>> i heard the explanation in the grapevine.n in which both candidates have not logmy in their background. romney's ancestors left the united states, go to utah to practice polygamy. romney doesn't, his father didn't and his grandfather didn't but his great grandfather did. so it's back there in the family tree. i do this we'll hear this some from fringe candidate -- not candidates, but fringe surrogates around the campaig campaign. it's more likely when mormonism comes up in the campaign and it will. it was not until 1978 that blacks were allowed to be priests. call romney because he was alive and an adult. but hear polygamy stuff as well. >> is this part of paints romney as an extremist? is that what this is about? >> i am puzzled. i don't know what the governor of montana thought he was achieving in a rambling attempt to link mitt romney to polygamy. you know, mitt romney, doesn't even need to be said, but has been married to one woman for 42 yearsism wouldn't think that the action of two generations in the past would be rele

the recent storm that hit the bay area moved south creating white out conditions on the grapevine. the chp shut down interstate 5 in both directions over the grapevine last night because snow and ice made driving dangerous. the highway was reopened to traffic without restrictions early this morning. police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in the parking lot of a south san jose shopping center. police got a call at 9:30 a.m. after witnesses heard gunshots in a starbucks parking lot. this was the 1000 block of east capitol expressway. and there police found the bodies of a man and woman, each had a single shot to the head. the man's body was found near a silver bmw and inside a 17 month old girl. >> we have a male and female, asians, and we're still investigating as to where they're from, what is the relationship between the two of them. if there is any. >> police say they're confident the shootings was a murder- suicide, there's no threat to public safety and the toddler has in turn over to child protective services when police determine whether the victims were related

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>> bret: now fresh pickings from the political grapevine.ngton post gave the same coverage to sunday's earth day festivities in the nation capital to january's march for life rally in washington. the crowd sizes for the rallies were vastly different despite cold and rainy conditions for both events. the "examiner" reports organizer earth day network expected tens of thousands of people to show up for full roster of people and performers but the nowheres were between 40 and several hundred. meanwhile, the pro-life rally tid draw tens of thousands of people. with the "washington post" estimating more than 17,000 participants on that day. >>> former mf global ceo jon corzine is under investigation for his role in the brokerage firm collapse after the disappearance of $1.6 billion of customer funds. however, that hasn't stopped him from playing a large role in president obama's 2012 re-election effort. corzine is listed as raising at least $500,000 bundling donations. at the end of last year, the obama campaign returned corzine's personal contri

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enough snow flying around the grapevine they had he to shut it down.you're traveling into southern california, call 511 or check ahead with the road conditions as you head there because i-5 shut down tonight into the southern california. high pressure nudges back towards the bay area which leads to a slow subtle warming trend through the end of the weekend. we're going to see this for your saturday and into sunday, that's when things start to warm up. winter storm warnings dropped for ourmans. just a few flurries to kick it off if you want to enjoy the two feet of fresh new snow around lake tahoe. temperatures around the bay area should be 5 degrees warmer than today. to the tri-valley, should see the numbers in the low 60s for your saturday. sunday the warmer of your two second days. upper 50s around san francisco. if the wind is still coming in off the water, probably going to feel cooler than the thermometer is telling it you outside. sunday though should see low to mid 60s around the peninsula. now we sfraenl managed seven days of nice weather. see

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. >>> some winery owners are busy replanting grapevines of a couple of rough years. this season alone, wine makers are replanting more vines than they have in the past 20 years. they say the amount of rain this year has been just right and that the wine market is picking up. the wine industry generates more than $so billion a year and also creates some 40,000 jobs. >>> mark's here now with sports. turning out to be a good day for the as. >> didn't look like that for part of the afternoon. it was like one of those afternoons, 14 innings and we wind up with nothing. late heroics for the as. after in the top of the 14th inning with a couple of men on, ramirez with one into the gap. two runs are in and with the way the as offense has been going, 4-2 lead didn't look good. but continuing to be the big story, two runs shot to tie it up. that's his fifth of the year. number three in the league with rbis. they get a couple of more men on with a shot down the left field line and that will end it. on comes the game decider and the hitting hero likes the fact the offense was ab

. >>> they are dealing with a shortage of grapevines.ocal wines are back in following the recession. and grape growers are expanding their vin yards but there are not enough grapevines. >>> they keep moving forward, when crews will shut down and demolish that connector to the golden gate bridge. >>> and we will find out how long the wet weather will stick around. >>> plus a deadly crash, we will bring you a live report on this still developing story near highway 101. >> everywhere it will get wet today. . >>> find now is 5:30, let's go to steve paulson, i see the green on the screen. >> very well said claudine. rain will pick up later on, and it looks to be about 3 and a half days, it is producing some light rain, observe land san francisco and along the peninsular and san mateo coast as well. highs today will be in the low to a few mid-60s, here is sal. >>> highway 4 off to a nice start and as you heard steve say, driving will not be good on the road. one more picture to show you, this is a look at san rafael and it looks a little bit w

now fresh pickings from the political grapevine.lready reached the dog days of the campaignch much has been made of mitt romney's irish setter riding in a kennel strapped atop the car on a family road trip. now president obama is dealing with his own pooch problems. the daily caller noted president obama wrote in one of his best-selling tooks about being fed dog meat as a child in indonesia. david axelrod dinged romney months ago tweeting picture of president obama and bo riding in a car saying how loving owners transport their dogs. in response to president obama's dog kerfuffle, a romney strategist hit back retweeting axelrod in hindsight, a chilling photo. the twitter verse exploded last night with the story. with hashtags like obamadogrecipes that had beagals with cream cheese. defense secretary leon panetta wants to find ways to save taxpayer money since his trip home cost you $32,000 apiece. the press reports that panetta taken 27 round-trip flights to california on the military equivalent of a gulf stream jet since becoming s

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grapevine is open. 62 is your high and mild in palm springs at 68. also for tonight.f you are heading to the giants game. it's going to cool down quickly. when the game starts around 6:15 54 degrees, clear skies, drop down to 50 degrees by 9:00 tonight. >> here is accu-weather seven-day forecast, breezy but a lot drier and warmer today and then tomorrow, we'll be hitting the 70s in the inland locations. dry pretty much all weekend with a slight chance of rain. we're keeping an eye on wednesday for the north bay. >> terry: but it's not going to happen down here. >> no, not here. >> terry: that is what i wanted to hear. >> in sports, sharks will resume playoff series against the st. louis blues in the double overtime victory. barry zito has a tough act to follow. he is taking the mound against the pirates after matt cain was nearly perfect. >> good morning, post game, matt cain throwing a no-hitter has always been in the back of his mind. he came so close yesterday. the world series team, 14 members, including willie mays and willie mccovey were honored. >> cain would d

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the exception later in the grapevine., twisting the senate's arm when it comes to the budget. onhere was just telling e that ford dealers sell a new tire like...every five seconds, how's that possible? well, we purchase 3 million a year. you just sold one right now didn't you? that's correct. major brands. 11 major brands. oop,there goes another one. well we'll beat anybody's advertised price. and you just did it right there, what's that called? the low price tire guarantee. wait for it, there goes another one. get a $100 rebate, plus the low price tire guarantee during the big tire event. look at that. it's happening right there every five seconds. your not going to run out are you? no. i'm a wife, i'm a mom... and chantix worked for me. it's a medication i could take and still smoke, while it built up in my system. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantiis proven to help people quit smoking. it reduthe urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking orood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suic

if you needed to go to the bathroom, you had to go hide behind a tree or underneath the grapevines. if you were working somewhere where you did not have that edge recover, especially if you are a woman, other women have to stand around you and form a barrier to preserve your dignity. if we complained about the working conditions, we were told if we did not like it, we could quit. there was somebody else that could take our job. we were fired more times than i can remember for asking for our wages to be raised, but i thought that was the way it was in america. i thought that if you complained, you would be breaking your oath that you made when you came to this country. we on this something was wrong, we just did not know what we could do about it. until one day i picked up a copy of the newspaper that translate to "ill bred," a not to child -- naughty child, someone who does not behave themselves. i read about how the farm workers association and its director, cesar chavez, had taken a labor contract before the labor commissioner. they had gotten him fined for not paying workers thei

even better. ♪ >> bret: now fresh pickings from the political grapevine.on martin case, the killing, dominated the news cycle. pew research center found from march 19-27, coverage of that story exceeded coverage of the presidential campaign. the first time that has happened this year. you may not have heard or read about a 6-year-old girl who was shot and killed in front of her chicago home two weekends ago. one of ten people killed and nearly 40 injured in a string of gang-related shootings that weekend. more violence in chicago left at least one person dead. and several more injured this past weekend. those shootings receive little national media attention. >>> students at frederick douglas academy, all boys school in detroit are complaining they don't receive enough work. nearly 50 seniors protested outside the school thursday demanding an education. the students along with some parents and school board members complain of teacher shortages and the general lack of learning. a parent claims the stool has a math teacher that has been absent for 68 days. t

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>> bret: now political grapevine. handing out fewer earmarks with less of your money but there is less accountability. that's from the congressional pig book on the pork barrel spend project of 2012. citizens against government waste find paths decrease by 98% since 2010. an the cost has dropped 80%. questionable items are still getting funded. highlights include $255 million to upgrade the tank that is opposed by the pentagon. $150 million for the united nations democracy fund despite the obama administration never requesting such funding. and $3 million for aquatic plant control. saturday, rocker and mitt romney supporter ted nugent called the obama administration evil and added if president obama gets re-elected, "i will either be dead or in jail by this time next year." the democratic national committee pounced calling the remarks deplorable and demanding romney denounce them. romney's camp said the candidate believes everyone needs to be civil. white house press secretary jay carney punted today saying we can't p

>> bret: now fresh pickings from the political grapevine.andidate gingrich says fox news channel is in the tank for mitt romney. real clear politics was at wednesday's private meeting at delaware tea party leaders where gingrich said i think fox has been for romney all the way through. we are more likely to get neutral coverage out of cnn than out of fox. and more likely to get distortion out of fox. however, the numbers skew in gingrich's favorite, since announcing their candidacy, gingrich last may and romney a month later, the former speaker has been on fox news channel air more than 100 times. that's 48 more times than romney. gingrich who used to be a fox news contributor made a point this week to say he is sitting at cnn's table for the white house correspondent's dinner. meanwhile, utah officials confirmed they received a $500 cashier's check from the gingrich campaign. the first check to qualify for ballot there bounced. gingrich said it was a technical mistake by the bank. vendorvendorsvendors who mo whod goods and services, are won

southern california dropping some flooding rains and drought southland even some light snow in the grapevine meanwhile we are on the backside of this area of low pressure so high-pressure is quickly filling in giants baseball tomorrow at 605 clear but breezy but let your heading to the ball park and go giant party clout is that skies 47 degrees livermore the winds are still parisi was delayed 18 some us up to 25 sfo partly cloudy fares saturday sunny and warm air sunday night santa rent rolls back into the area by wednesday tonight overnight into the '30's and 40's and the sunshine and temperatures into the '50's and into the '60s much warmer than today with the outside number was 60 in richmond the extended forecast is a string of sunshine days from saturday through monday and then increasing clouds tuesday will be to that potential rain on wednesday and enjoy your weekend here's can the sports is the mariners began that third series of the city and big daddy kane merely makes history on opening day since she part next. somehow come with this principle recital debut district police say the

the south as it does so is taking heavy precipitation with kids in to the southland also snow the grapevine as far as we're concerned of the back side of that low-sulfur had announced to giants baseball action 605 tomorrow night and the lead clear and breezy 39 degrees the temperature falling into the low 50s cbs five whether cameras transkei's all weekend long in the week ahead of next rainshowers 39 degrees and not bought galt back into monday dropping down a 43 redwood city backing up through brisbane and 46 overnight in the city by the day meanwhiles mas daytime high slightly more than today '50s and '60s with the sunshine the extended forecast calls for looking at 70 degrees in the end by sunday warmer monday there is a chance of returning on wed. we know what you're terrified is if you're heading to high sierra the snow showers for saturday clearing out for sunday and heavenly valley is recorded as 7 in. of snow and you're heading out on home they say we've got would not sell if you like it is well. >>> those that had a contest to make sure you still have the chains and enjoy your wee

if you needed to go to the bathroom, you had to go hide behind a tree or underneath the grapevines.if you were working somewhere where you did not have that edge recover, especially if you are a woman, other women have to stand around you and form a barrier to preserve your dignity. if we complained about the working conditions, we were