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. >>> the train for bart to san jose arrived today. it is the final financial hurdle for this part of the extension. we go live to san jose with what's next. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. there is the rail system already in place behind me. it's actually also right behind the various flea markets here in san jose. by 2016 those bart trains should be rolling right through here. a toast to a project that will finally make its way to san jose. >> we are well on our way to delivering the impossible. today we have secured all of the funding needed to deliver the b.a.r.t. silicon valley extension. >> reporter: that means b.a.r.t. trains will soon rumble all the way to san jose. it means they'll no longer stop in fremont and it means the

we're live in downtown san jose. i'm damian trujillo, "today in the bay." >> the fight over whether a group of high school students had the right to wear american flag t-shirts to school could end up in federal appeals court. the attorney for three morgan hill high school students filed an appeal this week. he's asking the court to reverse a november ruling finding the boys' first amendment rights were not violated when they were ordered to remove their flag shirts on cinco de mayo in 2010. the the principal says he was worried the shirts would provoke violence. >> i want to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. a wet soggy week. the sun is going to emerge. >> you know, you morning commuters have had it rough for the past two days but the good news is this morning we don't have major weather elements to slow you down. you might find areas of ponding left over, especially through construction zones. the winds are light, we don't have deep fog to report and your temperatures are cold. but really, we're

. >>> buenas noches, ramón, así es, son las ciudades de san francisco y san josé, están enrte las 6 másos por qué los residentes creen que esto es así. >>> según la encuesta gallup, san francisco y san josé son de las más felices de américa. >>> sí, yo creo que tiene que ver con la multiculturalidad, hay gente de todos lados, todos están abiertos, entonces, esto crea como un ambiente de confianza, de felicidad. >>> algunso dicen que alguna razón principal es que san francisco les da la oportunidad de ganar más dinero. >>> personalmente el trabajo, porque es, pagan bien, es buen dinero. >>> josé luis pérez, dice que a él es este trabajo que lo hace feliz. >>> no tengo jefe, entro a la hora que quiero, termino a la hora que quiero. >>> entonces, usted es feliz por el trabajo que hace. >>> sí, claro, muy feliz. >>> mientras que en san josé, el ambiente de fiesta, hace que esta ciudad esté en la lista de las más felices. >>>el clima, la gente. >>> según los residentes vivir rodeados de teatros, parques, los hace sentir cómodos y seguros. >>> hoy es domingo, es tarde, y puedo salir a cualqui

even though we get into the 50s in the south bay, it will feel much cooler than that. 55 here in san jose and 52 in danville and 51 in alameda. as we head off towards san francisco, 52 there, and in the north bay you'll be in the mid-50s from napa to santa rosa and the winds will be the main story today. isolated thunderstorms, so we will see more dry time than wet time, as you mentioned, kris, so patchy rain. we'll get you updated with the rest of the week's forecast coming up in just a bit. >> thanks very much, kanthony. >>> new this morning, san jose police are look nothing a stabbing at a motel. officers got the call at the motel 8 on the alameda near the 880 after 1:00 this morning. there was a fight which then led to a stabbing. one person is injured, and we are waiting to hear more from police on that victim's condition. >>> a morgan hill family is pleading for help in locating their missing teenager daughter. the girl was last seen on friday morning at 6:00 heading off to high school but the 15-year-old girl did not show up at high school. sierra lamar is 5'2" and is described as

this is where the people of san jose came to honor its men and women in uniform, the san jose veterans memorial, the rededication will take place in the next couple of weeks. this is where they came to honor the men and women until vandals got to it. after that vandalism last year, we brought a vietnam veteran to see the damage caused. he was in disbelief, and said it was one of the most disgusting things he has ever seen. the glass panels were boarded up after someone shattered three of them. each costing $18,000. now this morning, gill came back to see the finished product. he tells us the donors and volunteered just brought pride back to san jose. this is a place where you honor freedom and the men and women who defend it. >> last night, it was very, very emotional. today it is emotional. to see this back up again means a lot to me and a lot of world war ii veterans, korean veterans, to sacrifice their life for us. >> reporter: the new panels are made of more durable glass, and it's cheaper. each panel costs about $2,000 each, compared to $18,000 of those old panels. a lot toelebrat

still near 70 in san jose by 5:00 today. it's tomorrow where we'll have a good chance of hitting mid-70s in the forecast. a full look at that coming up in just a few minutes. >>> from a beautiful forecast to a weather nightmare in the midwest. the overnight death toll is rising this morning after the violent storm system that killed at least 31 people in three states. in kentucky, some communities have no power, making search and rescue even more difficult. this is video from the town of west liberty near the west virginia border. tornadoes heavily damaged the downtown area there. we are following this story for you. we will have the latest on damage from indiana and tennessee and kentucky coming up in just about 15 minutes. >>> $34 million worth of meth is off the streets after one of the biggest drug busts in u.s. history. it went down at the san jose woods apartment complex at the corner of snell and capital expressway. the bust started with a door knock by palo alto police detectives who were serving a search warrant in

. >> el día de hoy justamente participaron dos congresista de san josé. >> dieron a conocer dos millonesgobierno federal . >> estos son los detalles. >> este día fue anunciado el inicio de la extension de bart (bay area rapid transit), dos corredores más en silicon valley, para ello se recibieron cientos de millones de dólares para comenzar . >> recibimos cien millones de dólares para comenzar. >> fue firmado por la asociacion general del transporte, un hecho catalogado como un verdadero triunfo . >> (hablan en inglés) . >> este es un gran día para la comunidad, al firmarse los fondos para traer el bart (bay area rapid transit) a san josé . >> es la inversion más costosa de la empresa, pero también será autofinanciable . >> vamos a ver más empleados. >> el inicio, para muchos residentes es una buena noticia, por las ventajas que implica. >> va a disminuir más el tráfico . >> va uno a dejar el vehículo más en casa. >> precisamente es una gran noticia, estamos en san josé, la construccion será desde el 2012 hasta el 2018. >> el servicio comenzaria en el 20°8 . >> gracias . >> las autoridad

close to 60 in san jose around the east bay. ld see highs also in the low 60s and if you get back to san francisco and to the north bay we'll see those numbers in the mid to upper 50s so progressively wetter during the day tomorrow. rain to start wednesday. a brief break wednesday evening into early thursday and then that thursday, friday system is going to open the door to canadian air conditioning. highs upper 40s to low 50s. snow levels down to 2,000 feet. we'll hope for the luck of the irish. nbc bay area is out at the dublin parade on saturday but it looks cold and a chance of thunder showers, too. a little bit of everything for the weekend. good news for the sierra snow pack. >> we need it. thank you. >>> let's check in on sports. hey, jim. how is it going? >> very well. >> thank you for the props. >> my pleasure. i am a big fan of regional 8-k races so i like to keep my eye on who is doing what. >> sure. >> stalking has such a negative connotation. i just don't like to use that term. let's move on to sports. here's what we

right now san jose pays almost $250 million a year in pension. so after much back and forth with employees and the union the council is expected to approve language that would give employees a choice. join a lower cost plan with lesser benefits or stay in the current plan and contribute more. new employees would be forced into a lower cost plan and pay after the cost. it would make it more difficult to collect disability retirement benefits and if they wanted benefit increases that would require voter approval. assuming the city council approves this it doesn't become law until the voters give it a thumbs up on june 5. >> 6:03. construction is set to begin on the new 49ers stadium. santa clara city council is expected to handle a few legalities at its meeting but yesterday a judge ended a last-ditch effort by opponents to stop construction. he ruled that residents cannot vote on the project a second time. construction is set to begin this spring. >> 6:03. jury selection continues for the trial of sheriff ross mirkarimi. though the trial could sti

we'll show you. >>> thousands of runners took to the streets of san jose today to honor the life of san jose native pat tillman. the race called the 408-k race started in downtown and ended at santana row. as you may remember, tillman gave up an nfl career to enlist in the army in the wake of the 1389 september 11th attacks. he died two years later in a friendly-fire incident in afghanistan. they say the race is a celebration of his life. >> we are celebrating his life because he lived an incredible life. some people are here probably never heard of him but now you have. you made the point it has beening ayears but some people are learning more about pat and men and women like him who have the courage and conviction to step up and do what they believe. >> this she first of the the race and we are told it raised money for the pat tillman foundation. rob, i understand a couple of folks from nbc were running in the race today. >> that's right. nbc bay area well represented. at least two of the runners we have to show you there. our director will adams and marla tejas. she reported her fini

can't even find an accumulation for san jose. the santa cruz mountains, anywhere from a foot to a foot half. so far with another inch or two possible with all this rain, as you can see, from the bay area. wind coming from the south breezy at times and they will continue to increase over the course of the day. we are continuing to watch the front as it slides and whit does, it's going to increase the wind and bring us breezy conditions, anywhere from 20 to 25. we have been watching this off the coast. it's going to begin shifting over the weekend. eventually, we will see the rain come to an end but for today, it is going to be steady at times and it looks like it could be moderate to heavy in time for the evening drive. 5:00 or so, over the north bay. it's going to begin to slide south by 6:00 or 7:00. hopefully if you do have a drive, it will be early on and it will be by the house. the golden gate, the bay brain, the carcinnas, we are looking at pretty solid conditions. notice the north bay beginning to get a break but elsewhere

plus, for their first two seasons in the bay area, the san jose sharks didn't play in san jose at allbut 40 miles north in the cow palace, nearly 20 years later, there's a new set of skaters taking the ice in the daily city venue. we have the details next. [ woman ] before allegra, my allergy medicine took hours to work or made me drowsy. after allegra, i have the only one that's both fast and non-drowsy. after allegra, i have it all. [ traffic passing ] ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ] >>> nasa scientists closely following a wave of space material headed toward earth. all the result of yesterday's massive solar flare. >> just look up in the sky. it might be visible in the bay area. here's joe rosato jr. >> reporter: at some point in everyone's childhood, someone will warn them ton look at the sun. when you're born with a name like jim solar, it's a rule that bears break

in san jose and oakland, drivers are paying $ 4.33 on average for a gallon of regular gas. up 6 0 cents in one month. in san francisco, a gallon of gas is going for about $4.40. nearly 60 cents more than a month ago. as gas prices climb, the promise of cheaper and more efficient electric cars is good news. we see one bay area company working to drive down the price of the electric car. >> electric cars are cool, largely because they don't use gas. but they run on batteries. which are very expensive, so most of us can't afford them. this company is trying to change that, working in the lab with chemicals trying to create from scratch, a better, cheaper battery. >> this aspiration is to cut the cost of the electric car by half. >> that's the ceo, who says his company isn't just building on what's already out there. it's developing new battery cell technology. >> the cell is only as good as the materials inside the cell. what we're doing is we have reinvented all of the basic components of the cell. and reinvented to have more energy in the cell for less weight. >> a combinatio

mudsde threat and flooding and san jose, it's pushing into east san jose. evergreen and milpitas starting to clear out. and downtour, getting hit by the rain. we have half an hour before we gradually start to see things slow down there. in six hours alone, two inches. and from the north bay down to san jose. three-quarters of an inch to close to one inch, in six hours. so, we're going to detail our weekend forecast. our chances of thunderstorms. and when all of this will be winding down in a few minutes. >> okay, jeff. >>> the east bay took a bounding tonight from the height. customers were without power. pg&e has restored power. only a few dozen remain in the dark at this hour. we go to walnut creek where residents are dealing with other problems. >> reporter: here, the rain has let up. you can see it's quiet now. it's raining hard here all night long. and part of the area lost power, including the creighton barrel behind us. we talk to people on the peninsula, the north bay and right here on the east bay. they have very different takes on this weather. de

winds 10 miles per hour or less san jose 13. rain is, overall look at bay area with live doppler, north bay we can see from marin head lands across 37 up 12 and 29 where we are finding our best radar returns now across old adobe road, arnold drive, observingville, from petaluma, sonoma, glen allen. let's head to the east bay, on the san mateo bridge where we find our best radar return through castro valley, east bay hills, alamo, danville and san ramon. here's a look at how they are moving the entire line moving from west to east individual showers moving a little more to the north than to the east. this chunk of energy going to bring our best chance of showers this morning as it moves to the east this afternoon, we are going to see a tapering, keep an isolated chance in. upper 50s along the coast, low to mid 60s for the rest of us, thursday and friday warmer and mainly dry before the cool, wet weather and windy conditions hit saturday. have a great day. here's frances. >>> more stacks for you, north 101 -- statistics for you, n

>>> a developing story in san jose. evacuation orders are being lifted as we speak after postal workers get sick handling packages containing an unknown powdery substance. good morning, everybody, thanks for joining us. i'm jon kelley. marla tellez has the day off. fire trucks and police cars are just now pulling away from that scene near the courthouse at 105 near 1st street. close to james park. stephanie chuang joins us with details. good morning. >> reporter: the hazmat situation in downtown san jose has been called off just minutes ago. postal workers went back into the building. so what was that mysterious white substance? i'm stephanie chuang live with that coming up. >> all right. the investigation shut down light rail service for some time in that area. nbc bay area bay area traffic reporter mike inouye joining me now. >> we had roads effected by the activity. they closed off roads around the perimeter of the post office. the t flow from japan town station through the area, andretty much from the convention cen

right behind it, san jose. the study looks at employment, household income, personal health and number of sunny days each year to come up with the ranking. beating out the bay area, washington, d.c. which came in number one. boulder, colorado is next, followed by san jose and ann arbor, michigan. >> still to come, a lucky break for a bay area food bank. it's a coffee lover's dream. we'll explain. >> the state says a bay area lab could be in trouble for a deadly accident that happened last year. the latest details in this investigation. >> we've got a cold start this morning with temperatures in the 30s. we're headed toward the 70s, i've got the forecast, what you can expect now that you made it to the weekend. >> but the roadways are drier this morning, that's better news. 880 moves through oakland. we do have an accident that could affects waking up. i'll show you what's going on. >> not a lot going on, a little bit of activity there in the marina. beautiful morning, great weekend on tap. stick around. ♪ [ pia

state lawmakers are getting involved in san jose's pension questions.ell is live with new demands of an audit of the city's finances. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. about an hour and a half lawmakers who represent us state wide will be here at san jose city hall to request this audit of the city's finances and also their pension obligation. you're looking at the letter signed by the seven state senators and assemblymen requesting review of the past three fiscal years and all projections for pension estimates during that time. colleagues in sacramento will decide whether to approve this. this comes after a unit report that found that mayor chuck reed of san jose inflated the estimate of future pension costs. allegedly to strengthen his argument in negotiations with unions and workers that the city needs to cut back on pensions. whatever is learned could shape new statewide pension reform laws. >> we need to look at this from a statewide perspective and look at laws that could tighten up the transparency and fiscal accountability h

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. >>> nearly a billion steps closer to san jose. bart received $900 million to add a station to san jose. this project will put in ten miles of track from fremont to the north eastern part of san jose with another station. kit doe on when we can expect trains to finally head further south. >> reporter: to all the nay sayers and crickets of bart to san jose, today's celebration put an end to all the ifs, ands, and maybe's. >> instead of fighting each other, we fought together. >> the fran administration approved the last big chunk of funding, $900 million. the new station will be built on the rail line right next to the flee market in san jose. >> the real people, we will always say, are the visionary voters of silicon valley. not once, but twice, in the boom times of 2000 and the rough times of 2008, said yes to their future with 2/3 votes to bring bart to silicon valley. you are the hero. >> reporter: the reaction from passengers, relief. emily is coming home from the airport, but has to get off in fremont. it will take another hou

george kiriyama is on the scene at an apartment complex in san jose. george? >> reporter: the last agents left about 90 minutes ago. this huge methamphetamines grab happened, right here. near the woods apartment complex. let's show you a map. this is a large complex, located at the corner of snell and capital expressway. dea agents and san jose police, and palo alto police seized 750 pounds of meth in this apartment unit. you can see the garage has been tagged with signs. notifying the neighbors about this seizure. palo alto detectives have been looking for stolen ipads. and their search led to them the woods apartment. as they were executing a search warrant, they found what appeared to be a huge amount of methamphetamine inside the apartment unit. they uncovered what looked like a meth conversion lab, where meth was being converted to crystal form. the street value for that amount of meth, $34 million. >> it's believed to be one of the largest methamphetamine seizures in u.s. history. basically boxes and boxes filled with bags and bags of methamphetamine. >>

the as are eyeing a move to san jose. the team is just waiting for a ruling from the major league baseball on whether they can move there or not. the warriors are considering a proposed arena in san francisco. now, that team has been talking with mayor ed lee about building within near at&t park. and the raiders are threatening to move to santa clara or even back to los angeles. the plans alone will cost $3.5 million. an additional $1.6 million to a development team to begin talks with the teams. and nearly $2 million will be spent for an environmental review. with oakland being cash- strapped, where is the money coming from? it seems like all that money is the last chunk of redevelopment funds that the city has. the project itself, its construction, will be privately funded. back to you. >> thank you. >> a shoutout to my cousin alec watching right now. he has been texting me for the last hour. >> his phone keeps beeping. who is calling you at 4:30? >> go to bed. lawrence karnow is delivering wind today. >> we are a big fa

even in san jose where we only picked up a little bit of rain. as we head throughout the day today, another storm system is on the way. another one on its heels potentially doubling these numbers. you can imagine the aftermath, mike already has an incident to slow you down. >> we've got a few, it's not uncommon after rains like this, but there are more rains coming, and we have a tree down blocking highway 13 in the southbound side. as a result of this accident involving another car as well, we have one death already. we have more investigation going on. it sounds like there's a lot more activity on this side, so southbound 13 has closed at park boulevard. christie smith is heading to the scene to bring us more news. eastbound 580 is your alternate, it will take an hour and a half to two hours to clear up. i've got another incident in the sant to cruz mountains the southbound 17 around the summit. it's affecting both sides of 17, so this will affect the drive into and out of los gatos. i'll bring you more details this morning. >>> it's 5:02 and w

. >>> this morning we again with developing news, a san jose s.w.a.t. team has a wanted felon surrounded. right now, police are outside a vacant home on blossom near blossom hill road, trying to coax the man out peacefully. this is where nbc bay area's damon joins us live. we understand the suspect is wanted for a string of violent crimes. >> reporter: talking about carjacking, marla, and some other robberies and some other incidents that make this guy a really wanted felon here in the city of san jose. we do know that the s.w.a.t. team still has a house rou surrounded. we did hearded a flash bang aga grenade 20 minutes ago. they spotted this suspect before 4:00 this morning in south san jose and followed him into this one house that police say is abandoned. neighbors say it's a home that's gone through foreclosure. they say they he is a wanted felon with home invasion robbery and carjacking. we did speak to one neighbor who can't get into her house because of this lockdown right now. >> yeah, really scary. really scary. with the bank robbery that just

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but you've got allergies it's a tough go. 47 in san jose. 49 in san francisco.omorrow warmest spot the south bay, morgan hill, gilroy, san jose, los gatos all in the 70-degree and higher club. 67 at dublin, 67 in walnut creek. and for san francisco we expect 64, 65 in san rafael and 69 in santa rosa. three-day forecast, primarily dry thursday. evening showers friday. the next consistent rainfall arriving for the start of your weekend and then by sunday we dry it out for the back half and for monday and tuesday, sunny weather, then by wednesday mild weather. but we do have a storm that looks like it may be approaching by the end of next week. for right now the next is on saturday. >> it's roger's birthday. happy birthday. >> you put that request in a year ago. >> thanks for making it come through. >> your birthday wish to win the lottery. >> that would be a good present. >> okay, president obama gets personal. still ahead at 5:00, how he is expanding his social network. >> what's behind this road trip that's clearly gone to the dogs. >> we're talking about it, th

good morning to you in san jose, 65 by noon today. meanwhile, a little bit of fog this morning, that's going to keep your temperatures down up until about noon. but you too will hit the upper 60s later on today. 70 in san jose, 67 for redwood city, 66 in oakland, and forecasting 70 degrees for you. and things start to change as of tomorrow night. our next system rolls into town. how much rain we're expecting and what that means for your weekend plans because you will be able to get outdoors. >> some of these folks have been outdoors. overnight, christina, we're talking about the road crews and that's all that's going on for the roads right now. no major incidents for 101 or 280. construction does block the off-ramp at oregon expressway as you're traveling northbound on 101. the traffic flow past the scene though is just fine. across the dumbarton, couple of lanes blocked in the eastbound direction heading over to 880 and san mateo, the onramp that is blocked with construction and a road crew there until 6:00 a.m., but no slowing here.

and 48 degrees in san jose. that's funny because i kept pointing out how people want the 80s in the winter. we were getting the best weather across the nation last week. everything changes as of tonight we start to get our showers in the north bay, we have a series of systems on the way. that will bring rainfall potentially record rainfall as we head throughout this week. dry for today, rain starts tomorrow. we're talking about in time for your morning commute so we set the futurecast in motion. 10:00 p.m., light activity in the norpt bay, continue that,ston it again at 5:00 a.m., we meet back here. talking about moderate rain starting to move across the area. mike and i will be here helping you get through those showers. that starts a rainy pattern that lasts well into this weekend. enjoy the 60s and the limited sunshine we have today. 65 in morgan hill. 64 in evergreen. 62 in pittsburg and 59 in san francisco. so yeah, sunshine and 70s now a thing of the past. we need the rain. we're still only at about 30% of

. >>> breaking news is in san jose. drivers are being warned to avoid police roadblocks around blossom hill avenue annika man drive where officers believe -- a home invasion robber and carjack holed up. i'm eric thomas in for cheryl jennings. >>> and i'm kristen sze. david louie is live at the police command center. >> reporter: as you can see behind me the san jose police have an inter section barricaded blossom avenue at blossom hill road. behind the police cars the s.w.a.t. team believe they are keeping an eye on a house where a suspect may be inside. someone who they are definitely trying to capture. neighbors tell us the house is vacant not visible from our advantage point. the suspect is thought to be involved in a carjacking and possible robberies in the south san jose neighborhood. there's an elementary school inside the roped off area, earl frost. students have been instructed to stay in classrooms. the elementary is part of the oak grove school district it has classes from kindergarten through 7th grade. we sp

i'll just stand and watch by the coastline if it does get kicked off. 68 in san jose. 66 in livermore. 6 had in san rafael. open in santa rosa, also 68. looking at radar we are tracking a few showers up near eureka. not much across the bay area right now as we are starting to clear out after some impressive rainfall totals. picking up 3.39 in the past 24 hou hours. san martin 1.37. get a look at our temperatures right now. 62 in san mateo. 62 in concord. warmer throughout for you in sunnyvale. a pocket of heat for you at the moment but that's going to be starting to drop off for tonight. out to our sky camera network and what we'll find 207b9 tonight is a mix of sun and clouds as we look out to the east bay. not a bad view tonight. and back into san francisco you can see shrouded with the onshore flow and the fog coming back so there will be a few areas of drizzle tonight possible if you do have dinner plans. we are done with that. we'll just find some area clouds for tomorrow morning and then as we head throughout the afternoon hours we are expecting a decent amount of sunshine for n

at the finances of the city of san jose.oming up. >> plus, the east bay teen accused of killing his adoptive parents returns to court this morning. >> reporter: live at ever green college in san jose about 50 students are gearing up to head to sacramento to fight for more funding for higher education. that story coming up in a live report. >> a live look, that is the bay bridge sparkling off in the distance from our live cam atop san bruno mountain on this monday, march 5. laura garcia-cannon's birthday if i can spit it out. this is "today in the bay." >> keeps going and going. add a middle name in there, too. thank you for joining us. it's 5:29. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> easier to say lgc. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> please don't add, please. subtract. good morning to you. we're subtracting maybe 5 to 8 degrees from the highs yesterday as we head throughout this afternoon. it's cold out there, we'll see more clouds to start. then the rain moves in as we head through tonight. i'll time t

did warm us up to upper 60s into parts of san jose. and right now much colder is san francisco with the storm getting closer. our eyes to the ocean. you can see this cold, dense air that's starting to line up is going to give up uplift in the clouds. that's a sign of what's coming our way. san francisco is getting a break now it's going to be getting much wetter. even as we head into tomorrow morning. we know it's already turned deadly. and it's just another reminder to just take it slow tomorrow morning. for the evening hours, that's when our next and stronger storm moves in. by this weekend we'll still keep a chance of isolated thunderstorms and hail. here comes the system we just showed you offshore. that's friday morning with showers. doesn't look overally he have vi at this point. it's this next system on the heels of friday morning's storm. by friday night also into saturday morning. this will bring us a round of thunderstorms and also the potential of some hail. let's get you the timing on this. a lot of people have plans towards

sunshine and upper 50s and low 60s for highs. 61 san jose and 50s around san francisco. 61 oakland.ight now a cool evening but not too bad. 52 san francisco. 55 oakland. 56 san jose. good, healthy sea breeze going with the winds from the west northwest at 17 and blowing in to san jose. the change we are talking about for monday, other than mist and drizzle on the coast is a mainly dry day. any showers that we see will be north of santa rosa for monday and then things change come tuesday, especially if you are north of the golden gate bridge in the north bay. that's where the heaviest rain will fall between now and midweek. you can see the next system is lining up off shore. this will slowly drop our way. as we go through late tomorrow, you can see 9:00, look at that the bay area is looking good other than mist and drizzle for the morning. lighter to moderate rain in to tuesday morning and this looks to be rain in the santa cruz mountains and light rain spilling over the santa clara valley. the heaviest rain is tuesday evening. it is hung up in sonoma and marin county. as we head to

. >>> breaking news is in san jose. drivers are being warned to avoid police roadblocks around blossom hill avenue annika man drive where officers believe -- a home invasion robber and carjack holed up. i'm eric thomas in for cheryl jennings. >>> and i'm kristen sze. david louie is live at the police command center. >> reporter: as you can see behind me the san jose police have an inter section barricaded blossom avenue at blossom hill road. behind the police cars the s.w.a.t. team believe they are keeping an eye on a house where a suspect may be inside. someone who they are definitely trying to capture. neighbors tell us the house is vacant not visible from our advantage point. the suspect is thought to be involved in a carjacking and possible robberies in the south san jose neighborhood. there's an elementary school inside the roped off area, earl frost. students have been instructed to stay in classrooms. the elementary is part of the oak grove school district it has classes from kindergarten through 7th grade. we sp

tee behave breezy conditions. 64 in san jose. 62 at dub plin. kind of cold in fron son frant but these are kind with our averages. that's an indication that the first system is not all that cold. it's powerful and kicking up gusty winds. 63 by thursday. we'll get periods of rain thursday, evening storms on friday. saturday and sunday, those two days as we head through the weekend. we could see strong thunderstorms develop. what this means for the sierra nevada. i'm going to send it back to you zblmt thank you. a major bay area hospital facing handling. angel raich was told to leave the medical center after she tried to skok inside. she was admitted for theft. a pharmacist told her to put it out. but remains upset over the decision. >> to not use my cannabis f i stay it's giving me a death nnts. >> raich is a leading advocate for medical marijuana twice to fight for the right to use cannabis. >> smokers will not be allowed to drive even if passengers have trace amounts. it released the power to issue a dui to anybody with spot in their system. cr

morning with freeze warnings for most of the bay area, including the north bay heading down toward san jose. you can see from our high temperatures today, pretty nice. let's take you outside right now. san francisco, notice no low clouds. the sea breeze really not there. we're seeing temperatures today even around san francisco in the upper 60s. we did warm up to 72 degrees in morgan hill today. let's show you some of the high temperatures around santa cruz it was gorgeous, 73 degrees. 71 in san jose. and you can see as you head inland toward the tri-valley, 70 in livermore. low 70s around pleasanton and 70 close to oakland. right now it's a picture perfect evening outside. not too chilly in san francisco. we'll see a bit of a sea breeze, but the stronger sea breeze will pick up this time tomorrow leading to cooler changes by the time we get into the weekend. so our winds still slightly offshore. this is going to give us another mainly clear sky night tonight and another nice warm day tomorrow before things start to change up. fortunately for your outdoor plans this weekend. so a chilly nig

oakland and san jose $4.34. >>> today a long awaited deal to bring bart to san jose was cause to celebrate. >> this is a celebration. >> federal, state and local officials marked the arrival of $900 million in federal funding to extend bart to san jose. ground breaking takes place in a month and should be finished by 2016. coming up, ktvu's robert handa will have a live report on how it will progress and what is next. >>> actions by berkeley police officers have them talking about outrage. >>> and look at this. commute chaos after a train slammed into a truck today in the south bay. [ male announcer ] at green giant we know nature gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given. that's why green giant picks vegetables at their peak. ...and freezes them fast, locking in nutrients ...for you to unwrap. ♪ ho, ho, ho. green giant those five food groups sound a whole lot better when you put them in a taco shell instead of a pyramid. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. . >>> a collision involving a dump truck and a suv caused a traffic back up. it happened a

i'm live at san jose city hall where a nice check will be cut for the b.a.r.t. tension project. >> and the fight over this videotape won't go away. i'm live in san francisco. i'll tell you what's next for sheriff ross mirkarimi's domestic violence trial. >> as you head out on this monday morning we give you a live look at the bay bridge. we'll fill you in on traffic and weather. it's monday, march 12th, "today in the bay." >> good morning. the time now is 6:30 on this monday morning. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. it's good to see you. welcome back. >> good to be back. always good to see all of you guys. all of you at home. >> oh, thanks. >> i have weather to get to. just kidding. good morning. we love having him back. something else we love, a smooth drive to work. that's what you're getting on the golden gate bridge. at this time tomorrow this highway and basically all of your highways will be wet. we've got a lot of rain on the way. some cities picking upwards of three inches. i'll take through the forecast. first let's check w

. >>> i'm stephanie chuang live at san jose city hall. a check presented for the b.a.r.t. extension project. what it means for you, coming up picking up the pieces, a major settlement announced in the san bruno pipeline disaster. the news at 11:00 starts now. >>> good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm marla tellez. breaking news in san francisco. the domestic abuse trial of sheriff ross mirkarimi has abruptly ended with a plea agreement. nbc bay area's monty francis live at hall of justice with the sudden development. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this morning here at hall of justice, sheriff ross mirkarimi pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of false imprisonment and in exchange the d.a. dropped the other three charges that the sheriff faced. the charges dropped include domestic violence, dissuading a witness and child endangerment. the plea deal took everybody surprise. the jury select was under away this stems from new year's eve, accused of inflicting a bruise on his wife's arm. his wife, eliana lopez, maint n maintained

sewell thompson is live at san jose -- sue thompson is live at san jose city hall. >> reporter: san jose is about to celebrate a big amount of federal money on it was -- on its way this will no doubt change the lives of bart commuters in a big way. the federal government is prepared to give 900 million dollars to the santa clara valley transportation authority this is money that will go into a major transportation project. here is the plan, this is going to be a 10 mile expansion from fremont to berryessa. it will cost 2.3 billion dollars. we mentioned 900 million will come from the federal government that will be received today. the state is expected to kick in 650 million and the rest will come from a local sales tax measure that voters said yes to, four years ago. this project is also expected to create 5500 construction jobs. we hear that construction could begin as early as next month. the very first installment of that 900 million will happen later this morning. the v tv -- the vta will receive 100 million dollars to begin. south bay leaders have lobbied more than a decade to try a

that's aed about notice. >> in san jose, nbc bay area news. >> get ready to open your wallet. city of san jose is in dire need of street repairs and may look at taxpayers to fund those. the city grades 21% of roads as being poor and ifotnghi is done about them, that number could more than double and that may mean higher maintenance for commuters. >> you think you are dodging one and you hit another one. they have to do something. >> san jose spends $18 million a year already in street maintenance. they need to spend $100 million just to keep up. they plan it increase the budget by possibly increasing sales tax or even perhaps with a parcel tax. >> facebook is getting its house in order before the widely anticipated ipo in may. the social network is no longer trading on the secondary market. facebook's initial public offering is expected to be the largest ever internet offering. sometime in may they are expected to raise as much as $10 billion and value the 8-year-old company at 100 billion. >> you haven't seen anything yet. that's the word from a report by a panel of climate s

san jose's economy may be rebounding. >> seeing investment in san jose without public dollars is alwaysg. >> a second development is about to go off right next to the kaiser hospital. >>> the east bay, a high-priced store has sparked a high-priced battle. but the battle is over. neiman marcus will open tomorrow. hundreds came to the gala. 86,000 square-foot score caused public outcry when it was proposed in 2008 because of traffic concerns and location disputes between other local malls. the development was put before voters in a $2 million campaign. the voters approved it. the doors opened. d ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] offering four distinct driving modes and lexus' dynamic handling, the next generation of lexus will not be contained. the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, rich dark chocolate, toasted oats. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. nature valley trail mix bars are made with real ingredients you can see. like whole roast

nbc bay area is live in san jose with more. george, neighbors have to be floored by the discovery. >> yeah. we talked to one neighbor who said she was surprised that this was happening around the corner from her home. we are learning that there were two children living inside that apartment, and potentially breathing in the toxic fumes. >> ashley miller had no idea a methamphetamine mega center was in an apartment. >> you saw the kids playing on the weekends and after school. it's surprising to have that happen just in general, but to have it happen so close. >> dea agents from palo alto and san jose busted the lab and uncovered 750 pounds of meth worth more than $34 million. it is one of the largest in u.s. history. >> san jose is say major distribution point for methamphetamine that is brought into this country from mexico and package and refined in san jose and distributed throughout the bay area and the western united states. >> officers arrested these three people and the santa clara county district attorney's office charg

san jose, gilroy 49. 48 in san francisco. i think some of our north bay valleys by tomorrow morning will easily see some 30s. it is a little breezy too around marin county, san francisco. yes, the rain has moved on for now. other than a few freeng anksprig the coast it's going to be dry. the exception northern sonoma county might see showers along the hilltops. the main event tuesday, wind and more rain. as the sun sets, the atmosphere stabilized, as the sun set big showers popping up in the east bay hills. that's no longer the case. here is the break in between systems. you could see the clouds spilling toward the coast. during the day tomorrow, we'll see some of those high clouds moving into the bay area. this time tomorrow night, we'll probably start to see some of those showers hitting the northern fringe of sonoma county. as we go into tuesday morning, you're watching that rain drop out of the north bay. rolling through midday tuesday with showers to follow into wednesday. the second half of the week, not bad in terms of

but san jose had something even san francisco didn't have. a defining landmark. there was no golden great bridge or coyt tower, not yet but san jose had an electric light tower for all to see. >> you find it in the postcards, the stuff were sent back east featured the light tower and how progressive california was. >> reporter: owens persuaded readers that california could save money by eliminating the street light. he suggested building several tower lamps to light the city. >> it symbolized moving toward a whole new era of electricity. >> for all those who were against it there were at least an equal number for it. so i would hardly call it a mistake. >> reporter: but could a tower light a town? the debate went on as the tower was built in 1881. here it is under construction and at last it was ready made out of iron pipe. more than 20 stories tall. powered by carbon arch lamps which were state of the art at a time. popular lamps that would later be popular at movie premiers. >> what they were doing is throwing a spark between two electrodes. it simply wasn't en

see numbers bump up, anywhere 5 to 8 degrees warmer than yesterday. 62 in concord, 63 right now in san josend also 55 in santa cruz. let's take you outside to our sky camera network in san francisco where temperatures are in the 50s and plenty of blue sky here, looking back toward alcatraz and downtown, and this is a preview of what's going to be coming our way as we head throughout this weekend. on your weather headlines what we find here as we continue throughout the morning hours is a pretty chilly start. not only patchy fog but also areas of patchy frost mainly for the interior sections of the north bay and for this weekend, i'm ordering all of you to get outside and enjoy because temperatures will be in the 70s and well above average here as we head throughout our march. high pressure building offshore. that will continue to build here and also create some dry northerly winds. that's going to be ramping up our temperatures into the 70s for saturday and then by sunday we're talking mid to upper 70s possible with also some dry northerly winds that will also help to increase that fire dan

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the as, for example, may be headed to san jose. about building a new arena in san francisco near at&t park. the raters, well, that team could move back to los angeles or simply to santa clara. >> they voted to spend $3.5 million on the plans. an additional 1 point of million dollars on a development team to start talking with the teams and millions on an environmental impact statement. the city will be making an ah a formal announcement about the plans this morning at 10:30 at city hall. >> i think the beef is the venue. >> reporter: we haven't got any formal comments in the sports teams. for a long time some have complained they don't like playing in the same arena as another team. so they have been wanting their own arena now that they are threatening to move. now the city is finally giving in. >> it's a first step. you have to throw an olive branch, i guess. retirement costs for the city have more than tripled over the last decade alone to $245 million per year in san jose. if passed the measure would put new employees into a lo

when voters passed the bart-to- san jose tax measures the grand plan was to have underground bart stations all the way up and downed east santa clara street and alum rock avenue such as we have in san francisco on market street. but the funding for that wasn't coming through and so backers of this plan had to regroup come up with another plan and that's what we have today. bart-to-san jose has a foot in the door now and that's reason enough to celebrate. a few strokes of the pen... >> yeah! [ applause ] >> reporter: -- a popping of the cork. and finally, a solid answer to the bay area's long-running question: when will bart come to san jose? >> segment 1, ten miles from fremont to milpitas and berryessa and san jose will be done by 2016. >> reporter: just four years from now, but decades in the making and for many commuters, way overdue. >> i just want to be able to make it to work. i'm tired of driving to san jose all the way to fremont in order to be able to make it to work. it doesn't make sense. >> reporter: it took that long to secure the project's $3.2 billion. today's gathering at s