pete suratos is live at oakland city hall where the ceremony wrapped up. pete, what is her message? what's the feeling you get from her? >> reporter: good morning to you, kris. chief anne kirkpatrick kept repeating the need to transform the department, working on a culture change following a year of scandal within the department. and of course, her role made official during the swearing-in ceremony. you see oakland maryor libby schaaf taking part. a number of police chiefs in attendance. chief kirkpatrick mentioned the importance of transforming the department and keeping the city safe and showing strong support for the officers she will be in charge of. she brings in a wealth of experience as a 34-year veteran of law enforcement serving as police chief throughout washington state including spokane. she worked in chicago recently. this comes after a sex scandal rocked the oakland police department last year. i asked her this morning, what would be the message to folks who are skeptical of the department? >> this is the message. what has happened has happened. and today we are -- we have a new day. new beginnings. we're moving forward. and that's not to dismiss history. history is a part of our fabric, but we have got to look to the future. >> reporter: as far as what's next today, chief kirkpatrick said she'll meet with the commands and talk about overall specifics and goals for the department. live in oakland, pete suratos. >> last year the city went through three chiefs in nine days after a teenager use alleged having sex with numerous officers. she was a minor at the time, forcing the resignation of the then chief who headed the department from 2013 until last year. and ben faro took over but resigned after five days. paul fig reo was at the helm for three days. at the height of the historic flooding in san jose, thousands of people were evacuated from their homes. certainly you remember these scenes from a few days ago as water inundated people's neighborhoods. this morning there is still more than 1,000 who can't move back home yet. bob redell is live in the rock springs neighborhood, one of the hard-hit areas. bob, pretty soon we'll get a ball-park dollar amount for the damage that was caused. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam. we spoke with the city of san jose earlier this morning. they tell us they're still compiling the dollar amount of damage caused by last week's floods. they expect to have the number out later today. the city needs to come up with the estimate so it can apply for disaster relief from the state and federal governments. based on what we have seen here in the rock springs neighborhood, one of the neighborhoods that was hardest hit by last week's flood, we sxkt t expect the number to be significant. you can see the water in parts was 4 to 5 feet deep, submerging cars and flooding homes. six days after the flood, this neighborhood is still a mess. residents are returning to salvage what they can. mostly clothes and other small items that they were able to elevate as the water rose out of nearby coyote creek last tuesday. the city has finished inspecting the thousands of structures that flooded in san jose. the majority just over 4500, are green-tagged. that means they're cleared for moving back in. only three homes remain red-tagged. they are in the williams street neighborhood. which means no one can go inside. the remaining 1300 homes are yellow tagged. many of those in this neighborhood. that means people can enter their homes but not move back in. the city says it will work with the people to get those properties back up to code, which could take weeks. until then, many residents like this woman will be staying at friends' and relatives'. >> it's hard to process. i don't know. take it day by day, i guess. >> my mom is a cambodian refugirefugi refugee. she has lived in a world where everything has been taken out. she knows how to recover. >> is that something she has passed on to you. >> yeah. i think so. >> i don't feel well. i am stressed. >> stressed? >> yeah. >> i don't sleep. >> reporter: the city has brought in dumpsters and heavy equipment to haul away large pieces of furniture, appliances and other items destroyed by the water that was contaminated. the conservation corps arrived this morning to help with the bigger jobs like removing damaged drywall from inside the homes. this will be in addition to the work already done over the weekend by hundreds of volunteers. >> i think the empathy and compassion. they understand these people have already been marginalized a bit and been living in different socio economic standards. this made it worse. they don't know where to restart. i think that resonates with all of us who are grateful that we are okay. >> reporter: whatever number of damage that the city puts out later today, it's just an estimate. they do tell us this morning that they expect the number will grow. it's just a starting point, again, to get the application in for federal and state/federal relief aid for people here in the rock springs neighborhood and other neighborhoods in san jose. let's move out of the way as they are bringing more heavy equipment in to remove this trash. reporting live in san jose, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> an up-close and personal look at the cleanup going on down there. thank you very much. as for what caused all this, water levels at the anderson reservoir in morgan hill continue to drop. it's still at 103% of capacity. it should only be at 68% full. the runoff that you see here that gushed into coyote creek that caused the historic floods in san jose last week. turning off the tap, so to speak, at lake oroville, about 250 miles to our north. today the flow from the main spillway will be reduced until no water is flowing out at all. as the flow is reduced crews will monitor the status of the dam, the spillway and related structures for safety and stability. it was damaged three weeks ago and operations switched to the emergency spillway a week later and nearly 200,000 people were evacuated because of the backup spillway was in danger of collapsing. after a wet commute this morning, for some folks, good news is the sun is here, and it's going to stick around for a couple of days. >> we got to take our sunglasses out of the glove compartment and put them on our faces the last couple of days. san francisco on the left side of the screen. the bay bridge. on the right. our doppler radar. both looking clear. now over to meteorologist kari hall. we got rain overnight. >> we did. most spots, from a trace in the south bay to a quarter inch in san francisco. we see the drier conditions. still cool. 52 in san jose. san francisco, we continue to dry out there too. the temperatures have been in the lower 50s. we are at 52 in oakland and 50 in napa and palo alto as well as livermore. throughout the day we will see the temperatures holding steady. looking at storm ranger right now, scanning around the bay area. it's parked on san bruno mountain. we can move it around if we see the need. we are looking at mostly dry conditions and a little bit of light rain to the north of us. it looks like this will continue to dry out as it moves in, and then more dry weather for the rest of the week. i'll detail that. more in the microclimate forecast coming up at 11:21. >> that was an expected twist. but there was a twist in hollywood that could not have been scripted. an envelope mix-up leading to an unforgettable conclusion. we're outside the dolby theatre in hollywood. >> reporter: for several minutes it appeared a best picture win capped a magical seven-oscar night for "la la land." only it didn't. >> there is a mistake. moonlight, you guys won best picture. >> reporter: during the acceptance speeches the show producers realized the presenters read from the wrong card. >> this is not a joke. >> reporter: the audience was stunned. >> the folks from "la la land" were so gracious. i can't imagine having to do that. >> reporter: the win was "moonlight" third of the night including the first-ever muslim actor to win an oscar. despite the disappointment "la la land" came away with six awards including best director for damien chazelle and best actress for emma stone. >> i realize a moment like this is a huge confluence of luck and opportunity. >> casey affleck. >> reporter: casey affleck won best actor for "manchester by the sea." >> i am dumbfounded to be included. >> reporter: viola davis won for "fences," a role that also earned her a tony on broadway. >> i became an artist. thank god. >> reporter: in between. >> this is ryan gosling. >> reporter: jimmy kimmel welcomed unspecting tourists to the ceremony and sent a live tweet to president trump. >> was that okay? >> reporter: the moment that trumped them all? >> even in my dreams this could not be true. the hell with dreams. >> reporter: the mix-up that gave "moonlight" a best picture win. there was another mistake in last night's ceremony. jan chatman, an australian producer who is alive. her photograph was used to memorialize her friend janet patterson who died in october. nbc news. >> jennifer mentioned it. mahershala ali won for best supporting actor. he has deep bay area ties. coming up in about 45 minutes we'll go to his former school, talk with his teachers who say he showed a lot of promise early on. >> probably the right source as well, the first people he thanked. up next at 11:00, the host of the "biggest loser" suffers a major heart attack. where bob harper was found. gas prices rising with the new spring blend. high prices experts are forecasting in the bay area that could put a hurting on your wallet. plus, how long can the bull market really last? we'll look coming up in business and tech. check on the markets this morning. stocks have been up and down so far. right now the dow and the s&p are sitting at record highs at the moment. the dow jones at 20,829. >> the markets have been doing pretty well over the last few weeks. how much further can they go? something scott mcgrew has been asking for a while. >> yeah. good morning. with the markets setting record after record, it's time to start asking where the top is. and how soon we might start sliding down the other side. nobel prize-winning economist robert schiller says it's time for investors to pull back. this morning warren buffett spend three hours live on cnbc talking about his investments. buffett runs berkshire hathaway which owns all kinds of american businesses from c's candy, geico car insurance to fruit of the loom underwear. he says he is buying a lot of apple stock and thinks wells fargo which he has a big investment in, made a huge mistake by not owning up to its phantom accounts scandal quickly enough. a huge embarrassment for a bay area security company which says it accidentally leaked private consumer data for weeks. companies like uber and yelp depend on it to run their security, not to leak their secrets. and elon musk tweeted on sunday, spacex would make an announcement today, 1:00 p.m. california time. we have no idea what it is. could be a mission to mars or something not as important. but when elon tweets, the world listens. 1:00 p.m. back to you. >> less than two hours. takata is expected to plead guilty today to criminal charges relating to the faulty air bags. it will also agree to pay a $1 billion fine. it's also expected to name attorney ken feinberg to oversee victim compensation. he ran a similar fund for 9/11 victims and one for the bp oil spill. it happens every year. gas prices go up and reach peak by memorial day because refineries are switching to the pricier spring and summer blend. experts say a gallon of regular could be has high as $3.77 in the bay area. right now a gallon of regular unleaded is about $3 in san francisco, $2.94 in san jose, $2.92 in oakland. new at 11:00, someone very well known on this network, fitness trainer and bigger loser star bob harper is recovering from a serious heart attack. the 51-year-old tells tmz he was unconscious for two days. it happened two weeks ago while working out at a gym in new york. a doctor who happened to be at the gym saw him and started performing cpr on harper. he says he continues it recover. a south bay community is devastated after losing a beloved coach and mentor. san jose police are talking to two suspects right now in connection with the stabbing death of a popular little league coach and the president of the league. frank navarro died after being murdered outside a nightclub in san jose where he was a security manager early sunday morning. he was stabbed by an underaged man who tried to get into the cantina with a fake i.d. and was turned down. he coached hundreds of kids in the game of baseball and the game of life. >> made sure i stayed on my feet, kept my grades up. he knew i didn't grow up in a great home. so he was always there for me. >> he is the city's sixth homicide victim of the year. more than 30 people displaced after a fire at an apartment building in hayward overnight. it was the tiki garden apartment complex. firefighters rescued seven people. nobody was injured. they say one unit was damaged severely. several others have no gas or power. and the cause of the fire is under investigation. a developing story. officers are tracking down a gunman after a deadly shooting inside a bar in vallejo. it happened just after 1:00 on sunday morning. officers say as many as three men inside the bar were hurt. one of them died at the scene. the other is expected to be okay. and a third injured man later showed up at a hospital. violence in san francisco, police trying to figure out who opened fire at two different san francisco restaurants during peak dinnertime. police say they found shell casings at two restaurants on geary boulevard in lowell heights. a bullet pierced a window 7:45 sunday night. police say at the same time they are investigating a shooting at a nearby indian restaurant there. there are no reports of injuries, and so far no suspects have been identified. meantime, an east bay community is hoping for relief this morning. people living on morgan territory road in clayton were without water because of this landslide that caused -- was caused by recent storm. the road then gave way, broke the water main. 90 homes are impacted. while crews scramble to figure out how to fix the problem, they say the land is still moving out there. the fire department has emergency vehicles parked near the residence just in case there is another emergency. >> as we have seen firsthand. as you have seen firsthand, on the road. all over. mountains. >> i am constantly wondering what's under there and whether a pothole is something bigger waiting to happen. no one is happier about the sunshine than me. >> that's what we're talking about. clear and beautiful. >> finally! after a weekend storm that was turning out to be pretty much nothing, as it continues to move into the bay area. it just fizzled out. so that was great news for us. and it brought, at the most, about .25 inches of rain. looking live at ocean beach, things are calming down. the waves will calm down too. it's 51 degrees. it's 48 degrees in healdsburg. all the sunshine helping to lift the spirits after having to deal with so much heavy rain this winter. it also looks good as we continue through the forecast. coming up at the bottom of of the screen, that we'll continue to see more dry weather. it's 52 degrees in the peninsula. also in the south bay with clouds rolling by, also cool in san francisco. we will have mild temperatures today. but this is, in some spots, close to 10 degrees cooler than where we should be for this time of year. looking now at a high that will reach in san francisco up to 54 degrees. as we go through the day, the temperature trend shows that we will mostly stay in the lower 50s. we'll make it up to 53 at 3:00 and briefly hit 54 and then start to come back down going through the rest of the day. going to see more dry weather. all the showers we are seeing on the map staying offshore. for us, giving us a break as high pressure sets up. it keeps all of the rain away from the bay area, either steering it to the north or south. looking at, once again, more dry weather, as we go through the rest of the week. even on friday, as the clouds continue to increase. it will still be dry. but then on saturday, this system starts to drop down from the north. it still looks as if we'll keep our dry weather until sunday. that's when we'll have our next chance of significant rain. as we look farther down the line, to just get an idea of how much rain we could see with the system. it looks like for most of the bay area we are looking at .5 inches to 1.25 inches of rain. that will bring the next significant chance of rain. until then it will be drying out and the creek, river and reservoir levels will be going down. a live look outside at north star, skiers enjoying the fresh powder. some reports of about 24 inches of snow in parts of the sierra. going through the forecast, going to see temperatures warming up too with daytime highs by the middle of the week reaching the lower 40s. but nighttime temperatures in the single digits. if you are following me on facebook and twitter, send me whatever you have going on. i love the sunrise and sunset pictures. i have been getting a lot of those. heading into the weekend once again, looking at the forecast for saturday, already making plans. we'll have some cloudy skies, highs reaching the low 60s and a little bit cooler on sunday as the rain moves in. looks like we'll have scattered showers starting in the morning and continuing into the afternoon. another look at the microclimate forecast coming up in a few minutes. kris and sam. >> thank you. if you caught the "today" show this morning, you saw a familiar face. coming up next. former president george w. bush weighing in on president trump in a rare interview on the "today" show. >> i think you have to take the man for his word that he wants to unify the country. we'll see whether he is able to do so. >> there is president george w. bush talking about whether donald trump can unite the country. coming up next, his thoughts on russian hacking, the immigration ban and the value of the press. but first, happening now, right now we are keeping an eye on an unfolding national story. more threats at jewish community centers and schools nationwide. at least 16 reported bomb threats today alone, and the list is still being tallied. we are posting updates on our story on our twitter page. another story we just posted to nbcbayarea.com, a south bay couple is putting their wedding on hold to spend thousands of dollars to find their missing dog. theo escaped after he was dropped off at a dog-sitting service. back in two minutes. i am for an immigration policy that's welcoming and that upholds the law. >> former president george w. bush on the type of immigration policy he would like to see from the white house. the former president made those comments earlier this morning in a rare interview on the to "tod show. >> nbc's albert lawrence with more on what the president had to say. >> reporter: on the "today" show, former president george w. bush defended a free press. >> it's kind of hard to, you know, tell others to have an independent free press and we're not willing to have one ourselves. >> reporter: he did not rule out appointing a special prosecutor to investigate russian hacking during the campaign and any possible connections to the administration, deferring to the senate intelligence committee chairman. >> first of all, i think we all need answers. whether or not the special prosecutor is the right way to go, you're talking to the wrong guy. >> reporter: other republicans have made up their minds. >> you are going to need to use the special prosecutor statute and office. >> reporter: the newly elected chairman of the democratic national committee agrees. >> having jeff sessions oversee such an investigation is unfair to any foxes across america to say that would be the fox guarding the henhouse. >> with that -- >> reporter: meanwhile president trump hosted the nation's governors during a black tie affair at the white house. at the top of the agenda, health care. >> every state is different, and different requirements. i think we have something that's going to really be excellent. >> reporter: mr. trump says obamacare doesn't work. virginia governor terry mcauliffe, a democrat, toasted back. >> to say we want to work with you on the ideas that have instilled and brought all the people together. >> reporter: he is speaking to the governors this morning at the national governor association. then talking to health care ceos. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. >> that was the latest from d.c. coming up. >> they found her in the halfway house in her crib. she had passed away. >> we first exposed serious concerns about the county department responsible for more than 1300 foster children. now there is new hope for reform. the actions sparked by our report. investigative unit has no prompted a county investigatn into the santa clara department of family d a series of reports by our investigative unit prompted a county investigation in the santa clara department of family and children services. >> the agency faced a severe shortage of social workers, high turnover, all this causing a direct impact on the foster care system. senior investigative reporter vicky nguyen first uncovered the concerns of foster abuse. she joins us with the details. >> reporter: the county's child abuse council launched its own investigation. it can't come soon enough for the foster parents and social workers in the middle of what they call a dysfunctional system. they may mismanagement in the agency is failing children in need. when damian came to live with jane ramirez he was four months old. born without part of his heart and a collapsed lung. >> he was just a medically fragile baby. >> reporter: twice he was taken off life support, and twice he rallied back. >> he is amazing. he has a will to live that is just beyond anything i have ever seen. >> reporter: that is saying a lot considering jane and her husband have fostered more than 50 children through the santa clara department of family and children services. >> i've been doing this for 30 years and we have the same concerns today as we had 30 years ago. >> reporter: how frustrating is that? it's frustrating because of headlines like the one we broke 16 months ago. >> it took several people to miss all the signs that were there. >> reporter: we exposed the failures that led to a girl nearly tortured to death after multiple reports of her abuse were ignored. >> we were gravely concerned -- >> reporter: last march we revealed the department's decision to remove a 2-year-old girl from her foster home, placing her in a men's halfway house with her father. two months later she died, and nearly a year later the coroner's office says the results of the autopsy are still pending. >> they found her in the halfway house in her crib. she had passed away. >> reporter: in august, a rare look inside the agency, from veteran social workers who revealed a toxic work environment. >> we have social workers who are leaving because of the management. >> reporter: now the child abuse council of santa clara county is launching its own investigation. >> when the news report came out about the working environment at dfcs we took notice. >> reporter: the committee oversees county agencies responsible for child abuse prevention. when we first started investigating there were roughly 28 vacancies for social workers. now the latest numbers are 40. how does that compare with other agencies that you have seen? >> unfortunately, vacancy rates are pretty high across the state. there are a number of reasons why social workers are leaving the field. that doesn't mean that internally there are not things that can't be doin' to try to stem off the crisis. >> reporter: when you hear 40-plus vacancies, how does that make you feel? >> really bad. it might be the person that's there to help my child. >> reporter: we have learned that in the past two years, the agency lost 110 social workers. kane says his committee is investigating so it can make recommendations to the board of supervisors about how to reform the department. what do you say to reassure them that this won't be just like every other review or study or list of recommendations they've already seen? >> i feel like you have this uniform eye on the ball this time. i think the news report that was published, the follow-up that's been done to that, the outside agency that is are looking to identify the problems and have them addressed -- to me that feels different this time. >> reporter: we requested an interview with the new director francesca la roux. she declined to speak with us but said in a statement her goal is to build a strong infrastructure to meet federal and state performance outcome measures, focusing on what's required and doing it well. for jane ramirez, the proof will be in the numbers. more social workers and lower caseloads. the long-time foster parent knows firsthand how badly children who have already beaten the odds need the county to do its part. one bright spot, after we first reported sometimes only 60% of the calls to the child abuse hotline were answered, we hear those calls now have an answer rate of 99%, that includes calls picked up by voice mail and clerical workers but it's an improvement. the results of the investigation will be out in three months. we'll let you know what they find, guys. >> vicky, thank you very much. if you have a tip for our investigative unit give us a call at 1-888-996-tips or send an e-mail to nbcbayarea.com. a follow-up in a plan to build a new cement plant in the city of vallejo faces a new test today. the news was broken 18 months ago about a new plant along the waterfront. ever since opponents have been trying to block the project. tonight at 6:00 the planning commission will hold a vote and opponents are organizing a protest ahead of the meeting. three kids are in a whole lot of trouble after this. one of them took their parents' camry early yesterday morning, drove it through a roadblock and into the napa river. the car is being hauled out of the water there. the driver didn't know the road ended. all three inside the car were able to get out and only suffered minor injuries. police have not received their ages or if they are facing charges. a developing story now. the investigation continues into a terrifying crash at a mardi gras parade over the weekend in new orleans. >> this guy could have killed someone. more than two dozen people were injured. a drunk driver plowed his pickup truck into a crowd. gabe gutierrez reports. >> reporter: 25-year-old nielsen ra zuto is being held on $125,000 bail charged with multiple crimes. his pickup truck plowed into a crowd of bystanders the a a mardi gras parade saturday night injuring 28 people. among them the police sergeant. >> how no one was killed is a miracle. >> reporter: this off-duty firefighter saw the horror unfold and ran to help. >> when he sped up, people were bouncing off the hood of his car like bowling pins. >> reporter: a police tried to open the driver's side door but it was jammed so he ran to the passenger's side. >> he was curled up in a fetal position so i grabbed him by his collar and yanked him out and he literally threw onto the ground. the thought that crossed my mind was that he realized what he did and was so scared that he was just like a scared little child. >> could be a mass casualty incident. >> reporter: his blood-alcohol was nearly three times the legal limit. some who live and work along the parade route say the street should have been closed. >> this sends a clear message that this has to be done. >> reporter: do you believe the street should have been closed off? >> that street 100% should be closed off. if they don't close it off for next year's, that's a problem. >> also among the injured a 1-year-old child. everyone is expected to survive. getting back to local news. palo alto leaders are scheduled to debate the future of a controversial downtown parking program. people who live in downtown palo alto receive free permits allowing all-day parking there. everyone else has to pay and the costs annually can run more than $450. councilmembers are planning to review the program and decide how to modify it or expand enforcement hours. coming up kari is tracking the change of weather for the week. >> we start out with chilly temperatures. and now getting ready for more dry weather. also a slow warmup. we'll track the temperatures and look ahead to the next chance of rain coming up in about five minutes. an unfulfilled promise that shall be reimbursed more than $2,000. i'm chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. i'm chris chmura. honey nut cheerios gets their delicious taste from honest ingredients. like real delicious honey and real oats. okay that's still honey. huh, there we go. we're back to honey again. who's directing this? that guy. figures. try new very berry cheerios. the taste of real fruit in every bite. so berry good. we have been getting a lot of these recently. nbc bay area responds to another recalled air bag complaint. >> the consumer received a generous offer from honda but says she could not get the company to follow through on the offer. consumer investigator chris chmura is here with the story. >> last spring dino goldman received a notice about a driver's side air bag recall. that came from honda. but there was a wait list to get that air bag replaced. dina did not want to drive her car around with a faulty air bag inside. she did not feel safe. so she asked honda if it would reimburse her for a rental car until the company could replace the air bag. she says honda said yes. so after the new air bag was installed dina turned to honda to reimburse her for the $2200. that was the full cost of that rental car. she says the company told her she would receive a check in six to eight weeks. but the check for $2200 never happened. dina says she made repeated calls about her reimbursement but never received an answer. so she reached out to us. we contacted honda and dina received a check for $2200. the total cost of her rental. honda declined to comment for the story. if you have a consumer complaint, let us know. 1-888-996-tips or online at nbcbayarea.com/responds. >> chris, thank you so much. a woman and her dog are safe after spending a chilly night in a santa rosa creek. she drove off an embankment friday evening. officials said the 67-year-old drove off a windy highway and struck several trees before plunging down a 20-foot bank into the austin creek. the woman and her dog spent eight hours in the back seat of the car where they somehow managed to stay dry and waited for help. police say someone spotted the car and reported it to police. the fire chief says the car ended up on its wheels lodged against a rock which luckily prevented the car from being swept downstream in flood water. that could have been the difference between life and death. >> she had to wonder the whole time she was in the truck when it would break loose, right? wouldn't you imagine the clock was ticking? she is really lucky. >> kari, the waters are so cold too. >> i would just be worried, too, about some of the water levels going up and down. luckily we didn't see that changing very much there. and no rain. so we are all dry. we will continue to dry out. seeing more of the water levels dropping over the next couple of days. we still need to keep a close eye on the reservoirs that have been dropping ever so slowly. a live look outside at san jose. 52 degrees. mount diablo had snow reported earlier this morning. now we are up to 50 degrees there as we look at the view with sunshine. foster city at 55 degrees. looking all calm across the bay in hayes valley. 51 degrees. seven-day forecast coming up at the bottom of the screen. you may see some rain icons on there. we'll talk about that. but we had rain earlier this morning. now things are starting to look, as we go along the day, much better. it's 51 in fairfield, san francisco, as well as half moon bay. santa rosa at 48. and our highs this afternoon will be reaching up to 56 in gilroy. and morgan hill. as we head towards the east bay, antioch, 56. also 56 in walnut creek. 57. half moon bay 53. mission district at 55. 56 in sonoma today. looking now live at san jose once again. the temperature trend that will continue to hold steady in the mid 50s, and then going back down this evening. very quickly once the sun sets. our normal high, 64 degrees. and we will not get close to that today. but we'll continue to make improvements as we go throughout the week. we are seeing much of the dry weather across the bay area. spotty showers to the south. light snow for the sierra. to the north of us, this storm system has been weakening as well but moving to the south. it looks like it will continue to weaken. we still have a very slight chance of lingering shower along the coastline and possibly near the santa cruz mountains today. going through the week, all of that rolls out and we'll have more dry weather and warming temperatures for each day this week. then, as the weekend approaches, we will be watching a storm system from the north affecting much of the pacific northwest and then moving into the bay area by sunday afternoon. that could bring our next chance of rain. it looks a little bit more likely as though we'll see the rain. looking at the potential of .5 inches to 1.25 inches for the storm moving in on sunday. i'll keep you up to date as it changes through the week. the weekend, nice and mild. saturday will be your best day to get outside. on sunday, scattered showers and slightly cooler temperatures. the seven-day forecast gives us a time to dry out all through this week. temperatures reaching the low 60s in san francisco, mid 60s for the inland areas. once again, kris and sam, i will let you know if that changes, but as of now our next chance of rain on sunday. >> all right. >> you sound very excited. >> i am! everything is so soggy. i feel pruned from the inside out. >> i know. i know. this is something that got people excited last night. picturing people in their dens in the east bay pumping their fists. huge night for a bay area native. mahershala ali wins the award for best supporting actor. we talk to his teachers who say they always saw his potential. the oscar goes to. mahershala ali. >> mahershala ali a big winner last night. he got the best supporting actor oscar for his role in the movie "moonlight." he honed his acting skills right here in the bay area. ali went to st. mary's college. >> nbc bay area's christie smith spoke to a professor there who inspired him. she brings us more. >> the oscar goes to mahershala ali. >> reporter: the east bay native took the stage at the academy awards a winner. recognizing those who made an impact. >> i want to thank my teachers, my professors, my -- i had so many wonderful teachers. >> that lines up with the mahershala i know. >> reporter: rebecca ingle was his first theater director at st. mary's. >> i am thrilled, moved and proud. >> reporter: born in oakland, raised in hayward and played basketball. she noticed him on a panel to introduce faculty to students who challenges in their backgrounds. >> my memory of him is so powerful of that, from the things he said, it was clear he is an old soul. >> reporter: soon after. she reached out to him about acting. he appeared in two plays. the rest is history. engel followed his career years before his standout performance in "moonlight." >> look at what he's done in the last year, the range of characters that he has played and the kind of depth of humanity that he has brought to these very different roles. it's really remarkable. >> reporter: last year he returned to deliver a commencement address, and st. mary's would be proud to see him again. >> we're hoping to get him to come back and do a screening of "moonlight" this spring. i think the idea came from him. that's how i heard it. that he wants to make that happen. students who are there now would be thrilled to welcome him back. >> you know they are beaming on campus right now. christie smith reporting. to see more video of mahershala's time in the east bay including his commencement speech at st. mary's, find it all on nbcbayarea.com. coming up, a live camera on an adorable animal that's about to have a baby. we'll be right back. >> what more can you ask more? >> made for tv. okay. this is more than just what you think it is. you see the giraffe on the right. the world is watching and waiting for the birth of that woman's babe why. >> -- baby. >> it's a live look at the 15-year-old giraffe named april in upstate new york. experts think she'll give birth within days so we're watching closely as april is -- she has been seen experiencing increased belly movement. she was not wanting to be touched. more than 30 million people across the world right now have tuned in over the last few days to watch this. that is april. she is having a baby. >> i can sympathize with that. >> she doesn't even look pregnant. how lucky is she! >> i know! >> we'd like to see her face. >> she doesn't want to be looked at either. >> it is funny, though, how many people just want to watch that and see that moment. but then, you know, once it happens -- >> we have the falcon cam atop san jose city hall. i was working one morning during the news and one of the chicks hatched. i thought i was going to lose my mind. >> there is something about a live birth that's so exciting. we should say, we mentioned this morning the father is oliver. he is 5. just for background there. >> okay. >> young giraffe. >> our next newscast is at 5:00. we're going to zip it now. 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"moonlight." but kit, how it all went down last night. we've got the full play by play this morning. >> we're going to break it down piece by