Intoxicated woman he met at an oncampus party last month. This 19yearold brock turner in a suit with his father next to him. And his attorney Mike Armstrong as they headed to the arraignment. The hearing began promptly at 9 00 a. M. And only lasted a few minutes. After withdrawing from Stanford University last week, turner apparently moved back home to dayton, ohio. His attorney asked that the former freshman not have to go to all of his Court Appearances in california because of the expense, but the judge denied that. He must attend every single time. Prosecutors requested a protective order, which is essentially a restraining order to stay 100 yards away from the victim. The judge did grant that. Two grad students happened to pass by the alleged attack january 18th outside a fraternity house. They chased after him as turner fled tackled him, and held him until police arrived. The Deputy District Attorney for the Sex Crimes Unit says that this case is unique and called the two men who stopped the assault heroes. These types of sexual assaults happen on campuses at parties all across the country. Sadly, they often go unreported or worse were not able to proceed on these cases. Luckily for the victim in this case, there were two Good Samaritans who were at the right place at the right time and more importantly they did the right thing. And thats the message that needs to be sent to the community. Dont just stand by if you see something inappropriate. If you see something, say something. Reporter neither turner nor his attorney spoke to reporters afterwards but in a report by the Santa Clara CountySheriffs Office turner admits to sexually fondling the woman but denies raping her. In fact he says he had his pants on. Now, in that same report the woman and turner both admitted to deputies that they both were heavily drinking that night. Turner is out on bail 150,000 bail. Hes back in court march 30th and he could face if convicted, up to ten years in prison. Live in palo alto nanette miranda. Police have until tomorrow to give prosecutors evidence of a man leaving body parts on a street. He was spotted on surveillance near the suitcase. A close friend told the chronicle, he denies being the killer and just happened to be walking by. Suspicious or stubborn. It is one of the many questions firefighters are looking into at this Auto Repair Shop in oakland where two fires broke out in a span of less than four hours. Crews first rushed out to the corner of san leandro and 105th around 2 15 this morning. Then flames erupted at the same location around 6 00 this morning. Fire officials right now dont know whether those two fires were accidental or intentionally set. Thats why they are now investigating. The bay areas own tom brady and the patriots elated edelated. On the flip side Richard Sherman and his teammates leave arizona deflated. A shocking finish to one of the most controversial and talked about super bowls. I believe seahawks fans around the world asking what if . So by now, youve probably seen the highlights. But in the end, some deserve another look. Down by three in the fourth it is bay area boys taking charge. San mateos tom brady finding redwood citys own Julian Edelman for the goahead score. The seahawks got the ball back with about two minutes left. An improbable and lucky catch by jermaine kearse. The seahawks had the ball at the 1 yard line with time winding down. Instead of trying to get the ball to marshawn lynch, beast mode, who might have been able to run it in Russel Wilson tries to force a pass into the end zone and rookie Malcolm Butler is there for the pick. Just like that the patriots are world champions. The final score, 2824. This marks the fourth super bowl win for head coach Bill Belichick and super bowl mvp tom brady brady. So the ticker tape parade is later this week. Already we are getting ready for super bowl 50. We are now 369 days away until the kickoff february 7th here in the bay area. Were going to count it down for you every single day. Nbc bay areas bob rydell is at the super bowl where the ball has already been handed to the bay area. Reporter now the pressure is on the bay area to put on the same caliber show and experience for fans that glendale and phoenix did last night and in the week leading up to last nights game. On saturday, the Arizona Host Committee officially handed over responsibility to their counterparts from the bay area with a football and an engraved silver tiffany platter. Super bowl 50 will be known as the San Francisco bay area super bowl with the game at levis in santa clara, the fan zone in San Francisco, and events from napa to monterey. 49ers team ceo jedd york promises to raise the bar with the golden anniversary of the game. One way by making 50 the most philanthropic super bowl ever with 25 of all corporate money raised going back to local charities. Its a great legacy to leave in a community. I think its going to help us attract future super bowls because were looking for sponsors and partners. They know its not just a oneday event or a oneweek event. Its something thats going to leave a longlasting legacy. Reporter one member of the Host Committee joked theyd like to get super bowl lvi. If you look at the roman numerals numerals, add another vowel, another consonant, and you have the name of a certain stadium back home in santa clara. Here in glendale arizona bob rydell nbc bay area news. I hadnt seen this one 37. Really . Thats a little racy. One of our favorite commercials from the super bowl. Fiat tapping into the power of that little blue pill. 4. 5 million for 30 seconds. You better get it right. One Company Maybe had a bit of a fumble. Nbc bay areas marian fabro shows us how one company is catching major heat. Reporter twitter erupted with super bowl viewers commenting about this nationwide commercial that started off with a boy talking about all the things he wont do. And then revealed a depressing surprise. I couldnt go because i died from an accident. Reporter the insurance companys ad promotes the prevention of childhood death but some blamed it for killing the mood at their super bowl party. Still, people we talked to in downtown san jose admit the 45second commercial did make them think. I dont have a kid myself so i do have two little brothers. Kind of made me think of them. Reporter but it was this budweiser commercial that was a fan favorite ranking number one in the usa today Super Bowl Ad meter. The commercial showed an adorable puppy being saved by his largerthanlife clooids dale friends when he was about to be attacked for a wolf. The question now is not whether you liked or loathed the ad but whether youll remember the product. Nbc bay area news. I think mary an is right. Beautiful ad. Not sure im going to remember beer. We have a complete wrappup of the super bowl. The good the funny, the bad, the ugly. Nbcbayarea. Com. Youll have to watch a commercial while you wait for the commercial to load. We have commercials coming. Up next at 11 00, who saw it coming . One Bay Area Company did. The tech giant that predicted the super bowl in amazing detail. Plus you can destroy physical equipment with a cyber attack. Cyber attacks that can cripple our government shut off water and power. Well investigate whats being done to protect you. And im meteorologist Christina Loren. Weather headlines tell the story. Sunny and mild for today. Temps reaching into the 70s. This is the warmest day of the week. All good things must come to an end. Changes start midweek, and for us we need that rain. So from good news to more good news. Well tell you just how much were expecting in your backyard when nbc bay area news at 11 00 koms right back. And welcome back. Youre getting your february started. January, a lousy month for the marks. Doing okay this morning. Dow up about 25 points. Twitter reports profits this week. The super bowl generating e inging 28 hadnt 28. 4 million tweets the most for a super bowl ever. Twitter continues to grow as the years go on. Certainly the hope is that will continue. The top tweet was the interception that ended the game. Not the end of the game itself the interception. That generated the most tweets 395,000 tweets per minute. The actual end of the game was second. Katy perry got third. Madden predicted the winner of the game not the coach, but the actual video game predicted it. Electronic arts madden football, predicted the outcome of the score. Everything here you see, both the game and the actual play that happened. They were exactly the same. Absolutely astonishing. Youll recall when the 49ers took on the ravens madden was eerily accurate about that as well. Now, last year was an off year for the company. They said the broncos would win, and the broncos were horrible. Anyway, last night perfect prediction. 2824. Sign of the times, a funny picture making its way around this morning. This purports to be from Pete Carrolls phone. The quarterback is texting, second and goal, what should we do . Hes going to write back, beast mode. In other words lets run this ball. Then auto correct changes that to bizarre slant pass. That explains it. What are the chances . That was just so hard to watch. Thanks, scott. So we are beginning a critical week of investigations into disaster preparedness. How well are we prepared or underprepared for a major disaster . We start with Cyber Attacks and the damage they can cause us especially here in Silicon Valley. Our chief Investigative Reporter joins us. This is far beyond the recent attacks on Companies Like target and home depot. Good morning, kris. Its a concern that hits home here in Silicon Valley and echoes around the globe. Were talking about threats to our transportation centers, our nuclear and electric power supplies, our chemical plants and our water supplies. Theyre all controlled by computers. All at risk to attacks from anywhere on the globe. Hackers broke into the computers at sony entertainment. The concern over Cyber Security has made headlines. No foreign nation no hacker should be able to shut down our networks. And its made its way into this years state of the union address. So were making sure our government intergrates intelligence. To the ability to hack into Computer Systems that control our vital infrastructure. Youre looking at a 2007 gamechanging government test. Video provided to cnn by the government. The department of Homeland Security used keyboards and computers as weapons. It caused this generator inside an electric power plant to selfdestruct selfdestruct. It ultimately proved and demonstrated on video that you can destroy physical equipment with a cyber attack. Perry peterson worked for the department of Homeland Security. He helped design what is now known as project aurora. His resume also includes time at department of defense and the Nuclear Regulatory commission. Hes an expert on Cyber Security and the risks to our countrys Critical Infrastructure. Its those systems that if we lose them its going to have a serious impact on our way of life. And thats part of why many question the governments recent decision to release these documents. What that did is it now put all of that information in the hands of the bad guys who never had it. Joe weiss specializes in control systems security. His concern centers on what he and others believe is a mistake by the government to release details of the aurora project. Nearly 1,000 pages of previously classified documents including potential targets here in the bay area. This is a road map for a bad guy. And this is what dhs put out. Our investigation is drawing attention to the governments decision and intentionally not including specific details in those documents. Dhs has defended the decision in an email saying quote, the documents were reviewed for sensitive and classified information prior to their release to ensure Critical Infrastructure security would not be compromised. And one of them even had a picture to show where you would go to the substation in order to destroy the equipment. Good morning, mr. Chairman and members of the committee. Weiss has testified on capitol hill about his tracking of a growing number of cyber events targeting Critical Infrastructure overseas and on u. S. Soil. Ive been able to document almost 400 actual incidents. And while most of the recent headlines in the United States have focused on the successful cyber breach of sony experts point to serious concerns from two other incidents just in december. Hackers successfully accessed Computer Systems at a Nuclear Power plant in korea and a steel mill in germany. Some people worry about were on the brink of a cyber arms race. I would say, no, were not on the brink of it. Were in the thick of it. Were in it. The successful Cyber Attacks of sony target and home depot have certainly resonated with lawmakers here in washington, d. C. On capitol hill. But so far, significant change to Cyber Security has run into a bit of a government roadblock with lawmakers struggling to understand how much change private industry and the American People are willing to accept. Has government done enough . No. You answered that fast. Yes because they havent. This lends itself to this kind of environment where were all waiting for something to happen and then well get serious. This is a matter that we should be very concerned about. This congresswoman represents Silicon Valley and the south bay and was a member of the security committee. Technology moves faster than legislation. Most recently a california bill by senator Diane Feinstein stalled on capitol hill. It was designed to improve the detection of Cyber Attacks and slow the work of hackers. But pressure for government change continues to grow on capitol hill. Theres a lot of things the private sector should do without the government. Since theyre not, were going to have to put some requirements into law to move them along. But wanting and producing change dont always intersect in washington, d. C. Back in 1998 president clinton issued a directive, warning of the dangers of potential Cyber Attacks. And then 15 years later in 2013 president obama issued another president ial directive calling for stronger Cyber Security to protect the countrys infrastructure. And now two years later washington continues to struggle to identify solutions and reach a consensus on how to handle hackers and improve Cyber Security. If we dont act, well leave our nation and our economy vulnerable. Sony in the grand scheme of things didnt affect anybodys physical well being. What were talking about affects peoples physical well being. And there are countries that want to do this. The bad guys are getting much more sophisticated. And theyre moving faster. Theyre in a dead run and were kind of shuffling along and taking baby steps. So what will it take to improve Cyber Security in our country . Many fear the catalyst for change will come from a significant disaster or a catastrophic loss. Experts believe it may take one of those before we will accept the cost and the loss of convenience that real Cyber Security requires. Scott . Thank you, tony. Tonight the Investigative Unit digs into the complex system that moves water in our state and whether that system is ready to withstand and earthquake. Thousands of miles of levees help carry water across our state. More than half of those are considered to be high risk of collapsing if and when a major earthquake hits. Are you comfortable where were at right now as a state . I dont think anybody in the industry would say theyre comfortable, but i would say were in a lot better shape thannen it years ago. Many of the levees are 200 years old. Tonight at 11 00, well look at this important issue. Steve stock will have a full report and why its taking years to get anything done. Well look at all that water in the levees. We wonder whether were going to get any of our own. Well check with Christina Loren after the break. Welcome back. The time is 11 23. Hopefully you had a great weekend. We still have the great weather out there. Good news, Punxsutawney Phil did, in fact, see his shadow today. That means judging by his authority, six more weeks of winter. You know what well take whatever we can get around here. We need that rain so desperately. Typically january is the wettest month. In the south bay, we had very very little measurable precipitation down here and none in San Francisco. Good news is we have a goodlooking storm system on the way as we get into the end of the week. Starting on thursday morning, as a matter of fact, tracking our first showers. All things in perspective, lets enjoy this beautiful, dry weather as long as it lasts. Temps in the 50s right now. If youre out and about any time soon, maybe picking up the kids from School Coming up in the next couple hours, still mild out there. Really calm wind. Average temperatures this time of year in the upper 50s to low 60s. Were going to be in the low 60s right at the beach with upper 60s for San Francisco and the 70s for us here in the south bay along the peninsula as well. Just a gorgeous day. Mostly Clear Conditions by this evening. Your sun will set at 5 30. Once that sun sets your temperatures drop like a rock. 72 degrees in the south bay. 67 degrees in San Francisco. All things in perspective, i want to show you your future jn cast. As we head throughout the rest of the day your numbers are going to climb all the way through about 3 00. And then as we head into the evening hours, you lose 10 degrees between 3 00 and 7 00. Thats when its time to put that jacket back on. But then tomorrow youll get another opportunity to ditch it. Same for wednesday. Temperatures really comfortable. Then the real changes arrive wednesday into thursday. First were going to see the wind and then the showers start, mostly north of the Golden Gate Bridge as we head through thursday into friday. So always like to think ahead, thinking about the weekend. Saturday and sunday both looking very active around here. Fair game for a lot of rainfall especially up in the north bay. We could pick up some significant totals right here in the south bay as well. Just to give you an idea of the timing of the system stop the clock for you. On thursday at 11 00 a. M. , look at this. Not just the greens. Were getting the oranges and reds. Thats heavy rainfall. Muchneeded it rain on the bay to it the bay area. That will continue until about friday at 3 00. Then well start to see our first steady shower activity. That continues just about all weekend long. Saturday, 9 00 p. M. The heaviest stuff comes through. Then by sunday at 7 00 p. M. , still talking about light shower activity. If youre curious how much were expecting where you live thats what were going to talk about in my next report. Well see you then. Right now, back to you, scott and kris. Punxsutawney phil guess well see him next year. Same thing over again. Out with the old and in with the new. The old scoreboard and diamond vision displays at Oakland Coliseum are coming down. This spring new, improved l. E. D. Boards will go up. These new boards will be 36 feet tall, 145 feet wide making them larger than the scoreboard at at t park. This is all part of an agreement to spruce up o. Co stadium. A special edition of the tonight show, and what better way to help kick things off than a tribute to the new world champions. We are the champions of the world joining jimmy fallon and the roots in this rendition of we are the champions, carrie underwood, Christina Aguilera one direction, many others. You can see the whole clip on the tonight show website. Thats cute. Next at 11 00 where did the money go . What happened to the 7,000 in expenses that had missing receipts . Expensive clothes lavish dinners, and even lottery tickets. We investigate a former High School Principal accused of stealing from students. Have you heard of the new dialing procedure for for the 415 and 628 area codes . No what is it . Starting february 21, 2015 if you have a 415 or 628 number youll need to dial. 1 plus the area code plus the phone number for all calls. Okay, but what if i have a 415 number, and im calling a 415 number . Youll still need to dial. 1 plus the area code plus the phone number. So when in doubt, dial it out well, if youre a parent, you do a lot of fundraising for school, so this is not a story youll want to hear. Missing money at school all signs point to the principal. The Investigative Unit has been looking into allegations that a former south bay High School Principal set up a private slush fund. And a lot more. Guys this is the second Oldest Public School in the state. Former transportation secretary norm manetta graduated from san jose high. Now the former principal is accused by staff of stealing money from the school. And weve learned thousands of dollars simply disappeared during her tenure. Its a rite of passage. High school. And its not just what students learn in class. Its the extra curriculum. From sports to study abroad programs activities supported by donations and fundraisers. We fight for every single dollar. Its what drives this mother to volunteer at san jose high school. And its why shes questioning how san jose unified responded after concerns were raised about the principal stealing money from her own students. You cannot be in education and working for children and taking away money which other people have donated for programs for the kids. It started in 2010 when kerry catching was transferred from gunderson high to san jose high almost immediately opening a bank account linked to the parentstudent association. But parents didnt run this account. Records show catching controlled the money. Insiders say it was the principals piggy bank. In an email provided to the Investigative Unit catching writes, i actually went to the bank and did all this today, in reference to opening up the account. Problem is, thats against the rules. District policy says School Personnel are not to sign on banking accounts. We obtained an audit the district conducted of this account, never made public until now. Records show catching spent thousands of dollars on things like pricey meals at original joes even 160 check to the National Kidney foundation. She also spent hundreds on clothing and massages for staff, even lotto tickets. In all, the district found 7300 worth of expenses without any receipts or explanations including this check made to cash for more than 1700, and several checks catching wrote to herself for hundreds more. Its unclear how the principal funded the account, but insiders have theories. Money came from the cash box after Football Games or dances. She would take it and count it and some was taken out some was left in. She asked us to disguise her face and voice, but she suspects catching took money directly from cash boxes at games and snack bars. Youd have money disappear that can be helping our community and our students and staff. Its appalling to me. How much money was missing . So it was about exactly 500. This math teacher spent four years at san jose high. He remembers he and another teacher gave the principal cash from a student fundraiser, but he says catching didnt deposit all of it. We were both kind of incredulous. We didnt know what had happened. We double counted the money ourselves. We never made a mistake like that before. If it was 20, maybe 40, you can understand why a bill got stuck or something. But 500 is a stack of 20s. Somewhere, something was missing. Then theres this. A Police Report from december 2013. The district called police and questioned catching and others after 1600 went missing from the school safe. Police didnt make any arrests. Hey, dr. Matthews. Superintendent Vincent Matthews declined our request for an interview, so we caught up with him at a school board meeting, where he answered our questions, sort of. Youre the superintendent. Did you hold the principal accountable . Thats all were asking. Weve already given you that opportunity to sit down. What did your investigation find . As i said we did what we were supposed to do. Jorge quintana is the district officer. Thats when the employee resigned. He says the district stopped investigating once catching quit, and it didnt try to recoup the money because that was up the to ptsa. The group declined to comment. Catching was hired as the director of safe schools after resigning. Thats where we found her. Where did the money go . What happened to the 7,000 in expenses that had missing receipts . We also wanted to ask the former principal what happened to rental fees tied to san jose high. Week after week this man kevin blunt, is named on the School Calendar for renting the gym. He runs crossover elite. The groups website boasts pictures of tournaments featuring stars like former 49ers Delaney Walker but the district has no records of any payments from blunt. So we did the math. At a cost of 40 an hour plus fees that, adds up to 10,000 the district was never paid just in 2012. Never mentioned the facility paid someone, and it didnt go to the district or the school. Was he allowed to use the gym for free . I highly doubt it. People said he paid the principal directly for use of the gym. Okay. Is that possible . That could be so. Blunt told us on the phone he paid the district but when we asked if he would show us any invoices, he said hed have to ask his attorney. He later emailed to say hed have no further comment. Did she steal money from the district . That would be a question for her. You have a record of events being held on her campus that you as the district were not paid for. Why didnt you ask the police to investigate where that money went . Again, we did what we were supposed to do. That was to question the employee. As for this mother shes now the president of the schools new parentteach organization, the pto. The group severed ties with the ptsa. She wants families at san jose high to know money donated for students will go to students. Its a fantastic school one of the oldest. But we dont have that many extra resources like a lot of the other schools. The district says it has reminded all principals of rules regarding ptsa accounts and has strengthening the process for renting School Facilities so principals cant accept payment without the districts knowledge. As for the money for those gym fees, the district still adding up just how much money it never received. No charges have been filed against the principal. Guys . If you have a tip for our Investigative Unit give us a call at 888996tips or send an email to theunit nbcbayarea. Com. Other news new regulations are now in effect for shortterm rentals in San Francisco. Its been nicknamed the air b b law. Of course the popular shortterm rental service. Homeowners will have to register with the city when they want to offer their homes for rent. Theyll also be allowed to rent their homes up to 90 days a year but only 30 days at a time and permits are valid for two years. Todays san leandro city leaders will vote on a plan to equip San Leandro Police with a new state of the art vehicle. The city was recently awarded a 200,000 grant from Homeland Security to buys a bear cat armored personnel carrier. Police say the car would serve many purposes like streamlining medical treatment of people in highrisk situations, but critics say this vehicle will increase the militarization of the police force. It does not look like a medical unit. It doesnt, but if you were on the ground and there were bad guys, youd be welcome to see it, i suppose. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie making his third trip overseas, this time to britain. Hes promoting trade with new jersey. Hes also trying to raise his profile, build his Foreign Policy credentials as a possible president ial candidate. Nbcs kacie hunt files this report. Reporter new Jersey Governor Chris Christie is here in the u. K. Officially to build economic ties between new jersey and the united kingdom. But in so many ways this trip is really about 2016 and whether or not christies going to dip his toe in the water and how he might be able to build Foreign Policy credentials. He spent sunday building culture ties attending an Arsenal Premier League football match. Today hes in came bridge and also plans to meet with Prime Minister david cameron. London has become something of a hot spot for potential republican 2016 contenders. All sort of aimed at building up those Foreign Policy credentials. Now, christie has largely avoid the 2016 discussions since coming here to u. K. He did criticize president obama while on foreign soil. I think the president has shown over and over again [ inaudible ]. Reporter he also talked a little bit about vaccinations thats been an issue because of the measles outbreak. Weve had our children vaccinated. We think its an important part of making sure we protect their health and the public health. I also understand parents need to have some measure of choice in things as well. Thats the balance that the government has to decide. Reporter he says while he vaccinates his kids he understands why some parents in the u. S. Might be concerned. Back to you. Thank you. Workers at tesoro refinery not showing up to work this morning as part of a nationwide strike. Theyre joining workers from eight other refineries across the nation. Workers and management have not worked out a contract yet. The union represents workers at 63 plants and that include the shell refinery in martinez and the chevron refinery in richmond. The tesoro plant will continue to operate as a terminal during the strike. That means itll take in product, ship them out, but it wont be producing thinking. The new Ucsf Medical Center at mission bay is now open for business. 40 ambulances spent the day transporting about 125 patients from the Childrens Hospital and mt. Zions surgical and oncology unit to that medical center. It includes a 289bed hospital complex and childrens emergency services. And we have just learned the first baby born there arrived early yesterday morning. Well its the end of an era for a Bay Area College football team. Menlo college announced this morning its dropping its football program. The school cites the high cost of travel and the inability to join a conference. Well up next at 11 00, its all in the feathers what these birds can now tell us about the health of bay area lands. And im meteorologist Christina Loren. We have a big pattern change on the way. But not today, not tomorrow even wednesday looking pretty good for highs in the 70s. Enjoy it while it lasts. A return of winter just days away. All the details it in just moments. Good morning, usher hey did you know bees communicate through dance . Me too. Were practically twins welcome back. Rarely seen images of two legendary rock bands will soon be available for avid collectors collectors. 30 vintage images of the beatles and Rolling Stones will be offered on ebay starting today. The candid photos sat in a private collection for nearly 50 years. They were shot by onetime road manager bob bonus and are part of a collection of some 5,000 photographs. More of the images will be offered in the months and years to come. Prints start at 175. Need to see new things. A lot of people fly through the bay area. So do a lot of migrating birds. Traditionally, they travel light, but nbc bay areas joe risotto jr. Shows is us why scientists are equipping them with leg bands and birdie backpacks. Reporter in the tangled shores of the lagoon trees and shrubs are alive with song. Deep in these layers of green, delicate work is under way. So were here today netting and banding song birds. You can see how tightly this bird is hanging on to the net. Reporter a series of long nets are tucked into the trees. Theyre a fine mesh net strung up sort of like a volleyball net. Reporter every once in a while, those nets become occupied by unsuspecting song birds. They fly in and get caught. We safely remove the bird. This one is an individual weve caught before. Reporter for two decades, researchers from point blue conservation have studied song birds in this vast open space preserve in marin county catching and banding hundreds of birds each year. Were primarily interested in tracking song bird populations and seeing how theyre doing. Reporter its a careful task with fragile subjects. Once the birds are caught were going to take all of the measurements. Reporter theyre measured and weighed. 8. 8 grams. Reporter and given a very careful once over. We need to part the feathers to see the skin. Song birds are sort of encompassed in the spar rows warblers, chick dees. Reporter the captured birds are then banded and finally released. But renee and her team will see many of these birds again. We recapture about 30 of the birds. Reporter but the prize capture for the researchers is a fox sparrow. Chocolatey brown, pretty feisty. Reporter although they return to the preserve each winter, little is known about their travels or their breeding grounds. Im putting a color band on it. Reporter so when a fox sparrow turns up theyre fitted with a tiny gps transmitter, when are programmed to record eight positions during the birds journey. And when they return next winter well be able to remove the tag, download the data t and figure out where they went. Reporter its only in the last few years the devices have become small and light enough to attach to song birds bringing a new glimpse into a wellworn path. Song birds can tell us a lot about the greater environment. So we use them as an indicator to see the health of the ecosystem. Reporter but here in this lush coastal habitat of mi and dering streaming and sheltering trees, its mostly a life thats happily for the birds. Joe risotto jr. , nbc bay area news. How much fun is that . Just hold it like that let it go. Meteorologist Christina Loren, today would be a good day to go bird watching. You know they try to fly south for the winter. No need this year. Its been mild out there. 63 degrees in san martin. 58 degrees in livermore. 58 degrees in oakland. So really it has been warm. January very very warm month. For us, now that were kicking off february were doing so with an unseasonably warm weather. It will persist, at least for the next couple days. Then we bring winter back. Winter will be back but even this next system coming through is a very warm system. And with that we might actually get very generous rainfall totals. Lets focus in on the right here, right now. Temperatures at lunchtime right after this broadcast in the mid60s across the board. Really great day to get out there and enjoy lunch maybe on the water if you have that luxury. At 3 00 our highs typically come in. Thats 72 degrees in the south bay for today. 71 degrees on the peninsula and 69 degrees on the east shore. So let me kind of walk you through this forecast. The changes are going to start to arrive day by day. By tomorrow we lose a couple degrees of that warmth. By wednesday, even more so. Then the wind is going to pick up overnight wednesday into thursday. Showers first start up in San Francisco. Were looking at that thursday at around lurchnchtime. Friday, really heavy rainfall on the way for the entire bay area. But this is a slowmoving storm system. Looks like its going to be with us all weekend long. Look at your temperatures. With rainfall still getting close to the 70s. In the south bay and on sunday in the south bay, even when we get that cold blast behind the area of low pressure still only going to see the temperatures fall into the mid60s. Heres the thing. Whenever we get coldcore systems, they dont pack as much of this rainfall we desperately need. Were also looking towards an Atmospheric River tap. Here we go. I stop that clock for you thursday at 12 00 p. M. Were going to be tracking some pretty good rainfall. Were expecting the heaviest totals in the north bay as per usual. I continue stop that clock. Friday at 4 00 p. M. Thats when we start to get our heavy stuff in the south bay. It will be light for the most part throughout the early portion of your friday down here in the south bay. Meanwhile, were talking about 24 hours of moderate to heavy rainfall at that point on friday up in the north bay. As to be expected with rain rates like this and our highways not equipped to receive this kind of rainfall all at once looks like well see localized flooding. We could see some very very heavy downpours come through, even with some thunderstorms. I want to give you a little idea of how the models are now in better agreement. Last week we talked about this. At this point, this is the latest from the european model. 2 inches in san jose. 3 inches in santa rosa. The gfs, the one i usually go with, lets let this thing run. Through thursday into sunday 2. 5 inches. Theyre becoming a little more in agreement. For me, that gives me a little bit more confidence that were going to get at least an inch and a half to maybe 2 1 2 inches in the south bay. Almost 5 inches certainly possible in San Francisco. Same for santa rosa. We need this rain. We dont need it all at once. We saw what happened in december when we had a system similar to this. So were just going to keep watching it for you, optimistically cautious when it comes to this rain. Snow levels associated with this guy, 7,000 feet and above because it is so warm. Nonetheless, one to two feet certainly possible in tahoe. Back to you, scott and kris. Interesting to see the two systems move closer together. Thats a good thing. Especially with no rain in january. Just extraordinary. Well be right back. Well, no doubt some football fans woke up this morning reaching for their cell phones found out its not there or it was broken. A new study finds that sports fans have a tendency to hurt their phones while watching a game. Yesterday being the biggest day of the year you can imagine what happened. The survey says one in ten adults say they have damaged a smartphone while watching a sporting event. 15 of those admitted that the incident happened during a fit of emotion. Ive never messed up my cell phone ever. Im not going to do things that cost me money. Thats true. 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