l.a. and san diego. and up to 2 feet of snow in the mountains. you're looking at another foot hail, flooding down in texas. >>> and finally this morning, as the tributes to nancy reagan stream in, some details about what made the former first lady such a beloved figure. >> it happened during her husband's first term in 1983, we get the latest from wabc's lucy yang. >> no doubt she was her husband's greatest defender. nancy reagan always perfectly coifed. always ronald reagan's biggest fan. nancy reagan wasn't just a silent partner. she had her own mission -- her just say no to drugs campaign. >> i didn't mean that was the whole answer, obviously, but it did serve a purpose. >> reporter: and she could be impulsive. in 1983, they were in seoul, south korea, she was visiting six children at a hospital there, when she suddenly insisted of bringing life-saving open heart surgery in new york. >> how absolutely gracious she was in and just the epitome of a first lady. >> reporter: she came back to visit the sick children a month later to exchange christ

l.a. and san diego. up to 2 feet of snow in the mountains. you're looking at another foot of snow for parts of rockies, hail, flooding down in texas. >>> finally this morning, as the in, some details about what made nancy reagan such a beloved figure. >> it happened during her husband's first term, we get the latest from wabc. >> no doubt she was her husband's greatest defender. nancy reagan always perfectly coiffed. always ronald reagan's biggest fan. she had her own mission -- her just say no to drugs campaign. >> i didn't know that was the whole answer, obviously, but it did serve a purpose. >> reporter: and she could be impulsive. in 1983, they were in seoul, south korea, she suddenly insisted of being two of the youngsters back with her on air force one so they receive life-saving open heart surgery in new york. >> how absolutely gracious she first lady. >> reporter: she came back a month later to exchange christmas gifts. >> i love you. just wonderful. i'm so happy. thanksgiving and christmas all rolled into one. >> reporter: some point

and also great for the reservoirs. once we get south of san francisco, l.a. and san diego and phoenix, you're looking just fine and very >> we do have nice weather in the desert southwest but the northwest hasn't been a nice start to spring. >> not right now but a few days down the road i'm sure it will be better. bill, thank you so much for that. >>> so why is a massive shipment of plutonium headed to the u.s. plus a jury awarded hulk hogan 150 million bucks in his sex tape trial. so why is the hulkster headed back to court today? mascara. now, revlon introduces a new llection of mascaras that makes getting the lash look you want easy. so whether you choose ultra volume, super length, volume and length magnified, dramatic definition, or the ultimate all-in-one... the choice is yours. choose love a revolution in mascara. revlon. love is on. fact. there's an advil specially made for fast relief that goes to work in minutes. the only advil with a rapid release formula for rapid relief of tough pain. look for advil film-coated in the white box! relief doesn't get any faster t

l.a. and san diego. saturday mostly nice. late in the day clouds and showers try to roll in. the next system, wet weather for the west, a storm and cold front arrives on sunday. especially northern california and up above average the last couple. >> so sunday, a little bit of wet weather for the west especially coastal areas and then another stretch of nice weather. not bad. >> a pretty good winter. can't complain here. >> some of the water, not all, but some. >> thank you very much, bill. >>> seaworld's major decision over the future of killer whales. >>> plus the situation in brazil is getting dicier by the moment. >>> you're watching "early today." no, no, no, no, people are both soft and strong... yey! which is why our products are too. angel soft. ...another anti-wrinkle cream in no hurry to make anything happen. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair works... ...in one week. with the... fastest retinol formula. ...to visibly reduce wrinkles. neutrogena®. this is my retirement. retiring retired tires. and i never get tired of it. are you entirely prepared to retire? plan your

specifically, san francisco, san jose, l.a., and san diego. and look who the top three spots are. at 1.08 million for an average home san francisco beat out manhattan for first place. san jose was third on the list with a median price tag of 700 thou. >> and maybe it's because of our great weather, right? chief meteorologist jeff ranieri joins us now. the rain is behind us at least for a bit. >> yeah. we are still tracking the possibility of some showers coming our way as you'll see in that scrolling seven-day forecast but also notice the dramatic change in temperatures once we hit wednesday, thursday, and friday. instead of 50s we're going to be seeing them jump up into the 70s. right now in our microclimate currently coming in at 52 in the south bay. east bay at 48. san francisco 52. we have some light winds and also some high cloud cover up above. for tomorrow morning i do want you to be aware that with our recent rain we still may have some isolated patchy fog form. you want to be on the lookout for that for the morning commute. temperatures also starting off colder down to 46

l.a. and san diego. and up to two feet of snow in the mountains. another foot of snow expected for parts of the rockies, severe weather in texas. >> temperatures will be 10 to 15 degrees above normal for the northeast. up to 30 degrees above normal for the midwest and 50s and 60s in the west. >>> forecasters aid it was warmer in chicago for yesterday's polar plunge. i can't believe they do this. >> among the celebrities taking part, lady gaga her and her foo and say taylor kinny, gaga getting into the action wearing a chicago black haubs hat. >> she was carried into the water bikini who then took them both into the water. gaga didn't put her head in the water. the whole event was a fund raiser in support of the special olympics. >> i didn't release he had a back stamp. >> i wonder why the camera man zoomed into thing in thor regions. >> coming up in "the skinny," downton abby's final episode and how loyal fans are reacting. we promise you no spoilers. everybody dies. kidding. >> no, they don't. what a judge did when he discover the that he won the

l.a. and san diego tomorrow. but back in the bay area, mainly sunny skies with a few clouds. highs range from upper 50s at the coast to mid and upper 60s around the bay to around 70 inland. our chances for rain over the next seven days, santa rosa, the best chance will be in the north bay on monday, about a 30% chance of showers on monday, tapering off to 10% on tuesday. basically, looking at a dry pattern. larry and ama? >> thank you, spencer. >>> still ahead on "abc7 news" at 4:00, a new attempt to pull the plug on vaccinations in california. plus -- >> sadly, nothing was the same after that. >> a scandal that brought down a u.s. general and now one of the women caught up in it is sharing her story. it's an abc news exc i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at spam.com >>> caught up in the skamdal that brought down a general. she's speaking exclusively to abc news, revealing details about david petraeus' affair with another woman. >> reporter: wiit was a politic scandal that read like

l.a. and san diego to get up toegto g 2-inches of rain today.. >> ♪ >> yeah, and there's going to te be more too,theo unfortunately this week fromeek texas down through the deep t d south before it's all said and s done. we're going to end up withg nd u warm conditions but we don'tonb have to contend with anything like that.like tt. next chance of substantialan rain in the area will be unfortunately looks like it'seli going to be for the weekend.r th here's the deal this week, alli, right. bring on the warmth because bec the chilly air is going to be tb exiting to the north and toth ad the northeast.hea. this jet stream is really rlly going to be building up as high pressure fills in at allref levels and when that happens,ap we end up with some warm temperatures this time ofrm year so we're talking aboutbo 70's coming all the way up way from the deep south and around d this area of high pressure. pres right now we're still a little l cool, though., t 37 in the city.ty. dulles 36.ll6. bwi marshall is sitting at a 33 degrees.egrees 32 for boston, buffalo is he 37, detroit 38.it saint louis con

l.a. and san diego. and up to two feet of snow in the mountains. another foot of snow expected weather in texas. >> temperatures will be 10 to 15 degrees above normal for the northeast. up to 30 degrees above normal for the midwest and 50s and 60s in the west. >> forecasters said it was warmer in chicago than in the polar plunge. into the frigid waters of lake michigan. >> among the celebrities taking taylor kinney, gaga getting into the action wearing a chicago blackhawks hat. >> she was carried into the water by kinney who then took them both into the water. gaga didn't put her head in the water. i don't blame her. the whole event was a fund raiser in support of the special olympics. >> i didn't realize she had a back stamp. >> i wondered why the camera man zoomed into the nether regions. >> coming up in "the skinny," and how loyal fans are reacting. everybody dies. kidding. >> no, they don't. jackpot surprise. what a judge did when he discovered that he won the lottery big-time. we'll meet the latest multimillionaire. >> and returning to our top

carlsbad, california, if you are looking for a beach destination and you have done l.a., you have done san diego, you want somewhere affordable with a lot of great family options. and also on the international side we're seeing places like panama city, toronto owe coming up on the emerging list was well. people are taking advantage of the strong u.s. dollar and upgrade the spring break vacations to something on the international side. >> it's great that you mentioned that. there is spring break like we did in college, right? then there is spring break you do with a family. i am glad you are mentioning the educational. i like to combine some education in with the fun. i am curious because a lot of times when you book a trip, if you are booking a flight, you have to do it early. the closer you get to the time, the more expensive the flight gets. but in spring break, it seems like as you get closer there is some amazing deals if you wait to the last minute. is that the case? >> it can be. some of the most popularizes nations oftentimes you want to book further in advance. this year we have seen tha

central and southern california dealing with the frontal system that is bringing some much-needed precipitation. so rain from san francisco to l.a. and some of that rain also rotating in around san diego. keep in mind this is i a part of of the country where drought conditions are still extreme to exceptional, so they want the rainfall that they're indeed seeing and they're essential getting. it our story, though, the high pressure. that will tend to be the theme over the next few days. we'll have our winds flowing in from the east. then eventually that beze becoming more southeasterly. clouds mixing with sunshine. the rain chance is going to stay really slim. you'll see that reflect in the seven-day planner. the most rainfall we'll get at least for the work week will come in the form of a shower on the breeze, and right now it doesn't look like the chances of those showers on the breeze being all that widespread o o even all that great. so what i'm saying is if you're in town o maybe you already live here and you have something planned outside this week, you are so good to go. go ahead with that track meet. you're going to mauk that happen. if you're heading to the beaches tomorrow,

and have a great night. ♪ >> there are ten locations throughout the san diego mountains. >> the l.a.y department of public works, which has paid half a million dollars to a cloud seeding contractor promising to make more rain. >> when you say the term cloud seeding, a lot of people think it is just hocus-pocus. >> this actually comes with a lot of science. >> cloud seeding works with silver iodide particles sprayed into a saturated cloud and act like a nucleus that is water vapor that freezes into ice. once the ice is heavy enough it falls and melts to become rain. is it wishful thinking. >> it is wishful thinking. >> gram stevens studies clouds and weather system for nasa. >> does cloud seeding work? >> it has been shown under certain circumstances it works very marginal way. difficult to prove how much increase has occurred. >> l.a. county officials insist they can get up to 15% more rainfall with no health risks. >> do people have to worry that their water systems may be contaminated from cloud seeding? >> absolutely not. cloud seeding is safe. >> how much more water do you think

the "san diego union-tribune" is reporting new plans for a new $4 billion downtown stadium. right now the chargers are supposed to move to l.a. with the rams and the raiders then can take their place if the chargers decide to stay in san diego. san diego voters this november will weigh in on the stadium initiative and whether they want to help pay for one. >> curious to see how that's all going to shake out. >>> right now, one problem finally resolved is the crab fisherman are out, finally, pulling up crabs four months late. dungeness crab were deeped unsafe to eat november, but the crab embargo has ended. >> yesterday, buyers set that price, the wholesale price, at about $2.90 per pound. that sent fishermen into a frenzy, setting out to drop their pots into the sea. they are pulling them up as we speak. they must be very tired. the bustling dock is still a concern for some fishermen, but last year too much crab at once stopped sales for a short period. >> we're not quite sure what the market's going to bear when the crab starts coming across the dock and there's a lot of it. >> supply and demand, right? the season opened saturday, but fisherm

peers on weekly phone calls from seattle, portland, eugene, san josÉ, sacramento, oakland, l.a., san diego andhonolulu. who are all experiencing these extreme-levels of street encampments. >> mr. dodge, i'm going to ask a few questions, if you don't mind? >> sure. >> so we're really interested in understanding how this department is going to be operational? >> sure. >> with the announcement, i had a couple of questions. are we truly going to be merging staff from three different departments to be working in one unified department? does that mean that all of the grants that come out the dph and hsa will come into one uniform body, where we are granting money to services? from one body? and then finally, are we going to be able to develop a singular system for residents who are homeless to go through? what would it take to get there? i mean you and i both know the stories and hear about people having to retell their stories over and over again to five different departments and non-profit agencies to get the services that they need. and the stories are not easy to tell. they are embarrassing and