this morning garvin thomas shows us the way the whole family unit is responding and it will make you area proud. good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet. >>> welcome back. two young children are at the heart of our next story which seems to be appropriate because the story starts with their hearts. in one sense they don't work like they're supposed to but in another sense they work just fine. garvin thomas explains in this week's "bay area proud" story. >> reporter: in the sea of tumbling teens that is this san jose gymnastics class, audrey and her little brother max do not stand out. and mom sterling couldn't be happier. so happy, in fact -- >> i forget myself. >>

garvin thomas has an update on a couple of favorites. >> reporter: if you were to ask yourself the questionin the world of education is actually lowering tuition these days, you'd find at least one, if not the only one -- >> morning! >> reporter: at the intersection of 24th and guerro. from its peak tuition of $10,000 a year the nuns who run immaculate academy have been able to cut it by two-thirds it now costs families less than $3,000 a year to send their daughters here, and it's no surprise that enrollment is up here, too, more than 100 more students filling the halls and classrooms over the past two years. the key to it all was switching to the cristo ray model. students spend one day a week to work at partnering businesses to gain experience and help fund their education. the big news at ica is that recently reached the milestone of 100% participation. every student who needs a job has one. and the risk the sisters took a few years ago looks like a safer bet every day. >> there's a different energy in the hallways now that this isn't the feeling of, you know, is this going to work. it'

garvin thomas, "today in the bay." >>> another major credit card security breach coming up on "todaythe bay." this time the potential victims are not shoppers, they're travelers. >>> then the investigative unite exposes major food safety flaws, what the fda is proposing to protect you and your family. ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good for me around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around, barbara ♪ forever i've been praying for a snack in my life ♪ ♪ and now i have a brownie ending all of my strife ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ >>> good morning to you. looking live at oakland, pretty as a postcard this morning. if you like this weather today, enjoy it. because it's going to be different tomorrow. thanks so much for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda who says changes are coming for tomorrow morning. >> that's right. we're going to start to see some changes this time tomorrow morning, but right now sunshine. and

garvin thomas has the story. >> right leg back so step in with the jab, keep the hands up, right. >> anyone out there you would want teaching your loved one self defense, ken mccollum is your guy. a martial arts expert and retired sheriff's deputy, ken is very good at teaching people how to handle bad guys. >> step together. good. >> reporter: preventing guys from going bad in the first place, though, is what ken wants to be great at. >> i have a desire to make a change. >> reporter: that desire was born out of 26 years with the alameda county sheriff's department. among ken's many duties over the years, prisoner transport. on more than one occasion, ken was the deputy tasked with the job of driving a condemned man to death row at san quentin state prison. ken would often take the opportunity to ask where that prisoner's life had gone so wrong. >> and these guys, most of them, grew up without a father in the home for the most part. and so they told me that, hey, i was allowed to just run wild and do my own thing out there with no kind of structure, no kind of responsibility. >> repor

garvin thomas, "today in the bay." >>> we still have more ahead for you on "today in the bay."g up, there are olympic games every two years so why are people bartering, bargaining and begging for these little olympic pins. we'll go back to janelle wang in sochi. >>> and this is the picture from the south bay. dreary, but the rain is coming so don't get used to this dry condition. and in dublin, roadways are still slick and the bulk of the rain now falling in the north bay, now headed south. rcial tel. first, chex makes lots of gluten free flavors. which is a huge thing for us. and there's seven to choose from. like cinnamon, honey nut, and chocolate. i tell them "you guys are gonna turn into chocolate chex!" i like cinnamon, greg is a honey nut nut. when you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] we're the pearsons, and we love chex! >>> good morning and thanks for joining us on this dreary start to your sunday morning. let's take you live outside. we're looking at downtown san francisco where the rain is mostly to the north right now, and san rafael, th

garvin thomas joins us with our bay area proud series. >> reporter: one year clemson beat the preseason number one north carolina. rich says that was fun, but what happened on the court this is is past friday, well he says that was special. parents send their kids to a school like oakland bishop with the opens they'll one day be ready to land the perfect job. lucas cortez's parents don't have to hope. this 17-year-old senior has found his perfect job right here. for the past four years lucas has been manager of the dragons boy basketball team. always ready to help his teammates with a bottle, a ball or a hand. >> he's always trying to help everyone. every day he's there. you can always count on him. >> manager, it just so happens is the perfect position for someone as organized, dedicated and selfless as lucas. well, that and the fact lucas isn't allowed to play basketball. or any high intensity sport. all due to a heart condition he might not be able to name. >> it's a big long name i can't remember but -- >> reporter: but lives with every day. >> my left atrium did not fully develop.

. >> garvin thomas joins us. >> reporter: the person behind the donation is ed dowd.is legacy, he wants it town in art. >> reporter: a good bit of advice for my college student to hear is that the road of life ahead of them will likely not be a straight one. they should expect many twists and turns. at least that's what ed dowd would tell them. >> i look back on it and i go, geez. how did that happen? >> reporter: in ed's case, a stint in the military in the late '60s was followed by a degree from santa clara university, which was followed by a staggeringly successful career in real estate. a career, though, he would have to dial back once diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. ed filled the void left by work with art. an unlikely choice for him. >> i had never been to a museum. i had never been to a gallery before. >> reporter: still, ed collected it, displayed it and studied it, but didn't learn the true power of art until he donated it. this piece in particular. ed thought an iconic sculpture would attract top flight medical talent to the palo alto medical foundation i

. >>> here is garvin thomas. >> thank you for joining us. for the next 30 minutes we would love to teach you to a different type of newscast focusing on the good things happening in the bay area and the good people who make them happen. what better way to start than with an amazing gift. the person who got it is ron molina. he ran the choir program at antioch high school. one way to measure his success is the awards over the years and another way to measure is what you see now. how many measures of music does it take to take the measure of a man's life? those rehearsing for a special concert inside antioch high school's auditorium are soon to find out. the life in question not one of theirs but the one thing they all have in common, learning music and life from ron "mo"molina. >> i have always said that if i could be anyone that i want to be just like him. >> reporter: for 27 years music has been cool at antioch because music was mo. he would regularly fill a choir of 200 singers. the elite among them toured the world winning competition aft

. >> garvin thomas joins us with tonight's bay area proud. >> when memphis' birthday rolls around, he would love to get a party and have presents. still, what makes memphis stand out is that he's willing to forgo one of those things to help others. and as he grows, so does this wonderful tradition. 9-year-old memphis roader is never happier than with a soccer ball at his feet, and friends at his side. he would likely spend all his waking hours on the hunt for gold if he could, except, that is, for all the time this year -- >> what's memphis -- >> he chose to put in a different type of goal. an bishs one he remarkably has set for himself. >> i love it. >> pretty cool. >> julie and chuck said this began a few years ago when they gave memphis a choice. for his birthday he could get presents or ask for donations for a worthy cause. every year he had the choice, and every year memphis has chosen to give rather than to receive. >> because i want to take my time to help the people. >> when he was just 4 years old, memphis helped raise $900 to help save the kids' day parade. when he was 5, he

tonight garvin thomas shows us the way the family is handling it and it will make you bay area proud. -- inflates expenses. i'm vicky nguyen. new claims revealing a second set of books at the transit district in charge of cal-tran. we'll show you the money next. >>> and good afternoon. i'm jeff ranieri. after heavy rainfall, we're tracking three chances of potential rainfall over the next week. >>> and then at 6:00, does your child day care have a shady past, how would you know? we exposed a major problem for parents. now everything could be changing. the child reform ♪ what is this place? where are we? this is where we bring together the fastest internet and the best in entertainment. we call it the x1 entertainment operating system. it looks like the future! we must have encountered a temporal vortex. further analytics are necessary. beam us up. ♪ that's my phone. hey. [ female announcer ] the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. tv and internet together like never before. . >>> time to take you to the games. for continuing coverage of the 2014 olympics. this is a l

. >>> here's nbc bay area's garvin thomas. >> thank you so much for joining us. next 30 minutes, we'd love to treat you to a different types of newscast, one that focuses solely on the good things happening in the bay area, and the good people who make them happen. and what better way to start than with an amazing gift. the person who got

here's nbc bay area's garvin thomas. sounds interesting. >> bob and myra graves met in 1941 when he stayed at a boarding house in san mateo where she worked. just a few months later was when they drove later to be witnesses for a friend's wedding and decided on the spot join them. they appeared just as much in love today as always and thanks to the generosity of others, as you will see in tonight's bay area proud, now the pictures to prove it. before moving into the quail lodge retirement community in antioch last month, bob and myra graves got rid of most of their stuff, except a few family photos, like this one. the first of themselves taken as a couple, taken a few months after they eloped to reno in 1942 just before bob went off to war. to call that wedding a simple affair would be generous. no flowers, no cake, no photography. >> nothing. we just stood in front of a judge. he is over here. we are over here. and i think the secretary come in to be a witness or something. >> reporter: which for bob and myra was just f

this week are going to do that i put a link to the film and that information on my facebook page, garvin thomas, innocence bay area news. great cause and of course, good lemonade. >> good tribute to her work and yours as well. >> thank you. >>> bring in jeff ranieri. >> our drought in place, live radars and scans around now, completely dry conditions at this point. we have clouds beginning to stream in. take it out here offshore, you can already see plenty of activity going on the thing we are tracking is not only rain changes, but this plume of moisture this is going to be the added equation to boost up several different weaker systems that will be passing over the bay area. more on the timing of that in about one minute. take you outside to that sky camera network. did manage some blue sky for parts of today but right now, that cloud cover increasing, temperatures in the mid-50s for the most part, take you into san francisco, and it's a beautiful sunset tonight. winds from 10 to 15 miles per hour, may find fog against the coastline tonight, the big thing again, head through the next 24 to 48

garvin thomas is here to show us that this future giant is out to help others in addition to cashing in or i should say instead of cashing in. >> instead of cashing in, that's right. the 12-year-old is universally described by his parents and teachers as a sweet, sensitive kid. and smart too. he has put all three of those qualities to come use, just to make bay area proud. the roots of success can often be discovered in odd places. she ju he just happened to be hiding under his bed. it's where he stores his old lego kits, the ones he's been playing with since about the age of 2. >> you can be creative. you can do anything. >> reporter: but as he has grown, he's now a seventh grader at san jose's champion school, so have his legos, his ambition and, clearly, his heart. >> i think i'm actually doing something that could actually help people. >> reporter: which brings us to this $350 lego mind storm's kit and what he spent an entire month creating out of it at the kitchen table. >> i thought i could do it. i didn't know if it was possible, but i really wanted to do it. >> reporter: it s

"today in the bay's" garvin thomas shows us why in this morning's "bay area proud." >> reporter: thise on gilroy's yorktown drive is the place where libby and tony kranz always imagined they would raise their children. never the place where they would have to watch one of them slowly die. 6-year-old jennifer lynn, the oldest their four children, has a brain tumor. dipg is what it is called. always fatal is what it is. now, close to the end, libby and tony spend their waking hours keeping jennifer comfortable, letting her know she is loved and that her pain will not be in vain. >> if i can stop another mom or another grandma or another aunt from feeling the way that i feel right now, then i will. >> reporter: six months ago, jennifer was a totally typical kindergartner. until one day her left eye started turning inward. a trip to the optometrist which led to an mri, which led to a meeting with a team of doctors. >> that's when they told us the words they used was "there is no cure." >> accepting the fact they couldn't even fight to save their own daughter's life was difficult, they say

. >> reporter: garvin thomas, "today in the bay." >>> still ahead on "today in the bay" freedom to discriminate? the state under fire for drawing up a bill to deny service to gay customers and the reason the law appears to be on their side. >> reporter: i'm janelle wang at the sochi games, she's team usa's newest gold medal winner and she also breaks -- makes a new record. i'll have my one on win with mikaela shiffrin, the alpine skier. >>> good morning to you. looking live at one of the spectacles along 87 as it enters 101 in san jose, people wondering what it is, it's cirque du soleil, they are in town. and in san rafael a nilnice cal start to the saturday morning. and rob mayeda has the beautiful forecast on tap. >> things looking really nice outside this morning as we take you on a tour throughout the bay. sunshine throughout. a little bit of morning haze around san jose with the warmer temperatures above in the hills. colder air below. around close to sea level and you can see the birds flying on by there. low-level haze this morning but sunshine this afternoon. 40s and some thrills outsid