scherer maintains he was asleep the night of his parents murder. the couple was beaten with a baseball bat and stabbed to death in their castlewood home back in 2008. scherer will be sentenced in may facing life behind bars. >>> an east bay county is warning of the danger of a 73-mile long canal system. contra costa says after heavy storms it is extremely dangerous. the flood-controlled district will hold a meeting tonight at the 6:30 for the public's input. it takes down at the walnut creek library. last month two local teens drowned while trying to draft a rain-swollen creek. >>> police say an antioch art teacher accused of inappropriate i touching a student may have fled to mexico. charles redmond was interviewed on thursday about making lewd comments to an eighth grade boy and allegedly inappropriately touching him. shortly after the interview redmond left a note for his family and disappeared. redmond is on leave pending outcome of the investigation and a $100,000 arrest warrant has been issued for him. >>> today mount diablo district teachers

scherer says he's not guilty. >>> turning to the latest in japan, work resumed at the fukushima nuclear plant. workers are hooking up electrical systems and trying to repair damage to critical cooling units. officials say restoring electricity will not automatically solve all the problems though it will, in theory, run the motors and valves that keep delivering cool water to reactor cores. in the meantime, japanese nuclear officials figured out what caused steam to erupt from the plant yesterday. high temperatures in the spent fuel pool have apparently caused the steam. it is another complication. if the water in the pool bubbles away and exposes fuel rods, more radiation will be emitted. >>> the big quake hit off the coast of japan early this morning. a 6.6 struck just after midnight. about 182 miles east/southeast of sandai. no reports of injuries. the numbers out this morning show 8,900 people were killed by the quake and tsunami that originally hit. 12,600 people are missing although police say the two numbers can kind of be confused with each other and overlap to some extent. they

scherer says he's not guilty. >>> work is resuming this morning at the fukushima nuclear power plant in japan. crews are racing to restore critical cooling systems. power cables were hooked up to all six reactors now but more work is needed before electricity is turned on and the pumps can bring water into the overheated system. the officials say even if that happens restoring electricity won't automatically solve all the problems however it will help. >>> in the meantime another big quake hitting japan early this morning. the 6.6 quake struck just after midnight our time 182 miles southeast of sandai. new numbers are also out this morning showing more than 9,000 people were killed by the 9.0 magnitude quake and tsunami. 13,500 people are still missing. police say the two numbers could overlap. they estimate the final number of people killed will exceed 18,000. >>> hundreds of americans living in japan will be back on american soil this morning. they will land at travis air force base outside of vacaville. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live at trafs this morning with more on

ernest scherer was convicted of beating his mother and father with a baseball bat to get a roughly $1 million inheritance. he faces life in prison with no chance of parole. >>> up next, what happens when the online world becomes too much for kids? >> parents really can't afford to be ignorant of the information that children are releasing online. >> new questions pediatricians will be asking during doctors' visits. >>> and more and more women are using this space age pod to help lose weight. why doctors say the new device may suffer from an old problem. >>> from the cbs 5 weather center we have been tracking the amount of days it's rained consecutively here in the bay area. count them, 14. now the record we should experience this week. the pinpoint forecast as eyewitness news continues. nothing more important than being popular. these days, self-esteem is impacted by social media as much a >>> as to lots of teens there is nothing more important than being popular. these days life is impacted by social media. what's the toll on kids who feel they don't have friends? mike sugerman repor

. >>> a jury has found professional poker player ernst scherer guilty of killing his parents.e maintains he was asleep in his home the night of his parents murder. the couple was beaten to death in pleasanton in 2008. he'll be sentenced in may and faces life behind bars. >>> state and local leaders want a tougher stance on a settlement reached with pg&e. california attorney general comlia harris is asking state regulators to increase a $3 million settlement with the utility. pg&e agreed to the deal last thursday after testifying before the state's public utility commission on pipe safety. last september eight people died, 38 homes were destroyed, after a gas explosion from a faulty underground pipe. >>> 5:48 right now. we were talking about the record rain that we have had. now record temperatures on the way. today is going to be nice, right, christina? >>> oh, yes. today will be nice. it depends on whether you like partially warm conditions or really warm conditions. as we head through the latter part of this week it will get really warm around here. all the computer models a

scherer says he's not guilty. >>> right now we'll check the forecast with christina and keep tabs ong through the bay area. >> good morning to you. the little rain coming down is evaporating before it hits the surface. you'll see sunshine likely on your way to work, but we have a lot of rain on the way heading through tonight. an area of low pressure drops into the bay area first recreating a windy environment. then the showers start up later tonight. heavy at times. flooding is definitely possible heading through the next 72 hours. we have another storm on the way for thursday. so let's enjoy today. 58 degrees in fremont. 58 in san jose. rain starts up tonight. let's check your drive right now withic mine inouye. >>> we have damp roadways in the south with the commute on 280, 101, and 87. all typical spots with speed sensors showing you the slowing. the northbound side here is jammed up. now we are seeing effects as folks get through the area as they are clearing to 808 over to san leandro. here's the backup at the toll plaza. traffic is coming down out of richmond and the north fro