good saturday morning. it is 7:00 on the dot. a live look outside. which communications hill overlooking pink skies on a very chilly morning. thanks so much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana has a look at our microclimate forecast and hope you're warm inside right now. we had to crank up the defroster in our car. >> we did.

you know what? it's going to be kind of the start of the frosty mornings, every morning you wake up, probably need to turn it on. especially the next couple days. look how beautiful the shot of downtown san jose looks. the tree beautifully lit up and temperatures now in san jose, 42 degrees. at least it's not windy. we're not getting the windchill factor but it's still pretty cold outside and over the next couple of hours notice an increase in temperatures. not by much. look at temperatures in the north bay. talking 30s on the map this morning. 34 degrees in santa rosa and 38 in napa and in through palo alto, portions of the peninsula dropping into chilly 30s. expecting mostly clear skies and afternoon temperatures creep up into the upper 50s, low 60s, but at least tracking a lot of sunshine. we are expecting these dry conditions to remain all day, but we do have changes on the way that may affect how your weekend ends up. so i'll have details on that. in about 15 minutes.

>> a good tease. see you in 15. thank you. and the list is getting longer. more priests have been accused of sexual abuse. ak sue casians dating back to the 1940s and reach across california and other western states. 80 of the priestses were assigned in the bay area but not necessarily accused during their time here. that includes 15 priests who worked at bellarmine college prep in san jose. 14 of the priests worked at saint ignatius in san francisco. just yesterday a message was sent to the community to make them aware of the priests names. nearly half of the 80 priests spent bim at alma college, a seminary the los gatos foothills that moved to berkeley in 1979. of the living, seven live at the sacred heard in los gatos. "inconceivable someone entrusted

with pat tore castoral care of could be capable of this. it is a legacy we cannot ignore." it is a small percentage of the priests but will release more names if more cases are identified. our investigative unit has been looking into this nor monfor mo. if you want to learn more, go to our website and click on the investigative tab. we showed you this video earlier in the week. rocks thrown into traffic on 680 in san jose and shattering wi windshiel windshields. another man says a similar scary scenario happened to him. "today in the bay" has more on what police are now looking for. >> reporter: this man says several rocks were thrown at his car as he approached this road off ramp saying he's lucky they went underneath it. [ speaking spanish ] about five rocks rolled under his honda

when he ran them over he was worried they would damage his car. he managed to look back to see who threw the rocks. >> [ speaking spanish ]. >> reporter: he saw five people near an embankmented beside the off ramp. video shot with a dashcam owned by this resident at about the same place and around the same time. sunday afternoon. you can see two rocks hurled at her car. one smashes her windshield. these are photos of the damage. >> my face, my body is just full of glass. >> reporter: one rock nearly went through the driver's side of her window. when you slow down and zoom in on her dashcam video you can see one person with a white sweatshet stasweat sweatshirt standing just behind the railing. one neighbor tells me he's heard about the rock-throwing incidents and plans on avoiding that yaf ramp on his way home. >> unfortunate we have to change our patterns but i'd rather change my pattern for a few days until they figure it out than have something happen to me or

my family. >> reporter: reporting for nbc bay area news. now to a violent robbery in san francisco during this busy holiday shopping season. last night sfpd released this surveillance photo of the man they're looking for who tackled another man in front of the westfield mall on stock market street jumarket -- and stole that man's iphone. the victim knocked unconscious but is expected to be okay. in sonoma county, search is on for this cyclist accused of head butting an elderly woman and pushing her to the ground. investigators are hoping this blurry picture helps them find him. do you recognize him? the attack happened just after 11:00 yesterday morning in kenwood right outside of placa park. witnesses say they have seen him ride through that area before. thousands of people poured on to telegraph avenue for the return of first fridays. the street festival attracts

artists, foodies and people from all walks of life. organizers, you may recall had to cancel this last month when a shooting injured several people in downtown oakland after the october event. a cancellation vendors say hurt their bottom line and felt unfair. >> kind of unwarranted because the incident didn't take police in th -- place in this area at all. >> reporter: last night police were visible and a new street team joined the crowd downtown after closing. the goal, to prevent violence from erupting and threatening the future of first fridays in oakland. prosecutors are recommending substantial prison time for president trump's former lawyer michael cohen. federal prosecutors asked the judge to sent ins cohen to prison for eight felonies including paying adult film star stormy daniels hush money and evading taxes. cohen's attorneys argued for leniency because of his cooperation with robert mueller's investigation. president trump, meanwhile,

tweeted yesterday's legal filings clear him of any wrongdoing, but some former high-level officials say the president is feeling threatened. >> i think mr. trump is seeing more and more of the walls closing in on him, which is why he is becoming increasingly desperate. >> reporter: former fbi director james comey also questioned by house republicans an hillary clinton's e-mails. at 7:07, much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, a local election just too close to call. the unusual way one county just broke the tie making history. also -- ♪ take me to another place >> backlash over a new video. how much it cost, and where they got that money. you know when you're at ross

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is rising. clear out there but chilly. vianey arana easy enjoy this clear and sunny day, because the rain is making its return soon. it's an unusual tie breaker, winning an election with the roll of a dice. it happened in contra costa county where they needed to shake things up to declare the race. the winner of a small race in a small district. this league method. >> reporter: ground rules of set and the two candidates square off around the table at the elections office in martinez. the candidates roll the dice. >> we could have drawn cards. we could have flipped a coin, played rock, paper scissors. >> reporter: any of those games could have been used to break the tie the two men were in to win a seat on the byron bethany irrigation district board. they each had 51 votes. >> like i said, the code is

vague. it just says that a tie will be broken by lot. >> reporter: that is short for lottery. not written in the charter here in contra costa county, rules for a voter runoff in the case of a tie. election officials say a runoff would have slowed things down. >> we could not have held the election for six weeks. >> reporter: not to mention the cost. >> they would have to campaign again and it would be costly for them. >> reporter: instead the candidates rolled the dice with numbers on it. 1 to 20. three separate times. the scores added up. now, remember -- the two were trying to break a tie of 51 votes. lair eenos wos the score of -- i'm not kidding -- 51 points. >> interesting. probably should go by a lottery ticket. >> reporter: reporting for nbc news.

and headed to the polls this midterm election, more than ever in decades. 64% of registered voters cast ballots. highest since 1982 when turnout topped 69%. yesterday, by the way, was the deadline for counties to finish counting ballots. at 7:12, much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, this challenge cost tens of thousands to produce, and one local police department is defending the money they spent on the video. >> we'll see. right now san francisco, look how beautiful the sunrise is. beautiful colors in the sky. we also have chilly temperatures. i'm tracking that plus a look ahead of when our next storm system is expected to make its arrival, coming up in a bit. stay with us. - [cell phone beeps] - stop! don't be on your phone. let someone else take the wheel. make a little eye contact. make a plan. it's a busy world out there. we're all in it together. go safely, california.

rush to work, grab a drink, hurry home. - [cell phone beeps] - stop! don't be on your phone. let someone else take the wheel. make a little eye contact. make a plan. it's a busy world out there. we're all in it together. go safely, california. welcome back. it's 7:14 on your saturday morning pap beautif morning. a beautiful look, sun shining over palo alto this morning. clear skies heading into a dry

day. vianey arana says enjoy it why it lasts. rain is on the way. ♪ you've probably seen the videos pop up on your facebook and local feeds. local police departments and police officers lip-synching to a popular song. more than 77,000 watched this video from the concord police department. now critics are saying the views are too pricey when you consider the video's $34,000 price tag. "today in the bay" melissa colorado take as look. ♪ >> reporter: not often someone asks the workers and volunteers of this nonprofit family resource center in concord to be backup dancers in a video. but there's they are. shimmying along with concord police officers and lip-synching in spanish to enrique's song.

>> to send the message of hope and camaraderie and respect, that takes a lot of work. >> reporter: and a lot of money. concord police tell us the fees for the video crew and officers' time totaled $34,000. >> oh, my goodness. >> more than i thought, but it is professionally done. >> reporter: where did that money come from? >> drug dealers. essentially drug dealers paid for this video. >> reporter: the captain says they cannot uses it to hire extra officers or give themselves raises or bonus. normally the department uses the funds to pay for equipment, and community engagement. >> we spend five times that amount of money buying assault rifles and nobody said a word. >> how about for the community, like, toys for tots or something. >> reporter: that was melissa colorado reporting. concord police tell us they have ten open positions in their department, and are hoping to recoup bilingual millennials and hope the video motivates

applicants to apply. and a san jose police officer caught on camera going above and beyond the call of duty. this is alfonso rodriguez. he helped a 91-year-old man rake up a pile of leaves caked on the front of the street in front of his home. he's embarrassed. says he doesn't like being in the limelight. op wednesday he got an award for helping to save a life. he didn't go to the ceremony because he's not a fan of the attention. >> it's the way i was raised. coming from san jose, raised on the east side, it's what i do. i enjoy doing it. >> reporter: the officer is retiring this month after 28 years on the force. his co-workers hope younger officers will learn from the example he's set. ah! so nice to see. >> a great, great story. vianey is here with a look at the weekend forecast. >> you saw the leaves there fall falling. officially it's getting cold

outside. what we're seeing right now is thanks to the lack of cloud cover. the colder temperatures feel this way, because we don't have those clouds to kind of trap the heat. so current temperatures, as you head out the door, chilly. bundle up, please, don't forget the coat. the look at downtown san jose. 42 degrees now. wind speeds calm, and what it looks like over at the beautiful skyline of san francisco. nice color hues there. 49 degrees. and we've got a ridge of high pressure. that will keep us nice and dry and sunny into the saturday afternoon forecast. you can expect to see a little bit of a warm-up. first, look at santa rosa. 34 degrees. napa, 38 degrees down to the south bay. 42 degrees for san jose. thisellite radar looks like now. not a lot of activity now but a weak system approaching with a cold front bringing chances of seeing a little showers late sunday night. we do have our storm ranger actively scanning. once the system moves in, it

will track the rain coming in. talk about the timeline for the rain. if you're concerned it may affect your sunday plans. good news. it isn't expected to make arrival until late sunday night. 7:30, a line of showers in through far northern california, through ukiah and santa rosa. portions of napa might get showers and late, i mean, 10:00, 11:00, probably while you're sleeping, you'll see the line of showers push down. however, that line of showers will affect your monday morning commute. sunday, a beautiful sunny day. don't worry about it. start to notice increase in cloud cover and breezy conditions, because of the arriving of that system, but aside from that, should be okay to enjoy your sunday outdoors. south bay temperatures for today, tracking 60s on the map. 62 for san jose. 63 milpitas. through the east bay, upper 50s for oakland an low 60s in through concord and 62 degrees danville 61, walnut creek 60

degrees. and the peninsula, 61 degrees. 59 degrees for daly city and 60 degrees in through some portions of the peninsula as well as in the north bay. 59 degrees through ukiah and 61 novato. the next seven days what we're tracking. again, we're talking about the chance of seeing rain, but not expected toi be a big system. 1/10 inch of rain expected from the system with possibly a quarter inch for the coastal mountain areas. as we head in towards sunday, 57 degrees in through monday, going to keep the chance of temperatures dropping overnight. in the 40s. morning showers for the monday morning commute. get an early start and don't get caught up in the traffic. towards tuesday and wednesday, a bit of a break and if you look just up ahead towards next weekend, looks like we might get another weak system that may just make its arrival in the form of more rain. not a big rainmaker. enough to make you break out your umbrella. >> good to have that warning.

thanks. it is 7:21. still ahead on "today in the bay," a retired bay area professor with an unusual second act in life. what he's doing to help folks who may otherwise go unnoticed. a story that will make you bay area proud, next. to take in loc

welcome back pop there is it no shortage of art to take in locally. san francisco and san jose have their fair share of broadway shows making their way to local stages. many smaller many experimental and independent shows with hard-working cast and crews also deserve lots of fanfare and are getting it thanks to one man. we have his story in this morning's "bay area proud." >> reporter: the best thing a theater company can see when they step onsage, a full house. the next best thing, barry horowitz in the audience. for small bay area theaters he's about the best and most selfish friend they could have. any play worth seeing has got to

have some surprises waiting for the audience in the second act. in a opinion just one of many held on the subject of theater by barry horowitz. it also pretty well describes the second act of barry's life, which to him has come as something of a surprise. >> totally unexpected. i never expected to do anything like this. >> reporter: barry's first act was that of professor. for 50 years barry taught thousands of young people about literature, history and, yes, theater. but when the he retired in 2012, barry thought he had, well, retired. then one day he saw a play. one he loved and thought deserved more attention. so he volunteered to write a review for a theater website. well, that one review turned into another, and another, and so many more. >> then i found there was so many plays in so many theaters i didn't even know about, and i couldn't cover them all.

so i started giving assignments to friends of mine. and people that i knew and former students and teachers that i worked with. >> reporter: and pretty soon, barry was running his own site, reviewing with a stable of writers, dozens of shows a month all over the bay area. >> wonderful. >> reporter: many small, independent productions, tackling important social issues. and he does it all -- for free. >> the pay is zero. it's all out go and no income. so what i've got here are all the ones i've done recently. >> reporter: barry spends hundreds of hours a month reviewing, writing, editing, all because not doing so would be to waste so much he has learned in life. >> at a certain age you realize that this is the moment that you should do whatever you have been prepared for. and i've got a lot of preparation that i didn't really realize.

>> reporter: a surprise twist in barry's life -- worthy of a standing ovation. aside from the pay, barry says the biggest difference between what he does now and teaching is that now with his writers he never assigns them to did a review. everybody volunteers to review the plays they want to see. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> i love that. much more ahead on "today in the bay." pays to speak up. a 9-year-old girl who called out warriors superstar steph curry for not helliil sells his shoes sizes. she's celebrating now. trying to be -- you're not listening to me. >> reporter: ex-49er reuben foster being recorded on a police body kam. it's the domestic violence disturbance call you haven't heard about. thanks for joining .

good saturday morning.

it is 7:28. a live look outside from communication hills towards downtown san jose. a beautiful morning out there and the sun is shining. thanks so much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana has a look at our microclimate forecast. clear skies. we have sunshine. you're saying, chilly temps. >> for now. we're going to warm up a little, not by a lot. only in the 50s and 60s but appropriate for this time of year. finally bringing out coats and the fun stuff. >> right. >> right now we're seeing beautiful skies over san francisco. the temperatures, check this out. 30s. 39 degrees in palo alto. 38 degrees it in napa. 34 in santa rosa and low 40s through mountain view and san jose as well. hey, heading out today to the one and only santa com in union park in san francisco. things kick off at noon, i think. temperatures in the 50s across the board. talking 50s by about 12:00 and

then a combination of sun and clouds. at least not dealing with any rain or any gusty conditions, but i think 50s for the amount of clothes people sometimes wear during this i vent might still be a little chilly. >> have to deal with rain in the city, you don't have to deal with that. tons of people dressed up. thanks. the list is getting longer. more priests are the jesuit order of the cantholic church, accusations date to the 1940s and reach across california and other western states. 80 of the priests were "signed in the bay area at one point but not necessarily accused here. that includes 15 priests who worked at bellarmine college prep in san jose. 14 of the priests worked at saint ignatius prep in san francisco. yesterday si sent a message to its community making them aware of the priests names. nearly half of the 80 priests

spent time at alma college, a seminary in los gatos foothills and moved to berkeley in 1969. of the living, seven of the priests now live at the sacred heart jesuit center in los gatos. the jesuits issued an apology to victims saying in part it is inconceivable someone entrusted with pat tore castoral care of could be involved in something so tragic. this is a legacy we cannot ignore. the order notes this is a very small percentage of its priests and it will release more names if more cases are identified. our investigative unit has looked into this priest sex abuse scandal for months. to watch our report log jon to r website. and relacing video of yet another incident involving former 49ers player reuben foster. body camera footage shows

officers responding to a disturbance call at his apartment in october. this incident happened weeks before foster's recent high-profile domestic violence arrest in florida. "today in the bay" has more on what this new video means for the case. >> what's up, man? >> hey. >> reporter: santa clara police responded and heard loud shouting when they arrived. reuben foster and their girlfriend were arguing but denied physical fighting despind what the 911 caller said what he heard. >> someone banged against the wall. a girl is crying. i don't know what's happening. >> reporter: the officers separated the two, foster resisted and was handcuffed. >> i'm trying very nice -- you're not listening to me. i'm having you come over here. >> it was a detention only and he was told it was not an arrest

at that point. while we were investigating the situation that he was going to remain in that type of environment. >> reporter: after taking pictures making sure there were no ip jurie injurieses plit pol left. an arrest in tampa got him cut from the 49ers. >> talk to him. if you feel safe, send him back in. >> okay. >> reporter: the district attorney said he's seen the tape and could play a factor reviving the old case against foster, dropped after ennis recanted about him beating her up. >> given the prior relationship and prior actions between these two individuals, we thought it would be important for us to have that information and to hold on to it to see what might happen in the future. >> reporter: reporting for nbc bay area news. now to a warning for people headed out into the ocean. since thursday, the san francisco fire department has

made three surf rescues and we've learned that a surfer pulled from the water at san francisco's ocean beach yesterday has died. another surfer spotted him in waist-deep water yesterday afternoon and brought him to the beach. paramedics performed cpr on him before rushing him to the hospital. a disturbing sight pap sea lion dead, shot six times. now investigators want to know who pulled the trigger and why. here's the sea lion found by a visitor earlier in the week with multiple bullet holes. >> it's just unfortunate some people have malice towards these animals. see them as competition, but they don't think a little more forward in that these animals don't have as many options as we do. >> reporter: the california academy of sciences believes the killing may be the latest in a rising number of sea lion attacks. there have been 12 in the washington area alone this year.

back here locally a brother and sister in cahoots to pull off a bank heist? that's what investigators are trying to figure out. it happened in the marina district in san francisco. at the city bank on chestnut street two weeks ago. invest investigators say this man approached a teller and demanded money. she filled the bag with $21,000 and he took off. turns out the teller was his sister. they were arrested. the fbi is trying to figure out if his sister was in on the plan. a south bay food bank is lending a helping hand to camp fire victims. second harvest of santa clara county is sending food trucks full of food to butte county. yesterday volunteers loaded up two trucks of fresh fruit, veggies, bread and water and are expected to arrive in butte county this morning. the food bank plans to send more food up in two weeks. it's also offered to send trug loads to camp fire victims every weekend for as long as they need

help. great news there. our documentary series "bay area revelations" exploring one of the most famous wine regions in the world tonight. sharing the untold stories from the growers and the makers that make some of the best wines globally. this family has been growing wine in livermore for 135 years. 75% of the chardonnay grown in california today is traced back to this vineyard. carolyn runs the business with her two brothers. her earliest memory was her grandfather driving her and her dro brothers through the vineyard. >> my grandfather made it lots of fun and kept us really out there doing lots of things that taught us about who we are, what we are, where we live, why our vineyards grow where they grow. >> bay area revelations, america's wine country, airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. after

"saturday night live." those of good shows if you haven't seen them yet. 7:36. still ahead on "today in the bay," warriors wrapping up a long trip and it wasn't curry that provided the much-needed spark. sports is next. but all )s well .

kwshgs welcome back. w welcome back. warriors took on the bucks last night. second best team of the eastern conference but couldn't stop golden state. the slam at the end of the first half, had a good night finishing with a season high 15 points. the warriors get an impressive win 105-95. taking the final three games of the road trip after the game iguodala spock about the exhaustive road trip, five games in nine days. >> nba does a good job of moving us around throughout the season to make sure the fans can see us on tv.

business first. right? >> reporter: day off tomorrow? >> got kids i got to look after. so it will be fun. >> got to love it. celebrities, just like us. a much-needed weekend off before the warriors take on the minnesota timberwolves monday. all right. now to that one napa girl who is hooping it up in her new basketball shoes sent from golden state warrior steph curry himself. you may have heard of 9-year-old riley morrison. here she is in her new curry 5s, received a new pair of signature sneakers earlier in the week and they're properly sized for girls. you may recall riley previously wrote kur aletter when she couldn't find his shoes in girl sizes on the under armour website. curry himself responded and promised to change it. and he did. curry has also invited riley to celebrate girl power at a warriors game on international women's day. now to the ice. sharks on the road taking on the dallas stars. first period, sharks on the

break. eric carlsson, to evander cane who gets the goal. sharks up 1-0. stars rally back and finish with the win. final score, sharks 2, stars 3. 7:41. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, the new health feature on apple's new watch that may not be all it's cracked up to be. we explain why. and it's saturday. i have a feeling a great day, because i'm tracking sunshine for today. san francisco 49 degrees. yes, even 30s on the map. we do have changes ahead for your sunday. help you pla

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good morning. it is 7:43, and look at this beautiful shot of squaw creek lake tahoe. magical. everything about this gives me christmas, holiday vibes. the whole month of december definitely seeing beautiful morning in squaw creek and these

pics shot in north star. fresh powder. a fantastic weekend. plan on doing skiing, snowboarding, not tracking systems or rain that will make those road hazards dangerous, always check it before you head out the door. back home, san jose, 42. what it looks in downtown san jose. christmas in the park. fantastic day to enjoy that and into tonight, tracking a drop in chilly temperatures. look at the temperatures right now as you head out the door. 38 degrees in napa. 34 in santa rosa and down through the rest of the bay area talking low 40s as we head in towards the afternoon, a look what you can expect. a quick look at the south bay temperatures. daytime highs low 60s. morgan hill, 65 degrees. through the east bay, talking upper 50s for oakland. 59 degrees. low 60s for walnut creek and 62 for pleasanton. liverton also in the 60s. hanging out along the peninsula

today, expect very light wind. not a very windy day expected. but we are going to see a combination of sun and clouds, but overall mostly beautiful, clear skies. 58 degrees embarcadero through the north bay, upper 50, ukiah. 62 for santa rosa and 61 novato area and 63 for napa. these temperatures are slightly around the seasonable temps but seeing a bit of a drop heading into tomorrow. take a look at satellite radar. an incoming system headed our way. not a lot going on now but a system approaching along with a cold front bringing back the return of showers throughout the day area. yes, scanning, not tracking anything now, not expecting rain today or tomorrow morning. for the most part, going to be able to enjoy your sunday morning, sunday afternoon. maybe even your sunday evening, but let me take you through the timeline to get an idea what the system is expecting its approach by 8:30.

north bay sees showers through santa rosa. timeline, rain sticks in the north bay through santa rosa. portions of san francisco gets showers overnight. not expecting to see much of this rain. overnight, that is. 7:30 a.m., doan through the south bay and san francisco. that means if you have to get up early on monday morning for your morning commute, that's when you catch showers. 57 degrees expected for tomorrow. 55 for monday. stay in the 50s through tuesday and wednesday. going to dry out. not a big rainmaker from the system. expecting a little under 1/10 inch for areas. drying out tuesday and wednesday. then looking far out ahead next friday, a chance of seeing another system develop in the area. back to you. >> lurove seeing all the sunshi. thanks. still ahead on "today in the bay," one woman's effort to make tech companies more inclusive. what she calls silicon valley's biggest problem. watch this holi.

here is a notice you may want to hear. a health feature on the new watch... may not be all it appears to be. welcome back. a health feature on the new apple watch may not be all it appears to be. electrical heart sensor designed to monitor afib, a heart dhags c condition that can lead to a stroke. the fine print warns only for users with no prior history of afib and not accurate enough to

detect heart attacks nor stroke. we have some new digital content for you. a new push to diversify. the bay area's tech culture. our digital video journalist jonathan bloom spoke with frida kline who says bias in hiring and bro grammar culture is the valley's biggest problem. watch this story right now and then share it online. >> five minutes and we will cut you off in five minutes. >> i start to this event. so it's my fault, i guess. >> a big round of applause before you get onstage. >> this is using tech to fix tech. >> two years ago i quit, because i didn't feel seen, heard and valued of my work. >> diversity problems, inclusion problems. we have tech culture problems. the bro grammar culture. >> she doesn't want to ruffle your feathers saying everything

is fine. >> hr cannot tackle these issues alone because people aren't going to hr. >> unnerved a. >> a little bit. >> super excited to be here and ready to pitch in. ♪ >> this is a time honored silicon tradition. speed dating for start-ups. five minutes to convince the judges you're their perfect match, except in this case instead of trying to solve a big problem for consumers they trying to solve the biggest problem with silicon valley itself. >> i broke up with corporate america about five years ago. the reason why would, as a woman and a person of color i did not feel that the culture reflected me. >> reporter: jasmine is one of ten founders competing for tens of thousands of dollars. >> we love the acronym. it's the pot competition. >> this is the money behind it. a venture capitalist on a mission to make tech nor inclmo

inclusive. >> if all we do is fixing hiring end we have a bathtub problem. meaning we are bringing, filling the bathtub with the drain still open. >> reporter: last year the center surveyed people who quit tech jobs and found nearly 40% left over unfairness or mistreatment. >> i'm jasmine and i'm ready to help employees swipe right on their culture again. >> reporter: using software to attack a problem people can't seem to fix. >> trying to disrupt. >> reporter: three judges asking tough questions. >> what do you do your competition doesn't. >> reporter: the how you'll succeed and make money. >> five customers. >> five years old and growing fast. >> reporter: creating a workplace that works with feel with autism. >> wired differently is not a disadvantage. systems thinking. >> reporter: a bot named ellen matching employees with mentors at the same company. >> not allowed to work, and

mentor hadn't opened doors, sitting home with two kids as a housewife. >> reporter: giving managers the right sensitivity training based on current events and who's on their team. >> workforce is 20% black caribbean you get more content understanding that population. >> third place is forefront. >> reporter: forefront took the audience award. a total of $35,000. >> in the next ten years, the workforce is going to look very much different than today. looking at a workforce multiracial, multiethnic, multigenerational. >> the number two company, nexplay. >> it's great. just won $25,000. >> reporter: and in first place -- nch >> 5 to 9. >> reporter: jasmine took $45,000. >> how do you feel? >> i won! >> reporter: and landed a speaking engagement after meeting this woman in the

ladies' room. >> there's no one to talk to in the ladies' room. >> that was our jonathan bloom. find that story on our website and on our social pages. 7:54. much more is coming up on "today in the bay." and pets in need. and hear about an adoption special they're a part of, next.

with welcome back. it's time for our clear the shelter segment featuring our friends from pets in need. here with etta and 8 week old kittens, mistletoe, the puppy you saw before the commercial break. tell me about etta. what kind of home would be good for her? >> she's really cute and super friendly and super social. really well in any type of home. she is playful, basically just your typical kitten. she's not shy at all. she loves to cuddle.

obviously. so, yeah. i think any home would be great. >> sweet. what about mistletoe? adorable? >> about 9 weeks old, and i agree, could go into any home. putting on the mike, no problem. get alongs with cats and other dogs, kids. absolutely. >> impressive. >> how much bigger will he get? >> double in size. >> double in size. >> ah. okay. both part of this great deal you have going on until december 31st. $31 adoptions. >> yes. we don't typically do this for puppies and kittens. it's out of the norm. grab a puppy or kitten on this promotion, go do it now. >> promotions, older dogs that don't always get adopted rye awa -- right away. >> people should take advantage of this and still small dog training fee? >> there is. $75 dog training deposit. >> so people know before you in

come in. you have a winter camp. >> starting the 26th of december. yes. runs 26th, 27th and 28th, then january 2nd, 3rd and 4th. this season we have openings for two low-income kids, scholarships. >> really nice. it's kind of pricey, right? to send the kids, but they learn so much. it's three days. not in school. gives parents something to do. >> right. the kids learn. it's a lot of fun. opening it up, well, two spaces this year. more spaces during spring and summer. if you're interested, just give us a call at pets in need. >> in redwood city. >> also send people to your website. petsinneed.org. if you want to find out more, you open at 9:00. >> 10:00. >> i should know that by now. 10:00. hope they get forever homes. thanks so much to you for

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