Emergency medical care aboard their sailboat. Kpix 5s keit do on the dangers behind this mission. Reporter this home video shows the sailboat and the Kaufman Family in happier days. According to their blog, eric and charlotte were crossing the Pacific Ocean with their daughters 3yearold cora and 1 yearold lyra, when the boat lost power. Its now drifting about 1,000 miles off the coast of mexico. Now the air National Guards 129th rescue wing is sending the second wave of help. How dangerous is this . Its probably one of the most Dangerous Things that we do. But like i told the other guys, though, we train for this all the time. Reporter before the family departed mexico, lyra got sick with salmonella. She got better but her condition worsen the at sea. And the family called for help yesterday morning. By the same afternoon, four air National Guardsmen parachuted in and boarded the sailboat. Lyra is now in stable condition. This m c130 refuels rescue helicopters in midair if needed. Its a lot of military might, a price tag somewhere in six figures. All for one baby . Absolutely. Yeah. For any american citizen and frankly anybody who gets sick out at sea, were the guys to call. Well throw everything at it to bring somebody home. Reporter eric is a Software Executive based in san diego with sailing experience. Charlotte is a magazine writer. They were going up and down the mexican coast before going to new zealand. I cant speak to it. If they thought it was safe, then more than likely it was safe enough. Reporter i guess youre not here to judge them . Absolutely not, no. Reporter the plan now is to move a navy ship closer to the sailboat so they can make the rescue with a helicopter without having to refuel in midair. That is a risky maneuver. They dont like to do that if they dont have to. They will then take the family to the hospital somewhere in the u. S. And then abandon that sailboat. At moffett field, kiet do, kpix 5. Meanwhile another Bay Area Team is headed out to help today. Menlo parks elite urban search andrescue task force just finished exercises up in anchoragealaska and will head to oso, washington, to help with the mud slide disaster that has killed 30 people. The 20man group will be there for 10 to 14 days. Developing news on bart delays. Its been a rough commute all morning and the problems are not solved yet. Trains are running 15 to 20 minutes late because of whats described as an equipment failure in the transbay tube. Riders are running out of patience even at this hour. It was slow this morning. Pretty frustrating. Crews are still working on fixing the problem. Until its fixed, trains run on manual mode which is causing the slowdowns. People at the 12th and lake merritt stations are now being rerouted. Got a live look outside showing the sun in some areas. Should get better by later this afternoon. A different story down in the south bay. Take a look at this. Pretty good cell moving through the past hour leaving raindrops on our tower cam there. Earlier this morning the rain came in heavy too catching many earlymorning commuters off guard. It was more than a passing shower in some neighborhoods, occasionally some downpours making the roads nice and slick keeping drives on their toes for the commute. Lawrence has his eye on the hi def Doppler Radar to see where the weather is now and the important weekend forecast. Interesting morning today. Wield that cold front sliding through the bay area but the core of the low now working its way just off the coastline and still spinning up some showers in our direction. Heaviest rain is further to the south towards san jose. We are seeing very heavy downpours there right now into mountain view, towards saratoga, rotating through. It will be in san jose very shortly. But we have these popup showers that will likely continue not only now but into the afternoon. We have a pretty good cell now headed into richmond. So you get the idea more of these storms developing into the afternoon. Then it looks like things are going to begin to settle down and as we look toward the weekend, well, its going to be an entirely different story, guys. In fact, this weekend, some of these temperatures could get near 80 degrees. Well show you where coming up in just a few minutes. Thank you. The weather is far worse in the rest of the country though. Tornadoes, rain and snow have pummeled the middle of the country. Lightning and tornadoes carving a path of destruction from texas to illinois. Meteorologists received reports of 8 twisters touching down during three hours on thursday. Snow in minnesota, as much as 7 dumped on the twin cities. The ice covered roads and winter storm warnings have many schools throwing in the towel canceling classes today. New at noon, a diverse graduating class for a diverse community. Oakland swore in the largest ever class of police recruits. Kpix 5s anne makovec was there and joins us live. Reporter it is a very tough job to patrol the streets of oakland. But 47 new officers say they are ready to do it. Whoo reporter they have to pass academic, physical and mental tests before even getting into the academy. Six months later, they are ready to hit the streets. The 47 new officers joining the opd were begin their badges this morning. The department has been understaffed for years. The chief expects the new additions to perk up the whole force. One of the big complaints we have now is the amount of overtime they have to work to cover for vacant beats. So more cops lessens that burden and were happy. Reporter this class started with 57 but 10 couldnt make it through. The 47 new officers, five live in oakland. None of the 47 had any prior Law Enforcement training. They will be paired up with a veteran oakland officer for 16 weeks of Field Training so they can learn how to apply their new skills to these city streets. And some of these new officers will be out on those beats as soon as this weekend. Live in oakland, anne makovec, kpix 5. New details about two men shot by Law Enforcement in fairfield. They are brothers 27yearold Markell Davis from fairfield and 33yearold cory davis from suisun city. Both wanted in connection with a february attempted homicide. Law enforcement found out the men were in the vicinity of a walmart in fairfield yesterday afternoon. During the attempt to arrest them at two separate locations, shots were fired by police and federal agents. Both men were wounded but no information is being released on their conditions. And a developing story out of oakland where an overnight fire is being described as suspicious. The flames were spotted about 2 30 this morning outside the back of a former singlefamily home. Childrens hospital is using the building on 53rd street for offices. The fire was out in about 10 minutes. And nobody was hurt. Checking some other bay area headlines now, he survived combat in the middle east only to be killed by a suspected drunk driver. Today, marine Lance Corporal andrew silva will be laid to rest. He was hit and killed last week in fremont while riding his motorcycle. Silva was planning to return to school. Funeral services are under way at st. Anns Catholic Church in union city. Today a former San Francisco supervisor ed jew will surrender as he begins serving a oneyear sentence in county jail. He served five years in federal prison for extortion and related offenses. The new jail term is for perjury. The judge rejected his attorneys request to let him serve those sentences concurrently. And the alleged middleman in the Corruption Scandal involving state senator leland yee is out of jail. Keith jackson released on 250,000 bail yesterday. He was one of 26 defendants in a public Corruption Case that also landed state senator leland yee in jail. Some bad news as the bay area home buying season begins. The latest on how hard it will be to afford a home according to just released numbers. And another public figure punished for his personal views. Who has lost his job now . Well tell you. The Labor Department says employers added 192thousand more americans went back to work last month. The Labor Department says employers added 192,000 private sector jobs in march. The Unemployment Rate remains at 6. 7 mainly because of government cutbacks. Analysts say the u. S. Workforce is now back at prerecession levels. Good news is again bad news on wall street right now. You can see the dow is down about 153 points. Meanwhile, the bay area Housing Market remains out of reach for many buyers. A new report by the website zillow says 55 of homes in the area are unaffordable requiring more than 39 of your monthly income to pay your mortgage. We posted an interactive map at kpix. Com where most homes are affordable. A tech executives stance on gay right cost him his job. A dating website recently outed his position against gay marriage. Kpix 5s cate caugiran live in the newsroom now with the latest on that story. Cate. Reporter frank, brendan eich was just settling into the new position 11 days into being ceo at mozilla where the criticism of his views on gay marriage pushed him out of the company he helped to create. Popular dating website okcupid giving its okay to the news that brendan eich is leaving ceo. He resigned entirely from the company. Reporter the dating site boycotted the Software Community best known for its firefox browser after learning about eichs prior support of proposition 8. Prop 8 was the constitutional amendment that banned samesex marriage until it was later struck down last year. In 2008, eich donated 1,000 to proposition 8s campaign. This was a big deal. A lot of people supported eich and said its freedom of speech for him. The other half of the internet said, you know, uhm, that he, uhm, being antigay marriage was not suitable to lead mozilla. Reporter his contribution was publicly reported in 2012 and drew some negative attention then. But when he was promoted to ceo, the backlash grew exponentially. But when one of those people becomes their ceo, that stirred up the ire not only of mozilla employees but firefox partners, firefox developers. Reporter experts say this controversy, though big, is not going to be a career killer for the ceo. He is a big deal. This is not going to be the last that we see of brandan eich. It may or may not be the last of brendan eich at mozilla but it is for now. Reporter he wrote he is going to spend time with family for now and he has since shut done his twitter account. Live in the newsroom, cate caugiran, kpix 5. Its friday, guys. Now what that means . What . You know what that means . What . Celebrate. Its been such a long week. You have been here one day. Its still long [ laughter ] a great weekend coming up. Showers out now. Out the door a very interesting afternoon. We have scattered showers kind of popup showers showing up on our hidef Doppler Radar. You can see some of those making their way on through and in fact, some pretty good downpours into toward the san jose area. You headed in that direction, be prepared. Were seeing a lot of rain sliding in that direction towards sunnyvale, also saratoga, mountain view, watch out. You may see a couple of downpours. And then these will move on by and then sunshine coming up. It should be an interesting afternoon. You see over san jose right now, still some threatening clouds there. Hey, not bad for the rain totals today. Over a third of an inch into San Francisco. Only. 2 in san jose but we are adding to the totals. Throughout the afternoon a few scattered showers and then this evening things settling down maybe coastal fog returning out toward the beaches and then more sunshine and a much warmer weekend on tap for the bay area. Low pressure spinning in the south dragging all the way along the california coastline. That touching off some of those showers but things beginning to settle down now. I think throughout the afternoon, these showers going to slide on through and then scoot on out and once they do, looks like we are setting up for a fantastic saturday and sunday. Showers could linger into the early evening but after that it is long gone and then we dry things out and a lot of sunshine coming our way. How about this . We have some great temperatures coming out over the weekend. But this afternoon, still a little cool in spots. 65 in san jose. 59 in half moon bay. East bay temperatures running up into the 60s in most spots. Inside the bay in the 50s and also the 60s. Next couple of days, we are going to watch temperatures heating up as we get into monday and tuesday. In fact, some of these numbers up into the 80s getting near 70s toward the coastline. So some great weather ahead, guys. Just a couple of scattered showers continuing this afternoon. We like it. Im exhausted. Are you . Yes. [ laughter ] you need a rest. I need a day off. You need a weekend. Its time for our weekly n stallment of wheres roberta . Hey, roberta, where are you . Reporter hi, frank. Hi, michelle. We are at Moscone Center today because 11,000 people are coming to pick up these bibs. You say what are these . Let me explain in this weeks edition of wheres roberta . Reporter its one of the most challenging Half Marathon courts in the united states. Pace yourself up the hills, make sure that you recover at the top. Use the downhills to your advantage and then get ready to climb again. Reporter the transamerica rock n roll Half MarathonSan Francisco is this sunday. And the bay area is known for its Running Community and its crowd support. San franciscos a great running city. Its a great runners city. There is a Great Community here. Reporter lets check the course with mario from competitor magazine. We are at the 10mile mark by the marina green. Look at this. We have the Golden Gate Bridge as a backdrop. You run two miles on the Golden Gate Bridge. Reporter running over the Golden Gate Bridge is a dream come true for runners across the world. How many runners are you expecting . 11,000. Reporter what is your favorite part of the course . The great running tour of the city finishes at Civic Center Plaza which is an amazing venue. First time in 30 years, 1984 was the last time a race finished at Civic Center Plaza. Reporter why is it called the rock n roll Half Marathon . Course lined with bands. Every mile a band will be playing music and then the finish line we have, you know, the postrace concert, the finish line featuring the neighborhood. [ music ] reporter any advice for runners with this weekends warmer weather . Its important to go in hydrated, make sure you wear layers of clothes. Youre going to warm up throughout the race so if you are a little chilly at the start, thats okay. Reporter hello, guys. We are back here at Moscone Center. Look who i ran into just now. 49er great roger craig. What are you doing here . Im going to run tomorrow too reporter sunday. Sunday, excuse me. Im excited. Im like the spokesman for San Francisco. Im the founder of san jose rock n roll marathon. This year will be our ninth year. So im excited about it. I want to encourage the community to come out and cheer the runners on because it makes us finish the race. Reporter it makes us run faster. Really quickly, whats your race time after 13. 1 miles . Im going to enjoy the course. Im not going for time. I just want to enjoy the experience. Reporter all right. Frank, michelle, look whos here. He is retired. It doesnt matter what time he gets. Roger craig roberta, thank you. Cool, huh . Yeah. Well, letterman is leaving so who takes his chair . We are going to have some of the names being bandied about by the fans. Coming up. ,,,,,,,,, from, the public on who shod replace David Letterman. Announced last n tina fey, jerry seinfeld, even jon stewart, all suggestions from the public on who should replace David Letterman. He announced last night next year will be his last year. What this means now is that paul and i can be married. Letterman holds the record as the longest running late night host at 32 years. Letterman has recorded over 6,000 shows. President obama tweeted there are more than 10 reasons David Letterman will be missed. Academy of Country Music awards is this sunday night. I caught up with last years entertainer of the year and this years cohost luke bryan earlier in the week. Im just looking forward to the whole night. I mean, its always acm show always always seems to launch a big new star and theres always surprises and special guests that really seem to make the night pretty incredible. So just encourage everybody to tune in. Yes, michelle, he is cute. [ laughter ] you can catch live acts from luke and Country Musics brightest stars right here sunday night at 8 00 on kpix 5. Thank you for that frank. Its a fresh taste for an old favorite. Our fresh grocer Tony Tantillo is shopping for white asparagus. Reporter well, todays tip of the day is going to be is white asparagus. When you buy it, you want to make sure its got that beautiful color all the way around. That white color. If it has little brown on it, dont buy it. You dont want it. Now up here on the very top could be just a little bit on the yellow side, but not too much. Thats very important. The reason why its white its never seen the sun when its grown. Asparagus is like grass. It grows like grasz. When this is grown in the mounds or canopy the sun doesnt hit it. The Chemical Reaction doesnt take place and now what happens . It stays white. But when you cook it you have to shave the very top like this just take like a peeler and shave the very top off so its nice and tender. If you dont do that, you know whats going to happen . Its going to be a little bit on the hard side. So there you go. White asparagus in the market enjoy. And im Tony Tantillo. And always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. ,,,,,,,,, nd more at coming up tonight at 5 00, striking it gold for a second. The atm mystery that made one man temporarily very rich. That story and more at 5 00. Some people down on their luck were the lucky recipients of a good deed. Earlier this week a comedian transformed a Southern California homeless shelter into a fivestar restaurant. The april fools day gesture was a gift from comedian greg benson. He had chef, musicians, servers, white tablecloths and an elegant atmosphere. Fancy food, and many said it was nice to be rewarded at the end of the day. That is very cool. Guys you wanted to hear what time sunset is. Check it out, 7 35 p. M. Sunrise tomorrow 6 49. And its going to be a fabulous weekend, guys. All right. Enjoy. You need some rest. I do. Im pooped out. Have a great afternoon. See ya. On that note. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com brooke thank you, eric, for todays meeting. Eric youve earned it, brooke. Youre gonna be a wonderful vice president. You really are. Brooke [ chuckles ] i meant for what you did for our son in not letting ridge take over the presidency. Eric i hated disappointing ridge, though. Hes contributed so much to this company over the years, as you know. But rick has really come into his own. I mean, hes earned the title. I wasnt gonna take it away from him. Brooke i hope ridge can accept that. Eric he will, once he realizes how much better off he is working so closely with you. Ridge so, you have six sketches so far, and therell be more by the end of the week. Oh, and i saw the meeting you put in my calendar with caroline