stanford is preparing to build a research and engineering campus on roosevelt island. it's just east of manhattan. complex could cost a billion dollars, house up to 2200 students. the mayor asked leading institutions to submit ideas for science and engineering centers hoping to attract more tech firms and talent in the area. stanford's proposal would be called silicon valley ii. >> mike has more. >> let's check on the radar. where the tornado could possibly go. you see foster city, hayward at 11:38 and 11:44 newark, we are seeing rotation in the middle of the storm that it could produce a tornado uy are going to have gusty winds and heavy rain and small hail so seek shelter now. >> and back upin this in the moment and companies are warned against the new 3-d devices and they may end up being a lifesaver. >> and members of a coastguard are recognized of saving the life of a teenage boy. @ñ@ñ@ñ@ñ@ñ >>> firefighters have blocked off part of pacific avenue as what is being described as funnel cloud that did serious damage to a business. about 9:15 they heard a huge gust of

stanford is preparing to build a research and engineering campus on roosevelt island.t's just east of manhattan. complex could cost a billion dollars, house up to 2200 students. the mayor asked leading institutions to submit ideas for science and engineering centers hoping to attract more tech firms and talent in the area. stanford's proposal would be called silicon valley ii. >> mike has more. >> let's check on the radar. where the tornado could possibly go. you see foster city, hayward at 11:38 and 11:44 newark, we are seeing rotation in the middle of the storm that it could produce a tornado uy are going to have gusty winds and heavy rain and small hail so seek shelter now. >> and back upin this in the moment and companies are warned against the new 3-d devices and they may end up being a lifesaver. >> and members of a coastguard are recognized of saving the some say a longtime student association - on campuses for years - has morphed into something else . the muslim students association has been a virtual terror factory. these are msa leaders, who've been implicate

they are proposing to build a research facility on roosevelt island.t could cost up to billion dollars and house graduate students and offer full degrees. mayor bloomberg wants people to submit ideas for the project. ♪ ♪ >> the bay to breakers races has found a new sponsor. dazzle has agreed to sponsor the race for the neck two years. race on organizers has warned that bay to breakers could be cancelled after the previous sponsor announced it may pull out about growing concerns over alcohol. organizers have announced they have sold all 50,000 tickets for the hundredth anniversary race coming up in may. >>> service members will receive the gift of laughter from livermore school children. >> knock-knock. >> who is there? >> the kids are writing knock-knock jokes sent in care packages from blue star moms. >> i think it will make them really, really happy, make them think of good things. >> i want them to be happy. >> that was first grader, angelica evans, she came up with the idea and all the other students decided to pitch in. >>> next at 5:00, latest on

the university is focusing its new location on the roosevelt island in manhattan. if approved, it would be the university's only major campus outside of the palo alto area. the cost of the new campus could be up to $1 billion. officials say it would house up to 2200 graduate students and 100 faculty members, as well as offices and recreation facilities. stanford's proposal was in response to our request by new york mayor michael bloomberg. >>> it is the sporting event that has everyone all abuzz this time of year. now you can experience march madness in 3d. how a silicon valley giant is bringing the venue to you. ,,,,,,,, >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. watching college basketball on >>> some live shows to see t

stanford is proposing to build a engineering campus on roosevelt island just east of manhattan.uld cost a billion dollars, house up to 2200 students and offer full graduate degrees. new york mayor asked leading institutions to submit ideas hoping to attract more tech firms. stanford's proposal would be stanford fortunate of new york city. >>> very good news for the future of true san francisco institution. the bay to breakers race has found new sponsors. dazzle has agreed to sponsor the race for the next two years. race organizers had warned the race could be cancelled after the previous sponsor announced they may be pulling out because of concerns over alcohol and other issues. they have sold all 50,000 ticket for the race this year. >>> just ahead, critical ruling that could deal a new blow to prosecutors in the barry bonds perjury trial. >> how the disaster in japan that is driving prices up3q odors... my busy family has them. so it's a good thing our new air wick odor detect senses thousands of odors. and automatically releases a burst of freshness... that everyone can enjoy

on roosevelt island in new york city. the campus would t the university's only major site outside of palo alto and the first to offer full graduate degrees. but stanford isn't the only university to express interest and been building a campus on that island. colleges from finland, england, israel and korea as well as some ivy league schools are also bidding on that land. >>> and we have much more ahead coming up for you on "today in the bay," one of the places you turn to for help after the next big one could be one of the most dangerous. an nbc bay area investigation. >>> march madness marches on without some bay area teams. lawrence scott has it all in your morning sports. >> a very good morning to you, the ncaa men's tournament enters it's third round today. also stanford opens the women's tournament at naples. they play colorado monday in boulder and that's where the cal men were last night facing the buffaloes in the second round. jorge gutierrez gets a knee injury. the game slipped away for the bears. cit in santa c

a research and emergencying campus on roosevelt island in new york city. the campus would be the university's only major site outside of palo alto and the first to offer full graduate degrees. stanford is not the only to express interest. college from finland, india, canada, israel, england and korea as well as ivy league schools bidding for the land. >> time now is 5:18. we want to check with christina about the new round of weather. this got a bit of a kick to it. >> we don't see this activity in our neck of the woods all that often. we are concerned this morning. what you can see from the radar looks like showers streaming onsho onshore. pockets of red and yellow and orange are heavy downpours when i step out of the way, we have realtime lightning strikes offshore in the north bay. definitely a very tush lept atmosphere. you can see what we have happening. closer and closer to san francisco. i think these will bypass san francisco and look at this one. this is an extremely strong thunderstorm cell and it looks like it will go over redwood city as we hea