they are raising glasses to toast mark schroeder and janette degrace. they got stranded in snow on sunday. it wasn't until wednesday that schroeder decided to hike out trying to find a cell phone signal. >> i knew he made it. >> you never saw a guy cry to see a cell phone work. as soon as i saw it i cried. when i saw the helicopter i really started crying because i knew we were going to be saved. [ crying ] >> remarkable story. schroeder today plastic bags to his feet with bra straps to protect him as he walked through thigh-deep snow. >> wow. >> like a macgyver move there. amazing. >> it worked. >> guess he had a little frostbite but will be okay. >> let's check with elizabeth wenger at the bay bridge. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are live here near the bay bridge near the metering lights because of the big bay bridge closure. the upper deck closure just hours way. if you are just waking up with us, you probably already heard but the bay bridge westbound 80 shutting down at 8:00 through president's day weekend. of course expect heavier t

mark schroeder ("shro-der") and his girlfriend janette degrace ("de-grace >>> a sacramento couple wased after three nights in the snowy sierra nevada. mark and his girlfriend went on a wine tasting wine trip sunday and got stuck in the snow. after three days of food rationing, mark left for help. he walked six miles in the snow to get a cell phone signal. then a chp helicopter was on the way to their rescue. scary stuff, lawrence. >> yeah. that is spooky. they had all that snow in the sierra nevada this week but hey, what a day it's going to be today. a lot of sunshine all the way to the coastline. probable the nicest day of the week. let's go outside looking good. mostly clear skies just a couple of high clouds moving through. it is breezy in spots. you're going to watch for that. 0-mile-an-hour gusts over the tops of the mountains. that's an offshore when blowing outside. that will warm the temperatures up all around the bay area. what an afternoon it is going to be. enjoy it. more clouds are coming our way, much cooler temperatures over the weekend many a few showers, too. high pre

mark schroeder and his girlfriend janette degrace went on a wine tasting trip sunday and didn't makeme that night. >> the last thing she told me that she was going on a drive and she would be back for dinner because i'm away at school in san jose and i just came down and she normally always comes if i'm in town to see me and i didn't hear from her. and so i knew something was wrong. >> something terribly wrong. in fact, their small car got stuck in the snow. so after three days schroeder got out of the car and went for help. he walked 6 miles in thigh-deep snow before he finally got a cell phone connection. a chp helicopter was soon on the way to the rescue. he suffered frostbite but both are expected to be fine. >> what a story to tell. >>> congress is pushing apple to protect your address book. house members have sent a letter to the tech giant demanding answers about its privacy policy. it comes after several app makers including twitter admitted to storing contact details for up to 18 months without alerting the user. >>> the oakland as are set to sign a big player that comes wit

and they are raising glasses to toast mark schroeder and janette degrace now that they are home in sacramentoe couple got stranded in their small car in deep snow on sunday. and it wasn't until wednesday that schroeder decided to hike out trying to find a cell phone signal. >> i knew he made it when i saw the helicopter. never seen a guy cry to have a cell phone work. when i saw the helicopter i really started crying because i knew we were going to be saved. >>> schroeder tied plastic bags to his feet with bra straps in order to protect them as he walked through the snow. he says it was thigh deep at times but made it six miles to get that cell phone signal. >> wah it takes. >>> it is 6:40 now. animal experts are stumped at the growing number of sea otters killed by sharks off the california coast. kcbs radio's matt bigler has more on this mystery. he joins us with more on the telephone. >>> this is a concerning trend frank with sharks killing sea otters. it's not a new phenomenal. they have been tracking this for some time in the mid-90s 90s about 10% of the dead sea otters found along the c