. >> we're seeing patchy fog in parts of the bay area and a cooldown in today's forecast. a closer look at your forecast coming up. >> traffic keeping it cool but it's only 5:00 this friday so we have a light flow of traffic. we'll call out the north bay where we may have issues for drivers. >> and taking a live look outside along the embarcadero here for this first look at your friday morning. it's march 21st and this is "today in the bay." >> a very happy friday to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm peggy bunker. we begin this hour with a look at the weekend microclimate forecast, checking in with meteorologist rob mayeda. >> good morning. we're seeing a preview of our weekend forecast with patchy low clouds and fog and the return of ocean air conditioning. 47 now in the east bay, san francisco 50 degrees, and as we look at the wind speeds, they have come onshore into the tri-valley so even with the sunshine we'll see a cooler afternoon. and thick fog around santa rosa down the coast, that's going to continue highway 1 to 17 this morning, dri

of aus, the timing possible storm and a big cooldown, too. >> the caps on unveil their new superstaronight. the party continues in college park and the wizards turn up the heat on >> three days and still no sign of the missing malaysia airlines people onboard. the boeing 777 vanished on the way from kuala lumpur to beijing on saturday. -- ups of a plain jane plain tale and the door turns out to be false. >> in the hangar, there is that black box that is sending out a signal saying i'm here, come find me. boarded thengers plane with stolen passwords. at this pointy there is no indication of terrorism. >> next month, the boston marathon will take place again and it will have added security in the wake of last year's deadly bombing. 100 35,000 police will patrol the marathon route. encouraged to view large items at home and carry plastic bags. you may recall that more than 250 were hurt and three people died when the bombs exploded at the conclusion of last year's race. >> americans making money off the mortgage company of fred -- fannie mae and freddie mac. they could send the governme

we will talk about a brief cooldown, a brief warm-up, and then the chance for another coastal storm. >> thank you. virginia governor terry mcauliffe will call the general assembly into special session later on this month. lawmakers adjourned today without approving a budget or medicaidocked on expansion. lawmakers will have two weeks to hear from constituents before returning on march 24. rand paul has just won the at thential straw poll conservative political action committee's annual conference. the three-day event wrapped up this afternoon at national harbor. today's features included newt gingrich and sarah palin. cpac is considered a must attend event for potential republican candidates. new development from the crisis in ukraine today. russian troops reinforce their positions on the disputed crimean peninsula. russia threatened to stop international inspections of its nuclear arsenal in response to sanctions. today, president obama called the leaders of six countries, including great britain, france, and italy. the white house said the calls focused on the response of nato and

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we'll see a cooldown and hold temperatures into the weekend.ok good. 70s for everybody. 72 for oakland. 75 brentwood. 75 morgan hill. menlo park. 71 san bruno and 64 in d.c. we do have a cooldown which starts tomorrow morning. chilly, nice day. >>> 7:51. morning >>> and east bay gym is defending its no judgment policy. one woman said she's never going back after being criticized for what most people in a gym are driving for. female announcer: what will you get with your new sleep train mattress? man: i'm getting a camera! - i'm getting an espresso maker! - i'm getting a new smart phone! female announcer: during sleep train's big gift event get a $200 best buy gift card with purchase of selected beautyrest, posturepedic or tempur-pedic mattresses. or, get 24-months interest-free financing. - a new tv... - a laptop... - a game console! female announcer: sleep train's big gift event is ending soon. ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> a bay area man is among 14 people arrested in one of the biggest child pornography rings

and it will track towards tomorrow and the next couple of days it will cooldown quite a bit. we'll make our way to the west coast. a massive storm will bring rain across i-5 for a washington and oregon. think eastern portions of california may see a little bit of rain but it's not going a substantial amount. this is i-5 with the roads with a little bit of water. they will get wetter as we track along i-5. right now the showers just light in nature. we will see a little bit of mountain snow as well but for the most part down in the valleys it's very mild. check out these temperatures. 57 in seattle. spokane 56. and temperatures are going to make a run for the 60s in billings. because it's so mild out there we expect the snow melting. that's the reason we have flood warnings. now the core of the cold is setted in fargo and minneapolis. they're lower than they should be this time of year. chicago is outside of the subzero temperatures, but don't worry it will get milder as we track towards tomorrow. ias we push back to work temperatures will be closer to where they should be for

then a cooldown monday. the system drops out of the north.n't bring us rain but it's going to drop our temperatures about five or ten degrees. so you see it right there in the seven-day forecast for st. patrick's day. a little bit of cooling but no rain in the forecast. that takes us all the way through saturday night next weekend. things staying dry around the bay area. and warm. areas south of san jose. 85 degrees around los gatos. if we could hit mid-ats that would break records. today not quite warm enough. but some locations inland tomorrow may have a chance of that. notice napa up to 80 degrees and pleasanton and livermore climbing up to low 80s by the afternoon. and the forecast around northern california and beyond. yosemite 66 degrees. santa cruz quite nice. look at the high surf advisory and lake tahoe 65. reno 74. not just the bay area but most of northern california heading over toward nevada looking a bit more like summer here. this, by the way, is the last full weekend of winter. we've got spring coming in officially on thursday

. >> we're seeing patchy fog in parts of the bay area and a cooldown in today's forecast. a closer look at your forecast coming up. >> traffic keeping it cool but it's only 5:00 this friday so we have a light flow of traffic. we'll call out the north bay where we may have issues for drivers. >> and taking a live look outside along the embarcadero here for this first look at your friday morning. it's march 21st and this is "today in the bay." >> a very happy friday to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm peggy bunker. we begin this hour with a look at the weekend microclimate forecast, checking in with

i think we will see warmer temperatures inland but a bit of a cooldown along the coast. we have more of an onshore picture. the wind directions are changing and then looks like temperatures will drop off as we start the next workweek. so it won't be as warm as you head back to the office. temperatures drop off by at least 10 degrees. it's still going to be pretty mild, going to keep the sunshine around. looks like the models are backing off on any possibility for showers. marty. >> thank you, so much. >>> onto the news this morning. the family of missing morgan hills teenager sierra lamar is marking a somber milestone today, exactly two years since she disappeared. a memorial bench in her honor dedicated at 3:00 this afternoon at washington high school in fremont. sierra attended that school before she moved onto morgan hill. volunteers still gather every saturday to search for her remains or anything that might be a clue in the case. >> this has been a very emotional weekend and just because it's two years after she was abducted doesn't mean that the pain is any less. >

and then we'll talk about a cooldown once we go into the second part of the week. >>> an animal sanctuaryg for homes for hens. there's an april 4th deadline to get all the hens off the farm. you'll find a link to the group's website for adoption event info at ktvu.com just look under web links. >>> more mystery tonight surrounding malaysia flight 270 as more questions arise on how the plane went off its path. new details on the sequence of >>> an elderly woman is in the hospital tonight after being badly burned in the san ramon house fire. it happened this morning on scarborough place. two men smelled the smoke and ran into the house to rescue the elderly woman. investigators are still trying to determine the cause. >>> police are asking for help after they found out that a fire that ripped through a home was intentionally set. they say who whoever set the fire also likely stole an audi. firefighters say the home sustained extensive damage. investigators are now looking for a light blue 2003 audi a4 with license plate 5hjm491. anyone with information is asked to call mountain view police.

by monday a more notable cooldown.dnesday. the final days of winter will be dry ones. >>> supporters of city college, san francisco, took their message to city hall. >> yesterday they demanded the removal of the state appointed trustee named to teal with the school's financial problems. they called for an investigation into a scuffle between a student and campus police that ended when police pepper sprayed the student. >>> 13,000 workers are planning a strike in less than 10 days. this is video from november. a union spokesman says this comes in response to alleged bad faith bargaining by the university. the union has filed unfair labor practice charges. the university officials say a strike would be unfair to other hospital workers and patients. >>> we have a recall involving freeze dried fruits sold at costco. a letter on the website says the oregon freeze dried corporation is recalling kirkland real sliced fruits because of fears of salmonella contamination. there's no word on illnesses so far and costco is offering

and then we'll talk about a cooldown once we go into the second part of the week. >>> an animal sanctuary is looking for homes for hens. there's an april 4th deadline to get all the hens off the farm. you'll find a link to the group's website for adoption event info at ktvu.com just look under web links. >>> more mystery tonight surrounding malaysia flight 270 as more questions arise on how the plane went off its path. new details on the sequence of events before the jetliner disappeared. >>> but first suing cross fit. why this bay area woman says she's been forced to compete against men. [ myron ] i got into an accident on my bike, and the first thing that came to mind is, "can i afford to go to the hospital?" now that i've got covered california, i know that if something happens to me that i'm covered. i'm in. [ female announcer ] everyone deserves health insurance. are you in? find free, confidential, local help at coveredca.com. are you in? >>> an elderly woman is in the hospital tonight after being badly burned in the san ramon house fire. it happened this morning on scarborough plac

it will still be above average temperaturewise through this entire week despite the cooldown.n in sight all the way through next weekend with high temperatures staying in the low to mid-70s. >>> ukraine is waiting for the outcome of a referendum on whether crimea sudden break away from the country. ukraine's government and world leaders, including president obama, have called the referendum illegitimate. western nations could order sanctions against russia. today, demonstrators stormed buildings in ukraine. john mccain is in kiev for the referendum and says ukraine will need military support to fight russia. >> ukraine will need a long- term military assistance program from the united states, equipment both lethal and nonlethal. i see -- ukraine has been invaded. >> russian helicopters and armored vehicles are guarding a village near the border of crimea. the ukrainian government says it reserves all necessary measures to stop what it calls a russian invasion. >>> next up -- a baby laid to rest is lost. we explain the casket mixup. >>> coming up -- no matter how expensive san

that cooldown is going to make its way across the country.low is going to set up and move to the east coast. it will be to the northeast by thursday and push offshore. yes, we could see even more snow as we go through the middle to end of the week all across the country. fred, we'll be looking for that very closely during the next couple of days. >> all right. thanks so much, jennifer. >>> all right. a heart stopping moment, a terrifying collision caught on camera. take a look. images showing a small aircraft there slamming into a sky diver and throwing him roughly 75 feet to the ground. guess what, the sky diver and pilot were not seriously injured. amazing. >>> and an oklahoma man's certainly for his lost money landed him in an unpleasant and smelly situation. it started when he dropped a $20 in a storm drain. he decided i'm going after it and he did. he couldn't find his way out and he got stuck underground for two days. finally some teens heard his cries for help. they called police and rescued him. he was dehydrated and dazed. even worse

forecast shows 80s inland, 70s coast, cooldown and breezy weather monday. tuesday, wednesday, few clouds and more spring like weather thursday and friday. we'll let you know how warm it's going to be in your community by keeping track of bay area weather on twitter at live doppler 7 hd. that's significant. we could see 5 inches between now and june. >> got that right. >> thank you, lisa. >>> next, special surprise for some san jose middle school students. a recent lesson will help them perform this summer. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. not my strong suit.he season, we get to the end of the day and i am toast. in fact, we've had toast for dinner. but tonight i nailed it. kfc family feast. 9 pieces any recipe, 3 large sides, 6 biscuits, $19.99. do not give up on dinner. ♪ >>> prom dresses are available again today in san francisco thanks to the princess projects 12th annual prom dress give away. young women who can't afford a prom dress can get that perfect gown. >>> doors open just a few minutes at 8:30 on market st

through 7 in d.c., and we could feel 60 degrees colder thursday than on the day wednesday and a big cooldownthe good news is that it is not staying cold for long. back to 60 by saturday. >> and what a roller coaster that keeps on going. d dianna, what is in sports the night? >> well, this is what is coming up. the wizards are heating up as they head down to south beach tonight. and plus, caps' fans have been waiting four long years for tonight. we will exp >>> here's what i am thinking, if you are a cap's fan, the last team you want to play is the pittsburgh penguins, and if you are ovechkin, the last guy you want to see come in there and what is that boy's name? crosby. and once out of four times or something? >> yes. >> and he can beat crosby, right? >> well, the penguins have beaten them four times at the verizon center, and you don't want pittsburgh back in town. >> we do. >> and maybe you do. and maybe there is not much excitement except for ovie's scoring, and the john carlson's ridiculous ne ridiculousness in the olympics. but one part may renew a rifle is ovie's rival back in town, a

we have a little bit of a cooldown on sunday. that includes you, d.c. here are some video. but then rebounding nicely by monday, guys. we are going to have a nice little breather by the beginning of the workweek. >> we like to hear that. >> it's about time. >> i know. >> come on. all right, jennifer, thanks for that. >> thank you. >>> coming up right here on "new day" could the crisis in ukraine have a ripple effect? how russia's actions could impact countries around the globe. >>> next, witnesses say the woman behind this minivan looked possessed after she drove her children into the ocean. were there warning signs? i know, it's a lot to take in. that's why i've conducted this comprehensive analysis, comparing my prices to my competitors', so you know you're getting a good deal, even if it's not with me! pretty rad, right? what is she talking about? i have no idea. [ bell rings ] i'll take everything. what?! man on p.a.: comparing rates since back in the day. i use my citi thankyou card to get two times the points at the coffee shop. which will help me get to miami...and t

notice that, 75 on monday and the rain at times and big cooldown and drop in temperatures towards wednesday. >>> it is a show that attracts an estimated one million people here in the bay area and yesterday they roared back into the air over southern california. the blue angels made their return at the los angeles county air show. it is the last performance after a hiatus that cost the bay area last year all because of sequestration and budget cuts. one of the pilots for the popular aerial demonstration squad says he first saw the blue angels as a kid and says he knows what a thrill it is for people of all ages to see them. >> seeing the excitement on not only the kids but adults as well. it really shows you the pride that the american public takes in the military. >> you can soon see the blue angels for yourself because they are scheduled to perform at this year's san francisco fleet week coming up in october during the columbus day weekend. >>> and finally this morning, rob, there's a bar in san francisco where you can wear your google glass. the bar at stanford court hotel wants to earn

so it is very important, say, after your aerobic exercise, to maybe do a cooldown where you're walking slowly or riding that bicycle just without resistance at the end for a little while just to allow your heart rate to settle down to a normal rate of speed. while on that walk or bike ride, parents often include their children. they need exercise just as much as adults, and childhood is the perfect time to key in on the enjoyment of healthy physical activity. it's not hard to encourage small children-- they rarely sit still anyway. daniel cooper: the work that has been done in children and in other mammalian species, if left alone, almost, the younger members of the species are more physically active. they want to be. now, why they want to be, i don't know... whether it's endorphins released in the brain more readily, i don't know. it's a fascinating question. but they want to be in more physical activity. but as children get older, their involvement in physical activity tends to change. cooper: in almost every sector of this society, parents don't do what they perhaps did in my genera

for today, a little bit of a cooldown and breezy conditions. temps in the 50s.r plaza. >>> and welcome to st. patrick's day, "today" edition, march 17th, 2014. al along wit natalie, tamron, willie, a little time off. we saw willie and christina and the kids were at savannah's wedding, and then they went on to spring break from there. >> oh, that's a good one. that's good. >> more about the wedding coming up, as well. and the other exciting news. >> and i forget it's spring break. you think about it. all the kids out there. >> well, it's kind of a rolling spring break. goes all the way until holy week. >> two weeks starting now. >> two weeks. when i was in school. >> don't be hating -- wow. >> not hating. you deserve it, you work much harder than i did. >> a lot of these kids here in the northeast are missing their spring break because of the snow days. >> yeah. same in texas, a lot of ice delays. >>> let's move on to talk about the news today. which, of course, is this malaysian air flight 370. it's been ten days now. and over the weekend, malaysian police searc

that's a sure sign of a cooldown. santa rosa, napa, also concord, even sfo. west at 8. there's a outer ones. overall, we'll have a lot of sunshine. the morning hours dealing with 40s. 48 in ukiah. willits up into ukiah, some rain reports. low clouds, sun, breezy to windy. there are wind advisories to the valley. 60s and 70s with a few upper 50s. i mean, temperatures really coming down after those 80s from over the weekend. not today. some of these will be soft 70s. 68, san jose. santa clara, sunnyvale, 66 woodside. 58 pacifica. daly city, 59. temperatures will drop in the 30s. we might get more of a north wind. a warmup in the temperatures. spring starts 9:57 p.m. on thursday. it will be very quiet going forward. >> all right, steve. >>> 7:22. it's the country's oldest and largest st. paddy's day parade. the powerful people and companies coy boughting it. and the -- boycotting it. and the controversial issue found at it all. >>> and a bible response found in the rubble of that new york city apartment building explosion. >>> we enjoyed summer-tike temperatures this weeke

it's a one-day event as far as our cooldown. a low in arizona might give a few hit-and-miss showers for spring training games. 24 in tahoe. 43 ukiah. temperatures will cool down. mendocino county, lake county as this weak front goes by. fog, sun, mild. low clouds and then high clouds in the morning and then clearing later this afternoon. the fog will peel back probably stay rather persistent near the san mateo coast. 50s, 60s, coast and bay. a few mid-70s inland. pittsburgh, 74. 67 alameda, warmest, probably around gilroy. even that will come down a few degrees. fog and low clouds up and down the coast helping to cool things down. 50s, 60s, low 70s. warmer over the weekend. cooler next week. rain by the end of the week maybe. >>> everyday actions that could cause people hundreds of dollars. >>> a big change coming to united airlines. in a couple of weeks, the freebie that will make long flights easier. >>> 7:23. san francisco's fort mason center went to the dogs last night at an event benefiting the spca. the annual bark and win

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a big cooldown for parts of the great lakes and the northeast.gnificant, more than a foot of snow for the interior northeast and parts of new england and gusts possibly over 30 miles an hour. we already have winter storm watches in effect out there. let's head back inside. >> all right. thank you so much. 36 minutes after the hour. remember when harry reid attacked the koch brothers for make political donations? >> what is unamerican is when shadowy billionaires pour unlimited money into our democracy to rig the system, to benefit themselves and the wealthiest 1%. >> but did he forget some of the biggest political donors over the last 25 years were unions? stuart varney here to weigh in. he did forget to put that in his speech. maybe he ran out of time. >> this is a story about money and i'm going to call it smash mouth politicians. the money comes from the unions. the politics comes from, adds you saw, senator harry reid, who is trying to demonize the koch brothers, a private enterprise, who are giving. but look carefully. the unions are the top

as it does, impacting the east coast, as well, so we're definitely in for a cooldown as we get this moving. we're going to see these temperatures that today will be 60's, even 70's on the east coast, dropping down by tomorrow into the 20's and 30's. here's that outlook, we've got the cold air coming in behind this, and that is going to be so cold that that dramatic drop is going to be felt through the region tomorrow. >> fleeing the on going war in syria, how neighboring countries are dealing with the refugees looking to escape all the bloodshed. >> a wrongful conviction that no longer stands, louisiana's longest serving death row inmate walking free after 30 years behind bars. >> honoring the victims of sandy hook. >> the new york knicks desperately need a makeover and looks like they are turning to the dozen master for help. more on phil jackson's potential return to new york. >> you are looking live right now at grand central terminal right here in new york city as people make their way to work on this -- what day is it? hump day, wednesday morning. >> good morning, welcome back to alja

there is that system yesterday that brought us the cooldown, brought us the breeze. still felt nice. not as warm as we had been and now i will shift you to the west and this is the system that will hopefully bring us rain into tuesday and wednesday. in fact i will show you the future cast model. i will speeds up into tuesday. just to safe us some time. we wake up tuesday morning. we are mostly cloudy, as we get through tuesday the clouds and the -- the clouds become more widespread. the rain drops farther south. maybe the evening hours, of course we are several days out so this could change. by wednesday morning it becomes more widespread. tuesday the possibility of scattered showers with rain coming in on wednesday. it doesn't look like a lot but at least its something. perhaps a quarter inch of or so and take a look. mike was talking about the drought across the state for -- earlier this morning and this is what we are looking at the the moment. 43% of average in san francisco. in the numbers are similar no matter where you look. sacramento, fresno, los angeles, eu

so it's a quick, little brief cooldown. the southeast remaining absolutely fine.epaf texas. in through the northern plains, you're going to warm up, even in towards much of minnesota. >>> we told you earlier this week about the new app that wakes u you up with the sound and the smell of sizzling bacon. >> wake up. to the morning of your dreams. only from oscar meyer. >> it's so weird. >> of course there's no actual bacon, but here with that and other apps you need to download this week. we have the app man, also the cyber guy. good morning, kurt. good to see you again. is that a real app? >> you know, here's my bigger question, what are we really smelling if it's not bacon? a what is in that little box that's coming at us? >> it's like a glade plug in or something else. it's not actually a flower. >> first of all, we don't have the little box yet because they haven't set them out to have emulate the smell of bacon. but this is happening this week, at a promotion to sell more bacon, oscar meyer opening this app. a it's free to download, it will wake you up with the

we will talk about tomorrow's cooldown and, of course, your 7-day forecast. >> thanks, chuck. >>> new this morning, a metro station is back open after a fight and stabbing. it forced police to shut it down last night. metro transit police say the fight started on the train. this is just after 11:00 last might. that's right off of massachusetts avenue in southeast. police shut down the station to sort out what happen and that process took about three hours. turns out two people were stabbed and 19-year-old and another teen both are expected to be okay. police are still looking into what started the fight and if anyone will be charged. >>> a maryland father is behind bars this morning after police say he kidnapped his daughter and may have killed the girl's mother. timothy and his daughter were found 400 miles from her home. the 11-year-old did not appear to be hurt. authorities charged virts with the death of caitlin's mother. >>> the agency teamed up with alexandria police to look into the deaths of nancy dunning, ron kirby and ruth lodato. the police chief confirmed the bullet s used