tony la russa. giants and cardinals 1:30. jonathan sanchez takes the hill for sack. >>> stay with us. we'll be right back. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> started out with some storm clouds this morning rolling through the bay area. it took a break and is picking up again. heating from the sun, showers are showing up in parts of the south bay. hi-def doppler picking up on that and looks like we have some good cells developing and have to watch out for the possibility of some thunderstorms. look at this. we have this nice yellow and orange showing up here. you see the pink. we have a wintry mix, cold air still in place, could see some snow over the mountaintops. heavier storms making their way in toward gilroy, watsonville and santa cruz. in those storms you could see some small hail and heavy downpours to go along with that. still looks like for the better part of the bay area not bad. temperatures mainly in the 50s so still on the cool side. but as we head toward the next couple of hours, hoping to watch this settle down now as th

coming up, why tony la russa and bruce bochy said it's time to start playing baseball. >> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. want to clear out the skies for the baseball game but we have some showers showing up again. we'll show you where and talk about your weekend forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

plus, another la russa will be behind the white lines. details on her new job. a live picture of 880. we'll check back with mike in a >>> well, good morning to you. it is 4:44 as we look at the bay bridge this morning after months of planning and weeks of anticipati anticipation, the royal wedding is three days away. now, an inside look from a man who knows what goes on behind the scenes at royal celebrations. he takes us to meet a royal family. >> reporter: charles bell is taking a walk down royal memory lane. in 1983, he was working in london, a catering company the royal family hired when they bombed the department store, he got a promotion. >> they needed to find people who weren't irish to do the jobs. they are planned a year in advance. they couldn't fulfill the contracts. they wanted a catering company to do it. i was one of 15 people not irish. >> reporter: the next thing he knew, he was reporting to work at palaces. he is still cooking, about to open a restaurant. his royal experience is a resume highlight. >> it's not often you run into somebody who ha

their opponent is the cardinals, who tony la russa exacerbated by the scene he's dealing with in st.ouis. the master seeing some young stars rise to the top of the leaderboard. and the warriors taking to the street. asking fans to use coliseum b.a.r.t. when coming to the game. the cross-bay journey coming up in sports. >>> in the weather, we're tracking a very chilly and breezy evening. there's a live view of oakland. and we still have some thunderstorms showing up on the area newspaper is celebrating an important milestone. it was 40 years ago this week the "bay area reporter" began covering lbgt issues. >> how this paper has been here for the good times and through the struggles. >> 1969, you had the riots and stonewall that made national news. it was a period of turmoil in the late '60s and early '70s. a lot of tension with the police, a lot of raids on bars. >> reporter: in the early '70s, san francisco's gay community was searching for its voice. >> so there was really a need to be able to communicate what was happening and to investigate and to report on what was happening. >>

louis will be the giants' home opener and tony la russa? >> it is the first week of the season.his. and are you going to tell me that albert cannot have it? that the seven and david is not going to hit? do you think that matt is going to have it? do think that kolbe is going to hit? the answer is no? and if you can accomplish your goal, 3, 4, and to get excited, upset that is not fair. that is fully not excited >> gary: back in a moment. t7 the internet on a plane! are you from the future? um, no. cleveland. listen cleveland, your savings account is stuck in the past! earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking baby! so instead of making peanuts, your savings will be earning three times the national average. oops. sorry. three times more? i'll have that! it is now safe to go online to capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? buh-bye... call me. >> gary: all the coverage tomorrow for giants. >>jacqueline: see you 11. >>pam: see you 11 [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with po

a bit of a homecoming for tony la russa >> he was the last manager of a baseball team in the bay area with the as back in 1989 the earthquake series and lost in 1990. i'll be at momo's at noon so if you want to see a whole bunch of action tune in at noon. anne makovec and dennis o'donnell will be there. check it out. >>> 6:27. a preprevious for caltrain at least for now. why -- a reprieve for caltrain at least for now. why more stations will stay open even though there is a budget deficit. >> oakland we have a problem. the latest communication breakdown between police and dispatchers. >>> ice on the ground here in san jose plays a factor in a crash that injuries a chp officer. i'm kiet do with a live report coming up. >> reporter: i'm live at at&t park on a very exciting morning here for the entire bay area. we will preview the giants home series world opener coming up. >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> and good morning, everyone. it is friday, the 8th of april. thanks so much for joining us. i'm sydnie kohara. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 6:30.

it gets back to actually something tony la russa said about baseball as we had were headed to another work stoppage. i said it will be terrible for baseball. he said the game is better than all of us. and it's true of college basketball too. college basketball is corrupt. the ncaa wants to do nothing about it, they go like this all the time. same with college football but darn, the gameses are good. >> we are ready to go to coach robinson. now coach we have decided that your secondary claim to fame is that you have a brother-in-law, 1600 pennsylvania avenue but your main claim to fame is the head coach of the oregon state beavers. i hear you had a rebuilding this year but are coming back next year. give us your sense of this final four from a coaches perspective. >> well, this one couldn't be any more exciting having two higher seeded teams like butler and vcu in it. it's goinging to be really exciting. and you combine that with the tradition of kentucky and then you've got probably the guy who is playing the best at this point in time, walker. >> and if you were an analyst as are you