patel. i'm here to apply for seat number 2 on the s-r-o task force. i have 30 years of experience in operating a s-r-o hotel. currently my company manages several s-r-o buildings, including two not for profit. i've been serving on the task force since its inception, back in 1992, i believe, and i would like to continue doing so. thank you. >> okay. any questions? supervisor tang. >> great, thank you, mr. patel. just wanted to -- i mean, given your long experience with the task force, any particular plans that you have moving forward in your continued role? >> just, you know, continue helping educate the task force and the owners and the tenants. i'm trying to get better living conditions for the building. >> any other questions? thank you. >> thank you. >> next person is pratibha tekkey. sorry if i mispronounced your name. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is pratibha tekkey and i work as an organizing director at san francisco [speaker not understood] collaborative, [speaker not under

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januaried patel, on the sky deck. that is what i'm going with, anyway. >> why don't we call it sky deck 7? doesn't that have a ring to it? plenty of sunshine and clouds passing through. live doppler hd not as active as last night. right now we're tracking isolated showers around the cloverdale area. so we'll keep that in the forecast throughout the evening. cameras showing sun with clouds mixed in. 60s in san francisco. it's currently in the 50s around half moon bay. views from our south beach camera, it's gorgeous. 62 in santa rosa. 66 livermore, if you're getting ready to step outside from our east bay hills camera, a little bit hazy out there. temperatures in the 50s, tomorrow morning it's fog i'm concerned about. watch out. temperatures in the 40s. in the afternoon, it's mild and sunny. temperatures coming up into low 60s to low 70s range. it's going to be another bright, beautiful day we'll have more rain if the forecast. cheryl? larry? >> thank you so much. >> coming up, this wonderful video, a salute to a veter

sand yaw patel is here with --l sandhya patel is here with the latest conditions. >> winds are at a stand still up here on the roof. it is quieter compared to 24 hours ago when the winds are loud. let's check out live doppler 7hd and let's see how strong the winds were. the skies arebay area.oss the bay area. the visibility is unlimited. as we look at the current wind conditions, notice spots are calm right now. the strongest winds are gusting to 13 miles an hour. the oakland hills measured winds up to 50 miles an hour. 46 in san pablo. over 40 meal an hour winds in fairfield and sfo. the wind direction brought us record warmth. it was 78 in monterey and that was also a record tied for the day. 76 in santa rosa and 77 san jose. 74 in livermore and 73 in san francisco. i'll be back with a forecast that includes not only some near record warmth again, but also the possibility of some wet weather. you are not hearing things. back with the details. dan? >> we need that desperately. thank you very much. >>> the lack of rain we have been worried about for months is becoming a very real problem.

sand yaw patel is here with -- sandhya patel is here with the latest conditions. >> winds are at a standtill up here on the roof. it is quieter compared to 24 hours ago when the winds are loud. let's check out live doppler 7hd and let's see how strong the winds were. the skies are clear across the bay area. the visibility is unlimited. as we look at the current wind conditions, notice spots are calm right now. the strongest winds are gusting to 13 miles an hour. the oakland hills measured winds up to 50 miles an hour. 46 in san pablo. over 40 meal an hour winds in fairfield and sfo. the wind direction brought us record warmth. it was 78 in monterey and that was also a record tied for the day. 76 in santa rosa and 77 san jose. 74 in livermore and 73 in san francisco. i'll be back with a forecast that includes not only some near record warmth again, but also the possibility of some wet weather. you are not hearing things. back with the details. dan? >> we need that desperately. thank you very much. >>> the lack of rain we have been worried about for months is becoming a very real problem.

sand yaw patel is here with -- sandhya patel is here with the latest conditions. >> winds are at a stand still up here on the roof. it is quieter compared to 24 hours ago when the winds are loud. let's check out live doppler 7hd and let's see how strong the winds were. the skies are clear across the bay area. the visibility is unlimited. as we look at the current wind conditions, notice spots are calm right now. the strongest winds are gusting to 13 miles an hour. the oakland hills measured winds up to 50 miles an hour. 46 in san pablo. over 40 meal an hour winds in fairfield and sfo. the wind direction brought us record warmth. it was 78 in monterey and that was also a record tied for the day. 76 in santa rosa and 77 san jose. 74 in livermore and 73 in san francisco. i'll be back with a forecast that includes not only some near record warmth again, but also the possibility of some wet weather. you are not hearing things. back with the details. dan? >> we need that desperately. thank you very much. >>> the lack of rain we have been worried about for months is becoming a very real problem

. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel.kies right now and a warm upcoming for this last weekend of winter. i will be back with the temperatures when abc7 news still awaiting word from the malaysian prime minister. a news conference is about to get under way. we have a live look there to show you, but we have learned tonight that a government official in malaysia says it is conclusive that one of the pilots that someone else with flying experience hijacked the airline jet. sky news said the conference was delayed because the prime minister may be speaking with the families of the passengers on board. a government official is saying it is conclusive the plane was hijacked either by someone with flying experience or one of the pilots. we will keep you updated and let you know if anything changes throughout the newscast. >>> the future hinges on a vote and that's when residents decide if they will separate from ukraine and join russia. russians make up a majority of crimea of its population. the u.s. and other nations would not

. >> sandhya patel has more on the wind. >> winds starting to taper. i'll let you know how this is going to play into temperatures in the days ahead. >> also head a suspect makes his first court appearance. is he being charged with shooting an officer? >> why stanford university away >>> a possible new lead in the missing malaysian airlines plane. you're looking at debris off the coast of kuala lumpur. pefrments say it could have come from the plane. the search widened because radar may have picked up the plane was turning back >> nine people remain missing after a building blast in new york city. three people killed, 64 hurt. a suspected gas explosion ripped through east harlem. neighbors say it could be felt for several blocks. i thought it was an ernl quake. >> it was like a big boom. >> here is a look at buildings before, that is a sad scene right now. officials say it erupted this morning. >> a man involved in a wild incident went before a judge today the 0-year-old is charged with assault. for trying to ram a police officer with his car. investig

. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel.kies right now and a warm upcoming for this last weekend of winter. i will be back with the temperatures when abc7 news still awaiting word from the malaysian prime minister. a news conference is about to get under way. we have a live look there to show you, but we have learned tonight that a government official in malaysia says it is conclusive that one of the pilots that someone else with flying experience hijacked the airline jet. sky news said the conference was delayed because the prime minister may be speaking with the families of the passengers on board. a government official is saying it is conclusive the plane was hijacked either by someone with flying experience or one of the pilots. we will keep you updated and let you know if anything changes throughout the newscast. >>> the future hinges on a vote and that's when residents decide if they will separate from ukraine and join russia. russians make up a majority of crimea of its population. the u.s. and other nations would not

abc7 news santa patel. can you sense it? >> yes. >> still to come how the nfl plans to speed up it's replay system. >> betting big on bit coin. why they're not putting the chips on the occurrency itself. we'll be right back here. >>> facebook says it will spend $2 billion in cash and stock to acure occulus vr. a lot of amazon customers who bought an e book getting a refund because of a settlement between publishers and department of justice. apple is still fighting that suit. publishers decided to settle. this involves you. if on "new york times" bestseller list you'll get a refund per book. nonbestsellers $0.73 each. it's added to accounts and can be used to buy more books. >> the league hopes a system will end uncertainty by vernon davis. nfl owners voted to set up a command center in new york. national hockey league has a similar center. and players boarded a bus for the next round and a thursday sweet 16 game. the team made it by hammering florida state last night. next game sunday. good luck to both men's and womens tea

patel. and i also wanted to, just for the public's sake, remind everyone what recommendation 4.2 was, which is through collaboration with sfpd, bicycle advisory committee and sfmta, the city should build an enforcement safety campaign around the goals and recommendation -- previous recommendation, and alert the public to the sfpd enforcement plan that will follow. so, with that, representatives from the civil grand jury, looks like it is not ms. mann gold. ~ >> good morning, supervisors tang and chiu. my name is bert hill, i chair the bicycle supervisory committee. i want to thank you for bringing this to the attention this morning. i'd also like to thank commander and captain here for their help in what we're working on in it, as well the two civil grand juries who work extremely hard in developing this. i was also asked a few months ago to come to this [speaker not understood] about note progress and very little was done. as you know, the bike plan [speaker not understood] one civil grand

sandhya patel is in with the forecast. sandhya? >> yes a nice-looking day we had milder weather by 3 to 6 degrees taking a look at doppler 7 cloud cover around, peaks of blue we're seeing returns north. sprinkles around the area. here is a look towards mount diablo, cloud cover there. 62 in san francisco. 66 in oakland. 69 san jose. low 70s around los gatos and sfo showing you clouds stacked up now. low 60s in santa rosa and petaluma. 70 degrees in livermore. seeing peeks of blue. rain spreads and temperatures low to mid-50s. look for scattered showers into afternoon. it's a cooler day. how this second half of the weekend is shaping up. dan, ama? >> thank you so much. >> still head local kids getting a lesson on the legacy of cesar chavez. >> i'm feeling in shock. i'm alive. >> yes. lucky is an understatement after his car. what caused this damage. >> and the washington mudslide and outpouring for relatives of the victim asks crews searching mud and debris. >> and taking a look outside on friday, looking at skyway in san francisco.

. >> sandhya patel is here with live doppler 7hd. >> we are looking at our next heavy round coming in over the weekend. right now just in between systems. live doppler 7hd is showing scattered showers right now as we take you to the north bay. a closer look rks, highway 101 and golf course drive scenes. san ramon is lightening up, but they are still seeing damp roadways. in the sierra nevada, all roads are leading to tahoe. the snow is still falling at this hour. we are under -- they are under a winter storm warning. take a look for yourself. san francisco is just under three quarters of an inch and just over that in santa rosa. only .16 of an inch. up to .71 of an inch in fairfield. still some clouds lingering toward the bay. mid50s around san francisco and oakland and it is 53 in san jose. here is a view from our exploratorium camera. looking at the clouds 51 in santa rosa. 50s pretty much for everyone else and napa 49 degrees. our view from our lake tahoe camera at the time, the snow here this time has let up for the time being. a few showers overnight and scattered showers. we are

. >> sandhya patel is on the sky deck here at channel 7. >> yes. sky deck 7, blue skies and breezy here. fog is coming in tonight. that is going to be the change. wind starting to come in off the coach. that san francisco is 72, it's dropped to six # degrees with that breeze. beautiful day in san jose. blue skies. 70s today. 70 in oakland. 77 san jose. you can see from our mount tam cam, patchy fog developing. livermore, you're near 80 degrees blue skies from our camera is what i'm looking at. patchy fog this evening if you're stepping out. mid-50s to 60s. and we're looking at a mild afternoon tomorrow. cooler than today. numbers tomorrow into upper 50s to mid-70s. we'll be back with details in just a moment a few. >> still ahead at 4:00 a revolution in ongoing phone hacking trial in london and the roll princess diana may have played in it. >> later resilent spirit of survivors from typhoon hainan in the philippines. >> extreme low one thief went just to steal an ipad. >> this is interstate covered california is howt californians can take advantage

. >> i'm sandhya patel. looking great on this last night of winter. what you can expect tomorrow as spring begins. but first, here is a look at jimmy kimmle. >> here is a sample of what we have in store for tonight. >> are you there? >>> the contra costa water district is asking customers to cut back water use by 15% especially when it comes to outdoor ear gages. officials voted to cut back. it was requested by the governor, but the primary reservoir is still nearly 80% full. the message of conservation is reaching people all across the bay area. interest in drought toll represent -- tolerant plants and artificial turf has reached one of the biggest flower shows in the country. cornell bernard has the story from san mateo. >> take a look around and you won't see a lot of flowers. you will see a new shift to plenty of plants that barely drink any water. >> water conservation, how do you save water? how do you conserve water? >> he doesn't install the green lawns anymore. these days he is about drought tolerance. his displays have lots of color. >> most

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sandhya patel is reflecting the weather. >> yes. you're right. it's beautiful out here, spring is in the air. sparkling day and we're going to carry this into the first half of the weekend. and then, we'll give you rain. throughout the bay area, okay? not a wash out. right now we'll talk about what is going on just a couple clouds passing through. looking aconsiders the bay, 59 in san francisco. 66 in san jose. half moon bay, in the mid-50s. so a gorgeous day. more of this coming, 70s in san rafael right now. the view from our camera, you can see the sun there. spring like again tomorrow, it going to be dry and mild for the rest of the week. so we do have one opportunity for rain but beyond that, it's looking driechlt high pressure will provide us with another gorgeous day. plans looking great. 6:00 avm sunday, drizzle could show up during monday hours. light showers possible in the north bay. rain doesn't move in until sunday night 58 p.m . at 2:00 a.m starting to move into the south bay east bay. behind it, it's gone. monday commute looks like

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meteorologist sandhya patel is here tracking it on live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> yeah, dan. just as we are speaking live doppler hd is spicing up measurable rain in -- is picking up measurable rain. ukiah is picking up rain. now it is starting to change. most of the steady rain is still way up here. we will have to wait before it actually slides southward. here is a computer animation. it is putting it near santa rosa. the north bay is getting moderate to heavy rain. 5:00 a.m., you might be woken up as the rain starts to move across the central part of the bay area. it is into the south bay by 8:00, 9:00 in the morning. notice how it is stalling over the south bay at 11:00 a.m. i will be back to let you noy how much rain we are expecting with this upcoming weekend storm and what the second half of your weekend is looking like. >> track the rain in the bay area using the live doppler 7hd on our weather app. download it on our website. >>> a san francisco 49er is in legal trouble tonight after a series of decisions and confrontations. a corner back is facing charges for hit-an

. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. clear skies right now and a warm upcoming for this last weekend of winter. i will be back with the temperatures when abc7 news >>> breaking news, we are still awaiting word from the malaysian prime minister. a news conference is about to get under way. we have a live look there to show you, but we have learned tonight that a government official in malaysia says it is conclusive that one of the pilots that someone else with flying experience hijacked the airline jet. sky news said the conference was delayed because the prime minister may be speaking with the families of the passengers on board. a government official is saying it is conclusive the plane was hijacked either by someone with flying experience or one of the pilots. we will keep you updated and let you know if anything changes throughout the newscast. >>> the future hinges on a vote and that's when residents decide if they will separate from ukraine and join russia. russians make up a majority of crimea of its population. th

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meteorologist sandhya patel is here tracking it on live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> yeah, dan. just as we are speaking live doppler hd is spicing up measurable rain in -- is picking up measurable rain. ukiah is picking up rain. now it is starting to change. most of the steady rain is still way up here. we will have to wait before it actually slides southward. here is a computer animation. it is putting it near santa rosa. the north bay is getting moderate to heavy rain. 5:00 a.m., you might be woken up as the rain starts to move across the central part of the bay area. it is into the south bay by 8:00, 9:00 in the morning. notice how it is stalling over the south bay at 11:00 a.m. i will be back to let you noy how much rain we are expecting with this upcoming weekend storm and what the second half of your weekend is looking like. >> track the rain in the bay area using the live doppler 7hd on our weather app. download it on our website. >>> a san francisco 49er is in legal trouble tonight after a series of decisions and confrontations. a corner back is facing charges for hit-an

meteorologist sandhya patel is on the roof of the kgo broadcast center. >> it is getting pretty windyags are going and the winds are gusting about 24 miles an hour. at the higher elevations we are seeing the stronger winds. oakland hills are gusting to 53 miles an hour, 37 hawk eye. hang on tight. near the fire right now, this is what we are looking at. 65 degrees also getting gusty to about 10 miles an hour. of course i am hoping that the firefighters don't have to deal with embers that are tossed around and reigniting the fire there. let's keep our fingers crossed. wind advory is up for most of the bay area until tomorrow morning. gusts 45 to 50 miles an hour could knockdown trees. here is a time lapse from our camera of the smoke plume that can be seen f miles. as you look at the satellite imagery you can see how intense the fire was in san francisco's a mission bay and showing up as a hotspot. if you didn't hear the wind howling in the microphone right now, my hair tells the story. i will be back with a look at the forecast that will include very warm weather as we hit the weekend

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sandhya patel is tracking the system for us, and she is here with live doppler 7hd. >> carolyn and dan, we will get drenched tomorrow morning during the commute. let's check out live doppler 7hd and we can see what is on there now. we are just beginning to see a few showers developing in the last half hour or so. the first batch is around san mateo county and down toward the santa cruz mountains. it is going to beheading from west to east. we also have another batch i am tracking right now around san ramon. you can see it here heading out. as we take a wider look, you can see how the lightning strikes earlier today in the valley? well, we have a possibility of seeing some of the thunderstorms developing off the coastline here as we head into tomorrow. it doesn't look very impressive, but that is going to bring us a rough morning commute. i'll be back with a look at the timing and exactly when we may see some thunderstorms around here. dan? >> thank you. >>> and the storm is bringing snow to the sierra. here is the cal trans camera at castle peak. you can see snow on the road and chains

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sandhya patel is tracking the system for us, and she is here with live doppler 7hd. >> carolyn and dan, we will get drenched tomorrow morning during the commute. let's check out live doppler 7hd and we can see what is on there now. we are just beginning to see a few showers developing in the last half hour or so. the first batch is around san mateo county and down toward the santa cruz mountains. it is going to be heading from west to east. we also have another batch i am tracking right now around san ramon. you can see it here heading out. as we take a wider look, you can see how the lightning strikes earlier today in the valley? well, we have a possibility of seeing some of the thunderstorms developing off the coastline here as we head into tomorrow. it doesn't look very impressive, but that is going to bring us a rough morning commute. i'll be back with a look at the timing and exactly when we may see some thunderstorms around here. dan? >> thank you. >>> and the storm is bringing snow to the sierra. here is the cal trans camera at castle peak. you can see snow on the road and chain

sandhya patel has been tracking the extreme weather and she is here live with live doppler 7hd. >> if we get tornadoes anytime of year spring is the most common here in california. let me show you live doppler 7hd. we'll talk about what is happening and what happened earlier today. taking the ray -- radar back you can see the severe storms that developed in northern california. as i show you the reports, there were multiple reports of tornadoes. one was reported confirmed. there was another one near placerville, the one alan just talked about. it has been confirmed. it was an ef0. the weakest on the scale, but it caused some damage. here in the bay area, it got interesting. the fum -- the funnel cloud in antioch and now i show you where the rain is falling. san ramon valley boulevard across 680 and we have very light showers in the north bay. we are not done yet. we'll be back to let you noy what commute or commutes will be wet and what is coming up for the weekend. dan? >> thank you. you can track the rain in the bay area using live doppler 7hd on our abc7 news weather app. download

meteorologist sandhya patel is on the roof of the kgo broadcast center. >> it is getting pretty windy. the flags are going and the winds are gusting about 24 miles an hour. at the higher elevations we are seeing the stronger winds. oakland hills are gusting to 53 miles an hour, 37 hawk eye. hang on tight. near the fire right now, this is what we are looking at. 65 degrees also getting gusty to about 10 miles an hour. of course i am hoping that the firefighters don't have to deal with embers that are tossed around and reigniting the fire there. let's keep our fingers crossed. wind advisory is up for most of the bay area until tomorrow morning. gusts 45 to 50 miles an hour could knockdown trees. here is a time lapse from our camera of the smoke plume that can be seen for miles. as you look at the satellite imagery you can see how intense the fire was in san francisco's a mission bay and showing up as a hotspot. if you didn't hear the wind howling in the microphone right now, my hair tells the story. i will be back with a look at the forecast that will include very warm weather as we hit

meteorologist sandhya patel is on the roof of the kgo broadcast center. >> it is getting pretty windyags are going and the winds are gusting about 24 miles an hour. at the higher elevations we are seeing the stronger winds. oakland hills are gusting to 53 miles an hour, 37 hawk eye. hang on tight. near the fire right now, this is what we are looking at. 65 degrees also getting gusty to about 10 miles an hour. of course i am hoping that the firefighters don't have to deal with embers that are tossed around and reigniting the fire there. let's keep our fingers crossed. wind advisory is up for most of the bay area until tomorrow morning. gusts 45 to 50 miles an hour could knockdown trees. here is a time lapse from our camera of the smoke plume that can be seen for miles. as you look at the satellite imagery you can see how intense the fire was in san francisco's a mission bay and showing up as a hotspot. if you didn't hear the wind howling in the microphone right now, my hair tells the story. i will be back with a look at the forecast that will include very warm weather as we hit the wee

. >> i'm sandhya patel. looking great on this last night of winter.hat you can expect tomorrow as spring begins. but first, here is a look at jimmy kimmle. >> here is a sample of what we have in store for tonight. >> are you there? district is asking customers to cut back water use by 15% especially when it comes to outdoor ear gages. officials voted to cut back. it was requested by the governor, but the primary reservoir is still nearly 80% full. the message of conservation is reaching people all across the bay area. interest in drought toll represent -- tolerant plants and artificial turf has reached one of the biggest flower shows in the country. cornell bernard has the story from san mateo. >> take a look around and you won't see a lot of flowers. you will see a new shift to plenty of plants that barely drink any water. >> water conservation, how do you save water? how do you conserve water? >> he doesn't install the green lawns anymore. these days he is about drought tolerance. his displays have lots of color. >> most people think this is a tropi

sandhya patel has been tracking the extreme weather and she is here live with live doppler 7hd. >> if we get tornadoes anytime of year spring is the most common here in california. let me show you live doppler 7hd. we'll talk about what is happening and what happened earlier today. taking the ray -- radar back you can see the severe storms that developed in northern california. as i show you the reports, there were multiple reports of tornadoes. one was reported confirmed. there was another one near placerville, the one alan just talked about. it has been confirmed. it was an ef0. the weakest on the scale, but it caused some damage. here in the bay area, it got interesting. the fum -- the funnel cloud in antioch and now i show you where the rain is falling. san ramon valley boulevard across 680 and we have very light showers in the north bay. we are not done yet. we'll be back to let you noy what commute or commutes will be wet and what is coming up for the weekend. dan? >> thank you. you can track the rain in the bay area using live doppler 7hd on our abc7 news weather app. download

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meteorologist sandhya patel is here tracking it on live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> yeah, dan.r hd is spicing up measurable rain in -- is picking up measurable rain. ukiah is picking up rain. now it is starting to change. most of the steady rain is still way up here. we will have to wait before it actually slides southward. here is a computer animation. it is putting it near santa rosa. the north bay is getting moderate to heavy rain. 5:00 a.m., you might be woken up as the rain starts to move across the central part of the bay area. it is into the south bay by 8:00, 9:00 in the morning. notice how it is stalling over the south bay at 11:00 a.m. i will be back to let you noy how much rain we are expecting with this upcoming weekend storm and what the second half of your weekend is looking like. >> track the rain in the bay area using the live doppler 7hd on our weather app. download it on our website. >>> a san francisco 49er is in legal trouble tonight after a series of decisions and confrontations. a corner back is facing charges for hit-and-run and more. alanal -- alan wang

(applause) >> and continuing with sfmta, this is ashish patel. there is nothing he won't do. i call him for everything and he really comes through. i really appreciate his dedication. and his award says, for your support, education and training to the business development program and encouraging cnd certified firms, thank you very much, ashish. (applause) >> thank you, maria. so, you know, it's part of my job. i don't consider it -- this lbe, micro lbe different from what we do. we encourage the process. we'll make every effort to make sure that small businesses, women-owned businesses are participating and get contracts awarded. you know, obviously within the rules of the city. any time anybody needs any information from me, just give me a call and i'll be happy to meet with you guys. thank you again. (applause) >> sandra, do you want to come up? >> hi, my name is cathy avalon with avalon associates consulting engineers. we're a local business here in san francisco and it is my pleasure to award -- to provide this award to the san francisco airport. san francisco looked for

sandhya patel is tracking the system for us, and she is here with live doppler 7hd. >> carolyn and dan, we will get drenched tomorrow morning during the commute. let's check out live doppler 7hd and we can see what is on there now. we are just beginning to see a few showers developing in the last half hour or so. the first batch is around san mateo county and down toward the santa cruz mountains. it is going to be heading from west to east. we also have another batch i am tracking right now around san ramon. you can see it here heading out. as we take a wider look, you can see how the lightning strikes earlier today in the valley? well, we have a possibility of se thunderstorm thunderstorms developing off the coastline here as we head into tomorrow. it doesn't look very impressive, but that is going to bring us a rough morning commute. i'll be back with a look at the timing and exactly when we may see some thunderstorms around here. dan? >> thank you. >>> and the storm is bringing snow to the sierra. here is the cal trans camera at castle peak. you can see snow on the road and chains a

. >> i'm sandhya patel. transitioning from winter to spring, you'll notice the changes >> a bracelet now returned all of these years later. hey. oorbell ri] hey. [doorbell rings] what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of march madness. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. >>> there is a turf battle baseball and soccer players at odds over space over ricky henderson field there is a baseball diamond but nowhere for the soccer team to practice and play. laura? >> the baseball team just wrapping up practice here behind me tonight. this is their field of dreams belt with community support now oakland school board will decide whether to alter it. kids from two schools are caught in the middle. they're just coming off an appearance of the finals thchl is a team without a field. they practice on cement. >> here we have access to

check on the forecast now. >> sandhya patel on the sky deck. >> it's amazing here on the sky deck. i have numbers, too, but not 3.14, blah, blah, blah. i have warmer temperatures. we had high clouds today. most just disappearing we're transitioning to a water pattern. here is satellite and radar. high pressure bringing a front coming closer to the coast this weekend. sunday you're going to have to be careful if you go to the beach. monday, westerly flow could see a bigger risk of rip currents. 9:00 a.m early plans it's clear ask sunny. warming up quickly. most of the area 70s and 80s temperatures rising more sunday. morning starts out low 40s to low 50s. and afternoon, it's going to be warmer. 78 in san jose. 76 redwood city. 70 half moon bay. sunset district upper 60s in the north bay. just mild, sunny and 66 degrees. upper 70s in santa rosa and napa. oakland, newark 74 looking at the accu-weather forecast, low 70s to low 80 and st. patrick's day cooler weather, more cloud cover still a beautiful weekend ahead. >> thank you. i like it. 3.14, blah, blah, blah. a stray dog cinderell

patel. with that, would any department representative like to come up? chief suhr, welcome. >> good morning. i would echo the comments of the mta. the police department is will be salutely commit today vision zero. i don't think based on the number of phone calls i'm getting about complaints ~ about ticketing it's lost on anybody that our enforcement efforts are up. citations are up over 50% from where we started calendar year 2014. we'll continue. and, of course, after the staffing increases in the police department from the approved staffing plan by the board, presented by the mayor, 300 officers come back, that's 60,000 more shifts that will get worked. it's going to be a lot more enforcement. we can't do it alone. we need our partners. i don't think any of the recommendations made today are unreasonable. we're happy, as ms. mann gold said, to continue to be transparent, continue to participate, and if anybody wants to know anything of us what we're doing, we're happy to present wherever and whenever anybody would like that to happen. >> all right, th

. >> i'm sandhya patel. transitioning from winter to spring, you'll notice the changes >> a bracelet now returned all of these years later. >>> there is a turf battle baseball and soccer players at odds over space over ricky henderson field there is a baseball diamond but nowhere for the soccer team to practice and play. laura? >> the baseball team just wrapping up practice here behind me tonight. this is their field of dreams belt with community support now oakland school board will decide whether to alter it. kids from two schools are caught in the middle. they're just coming off an appearance of the finals thchl is a team without a field. they practice on cement. >> here we have access to enough resources we shouldn't have kids playing on croon kon kreet. you know? it not safe for kids. >> that is why they're asking for help to build a new soccer team. most of the space at international is already taken by noernl school's field of dreams, oakland tech. >> the baseball players were walking several miles aw

. >> i'm sandhya patel. two record high temperatures today. i'll let you know about more >>> they're back. talking about wild pigs in san jose. we told you about the problem this fall. now, it's gotten worse. homeowners doing what they can. but the pigs are relentless. >> it's very true. homeowners trying just about everything they're putting up fences and using ladders as barriers some are using pepper on their lawns. as a possible pig deterrent. >> my friend was chased to their front door by them. >> the people and animals that neighborhood >> this is miles from where boards are focused in the fall. there haven't been sightings there. but there have been plenty in other parts of the city. >> one morning i woke up to get a paper. they chewed up the lawn. >> this is al's lawn a week and a half ago. ash around the time the city council extended it's ordinance allowing trappers to cage skshgs kill the animals so far, not one has been caught. but either way, residents have to pay for the trappings many find outrageous oochl do you think city shou