a tight presidential race in south carolina as voters heo the polls this morning. the ll giving the edge to the . a tight presidential race in south carolina, as voters head to the polls this morning, the new poll giving the edge to the former speaker of the house. drying out from the latest rain storm. where the rain flooded overnight. and game on in san francisco. what police are doing to crack down on bad behavior at tomorrow's nfc championship game. thank you for joining us this morning. i'm anne mackovic. that overnight rain storm

flooded roads and knocked out power to a number of bay area cities. we turn to jim bernard now for the latest on the system. are we getting a little break here, jim? >> a brief break setting up here at least through this morning, as rain turns to showers across the area. we will look for more rain to arrive by tomorrow. we see skies partly cloudy right now. scattered showers in and around the area, with, again, rainfall amounts yesterday in the 2 to 4-inch range. 1 to 3 inches across the greater bay area. biggest thing is the wind, heavy winds yesterday, 30 to 50 miles per hour. we'll get another system in the area tomorrow. rainfall and wind gusts should be less than what we saw, as we see the next round of rain will arrive just about in time for game time showing up tomorrow, as once again, we can expect not as much flooding as we see today across the north bay. ponding on highways and biways.

traveling was a mess yesterday into last night. mill valley looking at flooding and sand bags downtown. and we will look for, again, about half as much rain through sunday night into monday, as what we saw yesterday across the area. so there could still be localized flooding and a pretty sloppy game time. there you go, ann. >> they say that's going to give the 49ers an advantage, right? >> sure. >> okay. i know you're not making any football predictions this morning. taking a look right now at other storm damage video, we had trees down all over the area and actually there's a traffic alert right now for highway 1 in san mateo county because of a downed tree. those winds tore down two full-size eucalyptus trees, now blocking the roadway in both directions. this is south of white house canyon road. crews are on the scene right now and they are expected to re-open highway 1 by 9:30. football fans packing the

rain gear for tomorrow's big nfc game at candlestick park. rain or shine, public works crews are working this weekend to pick up trash and plug potholes near the stick, so everything is in proper order. come game day, lot of police will be at the stadium, but some of them won't look like police. >> we're just going to add one more twist to it that littered about candlestick park on sunday will be san francisco police officers on duty dressed as new york giants fans. so treat them right. >> tricky, these guys. yesterday, 49ers president jed york took out a full-page ad in the chronicle urging fans at candlestick to respect both the game and each other. good idea. this morning, voters are casting ballots in south carolina's republican presidential primary. some polls have already been open for about 3 hours this morning. as for the candidates, they have been stumping up to the last moment.

newt gingrich hopes a late surge will translate into a win. as susan mcginnis tells us, the final opinion poll shows gingrich in front. >> reporter: newt gingrich now leads mitt romney in a new poll in south carolina by 66 points, and his critics are sharpening their attack. [ indescernible ] >> you're a cheat! you are a cheat! >> reporter: it was originally mitt romney who called on gingrich to release more information about his congressional ethics violations, but only after gingrich called on romney to release his tax returns. gingrich says the ethics information is online for anyone to see. romney says americans will be able to look at his tax returns in april. >> the reason, of course, is that my financial disclosure tells you a heck of a lot more about my finances than will the tax returns. >> reporter: but not everyone believes this is a two-man race. rick santorum and ron paul plan

to see their campaigns through florida and beyond, no matter how few votes they get in south carolina. paul pulled his family onto the stage friday night and compared his campaign contributions from u.s. servicemen to romney's war chest. >> top three donors are banks, including goldman sachs. our campaign has the top three donors, first is the army, then the air force, and then the navy. [ cheers & applause ] >> reporter: in a cnn interview, santorum made clear he does not support abortion, even in the case of rape. >> you can make the argument that she doesn't have this baby, if she kills her child, that that, too, could ruin her life. >> reporter: santorum received the endorsement of more than 30 national conservative leaders and hope south carolina voters follow suit. susan mcginnis, cbs 5. as promised, occupy protesters took to the streets of san francisco all day yesterday and last night. and last night, they went after something that they think represents the 1%.

fancy cars. the occupiers marched up van nuys avenue in san francisco, trashing a bentley dealership before taking over the cathedral hill hotel, which is a vacant hotel right now. the protesters armed themselves with bricks, rocks, and bottles. this was the aftermath at that bentley dealership. soon, a few dozen of the protesters broke off, taking to the cathedral hill hotel's roof. at one point, police say they were throwing bibles onto the street. >> it's been a vacant building and it's really to emphasize that there's so many homeless and poor people are getting thrown out of their homes and this could be put to good use. >> a total of 21 arrests were made in connection with yesterday's occupy action. an 11-year-old girl in san jose is safe after being held hostage for nearly 12 hours. this was the amber alert we told you about yesterday. police ended up killing the kidnapping suspect and rescuing that girl. she is the daughter of the

suspect's ex-girlfriend. officers had tracked truong lee into an apartment complex. he appeared in a window with the girl, as they approached, and fired several shots. >> he was acting like he was hiding behind the apartment. guns were drawn and, you know, but that's their job. they have to protect and serve. >> police say a specially trained hostage rescue team entered the apartment from the other side. the suspect fired more rounds. lee was then shot and killed. the girl was not hit and she was reunited with her family. no officers were injured either. a man in his 90s has come forward to say that he started the huge fire in reno, but he says it was an accident. according to reno's fire chief, the man says he improperly disposed of fireplace ashes. the fire was 65% contained as of last night, but crews expected the overnight rains to give them some help and they expect full containment soon. a total of 29 homes have been

destroyed. 10,000 people were forced to evacuate. >> fast, as they say, get out of here. >> 5 minutes. he kept pushing me. i threw the dog in the car and she was yelling in the street, you got to leave, got to leave. we're also learning this morning that the body of a 93-year-old woman was found in the fire's aftermath. firefighters can't say yet if the fire is to blame for her death. the italian coastguard has detected a fuel spill today near the capsized costa concordia. they believe the spill is not from the ship, but from the rescue boats in the water. right now, divers are searching the wreckage of that cruise ship. it's been lying on its side off the coast of tuscany since last weekend. 21 passengers are still missing. and elizabeth smart, you remember her, she's finally getting her happy ending. she was the girl kidnapped from her salt lake city home when she was just 14 years old. she was held for nine months. she is now 24 years old and

beautiful, check her out. she's keeping mum on her wedding details, but a family representative says they are looking at a summer wedding. wonderful to see happy endings. definitely not looking like summertime in the bay this weekend. we're back to the rain and there's more to come. a brief break today before game weather heads our way for tomorrow, with more rain and wind expected. i'll have the details, coming up next. and it's easy to be mean online. the new study that shows kids are sticking up for one another on social media networks. and a closer look inside the bay area's newest tunnel. the annoying roadblock that's going to be removed. we'll be right back. th to the golden gate sweetheart. we need to talk.

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use the first of four tunnels being built as part of the new presidio parkway. today, allen martin with a closer look inside the tunnel and the changes coming so that doyle drive disappears for good. >> reporter: the road in and out of san francisco is getting a lot smoother. >> it will be taking people off of doyle drive permanently and putting them onto a brand-new bridge, a brand-new tunnel. >> reporter: not to mention, a bit more subtrainian. >> it really hides the road, covers it up. it will be quieter. you won't see the cars. >> i would liken them to jet engines on a plane. >> reporter: you also won't see how high tech this tunnel is. sensors for lighting, video cameras, fire suppression, and air circulation, initially as a temporary solution, the tunnel will be used for traffic in both directions, but those infamous movable yellow pylons drivers love to hate will be replaced by a safer, movable concrete

barrier. the same system is coming to the golden gate bridge in 2013. >> it's an exciting project. >> reporter: molly graham has been on the project with cal trans for nine years. >> it's a beautiful area, millions of visitors. so this will now be much more appropriate for a park setting. >> reporter: it might be hard to imagine the presidio without the 76-year-old elevated road, but consider the mindset back then. the presidio, long-time a military base and the idea was keep people out. now that the military's gone, the new parkway can allow people back in. >> it won't be an eyesore like what we had on top of the freeway, with all the traffic. >> reporter: i am standing on top of the new tunnel we were just in. eventually, there's a second new tunnel that will go in to cover that part of the roadway. when it's all done, both tunnels will be landscaped, covered with grass, and people will be able to walk from the presidio across. another set of tunnels is part of the next phase of construction. >> people can't even comprehend

how much concrete's going into this project. >> right. it's a lot. >> a lot. >> reporter: there have also been a lot of engineering work-arounds, especially since the presidio trust has its own design requirements, not the least of which concerns the cemetery right next to the construction. workers came within 5 feet of the presidio boundary. >> you're flanked by the golden gate bridge and the arts, a much more pleasing style of roadway. >> reporter: the weekend of demolition will be busy and noisy. they will bring 40 of those big hydraulic hammers in to bring down doyle drive and break it up. the old concrete will be crushed, then recycled into other road projects. it will still be another three years before the parkway project is finished. if you have a story idea, log onto cbssf.com, click connect, scroll down to closer look and send us an e-mail. allen martin, cbs 5. >> very interesting. quarter after 7:00, and the first rainy weekend we've seen in such a long time here in the bay area. jim bernard with more details on

the rest of the weekend. >> it was pretty messy throughout the bay last night. hope you slowed down and got where you were headed safely. we'll look for a brief break in the rain and wind today across the bay. a chance to dry out a little bit, and given the fact that the ground was very dry, we soaked up most of the rain last night up to our north. we've got high rivers and road flooding conditions. you may want to check that if you're headed northbound. we see out across the bay area here today, mostly cloudy, but dry skies. we're getting a break in the rain. here's what took place the last 24 hours. as you can see, a fast-moving front brought moderate to heavy precipitation across the bay last night into early this morning. showers continuing here through the early morning hours, but they, too, will be tapering off as all of this pushes off to the east. we'll have a brief break through today, but more due tomorrow, as we see once again the showers on the light side here till tomorrow afternoon. just late in the game, a potential for anywhere from half

an inch to an inch of rain. winds will likely pick up in the 20 to 30 mile-an-hour range and gusty, which always affects candlestick. so it will be an interesting san francisco football game day here by tomorrow afternoon. rains do taper off here today, more on tap tomorrow. showers continue into monday before we see things drying out and we get a bit of a break. this is actually system number 2. most of the rain's been to our north. we've seen over a foot of rain this week. system number 3 is over my shoulder and headed our way for tomorrow afternoon. it, too, will bring more measurable rainfall into the area. as conditions continue to improve through the day, we'll look for the showers to wind down here. they will be with us through midday. next round of rain due by game time tomorrow, as we see snow flying in the highcountry as well. taking a look at the future cast, we'll bring that rain in sunday night, late sunday

afternoon, into sunday night, turning to showers on monday. then we'll dry it out for the rest of the week. we look for temperatures today in the mid to upper 50s for most locations. we'll see 57 down in redwood city, 65 san francisco. back at the beach, mid-50s prevail. looking at the seven-day forecast, looks a little damp here for the next few days. showers this morning. by tomorrow afternoon, the rain and wind will pick up once again, continuing into monday morning, as we see once again rain tapering off by midweek of next week. snow levels are pretty high. in the highcountry, we're looking for 3 to 5 feet of snow above 7000 feet. finally the sierra is picking up snow pack for you skiers out there. we'll look for a nice sloppy 49ers game by tomorrow. there you go, ann. >> okay. not so great for the fans, but if it helps the niners win, we're all for it.

all parents hope their kids are having fun and more importantly, playing nice on social networks. a recent study shows cyber bullying incidents might be down. jim steyer with common sense media on the results. >> good morning. as a parent, if your teens are using social networks, the scariest part is not knowing everything about their online social life, like who their online friends are or whether or not they have been cyber bullied. a majority of social media-using teens report friends are mostly kind. most teens say their online experiences are overall positive. for example, 665% of social media-using teens say they personally have had an experience on a social media site that made them feel good about themselves.

80% who have seen cruel behavior have come to that person's defense. parents, let's listen to a few simple ways to have your teens have positive social networking experiences. first, talk to your teens about responsible and respectful digital behavior. that means being caring and mature in your online relationships. second, don't put it all out there. talk to your teens about keeping private stuff private. self reflect before you self reveal. third, friend your teen, but don't forget them. check in with your teenager regularly about what's going on in their online world. i'm jim steyer. have a great weekend. in just a few hours, the new york giants arrive in town for tomorrow's big game at candlestick park. and the warriors lose a heartbreaker. kim coyle has your sports highlights, coming up next.

. well, today's tip of the day is one of my favorite of all apples. i said that about the gala and the honey crisp -- one of my favorites, the fuji apples. fuji apples had becoming the most popular apple people like to enjoy. they are great in salads and spring mix and caramelized walnuts, but also great just out of hand. but you got to select them and

store them right the first time or otherwise, they will be mushy. let's talk about selection. when you buy them, you can tell californians don't have much red to them as the washington variety, state of washington, but they are still delicious. redder the better all the way around. a little green is okay, but make sure now, very important that, there's no shriveling whatsoever. when you bring them home -- nice and firm. when you bring them home, you have to store them in the refrigerator. i know, they look beautiful in the bowl in the kitchen, but they got to be cold. at room temperature, they get all mushy inside. fuji apples. they first came out years and years ago, imported from japan, about $2 an apple. but all the growers started planting them all over the country and of course they're here now. i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. i'm going to try this one now. the latest chapter of the rivalry between the 49ers and the new york giants of course happens tomorrow in the nfc

championship game. and in nba action, the warriors played a close game against the indiana pacers. could they beat them at home again? kim coyle, with more in sports. good morning, everyone. last year, monte ellis beat the pacers at oracle with a last-second shot over brandon rush and he had a chance to win it again tonight. danny grainger and the pacers lost in sacramento two nights ago. curry back in the lineup after missing 16 days with an ankle injury. monte with the chance for the win, but george hill steals it, takes it the other way for the game-winning layup. warriors lose 94-91. mark jackson says he'll kick the ball away from monte. take another look. refs don't make the call and the warriors lose a heartbreaker. the new york giants will arrive in the bay area this morning. some of the members are hold-overs from four years ago. carlos rogers doesn't think

that's an advantage for new york. >> at the end of the day, it's football. what an experience, to say that you're going to make a play because you got more experience? you can get beat. the saints have more experience than this team. they lost. they're at home now. pack verse more experience. they won a super bowl. they are at home right now. that's a look at sports. see you tonight at 5:30. the race for the republican presidential nomination, will it go all the way to the convention? tomorrow on weekend early edition, why the tv debates are becoming a good thing for newt gingrich. >> he has no campaign stops. no retail campaign. >> he doesn't need it. >> he doesn't need it. he's brilliant at the debate. he takes every question and jujitsus it for a positive for himself. plus, a look at the state of the state address last weekend, on weekend edition tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. join us. coming up, a new class at

cal explains how journalism can be used for social change. and where occupy demonstrators destroyed a symbol of the 1%. plus, overnight storm damage in the bay area. where a tree fell down on power lines last night. and a major highway is blocked this morning. die-hard 49ers fans have been sending us in pictures. here's one of them, clearly proud of her team, ready to face-off against the giants tomorrow. she posted this photo on our facebook. well, thanks for that, and you're welcome to show your fan photos there as well. we'll be right back.

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where people slogged through flooded roads overnight. . a wet weekend all around the bay. people slogged through the flooded roads overnight. and the security measures in place to keep niners and giants fans safe tomorrow. and mitt romney and newt gingrich battling it out for first place in the south carolina primary today. we've got a lot to talk about here in the next half hour. welcome back to weekend early edition. 7:30, january 21st. i'm anne mackovic. thank you for joining us. traffic alert in san mateo county. the brutal winds overnight tore

down two eucalyptus trees blocking the road south of white house canyon road. crews are on scene right now and they expect to reopen highway 1 by 9:30 this morning. turning now to jim bernard for the next rain system. a little bit of a break today? >> a bit of a break today, just to dry out and clean things up. we do look for the next and last system in this series to move into the bay area here tomorrow. last night, the north bay got hit especially hard overnight, as did my throat. this was the scene across mill valley on miller avenue near downtown, where police and fire crews rushed to fill sandbags. according to fire officials, the quick work actually saved a business from flooding during one of those heavy downpours. and also a tree down over in tiburon early this morning, due to gusty winds 20 to 30 miles an hour. looks like a power pole took a hit as well. we will look for, as mentioned,

the third in a series of frontal systems to move into the bay tomorrow. it will bring with it gusty winds and more rain. but i think we've seen the worst of it. looking for winds tomorrow in the 20 to 30 mile-an-hour range, as opposed to the 40 to 50 miles per hour we saw yesterday. and rainfall amounts will be much lighter than what we saw today. you see on radar the moisture moving out of the area quickly, leaving us with a bit of a break for saturday. as mentioned, more due in the area by tomorrow afternoon, which we'll have for you coming up in your complete forecast in just a few minutes. there you go. >> got it. thanks, jim. as we speak, voters are casting ballots in south carolina's republican presidential primary. south carolina has chosen the eventual republican nominee in every campaign since 1980. the final opinion poll is shaking things up and has newt gingrich ahead of mitt romney by 6 percentage points. the candidates have been engaging in last-minute verbal barbs, as is to be expected.

romney says gingrich has released more information about his congressional ethics violations. gingrich says he doesn't need to, the information is already online. he's calling on mitt romney to release tax returns. he says he'll do that in april. >> my financial disclosure tells you a lot more about my finances than will the tax returns. >> not everyone believes the nomination fight is down to a two-man race. ron paul, who you see there, and rick santorum plan to continue their campaigns into florida and other states, regardless of how they do in south carolina today. san francisco police have unveiled their game plan for crowd control at tomorrow's 49er game. here's a warning for trouble makers. cops will be using decoys to spot fans who take things too far. juliet goodrich with the game day deception. >> get your gear out, pull out the lucky shirts, lucky ties,

lucky hats, because 49er fever is right here in san francisco! >> reporter: 70,000 fans expected to fill candlestick this sunday for the bay area's first nfc championship in 15 years. >> rain or shine, we're still going to beat them, no matter! if there's an earthquake, we're still going beat them! lights out and everything, repoufed that! >> reporter: but san francisco police say fans need to be on their best behavior or risk getting booted from the stadium, like last week. there were 20 arrests and many people ejected. >> the whole city will be safe. >> reporter: 49er owner jed york filled a full-page ad in the chronicle today, asking fans to show good sportsmanship at the stick. he also said wear red, get loud. >> cheer us on and definitely be respectful. [ cheers & applause ] >> reporter: last week's nail-biting win had many 49er fans cheering, but security

cameras and undercover police officers will be in place to catch any abusive fans this weekend. >> and we're just going to add one more twist to it, that littered about candlestick park on sunday will be san francisco police officers on duty dressed as new york giants fans. so treat them right. >> reporter: and already the pregame smack talk has begun. >> we spanked them in november, and the saints spanked them in november, so if they want to come over here and prove something with a win, it ain't going to happen. >> reporter: juliet goodrich, cbs 5. more bay area headlines this morning, occupy protesters took to the streets of san francisco all day yesterday and into the night. occupiers ended up marching up van nest avenue in san francisco, trashing a bentley dealed before taking over the cathedral hill hotel, a vacant hotel right now. a total of 21 arrests were made in connection with yesterday's occupy action. charges will not be filed against protesters pepper

sprayed at uc davis. you remember this video. the county da's office says there wasn't enough evidence to justify criminal charges against the protesters. ten of them were arrested during a stand-off of campus police last november. the da's investigation into the use of pepper spray is ongoing. the suspect behind the death of a nursing student michelle le pleaded not guilty to murder charges yesterday. her body was found in pleasantton. esteban will return to court february 17 when a trial date might be set. a man in his 90s has stepped forward, claiming responsibility for those huge fares in reno. the case is now being sent to the district attorney, who could press charges against this man. reno's fire chief says he admitted to improperly disposing of fireplace ashes. overnight rains have helped crews bring that fire under

control. it did destroy 29 homes though, and forced 10,000 people to evacuate. next, a new class that examines how journalism and public policy affects foster children. meet the man who is raising awareness about what happens to kids in the system. the director of fostering media connections joins us next. werewolf movie genre. stillo come, liam mayclem's previef . and before twilight, underworld ruled the wear wolfe movie genre. liam mayclem's preview of the supernatural blockbuster. we'll be right back.

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ow this week's . 7:39. one of the most devastating effects of addiction has to be its impact on loved ones. sharon chen on how this week's jefferson award winners is guiding those families out of the darkness. >> which one is the one that's not really thinking clearly? >> reporter: carol kim helps people heal from the pain of addiction. her support groups aren't for substance abusers, but for those who love them. >> lot of times, they have hope

for the addict/alcoholic for their loved ones, losing hope for themselves. >> reporter: carol's husband reverted back to addiction in 1999, and she found there was no support system for family members like her. >> there's nothing for the families to deal with the trauma of just loving somebody who is an addict/alcoholic. >> reporter: carol hosted the first adapt group in her dining room. today, she facilitates groups for about 30 people, three times a week in san mateo county. she helps them overcome guilt and shame. >> there's nothing you did that caused your loved one to do what they are doing. there's nothing you can do to stop your loved one from doing that. when they get to that point of acceptance, then they can get to the point of just loving their loved one. >> reporter: jane kim says carol taught her to set boundaries with her daughter, a former meth

addict. >> parents feel like they have to fix, have to help, have to make things right, and here, you learn that you can't do that. it's really totally out of our hands. >> reporter: her mother's boundaries forced her to take responsibility for her own actions. >> she has to remain focused on taking care of herself, but, you know, it helps me to stay sober because i can be proud of who i am and how i'm interacting. >> reporter: as stephanie moore's daughter recovered from a crystal meth addiction, she turns to carol for a lesson on love. >> she knows what it takes to love these people and get through it. >> reporter: many clients say carol's personal experience, psychology background and marriage and family training has helped them rebuild family lives, but carol won't take the credit. >> i'm not anyone special. i'm just somebody who's gone through it. >> reporter: still, for caring for friends and family who is loved ones struggle with

addiction, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to carol kim. sharon chen, cbs 5. 7:42 now, and a little break from the rain. but boy, the first wet weekend we've seen around here in several weeks, even months, jim. >> you came prepared with your rubber rain boots! >> oh, yeah! that is actually to make up from yesterday when i was not wearing them. it was a huge mistake. and the rain has ended for now, or at least tapering off across the bay, but ann's ready with her boots on. we'll see more rain headed our bay by tomorrow, as this wet pattern, a little late in coming, but it's finally arrived. looking outside this morning from our vaca cam, we see, again, skies beginning to break a bit with the rain tapering off here this morning. we'll continue this trend through the day today, as we see a bit of blue sky showing up around the bay. taking a look at the radar coverage for the last 24 hours, we see a fast-moving series of

rain squalls moving through the area. now we're on the back side. still a few scattered showers to move across the coastline here in the cooler air. for the most part, the brunt of the moisture is now pushing up into the sierra, where they are looking for 1 to 3 feet of snow, down to about 5000 feet here by this afternoon. yesterday's snow levels up about 7000 feet, picked up a few feet of snow from that and more on tap here to the skiers' delight, as they will make up ground on their snowfall totals. rain showers here this morning, more rain to come by tomorrow afternoon. showers into monday before we dry it out once again. and we do have a high surf alert up for the entire central coast. westerly swells through 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. use caution out on the beaches, as the surf's definitely up. could see breakers out there in excess of 20 feet. as we see the second wave of energy crossing the state, leaving copious amounts of rain behind it. up to 12 inches of rain to the

far north and across the bay we saw 2 to 4 inches of rain in the wetter locations. in the mountains, 1 to 3 inches of rain across the greater bay area. that rain will be tapering off this morning, as it already is. we'll see a bit of a break this afternoon. a few scattered showers out there today, but shouldn't amount to much. the next round of rain will arrive late tomorrow. probably not at game time, but through the game. we'll see light shower activity, as this system moves into and through the area. rainfall amounts will be much less than what we saw today. we're talking quarter of an inch or less across candlestick. it won't be a washout. winds will pick up, even 20 to 30 mile-an-hour range as rainfall amounts stay generally less than half of an inch throughout the bay area through sunday night. so just enough to mess things up out at candlestick, which, of course, doesn't take much. we'll look for highs today in the mid to upper 50s throughout the region. and probably hold that through tomorrow into the beginning of the week. we'll see a bit of a bump, as temperatures warm into the 60s and skies dry out.

as you can see, the rain will come to an end on monday and then we'll dry things into and through next weekend. for the big game of course, we're looking for rain shower activity, with temperatures in the mid-50s. and, again, a good soggy candlestick afternoon. back to you, ann. >> thanks, jim. a new uc berkeley class explores how journalism for social change affects foster children. the director of fostering media connections daniel hinepolt joins us this morning. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. you have created this class based on solutions rather than just reporting. so a new form of journalism that's kind of been around. tell us about the class. >> the whole idea is i don't think public discourse should happen unless you're focused on solutions. the course is really looking at the problems in the foster care system as kind of a test case

and then from there finding solutions and figuring outweighs to communicate those solutions very wisely. this is more than just reporting what's going on. this is reporting what can be done about it. >> right, right, exactly. and you feel like something that's been really lacking? >> yeah, i think generally whether academic or media discourse has been largely about the problems we face, which is great. but we need to really get beyond the problems and start working on solutions. i think that having a class where students can focus on that and figure outweighs to articulate that is going to be kind of critical for getting these major societal problems, not just foster care, but that's the first step in a much broader agenda that has to deal with children and the way we deal with them and treat them. so i think that dealing with solutions first is really what we need to be doing at journalists. this whole semester will be based on the foster care system, that's what you're looking into. why did you choose that subject? >> i chose foster care because i've been a journalist covering the system pretty intensely.

and i have mentored two young men. at some point, i launched this project fostering media connections with the goal of creating solution-based journalism around the foster care system to improve it. so it was my personal experience mentoring two young men down in los angeles that really got me going on this whole path. so what is the process the students will be taking? >> they are going to come to class every monday from 6:00 to 7:30. the 6:00 to 7:30 portion will have speakers from around the country. we've got some of the top thinkers on foster care issues and media and public policy. and they are going to come in and we'll have the speaker series, which is actually open to the public, too. anybody who is interested in this can contact us at fostering media connections and we'll make sure to get you involved. great. we can post the information on our website, cbssf.com. >> yes. i have to ask you about another journalism ethics question that's been in the

news. on thursday, newt gingrich attacked john king for asking about his marital issue when his ex-wife accused him of asking her for an open marriage. that's been talked a lot about in the newsroom and all around journalism circles. was it right for john king to ask that question right off the bat? what do you make of that? >> i thought it was hilarious. >> interesting, for sure. >> i thought that newt's response was a good one. i mean, you know me from talking to me right now and my whole bent is around solutions, so that you would waste time talking about something so trivial as this, just seems to me kind of ridiculous. i would never do that. but you know, john king wants to get ratings. so the question is, you know, in john king's defense, is that was the question that was on a lot of people's minds and the audience around the nation had been talking about that that day. should he not have a chance to address the elephant in the room right off the bat?

>> i mean, he should have that opportunity, but i think that journalists also have a responsibility to not only report, but lead in a sense. i mean, the idea of journalism as a force of the state that really makes government better is one that i believe is necessary for a true democracy, and the responsibility is not to be salacious, but the responsibility is to talk about the solutions and the things that will get us further along. >> interesting perspective. daniel, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. some people can't get a ticket to tomorrow's big game at candlestick. we'll explain where our own liam mayclem is hosting a watch party of his own, and the king of pop honored here in the bay area. we'll have that and lots more, coming up in liam's list. ar r . and we continue the countdown to the big nfc championship at candlestick park. our viewers showing off their 49ers pride. this is kevin kennedy posting

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he'll be back to watch the . well, eye on the bay's liam mayclem is in hawaii right now, lucky guy, but you can bet he'll be back to watch the niners tomorrow. he's put together tips on the best viewing party, plus other ideas to keep us entertained this weekend. greetings, pleasure seekers. a jolly good morning to you. so much going on this weekend, let's begin with our movie. >> everything they have told you is a lie. british actress kate beckinsale hops back into her black latex suit for underworld, the fourth installment in the vampire versus wolves movie series. yes, before twilight there, was underworld, a dark, twisted high

octane in-your-face film. the cool factor, it's in 3d. >> step on the gas! and in the spotlight, acting out a scene from the film, if i may indulge. >> you drive! that's a jolly bad idea. i know. don't quit the day job. underworld awakenings opens friday in bay area theaters. n]♪ the music and magic of michael jackson is perfectly perfect in the new cirque due soleil show "immortal." this 90-minute show stopper is a celebration of the king of pop's impressive 40-year music career. expect the spectacle, acrobatics with the beat of jackson at the forefront. and finally, the 49ers are just one win away from heading to the super bowl.

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parts of downtown mill vallo flood over night. police and fire crews quickly filled sd bags, saving a bus . heavy overnight downpours caused parts of downtown mill valley to flood overnight. lot of roadway flooding around the bay area. there in mill valley, police and fire crews had to quickly work to fill sandbags, saving a business from flooding.

voting is under way right now in the south carolina republican primary. final opinion poll shows newt gingrich 6 percentage points ahead of mitt romney, who now says the race is neck and neck. and san francisco police taking security very seriously for tomorrow's big nfc game at candlestick park. police will even be in the crowd, some disguised as new york giants fans. and also we've been talking about this morning, highway 1 shut down in san mateo county right now because of a tree down. beware of that. wet roadways everywhere, really causing a danger. >> pretty soggy out there. today we'll get a chance to dry out this afternoon, but more rain due tomorrow. generally speaking less than half an inch of rain expected across the bay area, including down at candlestick where the winds will be gusty. a little more than a garbage bag day. you'll need your red rain slicker for the game, as we will see intermittent showers and of course your fashionable boots, just like ann is wearing,

although she fails to wear it on the days it rains. >> yesterday, i was wearing sopping wet tennis shoes. you know. some of these things just escape your mind before you head out for the morning. anyway, the race for the republican presidential nomination, will he go all the way to the convention? tomorrow on early edition, why these tv debates help newt gingrich. >> he is brilliant at the debates. he takes every question and jujitsus it to a positive answer for himself. plus, we'll take a look at the legacy being built by governor brown following his state of the state address last week, here on weekend early edition, starting tomorrow at 7:30. time for us to call it a morning. enjoy your saturday. this is the time to get out and try to do your outdoor stuff. >> we'll take a look at your sunday tomorrow at the same time. thank you for joining us.

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