i'm vicky nguyen. 70,000 turn out for a sharks game against the kings. >> a controversial pamphlet has some parishioners wearing black to a bay area catholic church this morning. cooler temperatures around the bay area today. some areas will even see showers. anthony slaughter has your forecast. you are watching "today in the bay." >>> good morning to you. you are looking live outside at downtown campbell this morning. a little cloudy and a lot cooler than yesterday. >>> good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm vicky nguyen. let's check your micro climate forecast with anthony slaughter. >> it is hard to believe. a lot of our cameras show clear skies. a system through nevada that is going to move this way throughout the day. you are looking live at the san francisco camera. you will notice a good mix of sun and clouds. just about a few minutes ago, those cloudses burned out of

vicki nguyen continues the e report. >> well, jessica and raj, hazardous material spills happen daily, and tonight we look at the challenges of first responder when they are called to protect people from hazmat di sas ters. >> this is oakland fire explosion that is going up on the freeway. >> whether it is overturned tanker spilling thousands of fuel, like the one that melted the mcar thuracarthur maze. or this chemical spill in san jose. hazardous material spills happen more often than you think. we analyzed the data for every hazmat spill reported to the state in 2014 and we found that not a single day passed without a spill. with so many hazardous chemicals

vick vicky nguyen is here. vicky? >> they work on the planes we friday. there is a whistleblower protection program to encourage people to report safety programs because they are on the front lines that affect all of us. but insiders are telling us this system to protect whistleblowers is broken. investigators say there is a pattern of mismanagement and pressure close to out cases rather than investigate them because of this major backlog of cases. they say that failure is putting us all at risk. we had a little bit of an audio issue there. but tonight we will show you the serious complaints about airline safety and its best testing and what happened to the workers who brought their concerns forward. we investigate tonight at 11:00. >> vicky, see you then. if you have a tip for vicky nguyen or anyone else give us a call. or send us an e-mail. >> thank you, patricia arquette. >>> well it was the oscar speech heard around the world with icon's like meryl streep just standing up and cheering. tonight, patricia arquette's call for equal wages for women is res

investigative reporter vicky nguyen continues our series. >> we asked for data on how many spills or leaks last year here in the bay area and statewide. we found on average there are 19 hazardous material spills everyday in car. everything from gas tank explosions to toxic chemicals seeping into the soil water and air. alameda county tops the list of bay area county for the most hazard nous 2014. 299. the most common hazardous material was petroleum followed by sewage. >> those are the ones we know about. i'm sure there are people who don't understand that there is a threshold of reporting. even some are under the radar screen. >> what do you think is the most standard with hazmat. >> we will talk later the hazmat in the silicon valley. >> if you have a tip for vicky nguyen or anyone else in our investigative unit give us a call. or send us an e-mail. >> 80 million people could be victims of the latest cyber hacks. coming up, where it happens and how you can protect yourself. >> plus u.s. attorney general visits the bay area. his message for oakland in the wake of those sometimes vio

vicki nguyen continues the e report. >> well, jessica and raj, hazardous material spills happen daily, and tonight we look at the challenges of first responder when they are called to protect people from hazmat di sas ters. >> this is oakland fire explosion that is going up on the freeway. >> whether it is overturned tanker spilling thousands of fuel, like the one that melted the mcar thuracarthur maze. or this chemical spill in san jose. hazardous material spills happen more often than you think. we analyzed the data for every hazmat spill reported to the state in 2014 and we found that not a single day passed without a spill. with so many hazardous chemicals moving through the bay area on railways waterways and roadways the government requires local emergency planning committees to warn people in the community about their plans. this is the chief of the emergency train ging statewide and oversees the lepcs. nearly 1,400 calls came into the are region in 2014 from sewage and petroleum to raidthe radiologic spills. a alameda was followed by contra kosta and then santa clara. the most

i'm vicky nguyen. we will have much more including a live report. let's get a check on your game day forecast with anthony slaughter. good morning. >> a little bit of fog out there this morning. we didn't have that. we had clir skies. you can see atop our san bruno mountain camera. that's where the fog is starting to advance specially along the coastline this morning. that's where it is going to stay. patchy fog is part of your weather headlines. temperatures about 4-8 degrees cooler. that's going to set the stage for rain as we head towards friday of this upcoming week. as i mentioned, we do have patchy fog out there, specially to travel through the delta, stockton, sacramento. here is the thing. in glendale, arizona, waking up to dense fog. it stretches down highway 10 and 17. we are looking up to some fog. later on this afternoon, it will be nice, going to get rid of the fog, 70 degrees in dplendale and santa clara. san francisco, close to that, 66 degrees. the rest of the bay area forecast showing temperatures in td 70s. 72 for the tri-valley. i

i'm vicky nguyen and anthony slaughter standing by. >>> we have fired up the radar.wers out there. believe it or not, even from that clear picture, san jose. not the case there. snow falling down towards yosemite park. the rain and snow is going to continue to fall as we head through the day down across southern california. for us a fine line of who actually sees the rain. here it is. south bay east bay. if you live there, that's the best chance of seeing more cloud cover today and a brief passing shower. if you live in the foothills, once it gets into the valley you get that rain shadow effect. we are going to see more cloud cover today. temperatures will be cooler. if you are traveling down 5 over towards monterrey, down towards sacramento and southern california, be prepared to run into rain there. they are going to have the best chance to see showers. for us we are going to get the tail end. if you have outdoor plans, still go for it. we may still see a brief passing shower. >>> they took their talents outside. it is being called a success all around. more than 6

i'm vicky nguyen. we have team coverage. we will have the latest on the outages. we begin with anthony slaughter and our micro climate weather alert. >>> we are talking about the potential for thunderstorms as we move through the day. you just saw the radar. it is all lit up. heavy rain making its way into san francisco. looks like nighttime. ominous dark clouds moving through you the city. by noon, a little more stormy. we are talking about thunderstorm activity, a little bit of lightning and thunder as we head through the afternoon. that could bring out power and knock down some trees. we are going to see some clearing as we head through the day monday. you can see this big system out across the pacific. the cold front is still miles away. what we are getting right now is the pre-frontal rain. we will get enough to support thunderstorm activity as we move through the morning. heavy rain moving into san francisco. up towards the north bay, santa rosa, next 15 minutes. you can see that yellow and red, it extends all the way down towards santa cruz and move into sa

. >> i'm vicky nguyen. an investigator for the osha whistleblower agency blowing the whistle.d he's sick of it. most postal workers not to call 911. >> i can't imagine him fighting for his life. >> now a grieving widow's crusade leads to change. >> this isk a common sense shol lugs. >> the other safety eighj changes employees say still need to be made wednesday at 11:00 on nbc bay area news. we investigate. investigate, does it paytk blic. we're talking about whistleblowers who take employees to the mat. >> it's not only allowed it's encouraged. there's a federal agency to protect them from retaliation. investigative vicky nguyen is here to explain. >> and it is called the osha whistleblower protection program. it was created to shield the workers on the front lines of industries that affect our safety. but tonight you will hear from t'yh>nsiders who say the agency is hurting the very people it should be helping and that puts all of us at risk. >> the fertilizer plant explosioning in west texas. the blowout of the deepwater horizon in the gulf. >> the san bruno pipeline ruptu

i'm vicky nguyen alongside anthony who has a check of your microcast. good morning. >> good morning. another beautiful day. a little warm for some of us. we'll break it down for you. he right now let's take to you the weather headlines. in san jose, clear skies as far as the eye can see. we've got a little patchy fog at the coastline but a thin veil of fog. it's going to be warm later today. you know what's happening after all the rain? the pollen. everything is coming out in full bloom. it's going to stay warm through president's day so if you have the day off, another beach day. this is a picture sent to us from our own p.a., alyssa. what a sweet day it was across the bay area. temperatures back into the 70s later on. we talk about 72 for san francisco. 78 for the tri-valley. we have a look at records we could see across the bay area. we'll talk about that coming up and if there is any rain on the horizon. we'll sue you in about 15 minutes. >> thank you. >>> we are tracking a development story. danish police shot and killed a man in copenhagen. they b

i'm vicky nguyen. we have team coverage. we will have the latest on the outages.climate weather alert. >>> we are talking about the potential for thunderstorms as we move through the day. you

i'm vicky nguyen. we will have much more including a live report.your game day forecast with anthony slaughter. good morning. >> a little bit of fog out there this morning. we didn't have that. we had clir skies. you can see atop our san bruno mountain camera. that's where the fog

vicky nguyen joins us now and exposes the business of cord blood. vikki?: every parent wants the best of the their child and many see the opportunity to store their baby's stem cells as insurance for the future. tonight we investigate what happens when parents don't get what they've been promised, and who is actually in charge. >> reporter: with one cut, baby and mother become two. and most of the time when a baby is born the umbilical cord is tossed. but in the last 15 years, a booming business has grown to allow parents to harvest and store blood from the cord in a private bank. valuable because cord blood is a rich resource containing stem cells that can be used to treat various diseases including leukemia. >> as a mom, it's very, very devastating. >> reporter: crystal prince described how she felt after her 14-month-old daughter got sick. >> she may have a genetic disease. you go into panic mode. what can i do? how can i help my child? how can i save them? >> reporter: but there was hope. and it rested inside monterey bay's biobanc where she paid $2,00

. >> vicki nguyen tells employees not the call 911 first when there is a big emergency. what happens now? >> well, what happens now is the first step in an emergency anyone can call 911, and it is so simple, and obvious and the employee says that any old rules will lead to medical treatment. >>> he worked there for 28 years, and everybody loved him. >> in august postal workers found him on his back with blood coming from the mouth, and the ears and apparently an energy. it is so sad, because i can image him bleeding. >> reporter: the workers found him on the floor bleeding unconscious between 3:00 and 3:30. but 911 dispatch did not receive a call until 3:53. that is an hour wasted. according to the internal investigation, instead of calling 911 immediately, they called the super visors who called additional managers who called the on site police who then called the police. they were following policy because they said that only the police can initiate the procedure. how long will this be changed? >> i will tell you that i will be looking at it tomorrow. by december the po

vicki nguyen exposes the business. >> every parent wants the best for their child and many see this as the opportunity to store their baby's stem cells as the future, and tonight, we investigate what happens when the parents don't get what they promise and who is in charge. >> reporter: with one cut the baby and the mother become two. and most of the time when a baby is born the umbilical cord is tossed, but in the last 15 years a booming bizusiness has grown to allow parents to harvest and store blood from the cord in a private bank, and valuable, because a cord blood is rich resource containing stem cells to treat various didiseases including leukemia. crystal prince describes how she felt after her 14-month-old daughter got sick. >> she may have a genetic disease, and you go in panic mode. >> reporter: but there was a relief, because she paid $5,000 to store her son's stem cells in biobanc, and she tried to call the company, but then discovered that the business was on the brink of closing. she had no idea where the son's cord blood was stored. >> i felt like the lifeline was ripped

vicky nguyen will expose the business of cord blood. >> reporter: every parent wants the best for their child. many see the opportunity to store their baby's stem cells as insurance for the future. tonight we investigate what happens when parents don't get what they have been promised and who is actually in charge. with one cut, baby and mother become two. and most of the time when a baby is born the umbilical cord is tossed. if the last 15 year s, a booming business has grown to allow parents to harvest and store blood from the cord in a private bank. valuable because cord blood is a rich resource containing stem cells that can be used to treat diseases including leukemia. >> as a mom it's devastating. >> reporter: crystal prince describes how she felt after her 14 month old daughter got sick. >> she may have a genetic disease. you go into panic mode. what can i do? how can i help my child, save them. >> reporter: there was hope. it rested inside monterrey bay's bank to wr she paid $2,000 to store her son's cord blood two years earlier. she tried tole call the company and couldn't get

. >> vicky nguyen first exposed the policy. ut vicky, that's no longer the case now. >> that's right. here it is in black and white. the first step in the the policy now states in an emergency, anyone can call 911. ch instead of instructing people to call security first. it sounds so simple and obvious, but employees tell us for years the old policy led to serious delays in medical treatment. >> he worked there for 28 years. everybody loved him. >> in august coworkers found postal worker lying on his back with blood coming from his mouth and ears. now from an apparent head injury. his wife marnie. >> it's so sad. i can imagine him fighting for his life. >> we have an employee bleeding from the mouth. >> no one saw what happened to sam. they saw him lying on the floor, bleeding and unconscious, some time between 3:00 and 3:30 a.m. t 911 dispatch didn't receive a call until 3:53. >> that's an hour wasted. >> according to an internal postal service, employees first called their supervisors, who called additional manages. they event

. >> investigative reporter vicky nguyen was the first to expose the policy that tells employees not to call 911 first when there's a medical emergency. a victory? >> it certainly is a victory for the employees. here it is in black and white. the first step in the policy now states in an emergency, anyone can call 911. it sounds so simple and obvious, but employees tell us for years the old rules led to serious delays in medical treatment. >> he worked there for 28 years. everybody loved him. >> in august, coworkers found postal worker sam accostosta lying on his back with blood coming from his mouth and ears. down from an apparent head injury. his wife marnie. >> it's so sad because i can imagine him fighting for his life. >> we have an employee bleeding from the mouth. >> no one saw what happened to sam. but coworkers reported finding him lying on the floor, bleeding and unconscious some time between 3:00 and 3:30 a.m. but his records show 911 dispatch didn't receive a call until 3:53. >> an hour wasted. >> according to an internal postal service investigation, instead of calling 9

. >>> now, tonight, vicki nguyen looks at the hazards of protecting people from toxic disasters. >> if you have a tip for jenna, give us a call at 888-996-tips. >>> up next bad for your body issues linked to the e-cigarettes. >>> today, jordan continues it is revenge against a terror group and u.s. lawmakers are pushing the white house to help. the story, coming up. >>> it's a good week for twitter. days after a record number of super bowl tweets the company makes big financial news. today it has doubled its fourth quarter revenue and that sent the price of the stock soaring by nearly 10% in afterhours trading. the company reports having 288 million monthly users. a big number but analysts see it as slow growth since it's way behind facebook and linkedin and twitter. that puts twitter in fourth place. >>> more troubling reports for e-cigarettes. the vapor could harm the lungs and make them more susceptible to respiratory infections. experts have been debating the safety of e-cigarettes as they continue to grow in popularity. researchers say many more studies aren't needed. >>> three am

i'm vicky nguyen alongside anthony with a look at the microforecast. >> using that live cam lookdoesn'tpicture. we're looking at another nice day across the bay. no fog and even at the coastline, we're just looking at clear skies. it will be a nice day. a little chilly in the morning. the cooling trend will starts over the next couple of days. it starts today. temperatures won't be as warm as yesterday. it's going to be very nice. just not 80s like the trivalley saw yesterday. san francisco today, closer to the water, 76 degrees. 77 in the south bay. another beautiful day coming our way. if you're thinking about the beach, day off, another nice day there. temperatures back into the 70s there as well. we could use some rain obviously. that's been the trend all winter long. we'll see if that's in the forecast coming up. >> thank you. >>> san jose firefighters are still busy cleaning up after a five-alarm fire broke out in north san jose. the fire started yesterday morning on commercial court. you could see smoke from miles away as flames engulfed an auto shop in that area. a car upholster

vickie nguyen has more. >> reporter: tonight we look at the challenges facing first responders when they'realled to protect people from hazmat disasters. >> they're flying off the freeway. >> whether it's an overturned gas tank or spilling thousands of gallons of fuel -- like the one that melted the mcarthur maze in 2007 -- or a chemical spill like this one last fall on highway 280 in san jose, hazard under the circumstances material spills happen more often than you might think. we analyzed the data since 2014. we found not a single day passed without a spill. with so many hazardous chemicals moving through the bay area on roadways railways and waterways, the federal government requires local emergency planning committees or lepcs. they come up with an emergency response plan review it every year and inform people about the chemicals in their community. >> we really want to focus on all of them. >> reporter: tim zagares is the fire chief for the california office of emergency services. his office oversees lepcs and emergency training statewide. they're divided into regions. the bay area is

. >> investigative reporter vickie nguyen joins us now with the multimillion dollar business of cord>> every parent wants the best for their child and many see the opportunity to store their baby's stem cells aez insurance for the future. but this booming industry has much less oversight than you might think. unlike restaurants or nail salons, there's no law that says how often the private cord banks should be inspected. we obtained inspection reports nationwide that shows unsan tir conditions including a bank here in california that went out of business leaving parents panicked about what happens to their children's cord blood. from insect to dirt inside the lab to staff that had no medical or scientific training. fda inspectors found a host of problems that charge families up to 2,000 dollars promising to take care of their baby's precious stem cells. the entire report is online right now including a data base of all of the inspections that the fda has conducted since 2005. back to you. >>> if you have a tip for our investigative unit, call us at 888-996-tips or e-mail us at the un

but investigative reporter vicky nguyen has learned thousands of flu vaccines go to waste every year. vaccines you paid for. vaccines purchased with tax dollars. >> are you ready? come sit over here with me. >> reporter: alameda county launched shoo the flu at oakland schools this year. >> what's your name? >> reporter: it's part of a massive public health campaign to distribute some 20,000 vaccines over the next couple months. >> are you a little scared? >> reporter: and it's working. alameda county ranks number one in the state for how little vaccine is wasted each season. >> that's it. >> they're asking us do we have anywhere from 110,000 to 190,000 illnesses in alameda county are caused by flu every year. >> reporter: dr. erica pan is the county's director of communicable disease control and planning. she says the county works with 22 partners ranging from health clinics to homeless shelters. >> i think we're proactive and our partners are proactive, yes. >> want to hold my hand while we wait? >> reporter: but not all counties appear to be as proactive. the investigative unit look

. >> investigative reporter vickie nguyen joining us. >> every parent wants the best for their childthe opportunity to store the baby's stem cells as insurance for the future. but as we learned, this booming industry has much less oversight then you might think. there's no law that says how often private cord blood banks must be inspect pd the f dprda to one in ten each year. we uncovered some that showed unsanitary conditions, including a bank here in california that went out of business leaving parents panicked about what happens to their children's cord blood. from insects and dirt inside the labs to staff that had no medical or scientific training, fda inspectors found a host of problems at private cord banks that charge families up to $2,000 promging to take care of their baby's presh stem cells. the entire report is online right now on nbc bay area.com. guys, back to you. >>> if you have a tip for our investigative unit, please give us a call at 888-996-tips or you can e-mail the unit at nbc bay area.com. >>> we're following breaking news. a body and a u-haul outside a bay area

snowden, deep throat, mark feldt what happens when the public fails to protect whistleblowers, vicki nguyenere. >> this is the people who work in nuclear plants, oil rigs, work on the planes we fly, the people you want to see speak up. the federal government started a whistle-blower program but current and former investigators at the agency say the system is broken and that cases are being mismanaged. they say there's pressure to dismiss whistle-blower concerns rather than fully investigate them. look at the cases in region nine which includes california. osha issued findings just 16 times out of 562 investigations from to 2014. that's just 2.8% of the time that a whistle-blower was awarded a victory. nationally the numbers are equally dismal at 2.7%. an osha spokesman osha has reorganized its program and added more staff to improve whistle-blower protection efforts. we have more in our complete report including workers who brought serious complaints about airline safety and asbestos testing. see the entire investigation at nbcbayarea.com, just click the "investigations" tab. guys? >> vicki

. >> vicki nguyen is here to continuing our week long series into disaster preparedness. >> good morning asked the state for data on just how many spills or leaked happened last year, both here in the bay area and statewide. we found on average there are 19 hazardous materials spills every day in california. everything from gas tank explosions to toxic chemicals seeping into the soil, water and air. almeida topped the list of bay area counties for the most hazardous spills in 2014 with 299. contra costa 296. the most common spilled was petroleum followed by sewage. first responders face serious challenges dealing with hazmat spills mainly geography. state emergency leaders say california has strong mutual aid programs. crews from large counties regularly train with those from more rural areas so they can coordinate their response when there is a hazmat situation. you can see our entire report right now and we've broken the data down by county so you can learn what hazardous materials were most often spilled in your community. go to nbcbayarea.com and check out your community. guys? >> th

vicki nguyen has been looking into allegations the former principal of a south bay high school set upvate slush fund and spent on clothes, and even lotto ticket. >> her name is carrie catching, it started in 2010 when she was transferred from gunderson high, almost immediately set up an account under the name of the ptsa, that's a major no-no according to district policy. it's unclear how she funded that account but staffers' parents told us money would often disappear from cash fund-raisers when she was in charge. we got a hold of an audit conducted by the district that was never made public until now. records show catching spent more than $7,000 on things that didn't have receipts or explanations. she even made checks out to herself and get this, the district lost out on at least $10,000 in rental fees from the san jose high gym during catching's ten tour. sources say the principal was accepting payments herself and that is money that should have gone back to the district to help students. at one point, a police report was filed after money went missing from the school safe. the dis