the northern california cherly blossom festival taking the spotlight today. what better way to start than an overview of the festival, including a selection of the ch cherry blossom queen. one of the featured festival events is part of our show today. the arts group is here to show a program of traditional and contemporary dance form. the cherry blossom festival of san francisco could be a place where you could win a trip to the hawaii food and wine festival. we'll talk with the association about it. >>> and we close our show with more popular attractions at the festival including making and collecting traditional japanese paper dolls as well as the northern california japanese sword club made up of collectors, students, martial artists, and lovers of the japanese sword. >>> i certainly plan on being at the cherry blossom festival this year. it's a major cultural community event. along with the selection of the cherry blossom queen and her court, there's an enticing theme to this year's festival. joining me now is greg maloria and kelly, the 2015 northern cal

if in northern california, what is the one? okay, i'm gonna ride one roller coaster, kris. kris: i'm a sucker for history, as you can probably tell. santa cruz giant dipper, hands down, put me on a marathon-- scott: wooden, old wooden, where you shake your teeth out. kris: not necessarily shake your teeth out, actually. a good wooden coaster should not shake your teeth out. it shows some attitude, but it should be almost as smooth as a steel coaster. scott: with kind of a nice finish. joseph: yes! kris: a nice polish. jon: it sounds like you're describing a beer or something. scott: right, exactly! so, kris rowberry's movie, at least for now, is called "the legacy of arrow development." kris: and i should correct you. it's actually american coaster enthusiasts' film. nicholas laschkewitsch, robert ingle, and i are just producers on the film. scott: that is such a better title! kris rowberry, thank you for bein' with us. kris: thank you. scott: we'll be back in just a minute. [music] microsoft says it will now tell you if state-sponsored actors tried to hack your e-mail, our

partly sunny skies over much of northern california. some showers in the afternoon for tahoe and yosemite. overnight lows with sun up at 630 a.m. daytime highs tomorrow mid 60s with mostly cloudy skies. extended forecast after the showery weather today, we get drying out tomorrow for the most part. tuesday, a little bit of sun. wednesday, maybe a sprinkle. sunshine, wait till next weekend. temperatures will be back in to the mid 70s before you can say here's dennis o'donnell. >>> the daurjss, this is an amazing day. because dodgers had a five-run lead against the giants. could they hold it? spieth had a 5-stroke lead at the masters. could he hold that? toss to dennis... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, begin until the back nine on sunday..that cliche proved to form in go r of >>> there's an old saying in golf. the masters doesn't begin until the back nine on sunday. that cliche proved true to form in golf's first major of the year. 22-year-old jordan spieth looking for his third major in a calendar year, running away with it. the fairaway -- fairwa

. >>> pelican bay state prison sits in near pristine wilderness on the coastline of northern california. >> we're located just miles from the oregon border just in from the coast. so we're fairly remote. we're not surrounded by nothing. >> it's no accident that pelican bay is isolated hundreds of miles from the state's major cities. >> we fight an unending battle to keep the communication from our security housing unit inmates, particularly our gangsters, from getting back out to the streets and out of our 1,100 inmates, over 800 have been validated as gang members or associates. >> pelican bay is the toughest prison in the california prison system. it's where the worst of the worst go to. the first time we sent a "lockup" crew was weeks after they suffered their worst gang riot in history. and there was still tension in the air as the crew walked through the gates. >> the riot fought primarily between black and hispanic inmates lasted a little over 30 minutes. one inmate was killed and dozens of others were stabbed or beaten. when we returned five years later, the tension was still pal

northern california will pick up the higher train, up to two inches. the other story as the trough moves through the southwest, very strong winds are likely here. we're seeing high wind warnings for the mountainous areas, near palm springs and big bear lake and santa barbara, and wind advisories, gusts up to 60 to 70 miles per hour. for today, phoenix, gorgeous 89, l.a. no complaints either three. south of sacramento and santa rosa, your day will be dry. got to be bad weather somewhere. >> i guess, i got to tell you, i was in l.a. the last couple of days, it felt so nice to have perfect weather. i know we need the rain, but it was perfect, thank you so much. >>> one of the world's biggest musicians just canceled a concert in response to north carolina's bathroom bill. >>> plus tsa turmoil. airlines speak out against unbearably long lines. you're watching "early today." fortunately, my doctor had a game plan. treatment with xarelto®. hey guys! hey, finally, somebody i can look up to... ...besides arnie. xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the

here's the rain t brings rain to extreme northern california. could see some mist and drizzle along our coast tomorrow and the marine layer. as that washes out and building in behind it high pressure, double bearing high pressure, bringing 60s hear today. some showers, perhaps, over the northern mountains in the next couple of days and the snowpack not bad, 86% for just about the entire sierra nevada. 350 right now. in san francisco temperatures have not budged much. 52 half moon bay, mid-50s from mountain view to san jose. 53 oakland. looking a the a lot of cloud cover around the bay. you see the marine layer from the east bay hills camera. that's mt. diablo blow in the distance. 49 with 2 to 3-mile visibility. 50 novato. the delta 52 degrees, as well as concord. and some sunshine there. livermore 52. from the golden gate bridge it looks brighter out there. the deck of low clouds continues to be chewed out. but some of it is going to stay at the coast. we have some clouds this morning, a sunny afternoon. feeling like spring today and tomorrow.

cold sfronlt moving into northern california. this is the last one for a few days. gusty winds at the meal immediate coast line especially. when that moves out, this moves in. the warming trend kicks up tuesday into wednesday. that is the day we'll have records across -- we'll have a handful of records. later in the week the opposite. we're track a system with clouds, settling -- setting up shop in southern california. possibly rain showers for friday. friday night and into saturday morning is a better bet. distill a few days away, but we could be track showers a few days out. 60s to the 70s out there. warmest locations are in the 70s. half moon bay is 62. five-day forecast is very interesting. take a look at numbers. -- at the numbers. temperatures will be a good 15 or 25 degrees above average in the bay area. then a sharp drop-off thursday. and maybe a few showers friday. a better bet friday night into saturdays. it could be the deal where you have flip flops out tuesday, answer -- wednesday and winter coat for later in the week. >> and ac in the car and then the

northern california, a lot of folks disagree. there is hatred against donald trump and some of things whether he said about mexican immigrants or lgbt community or about women. there is a lot of anger and they're voicing that anger today. also whatteer seeing, in one of our camera shots, also we're seeing again, like we did last night, mexican flags being waved. donald trump made a lot of you know, comments about mexican immigrants and building a wall along mexico. even though he is explained over and over in the last few months that he made comments which by the way last year when he announced he was going to run for president, even now we're seeing the fact that donald trump tried to back off, saying he does have support of hispanic community whether in nevada or california. so i want to show you some pictures from a few moments ago. we brought these to you live. i want to go back what donald trump had to do in, this is his motorcade just come from the airport from san francisco international. they came down the 101. went on a

california. it is here at the design studio where the event was also lined - - live streamed. you can feel all of the excitement in the room and you can also see the numbers, 115,000 models have been preordered on the first day. [ cheering ] [ crowd noise ] the model three is tesla's highly anticipated electric car for the masses. starting at 35,000 dollars, judging, judging by the line out of the - - showroom, showroom, a lot of people want it. this is what it looked like and wallet creek this morning. if you thought that was a long line, a long line, they tweeted this time lapse video for customers lined up for blocks and blocks and blocks in bellevue, bellevue, washington. >> i feel great. i got one, brother got two of them, i got one of them for my daughter and i got one for my second daughter. >> reporter: he builds sent - - energy-efficient homes in san jose. snoo@tesla, we don't make slow cars. >> reporter: speaking in southern california, the california, the ceo said that the model three

making its way through northern california. the warning public health officials have issued tonight. plus. new warning about global warming's impact on humans. and. wisconsin is shaping up to be a pivotal state in the republican run for the white house. >> gary :and we have the sports highlights coming up a little bit later the broadcast >> brittney : today was a mild day and tomorrow is going to be much warmer and we are tracking record-breaking temperatures on wednesday at a let you know what to expect come up my full forecast mmm. bacon is lookin good. let's instabrag. honey, jalapeño boom boom, h-how is there no bacon emoji? denny's new honey jalapeño bacon, part of the red white and bacon menu. denny's. welcome to america's diner. >> pam :presidential candidates donald trump and hillary clinton are heading into tomorrow's wisconsin primary. ahead in the number of total delegates. but behind in the polls. victory in wisconsin will provide the winner with a healthy crop of delegates. democrat - hillary clinton trails berni

up next to the new developments from a northern california courtroom. >>> plus birth control without a prescription. not quite over the counter. more on the new law that takes effect here in california. >> new developments on a break in the case of the stabbing outside of a bar in san jose last month. police have now arrested a suspect, 29-year-old joseph hernandez. accused of stabbing a man out in the street following a fight inside the willow den bar on march 17th. the victim did survive. surveillance video was released and they say a tip from the public helped them make an arrest. hernandez was wanted on previous warrants for have and drug possession. >>> a 19-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot in san jose university. police are not talking about the case. investigators were looking for surveillance video. the victim did not attend san jose state but was around students when it happened. >> you could hear the gunshots from my place. >> what did you hear? >> like three gunshots. and then someone sped off. >> at this time no information on a motive or a descripti

how the rain will be great for northern california farmers and how much water will now be released to regular customers. >>> in weather lots of sunshine across the entire bay area, but some fog regrouping offshore. coming up where that fog will be tomorrow morning. the warmest day of the weekend and possibly a few sprinkles in our five-day forecast. >>> plus, a high-rink sex offender released somewhere in sonoma county. the question tonight where is he now. >>> checking the friday evening commute, a quick look at traffic right now. it doesn't look too bad out there. pretty sparse. >> it looks all right. moving well. here's what it looks like by the golden gate bridge right now. actually, looking good on this friday night in both directions. >>> reservation numbers show the new tesla model 3 is in high demand. we showed you long lines of people waiting to put down a $1,000 deposit. after talley tinge-person and on-line reservations we learned there are some 200,000 reservations. tesla hasn't announced what production will look like when it starts building that new car next year. if it'

. >> there's no such thing as a good spring here in northern california, but unfortunately this spring has a lot of pollen and it's making people unfortunately and i think el nino has definitely contributed. >> he said the allergy season didn't start earlier, but compared to past drought years the ash and oak trees are in full bloom this spring and grass pollen will follow later this month. >> you fry and go out through your day and you got all these allergies, you're like man, how am i supposed to last? >> to help you avoid pollen, keep your windows closed on windy days. change your clothes and shoes when you get home and shower and wash pollen out of your hair before bed. >> otherwise all that pollen will go from your hair into your pillow and sheets and then you'll be rolling around in pollen all night. >> he recommends using medicine like antihistamines to prevent symptoms and not wait till you get them. he said tips and over the counter medicine work with most people, but if not, he recommends seeing your doctor. >> terrible because you feel like you have a cold or something, but

we had some yesterday over thesierra in northern california. yet there were areas in the valley that had sun. it ended up being a mostly cloudy day. temperatures 60s for many. you can see some up in the sierra nevada. there is a weak system there that might produce light rain. got some yesterday in northern sacramento valley. santa rosa 50. san jose 57. half-moon bay low 50s. same for burkeley. few temperatures in the north are in the 40s. a lot in the 50s. system to the north will swing in here. this will be a weak system. it will give a cooler brush heading towards wednesday night and thursday. we'll get light rain, not a lot. 54 sacramento. same in monterey. sierra nevada hit-and-miss shower activity falls apart. a little system is sweeping in. it should help disrupt the lower cloud deck. rain over the next five days. unless you are in humble county i don't expect much. much. this system will have cooler air coming in on thursday. lots of clouds here. some sun today. 60s for most. near normal temperatures. couple very low 70s. looking for lo

>> we wanted to create a northern california style of ramen. in japan, there are so many different styles. tokyo, hokkaido, we are trying to do something that is really unique to oakland and unique to california. >> i think what we talk about locally toward food, it is not a compromise. it adds to what you guys are making. >> yeah, these ingredients taste better. it is good for the world. it is good for the people who work on the farm. if they thrive we thrive. >> and the earth thrives at the end of the day. >> reporter: we mentioned three owners, one of your owners will take us on a tour of the kitchen and everyone inside. let's talk about the local ingredients. when you talk japanese, can you get everything locally with the type of food you are making? >> that is one of the things we struggled with at the beginning. one of the first things we tried to find was nori. so we found a forager up in mendocino that brought us. this is pork bone broth that has become very popular. yes, this rolls at a boil for 14 hours. the first thing we have here i

they really took the hard edges off in northern california. but l.a. has only had 50% of normal rainfall. so they're still in -- i would say a serious drought, while the north is in almost no drought. >> and isn't that better than the reverse? >> absolutely. a lot of the water comes from us down to them. >> yeah. >> so we asked some of our viewers to put questions on facebook. one we got was from mike massey, who wrote to us and asked, why are green lawns still legal in california? >> well, there's a couple reasons. when it rains, grass grows, and so all over the bay area right now, lawns are green. and people have not expended any water to make them green. it fell out of the sky. now, i think more seriously the question is, should we allow people to irrigate grass in the summer? lawns use 50% of urban water in california, so when we've been in an emergency like we have the last few years, cities have required cutbacks, and a lot of those cutbacks you can only water grass one or two days a week, remain in effect. but there's a key date coming up. on ma

northern california has received plenty in recent weeks. but as ben tracy reports, when it comes to drought relief, it's hardly a drop in the bucket. >> reporter: two million gallons of water per minute poured out of one of california's largest reservoirs because it was simply too full. full. this has really changed >> reporter: absolutely. >> reporter: carl torgersen of the department of water resources saz a so-called march miracle of heavy rain fueled by el nino has filled many of northern california's lakes. how much and how quickly has this reservoir risen? >> well, this reservoir has risen about 216 feet since december, and 97 feet in the month of march alone. >> reporter: this is what it looked like five months ago, a nearly empty lake orville. walls of dirt hundreds of feet high, bridges suspended in the air. but this is what the same lake now looks like full. look how far of the water line has climbed, and it is still rising, thanks to snow melting in nearby mountains. california's snow pack is the deepest it's been in five years.

northern california has received plenty in recent weeks. but as ben tracy reports, when it comes to drought relief, it's hardly a drop in the bucket. >> reporter: two million gallons of water per minute poured out of one of california's largest reservoirs because it was simply too full. full. this has really changed quickly. >> reporter: absolutely. >> reporter: carl torgersen of the department of water resources saz a so-called march miracle of heavy rain fueled by el nino has filled many of northern california's lakes. how much and how quickly has this reservoir risen? >> well, this reservoir has risen about 216 feet since december, and 97 feet in the month of march alone. >> reporter: this is what it looked like five months ago, a nearly empty lake orville. walls of dirt hundreds of feet high, bridges suspended in the air. but this is what the same lake now looks like full. look how far of the water line has climbed, and it is still rising, thanks to snow melting in nearby mountains. california's snow pack is the deepest it's been in fiv

this system has a better shot at getting a little bit of rain over northern california. in the models backed off just a little bit, but we were holding on to the hope that we could see light rain friday morning. partly to mostly cloudy skies and 46 in santa rosa, 46 in napa and 49 in novato. into the south bay, 57 in san jose, 55 in oakland and 52 in redwood city. half moon bay in the upper 40s right now. dropping off a good 5 to 10 degrees today, mba expected for santa rosa today. yesterday in the 80s, and 75 expected for san rafael, and low 80s for antioch in brentwood as opposed to the upper 80s. 73 in oakland, 73 in san francisco, and yesterday san francisco hit 83, so you will feel the difference. 10 degrees cooler in san jose as well, 75 in the forecast for santa cruz.>>> if you're going to see the giants play, 66 and partly cloudy skies, game time at 7:05 pm. >>> the extended forecast, temperatures dropping and continuing to call into wednesday. increasing clouds on thursday, and fridays not only the coolest day, but a chance of scattered showers in the forecast.

in the same way that the gold and may northern california important places like texas, alaska -- oil was very important here in southern california, especially in places like huntington beach in long beach in the central valley. announcer: our cities tour staff travel to long beach, california, to learn about its history. learn more about long beach and other stops on our tour at c-span.org. tour.span.org/cities you are watching american history tv on c-span3. next, a panel of academics and archivists sure the message they used to preserve audio from radio, film, and television. some of the collections discussed and closed the in your historical archives, vox pop radio, and television recordings, native american radio broadcasts and orphaned , meaning nonmainstream productions discarded by their owners. this part of the national conference hosted by the library of congress in conjunction with the radio preservation task force. it is about one hour -- 1.5 hours. >> i think we are ready to start. good morning. at thefaculty member university of virginia and i will chair this panel. kee

>> a northern california man wants the couples outside his home to "get a room." the public shaming he hopes will clean up his neighborhood. >>> i'm devin fehely with tonight's top story. tesla taking orders while the public takes notice. the model 3 is the iconic electric car company's economy line coming in at $35,000 and expected to hit the streets sometime in december of 2017. >>> also in the news tonight, san francisco police officers caught sending racist and homophobic texts yet again. and now the district attorney says the problems in the department are bigger than the police want to admit. the chief says the bad officers don't reflect the entire department. and if they aren't gone already, they will be soon. >>> a health alert for the bay area. a new map from the cdc now places our region in the potential hot zone for the zika virus. with the possibility of infected mosquitos coming here, kpix 5's emily turner found out pest companies are very busy right now. emily? >> reporter: they very busy, very popular because everyone wants to know is it going to af

the search for a 2-year-old boy here in northern california. good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. kris and scott both off this afternoon. this is 2-year-old jacob vargas. he was abducted out of soledad in monterey county. the dad left him in a car that was warming up. he went back outside couldn't find the car or his son. jacob was wearing a beige beanie and a blue sweater of the car is a 2015 black honda accord with california license plate 7lie244. it has damage to the left rear bumper and tinted windows. if you have any information, please call police. >> we're going to stay on top of this breaking news and will bring you the latest on air and online. we sent out push alerts on this breaking news to also get your updates on your smartphone. download our nbc bay area app. >>> right now we're following a developing story. there is an intense search for people trapped underneath rubble in japan. a strong earthquake struck southern japan this morning knocking down buildings and homes. so far at l

, they are for the most part hispanic inmates from northern california. >> the nortenos are a prominent gang. minimum, medium, maximum, they're a prominent gang. you can have a minimum, a norteno in for petty theft, put in general population. >> their arch-rivals made up of hispanics from southern california, are vastly outnumbered. >> when they come in here to our facility because we are up in northern california, this is all considered norteno territory. we have to keep them separate from both the general population, and other gang members, for the most part. >> takes heart to be a soreno in northern california. >> miguel, a soreno from san diego depends on heart. because he can't rely on much else. >> well, anybody could beat me up, you know. it has happened before. >> i got dropped one time. passed by nortenos. i said something, they flipped my chair over. i fell over. yeah. >> nieves has served prior jail sentences for crimes, including residential burglary, burglary of a vehicle, and illegal possession of a firearm. now he has nine months for possession of ammunition by a felon. h

water continues to flow into our most important northern california reservoirs. your weather headlines, clear and mild tonight. how mild? forget about the 30s, forget about the 40s. we are looking at mainly temperatures only dropping to the mid-50s. start your morning off pleasantly. fremont 57 degrees. san jose 55. san rafael 54. warm tomorrow. warm to hot record highs likely. how warm? 90s. 92 for you in san jose. mountain view 90. redwood city 92. even close to 80 at the beach. 84 warm degrees in san francisco. and record daily high likely to be set in san rafael with a high of 71. then thursday, look what happens. forget about the 90s or the 80s. we're riding down. we're going to have highs only in the 60s and 70s. it also will be cloudy come thursday afternoon. it's not just clouds. by lunchtime friday, there will be scattered showers here in the bay area. so forget about a heat wave. it's only one day the heat but several days of cooler weather, which begin as early as thursday. look at the extended forecast. super warm tomorrow. we're talking up to 25 degr

fighting words before game five. >>> we begin with wild weather over paris of northern california. a very rare phenomenon around here, take a look at this. a guy boating on lake berryessa in napa county spotted a funnel cloud that touched down making it a waterspout. right now severe weather over much of the central valley. >> pretty good-sized hail coming down. >> also this afternoon, hail pelting cars and rancho cordova in sacramento county and you can see it came down hard in one person's backyard. this was further south of there in florence. pea sized pellets of ice littering the ground. >> fire officials in stanislaus county shared this photo on social media of hail damage in the valley home area. you can see the storm knocked down part of a roof. kpix 5's chief meteorologist paul deanno has been tracking the spring storm on hi-def doppler. >> the central valley has seen most of the severe weather and thunderstorms today where right now just south of downtown sacramento a new lightning strike over the past five minutes and even some lightning accompanying snowfall, thundersnow

citi national bank, providing loans and lines of credit to help northern california businesses grow. >>> do you know who this man is? dennis fong is like joe namath, if joe namath were in the video game business. is your team more important than your product? mark sigel thinks so. this author shows us how human evolution is speeding up. reporters michelle quinn of the "mercury news" and jacob ward of al-jazeera america this week on >> good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. i don't immediately understand every trend in technology, i'm not much of a snapchat user, for instance. but i try to get the gist of every new thing. but this surprised me. this is the inside of the s.a.p. center in san jose during a video game tournament. thousands of people, packed to the rafters, watching other people play video games. now, they do this in person and they watch online. it's a huged by. amazon paid $1 billion for a video game channel called twitch and others have sprung up as well, showing off video. gaes to millions, raptor and some called plays tv has more than 1. 5 million year. that was c

you were in southern california, now you're in northern california. you might be going back to mexico. does that get tiring for you? andres: [speaking spanish] julio: yes. [laughing] andres: [speaking spanish] andres: [speaking spanish] damian: and, you've played all over the world. what's your favorite places? is it el palacio de bellas artes, is it degollado, or, is it cash creek? where--what's your favorite place? julio: well, mariachi vargas belongs to all the world. we feel great playing in japan, and usa, and czech republic, and spain, europe, south america. mariachi vargas belongs to all the world. damian: so, even if they don't understand the music in the czech republic or in japan, if they don't know the words, they still come to see you across the world? julio: yeah, yeah, yeah. when we was performing in czech republic in the theater, at the film theater, where the people come from around europe, spain, turkey, germany, france, around the world, they come to see mariachi vargas with the symphony orchestra over there. damian: well, this is a

northern california has received plept in recent weeks. but as ben tracy reports when it comes to drowf relief it's hardly a drop in the bucket. >> reporter: two million gallons of water per minute poured out of one california's largest reservoirs because it was simply too full inspect has really changed quickly. >> absolutely. >> reporter: carl torgersen of the department of water resources says a so-called march miracle of heavy rain fueled by w nino has filled many of northern california's lakes. how much and how quickly has rvis reservoir risen? >> well, this reservoir has risen about 216 feet since december, and 97 feet in the month of march alone. >> reporter: this is what it looked like five months ago, a nearly empty lake oroville. walls of dirt hundreds of feet high, bridges suspended in the air. but this is what the same lake now looks like full. look how far of the water line has climbed, and it is still rising, thanks to snow melting in nearby mountains. california's snow pack is the deepest it's been in five years. at the same

northern california has received plenty in recent weeks. but as ben tracy reports, when it comes to drought relief, it's hardly a drop in the bucket. >> reporter: two million gallons of water per minute poured out of one of california's largest reservoirs because it was simply too full. full. this has really changed quickly. >> reporter: absolutely. >> reporter: carl torgersen of the department of water resources saz a so-called march miracle of heavy rain fueled by el nino has filled many of northern california's lakes. how much and how quickly has this reservoir risen? >> well, this reservoir has risen about 216 feet since december, and 97 feet in the month of march alone. >> reporter: this is what it looked like five months ago, a nearly empty lake orville. high, bridges suspended in the air. but this is what the same lake now looks like full. look how far of the water line has climbed, and it is still rising, thanks to snow melting in nearby mountains. california's snow pack is the deepest it's been in five years. at the same spot last

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this evening, they'll pop up over the cascades, next two days, especially friday, northern california, mountains of california, descent amount of rain. that's great. as far as today's forecast, we finally cooled it off slightly, still above average in seattle, 74. boise, 87, northwest begins to boise, 87 degrees, that's gorgeous. enjoy that. >> nice stuff out there. that's picture perfect. >> the low humidity, 70s, 80s, that's what most people prefer. >> thank you, bill. >>> up next, a 24 hour waiting period and a sworn statement may be required for anyone wanting to get viagra for sex. that's what one state ledge lay tore -- legislator is proposing. fomo, the fear of missing out. whack key tobacky. hella, revenge important, the post of sexually explicit minls. nomophobia. that's scary. you're watching "early today." this is 100% useful for a 100% fresh mouth. what's it like to not feel 100% fresh? we don't know. we swish listerine®. as do listerine® users. the very people we studied in the study of bold. people who are statistically more likely to stand up to a bully. do a yoga han

here in northern california, we're sitting just right with our reservoirs average. the state managers had to release quite a bit of the water. >> still maintain empty reservoir space in case a large flood comes along. >> reporter: the state won't likely lift the water restrictions completely but lunn believes it will get better. >> in it's dry, it will be a relatively happy interlude. >> that was jennifer reporting on the drought. >>> meanwhile, yesterday, state lawmakers approved the plan that would raise the minimum wage to $15 over the next six years. the governor says the plan to sign the bill into law on monday making a california the first nation in the state to commit a large pay increase for low income workers. last night, new york passed its own $15 an hour bill. >>> the golden gate bridge and other tourist hot spots helped set a record for tourism in the city by the bay. 24.6 million tourist visited the city last year breaking the record in 2014. tourists spent more than $9 $9 billion in san francisco last year. >>> plans in the works to revamp a resort. t

>> we wanted to create a northern california style of ramin. in japan there is so many different styles. a tokyo style and smaller styles. we are doing something unique to oakland and to northern california and that is local and sustainable and using local ingredients. >> and when we talk about the locally sourced food, its not a compromise but adds to what you are making. >> yes, the ingredients taste better, hands down. it is good for the people and the people that work on the farm and we thrive. >> and the earth lives. >> yes. >> one of the owner is going to take us on a tour. >> another owner of the ramin shop, let's talk about the ingredients. you said when you are cooking japanese you talked about getting the ingredients locally. >> that is one of the things we struggled with at the beginning and one of the first things we tried to find was nori and we found it. we translate this to a broth that is popular. >> it is. >> this stays on a boil for 14 hours. these are bamboom shoots from north of california. and we wanted to have it. >> and i

first, the northern california cherry blossom is underway this weekend. there's time to catch more festivities today, sunday, april 10th. and the parade is next sunday april, 17th. i'll be joined by my colleague on the nbc bay area float. everything will center around japan street. go to nbcbayarea.com for more details. >>> then the 28th annual filipino cultural night featuring the group. it will take place on friday april 29th, and 30th. taking place at the schools of arts and cultural at the mexican heritage plaza. for presale opportunities and more information go to nbcbayarea.com. >>> and another of my favorite events the san jose japan town will take place, as you might expect, in san jose's japan town on sunday, may 1st and showcase the event on the april 24th show of "asia-pacific america." for our show today musician ann tran will be performing for us. don't miss it! we're happy to have with us ann tran a musician who is performing and singing at the children of dragon festival next week. she is a senior at limbrooke high school. >> thank you. >>

tomorrow his campaign will open its first northern california office in oakland rock ridge neighborhood. we were in oakland yesterday for the opening of hillary clinton's first california campaign headquarters one of 7 coming in the state. it's located in downtown oakland. >>> bay area soup pack has launched an ad attacking republican trump and cruz on the environment. >> all of this with global warming and a lot of it is a hoax. >> this is tv ad by climate action it's part of 25 million dollar voter registration drive headed by the san francisco billionaire and climate activist. the campaign intends to rally millennial around environment issue. >> we'll try to go to voters to try to educate, energize and work through groups already on the ground so there's a lot of vote tore voter con taichblingt more than 7 million californians eligible to vote but not registered. that is changing. democratic registration in the state is up 185 percent while republican registration has jumped 63 percent since 2012. deadline to register to vote or to register for particular party is may 23rd. you can r

you can see over northern california stretching all the way down along the central coast and over to the sierra. we have rain and snow. so that is some great news. as we squeeze in closer here, we have periods of sunshine early on. but now we are pretty much partly to mostly cloudy with the rain continuing. over portions of the north bay, let's go there first. take a look at where we may have a few light scattered showers falling. santa rosa through petaluma. sausalito looks like you have wet weather overhead. crossing into the golden gate bridge and into san francisco. we have some right here on the sunset district. daly city. all the way to edgemar. and san francisco getting wet at the moment. at&t park if you are going to the giants game, i'll have your forecast. in the east bay, highway 24, oakland to lafayette, we have light rain there. 680 over san ramon. 580 over livermore. we have some that continues right over the diablo range. at the top of the hour, i showed you some of the rainfall amounts in the last 24 hours. half inch even more than that. that is some good news. and as

little rain yesterday up in northern california around redding. they had light rain. there is some near the oregon border and over the sierra there could be a few pop-up showers. 40s and 50s. 49, 58 santa rosa and napa. 53, 54 morgan hill and gilroy. 50s in the santa cruz mountains. camel is 55. saratoga 57. on the mild side for some. not much to this system. there should be enough to stir things up a little bit to give us more sun. next system drops in late tomorrow night. sierra nevada looks good. a couple showers could develop later today. as the weak system drags across a system should max itself out. later today we'll get clearing north. 4:00 to 5:00 is our best opportunity to get mostly sun. next system stays north. here comes our system there. it is not going to sweep in until early thursday morning. i think after that system goes by we can focus on sunshine and warmer temperatures by the weekend. lots of clouds. some sun later on today. near normal temperatures. 60s but cool for some. temperatures slightly below average to near average. which is 62 to 68. temp

they will go on to represent northern california on goodwill tours and los angeles, seattle, hawaii and japan. >>> your time is 4:26 am.>>> and how the giants rallied past the dodgers in the four-game series, and what they managed to do for the first time in decades. >>> and we have a curious go -- goat and wondering into the starbucks. >>> a decent start with no major problems on the east shore freeway, your commute when we come back. >>> for some it was okay, and good for others, and especially around vallejo, concord, pittsburg. >>> good morning everybody and welcome to mornings on 2, on this april 11 and this monday morning and i am brian flores. >> and i am claudine wong. >>> bright and cheery at 4:30 am. >> we had a very impressive system

. >> the northern california coastline could be a dangerous place. is spectacular but it could be dangerous. >> reporter: in san francisco, charles clifford . >>> hillary clinton is ahead in new york by 15 points, a big win in new york would put her over the 2000 mark. just a few hundred delegates of a first ballot victory. on the gop side donald trump is rejected to win tarell in new york and pennsylvania. many californians may not be able to vote -- tomorrow, in new york and pennsylvania. many californians may not be able to vote. there was a confusion in the registration process. thousands of people who intended to register as independent, registered with the american independent party in the primary, neither the democratic or republican allow participation by aip, they can only vote for members on the independent ballot, it is restricted to registered republicans, and the democratic contest is open to democratic voters and parties with no party preference.>>> park rangers and police are stepping up police. the anticipation of the annual 420 celeb

when her grandfather, james allen, is a lumberjack in northern california. james, a widower with a son in the army, sees redwood trees so massive that several men can easily fit inside the hollowed trunks. one day, during a sudden rain squall, he seeks shelter in the trunk of a giant redwood. that's when it occurs to james that he could actually make a home out of one. >> it was the tail end of the depression. he couldn't afford to buy a regular house. my grandma had already passed away. >> so james allen combs the forest for a suitable tree. he finally discovers the perfect one on the property of the georgia-pacific lumber company, near eureka, california. >> he traded the lumber company for that section of log for work. and then it took him four months to burrow out all the wood and a year and a half to complete the house. it was all done by hand. >> today, most of those lumber mills are gone. what was once called the "redwood empire" is now a state park. >> welcome to humboldt redwoods state park. >> oh, my gosh. these trees are so beautiful. >> and they'

the energy is going to press on saturday afternoon in homes and bars all over northern california. >> the warriors are great for the bay area's economy. >> this place opened during the warrior playoff season last year and they hope this year is a repeat. and that requires warriors' gear. >> i have decided to support my local team and buy some warriors gear. >> you already have warrior gear. >> i can't get enough. >> this is the shirt everyone is coming in to get. including 11-year-old bella and her 7-year-old sisters. >> it shows the words that we love them. >> do you think if you wear a hat or shirt it may bring him luck? >> it could. >> we expect a qek 16-0 -- 16-0. >> if you are thinking of going to the game, beware of ticket fraud. people are stealing bar codes from the photos of tickets posted on-line. on wednesday night 60 tickets wouldn't scan. >> the biggest issue is people bought tickets from a third party site. then problems occur and the bar code doesn't scan and they are not able to get in the game. >> even fans without tickets can enjoy the new tailgate on the south side

do you see a lot of people from out of state or do you rely on northern california business? >> northern california is definitely a big market for us. destination is back on the radar again. tahoe is back on the map again. snow every month. after four years that destination travel he is was looking at colorado. utah for more consistent. but once tahoe is back on track, it's a great destination place. >> do you ski and snowboard? >> i am getting old. i ski now. >> so in the last few seasons you had your rock skis out. you know, the beaters. this year could you use the nice ones because there was so much powder? >> oh, yeah. christmas eve 24 inches of snow. it was like heliskiing. i rolled off the top of the corners. i couldn't see where i was going and i didn't really care even though i was going at a set of trees. service awesome. >> how late are you staying open? >> just to the 24th at heavenly. for sure the 24th. this sunday. it's going to warm up down here. people will be on their bikes. i brought my surfboard down. we are getting ready to open up our epic discovery park.

. >> in the meantime, you have a northern california team playing against a southern california team. you know the rivalry is going to be big. that's the case here. the game, if you still want to come, tickets are still available even though it's expected to sell out. the lowest price we could find was about $82 and the most expensive one, $775. so there's still a big range of tickets out there. people who come, i do want to show you this, it's been too cold for me to take off my jacket on the ice but everybody is going to be getting one of these shirts with the retro sharks logo on the back. it says 16 for the 2016 playoffs so they're telling people arrive here early. there's going to be a street fair. it's going to be so much fun from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. there's going to be a dj, music, drinks, former sharks players, and the most important part, sharky. gasia is laughing, one of our anchors at the station. oh, look. >> lots of love to you, sharky. >> janine de la vega live. thank you for your report. i would say she seems like she's having a very good time on the ice. >> she's a san j

this will be building into northern california the next few days. as the high moves in, this will be the source of some warming really for saturday, but especially for sunday. here is a closer look at the satellite. we are in the clear. not much in the way of fog. temperatures not extremely warm out there. kind of mild towards fairfield. fairfield in the low-to-mid 60s out there. not reporting right now. walnut creek 65. san jose 61. san francisco downtown checking in 62. and santa rosa 66. the winds will continue to ramp up this afternoon. that on shore breeze. more of a northerly wind developing. you will see that coming up here. wind out of the north. sfo 20 miles per hour and san jose winds around 12 miles per hour. this is from vallejo saying it's beautiful out there. off to a very nice start this early friday morning and shaping up to be a nice afternoon as well. talking about the warming trend. for instance, here is the temperature profile in san francisco. yesterday 60 degrees. today 65. tomorrow in the 70s. upper 70s. sunday san francisco w

there are still lingering showers and rain and snow showers across parts of northern california from today's system. i'm watching this big area of high pressure. you will notice the change by the weekend when we have big warming trend. right now tracking rain and snow showers out to the north of the bay area. light rain reported in santa rosa at the 12:00 area. tahoe has snow and there are reports of 4-8 inches at tahoe city. only an inch -- four-inches -- 4-8 inches at tahoe and only an inch at tahoe city. there are lingering clouds in place on the radar. a little bit of instability and you can see the clouds look like popcorn. that is instability in the atmosphere. as a result, we have partly cloudy skies and we cannot rule out a pop-up shower, especially in the north bay in the short- term. the wind sprees -- the wind speeds are keeping up the speed and are gusting up to 22 miles per hour. oakland has a westerly wind sustained at 20. sfo is picking up with a wind gust at 35 miles per hour. blustery conditions near the coast. here is the life camera looking toward san francisco bay