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cheerios. the whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. love your heart so you can do what you love. that'sver happened to cinnamon. introducing cinnamon burst cheerios. 20% day value of fiber bursting with the delicious taste of cinnamon. new cinnamon burst cheerios. prepare your taste buds. >> welcome back. i'm frances dinglasan in the traffic center. heads up bart rider. hearing about major delays from the east bay into san francisco. the only trains getting through now are those on the pittsburg bay point line. more news now with kristen. on top of the catastrophic, japan dealing with ash and volcanos. there are about 950 miles apart. experts say it's still unclear if the eruptions are linked to the quake. japan and our own west coast both lie on the ring of fire, active zones where earthquakes and volcanos are common. >> san francisco's 1906 will be dedicated to the earthquake victims. this year is the 105th year. this year the day of remembrance will focus on the japanese victims and on the threatened cuts in california's emergency preparedness budget. >>> apparently one final push of rain making its way through. where is this? that's

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introducing cinnamon burst cheerios. 20% daily value of fiber bursting with the delicious taste of cinnamonw cinnamon burst cheerios. prepare your taste buds. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live." tonight, sharon osbourne. from "dancing with the stars," bruno tonioli. and music from the sounds. with cleto and the cletones. and now, fasten your safety belts, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >>. >> jimmy: hi, everyone. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching and showing up to see us here. here is what we're going to do tonight. when i downtown three, everyone start lafring. one, two, three. [ laughter ] i wish i thought of this years ago. it's easier than writing jokes. president obama, our president, addressed the nation from washington, d.c., tonight. it was the first time in history that the president has gone to apologize for his final four picks. he explained libya and his plan to bomb virginia commonwealth for misses up his bracket. he shot the pirates in indian ocean. it's almost like he took the nobel prize as an insult. unless snooki is g

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introducing cinnamon burst cheerios. 20% daily value of fiber bursting with the delicious taste of cinnamonnew cinnamon burst cheerios. prepare your taste buds. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> we begin money scope report with increase in gas prices, national average rose 3.60, that is up three cents. >>> the disaster in japan means many car buyers will have limited car choices for at least a month. it's only the source of a shiny pigment in many car paint colors. >> supreme court here's arguments to determine if a lawsuit against walmart can go forward as a class action. female workers are suing the company claiming that men were paid more and promoted faster. blockbuster is closing 186 more stores. chain has plans to close more than a third of hits stores. that is money scope report. thanks for watching. >> kristen: tax wars is brewing between the state of california and online retailers. they are considering a measure that online retailers to collect a sales tax on purchases made by californians. amazon and overstock.com are threatening to cut off 25,000 int

cheerios. the whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. love your heart so you can do what you love. that'sver happened to cinnamon. introducing cinnamon burstday value of fiber bursting with the delicious taste of cinnamon. new cinnamon burst cheerios. prepare your taste buds. >>> meteorologist lisa argen is here now tracking the storm headed our way. calm before the next storm. >> we have pretty good rain around the bay area. it's continuing to fill in and even hail and heavy downpours. a live look at lake tahoe where the winter storm warning has expired. winter storm watch is in effect and all these will be shutting down in the next day or so. the wind gusts of over hundred miles an hour. that is on the way and right now we are looking at rain across san francisco, take a look at this shot. that has changed. active start to your saturday. scenarios of yellow and red embedded across the central bay. cold air has filled in overnight. rain-and-snow mix around lake county, cobb mountain, lake port further south, you've got a very strong cell headed your way up towards the delta. back southwesterly, heavy rain around southern marin county. tha

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cheerios. the whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. love your heart so you can do what you love. that's ever happened to cinnamon. introducing cinnamon burst cheerios. 20% daily value of fiber bursting with the delicious taste of cinnamon. new cinnamon burst cheerios. prepare your taste buds. >> good morning. we'll take you to the east shore freeway. we're going to start with windy conditions. 20 minute drive to the bay bridge. i did want to get an update on that sigalert on the north bay. southbound 101 at central san rafael we saw two lanes blocked and the tow truck has to go over from the oakland side. we had our chopper try to see that accident. they haven't made a lot of progress. let's check in and see. there they are over the toll plaza on the richmond side of that bridge. i think it might be too soupy to get over there. also very windy. that's the conditions for the drive as well. we'll follow that. a little further south, the bay bridge toll plaza, the backup forming there. probably going to slow the metering lights down because of those soupy and windy conditions for the bay bridge and the san mateo and the dumbarton bridge. >> a

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cheerios. the whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. love your heart so you can do what you love. that's ever happened to cinnamon. introducing cinnamon burstheerios. 20% daily value of fiber bursting with the delicious taste of cinnamon. new cinnamon burst cheerios. prepare your taste buds. >>> talk about bad timing, i'm bob redell. i'll tell you about the storm that's supposed to hit us at the height of the morning commute. that story is coming up. >>> plus another landslide in the santa cruz mountains. we'll tell you where this one happened. >>> and the rain is making a raw sewage spill in the east bay even worse this morning as police look for a suspect. >>> and a live look outside. it will be a rough commute this morning. sorry to say. it is thursday morning, march 24th, this is "today in the bay." >> thank you for joining us. i'm brent cannon. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. stay safe this morning. we want to check the morning commute with mike. we have a sig alert to tell you about. >>> overall, the entire east bay forecast for the traffic, what we are looking at is a slower drive. allow extra time because of the lighter volume of traffi

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cheerios, get a code to a seven-day plan to get going on your summer weight loss. get the box, get the code, get started. that's ever happened to cinnamon. introducing cinnamon burstbursting with the delicious taste of cinnamon. new cinnamon burst cheerios. prepare your taste buds. >>> good morning. i want to show you towards the bay bridge, traffic exceptionally light this morning. the metering lights are on, but just some delays are very minimal. people are sleeping in or taking the day off. quiet commute except for the eastshore freeway. we have had a couple of accidents on westbound 80, one near pinole valley role and another one cleared to the shoulder near appian. so it's making for kind of a slow ride from highway 4 really even past those earlier accidents, all the way down to about university avenue. 880 through oakland, this looks great. nimitz freeway, up and down northbound and southbound 880 past the coliseum, nice and quiet. and even coming out of downtown san jose, not as much of a bottleneck as we usually see in those northbound lanes. so pretty easy ride towards cupertino. that's your traffic. here's lawrence with your forecast. >> lots of clouds a

cheerios. the whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. love your heart so you can do what you love. that's ever happened to cinnamon. introducing cinnamon burstr bursting with the delicious taste of cinnamon. new cinnamon burst cheerios. prepare your taste buds. >>> a republican presidential hopeful who could be eyeing a run for the white house again finds himself embroiled in controversy today. earlier this week, mike huckabee called out oscar winner natalie portman for her behavior off the screen. >> reporter: natalie portman fresh off an oscar win for best actress has found a critic in an unexpected corner. former arkansas governor mike huckabee on a national book tour is drawing fire for a remark he made about her on talk radio this week. >> one of the things that's troubling is that people see a natalie portman or some other hollywood starlet who boasts of, hey, look, we're having children, we're not married, but we're having these children and they're doing just fine. >> reporter: portman has won accolades for her performance in the movie "black swan." she met her fiance during filming and they're now expecting their first child. huckab

cheerios, get a code to a seven-day plan to get going on your summer weight loss. get the box, get the code, get started. that's ever happened to cinnamon. introducing cinnamon burst cheerios. 20% daily value of fiber bursting with the delicious taste of cinnamon. new cinnamon burst cheerios. prepare your taste buds. >>> central park on the first saturday in march. a wonderful sight. i love saying that. the first saturday of march. >> it feels good. we're almost there. spring. >> yes. welcome back to "the early show," i'm russ mitchell. >> and i'm rebecca jarvis. russ, how much money do you think americans spend on their taxes every year? >> a lot. >> a lot. $30 billion or almost that much on tax prep every year. so what is the best way to file? well, you want to get the biggest refund, right? >> that's always good. >> we are going to tell you the secret to many happy returns. >> hmm, okay. here's something you probably don't hear every day. less teens are having sex. hmm. we'll take a look at a new study that says abstinence is up. we'll examine why that may be happening. >> it's all ahead. but first we turn to the sudden death and the tragic death of 16-year-old

cheerios. the whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. love your heart so you can do what you love. that's ever happened to cinnamon. introducing cinnamon burste of fiber bursting with the delicious taste of cinnamon. new cinnamon burst cheerios. prepare your taste buds. >>> 8:00 now on this thirds morning, march 3rd, 2011. so much for the warmer weather. al says we'll struggle to get above freezing today as we step outside and say hello to our friends in rockefeller plaza. i'm meredith vieira alongside matt lauer and al roker. it is cold. >> yeah. windy, too. >> yeah. >>> coming up, a great career opportunity, but you have to leave your spouse and your children for six months. would you take it? >> it's a hard call. >> one woman did. during their time apart, she realized that she didn't want to be a full-time mom. now she is opening up about that choice in a very honest memoir. we'll talk to her about decision and also the criticism that she has faced. >>> we are also going to spend some time with a young lady from georgia named ruby. she has had a long-time battle with weight. she at one point reached 716 points. decided to do something abo