official reporting station at minetta international airport. high temperature today of 81. otherwise throughout the rose garden district and back into the willow glen neighborhood, forecast highs, 80, up from the typical high of 65. 70s rockaway beach, all the way into the sunset district, otherwise, 80 pretty common around vallejo, venetia, martinez into american canyon. hello to you and antioch, temperatures in the low 80s as well, westwind 5 to 10. the sun goes down at 7:16. michelle, do you like the longer days? >> i like them for walks at night but it is hard to go to sleep at that time. >> light rain showers in the north bay tomorrow night, otherwise again on sunday night and for the first day of spring on monday, st. patrick's day is friday. wow, what are we going to do? >> oh, we are all heading out there to play partly cloudy. >> and, green beer. >> michelle o'griego. sounds irish, right? >>> let's look at the big board. the dow is down 36 points. after the break, we will share with you our spelling the word of the day from one of our celebrity spellers. spelling a

. >>> alaska airlines is going to soon offer nonstop flights in minetta san jose international to newarkbank. abc7 news was in san jose for the announcement. alaska airlines says tmts to continue to expand service and connect key markets like l.a., tucson, and austin, texas, by this fall. ten nonstops from various cities to sfo, obviously alaska making a major push into our bay area market. >>> san francisco getting a group of mini-libraries thanks to some elbow grease from sales force employees. sales force workers spent part of yesterday building library boxes. sales force is celebrating its 18th anniversary by paying workers to volunteer all week long. >> it's a really good way to do team building. it's also a great way to get involved in different nonprofits that you might not necessarily have a chance to work with. >> workers also made blankets for hands on bay area, a nonprofit that connects companies with organizations that need their help. >>> archaeologists are exploring a discovery that rivals the opening of king tut's tomb. a 26-foot statue believed depict fa roe ramses ii. he