sunday coast guard officials intercepted a vessel off the california coast about 160 miles west of los angeles carrying 3.3 tons of marijuana. officials say the smugglers boat was from mexico and discovered during routine patrols. when discovered they started tossing it overboard as the boat sped south. >> once we detected them they threw it overboard and fled back to mexican waters. >>reporter: so were you able to catch them. >> we were not able to catch them. there was a low cloud layer that night, and we were not able to track them through the

fog. >> a c130 initially spotted the boat. it flew out of sacramento. when the crew tracked the smugglers it alerted a cutter to the scene. the discovery was made during patrols. oftentimes it's people on beaches who notify authorities when they spot smugglers. the street value was $5 million, and it brings this year's total up to 57,000 pounds, on par with last year's numbers. authorities believe this catch made quite a dent in the persistent drug trade through american waters so, good news for them. oakland police are interviewing witnesses and looking for a suspect in connection with a deadly stabbing. police were called to the 2300 block of international boulevard around 5:15 this morning. the call came from a passerby who found a man lying in the street in front of a three

story building. investigators are trying to determine if he was thrown from a balcony after he was assaulted. he had been stabbed three to four times. he also had other major injuries. >> he had blood coming from his head so obviously head trauma, but i don't want to speculate what kind of head trauma he had. >>reporter: the victim's identity has not yet been released, but it's believed he was in his 40s. oakland police are looking for the suspect in a shooting of an off duty paramedic. yesterday afternoon the car of a 34-year-old was found in a ravine. he was in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head. police say he was at a stop sign when a man got out of a brown car and shot him. >> people are going to want answers. people want to know what happened, why it happened, and what's going to be done about it. >> police do not have a clear

motive, but a source told us when they found him he mumbled the words, he tried to rob me. the legislature is taking first steps towards tightening the already tough firearm laws. an a panel yesterday approved restrictions to sales. people would have to buy ammunition from a licensed dealer and provide identification. sales of ammo would also have to be reported to the state department of justice. legislatures are also considering other bills that would require permit fees and taxes. ahead of a bay area visit, the president is on his way to colorado where gun control laws are on his agenda. he'll be in denver to participate in a round table discussion on gun violence, drawing attention to

colorado's newly passed laws as he steps up pressure on congress to pass similar laws. he wants universe universal background checks on gun buyers. he will not be making any public appearances during his visit. tomorrow he's to attend two fundraisers, raising money for democratic candidates in the 2014 midterm elections. a group pushing for comprehensive immigration reform is speaking out in the south bay. the event is still going on in fact. new at noon the group is asking for quick action to create a roadmap to citizenship.

good afternoon, jeanine. >>reporter: advocates are here in front of city hall as well as congressman honda behind them. they say too many people work in the shadows here in san jose and all over the bay area trying to provide for their families in fear of being deported and needs to change. they want to send a strong message to congress when they reconvene in washington next week. they want to send back representative honda ready to work and make immigration reform a reality. there is a sign of hope. a bipartisan group has reportedly resolved all issues in a pending deal to overhaul a system and plans to unveil it next week. >> we'll try to keep the families together intact.

that's what it means. >> i think the immigrant community unfortunately has felt the brunt of the economic crisis. i think we see a lot of the communities in fear and children in fear of getting their parents deported and work violations because of immigration status. >>reporter: a rally was held earlier this week demanding citizen rights for everyone, and the bill proposed is expected to include an earned pathway to u.s. citizenship, tightened border security and ways for businesses to meet the need for high and low scale workers. reporting live from downtown san jose, channel . police have arrest had a second suspect in january's fatal shooting outside the bart

station. they're both accused of killing a 50-year-old man waiting for a bus outside the bart station on january 19. investigators say the victim was an innocent bystander caught in the gun battle. there was a death today at a bart station. it happened at the 12th street station. someone was hit by a train. no details have been released. trains heading to richmond are not stopping at the station. there's no word when that service will resume. it's important to have a

face-to-face conversation. high clouds over the bay area will soon start producing rain. details on when the rain will start. why shoes are producing smiles today at a particular bay area school.

officers were called in for backup at a fire that began in a kitchen of a bottom floor unit of an apartment. one woman was taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation. we have more details on a story we've been following since the morning news at 4:30 a.m. the napa county sheriff's office just release this had photo of a man shot by agents last night. the 37-year-old was wanted on a warrant charging him with assault with a deadly weapon.

the acts had ramirez and two other men under surveillance at a parking lot. >> when the agents approached the car to arrest him, a struggle ensued between the suspect and officer and a shot was fired striking the suspect. >> investigators says ramirez was hit in the upper chest, but is expected to live. no word on whether the other two men were arrested or if ramirez had a weapon. now to breaking news out of san francisco where there are reports the walt disney company is planning to shut down the lucas arts studio it acquired last year. the closure would result in an unknown number of lay offers for the division of george lucas' film company that makes video games. the studio based in san francisco is responsible for games based on star wars and indiana franchises jones

franchises. cal tran has ordered a complete reinspection of all the parts of the new bay bridge that came from an ohio supplier after cal tran said more than one third of steel rods supplied by them broke after being tightened. the san francisco chronicle reports the failure has raised concern about their ability to stretch during a major earthquake. repairs could cost $1 million. san jose's mayor has sent a letter to bud asking for a face- to-face meeting on the a's proposed move to the south bay. they've been trying to relocate the a's in san jose. he's thinking about putting a ballpark measure on the ballot. the giants have objected to the a's proposal saying they have territorial rights. >> there are people getting hurt feelings and getting upset about the delay, and i think

the best way to deal with it is to have a conversation and figure out what issues he's got and give him the answers he wants to we can move ahead. >> a spokesman said the commissioner has not seen the letter and would have no further comment. the average personal income in california went up last year compared to the year before. the figures came in at just under $45,000. that is a 4% increase from 2011. analysts say it's due mostly to a rise in stock market and other investments, still below the pre-recession figure just under $48,000. elementary students received a special gift this morning. >> oh, look at those. >> a charity called shoes that fit teamed up to help students in need at lafayette elementary school. each of the 115 students

elected to participate received a pair of new shoes. >> it's like having christmas in april that they'll have to take home something that belongs to them that they get to enjoy, and it's new. >> the shoe give away is part of a national campaign to help students in low income areas. shoes that fit is a local charity base in the claremont giving shoes to 12,000 children across the country. the women's basketball team now knows who they will play in the final four, tipping off against louisville this sunday at new orleans. >> here's there the half court. >> this is the first time they've made it to the final four.

. >> you may remember the president predicted the basketball team would make it to the final four. ruckers university today fired head basketball coach mike rice after a video surfaced showing him taunting players and making homophobic remarks. espn yesterday broadcast a video clip taken from practices between 2010 to 2012 and rice apologized. >> i can't say anything right now except i'm sorry, and there will never be a time where i'm going to use any of that as an excuse or will there be any excuse. i've let so many people down. >> new jersey governor chris christy joined those demanding the university take tough action against the coach.

a new report shows nearly seven and a half million californians live in places that face major flooding. the joint report from the state and federal governments says it would cost $100 billion to protect the state's endangered infrastructure, 10 times more than the state has to shore up aging dams and levees. the experts say even those would not provide protection from 100 year floods. there is a warning out for boaters after numerous sightings of gray whales that my great between march and may. in the past few days whales have been spotted inside the bay and near san francisco's ocean beach. federal marina thorties say boaters should stay at least 300 yards from the whales. boaters are also being asked to not cross in front of the whales, make sudden moves or get between a mother and her

calf. a sea lion has got the moves. he was trained to dance by santa cruz researchers and is dancing to boogy wonderland. he also enjoys a little backstreet boys. no other ma'am he wills besides humans move to music like this, and it took a year and a half, using his favorite treats, to teach him to dance. you may have been dancing through thick fog this morning. visibility a couple hundred feet. most of that's lifted or pulled back to the coast and it's mostly sunny and mild. mid 60s to upper 60s for temperatures. some of the clouds still close to the coast. this is because we're on the eastern edge of a system

approaching. it's moving north, but it's going to take awhile to get here. it's also slowing down a little bit. area of low pressure coming up out of the southwest, very mild air mass, so that's pumping a lot of warm air inland. even on the coast it's not bad. mid 70s possible today. we're close already. this is rain turning to a mixed precipitation, so a big system down in the deep south. 70s for some already. 60s for others. sfo only 56. san jose 64. we're warming up. 68 sacramento. it's getting hot already. i haven't said that in a while.

high clouds today, but overall mostly sunny. here's the system coming up. it's going to weaken rappedly. it does have a lot of moisture. i think we'll get some rain, maybe a quarter to a third inch by tomorrow unless it completely falls apart. i don't think so. this is a warm kind of muggy pattern. 66 san bruno and 64 in the city. cloudy with some rain on thursday. the weekend looks like weak systems to the north. i don't think much will happen here. next week is looking sunny and warmer all week. sounds good. eight people have been nominate today a committee that will look into renaming san francisco's airport. they include a san francisco fire official, a redwood city

council member and the former ceo, san francisco's city of commerce. they'll set policies for renaming the airport but will not pick a name. the committee was established in response to efforts to rename the airport after slain gay rights leader. new at noon announced a couple hours ago the america's cup concert series being scaled back after complaints. the concerts are set to take place once a new 9,000 seat pavilion is built at peers 27 and 29. forty concerts were planned between may and october, but now there will be no more than 30. the decision was made after a series of meetings with neighbors concerned about noise and how late the concerts would end. >> noise was a big issue and the timing of the concerts. we suggested 11:30 on the weekends and 11:00 during the week, and through talking with the neighbors, we reduced the

times. >> live nation also plans to install a sound tampening curtain to help reduce the amount of noise going out to the neighborhood. rolling stones fans are about to get some satisfaction.

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a month. they're currently down 99. the s&p is down 15. the rolling stones is coming back for a pair of concerts next month as part of their 50th an versety tour which began last year. they'll start the north american leg in los angeles. they come may 5 to oakland. the cell phone is celebrating a big milestone. it was 40 years ago today that motorola engineer made the first call from a mobile phone. the device was much larger and weighed 2.5 pounds. today on ktvu channel 2 at

, president obama set to make his first visit to the area since the election. there are several protests planned as well. chang you for trusting us for news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. we're always here for you. have a great day.