the gaels will wrap up their regular season against santa clara. where they hope to get another crack at gonzaga who will likely be the number one team in the country. i'm kim coyle, nbc bay area. >>> thank you, kim. the gaels do have a couple weeks to appeal those violations and punishments handed down. we have one pro babble note. the warriors taking on the clippers. no good all around on the hardwood t. the warriors are down double digits to the celtics playing in boston. so that one late in the fourth quarter, janelle and jess. >> thanks for the update. for a full half hour of sports coverage you can watch on comcast bay area tonight at 10:30. >>> here is your chance to be part of the 49ers new stadium for just a couple hundred dollars. starting today official also sell commemorative bricks that will be placed in the stadium. fans can inscribe their names and messages on them. the bricks will cost between $175 and $375 depending on the size and length of the inscription. the new niners stadium in santa clara is set to open in 2014. >>> tonight

there's no major postseason ban for the gaels. that is the good news.ad news, four years probation from now. a 5-conference game suspension and bennett cannot recruit off campus for a year. reduction of scholarships from 13 to 11 through 2016. those are some of the penalties and here is the reaction from the head coach, randy bennett. >> i will say, that i thought the penalties were harsh. more so than, like, i said, most of the things in this we agreed with the ncaa on. and we have accepted responsibility. there's little we disagree on. but, i did think that the penalties, they are more harsh than i expected. >> is there something that you would like to see the college appeal to have revieduced? >> not at this point. >> the penalties seem harsh but they are eligible for conference and ncaa tournaments going forward, the gaels have two weeks to appeal the rulings. back to you. >> thank you, we will see you at 6:00, an event meant to celebrate in oakland, has taken a turn this evening. it's the city's first friday art's festival, it's the first gathers s

mary's, the gaels. >> my gaels are vowing for a spot in the big dance. the gaels already in dayton, getting ready to take on middle tennessee. >> i like the fact you're getting your groove on. >> i've been dancing since tuesday. the game's at 6:10. nobody bother me at that time. the winner gets the 11th seed in the midwest region. >>> as far as the women, and the stanford women, they won't have to go anywhere, as they bid for ncaa title. they claimed the number one seed in the spokane regional. they get to play at home, which is good news, on sunday. the cal women also made their way into the tournament, claiming the two seed in the spokane regional. they'll cake off for lubbock, texas, to play number 15 seed, fresno state. that's set for saturday. >> have to get the win, too. >> local magic. >> magic mike right now, coming up with traffic. >> you've seen my movie. not that one. we have a dvr at home. towards oakland, a nice, smooth drive. notice the flashing lights on the northbound side. they're traveling south, counter to traffic flow. they're picking

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san diego leading the gaels with 45 second left in the game.e top ranked gonzaga. john stockton looked on as his son and the bulldogs took on loyola marymount university. gonzaga wins 66-48 and heads to the finals. >>> and fair to say a very unexpected development in the semifinal of the pac-12 women's basketball tournament tonight. josephine bruin made her way to seattle and saw her team jump to a big early lead over cal. walker getting a hoop. walker would go for 23 and bear were held to 14 point in the first half. headed to the locker room down by 21, democrat too much to overcome in the second half 5th ranked bear about not get to the tournament final, but will be in the ncaa field when it's announced. >> settle's heritage celebrated between semifinal game. stanford against colorado and this went more according to form. buffalo led by 1 at the half, but they don't have ogwumike. she went for another double- double and stanford wins 61-47 and faces ucla in the finals. >>> 23 games into the season, the san josi sharks are still searching for

and the gaels play a nice defense tonight. middle tennessee finds out.nly one basket in the last 9:30 of the first half. steve holt, off the bench with 13. he'll take it pillar to post. he had 18 points and 6 remembers. gaels play memphis thursday as they take care of their business. >>> most underchiefing regular season. stanford cardinals eking out a victory the nit tournament. cardinals taking off on austin. gabriel harris alley-ooping to howell. stanford up a point. the lumber jacks had a good shot at it. no good. time runs out. stanford eking out the victory. they'll take on alabama next time. >>> wbc is over. the dominican re public is jubilant. the front office folks who get their players back in camp. major league executives are not in love with this tournament. two run double, as it were. two bases. two rb is. 2-0. dominican. a little pop up. see this during the regular season. the wind plays havoc. nice catch. 3-0 the dominican with their first ever tournament victory. they're the first to go unbeaten. they were 8-0. robin can cano of the yanke

mary's down 5 eividas petrulis - banks in a 3-pointer to pull the gaels to within 2 points 54- 52 mem memphis turns it over to st. mary's with less than:02 left as the st. mary's bench loves it! matthew dellavedova - at the buzzer for the w

and the gaels play a nice defense tonight. middle tennessee finds out.e last 9:30 of the first half. steve holt, off the bench with 13. he'll take it pillar to post. he had 18 points and 6 remembers. gaels play memphis thursday as they take care of their business. >>> most underchiefing regular season. stanford cardinals eking out a victory the nit tournament. cardinals taking off on austin. gabriel harris alley-ooping to howell. stanford up a point. the lumber jacks had a good shot at it. no good. time runs out. stanford eking out the victory. they'll take on alabama next time. >>> wbc is over. the dominican re public is jubilant. the front office folks who get their players back in camp. major league executives are not in love with this tournament. two run double, as it were. two bases. two rb is. 2-0. dominican. a little pop up. see this during the regular season. the wind plays havoc. nice catch. 3-0 the dominican with their first ever tournament victory. they're the first to go unbeaten. they were 8-0. robin can cano of the yankees is the mvp. >>> t

gaels up two until he hits the three. san diego now up one. now down three. matthew 1 for 10 in the game. the huge three to tie the game and nine seconds left we go to in o.t., he gets the bucket. gaels up three. one last chance for san diego. the desperation three, no good. st. mary's survives and they will face st. mary's in the final on monday. the pac-12 women, colorado made stanford sweat. buffalos led by one at the half. but 23 points, 19 rebounds. stanford advances to the finals with the 61-47 victory. they will fails ucla today. cal's head coach and the bears were upset bit bruins. bears down 21 at the half. walker leading the way with 23 points for ucla. cal shot 30% from the field. jasmine puts back the rebound and draws the foul. use recall snaps cal's 16-game win streak. the 70-58 victory. that's the way the ball bounces. see you at five. >> last night dan ashley performed the national anthem before the san francisco bulls minor league hockey game at the cow palace. [the land of the free and the home. the brave ♪ [cheers and applause] >> dan and h

the gaels admit they had some recruiting violations, but if you read the entire report, it seems thehment is too harsh for the crime. >> we take full responsibility for any missteps that i have had as a head coach, division 1 program, and we are responsible to overseas all aspects of the program. so i regret any areas -- in those areas of coming up short in any way. >> coming off his 54-point outburst in new york, steph curry took his jumper to boston last night. he was considerably cooler with the warriors paying a visit to the celtics. all eyes on steph. he hit 11 threes against the knicks. 3 of 11 from downtown. still finished with 25 points in this contest. trying to do it off the ball here. curry long defenders. feeds harrison barnes for the throw-down. and barnes really needs to get more offensive. 16 for the rookie. with authority right there. paul pierce, he could just fall out of bed and still make jumpers. led the celtics with 26. still has some springs in those legs. to the rack. and the warriors defensive woes continue. please guard chris wilcox. there's no one within ten

gaels up two until he will hilts the three. san diego now up one. now down three.thew 1 for 10 in the game. the huge three to tie the game and nine seconds left we go to overtime n o.t., he gets the bucket. gaels up three. one last clangs for san diego. the desperation three no good. st. mary's surge vives and they will face st. mary's in the final on monday. the pac-12 women, colorado made stanford sweat. buffalos led by one at the half. but 23 points, 19 rebounds. stanford advances to the finals with the 61-47 victory. they will fails ucla today. cal's head coach and the bears were upset bit bruins. bears down 21 at the half. wake he were lieding the way with 23 points for ucla. cal shot 30% from the field. jasmine puts back the rebound and draws the foul. use recall snaps cal's 16-game win streak. the 70-58 victory. >>> sharks hosting st. louis and final limb found basket of the net scoring three goals ball st. louis amended it to them. they will scored one more in overtime for the victory. the big hit against him. the second period sharks on the power play. mat

the gaels taking on middle tennessee at 6:10 our time. the winner, getting an 11th seed in the midwest region. you are all fired up. >> i am. don't bother me at 6:10 tonight. there you go. maybe i'll tweet a little bit. >>> coming up, first, a walkout. now, an outage. the singer's controversial comments that are prompting venues to cancel concerts all over the bay area. >>> hailing a cab with the touch of your finger. giving you a high-tech twist to your next night out. >>> a live look outside. embarcadero in san francisco this morning. all glistening. should be a nice day on tap. >>> two bay area concert venues cancelling shows by michelle shocked, after she went into an anti-gay rage. she used anti-gay slurs on stage. the audience started booing and protesting. most of the crowd eventually leaving. the staff ended up literally pulling the plug on the 51-year-old. >> turn on the lights. turn off the microphone and please get her off the stage. this cannot happen anywhere, especially in this day and age. and most disturbing in san francis

mary's gaels were knocked out in the first round. they fought as hard as they could and couldn't get that last-minute basket to win it. they lost to memphis, 54-52. >> still a great season for the gaels, congrats. >>> the cal bears felt the magic putting on a show at the hometown. hp pavilion. top 32. cal will play number four syracuse. 6:40 p.m. tomorrow at the hp pavilion. the winner will move on to the all sweet 16. >> a lot happening there. >> love to see that. >> 6:15 right now. time for a quick check of the day's other top stories. president obama visits jordan today on a tour of the middle east. he will meet with king abdullah to talk about the spillover effect of serious war aand the 350,000 refugees there. >>> marines dead after a shooting at quantico marine base. one marine shot two others and killed himself early this morning. unclear as to what caused the shooting >>> south korea will continue sending aid to the north despite rising tensions. they will ship about $50,000 worth of aid to tuberculosis clinics. >>> we can te

mary's gaels beat middle tennessee st. 67-54 to advance to what they call the 2nd round of the ncaa tournamentva had 22 points in the win st. mary's next faces the 30-4 memphis tigers st. mary's vs. memphis tomorrow at 11:45am

the good news is that there is no postseason tournament ban for the gaels.ears probation starting now in scholarships will be reduced from 13 to 11 through 2016. head coach randy bennett must serve a five-conference game suspension next season and cannot recruit off-campus for a year. >> i will say that, i thought the penalties were harsh. more so than -- like i said, most of the things in this we agreed with the ncaa on. and we've accepted responsibility. there's very little we disagree on. but i do think the penalties, they're more harsh than i expected. >> the gaels have two weeks to appeal the ruling. >>> the warriors, steph curry has been on fire, but the only problem is his hot streak came during a warriors loss. they looked to snap the two--game losing streak in boston last night, curry had 25 points in this one but not enough to push the warriors past the celtics, boston wins 94-86. the warriors take on the 76ers today. >>> and here is your chance to be part of the 49ers new stadium for just a couple hundred bucks. they'll be selling commemorative br

the gaels trail by 15 in the first half. 17 seconds left. three-pointer no good. put back.n by four. gales down. he hits the huge three. down two. now memphis tries to inbound the ball. great defense. he forces a turnover. out of bounds. off the hands of memphis. 1.9 left and no iron. airball. that is it. 3-13 from the field but their coach after the game very proud of his senior guard. >> for him to do what he did was remarkable. i wished he would have hit the last shot, so does he. that wasn't the problem at all. he was why we had a chance at the end. >> you might have to call this the upset of the day. oregon up ends oklahoma state. ducks early on. with the slam dunk. oregon up 11 at the half. more of the same from the ducks. from outside. all green. oregon 68-55 winners. it will take time to get familiar with the 49ers roster. lots of additions and today a subtraction. good kick returner. sometimes receiver has signed with the panthers. so he is gone. that is the sporting life. we should mention cal is up in their game. unlv. up by 8 with 6 minutes left. they have a sho

however, the gaels can still participate in postseason play, including the ncaa tournament, which they four of the past eight years bennett himself will be suspended the first five conference games next year and won't be allowed to recruit off campus until 2018. in addition the program will have it's scholarships reduced from 13 to 11 for the next two years the major violations involved an assistant coach no longer with the team. mcilroy withdraws serena williams was amidst the gallery following tiger woods at the honda classic in palm beach gardens florida today titles and a net

gaels fans can gather at dryden hall at st. mary's to cheer on their men and a watch party at pete's tavern. >> the gales may be a long ways away in detroit but they are very close to your heart. >>> a very special day for one bay area company coming up next. >> plus, tweetening the deal. how you can soon early the free cup of joe even faster at starbucks. >>> a commercial pilot tries to bring his passengers down safely. >>> good thursday morning. live pictures from the west bank where the president is visiting the mideast there visiting with the palestinian authority. something we are monitoring all morning long. 4:46. today is a very special day for san francisco's twitter. >> congratulations. >> let's have cake. the first twitter happened on march 21st, 2006. it said, just setting up my twitter but today, twitter has more than 200 million users. >> with the success they are enjoying, i imagine quite the swaree will be going on. >>> concerns over what's happening in europe continue to drive the markets down. for a look at wea

coach randy bennett has led the 25-5 gaels to four of the last a tournaments. students at saint mary's say the punishment is too i think it is too excessive. very excessive. for years is excessive. rules are meant to be followed but i don't think there was any mallon tension involved. it is not fair what they're doing. but you think about other schools that have filed a recruitment rules and the n.c.a.a.>> the sanctions include four years probation, reduced scholarships, and a five- game suspension next season for head coach randy bennett. sports director gary radnich will have more on the sanctions. and *his take on the situation. later in this >> national news. >> lawyers for colorado theater shooting suspect james holmes. have indicated their client might plead 'not guilty' by reason of insanity. in court documents made public friday, attorneys for holmes want the judge to declare portions of the state's insanity defense laws. unconstitutional. they say the law is unfair to defendants who invoke it because it requires the disclosure of potentially incriminat

the gaels defeated tennessee, 6- 54. late tomorrow morning in michigan. >>> the university of kansas wants to make sure student, and faculty are not betting on their brackets. the university sent out a friendly reminder that betting money on the tournament is illegal in kansas. the e-mail requests that no one affiliated with the university enter into a betting pool. ku will take on western kentucky this friday night in kansas city. >>> and president obama is weighing in on the woman's ncaa tournament. espn reports that the president has picked second-seeded cal to reach the women's final four. cal will open the tournament on saturday in lubbock, it. and the -- lubbock, texas. and the president obama is picking indiana for the men's to go all the way. >>> anyone else now mow who likes the cal -- you know who likes the cal team? sal? >> yeah. >> okay. >> let's take a look at the commute now. the traffic is moving along well. look at the bay bridge. it's completely improved. i dare say the pavement is almost dry. steve says

the gaels knocked out yesterday. the team fought hard against memphis but couldn't get that last-minute bucket shot to win the game. it was so close. st. mary's loses to memphis 54-52. >>> harvard is proving to be a real bracket buster in this tournament. harvard beat number three seed new mexico to clench it's first ever tournament win. final score 68-62. harvard has only and in the tournament three times in its entire history. >>> and no one is happier about harvard's win than bay area native and harvard alum jeremy lin. the houston rockets star posted on twitter after the game. he's wearing a harvard t-shirt. the hashtag on the photo, three-pont goggles. >>> a lot of people will be inside watching basketball but they should get outside. >> especially since it's not on this channel. >> that's true. >> a great weekend to get outside. one of those weekends if you don't get outside, you might just be kicking yourself come next week when we've got rain chances. tuesday night all the way through friday. so things are go

the gaels will have to wait until sunday to see if they're going dancing. >>> now the top five.ealize she had picked up a fair ball and gave it away as a souvenir. she does make the top five. no. 4, break dancing meets bowling. ryan conferto, and that is a strike! he got a leno for that one. thank you. landry fields, desperation. watch the poor ball boy, just trying to mop the floor. no. 2, a hot dog. no. 1, what nba players really work on in practice. this is danilo gallinari, banking in the shot from the full court. now, i thought this was a little bit of ripley's believe it or not action, because that ball got off the backboard, into the other hoop, in quite a hurry. >> yeah. i'd like to see a wider angle. >> but it was the real deal. >> all right. it was. >> if brian says so, must be so. >>> we'll be right back. we're here! we're going to the park! [ gina ] oh hey, dan! i really like your new jetta! and you want to buy one like mine because it's so safe right? yeah... yeah... i know what you've heard -- iihs top safety pick for $159 a month -- but, i wish it was more dangero

mary's gaels and placed them on a four-year probation.ome of the restrictions, a reduction in scholarships, a five-game suspension for head coach randy bennett and bennett cannot recruit off campus the entire next season. a somber bennett responded this afternoon. >> i think the penalties are harsh, so it will have an effect on our program. but i feel confident that we'll work through it. >>> ravens quarterback joe flacco getting paid on monday. six years, $120 million, in baltimore. >>> two of the top five friday night. hey, there's tiger woods. quick serena, get a picture! sorry, serena. willie nelson says go to sleep. medina, oh, sleep well, my friend. first-round knockout. no. 3, tyreke evans, three quarter shot. spurs do beat the kings, but man! gotta love that! no. 2, kevin durant, oh, that's not even fair! oh! and no. 1, the blackhawks continue to get whatever you want, baby. hmm. let's just share a 20 piece. [ internal ] 20 mcnuggets, for only $4.99? oh, man. she's beautiful smart and sensible. jackpot. [ crewperson ] anything els

but a fun season for the gaels, nonetheless. here, we still have syracuse and montana, and cal taking on unlv. that's the scene from the hp pavilion. >> lauren, thanks so much. >>> march madness is also being felt in the office. literally slowing down how we do business. everybody checking their brackets all the time. coming up at 6:00, scott budman takes us inside the silicon valley company hoping to smooth things out. >>> major road blocks thrown in the way of san jose's plans to bring the a's to the south base. the state controller said the city illegally obtained the land slated for the new ballpark. he filed a report today saying san jose's redevelopment agency inappropriately transferred $148 million in assets before it was dissolved in 2011. that includes seven parcels of land near the hp pavilion. that's where the a's are trying to build their new stadium. mayor chuck reed said he's disappointed, but will continue to work with the a's to bring them to san jose. >>> still ahead at 5:00, her only comfort, gone. the crime t

mary's gaels lost out in the first round. they sure did fight hard but they couldn't get that last-minute basket they really needed to win it. they lost to memphis, 54-52. >> still, a great season. should be proud. >>> now, to the good news locally here, the cal bears putting on a show in front of the hometown at the h.p. pavilion. the bears holding off a last-minute rally to knock off for a 64-61 victory. >> so happy we were able to win the tournament game. being the tournament, the last two minutes were two of the most excruciating minutes ever. >> top 32, though. >> we'll take it. >> cal here. sharing the love. cal will play number four ranked syracuse at 6:40. that will be tomorrow night at hp pavilion. looking for more magic there. the winner advancing to the ncaa team. we shifted from the gales to the bears. >> sounds good. 4:42. why san jose may be striking out on a plan to bring the a's to town. >> three people dead after a marine shoots another marine. the latest details next. [ female announcer ] now get high speed

the gaels defeated tennessee, 6- 54.orning in michigan. >>> the university of kansas wants to make sure student, and faculty are not betting on their brackets. the university sent out a friendly reminder that betting money on the tournament is illegal in kansas. the e-mail requests that no one affiliated with the university enter into a betting pool. ku will take on western kentucky this friday night in kansas city. >>> and president obama is weighing in on the woman's ncaa tournament. espn reports that the president has picked second-seeded cal to reach the women's final four. cal will open the tournament on saturday in lubbock, it. and the -- lubbock, texas. and the president obama is picking indiana for the men's to go all the way. >>> anyone else now mow who likes the cal -- you know who likes the cal team? sal? >> yeah. >> okay. >> let's take a look at the commute now. the traffic is moving along well. look at the bay bridge. it's completely improved. i dare say the pavement is almost dry. steve says it won't stay d

mary's gaels as well. they will play middleton tomorrow.inner gets the 11th seed and will play memphis on thursday if they get tomorrow's game. >> an outside guess. are you cheering for st. mary's? >> i think it is pretty obvious, right? that's the one thing i am biased on. >>> coming up, a call for accountability. nut campaign all set to get larry elson ready to pay for the america's cup. >> a car is careening into a bay area storefront. we're going to tell you what led up to that crash. >> get up to the minute the minute you are up on "today in the bay." >>> a budding race car driver killed his own teenage cuz yin. what investigator rs saying about the cause >>> the city of oakland coming up with a new plan to fight crime. how it plans to do much more with much less >>> a beautiful start to the week. temps in the 70s. here comes the rain. we'll time it out to your doorstep. here comes the traffic. that's your monday experience. we'll point out what's going on as you approach the bay bridge. another warning for one of your crossings. >>> l

kevin foster cut the gaels' lead to one. st. mary's was just putting it to bed.p it off. and he takes a little bow for the last time. st. mary's wins. final, 82-67. >>> mike montgomery hosting colorado. i love this play. cal is feeling it. tyrone, ripping it down! and cal is running away from the buffaloes. a swat at one end, and check out the fast-break. it will be davis. this is how it went for the bears tonight. they win 62-46, their seventh straight win. that's what you wanna do. >>> women's side, you gotta hand it to stanford. they wore down washington state. landmark day for chiney ogwumike. stanford struck early and often. ogwumike, 13 rebounds, 28 points. that puts her ahead of her sister, nnemkadi ogwumike. second half, bonnie, that's an automatic. 72-50, the final there. >>> and this from the cal woman, a share of the pac-12 regular-season title for the first time ever. final of 78-50, to get that one done. we're coming back! rs land o' lakes spreadable butter with canola oil is made with sweet cream, canola oil and salt. just three simple ingredients.

again, it's important to note the sanctions do not ban the gaels from the ncaa tournament this year or years to come. that's important for a couple of reasons. first, the team is making a very serious run at joining the field of 64 teams again this year. their record right now is 25-5. also, it would be very difficult for the program to recruit if those players knew st. mary's could not play in the ncaas but big news. >>> a bay area police pursuit ends in a crash next to the caldecott tunnel around 10:45 as they chased a suspect on 24 in orinda. the pursuit ended after the suspect car hit another vehicle near fish ranch road. the right lanes of westbound highway 24 closed as a result. the just opened the freeway to traffic. >>> in sonoma county, police are investigating the shooting death of a kidnapping suspect while officers tried to arrest him. it all started out late last night when the victim told a friend she had been kidnapped. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran tells us what happened next. >> we live in a violent society. it's not getting any better. >>> reporter: santa rosa police

. >> with a 25-5 overall record the gaels are making a serious run at this year's ncaa tournament. they are 13-2 in their conference. >>> the clock is ticking toward massive budget cuts. but no one in washington willing or able to stop it right now. what's on the chopping block and the big chunk that could be taken out of california. >> and bpa and chronic illnesses in children. the new discoveries raising more concern about that chemical and its effect on our health. that's coming up next. you score little victories every day. now you can do it with dinner. introducing land o'lakes® sauté express®. the all-in-one sauté starter with butter, olive oil, herbs and spices... so dinner really sizzles. it's one step, no prep. and so good, they'll ask for more. and that little victory is a pretty big deal. land o'lakes® sauté express®. find it in the dairy aisle. spending cuts.. there appears to them. >>> bye-bye 85 billion. wow. with the clock ticking toward massive federal spending cuts, there appears to be no hope of stopping these guys. cbs reporter tara mergener says now everyone is

kelly olynyk following up a miss with a dunk. 42-18 gonzaga would outscore the gaels in the paint.n to ensure an ncaa tournament berth. olin nick, 21 points, 12 rebounds. gonzaga by eight. second half, zags up by 17. david stockton to olynyk for a filthy one-handed stuff. 15th straight tournament appearance for the zags. >>> in the nba, thunder, spurs, a win by ok krchc would tie them for first in the conference with san antonio. leonard behind the back and dunk. 35-18, the spurs would outscore okc in in the second. third quarter, spurs up by 6. danny green, the steal and dunk. san antonio by 8. later, okc down 5. westbrook shot it 27 times. kevin durant would only shoot 13 times. later, westbrook pulling up knocking it down. he only made 11 of those 27 shots. fourth quarter, spurs up 11. thiago splitter, a team high 21 on 9 of 11 shooting. fourth quarter, under a minute to play, spurs up 11. danny green putting it away. 16 points for him, 5-game winning streak snapped by the thunder, 105-95. >>> nfl free agency beginning today at 4:00 eastern. i'm chris hassel. have a good one. >>

mary's down 5 eividas petrulis - banks in a 3-pointer to pull the gaels to within 2 points 54- 52 membounds- memphis turns it over to st. mary's with less than:02 left as the st. mary's bench loves it! matthew dellavedova - at the buzzer for the win!!!!.no!!!!! airball dellavedova: 3/13 fg's final: 54-52 memphis 49ers wide receiver/returner ted ginn will sign a one-year deal with the carolina panthers. ginn caught only 2 passes for 1 yard last season in spot duty at receiver. his main role was as a kickoff and punt returner. he returned a kickoff and punt for touchdowns in one game two seasons ago, but had no td's last season and recorded his lowest output as a returner in his three years with the team kyle williams and lamichael james are expected to compete for the kickoff and punt returner roles next season texans sign ed reed safety ed reed has agreed to terms with the houston texans, reportedly signing a 2-year deal for $8-12 million. reed becomes the seventh starter from the super bowl champion baltimore ravens to leave this offseason. reed visited houston last week but left wit

dellavedpva , the ova , the career leader in scoring gaels were able to get a shot off from in frontthe team's bench but it was well along. missing everything. reference wins the game and a hard record 54 to 52. >> meanwhile, caliphate's syracuse saturday at the h people billion. after the bears beat u.n.l.v. in yesterday's march man is match up. the bears lost to u.n.l.v. and home earlier in the season. but this time cal goes on to win it 64 to 61. was but some bears france were excited to see their team played so well. >> and as we mentioned, the bears will take on syracuse saturday at the h p pavilion tip >> 4:10 is the time. we have new details of what caused the power outage at the superbowl. an expert has confirmed the failure occurred because of a relay device that malfunctioned. the device was installed specifically to prevent a power failure at the dome. but experts say the guys at the up. as a result the state in the dark. the partial blackout play the game between the baltimore ravens and the san francisco forty-niners for more than 30 minutes. >> that is the latest word o

mary's gaels beat middle tennessee st. 67-54 to advance to what they call the 2nd round of the ncaa tournament22 points in the win st. mary's next faces the 30-4 memphis tigers st. mary's vs. memphis tomorrow at 11:45am in salt lake city odds makers have the game even, despite the fact that memphis is a #6 seed with 30 wins >> catherine: if a basketball game is before lunch? is kind of obvious. >> gary: there is not as many soap operas but those people would go crazy if you interrupted. early morning but you can see st. mary's 11:45 and cal at 4: 27sot: beau levesque nfl abandons tuck rule it's a little late for raider fans - but today the nfl abandoned "the tuck rule" which was made famous during a snowy playoff in 2002 between the raiders andcharles woodson forced a fumble that would have won the game for the raiders but it was overturned due to the tuck rule since tom brady for fifth was trying to pull the ball back in after a pump fake. the patriots ended up winning the super bowl while the raiders were left complaining about how bad the league finally admits it was a bad rule and gets rid

however, the gaels can still participate in postseason play, including the ncaa tournament, which theysuspended the first five conference games next year and won't be allowed to recruit off campus until 2018. in addition the program will have it's scholarships reduced from 13 to 11 for the next two years the major violations involved an assistant coach no longer with the team. hamas >> mcilroy withdraws serena williams was amidst the gallery following tiger in palm beach gardens florida today and despite 15 grand slam titles and a net worth estimated around $100 million serena got busted for trying to take a photo using her phone - told to put it away or lose it meanwhile tiger woods just made the cut after another round of even par 70 and sits 9 strokes back of leader luke guthrie it was much worse for world #1 and defending champ rory mcilroy who withdrew from the tourney on the 9th hole mcilroy, who was 7-over par at the time, simply walked off the course and straight to his car with his round only half over. mcilroy said he was in a bad place mentally and has been suffering from a

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gaels fans can go to st. mary's to cheer on their men. >>> the u.s. alpine championships getting underway in tahoe. the first races will start in squaw valley this morning. today, the women's giant slalom at 8:45. the men's giant slalom will take place then. some powder-packed snow, whatever they call it out there. >> we got that, didn't we? >> in fact, we are going to take you live to squaw valley. >> what's the price of admission? >> indeed. if you can hold up, i can gl to tell you what is happening right around 6:17. we are going to talk about what is happening out there. an exclusive interview from squaw. stick around. 47 degrees. we are at 39 to start the day in napa. haven't seen the 30s for the past couple of days. pull out your coat. your sunglasses instead of that umbrella. you are not going to need it today. we have more on the way towards the end of your seven-day forecast. for livermore, 46. concord, upper 40s and low 50s. not too frigid south of the golden gate bridge. you will find pockets of the upper 30s. they are going to pick up toda

. >> go gaels. >>> fire landing a teenager in the hospital and jail as well. >>> $25,000 worth of copperped off in the bay area. new details about that case and what we're learning about the getaway car. >>> plus an unbreakable bond. how the president reassuring israel as he touches down for the first time in tel aviv. >> packing up your lunch, tuna, drinks, whatever you do. live look at the golden gate bridge there. the rain making the roads a little black. mike inouye telling you, please, slow it down. getting slick especially when that oil starts to get into that water. live look from the south bay, covering the entire bay for you because you deserve it. beautiful weather out there. feels kind of nice. the rain will be coming along with it. christina loren will be here to fill you in on that. we're back in a few minutes. "today in the bay" rolls on. >>> live look at the new york stock exchange. ceo of the model n had the honor of ringing that bell. i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. model n is pricing its initial public offering higher than expected to raise more than $10

the gaels return to the court for the first time since ncaa sanctions were handed down. >> welcome back, everyone. it is 5:22. thanks for being an early bird and getting up in the we hours of the morning to watch the abc7 sunday morning news. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. not a whole lot going on at this time of the day. but weather-wise a cooler day. here's another shot for you. this one is from our roof cam showing you the embarcadero all let up there. you can look for cooler temperatures today, maybe some scattered showers. our meteorologist lisa argen will be along during the newscast to give you a full accuweather forecast. >>> you know, it's been 19 years since two teachers launched a program for underserved kids. the program called knowledge is power program or kip has grown into a network in schools in 20 states. kip wanted to see if the charter schools are on the right track and commissioned a study done only at their middle schools. here is what lyanne melendez found out. >> the moment you walk on to one of their campuses you know you are at a kip charter schoo

the challenge now is maintaining that because the ncaa has just hit the gaels with four years of probationill still be able to compete in the tournament but it's a score lar reductions and one-year ban for the coach recruiting off-campus. if you read the entire report, it seems the punishment is too harsh for the crime. >> we take full responsibility for any missteps that i have had as a head coach, division 1 program and we are responsible to overseas all aspects of the program. so i regret any areas -- in those areas of coming up short in any way. >> coming off his 54-point outburst in new york, steph curry look his jumper to boston last night. he was considerably cooler with the warriors paying a visit to the celtics. all eyes on steph. he hit 11 threes against the knicks. 3 of 11 from downtown. still finished with 25 points in this contest. trying to do it off the ball here. curry long defenders. feeds harrison barnes for the throw-down. and barnes really needs to get more offensive. 16 for the rookie. with authority right there. paul pierce, he could just fall out of bed and still mak

mary gaels face the las vegas bulldogs. the winner gets an automatic bid for the ncaa tournament. this by the way was the fifth straight year the two teams met in the wcc tournament final. >>> meantime the stanford women had a dramatic rally to win another pac 12 title. cardinal sophomore amber orange scored the winning layup with eight seconds left on the clock. they beat the bruins 51-49. this is the seventh straight conference championship and the cardinal could be the number one seed in the ncaa tournament. >>> i want to turn it over to sal for a check on traffic. >> good morning, maureen and dave. we are doing pretty well. as a matter of fact, traffic continues to look pretty good if you are driving around the bay area. let's go to the bay bridge. you can see it's light. no problems getting across. and also the traffic looks good on northbound 101. there it is northbound 101 on the left coming up to the 80 split. things on city street and also the freeways in san francisco are off to a good start. this a look at the san jose area. the road sensor is not giving us a lot. you c

let's bring in gael dougherty for more on this. hi, gael. >> hey, kate.g into more problems in its attempts to unity. the administration is downplaying that, but that is just fuelling calls for the u.s. to do more to help. confusing reports persist that chemical weapons of some kind have been used in syria. president obama says that would be a red line. but administration critics charge that red line is turning pink. >> the president said this is a hard decision, if i go in, it might be wrong, if i go in, it might be wrong. >> no one wants american boots on the ground, but rogers and others want the obama administration to train and equip syrian opposition fighters it trusts. and "the new york times" reports the cia is stepping up efforts to help saudi arabia, qatar, and turkey get weapons to the opposition. but its president, who stood side by side with secretary of state john kerry just three weeks ago abruptly resigned. >> it's not about one person. it's about president assad, it's about a regime that is killing its own people. it's about an opposition

mary's gaels, they have to get some work done.y have a playing game in dayton, ohio on tuesday at 6:10. they take on middle tennessee state. i know you are sending out the magic, feeling the good vibrations for your gales. you have the banner at your desk. are you going to start parading around with that? >> there we go. 6:22. coming up, the barista voted one of the bess in the the southwest. where you can go to sample it. >>> tracking taxis. we will let you know and how you can keep track of your cab's every move. >>> welcome back. going live to san francisco. it stays dark a little longer and gives us a spectacular picturesque look. 6:25. >>> soon, you could be able to track the exact location of every available taxi driver in san francisco just by using your smart phone. the city is proposing a new law that would force cab drivers to transmit their coordinants as part of the network. any smart app that connects them with cabs would have to use that data from the network. it is in response to the growing popularity of transporta

mary's gaels. they made the tournament by the skin of their teeth. they'll take on middle tennessee state for the 11 seed in the midwest region. randy bennett's squad finished 27-6 on the season. it is their eighth tournament appearance in school history. >>> and it is not the tournament stanford wanted to play, in but they'll do their best to defend their nit title. the cardinal is the number four seed. they'll host stephen f. austin tuesday at 8:00. stephen f. austin is 27-4 this season, stanford 18-14. >>> how about some pro hoops? warriors and rockets. warriors have been gold for houston this season. looking for his pot of gold. follow the leprechaun. steph curry to andrew bogut. warriors led by 23 at the half. jeremy lin from palo alto hitting the layup. houston cut it to five. later in the third now, jarrett jack misses. warriors back up 12. fourth quarter, curry to klay thompson. sharp shooting all game. warriors win, 108-78, snapping a nine-game losing streak in houston. >> we were alert, aware. we paid attention to details. we contested shot

mary's gael. they got knocked out in the first round. they really fought hard. i think they were tired from traveling. they couldn't get that last-minute basket to win. they lost to memphis, 54-52. still winners in my wook book. >> still a great season. >>> to the real good news are the cal bears doing it in front of the hometown at the hp pavilion. they win it, 64-62. the bears fans no doubt pumped up. >> so happy we were able to win the tournament game and being the tournament. the last two minutes were two of the most excruciating minutes ever. >> top 32, though. >> we'll take it. >> that is a priceless father/son moment. the winner tomorrow we are anticipating will be the cal bears. they will move on to the sweet 16. with pops, you and me right here. >> that bonding. you take your little one out there too. they may be striking out on a plan to bring the a's to town. >> the president continues the tour in the mideast with a meeting with the king of jordan. we will have a live report on that visit next. >> new this morning, more history in the making. day thre