Thanks for joining us. Its march 18. Lets get it started. You just want to hug your kids closer and really be mindful of every single moment you have with each other. Moments of reflection and a community responding to tragedy. Latest on a deadly crash and infants fight to survive. I typed the first line. Zoe was having an absolute blast. Thats an image i try to portray about myself. Flipping the script, an author writing words on the phrase to hope for in the real world. There are basically nine quintillion possible brackets. Play along with our team. It is bracket season baby. Your Bay Area Community faithful with a challenge that brings novice and experts together. Its monday. Lets do this. Good morning everybody. I am reed cowan. Do you have your bracket filled out . Join us around the breakfast table and well help you. Weve got ours. We are ready as march madness begins. I love this. It is so much fun. How many times do you think people today will hear do you want to see my bracket . How much work will get done . Did you see the idiots bracket . What were they thinking . Gianna. I think our producer said those exact words to jessica. Yeah, i picked nevada. He laughed out loud. He laughed on i message because i sent it at 3 00 a. M. But you never know. Nine quintilli on. And then the rest of the bracket. We are starting with a little bit fog. Its hard to believe when you look at the Santa Clara Valley. We have fog throughout our coastal areas, patchy conditions into the north bay too. We are off to a cool, cloudy start for many of us. Taking a look at the coit tower from our live camera, still green for st. Patricks day yesterday. Its a beautiful way to kick off the week. We have a little bit patchy fog and that will bleed off this afternoon. We are left with sun and clouds today and for the next couple days. Temperatures are a little above average but we will see them cool down day by day as we await more rain starting friday into our weekend forecast. This dry break is Perfect Timing because it lasts throughout the work week. It is a little inconvenient because unlike this weekend we just had with beautiful sunshine and temperatures above average, it will look different into friday, saturday, sunday this week. I will talk more about that in a bit. We will break apart that storm. Its still well offshore and its not impacting us just yet. Taking a look at long range models into wednesday and thursday, it starts to add a lot of energy. Thats when we will see it impact our coastline. Into saturday, theyre going to get a splash of showers. Sierra will get a little bit of snow. I will have more on that coming up. Thank you. A great start to the morning commute for the most part. We are really just seeing the usual slowing. Metering lights are on. At 6 00 you have brake lights building past the over pass into San Francisco, slowest approach is off of west bound 80 but ever so slightly as you head through emeryville. 580, 880 looking good. 880 looks great both directions through hayward. A couple minor crashes but nothing blocking lanes. We are seeing brake lights as you head into the altamont but this is pretty typical for super commuters. Fire last night, flames through part of Amador Valley high school. We are monitoring the scene. The fire started as the sun set inside a gymnasium said to be about 100 years old. This is video last night as Community Members came to see what the smoke and sirens were about. Despite the damage there is an up side. Firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to newer parts of the school that serves nearly 3,000 students, according to u. S. News this morning. As we look at the scene video, despite damage School Officials say that the young people who raced to the scene, they will be back in class. The school is okay and most of the damage just contained to the one gym area. Looking live at San Francisco and follow up to the death of a woman found on the ground bleeding in a bay view neighborhood last summer. Here is an update. We understand video exists thats key and critical. San Francisco Police and mayor said they want it released and so does the asian justice movement. That Group Believes the death could be a homicide and hate crime. They successfully pressured police to reopen 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 corruption, conviction and former chief of the San FranciscoPublic Utilities commission will learn his sentence. A jury found kelly accepted bribes in exchange for influencing Public Bidding process and steering contract awards as well as Bank Fraud Charges according to the Northern District of california. He could face up to 15 years in prison. Street Safety Advocates will hold a vigil at the cited of a horrific crash. We see the community putting up other vigils honoring the affected family. This is after news that a third victim, a mother, died from saturdays crash. Those close to the family say they were heading to the zoo to celebrate the parents wedding anniversary. An suv ran into the family of four. The father and toddler died on the scene. The rest were rushed to the hospital. We spoke with neighbors in the area when it happened who say they were very distraught about the entire situation. Just very heart breaking, very difficult for us to unsee what we saw. You want to hug your kids closer and really be mindful of every moment you have with each other. The elderly driver was also taken to the hospital. We understand she is in stable condition. But because its an ongoing investigation, it is unclear if she will face any charges. That vigil we just mentioned will happen around 5 00 tonight. All San Francisco police have said is they dont think Traffic Engineering was a factor in the case. State senator scott wiener and announcing a new bill that will provide funding to transit systems. It is to provide regional integration by studying what parts could get a boost and integrating transit throughout the bay area. No details on where funding will come from just yet. 6 07. Oakland Business Owners say keeping the doors open in some places is nearly impossible because of crime. Facing recall and major criticism, mayor thao says she has a fix. The Community Problem and push for solutions and safety. Hot property. A warning this morning if you are taking your camaro to work. A live look outside before break on this monday. Good morning to you. Grab that looking live across the bay to oakland where cry for change continues this morning. Businesses say they are plagued by crime especially in the hegenberger corridor. Oakland mayor thao says she has a plan for safety. You will learn more later this morning which reportedly includes partnerships between police and community groups. Good morning in san jose. How does being part owner in the business you work for sound . Your san jose representative pushing bill for worker owned cooperative businesses. Right now it establishes a council and would be with the department of labor. It also includes money for Small Businesses who have pilot programs that offer loan start ups. A live look outside on this monday. People might be waking up groggy off of st. Patricks day. As they rub their eyes and look at the bracket, it might be a lot to take in. Hopefully they have good weather. Absolutely. Its a little foggy. But thats going to burn off. If you are just waking up with us, we are off to a cool start. Its been pretty mild in the past days, gorgeous throughout the area with sunshine and 70s. Today we have more of the clouds lingering as we wake up and head out. That blanket of clouds pulls back into the 2 00 hour. We are left with sunshine from the north bay to the Santa Clara Valley. 64 today for San Francisco. A lot cooler compared to this weekends 70s. We are Holding Tight from petaluma to santa rosa to the east bay. The clouds will start pulling back later. Lets do that on the Virtual Reality map. We will hit 75 today near san jose which is pretty wild. We talked about futurecast. I want to show you our rainfall models one more time if you are just waking up with us friday into saturday. Thats the pivot in the forecast where we will see an increased chance of showers. It can produce a half inch to an inch of rain throughout the bay area. We will keep a close eye on this system. Its starting to move to us and Pacific Northwest too. Lots of changes are around the corner. Its going to be beautiful today and tomorrow, really similar forecasts. Day by day notice temperatures start to dip down a little bit more. We are in the 60s again for inland areas. By wednesday, plenty sunshine so you wont notice a thing. The cold front approaches and by weekend we are talking about low 60s for inland areas. Let me show you the bay, upper 60s today turning into 50s. A ten degree jump all from the system sitting well offshore. Get some fresh air. I know the pollen count has been pretty high. We will see that improve as we head into this week. Thank you. Lets talk about the freeways as you get up and moving on this monday. There are spots we are starting to see brake lights building. Overall, checked with chp and its not that bad of a drive. So far so good at least as far as crashes. Its usual brake lights at the bay bridge toll plaza. It is building up as you work west bound towards the area across upper deck into San Francisco, approaches west bound 80 seems to be the slowest for now. That can change depending on the commute. We are seeing all kinds of green. No delays on 84. East bay route are looking good. We are tracking brake lights to the Altamont Pass but this is to be expected, typical for a monday with commuters out of tracy on to 580. Look at the travel times. We are seeing quite a bit of green still on the roads which means nice travel times. This morning our slowest spot in the ride in the altamont. No crashes as you hide west bound through there. Nimitz, both directions, traffic is pretty light right now. 6 15. College basketballs march madness is officially in full swing which means its time to prep those brackets. Are any odds in your favor . We will hear from the experts next. Going outside right now, we are starting to see traffic start to move. The lights are on, a prelude to what we hope will be a beautiful monday for charged with style. The fullyelectric audi q4 etron. Get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. Charged with style. The fullyelectric audi q4 etron. Get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. [ cheering and applause ] dont you love it . March madness is back. The moments teams found out they were going to the ncaa men its basketball tournament. No real surprise which got the top spots with uconn, purdue, north carolina. The team we are focusing on is of course rooted in the bay. Number five in the Western Region st. Marys is going to the dance. They will go against number 12 Grand Canyon University on friday in spokane washington. Congrats to them. Gale senior joined matt lively. Super excited. Its hard to boil it down to one emotion. The bay is also being represented in the womens ncaa tournament, stanford is number two in the portland regional and will host norfolk state at Maples Pavilion on friday. Fans young and old will try their best to predict winners. If you havent done this, we should make one thing clear. You are not going to fill out the bracket perfect, i promise. To make you feel better, Cristian Benavides has the story that shows the odds are not in anybodys favor. Reporter the monday after selection sunday means one thing for millions of College Basketball fans. Time to fill out their ncaa tournament brackets. And that includes university of miami student luca. Its march madness, College Basketball. Always happens. Reporter few people know march madness better. If there was an easy way, we will all do it. Reporter still there are tips for fans staring at a blank bracket. He favors teams with good records on the road and those with big stars. Usually the tournament champion in most if not all of the final four is going to have a guy that is a first round nba pick. Odds are that regardless of your bracket ology, its unlikely you will get it right. Reporter there are basically nine quintillion possible brackets. Reporter thats a nine followed by 18 zeros. That number is comparable to the number 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 . Instinct. I just know. Have fun. If you can afford it, do more than one. Reporter the action starts tuesday with 68 mens and 68 womens teams all looking to be the last one standing. Its so cool to see whether he they cut the nets. Reed your mic was off. I heard it. I love when they cut the nets off during the championship game. Its very exciting. Do you see what we do every morning . We will talk about brackets. If we will ever make a late night show, that is that moment right there. Uconn is going to cut the nets down in my bracket. Uconn huskies is who i think will advance. Jessica, help me. Marquette earlier, gianna said she picked it because she likes the way it sounds. Yes. Then you have uconn winning. Uconn is top seed. Thats an easy choice. You didnt tell me that when i was picking mine. I needed to help you out. I do have uconn like you and arizona, arizona beating uconn. So theyre going to neuter uconn and then duke is going to win it all. I do have oregon and thats how i know your bracket will not go far with oregon. I feel like you gotta throw one in to be a little bit bold. But you threw in the ducks. They have high end facilities. There is a good chance. Practice makes perfect. High end facilities. I dont have high end faculties as i picked mine. Aztecs and gales, blue devil and aggie. I had to pick my alma mater. I am sorry but the gales will take it because i put my money on the team here. Bold. I like that. The gales are going to cut the nets. Thats how it works. So here is mine that we did early in the morning. Shes like why do i come over here . I cant even catch a breath. I am proud of you. This looks great. What do the numbers mean by the way . Thats how theyre seeded in the tournament. This is a good effort. I dont know how far this will go if i am being honest. I want to know the reasoning. Why are we picking 13 . It is hard to think of colleges at 4 00 a. M. With the producer texting you. I didnt follow sports. I didnt go to a school that had march madness. Yale sounds good. Prestige. I should have picked perdue. Or maybe four other teams. Does jessica have the option to change now that it is 6 24. Can i cut the nets and make changes . I should cover this. I covered sports so long that i should know every mascot. That would have done something. Look up the mascot, understand what it is, then make the choices. I feel like it is a very reed thing to do. You asked me what the mascot was twice. You can have this conversation with you and your friends at the office. You will not get any work done. Play with us. Join our bracket challenge. It is underway. There is a 1,000 grand prize and you can see how your picks stack up against some of us. You just have to register and play along. Head to kpix. Com. I cant wait. Its going to be a lot of fun. You started it. I did. 6 26. You heard odds of a perfect bracket. What about odds of winning the lottery . The chance for the next powerball and Mega Millions jackpots. Shawn. Good morning. We are at Stanford University talking about a recent graduate and author who has a new novel out about its the work behind the scenes, lets take a look at this knee. That truly matters. [ physical Therapy Staff discusses results ] for your mind. For your body. And for the community. Team kaiser permanente. 6 29 in the morning. Down right soupy conditions, but we understand its going to burn off and be a beautiful day. Thats called manifesting on a monday, everybody. Beautiful weekend weather. The kids know how to do it right. Playing in the fountains at san jose plaza, temperatures were in the 70s. You go girl. I felt my dad energy. I am like dont slip. Dont run. How fun though. Cute green shirt for st. Paddys day. I am glad the bay area had great weather for st. Patricks day. I was in arizona in the rain. You picked it for your bracket. Thats a sign. We have rain around the corner in the bay area. But we are still rolling off that beautiful weekend we had in the bay. We will see more sunshine into the afternoon. Reed showed a live look in San Francisco where it is a little bit soupy. Into the Santa Clara Valley, off to a perfect start with Clear Conditions at the surface level. Visibility is great getting to work, to school. Into San Francisco and past that into the marin head lands and into napa and sonoma, we are seeing a little bit cloud layer float between the mountains. As we wake up and head out, we will continue to see that marine layer influence the bay. Temperatures today are still above average and we will see a similar forecast throughout the next couple days ahead of rain returning closer to friday and saturday. I will time that out for you in a second. That cloud layer is pulling back slowly this afternoon along our coastline. We will see sunnier skies. Clouds re