♪♪ good morning. it is 7:00 and we are taking a live look outside at san

francisco. underneath, carl, the fog there is the golden gate bridge. thank you for joining us. i'm chris chmura in for kira clap awe. vianey joins us with microclimate forecast. is the fog going to burn off? >> it will. we started with a shot above the golden gate shot. well, this is if you are driving into the golden gate bridge, a shot what it looks like below. it is pretty dense when it comes to the fog right around the san francisco area, also half moon bay, but it will burn off by the afternoon and we will get a nice day overall. some spots, limited visibility moving in through half moon bay and parts of the bay as well around the coastline. by the afternoon it will get warm, but we get through the 30s and 40s first because to start outlook at morgan hill. 36 degrees. san jose in the 40s. concord, 37. your hour-by-hour outlook shows a warm-up. no big changes in the past 24 hours with the daytime lows. you know we've been waking up to

chilly temperatures. 12:00 to 1:00 we will eventually bump up to the mid 60s. i will guide you through the rest of the forecast coming up. >> thank you very much. we start with a somber discovery in the central valley that could be a possible break in the case of a missing girl from the east bay. the body of a child has been found. we reported earlier this week about 8-year-old sophia mason who has been missing for several months. hayward police say a child fitting her description was found dead in a home in merced. her mother is in santa rita jail in dublin on unrelated charges. "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd has the story. >> just complete and total shock. it is so hard to believe. >> reporter: melanie veloti says she has known sophia mason since she was born. her aunt raised sophia's mother and when sophia came along she raised her too. it was devastating when she found out she was missing. >> we saw her a few months ago, and now to hear this, it just

don't seem real. >> reporter: the hayward police department asked the public to be on the look out for sophia on tuesday when a family member told them sophia hadn't been seen since december. melanie said keeping in contact with sophia was a problem. >> periodically her mom would come in her life, randomly, and take her away and say she was going to raise her on her own and she didn't need -- my aunt could do it for her but she wasn't mentally competent enough to do it on her own. >> reporter: sources tell nbc bay area that sophia's mother, samantha johnson, told a family member she had given her 8-year-old daughter away. detectives spent days tracing a number of phones belonging to johnson, and that led them to a newark hotel where johnson was arrested. >> she gave some inconsistent, suspicious statements. hayward police department reached out to our agency and asked if we could check on an address that was associated to the mother and child. >> reporter: police got a search warrant and found the body of a

young child, and they believe it belongs to sophia. cheryl hurd, "today in the bay" this morning we have new details on the fiery cal train collision in san bruno. it now appears the train tracks will not be usable for some time. the national transportation safety board has investigators on the ground collecting evidence and they will be out there again today. the latest findings, after the train slammed into the construction vehicle and the two cranes it travelled more than 500 feet before coming to a stop. the fuel tank of the construction vehicle was punctured in the crash which led to the fire. all of that unfolding around 10:30 thursday morning. 75 people were on the train including three crew members. several people went to the hospital. a construction worker suffered the most serious injuries. video from the train and its data recorder are helping the ntsb figure out how this all happened. >> the train was moving at about

60 miles an hour when it collided with the work train. the authorized speed limit here is a maximum of 79 miles per hour. >> all right. so what about the commute? here is the news. caltrains says it can't start repairing the tracks until the on-site investigation is complete, so there is no timeline when those trains will be able to resume service. overseas now. the footprint of russia's war in ukraine is expanding and we're following the latest developments overnight. we'll give you a live look at kyiv this morning where britain's defense ministry says russian forces were around 15 miles from the city center, and russia's minister of foreign affairs has issued a new warning to the united states saying, pumping ukraine with weapons from a number of countries orchestrated by them is not just a dangerous move but an action that turns the respective convoys into legitimate targes.

plus, in a video message today ukrainian president zelenskyy claims russian forces kidnapped the mayor of the southern city of melitopol. he says it is a crime against democracy itself. meanwhile, president biden says congress is working on a bill to revoke russia's trade status. the u.s. will also ban some imports from russia including vodka, diamonds and seafood. european countries will also try to block russia from borrowing money from global financial institutions. with no sign of a political solution to the war, the fight is intensifying. nbc's richard engel says many ukrainians are desperate for relief. >> reporter: russian forces are expanding their assault on ukraine, striking the central city of dnipro for the first time. nothing seems to be off limits. ukrainian officials say this was a home for the elderly and disabled, hit by a russian bomb in kharkiv. all of the residents were in a

shelter and survived. further south in the besieged city of mariupol, russian forces have cut the city off. no food or water. local officials describing it as armageddon and say 1,500 people have died because of the blockade. >> no way out, anyway out. russian troops do not allow even for humanitarian help. >> reporter: the one sliver of good news, the pregnant woman seen in the aftermath of that strike on the city's maternity hospital, she gave birth to a baby girl and named her veronica. tonight there are signs russia's momentum is slowing. at a meeting with his defense counsel, russian president vladimir putin gave the green light for mercenaries from the middle east, mostly from allied syria, to bolster russian ranks which had been taking heavy losses. the ukrainian military put out this drone video it says of a russian tank column outside of kyiv lured into an ambush, but

russia still has 90% of its forces intact, though a senior u.s. military official says that 40-mile russian convoy is stalled nine miles outside the capital. the vehicles now hiding under trees to protect them from ukrainian attack. in kyiv tonight, volunteers are preparing to defend the capital in a basement gun range. miro popovich we met last week is ukrainian born, served in the u.s. military in afghanistan and became an american citizen. >> when russians are pushing the city, the official military, they take the initial hit and then troops like ours, we are here to help them, whatever they need. >> reporter: is it going to be like a guerilla war, like hit-and-run tactics? >> absolutely right. i'm pretty sure, even if i'm saying it right now, russian military, they are not prepared for us, for militarized civilian

resistance. >> reporter: you guys are just going to -- >> pop up from every single hole and we're going to give them like hell. >> reporter: richard engel reporting. here at home, a show of solidarity for ukraine in sonoma county. this is the russian river rally for ukraine. the guerneville pedestrian bridge was lit up blue and yellow last night. dozens gathered for the bridge lighting, many holding signs supporting ukraine. among them, a woman whose sisters and children just escaped the war zone. their husbands stayed behind to fight. >> ukrainians are so strong and i am hoping putin will be very sorry for what he has done, very sorry. >> this is the third bridge over the russian river to be lit up in ukrainian colors. the others are also blue and yellow. we give you a live look at san francisco this morning where

a humanitarian relief concert will be held for the people in ukraine. organizers hope to raise $20,000 for the nearly 2 million refugees fleeing the russian invasion. it will be held at golden gate park from noon to 4:00. performers include multiple sunset piano artist. it also will feature singers and dancers. organizers say it is the first of many concerts. dozens of them will be scheduled in support of ukraine. all right. the cost of crude and oil -- crude oil and gas continues to rise, in part due to president biden's decision to ban russian oil imports. at one chevron gas station in milpitas, drivers stopping to fuel up will have to pay just under $6 a gallon for regular unleaded. according to aaa the average is now $5.70. gas prices nationwide are at a new record high. in response to surging gas prices uber is adding a surcharge in the u.s. and

canada. the surcharge can vary based on trip distance and gas prices in each state. the company says it will go to drivers who pay their own gas. if you are searching for ways not to totally tank your budget buying gas we have help. our website, nbcbayarea.com, is a money-saving resource. click the link in our trending bar for a list of the least expensive gas stations in the bay area right now. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, she is not holding back. our one-on-one discussion with embattled santa clara sheriff laurie smith. we will explain why she is turning in her badge.

welcome back to "today in the bay." the time is 7:14 on the nose. a live look at oracle park in san francisco. vianey says the temperature there is in the 40s. she is punching away at our weather computer. she will let us know in a couple of minutes how much of a warm-up we can expect and when there might be rain in the forecast. it is finally over. california's mask mandate ended a couple of hours ago, for schools that is as the majority of public school districts will make masks optional starting monday but there are notable exceptions. in san jose the alan rock school district is keeping the mandate in place for the rest of the school year. the franklin mckinley district also in san jose is mandating mask until the end of april. the superintendent there said he can't take a chance because his

schools are in a community that covid-19 has simply ravaged. >> well, obviously these are public health decisions and i don't think that, you know, public schools need to be making those decisions but this is where we're at. >> oakland unified will continue to require masks for another two weeks. san francisco is among the districts lifting its mandate monday, keeping in line with state policy. it is hard to believe but it has been exactly two years since the world health organization declared a global pandemic due to covid-19. it was known as coronavirus to us back then, and it had just begun spreading around the world. days later health officers from six bay area counties would issue the country's first stay-at-home order. dr. sarah cody, santa clara county's health officer, raised red flags early. >> this has been a very difficult time but it has also been an enormous, enormous

privilege. i never, never, never imagined i would be doing this kind of work. public health folks, usually we're the behind-the-scenes people who prevent bad stuff from happening. you know, we don't usually do the type of work we've been doing in the last two years. >> dr. cody says going forward we have tools to help protect ourselves against covid and whatever variants are coming down the pike. we know how to improve ventilation. we know how to wear masks, indoors, outdoors, et cetera, and health leaders and staff can set up mass vaccination sites if needed. santa clara county sheriff laurie smith is speaking on camera for the first time about her decision to not run for reelection. smith has been in the department for almost 50 years and has been sheriff for the past 24 years, but the trail blazing first woman sheriff in california has been under fire ever since a civil grand jury accused her campaign of corruption and

mismanagement. last year smith talked candidly about the toll the scandal has taken on her department and how it led to the decision to leave office when her term runs out in january. >> i hope that anything that i am accused of has not tainted anybody who works here, and i think it has and i feel really, really bad about that because we have the most exceptional women and men in this organization of anywhere. >> you can watch the full conversation the sheriff had with our robert handa on our website, nbcbayarea.com. up in flames. new video from the south bay. close call for a man in campbell last night when his suv caught fire. this is highway 17 and san thomas expressway. fortunately the man escaped without injury. as for what was inside, investigators say he was in the process of moving and his suv was packed with his belongings. but firefighters jumped into action and managed to salvage much of what he had in there.

happening today, get ready to enjoy the rides and food at great america. one of the bay area's top theme parks is opening for the 2022 season. heads up, it will just be rides, live entertainment and games for now. the waterpark, south bay shores, won't open until memorial day weekend. if you are looking for activities this weekend we have you covered. we have your weekend calendar. >> hey, chris. welcome back to the desk and welcome back to the city, folks. st. patrick's day parade is back. second and market is where it starts. we will have the local street closures so keep it in mind, starting as early as perhaps now going until the end of the parade. also local street closures in san jose. the sam rock run is on today. no parade but the shamrock run will mean closures as well. keep that route in mind if you are traveling in the earlier part of today. and if you rfl traveling to the tri valley remember dublin continues with its three-day

celebration of st. patrick's day and the big parade is today as well returning to dublin. great options around the civic center. around the bay three big options to celebrate st. patrick's day. back to you. >> mike, thanks very much. let's bring in meteorologist vianey arana. how is the weather for the st. paddie's day events? >> not bad. we are starting out foggy in san francisco but the sunshine will win. if you are going to be out and about running in the fog, good for you because it is foggy but it is going to get warmer this afternoon. actually, the time right now is probably a good time to run considering it is in the 30s and 40s. right now in san jose it is about 44 degrees. yes, we will see sunshine, but look at some of the fog around the coast as well, up through north, you know, california, i would say around the santa rosa, napa area, down through half moon bay, down to about a quarter of a mile in visibility in some spots. right now as you head out the door it is chilly. 30s and 40s. 36 degrees right now in dublin.

take a look at your hour-by-hour temperatures. i want to guide you through your afternoon because if you look at the time stamp up here, right around 9:00 a.m. we will be in the 50s, eventually bumping up to 53 in san jose. 50 degrees in through oakland. 50 in san francisco. if i push that timeline forward around lunchtime, 12:00, talking upper 60s in san jose, 66. we will be running a few degrees, just a few degrees cooler compared to yesterday. no noticeable drops in temperatures just yet. notice by 3:30 we are really just going to top out in those upper 60s, but if you are in tracie, 73 degrees. depending on where you are in the bay area, it will be in the upper 50s, mid 60s or a couple of low 7 ons. satellite right now paints a picture of what is to come. for now we are dry and for the most part clear but look at what is in the pacific. we have a system with a chance of bringing shower action to the bay area but not a ton of rain.

drizzle and light rain could be a possibility popping up on the models but a lot may not make it to the ground. sunday you may wake up, see a drizzle here and there and it starts to clear out by the afternoon. heading into the workweek ahead we have a shift in our weather pattern, and it will bring us a better chance of seeing some rain. mainly if you live in the north bay saturday evening into sunday morning will be the window of possibility for that. aside from that, we will see mainly cloud cover. looking at the long-range outlook, into tuesday we have a chance of rain. but also looking out to the week ahead, the 19th and 20th there's a chance that there will be more widespread rainfall and higher accumulations, too. something that we definitely need. as far as your vernal equinox, we will lose an hour of sleep but gain more daylight. we have a 23.5 tilt of the earth, which creates the season as the earth revolves around the sun. don't forget to change the manual clocks.

chris, i'll send it back to you. >> all i heard was less sleep. thanks, vianey. >> i get it. >> appreciate it. we have more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, a wedding like no other. how a couple who paused their big day to care for a sick child finally got to enjoy that big day. it is a story that will make you bay area proud.

so my job during the week is the consumer reporter and i always tell newly engaged

couples they should elope because it is expensive. but when you have a sick child to care for, even something as important as a wedding can be put on a back burner. one bay area couple faced such a dilemma, but garvin thomas shows us how some very caring people came to their rescue. ♪♪ >> reporter: 2 1/2-year-old daphne reyes is as cute as her medical condition is complicated. a bad heart and weak lungs mean daphne uses a ventilator around the clock, which is exactly how much time her father and mom have to spend caring for her. having a child like daphne, she says, changes your life drastically. one thing it has meant for the pair is that they've never been able to find the time to plan a wedding for themselves. we've been thinking about it for a year, yoel says, but always

have to cancel or change plans. well, it was when they mentioned that fact to one of coastal kids' home care social workers during a visit that caring for this family took on a whole new meaning. the social worker called her boss, ruth shapiro, and asked if she happened to know anyone licensed to perform a ceremony. she asked the right person. >> i can do it. >> it really took on a life of its own. i felt like we were running a wedding business for the last two weeks. >> reporter: the director, margie mayfield, says her staff found the volunteers to arrange flowers, to bake a cake and to play the music. as daphne led the way -- they got the day they so long dreamed of. >> fabulous. >> reporter: fabulous is how she describes it and says it wasn't have been as beautiful without

the help of coastal kids. >> all right. >> reporter: and for staff, who normally help families navigate through life's toughest moments, the chance to create a beautiful one. >> i think in the end it felt more like a gift for us than for the family. >> that was garvin thomas reporting for us this morning. we have much more for you ahead "today in the bay." the colors of ukraine light up a local bridge in a show of support from a small town as the war overseas intensifies.

♪♪ good morning. it is saturday, march 12th. it is 7:30 on the nose. that is a live look at san francisco international airport in south city, south san francisco. you can see the fog is rolling in there. where else are we seeing fog? well, vianey is here to let us know. good morning, i'm chris chmura in for kira klapper. what do we know? >> notice that the majority of the fog is staying around the coastline. not much fog in through parts of the interior valleys, a little bit of fog down to morgan hill, down to about five miles visibility. we will see it byrne off by the afternoon. we have to get through the chilly, you know, cold 30s and 40s to start. if you look at the icons for the

temperature trend, we will be at about 64 degrees by 12:00 topping out today in the upper 60s. so not a ton of 70s. yesterday we managed to hit several 70s across the interior. walnut creek is at 41. by 11:00, 12:00, we will be in the mid 60s. we have a chance of seeing rain and the vernal equinox we were talking about coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you very much. we start with a somber discovery in the central valley that could be a possible break in the case of a missing girl from the east bay. the body of a child has been found. we first reported about this earlier this week. 8-year-old sophia mason, she has been missing for several months. hayward police say a child fitting her description was found dead in a home in merced. her mother is in santa rita jail in dublin on unrelated charges. "today in the bay's" cheryl heard has the rest of the story. >> just complete and total shock. it is so hard to believe. >> reporter: melanie verloti says she has known sophia mason

since she was born. verloti's aunt raised sophia's mother and when sophia came along she raised her too. it was devastating when she found out she was missing. >> we saw her a few months ago and now to hear this, it doesn't seem rally. >> reporter: the hayward police department asked the public to be on the look out for sophia on tuesday when a family member told them sophia hadn't been seen since december. melanie says keeping in contact with sophia was a problem. >> periodically her mom would come in her life randomly and take her away and say she was going to raise her on her own and she didn't need my aunt to do it for her, but she wasn't mentally competent enough to do it on her own. >> reporter: sources tell nbc bay area that sophia's mother, samantha johnson, told a family member that she had given her 8-year-old daughter away. detectives spent days tracing a number of phones belonging to johnson, and that led them to a newark hotel where johnson was

arrested. >> she gave some inconsistent, suspicious statements. hayward police department reached out to our agency and asked if we could check on an address that was associated to the mother and child. >> reporter: police got a search warrant and found the body of a young child, and they believe it belongs to sophia. cheryl hurd, "today in the bay" this morning we have new details on the fiery caltrain collision in san bruno. it now appears the train tracks will not be useful for an extended time. the national transportation safety board has investigators on site collecting evidence and they will be out there again today. the findings here, the latest. after the train slammed into the construction vehicle and the two cranes, it traveled more than 500 feet before coming to a stop. also, the fuel tank of the construction vehicle was punctured in the crash, and that's what led to the fire. all of that unfolding around 10:30 thursday morning. on the train, 75 people

including three crew members. several people went to the hospital. a construction worker suffered the most serious injuries. video from the train as well as its data recorder are helping the ntsb figure out how this happened. >> the train was moving at about 60 miles an hour when it collided with the work train. the authorized speed limit here is a maximum of 79 miles per hour. >> caltrain says it can't start repairing the tracks until the onsite investigation is complete and there's no timeline as to when trains will resume service. the footprint of russia's war in ukraine is expanding and we are following the latest overnight developments. we can give you a live look at kyiv this morning where britain's defense ministry says russian forces are now about 15 miles from the city center and advancing. russia's ministry of foreign

affairs has issued a new warning to the united states saying, pumping ukraine with weapons from a number of countries orchestrated by them is not just a dangerous move, but an action that turns the respective convoys into legitimate targets. plus, in a video message today ukrainian president zelenskyy claims that russian forces have kidnapped the mayor of the southern city of melitopol. he says it is a crime against democracy itself. meanwhile, president biden says congress is working on a bill to revoke russia's trade status. the u.s. will also ban some russian imports including vodka, diamonds and seafood. european countries meanwhile will also try to block russia from borrowing money from global financial institutions. with no signs of a political solution to the war, the fight is intensifying. nbc's richard engel says many in ukraine are desperate for relief. >> reporter: russian forces are expanding their assault on

ukraine, striking the central city of dnipro for the first time. nothing seems to be off limits. ukrainian officials say this was a home for the elderly and disabled, hit by a russian bomb in kharkiv. all of the residents were in a shelter and survived. further south in the besieged city of mariupol, russian forces have cut the city off. no food or water. local officials describing it as armageddon and say 1,500 people have died because of the blockade. >> no way out, anyway out. russian troops do not allow even for humanitarian help. >> reporter: though one sliver of good news. the pregnant woman seen in the aftermath of that strike on the city's maternity hospital, she gave birth to a baby girl and named her veronica. tonight there are signs russia's momentum is slowing. at a meeting with his defense council, russian president

vladimir putin gave the green light for mercenaries from the middle east, mostly from allied syria, to bolster russian ranks which have been taking heavy losses. the ukrainian military put out this drone video it says of a russian tank column outside of kyiv, lured into an ambush. but russia still has 90% of its forces intact. though a senior u.s. military officials says that 40-mile russian convoy is stalled nine miles outside the capital. the vehicles now hiding under trees to protect them from ukrainian attack. in kyiv tonight, volunteers are preparing to defend the capital in a basement gun range. miro popovich who we met last week is ukrainian born, served in the u.s. military in afghanistan and became an american citizen. >> when the russians are pushing the city, the official military, they take the initial, the first hit. and then groups like ours, we

are here to help them wherever they need. >> reporter: is it going to be like a guerilla war, like hit-and-run tactics, popping out? >> absolutely right. i'm pretty sure, even if i'm saying it right now, russian military, they are not prepared for us, for militarized civilian resistance. >> you guys are just going to pop up and shoot them? >> pop up from every single home. pop, pop, pop, we're going to give them like hell. >> it was was richard engel reporting for us. here at home a show of solidarity for ukraine in sonoma county. this is the russian river rally for ukraine. the guerneville pedestrian bridge lit up blue and yellow last night. dozens gathered for the bridge lighting, many holding signs supporting ukraine. among them, a woman whose sisters and their children just escaped the war zone. their husbands stayed behind to fight. >> ukrainians are so strong and i am hoping putin is going to be very sorry for what he has done,

very sorry. >> this is the third bridge over the russian river to be lit in ukrainian colors. the healdsburg memorial bridge and the monte rio bring also blue and yellow. taking you to a live picture from san francisco where this morning a humanitarian relief concert will be held for the people of ukraine. organizers hope to raise $20,000 for the nearly 2 million refugees fleeing the russian invasion. it will be held at golden gate park from noon to 4:00. performers include multiple sunset piano artists. it will also feature singers and dancers. the concert will be first of dozens we are told in support of ukraine. the cost of crude oil and gasoline continuing to rise in part due to president biden's decision to ban russian oil imports. at one chevron station in milpitas drivers paying $5.99 a gallon. according to aaa the state

average is $5.69, up 50 cents a week ago. compared to a month ago, we are paying a buck more a gallon. in searching for ways to not totally tank your budget paying for gas, we can help. click on the link at the trending bar and get a list of the least expensive gas stations around the bay area at nbcbayarea.com. still to come on "today in the bay," bouncing back after the caldor fire. a big announcement from sierra at tahoe which has been closed all season long. i'll tell you which weekend you might want to mark down on your calendar. there's always something new to discover. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ come be a part of it. plan your next vacation at iloveny.com

it is 7:43 right now, and we do still have some areas of fog, but you can see it is already starting to burn off. right now a live look in san francisco. we have a little bit of the fog right up ahead, but by the afternoon we will get a lot of sunshine. a live look right now in downtown san jose. it is about 44 degrees, and it is colder in some spots. as you head out the door, these are your temperatures. 36 degrees in santa rosa. 36 in point reyes. down through morgan hill, the gilroy area also in those 30s this morning. no frost advisories in place this morning though. as far as the fog and visibility goes, not only are we seeing fog in san francisco we also have areas of fog near half moon bay. you can see down to about 3

miles of visibility, and then coastal areas through santa rosa and novato stretch as well, down to about a 50 miles visibility. by 9:30 notice the temperatures start to warm up into the 30s and 40s. napa, 49 degrees. oakland, 50 degrees. san jose, 53. morgan hill, 353. fast forward to your lunch hour around 12:30 and we start to bump up into the 60s. 66 degrees in san jose. 60 in concord. in through tracey, 68. tracy will be one of the warmest spots today, bumping up to 711, 72, maybe even 73 degrees. but the rest of the bay area in the low to high 60s. take a look at satellite radar. right now things have been calm over san francisco. really look at the region through southern california. they saw the gusty winds earlier this week. winds not a factor today but we are monitoring a system that will give us a chance to see a

bit of drizzle and light rain chance late tonight into early sunday morning. notice, just a couple of areas of drizzle through there, in through early sunday. the increase in cloud cover sort of movers in. you can see it right around 7:00. we will keep the cloudy conditions in through fremont, san jose, danville hill area. we are talking about the chance of seeing a better system moving in through the weekend of march 19th through 20th. we are monitoring a system. your seven-day outlook, don't forget we spring forward for tomorrow. that's going to mean we will lose an hour of sleep. this is going to prepare us for the vernal equinox as we head into march 20th, which is the official welcome of spring in the bay area. but, hey, rain chances ahead. chris. >> vianey, thanks very much. we'll be right back.

it is 7:48. welcome back to "today in the bay." if you have been watching since the top of the hour, thank you. but you notice that the fog has already begun to lift in san francisco. that's a live look at the golden gate bridge, looking north. it is looking just like vianey said it would. she is working hard on your microclimate weather forecast. she will be back with us in a couple of moments. who else is working this weekend? uncle sam. for most families tax day is

approaching fast, april 18th this year, by the way. irs offices are usually only open monday through friday, but today two offices are open for walk-ups. let me show you where. we are talking about a location in oakland at 1301 clay street and another one in stockton at 4643 quail lakes drive. we will leave it up on the screen so you can take a photo or write it down. you can meet with a real, live human being from the irs between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. again, you don't need an appointment. it is also free. bring a photo id, social security cards if you have them and any irs notices you might have received. the irs reps there will answer your questions but they will not fill out your forms. there's good news though. there are other places that can actually help you file, depending on what you earn it might actually be free. we have done several stories lately to help you file your tax forms. if you would like to watch all of them you can go to our website, nbcbayarea.com/responds. all right. episode three of our streaming

series "saving san francisco" comes out on monday. we go to where the story started for one homeless man in san francisco. traveling more than 3,000 miles to find out how a former english teacher ended up on the streets. >> reporter: how would you describe that? >> probably the most full of life i have ever seen in an individual before or since. he was the best friend i ever had. he was almost like a big brother to me. i thought he was going to end up being an actor or a writer. there was no nobody i thought that would be more successful. >> before you watch episode three you can catch up on episodes one and two of "saving san francisco" on any of our streaming platforms or online at our website, nbcbayarea.com/savingsan francisco. then you can watch episode three

on monday. teens will gather in antioch for a youth climate rally. after a 50-year hiatus, a new drill site received county approval in 2019. during the rally protesters will gather signatures for their petition which has amassed more than 3,000 from contra costa residents. the season at sierra at tahoe will look different. last summer the resource was damaged in the caldor fire and wasn't able to open because crews were repairing chair lifts and buildings that burned in the fire. now skiers will be welcomed back to the slopes for one weekend only, april 9th and 10th. it is planning for a few reopening next winter. i know a lot of folks look forward to that. next, a quick look at the top stories this morning, including the invasion of ukraine, ramping up. we will have the latest overnight developments including

reports of an abduction and the new steps president biden is taking to stop russia.

wow! no braces... everything's hands-free. i wasn't so lucky...

invis is not your parents' braces. invis is faster than braces and the clear aligner brand most trusted by doctors. invisalign welcome back. before we get to our top stories this morning, here is what you can expect tomorrow morning on "sunday today" with willie geist. hey, willie. >> good morning, chris. great to see you. tomorrow morning on "sunday today" my conversation with actor and comedian bob odenkirk,

sharing stories from his new memoire about a career that began as a writer for "saturday night live" and morphed into a starring role on the hit series "breaking bad" and its spin-off "better call saul," all of it beyond his wildest college dreams. >> i didn't for a second think i could make it in show business. i guess i was thinking about a degree in forestry or something like that. in the third year is when i thought, boy, i do this with all my spare time. i just go sit down and write comedy. maybe that's a career. >> plus the latest news in another life well lived when "sunday today" airs at 6:00 a.m. in the bay area. if you're not up at that hour on a sunday, we get it. just set the dvr and we will see you whenever you are ready for us. chris. >> all right, willie, thanks very much. see you tomorrow. here is a quick look at the top stories we are following this morning. a tragic ending to a missing person's case out of hayward. a body police believe may be an 8-year-old girl was found and her mother is behind bars.

we first reported earlier this week that sophia mason had been missing for several months. we are learning that a child fitting her description was found dead in a home in merced. hayward police asked merced police to help them search that home. that request was made after sophia's mother, samantha johnson, was questioned in a newark hotel thursday. she was arrested. sources tell nbc bay area sophia's mother told a family member she had given away the 8 year old. johnson is in santa rita jail this morning on unrelated khris. the coroner's office has not formally identified the child's body. the footprint of russia's war in ukraine is expanding and we're following the latest development overnight. we can give you a look at kyiv this morning, live, where britain's defense ministry says russian forces were about 15 miles from the city's center trying to advance. russia's minister of foreign affairs has issued a new warning to the u.s., saying, pumping ukraine with weapons from a number of countries orchestrated by them is not just a dangerous move but an action that turns the respective convoys into

legitimate targets. plus, in a video message today ukrainian president zelenskyy claims that russian forces have kidnapped the mayor of a southern city. he says it is a crime against democracy itself. meanwhile, president biden says congress is working on a bill to revoke russia's trade status. the u.s. will also ban some russian imports including vodka, diamonds and seafood. europeans are looking to block russia from borrowing money fro global financial institutions. we are tracking the very latest developments in ukraine on air and online. head to nbcbayarea.com. find a link to our live blog on our trending bar. let's turn to vianey at home. how is the weather looking this saturday? >> we had a bit of fog covering san francisco, golden gate bridge, and we're going to clear out nicely over the next seven days. here is a closer look what to expect in the forecast. today we will top out in the 70s in some spots. evening clouds do move in, and into sunday there is a chance of seeing some early morning

drizzle. don't forget, we will spring forward on sunday. we get to lose an hour of sleep, so hopefully it doesn't mess with your time clock too bad. you usually does mess with mine and my rescue dogs' too. cloudy late on monday. heading into tuesday and wednesday there's also another rain chance that will move in. notice the temperatures do get cooler heading into tomorrow, so we are talking about 60s. the interior valleys. so if you will be around san francisco expect to see a chance ly morning drizzle for tomorrow. the start of the workweek, we will get a cloudy start to our day and then late into the evening we will see the winds pick up, especially on tuesday and wednesday. so there could be a possibility of some wind advisories thanks to a system just to our north, but a beautiful weekend ahead, chris. i'll send it back to you. >> why is it the dogs never actually understand the spring /fall back thing? >> i know, right. >> i got to theme them. >> i need my food now. vianey, thank you so much.

thank you for making us part of your morning. we will have more local news live for you at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 and all day in real-time on nbcbayarea.com. have a great saturday and enjoy the st. paddy's celebrations out there.

. narrator: when you see this symbol, you know you re watching television that is educational and informational. the more you know on nbc. dylan: hi, everybody, i'm dylan dreyer and this is "earth odyssey". today, we journey around the world to explore the extremes of the wild. from the exceptionally small to exceedingly harsh temperatures. we'll discover the planet's most fascinating places and animals. like this tiny carnivore that has a bigger bite than you may think. and the freezing forests that's home to some of the world's most resilient wildlife. then, we find out why the grazing primate are amazing mammals. all of this and more today on "earth odyssey".