threshold. we're at a different place because they've been there, they've seen it. they've experienced it. >> house democratic leader nancy at the lows i doled out hugs decrying the new tax law but delving out questions about what children speaking out can mean for real change. >> these kids, they've done a historic -- they're doing an historic thing. they will make a big difrnferen and channeling their grief and sorrow and anger to save lives. god bless them for that. >> leader pelosi hopes the marches from hundreds in the maryland, d.c. area to dozens in al 3450ed a deliver a vote on the house floor. >> reporter: democrats have been trying to strengthen background checks and do away with the sort of ar-15 rifle used in florida for a long time now. speaker pelosi or leader pelosi told me she hopes the marches with kids compels house speaker paul ryan to take the measures

and bli them up for a vote on the house floor. reporting live from alameda, sam brock, nbc bay area news. >> sam, an emotional exchange at the white house. a listening session on gun violence and schools. a senior at the douglas stoneman high school whose text went viral. his best friend among one of those killed. >> i was reading that a person 20 years old walked into a store and bought in an ar-15 in five minutes with an expired i.d. how is it that easy to buy this type of weapons? how do we not stop this after columbine, after sandy hook. i'm sitting with a mother that lost her son. it's still happening. >> the mayor of parkland, florida, read messages from the parents of students killed in last week's shooting. they're asking for a ban on assault weapons. this just in, a fifth grade student in santa cruz has been

removed from school after he was planning to harm specific classmates. he attended bay view elementary school. police say the student began to act out in class and the teacher decided to evacuate the other students. the student barricaded himself inside the classroom. he was safely removed and the family of the student is cooperating with investigators. it's an uneasy milestone. exactly one year ago today thousands of san jose residents were flooded out of their homes wading through waste high water and rescued by boats. you see the footage here. this is after the coyote creek flooded. this is the rock spring neighborhood. san josey vently accused the water district of providing inaccurate information about the rising water. the agency said they want to look for solutions. the most obvious change, a vinyl aluminum wall that extend three feet above the creek bed. >> this is basically just keeping water within the creek

and send it downstream instead of into the low land area, the nor dell neighborhood. a public meeting on the changes and plans for coyote coyote creek will be held next tuesday night. nbc bay area's robert handa will join us at 4:00 a short time from now with details about the plans as well as reactions from the local residents. this year looks nothing like the record setting rainfall last year. but there is a chance of rain in our forecast soon. take a look at the live cameras. san francisco, san jose, beautiful clear day. that could change over night. chief meteorologist is tracking the potential for some rain. jeff? >> huge, huge contrast from this time last year. we need every raindrop we can get. parts of california going into a drought. san jose, only 4.77 inches since october 1st. that's when the water year starts. putting us over 5.5 inches behind. we're over 8-inch deficit in san francisco and down 12 inches in santa rosa. in terms of the next rain

chance, not a big storm system, but it will help to increase the wind. the best chance around 9:30 here in the north bay. then eventually, a little scattered activity moving into san francisco and the east bay. again, the big change tomorrow will be that rain chance returning and increasing wind. but we're also tracking a few more disturbances on the way. we'll play it out in the seven-day forecast in 15 minutes. >> jeff, see you shortly. yesterday, we talked about the local vineyards, how the weather is impacting the grapes and also our backyard fruit trees. nbc bay area's marianne favro has a closer look. >> our recent chilly temperatures can have a negative impact on trees like this one. it's not just citrus trees vulnerable. our upcoming rains may also have an impact on other types of trees. hoping your avocado tree will provide you with lots of guacamole this summer?

with many trees blooming early after a streak of warm weather and rains on the way, you may be a few avocados short. >> when you get the rains and they're flowering and washing the pollen off, you may not get as much fruit as you normally would. >> record temperatures are hurting some citrus trees also. >> when you have multiple days where it's cold for several days, then you'll start to get it back in the tree and damage to the weeds and the fruit also will start to split. the yellow is a clairosis. >> certified arborist says you cover vulnerable trees are plastic to protect them from freezing temperatures. tomorrow keys says his grapefruit tree is too big to cover. he's not expecting the best fruit this season. >> the problem with the frost, it will turn the insides to mush. then they're no good. >> but experts say, with the right protection, you can still have enough lemons to make

lemonade. >> reporter: arborist said if you are expecting freezing temperatures overnight, it's very important that you get in there and water your citrus trees because dry soil freezes much faster than moist soil. reporting live in los gatos, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. a developing story out of yosemite. there's a missing hiker from oakland. they tweeted out photos of this man, he was last seen saturday at the entrance to the area. he is an experienced hiker, but may have gotten injured or overcome by the chilly temperatures. crews on the ground and in the air are taking part in the search for him. going high tech to solve a crime that's getting out of hand. all those car break-ins in san francisco. today, district attorney george gascon addressed the issue saying the city is launching a new tip line. people can call or e-mail the crime unit with any tips that

help lead to arrests. >> we want you to report any activity that you see. we want you to, if you have photographs, if you have descriptions of people that you can give us that information so that we can share with the police. this is not a replacement for a police report. >> at one point the average more than 50 break-ins a day across the city. gascon discussed a program where people can register surveillance cameras to be used to help investigators. now to pyeongchang. a live look at the olympic caldron where we're coming down to the final stretch of the winter games. the u.s. raked in the most medals since the olympics began. four medals in one day. that brings our count to 16. which with four more days of competition. among those earning a medal, emotional lindsey vonn is most

likely competing in her last olympics. jinah kim is here with more. a hockey jersey. big matchup, team usa and canada. women's hockey going for gold. >> that's right, janelle. you nailed it. i'm dressing for the owe case. oh, yeah. today and maybe even tomorrow. but you know, we can't do really any less than silver potentially, gold in the hockey matchup. all the medals you mentioned were won by women. this olympics has the most competitions for women in olympic history. the women are really bringing it home. medal number one of the day came from lindsey vonn who skied her way to bronze in her final alpine downhill. >> i gave it everything i had. i've worked so hard. especially the last eight years. >> medals 2, 3 and 4 came at once. bronze in the women's long track team pursuit. >> it's going to be close. across the line. u.s. wins. >> the first speed skating medal

for u.s. ladies in 16 years. >> silver in women's bobsled by elan a myelainna meyers taylor . >> the first cross-country ski. >> i wanted to lay down the race of my life to make it possible. >> in figure skating, the three american women struggled in the program. ending in 9, 10 and 11th place heading into the sfrfree skate medal competition. >> the u.s. men's ice hockey team was eliminated after a quarterfinal game against the czech republic that went into overtime and shootout rounds. >> and in curling, american men defeated great britain to advance to the semifinals. >> our chances for a medal are great tonight. we have lindsey vonn coming up again, mikaela shiffrin, jamie

anderson. big names and potentially a sweep in the u.s. men's ski halfpipe. back to you, janelle. >> we have more on that. thanks so much, jinah. >> team usa is hoping to add to medal count. you can watch it here. like she mentioned, men's free half piem begins at 6:30 p.m. and team usa could sweep the paid yum. we have four americans in the event. he took gold in sochi. mikaela shiffrin and lindsey vonn face off in the slopes. that starts at 6:30 also. you can check out the three to watch section on nbcbayarea.com. we update it daily with the top three must-see events during our live olympics coverage. still to come at 3:00, how is your iphone? a lot of frustration with apple's slow down problem and frustration with the fix. we'll show you what's going on. breaking down san francisco's ever changing skyline. what a new animation revealed about downtown construction over

the past 100 years. after a few showers this morning, sun is back out in san francisco. currently, 55. but i'm tracking another chance of rain tomorrow and increasing wind. my forecast in seven minutes. who are these people?

the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. apple promised to replace batteries on older phones a simple fix that's becoming complicated for iphone users.

apple promised to replace batteries on older phones for a cheap price. it's taking longer than expected. >> scott budman joins us with the latest. scott, what's happening here? >> reporter: well, raj, some users are telling us after they get to the store, it's taking longer than expected to get their batteries replaced. they're frustrated and worried because the alternative, buying a new phone is much more expensive. >> apple stores are fast moving places but some iphone owners say the company is moving too slowly when it comes to replacing batteries. >> i got an iphone 7. >> it was an hour. >> apple, you may remember, offered to replace iphone batteries for $29 each after admitting it was slowing older iphones down to improve performance. >> i barely use my phone and it's at 69%. it's only 11:00. >> a random sampling shows some

apple users complaining of long waits. some had to return the batteries more than once. >> it's better, but it's pretty slow still. it turns off randomly. >> even the new battery? >> yes. >> reporter: this says a tech watcher leaves some long time apple fans with a tough and pricey choice. >> if i change my battery on the iphone today, that's fine if i'm having not to have -- i'm happy not to have -- or whatever else might be that technology that is not there. >> reporter: we reached out to apple to comment. the company admits it may take a while to replace your battery. it also says some models may thaek longer than others. scott budman, bay area news. more drama within the san francisco fire department stemming from the story we broke about sexual harassment allegations. eight commanders are reassigned and suing the city now.

a female firefighter says she was tormented at the fire station for months in china town. she said someone urinated near her bed and put feces in her bed. they allege the firefighter who complained was given special treatment because she had an affair with the chief. hall of fame baseball player, orlando is he paid a, he remains in a hospital. as we reported on monday night, the 80-year-old sped a was rushed to a hospital after collapsing in a parking lot of a fairfield golf course where he lives. the giants releasing a statement saying he suffered a cardiac incident and remains in critical condition. the statement adds, that his family is asking for privacy during this time. known as the baby bull, he won the 1958 rookie of the year at 20 years old. that was also the first year that the giants played in san

francisco. >> we wish him the best. a skyline nearly 130 years in the making. a california real estate company recently put together a 3d animation showing how much downtown san francisco has changed since 1890. commercial cafe's animation starts with the first sky sclaper shall the chronicle building and then you can see the historical buildings pop up. like the call building which no longer exists and the pacific telephone building and things pick up in the 1960s and '70s including the transamerica pyramid. it ends with the latest skyscraper, the sales force tower. commercial cafe broke down construction by decades. all the buildings in yellow in this area, were built before 1960. from there, they're color-coded by decade. the dark blue buildings like in this area are the ones built after the year 2000. raj? pretty cool to see. back to pyeongchang now. the last few days will be exciting. for a local bobsledding couple,

the winter olympics are a family affair. garvin thomas joins us now from south korea. >> reporter: hello again from pyeongchang, south korea. we're at the sliding center which saw a thrilling finish to the two man women bobsled. elana meyers taylor getting a silver medal. her third. she's married to nick taylor from hayward. not only is he her husband, he's an alternate on the men's bobsled team. we asked him what it is like to be both an athlete and a spouse at the winter games? >> it's been unique. so last night we were standing -- the blades at the bottom of your sled until 4:00 a.m. and had to get up 7:00 a.m. for my training. it's been unique but getting it done. >> you having fun? >> so much fun. >> are you having fun? >> oh, my gosh. time of my life. >> bobsled is not finished at these games and there are so

many events left. tune in to nbc bay area news tonight after olympic coverage. we'll get you up to speed on everything that happened and how your northern california athletes fared. for now, back to you. >> you having fun? everyone is having fun. follow garvin's coverage online. he is tweeting and facebooking. you can show some photos from the finish line of the bobsled final heat. follow us on twitter. our handle @nbc bay area. jeff ranieri is having fun tracking the action on the radar. >> we have a little bit of showers developing in the santa cruz mountains right now, which we're continue to track. that's after some of the cold rainfall we had this morning and a little bit of low snow throughout parts of the bay area. into the microclimate forecast, we have some cloud cover here across the santa clara valley. overall, a nice afternoon. 58. for a good section of the south bay, it's sunny. for some of you against the east foothills, we are looking at more of a partly cloudy sky.

notice the temperatures will be dropping down to the 40s once we hit 8:00. another cold night on tap. in the south bay, i don't think we'll dip below the freezing mark. that's some of the good news. as we get you into the radar picture, showers approaching santa cruz. we think this moderate activity would continue to the south impacting near the beaches heading through 3:39 for tonight. i want to take us into our forecast 4ediheading into tomor. sunshine and clouds mixed in. it will be a cool start. you still need the jacket. the early chill in the t tri-valley at 38. we'll be watching for showers to move close by here to san francisco and also the north bay. it's another disturbance in the atmosphere that, again, could fire off activity as we head throughout your thursday. so let's go ahead and get you the timeline on this. by 9:30 in the morning, we'll see showers approaching santa

rosa. point reyes. also close to san francisco. it's likely around 1:00 in the afternoon, we see the showers move quickly to the south bay with maybe even low snow for mt. ma'am i will ton. it's a scattered rainfall situation for thursday's forecast. keep the umbrella handy and the light jacket. we'll dry out once we hit 7:30 at night. the microclimate forecast throughout tomorrow. temperatures really not going to budge a lot. this will put us at 56 in san jose. also notice the winds as we head through your microclimate. it's going to be gusty. these are sustained winds west at 20. we could see gusts maybe up to 30 miles per hour. winds will be around 17 miles per hour here in the east bay with mid to upper 50s. right near the peninsula, 52 in san mateo. 55 in palo alto. san francisco, 51 in the outer sunset and 50 for the embarcadero. throughout the north bay, plenty of mid-50s through tomorrow's forecast. on my extended, we'll see things dry out. as you can see on friday and saturday, hold on.

another chance of rain late sunday night into monday. close to a half inch possible. then another second chance of rainfall as we head throughout wednesday with another quarter inch possible. overall, cool over the next seven days and good rain chances coming our way. tomorrow, it's not too big of a deal. it's just the wind kicking up. a super annoying force right now. >> it's sunny and chilly. great weather actually. thanks, jeff. you might not be able to bring your purse to the movie theater any longer. a san franci

native american w/ a missionary could soon be removed. critics have said the statue is a symbol of opression. just minutes ago -- a city committee voted to remove it.

now it goes to a final vote the city arts commissiion. the symbol of oppression. minutes ago, a committee voted to remove it. now it goes to the final vote in the arts commission. on our twitter feed, a rough day on the market. the dow turns negative after being up as many as 300 points. we're back in a moment. the "cin

banning big bags and purses. with theaters from vallejo to san jose, cinemark has a strong bay area presence. movie fans, be warned. the cinemark theater is banning big purses.

nef a strong bay area presence. it's starting the policy tomorrow for safety and security reasons. bags can't be larger than 12 by 12 inches unless it's a diaper or medical bag. >> i guess it is necessary. you can have a lot of things in the bag. especially big ones. >> since 2015, the regal theater chain had a policy of inspecting bags. a damper on one of the most popular spots in yosemite. the fire fall, the fiery glow the sun creates when it hits the horse trail waterfall, this is how it looked last winter. you can see that glow. it looks beautiful. the sun creates it when it hits the falling water. this year, fire fall is less dramatic. a lack of rain made the fall a small trickle. you can still see the glow but not as good as last year. san francisco is getting into the swing of things. the group swing bomb installed them. some are in the middle of the city. you have to follow them on

social media to track down locations. >> it's been great. i notice that people have been slipping away from the office and coming down and swinging and thinking. they come back really creative. >> that's nice. the swing installers say the swings are a gift to the city. >> if you see a swing, you've got to jump on it. >> i know. so much fun. back in a moment. we'll show you the transformation at at&t park. stay with us. at&t has a network with thousands of best-in-class security experts. which means... more of the eye balls you want watching the network... & less of the ones you don't... more experts preventing security issues & less security threats impacting our customers. more of a highly secure network with more security products available for further protection & less per month than comcast for business internet.

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turns into a carjacking. tonight at 4:00, a test drive in the east bay turns into a carjacking. take a look. we have video here. the carjackers actually get into a crash while trying to escape police. pretty violent crash there. the latest on the search for the suspects coming up on our 4:00 newscast. getting ready for baseball season, crews at at&t park are working to put grass back on the field. we captured this time lapse video on our exclusive ballpark camera. the giants home opener is april 3rd against the seattle mariners. baseball season around the corner. before we leave, jeff ranieri has a look outside. there's rain in the santa cruz area? >> there was a few showers on the seven-day forecast. we have a couple more chances on the way. the best chances over the next seven days, next monday and also

next wednesday you guys. keep the umbrella handy. >> good baseball weather. >> yeah. >> thanks for joining us. we'll see you again at 4:00. >> bye. lester holt is next. tonight, demanding actions. students, parents and teachers taking an emotional message straight to the president. >> my daughter has no voice. she was murdered last week. and she was taken from us. >> while all across the country, thousands of students walking out of schools to rally for tougher gun laws. >> survivors of the florida school shooting leading a charge for change. remembering america's pastor, tributes pouring in for reverend billy graham. the evangelical leader of enormous influence who prayed beside 12 presidents, gone at 99. under siege in syria, children pleading for help. >> chire