reporting live, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, scott.et's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. the calm before the storm. >> it is, raj. take a look at these record-setting highs for today. gilroy, 80 degrees. napa 73. hayward at 72. we know a lot of you had the car thermometers way up there today's. but we've got something that's going to change it. our next storm system about 1500 miles away. this huge area of low pressure and elongated cold front will be shifting things up by midweek. we'll have more in about 45 seconds. i want to take you out to the live view, you can see sunny, clear skies in the south bay, peninsula, east bay and the north bay. right now running with an average temperature of 70. beginning to cool off in the east bay. temperatures in the mid-60s and light wind out of the northwest. it's going to be a lot cloudier even beginning tomorrow as our storm system gets closer. what i want to do first is get you into the timing of that first storm system so you can get the planning under way for this week. as we s

scott budman got a first look and drink i hear, scott? >> reporter: good evening, jessica.is it, 1,000 pounds of machine that can take air and turn it into water, but can it save us from the drought? it's a high-tech tool for taking water into air. turning water vapor into drinking water. this large model can produce 300 gallons of water a day, totally clean and drinkable, silicon valley's way of fighting back against the drought. >> every crisis creates some kind of opportunity, but it also creates a need for us to figure out how to use technology and deliver essential services. >> reporter: as the state's drought drags on, businesses and politicians are both looking for solutions. this one which also comes in a smaller size and also provides drinkable water in minutes, it's clean and tastes good. >> put it in, plug it in, and hands off, produces water, you can sell the water, bottle it and sell it. so just do whatever you want to do. >> reporter: but is it the cure to our water worries? >> we're not quite there yet. >> reporter: we caught up with the santa clara water val

>>> i'm scott budman in the south bay where several cities made the list to get their internet speeds boosten up to 100 times thanks to google. >> i'm kimberly tere where huge crowds are cheering polina edmonds. >>> local transportation leaders are on the defense tonight. even though there were disputes over broken bolts, reinforcements and water leaks, the lead contractor was reportedly rewarded for petie h deadlines a. spokesman said even though bonuses are paid cal tran and the mtc can hold the contractor accountable by with holding payment. >>> a radical change could be in store for california's community colleges. a proposed law would allow the two-year school to offers four-year degrees in fields with high demand like nursing or information technology. with the uc and csn schools in capacity, it's cheaper to expand existing programs than build new campuses. in the south bay, two schools now say they are ready. >> the fact we have, you know, what campus, san jose, we have at least three degree areas where we're supposed to start the program right away because we have the curricul

. >>> i'm scott budman. for those of us with shopping, sight is something we take for granted. thanks to a ten-year-old, it's getting easier for the blind. >>> it's the final few days of the olympics. a live look at the olympic torch. there it is. burning bright and it's early saturday morning in russia and team usa probably still sleeping off another heart break on the ice. jack has the story from sochi. >> reporter: another dagger from the north, team canada beats the u.s. men's team in olympic hockey. the canadians locked down the high-powered offense and shut them out 1-0. >> there is a couple opportunities to tie that up there. it's unfortunate that we couldn't. it's a pretty bad feeling, though. >> reporter: earlier in the day, sweden beat finland 2-1 to advance to the gold medal game. the americans will take on the fins tomorrow for the bronze. the canadians' victory is one day after the women's team suffered an over time loss to the northern neighbors. julie chu can take some of it. >> it's humbling. we have such an inspired group and to be chosen among all of them, it'

. >> i'm scott budman outside the netflix war room. the silicon valley streamer sends you season two of "house of cards." >>> burning the midnight oil and made millions of people around the world very happy, including president obama. >> in a story you'll only see on nbc bay area, we'll take you behind the scenes at netflix releases the hit show "house of cards." >> reporter: jessica, if you think about it, when the first season of house of cards was released, it was met with skepticism. critics said it was crazy to put an entire show online at the same time. well, one year later, how and where we get our programming has changed. welcome to the war room netflix style. these men and women on their laptops and ipads are responsible for streaming out the hottest show in the world right now to 44 million people in 41 countries. >> tonight is a really exciting night for us. >> reporter: "house of cards" season two, so big president obama tweeted about it. a 13 episode merger that one year ago seemed like a crazy idea. >> will this work out?

. >>> i'm scott budman. the early rocky days of tesla, and his favorite movie. >>> that google mystery barge is headed east, just a little east. the agency leasing the space where the barge has been docked says the barge will move by next friday. google was ordered to leave treasure island for not having the proper permits. they are turning the barge into a floating technology center. >>> he's already changed the auto industry, and now he's targeting space. but we don't usually hear much from him. today the tesla ceo spoke about the future and why tesla almost didn't make it. scott budman was there and joans us with the story. >> reporter: with tesla, the company he now co-founded now worth $30 billion, it's been a good week. he's even moved to admit that when tesla started he was not confident about its success. >> one of the elements of a car succeeding, pretty darn low. we came within a few days of being bankrupt. >> reporter: he told regulators he'll work with them on future projects because they share a

our team coverage continues with scott budman who is in san francisco where a part of the great highway was shut down for a little while. it sounds like maybe it's starting to open again, scott? >> yeah, it is. that wave that rob was talking about is starting to hit here in san francisco. we're seeing increasing wind, we're seeing increasing rain and, yeah, let's take you to the great highway that goes along the water. this is the southbound direction of the great highway which for parts this morning because of increased rain and water buildup has been shut down. to tell you specifically where we are, this is the area of sloat and lincoln along southbound great highway, also very near the san francisco zoo. but unfortunately also near 280. so if you need to get to this area you have some alternate roots. as we were coming from the south bay to the north bay, we noticed some road closures starting to build up along 280 and 101 so if you're heading north into the north bay, north of the peninsula and palo alto, give yourself a little extra time. we're starting to see some moderate floodin

. >> speaking of the opening ceremony, i'm scott budman at sharks ice. we're getting ready to watch and cheer on san jose's own olympian. we're coming up next. >> then at 6:00, an olympic legend appointed by the president and coming out of the closet. >> did you at any point feel blindsided or betrayed by the president? >> candid answers from brian boitano in an exclusive interview new at 6:00. was the most watched television event ever. so, what's next? the upcoming winter games from sochi. where every second of nbc universal's coverage will be available on every device. on tv, online or streaming on the nbc sports live extra app. beginning february 6th, experience the winter games everywhere. welcome to what's next. comcast nbcuniversal >>> so exciting. tonight is the night. coming up on nbc bay area the opening ceremony for the 2014 sochi games. looking live at the port. quiet now because it's 5:00 in the morning. >> we have you covered from the bay area to russia. let's begin with jack. what's the theme now? what are we going to see? >> reporter: you

with an olympic web minute, i'm scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> scott speaks a little russian, youthe emphasize on the sochi. >> yes. >> danny davis, this is the first olympics for the 25-year-old who lives and trains in truckee. he was in the 2010 vancouver games, he never made it, he broke his spine and pelvis in a drunken atv crash. look for his flowing hair. >>> gold medals final for half pipe snow boarding and women's sleep style skiing and women's ski jumping, which is scary to watch and figure skating paras, which is my favorite coming out of shochi. >> and matt lauer stepping in for bob costa who has multiple p pink eyes tonight. >> we got the forecast. let's go ahead and take a look, wednesday night a chance of drizzle and light showers mainly in the north bay and saturday night and sunday morning, possibly more accumulating rainfall, could be from 1/10ths to 1/2 inch. coming up at 7:30 on "the olympic zone" in the show i'm hosting, we'll talk to ted and he'll give us a six-minute workout where he says you're not going to be able to stand after this six-minute workout. >>

scott budman joins us from the power station. charges of terrorism. why is this just coming to light now? >> reporter: well, raj, as you mentioned the attack happened here in april of last year but there's no interest of what happened that day because of the way it happened and all the technology involved and because of what's at stake. the attack on this pg & e substation back in april involved cut cables, gunfire and 17 transformers being knocked out. but did it involve terrorism? >> yeah. this is a likely target, and it's something that we are becoming more and more concerned about. >> reporter: muk mcinerney, a security consultant for delta risk, he, along with the former cheryl of the federal energy regulatory commission says this could be the latest example of how cyber terrorism could be used to attack america. >> critical infrastructure are things that we rely on as a country in order to function. examles are the electric grid and the air traffic control system, water system, the stock market, and if they go down, yo can see it potentially co

. >>> i'm scott budman in the south bay with talk of terrorism in the power grid.ll have that story coming up. >>> take a look at this surveillance video. you'll see sparks. the sparks are gunfire at a pg and e station. that's someone shooting at the equipment and a former federal official says this was an act of terrorism. it was first reported at vandalism when it happened last april, one day of the boston marathon bombings. no one called it an act of terror then. tonight, a different story. scott budman is in south san jose with the new take on this crime. >> reporter: well, good evening raj. some are calling this a potential act of terrorism, focussing on the cybersecurity angle because power grids like this one are connected to so many parts of our lives. the spector of cyber terrorism has come here to the pg and e substation hit by hand vis m and gunfire back in april of last year. new questions now about just how serious an attack this was. >> it's important to ask who would want to do that because that potentially could be an act of war. >> reporter: questi

. >>> i'm scott budman. before they hit the olympic ice, they come here. coming up, inside the bay area business whose boots will soon be seen all over the world. >>> and good afternoon. i'm chief meteorologist general ranieri. we are tracking rainfall off to the north. let you know if we will get any of this rainfall in a few minutes. >>> then in 6:00, apple helping make olympics history in sochi. >> we can't even believe what's possible with smart devices like the ipad. >> how an ipad helped the u.s. men's bobsled team win a medal for the first time ever. that's new at 6:00. >>> we are heading to the final stretch of these winter games there and's new weather trouble in sochi. rain has been falling for hours now you can see the video here. and has crippled some of the events up in the mountains up in sochi. it appears one team has reason to sing in the rain. >> nbc's jack doles joins live from sochi with a look at some of the biggest winners. jack? >> reporter: jessica and raj, i will tell you there is dominant and then the dutch speed skating team. it i

scott budman is at the site and scott, you know this well, it's a classic spot in san jose, will it be demolished? >> reporter: we don't know and there is speculation. the park plaza is really a mall from another time, but it's for sale now and will likely look quite a bit different in the near future. inside the kids shop you'll find what people have loved for decades about the park plaza. a community feel and a small business where the customers know the owners, but this 17 acre complex on camden and union avenues in san jose is up for the sale for the first time in 60 years and it's what the real estate business calls a hot piece of property. >> great space. >> it's 17 acres in the heart of town, many people think it should be developed, redeveloped to some extent. >> reporter: for now, the plaza does not have a price tag and there are meetings scheduled to figure out which direction the city wants to take but there is a strong possibility the future won't include the bowling alley, craft store or dollar tree, not to mention its signature piece, the marry go round. >> when my son da

in palo alto, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> there are highly skilled engineers in ukraine thatea companies. >>> let's talk about our micro forecast. >> i know we are in a drought, but we starting to clear out from the north to the south. and that's going to bode well for your saturday and sunday. then we have rain coming in the forecast. right now clear across the bay area, right into san francisco. we did have a few high clouds earlier, but even that's starting to push out. winds out of the west at 15 miles per hour. may have a little bit of fog, but not expecting a fog storm for tomorrow morning. the reason why is we're starting to see a shift in the wind pattern. we're seeing this area of high pressure set up in just the right spot. so the circulation around this, again, will help to lead us to the offshore winds. it's going to mean this warming trend right on track. friday, saturday, and sunday inland numbers that will range anywhere from 69 to 74 degrees. let's preview some of these temperatures. a lot of you do like these 70s. what you're going to find is as we head throu

. >>> i'm scott budman.oming up, we take you inside the bay area company using technology to keep team usa warm and fashionable. >>> and good evening. i'm jeff ranieri. we're tracking drizzle across the bay area. but mainly dry from any storm activity. our next system is in the fifk and our flooding concerns coming up in a few minutes. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. ♪ [ dad ] looks pretty good, right? [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] switch to u-verse and add a wireless receiver today. ♪ >>> subway calls it the bread improvement process. basically it means remove ago kem from the bread. it's found in shoe rubber. they asked subway to nix the chemical. subway says the removal process has started and it will be completed soon. >>> movie director george lucas is being offere

. >>> i'm scott budman on a historic day for the space program. coming up, more evidence that we are far, far from alone. >>> right now, the only thing slowing people down, these people blocked by an immigration protest. hundreds of people marching from the grocery store to the ikea on east bay shore drive. they blocked traffic circling in the intersection and linking arms and staging. protesters are demanding a stop to deportations and congress to act on immigration reform. >> the point is that we have the power to stop traffic, to stop distances and to even stop the police, you know, from doing their job, as long as we are here. >> protesters last too long, organizers said they made their point and no one was arrested. >>> are they ready for the commute? we're talking about levi stadium. it opens this august. today transit and city leaders were mapping out how fans will get there easily and quickly. the program committee met for the first times and includes of from the peninsula to south bay. >> they will look at the service plan, transit demand

scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> neither apple or tesla would comment.e is another possibility. these are two companies with lots of money in the bank. it is possible they could work in the future to buy or try new technologies that could help each other. >>> in surprise here. this reaffirms what we know. we have some of the highest rents in the country according to a new survey. here is a live look at san jose which weighed in with an average rent of $1900 for an entry level apartment. san francisco, oakland and fremont behind with about $1800 a month. oil towns in north dakota took number one spots behind boston, new york and los angeles. >>> u.s. oil production at a record high but will this boom help push back the competition? >>> and a pilot turned hijacker. the suspected motive for a co-pilot who turned on his own passengers. >> i'm marianne favro. coming up, find out why the real san mateo sheriff departmeuties searching for the fake ones that may be calling you. i'll have that story coming up in a live report. >>> the frauds are becoming genuinel

i'm scott budman. coming up, the biggest threat and what we can do to protect ourselves. >>> i'm class cane in palo alto, if you are coming to dinner and looking for a place to park, good luck. what the city may be doing to change that coming up. >>> frustrating and difficult, that's the parking situation in one peninsula city. what leaders are doing to keep you from going around and round and round to find a parking place. the city is palo alto where it's harder to snag a parking space than it is in san francisco. chase cane is live with ideas they are considering to kind of ease the parking crunch, chase? >> reporter: jessica, you're right. it can be a dance where you're sickling the block endlessly and they have a whole menu of things they are looking at including talking to uber and lift to see if they could be part of the zul solution because they are trying to reduce cars parked downtown by 30% and willing to do just about anything to achieve that goal. >> it could be difficult at busy times like

. >>> i'm scott budman. it started at harvard and then silicon valley. ten years of facebook coming up. >>> and good evening. i'm jeff ranieri, we have cloud cover increase and more chances of rain over the next six days. full details of the forecast and when the next rain arrives in just a few minutes. >>> children's health is why there are attatax on sugary dri it would be soft drinks, sports drinks and some juices. the $31 million will help improve parks, school nutrition and programs. it's expected the american beverage association will spend millions of dollars to defeat the tax. >>> a marijuana based drug is being tested on patients as young as one-year-old at uc san francisco. the drug is a liquid derived from cannabis plants. the children enrolled in the study suffer from epilepsy so severe they are at risk from brain damage. some have dozens of seizures a day. this wasn't the first time they tested marijuana. last year it was the first research hospital in the nation to give it to children. positive results from that study have led to this curre

>> scott budman joins us with answers. >> the market has been on a roll for years but after a 5% drop in the month of january, february started with another steep loss. is it time to get out of stocks or time to take a deep breath and think about the long term? stocks in february picked up where they left off in january with a big loss, more than 300 points down on the dow, more than 1 0 poi0 points lost on th nasdaq. but san jose financial planner hilary martin points out a month of steep losses is not a full blown crisis, especially if you consider the strength of local stocks on the nasdaq. >> i think you have to get some perspective as far as the nasdaq is concerned, the nasdaq had a 38% return last year, and so this year is a slight decline but really just a short, brief, very small sell off. >> reporter: case in point, google down nearly $50 a share y,

what he told our own scott budman when he asked him about money. >>> and then at 6:00, rain or shine, the cows need water. but the drought is taking away something else they need. >> i'm marianne favro, coming up, i will show you the impact the drought is having on south bay cattle ranchers. >> that's new at 6:00. ok, it's time to set the record straight. covered california is how californians can take advantage of the affordable care act. we can help you get quality health insurance right now. to sign up, call 800-787-9159 or go to coveredca.com. you can also use our website to find local, in-person help. one of the biggest questions we get here is, "does covered california offer financial assistance?" yes. covered california is the only place that gives you financial help with your coverage. millions of californians will qualify. find out if you do. all plans include free preventive care. now, you might have a question about what that means. it means free mammograms, immunizations, cancer screenings, and more. it's a big list, and it's all free. so don't wait. without insurance, eve

scott budman joins us with this technology. if we use ipads, will we be bobsledders?yes, better bobsledders. in a sport decided by tenths of a second, you want any advantage you can get. they turned to an ipad and app that helped them bring home a medal. >> reporter: america just notched its first male bobsled win in 62 years with the well-known piece of silicon valley technology along for the ride. while the bobsledders trained, their runs were recorded on apple ipads then critiqued on an app, a piece of software that gives the team instant access to data. >> how you're able to do that instantly after a heat or run is tremendous for them because it saves them time, hassles of going somewhere else to analyze the footage. >> reporter: it specializes in slow motion video and lets the coaches see the ride frame by frame. it's new to the bobsled team along with the medal the team will take home. >> we cannot put it in the olympics but something we built reached that level. we're proud and happy the team is using it. >> reporter: a piece of hidden software helping to speed

scott budman has the story. >>> raj, you heard about the tens of thousands of dollars russia is spending to put on the games. for a tiny fraction sochi is able to tap a local startup for 3 d scanning technology that may find its way into your home. the crowds in sochi are being kept a little more secure. >> you need to turn 45 degrees. >> reporter: thanks to a tie know silicon valley company that wants to take your picture, kind of. they can scan you in a few seconds for 3 d facial recognition or in about ten minutes to create a surprisingly accurate 3 d printed version of you, 120th of your size. 3 d scanning is about as fast and accurate as you can get, making the machines key for sochi. >> can be used in variety of applications. one is to better recognizing objects or subjects because 3 d information is direct and precise. >> reporter: for these little guys, imagine a future where you're scanned before a fitting, health examination or fitness routine. >> you can do it every few months and correct how your body changes, not only in terms of losing a couple pounds but gaining muscle. so

. >>> and speaking of the games, i'm scott budman surrounded by young figure skaters about to cheer for san jose's own olympian, you'll hear from a real medal winner coming up. 67 . >>> we have new details at the heart of downtown near the fairmont hotel. police identified the man stabbed to death at cesar chavez park. they still have very little information on a suspect. tonight, detectives are looking for another suspect in another stabbing that happened 25 hours later outside of the downtown marriott. the victim in that case is listed in critical condition. >>> a surprising ending tonight to a police investigation into a brutal beating in please son ton. they closed the case of a man found beaten and unconscious in the street outside of his home last fall. the victim's family said a man went outside to talk to several people in the cul-de-sac near their home. he was found unconscious. five months later, police say the dc doesn't have enough evidence to charge anyone with a crime. we spoke to the family this evening. they called the decision very upsetting but say they will focus on l

. >>> hi, i'm scott budman with olympic notes from the web for those of you moving away from the televisionyour mobile device, here are sites to get olympic information. this is called nbc olympics.com and if you go there, slash kntv you can find videos with bay area athletes and blogs written by them and from our own janelle wang in sochi. another place to find up to date information from olympics, our twitter feed at nbc bay area and we post all sorts of news, information and videos on twitter, a word of warning, a bit of a sopoiler alert, everything we post is live, before it hits tv. >> thank you, scott. >>> our twitter feed is valuable for all things olympics but as scott said, we post real-time results. speed skating is part of prime time coverage and gold medal finals in skiing, half pipe snow boarding and yes, speed skating and the olympic zone starring jeff ranieri. >> after the olympics, the dea says it's a multi billion-dollar industry and hard to stop. investigative reporter steven stock goes undercover to expose a growing problem with synthetic drugs. that is tonight after the