skate a clean program and she did just that. [ cheering and applause ] the cheers start as soon as polina edmunds' name is called. >> i'm just so proud of her because she's worked so hard to get here. >> it's here at the dance theater international studio in san jose where polina spent early mornings perfecting her moves. and it's here where her friends and fans gathered to watch that hard work pay off. >> we're here with you. every step of your way. >> as polina takes to the olympic ice for her very first time, the excitement turns to nervousness. >> i was nervous for her because she is my friend and i really want her to do well. >> but watching her nail every move. those nerves are quickly put to rest. >> i'm so proud of her and she did so great. and i really loved watching her and you can tell that she's loved to be on -- on the ice performing. she was so good. >> before she left, polina said her only goal was to skate two clean programs. well, she complished the first with love and support from her hometown. >> we all love you. so -- keep doing what you're doing. >> she represents evergreen, she represents our state. and she represents our country. and we couldn't be prouder. >> well, polina was first place after the skate but now she's ranked seventh after the short program. something her friends never doubted she could do and for more on the bay area olympians, just head to the website, kpix.com. supporters of a federal minimum wage increase are rallying around the bay area and anne makovec joins us live in mountain view now where one is underway tight now. >> reporter: this is one of three rallies to be held on this day of action. this one in front of mountain view city hall. you can see a couple of dozen people out in front. they are quiet but their message is clear. they are calling for an increase in the minimum wage. this protest being held by the group organizing for action and california will soon have the highest minimum wage in the country. $10 an hour. but the protestors want the bump in pay to be nationwide $10.10. a report from the congressional budget office says raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would lift about 900,000 people out of port but at the same time it would slash -- poverty but at the same time it would slash jobs. >> people who live on minimum wage are going to spend that. that extra income that they have. they're going to spend it on represent or heat or they're going to spend it on food. i really support the bring more broadly. >> reporter: all right, they are again are two other rallies planned for today around the bay area. marin county near the lark spur ferry terminal at 4:00 p.m. and in san francisco at the ferry building at 5:00 p.m. so again this is for the minimum wage to be $10.10 nationwide. there are other calls for the minimum wage to be $15 an hour. also called for a minimum number of sick days for workers. those are all things that will have to eventually be worked out but the minimum the one voice is the $10.10. live if mountain view, anne makovec, kpix 5. new details this afternoon in less than two hours governor brown will announce emergency drought legislation for the state. california is facing one of the most severe droughts on record. just last month the governor declared state of emergency and called upon residents to voluntarily cut back water usage by 20%. supporters of a plan to divide the state of california into six states can begin collecting signatures for a ballot initiative. under the plan by venture capitalists, tim draper most of the bay area would be in the state of the silicon valley. napa, sonoma and marin counties would become part of northern california. 800,000 valid vote signatures are needed to put the measure on the statewide ballot but even if approved the plan faces the uphill battle in congress. a body was pulled out of bushes along intertoyota 80 found shortly before 8:00 this morning near the san pablo dam road off ramp. it was closed during the morning commute as the contra costa county cancer was called -- coroner was called out to investigate. chp says the circumstances are unclear at this time. some live pictures now from the independence square in kiev. developing right now president obama warned quote there will be consequences for violence in ukraine if the people step over that line. that comes after 25 people were killed jed in clashes -- yesterday in clashes between riot police and anti-government demonstrators. nearly 250 others were injured in that battle and the president there. the government refers to protestors as terrorists and announced an antiterrorist operation to restore the order there. protestors arearmed with fire bombs and rocks and are planning to stand their ground. european union will meet tomorrow and already agreed on sanctions to help stop the violence. >> we go no fight. to put an end to violence immediately. and to engage into a serious dialogue. >> ukraine's problems began after the president accepted an economic bailout package from russia. rather than a european union. and olympic officials have rejected a request to let ukrainian athletes wear black arm bands to honor those who died in yesterday's clashes. the head of the games did express his condolences though to the victims and praised ukraine's 43 member team for continuing to compete amid all the turmoil back home. more than 300 people lived through two minutes of terror in the air. new video from hong kong shows several passengers being rushed to the hospital after they arrived from san francisco. the cafe pacific plan hit severe turbulent over japan and people were thrown around the cabin for a couple of minutes. some of them hit their heads on the overhead bins. >> because it was throwing you up and down sideways. quite a few people in front of me were thrown up from their seats. a few of them even hit the ceiling of the aircraft. we had a couple of the baggage bins opening up and the bags flying out. >> six passengers and two crew members were taken to the hospital. night attendant -- a flight attendant was most seriously hurt with a neck injury and you can see the most less in the -- mess left in the aisles. some people in richmond want the city to fire the man in carjack of the hoe corral -- charge of the localizing authority there. some -- local housing tort there. one man says the situation so bad he has to store his food in the cart in his living room to keep the critters away. a woman says she's often attacked by bedbugs. >> to put a appropriate for me, will -- appoint for me, like -- a point for me, like i said i had to go to the doctor twice. >> they packed the meeting last night to tell the or tour stories and -- horror stories. the head of the housing authority said his department now is on the right track. pot grow houses are setting up shop across the bay area. and is putting neighborhoods at risk. how neighbors can protect their streets and put a stop to the nuisance. >> bear selfies in college students are getting a little too close to bears up in the sierra and one wildlife officials say the bears are the ones in danger. we'll explain why. >> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the kpix 5 weather center. if you slept in you may have missed. we actually had some rain this morning and now how about the sunshine but the winds are going to be whipping. we'll talk about that coming up. ,,,, anncr: at jennie-o we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you. bay area firefighters say growing marijuana in a house is very dangerous. fires can ignite especially if growers are distilling the pot into oil. kpix 5's cate caugurian on how these grow houses can put an entire neighborhood in danger. >> reporter: it looks like any other home in any other bay area suburb. >> when you're driving down the street that's exactly what you see. a house, a normal kind of house. >> reporter: but the east bay home was actually a front for a million dollar drug operation. it was destroyed in a house fire last month. one of 35 other pot grow fires in contra cost traffic county in the last two years. >> these are not the kind of operation where somebody is using it for their own purposes for medicinal purposes. but these are rather large if you will commercial farming operations. >> reporter: as police work to try and catch illegal marijuana growers in the act, contra costa county fire is trying to stay ahead of the trend. firefighters adjusted their training and operations is that they come across a grow house, they know how to stay safe. commonly in pot grow houses what you'll notice is bypassed electrical wires like this one. typically this is where the fire starts. what's dangerous for firefighters is when they come in and try to put out the flame, because of the bypass the electricity is still on. >> we're telling them to take a much more defensive stance. which means that the fires will burn longer. they'll burn hotter. until we can get pg&e there to actually secure the power. >> reporter: other dead giveaways? bars on windows only on parts of the house, and cars coming and going at strange hours for brief periods of time. and if you get new neighbors but no furniture is moved in, that's another telltale sign. >> a lot of times you know we don't pay attention to what our neighbors are doing anymore. we don't know who our neighbors are and we're asking that people actually pay attention now. >> reporter: marshall says if you see any of these signs, contact law enforcement immediately. in pittsburg, cate caugurian, kpix 5. >> a tragic ending to a missouri kidnapping this afternoon. authorities in springfield say they found the body of missing 10-year-old hailey owens. police arrested 45-year-old craig wood a local elementary school coach. a florida juror in the loud music murder trial is giving us a glimpse of what went won inside the deliberation room. the jury convicted 47-year-old michael dunn of three counts of attempted murder. but they couldn't agree on a first degree murder charge in the death of 17-year-old jordan davis. davis died after dunn fired shots at an suv full of loud teenagers after a complaint about loud music. juror number four says -- >> we took a poll. there were two of us undecided. two for was justified and the rest were not justified. we all believed that there was another way out. another option. >> dunn says he acted? self-defense and will face a retrial and at least 60 years behind bars when sentenced next month. students at a lake tahoe area college are being warned not the feed the pet or touch bears. that roam the campus there. wildlife photos are any clue here, interacting with bears has become quite the pastime at sierra nevada college in incline village. >> people are probably still feeding bears and they're definitely taking pictures of them and i see them on my facebook a feed after the bear shots behind people's glass windows and you know behind people's property. >> wildlife experts say when a bear loses its fear of humans and gets used to domestic food it can be very dangerous. fish and game officials often have to kill the bears when that happens. >> you have to be careful about the trash and the food left out. >> they're hungry too and they smell that stuff and they come around. in the end the bear usually dies. hey guys we have some clear skies and we had showers early on this morning just a few scattered showers early but now high pressure building in and the winds are kicking up outside. we are in for a very nice afternoon it looks like at least from the inside. from the outside the winds are going to be lipping a bit especially at the coastline and just inside the bay. so you got a nice afternoon now. after some scattered showers to begin with. but looks like for tonight, it should be a clear start. maybe a couple of patches of fog start to form and then sunny and warmer weather for the weekend. high pressure now building in behind that cold front and the difference between the two pressure systems is kicking up the winds outside this afternoon. so you got to be a little blustery to the coastline and the mountain gaps. around the state not a bad day. you'll see 60s into the valley. about 59 degrees in the monterey bay and 46 degrees with another light dusting of snowfall up there today. looks like the system moved out of town and the skies looking pretty good now. i think into tomorrow, maybe a few more passing clouds coming our way but still, should be a very nice day ahead. lot of sunshine and some very mild temperatures into the afternoon. as high pressure really begins to build in. numbers around the bay area today, a little cool toward the coast and the 350s and that's where you'll find the wind. about 64-degrees in san jose. 63 in fremont. east bay temperatures moving up in the mid 60s in many spots and then inside the bay, you go. a lot of sunshine coming your way. 63 in oakland. about 61 in san francisco. your sunset time for this evening, 5:52. sunrise tomorrow 6:54. and looking out over the next couple of days, we've got a lot of sunshine coming our way. temperatures moving up in the 60s and the 70s should be a fantastic weekend. but maybe even more exciting guys, i see a major change in the weather pattern next week. maybe some more heavy rain coming our way. keep your fingers crossed. >> all right, okay, my fingers and toes are crossed. >> all good. all right, rumor has it singers seal and supermodel heidi klum are back on. the pair has been spending a lot more time together since heidi left the security guard boyfriend. the celebrity couple broke up in 2012 after seven years of marriage and sources close to the marriage say the pair started coparenting a lot more recently. coming up our search for the best veterinarian in the bay area continues. and we've got some great advice on getting the kitty to the vet minus the struggle. that and much more when we come back. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] spring is calling. get 10% off all in-stock composite decking at lowe's. ♪ are you flo? yes. is this the thing you gave my husband? well, yeah, yes. the "name your price" tool. you tell us the price you want to pay, and we give you a range of options to choose from. careful, though -- that kind of power can go to your head. that explains a lot. yo, buddy! i got this. gimme one, gimme one, gimme one! the power of the "name your price" tool. for the best veterinarian ie bay area... to become ou d, well, we asked for your nominations for the best veterinarian in the bay area. to become our kpix 5 pet expert. and now we've narrowed it down to three who will be auditioning this week. and here with us today is dr. robin hanson from sunset veterinary hospital in san francisco. and you're here to help us get our cats to the vet without a struggle. that's a trick right? >> yeah. it is. it really is. you know the big thing is there's about 74 million cats in the united states. and less than half of the cats actually come to the veterinarian every year. it's really important for the cats to come in because they can really hide their diseases. coming in regularly helps. the carrier though i know is a big deal breaker. so one of the big things is getting them more comfortable and making it a sanctuary. putting the carrier in a place in the house is really comfortable for them is important. picking it -- a spot next to their favorite scratching post in a sunny spot for them is really nice. next important, get a carrier where you can take the top off. this one come right off very nicely. and then you can leave the carrier out. it can almost be like another bed for the cat. you want to stock your carrier with a really nice blanket and cozy blanket. sometimes even a piece of clothing that has your scent on it. >> you want them to be comfortable right? >> yes for them. other things you can put in the favorite toys, catnip is a good one. if your cat raillinks catnip or -- really likes catnip or cat grass. really tasty treats that gets them going and really excited about coming in. another one is a useful tool is the feel away defuser or the spray. it's a pheremone that cats naturally produce. it's kind of a calming pheremone for them. take the spray and spray it in here ahead of them and it entices them to come in and again kind of the zen serenity kind of feel. once the cat is more comfortable with the carrier maybe you can put the top back on and put the door in place. start feeding them a little bit closer to the carrier and maybe every day you move the food bowl a little bit closer and will a little bit close -- a little bit closer. eventually the idea is to have them in the carrier and shut the door at home. lots of treats and praise. this is really something that's a slow process. takes a few weeks. you might want to get the care year out of the closet a few weeks before the vet appointment so they get used to it being in the house and it's not so scary for them. >> it's scary for the cat owners because i've talked to a couple of my friends today who have cats and they say that some of them -- i mean they just won't travel sometimes with their cat because they're afraid. >> right. right. it is a big point a big sticking point and i know that's a big reason because it can be really scary. once they're a little bit more comfortable with the carrier, you can also kind of start working on the car ride. that's an important part too. and again, slow and steady. you don't want to force your cat into doing any of it. lots of praise and lots of reward. no punishment. >> okay. definitely some good advice. so thank you dr. robin ans season. that was great. -- hansen. that was great. if you want to learn more about the five steps just go to the kpix 5 facebook page. we'll have the video posted very soon and that's where you can also vote for your favorite veterinarian. at the end of the week we're going to post all three videosto the kpix 5 facebook page and you will have a chance to like the veterinarian you want to be our pet expirers and it will help -- expert and it will help us make the decision. you have a cat frank. >> i do scoop. i find classical music helps too. whatever it takes to get him in the carrier. it's all good. here's more advice of a different kind. stephanie tantillo shows us how to pick the best eggplant. >> today eggplants and i know being from my family i eat them all the time and i absolutely love them. but in order to love them as much as i do, selection in stores is very important. when you see them in the store you want to be sure they have the beautiful eggplant purple color all the way around. avoid any bruises and any cracking or any circling. make sure the top part is attached as well. now you know a lot of the time with produce, weight matters a lot. so you want to make sure it's actually light in your hand. that manes there's less -- means there's less seeds and it will be less bitter. store its in the fridge and it will store for little bit but put some kind of citrus on there when you open it up so it will stop browning almost immediately. one of my favorites is to keep it simple. splash it with only olive oil and just grow it. you'll love it. i'm stephanie tantillo with your tip of the day. a big oops by one waiter, why he tossed out $1,000 tip from anonymous bay area big tipper. that and much more when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, one of the best things is that millions of peopleia will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember 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