Survive. I took out my laptop. I typed zoe having a blast. Thats what i tray to portray about myself. Writing on the page to hope for in the real world. There are basically 9quintillion possible brackets. It is bracket season baby. Its monday. Lets do this. As happens with bracket season, i am pitted against my alma mater and my local interest. See what thats about straight ahead. Happy monday. I am reed cowan. I am gianna franco. I have fun with march madness. I didnt put a lot of thought into mine and said lets roll the dice and see what happens. You will possibly win. Well once. Is that how you do your lotto. I do but i have numbers also that i pick. You have a good chance of winning when you choose duke. I heard of saw im going to start a duke, and now i get it. On this monday, the view from our mark hopkins cam. It was a beautiful weekend. I wasnt here. I was in arizona where it was raining. I was in san diego and it was warmer here. I had the biggest fomo because of it. Today and tomorrow we will be waking up to cool cloudy conditions, patchy fog in the north bay. Its beautiful this morning. Our live look from san jose, waking up and heading out the door, no issues when it comes to visibility in those local communities. You can notice patchy fog going into work or school this morning. In San Francisco the coit tower is lit up in green for st. Patricks day. Temperatures are a little bit above average. We will dive into that. We have rain later into this week. Here is what it is looking like on futurecast, cloudy conditions rolling in in the Early Morning hours that we are seeing today. We will see a repeat tomorrow too. This is 9 30, a blanket of clouds throughout the area. Its a mild forecast for us to kick off the week. We had the sunshine over the weekend and well see more into this afternoon. Around lunchtime that blanket starts to peel back along the coast. Speaking of the rain, its really not until later this week when we see numbers increase. Thats going to happen around thursday evening into friday morning. Well see unsettled weather into our weekend forecast too. I will have more on that and we will time that out in your first alert forecast. For now, the roads are dry. They are. Thats always a good start when you are up on a monday morning. Bay bridge toll plaza is cruising along for the commute into San Francisco. Most east bay freeways are looking good. All lanes open south 680. The weekend closure, there were tough delays. I heard reports for up to three hours. Thankfully road repairs are done and 680 is clear and open. Lets start with a fire at a high school in pleasanton, crews doing battle as flames tore through part of the high school. Looking live, we have a camera crew on the scene. You see it looks pretty quiet right now. This is a newer part of the building you are looking at. We understand the fire started yesterday just as the sun set in a gymnasium next door thats said to be about 100 years old. To better video, this is last night as the Community Members rushed to the scene to see what the smoke and sirens were about. You could hear the sirens and all the flashing lights. The goal was to preserve the newer parts of the building from the older part of the building that was on fire. Firefighters prevented it from spreading to those parts of the school which by the way serves 3,000 students. As we look at the scene, despite damage, classes will happen today as it was just the one gymnasium area. We are following up on a death case of a woman found on the ground bleeding in the bay view. It was in that neighborhood last summer that the story began. Video exists apparently thats pretty key to the case. San Francisco Police and mayor say release it. So also does the asian justice movement. The Group Believes the death can be a homicide and hate crime and successfully pressure police to open the case. A reporter from sf standard uncovered the story of a woman pushing wu. Police reportedly arrested that woman last week accused of assaulting another elderly chinese woman. Following a corruption conviction, former chief of the San FranciscoPublic Utilities commission will learn his sentence. A jury found he accepted bribes in exchange for bidding contests. He could face up to 15 years in prison. Street Safety Advocates will hold a vigil at the site of a horrific crash in San Francisco. You see growing vigils at a muni stop. A third victim from saturdays crash has died. The family was heading to the zoo to celebrate the parents wedding anniversary. Reporter there are two make shift memorials. The main one at a bus stop and a smaller memorial about 60 feet away. The crash happened over there but the impact set the toddler flying. He landed and died right here. Witnesses, neighbors, well wishers dropped off flowers, stuffed animals and toys. Safety advocates left a white stroller and three pairs of shoes, one for each victim that died in the crash. Many came to pay respects. Across from the bus stop, she ran out when she heard the crash. Its very heart breaking and difficult to unsee what we saw. I am still shaking just thinking about it. Reporter she had a hard time sleeping, thinking about the toddler who was in a stroller thrown about 60 feet away from the bus stop. The stroller was clearly destroyed. He was still strapped in there. Reporter the father landed about 70 to 80 feet from the point of impact. Witnesses say both victims were covered in blood and died at the scene. Paramedics rushed the mom and a baby to the hospital. The mom died from her injuries. The infant is suffering from life threatening injuries. You want to hug your kids closer and really be mindful of every moment you have with each other. Reporter Close Friends declined an on camera interview but share the father is diego, 40 years old. The mother is 38. Toddler is one and a half, and the infant is about two months old. Both boys, the family lives in the mission district. Saturday was their wedding anniversary so they decided to take the bus to celebrate the anniversary with the boys at the San Francisco zoo. How a car can be racing that fast. Reporter thats what police are investigating. Some believe the elderly driver of the White Mercedes suv suffered from some medical condition. Police cannot confirm. Witnesses say she was going between 50 and 70 Miles Per Hour in the wrong direction, no signs of braking, and no skid marks. Saddened, disturbed, disheartened. We wanted to pay our respects. We have five lilies. I really just pray for the family and for everyone. Reporter many neighbors are praying the baby will survive and receive a lot of support. I am just unable to move forward. I need to have closure with what i saw. I cant really unsee the carnage that happened yesterday. Reporter friends say diego was originally from brazil. His family is flying to the u. S. 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Part of the legislation is a Small BusinessPilot Program offering loans if you want to start a business. Taking a live look outside on this monday, are you waking up feeling the madness . Its bracket time. Have you filled yours out . I did actually close my eyes and choose. Duke is going to win it all in my bracket. There is just no rhyme or reason. We gave you an assist on your bracket. I put nevada down for winning because i dont know sports. Then our producer laughed at it. So i need an answer for why, but i am guessing thats not good. A quick look at whats going on outside, i think its good that we are starting to see a clear up into this afternoon. We are waking up to cloudy skies. There is patchy fog out there. Take it slow especially in the valley areas close to napa and sonoma. We will see a repeat tomorrow. The big Weather Forecast or the big change in the forecast doesnt come until later this week. Today, tomorrow, wednesday, thursday is similar with 70s and 60s in the forecast, mild temperatures, light winds, partly cloudy skies. Its going to be a great way to kick off the week. We have this area of low pressure thats starting to develop. In our wednesday forecast we see it become more defined and that slowly creeps into our local areas in the bay and all the way to the sierra where they will get snow. Thats going to last friday, saturday, sunday. We are keeping a close eye on long range models. Rain chances start to increase as early as thursday evening into friday afternoon. Thats going to last until early portions of this weekend. Lets take it step back and talk more about today. Unlike yesterday we will see more clouds but like yesterday, we are seeing 70s again into concord and antioch, similar trend to the east bay and Santa Clara Valley. Along the peninsula, mostly 60s today but its a Beautiful Day to get fresh air. We are keeping a close eye on that pollen count. Over the weekend it was pretty wild. Into the next couple days well see sun and clouds into our tuesday. Friday into saturday well see afternoon and evening showers fill the bay area. Thats going to linger into our saturday forecast. Unlike this weekend where it was park day after park day or if you had outdoor activities, this would have been the weekend to do it. G. Lets talk about the freeways. We are off to a pretty good start on this monday. Its not looking too bad yet. That can change when the metering lights get turned on. Right now easy breezy into San Francisco. Enjoy that while you can as you start your monday. You have plenty time for that extra cup of coffee, maybe an extra bowl of cereal. Everything is clear with the exception of the ride out of tracy to the Altamont Pass. Work your way west bound towards the dublin interchange, taking south 680, great news, all lanes are open from the weekend closure that was from the interchange to koopman on south 680. There was a lot of traffic over the weekend. It looks like they wrapped up pretty early. Lanes opened i think after 3 00 a. M. You see it is already busy for the Altamont Pass commute. Our other major freeways are looking pretty good. 5 17. College basketballs march madness is officially in full swing which means its time to prep those brackets. Are any odds in your favor . We hear from the experts next. A live look outside before we head to break. Its soupy out there as we look at a coit tower thats still reflecting the luck of the irish. Well be right back. psst psst ahhh with flonase, allergies dont have to be scary. Spray Flonase Sensimist daily for nondrowsy long lasting relief in a scent free, gentle mist. Flonase all good. Also, try our allergy headache and nighttime pills. Woman why did we choose safelite . Flonase all good. Were always working on a project. While loading up our suv, one extra push and. Crack so, we scheduled at safelite. Com. 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The team we are focusing on is of course rooted right here in the bay. Number five in the Western Region st. Marys are going to the dance and they are on their feet. Against number 12 seed grand canyon university. Super excited. Its hard to boil it down to one emotion. Just super proud of the guys and excited to get started. The bay also being represented in womens ncaa tournament, stanford, number two in the portland regional and will host 15 seed norfolk state at Maples Pavilion friday. Fans young and old will try their best to predict the winners. If you havent done this, we should make one thing clear. You will not fill out your bracket perfectly. Did you say that for me . Did you have sense i needed consolation on a monday . My buddy has the story that shows the odds are not in anybodys favor. Watch. Reporter the monday after selection sunday means one thing for millions of College Basketball fans. Time to fill out their ncaa tournament brackets. That includes university of miami student luca. Some upsets, its march madness, College Basketball. It always happens. Reporter few people know better. If there was an easy way, we would all do it. Reporter still there are tips for fans staring at a blank bracket. He favors teams with records on the road and those with big stars. Usually the tournament champion, final four, will have a guy thats a first round nba pick. Odds are regardless of your bracket ology its unlikely you will get it right. There are basically 9 quintillion possible brackets. Reporter thats a nine followed by 18 zeros. That number is comparable to the numbers of grains of sand on all the beaches in the world. Reporter that wont deter about 50 Million People from giving their best shot. How do you decide . Is it from the heart or a methodology. Straight instinct. Have fun. If you cant afford it, do more than one. The action starts tuesday with 68 men and 68 womens teams looking to beat the last one standing. Such a fun moment. Are you excited . So excited. Absolutely. Are you as excited to see my bracket as you are pictures of my children . Forget your kids, sorry, love them, give me the bracket. I didnt sleep last night. I lost sleep. It was that nine quintillion number. There is always a chance. Lets look at our brackets. We will kick off with mine and show you who we picked for final four, champions, and of course the winner. I am going uconn and huskies. Are you serious . I know, i went for the most obvious. Marquette and perdue and uconn will advance, i just love saying marquette. I pick them every year theyre in there. I legitimately like saying that. I think there will be upsets in the first rounds with the cinderella story. Thats as far as four or five seeds will go. Nicole, what about you . The only thing we have in common is we both went with arizona. I am not sure the reasoning behind that. We went uconn too. Sorry. I was conveniently forgetting my bracket at 5 00 in the morning. I have arizona beating uconn though which i think because the like the state of arizona, if we want to talk bracket ology. Same. The topography in arizona is more appealing to me which is why they have Competitive Edge over uconn huskies but i