kt nbc bay areaf 1 garvin thomas is here wizab proud. >> reporter: jerry brodie isn't quite sure if6Ñeither way, math ended upgbhb forming the basis of a great career for him. choosing to give back fo6,9a the past decade and a half. atp children's hospital oakland, surroundsed by doctors and )#s=t nurses, busy saving lives with medicine. >> this one is divided into how many parts?d] ai really good at this. >> thank you. >> let's see what else we have. >> reporter: twice a week for 15 years jerry has been coming to children's making1>fñh sure kids too sick to go to class don't falrú rabolaings is y equals x squared. >> reporter: he wants to introduce math to children of all ages at#t6v every level with"vh even a game of chess thrown in. >> it was always in the back of my mind that i would r the patients. not to mention their parents. >> amazing. i couldn't thank him enough. what he is doing, he is really impacting not just for a little bit but he is impacting them forever,$sfuv8 exaggeration just take a trip to the university of nevada reno and check in with jamie he is covery well.

garvin thomas nbc bay area news. >> great story. thank you.f you know of someone doing something fleiss for others we'd love to hear about it. go to nbcbayarea.com and search for "bay area proud." >> we'll be back with the bad reputation reputation " 50 shades of grey" is getting with london firefighters. >> aye yi yi. in our house, we do just about everything online. and our old internet just wasn't cutting it. so i switched us from u-verse to xfinity. they have the fastest, most reliable internet. which is perfect for me, because i think everything should just work. works? works. works! works? works. works. >>> don't try it at home. that's the advice authorities have for people who have seen the movie "50 shades of grey." >> seems like good advice. >> that, of course if you want to avoid finding yourselves a few shades of red. authorities in london say they responded to about 500 incidents. >> that's all. >> of people trapped in handcuffs, intimate and other minutes we can't really talk about since the release of the racy 50 shades book. eme

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >>> if you know of someone doing something nice for others, garvin would love to hear from you. go to our website, nbcbayarea.com and search bay area proud. we are back to two minutes. you can see them. they are all over our roads. the new bay area trend helping to solve crimes and keep companies in business. commuting in style. the new bus hitting streets tomorrow morning that gives you a bird's eye view of the bay area. >>> good morning. a live look outside. that is downtown campbell. i'm vicky nguyen with anthony slaughter to take a look at the complete micro forecast. >> it was beautiful yesterday. >> yes. we went to monterrey aquarium yesterday. so nice. even at the coastline, just beautiful. took the kids. with he drove back and they were asleep. if you are looking for some things to do, it is going to be another nice day. south bay east, towards monterrey and gilroy, you may run into a brief passing shower. a storm system may be moving in. hard to believe when you look at these sky kams. it is clear this morning. some of us are waking up to a

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> if you know of someone doing something nice for others, garvin wouldto hear from you. go to our website, nbcbayarea.com, and search bay area proud. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- buyer beware. police issue a warning after one family's trip to disney land takes a surprising turn. >>> plus -- >> supposed to be paying -- >> all of the taxes you're supposed to be paying? >> hidden cameras take you inside a showdown over marijuana taxes in the south bay. the growing controversy over marijuana, the law and millions in unpaid tax dollars. >>> from nbc bay area this is "today in the bay." >> 7:30 saturday morning. a live look at levi's stadium. 7:00 p.m. tonight, stadium series showdown. san jose sharks take on l.a. kings. good morning. thanks so much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. anthony slaughter has a look at our microclimate forecast. a warm saturday. >> yeah. >> a different sunday. >> completely different. cool, cloudy. as you saw from the cam, haze over the stadium now. good to see blue sky. even in san bruno, fogged in acros

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> as always, if you know of someone doing something nice for others, garvin would love to hear from you. nbcbayarea.c nbcbayarea.com, search bay area proud. >>> more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- google's utopia. a look at the company's grand expansion plans and its potential problems. >>> plus -- >> we had potato chips, gatorades, anything you can think of. >> workers gaining weight and bosses have found a silicon valley way to get them into shape. >>> from nbc bay area, this "today in the bay." >>> good saturday morning to you. this is a live look for you in palo alto. clouds covering the bay, dumbarton bridge and the same situation aup in san francisco. the sun is shining but we have what meteorologist anthony slaughter calls towering cumulus. i stole that from you. i'm kira klapper. i'm not weather expert but he is. >> you sound like one now. >> i took whatever you said. >> technical term for cumulus clouds and tower, upper level lift ha we have today. think of a tower and cumulus, put it together. more clouds across the south bay this

garvin thomas is here with bay area proud. >> when you hear someone called a history detective, theyly aren't a real detective, but michael ramos is. he's a special agent with the united states general services administration. he normally catches bad guys who waste taxpayer money or steal government property. the case he's been on the last few years doesn't quite fit that mold. what it is is our bay area proud. the target of his investigation, special agent mike ramos was told could be found at the grand avenue branch of the south san francisco public library. the fact the objects of his search were just hanging around, hiding in plain sight, didn't make their discovery any less sweet for mike. >> so when i first walked in here, i saw that. yeah, i got the goosebumps. >> these two paintings by a late artist was just the beginning of what mike found. in back rooms, basement and behind boxes, a dozen other works of art all with one thing in common. at the height of the great depression the work progress administration or wpa, put millions of unemployed americans back to work. that incl

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> if you know someone doing something nice for others garvin would love to hear from you to share it with the rest of us. go to nbcbayarea.com, search bay area proud. something tells me he would enjoy watching it over and over. >> i think he would, as would christina. >> good morning to you. what a touching story. i love everything garvin does. we have a really good looking day, if you want to get out there and dance. maybe you still have that new year's resolution going. i know i gave mine up the first week of january, but maybe yours is still holding strong. right now, a good time to do so later on today. it's going to be down rite warm. that's because high pressure has taken control of our weather pattern that's boosting the stormtrack way to the north, and really, what we're only seeing come through the big ridge of high pressure are the highest of clouds, and they're comprised of ice crystals. i wanted to show you this really cool time lapse from tiburon, tells a story this morning. beautiful dawn colors. and yeah at this time kind of a milky sk

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> reporter: love that story.f you know someone doing something nice for others, go to our website. search bay area proud. still ahead. we are keeping an eye on the second round of storms moving in. >>> here is a live look outside of the bay bridge toll plaza. the rain coming down there. be careful of hitting the roads. we will also have the latest on the second storm that will cause more power outages, flight delays and dangerous roadways. the flight for public access to a san mateo beach takes a turn. we will have the judge's ruling on a popular bay area surf spot. >>> right now, round two is upon us. we are on high alert this morning as the second storm in three days hits the bay area. we want to give you a live look now at san francisco, the golden gate bridge, fog rolling in there, palo alto and san jose. we are bracing for strong winds and thunderstorms all across the bay area. they are almost certain to cause more power outages and slick roadways. good morning, and thanks for being here, i'm vicky nguyen. w

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> well so much of the nation blanketed in snow, maybe you're feelinga little left out here in the bay area. no? well nast ylooking to capitalize on the feeling some people are having. >> ship snow yo. he'll ship snow as a service. he'll shep a water bottle full of snow for $20 if you pay $89 to get six pounds of snow. he said he's already made more than 100 shipments, came up with the idea while shoveling his yard with his wife and joking, they ought to send the snow to family and friends. >> my kids have asked my mother-in-law to do that send snow from new york. >> once a year, our church trucks in snow from tahoe, or maybe we don't anymore, but the kids play with it it's fun. >> that's cool. christina, that kind of snow doesn't show up on the radar. >> i wish we had that kind of snow. that's what we need to get out of the drought. it's funny how it's equal but opposite. they're getting hammered with system after system. we're having sunny days and warmer than average temperatures. that will persist into the upcoming next couple days and then things s

garvin thomas is here. garvin? >> he isn't sure if he liked math as a kid because he was good at it or got good at math because he liked it. anyway, it turned out to be a great career for him and is how jerry has chosen to give back for the last decade and a half. >> at children's hospital oakland surrounded by doctors and nurses, busy saving lives with medicine -- >> this is divide need how many parts. >> reporter: jerry quiet lid changes that with math. twice a week for 15 years jerry las been coming to children's making sure kids too sick to go to class don't fall too far behind in school. >> so in the mother of all parameters y equals x squared. >> reporter: jerry, retired engineer from chevron, helps with math. with a little chess thrown in. he is plainly good at it. very popular with the patients. not to mention their parents. >> it is amazing. i just couldn't thank him enough. he is really impacting not just for a little bit, but impacting them forever. >> absolutely. >> reporter: now if that seems to you a

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> that's cool. >> it is. two people who like to write better than math anyone who can make math interesting -- >> can i call him now? >> let's check your weather with a mathematician, scientist, and meteorologist? >> where is my pocket square. i have a protector as well. right here nice and clear this morning. doesn't take a scientist to tell you this is the trend for offshore flow. when you're getting more 9 right at the coast than what we're experiencing here in the south bay, seeing the wind coming from the hills, and that's going to keep the beaches nice and clear for today and for most of tomorrow as well. if you're trying to get away though stick around. i have your getaway forecast. two different sides to the weekend. an area of low pressure the first in a series of storm systems slated to hit the bay area in the next seven days. if you don't want to wait your seven day forecast is scrolling at the bottom of the screen. temperatures are starting to creep up. it's going to take a little while for the wa

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> that's awesome.for others like her, garvin would love to hear from you. go to our website nbcbayarea.com, search bay area proud. >> earlier in the show we heard from the santa clara valley water district. they said january, february and march are crucial for our rainfall. january did not work out too well. but february looks a lot more favorable, christina. >> just a few days away from ample rainfall in the bay area. good morning to you, sam and kris. san bruno mountain shows you a hazy sky. temperatures climbing nicely. we're into the 60s. we're going to end up in the 70s today. right around 72 in san jose. same for the tri-valley. 66 in san francisco. and 70 degrees in the north bay. there is a full moon rising tonight. and i can tell you, if you want to see that beautiful full moon you want to get up to the high elevations. we have low clouds at the 1500 foot level setting up for tonight into tomorrow morning. all those low clouds will clear out quickly as the wind begins to pick up wednesday ahea

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> all right, nice story there.l. thank you, garvin. >> just how special is mcdonald's special sauce? for big macs fans down under, it must be special. >> mcdonald's australia is auctioning 200 bottles of its limited sauce on ebay. the bid for bottle one is nearly $18,000, and there's still one week left to bid. the proceeds go to australia's ronald mcdonald charity. i usually say hold the sauce. i've got it all wrong. >> in this case bottle the sauce and we'll pay an arm and length. some people go to great lengths to get the foods they love. you have something up your sleeve. good morning. >> i like animal style fries, and i like them crispy. so you ask for them to be well done, and if you have done that yet, my gift to you, my friends. we also have some rain on the way. sam and kris and by this time tomorrow morning, tracking some steady rainfall in the north bay. you still have time to make those storm preps, 62 in the south bay. 60 degrees on the peninsula right now, and 52 degrees in the tri-valley where we had

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> garvin does a good job of bringing us good happy news. >> today, good happy uplifting news in the weather department. >> good morning to you. but yeah you're right. it's happy in a sense that we really need the rain and after such a grim outlook getting out of the month of january without any rain, this is actually looking good. everything is coming in all at once. your wind still playing a much larger role than any sort of heavy rainfall we have accumulated so far but i think we'll see it reversed as we head throughout the next few hours and all the way until 4:00 p.m. expecting gusty wind and heavy downpours starting up. it's rolling onshore. 55-mile-per-hour sustained speed in oakland. 17-mile-per-hour here in san jose, 16 miles per hour in livermore, and some storm reports to tell you about. we told you the likelihood of downed trees with this kind of wind certainly going to be probable as we head throughout the next couple hours, in particular. but look what we have for you. 800 customers still without power. that's in los altos hills. hawthor

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> go team rob.f you know of someone who's doing something nice for others, garvin would love to hear from you and he can share it with the rest of us. go to our website, nbcbayarea.com and search bay area proud. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay" dressing for battle. the special outfits that could help local kids to keep up their fight against cancer. >> i walk in the room and you can see on their face that they're done without me saying a word. >> is it an innovation blocker? the hurdle for female entrepreneurs to find success in silicon valley. >>> good saturday morning to you. a gorgeous day to get out, no matter where you are, whether you want to head on a hike or go to the beaches. your forecast is just peachy on this valentine's day morning. thanks for joining us, i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist anthony slaughter. i didn't mean to give it all away, but it's really worth repeating. >> it's going to be so nice. even at the beach if you're going to be up in the mountains, wherever yo

. >> here is nbc bay area's garvin thomas. >> thank you so much for joining us. bay area proud stories, regardless of the time of year carry with them the healthy dose of compassion love and beauty. which makes them perfect when valentine's day rolls around. all three of those qualities are somewhere in our first story tonight about a very special high school senior with special needs. it starts with brandon gruber telling a rough high school experience for himself into a great one. and how he is now determined to do the same for others. >> and do you want to go back over your stars one more time? or would you like to start with the trees? >> i'm going to start with the tree now. >> brandon gruber's art teacher said it was all the way back in third grade that she first recognized something special about brandon when it came to painting. something she felt worth sharing with the world. >> i love my art stuff. >> this story, though is about bandon using his art to share something he's even more passionate about these days. >> i'm going to help my friends. >> okay.

. >> here's nbc bay area's garvin thomas. >> thank you so much for joining us. these next 30 minutes are dedicated to all of you who have said at one time or another there's not enough good news on tv. that's what "bay area proud" is all about. people at their most generous inspirational, and successful. and you can add unique to that list for our first story tonight. that's because no one has ever heard of anything similar happening before. it's a story about the gift of life organ donation and how two families gathered last month to celebrate that gift just like they have for a decade. but with one big twist this time. >> let's take a look. >> reporter: every year for the past ten years -- >> a couple more minutes. >> reporter: gary and his wife janice have opened up their home and barn for an ever-growing holiday gathering and tree lighting. that first year about 15 people came. >> then there were 40 people. then there was 70. tonight, what was there, damn near 200. >> reporter: yet no matter how big this party gets some guests are always going to be a little

. >> reporter: garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> what a remarkable little boy. >>> prepare and learn more about future droughts. >> liftoff of delta ii rocket. >> this satellite lifted off early this morning from vandenberg air force base. it will moisture in the soil to produce maps to help out with forecasting. our nbc bay area phones lit up this morning after the launch. people from around the bay area called to ask about this white streak that could be seen in the sky. nothing to be alarmed about, of course. it was the rocket's contrail which is a trail of condensed water seen as a white streak against the sky. >>> checking in now with meteorologist rob, he has that microclimate forecast. i'm not sure if you saw that but our weather feels like arizona, sounds like maybe they stole ours. >> they've had more rain than we've had for january the last two days. heavy rain across arizona. around here you were able to see that contrail because we had clear skies this morning. we're finishing with mostly clear conditions and still mild temperatures outside. right now 66 degrees in san jo

let's bring in nbc bay area's garvin thomas with our "bay area proud" series. >> raj, the many thingst make brandon gruber special is that he not only turned a rough high school experience for himself into a great one, it's that he's dedicated himself to doing the same for others. >> and do you want to go back over your stars one more time or would you like to start with the tree? >> i'm going to start with the tree now. >> reporter: brandon gruber's art teacher says it was all the way back in third grade that she first recognized something special about brandon when it came to painting something she felt worth sharing with the world. >> i love my art stuff. >> reporter: this story though is about brandon using his art to share something he's even more passionate about these days. >> i am going to help my friends. >> okay, so today we are starting a new assignment. >> reporter: this all begins three years ago, when brandon transferred to aptos high school as a freshman. a tough transition for any teenager, but for one with down syndrome well it wasn't a happy time. >> no. i'm not happ

that was my calling >> here's nbc bay area's garvin thomas. >> thank you so much for joining us.roud" stories regardless of the time of year carry with them a healthy dose of compassion love and beauty. which makes them perfect when valentine's day rolls around. all three of those qualities are somewhere in our first story tonight. about a very special high school senior with special needs. it starts with brandon grouper turning a

here's garvin thomas with "bay area proud." >> who knows how many dance students rob perry's had over the years so many of them will tell you he taught them just as much about life as dance, which is why during his darkest time they are pulling out all the stops to help. >> one, two, three, four, five six, seven, eight. >> reporter: just like a dance is created step by step -- >> seven, eight, one, two, three -- >> reporter: -- a life is made by adding one day on top of the next. the difference, of course being dancers know all along what they are creating. >> it should be playing now. >> reporter: rob perry, on the other hand had no idea what the past 30 years of his life had actually added up to until he saw it for himself on youtube. >> it's amazing. >> reporter: dance is all rob really wanted to do in life ever since his first class in high school. >> and after that i haven't stopped. >> reporter: performing, teaching coaching rob has done it all with more than a little success. he led the castro valley high school dance team to a national championship three years in a row. >> he

nbc bay area's garvin thomas joins us with tonight's "bay area proud." >> derek johnson says growing up in oakland, he managed to stay out of trouble, for the most part. he doesn't remember what it was exactly he did that caused his mother to take him on a trip to visit a family friend in prison. he soon decided that was not the future he wanted. for those that did end up there, though, well he wanted a different future for them, too. home of chicken and waffles. in oakland's jack london square it's a place where second chances never tasted so good. >> hello. welcome to chicken and waffles. how are you? >> reporter: derek johnson opened the restaurant 11 years ago. at the time derek says he knew almost nothing about running a restaurant but knew a whole bunch about his hometown of oakland. >> i grew up in the toughest neighborhood in the city. i grew up in acorn. how are you doing over here? all right, great. >> reporter: derek says he opened the restaurant, wanting it to be a place where customers from all walks of life were welcome. the same went for putting together his staff. >>

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> if you know of someone doing something nice for others garvin would love to hear from you. go to nbcbayarea.com and search bay area proud. >>> we are still waiting for the president to take the podium at stanford as the big cybersummit. also a mother banked her umbilical cord to find out this. >> i think until the day i die, i will wonder if it's good will we have to use it and will it save my kid's life if needed? >> who is accountable when something goes wrong? what you should know about the business behind cord blood. >> and san jose's neighborhood watch goes high-tech. find out what the city needs from you to make the plan work. >>> when people have babies those parents to be are faced with a crit krl and often expensive choice that is what to do with the stem cells in the baby's umbilical court blood after birth. >> it's become a multibillion dollar business, and critics say it lacks oversight and could be reckless. >> every parent wants the best for their child, and many see the opportunity to store their baby's stem cells as insurance for the f

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garvin thomas, nbc bay area news >> go to our website, nbcbayarea.com and search bay area proud. >>> still ahead on today in the bay, die hard fans braving the element for a chance to meet their favorite giant. we are live at fan fest next. >>> lucky to be alive. a tree branch slams through a car narrowly missing a young girl sitting in the passenger seat. ♪ good morning, usher! hey! did you know bees communicate through dance? me too... we're practically twins! >>> one down, one to go. another round of wet weather makes its way into town. live across the bay area. tkpwlden gate bridge, palo alto and san jose. >>> our today in the bay team is keeping its eye on the radar this morning. bob redell is at at&t park for today's fanfest. good morning, anthony. >> good morning to you, ladies. it has been quite a stormy past couple of days i should say. the past 24 to 48 hours, we have seen enormous amounts of rain across the bay area. let's start off with some of the highest totals. mount umunhum, seven inches. lowe's altos, two inches. the cities around the bay picked up one and three inch