rivers low and ski resorts dried up. >> we are getting ready for the final game of battle of the bay this afternoon. the highlight that fans will get to experience for the first time. from ktvu fox 2 this is mornings on two. >> and good morning everybody. this is video from the griffith observatory showing the shortest lunar eclipse of the century. it started happening just about

3:15 but the full eclip se happened right before 5:00 this morning lasting just five minutes. very quick. >> very beautiful picture. >> very beautiful. >> we are talking about on our i-phones looks nothing like that >> no. that's why i didn't send it in. welcome. it's saturday april 4th. >> good morning. it's a bit of a chill out there >> i noticed the chill. the wind too. whipping around. >> cooling down. what's it looking like? there is a lot of easter egg hunts planned. >> i know. you are right. tomorrow morn we will wake up with rain over parts of the bay area. today is that transition day. we will have plenty of sun to go around. partly cloudy. even sunny. how about that sun? giving you a live look as it moves its way into the sky. we have a beautiful day in store. today a bit of a cooldown. it'll lead to bigger changes for easter sunday. let's look at storm tracker

too. little bit of patchy fog along the coastline this morning. we have just high clouds. that will continue to stream in. temperatures -- napa35 degrees. 37 santa rosa a lot like how they started yesterday. low 40s livermore. half moon bay 48 for you. mid40s mountain view and redwood. as we roll through saturday, we will have partly to mostly clear skies, temperatures falling off from what we had yesterday. the 70s will be gone. take a look at the widespread green and blue. the blues indicating 50s along the coastline and over the hills and mountains. we have 60s over parts of the north bay, east and south bay. going to see the giants. 60 degrees. partly cloudy a little breezy in the afternoon as that westerly wind pick up in the second half of the dame 64 for

oakland. in and around redwood. 65, 66 san jose. 65 for napa. the cooling trend will continue and as we said at the start wet weather on the way. ly break it down. tell you what it means coming up. >> thank you. new this morning the alameda county water district will host a community meeting to discuss the drought. the governor ordered a mandatory 25% reduction in water use. today's meeting will discuss the drought, water conservation and a proposed fee increase. the alameda county water district services 340,000 customers. the forum starts at 2:00 2:00. the governor's order is prompting some homeowners to call in consultants to look for ways to cut water use. we went out and followed a tech in pleasanton. they went through a 68 point

checklist including hoses, outdoor water spouts, sinks and faucets. >> turn them on, off, make sure there is no dripping. high pressure is what causes them to drip. that or hard water. >> toilets sprinklers and hoses are some of the most common problems. even a slow leak inside the toilet could waste five to seven gallons of water a day. analysis of cities and water districts showed they will have trouble meeting the governor's 25% cut back. the mercury news reports only 14 is of california's 412 largest cities and districts reduced use by that much last year. if they don't reach the mark this year they could be fined up to $10,000 a day. the summer said it'll give a break to areas that have cut back use dramaticly and to give you an idea of the dispart among cities the news report that the average person in san francisco uses 45-gallons avenue water a day.

folks in palm springs use 347- gallons a day. tahoe ski resorts have been hit hard. claudine took this photograph of going up a chair lift at heavenly. the slopes, looking bare. only ten of 28 chair lifts open and 21 of 97 trails skiable. >> a settlement has been reached in audrie pott case. she committed suicide in 2012 after three boys sexually assaulted her. one teen and his family settled with her parents last month. the other two agreed to pay her family $950,000. for the first time the young men accepted responsibility and apologized. >> they offered words of apology. apology to the family. it was well received by

everybody in the room. we just felt they can move on with their lives to do something positive. >> as part of the settlement they agreed to speak publicly about the dangers of alcohol and sexting. a man is in jail accused of an attack on a homeless man. video showed the victim on a bucket outside a baron larkin street wednesday night. then a man walked up and with in warning strikes him on the head with what investigators believe was a metal pipe. the video helped them identity the suspect. arthur lee jones of fairfield. he was arrested late thursday night when he went back to the same core under where the assault happened. >> to see such a horrible crime take place where someone struck him in the head like that is uncalled for. i'm very glad we are able to catch him. >> jones faces charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. police have not disclosed a motive. the victim received 50 stitches to his head and he remains in

critical condition with unestablish vital signs. >> happening load independent -- load indianapolis will host the final four. the university of kentucky hopes to take one step closer to an undefeated season and the championship. they are the first team in men's division one basketball to go 38-0. today they will face the badgers. the other game is duke against michigan state. duke and kentucky are both five point favorites. the winners will advance to the championship on monday night. police will increase security at the site of the final four. lucas oil stadium. gay right groups are planning to march through downtown indianapolis and then rally outside the stadium to protest the new religious freedom law. despite revisions they fear it'll still allow businesses to discriminate against gays. demonstrators plan to fly a banner as well before the game

that reads discrimination is wrong. san francisco, oakland and berkeley mayors among leader who have denounced the religious freedom law. they have called for boycotts of the state and encouraged businesses not to do business there. they tell the bay area news group that this area is proof that people can diverse backgrounds can work together no matter their age, gender or religion. not a lot but bragging rights are on the line today when the giants take on the a's. they have split this weekend's bay bridge series so far the a's won on thursday. the world champs won last night because of the posey three run shot. christina is live outside where the third and deciding game will be played. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. you know we made it through security and now we are just deal -- the only ones out here

the stadium is empty but it's all about to change in a couple of hours because we expect the oakland athletics booster club to show up. that gives them four hours to tall gate before the first pitch is thrown out. probably one of the most anticipated thing that fans want to experience and see this afternoon are the new scoreboards and ribbon boards installed during the off sea season. the main displays mirror each other. bigger than the last board. these measure 36 feet high by 145 feet wide. the ribbon boards will rehabilitate sections of the stadium. you will get a good view no matter your seat. this is all about a better fan experience. >> our fans are amazing. they came out no matter and they loved what they saw. the fans out right field went crazy for it. now when you see yourself in full hd and you can see the

smallest detail of a runner week tagged out, you can see yourself going crazy. fans will be amazes. a -- amazed. >> reporter: fans will see that if they come to this last batter. if not the home opener is on monday night. the a's are going to have seven straight home games starting on monday. they will take on the rangers and the mariners a lot of time to come check out the upgrade. >> thank you a lot of fans on both sides excited about today but more so about those home opener on monday for oakland. thank you for that report. the a's have picked two fan favorites throughout the ceremonial first pitch on monday's opening night against the rangers. eric chavez and mark ellis will receive the special honor. chavez won six gold gloves during his 13 year career in the green and gold. ellis who retire from the game spent eight plus seasons with the a's.

facebook has created a county by county map of baseball fans for the 2015 season and takes a look at the teams all across the nation. here it is. it's based on the number of likes per team. you can see out west that the giants dominate up north and the majority of california and the dodgers down soup. it's a sliver here. that's the angels and the padres. middle of the country look at that. topeka kansas. you would think a little bit of orange after the giants won but i guess not. they are faithful to their team a few teams were shut out including the oakland a's. one of those teams i think win a county here. >> selfie sticks are popular worldwide but are they dangerous? the new calls to ban them and the local businesses handing them out to customers. and a little dog with a long road to recover ribbon

boards. ribbony. the search for the person responsible. >> our fair weather pattern is going to becoming to an end. i will have a look at what you can expect for today and when the wet weather will arrive coming up.

good morning. what a beautiful start over the bay. we have a nice golden hue there for you to enjoy. temperatures a bay side communities the mid40s to the low 50s. >> there are several events in the bay area over the next few days to honor a group of missing mexican students who are presumed dead. the families have been holding rally across mexico since the 43 disappeared last september. the students were protesting abuses by the mexican government. investigators say that a corrupt mayor ordered police to round them up and turn them

over to a drug cartel. it's believed the cartel killed them and burned their bodies. families and friends are visiting 43 american cities to demand the united states pressure mexico to investigate what happened. the group of parents and supporters will march in san francisco's mission district at two this afternoon. their justice care van will stop in santa rosa on tuesday. >> it's time to look at the front pages. these are the stories making headlines. the big story on the washington post this morning is the attack at the college in kenya that least 148 people dead. the headline reading stunned kenyans feel painful aftermath. extremists are warning of more attacks in kenya similar to the one at the college. this morning the medical staff say they have found another survivor of the killings at the university two days after the attack. the person had been hiding in a

cup board since thursday. the attackers separated christians muslims, killing the christians. the pope sent a telegram to the families of the victims. the front page of the globe focus cans on -- focuses at the boston marathon reading chaos kudos and criticism a new report released yesterday called the overall emergency response to the marathon bombing a great success. however, it revealed that some police officers fired in the water town shoot out with the suspects. the first officers who confronted them acted appropriately but a swarm who followed failed to identity their targets before firing. the report also praised the medical system which ensured that police and emergency workers quickly treated those who were injured. the bombings killed three and injured more than 260 including a young boy. and down in los angeles the

front page features the newest edition to the nfl reading sarah thomas is ready and set to make nfl history a source said that the nfl told current officials that seven men and one woman were selected as new hires for the 2015 season. sarah thompson would be the first female official. all of them will have to pass physical exams first. being the first woman at different levels is not new for thomas. she worked for conference usa in 2007 and in 2009 and became the first woman to be an official in a bowl game and has been in the ff -- development program and worked a pre-season game last season. >> that's amazing. >> i remember growing up i always loved football and thought it was unfair that girls couldn't play. they can be officials. that's good. >> i imagine -- she looks small. imagine having some bigfoot ball player come at you because he is angry about your call. >> or just -- sometimes those

plays end up on the sidelines. she will have to --. >> she has an athlete herself. we will look ahead to this easter weekend. i know you said earlier this morning that there is rain tomorrow morning at some of the easter egg hunts. >> yeah. amazing that last weekend we were tracking record heat. this weekend in time for easter rain on the horizon. giving you a live look into san francisco where it's another beautiful start over the bay area. it's a cool one. especially over parts of the north bay. temperatures have flannen to the 30s. we will look at some of those numbers. let's look at this storm that's dropping out of the gulf of alaska. it'll be cooling us off today. the cooling trend starts for saturday afternoon. the on shore breeze will be back the rain will hold off until tomorrow for most of us. we could have a few scattered showers roll in later this evening. take a look as we move through your saturday. little bit of fog along the coastline. partly cloudy perhaps into the afternoon. the high clouds across the area. in i case another beautiful

day. just not as warm as yesterdayn. to sunday we wake up with scattered showers over parts of the north day. perhaps drizzle along the coastline and as we get into the south bay we are starting automatic dry. this is going to maybe move in from north to south. it's moving in the peninsula. south bay looks dry. to plan your easter sunday let's change you start out with rain over parts of the north bay but the south will take a little while. by 11 or so we have it over the central bay beginning to slide close america to san jose and looks like the rain line wants to move through. this could change up a little bit but looks like bin the second half of the afternoon we will start to see a break with partly cloudy skies and that chance for a shower but not like what we are seeing for the morning. the best chance for rain will be between seven and about one in the afternoon. sliding north to south. temperatures will be on the cool side.

we are looking at mid40s to about 50 as we start the morning and will end the afternoon in the upper 50s to low 60's. in addition to those showers we will see sierra snow. levels down to about 3,000 feet and there is a watch in place for the sierra along that west slope. you will have to take it easy if you plan to drive out there for the weekend. rain totals for us from a few 100ths to a quarter inch. we are not down a second system monday into tuesday. right now napa35, 41 palo alto. 57 fremont. wide range out there. just check it out. 64 san ralph allege. the extended forecast with the bay area weekend always in view. partly cloudy for today. showers arrive for tomorrow especially through the morning. we get to taper off for the second half of the day. bit of a lull on monday. monday fight into tuesday. more rain on the way and that will produce from a half inch to an inch of rain.

>> tuesday could be a real storm. >> little more stormy. even thunderstorms possible. >> i see this tweet from kirkwood, he has been on the newscast before and he said snow in the forecast starting tonight throughen. embrace the storm. they are fired up. >> a little before and afternoon. >> good timing. >> all right. thank you. >> selfie sticks popular but museums around the world are starting to ban them. >> even the music festival announced it's banning them. they give the people the ability to take pictures of themselves but critics say they are obnoxious and risk danger to priceless treasures orrin treasure. using one to ache a picture with a bear may not be the best idea. >> it may be better to appreciate the art work that you have come to see.

>> how about not take it with a bear? >> how about run when you see a bear. >> someplaces to elm gracing them. hot spots temperatures have been handing them out to guests in washington dc as well as in san francisco. we want to know what you think of them and if they should be banned. >> join the conversation on the fox two facebook page. >> coming up, new information around racist texts sent by san francisco police officers. coming up at 7:45 what we are learning about the officers involved the new message from the chief. >> had me in such a crazy bind. >> see what happens when toll taking goes wrong. the error that left a woman identifying to clear a huge bill.

take a look at this video. it shows three people stealing an atm from a gas station there walnut creek yesterday. one of them in the red hat appears to distract the clerk just about 5:00 a.m. a second suspect wearing a black hoodie then attaches a cable to the outdoor atm . that's when the driver in the ford pick up hits the gas and rips the atm from its mount. they put it in the back of the truck and take off anyone who recognizes the truck or suspects should call.

a woman who drive across the golden gate bridge is facing thousands of dollars in fines. she blames it on a clerical error involving fast track and the dmv. she said she changed her address with the dmv and fast track after she moved two years ago but they kept sending her invoices to her old address. she never received them and didn't pay the tolls. she said she tried to pay the tolls a few months ago but they had been compounded with fines. >> so when i called and went in it was already to late and it was a $4,000 worth of dmv holes and charges. >> last week her car was towed since she couldn't afford to pay the fines she decided to give it away to a friend in order to get it back together. the women were able to get her car back but it still cost her $2,200. the toll authority said it shouldn't be hard to resolve. she said she is now considering

filing a lawsuit. >> the front man of green day will soon open a new star in oakland. it's expected to open on may first. the store will feature guitars mostly from armstrong's selection. he isn't the first green day member to open up shop in their home air. the bass ist is a partner in a cafe. >> the latest device that's designed to make your trip through airport security a little easier. >> we have never had a year like this. whales everywhere. >> more whales are popping up in bay area waters. why experts say conservation efforts are the contributing factor. >> a cooldown in store for saturday afternoon and for the second half of the weekend i'm

tracking rain. we will have a look at the current condition and what you can expect coming up.

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time 7:30 here is a look at some of the top stories we are following for you. the alameda county water district will hold a forum to discuss the drought. the event is to tell the public

about current water supply levels, programs and proposed service charge hike. this meeting runs from two in the afternoon to 3:30. in fremont. a settlement has been reached in the audrie pott case. the 15-year-old committed suicide back in 2012 after three boys sexually assaulted her and took pictures of her. one teen and his family settled with her parents last month. the two other families agreed to pay her family $950,000. gay right supporter also protest in indianapolis today ahead of the men's final four basketball games being played there. they want the state to drop it's new religious freedom law that they say discriminates against gays. rosemary and allie. >> thank you. we are over in the weather center. you were talking about we have heard all these storey its about the drought and how it's at record low levels. there may be some rain coming

up this week but probably to little to late. >> any bit helps. we are looking at it comes just in time for easter. we won't complain. we will just plan around it. >> easter egg hunt inside. >> he will have a shot sat some dryer weather for the second half of the sunday. midand high level cloud wills continue to stream overhead. that moves moves in for storm. it's a chilly start for parts of the north day. napa35 degrees. along the peninsula 50 degrees. palo alto, slipping to 39 as

well. 49 half moon bay. we shift south just a little farther. we have areas in and around saratoga. 38 degrees for morgan hill and gilroy. going out to see the game will lethel a fairly nice day. we will have partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies, temperatures on the cool side and that on shore breeze is back. westerly breeze to 20. temperatures for the second half of today a lot of 60s another there. upper 50s at the coast. 65 in fremont. 67 concord the cooling trend will continue for the second half and the rain will arrive by morning. ly detail that and the future cast coming up. >> thank you. the ntsb is investigating a deadly crash that took the life of a pilot of annum extra light. it happened yesterday afternoon. what the pilot was the only person on board. >> it's a very sad dame the pilots -- we are always sad

about that. i think we -- you know there is risk in all we do. we have all accepted that risk. >> there is no word from officials on the pilot's identity. >> an 8 week old dog is looking for a new home after he was burned and dropped off at a animal shelter the people who rescued him say he was tortured a vet in pittsburgh said he had burns on his stomach and ears. because of his burn injuries vets say that he would need to have them removed. they named him fireman and say if everything goes well he could be ready for adoption in four to six weeks a volunteer said that the way he reacts suggests a bad experience. >> another reason i think that he may have been tortured. he -- he goes into like a defense mode and starts to bite when i try to pick him up. >> fireman was found at antioch animal services in a dog run surrounded by a fence.

workers aren't sure if the person responsible dropped him off or if it was someone who just found him. >> you kind of wonder about the people that are out there walking among us that would be willing to harm an animal, let alone a baby animal. >> fireman does have a foster home and a one thousand reward is offer of proofed for information that leads to an arrest and conviction. umbrella of hope a rescue organization will handle the adoption process. >> poor little guy. i hope he makes a fast recovery. it's a sight unlike any other and it's happening off the golden gate. gray whales migrating. john fowler went out to find out what's behind the remarkable surge. >> reporter: right now fantastic evidence of nature's resilence a new surge in the number of whales. >> see a baby and it's mom is

like -- it's -- there are no words. >> reporter: we are on board san francisco whale tours boat the kitty cat just outside the golden gate. 31 year veteran of whale watching. watching >> we have never had a year like this. >> reporter: right now gray whales in the middle of their ten thousand mile migration. >> peak season is right now. >> reporter: jason blair said that males and single females swim north faster and farther off shore. >> our experience is --enabled by the slow calf with its mother. this is the best time to see them. >> reporter: texas computer engineer john waters took his daughter out of school for this. >> to see them come right up close to us like that, see the mother and calf is just fabulous.

experts say conservation efforts paid off. >> they are exploiting different feud resources. they are going back to normal. >> mary jane, an expert said if you are lucky you may see what we did from the helicopter. bus sized whales problem i i can -- frollicking. >> the whale watching doesn't stop there at cad my of sciences has opened a new exhibit dedicated to the large marine mammal. it's called whale giants of the deep. it features huge whale skeletons a i life size model of a whale's heart and rarely seen artifacts. >> people can expect to have acolouser view of animal that are very difficult to see in

real life. >> the exhibit was developed by a museum in new zealand home to the largest marine mammal collection. this is the first time its been featured on the west coast. >> grocery store chain fresh and easy plans to close 55 stores in three states including seven right here in the bay area. those come amid plans to test a new business model where customers order food online and then pick it up at the store. here in the bay area stores closing concord, danville, walnut creek, pacifica, vacaville and the san francisco store on silver avenue. ten other stores will remain open. >> summer break is just around the corner. spring break is here this week for a lot of people and that means a lot of people will be headed to the airport. the airport itself can be an adventure depending on what you wear. fox 2 reporter claudine wong

with more on a belt designed to get you through security faster. >> reporter: travelers now getting through airport security can take a while. which makes what you wear even more important. >> what do you think people should wear? >> as little as possible. >> reporter: the less you wear the less have you to take off. >> airport prep is here. >> reporter: taking off the jacket, the belt, the shoes, it can all take time. >> usually its shoes, belt it very annoying as well. especially -- depends on the belt. i wear the nylon. >> reporter: these two think they have a better solution. . >> i think the light bulb went off. >> reporter: they are friend whose started it together. initially they started taking shirts. >> nobody bought it. even our friends out of pitty wouldn't buy it . >> reporter: they gave up on the t-shirts and then friends asked tom to design a belt. >> i was like yeah.

maybe i will do that. i made -- i made a couple of them. >> reporter: when he took a look. >> and then i realized his design was such that the buckle would come off quickly. >> reporter: which could make getting through the airport a lot easier. >> if you could just remove the metalic part. >> reporter: it's about function and for nontravellers about form. >> swap your dollars. >> reporter: they are made in the bay. the buckles in santa claire a. the straps stitched in oakland and the two have sold shows to both women and men. >> i like that >> reporter: they hope to make that trek through security a little easier and a lot faster. if you are wondering about that name. >> it's what you say when you go through airport security. >> reporter: in oakland. >> we put a link on the website. if you have story ideas for

things -- >> a bike program has been so successful that it could expanded to some cities here in the united states. bike share services -- more than seven thousand and expand the service. another plus. is that it wouldn't cause taxpayers a dime. >> the private guys will come in. they will find a name, sponsor that will sponsor the bikes. you will see advertising on the bikes bikes and the bike stations. we get substantial expansion of the program in return. >> the bikes cost nine dollars a day or 88 for a yearly membership. next week they will consider it and vote on the expansion later this spring. with summer just around the corner a new report ranked the top ten beaches for families one is just about a three hour

drive away. kings beach made the top ten. the study ranked the beaches based on their safety, cleanliness and entertainment. they were not listed in any particular order. carl's bad was the only other one to make the list. all the others were on the east coast. >> it's great that tahoe made it on the list. you think of beaches you think of the coast but -- tahoe is --. >> you think of king's beach. it's a very nice beach. >> the countdown is onto the official start of baseball season. coming up, how the a's and giants are excited getting their fans excited. >> i many eastbound as -- a member as high ranging as a captain. >> a advantage message. the racist text messages now under investigation.

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mt. hood was left off the list. so was the oregon coast, the columbia river gorge and the painted hills. smith rock and the wallowas are all missing. whoever named the seven wonders never set foot in oregon because even crater lake was left off their list. so we see your wonders world and raise you seven of our own. the seven wonders of oregon. see one, or better yet see them all.

a beautiful start over mount diablo a mix of sun and clouds, a good day to be outside. we have wet changes on the way. ly break it down coming up. >> it's time to take a look at some of the top storey that are trending this morning. san francisco police chief said he is coming down hard on officers who sent and received racist text messages a captain and seven other officers are being suspended and the chief is recommending that the police commission fire them. the texts surfaced a couple of weeks ago after a former officer was sentenced on

federal corruption charges. yesterday the another officer became the second to resign over the texts. >> certainly to have a member as high ranking as a captain was particularly disheartening. >> 14 officers in all were investigated. texts sent by six others don't warrant a call for termination but the cases being referred to the police commission that can make a decision about firing them. pope led the way of the cross certify money in rome for good friday. friday this -- people from syria, iraq, egypt and nigeria took turns carrying a cross. tomorrow the pope plans to celebrate easter mass at saint peters square.

and trending this morning the blood moon over night. appeared before five this morning. this is video. it was the shortest total eclipse of the century. it's called a blood moon because just like at sunset the light of the moon is a red color. the next total one will happen in september. and if you woke up early to catch the moon we would love to see your photographs. share them with us. >> and i tried to do that with my phone. i already deleted it. >> they kind of stink. >> so excited too. >> it waited for us. >> we arrived. >> that was very cool. >> rain. i will do an easter egg hub. i was invited to one. tomorrow --.

>> you are right. maybe you love the rain. giving you a look over parts of the east bay where we have a mix of sun and clouds to start the morning a little bit of patchy fog but that's about it. today another beautiful day. today about the cooldown. we have cooler air moving in. first wave will be tomorrow. the second monday night into tuesday. i will take you into monday night. bear with me. we will start tomorrow morn. we wake up with rain. by eight or nine it's already shifting into the central bay. by ten, 11 it's in to the south bay and at noon you can see widespread scattered showers. looks like between six and noon over parts of the north and central bay. then it sort of hangs onto the south bay until about three in the afternoon. it'll move from north to south.

over parts of the south bay you will get it for the second half of the admonishing into the afternoon and then a lull. maybe a few scattered showers, cool, partly cloudy but this is the second wave. i have -- sped you up all the way into monday night. the second wave will come in monday night into tuesday. two waves. one on sunday morning. the second monday night into tuesday. it's a chilly start. low 50s. 64 for oakland this afternoon. 64 san rafael. low 60s haywood. upper 60s for antioch. these numbers actually where we should be for this time of year. we have been above average for so long we don't know where we should be. for the second half. the extended forecast here with the bay area always in view. taking day by day. for today partly cloudy skies,

temperatures coming down. still a beautiful day out there as mike said. today may be the better day for that outdoor easter hunt. rain over the north bay. the first part of the day is the best part of us getting wet and then it'll tail off in to the sunday late afternoon, early hours. that second round monday night this to tuesday. tomorrow's rain not a lot. quarter inch of or less but that second part could be from half inch to an inch. that could be great news. we have sierra now coming. with the advisory to talk about. >> to bad that rain tomorrow morning couldn't just shift until in the evening. >> it could speed up, low down.

>> a nonprofit is urging parents not to buy their children rabbits. house rabbits society is an international volunteer group that was founded in 1988 and since it started they have rescued more than 30,000 rabbits. they say many of them were easter gifts. according to the group some buy them without knowing the animals require a lot of care and can live more than ten years. >> if you are thinking about bringing a rabbit into your home as part of the family you want to do your homework first. they are fantastic pets for the right householdo, the right family. there is a lot to know in advance. >> the group said that once you have done your research and still believe you can provide a good home then it recommends adopting from a shelter. some visually impaired children got to take part in a special easter egg hunt.

>> they are students at the alabama institute for deaf and blind. having disabilities can make it harder for them to enjoy traditional activities. these oversized beeping eggs give them a chance that they have never had before. >> we love to give the opportunity for them -- and their families to come out and have the shame opportunity as everybody else does. >> now the eggs were developed nine years ago by a special agent whose daughter and blind and since then they have invited the funs needed to make them. each one costs $14 each. whale a great idea. >> relatively simple and -- you know you wouldn't -- you wouldn't think of it but that's -- they look like they will having fun. >> a lot of smiles. >> yeah. >> coming up. it's a hire that's making history. in 20 minutes the woman who will be on the field during the upcoming nfl season. >> first using gold to detect

cancer. the simple test designed by researchers that could help save lives.

the president spelled out the importance of reaching a long term deal on iran's nuclear program. >> iran has agreed it'll not stock pile the materials needed to build a weapon. moreover international inspectors will have unprecedented access to iran's

nuclear program. because iran will face more inspections than any other country in the world. >> in morning's weekly address he described the historic understanding that the united states and our allies reached iran over its nuclear program. he said negotiations still ongoing but he ensure americans that iran will face serious consequences if the government tries to get around any proposed deal. >> sciencists in florida say they have developed a test using gold that can detect prostate cancer earlier and more easily. they said that the test is help produce the number of unnecessary biopsies. they said it's accurate 90% of the time. they said it's a simple test. he this can do a better job of -- then we can save more lives. >> though the test using gold

it's low cost it, a hairstylist we first told you about in december appeared on a national talk show yesterday and got a huge surprise. she works at a salon and every few weeks heads out to a local park to give free haircuts to the homeless. she said her story on ktvu got the attention of producers on the reel which airs here on fox 2. yesterday she said on the show she received a gift. >> we have something for you. >> thank you. it's a check for ten thousand dollars. that's a lot of haircuts. you deserve it. >> very emotional. she said that she was surprised by the gift and feels very grateful but said there is nothing that compares to the

feeling of helping someone in need. >> spring is here and that means its time for the friends of the san francisco public library yearly spring book sale. it kicked off on march 31st and will continue through tomorrow night. it features more than 250,000 books, dvds, cd's and more. everything is three dollars or less. the event is free and everybody is welcome to come check out the sale at the festival pavilion. it'll be open from ten to six both today and tomorrow. >> turning tragedy into hope the settlement for the parents of a girl who lost her life and the apology from the young men who accepted responsibility. >> outside this morning it's a beautiful start to the day. we will start a schooling trend for saturday and then rain arrives in time for easter sunday a look at your current conditions. the numbers for the second half and that rain and snow on the way.

a special meeting to help deal with the state's record drought. >> and we are gearing up for the final battle of the bay game played this afternoon a player who -- felt like coming

home. good morning it's a live look -- that's downtown oakland. >> downtown oakland on a blue sky saturday morning. >> easter weekend a lot of easter egg hunts planned for this weekend. rosemary will tell us -- have a damper on those easter egg hunt plans with a little bit of rain in the forecast. >> exactly. welcome. it's saturday april 4th. rosemary is outside. not joining us. good start for you. still a little chilly? >> it is a little cool. i tell you just another beautiful start. we have a few high clouds,ly step out of the warmer temperatures i and give you a beautiful view as we head to the north and west. you can see just very calm conditions. the skyline of san francisco. with in the next 24 hours things will start to change. by tomorrow morning we are going to wake up with a totally different picture. we are talking clouds and rain in store for the second part of

the weekend. for today it is going to be another nice one. 50 degrees in concord. 49 in oakland a chilly start over parts of the north bay where we had sunk in to the 30s in the overnight hours but 41 degrees in napa and santa rosa. 42 for redwood. mid40s outside the door in to the south bay. in to the afternoon temperatures are coming down. low 60s for haywood. 64 san rafael. mid60s redwood. even 50s along the coast and the on shore breeze is back. little breezy in to the sect half. in to the bay bridge that continues. going to be breezy out there. little cool. ly have that forecast in just a little bit. of course the important part of this weekend, the easter sunday and all those egg hunts. when i expect that rain to arrive. how long it'll last coming up. >> we will see you in just a bit. new, one of the larger water districts in the bay area is holding a public meeting to

discuss the ongoing record drought. the governor announced unprecedented water restrictions the form will look at the drought. current water supply level its, water conservation and a proposed increase in a b eye monthly service charge. the alameda county water district covers 340,000 customers in fremont, and union city. it starts at two in the afternoon. only 14 of california's 412 cities and districts reduced consmall by that amount last year. if they don't reach the mark this year they face fines of up to $10,000 a day in the summer. the state will give a break to areas that have already cut back use dramaticly and to give you the idea of the d isp arity, the average person in san francisco uses 45 gallons

of water a day. in palm springs they average 347-gallons of water daily. the governor's mandatory -- is prompting -- two higher plumbers to look at their houses for leaks. we follow a tech with the petroleuming in pleasanton. the tech went through a 68 point checklist including the outdoor water spout, sinks and photsests. toilets and sprinklers are some of the most common problems to wasting water. youone of the industries hit hardest by the drought, tahoe ski resorts. claudine -- yesterday of her going up at heavenly. you can see her -- only ten of 28 chair lifts open and 21 of 97 trails are skiable.

>> a letlment -- settlement has been reached in the audrie pott wrongful death. she committed suicide after three boys sexual a assaulted her. one teen and his family settled last movement the others agreed to pay the family $950,000. for the first time the young men accepted responsibility and apologized. >> they offered words of apology. in open court to the family. it was -- well received by everybody in the room. and we just hope they can move on with their lives to do something positive. >> the teens agree toed positive image speak at the dangers of alcohol and sexting. police say they have caught the man suspected of beating a homeless man. video showed the victim sitting on a bucket outside a bar. this video is graphic.

this is wednesday night a man walked up and with no warning strikes the victim on the head with what appears to be a metal pipe. police say the volunteered yellow -- video helped them identity the suspect, arthur lee jones. he was arrested when he went back to the same corner. >> to see such a horrible crime like this happen where someone struck him in the head like that is uncalled for. i'm just -- very glad that we are able to catch him. >> jones faces charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. police have not disclosed a motive. the victim is received 50 stitches and is in critical condition with unstable vitals. >> happening today, the city of indianapolis will host the final four in men's college basketball. the university of kentucky hopes to take a step closer to a undefeated season and the nc2a championship. to far they are the first in men's division one basketball to go 38-0. today they will

take on the wisconsin badgers. one seed out of the west in one of the semi-finals. the other game puts duke against michigan state. duke and kentucky are five point favorites. the winners advance to the championship game. police will increase security at the site of the final four. gay rights groups planning to march through downtown indianapolis and then rally outside the stadium though protest the new religious freedom law. now in spite of revisions critics fear if will allow businesses to disincrimination against gays. demonstrators say they plan to fly a banner before the game that reads discrimination is wrong. san francisco, oakland and berkeley mayors are among bay area leaders who have denounced the law. they have called for boycotts of the state and encouraged companies not to do business there. local leaders say that this area is proof that people can

diverse backgrounds can work together no matter what. from basketball to baseball and the bay ridge series. the a's are hosting the giants as both teams prepare for the start of the regular season on monday. last night posey clubbed a three run home run to straight away center field to help give the giants the big win. let's go out to christina. she is live near the ticket windows out at the stadium. >> reporter: we are the first here. we got through security if and you take a look over my shoulder these are the security gate that are quite empty right now. they will be packed later this afternoon when all of the fans try to line up to get inside the stadium. you know bragging rights on the line because the battle of the bay started on thursday. in that game the a's won in san francisco. then last night as you said the giants evened it out with a win

at home. this afternoon they will host the last game in the series and fans excited to check out the new features like new scoreboards that were installed. more importantly they want to check out the players. the a's made a lot of moves during the summer and billy bean says they have been planning them for a while. >> a lot of the moves during the summer were with the idea that we knew we were going to have to make changes. we knew we weren't going to be able to keep all the free agent that broken arrow leaves but we were all prepared which is why we made some of the trade as guessively. this may be -- the one shot we have with this group. >> reporter: one result of the big trade was bringing a electrical bay area kid back home. he grew up in the area and is fitting rightn. >> i like how everybody is treating each other. we expect fans to start

arriving in about an hour. we are told fans the oakland booster club will be here. today's game starts around one in the afternoon and monday kicks off this season opener where the auction's will play seven straight games at home. between fruitvale and -- they say they will have bus bridges set up for that detour so fans can get to the game this coming week. >> all right. thank you for that. and the home opener -- it's going to bring back wonderful memories for the a's fans a team has picked eric chavez and mark ellis to throw out the first pitch. with the a's. now facebook has created a county by county map of

baseball fans for the 2015 season. its right here on the board. it takes a look at all the teams across the nation and based on the number of likes per team you can see in california the giants and dodgers dominating. this sliver here. that's the angels and the padres. in the midwest topeka kansas, kansas city missouri. still dominated by the royals despite the giants taking them down. a few teams were shut out. the oak hand a's. >> that's the first thing i noticed. at least a little pocket of green and gold. >> not even alameda county. according to this facebook. >> i wonder if they did a city by city break down. maybe even further like zip code by zip code. >> look at new mexico at all

the yankee fans. >> that's an interesting map. maybe next year. maybe when the a's -- win a world championship. maybe that will happen. all right. >> selfie sticks. they have become popular worldwide. are they to dangerous? the new calls from some groups to trying to ban them and the local businesses handing them out. >> the dog is in extreme pain. someone did something horrible. >> a little dog with a long road to recovery. coming up, the search for the person responsible and the efforts to find this puppy a new home.

good morning. giving you a live view there. isn't that just a beautiful shot? we have the mostly clear skies over san francisco. in the low 50s with calm conditions. big changes on the way. i'm tracking a storm take will bring us rain and mountain snow by tomorrow. i will detail that and your numbers for this afternoon coming up. >> new this morning an oakland man was killed when he went to visit his wife and young daughter. the group report that he was heading home after services at a mosque when he was hit and killed by mortars in a rebel attack. he was in his 40s and has lived

in oakland for 15 years. >> it's time to look at the front pages and these are the stories making headlines across the nation. the big story in the post is the attack at a college in kenya that 148 dead. . extremists are warning of more attacks. similar to the one at the college. this morning medical staff say they found another survivor of the killings across the street the university two days after the attack. they say this person had been hiding in a cup board at the college since thursday. the attackers separated christians from muslims and killed the christians. yesterday the pope sent a telegram of support to the families of the victims. the front page of the boston globe focuses on the response to the boston marathon bombing reading chaos, kudo s and criticism a new report called the overall emergency

response to the bombings a great success. however, it revealed that some police officers fired recklessly in the water down shooting the suspect. the report said that the first officers who confronted them acted appropriately but a swarm of officers who followed failed to identity their targets before firing. the report also praised the medical system which ensured that police and emergency workers quickly treated those who were hurt. the bombings killed three and injured more than 260 including a young boy. and down in los angeles the front page features the newest edition to the nfl. the headline reading sarah thomas ready, set to make nfl history. the nfl informed current officials that seven memorandum men and one woman were selected as new hires for the season. sarah thomas would be the first

one. being the first woman is not new for her. she worked for conference usa in 2007 and then in 2009 she became the first woman to oversee a bowl game and she has been in the development program and she is also worked a pre- season game. >> it takes a lot of experience. experience and time. that's not her first rodeo. good for her. >> i saw an interview with her being a former athlete. she said that wow, i didn't -- you know i didn't like the one that called the shots when i was an athlete so i get the other side of it as well . u. now is he is there. she will be in the thick of it. >> yeah. >> also ahead of schedule coming up this week were you talking about dynamic spring weather. >> we will have two rounds. >> the lighter rain, the cooler weather in time for

easter. the second round will -- monday night into tuesday let's start out with first things first. what's going on outside. over mount diablo. partly cloudy to mostly sunny for us today. temperatures will start to come down as that cooler air starts to fill in. the on shore breeze is back with us. for today we will have partly cloudy to mostly sunny. another beautiful one. just not as warm as we had been yesterday. here is the storm. it'll work into the bay area. again the first round arriving as early as easter sunday. take a look here. it's sunday morning. we start out the day with scattered showers over the north bay. perhaps over portions of the central bay. and along the coastline. as we get into nine doesn't shift a lot. remains over parts of the north and central bay. in the south bay you are mostly cloudy. maybe a little bit of drizzle but it doesn't look like a lot of rain until the second part of the morning and into the

lunch hour. still widespread. beginning to move out of parts of the north bay and now starting to shift into the south bay. it'll do a south to north movement through the morning. by three or so. most of the bay area starting to dry out unless you are in the south bay. this is when you will get the rain. it really starts to pull outo of the area and we have sierra snow. quarter inch of or less expected. this first system -- will bring rain, cooler weather. monday night into tuesday. perhaps into wednesday. that is when we will get the bigger storm. we are looking at from half inch to an inch of rain. that's some good news. also sierra snow down to about three thousand, 3500 feet. five to ten inches possible. when is all said and done. that's great news for the sheafy. temperatures a cool start. santa rosa 41, 45 san jose.

afternoon highs, 69 for antioch. 61 san francisco. extended forecast there with your bay area weekend always in view. we are dry and mild today. we are with the clouds, the rain and cool weather for your easter sunday. dry for the second half of easter a bit of a lull on monday with that second storm moving in monday night into tuesday. >> if you want to do anything outside today is the day. this is the best day. if you want to stay dry. if you like the rain wait until tomorrow. >> thank you. >> selfie sticks popular but museums around the world are starting to ban them. >> even the music festival announced it'll ban them. it gives people the ability to take pictures faraway but people say they risk damage to others or art. >> officials have warned that using them to take picture was a bear may not be the best idea. >> you think? >> wonder where the warning about taking them in general

with a bear? someplaces actually embracing the sticks though a hotel has been handing them out in washington dc as well as san francisco. >> may want to use common sense. >> look at that guy. >> had a bear take my [inaudible]. >> did you stop to take a picture? >> no. i was sleeping. >> common sense. >> i wouldn't do that >> we want to know what you think about selfie sticks. join the conservation on the fox 2 facebook page. >> getting ready to celebrate. in 25 minutes how much people are planning to spend and the top items they plan to buy. >> fast track -- has me in such a crazy bind. >> first what happens when automated toll taking goes wrong. the error that left a bay area woman fighting to clear a huge bill.

we are in a drought in california but across the country a different story. thunderstorms and heavy rain have been sweeping across parts of the country. severe storms moving through mississippi and in kentucky floodwaters swept a mother and child into a creek and stranded a school bus. thousands of people in kansas lost power after winds reaching nearly 90 milessa unhour knocked down trees and power lines and a possible tornado is being investigated in oklahoma. >> a woman who goes across the golden gate bridge is facing thousands in fines. she blames it ono a clerical

error involving fast track and the dmv. she said she changed her address with the dmv and after she moved but they kept sending her invoices to her old address. since she never received them she didn't pay the tolls. she said they tried to pay them a few months ago but they had already been compounded fines. >> so when i called and went in it was already to late and it was -- four thousand dollars worth of dmv holds and charges. >> and last week her car was towed president -- she decided to give her car away to a friend to get take back and then together they were able to get her car back. it still cost her $2,200. the bay area toll authority said it shouldn't be hard to fix the problem. she said she is considering a lawsuit. >> new information around racist text messages sent by police officers. details about the officers involved and the new message from the police chief

>> and it's time once again to name the falcon chicks that live on top of san jose city hall. what you need to know to be part of it. one last day as we get into the forecast. temperatures cooling off just a bit. bigger changes for second part of the weekend. sierra snow. i'm tracking for you coming up.

it weekend is where the last weekend of spring training before monday's opening day of the 2015 major league season. here at home we have the world champion giants. for the team across the bay it's a little bit avenue i different story. >> yeah. it's the -- in the off season is the a's made big changes to the team roster. in total there were nine different transactions involving about 27 players. with a new starting infield its starting to remind fans of another team named abbott and costello. >> who? >> the guy playing first? >> who? >> the guy on first base. while son first? >> why are you asking me? i don't know. >> two nights a's and giants fly a banners have gotten a look at how the team is stacking up. today they will face each other one last time in game three of the bay bridge series. >> christina is live outside with more on what the fans and both sides expect out there

this season. hey. >> reporter: hey. good morning. you know we had said we were empty -- that it was empty here and we were the only ones. there are a couple of people that have shown up. they are staff, grounds keeper, people working. everybody gearing up and excited for what is about to happen this afternoon. it's that final game in the afternoon and in about 30 minutes we are told the oakland a's booster club will show up to start tailgating before that first pitch around 1:00 this afternoon. one of the most anticipated thing that fans excited to see are the new scoreboards scoreboards and ribbon boards. the main displays mirror each other in the right and left field corners. bigger than the last board. these measure 36 feet high by 140 feet wide a good view no matter what seat are you in and they will wrap around sections of the stadium. the a's say it's all about a better fan experience. >> our fans amazing.

they came outo no matter what and they cheered and looked at that board and loved what they saw. the fans out in right field went crazy for it. now when you see yourself in full hd and you can see the smallest detail of a runner being tagged out at first base. you can see yourself going crazy. you can recognize that it's you, fan also be amazed at what we can do. >> and there is a live look of the scoreboard. one of them really that whole front face is challenged in led lights. fans will get to see all of it in person if they attend the game this afternoon. if not the home opener is on monday and that will kickoff seven straight home games when the a's play the rangers and the seattle mariners. a fans still have a lot of time to come check out the upgrades. >> it's getting more active out there. >> when we heard her talking about that home opener on monday. we keep thinking maybe rain monday night for the home opener. we don't like rain in baseball.

they don't go together >> the wet weather coming our way will come in two rounds, the first round for easter sunday. the second monday night into tuesdayful right now looks like it'll hold off until late monday that could change. we will track. let's take a look at today. today is the final dry day with temperatures back in to the 60's for the afternoon. we will start the cooling trend today. we have cooler air moving in and the on shore breeze. it was a cool start. temperatures are slowly creeping up. 41 in napa. 41 santa rosa. this is some of the cooler weather this morning. temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s around the bay. as we slide inland we have 47alamo. 50 outside the door in lafayette. danville 50 as well. for today partly cloudy to mostly sunny. temperatures on the cool side if you are going out to see the giants and a's. take it on this afternoon at 105, 60 degrees and that westerly breeze is expected to

kick up. around the area a lot of 60's. we have 58 for pacifica. 63 haywood. 64 in the oakland area this afternoon. if you are going to the film festival in oakland. 67 concord. temperatures continue to follow as we get in to the second part of the weekend and the wet weather will arrive by sunday morning. i'm track that for you. how much i expect we will get with round one and round two and the sierra snow coming our way as well . >> a lot going on. the ntsb is investigating a deadly crash in the north bethea took the life of a pilot of an ultra light airplane. it happened just about 12:30. 12:30 in a field next to the golf course the pilot was the only person on board. the quick silver mxl2. >> it's a very sad day. the pilot -- we are always sad about that. i think we -- you know there is risk in everything we do. we have accepted that risk. >> there is no word on the

pilot's identity. a 8 week old dog is looking for a new home after he was burned, tortured and dropped off at a animal shelter. because of burn injuries to his ears they will have to be removed. they have named him fireman. and say if all goes as planned he could be ready for adoption in four to six weeks. volunteers at the animal shelter said the way he reacts right now sippings a bad experience. >> another reason i think they may have been tortured because he -- he goes into defensive mode and he starts to bite as soon as i try to pick him up. >> he was found at the animal services in a dog run has a six foot fence. workers don't know if the person responsible dropped him off or if it was just someone who found him. >> you kind of wonder about

the people that are out there walking among us that would be willing to harm an animal, let alone a baby animal. >> he does have a foster home a one thousand dollar reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction. umbrella of hope will be handling the adoption. >> san francisco police chief said they is coming down hard on officers who sent and received racist text messages a captain and seven other officers are being suspended and the chief is recommend that the police commission fire them. the texts surfaced a couple of weeks ago after a former officer was sentenced on federal corruption charges. yesterday a second officer resigned over the texts he shared. >> to have a member as high ranking as a captain was -- particularly disheartening. >> 14 officers in all were investigated.

he said texts sent by six others don't warrant an immediate call for termination but the cases being referred to the police commission which can then make a decision about firing them. fresh and easy has closed 55 stores in three states including serve here in the bay area. that amid plans to test a new business model where customers order food online and pick it up at the store. here in the bay area the closed stores in concord, danville, walnut creek, pacifica, vacaville and the san francisco store on silver avenue. ten other bay area stores will remain open. >> new numbers show the popularity of a program allowing undocumented immigrants in california to obtain driver's licenses. the dmv started taking applications applications in january. 494,000 people applied by the end of march. well exceeding expectations. the dmv first estimated that over the course of three years 1.4 million undocumented immigrants would apply for driver's licenses a third of that number has already applied

in just the first three months. a bike program is so successful it could soon expand to some cities in the east bay. there are 700 bikes in the bay area's bike share service but a new proposal could increase the number of bikes to more than 7,000 and expand the service to oakland, berkeley, and emoryv. another plus, according to the metropolitan transportation commission is it couldn't cost taxpayers a dime. >> the private guys will come in, find name, sponsor that will sponsor the bikes. you will see advertising on the bikes many we get a substantial expansion of the program. >> the bikes cost nine dollars eighty or $88 for a yearly membership. next week they will consider the proposal and vote on the expansion later this spring. >> gray whales are migration provide a sight unlike any other. every year they migrate roughly

10,000-miles and can be seen from the shore because there has been a surge in the whale population. they have swimming slower closer to shore so the calv es can keep up. >> to seat mother and calf is just fabulous. we are so close to that nature that's just -- incredible. >> one captain who worked for san francisco whale tours said he has been watching -- he has been whale watching for more than 30 years and has never seen one like this. if you are lucky you may be able to see some of the bus sized whales in the water like this view from our fox 2 helicopter. what -- the whale watching doesn't stop there the california academy of sciences has open a new exhibit dedicated to the large animal. it's called whales, giants of the deep. it opened yesterday and features huge whale skeletons, a model of a heart. heart. >> people can expect to have a

closer view of an ma'ams that are very difficult to see in real life. >> the exhibit was developed by a museum in new zealand home to the largest marine ma'aml al -- mammal collection. >> with smaller just around the coroner a new report has ranked the top ten beaches in the united states. one is just about a three hour drive from the bay area. king's beach in lake tahoe made the top ten list. the study ranked them based on their safety, cleanliness and entertainment. they weren't listed in any particular order. carl's bad was the only other california beach to make that list. all the other beaches were out there on the east coast. it's up to students in san joe to name three baby falcons. they hatched in a nest on the top of san jose city hall where their mother and her mate have nested since 2012. children must be five to 18 and attend school in san jose to

enter the contest. finalists will be selected by a panel of judges and people will be able to vote online, the contest ends friday april 24th april 24th. for information on how to enter, and rules for naming them just go to the website. you can find it there on one the eastbound links section. >> it's a spring tradition. >> three years and running. >> every year new baby chicks. coming up, a bay area stylist rewarded on national television for her generosity. what she does every few weeks and schu she was paid back. >> and the international film festival continues. more on a film being screened today from a man with a past that includes police work and pixar. he is live coming up. >> and a cold storm moving our way. today going to be the transition day. i will explay what you can expect for saturday and when that rain and mountain snow is expected to arrive.

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the international film festival is underway this weekend honoring films made in the east bay. one of those films being screened today is called green thumb. the ten minute short film tells the story of what happens when

a young boy plants something he shouldn't. >> very interesting. joining me in studio is phil lauren one of the writers and direct ears. let's hang out for a little bit and talk about it. turned screenwriter. is there a light, patrol one day and said -- i'm getting out of this business? >> that's the natural progress. you become a cop and then a screenwriter and then a film maker. i think i always wanted to be a

writer in college and then -- i -- to be honest i couldn't think of a better thing to do for research for six years. >> then being on the streets. >> and seeing what -- humanity and -- just -- so many extreme stories. >> when did you leave? >> 01. >> then you got a break and you got into pixar and worked on the film cars. >> yeah. we -- my wife and i write together and we got lucky on our first at bat. we hit a home run. now we are sort of -- you know trying to just -- do it on our own whale did you learn from writing in cars in >> pretty much everything. it was like film school . we were there for two years and in animation everything goes so slow. i was able to learn the process all the way from start to finish. now we are just applying that to our films and live action.

>> cars staple in my household and maybe green thumb. tell me about the movie. where did you think up the idea and tell me the plot? >> first of all it's not a real story. it's -- >> it's about your own childhood. >> no. i do have a son. i had a 6-year-old at the time. >> that's him right there >> that's him. and he wants to grow a mare marijuana mare plant. >> yeah and we thought -- how funny would it be if the one thing he can grow is a marijuana plant. >> so as parents and the film -- there is this struggle do we let him do it or do we take it down? >> exactly. they are sort of at odds on what to do. they -- they are the same parents that sort of let this happen. they kind of -- you know make another bad decision and pick

the wrong course of action. it's a bit of a moral story a tale about -- staying involved in your parenting. >> how big is the film festival like the smaller ones, one in oakland, for someone like you? >> it's pretty much -- its everything. it's really the only way to send out the films however broad. yes if someone wanted to see it and buy it that would be the sort is of home run but -- really just getting the feedback, the exposure is priceless. especially for short film makers where there is really very little market. it's -- i mean -- >> congratulations. i appreciate it. thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having me. green thumb is being screened today at noon. its being shown at jeffrey's inner circle. anyone can come down. anyone can come down and see it. it'll be shown at the

international film festival next saturday. you can do that and head over to sam itself you want. you can get more information on green numb and the film festival by going to the website. look for it in the web links section on the home page. green thumb, dieing to nope the the -- dying to know the ending. >> i'm interested already. certainly a very relatable thing for any parent. >> absolutely. >> and -- you know being modest. he should have said his son nominated for an award at one of the festivals in southern california. >> congratulations, very impressive. >> want to go out and see that. it'll be a great day to be outside. we have great weather. dry in the forecast for one more day. giving you a live look there over the east bay hills and mount diablo a mix of sun and clouds, these clouds ahead of the system that will bring us rain as early as tomorrow. here say look at the storm. it'll shift south over the next

couple of days. we will get two rounds of rain. the first one will be light scattered showers, the second part is going to bring us a lit more rain. even the possibility of thunderstorms and i will show you that here as we roll through the future cast. picking up for you tomorrow morning, six. we wake up already with a little bit of light rain in to the south bay. you could be mainly dry as we get through nine or so, still scattered showers over the north bay. it's over the central bay. parts of the south bay could be dry as we get in to the lunar of hour. by one it starts to shift south and now the south bay also starting to see some of that light rain and parts of the north bay starting to dry out. if you do want to get outside for the first part of your easter sunday. by three its shifting farther south and by five looks like we will get a break and for the second part of the afternoon and in to the evening we will be drying out with partly to mostly cloudy skies and are have rain -- will have rain and now working in. for the forecast, scattered

showers in the forecast for the first part of the day. let's call it that. starting in the north bay over parts of the central bay. for the second part of the afternoon scattered showers in the forecast by three and then drying out by dinner time. it'll be a cool day. this is a cold storm working out of the gulf of alaska. two parts to this system. temperatures will be in the upper 50s to low 60s. cloudy, cool, rainy, snow level also be down to 3500 fought. if -- feet. if you are heading up to the sierra expect chain requirements and a watch in place. quarter inch much or less but when all is said and done into tuesday night and wednesday anywhere from half inch to an inch and a half. that's great news. 41 outside the door. 50 concord. 51 fremont. started out cold over parts of the north by. 66 in nevado. under dry conditions, 64 oakland for today. 61 san francisco.

67 expected for concord. into the south bay temperatures range from the mid60's to upper 760s. 67 santa cruz. along the coast cool, little breezy. that on shore breeze is back. 59 this afternoon. extended forecast with your bay area weekend always in view. temperatures cooling off but still dry and mild. about the seasonal av era ge. in to the second part of the weekend morning showers followed by cloudy conditions, partly cloudy for the second half but notice the temperature drop. from five to ten degrees cooler tomorrow. will be a cole one a bit of a break on monday. round two monday night into tuesday. could include thunderstorms, sierra snow, could see from five to ten inches over some of the higher elevations with snow levels down from 3500 feet a good-looking storm. >> it's interesting the record temperatures and then this arctic air. are we standing, going. what's going on? >> it's springw. he are in transition. >> all right. thank you. >> much more to come right

after this.

easter may be one of the holiest holidays on the christian calendar but it's also loved in the retail world. easter sales predicted to hit $16.5 billion this year. according to the national retail federation clothing sales may reach close to 3 billion. the majority of shopper also make their way to discount stores for those easter purchases. >> the average person celebrating easter this year will spend about $140 on everything from candy and flowers to food and even new clothing items. >> and chocolate is always a big hit.

they make more than 6 million pounds of its nest eggs and jelly beans. no basket is complete without eeps. they have been the number one selling nonchocolate item for more then two decades. some visually impaired children got to take part in a special easter egg hunt. they are studenting at the alabama institute for deaf and blind. having disabilities can make it harter for them to enjoy traditional activities but these oversized beeping easter eggs give them a chance they never had before. >> we love to give the opportunity for our children with disabilities and their families to come out and have the same opportunity as everybody else does. >> they were developed nine years ago by a special agent with a blind daughter. since then the association of bomb techs and investigators has provided the funds needed to make them for the hunts.

each egg costs $14. >> a bay area hairstylist appeared on a national talk show yesterday and got a huge surprise. she works at a salon and every few weeks she heads out to a local park to give free haircuts to the homeless. she said her story got the attention of producers on the reel which airs here on fox 2. yesterday on the show she received a gift for her efforts. >> we have something for you. >> thank you. >> it's a check for $10,000. that's a lot of haircuts. you deserve it. >> very emotion alon the couch. she said she was of course surprised by the gift and very grateful. she also said that there is nothing that compares to the feeling of helping someone in need. >> good for her. glad to see she was recognized there >> i agree. very cool. >> a statewide call to cut

back on water by 25%. in our 9:00 hour vice from a tech on what you can do to do your part. >> and a settlement reached in the death of a 15-year-old. the conditions that officials hope could help stop the same thing from happening to others. >> a cooler day is shaping up around the bay area. outside our doors at this hour the sun is shining, temperatures are warming. we will vai look at the current conditions, line up the afternoon highs and we are tracking rain for the second part of the weekend coming up.

. we are inching closer to the final battle of the big game this afternoon in oakland, and we'll tell you how for one a's player, it's like coming home to the bay area. and a sports packed weekend as the final four tips off in a couple hours in indianapolis, but not all the action will be on the court. details on a rally planned to protest indiana's controversial new law. from ktvu fox 2, this is mornings on 2. the sun is up but this was the sight overnight while you slept. this blood moon appeared shortly before 5:00 this morning. it was the shortest full lunar eclipse of the last century. seen less than 5 minutes. the next eclipse will not be until september.

always quite a sight to see. welcome back to mornings on 2, on saturday april 4th. i'm mike mibach. >> i'm allie rasmus, in for claudine. rosemary is giving us a check on the easter weather. blue skies, but it could change 24 hours from now. >> big changes coming our way. for today, mostly sunny, very bright out here this morning. even a little cozy with my light jacket on. we'll point you out, show you a beautiful view, a cool start, light breeze, nothing too terribly wrong, as we get this saturday underway. i want to point you way out, past the coastal hills. we do have a little bit of fog and low cloud cover right up against the coastline. we will be partly cloudy to mostly sunny today with cooler air pulling into the bay area for the afternoon. 48 degrees right now in napa. 49 in santa rosa. 53 san francisco, and 51 for livermore. low 50s for mountain view, and as we get into the second half

of the day, temperatures seasonal, widespread 60s in the forecast from san francisco into oakland, upper 60s for concord. 669 for antioch. along the coast, cooler, 5 degrees. the on shore breeze is back with us and it's going to stick around, could even pick up a little bit this afternoon for the second part of the day, especially right along the coastline and inside the bayment by tonight, into tomorrow, the clouds move in and the rain will be falling, as we get into tomorrow morning. i'm tracking that for you, show you what it means for easter sunday and how much rain i expect we'll get coming up. mike? >> we'll see you in a bit. excitement ramping up for opening day of the baseball season. the world champion, san francisco giants will open on the road monday in phoenix. the a's right here at home against the texas rangers. but today, the two local teams have one more game against each other in the bay bridge series. christina rendon, no red so low

cup, -- solo cup, no grill. >> reporter: we were first here at 7:00 a.m. i think the cups will come later this afternoon. we're chilling with the grounds crews, if you look over this way, we have people making last minute changes to the awning here before all of the lines start to pack this area as people try to get through the security gates and interstate stadium. brags rights are on the line. the battle of the bay started on thursday, and in that game, the a's won in san francisco. last night, the giants even things out with a win at home. this afternoon at the coliseum, they will host the last game in the series, and fans are excited to check out a lot of new features like score boards but more importantly they're excited to check out the players. the a's made a lot of moves during the summer last year, and you know, billy bean tells us they had carefully thought about the change and trades for a while. >> a lot of moves during the summer were with the idea we

knew we were going to have to make changes. we knew we weren't going to be able to keep the creations that were leaving. but i think we're all prepared, which is why we made some of the trades aggressively, this might be the one shot we have of this group. let's do everything we can. >> one result of the big billy bean trade is bringing a local bay area student home. shortstop, fitting in with the team. >> i like how everybody is treating each other around here. all the focus is put into baseball and that's what i'm all about is getting better. >> reporter: so we expect fans to start arriving in an hour or so. that's the big score board, one of the new features. the game starts at 1:00 in the afternoon, and monday starts the season opener and in that it will kick off a 7 game series straight at home, taking on the texas rangers and the seattle mariners. tomorrow, bart is going to be doing maintenance work on the track. it's going to disrupt service between fruitville and the

b.a.r.t. station. they're going to have bus bridges in place to bring fans to the game this week. ally? >> reporter: looks like it's be going to be a fun day. weather is going to be perfect. thank you. the a's have chosen two fan favorites to throw out the first pitch. former a's 3rd baseman, eric chavez and 2nd baseman mark ellis. chavez had 13 gold gloves. ellis who recently retired from the game had 8 plus seasons with the a's. amid controversy, the city of indianapolis indiana will host the final four in men's college basketball. the university of kentucky hopes to take one step closer to an undefeated season and the nc2a championship. the first to go 38-0. today they're going to take on the wisconsin badgers the one seed out of the west, and the other

game, duke against michigan state. duke and kentucky are five point favoritesment the -- favorites. police will increase security at the site of the final four. gay rights groups are planning to march through downtown indianapolis and then rally outside the stadium to protest the new religious freedom law in indiana. now, despite revisions to the law, critics still fear it will allow businesses to discriminate against gay customers. demonstrators also say they plan to fly a banner near the stadium before the games that read discrimination is wrong. the mayors of san francisco, oakland and berkeley are among bay area leaders who have strongly denounced indiana laws, calling for boycotts of the state, and encouraging companies not to do business in indiana and instead consider northern california. local leaders tell the bay area news group that this region is proof people with diverse backgrounds can work together, no matter what their age or

gender or sexual orientation or even religion. san francisco police say they have caught the man accused of brutally beating a homeless man. he was sitting on a bucket wednesday night. this video is a little bit disturbing. i want to warn you. a man walks up and with no warning, vehicles the victim on the head with what investigators believe was a metal pipe. police say the footage helped them identify the suspect, 35- year-old arthur lee jones of fairfield. he was arrested late thursday night when he went back to the same corner where that assault happened. >> to see such a heinous crime like this take place where somebody struck him in the head like that is uncalled for. i'm just very glad that we were able to apprehend him. >> jones faces charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. police have not disclosed a possible motive. the victim received 50 stitches to his head and he remains in critical condition with unstable vital signs. a settlement has been

reached in the audrie pott wrongful death case against two teenagers. 15-year-old audrie pott committed suicide in 2012 after three boys sexually assaulted her and took pictures of her as she was unconscious. one teen and his family settled with audrey's parents last month, the other families agreed to pay the family $950,000 and for the first time, the young men involved accepted responsibility and they apologized. >> they offered sincere words of apology in open court to the family. and it was well received by everyone in the room. and we just hope that they can move on with their lives to do something positive. >> as part of the settlement, the teens agreed to speak publicly about the dangers of alcohol and sectioning. the alameda county water district will host a community meeting this afternoon to help the public deal with the state's record drought. governor brown ordered

districts to cut water usage by 25%. today's meeting will discuss the drought, water conservation programs and a proposed fee increase. the alameda county water district services 340,000 customers in fremont, newark, and union city. today these forum starts did r -- today's forum starts at 2:00 in fremont. the water restrictions are prompting homeowners to call in consultants to look for ways to cut their water usage. we followed a technician who inspected a home in danville. the technician went through a 68 point checklist including hoses, outdoor water spouts, sinks and faucets. >> turn them on, turn them off. make sure we don't have dripping. that's the other reason we check the pressure in the house. high pressure is what causes them to drop, that or hard water. >> toilets, sprinklers and hoses are some of the most common culprits to wasting household water. even a slow leak inside the toilet tank could waste as much as 5 to 7 gallons of water a

day. an analysis shows they will have trouble meeting the governor's 25% cut back. mercury news reports only 14 of california's 412 largest cities and districts reduce consumption by that much last year. if they don't reach that narc this year, they could be fined up to $10,000 a day in the summer. the state will give a break to areas that have already cut back usage dramatically and to give you an idea of disparity among cities, the mercury news reports gnat average person in -- that the average person in san francisco averages 45- gallons a day, and palm springs, 347-gallons of water a day. >> palm springs has those golf courses and not as much population. so when you divide the water use. >> bottom line, we have to conserve more. more details about racist texts by members of the san francisco police department. details about the number of officers involved and reaction from the police chief.

and selfie stick backlash continues to grow. the locations they are banned from and advice on when you probably don't want to use one.

good morning, thank you for joining us on this early saturday morning. giving you a live look over san

jose. mostly sunny skies. 50 degrees. we have a storm on the way. when that rain is expected to arrive coming up. thanks rosemary, somali extremists are warning of more attacks in kenya similar to the one at garissa college. kenyan medical staff say they found another survivor of the killings at the university two days after the attack. officials say that person had been hiding in a cupboard at the college since thursday. the attackers separated christians from muslims, executing the christian students. the pope sent a telegram of solidarity to the families of the victims of the attack. several events in the bay area to honor a group of missing mexican students who are presumed dead. their families have been holding numerous rallies across mexico since the 43 students disappeared last september. they were protesting abuses by the mexican government. investigators say a corrupt mayor ordered police to round the students up and turn them over to a drug cartel and investigators believe the

cartel members killed the students and incinerated their bodies. families and friends are symbolically visiting 43 american cities to demand the u.s. pressure mexico to thoroughly investigate what happened. the group of parents and supporters will march in san francisco's mission district at 2:00 this afternoon. their justice caravan will stop in santa rosa on tuesday. it's nfl history in the making. sarah thomas has been selected to be the nfl's first female official. being the first woman to officiate at different levels is not new for thomas. she worked for conference usa back in 2007, and then in 2009, she became the first woman to officiate a bowl game. she has been in the nfl's officiating development program and worked a preseason game last season. as you know, i'm filling in for claudine wong this morning as she's enjoying time off. we saw the video from her this morning, she's in the sierra. >> it's not all play for claudine as she took care of a

little assignment for us. >> these producers making me work on my day off. check out that view. not bad. although we had to go pretty high to find the snow. all right, let's go. >> you can see there's a good amount of snow on the top of the mountain. not much can be seen in the distance. claudine took the video while she was up there. claudine, you're joining us on the phone. it looks like you have snow on the slopes, but what's your reaction to this. it does look pretty dry. >> there's not a lot of snow, but really, let's be honest, it depends how picky you are. if you're expecting a lot you're going to be disappointed. but if you're coming up here hoping to eke out anything that you can and hoping there's enough white stuff that covers the dirt, you'll find a few runs. there are people up there enjoying themselves and we're going to go back up there in just a little bit here. it's about keeping your expectations where they shown. >> you have to go pretty high

up to get any snow at all. what's the snow like at the top of the mountain? is it pretty icy? >> you know, there is a little bit of ice, to be honest, and you want to go kind of in that little pocket, where you go in the morning where it's 30s still overnight, so that the snow hasn't melted. by the end of the day, it's like that cement stuff, you know, where all of a sudden you hit a puddle or hit something. you have to go pretty high up. there's only a handful of lifts on their way up and here at heavenly they were talking about shutting another one down tomorrow. so i think we're at the end of it. you know, in terms of crowds, i will say the place we're staying at, you are not having problems finding reservations for places to eat or things like that, and it already feels a little like summer. we saw people at restaurants eating on the patios, there were bands playing outside. >> claudine, it's rosemary, there's snow in the forecast for tomorrow. >> i know. thanks. >> yeah, be careful coming down

the hill. we're going to have an advisory in place for the west slope but anybody talking about that fresh batch of snow coming yet? >> yes, i mean, actually that is what they were talking about at heavenly. they're all on the fence right now on whether they close this one more lift tomorrow, they all said it depends on how much snowfalls. if you're talking about this kind of tail end of the season, what you're talking about is if you can safely keep the runs open that go to the individual lifts and some are on their last bit of snow here. if we get enough, they may try to squeeze this out as long as they possibly can. we were also talking about the roads and how a lot of people rolled up here for easter weekend and spring break without chains and wondering if they'll need them on the way down. >> go relax a little. you're on vacation. what are you doing. >> always on the job. >> i didn't make you do anything. >> can't stand to be without you. >> you know, i have been talking about this forever, getting up to tahoe, i'm

finally doing it. i couldn't stay away from mornings on 2? enjoy that fresh batch of snow tomorrow,. >> thanks guys, you too. >> that's all we needed to do is send claudine up the hill and we'd get snow. >> now we know next season we'll have our bureau chief. >> every weekend, get ourself out of the drought. >> i wonder if she has the selfie stick. we're talking selfie sticks right now. we're going to weather? >> let's do weather. >> i want to go to selfie sticks. we have an advisory coming. we've got rain, but it is going to happen starting tomorrow night. >> it's all good. >> or tomorrow morning. >> we have rain in the forecast for easter sunday, giving you a live look there at odot coliseum where it will be a mostly sunny, a little bit of an on shore breeze for the second half of the day. as we are in a bit of a transition, and i'll show you

that storm, dropping out of the gulf of alaska. this is going to make a b line towards the bay area, going to take a few days and we get two rounds out of this system. so two storms, two fronts we'll call it, tomorrow morning, get the first round, not going to be a lot of rain. it will be enough to get us wet and enough to put a damper on easter egg hunts. maybe do it today, if you have that possibility. north bay and into the central bay. by tomorrow morning, notice the south bay, a little bit of drizzle. now i've got you into 11:00, and we still have at least the central bay with scattered showers and the north bay as well. the south bay still waiting on most of this rain. by about noon and 1:00, this is when it begins to shift into san jose, and now the north bay beginning to see a break. it's going to move from north to south, our best bet for rain is going to be the first part of the day. here we are at 3:00, drying out over the north bay, central bay, south bay, still have some there by 5:00 or so, i don't want to say finished with it, we could have a few sprinkles,

partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, and most of the rain has moved on and it's in the sierra and we have snow falling there. as far as rainfall totals with the first round, not a lot, quarter inch or less expected. i push into monday morning, that's all we see. it's the second round that could bring a good amount, anywhere from a half inch to an inch in the gay area, and the winter weather advisory, all the -- bay area, and the winter weather advisory, we'll be looking forward to that as well. for today, dry, mostly sunny, 48 degrees in napa. 55 in concord. low 50s in fremont. if you have outdoor activities, maybe today is a better day. 66 in novato. 63 for hayward. 58 in pacifica, and the south bay, 66 san jose, 67 los gatos. the bay area weekend always in view. rain arrives tomorrow, scattered showers for the afternoon, tapering off sunday night. we'll leave a chance on monday,

but the bigger storm moves in monday night into tuesday and i'll track that for you coming up. now let's talk about those selfie sticks that i mentioned. >> have you seen anyone use one of these? >> i haven't seen one out. i take that back. where did i see it, they were taking the ferry into san francisco and there were tourists who had the selfie stick, as we were on the bay past alcatraz. >> did they look like they were going to take anyone out with it. >> i didn't duck. i saw it. it definitely stuck out, and it has become popular with tourists around the world. >> selfies have become popular. >> they're also being banned in places across the world. >> the cachella music festival is banning selfie sticks. they give people the ability to take pictures of themselves from a afar. it has this stick that extendtends out. attach your phone to the end of

it, and take that distance, there you see it right there. >> some critics say their obnoxious and dangerous and risking damage to priceless treasures or injury to other people. lake tahoe officials warned tourists against taking selfies with those selfie sticks while next to a bear, which i don't know why you would take a selfie next to a bear. >> i think common sense would be a good thing to exercise, maybe don't take a selfie with a bear. >> hotelings have been handing them out. a grocery store chain is shutting the doors on multiple bay area locations. come up at 9:30, the cities where you will no longer will able to find fresh and easy. and when automatic toll taking goes wrong. the error that left one woman fighting to clear up a $2200 bill.

take a look at this surveillance video. police say it shows three suspects stealing an atm from a gas station in walnut creek yesterday morning. one suspect in a red hat in the middle of the screen, he appears to distract the clerk, this is around 5:00 a.m. while he's doing that a second suspect wearing a black hoodie attaches a cable to the outdoor atm, the driver hits the gas, atm ripped from the mount, they put it in the back of the truck and took off. police want anyone who recognizes the truck or the suspects to give them a call. a woman who commutes across the golden gate bridge is facing thousands of dollars in fines. cherise benton blames it on a clerical error involving fast track and the dmv, she changed her address with the dmv and fast track after she moved two years ago, and they kept sending her invoices to her old address. since she didn't receive the invoice, she never paid the

tolls. she says she tried to pay at the tolls a few months ago but they had already been compounded with fines. >> so when i called and went in, it was already too late, and it was $4000 worth of dmv charges. >> last week her car was towed and since she couldn't pay the fines, she decided to give it away to friend. they were able to get the car back, cost her $2200. john goodwin says this kind of problem should not be hard ore solve. benton is considering a lawsuit. coming up on mornings on 2, he's a small chihuahua on a long road to recovery. up next, the search for the person who injured this puppy and the efforts to turn his life around. made in the bay, and meant to make traveling easier. we take a look at the buya belt supposed to speed up your time in the security line. temperatures cool down as

we get into the second half of the afternoon, ahead of a system that will bring rain for easter sunday. more on the rain and sierra snow coming up.

. just a couple days away from opening day of the 2015 major league baseball season in the bay area. that's on monday. these folks aren't lining up for the monday game. there's a game, the a's and giants just a few hours away.

it will be the last time the two will meet before the season begins. each team has one win under the belt, and as baseball season gets underway, we're finding out which teams, ally, are catching the most support across the country. >> facebook has created a county by county map of baseball fans for the 2015 season. it takes a look at teams nationwide and determines which are the most popular. >> exactly. and it's based on the number of likes per team. the yankees kind of have the strongest following throughout the country. >> they're in the black! and mexico, and also in utah. giants and dodgers, kind of dominating the west out there. there's a sliver of angels as well as the padres down in southern california, but like at all the royal fans. so there. i kept thinking a little orange. >> they didn't win the world series but they got there. >> trying to recruit giants fans out there in kansas and missouri, but maybe not. >> i don't think that's

happening. most of the mlb teams were able to win at least one county. there were a few teams that got shut out. >> i was searching for some green and gold. >> not happening. >> not even a little pocket of it. >> the a's shut out, they didn't win one county along with the new york mets and the toronto blue jays. >> regardless of the results, at 1:00 this afternoon, a's fans will be coming out to support their team, the bay bridge series is moving to odot co coliseum. >> christina rendon is live with more on what fans on both sides of the bay can expect. you were loanier earlier, but now -- lonely earlier, but now you found some friend. >> reporter: you were asking about the red solo cup, and i got one. check this out, they have the hot dogs going, sausages, these folks are ready to go. how are you guys feeling?

>> great. >> go a's. >> a lot of excitement, giants and a's fans, that's what it's all about, battle of the bay. and this game starts at 1:00, and these fans are excited to check out the score boards inside the stadium. we got a sneak peek at the score boards earlier this week, and this is going to be a really big deal. these score boards are a lot different than what we saw in the past. they have the main displays that are mirrored. they're on the right and left field corners of the stadium. definitely bigger than the board that was there last year. these measure 36 feet high by 145 feet wide, so you're going to get a view no matter where you sit inside the stadium, and there's also ribbon boards that are going to wrap around the sections of the stadium as well. the a's tell us this is about a fan experience. we spoke to a fan excited to see the score board installs. >> we drove by a couple times and saw them like putting them in. it's kind of like building up to the excitement too.

>> our fans are amazing. they came out no matter what and they cheered and looked at the board, and they loved what they saw. the fans in right field went crazy for it. now when you see yourself in full hd, and you can see the smallest detail of a runner being tagged at 3rd base, you know see, you know, yourself going crazy. you can recognize that it's you, fans are going to be amazed at what we can do. >> reporter: and here's a live look now from outside the stadium of that score board, that whole front part that you can't see has lots of l.e.d. lights, hundreds of them. it's going to be a pretty awesome experience, and back out here live, we are tailgating, claudia from modesto is here with us, you traveled a loungy for the battle of the big game -- traveled a long way for the battle of the big game. what are you looking for. >> the a's beat the giants. >> reporter: just like that. >> they're going to beat them today. >> we come out every year for a couple games. >> reporter: thank you so much,

i'm going to let you enjoy the food, the chips, hot dogs, everything, this kicks off at 1:00. battle of the bay, last game. you have some time to get down here to check it out. >> you sure you got water in the red solo cup, i don't know. >> good, that's exciting, i love seeing the dogs and you saw the mitt there is, and i just put the oil in the old mitt, getting ready for the season with my son. >> good times. >> the home opener for the a's is monday night, and rosemary saying a little precipitation could be making its way late monday. >> could be close. looks like friday night, monday night into tuesday, here i go making my own mistakes, giving you a live look at the golden gate. isn't that a beautiful view. a few patches of fog along the coastline. mostly sunny skies for the rest of us and we will be partly cloudy to mostly sunny for today. temperatures are cooling off. it's a cool start this morning.

santa rosa, napa in the upper 40s. started in the mid- to upper 30s. 54 in hay ward. 60 degrees reported in walnut creek. san jose, you're at 51. for today, partly to mostly clear skies. cooler air moving into the bay area. this ahead of the storm that's going to bring rain as early as tomorrow. today we could consider just a bit of a transition day with a little bit of cooling in the afternoon. as we get to the second half, we remain with partly to mostly clear skies and a lot of 60s out there. for the coast, 50s in store for the afternoon, as well as our hills and the mountains, if you're going to see the giants and a's play this afternoon, partly cloudy to mostly sunny. 60 degrees at game time. that on shore breeze, go to pick up some, and looks like we could be gusting to near 20 miles per hour for the afternoon. could be breezy out there. 63 expected for hayward today. 61 san francisco. mid-60s in napa. 58 for pacifica.

these temperatures cooler than yesterday. the cooling trend is going to continue as we get into sunday in addition to the wet weather arriving. it's going to last a few days. i'm going to break it down for you coming up. thanks, looks like a nice day today. people need to enjoy it before the weather turns tomorrow. it's 9:35, a look at top stories this morning. san francisco police have arrested a fairfield man on charges of brutally beating a homeless man with a metal pipe. surveillance video showed the attack that happened outside a bar. 35-year-old suspect arthur lee jones was caught the next night when police say he went back to the same area where the assault happened. the victim remains in critical condition. he received 50 stitches to his head. and right now, gay rights supporters are protesting in indianapolis ahead of the men's final four basketball games being played there later today. the demonstrators want the state to drop the new religious freedom law which they say

discriminates against gays and lesbians. the alameda county water district will hold a forum to discuss the drought. this is to inform the public about current water supply levels, conservation levels and a proposed service charge hike. the meeting runs fromming it to 3:30 -- from 2:00 to 3:00. an 8-month-old chihuahua motorcycle accident was burned -- was burned and dropped off. he was tortured, suffering burns on his stomach and ears. because of the burn injuries to his ears, the puply will need to have him amputated. they have named him fireman, and if everything goes as plan, he could be ready for adoption in four to six weeks. a volunteer at the animal shelter says the way he reacts to humans right now suggests that he has had a bad experience. >> another reason i think he might have been tortured, he goes into a defense mode and he

starts to bite as soon as i try and pick him up. >> fireman was found at antioch animal services in a dog run. workers aren't sure if the person responsible for the injuries dropped him off or if it was someone who found him in the street. >> you wonder about the people walking amongst us that would be willing to harm an animal, let alone a tiny baby animal. >> fireman does have a foster home, a $1000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction. umbrella of hope, a contra costa organization will be handling the adoption process. police chief greg sur says he's coming down hard on officers that sent and received racist and homophobic text messages. a captain and seven other officers are being suspended and the chief is recommending that the police chief fire them. after former officer ian was

sentenced on corruption charges. michael celis became the second officer to resign over the texts. >> certainly to have a member as high ranking as a captain was particularly disheartening. >> 14 officers in all were investigated. sur says texts sent by 6 other officers don't warrant an immediate call for termination, but their cases are being referred to the police commission which can then make a decision about whether or not to fire the officer. grocery store chain fresh and easy has closed as many as 55 stores in three states, including 7 right here in the bay area. the closures come amid plans to test a new business model where customers order the food online and then pick it up at the store. here in the bay area, the closed stores are in concord, danville, walnut creek, pleasanton, pacifica, vacaville, and the san francisco store on silver avenue, ten other bay area stores will remain open. well, mike you got any

easter plans tomorrow? >> they start today. i have a nice hunt from ten to noon we were invited to. that's going to be fun. tomorrow, you know, we'll do a traditional, probably service at mass and have our own little hunt at the house for my little kids. >> and easter dinner or brunch for some people is a big part of their holiday plans. up next, we show you an alternative to the mimosa. >> alternative, i kind of like the mimosa. and tasty treats to consider alleged to your menu. one local business had a plea for parents, the item they are hoping you will keep out of your child's basket.

happy saturday to you, giving you a live look at a beautiful view over the bay. we have the golden gate bridge in sight. you could gaza at that all day long. we have big changes coming our way, if you like this, get outdoors and enjoy it. what you see now on your screen is what is to come, the system now off the bc coastline, going to be shifting south as we move through the next couple of days and it is going to bring us two rounds of rain. the first is going to start as early as tomorrow morning. so let's get into your easter sunday and we'll track this for you. two hour by two hour time frame here. 8:00 tomorrow morning. scattered showers, over the north bay, as well as the central bay, along the coastline, by about 10:00 or so. it doesn't look like it's going to shift a whole lot, so we'll continue with the wet weather, over the north bay, the central bay, but take note, portions of the south bay, san jose south, you have mostly cloudy skies and mainly dry. by 1:00 it finally begins to shift into the south bay and begins leaving the north bay, by 3:00 or so, it's further south, moving into the valley,

already other parts of the sierra, and sierra's getting some snow. so we have rain for the first part of your sunday. a bit of a break on monday. mostly cloudy on monday, look at monday night, this is round two and this is actually the stronger part of the system or should actually say the stronger round, so we have got two fronts moving through, the first on sunday, the second monday night into tuesday. temperatures will be on the cool side, upper 50s to low 60s over the next few days. low snow levels, so you are going to need change, if you're thinking about heading to the sierra, there's an advisory for tomorrow, along the west slope, and by the end of tuesday into wednesday, a half inch to an inch and a half of new rain for the bay area. that's great news as well. outside our door right now, temperatures in the 40s and low 50s. 49 degrees in santa rosa. 54 in hay ward. san jose at 51. dry today, partly cloudy to mostly sunny. temperatures not as warm as friday but still looking good.

65 for vallejo. low 60s in oakland. 61 for san francisco. 68 pleasanton, and san jose you'll go to 66. 67 for santa cruz. the extended forecast with your bay area weekend always in view. temperatures really going to be cooling off for the second part of the weekend. take a look at that. upper 50s to low 60s for tomorrow. a whole 10-degree drop there in addition to the clouds, the rain for the first part of the day. we dry out sunday night, we're pretty dry on monday. even just a slight chance for scattered showers. monday night into tuesday, the bigger storm moves in with thunderstorms a possibility there. >> april showers, mike. >> exactly. it is easter weekend and you might be putting together your brunch menu for a few ideas of what to whip up. let's head over to ally. take it away. >> thanks mike, i'm joined by chef laurie fragoni, you are the world championship winner for dessert. >> i am, and i'm so excited to

be here. >> you have not only sweets but savory stuff. >> i have to tell you, the sweet i have made told is a spin off my highest scoring dessert that i made in las vegas. >> so what is it. >> my easter morning banana wrap. you grill your bananas first, they're brushed with a little bit of butter, sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar, and then they are grilled and what the grilling does, it just creates this nice caramelization on the banana for another layer of flavor, wrapped in cinnamon bread dough. how hard is it to do something like this. i'm not a big cook, is this an amateur dish. >> definitely amateur. i'll have you put this one together. this one is a little more difficult, but don't be afraid to make your own bread dough, it's easy, it's fun, you are allowed to make it premade if you want. if you buy premade, roll in cinnamon. >> the dough has been brushed

with butter, cinnamon and sugar, brown sugar, wrapped around the banana. this is my homemade caramel sauce. that gets drizzles on the top. >> that smells good. let's move onto some of the other. >> this is super easy, the pan has been rebound with butter, a a layer of croutons, next is the ham. these are just layered in here. this is why it's so easy. look how easy this is to put together. layer everything in here. next goes the cheese. >> a 7 layer dip on crouton. >> stick it in the refrigerator overnight, easter morning, take it out of the refrigerator, bring it to room temperature, bake for an hour and it's ready to go. >> this is simple, you just bake this. and this gets poured on the top. this is the finished product. >> it kind of looks like a quiche. >> it's very similar to a quiche without the crust. it has the croutons so you don't have to worry about

making the crust. let me add one of these to your plate. here is my cream cheese and then on top of that is toasted pecans. >> that looks delicious but we have to get to the drinks, too. >> my mo seas -- mimosas are two seconds ago, and hot cider is what's in these days. the appear flavor won best of show at battle of the brews. i tasted the blood orange, it's my all time favorite. it's so light and refreshing, i could drink that one all day. >> so this is, i mean, serving the hard cider in the champagne glass. gives it a twist. >> and four flavors so you have your choice. >> orange, pear and cranberries and apple. >> all right. mike and rosemary, pretty easy. >> cheers. >> save some for me. >> i'm going to bring you over here in a little bit.

you can find out about these and more, go to our web site, ktvu.com look for the cooking with laurie section under the web links portion of our home page. get over here guys, grab a plate. >> why use a plate. use the fingers and hands, right. >> you don't want all the goodies on there? >> i do want it. i wanted to make my own, though. can i still do that? >> yeah. but i have extra plates, that's fine. >> i don't need plates. mt. hood was left off the list. so was the oregon coast, the columbia river gorge and the painted hills. smith rock and the wallowas are all missing.

whoever named the seven wonders never set foot in oregon because even crater lake was left off their list. so we see your wonders world and raise you seven of our own. the seven wonders of oregon. see one, or better yet see them all.

the sports salmon season starts today, and this year is expected to be good despite the drought. 650 chinook salmon from the sacramento river are heading out to sea. that's 17,000 more than last year. commercial salmon season starts on may 1st. a nonprofit organization in richmond is urging parents not to buy their children rehab its for easter. house rabbit society is an international volunteer group in 1988. the group has rescued more than 30,000 rabbits. volunteers say many of the rabbits were easter gifts and according to the group, some people buy rabbits without knowing that the animals require a lot more care and can live more than ten years. >> if you're thinking about bring ago rabbit into your home as part of the family, you want to really do your homework

first. rabbits are great companions but there's a lot to know in advance. >> the group says once you have done all your research and still believe you could provide a good home for a rabbit, then it recommends adopting from a local shelter. easter may be one of the holiest holidays on the christian calendar but also revered in the retail world. experts are expecting sales to hit $16.5 billion this year. according to the national retail federation, apparel sales alone may reach close to $3 billion. the majority of shoppers will make their way to discount stores for their easter purchases. also hopping in on the easter festivities, the san francisco zoo is hosting its annual big bunnies spring fling. the event will be today from eleven this morning until 3 in the afternoon. it will feature arts and crafts, an egg hunt and bunnies inside the exploration zone. the egg hunt will take place between 11:30 this morning, and 1:00 in the afternoon. the easter bunny will be on hand to take plenty of

pictures, all the activities are free once you have paid for a ticket to get into the zoo. that's not the easter bunny. but the fun doesn't stop there. at the zoo, golden gate park is hosting a spring extravaganza. the family friendly event kicks off at 11:00 this morning and continues until 3:00. it will feature not only egg hunting but carnival rides, games and a barbecue cookoff. tickets cost $8 per person. a bike program in san francisco has been so successful it could soon be expanding to cities here in the east bay. right now there are 700 bikes in the bay area's bike share service. a new proposal could increase the number of bikes more than 7000 and expand the service to oakland, berkeley and emeryville. another plus, according to the met poll tran transportation commission, it wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime. >> the private guys are going to come in, find a named sponsor, you'll see advertising on the bikes and the bike

stations but in return we get a substantial expansion of the program. >> the bikes cost $9 a day or $88 for an annual membership. next week, the mtc will consider the proposal and vote on the expansion later this spring. friends of the san francisco public library, their annual spring book sale is underway. the event kicked off on march 31 march 31st, and will continue through tomorrow night. features more than 250,000 books, dvds, cds and more. everything is $3 or less. and the event is free. everyone is welcome to come check out the sale at fort mason center's festival pavilion. a bay area hairstylist who we first told you about in december appeared on a national talk show and got a huge surprise. danica o'leary works at a salon and she heads out to a local park to give free haircuts to the homeless. it got the attention of producers on the real, which airs here on fox 2, and

yesterday on the show, she received a gift for her generosity. >> we have something for you. >> thank you. it's a check for $10,000. that's a lot of haircuts. you deserve it. >> o'leary says she was surprised by the gift and feels very grateful but she says there is nothing that compares to the feeling of helping someone in need. >> she looks like she really appreciates it. very emotional there. >> yeah. what's going on rosemary. oh, you know, we have rain on the way. >> blue skies for a while. >> yes, get out and enjoy this nice weather because it will come to an end. we definitely welcome the rain, but it will be here just in time for easter morning. tomorrow morning we'll wake up with scattered showers a little while before it works into the south bay. north and central bay will have showers. the best part of the rain will be through the first part of the day, tapering off by the second part of the afternoon.

we get a break on monday, and then a stronger front will move through monday night into tuesday, could also include a thunderstorm activity and sierra snow. so this is great news. of course as everybody knows, we could definitely use it. >> definitely. >> but heads up to the kids, the easter bunny might be hiding their eggs indoors tomorrow morning. >> or today. >> today's a great day to get out there and maybe do it this. >> i think it would be fun to do it in the rain. something different. >> a little sprinkling with the coats. >> you two handle that part. >> that is our show for this morning, thanks for joining us everyone. >> enjoy the rest of your saturday. we'll see you back here tomorrow.

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