. >> diagnosed with aplastic anemia. immune system is down and can't fight illness. typical cold could kill somebody. >> reporter: only hope a bone marrow transplant. as minority, finding a match wasn't easy. but across the country in california, kiana howard are registered. new nothing about corinne but didn't hesitate. >> 17 and had aplastic anemia and needed my help. >> donated blood marrow. >> like sisters. forever family. >> you'll never regret saving someone's life. >> now can live the life she hoped was possible. >> get to go to college, be a doctor, get married and have kids all because she made that selfless decision. i'm super grateful for that and i hope she knows that. >> great story. >> it is. >>> weather forecast now with meteorologist sandhya patel. >> when is the rain back? >> early as this weekend in form of a drop or two. but really have to wait until next week for the wet pattern to unfold. wanted to show you this afternoon and evening. emeryville camera. gorgeous view. what we expect to see in summertime, but yes, we know it's winterment and i'll

. >> diagnosed with aplastic anemia. immune system is down and can't fight illness. typical cold could kill somebody. >> reporter: only hope a bone marrow transplant. as minority, finding a match wasn't easy. but across the country in california, kiana howardana howh registered. new nothing about corinne but didn't hesitate. >> 17 and had aplastic anemia and needed my help. >> donated blood marrow. >> like sisters. forever family. >> you'll never regret saving someone's life. >> now can live the life she hoped was possible. >> get to go to college, be a doctor, get married and have kids all because she made that selfless decision. i'm super grateful for that and i hope she knows that. >> great story. >> it is. >>> weather forecast now with meteorologist sandhya patel. >> when is the rain back? >> early as this weekend in form of a drop or two. but really have to wait until next week for the wet pattern to unfold. wanted to show you this afternoon and evening. emeryville camera. gorgeous view. what we expect to see in summertime, but yes, we know it's winterment and i

. >> i was diagnosed with aplastic anemia. so that's a bone marrow failure disorder.mune dim system is undo. without that you can't fight illness. even the typical cold that you might get could kill somebody with aplastic anemia. >> reporter: corrinne's only hope was a bone marrow transplant. being a minority, finding a match wasn't going to be easy. but luckily, across the country here in california, kiana howard had registered as a donor with be the match. she knew nothing about corrinne, but didn't hesitate to step forward. >> i just knew that she was 17 at the time. she had aplastic anemia, and she needed my help. >> reporter: after minor outpatient surgery, kiana donated her bone marrow, curing corrinne's blood disorder. >> we are basically like sisters nw. she is forever family. >> you will never regret saving someone's life. >> reporter: now, thanks to deana, corrinne can live the life she always hoped was possible. >>> get to go to college. i get to be a doctor. i get to get married. i get to have kids. i get to do everything i wanted to do and it's all becaus

. >> i was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a bone marrow failure disorder.tem is down. you can't fight illness. even the typical cold could kill someone with the disease. >> reporter: her only hope was a bone marrow transplant. being a minority finding a match wasn't going to be easy. luckily, across the country in california, kiana howard registered as a donor. she knew nothing about korin but didn't hesitate to step forward. >> i knew she was 17 at the time, she had aplastic anemia and needed my help. >> reporter: after a minor outpatient surgery kiana donated her bone marrow curing the blood disorder? we are like sisters now. >> you never regret saving someone's life. >> reporter: now, thanks to kiana, corrinne can have the life she always thought was possible. >>> get to go to college, get to get married, get to have kids, everything i ever wanted to, because she made that selfless decision. i'm grateful for that ill i hope she knows that. >> now your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >> waking up to clouds around the bay. even fog. you can see the g

she had aplastic anemia and she needed my help. >> reporter: after a minor outpatient surgery, kiana donated her bone marrow, curing corrinne's blood disorder. >> we are basically like sisters now. she is forever family. >> you will never regret saving someone's life. >> reporter: now, korin can live the life she always hoped was possible. >> i get to go to college, get to be a doctor. i get to get married, i get to have kids. i get to do everything i wanted to do, it's all because she made that selfless decision. i'm super grateful for that and i hope that she knows that. >> abc7 news. >>> now your accuweather forecast with leaisa argen. >> there is a little bit of green on the screen. that is representing moisture that's not reaching the ground. we have rain from santa ana to santa barbara in southern california and a weak weather system approaching the southern california coast today will spread rain from monterey south. through the bay area, plenty of cloud cover. low clouds and fog up here in santa rosa. airport and hayward three miles visibility. a lot of cloud cover. another m