ktvu's maureen naylor has more on what may be behind the increase. >> reporter: sometimes it is hard to relax. >> all the time. i pray all the time. >> reporter: she prays a normal life is around the corner for her daughter. >> i have been waiting five years for a kidney. >> reporter: she is one of 23,000 california residents waiting for a life saving organ donation. she takes five different medications. and four times a week she hooked up to this dialysis machine. >> my husband has a kidney transplant and it is my son. talking about why whole family. >> reporter: they are encouraged by new numbers released to ktvu that reveal an increase in the number of people registering to be organ donors and it may be thanks to a new law that epis undocumented residents get driver's licenses. 110,000 people registered and 50,000 signed up to be donors which is a 30% increase compared to last year. the ceo of the california transplant donor network say it is too early to tie it to the new driver's licenses. >> it means we have more people who are potential donors. >> that means more hope that hop

maw -- maureen naylor tells us what may be behind that new trend. >> we're going to make that numberbetter. >> reporter: sometimes it's hard for the monica family to relax. >> all the time. i pray all the time. >> reporter: anna monica prays that a normal life is close for her daughter marina. >> i've been waiting five years for an organ donor. >> reporter: she takes five different medications and four times a week she's hooked up to this dialysis machine. >> marina has a genetic condition. so it is my husband who had a kidney transplant. and it's my son. and so we're talking about my whole family. >> reporter: they are encouraged by new numbers released exclusively by ktvu that reveal a significant increase in the number of people registering to be organ donors and it may be thanks to a new law that helps undocumented drivers in california get licenses. since january, 110,000 people have signed up to get licenses and 50,000 have signed to be organ donors. >> we went wow. >> reporter: the ceo of the california transplant donor says it's too early to directly tie the increase to the n

. >> maureen naylor live tonight in santa clara. word of miller's arrest comes as the 49ers deal with big changes to their roster. today two key players left the team, and there could be more changes on the way. >>> one big news story after another, really all off-season long. i'd say probably the fastest fall from grace i've ever seen in bay area sports. for the most part, it's cyclical. teams go through bad times on the field, but for the 49ers they've gone from the super bowl just two years ago to mediocre on the field, and perceived chaos. aside from another the arrest of a player a few days ago, two of the team's dynamic leaders, apparently ready to sign with philadelphia over the weekend, but he's had second thoughts and may actually wind up with indianapolis. either way, gore is out the door. earlier today, news leaked out that patrick willis will announce his retirement tomorrow at the age of 30, citing constant foot problems and a spiritual awakening. not to mention michael crabtree is set to leave as a free agent. colin ka