>> caught it was heard and seen from sacramento to nevada. a mysterious noise with a fiery light show in the sky. how astronomers explain what it was. a woman badly injured by a pitbull lost her own dog in the attack. how the pitbull owner wants to make amends. he is looking more and more like the republican presidential candidate to read what mitt romney's doing with his campaign that some say who will be his running mate. good evening. a mysterious sonic boom heard in two states and some did not just. but they describe a strange sighting as a fireball streaking across the horizon. here's what astronomers are saying about this morning's flash in the sky. astronomers call it a giant dirty snowball from space. >> immediately i thought it was

a fireball. >> the media. >> it had a lot of flame and it was very bright on the tip, it was beautiful. very big. a lot of color. >> it was a big blue sparkly thing going through the sky with an orange tail >> as it was going across the sky it started to get brighter and brighter and then it was glowing green. in just before it disappeared in blew up and the pieces scattered towards the front of it. >> minutes later people in nevada soar they heard a sonic boom and people wondered if it was a continuation of last night's meteor shower that the p. gregg before midnight >> it is possible that what people saw this morning was not from the meteor shower but from an asteroid streaking through the sky. >> the meteor shower comes from debris left over when the solar

system formed. this astronomer said that the media today is more like rocks that never came together to become planets >> it takes a very exceptional meteor to produce that. if that had been seen at night, he might have seen a light up the entire sky >> and about a loud noise that shook the earth and rattled windows? >> it was deep enough in the atmosphere to create a shock wave. it is probably still pretty high in the sky. >> so it did not land on earth? >> it is hard to say. >> there could be fragments summer but so far no reports of a meteor hitting earth. >> the pgd pipeline that exploded in san bruno in 2010 had a history of failures according to a memo recently turned over by the utility. here are details of the memo and what pg&e is saying about the significance. >> a memo turned over to state regulators is one more piece of information suggesting the pipe

on exploding here in san bruno in 2010 had a history of failures and by law should have been tested. >> they had a documented case, and it was their documentation, their laboratory, it analyzed the cause of the prior leak in 1998. >> i could not find the leak said this reporter. but they found a likely source, a defective welds on the scene running along the pipe. >> they found a scene that was so flawed and crack and other issues, that it was basically a warning sign of what they should have been looking for elsewhere in the line. >> believed to cause the rupture and explosion that killed eight and destroyed 38 rensselaer on september 9, 2010. pg&e responded by e-mail to cbs 5 saying " scientific analysis after the pipe was removed did not identify any leak which is consistent with the conclusion

that the leak was a pinhole leak located on the earth well, nothing about the 1988 leak or the failure reports suggested the need to test any portion of line 132. but mr. porter says while the original report has not been found, the memo is significant. >> it summarizes the findings, and why it took the utility so long to find this memo, some people say that problem is as disturbing as the contents of the memo itself. >> the memo, he says >> pg&e did not know what was under the ground. they did not have a real good idea of what its systems problems could be, based on what it should have known. if they had really researched. if they had a good record. >> pgd told cbs 5 that with new leadership in case the company's

new focus is to operate the system safely including improved processes and more strength testing than ever. >> thank you. a deaf woman recovering from her injuries and grieving the loss of bird dog after they were attacked by a pitbull. the attack near los angeles was caught on surveillance camera. the woman was out for a walk with her dog when a neighbor to pull got loose. the owner of the pitbull came out and pulled the dog away but by then it was too late. >> in the future she might one another dog. so there's hope there. you really need to take a dog for walk. i know that you did. >> the owner of the pitbull says that she takes full responsibility and has offered to buy the injured woman another dog. there will be another step tomorrow in the efforts to oust a bay area sherrif. the san fransisco ethics commission will decide of misconduct allegations

will stand. >> you have seen a case in the court system and the drama unfold at city hall. now the ross mirkarimi sawgrass heads to the ethics commission, what is at stake is his job. >> these are not legal process these, although they are legal in the sense of being connected to the city charter. their political but not in it that way. these people will report to elected officials and it is up to be elected officials on the board to make their ultimate decision. >> some question on the agenda is can the sherrif engage in this conduct subjected him to removal from office prior to the time he held office and does official misconduct under the charter require that the alleged misconduct relate to the sheriff's duties? ross mirkarimi pled guilty to false imprisonment after an argument led to a bruise on his wife's arms. just days to 40 was one man. after his guilty plea he was suspended.

he has tried to work several angles in court to get his job back arguing that the mayor did not listen to his story. >> as soon as i walked in, within 30 seconds the mayor had announced that was being asked to resign or face suspension. the meeting would have ended right there if i had not asked him a number of questions that started with " how did you arrive at this position? you don't even know what had happened, would you like to hear my story? and the mayor was a new or changed the subjects. >> he has been telling his side of the story in a series of interviews asserting that his wife's bruce happened in a vehicle while he tried to defuse a tense situation. >> he claims that he pled guilty to turning a van around. he says that he was protecting his son from his wife. there's a lot of new information. >> the mayors asking a judge to force his former campaign manager to turnover phone

records to prove that he tried to manipulate witness which she denies. >> he's trying to attack the process, make it seem like it is illegitimate and it is a political persecution between him and the mayor. >> the ethics commission will start the hearings tomorrow afternoon, it is a process that is expected to take weeks. >> a plea today to stop the violence in one of oakland's poorest and crime-ridden neighborhoods. get >> a mass at st. elizabeth's church memorialize the victims of violence. outside of the church speakers as the community to unite and work together for peace. >> this is a call to the authorities to put attention on this community. do not forget us. we are part of this community, we are part of this great city. >> a mosaic on the outside of

the church commemorates the project 12 years ago that urged community members to turn in their weapons. this just in, the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of killing an unarmed florida teenager was released from jail a short time ago. george zimmerman posted a $15,000 bail tonights. where he is going is being kept secret for his safety. here is what is ahead for zimmerman. >> for 11 days the jail has housed george zimmerman. sources tell us he is eager to go free but mindful of the threats he faces outside. he arrived here guarded by state agents carrying semi-automatic rifles but once he leaves and had its into hiding, like the out of state, his security will be his responsibility. >> it is a long process, this is the first few steps. he is still very worried. >> the parents of trayvon martin are described as devastated. their son's killer is about to go free and they resented his surprise apology to them in

court last friday. >> wanted to say that i am sorry for the loss of your sun. i did not know how old he was, i thought that he was a little bit younger than i am. i did not know if he was armed or not. >> the apology was a surprise because we had told them that this was not inappropriate time. he wanted to grandstand for all intents and purposes, so that he could be released from jail. >> gps monitor to track his whereabouts. the state office beckham give him one opens monday morning. >> worry growing tonight as officers launched a massive search for missing six year-old girl from arizona. investigators found " suspicious circumstances coat around a possible entry point at the home of the first grader. although police are not say more, her parents say that her bedroom window had been pushed open. originally police treated it as a disappearance but officers

have since reclassify the case as a possible abduction. her parents say that they last saw her in her bedroom at 11:00 friday nights, they discovered her missing at 8:00 the next morning. investigators wrapped up a four day excavation searching a new york basement for clues about the 1979 disappearance of a six year-old boy. they found nothing conclusive and he was one of the first missing children in united states to have his photograph printed on a milk carton. now that mitt romney seems likely to be the republican presidential candidate he turns his attention to the general election. sources say that he will emphasize his record of creating jobs while emphasizing that brought obama has had his chance and failed. mitt romney will not beef up staff and raise money and he has also started the search for running mate. tomorrow he campaigns with senator mark o. rubio who is expected to be on the short list. >> the last thing he needs is

people in the peanut gallery saying what he should do or not. >> sources say the group supporting him could raise close to the $750 million market that the president is expected to bring in. his wholesome image under scrutiny. former presidential candidate john edwards goes on trial. facing charges that he illegally used campaign contributions to cover-up and a fair. he is accused of accepting nearly $1 million and using the money to hide his pregnant mistress. edwards and his lawyers say the court case is politically motivated, prosecutors must prove that edwards new using the money was improper under campaign finance laws. edwards denies the money was intended as campaign contributions. scandalous new details tonight in the secret service prostitution scandal, another agent investigating for bringing a prostitute to the same motel where the president stayed well in south america. a once-in-a-lifetime moment.

a tender moment between to cast. only, one is a house cat and the other a bobcat. and increasing clouds and the freezing temperatures. that is the story as a cooling trend continues into the workweek. what they will you break out those umbrellas? coming up. >> i would love to figure out where dianne

>> new information tonight in the secret service sex scandal. suspicion spreading beyond the age and

>> back to the hilton hotel, five days before the president would be staying there. until now the hotel had been the focus of the scandal where the other 22 members of the secret service and military, accused of inappropriate behavior, were checked in. senator joe lieberman today on face the nation. >> now your into the hotel where the president of the united states was going to stay. and, it just gets more troubling. >> he is joining his senate colleagues, calling for a broader investigation into whether white house staffers could have been involved. although more members of the secret >> french president political career is on line. following today's first round of

voting. the socialist candidate has more than 28% of the vote. the french president has 27%. asi a strong showing from the far right the second round of voting is may 6th. joran said they have begun building a copy of the u.s. drone that was captured last year. and running in general said the military experts have extracted data from including details on the drums past missions. u.s. officials admit that they lost the from but said that measures had been taken to limit the intelligence value of aircraft flying over hostile territory i >> it will be sold on a first- come first-served basis but not all the tickets are going on sale. some of the most sought after ones will be sold at a special

booths in the weeks leading up to more than 63 mi. per hour in some areas, visibility down to a few feet. one woman was spotted on a poll holding on for dear life because she could not walk in the wind. this is dubbed the wins own because they experienced 320 days of significant wind per year. our weather is not much better in parts of the nine states. a spring nor'easter is bringing in rain and strong winds and even snow into places of the northeast. the national weather service says the storm is atypical for april but not uncommon. the heaviest downpours are expected early tomorrow. flooding is possible in some areas. and last october a similar storm dumped record snow in the northeast and left 20 million people without power. and of course here in the bay area we are feeling like it is

summertime. julie watts is in for weather. >> we are feeling like it was summertime. we have a few changes. a little bit of everything in the forecast. yesterday certainly felt like summer and today we dropped between 10 and 15 degrees and that is just the beginning of a cooling trend continues in the workweek. and increasing marine layer deepening and cooling things down for us tomorrow. and yes, we do have showers on the way. but no flooding, nothing is what they're seeing on the other side of the country. closer to home, pretty typical for this time of the year. we have an upper level trough moving inland over the next couple days. first overnight today it will help to deepen the marine layer and that is going to move farther inland and what we saw today, helping to cool things down, that along with a cooler air mass. images dropping the next couple days. then we start to see showers. two areas of low pressure off

shore. one moving to the no. 1 to the south wednesday and as they do we will see showers likely wednesday into thursday. those are the days to keep the umbrellas handy but do not worry, high pressure will build back in before too long. next week and will be pretty nice. wheat definitely had some fog, and low clouds and that will increase overnight tonight as the marine layer the bins and makes its way inland. going to see partly to mostly cloudy skies. similar conditions tuesday but slightly more on tuesday. this is wednesday. pausing around 2:00 when we start to see showers making their way inland and as they do we will continue to see this through thursday. and then drying out friday. tomorrow noticeably cooler temperatures topping out near 70. today temperatures in the mid and upper eighties. tomorrow low seventies for the warmest spots. upper 50s along the coast, and upper 60s in santa rosa and

oakland. taking a look at the extended forecast you will see temperatures again significantly cooler than what we saw this weekend. downright chilly for the next couple of days. low seventies in land. and in the upper fifties to low 60s along the coast. wednesday and thursday break up the umbrellas because that is when we will see the next chance of showers but if you havget tid of the rain in a few days we will have more sun shined next weekend. >> thank you. speaking of something for everyone, how about this animal story? a house cat makes an effort to get in touch with one of its more wild cousins. take a look at this video from a homeowner in arizona, he says that seeing a bobcat in his backyard is nothing new but this one seem to want to get close to his cat in said of his home. the house cats tried to make friends. >> the bobcat looked at him and he looked back. the bobcat reached a paul up and

he managed to just catch it with the camera. >> the bobcat state for half an hour it took a nap and then trotted off. aviation history is made today in the united states, and can a hundred games eat up the competition in the box office for a fifth time? those stories in two minutes.

>> there is a new box office champion. this romantic comedy knocked off the hunger games which had held the no. 1 spot for four weeks in a row. it took an $33 million, another new film " a lucky one " came in second place. and chimpanzee and the three stooges round out the top five. a first in aviation history, japan airlines launched a new service from boston to tokyo oon the new

this is the first commercial flight of a 787 into the united states. the self-proclaimed greenest city in north america celebrated a birthday in style. native american dancers performed at the civic center in san fransisco. more than 40 years ago, april 22nd was designated as the date to show respect for the planet and since then environmentalist have held beach clubs and tree plantings. >> to the oakland a's pitcher did his birthday wish? we'll tell you next.

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new york, they will try to keeping their eyes on the price. a first home run as a member out of the athletics. " lynn takes it, the first lead down 21 in minnesota charles jenkins led off for the rookie with over a minute to play. clay, sand, and the warriors win 93/88. nascar, the 56 car dies inside to pass, with three laps to go. it is close, but he loses his grip, and for just an instant, he takes it for their and wins in kansas, finally, the top team in the nhl is out.

scoring in overtime. the los angeles kings paw and ups that, in just five games. they will now face the st. louis blues " took care of the san jose sharks. >> good night.

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