scattered nothing really well organized with the system moving through this morning. so scattered showers throughout the day, and it's cold enough that we could see a couple of snowflakes across the mountaintops. here's the clouds sliding through. when you get this cold air, the back side of the cold front, you can see more showers this morning but toward the afternoon, things begin to taper off a bit. still temperatures are pretty chilly outside even with some of the clouds out there. down to 41 degrees in san jose. 45 in santa rosa and 46 degrees in concord. toward the afternoon, temperatures are going to stay very cool and it's going to be breezy and we have some big waves to watch out for there and for more on that, let's go to gil diaz at fort point in san francisco. >> reporter: we are near the mouth of the bay a few feet away from the edge because every once in a while we'll get a splash or two over the edge. high surf advisory is in effect until 9:00 this morning. swells from the northwest could reach heights up to 18 feet and some areas with breakers up to 20 feet. now, we could see huge waves like we did just a couple of weeks ago at pacifica pier. it's unbelievable that people actually stand at that pier during a high surf. these waves are kind of cool. they are kind of awesome. but they also are dangerous. rip currents are dangerous and can be fatal. so be careful. this high surf advisory in effect until 9 a.m. back to you. >> thank you. >> has it gotten worse since you have been there this morning? >> reporter: it's amazing the waves are pretty big out here sense we're not near the ocean but at the mouth of the bay but yeah, we weren't expecting this. hopefully it will stay this way and i'll stay dry throughout the morning. >> what a backdrop, golden gate bridge? gorgeous this morning. gil diaz, thank you. the storm is making for bad conditions up north. there is an avalanche warning in the sierra this morning. this is because of intense snowfall recently, a weak snowpack this year and winds up to 90 miles per hour. there is poor visibility on highways and it has prompted caltrans to impose a 30-mile- per-hour speed limit from colfax to near the nevada border. forecasters are predicting up to five feet of snow in some areas by today so you better watch out when you're on the road. >> think i'm going to stay here and not drive up 80. how about traffic, elizabeth? >> interstate 80 has chain requirements this morning on 80 from gold run all the way towards tahoe. also highways 50 and 88. we'll have a live look along the freeway heading towards the sierra coming up. first an oakland accident near the coliseum. northbound 880 by the eastbound 80 connector ramp there was a fatal overnight accident reported about two hours ago. chp just left the scene so now all lanes are open. it was a serious problem overnight. the golden gate bridge so far, so good. no issues all across the span right now into san francisco. coming up, we'll get a check of the south bay. stormy weather and tornadoes are now linked to at least a dozen deaths in middle america. people in parts of illinois, kansas, kentucky, missouri an tennessee are dealing with extensive damage like this. the storm prediction center says at least 16 tornadoes having record just since tuesday night. hardest hit was harrisburg an illinois town of about the,000 people. 6 people were killed there when blocks of homes were flattened. today is the deadline for prosecutors in ohio to file charges against the suspect in a deadly high school shooting. charges against this person, tj lynn, are expected to include three counts of aggravated murder. prosecutors will likely ask that the 17-year-old boy be tried as an adult. three students died, two wounded. one is released from the hospital after monday's shooting at chardon high school. class resumes tomorrow but students plan to march to the school today from the town's main square. school is back in session today at east avenue middle school in livermore. it was locked down for two hours yesterday. a woman called 911 after claiming she saw a man armed with a rifle on campus. police searched every classroom, every arrest room and every office but found nothing suspicious. police haven't confirmed the gunman was even there. kids went home at about 7:00. a redwood city teacher is scheduled to be arraigned this morning for allegedly abusing children. 43-year-old alexia bogdis is accused of physically abusing two young children with special needs. she is currently on administrative leave from the school district. the abuse allegedly happened at roosevelt elementary school. the bay area news group reports that the redwood school district plans to discipline six employees for failing to report the allegations. that's required by law. those employees are not expected to face any criminal charges. >> march 1, today is a day of action across the country. students in various schools are involved. anne makovec at berkeley berkeley with today's events on the cal campus at uc-berkeley. >> reporter: good morning. the participants include students, workers and faculty here at cal. and then the protest grows larger because they are going to march over to oakland to continue this day of protest and merge with other east bay campus protestors. it's a davenport of action. it's been going on for the past fewer years on march 1. this time, "occupy" cal is joining forces with the movement. this morning's protest starts at 7:30 outside of california hall. that is where much of the upper cal administration works. protestors say they are targeting the admin's role in privatizing the system and repression of "occupy cal" over the past several months. the larger message here calling on governor brown to reject any budget deal that includes education cuts or tuition hikes. they are also supporting tax hikes on the rich to help pay for education. now, they are going to be rallying at sproul plaza at noon and it is after that, that they are going to start marching to oakland and there's going to be a big rally outside of oakland city hall at 5:00 this evening. back to you. >> thank you, anne makovec. it is 5:07. violence in afghanistan. >> the gunmen who turned their weapons on two coalition troops. also ahead. >> does eliana have anything to say. she doesn't have anything to say other than this is bull [ bleep ]. how's that? 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>> she doesn't have anything to say other than this is bull [ bleep ]. how's that? >> the judge is scheduled to meet with another woman tomorrow, who claims mirkarimi abused her and she may be called to testify. 5:11. two u.s. troops were shot and killed today by three afghan gunmen at their base in the southern kandahar province. cbs news says two of the three shooters were afghan national army soldiers, another blow to the u.s. strategy pinned on direct partnership with the afghan forces there. the two troops who opened fire were killed by u.s. troops and a third shooter a teacher at the joint u.s.-afghan base was wounded. meantime, syria's crackdown on rebels appears to be entering a new phase. government forces now say they are preparing to cleanse rebel strongholds in the city of homicide. the opposition says -- in the city of homs. the opposition says troops loyal to the president are gathering outside the city for a ground assault. 5:11. not just for doctors anymore. >> the proposal that would allow nurses and midwives to do abortions. >> how a high-speed police chase ends in a scary crash, all coming up. more snow falling in the high country today. plenty of it up there. this weekend, though, it is going to clear out nicely almost spring like skiing conditions. sunny 7" so far in heavenly and still counting. if you plan to head to kirkwood, 8" on the ground, more on the way today. winter storm warnings continuing today if you are heading up the high country, as well. 14" of snow in squaw valley. more on your weather when we come back. ving u-verse, isn't it? 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>> more rain on the way of course some showers yesterday. some reports of some hail around the bay area yesterday afternoon. today could be another interesting day outside. if you are a cloud connoisseur, yeah, this is going to be your kind of day. a lot of those billowing cumulus clouds, cumulonimbus if we're lucky. north bay most of the activity at this time. this is sliding to the south. you can see by our doppler, mount vaca we are seeing some mixed precipitation probably some sleet maybe snow. we could see more of that across the higher mountain peaks so look toward the higher mountains today and you might see a little dusting of snow. out the door, a chance of some showers. high surf continuing toward the coastline. watch out for that. that high surf advisory in effect until 9:00 this morning. this afternoon we'll see partly cloudy skies. still a slight chance of maybe leftover showers definitely cool temperatures again well below average for this time of year. here's your system sliding through. the main cold front is gone a couple of waves of energy diving in out of the gulf of alaska so cold air in place will pop up showers outside for today. also speaking of showers, plenty of snow in the high country. maybe another two feet of snow above 5500 feet. winter storm warnings continuing there until 4:00 in the afternoon. so be very careful if you are traveling in the sierra nevada. some of the winds gusting to 60 miles per hour. high pressure though getting ready to build in behind the stadium. what a change we'll see in the next couple of days. scattered showers throughout the bay area today. then we start to settle down into the afternoon. and then it looks like things come to an end. temperatures will be in the 50s outside. next couple of days temperatures up 20 degrees over the weekend offshore winds howling around the bay area over the higher peaks. sunshine some of the temperatures up into the 70s so big changes, snow in the sierra nevada if you are heading up there today. winter storm warning until noon and tapers off. >> good. >> just for you frank. >> i'll be going up there around 5:00. >> beautiful up there. >> great time to head to the sierra, how about the roads? >> the roads have chain requirements. we'll hopefully show you a live picture of the sierra here just in a minute. outside towards the anna duckworth, everything is okay, no major hotspots or stalls so you can see the morning commute is definitely beginning to get under way. starting to get busy. headlights moving westbound. on the maps i can show you a drive time across the stretch. still in the green at 14 minutes between the altamont pass and 680 and the dublin interchange. so a little changing color on the sensors but overall, not enough to impact the drive time. so it's not too bad. there are chain requirements on interstate 80, highway 50 and 88 at gold run. if you can put off your trip until later in the afternoon it might be a good afternoon. you can see the snow. snow tires or chains once again required. out of downtown san jose, not too bad this morning. just a couple of headlights out of downtown san jose usually this is what we see at this time of the morning heading towards cupertino. so pretty much all the south bay looks good, one one, the guadalupe parkway, everything is quite the. over at the morning commute better than yesterday if you were with us this time yesterday. there were wind advisories in effect for the san mateo bridge. we had slick conditions all over the bay area. so even though we have a few lingering sprinkles out there for the most part the roads look good. 101, 92 and 280 looks quiet through san mateo county through downtown san francisco. bay bridge, no metering lights. no delay right now. back to you. >> thank you. president obama saluting iraqi war veterans today at a white house dinner. >> god bless you and your families and may god continue to bless those in uniform and the united states of america. thank you very much, everybody. may dinner be served. [ applause ] >> that of course the president toasting the troops last night. about 200 guests were invited. among them the first u.s. servicemembers wounded in the iraq war. more than a million americans served in iraq and nearly 4500 were killed. if you are going to work as a waiter spills will happen but when it happens, it is best not to spill it on a world leader. that's what happened in germany as chancellor merkel attended a political event. a waiter spilled five beers on the chancellor. in his defense he is not normally a waiter but was recruited because extra staff was needed. chance lower merkel was a bit wet but unfazed by the mishap. she went on stage for her speech as planned. she just smelled like a brewery. >> at least was a lagger not like some thick guinness beer. >> comes out easier. >> it's all good. 5:21 now. he is 41, his girlfriend is 18. >> what a former modesto teacher is leaving behind to be with his new mate. >> look out. a grizzly bear charging towards a group of tourists. why the hungry beast was so upset and what happened. we'll tell you. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, this is newly- released dashcam video... of the crash that ended a [ sirens ] police chase i this is newly release dashcam video of the crash that ended a police chase in marshall county, iowa. no one was seriously hurt in last week's incidents, but you can see pretty scary. the driver and the passenger tried to run. the cops finally caught up with them. wow. santa clara city council is being threatened with a suit over the way its members are elected. most members of the council are white. santa clara has what's called an at-large by seat voting when any person can run for specific council seats allowing challengers to pick opponents they think they can beat. the council turned down a call to ask voters to change the system. >> so what we're asking for is that santa clara recognize this reality, convert this system from the discriminatory at large system into something like a district system that's more fair. >> he doesn't know our city or council, he doesn't know our residents. >> some minority members have run for city council there but none has ever won a seat. a northern california teacher is giving up his job so that he can be with his girlfriend. she is also a former student and 18 years old. we have a picture of 41-year- old james hooker on the right. he is moving in with a girl who is sitting next to him. hooker lot of his wife and his children -- left his wife and his children. the former teacher says the relationship did not begin until after her 18th birthday. >> definitely wrong for him to have pursued her in any way while he was still a teacher. >> he is like 41, she's like 18? so it's legal but it's gross. >> the girl's mother says she believes hooker became involved with her daughter while she was still under age. modesto police are investigating that relationship. they wanted to see grizzly bears. and they did. maybe a little too close, though. a charging bear frightened 14 people in a special alaska tour to see grizzly bears up close and personal. look at this guy. puts on the brakes right there. now, some members of the group said video rolling when the bare charged at them, they didn't flinch. they think the bear was mad because they were in his fishing hole area. >> they say he smelled like rotten carpet. [ laughter ] >> acted had fish between his teeth. >> scary. calling all et fans. how you can help with the search for alien life in the bay area. >> entire neighborhoods flattened. what it was like to live through a devastating twister outbreak in the midwest. a high surf advisory is in effect this morning. coming up, we'll tell you just how high and how dangerous these waves will get. two hours from now, a day of action and striking on college campuses up and down california. we'll tell you about it coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. another storm stirring up some big waves on the coast. this is a live look at fort point near the golden gate bridge. we're looking for waves. they'll come. going to be another wet and windy morning today. good morning. it's thursday march 1. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. it is 5:30. it's going to be wet out there and windy. we have a lot going on weather- wise. >> a lot of snow in the sierra. let's find out from mr. weather himself, ladies and gentlemen, lawrence karnow. >> mr. weather himself. [ laughter ] >> we have some hail at my house yesterday. that was exciting. >> you did? >> yeah. i was loving it. >> did you take a picture. no! but it was great to look at. those things only last a couple of minutes and they're gone. but we are going to see more of that stuff outside today. we're seeing showers moving in right now. some of that beginning to creep a little bit further to the south now, started out in the north bay but now we're seeing it in toward the vallejo area and we are going to see this sweeping in across the bay area for today. so it is cold enough that we could actually see a couple of snow flakes across some of our higher peaks, as well. so watch out for that as we head in toward the afternoon. looks like the main cold front is gone but you can see a couple more waves developing on the back side of this keeping things unsettled through the morning hours and even into the afternoon. we have a chance of a couple of scattered light showers. temperatures way down though. numbers running mainly into the 40s right now across the board. 41 degrees in san jose. 48 in san francisco. 49 degrees in oakland. highs by the afternoon only in the cool 50s outside. of course, these storms generating some big-time surf by the coastline. let's go to gil diaz. he is out there at fort point waiting for those waves. gil. >> reporter: this is fort point not the oceanside, the mouth of the bay. but every once in a while we see a good wave. hopefully we won't see waves as high as the past like at pacifica pier. this was just taken just a few weeks ago. swells in the northwest expected to reach up to 18 feet in some areas. and breakers up to 20 feet. the steeper beaches like pacifica and half moon bay will see larger breaking waves. there will probably be rip currents. high tide occurred at 4:51. >> thank you. an avalanche warning has been issued in the sierra as a powerful winter storm continues to drop all kinds of snow up there. authorities say intense snowfall a weak snowpack and some gusty winds up to 90 miles per hour have conditions extremely dangerous in the sierra. chain controls still in effect on both interstate 80 and 50 which meant big business for some of the locals. >> this is fantastic for my business. i work right here at the truck storm and we sell chains and you make commission off chains and you do really well for yourself here. >> poor visibility on the highways has prompted caltrans to impose a 30-mile-per-hour speed limit on i-80 from colfax almost all the way to the nevada border. forecasters are predicting up to five feet of snow by the time it's all said and done later this afternoon. >> great for skiers. great for borders. >> yeah. >> horrible for commuters. >> that's right. and guess who is going to tahoe today. >> oh, i don't know. >> frank, right in time. >> good timing. >> chain requirements and messy driving conditions. that's right. not a lot of people are going up to the sierra right now. not a lot of cars passing through. this is a live look at highway 50 at meyers. chain requirements, snow tires, they are in effect on 50 and interstate 80 in gold run. you will need them on 88. so all the major routes up to the sierra pack your chains this weekend. a little closer to home a live look through silicon valley westbound 237 so far looks great. what a different story from yesterday. we had more than a dozen incidents by this time yesterday in the bay area. now this morning it's quiet. 880 "timesaver traffic" camera near the coliseum. coming up we'll check mass transit. always a good idea for the morning commute. it will be a day of protests instead of teaching on college campuses across the country on this national day of action for education. anne makovec is in berkeley where protestors plan to start in a couple of hours but still a little early for college students, right? >> reporter: yes. but supposedly they are going to start protesting at 7:30 this morning. students, workers and faculty participating in a one-day strike. they are talking about teachins, some of them moving their classes outdoors and then marches, as well. in fact, later on today they will be marching to oakland to converge with other east bay campuses. it is called a day of action. and this is going on up and down california. a bunch of the campuses. it's been going on for the past few years on march 1. starts at 7:0 outside california hall where the administration works and protestors say they are targeting the admin's role in privatizing the system and repression of "occupy cal" over the last few months. the larger message calling on governor brown to reject the budget deal including education cuts or tuition hikes. there are has supporting tax hikes on the rich. they are needing at noon on sproul plaza and then marching to oakland and at oakland city hall, five p.m. that's going to be a large rally and this is all a precursor to a big rally and march in sacramento on monday. thousands of students are expected at that. >> thank you, anne makovec in berkeley. the redwood city teacher accused of abusing young children goes to court this morning. 43-year-old alexia bogdis is scheduled to be arraigned on nine misdemeanor charges. prosecutors say that she abused two children with special needs. shows currently on administrative leave from the school district. abuse allegedly happened at roosevelt elementary school. the bay area news group reports the redwood school district plans to discipline six employees for failing to report those allegations. it is required by law. those employees are not expected to face criminal charges. students in livermore will be back in class today after their school was locked down for hours yesterday. a woman reported seeing a gunman inside the east avenue middle school yesterday. so for two hours, police searched every classroom and restroom and office. they didn't find anything. police haven't confirmed there was a gunman there. kids went home at 7:00 last night. charges against tj lane are expected to include three counties of aggravated murder. ohio prosecutors may recommend he be tried as an adult. classes at chardon high school will resume tomorrow. students plan to march to the school today from the it un's main square. a dozen deaths are blamed on tornadoes in middle america. people in illinois, missouri, tennessee, kentucky and kansas are dealing with extensive damage. at least 16 tornadoes have been reported since tuesday night. hardest hit, harrisburg, uhm, a town of 9,000. six were killed when blocks of homes were flattened. >> it was terrifying. i have never been through anything like this. it did sound like the train coming through the living room. >> another potentially dangerous storm system is forecast for tomorrow in the midwest and southeast. two u.s. servicemembers were shot alleged killed today by three afghan gunmen in kandahar. two were afghan national army soldiers, others u.s. servicemembers shot those two. a third shooter was wounded. the uk is closing its embassy in syria and withdrawing diplomatic ties amid concerns about the worsening security situation in syria. closer to home, graverobbers on the peninsula. colma list warn recyclers to be -- police warn recyclers to be on the lookout for barack obama and bronze vases. thieves struck twice about two weeks apart after the a cemetery. it will cost $87,000 to replace the vases at the cypress lawn cemetery. melt down they are worth only $4,000. the jury for the mirkarimi trial will see that disputed videotape. the judge rejected a motion from sheriff mirkarimi's wife eliana lopez to disallow the video that shows a bruise on her arm. lopez's lawyer says that if lopez is put on the witness stand, she will have nothing to say unless she is grand immunity. >> she is going to say, i refuse to answer this question on the grounds that my fifth amendment rights are implicated and i exercise my fifth amendment right not to incriminate myself. >> does eliana have anything to say? >> she doesn't have anything to say other than this is bull [ bleep ], how's that. >> mirkarimi's trial is scheduled to begin monday with jury selection. so gas prices got you down? we have a live report on simple things you can do to save a couple bucks. >> that would be nice. plus the senate takes a controversial vote on birth prevention. >> and google now sharing more information. who will see what and your options to opt out. we'll explain coming up. jim wilson? here is the chase freedom 5% cash back you get on amazon.com purchases. wow! and your kindle fire. thank you. do you have any bubble wrap? activate your 5% cash back at chase.com/freedom look at this bed! this nightstand! this wardrobe! what are you doing here? you're in ikea. my dream bedroom is in ikea? yes. what's that bedroom over there? that's your husband's dream bedroom. whatever your style, take home your dream bedroom together. obama administra good news for the high- speed rail advocates in california. they say the obama administration is giving them a break on the timeline to start construction. the goal had long been for groundbreaking in september. now rail officials say they can still get federal funding as long as the funds are obligated by this september and the first leg of the system finished by september 2017. americans are feeling the pain at the pump. two-thirds of americans are feeling a financial hardship and it's worst in the west according to a cbs news poll. 43% of those in the west say they suffer seriously from the high gas prices that we are seeing. 39% in the south also 39% in the midwest. in the northeast, only 27% say they are suffering. gas prices almost up 40 cents than a year ago at this time. and it can only get worse, i guess. >> we have some tips on how to save money at the pump. jill schlesinger, editor at large for cbsmoneywatch.com. jill, they always say to carpool and drive less. there's got to be something else. >> walk. [ laughter ] >> yes. >> reporter: walk is a good one. but slow down. most cars reach their peak fuel efficiency between 45 and 55 miles an hour. so for every five miles per hour in excess of 60, you lose 7 to 23% of fuel efficiency. some commuters might save a gallon of gas a week this way just by kind of lightening up on the gas pedal. also, keep your aggressive driving in check. rapid acceleration and hard braking waste gas and can lower your highway gas mileage by a third. and city mileage by 5%. you also want to maintain your car. keep those tires inflated. those things can boost your gas mileage by an average of 4%. >> no road rage. >> elizabeth, our traffic gal, says i drive [ blank ] miles per hour per work. >> abort, abort! >> she can't say, chp is watching. >> how about a more fuel- efficient vehicle? >> reporter: although the experts say not necessarily in terms of your total affordability because gas is just one of the costs of owning a car. so if you buy a car just for better gas mileage, it often doesn't make financial sense if you hold on to the car for five years. kelley blue book recently ranked the lowest cost vehicles that are out there. what they did is weighed the purchase price, depreciation, insurance costs and, of course, outlays for gas. so some of the results might surprise you. the most affordable compact car aquia sole. midsized hyundai sonata. suv hang on to your hats, gang, a ford expedition, most affordable. and a luxury an audi a-5. now, for more on low cost cars amid rising gas prices, go to moneywatch.com. we have the complete list. there are some surprises. >> jim we are talking about how people are filling up most in the west these highs costs of gas in the northeast. is that because there are so many more options? >> reporter: we have more robust public transportation system. if you ask the average new yorker you say when is the last time you drove? maybe a week or two ago. so we're little more immune to it. in the northeast there's a lot more people using heating oil which jumped in price. >> how much is a gallon of gas in new york right now per se? >> in the city, it's about i think 3.80 for premium. >> oh, man. >> i mean for -- sorry for regular. then for premium it's over 4, 4.11 or so. >> could you send us some gas, jill? it's cheap there are. >> reporter: you guys seem much happier than we are so maybe it's worth it. that's the price you pay. higher gas but you seem very happy. >> sunshine. we get paid in sunshine. >> all right. jill schlesinger editor at large of cbsmarketwatch.com. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, jill. it is 5:46 now. at time when companies are laying people off there is a refreshing change from alaska airlines. the alaska air group announced it is paying out almost $54 million? annual bonuses, up to 3 weeks pay for workers. nearly $5 million are heading to employees in california. google has switched to a controversial new privacy policy. the company will start to know and share a lot more about what you're doing. information will now be collected from all its services in one place so for example, people who log into several google service areas like g maps or maps will have data about their clicks stored together. you can change your settings by deleting your web history. go to our website, cbssf.com and click the "news" tab for more. we are keeping lawrence busy weather-wise. >> usually i'm slacking out hanging out with coffee. [ laughter ] more showers on the way for today. outside live now, some big waves going to be breaking along the coastline. showers in the south. more on the way throughout the day. unsettled weather in our direction as another batch of rain starts to slide south. now seeing showers into the concord area. continuing up toward the napa valley. cold enough that we could see a few more snowflakes across the tops of our mountains. if you are heading out, showers continuing out there. tapering off in the afternoon, cool temperatures. highs in the 50s toward the afternoon and then done with the rain. but you can see all that moisture beginning to sag. sag in a california. snow in the high country. two feet above 5500 feet. winter storm warnings in effect until 4:00 in the afternoon. wind gusts to 60 miles per hour. toward the weekend, i think we have some big changes over the next couple of days but for today, plan on a stormy day around the state. showers into sacramento. more rain in northern california. snow in the high country. cool and brisk, breezy at the coast. next couple of days things change a bit. high pressure building in saturday and sunday. and much warmer weather. on' personal note, about the past half year i suffered a back injury. so i have been hurting quite a bit. you guys know that. but yesterday, the doctor released me. i was able to hold my little girl for the first time in six months. >> how nice. >> so that was quite the moment at the karnow household. >> i bet. >> your little girl is 22, right? >> she's much heavier now. [ laughter ] >> i'm going back to see that doctor soon. >> big day for lawrence. he had suffered a lot. elizabeth heard about it. >> that's great. that's very big news. live towards the golden gate bridge how traffic is flowing this morning. everything was great out of marin county. totally different story today than yesterday. not a whole lot of incidents out there. yesterday we were super business following at least a dozen different incidents by this time in the morning. similar store are you in the south bay. looks great in the northbound lanes of 280. this evening could get busy. sharks take on buffalo 7:30, hp pavilion, could see delays at the guadalupe parkway. we are going flying and everything looks okay until you get towards cesar chavez. there is an accident blocking one lane. it's our only accident out there blocking lanes and not seeing much slowing on our sensors just behind it. so so far it's still early and traffic is light. so not making much of a dent in the morning commute. otherwise, san mateo bridge picking up steam getting busy. 13, 14 minutes across the stretch from hayward toward foster city. tassajara, things look great through pleasanton, drive time still in the green out of the altamont pass. 5:50. president obama's birth control coverage faces its first challenge in the senate today. the president's policy requires health insurers and employers to cover the cost of couldn't sentives and that includes churches -- contraceptives and that includes churches. republicans want to be able to opt out of any provision for employers or ensurers who object on moral or religious grounds. a bill would allow people other than doctors to perform abortions in california. under the bill nurse practitioners physician assistants an nurse-midwives would be able to perform routine abortions in the first trimester. half the advocates in california don't have access to abortion but pro-life groups say this bill would minimize the seriousness of abortions. federal judge strikes down the government's label requirements for tobacco companies. the food and drug administration wants cigarette packages to show the dangers of smoking. now, the agency wanted graphic images seen here such rotting teeth, diseased lungs on packages and testing. a virginia judge blocked the requirement calling it unconstitutional. 5:51. tiger woods gets testy over a new tell-all. the secret ambition that made him almost give up golf. >> and back on land at last. >> not having enough food, not being able to rest well at night. >> sounds like a nightmare. the passengers on the stranded cruise ship make it after three days without power. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call the bay area home. from funding that helped a local entrepreneur start a business... to providing grants to a nonprofit which offers job training and placement... and supporting an organization working to help the environment. because the more we do in the bay area, the more we help make opportunity possible. hi. we're spreading the word about new honey bunches of oats fruit blends and their unique taste combinations. like peach/raspberry. with one flavor in the granola bunch and one on the flake. two flavors. in harmony. honey bunches of oats. make your day bunches better. ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ ♪ no more, no more, no more ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road? hit 'em with roundup extended control. one application kills weeds and puts down a barrier to stop new ones for up to four months. roundup extended control spray once. stop weeds for months. the frontman for the monkees. h-born singer beca ♪[ music ] this morning the world is remembering davy jones who was a front man for the monkees. the british-born singer became a teen idol back in the '60s with the monkees tv show. it was about a band based on the beatles. now, the group broke up shortly after the show ended but they would sometimes reunite in tours. jones died in florida yesterday from an apparent heart attack. he was 66 years old. the stranded cruise ship that lost power in the indian ocean had for three days wandering around and finally arrived at port. all passengers were finally able to get off the italian ship this morning. i'm sure was a huge relief. they lost power after a fire on monday. a fishing boat towed it to a port in the seychelles. the red cross was on hand to help the passengers, as well. >> no bathrooms for three days. yikes. well, if tiger woods wasn't playing golf he might be a navy seal. that's what his form offer swing coach is saying in a new tell hall book about the golfer. says woods was obsessed with the military. he thought about joining the navy even when he was dominating the pga tour. he didn't care for questions about the book during a news conference. >> is that something you were considering? >> i have already talked about everything. in the book, yes, i have already commented on everything, alex. >> is that in the book? >> well, it went on for a little while. tiger not too happy about the book, by the way. his agent called the claim about the navy seals ridiculous. the winner of sunday's daytona 500 matt kenseth is going to take a victory lap through the city this morning, a san francisco tradition. he will be on a motorized cable car this morning. tour starts at 10:45 at the golden gate bridge. a rally at ghirardelli square. it marks the official countdown to the 350 sprint cup series weekend in june in the sonoma valley. >> going slower than that, right? >> a little bit. no champagne. a mountain view agency keeping the dream of et alive. it wants to recruit some citizen scientists. >> their job to be on the lookout for other signs of life. the seti institute says a lot of radio signals are being detected by dozens of signals. they need volunteers to unscramble the signals. coming up in the next half hour, avalanche warnings and blizzard conditions. >> a live report on the second powerful sierra snowstorm coming up. >> wow, check that out. the wild police chase that led to this massive crash. other than the rain, another thing we have to watch out for today, big waves. coming up, we'll tell you about a high surf advisory that's in effect through a good chunk of the morning. >> and big protests expected at college campuses up and down california. we'll tell you what's happening here at cal and how it's going to move over to oakland for an even bigger protest. coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, an hour and a half from now, years of tuition hikes and service cuts are come to a head- on college campuses here in california. tell you about it coming up. it was like a growling. it was the loudest