wind warnings up for all of the bay area bridges this afternoon, and you can see the wind-whipped sky across mt. tamalpais. this is the live shot over richardson bay. and let's get right to the wind speeds. out of the west, 35 miles-per-hour. sfo, gusts to 36. gusts to 35 in fairfield. concord, gusts to 32. san jose, gusts to 26, all very strong westerly winds and they will be yet to die down later this evening. boy, kept a chill in the air. 49 right now in napa. san francisco, 48. 47 in fremont. 0 los gatos, 45 degrees. look for their wind to decrease overnight. a colder night. partly cloudy for your monday. spring arrives by the way, 10:14 tomorrow night, enjoy that. and'll keep a chance of showers this week. the next few days, in the north bay. you can see some of these little cumulus popup clouds across the bay area. out towards the west, higher clouds in association with a warm front that could possibly bring us showers tomorrow night. overnight temperatures tonight, 44, san francisco, 39, san jose, 36, livermore. this is the low and the cold front pushing on towards the east, an

after a pair of people were killed at a party in daly city, the dance party is returning to the bay area. banned from the cow palace it has found a new home across the bay at oracle arena. organizers tell you they will keep thousand safe this year >> they will try. there will be 12,000 electronic music fans here at oracle arena saturday night. it is not the music that is the problem, it is the drugs that the fans take and the conditions inside the arena and the promoters say the conditions will be much better. their back. there has not been a scene like this one in two years. kampala's 2010, electronic music, pahlsson lights, dancing, a drug dealers and kids. two of them died and there were 70 arrests. dr. david goldsmith was the attending physician that fateful night. memorial day weekend 2010, and he saw the effects of the drugs like ecstasy >> they all have life- threatening illnesses. they were seizing, hypothermic, there temperatures were in the range of 106-107 >> after that concert and another one in southern california where a teenager died, some legislators tried unsuccessfully

switching off the lights right here in the bay area, including the bay bridge.ther landmarks around the world participating, the empire state building, i've fell tower, even the great wall of china. hundreds and millions of people around the world will take part also in earth hour from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. last year, more than 5,000 cities and towns in 130 countries went dark. >> very cool. >>> well, tonight at 11:00 a. dollar and a dream. most people in the bay area are taking a chance with the mega millions jackpot worth half a billion dollars. we will tell you if anyone here in the bay area hits it big time. >> i'm sure brent is going to be talking about the lottery. it's all anybody is talking about. >> that is one of the items coming up. we're going to start off with the new black panthers. they have a bounty on a man's head. who are they and why are watchdog organizations sounding the alarm. >>> and it should happen only once every 200 million years. the winnings are half a billion dollars. we'll be talking to the people from the california lottery about the

mostly clear around the bay area. gets cloudy and then declares off during the day and then a high clouds advance right before more rain begins to show up in the north bay after sunset marron night. that rain will spread south during the day on tuesday. tomorrow temperatures will be in the low 60s and and then we will increase the clouds which will lead to a chance of rain by monday night. tuesday the rain over spreads the rest of the bay area and on wednesday the showers will begin to clear out but it still looks wet for the west of the week. on saturday, a chance of more rain. we will get wet again but it will not put a significant dent in a dry year. >> thousands of runners hitting the streets today. why the east bay marathon is more than just erase the >> coming up on game day, the giants' center fielder will join us and we will go to fresno for a preview of stanford's big basketball game. dan will join us in the studio, who gets in the championship game? >> kentucky and ohio state and i have kentucky winning >>,,

it might be visible in the bay area.joe rosato jr. >> reporter: at some point in everyone's childhood, someone will warn them ton look at the sun. when you're born with a name like jim solar, it's a rule that bears breaking. >> i think i had my first telescope when i was 8 years old. >> reporter: today solar, the amateur astronomer, was busy keeping tabs on his solar namesake, the sun. >> it's a grouping of at least four of them. >> reporter: like many, solar was buzzing about yesterday's explosion on the sun's surface. >> with the activity on the sun, it's been rather spectacular with the flare that just went. >> reporter: the eruption of a massive solar flare has ignited the curiosity of the science world. >> that bursts you saw right there perhaps is an enormous explosion on the sun caused by this intense magnetic activity. >> reporter: while solar flares happen every day, astronomer ben burris says we're entering a period of heightened solar activity that occurs every 11 years. gases build up on the sun's surface unt

bay. we will see rain creep in. mid 60 for a few areasomorrow and then monday in to tuesday we are talking mostly north bay rain. it will be breezy bay areaside wide on tuesday and the rain line moves south wednesday, thursday and friday and the days to watch, next weekend, st. patrick's day. snow levels near 2500 feet and maybe thunder. >> that's weird. all right. thank you, rob. >>> coming up, the beard made its debut in scottsdale today wech will show you how brian nkonid d did in his first game back after battling some injuries. (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money directly to anyone's checking account. i guess he's a kicker... again, again! oh, no you don't! take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> thousands took to the streets of san jose to honor the life of pat tillman. the five-mile race is called the 408-k race. it started in downtown and ended at santana row. as you may remember the gave up an nfl career to enlist in the arm

the report just released from the economic institute of the bay area comes out every two years. sir overquintana has a breakdown of the report. >> trains and towers rising over mission bay in san francisco. this is one of the most obvious visuals of the powerful economic rebound the bay area is experiencing. >> we are, if nothing else, innovation economy here in the bay area. you see is in the tech sector. >> these towers will soon house biotech labs and ecommerce companies, key components in the innovation economy. a report by the bay area council of economic institute lays our strong stats. 40% of all venture capital in the country is invested here. 15% of the country's patents come from the bay area, and more than half of the 100 top ten clean tech companies call the bay area home. >> we are the world's leading innovation economy, and that's what is helping to differentiate us now, and to drive growth. >> seven of the ten biggest social media companies in the world are headquartered in the bay area. attraction tourism, and plenty of other economic indicators are headed in the

bay. the bark is a little worse than the bite but still a few areas of light rain touching the ground. down to the south, it is dry, as expected for the peninsula east and also the south bay. we're going to stay mainly dry tonight. but some drizzle is going to work its way in for tomorrow's forecast. 61 in sunnyvale. 60 in concord. plenty of 50s from napa in to santa rosa. little bit of spotty drizzle throughout 6:00, 7:00 and 8:00 in the morning. next storm system nears for that heavier round of rain expected this weekend. the jet stream is dipping farther south and more consistently than it has all season long. the other thing of note is this train of moisture that it's currently pulling in from the pacific is going to stay in place and start to drag to the south over the next 48 hours. tomorrow, it's mainly going to increase that chance of showers up across the north bay. heading throughout saturday, that's when we look at widespread rainfall returning. this makes three weekends in a row to start off your weekend with rain. sorry for those of you who wanted to get out early and do an

and this is the major fault that we're concerned about in the bay area right now. own a very populated area. over 2 million people live along the hayward fault. and of course, that is the one that many scientists believe is locked and loaded and ready to erupt. last major earthquake occurred there in 1868. that one is believed to be a 7.0. usually we get earthquakes every 140 years. so we are due for a major earthquake along that fault. >>> and not saying that is coming but because we've seen the earthquakes, it does raise the possibility about 1 to 2% we could see something larger on the way. watch out for that. in the meantime though, it looks like the shaking, kind of spread around the bay area. the heaviest right near the epicenter, right near the golf course there at mira vista country club. it looks like a lot of places where they have solid rock didn't feel the shaking as much. some places that had gravel, maybe some sand underneath, they felt the shaking even greater. it looks like things are beginning to settle down a little bit now. we will keep our eyes o

five sold here in the bay area. lottery officials tell us the tickets were sold in san rafael, san francisco, fremont, sunnyvale and san jose. now word yet on which stores yet. attendants were busy last night as the mega millions players snapped up tickets. in san lo ren zoe the door was open and the line was around the block. many have until tuesday to realize their dreams. >> i had hopes and dreams of putting my daughter through the private school, buy myself a home and retire my mother. but next time, it will happen. >> again, 29 california tickets have five of the six winning numbers. how much money does that equal? on the website it says just under $228,000 a piece. not a bad payday. >>> in other news this morning, parents, teachers and students are holding a march and rally this morning in union city to help new haven schools. they are marching to show support for measure h. a $180 parcel tax that will be on the june ballot. if this passes the measure will raise $3 million for the school district each year. su

tuesday, wet in the bay area. wednesday when in the bay area. thursday and friday could still be wet in the no. 8. looking ahead to next weekend, right now we just a partly cloudy but stay tuned. >> my son's baseball games have both been rained out the past to saturdays. this next one will be rained out? >> yes >> he was going to be a major leaguer! >> the spill will be. >> the final four, >> i am history >> so my. >> the final four, >> i am history >i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind. [ clang ] my house is where plants came to die. ♪ but, it turns out all i was missing was miracle-gro potting mix. it's got what a plant needs. even plant food that feeds them for up to 6 months. you get bigger, more beautiful plants. guaranteed. who's got two green thumbs thanks to miracle-gro? uh, this gal. boom! everyone grows with miracle-gro. >> normally i think i would be asking about march madness but tiger woods is in the news >> you have to go back to 2009, it is such a shock but it is reality, 924 days since he last won an official

it's going to be a one-two punch for the bay area. in to come later tonight in the north bay so tomorrow morning looks like a very rainy commute north of the golden gate and we see that rain moving north to south as we go into wednesday. so the satellite view will show you that we get the jet stream which has been really absent from our weather dropping down over northern california. this is the runway for storms that are going to start to come on in. you'll notice this for tomorrow morning in the north bay especially, heavy rain at this time tomorrow evening. looks like a sloppy commute with the rain filling in for the central and south bay locations. as we get into wednesday we'll see most of the rain moving on, scattered showers toward wednesday evening. rain totals will be impressive for the coastal range. both the santa cruz mountains and north bay hill tops really looking at almost 2 to 3 inches of rain or at least around ben loemen and an inch and a half for the east bay hills. wednesday in the sierras a lot of snow. talking alm

i think the bay area has such a diverse jewish community and less the bay area's said decentralized that's these institutions are able to drive and serve different audiences both at their core audiences and members of the community. been situated in downtown san francisco with heart of a cultural district has allowed us to broaden their audiences the way we reach both the local jewish community tourists and people were downtown and want to see exhibitions that have to do with contemporary art history ideas culture so i think that the bay area can really sustained these different types of organizations and its really a wonderful testaments to the bay area. believe it or not we have just a moment before we can say goodbye. can you let but snow how they can come to the contemporary jewish museum? >>> is located and on mission street between third and fourth and we're open monday through basically all week except wednesday will close on wednesday as we are generally open 11 to five. >>> we hope you have a wonderful time the rest of the day thank you for joining us here on the set. of

the rain will be most widespread for the bay area i think on wednesday. ly by wednesday evening you will see the rain line slowly heading out of the south bay. more rain on early thursday perhaps. next wave comes in for thursday night in to friday. so rainfall projections you will notice for monday, not much there. by the time we get in to tuesday and midday on wednesday, the rain line moves north and south and you can see the coastal mountains geing the bull's eye for the heavy rain. two to three inches of rain at least in the coastal mountains and close to an inch to an inch and a half in the central bay area. less in san jose. this is heading to the sierra for the first half of the week. should see two feet of snow here 80. snow levels 4,0,o t 5,000 feet and coming down rapidly to the weekend. for monday that not that bad. we are talking about rain but it is not going to happen tomorrow. some rain in the north bay but the main event for most of the area is in for tuesday afternoon on in to wednesday. the winds will pick up. you will see the winds 15 to

we've got winds whipping across the bay area. let's get to the map this morning and tell you what's happening out there. winds are making your temperatures low 50s right now feel like the 40s. you'll need that jacket all day long. we've got the windchill factor. and winds are going to get stronger as we head throughout the afternoon. highs today, stay in the 50s. feel more like the 40s. cold blast has moved into the bay area. even with all of the sunshine out there, it is cold. you'll need that jacket. so, let's talk about your futurecast. what we're expecting from the winds for the rest of the day. they're going to strengthen, the magenta, that's the high end of the key gusting to 60 miles per hour through 5:00 p.m. across the greater bay area. yellow and orange. we stop the clock at 6:00 a.m. finally getting a break. it will be breezy for the first part of wednesday. we'll see comfortable conditions for the second half. up to 63. we get a nice warm-up through friday. clouds increase saturday. fog sunday but not too bag this wee

the letter signed by seven lawmakers in the bay area thch is after an nbc bay area investigation found an inaccurate estimate was being used in negotiations with unions and work withers. at various times, the mayor and others said san jose's retirement obligation in 2015 could reach $650 million. that turned out to be inflated by at least $200 million. the letter requests an audit of the past three fiscal years and all projections for pension estimates during that time. >>> still to come at 11:00, the toddler critically injured in this week's tornados was taken off of life support today. we will hear from her family about what they saw on that fateful day. >>> competitive youth sports has become more serious and sometimes a grind for the kids and the parents. we will show you one bay area soccer coach and what he is doing to put fun in the game and it seems to be catching on. >>> and remembering a fallen hero the family of a police officer killed in the line of duty honors his life by doing what he loved. oh will you grab us some yoplait? sure. what flavor? mm, one of each. lemon burst

he was caught off campus and arrested >> other stories around the bay area, and in the bay area for a gilroy family, victims of a murder-suicide. investigators say an iraq war veteran had been showing signs of posttraumatic stress disorder. they believe he killed his mother and sister before taking his own life. plans to host one of the biggest sailing races in the world will move forward for san francisco. supervisors approved an agreement yesterday that finalize the venues and also calls for $20 million to be spent on pure and waterfront improvements. the races are expected to draw more than 1 million visitors. >> scientists might have discovered a new way to fight cancer cells. researchers found that a certain antibody can slow the growth of tumors. normally a protein prevents cells from attacking the tumor but now researchers say an antibody can block the protein helping the immune system to destroy the cancer cells. they found the process tested on mice work on all kinds of different cancers and now they need to figure out how it will work on humans. british researchers tested th

just a train of heavy rain just making its way slowly across the bay area. 're talking rainfall potential through wednesday night. three to five inches-north bay, as much a two or three inches. these are just estimates. the peninsula and south bay, lesser amounts, santa cruz, two to three inches. the storm will effect the sierra obviously two to three feet of snow expected above the 7,000-foot level and that's tuesday through wednesday. 6:00 to 58 inches of snow at lake level, and by wednesday afternoon, the snow level will be rising above the 7,000-foot level so lake level wednesday afternoon, rain-snow mix. here's the highs for monday. upper 50s to low 60s, increasing clouds across the bay area. the first batch of heavy rain moves in tuesday night, look for rain, heavy at times, very strong winds developing on wednesday, a little break thursday morning, more rain, heavy at times, thursday night and friday, and then everything turns cold, very low snow levels next weekend. >> thank you, leigh. >> the dates have been chosen for the big dance. >> mike: like pr

most of that just light showers around the bay area. st of the energy sliding into parts of the south bay. just getting up? cool weather ahead for today. blowing winds, temperatures now running into the 40s and by the afternoon not much warmer than that as we'll see strong gusty winds blowing. around the state, showers in the central valley, snow in the high country with winter weather advisories at 5,000 feet could see another 7" of snow above 7,000 feet, good news for resorts. windy today, showers this morning will be long gone in the next few hours and then it's all about the winds. wind advisory in effect at noon today. gusts up to 55 miles per hour especially at the coast and over the mountaintops. watch out for that today. likely to see some trees coming down down, maybe power lines, too. cold front moving through this morning is going to head out. then we'll start to clear the skies, maybe a cold start to tomorrow morning, especially the winds calming down. and then looks like some much nicer weather ahead as we head into the midd

nbc bay area is live in san jose with more. george, neighbors have to be floored by the discovery. >> yeah. we talked to one neighbor who said she was surprised that this was happening around the corner from her home. we are learning that there were two children living inside that apartment, and potentially breathing in the toxic fumes. >> ashley miller had no idea a methamphetamine mega center was in an apartment. >> you saw the kids playing on the weekends and after school. it's surprising to have that happen just in general, but to have it happen so close. >> dea agents from palo alto and san jose busted the lab and uncovered 750 pounds of meth worth more than $34 million. it is one of the largest in u.s. history. >> san jose is say major distribution point for methamphetamine that is brought into this country from mexico and package and refined in san jose and distributed throughout the bay area and the western united states. >> officers arrested these three people and the santa clara county district attorney's office charg

the letter was signed by seven lawmaker us in the bay area this comes after an nbc bay area investigation that found an inaccurate estimate was used in negotiations with unions and workers. at various times, the mare and others says san jose's retirement obligation in 2015 could reach $650 million which had out to be inflated by at least $200 million. >> the letter requests an audit of the past three fiscal years and all projections for pensions estimates during that time. >>> and preparations are under way for an historic visit to the bay area by israeli president shimon peres it is the first such visit by a sitting president of israel and mr. per res plans to spend several days here, both in san francisco and visiting tech companies in silicon valley. nbc bay area's monte francis is at temple emmanuel in san francisco with a preview. >> reporter: diane, shimon peres is expected to arrive here in the bay area some time tonight but his first public appearance isn't scheduled until tuesday and one of those public events is expected to happen here at the temple emmanuel tuesday night. now t

that's up next. >>> and good afternoon, i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. cloud cover increasing with showers on the way this weekend down into the south bay. we'll talk about who has the best chance of getting any kind of thunderstorm activity. and well, it may be a good weekend to stay indoors with the rainfall. we have a look at one option that may have you learning a little something. ♪ >>> the san jose museum of art hosts on average eight special exhibitions a year. this is the opening weekend for the very latest -- mexicanisimo through eye and the work from mexican american and american artists predominantly examine cultures through juxtapositions. krista evangelista is the guest curator. >> i think that the artists are defining traditional boundaries between what's fine art and low art and craft art. they have a great sense of humor as well as respect for tradition and a real interest in taking it to a new place. >> several works from bay area artists are on display. among the offerings from individuals and checktivollecti blown glass and items for sa

we will see a cold front diving towards the bay area. some heavy rain and strong gusty wind comes along with that. not a bad day outside. right now fairly mild with mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the fifties. 60s and even some seventies in the south bay. as we look out over the next couple of days, it looks like more rain and wind coming our way for the first part of the weekend. another chance of rain towards the middle of next week. >> we are following a breaking news story in san francisco and there are state streets blocked off because of a homicide investigation. we will have another live report from the scene giving you the latest details coming up. another problem in san pablo, a car hit a light pole and had to shut down a couple of lands of san pablo ave. police are on the scene now and we will let you know when there are clearing the streets. bridges are up pretty good this morning, no major issues and all the bridges are reporting traffic moving at top speeds. the drive time at the bottom of your screen, a nice and lik

live in san rafael tonight, monty francis, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you very much, monty. that's a look at the north bay. let's take another look at the east bay via radar. you can see a lot of green covering the entire east bay. looks like a strong cell right now moving through downtown oakland. you can find the latest on the weather on nbc bay area.com. jeff is back in less than 15 minutes with an update. >>> it's another big night off the field for the 49ers. the santa clara city council and stadium authority are holding a special meeting this evening to consider taking important steps to move the stadium project forward. city leaders are being asked to approve the stadium lease between the city and the 49ers and also a final development budget and nd financing plan. once they sign off on the plan construction can begin. tonight's meeting begins at 7:00. >>> speaking of stadiums if you're caught being violent at a sports event you can kiss the season good-bye. a southern california lawmaker wants rowdy fans banned from sports events statewide. nbc bay area's stephanie tr

it hit all over the bay area pretty hard. people were holding on tight to their umbrellas in the city. everyone trying to dodge those rain drops. but as you see this viz owe tape coming up, this homeowner in the city of fair fax will remember this for all the wrong reasons. the usgs officials have been telling us all day long that the ground would be vulnerable to wind. i heard the sound was like a jet plane. i said what's that? maybe a jet plane going by. and i thought it was an earthquake. looked around, came out and all the neighbors were in the street when they saw the tree on the ground. >> this tree is one of many falling in the bay area. we saw the aftermath of a tree fall on a house late tonight. take a look at these numbers. in south bay, 60 people are without power equaling about 10 pg and e tells us that power should be restored all over the bay area, hopefully, by midnight. now, there are a lot of delays at sfo today numbering upwards of a hundred delays from one to two hours depending on where you're traveling ac

we begin with the stormy weather in the bay area. the rain has been steadily falling all morning. it's creating numerous problems for travelers and residents in flood-prone areas. we have team storm coverage. mark tamayo is in the weather center. we're tracking problems in the north bay. we begin in the east bay. there is flooding damage there. >> reporter: obviously a great day to carry an umbrella. we had several spinouts on bay area roads, fender benders and flooding in unexpected places. water dripped through the ceiling of this candy store this morning. >> as you can see, it's flooded all over. >> the roof appeared in danger of collapsing. the rain soaking through computers, new hardwood floors and nearly $50,000 of high end chocolate. >> it's tough. this economy is very tough. we'll survive. we hope so. >> just before 10:30 in oakland, a tree fell at the fruitvale off-ramp from 580 landing on top of a car. the driver was not hurt. during the commute in berkeley, large puddles caused vehicles to vehicles to hydroplane. >> was it scary? >> oh, yeah. >> it resulted in a four-car

the 70s return as high pressure moves back into the bay area. it's actually going to sit just offshore and the jet stream is going to sit just to our north. that means you might see a few stray showers especially in the north bay. the future cast picks that up. nonetheless we'll still warm you up into the 70s so we have the clock on your future cast. you see the light showers coming in about 6:00 a.m. friday. still forecasting about 72 degrees on friday in places like san jose. the real rain arrives friday night. stop the clock again for you about 11:00. you can see steady rainfall moving back into the bay area. but it won't hang around all weekend. we are going to get a break which is good news because, parents, you get those kids home for spring break starting on monday. looks like we'll see a really comfortable week next week. overall no significant rainfall and that is the good news. you can get them outdoors so they can enjoy the beautiful bay area weather. back to you guys. >> that's what i'm talking about. thank you very much. >>> i guess

nbc bay area meteorologist rob mayeda is in the nbc bay area weather center tracking some rain and wind on the way. >> that's right. a one-two punch coming in tonight. first we're kind of seeing the winds picking up around the bay area. if you've been outside in the last couple hours, you've noticed that. our temperatures today, though, not too bad. 50s and low 60s outside right now. but the story for this evening and the first half of tonight will be gusty winds picking up out of the south. right now southeast at 18 in san jose and gusting close to 20 in parts of the north bay. the radar is dry for now, but you look on the north coast. that's where our rain is for the moment. that will be sliding to the south tonight as we see this runway for storms setting up in the pacific. the first round coming in later tonight into tomorrow. then a very cold system dropping in on us as we get into friday into saturday. so our weather headlines tonight, gusty for this evening. winds picking up to 35 miles per hour. and a very rainy start to the day in the north bay. coming up we'll let you know jus

we're still seeing plenty shower showing around the bay area of the kids play and for the marin you canee the system moves onshore some of this continuing in toward bill valley she will slide to the rest of the area. edition of the showers continue in this morning. widely scattered showers outside the measures and not too bad the fifties and the upper 60s and warmer spots in the afternoon herself i will catch a brief break. shares will taper off his hat into the afternoon as a looks like we had in court tomorrow so that in my will keep things a little bit unsettled just for the golden gate bridge. tenders to be in the '50s and a few sixties by the afternoon not done with. all just get on thursday and friday but as we head up toward the weekend to sutterville more rainfall expected the entire bay area which is impressive for whereat. >>> when the sun can make some come back get out and the elements. degrees but got sight and show you a live look after driving has the snow tires jeans and requires all the major routes heading for the sierra including interstate 80 and highway 88 some here

>> just to see the snow in the bay area. you don't see this very often. to come up here, it is a great thing. it is awesome. >> you are having fun with the snowball fights. house that? not that much snow but enough. >> fluff to make you bitter cold. >> and standing next to you, not really what the snow attire is frank xu. tell me, you go to school in illinois. >> yeah, that's right. i go to the university of illinois so we got snow every once in awhile and this year we skipped so we didn't really get that much snow. >> you came to california for snow. >> ironically enough. >> wonderful. thank you for that. on a very serious note, drive safely. the observatory closed early because of snow and officials warning people please try not to come up here and go to diablo for snow fun. diane, we'll send it back to you for now. >>> it is gorgeous out there. thanks a lot. for a look at what else is headed our way we want to check in with rob might have he'd a. >> probably the most widespread rain throughout the day around parts of the east bay and the rain intensity

i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area. we're finding dry conditions across northern california. morrow we'll gradually see those clouds increase after a cold start in the east bay with plenty of 30s. we'll be talking about some rain by this weekend. taildeta itil all for you coming up in minutes. >>> a man who detected a purr in his engine was briefly horrified when he heard a meow coming from under the hood. seriously. luckily, though, the 8-month-old kitten survived her ride in the engine compartment all the way from marin county to santa cruz. she is safe and sound tonight in an animal shelter. the owner believes the cat snuck on board while he was in a mcdonald's tuesday night. >> this is what she looks like. she is very, very friendly. very domesticated and somebody is probably miss herriing her r now, so i'm trying to get her home. >> we've got to get this kitten home. the cat does not have a microchip to identify her. >>> hollywood cannot get tickets fast enough for "the hunger games" this weekend. critics say it's good. it's based on the trilogy of books by suzanne collin

through 8:00 tomorrow, look at that most of the bay area is dry, nice around the south bay. in to tuesday you see the rain across the north bay. tuesday in to wednesday very slowly moving. we will see significant rain. it is not going to arrive until the middle of the week. rainfall projections as saw on the time line. from now until wednesday is north of the golden gate. this is where you will see one to two inches of rain and thursday and friday we will see the rain fill in to the south later in the week. most of the rain in the north bay, most of the snow is north of 80. 16 inches in kingvale. winter storm warning starting on monday taking us through the middle of the week.me dzso thele out there and monday doesn't look thatbad. partly cloudy skies, mid-60s in the south bay. a chance of evening showers for the far north bay but our temperatures tomorrow a little warm wither than today. 50s and 60s. so the timing on the three-day forecast is breezy conditions picking up for tuesday. most of that rain you are looking at on tuesday is north of the golden gate. by wednesday,

see what has been removed from the bay area orders house. >>> and what is on its way to san francisco bay? that is expected to be a very tight squeeze. ron will shock you into quitting orton never start smoking that is the aim of the graphic new campaign for the centers for disease control. the images we will show you may be disturbing to some of the. dear way to terry hall was not always choose toothless or all their lifetime a smoking left her with cancer of the larynx. and she wants would-be smokers to know it. it will appear in print and social media. their way to with painful true stories about the effects of tobacco and not only kills also cripples. it is also true that their lives occur. >>> never thought it would give me a star like this. >>> cost $54 million a small amount compared to the $27 million a day that tobacco companies spend to promote their products the cdc says much about the motion is aimed at children. for every person who dies from smoking at least two new young smokers take their place. the cdc hopes to persuade as many as 50,000 smokers to quit but that is go

nbc bay area's marianne favre row joins us. marianne, what next?> reporter: well, when i talk to people here who go to garden city, they say what they're going to remember most is not the money they won or lost here but the food and friendships they found at the card tables. when the doors to the new casino matrix in san jose open in april, garden city will close and with it a lot of history. >> it's a lantd mark to me. i mean, my parents used to go there when i was a kid, have dinner, have -- best prime rib in town. >> reporter: garden city opened in 1946 at another location on south market street before moving here to saratoga avenue in the early '70s. dan jeppson's unkelz both worked at garden city and he's been playing poker here the past 12 years. >> it's fun. it's exciting. they've got good food here. it's just somewhere i can come and get away from it all, like my home away from home. >> reporter: he also remembers the big wins. >> one night i won like six pots in a row so i basically just cashed in and left rfrnlts walter robertson says he'

vigil here last night with the family members and also the community as more than 100 members of bay area search and rescue teams fanned out on saturday to find additional clues. they scoured an area, finding no new clues of the girl's disappearance. investigators essentially took the day off yesterday saying that it wanted to reevaluate all the evidence collected so far to focus the search in the weeks ahead. but that vigil last night her mother expressed thanks for the efforts of the searchers and the support of the community. >> it is amazing how everyone is coming together. sierra is going to be so amazed, i'm saving all the stuff because she is going to come back and i want her to see how much she is loved. >> lou piniella law enforcement has not yet outlined their next test, beginning tomorrow the class kids foundation will organize a community volunteer search effort which will take place every day this week. beginning tomorrow all the way through saturday. this volunteer search effort is open to anyone over 18 years of age. they ask that you come to burnett elementary school in mo

the first lady makes a surprise detour in the bay area. the famous place where she and her daughter stop for dinner. >>> the right to it nobody in california one the senate $40 million jackpot. well-placed what middle 1 million sweater. that was sold in baltimore maryland. with a list of several bay area stores that sold tickets worth a small fortune teller. fox lycoris of larkin street in san francisco another one year allows food at a liquor on midway road in san rafael live because he went all across the state people lined up for a chance at tonight's record jackpot the largest lottos jackpots in the world. >>> in tonight's winning numbers are 233842. >>> don't think there they go those of the six numbers announced three hours ago reviles is out of the bay area stores that sold it to get that matched five of six numbers rather have to be feeling dead. >>> their billing amazing it is not often that we're able to stand and on live television and tell our viewers by the you have to $138,000 right here in the bay area i will give you a seco

a major bay area hospital facing handling. angel raich was told to leave the medical center after she tried to skok inside. she was admitted for theft. a pharmacist told her to put it out. but remains upset over the decision. >> to not use my cannabis f i stay it's giving me a death nnts. >> raich is a leading advocate for medical marijuana twice to fight for the right to use cannabis. >> smokers will not be allowed to drive even if passengers have trace amounts. it released the power to issue a dui to anybody with spot in their system. critics show it can remain in the mud for weeks. >> sunnyvale becoming the latest to consider an outdoor smoking ban. witness the city smoking in parks and out door dining. city received a mailing trade for its anti-tobacco efforts. the city asking people to weigh in. with funding secured work can begin on the man to bring part to san jose. the government committed to $900 million in grants for the project yesterday. ground breaking on the existing track behind the flee market. the extension wi

bay area temperatures, pretty close to what we had today. low 60s around parts of the south bay and tri-valley. the coast, temperatures in the upper 50s. your three-day forecast shows you the wettest part of the work week will be during the day tuesday into early wednesday. look at the numbers. thursday and friday, the rain heads back to mendocino county. we're going to warm up. san jose friday could get close to 70. but the catch, next weekend looks like we're going to see more rain dropping out of the north bay for saturday. showers early sunday. sunday afternoon looks dry. and past that, once again tonight, long-range models going for a strong ridge of high pressure. this may be the last stretch of rain as we roll into april. showing up again for next weekend. >> just in time for our beautiful spring. >>> now for a look at what's coming up in sports, scott reese of comcast sports net. what's going on? >> well, the flight from oakland to portland shouldn't be an issue. for the warriors it was an adventure. details forthcoming. >>> he spent

a bay area man's plea for help becomes an internet sensation. 'll hear his emotional story and tut s >>> this is "today in the bay." >>> there is a story quickly making its way around the internet but reading about it is very different from seeing it. an east bay man who weighs nearly 700 pounds is getting the help, love and tension that he asked for. here's "today in the bay." >> hi, my name is robert. i'm 23 years old. >> reporter: you're looking at a young man's desperate plea for help. robert gibbs of livermore is so obese, he can barely function. yesterday on the eve of his 23rd birthday he posted an emotional call for help on youtube. >> i just figured that before my birthday i could get the video to go viral and someone to help me. i don't know what else to do. >> reporter: gibbs sat down with nbc bay area to share the pain of his life-long battle with food addiction. >> life for me -- it feels like i'm trapped within myself. >> reporter: gibbs says he's been struggling with obesity since he was 4 years old. >> i was constantly teased. eve

bay and now that continues to push off to the south and east. but you can see with the moisture kind of rotating around an area of low pressure to the south, we'veeen watching the moisture dropping out of the north bay into the tri-valley now and into the santa clara mountains, to the east which includes obviously mount hamilton. so the jet stream which has been off to the north for most of the winter now has actually moved south of the bay area. and when you're on the north side of the jet stream that's where the cold air starts to spill on down. which we're seeing right now. and the cold air will actually drop snow levels even more tonight. at least low enough to get to mount diablo. close to 3600 feet to 3800 feet and as low as skyline boulevard or mount tam tomorrow morning. >> hour by hour, you're seeing the swiss cheese effect with the showers, still indicating some unstable air with the heating of the day. destabilizes the atmosphere from noon to about 6:00, just like we're seeing right now. as we head through the afternoon and evening, you'll see the showers start to back off and the moisture heading to the east as we get into monday. in

and to lottery jackpots at the same bay area store? well what about one wetter is trying to claim all the money. and woman in the bay area is that still denies after police caught her stealing speeding three times in an hour. officers arrested 53 year-old linda cahill gomez of hayward added 19 yuba county the first time officers copter going as 103 mi. an hour on highway 70. 20 minutes later they say she was flying at 1 05. about 40 minutes later officers say she slowed down debts and was still going 76 and 85 zone the officer arrested her for reckless driving. i didn't know i've never driven 100 mi. an hour slide in know i can't even though 100 mi. an hour by its i it wasn't worried about that i was worried about my mom. she says she was being held for 79 year-old mother who had fallen on her bad knee she had to pay $400 just to get your car back shall have to pay even more in fines. will a dozen of that the price of will come down anytime soon tonight analysts tell the l.a. times the current record price of $105 a barrel could become

nbc bay area thinks it's premature to pull the plug.h speed rail leadership has just forged new partnership with regional rail lines, caltrain would get a share of bullet train funds to upgrade their existing rails. this would serve all of us in the bay area much sooner than the original plans. in 20 years, california's population is expected to reach almost 50 million. we have to improve our transportation network to support a 21st century economy. we agree with governor brown, givep a choice between building more freeways and more airport runways, high speed rail is the better alternative. constructive criticism will continue to force important revisions, but let's keep nbedning.hit hank ac iaiaoritls.com. >> announcer: it's "the tonight featuring rickey minor hunger

one of the biggest right here in the bay area. nbc bay area's christie smith joins us live at uc berkeley where students and faculty are taking decision makers to task for rising tuition costs. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. their big rally is supposed to start in an hour here at uc berkeley, but boy, they really picked aing so day for a protest. despite the raindrops and the cold, and the group of protesters are on campus and they surrounded one of the buildings with crime scene tape with many administrators and those who make financial decisions come and go, but they didn't block people who wanted to pass. this is a strike, a day of action over tuition hikes and what they see is budget cuts, public education that make it an affordable and leave students saddled with mountains of debt. one parent says he's upset because the university is giving so many spots to out of state students who pay more who is edging out local students. >> a thousand per year have been lost to out of state students, and i'

it's hard. >> bay area pets poisoned. how a dog owner is turning her loss into a crusade. >>> tonight, a tour of a bay area apartment that is just 160 square feet. good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> and i'm dana king. they wanted to set the record straight about the murder of a berkeley hills man. as robert lyles reports, berkeley wouldn't be berkeley without some fireworks. >> it is as if peter's murder was yesterday, emotions are raw and questions about why. >> left his house to go to fire station to seek help. there was nobody at the fire station. >> berkeley residents wanted to confront police and city council about what happened instead. >> i never advertised -- >> questions needed to be handwritten. city leaders would read and respond. that didn't go over well, especially with the occupy crowd. >> that encamp was -- >> larry wright wanted leaders to know he was attacked by a mentally disturbed person shortly before peter was killed. >> started clawing my face and i grabbed him and we both went down on the ground. >>

te >>> welcome back to nbc bay area. finally, some live action from scottsdale. we've been with the san francisco giants from the start of spring training, so it's only right we bring you highlights from their first contact us league game this afternoon, contact "us." tim lincecum on the hill for the g-men hosting arizona. top of the first, lincecum facing his first batter. sits him down. ryan roberts caught looking. later in the first, lincecum in trouble, gets chris young to pop out to end the inning. lincecum had two innings of pitching, four hits, one run, two strikeouts to the bottom of the second, giants get the offense going, one on for brandon bell. single to rice. it will bring in two runners aboard. two batters later, bases loaded for brandon crawford. singles to right. that makes it 2-1 giants after two. however in the end, the diamondbacks get the win. 9-6 is your final. a's and mariners meeting up in cactus action. an rbi single to justin smoke. bringing in dustin ackley, 1-0 seattle. second inning, jarrett parker looked good on the hill. came in on

your >>james: we are backtracking is on the road to the bay area. it we an avalanche near leave swallowed three skiers yesterday afternoon. this is video from that area. this morning we are learning that one of those skiing had died from his injuries. one skier was heard apparently suffering from a broken leg and. we do not know of that is the same one that lost his life. sacred they were skiing in a back country area and is very likely that the skiers themselves cause the avalanche of new record trawls clifford insincere where the snow started a pilot--corp. to pile up. >>reporter: for the first time since i have been here today, it actually stopped snowing. out on the roadways, and the roads are very slick along interstate 18 through this area. and there are still trying restrictions in effect for cars west bound. who will they are required to have changed, for drive would snow tires. truckers are being checked at the apple of the engines. there have also been caltrans crews and snowplows out here working in both directions to clear the snow and ge

other prayer headlines, some bay area transit commute -- other bay area headlines some bay area transit commuters have more incentive for using the clipper card. fares are going up july 1 but passengers who use the clipper card won't pay the higher price. for those who continue to pay cash for paper tickets, the one- way fare on caltrain will increase by 25 cents. one day tickets bought with cash will go up 50 cents. >>> a new lawsuit challenges san francisco's ban on plastic bags. it argues that the city erred by not doing a lengthy environmental impact report. san francisco expanded the law last month to include a ban on single use bags at all businesses including restaurants. but now the plastic bag industry is trying to invalidate the entire law. it cites a state supreme court decision saying larger cities should do environmental reviews. >>> game over for a long time bay area bowling alley. the general manager says serra bowl lost its lease forcing it to close by april 15. that means more than 1500 league bowlers who use the daly city lanes won't be able to finish their season. ser

. >> rain down in the south bay right now but it let up through most of the bay area. storm tracking 4, all that yellow and orange, that is in the south bay. let's zoom in there first and see what we got going right now. lighter here over san jose. although it registers as moderate rainfall. campbell seeing a courter inch inch -- quarter inch of rain. in the hills, 2/3 per power. we are seeing -- per hour. we were seeing it heavy earlier. on the east bay shores, just a couple hundredth inches of rain. cloudy conditions. san francisco, condition have greatly improved here. right now just seeing -- actually no rain hitting the ground. must be drying up. improving conditions out there at this hour. we can see the pattern of the storm has pushed through. look at all that yellow, moving through on your screen. snow in the sierra and thal continues. the core of the storm to the north ear and spotty showers long the coast line. this fills in tomorrow, bringing us a chance of thundershowers. >> thank you. >> hour team coverage moves to oakland. kron 4's kate thompson has been a

and i think it's really important we look at that as our bay area region, as our bay area identity. so along those lines i wanted to -- passed out an invitation to a workshop where we're going to begin to look at some of those regional issues. it will be at november 1 at ames. i hope everyone can attend. >> the importance at looking at a regional level is half of our work force lives outside of san francisco. so looking from a regional perspective, i think that would be really important too. >> i would say one of the biggest gaps we have is the lack of that regional recovery planning which i know there are various -- i know there are various initiatives nowadays moving forward. i think it's very important. i also think at the state level we really need to think more substantive recovery plan that would, you know, seek to tie a lot of these pieces together. >> i might just add that there's a thing called the joint policy committee. it's immediating up with the four agencies, regional -- it's meeting up with the four agencies, regional agencies. now implementing, trying to figure out