the first day of spring comes on the vernal equinox. do you know what that is, the vernal equinox?tly on the equator so we get an equal amount of night and day. we thought the vernal equinox would be a fun subject for our confusing question of the day. we went out on hollywood boulevard today and asked pedestrians, do you think the vernal equinox can bring peace to the middle east tournament bracket? now obviously that makes no sense at all. but as we discovered time and time again. when staring into a tv camera, people will answer any question, even if they have no idea what it means. >> do you think the vernal equinox can bring peace to the middle east tournament bracket? >> i pray to god it will bring peace to the middle east tournament bracket? >> do you think it causes more insider bracketeering? >> no, i don't think it causes any bracketeering internally. >> do you think the vernal e equinox should be focusing on what's going on in the u.s.? >> i agree. we need to focus and fix ourselves before you can fix other people. you can't send a wounded medic to heal people. >> that w

fall equinox, when we gather together for the larger harvest. then in november, samhain - or halloween - when we recognize that all things die, and that the energy goes to the root, to the unseen source beneath the surface, that gives way to the conception at winter solstice for another cycle of life and becoming. so it's a love story between earth and sun, and the endless children that are life. >> and we can mythologize that not just as earth-based in terms of what are we growing in our fields, which a lot of us are not quite as in touch with as our ancestors may have been, but what are we growing in our hearts, what are we growing in our souls, what are we growing in our lives. and what has come to fruition at this point in our lives? and what is it time to let go of? so we work with the cycles of the year, the wheel of the year, and we work with it often in a very personal way for each individual. >> what i've been listening and watching to reminds me so often of when i go for a walk by myself around isaac walton or in our local forest prese

and next week we officially usher in the vernal equinox.ll talk about that a little later. >> all right. in california the california teachers organization is demanding lawmakers use more tax money to restore education funding. layoff notices are going out to hundreds of people even though taxpayers said yes to proposition 30 for education. here's capital correspondent nannette miranda with the story. >> reporter: the california teachers organization estimates the number of notices handed out to public school teachers this year could be as low as 2600 statewide. that is down. the other union, federation of teachers, can't believe the notices are going out at all. proposition 30 was supposed to save schools from more budget cuts. >> for school districts now to be issuing the layoff notices really violates the spirit that prop 30 was promoted. >> megan got a pink slip again. she thought she was safe this year considering her district now has a 31% reserve. >> i don't understand why our district doesn't see that the budget pie is expanding. th

so it's about nine, ten days away from the official start of the vernal equinox, spring. >> thank you lisa. in sports monta ellis returns to the oracle arena as the warriors meet the milwaukee bucks. last night they tried to win their third straight game in an important match-up against the heist rockets. here's rick kwan with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning. last night the warriors were looking for their first win against the rockets this season. let's go out to oracle. the jeremy lin fan club is alive and well. he missed most the first half with the banged up knee e made this shot before leaving. a great drive right before the first quarter buzzer. the rockets led by one at the half thanks to a 22-7 run. parsons with the tip-in. andrew going gut connects for his just second career three-pointer. bum they couldn't pull it off. he led with 26 points. james hardsen had an off night ball here he connects to punishment the rockets on top by three. lin had 15 points. a nice lay-up here. the warriors managed just 12 points in the final quarter and lose the 4-88. ho

vernal equinox takes place. sunnier and milder pattern hitting the weekend. it's going to be windy for thursday or friday. but dry throughout monday and then, tuesday we have a slight chance of rain. so hoping that that materializes. >> okay. thank you. >> that is a sign of spring. >> yes. larry beil is here with ncaa action. >> yes. we're going to bust out big boards and help with you brackets. cal gets set for the tournament opener. allen crab, will this be his final game? splechl sports is coming up next. >>> good evening, have you filled out your bracket yesterday? ncaa fans this is a bracket there. is a 12-5 upset and cal bears would love to be able to handle that. the 12-5 match up is cal against unlv. this game will be played thursday a virtual home game for the bears in san jose. allen crab averaging almost 19 points for golden bears. crab has an nba skill set. issue is that sometimes you gets passive. kind of disappears out tlchl the challenge is going to be containing this guy. anthony bennett from canada. match up nightmare for golden bears. it doe

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on wednesday the vernal equinox and we will look for the rain to continue really starting on tuesdaynto wednesday. right now we are looking at cool conditions up in santa rosa and napa. low to mid-50s with upper 40s in fairfield. it's 50 hayward. pretty mild there. los gatos 49. you see a little fog down on the deck there at the bay bridge. elsewhere san francisco we are looking at lower 50s to mid-50s. oakland 52. san carlos 50. we have a little bit of fog on the peninsula. 50 santa cruz. the fog will linger at our shoreline for quite some time but then we will get into the sunny skies at our beaches. partial sunshine, i should say. elsewhere the patchy fog should last through about 8:00. maybe a patch over the east bay through 9:00. and then we will have breezy condition the rest of the day. more sunshine for st. patrick's day, the official day. although the parade and many festivities are today. here's a look at visibility. a quarter mile in livermore, half moon bay three miles. you notice from san carlos, mountain view and san jose, not bad, but we have the cloudy skies there. we

. >> the 0th of march and equinox and all that but i thought i didn't have to elaborate. >> bret: kirstenone point in the hearing, the national intelligence director asked about benghazi and asked what lessons might have been learned from the 9/11 attack in libya. >> one lesson in this is a greater force, greater emphasis on the intelligence community on force protection for our diplomatic facilities. that clearly was i think a short fall for us. having a bet appreciation of the tactical situation on a diplomatic facility by the diplomatic facility. the other lesson learned is don't do talking points. unclassified talking points. that is the lesson i learned. >> bret: referring to ambassador susan rice. >> yeah. >> bret: relying on the talk points. >> i thought it was interesting. he got, he mentioned in the hearing about the pre9/11 mind set but he didn't link so it so much with benghazi, but that is what happened there. they didn't have anybody on alert in the area. and i thought to me this is the most interesting and most important part of the testimony, which is taking us back to the

. >>> happy vernal equinox. in washington, maybe, depending on global warming, h&r block commercials making you worry about your taxes, and making everyone fill out an ncaa bracket. these are the ties that bind. >>> the house tea party caucus >> you know what, we as a world are going through a dire state, we need to address it, maybe i

tomorrow is the equinox. we're going to see the day and night of equal length. after that, we transition into summer. days get longer than the nighttime hours. as a result, the temperatures start to creep up. temperature-wise today, pretty comfortable. you can get your outdoor plans. 6:00 p.m., we get showers south of the golden gate bridge. plenty of time to take care of anything you need to do before that rain comes in. 49 in sunnyvale. in oakland, 52. 48 in san francisco to start this tuesday. now, as i told you before, the showers hold off until about 3:00 p.m. when they move in, only expecting a stray shower or two at the immediate coast in the north bay. by 6:00 p.m., start to get a little more widespread activity from san jose to santa rosa. fair game for showers at that point. back here tomorrow morning, slick conditions on the way. the heavier periods of rain, until about 8:00 p.m. we'll see lighter showers. on and off, spotty. and coming to a close at about midnight on thursday. how much are we expecting? well, mostly up in the north bay. that's where

once we get into spring, which does start 4:02 wednesday morning, we officially move past the spring equinox into spring. things are going to warm up for the second half of the week. tomorrow you'll notice the clouds kind of thickening up around lunchtime. you'll see lunchtime to start sunglasses for the commute. by afternoon the clouds start to fill on in throughout the day into the evening. the includes are kind of the outer fringe. very moisture-rich environment here offshore as we're looking at a weather system that is tapping into the subtropical jet stream. it sits to the south at about 30 degrees north from the equator. you can see how the stream coming up from the hawaiian islands. but this big low that we're seeing here is actually going to track up toward western washington. so what falls around the bay area is mainly going to be light to moderate rain we think during the day on tuesday. so you can see here as we head into the afternoon, you're starting to see some of the pockets of light to moderate rain moving into the bay area to the tuesday evening hours. we'll see if the world

. >>> happy vernal equinox, everybody, despite what the weather would have you believe, spring has sprungrry blossoms in washington maybe depending on global warm, h and r tax commercials that make you panic about taxes, and just about everyone taking minutes to fill out an ncaa basketball tournament bracket. death, taxes, car insurance, catch up, potholes, march madness, these are the ties that bind. this is american exceptionalism. and the president of the united states is not immune. as he has done every year since being elected, he appeared on espn this morning to fill out his own ncaa bracket and let us know his favorites to do well in this year's men's basketball tournament. this time he picked indiana to win the tournament, which is not an especially daring pick but not an entirely obvious choice. in previous years, republicans responded to the president doing an ncaa bracket with outrage, as if this is a major scandal that he does this. >> you know what, we as a world are going through a dire state, we need to address it, maybe i am not going to worry about brackets for march madn

. >>> happy vernal equinox.ms in washington, maybe, depending on global warming, h&r block commercials making you worry about your taxes, and making everyone fill out an ncaa bracket. these are the ties that bind. >>> he picked indiana. also not an entirely obvious choice. in previous years, republicans have responded to the president with outrage as if this is a major scandal when he does this. >> we are going to a dire state, and maybe i will not worry about the bracket. >> the president may look a little disconnected. >> he is so

the vernal equinox before 7:00 eastern time here in new york city where it is 33 degrees in the canyonf concrete. >>alisyn: at some point the earth has to spin towards the sun; isn't that right? >>brian: the earth where we're on? >>alisyn: this part of earth, doesn't it have to get warmer? >>steve: it does. it's called summer. it's coming. we're in winter. if it's not cold in winter, we're in trouble. >>alisyn: we're in spring. >>steve: in one hour. >>brian: does anyone remember if the wart hog saw its shadow? >>steve: you mean the groundhog? >>brian: yes. does anyone remember. >>steve: suddenly brian is having a flashback to "the lion king." >>brian: which is true. >>alisyn: i don't know. but maria molina can give us all this information. >>steve: according to punxsutawney phil, we were going to have six more weeks of winter. and we have one more hour of it. and then the wart hog is off the hook. >>alisyn: fantastic! >>steve: the wart hog! >>brian: not everyone grew up in the wild like you; all right? gerbil. >>alisyn: we'll get to our weather in a second, but we want to get to our he

we are closer to the equinox >>> the new pope delivers his first address at the vatican.ved to a crowd of more than 100,000 people who packed into the st. peter's square. they were there and he broke from tradition and delivered an off the cuff remark about god's power to forgive. >> may god bless you, may mary divide you and don't forget this. never cause for giving. >> pope francis made a surprise visit to the parrish. the vatican announced that he will meet with pope benedict next saturday. it was originally set for last friday. the diocese will hold a special service today in honor of the pope. it begins at 11:30 this morning at the st. joseph's basilica. the group includes joe guide ken and house democratic leader. nancy pelosi. a separate delegation features anna eschew, and they will attend the installation of the pope on tuesday. >>> president obama will meet with israeli and palestinian leaders on wednesday. mr. obama will stay at the king david hotel in jerusalem. they have been busy there and he is visiting pore the jewish holidays of passover when they are for

it's the vernal equinox where it goes across the equator. we'll show you how spring is split in the country this year, though. it's a very unusual pattern. last year we were already in warm numbers. look at the west, the flowers are coming up. everything is fine. look at the east. you're encountering the snow we've had and flowers have a little bit of an issue, more than a snow issue but a cold air issue. this is the snow that was still falling in massachusetts late last night into early this morning so there's still a fresh coating there. now, yes, part of the country is holding on to warmer temperatures. l.a. at 69 today. denver at 62. dallas, at 69 degrees, but look north because this cold blast doesn't just stay there, it spreads and, as a matter of fact, we've got a big loop in the jet stream because of what we call a greenland block. when that area of high pressure takes away that cold air that's around greenland it squeezes it around and shoves itself down into the eastern half of the country for the next few weeks so if you're waitin

we are closer to the equinox >>> the new pope delivers his first address at the vatican.e francis this morning waved to a crowd of more than 100,000 people who packed into the st. peter's square. they were there and he broke from tradition and delivered an off the cuff remark about god's power to forgive. >> may god bless you, may mary divide you and don't forget this. never cause for giving. >> pope francis made a surprise visit to the parrish. the vatican announced that he will meet with pope benedict next saturday. it was originally set for last friday. the diocese will hold a special service today in honor of the pope. it begins at 11:30 this morning at the st. joseph's basilica. the group includes joe guide ken and house democratic leader. nancy pelosi. a separate delegation features anna eschew, and they will attend the installation of the pope on tuesday. >>> president obama will meet with israeli and palestinian leaders on wednesday. mr. obama will stay at the king david hotel in jerusalem. they have been busy there and he is visiting pore the jewish holidays of p

today is the vernal equinox. this is boston after a late season snowstorm.es of snow. and it's not over. more snow is expected to fall in parts of new england and the upper midwest where below freezing temperatures make the first day of spring feel like the dead winter. cnn's chris welch is live in minneapolis this morning. oh, my goodness. happy spring to you. >> reporter: happy spring, yeah. you said it. it feels like the dead of winter. i'm actually standing on a snow bank right now here in downtown minneapolis. i guess it's probably 15 feet tall in certain parts. this is a parking lot here that is basically been used as a dumping ground for a lot of this snow here in minneapolis. they cleared it off the streets. they bring it here. you can see how dirty some of the snow is. that's because it's been here for so long. it's been so cold. none of this stuff has really had a chance do melt. we've seen just about everyone from the midwest to new england dealing with this kind of stuff. and almost everyone, i'm sure, is saying enough. when punxsutawney phil sho

the vernal equinox is a couple of weeks ago. >> peter: i know very well when it is. this is b.s.s is the transition period. >> i got no problem with it. move back to charleston. we don't need your kind here. >> peter: it is not a matter of -- like how much i hate the snow. again, i like the snow. but snow is christmasy, january february thing. >> it is a march thing. your kids have to be excited though. they're about to have no school. >> we didn't have any real snow last year. >> it has been two years. >> peter: we didn't have nothing so far in the winter. >> it has been since snowmageddon. >> boy, there's something i haven't thought about for a long time. i remember the piles of snow. >> it will be a mini snowmageddon. >> here's what's going to happen. i walked outside today. it is not that cold out. it is not that cold outside today. it is going to have to get really cold for it to be a major snow event. what's going to happen is -- >> there will be some snow. your meteorological degree. >> peter: i don't have any doppler. i went outside, i licked my finger and stuck it in the