off the southern california coast. crews have already recovered >>> back now at 5:53. the coast guard resumes its superdelegate for a boater off the southern california -- its search for a boater off the southern california coast. they failed to return from a day long fishing trip. >>> the faa is investigating aplane crash in the backyard in sacramento county of a home. the small two engine aircraft went down near a home in rio linda saturday night after both plane engines failed. the family said if the plane hadn't hit a telephone pole it would have landed in its dining room. the plane was on the way to mcclellan airport. the three people on board suffered minor injuries. >>> bobbi kristina brown spoke with oprah winfrey and said they spent time together the night before whitney houston's death as well as the day off. houston died february 11. the cause of death hasn't been announced. >>> a mix of business and pleasure for prince harry in south america. the young royal wrapped up his tour yesterday with a polo match. the fundraising event was aimed at helping local cha

. >> we hear about famous people, especially from the southern california who come to the rescue of allts of causes. has this listen to that level in southern california? the fear of having parks closed? >> it doesn't really seem that way, of all of the cause celebs around this one doesn't rise. a question for rachael. arsonists, vandals, getting into the closed parks. wouldn't it make sense to throw them open, even though untended and unserviced and allow the public to maintain a quasi custodial role over them so someone is looking after the territory? >> well, i should say, as we mentioned before, the parks aren't actually padlocks, so you can go in, in many cases with your dog, friends, and volunteer. people love parks are often keeping a watchful eye as it is now. but you have to ask yourself, one of the stories, i did a profile, and many of the volunteers totally dedicated, many elderly. what are they going to do, go up with a whistle, a dog whistle, and say to an arsonist, you there? it's not something that can happen. you really want someone who is a law enforcement who carries t

state facilities are similar to the japanese power plant that melted down. a southern california nuclear plant was taken offline last month after a precaution that a leak was detected. >>> the violence continues in syria. syrian activist groups say progovernment gunman killed more than a dozen people in the city of holmes last night. syria state media confirmed the deaths but blamed armed terrorists. both reports say the dead include a number of children. the continued violence comes despite optimism expressed by a -- a funeral for war correspondent marie is being held this morning in her home state of new york. a wake was hill over -- a wake was held over the weekend. she was culled while covering the violence in syria. she lost her left eye back in 2001 after an explosion covering the civil war in sri lanka. >>> it was a deadly weekend on bay area train tracks. on friday morning 39-year-old papal executive erik was hit and killed by a train. cal train officials say he was standing on the tracks when he was hit. and 39-year-old angela patton was hit by a train track. 24 hours la

the northern plains and one over california. now we are on the mild side of the area of warm weather for southern california. day will be a very beautiful afternoon from san diego to palm springs all the way to greater los angeles and even areas near san francisco will be pretty nice. we are not quite as chilly this morning. 50 in vegas. still a little cool in medford. definitely chilly in nevada. in the interior northwest, we are on the cold side. this afternoon with sunshine, 00%, 100% sunshine, 81 in l.a. not bad in the northwest, o. you know the warm, sunny patterns won't last forever. we have rain coming tomorrow. >> all right, bill, thank you so much. coming up, high hopes for jobs. a new thicker ipad, and the world's youngest self-made female billionaire? you're early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, indications that things are mellowing out between brad and angelina and jennifer aniston? >>> coming up, peyton says good-bye. a buzzer beater by the mvp and what in the world has happened to the lakers? you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today."

. >>> that eventually up in the southern california. >>> he had to flee mexico during the mexican revolution because at the time pancho villa had ordered all foreigners out of northern mexico off so he had to leave with his wife and his baby daughter who also later became an artist. and he came up to san francisco to work on the pan pacific exploration exploration of and any found a home and send info so they worked at the pan pacific exposition for over a year and its many beautiful paintings for the california building at the exposition. >>> were going to see some of those and a bit after the break but basically this is the stations at the san affiliation that's one of the things that we will see and then talking about some paintings that he did for the pan pacific exposition >>> and then of course st. peter and paul beautiful church. we're going to take a short break and will be back with more and this time bring pictures. >>> beginning of the picture of his grandfather hector about aholt how old was he when this picture was taken? >>> it was taken to the end of this life 1949 about the t

. >>> drama off the southern california coast. a whale is caught in a dangerous situation. the migrating gray whale became tangled in fishing nets and other debris. rescuers were finally able to cut the whale free. it looked to be about a year old and they're optimistic it will recover from the ordeal. >>> a positive step in the courtroom saga of actress lindsay lohan. a judge ends her probation. she'll no longer have to appear in court or report to her probation officer. she had several missteps following her drunken driving congestion in 2007. the judge gave her some words of advice after granting her, her freedom. >> live your life in a more mature way. stop the nightclubbing and focus on your work. okay? >> lohan no longer faces the immediate threat of jail, but she does remain on informal probation for taking a $2500 necklace without permission. >>> mourning the loss of earl scruggs, the man who could play a banjo like no other. yes, that theme from the beverly hillbillies was one of his many hits. he passed away from natural causes at the age of 88. he helped populariz

the 405 last summer and they called it carmageddon. >>> it could cost more at california strip clubs if a state lawmaker has his way. the southern california democrat has introduced a bill that calls for those who have alcohol and live entertainment to pay an extra $10 per customer. >>> california voters will get to decide the fate of hundreds of death row inmates. >> we did it, guys. >> 30,000 petitions were filed at the san francisco elections office yesterday. among 800,000 statewide. it's the save california act initiative to abolish capital punishment in california. if successful, it would end the death sentences of more than 700 prisoners on death row in san quentin. >> so those serving sentences, the 720s sentences will be change without the possibility of parole. and thereafter, there will be no judge or jury that will be imposing a death sentence. >> initiative backers say that aside from a moral issue, the death penalty is too expensive. taxpayers spend $180 million a year for death row prisoners including lawyers and security. >>> and according to our exclusive eyewitness news poll, 61% of california voters say they w

the southern california lawmaker says the money would be paid for by the drunk driver and awarded only after a conviction. anti drunk driving groups and the aclu have not weighed in yet. >> we're getting a first look at the federal government to quit smoking campaign. some of the images you are about to see might be hard to look at. >> it began with my big toe, that was my first amputations >> burgers disease >> a 54 million-dollar multi media blitz is called tips from former smokers and is designed to educate smokers about the dangers of smoking through the stories of former smokers who suffer a variety of illnesses. the campaign starts tomorrow. schools will have the option to take pinked slime off the menu. the department of agriculture will announce it will give public schools a choice in ground beef purchases after so- called pink slime became a hot social media topic last week. it is ground beef that is partially treated with ammonia to kill bacteria. the fed said it will give schools the option to buy lean meat without the treatment although they say the treated meat does the fe

time in less than a week a gray whale had to be freed after getting tangled in netting off the southern california coast. the coast guard spotted the whale yesterday. an the marine center cut the massive mammal free today. a second whale, possibly the mother never left the side of the whale until it was freed. >>> it was as if they were putting the finishing touches on a fine painting. in this case 100-year-old esie larkin. >> you look very beautiful. >> reporter: her humor, mind, and memory intact. >> how tall are you? >> 5'2". >> eyes of? >> blue. >> shshwas getting done up for another big event. larsey will be here an honored guest of michelle obama. >> she's a very nice lady. >> did you vote for her husband? >> you better believe it. >> reporter: the cutter's name for the coast guard's first commission female officer. >> i love the coast guard. >> reporter: in that first generation of coast guard women, larkin a radio operator during world war ii decoded morris code. >> i know, submarine. >> reporter: widowed and living on her own she got the invitation to meet the first lady when she turned 1

time in less than a week a gray whale had to be freed after getting tangled in netting off the southern californiad spotted the whale yesterday. an the marine center cut the massive mammal free today. a second whale, possibly the mother never left the side of the whale until it was freed. >>> it was as if they were putting the finishing touches on a fine painting. in this case 100-year-old esie larkin. >> you look very beautiful. >> reporter: her humor, mind, and memory intact. >> how tall are you? >> 5'2". >> eyes of? >> blue. >> she was getting done up for another big event. larsey will be here an honored guest of michelle obama. >> she's a very nice lady. >> did you vote for her husband? >> you better believe it. >> reporter: the cutter's name for the coast guard's first commission female officer. >> i love the coast guard. >> reporter: in that first generation of coast guard women, larkin a radio operator during world war ii decoded morris code. >> i know, submarine. >> reporter: widowed and living on her own she got the invitation to meet the first lady when she turned 100 last december. then

the ski resorts. >>> look at these pictures of a bank heist in southern california. this man is armed and dangerous. the reason he might be linked to a bay area bank robbery. >>> authorities believe the robber in this surveillance video from san bernardino county robbed a bank of the west on monday. he shot and injured a police officer in the southern california robbery. they say he may be responsible for a bank robbery in sacramento and authorities consider him dangerous. >>> a man accused of threatening police was arrested last night after being wounded by police gunfire. the officers say they came across a man before 9:00 during a suspect search. police say the man who they suspected had a gun took off running. they caught him. one officer opened fire and shot the man in the shoulder. he was treated at a hospital. the mayor is offering his thoughts on the controversy involving the police chief. he is under fire for trying to correct information printed in a story by sending a armed sarge tonight the reporters' home. the mayor said it is the city's manager job to di

the bodies. investigators are trying to tropopause of this plane crash in southern california, a small jet went down near santa clarita and sparked this 10 a. wildfire. the fire is out now. all of the vehicle in the plane survived the crash this marks >> n.c.a.a. fastball, calif. fares will be facing south florida on wednesday in the dayton, ohio furious they entered the tournament as the no. 12 seed. a bad year for the pac-10. half the bears took off against the bulls and the winner gets into the breakfast defaced tumble on friday in nashville. it is possible that the bears could play three games in five days. >>mark: morocco will face perdue on friday. ms. is the second time in three years at st. mary's had made the tournament. their game tips off friday afternoon. we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. whatcha lookin' for hon? ah, these new jeans i want. i've been looking everywhere. new blue jeans? oh, don't be crazy, i've got tons of blue jeans. frank! frank! get my jean bin, susie wants my jeans. no she doesn't. here we go. nice an

the southern california men were on board a fishing boat when it overturned. >>> a 2.3 earthquake hitear the same east bay location as two last week. this morning's quake was near the golf and country club in the hills at 7:55 this morning. no word if it was an aftershock. earthquakes measuring 3.5 and 4.0 struck last monday. >>> to the bay area weather, big changes coming according to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> big changes. return to winter. we got used to the summerlike weather. we head into a pattern that will be as wet as any pattern we have had. rain in northern california. north it has been wet into seattle. here is the rain line right now. this drops south and we get into the rain mix tomorrow. so as early as tomorrow morning, you will have showers showing up. and the showers will raise heck with your commute and afternoon commute. rain all day on tuesday. these guys are lined up out there, kind of coming together. the timing will change, especially wednesday, thursday and friday and saturday. tomorrow, the timing is solid. overnight lows in the 40s. 47 in concord.

more on the southern california nonprof itd behind the video, and why the widely viewed campaign is also receiving criticism. >> it's just a spark to get you interested in this issue. >> jason russell has spent the past nine years sounding the international alarm about ugandan atrocities, his 30 minute documentary focuses on victims, jacob a ugandan boy said he watched his brother murdered. and the villain, charged by the international criminal court with kidnapping tens of thousands of children dating back to the 1990s. girls become sex slaves, boys turned soldiers. the nonprofit hopes to hasten kony's ouster. >> 26 years is long enough for a war. >> people want to do something if they're directed. especially for young people. >> state department officials. >> certainly we appreciate the efforts of the group invisible children to shine a light on the horrible atrosities. >> some 30,000 children. >> some college professors are including the story in this lesson plan. >> we have a movement of conscience. >> reporter: this high school student has raised about $5,000 for invisible children

islands national park, which is right off the coast of southern california. and these little guys, there's a little dolphin, just happen to start playing with the ferry and giving a little show for the people on it. >> more and more we're seeing these videos of dolphins just like willingly hanging out with people. coming by boats, just swimming along. >> but listen to the crowd. the people that are seeing this as they're taking this ferry to the channel islands. >> look at that little baby. >> oh! >> you can hear the squeals of children and the parent calling their kids over to come look at this. this is an entire pod of dolphins. we're not talking about one, we're talking about several. >> do you think these dolphins try to get their picture taken, try to get some face time in front of the cameras? >> a ferry of people, they're sure to have cameras. >> i need a new facebook picture. >> and the dolphins start swimming back in the other direction towards the sunset and then disappear into the ocean. >> there they go. >> there they go. >>> there are cars that pa

. >>> the southern california's plane which was intercepted by fighter planes, he has been arraignedn court. he was charged with marijuana possession and transporting it for sale. those air force jets forced his plane to land after it strayed into the president's no fly zone in lax. president barack obama was never in any danger. >>> preparations are now on the way for the running festival in oakland. look at all those runners. later today a press conference and lunch will be held to welcome the race and city officials as well as sponsors. this year oakland is expecting 8,000 runners are all ages from 40 states and six countries. the first group starts running sunday morning right there on lake merrick. >>> tonight san jose native will find out if his american idol journey will continue. new talent, he and the other idols took on the other songs of billy idle and the pressure was on. if you can't sing billy idle, you can't sing at all. we will find out which one of them did not make the cut. you can see which one makes it to the next round right here on channel 2. american idol begin

the low is. this is going head into southern california. they will be wet tomorrow. but you can see the frontal band right here. the tail end of it. and this is just slowly pushing towards the east, and as it does, it draws up the moisture, so we need something to kick it on out of here, and looks like in the next i'd say, 10 hours or so, the low as it tracks to at the south of us into southern california, will be the kicker that will move this out. overnight tonight, folks, if you see the forecast animation here, we'll look for the rain to continue to funnel from south to north across the bay area. this is 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. maybe a little bit of a break. check this out. this is 8:00. most of the rain north of the golden gate bridge by 10, and some of the wrap-around moisture will feed back in tomorrow afternoon. so a little sunshine throughout the course hover the day tomorrow. as the showers ease up. 40s tonight. snow levels down to 3,000 feet. highs tomorrow, mid-up to 50ers. a little sun break action and then scatter showers, and as i mentioned, monday will be a

models, star choreographers, all of our makeup artists, and our designers who flew all the way from southern california to join us tonight. let's give them a warm round of applause. [applause] may we call back the consul general? >> ok. as they say -- [speaking foreign language] the healing nature and touch of a filipino is beyond compare, and or organization has made sure that our filipino american nurses were protected and empowered. tonight, we honor the philippine nurses association of northern california. [applause] >> in our human moments of weakness, vulnerability, and need, the care provided by our filipino nurses remains unparalleled. for 50 years, the philippine nurses association of northern california has served our nurses through professional development, education, information, and providing a support system that has given them strength and visibility. in its golden years, the philippine nurses association of northern california posted the philippine nurses association of america, bringing in hundreds of philippine nurses from all over the united states into san francisco, treasuring the

the activity well south. this is cold front rapidly pushes into southern california. another glimpse here. e best chance of showers today will come from the central coast into the san joaquin valley in southern california while most of the bay area on the back side. all of the bay area on the back side, but still instability out there to allow for some showers today and tomorrow. upper 30s. it's chilly out there in napa. fairfield 39. 45 in redwood city. good morning san francisco, 45 for you. 46 at the coast with 8-mile visibility half moon bay. a half-mile in novato, as well as santa rosa. a mile in napa. definitely some problems navigating up to the north bay. keep that in mind. boy, you will feel the chill with 16 degrees of cooling from yesterday morning to this morning around the delta. livermore, you are 15 degrees colder. san francisco and redwood city and half moon bay, everywhere a chilly start. partly cloudy skies with some clouds. scattered showers today. possibility of a thunderstorm later on tonight and tomorrow more showers with temperatures in the 50s. but we will see the sc

there were even snow flurries in the southern california desert. >> yeah, those pictures were taken by our senior producer allison gervin's mother out in california. we can only imagine what it's going to look like tomorrow because as we mentioned, the snow is still falling. >> have you been invited out there to go skiing? i haven't yet. >> allison, come on. where's the love? >>> all right. more than a dozen tornadoes were reported overnight, mostly in the great plains. >> jim dickey is keeping an eye on the watches and warnings at accuweather. jim, good morning. >> well, good morning, t.j. and paula. strong storms on the way as we head through the next 24 hours. a cold front is surging its way out of the rockies here. a very cold wintry air mass drifting south and eastward, butting heads with a warm spring. humid air mass. air will be forced upward. powerful thunderstorms with large hail, damaging wind gusts and even tornadoes. watch out from dallas north and eastward through tulsa, oklahoma toward kansas city, missouri. t.j. and paula, back to you. >> thank you, jim. and here's a loo

he holds degrees from the university of southern california and the harvard college school of design. collaborating with mr. gehry is theater artist robert wilson. mr. wilson has shaped the look of theater and opera through his signature use of light and classical rigor of the scenic and furniture design, he articulates the force and originality of his vision. he attended the university of texas and moved to new york and attended pratt institute in brooklyn. he became a leader of manhattan downtown art scene and turned his attention to large-scale opera. with philip glass he created the monumental einstein on the beach in 1976 which won worldwide acclaim. he worked increasingly with major european theaters and opera houses and collaborated with internationally renowned writers and performers, and he's won numerous honors for his work around the world. in my previous life as director of the new york public library, i was proud to be responsible for the robert wilson audio and visual collection at the library for the performing arts in new york, so it's nice to be working with robert wi

for helping out. >>> hundreds of people marked the anniversary with a rally in southern california. tors questioned the safety of the nuclear generating station in the aftermath of a possible earthquake or tsunami. local officials say the plant's design in the area geography make it unlikely that will be a japan-style disaster. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest on the deadly shootings in afghanistan. plus, a look at hygiene and its link to higher allergy and asthma rates. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." ñ [ female announcer ] when your child has a fever, you should know that just one dose of children's advil® gives up to eight hours of fever relief. allowing your little one to get back to building a better afternoon. children's advil.® relief you can trust. children's advil.® mid grade dark roast forest fresh full tank brain freeze cake donettes rolling hot dogs bag of ice anti-freeze wash and dry diesel self-serve fix a flat jumper cables 5% cashback right now, get 5% cashback at gas stations. good morning and welcome to 9news n

the rights. then there's another project high speed rail in california connecting the southern part of california to the north and the cost ranges between thirty billion and one hundred billion about depending on who you ask i just buy this project being in the works for years as of now it is a train to nowhere so of course these projects are very different but why would one be going forward on the other one meter rail and talked about this with someone very familiar with the defense industry michael o'brian a former contractor for the department of defense in iraq the author wrote the book america's failure in iraq and here is his take well they are totally different one is one is a quote defense program and the other one is a strictly defense transportation program the the thirty five. this might actually be the very same program that when there was the big fight going on in the ninety's secretary defense at the time cheney actually made a comment i think it's the same program but i'm not one hundred percent made a comment that he was going to have the utah to contracting officer and have the t

the state department of public health warning about potentially dangerous candy. three candies sold in california are being recalled because they contain amounts of lead considered dangerous. the candy is distributed by a southernfornia company imported from pakistan lead levels 12 parts per million 20% above the legal limit. other is 3 50 to 400% above the legal limit if you have any of these you are urged throw the candies away immediately. >>> there's a moratorium on experiments with the so-called bird flu concerns over what happens when that moratorium expires this weeks. the human version first surfaced in asia a decade ago. since there have been 600 confirmed cases more than half fatal. two groups are created genetically modified versions of the virus to stud what i new strains may -- what new strains may be evolving. some say publication should be withheld over concerns a rogue nation could duplicate the mutated strain and use it as a weapon. the head of the fda believes too much regulation could hamper research. >> we will never be able to identify and should down all areas of research that could possibly have findings that could be misapplied it would stall important advances in science. >> federal off

from 50 just two years ago and the school remains the same, one northern california school is starting to move up the ranks. the university of southernornia has been number one for both undergraduate and graduate degrees in design for all tree years, the princeton review compiled its list. m.i.t. is second in undergrad and third in graduate degrees and uc santa cruz is 9th for graduate degrees and earned an honorable mention for its undergrad program. >>> tonight at 5:00, it's friday and there's no. the rush to the sierra, what you need to know as you head up to the mountains. >>> thank you for joining the news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. we're always here for you on ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.com. thanks for watching. have a great weekend. great idea. so we'll switch to u-verse tv and internet... that's just what we need... i got accepted into juilliard. [ dad ] that's great! can we talk about wireless plans? now we can video-chat. and faster internet... [ female announcer ] with at&t u-verse, you can build a personalized bundle to fit your needs. even when they change. call now to bundle two, three, even four services.

any further details. 30 people are confirmed dead, just two of the passengers remain misses and are presumed dead. >> a southern californiahas released dramatic video of a gray whale rescue. this video was taken over the weekend near dana point in southern orange. a ship spotted the california gray with about 50 feet of netting around its tail. the crew monitored over night. on saturday they cut the netting freeing the animal. the whale raised its head out of the water and swam away. >>> a new study finds chocolate lovers appear to be thinner. researchers studied about a thousand men and women, all of home exercised about four times a week and had a balanced diet. they found those who ate chocolate about five times a week had a body mass index about one point lower than those who didn't eat it. the lead author said it suggests that something in chocolate may make the colories you eat less likely to turn to fat. >> how bay area wineries are fighting back after a series of gas thefts. >> and bill martin is tracking rain you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an

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is impacting the region this morning and another one is dropping through friday into the weekend in southern californiaso all the beautiful weather for everyone east of the rockies is going to stay there. and pretty much all the stormy weather is going to exist in the west, at least through sunday. temperatures have warmed up a little bit. the snow levels aren't quite as low today as they were with the last storm system, but still a good chunk of rain this morning. everything in green is the rain. you notice that all along the coastal areas from i-5 to the coast. and this is truly two areas of rain. one in northern california and another one further north into washington state. this storm is going to track up into british columbia like the last couple have. the next one will dig southwards here through california friday into saturday morning. so this morning it's definitely umbrella day. look at the rain here. then the rain fills back in to spokane. the farther south you go, portland is seeing rain all morning. crescent city, the onshore flow continues down to ft. bragg with showers popping up from sac

recent rankings from the princeton review named the university of southern california usc as the topchool for both undergraduate and graduate degrees in video games design. >> i can hear it. mom, i'm studying. >> of course i am. >> plans for the new 49ers stadium. what a judge could say that would stop summer construction plans. >> also, the giants spring training is interrupted by some unwanted fans. what's up with this swarm of bees. >> yikes. well, the cars moving fine. 580 now. i'll give you the update on the accident i told you about off highway 24 and the caldecott. >> welcome back. a good monday morning to you. all quiet by the hp pavilion right now. hoping for another nice day on tap. 4:54. >> the plan to build a stadium for the 49ers faces what could be its final hurdle. a judge will hear arguments whether the financing should be approved by voters before construction begins. opponents of the project say the $850 million construction loan is too risky for the city of santa clara. council members insists that residents will not have to shoulder the burden of repaying the loan

they'll be welcome to go on those free tours and the parking will be open. >>> southern california got a good soaking today, a spring storm brought rain, wind and cold to the los angeles area all day with about an inch of rain expected by the end of the night. put that in perspective. l.a. gets 15-inches of rain all year. >>> we want you to take a look at this right now. a basketball arena reduced to rubble in a matter of second. but it didn't quite go as planned. >>> if at first you don't succeed. a frenchman makes another effort at scaling a building, what he had to change to keep authorities from stopping him. >>> i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12 million views on that dancing squirrel video. don't you want that? i...i suppose. now go make your dad and me proud. tryomething funny. [ male announcer ] now everyone's up to speed. get high speed internet for $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one year term. at&t. >>> there it goes, today was demolitio

. >> right after this the southern california standby winchell's. >> they're still there. >> i would take you to winchell's if we still both lived there. i think we're supposed to talk about domino's and wendy's. or are we moving on? >> we're going to move on. >> i want to talk about domino's and wendy's. >> maybe another time. if you want to talk about them, talk about them. >> wendy's moved to number two as we were talking about them. i wanted to say a couple months ago we had people on about wendy's talking about new management. the new strategy was going to work. it appears it has. a shout out to our guests on wendy's a couple months ago. they were proving correct. >> you're trying to get some hamburgers on your desk here. delivered fresh. hot and steamy. >>> in the meantime, is apple's new ipad too hot to handle? the company's rather chilly response to complaints the new device is getting way too hot. consumer reports is going to way in on that one. >>> the house that stocks built. from paint to papasan chairs. we'll break down the nuts and bolts housing plays. you might find so

any further details. 30 people are confirmed dead, just two of the passengers remain misses and are presumed dead. >> a southern californiale watching group has released dramatic video of a gray whale rescue. this video was taken over the weekend near dana point in southern orange. a ship spotted the california gray with about 50 feet of netting around its tail. the crew monitored over night. on saturday they cut the netting freeing the animal. the whale raised its head out of the water and swam away. >>> a new study finds chocolate lovers appear to be thinner. researchers studied about a thousand men and women, all of home exercised about four times a week and had a balanced diet. they found those who ate chocolate about five times a week had a body mass index about one point lower than those who didn't eat it. the lead author said it suggests that something in chocolate may make the colories you eat less likely to turn to fat. >> how bay area wineries are fighting back after a series of gas thefts. >> and bill martin is tracking rain. how it'll affect your day tomorrow and his forecast. . >>> wineries have become a popu

the super stone is on a very slow journey from a southern california rock quarry to the los angeles californiauseum of art. people came to listen to the music and had the word rocket travel. a truck will deliver the piece to its new home this saturday. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. it is 55 degrees out there, a mild start to your thursday morning. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist in for joe krebs who's still enjoying his vacation. welcome in to thursday, march 8. we begin new this morning with pepco cleaning up lines to make sure they don't hurt anybody. a car crashed into a utility pole near the beltway in oxon hill. police say nobody was seriously hurt when the car plowed into the pole overnight. they aren't saying what led to the crash though. >>> this morning police are looking for two cars that may have caused a deadly accident while racing in colesville. this happened on randolph road yesterday afternoon. police believe a silver car when a green and white mini cooper were racing when a car tried to ch

the super stone is on a very slow journey from a southern california rock quarry to the los angeles california museum of art. people came to listen to the music and had the word rocket travel. a truck will deliver the piece to its new home this saturday. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news. >> it is going to be another mild state today. temperatures near 70 degrees. the average high temperature is 51. 54 at the airport. the forecast for today, breezy, mild. we will stay dry but some rain is going to come in tonight. highs in the upper 60's. we will take a look at the seven day forecast. >> that time is 4:57. coming up, the latest on a cover-up in the death of a 13- year-old girl. >> should he stay or should he go? john leopold should call it quits but that might not happen right away. >> taking a look at your morning commute. so far, so good. we will let you know ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. l

the california votes initiative which was designed to change the electorate in the state of california. they hired three academics, i was among them, to val late the voter mobilization work in southern california and the central valley try to motivate low propensity voters and to come up with a set of best practices as to what works with these populations. these are folks that normally -- political campaigns don't mobilize because the presumption is it's a waste of honey and they weren't turn out and vote anyway. at the time when this initiative was launched it wasn't clear that door-to-door efforts or the things we know work with other voters would, in fact, work with these communities. the good thing was that, yes, if you invite somebody in person or either by phone or on their doorstep to participate in the process, even if you're a low propensity voter, those voex will turn out. that's important to know for campaigns that this is something that needs to happen. we had interesting findings that, if you run phone banks. they ran phone banks in nine languages. they deserve a tremendous amount of applause for just the logistical process involved in there. it's complicated. but they

they say it's not equipped to handle a large earthquake like the one that hit japan. southern california edison the company which operates the practice plant says it's safety plan addressed concerns. >>> a different kind of ballot and what we have not seen in time for the june primary. how it will change the way we vote. >>> crucial primaries this tuesday, what rick santorum is hoping for and newt gingrich thinks it won't happen. >>> it's the opposite of a beauty contest. an ugly dog contest. the pooch named the most hideous in the country. >>> it's dry outside right now. we have one more dry day and we're awaiting for an active weather pattern to head our way. the area could get soaked. ,,,, this week are back in the south. there are a couple crucial races on t . >>> the major presidential races this week are in the south, there's a couple crucial races on tuesday. mitt romney leads rick santorum is making strides. it could be a tight three way contest this week. rick santorum spent sunday in mississippi shaking hands, holding babies and boing -- posing for pictures. >> the g.o.p presid

the first thing that the usgs found here in southern california. when you think about, if you would rear end the back end of a train and that train car would go boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. and eventually the engine could feel it's being hit by the trai behind it. then the shaking occurs. this was is s wave, almost like the shape on an s, like a sine wave. and that will move the buildings back and forth. that's where the buildings begin to tilt and turn and tilt and turn. that's when a lo the of damage can occur. that would have been right in here. not that significant compared to what that initial big bang right there. that's the bang of the p wave as it occurred and was felt in southern california. felt by very, very technical machines and probably not by people standing in the ground. >> chad, right now, we do have on the phone pascual clemons who was live in acapulco when the earthquake hit. mr. clemens, what did you feel when this happened? and where were you? >> well, i was actually at my office in a condominium building, seven floors, up in

the arizona mountain ranges and big bear in southern california and the sierras have had one-2 ft.of snow ... tomorrow we will be partly cloudy here in chicago ... rain will be heavier out to the west ... we expect rain back here in chicago later in the week ... however we will be sunny and warm tomorrow ... out in missouri there will be flood watches and lots of rain ... there is lots of actor weather happening to the west of our area we will be in the 80 degree ranges tomorrow and wednesday look for lots of moisture in the air ... in parts of the plains states they will have about 8 in. of rain falling the rain will be diminishing tomorrow slight chance of a thunderstorm nothing wednesday clear whether then ... we will beat down into the '60s at the end of the week but we will be getting warmer weather again at the beginning of next week it feels like we might be canceling spring here with this weather but it's not over yet we have had april whether that included snow here in chicago thank you tom skilling and thank-you for joining us today we hope you have a great afternoon ...

this is now being investigated by the justice department. >>> southern california police say an attemptedt a pot club was doomed from the start. this is infrared video from a police helicopter, showings a and three teenagers sneak into a medical marijuana dispensary in santa ana. one suspect became trapped inside a rooftop vent. all the pot thieves were eventually captured, and incidentally the owner of the pot club was watching all of this on security cameras at his home. >>> a fallen boulder crashed into a home in southern ohio. take a look at this. the 100-ton rock broke away from a hillside late last night. it crushed two cars and rolled into the home. there were people inside at the time, but they were all on the other side of the house and were not hurt. the homeowner had to evacuate while crews determined whether the area is safe. i definitely would not want to stick around there. >> you're right! time is 8:53. we've been talking about this all morning, bizarre, strange noises. the mysterious sounds keeping people wide awake and shaking the ground in one town. plus, how the "hunger