taking the rain on kpix 5. live from the cbs the bay area studios. this is kpix 5 news. spring is bringing rain to the bay area. how long will it stick around? a family making history, and a look ahead, president obama's visit to cuba. how did on man end up dead inside a car? >> a stunning discovery by firefighters and east bay. a body was found right in front of a fire station. ? i have never seen anything like this in my 15 years cedar park mac -- >> reporter: when he reported

to the fire station, he saw an unsettling scene in the driveway. >> coming to work this morning, i saw the police car here. i thought maybe some aggression to the station. >> reporter: it was not a crash. it was a male victim dead with blood on his shirt. the body was found at 7 am this morning when they were leaving to go on a car that i call. -- a call. >> when they went to leave, they saw the car parked right in front of the station. >> reporter: the victim was 51 years old, the preliminary investigation does not show foul play. but in an autopsy this week, that will give more clues on how a man ended up dead in front of a firehouse. >> the sheriff's office said that the victim may have had a medical condition. a fire has a split -- displaced a family.

it happened at 4 am and spread to the home next door, everyone made it out fine but because of the smoke damage, they are spending the night somewhere else. there is no word on the cause. struck -- >> reporter: rain was -- rain was falling across the region. we saw rain falling in the span not so much in the south bay. this is with our camera and oakland. there is scattered showers and they are mostly light. we will see the next 24 hours, showers here and there, and coolly -- cooler weather coming through for there will be some rain in the forecast through tomorrow night. in the mountain, there is a winter weather advisory, snow levels at 4500 feet and their is a chance for 8 inches of fresh powder. presidents -- president

obama's trip to cuba, he and his family received a warm welcome as they arrive into cuba. >> reporter: president obama brought his family to cuba, a big step with normalizing relations with an adversary. he is the first to visit since 90 years. he will deliver a historic speech that will be delivered to the people in cuba. they took time to prepare for his arrival. there is fresh coats of paint applied to houses and businesses. this welcome sign was put out outside a restaurant in havana. >> i think that would like to have changes, it will be slowly. >> reporter: during his stay he will meet with a number of prominent people at -- at the

site in cuba. he will meet with cuban business leaders, he is hopeful that his visit here will make life better here. >> they want to see what he actually believes in. and also what he expects. and what we believe and. >> reporter: the president will enjoy the american press time, -- pastime. he will be watching a baseball game between the tampa bay rays and the team in cuba. the party is stalling. the confirmation process for nominating. >> i have fulfilled my constitutional duty. now it is time for the senators to do theirs. >> reporter: they will not confirm a supreme court nominee

after americans choose an american president. >> is not about this particular judge. it is about who should make the appointment. >> reporter: resident obama nominated him to fill the late seat. this weekend, he championed his pick. >> are supreme court is supposed to be above politics -- our supreme court is supposed to be above politics. >> i am telling everybody that is watching this, the senator is not going to allow that.>> reporter: john kasich criticized his party's approach. >> they should sit down and meet with the guy. >> reporter: he has ruled out the approval even if another democrat becomes president. >> i cannot imagine that the republican majority seneca would want to confirm a judge -- senate would want to confirm of judge.

struck with the race of the white house, it is march madness, both sides -- with race to the white house. it is march madness. donald trump is trying to explain his stance behaviors. the opponents are focused on stopping him from earning a majority of delegates. >> he will have the delegates as he needs going to the convention. the convention by the way, is an extension of the political process.>> on the democratic side, bernie sanders is trailing hillary clinton. >> yes. were hearing from a be a couple that -- we are hearing from a couple where

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-- to macula died yesterday -- to macula tumecula died yesterday. it took the help of a local congresswoman to help them out.>> reporter: john and linda grant have spent their lives traveling the world, and they have filter home with photos and artwork to remember their journeys. but their trip to africa, they wish they could forget this. >> the bone was 15 interest -- the bone was 15 inches long. there was a carving on the side of it. >> reporter: when they bought it at the gift shop, they were assured that it was legal. it was a different story when they were stopped at the airport in tanzania. >> they said you are going to jail. i said, what?

you poached this animal. >> reporter: it was on a draft bone. poaching carries a 20 year prison sentence. the couple was jailed, release, and jailed again. after nearly a month thousands of dollars in fines, appeals from the ambassador, and congresswoman, wrote and asked them to return to the united states. but first paying a $30,000 fine. >> i will not go back to tanzania again. >> reporter: she says her traveling days are over. she loves to see the world but she will never again risk which she has right here at home. >> you appreciate the united states. you appreciate the freedom we have. you have no idea how much you

should appreciate that until you were in a situation like we were in. >> many of john grants trips have been with delivering wheelchairs to different countries including tanzania. as you start your work week, guess what? they are working to fix an electrical problem, bart, on the north line. right now, the only option is hopping on one of the nine bus bridges looping the stations. sticker shock at the gas pump. the average price of gasoline has jumped $.17 in the last two weeks. the current average is $1.98. the price hike is blamed on the growing demand for gas and crude oil prices. the average price here is $2.68 per extract it is a big week for apple --

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>> reporter: she may not be a household name, but she has taken the maritime industry by storm. breaking the glass ceiling and becoming the first american woman to captain a cruise ship. >> if i can follow their dreams, i dare to try, then i learned something worthwhile. >> reporter: it has been 25 years in the making. the dream started when she was 12 years old when she and her family took a cruise to the bahamas. she told her father, she wanted to pilot her own ship. she graduated at the maritime academy. >> the first thing they say, welcome home. >> reporter: she was back on campus since leaving there eight years ago. the maritime industry is dominated by men.>> it does

not mean that we are any less capable, it just happens to be mine. i am very excited. we will work towards having equals. >> reporter: the woman who promoted kate is also a first. their message to young girls. >> a dream big, work hard, and get great results, be better than anyone else. do anything you can, the truth is, you can't do anything that you put your mind to.>> reporter: i am da lin. this is the last day of the silicon valley comex con. stan lee was featured today. that is marvel's comic books founder. the headliners expected to

be, a 4 inch iphone. it is the smaller version of the ip approach. the ipad will work with the apple pencil. it is a sign of spring and western japan as the country welcomes the arrival of the first cherry blossoms. the flowers started to bloom this week arriving four days earlier than usual. the trees are expected to be in full bloom across the city and about a week. >> how pretty is that? >> talking about pretty, here is san jose, looks like one of those pictures on a sympathy card, of those clouds, and then this one -- the sun off to the left. isn't it beautiful? santa rosa, they were approaching a half inch of rain. most others in the bay area 60 degrees.

here is how it looks on the high definition doppler, we have a few remnants of showers and there's more on the way. you can see that the flow is sinking south north bay continues to look partly sunny at this hour. we have some light rain reported and conquered at 5 pm. here's what happened, the low pressure off of oregon, it continued with the showers, throughout the night. not a lot but from time to time it could for until tomorrow night. you make get some sunny breaks to. 4500 feet for the mountain levels for snow. chain delays are likely to melt you're heading out to the mountains. future cast, tonight, we are mostly cloudy, tomorrow morning 8 am, there is another wave of showers moving into the north

bay. as the day goes on showers keep popping up throughout the bay area. some places will not get much. but other places will get more rain. rain in the future cast for the next 24 hours, it shows more in the north bay then the south bay. may be more than an inch. not much near san jose, the santa cruz mountains a half inch. the past 24 hours, san jose has not picked up a trace. looking at the west bay shoreline, a little bitter rain, but then us half an inch in santa rosa, here is what we're going to expect, scattered showers are going to continue. the work week continues and we will have more rain in the north rather than the south. warm weather returns on thursday, we will be in the 70s done and on into next week. there are storms near reading, mostly cloudy and fresno and showers in the northern third

of the state. the extended forecast, -- the overnight lows, why not? there are a few showers until monday night, and later on in the week we of sunshine over the place and temperatures are in the low 70s. put on a happy face. i know this guy will.'s -- i know this guy will. >> absolutely. a kid named rex, the luck of the irish. we are in kansas next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

with a win over the biggeste in college sports: notre da. bon jovi hoping the irish w be living on n they were primed to be the national darlings. helping the irish would be leaning on a little bit more than a prayer. it was a tight rope to baseline, type game at 70. then you get the rebound. they lead by 3 points, turning out to be the last who but the game. they continue to hold on, notre dame misses twice at the rim. but rex bails them out, the unexpected hero, the fifth rent -- the fifth wind for the irish. >> are you kidding me? that was unbelievable.

>> i had a similar experience in my high school career. i wish i would have gotten that back, i made up for it. >> it moil this make it more than made up for it. oranges up five, slamming it down to make it 17-10. he had 23. early in the second half, here come the blue raiders, 33-31. it was all syracuse after that. nine minutes left, orange merely turning it over, and then firing it to the juan coleman, and then syracuse pulls away, 75-70. oklahoma had a 13 point lead but it fell apart. get out of the way.

they would later take the lead, the sooners have the perfect guy for dire situations. 2 point, he has a lead, then he knocks down another a point scott he had 36 points. -- he has another, 36 points. the san antonio spurs are widely believed to be. they sent us turn message, not in our house. steph curry was four of 18 shooting, the spurs held the warriors, evening up the season. >> with the players. they made adjustments. >> the fella get playoff game to me.

the crowd was into it -- it felt like a playoff game. >> the crowd was into it.>> they took advantage of their size. >> we play the way we play, so they had a better game. which that should not have been that hard. >> you could use a good arnold palmer after that. >> down one-shot, teeing off, putting it on the green, setting up a birdie to tie kevin chappell. as far as chapel, he made -- as far as kevin chappell he needs to make this, here he is, he needs to get it up to secure the win. settling 5 feet from the hole. and setting up a par that would keep him and give him the win,

the first victory of the season. >> jimmie johnson and his crew were hoping that superpowers would help them out. the tire goes flat, is flames into the wall, and then he was checked out by the medical staff. he is okay. to me johnson, -- jimmie johnson, he is passing, and winning his second race of the year and sixth and southern california. oakland, throws one, to the right center, missing a home run. ending up at third, with a triple, the white sox did win that baseball game. 6-2. enough of spring training, let's get the real deal going.>> all four number ones are in, but michigan state, that was a

big upset over the weekend. we will see you at 6:30 pm. enqueue for watching. ,, ,,,, ,,,,,,,,

>> miller: history in havana tonight, as president obama arrives in cuba. we're on the ground for his landmark visit. >> he's a disgusting guy. another wild weeken another wild weekend for the trump campaign ahead of tuesday's voting contests in the west. a protester is punched. trump defends his campaign manager in a separate incident. spring break crackdowns are forcing the party crowds to beach hop. where are they headed next? and, a bird's eye view to a baby eaglet's birth. this nest is getting crowded. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> miller: good evening, i'm micheller,