individual water companies and cities could ask you to only water your yard in the evenings and fine you if you don't. and that's not all. >> the water providers could put a limitation on water use, and if you go above that use, then you could pay a higher price. that's definitely a possibility. >> reporter: since the board recommended water users cut back 10% in january, our water outlook is even for grim. >> our treated water supplies depend on imported water from the watershed, the state and federal projects. >> reporter: around the county there are parched reminders we're in a drought. here you can see the bottom of the reservoir in south san jose. this is one of the water districts recharge basins. it's expected to get so low, the fish may start dying. a reminder we all need to conserve liquid gold. so how can you reduce by 20%? water experts say the best place to start is with your yard. if you can the back in half how much you water your plants and front yard, your backyard, that will likely be the biggest water savings. reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. marianne, thank you. let's take you outside right now. a live look at downtown san jose. it will look different in the next 24 hours. let's bring in jeff ranieri with a timeline of the storms, plural. >> yes, two different storms moving in. center of low pressure 700 miles away. it looks like by tomorrow morning we expect the first initial band of showers to move in from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and we'll see that at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. we want to up dapt you on an elevated risk for tomorrow. the storm prediction center in oklahoma has us with a chance of isolated thunderstorms through tomorrow afternoon. that could produce gusty winds, also small hail with any of those thunderstorms. our tornado risk remains low now, but we definitely have rotation gnin the atmosphere so not uncommon to have a funnel cloud across california with more severe weather in los angeles. round one arriving again throughout wednesday's forecast with that chance of thunderstorms. winds that could gust as high as 15 miles per hour may produce power outages. we're tracking it and will have more coming up throughout this hour, you guys? cheryl hurd joins us from treasure island. this could get destructive for a lot of people across the region. >> reporter: that's whitright, . a lot of people are preparing for the rain whether you're an engineer preparing the bridge or an average person, people can't wait for the storm. pg and e is ramping up the tree trimming program to prevent downed power lines. we watched crews sawing off limbs from trees leaning on electrical wires on arlington boulevard and sandbags from palo alto to get them in case there is flooding. >> we get occasional flooding from streams, but most people want the rain it's been so dry. so residents are looking, i think, i guess forward to the rain. maybe not the flooding. >> reporter: cal tran's engineers are looking forward to the rain to solve a mystery on the suspension span of the bay bridge. some bolts are leaking and engineers still don't know where the water is coming from. >> it is dripping down through the bolts. there are 2600 bolts that connect the barrier rail to the deck sections. we're termidetermining how the is getting into the barrier rail. >> reporter: when it starts raining tomorrow. engineers will check this bridge in shifts to try to figure out where the leaks are coming from. reporting live at treasure island, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. we're getting ready for the storms, and you can track the storms in realtime on our website, nbcbayarea.com. click on the weather tab and there you can see the maps and radar. while it is a stunner for the first time a foreign commercial airline has been fined under a new federal law designed to protect consumers. >> this steams from the ashiana crash. it is being fined half a million dollars for not taking adequate care of passengers. steven stock has been following this. what's the latest. >> raj, this is a record and the federal consent order issued by the department of transportation earlier today. in announcing the order and fine, u.s. transportation secretary anthony fox said airlines have a responsibility to help and support passengers in the event of a crash, something he says ashiana didn't do. >> reporter: with the wreckage still smoldering on the runway, according to the dot, passengers were left to fend for themselves, no way home, no way to recover luggage, no way to know what was going on. >> they did nothing to notify the family, or for that matter notify any passengers. >> reporter: michael danko is an expert in aviation safety issues and crashes. >> what was happening is passengers after the crash were brought to a holding area, and they went home. when they got home, they had no information like hey, can i get treatment? where do i get treatment? how do i get back home? where did i -- how do i get a flight? when will i get my stuff back i left in the airplane? >> reporter: fining asiana $5,000, the company failed to pub la size information and when passengers and family members found a number to call, it was a reservations clerk who knew little to nothing about the crash and how to help. >> on one hand they are good about giving out information they thought was in their best interest but did nothing to help the real victims of the crash and that precipitationed the action here. >> reporter: in fact, according to the dot. it took asiana five days to contact all passengers of the crash. advocates applauded the fine. they said in a statement quote, it's unacceptable that the airline was ill prepared and unable to meet basic needs of the family members of the crash victims in the hours and days following the crash. most notably, providing information. now for it's part, asiana said quote it provided extensive support for the passengers and their families following the accident and will continue to do so. however, mike danko points out while asiana was unavailable in the aftermath, the company moved quickly to make a public stand and threaten to sue one media outlet after the wrong names of the pilots were aired after the day of the crash. new details on an officer-involved shooting near the san jose state campus. police identified the officer who shot and killed a man last week. sergeant mike santos is a 15-year veteran with the police department. sergeant santos and another campus officer were responding to a call of a man with a knife on campus. they ordered the man to drop the knife. sergeant santos shot him when he lunged towards the other officer. the suspect then died in the hospital. police have not identified the suspect or released a motive. another search for sierra. divers back in the water, this time at a small lake in morgan hill. why there? it's where sierra lamar's accused killer used to go fishing. kris sanchez was out there with the divers today and joins us live from the santa clara sheriff's department and kris, did anything specifically prompt this dive today? >> reporter: that was the question. divers have searched that lake for clues of the disappearance of sierra before, most recently a couple weeks ago with a new piece of million dollar sonar equipment. today's search had nothing to do with the missing morgan hill teen. half a dozen divers with the santa clara sheriff under water search team spent five hours in the water on morgan hill officially there training, but unofficially people are hoping they are searching for sierra lamar. >> there is several reasons for that to be a place of interest, yes. >> reporter: mark garcia is working for ssierra's father an mother. this is a half mile from where the suspected killer's mother lived and where garcia-torrez used to go fishing. divers have searched the lake several times before, most recently on february 11th, the same day the grand jury indicted him on one count of murder and three counts of attempted kidnapping and carjacking. >> we looked in the lake multiple times and we're confident we don't have any evidence items that are in that lake. >> reporter: the dive team was training here because it's one of the few lakes that have enough water for zero visibility training without need for a boat and without getting the attention of the curious public. still, he said, if someone gives investigators a reason to focus on the search for sierra at that lake again, they will do it. >> we're constantly looking for tips. if people have tips, we'll act upon them. >> reporter: volunteers go out every saturday and many thursdays. one volunteer coordinators hopes sheriffs investigators know more than they are telling the public. >> i hope they are on to something. >> reporter: the judge in this case has ordered the documents related to that grand jury indictment sealed until at least a hearing in april. at that point, he may ordered them sealed until garcia goes to trial. his next court hearing is scheduled for march 3rd. by the way, people say they still welcome fresh eyes and perspectives and if anyone has a moment to lend to the search, they would welcome them. in san jose, kris sanchez. >> thank you. still ahead at 6:00, a workplace rift ending with a hit man. the disturbing investigation in the east bay, plus. >> do you want to explain to investors if they will get their money back? do you want to say anything, sir? >> why is this well-known real estate broker not answering our questions? investors came to the unit accusing him after bad business. after the break, the story of millions of missing dollars and what the state has now done. and good evening, i'm jeff ranieri. dry in the doppler radar now but we're tracking two different storm systems. i'll have the timeline on that in a few minutes. bay area investors lost millions of dollars, but tonight there is a victory of sorts. they brought the story to the investigative unit and there say major development to tell you about. >> the state of california came down hard on the real estate brocker accused of walking away with $15 million. tony first broke the story a couple years now. what is happening now with the local investors? >> raj, here is the deal. they lost the money but not the commitment to finding some sort of justice for the broker they once trusted. first, they filed complaints with the state and contacted law enforcement, but nothing happened. that has changed. >> mr. coloyl? do you have a minute. your investors want to know where their money went. the state of california says you're no longer worthy of a license. his name is and his company could be found on more than 20 civil lawsuits. his investors claim they are out more than $15 million. we've come to hear your side of the story. his name is w.b. coil. a well-known real estate broker in san francisco's beach. >> i've been through hell, eight years of hell because of him. >> it's unbelievable someone can steal all my money and who do i turn to? nobody does anything. it's ridiculous. >> reporter: they invested in properties and condos with w.b. coil believing it was a good business opportunity, a strong financial decision. >> what mr. coil had been doing is co-mingling massive amounts of money between various buildings. >> he shouldn't be able to practice real estate and i hope he ends up in prison. >> reporter: take a close look following an arbitration hearing last year. w.b. coil first ran away from our cameras and then drove away from our questions. he's found a way to avoid any public accountability until now. >> we accused in this particular case w.b. coil and his corporations of really the most agreous types of allegations. >> reporter: following our report and the state's investigation, the burro of real estate of corporations fraud, making misrepresentations on investments and dishonest dealing. >> in our world, those are the big guns. those are the things that are most severe. >> reporter: w.b. coil was then scheduled to defend actions including explaining what happened to the millions of investors accused him of taking but before a scheduled hearing. >> we entered into settlement talks with mr. coil, and then he agreed to surrenderer all of his corporate license and license rights. >> reporter: it's the burro's most serious penalty, and these public records provide confirmation. they show telegraph hill property's license was surrendered in connection with a disciplinary action. they include w.b. coil's signatures, agreeing that his real estate empire is now out of business. tony from bay area. can you tell us why you surrendered your license to the burro. after more than a year of declining requests for interviews and ignoring questions, we found w.b. coil on the streets of san francisco. do you want to explain to your investors if they will get their money back? do you want to say anything, sir? mr. coil, don't your investors deserve some sort of answer? you surrendered your license. they want to know why. will you explain? telegraph hill properties has lost its license for at least two years, according to the state's lead investigator it's likely to be much longer because before that license can be reinstated, w.b. coil must clear up all civil lawsuits and pay restitution. those investors can get some money back from the state. there is a fund set up for victims of fraud. in this case it's only $250,000, well short of the missing $15 million, but investors getting some satisfaction, he's out of business, and they may get some money back. >> let's hope so. >> thank you, tony. >> if you have a tip for tony, give us a call or sent us an e-mail to the unit at nbcbayarea.com. annest bay business owner is accused of trying to hire a hit man. joseph moses wanted to harm an ex employee. there was a tip off to his plot and they sent an undercover officer to pose. moses wanted the worker disfigured and agreed on a price for the crime. moses was upset about a labor dispute. he's being held on over a million dollar bail. what's happening in space can help our drought. nasa is joining the fight by sharing space technology. later this year, nasa will launch two satellites that will launch levees. satellites will measure rain and snowfall and defect sinking land where the ground water has been over pumped. experts say access to all this new information will help with weather forecasting, and water resource management. all right. let's turn things over to jeff ranieri, who is monitoring the water system, as well. we'll see rain in the next couple days. >> yeah, that storm system is getting close, you guys. this time last year temperatures in the low 70s, cooling off with the storm getting closer to the california coast. you can see in the north bay right now low 50s. coldest spot there in san francisco obviously looks like a storm system is coming in with the cloud deck beginning to lower. winds out of the southwest at 14 miles per hour and clouds on the increase here. as we head throughout tomorrow's forecast, not only will we have the chance here of rain increasing across the entire bay area, but the possibility of thunderstorms in the south bay also for the east bay, and then you can see here throughout san francisco, we may actually get in on rainfall as early as the morning hours. so let's take you into the future cast. you can see at 6:00 a.m. for tomorrow, a band of showers pass across the immediate coastline impacting santa rosa and san francisco. light at first but throughout 9:00 a.m. picking up in intensity across the north bay and then by the afternoon hours, at 3:00 this is when it looks like we could get a descent amount of uplift in the atmosphere and wide-spread coverage of rainfall from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 and 7:00 in the evening. you can see at times the future cast picking up on yellow here. that's instability in the atmosphere that could fire up off a few isolated thunderstorms in the forecast tomorrow. so let's go ahead and get a look. highlights of our first storm system. we're looking at also winds, 25 to 45 miles per hour, totals overall, 3/4 of an inch. a break on thursday, then the second storm system arrives throughout friday. we'll have more on how much this means for sierra snow later on. >> thank you, jeff. see you in a bit. coming up, what is in the water. a theory of when we could see radiation from japan's earthquake and tsunami washing up on our shores plus. >> i'm kimberly tere with more on the story of a couple that literally struck gold. how they found the buried treasure and what it's worth coming up. . the revitalization continues with the new restaurant opening in downtown san jose. it's maving into an area that's been dark and struggling to attract business. it's called first to market and taken over the ground floor. owners making the restaurant part of the arts theme by devoting a wall to a local artist each month. the race is on, who will be the new mayor of the bay area's biggest city. as of right now it's a wide-open race. larry joins us and larry, we're talking about a poll that came out about san jose, the next mayor, anything surprise you? >> lots of things. this pole was sponsored by the south bay labor federation and three other unions and from the outcome, you got to believe they are pretty happy with the results, at least for the moment. take a look here. we see results as of february 20th when this was finished, and what we saw at the top is dave cortesa with 19% and madison win with 15% and now there were a couple others at 4% and yes, about 38, 39% undecided, which tells you, as you said at the beginning raj, wide open. >> there is notable and well-funded names here. why aren't they standing out? >> that's one of several outties. sam raised the most money by far, three, four times as much as other candidates and yet, it hasn't helped much. even in his third-place standing. m madison nguyen and dave cortese at the top. why? perhaps other leading candidates are members of city counsel and maybe they are cancelling each other out. >> what should we expect in november? a run off because of a crowded field? >> yeah, look, unless somebody gets 50% plus one in june, the top two will oppose in november. with so many uncommitted voters at the moment, it may be a long time before we have a sense who they will be. >> before we go, mayor reed, the current mayor now endorsing anyone? >> we don't know yet. he's been quiet. several candidates are lead allies in one way or another. if he doesn't, it could be a big difference. >> thank you. analyzing the upcoming election. straight ahead, given life sentences. why a record number of murders and other convicts back on the streets. also. >> from the information your company stores in the crowd to your private information stored on your phone, security is huge these days. i'm scott budman. coming up, the biggest threat and what we can do to protect ourselves. i'm class cane in palo alto, if you are coming to dinner and looking for a place to park, good luck. what the city may be doing to change that coming up. frustrating and difficult, that's the parking situation in one peninsula city. what leaders are doing to keep you from going around and round and round to find a parking place. the city is palo alto where it's harder to snag a parking space than it is in san francisco. chase cane is live with ideas they are considering to kind of ease the parking crunch, chase? >> reporter: jessica, you're right. it can be a dance where you're sickling the block endlessly and they have a whole menu of things they are looking at including talking to uber and lift to see if they could be part of the zul solution because they are trying to reduce cars parked downtown by 30% and willing to do just about anything to achieve that goal. >> it could be difficult at busy times like lunchtime. >> reporter: when it comes to parking, palo alto has a reputation. >> i have more trouble parking here sometimes than i do in san francisco, and it's because so much of it is zoned to make it hard to park as opposed to san francisco. >> reporter: so what's the solution to make parking better here? >> i'm not sure i have that for you. >> reporter: but city counsel thinks it could be caltrain. one idea would give city employees free train passes in exchange for giving up parking permits. >> there is no one solution. we feel there is no silver bullet. what you want to do is push forward on a whole bunch of fronts, and, you know, solve it little by little by trying these different approaches. >> reporter: city counsel wants to revamp permit marking, add shuttles through palo alto taking a lesson. >> the founder of park wiz.com is right here. >> consumers will spend 2500 hours over the course of their life looking for a parking spot. that's 100 days of your life. >> reporter: and palo alto does not think that's time well spent. >> we want people to have an easy time parking. >> reporter: they realize to do that they have to add parking spaces. they will look at building garages, but that takes time and the first of next year, they have new parking permits going into effect. that will squeeze out a few spots that are available right now. that's why they are hoping to get at least some of these solutions in place sometime this year. >> thank you, chase. an accidental fire or foul play? a house went up in flames killing a man inside. it happened just after midnight in a cottage in the back of a home in san jose's buena vista neighborhood. they found the body after they knocked down the flames. he's not been identified. what is left of the cottage is now a crime scene. >> a break in the case tonight. san jose police arrested two suspects in connection with a deadly hit-and-run. 24-year-old andrew reynoso and 25-year-old mariscal. he was taken into custody for a murder and mariscal was arrested for being an accessory after the fact. a fight broke out at the capitol flea market and moved to capitol expressway. they say he intentionally drove his car into the crowd killing one man. apple says it fixed a huge security flaw that left iphones, ipads and maces vulnerable to security attacks. hackers could use wi-fi to see your e-mail and other information. a patch was released to repair it. apple fixed the problem for iphones and ipads last friday. the safety of your iphone was a hot top pick today at the biggest tech conference in the country. how do you keep the hackers away? we'll bring in scott budman who has an inside look, scott? >> raj, security is big business and with so much security, it's a business growing every day trying to protect ways to find your private information. it can feel like a battle ground. the fight between consumers and cyber hackers. >> frankly, they have been out manned, out gunned. >> reporter: targeting where we shop and the phones we use. >> the real challenge here is that those mobile devices can be the network. >> reporter: trying to steal person information. >> right now we're in this place where the hacker can look like your mom because of facebook. it doesn't take too long to say, hey, click on this link that contains my last cruise ship photos, and have something very, very wrong happen. >> reporter: help is on the way. san francisco's rsa scan vengs packed dozens of companies together talking security and how new technology is being used to help us fight back. >> the tide is starting to turn. -off see a lot more organizations embracing new technology. training employees to fight back. the good news is it is getting better. >> reporter: getting better because with so much on the line, al these companies are doing big business battling hackers. >> another theme of the rsa conference, losing trust in the u.s. government and worrying about spying. jessica, the conference runs through friday. >> thank you very much. full speed ahead for tesla. it's valued at more than $30 billion. shares for the company based here in the silicon valley surged more than 15%. the model s sedan is the first american car to be best overall pick. some predict the stock could hit $30 a share by the end of the year. last week tesla's ceo announced a plan to build a gigga factory to produce batteries. this might be the best story of the day. a couple stumbled upon an accidental fortune. they unearthed coins worth millions of dollars. they don't want to announce who they are or where they live. here is kimberly tere. >> people have brought us gold coins, rare coins, one here and there worth tens of thousands of dollars but nothing of this magnitude. >> reporter: these are some of the 1400 gold coins discovered in the sierra foothills buried inside these cans. >> somebody in the 1800s buried all these eight different cans. >> the cans were buried in slightly different levels and in slight did different states of decompensation. it looks like someone was using their yard or someone else's yard maybe as a savings account. >> i see somebody maybe in the mining industry looking around, making sure nobody is watching them, burying the treasure, planning oncoming back to get it some day, and clearly, they didn't make it. >> reporter: the pristine coins were professionally preserved. the oldest is 1847. most of the collection are five, ten, 15 golden pieces from san francisco, although some from philadelphia, carlson city and new orleans. >> there are coins from the 1870s, 1880s, 1890s look like they were struck yesterday. that's rare. >> they are not just pieces of gold like an american eagle, these are stories and history in your hand. >> reporter: at the time they were buried, their value was $28,000. now they are worth an estimated 10 million. >> amazing. yeah. >> digging around in their backyard. coming up, are you looking for a way to watch football games for free? we have a way to tell you. a chance to get a little closer to the 49ers, also. >> we did brought so many home but too many didn't. >> overlooked by the history books. only on the nbc bay area, the special group of women celebrating their work and memories. and good evening. i'm jeff ranieri. cloud cover on the increase. we're tracking the first storm system lining up offshore. i checked the wind. right now it's 10 to 20 miles per hour but bracing not only for rain but also strong gusts of wind. we'll break it down for you in a few minutes. hey! hi! ladies, how are you? let's taste some wine. ♪ ♪ seize your vacation with a southwest airlines sale. go to southwest.com, where our lowest fares are now available as low as $69 one-way. book now at southwest.com and carpe vacay. ♪ criminals sentenced to life in prison are being paroled in record numbers with the state under court order to ease prison overcrowding. there are more than 1400 paroles. paroled murders are less likely to return to prison. of the numbers paroled from 1990 to 2010 none were convicted of murder again. here is an idea, losing weight without lifting weight or sprinting. niners are looking for a food good people to look at the new levi's stadium. part time you shaushers and ful jobs, as well. cool place to work. >> yeah. >> well, we are the official 49ers station. i think they get you for free as the 49ers immediate roll gist now. >> i would be honored to be on the field. >> they will be calling you. >> exciting. also exciting, the rainfall coming our way. winds 10 to 20 but we'll talk about winds gusting as high as 50 miles per hour and when the worst of wednesday's rain will be in just a few minutes. i'm geraud moncure. injuries like the one he suffered in 2011. the giants name an opening day starter. we'll hear what last year's starter matt cane thinks of the decision up next in sports. scientists say radiation from the fukushima nuclear disaster could reach sea by spring, some claim it's already here. an oceanographer in massachusetts reported that there is no trace of radiation at any of the four coasts monitored. he says when he studied the circulation patterns, he discover add plume of radio active is on its way and should be here by april. next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war. we heard so many stories and seen so many movies depicting that era. >> joe rosatto jr. has a special on women and their war-time service. >> reporter: it's a lesser known chapter in the vietnam war. in the '60s an airline began carrying troops back and forth. >> we packed our bags and never knew when we were coming home and would take off and go. >> reporter: overlooked is a group of flying tiger flight attend dents whose job was sending men to war. >> they were babies and young kids and they were all full of brave. >> reporter: the women were young itching to see the world. >> it was an airline for people that wanted adventure quick while they were young. flying tigers offered that. >> reporter: the attendants flew several missions a week mainly from travis air force base. flights were long. >> they would try to engage us in an emotional conversation, we would change the subject and say oh, there is more of you guys coming home than you can imagine. we would decorate the plane with christmas trees and bring them in the belly of the airplane and bring them to the guys on base. >> reporter: each flight carried an unspoken reality, for many of the men it was a one-way trip. >> we brought so many home, but too many didn't. >> reporter: on tuesday, a group of 25 flying tiger flight att attendants mostly from the bay area reunited for the first time. >> there must be snow from being in the jungle. >> reporter: they searched the memorial wall for familiar names scouring a map for familiar places. burying moe men toes of the men they knew briefly, paying tribute to those who never came home. >> they gave us our job. they gave us our life during that period of time, and so here we are. >> reporter: the decades have pushed the war further away, but even now, the women approach the duty at hand with. [ laughter ] >> reporter: for those few hours, one last mission, one last service for those who paid the ultimate price. >> i had no idea. >> they served their country well. let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri now and we have reports of wind coming into town, right? >> across the south bay 10 to 20 miles an hour and gusting higher tomorrow. cloud cover ahead of the storm system, but the main branch that will produce our rain is about 700 miles out. an area of low pressure developing there and heaviest rain with lightning that's being detected offshore right now. again, about five to 700 miles. we want to under score the point with lightning detected offshore, the storm prediction center in oklahoma has given us a very slight risk of thunderstorms tomorrow including the entire bay area. may get some, again, small hail mixed in if any thunderstorms develop and right now a low tornado risk but watching closely. we have enough low level sheer to have rotation. so it won't be uncommon if we actually get a few funnel clouds here across california. right now you can see temperatures are cooling off this time yesterday we had upper 60s and clear skies. cloud cover increased and right now temperatures in the 50s. the south bay we want to check the wind here. you can see it's sustained right now under ten miles per hour but again tonight, expect it to gust into the low 20s out ahead of our storm system. let's get you into the timing on the first storm system. what you'll see here is the timing hasn't changed too much. we'll see showers in advance of this earlier than originally thought. nothing heavy at 6:00 a.m. but when we advance, by 9:00 in the morning more consistent rainfall across marin, napa and say know ma. more rain thunderstorm wednesday at 3:00 beginning and you can see the yellow the computer is picking up on. that's where we could have intensity of heavy rain across santa cruz mountains and we'll be in the heaviest zone until 6:00 p.m. in the evening. throughout 11:00 tomorrow night we'll have a few areas of scattered rainfall left before the first system begins to clear out as we head throughout thursday morning. then we'll go to the second storm system. a lot to cover here and that looks to move in as we head throughout 4:00 a.m. timing is speeding up but nonetheless, by 4:00 on friday morning. we are expecting that rainfall to continue to move in for once again, heavier rainfall across the bay area. let's get to the rain details, give the computer a second to catch up. you can see the incoming rain data does show anywhere from a half inch to 1.5 inches with the first storm system for wednesday. second system totals haven't wavered too much, we'll likely see the highest amounts through the santa cruz mountains. that's the highest risk of both systems will be 20 to 50 miles per hour. isolated flooding and the potential of thunderstorms. let's take you into the micro climate forecast tomorrow. high clouds and everywhere you look on each grid will have the chance of rainfall. not one spot that won't have rain as we head throughout the forecast. the heightened risk of severe weather throughout the south bay and you can see here in san francisco, as well. quite a bit colder. you need a jacket, of course, take the umbrella. as we head throughout the afternoon commute, napa 63 santa rosa 64 and the tri valley mid 60s. with all this rain and severe weather components, what will it mean for sierra snow? it will add up for the first storm system to potentially over a foot as we head into early friday morning. we'll continue to track nbc bay area.com. let's turnover to sports. geraud moncure joins us. >> spring training and opening day which is over a month away. when the giants open the 2014 season, diamond maces on march 31st. making the first opening day start is bumgarner. he earned the right to lead and as a reward to the 24-year-old's 2013 campaign. he finished 13-9 overall with a 2.77 era and 199 strikeouts matt cane will be number two and hudson number three and lincecum and vogelsong round out the starters. >> i'm pumped for madison. you know, he deserved it. he went out there and threw the ball well. this will be a cool moment to go out there and starting day. i'm pumped for him and excited about getting back out there. all of us feel like we can start the games. i'll enjoy the moment and enjoy with him. >> buster posey spoke out on baseball's new rule which was announced yesterday protecting catchers and runners from collisions at home. it eliminates malicious collisions, which is a good thing. i wanted my main theme is for everybody to be comfortable for it. the main change is that catchers and runners were protected. i don't see it as being that drastic of a change. the hardest part will be for the empires to make a judgment call, sometimes, when there is a collision what the intent of the runner was. giants and a's open up the exhibition season against each other tomorrow down in scottsdale. upgraded security he is sures intended for at&t will be tested out in arizona, medal detectors will be placed at all gates along with the normal bag search. how about this? miley cyrus who performed last night was presented a custom warrior's jersey by members of the staff before she hit the stage. hard to read the exact meaning of the expression on her face. her next stop is the asp center tonight. the dubs next stop is shy town. the warriors are back at it tomorrow at the united center. tip off is set for 5:00. warriors shooting for the fifth straight win since the all-star break. finally, all heart. a roughly 4-foot tall senior has been a student manager for the boy's basketball team in montana for four years. for his 18th birthday, the coach decided to give seth a much-deserved run on senior night. the guy with the huge heart driving the lane ask scoring and the crowd going nuts. sports at its finest, there you go, i've got nothing else. >> thank you, we'll see you tonight. for a full half hour of bay area sports coverage, watch sports net central on comcast sports net bay area tonight at 10:30. >> we're back in a moment. coming up tonight at 11:00 a local expert on head lice and the possible connection to technology tonight at 11:00. >> before we leave you, we'll be wet for the next several days. >> the storm system increasing cloud cover throughout tonight and even a few showers developing to the north as well. so let's give you some highlights again as we round the coverage up at least through the 6:00 p.m. hour. throughout wednesday, rain, thunderstorms, winds 25 to 45 miles per hour. totals.75 to possibly 1.75. we'll find the second storm system moving in throughout friday morning at this point. this also means as we mentioned, snow up across the sierra. we have a winter weather advisory in effect. totals could likely top a foot as we head throughout this first storm system as we head throughout wednesday and also thursday. we're tracking at nbc bay area dot some and more coming up, you guys, at 11:00 p.m. good news for the drought but not going to solve all the problems. >> thank you very much. >> thanks for joining us at 6:00. have a great evening. hope to see you back at 11:00. >> bye, bye. robin thicke's desperate last-ditch attempt to save his marriage to paula patton, now on "extra." >> why paula dumped robin. their final face-off after years of cheating rumors and both of them hinting at an open marriage. >> we've done just about everything, yeah. >> the new york blonde caught with robin after the vmas under siege today. >> plus, the breakup by the numbers. how many millions are on the line. breaking couples news. josh brolin's rebound romance after his divorce from diane lane. who's the new girl?