we opened up in l.a. since they wouldn't switch with us even though we are the world series champions. look from sutro tower, mount diablo, east bay valleys. let's move on. talking about temperatures outside and records yesterday, look at that napa, oakland san francisco, san rafael. low to mid-80s and set records in concord and hayward. 47 in napa and 48 in half moon bay. low to mid-50s, rest of us in the 50s. mid-50s, gilroy at 47. another highlight, more record high temperatures under sunshine this afternoon. cooling trend friday, saturday and sunday and that will come on the heels of some windy conditions and rough surf, 45 miles per hour miles per hour wind and 20 foot waves at our beaches. best warm calm day, 7:00 in the morning and lack of clouds that will be pushed away by the land breeze and bringing us the warmest day this week. show you some temperatures around the bay, in the east bay, mid to upper, low to mid-80s and look for the asterisk. low 80s and some 70s on the east bay shore. south bay

it rained on the l.a. marathon yesterday. fortunately unlike other marathons in the l.a. marathon you're allowed to drive your car so it was okay. but some of the runners are here. so the 50th place. we're checking actually. have we checked that? >> 835. >> jimmy: you came in 835. >> overall in women. >> jimmy: the women's ranking? 97. that's still pretty good. [ applause ] >> jimmy: you're supposed to be on top of that. you're supposed to be checking the facts. >> oh, next time. >> jimmy: okay. puddles were a big problem for some of the runners, even the guy who won. look at this. >> you can really start losing a lot of time -- you can end up walking instead of dropping out but we will see. >> all right. let's check in -- >> he's trying to avoid the big flooded areas. >> some flooded areas. >> jimmy: down, down and down. an hourer later he popped up. despite that, that man from ethiopia, his name is marcos jeanettety, not only did he win, broke the l.a. marathon record by two minute, had a bad tom going into the race, never run a marathon before, in fact, he didn't even

a little dryer in l.a. at 65. 75 today in phoenix with partly sunny skies. denver, a little bit of icy weather. micked precipitation type of day. then we'll look at tomorrow. why don't we go ahead and get a little bit brighter down in vegas at 64 for your tuesday? full ol sunshine. portland, you'll get rain. seattle, too. 52 and 48 respectively. a bit more rain up there on tuesday. if you are watching us on kntv nbc 11 in california's bay area, visit a small piece of the australian outbackç and see fi fuzy koalas at koala crossing at the pacific zoo. that's your pacific event of the day. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. no big surprises in the box office as gun slinging lizard won the box office showdown. eye ramgo" easily took the top spot with $38 million while it fell m low range of expectations. it still had the best non-holiday opening so far this year. >>> and then there's the sci-fi romance thriller the adjustment bureau starring matt damon and it is a big hit with the over 30 crowd finishing second with a s

the "l.a. times" book review said over the last 15 years he has filed the best dispatches about mexican migration and its effect on the united states in mexico bar none. he lives in southern california. kathryn ferguson is the co-author of crossing with the virgin, stories from the migrant trail. she is also a dancer, choreographer and filmmaker. she is produced and directed to feature-length award-winning documentaries the unholy connemara andrea of the sky. she is native to sony in and she has volunteered with samaritans since 2004. jed parks a co-author of crossing with the virgin spent most of his career in the restaurant business. he became involved with the samaritans movement in the fall of 2005 and norma price also a co-author of crossing with the virgin moved to tucson after a 25 year career in medicine in atlanta where she was an oncologist. she has lived here for just over 13 years. norm of volunteers at a local medical clinic and for the uninsured and also the samaritans. thank you

the l.a. times book review said over the last 15 years he has filed the best dispatches about the effect on the united statesb and mexico. he and his family live inn southern california.n catherine forget is the co-author of crossing with the virgin, stories from the migran trail. she's also a dancer, dan choreographer and independent film maker. she's produced and directed two feature-length award-winningdo documentaries, "rita of the sky." she's a native tiew zonean, and she's volunteered since 2004. parks spent most of his career in the restaurant business.eca he became involved with the samaritans movement, and nora price moved to tucson after a 25-year career in medicine in atlanta where she was ann encologist.nta she's lived here for just over 13 years. norma volunteers at a local medical clinic and for the uninsured and also with the als samaritans. thank you guys for being here and welcome to all of you. >> thank you. >> good discussion. [applause] margaret, let me start with you. are

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this was before the team flew to l.a. last night where he was in a car accident. officials are calling it a minor accident. they say he's okay though he was taken to the hospital to be checked out. zito is slated to start sunday. we'll see if last night's accident will stop him from doing so. now tonight's game time is 5:00 at dodger stadium. taking the mound for the giants, tim lincecum. catch it all on espn tonight. pregame and postgame coverage on comcast sports net bay area. i said it was coach bruce bocce, forgive me. >> we forgive you. it should be a great day for opening day. they are talking about temperatures in l.a. near the 90s. is that right? >> that's right. they wish they had opening day here, but we are going to have to wait a little bit longer. good news for us because we are going to snag that wilson interview she didn't get yesterday. these are the records from yesterday. 86 degrees up in napa. we hit santa rosa's new record, 85 degrees. 83 in oakland. 82 degrees in downtown san francisco. even mountain view hit 79 degrees. add five to ten degree

friday, cooler in l.a. but you can't complain about 76 and sunny. phoenix inches up closer to a 100 degree day. >>> watching us on king 5 news in seattle, washington, view the evolution of norman rockwell's american chronicles, the art of norman rockwell at the tacoma art museum. that's your pacific event of the day, veronica. >> it will be raining. >> on and off, they're used to it. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. most nfl players are very worried about the league's labor dispute, but for at least one player, it is actually thrilling. always hungry for publicity, cincinnati bengals chad ochocinco is serious about soccer. the lockout gave him a chance to make the practice quad of a major league sport in kansas city, fulfilling his lifelong dream to play professional soccer. >>> meanwhile the new york knicks' amare stoudemire is working on different dreams. he is the new man in grammy award winning singer sierra's life. >>> and tmz sources are quoting enrique iglesias dropped out of britney spears' concert tour bec

now, in l.a. we picked up two and a half inches of rain. the worst over the last 48 hours was really san francisco southward down to los angeles. notice, we really didn't pick up much in vegas, medford. this was southern california's big storm. currently the storm is kicking through. it's actually moving, finally. it's still going to be rainy this morning. there's going to be some showers. you may even see some hail mixing in with some of the thunderstorms during the day. if we get enough instability out there. the heavy rain has ended. tloois that threat of it. now the jet stream, the big dip here to the south, and as that cubings on shore, we will watch the temperatures. very chilly, too. l.a., more showers are arriving as we speak. the mountains still with the snowshowers. it looks like vegas, some of the rain is now right over the top of you. as far as the snow goes, not a lot of additional more or less up through idaho and the northern rockies. today's forecast, though, still thunderstorms. let's look a we'll do it all over again. it

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we are about ten hours away until game time in l.a. tonight. the season opener should be happening here at at&t, but i'm the only person here. that's the way it goes. yesterday plenty of fans showed up to the check out the final game in the bay the bridge series. it was a 12:45 day game. some lucky enough to snag an autograph with tim lincecum an andre torres. i snagged an interview with sergio romo. and i couldn't help but ask about the feared beard. when is the last time you shaved? >> 9 1/2 months ago. pushing 10 months. >> reporter: can i? i can grab? are you embarrassed? >> no, it is just kind of weird you tugged on my beard. >> reporter: tell me about it. game time, 5:00 tonight. lincecum is starting for the giants at dodger stadium. pregame and postgame coverage on comcast sportsnet bay area. brent and laura? >> you have to be careful there. >> thanks a lot. >>> so the defense of the game starts tonight. tim lincecum takes the mound nor for the giants. the giants will send clayton kershaw to the mound. 5:00 is the starting pitch. >>> sco

that heavy rain stretches all the way from l.a. to vegas and phoenix. showers as far north as seattle. meanwhile, some snow in the mountains around l.a. up to a foot of snow in the southern rockies. showers and thunderstorms from the upper midwest to the ohio valley. some rain from philly to boston, mixed in with snow into northern new england. >> still pretty chilly in boston. 41 degrees there. 52 here in new york. 75 in dallas. 77 in kansas city. and 51 in minneapolis. phoenix hovers near 70. albuquerque hits 75. and 56 in salt lake. 52 in boise. >>> and coming up next, the talk of the business world this morning. at&t's multibillion-dollar bid for rival, t-mobile. what it could mean for millions of wireless users. >>> and new, overnight, the latest guidelines for keeping your kids safe in the car. even where your teenagers should sit. >>> a possible megamerger is shaking up the wireless world this morning. at&t is making a bid to purchase t-mobile usa. if that $39 billion deal goes through, at&t would become the nation's largest wireless carrier, giv

it was the giants season opener for l.a. he is out with a strained muscle. >> all right. >> we'll be right back.#ñ#ñ#ñ7ñ@ >>> today at 3:00, you know her music and sheryl crow shows us a healthier way to eat and sheet on at 5:00. emeryville camera looking across the city. calm waters, record temperatures around the bay new study why faucets may carry more germs. >> a international festival and motown classic. don sanchez has what's hot. ♪ >> ashford and simpson make motown magic in their classic songs on stage in the razz room at hotel nicokko. >> high stakes comedy, in free for all, an evening of improv comedy in yerba buena. >> it's one of the premier companies in the world. american dance theater sets a standard. annual visit to the berkeley campus from cal performances at zellerbach hall. >> i did a lot of inner work, blah, blah. >> a one woman show. they tell it all at the marsh in san francisco. >> films made by women about women, making a difference the annual women's film festival is at roxy theater. >> baciaen

they were arrested at the school on wednesday, while raises thought to be at large in the l.a. area. the theft candlelight when new officers took over the ptl organization last year. else read a police are investigating an attempted kidnapping near an elementary school. you could see on the map be attempted kidnapping happen on the corner of san carlos. jeff bush tells you what happened and who police are looking for. >>jeff: to take in the matter seriously, to say a girl was walking near st. jerome catholic schools around 3:00 p.m.. detectives say the girl was approached by a man and a black pickup. please see the man tried to get the girl to come closer to his vehicle but she knew something was up and ran into the school where she told a teacher. it by the time school officials made it outside the suspect was gone. police said the suspect was driving a beat- up black ford ranger, it had net contractors riding on it. the truck had a bumper sticker with don't drive while using your cell phone. and a picture of a woman in a car crash. police said the driver might have come from

[ cheers and applause ] i saw you out in l.a. at the roots jam session, and congratulations on getting nominated for a grammy for your single "go." [ cheers and applause ] man, you rocked out that night. and you're rocking it out tonight. thanks for being here. you look beautiful. we've got such a fun show tonight, you guys. our friends from the universal records database are here. [ cheers and applause ] and we're going to be breaking some world records! from the new animated film "rango," the lovely isla fisher is here. [ cheers and applause ] she's super fun. you know him from "how i met your mother," josh radnor is joining us! [ cheers and applause ] and we have a great new stand-up comedian making his tv debut tonight, dan st. germain is here. [ cheers and applause ] he's a funny, funny guy. a very good comedian. tomorrow night is our second anniversary of the show. [ cheers and applause ] i'm not lying. pretty wild. two years already. going to be an exciting night. first, we have brian williams stopping by to slow jam the n

participants watched women celebrating in l.a.. it was impressive to olga. >> this is huge. because i'm -- i've been in america 15 years never have i heard of this day being openly celebrated and now 10 cities all over this country? >> the 100th anniversary motivated celebrations around the world. there was a pro-women demonstration in cairo. >> i love cheering on women and women living their dreams, doing things they want to do. when women be okay. the world work autos calorie has gone through her own challenges and she lost everything she had in hurricane katrina. she decided to move to san francisco and start over. >> there is women not being stopped by circumstances, just doing what they want to do. >> whether in this room or from l.a. they feel like this gives momentum to women. >> and the observation of international womens day turned ugly and violent in cairo. hundreds of egyptian women were attacked today for demanding equal rights. crowds of men telling them to go home. the women said men soon outnumbed them and chased them out of tahrir square. >> a surprise move b

participants always helped women in l.a. also in eastern europe. >> this is huge. i've been an american for 15 years. never have i heard of this day being openly celebrated and now 10 cities all over this country. >> the 100th anniversary has motivated celebrations all over the world. there was even a pro-women demonstration in cairo. >> i lecture conwomen and love them living their dreams. when women are okay, the world works. >> valerie has gone through their own challenges. she lost everything she had in hurricanes "katrina." she decided to move to san francisco and start over and now spreads her message to other women. >> and that's to have women not be stopped by circumstances. just do whatever they wanna do. >> they're gonna be here until 6:00 tonight listening to speakers here and also in l.a. with the mission of strengthening women and families worldwide. live in south san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thanks a lot. to commemorate this women's day, secretary of state hillary clinton honored ten individuals this morning with the women of cou

participants always helped women in l.a. also in eastern europe. >> this is huge. i've been an american for 15 years. never have i heard of this day being openly celebrated and now 10 cities all over this country. >> the 100th anniversary has motivated celebrations all over the world. there was even a pro-women demonstration in cairo. >> i lecture conwomen and love them living their dreams. when women are okay, the world works. >> valerie has gone through their own challenges. she lost everything she had in hurricanes "katrina." she decided to move to san francisco and start over and now spreads her message to other women. >> and that's to have women not be stopped by circumstances. just do whatever they wanna do. >> they're gonna be here until 6:00 tonight listening to speakers here and also in l.a. with the mission of strengthening women and families worldwide. live in south san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thanks a lot. to commemorate this women's day, secretary of state hillary clinton honored ten individuals this morning with the women of cou

the blackhawks will play the l.a. team tomorrow. at 4:15. lang its getting hundreds of e-mails and letters from people at the game. he also said u.s. hockey association is aware of the investigation. >> you may have seen the controversial commercial that is running in the bay area now. it is immigration related. but it focuses on legal immigrant workers. and that's what is making it divisive. essentially the message is, legal immigrants are taking jobs in the state when unemployment is a problem. >> what about these workers, legal foreign workers that take good jobs in places like california. we need to slow legal immigration. >> the ad have people talking. tonight at 11:00, nbc bay area will explore who is responsible for the ad. although the ad is controversial, white is raising a discussion. >> fight over collective bargaining rights for public unions is at the top of headlines because of what is happening in wisconsin. many are wondering if the same thing could happen here in california. conan nolan from our sister station in los angeles

you need the umbrella everywhere north of l.a. it's sunny in one mbrella handy. you'll need it not just today but for the weekend. lynn, the weekend forecast as i've been talking about, next storm is right in line. we'll talk about it. >> bill, thank you. >>> the postal service is the bearer of bad news. a first for the central bank. and omg. check out the latest edition to the dictionary. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, chris brown breaks his silence about his morning show meltdown. >>> coming up, another number one seed is knocked out of the ncaa tournament and an overtime thriller in the sweet 16, as well. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. after a week-long uprising, the syrian government says it will consider sweeping political reforms to appease protesters, including lifting a state of emergency which has been in place for nearly 50 years. the promises were immediately rejected by pro-democracy protesters who are

chance of showers moving into l.a. eventually rain maybe even thunderstorms for san francisco and sacramento and that's where it continues to the north. for once, seattle, you're the ones that have a decent forecast. 58 and partly cloudy. 59. prescott, arizona. much of arizona actually should remain dry. >>> lynn, we'll track the storm into thursday for coming up in a little bit. >> bill, thank you. >>> also coming up -- stocks fall but market calms. oil keeps climbs and big bailout profits. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, chris brown throws an angry, violent tantrum where asked about his past violence. >>> coming up, kim duncan trades in his jersey for crutches and the bulls run through atlanta. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning -- yemen's embattled president is refusing to resign immediately and warning that his country could slide into a bloody civil war if he were fo

tahoe is 64, and near 90 in l.a. and 95 in palm springs. mild tonight with mid to upper 50s under a mainly clear sky. what we are watching, clouds roll back over us tomorrow as you see the winds reverse. here we are saturday morning, mid-morning slight chance of scattered showers. seven-day forecast, temperatures will be 15-20 degrees cooler saturday and in to sunday. monday, tuesday and wednesday, calmer and brighter and temperatures back above average. >>> so far is on good. as i suspected this activity that is going on at the maze, that is an oversized vehicle blocking lanes. we're trying to get that out of there. it turns out it is westbound in the maze. let's take a look. approaching the toll bridge, that is absolutely clear. no problems as you are getting in and around. walnut creek southbound, 680 is moving well. no problems there. we do have construction still blocking lanes. san jose southbound 101. tully off-ramp is closed. all the other areas of construction, check at abc7news.com and click on bay area traffic for your updates. >

also today, workers at uc l.a.'s drug lab were questioned about a bonds' urine sample seized in a 2004 raid of quest diagnostics. prosecutors claim the sample tested positive for steroids. >>> a sobering analysis from a retired engineer from the lawrence liver more lab. he says his solano county neighborhood has the potential for even an more disastrous pipeline explosion than the san bruno blast last year. he was so concerned about the gas lines running under his neighborhood, he got a federal grant to the issue back in 2009, even before the san bruno explosion. today he organized a walking tour through the area and released his findings, which he claims show how pg&e's underground pipelines run right below his neighborhood and within 18 yards of jet fuel pipeline s running to travis ai force base. >> these pipelines -- you know, nothing lasts forever. we have bridges that rust. we have roads that fall apart. what about our pipelines? and it seems like nobody seems to be worried about that. >> he also says the pote