continues people started meeting at 8:00 a.m. this morning at the elementary school with the latest on that but first developing news off of the coast of san francisco. the coast guard cutter try and help injured sailors 4 mi. off the coast of california. the 67 ft. yacht lost its steering mounting and communications equipment after a large wave crashed on top three members of the 13 member crew are believed to have back and read and pelvic injuries they were taking part in and around the road race headed from china to san francisco. the coast guard cutter nows the helicopters on board and they re headed to the yacht to help out with the rescue efforts. we also have a camera crew on board. right now high surf warning in the bay area coast is a the waves crashing yesterday awarding extends from the north bay to the big sur coast. that will be challenging rescue and bookkeeper ion it. in the meantime let s take a look at the weather. skies are clearing up it s still prett
ha he led the 49ers to victory this year but alex smith spent this day at another team s camp. more at stake than the shares career, the impact that tamara s sentencing could have in every official at city hall. a lot to change in a matter of minutes, the bay area parents who delivered their babies on highway 11. peyton manning might be the 49ers next order back but what about the man who led the team to the nfc championship? peyton manning is not expected to pick his team in tell the next couple of days but by then alex smith might have find a new home. after a meeting with the dolphins smith did not fly home, instead he checked into a hotel. the dolphins have reportedly offered smith a multi-year contract worth $8 million per season. smith told us that he and the 49ers were simply working out the details of a contract. now it is conceivable that they miss out on manning and smith. smith enjoyed his best season in 2011 leading the 49ers to a division title. last year s p
weather is very much on our mind right now because we don t even know how to address any more. the coast line is under a heavy surf advisory right now. the national weather service says we may see breakers as high as 17 ft. by this afternoon which means the possibility of strong recurrent and sneaker waves. do not turn your back on the ocean. some beaches may be further eroded as strong waves hit the shore. we re finally drying out after days of heavy rain and wind. don t turn your back on the weather is actually a good way to look at it because we did have a very productive week around the bay. we made up some ground on our rainfall deficits. as mentioned, there is a high surf advisory strong with currents and sneaker waves are possible. rain totals validate what was expected, 3-6 in. in the no. 8, 2-4 on the peninsula, a little bit less than that in the south and east bay. we have a few light showers in the picture today and we will talk more about that coming up in a
the safety or lack there of when it comes to nuclear facilities because we are marking a very sad anniversary today. that s right. people in japan are marking the first anniversary of the 9.0 earthquake and devastating tsunami that hit that country. many sea side communities have a long way to rebuild and effects from a meltdown at a nuclear power plant continue. our reporter is in japan the site of one of today s ceremonies. reporter: yes, ann and phil, there is a saying, a very well known saying that says if you fall seven times you have to stand up eight. and the country has shown precisely that. japanese people have shown resilience in several ceremonies across the country, not only of the tsunami but the nuclear disaster in fukushima. in somber ceremonies, people remember the devastation a year ago. this symbol in the northeast coast survived the disaster that killed nearly 20,000 people. he says, it s a symbolic place that allows victims to reunite. mourners
state gop spring convention in burlingame. it s running all weekend long. as california looms larger in this year s election, what republicans hope to accomplish. reporter: the focus of this spring gop convention, expand party support statewide. california will be a big player this election. if the presidential candidates haven t decided yet on super tuesday and there s a split decision, then it looks like there s going to be, then california s right there staring in front of them. reporter: he says republicans are focusing on young voters, asian americans, and latinos, especially this weekend. we re training, recruiting and funding latino candidates to run for office. reporter: 34% of californians are registered republicans and few have the financial clout to run statewide. the party s last two big name candidates, former governor arnold schwarzenegger, was not invited. and gubernatorial candidate meg whitman won t be attending. so is the party united or divided?