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73 today in the livermore valley. Thats not the whole story. We have more clouds and some rain headed your way for tomorrow. Well have that coming up. Katie . Lisa, thank you. Breaking news. A desperate search on the way this morning for a Malaysian Airlines flight that disappeared in waters over southeast asia. Vietnam air force planes have spotted two oil slicks off the southern tip of vietnam. AirTraffic Controllers lost contact with the plane last night. 239 people were on board. Abcs bob woodruff has the dedetails. Reporter . Kuala lumpur, an authority spoke solemnly to the press. The flight lost contact with air Traffic Control at 2 40 a. M. This morning. Reporter the plane was due to fly from malaysias capital, koauala lumpur, to beijing, chi. It went off the radar somewhere off the southern tip of vietnam. 227 passengers from 14 Different Countries and 12 crew members were on board the boeing 777. Among them three americans, two of them children. Here at this Beijing Hotel room today, family members gathered in tears. I dont want to live. What is the point of me being alive . Says this mother whose son was on the plane. In frustration with the airlines, this woman said they were only given water and bread in the room. By the time the companys officials came out to talk, hundreds of reporters had poured in, crushing into each other just to get close. At one point, i could barely move. Its out of control here. I cant believe believe this. The search is happen off the coast of vietnam cover managerer than 4,000 square miles. We have requested assistance first on information of whereabouts the plane may be and secondly if there is a need for search and rescue, which we cannot cope. Reporter at the beijing airplane, things have gone back to normal but the night has fallen in asia, which means that that searchandrescue operation down in vietnam could get harder and harder as the night goes on. Bob woodruff, abc news, beijing. Heres a look at the passenger list from the flight released by beijing airport. The state department confirming there were three there are three americans on board. The l. A. Times reporting the names of people carrying u. S. Passports, 50yearold phillip talmadge wood, 3yearold nicole meng, and 1yearold leah moeng. The pilot of the plane join mad lay sha airlines in 1981 and has more than 18,000 flying hours. The mising plane a boeing 777. Its 11 years 10 months old. Malaysia airlines is an awardwinning carrier. Its not had an accident since 1995 when a crash killed 34 people out of 53 on board. Now to a bay area story thats Getting National attention. Kathy zimmer was found dead in the back seat of her car 25 years ago. And after all this time, two arrests have finally been made in the case. Abc News Reporter Sergio Quintana has the story from santa clara jail. Reporter this is a picture of the quilt that investigators say was found along with kathy zimmer. Its what sparked new interest in this 25yearold case. We felt that it was time to put it out there to see what kind of response we could get. We did get an overwhelming response of people trying to help. Reporter the 39yearold mother of two had been strangled in 1989. Police discovered her car, a chrysler new yorker, in a parking structure at San Jose International airport. The quilt was draped over her body in the back seat. We feel that at this time we have the two people responsible for her murder. Her husband at the time, david zimmer, and his brother, robert zimmer, are both now in custody. Reporter david zimmer was arrested and booked into the Santa Clara County jail on murder charges. His brother, robert zimmer, was arrested last week. The prosecutor on this case says zimmers former husband is implicated because of financial gains following her death. Life insurance policies, sale of the home, so, yes, we do believe theres a financial motive here yes e. Reporter investigators say dna samples taken from kathy clothing is what implicated her husbands brother, robert. A school in oakland went on lockdown yesterday while police searchd for a man believed to have sexually assaulted a young girl. Sky 7 shows Police Responding to World Academy in oakland yesterday afternoon. The 7yearold said the stranger on campus touched her inappropriately. Despite the lockdown, police were not able to track down the man. Police are offering a 2,500 reward to find him. We have startling new details about a teacher accused of molesting several el children. Yesterday 32yearold ronald ginnto was charged with 27 felonie felonies, his bail set at 17 million. He pleaded not guilty investigators believe he molested six boys ages 11 to 13 all students at the academy in richmo richmond. It happened during several camping trips where ginto was the only chaperon. He was fired in november but hired this january. Last night the president of the School District told abc7 news he planned to take six more young boy s on a secret trip to yosemite next month and that he went to Great Lengths to make that trip happen this. He had falsified the signatures on the form, and unbenoeps to us we had no idea this was going on. I know we dodged a bullet. The district has proposed changing its hiring practices. Administrators did not call making Waves Academy as part of his background check. The university of california has announced a new systemwide Sexual Assault policy. Its in response to the claims by several female students that their Sexual Assault claims have been ignored. The mu policy includes expanded Sexual Assault training and education, increased reporting reporting requirements and broader protects for victims of Sexual Violence and harassment. Police are asking for the publics help to identify a man who robbed a woman at gunpoint at an atm. This is a picture of the Robert Fremont police say he confronted a woman outside of bank of america on fremont boulevard thursday morning, flashed a gun at the woman, took the money shed withdrawn and forced her to pull out more cash. The man took off in a red Toyota Corolla with utah license plates. Four Central European nations are urging the u. S. To boost natural gas exports on the possibility that russia could cut off its supply of gas to ukraine. Ukraine is heavily dependent on russian gas. Previous disputes between the two countries have led to supply cuts. Meanwhile, tensions remain high in ukraine after a prorussian troops advanced onto a military base on crimea yesterday. Several ukrainian troops barricaded themselves inside a barracks. The prorussian troops e eventually withdrew. And there are new questions this morning about the snipers who contributed to last months bloodbath in kiev. Ukrainian authorities are now focusings on russia using the gunmen to create a pretext for a military incursion. A search continues in solana county for a missing woman who suffers from memory problems. Victoria Mueller Palomino was last seen yesterday morning at ve nika Community Park. She lost most of her shortterm memory when she suffered a brain aneurysm two years ago. Police dont know if she drove off in her car, a prius like this one, or if shes been the victim of a crime. Dozens of trees have been removed from a San Lorenzo Park to protect natural gas pipelines. Nearly 70 trees at the Community Park also known as duck pond park with taken out by p g in the last month, and the Power Company removed 35 more at the park districts request. The roots can damage pipelines and cause leaks. The tree removal is in response to 2010s san bruno gas line explosion which killed eight people. The move the build a traffic median on the Golden Gate Bridge takes another step forward. According to our media partner the marin independent journal district officials are taking contract bids for work related to the project. It would include the demolition of four tollbooths to make room for the barrier and installation of crash cushions at the toll plaza. Officials say the barrier, which would prevent headon collisions, could be installed as soon as october. 8 09 now on your sat morning. Lets check in can with lisa argen, whos enjoying some lovely weather on the roof. It is beautiful out here. Temperatures in the low 50s, San Francisco. Just a little fog left over at the shoreline. A few high clouds today, above average. Rain arrives tomorrow. Ill time it out for you when we return. Next, a health scare on Treasure Island. Why a San Francisco Fire Squadron has been forced to move out. And some of the newest examples of Wearable Technology. In the midwest, a gun inside a thrift store in chicago went off killing a mother of 2. 50yearold Maria Dominguez died yesterday after she was shot in the chest. Dominguez had worked for the company for 25 years. She was married with two children. Police are treating the shooting as an accident. Dinner for a florida family turned into a long and terrible trip because their steaks were laced with lsd. The family of four, including two kids ages 6 and 7, purchased the meat from walmart. Shortly after dinner, they started hallucinating and had to be rushed to the hospital. The mother was nine months pregnant handle had to have labor induced, but the baby was born healthy and the family is okay. Walmart is cooperating with the investigation. San francisco fire officials have temporarily shut down a firehouse on Treasure Island after finding mold and asbestos in the building. Abc7 News Reporter jonathan lu has details. Reporter box after box of personal items and firefighting gear, all of it has to go. The locks are being changed. The beds loaded into trucks. Firestation 48 is closed. We just got the report that theres mold in a few of the downstairs rooms and they recommend abating it and so we have to get the members out of it. Reporter what was the only working firestation was by no means modern. It was originally built by the navy before San Francisco took control of the island. We inherited the building and moved in. Reporter the city also inherited this building where the station will move. Theyve only moved a couple blocks away. We dont expect it to have any impact on response time. Reporter its built of cinderblock, far different from station 48s aging wood frame. Firefighters there stay the building has been fall eight part for years. They even started documenting their efforts to keep out rainwater, a primary cause of mold. They dug a trench to keep water from getting in through the siding. Topranking fire officials are looking into it. Might have a couple leaky windows that could be causing it and there could be a leaky roof that might be causing it. The exact nature of cause isnt known until they open up the walls. Reporter firefighters say they complained about the leaking roof years ago. One said he used to wake up in the middle of the night with the headaches. Another said you could smell the mold. Administrators say no complaints reached them or they would have acted sooner. Health and safety is not worth playing around with. We wont keep our members somewhere theyll get sick. Thats crazy. Reporter this is not the only cloneup under way on Treasure Island. The navy left in 1997. Crews have been working to clean up toxic materials left behind including more than 500 radioactive fragments found in the past three year. The city has been sued over that. This could mean another lawsuit in the works. Jonathan bloom, abc7 news. Many of you watched shark tank last night on abc and the stanford graduate who accepted a sweet deal talked with us. He presented his idea to the tycoons. The lights are mounted on a bicycles wheels to illuminate a bikes path without shining in anyones eyes. He accepted an offer for 300,000 and 10 of the company. Well pay ourselves chashgs big one so, we can actually grow the team. Its hard to get people that are talentd to want to joint a steam and you cant pay them. They say they survived on ramen noodles developing their product and those days are over. Congratulations to them. Happening today, the university of the pacific will dead date its new San Francisco campus ahead of its summer opening. The renovated building in the south of market neighborhood will house about 1,000 faculty, staff, and students. This is time lapse video of the building going up. It will hold classes from the universitys school of dentistry as well as graduate frams in audiology, music therapy, and data sciences. Summer classes are set to begin in july. Also happening today, the home of the San Jose Sharks will be collecting old electronics. The sap center is teaming up with Sims Recycling to encourage the community and shark fans to recycle their old electronics. Everyone who drops off a recyclable item will get to watch the teams pregame morning skate and receive a raffle ticket and a chance to win sharks memorabilia and merchandise. Todays recycling event is from 9 00 to 1 00 at the sap center in san jose. Theres a new wave of privacy concerns over the Wearable Technology thats rolling out of the silicon valley. Sensors collecting data can easily be hacked. Abc7 newss david louie got a look at some of the devices. Reporter the workout shirt hes wearing has multiple sensors embedded in the fabric that collect data an amateur athlete might find helpful. Over time, he sees a fastgrowing database that will make Wearable Technology a breakthrough for medicine. The real value in these devices will come when we can give that kind of level of insight, taking it from detection and diagnosis to the point of actually being able to predict something and then prevent it. Reporter its a competing startup. Its shirt has 14 sensors inviz to believe the wearer. Sensor, we have two here for the heart rate. Theres one on each bicep, which goes on the inside of the arm here. Our sensors are about that big. And that allows us to have constant surface area contact. Reporter Wearable Technology is also aiming at foot pain. These shoes have a dynamic suspension. We have multiple points, multiple shocks and we have that chassis suspended so that kind of allows you to stay in traction and in control as the terrain is rough. It allows you to grip the ground better than current shoes. Reporter consumers embrace fitness bracelets. Samsung and apple are jumping on board. These devices collect data, personal data, and thats raising new concerns about privacy. Stories outside of the u. S. , what are we doing, selling it to advertisers . Are you sharing it, about my health . Reporter in sunnyvale, david louie, abc7 news. Daylightsaving time begins tomorrow at 2 00 a. M. Set your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed tonight. Every time we change the clocks the Consumer Product Safety Commission encourages us to check the batteries in our household Smoke Detector and change them if needed. Theres your official reminder. Write it down. Most of our technology these days changes the clock for us. A lisa argen on the roof, it is 8 19 on this saturday morning. Yeah. Its pretty out here. We can see the high clouds beginning to filter in and a little fog at the coast. But we are shaping up for a very mild afternoon. Right now in the low 50s. Live d live doppler 7hd where there is some haze from mt. Tam. Other than that, we are in the low 50s for the most part except for redwood city, a little cooler there, 52 in the city. 50 at the coast ap pnd give it about an hour, hour and a half and that fog should begin to lift at the shoreline. Santa rosa 45 degrees. Its 49 in concord and livermore you are at 48 degrees. High pressure our fairweather maker with us again for the day today. The view of the Golden Gate Bridge a little bit of haze out there, but still feeling like spring, above average highs today. Rain arrives tomorrow night. And we will look for more clouds in the sky tomorrow, but after that its dry and mild for the rest of the upcoming workweek. Pacific satellite picture, High Pressure to the east and southwest of us bringing up some southerly winds later on. But for today, mild and a little bit hazy. You may notice that already. The front and the area of low pressure well to the north. Were going to get the tail end of this thing and that gives us the rain but not until late. Look at this, today and tomorrow morning we will be dry but maybe mist and drizzle until about 3 00 in the afternoon. Front still well to the north, not even in ukiah. It will be until past 9 00 when the north bay gets wet, 11 00, look at the rain push south. Its really overnight. East bay and into the south bay. How much, well, not very much. Couple hundredth in the south bay to a tenth to three tenths in most areas. Little bit more in the coastal hills. Statewide, 74, sacramento, 59 in lake tahoe. You could get about 6 inches of wet snow with this next system through monday. 68 in oakland, 71 palo alto. 72 in fremont and san jose. Heres the look ahead. The accuweather sevenday forecast, mild to warm today with 60s at the host to the low to mid70s inland. And remember we gain another hour of daylight tomorrow. So it should be definitely feeling like spring. The rain doesnt arrive in until late. Clouds start out on monday maybe a few showers, a little cooler, then well look for sunshine tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday. Winds will be gusty on tuesday as the High Pressure builds in strongly behind this weak weather system. So weve always got lots to say. You can find out about it when you follow live doppler 7hd on twitter. Thats where youll get all sorts of weather information, tweets from all of us, and anything else you need to know. Also some fun factoids for sure. It is a lilt hazy out here but still about 5 degrees above average and some welcome rain headed our way tomorrow. Katie . Yes. Easier i think to enjoy the sunshine when we know were still getting a little bit of rain because we need it. So we can root for ul of it. Thank you, lisa. Next, graduation at a north bay swim club. The reward that must have made these new swimmers feel like olympians. Its amanda. Hey sweetie. What . [phones rings] okay, ill send it. 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Its put together by san rafaelbased Sustainable Sports Foundation aimed at inner city youth and teaches kids how to swim and be safe in the water. Bay area native and olympic champion Heather Petrie was there to hand out special medals to the new swimmer ps. To see them swimming back and forth and have that confidence in the pool is awesome. You never know. One of them might be a water polo player one year. It lets everyone to different moves while theyre swimming. Program organizers say learning to swim can build a kids selfesteem and boost his or her confidence. Morgan hill police are introducing the newest member of the force. Meet sunny a 3yearold shep frerd the czech republic. Sunny and morgan hills other k 9, sierra, will get to knee know each other in school and hit the streets by the end of next month. Up next, a boeing 777 missing with 239 people on board. Well have update on this breaking news story. 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Com and get covered today. Welcome back, everyone. Coming up on 8 30. Well get a check of the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning. Pretty much everyone in the 50s. Its a mild start out there. We have high clouds around the bay. Heres a look at san jose right now. Its 45, some exceptions to the rule here. Santa rosa, 48 in napa. 46 in novato, 52 in fairfield. Visibility just about a halfmile. Half moon bay and only at a mile in novato. You can see the fog from our tower camera. The forecast for rest of the day calls for partly cloudy skies in the north bay. Elsewhere high to midlevel clouds with temperatures above avrerage with low to mid60s at the coast, a few lower 70s today out towards livermore, sunnyvale and los gatos. It will be as mild tomorrow but we hell have more clouds and welcome rain coming our way. Ill let you know how much and when in a few minutes. Breaking news. Vote that please air force planes have spotted two large oil slicks that are suspected to be from the jetliner that disappeared yesterday evening. The plane with 239 people on board was traveling to beijing from kuala lumpur in malaysia when it lost contact with airTraffic Controllers over the south china sea. A vietnamese government statement says the oil slicks were spotted off the southern tip of vietnam, the slicks each between 6 and 9 miles long. A statement says those slicks are consistent with the kind that would be left by fuel from a crashed jetliner. New this morning, president obama says hes hearing from Business Owners across the country who are voluntarily paying their workers more than the federal minimum wage of 7. 25 an hour. In his weekly address, the president says that shows change comes to washington, not from it. Hes signed an executive order to raise the minimum wage for people working under new federal contracts. A clear majority of americans support raising the minimum wage because nobody working fulltime should have to live in poverty. About half of all republicans support raising the minimum wage too. Its just too bad they dont serve in congress, because the republicans who do serve in congress dont want to vote on the minimum wage at all. Some even want to get rid of it completely. Seriously. The president says working americans have struggled through stagnant wages for too long. Raising the minimum wage is good for the bottom line. Theres a challenge to house chickens in roomier cages. The law requires 116 square inches of space per bird but attorneys general in five states say the law violates the principle of interstate commerce and is forcing farmers to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to compete. California attorney general says shell fight the lawsuit. Texas governor rick perry says states like california are damaging the economy. Perry says taxes are too high leading to fewer jobs and stagnant growth. Perry also targeted capitol hill at yesterdays conservative Political Action conference in maryland. It is time for washington to focus on the few things the constitution establishes as the federal governments role defend our country, provide a cogent foreign policy. Get out of the health care business. Get out of the education business stop hammering industries let the Sleeping Giant of American Enterprise create prosperity again rick perry made a failed run for the white house in 2012 and says he is considering running again in 2016. A peninsula homeowner and her neighbors say caltrains is to blame for their skyrocketing Flood Insurance premium and want the rail agency to fix the problem. Vic lee has more. Reporter if only carolyn knew about the culvert under the caltrain tracks. Its about 100 yards away across the street from her home on california drive. Water from easton creek flows through it and into the bay. Last year carolyn had to pay almost 1,800 for Flood Insurance, and she was told it might jump as much as 25 . I had no idea i was going to be facing this kind of precipitous rate increase. Reporter so she hired Civil Engineer alan huntsinger to find out if maybe her house was high enough to exempt her in the future. He discovered the culvert was the reason why her home and those of her neighbors could flood. Pipeline here where the word culvert appears is too small. It restricts the flow of watt sore it cant get through. Reporter word spread quickly. A neighbors Flood Insurance also vie skye rocketed so much so that he wants to sell his home after 20 years here. Theres no question, im thinking of it because its a big bill. This is all i got. Reporter what will these homes sell for now . Im concerned about my Real Estate Investment now. It has i think a significant Chilling Effect on what its value is. Reporter she wants caltrain to build a wider culvert. She contacted them in december. Caltrains said it would investigate. Theyve not contacted me since. Reporter caltrain did respond to abc7 news when we contacted them. Its answer that it was still investigating but that it appears the culvert or other drainage systems that cross under the tracks are not owned or maintained by caltrain. Vic lee, abc7 news. Today a community will march across the Golden Gate Bridge to mark the third anniversary of the japan earthquake and tsunami that damaged a Nuclear Power plant. Todays march begins at 11 00 a. M. , followed by a noon rally in San Francisco. Radiation escaped from the fukushi Fukushima Nuclear plant after it was severely damaged in the 2011 earthquake that rocked northern japan. Also today an activist will begin her oneyear trek on foot from San Francisco to washington, d. C. , to promote equal rights. As part of International Womens day, Helen Swanson will begin her journey from the Golden Gate Bridge. You see her in this picture naps her kneeling in the front row. She expects to alive in the Nations Capital one year to speak at the equal rights amendment rally at the capitol. She plans to meet with the leaders of the 15 states that have not yet ratified the equal rights amendment. The number of female pilots in the country is increasing but the percentage is still small, just about 5 . Now theres a big push to introduce more girls into aviation. Abc7 News Reporter lee e ya me Nuclear Weapon dez on the thing the students do for the first time before getting on the plane. Reporter getting on a plane was not as easy as some of these students thought. For many it was their first time flying. This woman wants young girls to try it. We went through the school. We have this program. Why dont we bring a couple kids to see what it is . Were you able to see the city from up here and Everything Else . Reporter the students are from Mcnair Middle School in east palo alto. The field trip to the San Carlos Airport is part of their science, technology, engineering, and math program. The airplanes trying to go forward, theres always this force called drag. Reporter theyre participating in a program called women of aviation week. These girls got more than a lesson in aviation and a chance to fly. They were also introduced to a woman whos made aviation history. Captain olga was the first latina to complete u. S. Air force military Pilot Training and the first hispanic female pilot to fly for a commercial airline. During her career, she ran into people who questioned her ability to fly. Yes, we e do have women flying airplanes and i am the captain today. So is there a problem with that . And he goes, well, i didnt know and i said you do not have to take this flight. Reporter today she is retired and encourages girls to start thinking about flying. I want to give back and let them though know that they are able to do it. As long as they dont give up. Anything can be achieved when you try hard enough. If you try, there will be fear at times but if you try theres no youll overcome your fear. The view, you could see, like, a bunch of houses. Like, it was excellent. Like, i dont know. It was amazing. Reporter in san carlos, abc7 news. Five bay area rosie the riveters will be on their way to meet washington, d. C. , to meet Vice President joe biden. All five women are on fixed income but a fund drive came through. Kaiser permanente and Virgin America are among the benefactors. Biden called them members of a remarkable generation of women, Cultural Icons representing the women who worked in factories during world war ii often in place of men serving in the military. The women fly to d. C. March 29th. Still ahead, a superhero and a sneeze. How those two things have changed the lives of two Bay Area College students. And at 8 38, lets take a live look outside from our emeryville camera. You can see a lilt bit of haze in the sky there. Lisa argen with your forecast in just a few minutes. Welcome back, everyone. Well, this week is your chance to audition for wheel of fortune. The wheel mobile is at grayton resort and casino today and tomorrow. You can give it a spin for prizes and audition to become a contesta contestant. Only a few hundred ever get the call, but it could easily be you if youre the right fit. So, overall what we need is that natural enthusiasm and energy, those good game players, those people who call out logical letters, who make quick decisions, who speak in a loud, clear voice. The wheel mobile will be at grayton resort and casino today and tomorrow from noon until 4 00 and abc morning news meteorologist mike nicco will be there today. Double the reason to go meet mike. More details on abc7news. Com under see it on tv. Like to see mike spin that wheel, not that hes eligible or anything, but, you know, see where his skills lie. We know where lisas lie excellents t s ths the forecast. Whats up . I try. Its all about the haze today, still fog around the bay but temperatures in the 40s and 50s to start out. Our east bay hills camera, you can see its not particularly clear all around the bay. Well have the clouds with us today but thats not going to stop our warming temperatures. Well look at your forecast today, the rain tomorrow when we return. Thank you, lisa. Also next, the warriors return home from a long road trip against the hawks and they appear to be peaking just at the right time. Well have the highlights. n but you can do it. Stay active. Get outdoors. Eat healthy. And choose colgate total®. More , it actually helps improve mouth health. [ male announcer ] it fights germs for 12 hours, in 24 hoursrtify enam starts to fortify enamel, and in 4 weeks helps improve gum health. You can do it with colgate total®. [ male announcer ] do more than protect. Improve mouth health with colgate total®. And use the whole line for even better results. Well, its been said that we all have at least one movie in us. Easy to say. Not so easy to do especially if youre a student with no budget. Where theres a will theres a way. As Wayne Freeman tells us, theres also a big payoff. Reporter can a couple College Students be superheros . Lets see. Manly man. Never heard of you. You will. Reporter most definitely. Assuming you get to see the short film they produced. It. Its about a sick superhero who cant really stave world at the moment. Reporter they attend kenyatta Community College in redwood city. They heard about a contest to make a short student film in one week and decided to give it a shot. Ive never done a movie before. Reporter didnt it scare you a little bit . Not so much, no. Reporter not until the duo got carried away. Melissa wrote the script. Shes an english major. And hes a computer whiz who was looking for an opportunity to try special effects. A little more comp collated. That was a red circle with a bunch of other different shades of red circle and different effects giving it that electric look on the inside. Reporter their professors blown away by it all. Its not the kind of thing you expect in a student film. Especially when one considers they had hardly any money. How small a bunlet . Look carefully. That is a towel. That is a towel. Reporter hes wearing a towel. Thats my towel, yes. Reporter and yet it was so good its already won some student awards, which ought to be enough, right . Well, last week a big surprise. They were notified by the Cannes Film Festival in france, the big one, that their film had been se accepted for competition. And theyre going. I was i was completely blown away. Reporter bee ginners luck . Maybe. But its also the kind of break that puts a small Community College program on the map. Only a couple of shooup superheroes could pull that off. From kenyatta college, wayne freedman, abc7 news. 8 47. Up to the roof. Lisa argen keeping an eye on our forecast. No cake needed. Just regular human power. Hi there, katie. Pretty nice out there. We are thinning out the high clouds from time to time. Look around the bay and youll notice we have some fog still with us anywhere from a quarter to a halfmile visibility from novato to the coast. Heres live doppler 7hd where you can see some of the clouds and mt. Tam where those clouds really settle into the protected valleys of the north bay. Take a look at the numbers. 54 from los gatos, 51 redwood city. Oakland, 53, demand the city 52. San jose, partly cloudy say skyes and were looking at the cooler numbers in the north bay where we have the fog, 46 in novato, 49 in concord. Livermore, 48 and boy youll warm into the 70s once again. Theres another look from our future tower camera, so beautiful morning and the afternoon will be nice and mild and springlike, above average by about 5 degrees. Rain arrives tomorrow night. More cloud cover during the day and then dry and mild weather for the rest of the upcoming workweek. So heres our satellite picture with High Pressure keeping this front at bay. That allows for a hazy day today with some mild temperatures. The front, its a weak one. The energy is headed up to the north of us around seattle. Well see just a couple hundredths in the south bay. Nothing in santa cruz. Heres the timing on what you can expect for the rest of the bay area. Well go through the day on the cloudy side, 3 00, Mendocino County has the rain. Clover dale and santa rosa looking at some showers. Overnight its east bay and south bay and by monday still a new leftover showers for your morning commute. Couple hundredths for our friends in the santa clara valley. A tenth to a third of an inch for most areas. Well be a little bhit more up in the coastal hills. 73 in chico today with 80 degrees in los angeles. South bay, how about 71, sunnyvale, 73 morgan hill. Redwood city 71. San francisco youll warm to this 66 degrees and more high clouds the further north you go. Youll notice a little haze out there, vallejo 70. Look for 69 in richmond. Going to feel pretty good in newark today at 69. Fremont 72. And our highs inland once again in the lower 70s. So 73 in livermore. Concord, 72. The accuweather sevenday forecast, mild to warm weather today. That lasts tomorrow despite the cloud cover. We get an extra hour of daylight. The sun sets tomorrow night at 7 11. Tonight at 6 10. And some morning showers on monday. Take a look, the dry weather takes over once again tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, 60s coast, low to mid70s inland. Looking forward to that rain but of course its never enough. Katie . Right. More would be better but well take it. Thank you, lisa. In sports tonight, the sharks return to the ice against the Montreal Canadiens at the sap center. Last night the warriors were finally back at oracle arena after a sixgame road trip facing the atlanta hawks. Heres larry beil with the highlights and this mornings sports. Good morning. The warriors have a schedule loaded with home games through march. Time to lock down the playoffs spots starting with hammering of the hawks. A lower back strain there. Hit his head as well. Not believed to be serious. Andrew bogut, instant souvenir for sparky, shoe just rips apart. Seth curry, david lee for the layup, knife do you think the lane. Jermaine oneal, what a contribution, 17 points off the bench. Warriors go on the a 100 run to end the first half. Curry floating to the basket. 18 points. Fourth quarter, jordan crawford, Andre Iguodala with authority on the hoop and the warriors win going away 1197. Women college hoops, stanford in seattle, pac 12 tourney quarter finals down two at the half. The cardinal go on the a 162 run in the second half. The three and then inside 19 points, 11 boards, stanford pulls away to win 6954. Theyll face usc today in the semifinals. But cal is done. The bears twoseed facing washington state. A little double dutch action here with a jump rope at halftime. 28 points and 7 boards, 3 of 6 from downtown. Leading the cuges to the semifinals. 9183. Brittany boyd upset but cal 219 will still make the ncaa tournament. Tim lincecum needs to relax, just kick back and enjoy the offseason. However, after two subpar seasons timmy went to work this winter and the results are crystal clear. Giants and royals in surprise, arizona. No surprise but with the giant pitching. Stars looking good. Three scoreless, walking arias. Nice pick at third. Escobar. We love the story of the 31yearold fighting through injuries and independent ball for years. He can hit no matter what. Smacks his second homer of the spring as the giants win 50 and the as beat arizona 20. After beating pittsburgh on thursday night, the sharks were busy yesterday building a playground in san jose. The Sharks Foundation teaming up with a nonprofit kaboom combining to turn a parking lot instantly into a playground. It took only six hours. Great day for everybody in the Community Around here, for the foundation. Putting up Something Like this and helping out and getting their hands dirty. Second round cadillac championship, 30mileanhour gusts in florida. Hold on, birdie. Hold on. Speaking of birdies, tiger with a 73, 6 off the pace, a long birdie, 92 footer here. A tie for the lead at 1 under par. A rare moment of glory in the second round for tiger in very tough conditions. Have a great weekend, everybody. Im larry beil. Next, prom seasons almost here. 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To receive a free dress, appointments to pick out a dress, first come, first served basis. You do not have to bring any proof of financial need. Todays the first of four giveaways in San Francisco with others scheduled for tomorrow. March 15th and 22nd. Todays giveaway started about 30 minutes ago. Its open until 5 00 tonight. Its located at 2099 market street. Have fun shopping today, ladies. Well send it up to the roof for a final check of the weather with lisa argen. Feels pretty good out here, katie. Getting my vitamin d. There will be plenty of it today. High to midlevel clouds at times but theyll fin out. Well look for that fog to dissipate at the coast. Coolest numbers there. 64. 68 in oakland but a return to the low set for live mor and morgan hill today. The accuweather sevenday forecast get an extra hour of daylight. Tonight the sun sets at 6 10, tomorrow 7 11. Rain arrives after about 9 0010, oclock in the north bay, leftover clouds on monday and then the rest of the workweek will be sunny, mild, a bit above average and dry. Have a good weekend. Katie . Thank you, lisa. Time change hard for those of us who try to go to sleep while the sun is still up. Thanks for joining us on the abc7 saturday morning news. News continues online on twitter, facebook, an all your mobile devices with our new abc7 news app. Abc7 news continues at 5 00 p. M. Have a great day. Jack hannas wild countdown is sponsored by nationwide insurance. Hi, everybody, im jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo. And welcome to wild countdown. Ever since my first job as a vets assistant, ive had a huge respect for veterinarians. Do you think shes being good . Shes being very good. Id hate to see her if she was bad. They all have a tough job. But what if the patient is a 360pound gorilla . Oh, jack. The worlds fastest land mammal . 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