Morning Wrap: 3/15/12

News and notes:

• Rain is expected to continue at least through the weekend and possibly into next week. AP
• Carlos Garcia announced he’ll retire in July after five years as San Francisco schools superintendent. Bay City News Service
• Occupy Oakland protester Scott Olsen was hit by a beanbag projectile, not a teargas canister, fired by a policeman in October, and his lawyer says that changes the complexion of the lawsuit he’s planning to file on Olsen’s behalf against Oakland. Chronicle
• Warriors co-owner Peter Guber has joined Magic Johnson’s group bidding to purchase the L. A. Dodgers. Bloomberg News
• San Francisco defense lawyer LeRue Grim, 84, who represented the confessed killer of journalist Chauncey Bailey, says he’s retired and it doesn’t matter much that a judge recommended that he be disbarred. Chauncey Bailey Project
• New toll lanes at the Highway 237-Interstate 880 interchange that were supposed to open today will instead open next Tuesday because of the rains. Mercury News
• Dr. Grant Colfax, San Francisco’s top HIV public health administrator, was named by President Obama to head the Office of National AIDS Policy. Chronicle
• It's one and done for Cal in the NCAA tournament, with the Bears losing their play-in game to South Florida 65-54. Chronicle