind damage and power outages. we will have possibility of thunderstorms late saturday night and temperatures coming back down. and only highs in the 50s in the north bay sunday and 60s elsewhere. now, what's happening on the roadw roadways. >> i said the construction will clear up at 5:00, actually 6:00. you can see this construction on highway 84, and 880, getting over to the dunbarton bridge is a concern. take padre that will go over 84 and you can get to the dunbarton bridge. that is a concern for some folks heading across to east pay loe aw ail toe -- pay low alto.

you can't see anything on the north sized of the bridge. >> thank you very much. >> are you on the list of the richest of the richest, you have a reason to smile? >> we're probably not on the list. for the rest of us, we go to landon, who has very rich smile. good morning, landon. >> good morning. i kept looking and looking and could not find my name on the list anywhere. >> you have to read the fine print. >> a check of the markets. they will start extending their wing ways today after stocks roared in like a lion, the best day in more than a month on solid economic news and rise in oil prices. and numbers on private sector hiring and the job reports and the inside up 132 to 4690. it is the best day since last august. meanwhile, facebook ceo, mark

duri zuckerberg jumps 10 spots on the list of the world's richest people to number 6, his net worth rising about 1$11 billion in the past 12 months to an estimated 44.6 billion. there are 1800 billionaires but mr. gates keeps the top spot. the number 1 for 17 of the past 22 years. at&t is launching options for director tv this fall for millennials and cord cutters, they work with any device at&t arranges to host the app. directtv for people who want to watch on their smartphone and preview, a little snack contented for free, no details on pricing yet. at&t says it will be cheaper than current direct tornado watch bundles but you won't have access to premium features. >> streaming, still the name of the game. thank you very much. 4:49 right now. if absence makes the heart grow fo fonder, no one could have any

more fondness for planet earth than astronaut scott kelly. the astronaut carried him and two astronauts from kaz zyrgyzk. this is the longest an american has been in space. his identical twin brother, mark actually retired five years ago. >> imagine the first night in your own bed, is that going to be sweet. the push of a button. launching an app that files a police report and send in tips with alerts. you can also receive crime and e-mail updates. in an emergency the old-fashioned way still rules. to help a 4-legged friend in need. >> this is charlie a puppy.

yesterday, struck by a light rail train along with his owner, a homeless man. the owner is okay but charlie suffered injuries and they're trying to raise money for the vet bill. >> we all have dogs and know how that relationship is binding. we decided what if it was us and we were homeless, we would want somebody to help us out. >> you can help out and the department set up a go fund me page and of last night, 8,0$8,0 >> a decision is made to keep an east bay gun range. why, despite dangers and for how long? around the nation, super tuesday spin coming in, crun crunching the results, live coverage shortly. did donald trump cement his

front-runner status yesterday? looking like it. literally thousands of our facebook friends like this story, a new honor for comedians for any driving through the ma-- b

. major changes in the forecast coming up right now. >> we will get a lot of rain. >> rain in the sierra. we will get a lot of that. they went out yesterday and have the measurements of 83% of normal as far as our snowfall tot totals. we needed to be at 150% to try to put a dent in the drought. it looks like we will have quite a bit of snow in the forecast as we go, at least to the next week

or so. we're hoping for a march miracle here. we're looking at the possibility of about 2 feet of snow in southlake tahoe between now and next wednesday morning. we keep an eye on that and now looking at the bay bridge with mike. >> getting down here below the low clouds, cutting off the tower but we can't see the drive. you look at your map, you will see the same thing on our speed sens sensors. the bay bridge at night, reports of a fender in the roadway, watch for debris to be cleared and maybe slowing to get it out of the area. back to you. thank you so much. a winter that started out so promising fizzling, hopefully a wet march can bail us out of the drought. according to our latest numbers, snow pack is not living up to

its representation. it needs to be 150% of normal to end our record drought. as kari was telling us, we will get a lot of snow up there. she's really watching the radar. >> a follow-up, san francisco supervisors giving the thumbs down to proposed new dog regulati regulations. the national park service is looking to limit the on and off leash dog access in places like ocean beach, lands end and other areas. it would cut about 45% of space allocated at ocean beach where dogs are now allowed. supervisors announced their opposition in part because it would force more dog owners to use city parks. the open comment on those rules ends in may. new details on the fate of a gun range. after-hours of debate the district park voted anonymously

to give the range a year to shut down operations. hundreds turned out ins for to fight the eviction notice last night. the range has an impeccable safety records but struggling to come up with money to pay with new state environmental regulations. >> they have really provided important service for 53 years and we have 53 years of lead in this soil has to be addressed. >> it could cost $20 million just to clean up that park. >> counting delegates. at this point, it's just about the math after super tuesday. presidential front runners, donald trump and hillary clinton adding to their stack of chips. but other candidates showing signs of life. several students test positive for a high ll lly conts virus.

jilt bob tease laura/ . it was a wild super tuesday and we will tell you who's dropping out or not coming up. outbreak of a highly contagious illness, that story coming up. bring on the rain. skies have cleared near the golden gate bridge. here comes the wet weather. a timeline when the wed weath--

weather will come in the bay. >> good morning. >> definitely confirmed this morning, rain, snow and mayhem in the works for the weeks moving forward. kari hall is moving with your forecast. not mayhem, but more rain. >> we need the rain and the snow the next several days and continues for a span of the weekend into next week. now, temperatures in the low to mid 50s as you head out. as that clears out today we will have a mix of sun and clouds and evening showers for the north bay and possibly san francisco. i will talk more about that. i can see the fog is getting thicker in the north bay. how are the roads looking? >> we use these visual cues to see