So 30s and 40s. And then our temps, our highs for today, expected to climb into the 50s and 60s, but there was a cold weather alert that did take effect la night because of these cold temperatures. These are set to expire at 8 00 a. M. This morning. Theres a frost advisory for santa rosa, napa, and san rafael, and freeze warning for area along antioch. If this is where you live, i hope you had a chance to cover the plants last night because its definitely going to be a bitter cold morning. Although were expecting to warm up very nicely in the north bay and also in San Francisco. The temperature trend so far is showing nothing but sunshine over the next couple hours. A very welcome sight after this crazy weather we had yesterday. We had hail, thunderstorms, sunshine, showers. I know i probably confused a lot of folks, but at least were in for a calmer weather pattern. A closer look because were having changes on the way. It might be in the form of more rain. Its finally spring. Finally april. They say april showers bring may flowers. Right, right. Making sense now. Well tune in at 7 17 for that. Thanks. We begin with breaking news out of the south bay. All lanes of southbound 280 reopened in the last half hour following a deadly Chain Reaction crash caused by a drunk driver. It happened around 2 30 this morning near mclaughlin avenue in san jose. Police say the drunk driver was speeding when he rear ended a car, forcing it to roll over and hit a third car which crashed against the guardrail and burst into flames. Good samaritans and first respondered try to free that driver from his car. Many people did go to the driver of the honda and try to get him out of the vehicle. Unfortunately, their attempts were unsuccessful. By the time the Fire Department arrived, the flames were too much to overcome. The person inside the car that rolled over is expected to survive. The drunk driver is being treated at the hospital and later this morning will be booked on drunk driving charges. We are following a developing story in the east bay. Police are reviewing Surveillance Video searching for who shot and killed a man and left him inside a running car. Police found the mans body in the car yesterday morning parked at a strip mall in newark. The 28yearold victim was said to have worked at a barber shop just across the street. Witnesses found him slumped behind the Steering Wheel and tell us theyre shocked to see this happen in their city in broad daylight. To see this, a little quiet town. You know, and stuff like this doesnt happen. The victim had sustained a gunshot wound to the head and died on scene. Police tell us this is not a random murder. According to crime data, the city of newark averages just one homicide per year. A High School Teacher and a student arrested for an alleged drug and theft scheme. Police say the teacher at Benicia High School was giving her car keys to the student during school hours and then that 17yearold was stashing stolen items inside the car. Police say marijuana edibles also were found inside the teachers car. That teacher, 23yearold rihanna lane, admitted to the crimes and was released on a citation. The student was arrested and then released to his parents. Women at stanford are on heightened alert after two sexual batteries on campus that happened just 20 minutes apart. Both attacks happened idfrieth non on escondido road. The first attack happened at 10 40 p. M. Near the frexman dorms and upper class housing. A bald white man groped a woman from behind while she was walking. 20 minutes later, a few blocks away on the same street, a female jogger was groped from behind by a man with the same description. Disturbing to hear it happened so close to where we live. Especially because i usually walk these streets around that time, and i crucially feel pretty safe, but now after i have to sort of rethink that. Stanford university sent out a text warning students about those attacks. Sheriffs deputies and the Campus Department of Public Safety are doing extra patrols in that area. Well continue to follow the search for the attacker. You can find this story across all of our social media platforms. Be sure to go to nbcbayarea. Com or follow us on twitter to find the latest updates. People who live in the Oakland Hills are bracing for more problems after all the recent storms and a massive mudslide. Four homes were red tagged. A few blocks away, a tree smashed into a house while the family was still inside. That home was considered a total loss. And now with more rain to come, residents are preparing for more danger and damage. There are a lot of trees around here and a lot of water coming down. And we love the trees. But this is scary. No one was injured in the recent storms, but mud continues seeping into those red tagged homes. An oil spill from a sunken barge in the San Francisco bay now looks to be contained. The coast guard says 3,000 feet of boons are keeping an oil slick on the surface of the water where crews can clean it up. Under the water, divers say the plugs used to stop more diesel from pouring out of the barge is holding well. We have not seen any further sheen, so it appears the plugging operation was successful. Fortunately, the immediate pollution threat has largely been contained. Now were doing a survey. Detailed survaives, both dive and sight scan sonar to understand exact positioning of the barge piece under the water. Data and federal agencies and a Marine Construction company have been working to clean up the mess caused in part by fridays storm. The freight barge sank during powerful winds. B. A. R. T. Used that ship as a launch point for divers doing anticorrosion work. The search for a missing san jose state student is stretching out into its fourth day. Kevin rodrigo hasnt been seen since thursday. Dozens of volunteers spent yesterday looking for him in benicia. Friends say they last saw him thursday morning near the Benicia Martinez bridge. Police say he parked his red honda accord around 9 00 a. M. , got out, and started walking. Benicia police have been searching for rodrigo by helicopter and boat. At least 21 people are dead and 50 people injured in an attack on a church north of cairo this morning. The Egyptian Ministry of Health Confirms that a bomb exploded during the Palm Sunday Service at st. Georges Coptic Church in the nile delta. Several hours later, another explosion hit in front of st. Marks church in alexandria, killing 11 and wounding 21. These are the latest in a series of assaults on Egypts Christian minority. The group has been repeatedly targeted by islamic extremists though no one has claimed responsibility for this mornings attacks. Both come just weeks before pope francis is due to visit egypt. At 7 08, much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, defending the air strike in syria. The president s letter to congress and the tensions inside the white house. Plus, google is under investigation for how it pays certain employees. How the tech giant is responding, next. Livestream your favorite sport at the airport. Binge dvrd shows while painting your toes. On demand laughs during long bubble baths. Tv everywhere is awesome. The allnew Xfinity Stream app. Xfinity. The future of awesome. Welcome back at 7 10 on your sunday morning. The sun is shining over downtown san jose as we look from communications hill. Temperatures in the 30s and 40s as you head out on this chilly sunday morning. But vianey arana says temperatures will rise to the 50s and 60s today. And no rain. President trump continues to defend the syria operation to congress. But inside the white house, theres word of infighting. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell has the story. As the president several hours at the trump golf resort near his palm beach home. Praise flowed from his twitter aeblth. Congratulations to our great military men and women for their strike on syria. The president wrote to congress with his legal basis, claiming to degrade the syrian militarys ability to conduct further chemical weapons attack, and his power. I acted in the Vital National security and Foreign Policy interests of the United States. Reasoning that both conflicts and supports past campaign positions. On the one hand, hes attacked the assad regime. On the other hand, hes also following through on his commitment to put more forces on the ground, to rid syria of isis. International headlines, from friendly nations with approval. But inside the white house, splintered power among the president s senior team. Chief strategist steve bannon had described trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner and carry kohn as left wing democrats, detached from trumps conservative base. Add to that criticism aimed at chief of staff reince priebus, after sources say the president seeked to assign blame over the health care failure. Feeding rumors of a major reshuffling. Sources say the power trio held a long meeting. Kushner, bannon, and priebus. According to sources familiar with the conversation, they now claim to be on the same page. That was Kelly Odonnell reporting. That meeting was organized by white house chief of staff reince priebus, and lasted for one hour. A senior official said the president was aware of it and was pleased with how it went. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, yosemite goes hightech. Well tell you why the National Park is launching its first ever online bear tracker. And the bay area is finally waking up to dry conditions, but very cold temperatures in the 30s. 39 in the half moon bay. Even the south bay in the lower 40s. Well talk about how much longer we can expect to keep the sunshine in the forecast because we may be tracking some rain ahead. Ill have the details on that coming up in just a few minutes. Welcome back. It is 7 15. Were taking a live look outside towards the Golden Gate Bridge on a chilly sunday morning. Thirtsz and 40s across the bay. But no rain on the horizon today. We can enjoy temperatures in the 50s and 60s today. A followup to a story we first reported friday night at 11 00. That great white shark that crowds on onlookers in santa cruz has died. It was found stranded friday night in the reefs in pleasure point. Scientists say the shark was a young adult male and he may have died from a brain infection. The Marine Mammal center will do a necropsy to determine the cause of death. This is the first beached great white shark in monterey bay in three years. A federal hearing is putting the spotlight on how google pays its female employees. The u. S. Labor Department Says google systematically paid women workers less than their male counterparts. The hearing stems from a lawsuit filed earlier this year. The labor Department Says google could be violating federal law since the company has several federal contracts. Google denies the claims. Yosemite will be a bit safer, all thanks to a new hightech way to track bears. Our business and tech reporter scott budman shows us. When yosemite became a National Park, slowly but surely, the interaction between human and bears picked up. And as simmtys own video shows us, it wasnt long before we humans started feeding the bears. Getting dangerously close. Sometimes too close. Yeah, i mean, everyones bears. They want to see them when they go to the park. Now theres a way to find and track bears from a safe distance. This is yosemites bear tracker. A gps powered website to keep up with the parks bears. The goal, to warn people, especially those in cars, away from where the bears hang out. While helping rangers track the longterm patterns of the animals. Even though theres a fairly healthy population there, they really need to know where these bears are going and if theyre interacting with humans too much, then we have issues. Issues like 10 of the parks bears being hit by cars last year. And you wont be able to get too close. Yosemite delays the gs data so people cant find the animals using the tracker. If theres a recurring bear problem with a particular bear, they can head them off at the pass and scare them away or try to deter them away. Scott budman, nbc bay area news. Dont feed the bears. We were just talking about that. Time to check in with vianey with a look at our sunday forecast. Yeah. You know, its a very nice sunrise. Were seeing mostly clear skies. Fresh air. Going to be a great day to be outside. Definitely going to be cooler than what we normally see. Look at this gorgeous overlooking walnut creek using our underground weather sky cam. These overcast skies will remain in the forecast throughout the entire day. Youll going to have great weather and youll feel the chill because its still in the 30s and 40s at this hour, which did prompt some frost warnings and freeze warnings overnight for areas along the north bay like santa rosa. Even the napa yeah as well. Those are set to expire at 8 00 a. M. I really hope you took care of your plants la night. San jose, 41 degrees right now. The temps overall will be slightly cooler along the coastline that our seasonal temperatures. Were expecting to have about 64 degrees in san jose. San francisco, a high of about 58. And then in the north bay area, where there is currently a frost warning and a frost bite area, napa is about 62. And it looks like santa rosa is also in the 60s. So its definitely going to shape up to be a very nice day. If we take a live look at the doppler radar, it looks better than what we have been seeing the past couple days. Although we do have a system that is sitting off of the Pacific Northwest and that is expected to bring a chance of seeing a few showers into the overnight Early Morning hours. Specifically more along the north bay and the coast. So that storm, as we head into tonight and into monday, could bring the chance of seeing a few showers. Keep that ipmind if you live in the north bay and have to get up early for work on monday. Were expecting to keep the nice weather through to, but we have big changes on the way. As we head into wednesday, we see an additional storm system, and thats going to bring some breezy evening rain. As of now, it looks like the system is expected to bring some pretty moderate to looks like now heaviest downpours into wednesday night. Staying around through thursday, Early Morning. Were definitely expecting a big change in the weather pattern as we head into thursday, expect to keep the rain early on. Right now, the models are conflicting in terms of how long the rain is expected to stick around. Am smaudales show it sticking around through thursday, and others are keeping it through friday. Lets talk about you can expect to see travel heading up to lake tahoe. We did see blizzard like conditions and they have seen a good amount of snowfall in the past few days. About three feet in the higher elevations. For sunday, 44 is our expected high, and monday, were seeing the storm system which could bring showers to the area. If you have plans to travel up there tonight into monday morning, you could be caught in the rain just a bit. Monterey also expecting decent conditions. Overcast skies as you head into monday and tuesday. You may have noticed that your allergies a bit of a relief. Right now, trees and grass are moderate. Mold and weeds are low. And the hiking trails are going to be absolutely beautiful today. So if you do get a chance to head outside, heres a quick check of what to expect. If youre an early riser, keep the sweaters in hand because its going to be cold right now. By 10 00, we climb into the 50s. If we fast forward through the 2 00 and 5 00 hour, we start to see the temps still in the 50s, dropping down into possibly the 40s overnight. Lets talk about the next seven days. Monday, well keep the north bay rain and along the peninsula in there, and on tuesday, it starts turning a bit cloudy with 61 degrees. Then we see the storm system enter on wednesday night into thursday morning. And right now, it looks like that storm system will be ending as of thursday, but its still pretty long range. Well keep a close eye on that. Today is a great day to hike. I might head outside. What about you . I wish i could say the same. Im probably going to go home and nap with my baby, but it will be nice to look out the window and see sun and not rain. Much more ahead. Coming up, Garvin Thomas will give us an update on a few of the heartwarming and even heartwrenching stories hes brought us in the last few months. Alm ses e ufor sp the walls are going up on a special tiny house. And album sales are up for a special musician. Those are special updates to good news stories we have shared with you in the past. Garvin thomas has the latest success. Highlighting the good happening around us each and every day. We have been at it for than five years and one thing we learned is people dont stop doing good once their stories air. Its usually just the opposite. You need to keep each other on track. Our first stop is Senate Elementary in milpitas. We shared with you in february how rita had challenged her sixth graders along with students from other classes to design and actually build a real permanent tiny home on their schools campus. Rita has to hear of kids so young tackling such a project anywhere, and wondered at times herself if they would be able to do it. But no more. So we have to put our builder wrap on. This past weekend, the students with the help of block construction, got the walls and the roof finished. And up on the house. And its well on its way to being completed. We followed john prestons story for a few years now. The marined musician from the east bay has become a national crusader and a symbol of the fight on ptsd and suicide. Johns message and music continue to get a bigger and bigger audience. His latest release superman falls a song based on the suicide of his older brother, is included in a compilation album called battle cry. Songs of american heroes, which has gone as high as number 21 on the itunes rock album chart, and is raising thousands of dollars for valkyrie initiative. We have also recently heard some sad and some happy news from people we along the way. Rex bowers daughter let us know her dad passed away. Rex was the 95yearold jazzer size regular who was an inspiration to his lake county neighbors as they struggled to recover from the devastating valley fire. Its something that brings comfort. But we have also heard Something Wonderful from desiree reyes. In 2015, she bravely shared the story of the death of her 5monthold daughter jordan and what it meant to receive an angel gown. One of the burial dresses Allison Hampton sews out of recycled wedding gowns. Desiree shared with us, just before the first of the year, she welcomed william, her rainbow baby, to the family. If you would like to watch the original versions of all their stories, just head to my facebook page, Garvin Thomas, nbc bay area, and ill have them all posted there. Garvin does the best stories. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, he is back. Warriors fans celebrated the return of kevin durant last night at oracle. Well show you how kd fared in his first game in more than a month. Plus it was one of the worst experiences of my life. A School Teacher wrongfully kicked out of her home. Coming up, elawell tell you ho our six month investigation into evictions in San Francisco is now leading to major potential changes for renters and landlords city wide. You can forget your bathroom trips. But daddy gator can never forget. Ive got to motor out of here. This is no place to raise a child. Good sunday morning to you. Just shy of 7 30. Heres a live look outside as the sun shines over downtown san jose as we look from communications hill. Dont be fooled by the sun. It is cold outside. Thanks so much for joining us. Im kyra clapper in for vicky nguyen. Lets check in with vianey for our forecast. Its chilly but not raining. Good and bad. Give and take, right . At least we can put on a sweater without having to put on rain boots. Exactly. Overall, its going to shape up to be a fairly nigh day. The temps will be climbing out of the 30s and 40s, but right now in the south bay, 41 degrees. Nice clear skies. Peninsula, 41 degrees, and the trivalley area, 37 degrees. It is cold. Also in the north bay, very cold at 35 degrees. A little chilly in San Francisco at 44 degrees. And in the east bay, at about 44 degrees. Now, the temperature trend right now is shaping out quite nicely in terms of your skies because were not seeing too much cloud cover as we head into the early afternoon, but we are seeing an increase in the temps. By 2 00, in the upper 50s, at about 59 degrees. The coastline is going to reinthe 50s. Inland areas are expected to climb to the 60s. In san jose by about 2 00, a high of about 61 degrees. Overall, your highs for today will be in the upper 50s along the coastline and in the 60s for inland areas. Definitely going to be a great day to work out outdoors. Its not going to be too hot. Not going to be too cold. But we do have big changes on the way. And unfortunately, its going to be in the form of rain again. Youre going to want to tune in to find out when we expect big changes. What youre saying is enjoy today while we have it. Well do that. Vianey, thanks. New this morning, all lanes of southbound 280 are now open following a deadly Chain Reaction crash caused by a drunk driver. It happened around 2 30 this morning near mclaughlin avenue in san jose. The drunk driver was speeding when he rear ended a car, forcing it to hit a third car when crashed into a guard rail and burst into flames. Good samaritans and First Responders tried to free the driver from his burning car. A lot of people did stop on both sides of the freeway. Many people did go to the driver of the honda and try to get him out of the vehicle. Unfortunately, their attempts were unsuccessful. By the time the Fire Department arrived, the flames were too much to overcome. That person died at the scene. The person inside the car that rolled over is expected to survive. The drunk driver is being treated at the hospital and this morning will be booked on drunk driving charges. We are following a developing story in the east bay. Police are reviewing Surveillance Video search for who shot and killed a man and left him in a running car. Police found the mans body in the car yesterday morning parked at a strip mall in newark. The 28yearold victim worked at a barber shop just across the street. Witnesses found his body behind the Steering Wheel and tell us theyre shocking to see this happen in their city in broad daylight. See, this is a little quiet town. You know, and stuff like this doesnt happen. The victim had sustained a gunshot wound to the head, and he had died on scene. Police tell us this isnt a random murder. According to crime data, the city of newark averages just one homicide per year. Students at stanford are on heightened alert following two sexual batteries on campus that happened just 20 minutes apart. Both attacks happened friday night on escondido road. Police say the first attack happened at 10 40 near the freshman dorms. A bald white man groped a woman from behind while she was walking. Just 20 minutes later, a few blocks away on the same street, a female jogger was groped from behind by a man with that same description. Pretty disturbing to hear that it happened so close to where we live. Especially because i usually walk these streets around that time, and i usually feel pretty safe. But now i have to sort of rethink that. Stanford university sent out a text warning students about the attacks. Sheriffs deputies and the Campus Department of Public Safety are doing extra patrols in the area. Well continue to follow the search for the attacker. You can find the story across our social media platforms. Go to nbcbayarea. Com or follow us on twitter to find the latest updates. This could dramatically change the landscape for renters and land lords in San Francisco. A new law was launched. Supervisor mark ferrell announced the legislation to make it easier for renters to prove that their landlords are wrongfully trying to evict them. The local mec bay area Investigative Unit produced a report that specifically looked into owner movein evictions and potential unlawful evictions. They did some great shoestring journalism. Bigad shaban exposed what appeared to be widespread abuse by landlords. He explained how the proposed law could impact a lot of people. If you have been under rent control for while in San Francisco, your landlord could be making a lot more in rent by kicking you out and bringing in a brandnew tenant. That would be illegal, but we discovered criminal charges are almost unheard of. After months of investigating, we discovered people in San Francisco are getting kicked out at an alarming rate. Put your names on it, and then open the books. Longtime teacher nicole said talk of the bay areas housing crisis hassen reached her fourth grade classroom. Shes overheard students and their families chatting about soaring rent and the fear of being evicted from their rentcontrolled apartments. How often would you hear parents talking about this . Regularly. But it still came as a shock when those fears became her reality. Nicoles San Francisco apartment was sold to a new owner. Who decided to evict nicole about a year later. Theres not a day that go said by that i dont miss it. What was the reason your landlord gave for evicting you . His broernl was going to move in. Here in San Francisco, its perfectly legal for homeowners to kick out tenets so they can move in. Once those landlords live in the building, they can also evict other tenants to make room for their relatives. Its called an owner movein eviction. And San Francisco is home to 413 of them last year. Thats a 200 spike from just five years ago. Theyre really spread out all over the place. Our Investigative Unit spent six months going door to door, to find out if landlords really moved in after evicting their tenants. We interviewed more than 100 people, and in 24 cases, thats nearly 1 in 4 of all the evictions we looked into, the landlord orfamily member was not living in the home. An apparent violation of the citys housing laws. No one tolerates fraud. San francisco supervisor mark ferrell is one of three lawmakers now proposing new laws to fight illegal evictions. The changes would make it easier for the District Attorneys Office to file criminal charges against landlords who wrongfully try to kick out tenants. Our recent investigation revealed that over the past ten years, the d. A. s office hasnt prosecutored a single landlord for abusing these kinds of evictions. It was the great work on nbc that really turned up the volume, i think. Really talked about and identified and exposed the amount of fraudulent practices that are happening in this area. Ferrells legislation would also require landlords and their relatives to submit proof of residency after they move in like a an electric bill or voter registration. Right now, they dont have to provide any of that, which left nicole skeptical she was only paying 1450 for her onebedroom apartment. Some people above me who had moved in were paying 3,000 for the exact same unit. I wondered if there was any ulterior motive. To find out, nicoles only option was to sue her landlord, which meant her attorney got to question the brother inlaw to see if he knew anything about it. When questioned by nicoles attorney, the brotherinlaw couldnt answer basic questions. Have you ever been told about the layout . No. How many bedrooms it is . No. He hadnt seen the unit before moving in. Mark is nicoles lawyer. I think this is a way that landlords are circumventing the rules to maximize their profits. He ultimately won nicoles case. She wont reveal how much she was awarded, but says no amount of money makes up for being forced out of her home. It was one of the worst experiences of my life. Nicole says she couldnt afford to stay in the city. She now lives across the bay in alameda but believes more oversight could have kept her out of court and in San Francisco. Her home of 15 years. Until the laws are changed to protect us, its going to continue. Supervisors aaron pesken and jane kim are now pushing another piece of legislation that also aims to make it easier to slap landlords with fines and criminal penalties if they wrong fame kick out tenants in order to charge new tenants a lot more in rent. The full board and the mayor will need weigh in on both plans, but if approved, the changes could go into effect this summer. Bigad shiban for us this morning. If you have a tip for our unit, give us a call or send us an email. It is just shy of 7 40. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, after a slow start to the season, the giants return to at t parx for a little home cooking. And speaking of returns, kevin durant was back on the court at oracle arena. What k. D. Had to say following his first game in more than a month. Sports is next. Welcome back. Heres a live look outside at at t park. The sun is shining and were just about 31 hours way from the giants home opener against the arizona backs. The team unfortunately has gotten off to a rough 15 start, but hope to get things going in the right direction. First pitch is scheduled for 1 35 tomorrow. Before that, you can watch our Morning News Team live at at t park for coverage all morning long beginning at 4 30 a. M. With the nba playoffs set to begin next weekend, the warriors quest for a second championship in three years ramped up last night at oracle arena with the return of one of the best players in the world, and resting another one. Steph curry sitting out with a bruised knee. Not considered serious. As one warrior star rests, another makes his return to the court. Welcome back, kevin durant. K. D. Played for the First Time Since late february and despite a little rust, he had a nice allaround game, scoring 16 points, grabbing 10 rebounds, and dishing out 6 assists. The warriors beat the pelicans 1101. Nbc bay area sports caught up with durant after the game. You were not bashful. You got the first basket of the game with a baseline reverse dunk. Are you fighting any hes tnlsy, not only physically, but also mentally . I wouldnt say that. I think im just trying to, you know, recalibrate my brain to play the way we play. You know, the movements, the stead y screens, cuts to the basket. Im trying to get used to that again. I havent gotten Much Movement oin when i was out. Tonight was a good step. Not just about you, but what about the comfort and timing with your teammates, with jumping back . Yeah, we had 34, 45 assists, i think. And six or seven turnovers. Thats always a good night on the offensive end. I think defensively, we played well. They made shots at the end of the game, but for the most part, we played good defensively. Im happy to be back out there. I want to finish on that. When you got hurt, it was emotional. What are the emotions finally coming back . I love basketball so much. And you know, to not be out there with my teammates and playing with these great players, it took a toll on me, but i had to go do that to make me stronger. I was able to persevere and get out there and play. Definitely excited and look forward to this run. Happy to have you back. Appreciate it. We have much more ahead, coming up. Gas tax raised in california for the first time in more than 20 years. Larry gerston joins us live in studio next to explain why it was such an important bill to pass. Pased bi toaisgasine last thursday, the California State Legislature passed a bill to raise gasoline and Motor Vehicle taxes by 5. 2 billion per year over the next decade. The bill was the first of its kind since 1994. Thats the last time gasoline taxes were increased. Nbc bay area political analyst Larry Gerston joins us. Governor brown great to see you as always. Governor brown worked hard to get this through the legislature. Youre here to tell us why it was so important. All in the numbers. California has a 130 billion deficit in deferred maintenance. Deferred maintenance for state and local roads and highways. Thats almost as much as the annual state budget. So the states roads rank 49th of the 50 states and are so poor that road related car repairs, and i think almost everybody can identify with this, road related car repairs cost california drivers twice the national average. Because of these miserable conditions, brown and the Legislature Passed this very important legislation. That seems like a nobrainer, of course, but why wouldnt they pass anything to fix the roads . It always simes like a nobrainer, but the factors you dont consider. California is a hightax state. Were among the highest in income taxes, sales taxes and rank ninth in gasoline taxes. The cost of living in california is also among the highest in the national. You put all these things together for all these reason and more. Many voters resist the idea of new taxes and that was the challenge for brown and the legislature. That makes sense. You had talked about a deferred maintenance issue. What led to that . Oh, gosh. Since we last passed a gasoline tax, the fuel efficiency of cars in california has increased by 25 . That means less gas consumed and fewer tax dollars as a result. Also, the states population has grown by 30 since 1994. Thats led more drivers to be on the same roads. And finally, the increaseds of hybrids and electric cars in california, all a good thing, but it means these vehicles use little or no gasoline, yet they travel the same roads. So you put this all together, and we have more cars using less gasoline on the same roads, which require more repairs with less money available. Thats the formula. Right, so then why was it so difficult for the legislature to pass this . Well, we already discussed the fact that were a hightax state. That antitax attitude of many californians is paramount. In addition, the state legislature has the highest vote requirement in the nation for passing tax increases. Its two thirds of the member in each chamber. Thats why Governor Brown had to work so hard to convince legislators in the more conservative parts of the state to go along. In some cases. He agreed to special allocations for thes to get their vote. Is that var . Special allocations for those districts . People can debate whether its fair, unfair, but its politics. Its politics at its core. Browns thinking was Something Like this. If i have to direct nearly a billion dollars in special road projects to get more than 50 billion in revenues over the next ten years, its worth it. Thats what he decided. And his term is ending, coming up. What does this say about his legacy . This has been a story, a story of stories considering the contrast between the first and second time. Only time will tell how brown is viewed by future generations, but we know this. Jerry brown over the last six years has been a much different leader than when he was governor between 1974 and 1982. Then, he was a take it or leave it guy who offended legislators left and right. 35 years later, this guy now knows how to work a room. Well, you know, sometimes it takes a Second Chance to do that. All right, Larry Gerston, as always, thank you for joining us this morning. Well have a last look at the weather after the break. Come and get it. Thats not good. Is that a torpedo . Take the wheel [ suspenseful music continues ] you get style points for that one. Whoo rated pg13. Good morning. Its 7 53. And yes, youre seeing a beautiful sunrise. Look at this shot overlooking half moon bay. Now, we are expecting a fairly clear day across the bay area, which is quite nice after the rain that we have seen the past couple days. But its also very cold out there. Especially for areas along the trivalley. 37 degrees right now. Peninsula, 45. The south bay at 41 degrees. And even in the north bay, also waking up to the 30s, which is why there are some frost advisories in the north bay that are set to expire at about 8 00 a. M. So the next five minutes, were expecting to warm up nicely. Also in the north bay. San francisco, 44 degrees right now. Heres a quick check of what you can expect for today. We will be climbing into the upper 50s along the coastline. San francisco, 58 half moon bay, 57. And areas in the north bay, 62. For napa, 63. For santa rosa, and we take you down to the east bay, oakland, 61. And for the south bay, also in the 60s. San jose, a high of about 64 degrees. Doppler radar right now is looking pretty good. Were not seeing too much cloud cover. We saw just some hazy skies overnight. But over the next 24 hours, we do still have a chance of seeing slight showers. More along the areas in the north bay that because were expecting to see a storm system sitting off the Pacific Northwest. Thats going to bring in showers overnight into tomorrow morning. If you live in the north bay or along the coastline, theres a chance you might catch showers in the Early Morning commute. Were tracking an additional storm system on wednesday night into thursday morning. Thats going to start kicking up those breezy conditions becoming more widespread through wednesday night into thursday. But for the most part, it still looks like its going to be heavily focused on the north bay. On thursday, we are expecting to see the rain become more widespread, making for a very wet thursday ahead. Lets check your day planner. All in all, its going to be a very great, sunny day. Sdpix degrees inland. By 12 00. Fast forward to 3 00 and well see the highs in the 60s. The bay in the upper 50s. By tonight, were expecting an increase in cloud cover, making for breezy conditions. Heres a quick check of what to expect. On monday, for tomorrow, north bay showers early on in the morning. By 12 00, we do warm up into the 50s. By 3 00, about 65 degrees. Then we see the cool temps sticking around through the 7 00 hour. But hey, if youre heading to that giants home opener game tomorrow, yeah, the entire morning team will be there tomorrow. I know that laura and sam will be there in the midday. Kari will be there in today in the bay, and ill be inhouse, also celebrating the game day home opener, heres a check of what you can expect in terms of weather. Very nice. Perfect baseball conditions. Stigging around, climbing into the 50s. A day to enjoy with family and friends. I hope you have your giant gear ready, but we have big changes on the way in the next seven days. As we head into wednesday, it starts getting rainy out there, and then we can expect to keep the rain as of now, the models are conflicting in terms of how long the rain is going to stick around, whether its ending on thursday or if it will carry over into friday. Were going to keep a close eye on that, but all in all, enjoy today and tomorrow for that big home opener game. We will enjoy it. Thanks. We want to show you day one is in the books for one of the biggest celebrations of asian traditions on the west coast. This is the scene in japan town yesterday. Look at all those people. The 50th annual cherrim festival in San Francisco. Thousands of people enjoying japanese food,i iic music and Cultural Arts performances. Chris chmura emceed the event. The festival does continue today and next weekend with the grand parade. Nbc bay area is a proud sponsor of the festival. Thank goodness the rain is holding off so people can go out and enjoy it today. Thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. Well have more local news tonight at 4 30, 6 00, and 11 00, and all day at nbcbayarea. Com. We hope you enjoy your sunday. This sunday, that syrian chemical attack prompts outrage around the world and a uls military response. Tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. This morning we have the story covered from all of the angles. U. S. Ambassador nikki hailey. The United States took a very measured step last night and were prepared to do more. Senator lindsey graham. It was a wonderful signal to send that