brian boitano, debi thomas, peggy fleming and rudy galindo. he won the competition in 1996 his hometown. >> i won't tell you how old i am because people already know. but 60 years ago, you do the math. >> counting kristi yamaguchi from treatment, the five olympic medals. is there something in the water making his champions flex. >> i think so. olympic gold medalist brian boitano says the south bay has a lot of nice things and remembers trading with dozens of other skaters by 30 in the morning. >> i think it's very competitive atmosphere and people who would get better and better and push each other. >> you have good coaching and dedicated skaters, to get good results. >>> they had easy access to practice rinks haven't made it easy to come back. i have dozens of olympians living nearby doesn't hurt either. >> this something you didn't win the support of the alumni from the start. >>> and attention from fremont will continue the tradition. the 12 -year-old competed in the novice ladies category and won gold. >> was it like to have that pressure

well, from peggy phlegming to kristi yamaguchi kristi yamaguchi to rudy galindo, san josi has been ther skaters. >> reporter: for san josi native rudy galindo it meant returning to the same venue he wouldn't men's title. that was a major upset, considering rudy wasn't even mentioned in the immediate guide. media guide. >> they didn't know who i was and i did the greatest performance and that was the package. san josi has always treat medwell and everywhere i walk in san jose, everyone is so kind to me. just being here is another added bonus. >> reporter: five-time u.s. championship and 1968 gold medal winner peggy fleming was instrumental in bringing this event back it her hometown. >> i think this valley, you know, has a different kind of energy. california has a different energy than any other part of the country. and our facility is just perfect. >> i think the reason that figure skating keeps coming back because the audience and city is so knowledgeable about figure skating. it embraces figure skating. >> reporter: four-time national championship says the new scoring system is not

brian boitano, peggy fleming, depp buy thomas, rudy galindo and kristi yamaguchi olympic medalists onfor the figure skating championships. former champions say the south bay breeds great skaters. >> there's something in the water here for a lot of different industries and athletes. >> just imagine that i'm skating at my hometown where there's nobody there and just myself. >> that's the future right there. 12-year-old karen chen from fremont. and with all these moves, she managed to win a gold medal this week, beautiful stuff. >> the winter games are a couple of years away, right? we have summer games coming up that. little girl will be all of 14 then. she may be there. she is incredible. >>> some black tea could help lower your blood pressure. >> that's according to a study in the archives of internal medicine. it found that people who drank three cups of black tea a day were able to lower the blood pressure when compared to those who drank a placebo. >> experts say black tea is not a substitute for blood pressure medicine but, you know, it might help a little. as for the coffee we dr

men's single champ rudy galindo, brian boitano and peggy fleming. 17-year-old agnes claimed the ladiesshort program last night. see a few of the highlights. amazing, some of the talent there! >>> hillary clinton knows what she wants and what she doesn't want. >> probably a good idea to just find out how tired i am. >> what the secretary of state says about her future in the obama administration. >> it's the only privately owned island in the san francisco bay. why it could attract bargain hunters. >> plus, sky-high job openings in outer space! we'll tell you who is doing the hiring. >>> good morning. it's clear for some. it's either sunny or few high clouds, or you have really thick fog. that fog will start to burn off in the next hour or so, then sunny and breezy today with highs in the low to mid-60s. watch for fog this morning. first it was the tornadoes in alabama. now they have a new issue and that's flooding, storm drains backed up and heavy rains sending debris down the street. flood warning through sunday morning. at least 10 twisters swept and swept through alabama on monday,