. >> carlos santana and others play carl reed guitars. we'll explain how it's helping artists and the environment. >> find out how the place got chosen to host w they're calling a flash mob. >> all right. weather wise, 42 at bwi. normal starts to get close to 50. sorry, no winner. when we come back, we'll talk about how fast we'll clear out this heavy rain tonight. that answer is straight ahead on abc2 news at 6. ♪ ♪ no two people have the same financial goals. pnc works with you to understand yours and help plan for your retirement. visit a branch or call now for your personal retirement review. >>> all right. here we go. we're looking at chesapeake beach. then what happened. everything went down. >> the sun turned to clouds. >> we'll be right back with your weather forecast with meteorologist wyatt everhart. >>> hey, one of the premiere custom guitars is right here in our backyard. >> not only do they care about the quality but they care about the environment. he went to see how pr reed guitars are making a difference. >> reporter: you

also tells the story of san francisco artist michael rios whose art graced 40 million copies of carlos santana'ssupernatural album. >> how many people are buying santa santana's music and the few albums i've done with him already. i get to see my art. >> reporter: his film also mourns the passing of the record and its potential as a canvas for art. >> the cd era reduced the size of the artwork and thus the impact of it. but the digital download is something on an iphone. >> cover story is currently showing around the bay area. shining a nostalgic light on a medium that looked as unique as it sounded. nbc bay area news. >> bringing back the memories for some of us. >> for some of us. >> she points at me like no one else knows what an album is. >> eight track tapes? don't know about those either. >> cassettes. >>> the weather was pretty nice out there. >> it was pretty nice outside. my first car did have an eight track player in it. today we had the sunshine break out after some low clouds, hazy skies. right now in san jose, it is fairly cool in the silicon valley. we're still at about 54 degrees

reporter: christiansen tells the story of michael rios whose art graced 40 million copies of carlos santana'stural album. >> how many people are buying santana's music, you know. and a few albums i've done with him already are getting to see a taste of my art. >> reporter: christiansen's film mourns the passing of the record and potential as a canvas for art. >> the cd era reduced the size of the artwork and i think the impact of it. but the digital download, it's something on an iphone. >> reporter: cover story is currently showing around the bay area. shining a nostalgic light on a medium that looks as unique as it sounded. >>> today marks the first day of the lunar new year. a traditional performance in northern china overnight, look at that. an artist threw hot iron on a cold brick gate, causing sparks to burst into the night sky like fireworks. chinese officials say it's been a tradition for over 500 years. according to the zodiac, this is the year of the snake. that does look wild. >>> great. thanks so much for making us part of your morning. we'll have more local news for you tonight a

and then very soon thereafter came carlos, the santana band, and chicago, johnny winter and edgar winterxplored natural gift. >> these weren't safe picks either. i mean blood, sweat and tears, a band i love. but you wouldn't say, you know what? that's the next big thing. and when i die, so many great songs. "spinning wheel." amazing. look at this picture right here. a young whitney houston when she's signing, mika. >> tell us about the loss of whitney houston. she was quite a superstar. >> i signed whitney when she was 19. i immediately brought her on national tv on the merv griffin show. i said that for the next generation she would be the big, big new talent. so that from then on, she was just not an artist that i signed in my administration. i found with my staff every song that whitney recorded. so we went through the heights of an incredible career breaking every single record at every stage. obviously we all know that she fell victim to drugs, powerful, lethal force. i describe in my book how i both approached her, reasoned with her, wrote to her. and you learn, helplessly, that un