good tuesday morning. thanks for joining us i'm eric thomas. and i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. this morning investigators say they have new leads in the disappearance of sierra lamar. terry mcsweeney is live in san jose. what do we know about these new leads? >> reporter: we knew new leads come as a result of crime lab analysis. sheriff's investigators not saying which evidence produced these new leads. when you are talking about crime lab analysis you are talking about a look at dna and trace evidence as investigators try to find a suspect. take a look at pictures. i cannot tell you what you are about to see is related to the new leads. we have divers in bodies of water, ponds less than a mile from sierra's home where she was last seen march 16th, she

never made it to the bus stop, phone and bag found nearby, no trace of her. the new leads may or may not have anything to do with the search yesterday in the waters. yesterday the search was going on at a number of locations near her place. meanwhile at the school hundreds of balloons were released carrying messages of hope for the safe return of sierra and her mother was there as she was speaking of hope. >> everybody, we are so grateful and giving us hope i know she is going to be returned to us, because of that. >> reporter: the search for sierra will continue today in those bodies of water. that search going in those locations all weeklong. they've checked this water before. this time they are using new scanning equipment that gives them a better look at the bottom of those bodies of

water. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. 5:03. parents in a large east bay school district are keeping an extra careful eye out as they send their kids to school. many got a disturbing call about an attempt to kidnap a student. amy hollyfield is live in concord with more on this. >> reporter: this is a good reminder for parents to have the talk with children about stranger-danger maybe do it this morning on the way to school. here's what happened in concord it was yesterday afternoon officials say -- yesterday morning, a 7th grade girl was walking along glacier drive to eldorado middle school, when a man asked her to get into a beige colored van. the school sent out an automated message describing what happened next. >> she said no and walk add way he continued to ask her to get in the van stating he would give her a ride to school. she repeatedly told him no.

>> reporter: the girl was able to make it to a safe location she okay. she did the right thing. she is a good example for other kids. now not only is the conversation here in concord about what to do if this happens, but also to keep a lookout for this man. he's described as heavy set in his 30s, black mustache and goatee. remember, he was driving that beige van. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. this morning the offshore yacht racing association says it will wait to see the coast guard's complete report on last weekend's deadly boating accident near the farallon islands before deciding if any changes should be made. racing competitor in another boat saw the wrecked yacht after it hit the rocks off the farallon islands this is -- he says the skipper of the vessel

told him he turned the boat to retrieve four crewmembers who had been swept overboard. the death of one sailor and four missing has many asking if the skipper sailed to too close to the island. race officials say it was too dangerous to stop and render aid. the tragedy will have sailors debating the treasury of the farallons and how close is close enough. oakland police continue searching for a suspect in the shooting that left one dead and another wounded near mills college. someone fired gunshots into a red mara stopped at the intersection of cal varez avenue and buhl street late yesterday. -- the driver of the camaro was taken to the hospital his passenger died at the scene the incident shutdown traffic and 580 macarthur off-ramp was closed for three hours. crimestoppers offering a $5,000 reward for information about the person who kidnapped and assaulted a woman in

oakland's lake shore district. she was walking from a home in the 2800 block of lake avenue early sunday morning when a man forced her into a car, drove her to a location near highland hospital where he assaulted her and pushed her out on to the sidewalk. price of a pothole could be determined today. the board of supervisors set to vote on a pay out for a woman who tripped and break bottle of her feet in 2010. the -- and broke both of her feet in 2010. she is asking for medical expenses and lost wages her attorney says the city was negligent in not warning or guarding pedestrians from the obstacle >> a committee representing the oakland coliseum is recommending a change in which company will run the complex. the mercury news reports the committee is recommending that a sports entertainment giant replace -- [ unintelligible ] the city looking to expand and

improve profitability at the coliseum, aeg owns and operates 100 facilities around the world, including the staples center in l.a. and the race in san francisco existing management company has been running the coliseum for nearly 14 years in an effort to cut costs and try to make coliseum less of a burden to taxpayers. this morning san rafael city leaders are asking staff to come up with recommendations for a tougher anti-smoking ordinance. a previous recommendation called for banning smoking in 75% of apartments and in all outdoor dining areas. smokers would be prevented from lighting up at bus stops atm's and all public vents. some councilmembers are asking for all apartment buildings in any building with two or more apartments. the rain and snow has taken an edge off a dry winter. 60% of the amount of water

requested by state agencies not -- [ unintelligible ] there probably won't have to be water rationing this summer. i'm fairly new to the city. [ unintelligible ] mike has a look at forecast. good morning. live doppler, all is quiet even though we have more cloud cover this morning. the coast and higher elevations the clouds are thicker where you will run into possible drizzle during the morning cute even fog as you head up towards santa rosa half mile visibility there, four miles at half moon bay everybody else pretty good this morning we'll keep an eye on sfo any time you have low clouds there could be delays. yesterday's storm wasn't much cold front came through quietly introducing us to more

clouds this morning and then increasing northwesterly breezes this afternoon around 10 to 20 miles per hour temperatures are taking a dip today increasing sun except the coast clouds stubborn upper 50s half moon bay, san francisco low 60s richmond and san mateo mid to upper 60s elsewhere antioch and morgan hill about 70°. tomorrow's temperatures jump two to four degrees another two to four thursday, another two to four degrees friday, saturday the heat peaks saturday mid 80s inland mid 70s to upper 70s around the bay and mid 60s at the coast cooler but dry towards monday. good morning. live shot of the san mateo bridge taillights towards foster city up the incline where you will find no problems, a little company as you head both directions taillights -- pardon me

headlights towards hayward no slow downs. live shot of san rafael southbound past the civic center moving well. when you get down towards the golden gate bridge, drizzle and low clouds, you will find you need win shield wipers coming off the waldo grade across the golden gate bridge, no slowing of traffic. quick look at your bridge outlook, clear carquinez, san mateo bridge, there's that fog at the golden gate bridge. all public agencies reporting on schedule this morning. 5:10. a bright idea at a huge price. why the lightbulb of the future isn't so cheap. taxpayers' hefty bill for flying secretary of defense panetta home to monterey. new federal investigation of google and what it could cost the internet giant.

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falling gas prices average price of regular two cents less than a week ago but still seven cents more than a month ago prices likely to rise again since they peak in mid may.

dartmouth's president headed to the world bank. he was nominated by president obama the world bank's presidents have always been from the u.s. this year there was some opposition from developing nations. the lightbulb of the future goes on sale this sunday the phillips' bulb won a 10 million dollar government contest for energy efficient long lasting lighting price is $50 but may be less if your electric company subsidizes it, it should last for 20 years. >> today is tax day. several restaurant chains are offering freebies, there's a list at abcnews.com. i'm rob nelson. more trouble for google. the federal trade commission is investigating google's bypassing of the default privacy settings of apple's safari browser for google users the ftc could fine google $16,000 per violation,

per day insiders say we could be talking about millions of users the amount would be staggering compared to the $25,000 imposed by the fcc yesterday for google blocking the investigation into a privacy breach involving street view cars. defense secretary panetta says he regrets the cost to taxpayers for his weekend trips to his monterey farm. those trips cost $32,000 each because panetta is required to travel on military aircraft so he can remain in secure contact with the white house and military leaders. he says he's looking for ways to find savings. he has commuted home at least 27 times since he took over the pentagon's top job in july. the total cost to taxpayers, $860,000. panetta has reimbursed the government about $17,000. homeland security chief janet napolitano is recruiting bay area engineering students for national cyber security

she visited san jose state yesterday. the federal government is beefing up partnership with private sector as hackers and cyber criminals keep stealing credit card numbers and sensitive records. >> we need young people who understand this technology who are creative and innovative and thinking ahead. we need you to say i can contribute my talents in a unique and fundamental way >> it would be at the cutting-edge things like security and technology the government tends to be at the forefront. >> the need for cyber defense is creating a growing area for -- of study for engineering students top side better security adviser tells us that last year there were more cyber crime victims in america than there were newborn babies. see the sparkle in the eye of those potential engineers? the same sparkle that mike nicco had in meteorologist school learning about weather and tornadoes and stuff.

>> absolutely same concepts. >> those were good old days. >> yeah, yeah. let's talk about what is going on now. still good days for us, i think. good new days, if you will. we have really quiet benign weather once we get barth today. today a little -- once we get past today. today a little retro, cooler breezes, we'll drop the temperatures, more than yesterday afternoon. ferry building there and the bay bridge we'll talk to see in a minute how your traffic is going. how to does when you step out? how about mid to upper 40s still around santa rosa, napa, los gatos everybody else low to mid 50s, half mile visibility around santa rosa because of the fog, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy around the monterey bay inland mid to upper 40s. here's what i think is going to happen, partly cloudy, cooling breeze from the west to northwest around 10 to 20 miles per hour that will stop tomorrow the warming trend

will resume and will hang around through the end of the weekend, some of us could see our first 80° temperatures this year friday, saturday and sunday afternoon. if you have a doubleheader either day or plan to be outside it is going to be a warm one upper 50s along the coast today you can see clouds most stubborn there, 60 in richmond, 62 in san mateo everybody else mid top upper 60s antioch could hold on to 70 today, joined farther south by morgan hill, gilroy and hollister mid 60s -- [ unintelligible ] 58 monterey you can see the west to northwest wind off the bay water and ocean water. you may be stubborn with clouds this afternoon too. 50 antioch and san francisco and san mateo tonight not as mild as this morning. i don't think we'll see as many clouds mid to upper 40s isn't too bad your heater may not run at all overnight with those temperatures cold front moved through last night it didn't have rain with it will

usher in that cooler breeze today and that is drier we'll see more sun by the afternoon. storm track to the north as we head through tonight into tomorrow morning, more sunshine high pressure taking over for wednesday. let's look at the numbers in the seven day forecast you can see low to mid 70s away from the coast tomorrow. upper 70s to low 80s friday mid 70s to mid 80s saturday as the warmth peaks coast will stay mild low to mid 60s everyday. here's sue with the traffic. good morning. 680 commuters traveling from concord pleasant hill towards walnut creek live shot past north main make the turn towards highway 24 everything at the limit. 24 update on that past the caldecott tunnel. live shot of the bay bridge toll, metering lights off

incline section moving well into san francisco through the tunnel many come out of caldecott tunnel on to the 580 stall blocking speeds picked up in that area maybe out of lanes at this point there was a stall on that ramp blocking a lane there as you head into the macarthur maze area. once again, drive times caldecott to 580, less than five minutes, hillcrest to 242 concord highway 4 moving well. 580 over the altamont pass moving nice and smoothly towards the dublin interchange. 5:20. waiting on a winner. what we are expected to person about the nation's newest multi-millionaire, hours from how. parade to honor a tragedy. the ceremony starting this afternoon to mark one of san francisco's darkest days. bit by the blues. sharks ready to regroup after a brutal at the tank.

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you are looking live at the golden gate bridge, hazey, fog if i -- foggy, no matter what time you get up you can always check the weather here look at the ticker on the bottom of the screen. three of the four remaining survivor's of san francisco's 1906 quake will be honored with a parade this afternoon. police chief and fire chief

will drive the three from the westin st. francis hotel in union square to john's grill on he will sis. two of the survivors are 106-years-old, a -- a third is 107, fourth is 111 and too fragile to take par in the ceremonies. the survivors will be on hand tomorrow morning for the official ceremony. this morning the sharks are regrouping and making plans for their thursday playoff match with the blues. the teams faced-off in game three last night. the sharks were able to score a couple late goals also gave up three power play goals. blues win 4-3 to take a 2-1 series lead. turning from the ice to the diamond battle of the pitchers at at&t park went to the phillies halladay last night. lincecum had another rough outing giving up five runs. the giants fall to philly 5-2.

oakland started four game set anaheim with angels a's get shut out 6-0. final winner of the record 656 mega million jackpot has come forward the name will be revealed today. the other two winning tickets have been anonymously claimed in maryland and kansas. the third and final winner in illinois will be presented with a check for 218. million dollars in the small southern illinois town of red bud today. the jackpot was the biggest in mega millions history. >> i've been to red bud but i've never seen 200 million dollar there is, it must be quite a site. parents beware the kidnapping attempt prompting a new warning for students and parents in concord this morning. we are there live. >> search for sierra lamar leads deputies to a reservoir near her home. the evidence that may be offering critical new leads.

vote expected today that could make parking sundays in san francisco more expensive. high temperatures across the country from the mid to upper 50s, seattle, portland, chicago, low 60s fargo, minneapolis, 65 salt lake. mid to upper 70s eastern seaboard, 91 phoenix. severe weather southeast best chance of delays around atlanta and charlotte. keep an eye on that with our flight tracker.

5:29 on this tuesday morning. thank you for being here i'm eric thomas. and i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze this morning. we have a warning for parents and students in concord after

a girl says she was almost kidnapped. amy hollyfield is live in concord with what happened. >> reporter: the good news is, not much happened because the girl did the right thing. she is safe with her family. the 7th grader was walking to eldorado middle school yesterday morning when she says a man in a beige colored van pulled up and asked her to get in. parents heard about this in an automated call from the school district. >> man is described as being bald, in his 30s, heavy set with a black mustache and goatee. possibly a poll -- possibly of polynesian descent. the purpose of this call is to ask you to remind your children not to speak -- >> reporter: the girl did the right thing, kept saying no and was able to make it to school safely. officials are encouraging parents to talk to their kids

about this. talk to them about how to a good reminder for all parents around the bay area this morning. maybe a good thing to talk about on the way to school this morning. they are asking people to keep an eye out for this van. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. that voice you heard was dr. stephen lawrence, superintendent of the district. we are now learning that investigators have new leads in the disappearance of morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. deputies have not released information on that new evidence. the 15-year-old vanished a month ago while walking to her school bus stop. divers will be back in the water hours from now searching for clues. they searched ponds last night after getting results from the county crime lab on things they found during earlier searches. terry mcsweeney will have a live report in our next half hour.

this morning the offshore yacht racing association says it will wait to see the coast guard's complete report on last weekend's deadly accident before deciding if any changes should be made. yacht racing competitor was in another boat and saw the wrecked 38 foot yacht after it hit the rocks off the far:islands. he -- far:islands. he says the skipper told him he turned boat to retrieve four crewmembers swept overboard the skipper told him another wave tossed him and two others overboard. the death of one sailor and four others missing has many asking if the skipper sailed too close to the island. >> you may believe you are far enough away but nature pays no attention. and how quickly conditions can change. >> life vests were mandatory for the race. safety tethers which would have tied the crew to the vessel were operational.

people are sharing their -- were optional. people are sharing their thoughts and sending condolences on a facebook page. you will find a link to it on abc7news.com. new this morning, in a matter of hours on capitol hill lawmakers will be learning more from fired general services administration executive robert peck. he helped throw the lavish $823,000 conference at a las vegas resort in 2010 now being investigated by congress. agency inspector general told the committee yesterday he's also investigating other potential wrongdoing by the gsa, including bribery and kickbacks. jeff neeley commissioner who heads the gsa san francisco office invoked his right to remain silence when questioned. he could face criminal charges. yesterday we learned in addition to the lavish conference there were eight

preconference visits those cost more than $130,000 in public funds. these are photographs of neeley in a luxury suite during one of those visits. this morning we are learning of one death, no major damage after a powerful 6.7 quake in chile. the quake hit last night in central chile shaking caught on air. the quake was centered near the coastal port and strong enough to shake buildings in the capital city of santiago, 70 miles away. one man died of apparent heart attack during the quake. major test gets underway at uc san diego this morning aimed at making buildings more earthquake-proof these photos show a five story mock hospital that will be used. engineers will shake it to see was inside the building at various magnitude feuds. more than 500 sensors and eight -- 80 cameras will be used to collect data.

work to make the doyle drive approach earthquake safe is taking a big step for. far right lane northbound over pass closed as crews begin demolishing part of the existing overpass. the work will continue from 8 p.m. to noon everyday until april 27th. that day all of doyle drive will be closed for three days so the entire overpass can be torn down. >> it is a huge milestone for the project because once we accomplish this goal, traffic will be off the old structure. >> here's a map of the stretch of doyle drive being worked on now through the 27th. the road will be replaced by the new one billion dollar presidio parkway, the entire project is expected to be complete in 2015. san francisco mooney officials are expected to vote today on two key proposals. one would let young people ride buses and street cars free. the other would charge divers for neared parking on sundays.

-- charge drivers for meter metered parking on sundays: right now the space shuttle discovery is making a big journey to its final home the smithsonian. discovery left florida this morning at 4:00 california time aboard this mod night -- modified 747. similar fly-over planned over the nation's capital and down the national mall before it lands at dulles international airport. discovery is nasa's old entertainment shuttle. it will be permanently displayed at the smithsonian's hangar at dulles.

>> now people can see it up close. 5:37. a check on the forecast with mike. >> i love your physics by hand. >> yes, sir. good morning, welcome to tuesday, welcome to a day with more cloud cover. you don't see anything on live doppler, there's been reports of drizzle an lange -- along the coast and higher elevations where you are in the cloud cover this morning. everybody else okay even with the mostly cloudy conditions until you get to santa rosa half mile visibility due to fog watch out for that. 8:00 this morning, mostly cloudy very mild mid 40s north bay valleys to low 50s for the rest of us. as we head into the lunch hour winds start to pick up, clouds start to thin and mid 50s along the coast to near 60 around the bay to low to mid 60s inland by 4:00, partly

cloudy, increasing sunshine, mid to upper 50s along the coast half moon bay, san francisco, low to mid 60s everywhere else, antioch and morgan hill could be warmer. poll length, first tree, second mold they -- they are both high. temperatures will soar starting tomorrow all the way through saturday to a lesser extent sunday string of 80s inland for friday, saturday, sunday going to feel like spring. good morning. if you are just getting up and out live shot of the east shore freeway as you head from el cerrito and richmond through emeryville and berkeley into the macarthur maze starting to pick up no significant slowing no stalls or accidents in that portion to update you on. southbound 101 through marin looking good from novato where the roadwork exists by the mall past 37 moving at the

limit this is past the civic center into central san rafael, 580 looking good headed to the richmond san rafael bridge. earlier stall westbound 24 at 580 cleared out of lanes, speeds picking up into the macarthur maze from highway 24 all public transportation, ace on time out of stockton, muni, bart, caltrain, no issues today. vta ferries looking good, ac transit and amtrak capital corridor train all on schedule. 5:39. heads-up for people living near the caltrain tracks. why you will soon need earplugs if you want get a good night's sleep. city attorney answers conflict of interest charges in the mirkarimi ethics case his choice of words for the suspended sheriff. santorum had a lot to say during a conference call with top supporters.

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train engineers must go through to familiarize themselves with the caltrain operations. you will notice increase in train activity and horn noise more crossing gates will be down. san francisco's city attorney has filed a response to a motion by suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi's lawyers. mirkarimi's attorneys argue there's a conflict of interest because the office is representing mayor lee while also advising the ethics commission. mayor lee filed the ethics complain that could remove the sheriff from office. herrera says mirkarimi's argument is without her lit he added the city attorney's office use separate attorneys than those advising the ethics commission. one week after dropping out of presidential race santorum is still refusing to endorse presumptive nominee mitt romney. last night he told supporters

he is not backing a candidate and urged his supporters to vote their conscience. santorum said his decision to dropout was lack of money, and health of his youngest child. meantime, new nationwide survey of registered voters shows romney leading president obama in a head to head contest now this is a gallup poll showing romney with 47%, including a 6 point lead among independents to president obama's 45%. 5:44. we will learn more today about the illinois lottery winner. forget that think about how much money it would take to make you happy? >> all of it. >> bloomberg business report is coming up. mayor lee will be back at city hall this morning. the question, what was he up to this weekend? the mayor's mystery trip to new york, next. why you won't be seeing much of this annual tax day tradition this year.

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pretty quiet cross the state. forecast for the afternoon, stray shower possible around eureka 57, increasing sun chico 69.

low to mid 60s around tahoe and yosemite partly cloudy warm spot today 93° in palm springs. 5:48. san francisco mayor lee is on his way back to san francisco after making a super secret trip to new york city. the chronicle reports mayor lee left sunday to attend a big city mayor's gathering hosted by new york mayor bloomberg. the event was kept unwraps until it was over, reportedly for security reasons. the immediateia was not even told about the gathering. the mayor was there to discuss a non-profit group announced in january to help start-up tech companies that focus on government innovation. this morning the biggest scandal in the history of the secret service is getting bigger. 11 agents have had their top level security clearance yanked and more are under investigation on allegations of binge drinking and solicitation of prostitutes in the nation of colombia.

sources tell abc news, military officials suspect 10 or more of their own members may have been soliciting sex from prostitutes. >> if violations are determined to have been the case these individuals will be held accountable. >> we let the because down. nobody is talking about what went -- we let the boss down, nobody is talking about what went on in colombia, attorney this incident. >> president obama was arriving in colombia to taken the summit of the americas. if you haven't filed your tax returns yet, the clock is ticking. midnight is the deadline this is what it has looked like in previous years as last minute filers lined up at the post office to drop off returns. thanks to technology, many are e-mailing so only a few post offices need to be open late tonight. late drop off and curb sid service only offered at main post offices in oakland and san jose and evans avenue location in san francisco

that's until 10 p.m. the sfo post office on westfield road is open until midnight. >> the folks who take advantage of the service normally stay in their cars. the postal service folks have to stand outside in whatever the weather is going to be. >> they are there into the late evening, 40s, mainly 50s. not as cool as it was yesterday because of the cloud cover. beautiful sunrise, moon still hanging around and cool blues of the nighttime sky with warm oranges and yellow of the sun about to pop upcoming in as we look from sutro tower back towards the west. here's what i mean, all of us in the low to mid 50s except mid 40s santa rosa, napa and los gatos, fog in santa rosa to half mile visibility fog along the coast and drizzle that could be a little bummer

for your morning commute. monterey bay partly to mostly cloudy, temperatures still holding in the mid to upper 40s. today, partly cloudy, cooling breeze but it is just for today. enjoy the warming trend sunday and monday, we have more wednesday through the weekend and some of us could see our first 80° temperatures this year that could happen friday, saturday and sunday right through the weekend. today, clouds stubborn at the coast the rest of us see increasing sun upper 50s into san francisco low 60s around richmond and san mateo, mid to upper 60s elsewhere to 70 in antioch today monterey bay stubborn clouds keeping everybody else into salinas in the mid 60s west to northwesterly 10 to 20 mile per hour wind keeping monterey 58° inland not as much penetration of the cooler air 70 morgan hill, gilroy and

hollister. heading to the game, took it on the chin last night lincecum didn't have his best outing gave up four runs in the first inning 5-2 we'll give it another shot today, 7:15 cool breeze, dropping down to 54°. we'll keep dropping into the 40s tonight we won't have as much cloud cover as this morning. antioch, san francisco and san mateo could hang around 50°. while were you sleeping, going back 10 hours cold front moves through no rain with this front behind it we have that cooler breeze off the ocean today also a slightly drier breeze that's why we'll see increasing clouds as the afternoon unfolds cooler tonight tomorrow with that extra sunshine and that breeze tapering a nice warming trend that will begin. let's look at the numbers. two to four degrees warmer tomorrow, thursday, friday and

a couple more degrees warmer saturday, the heat peaks saturday mid 80s inland mid to upper 70s around the bay mid 60s at the coast slight cooling trend monday back to where we should be for this time of the year it have a great day. >> here's sue with your traffic. good morning. pretty good commute east shore freeway golden gate field up here traffic at the limit, crowded into the macarthur maze no stalls or accidents. golden gate bridge main issue fog the coastal fog, drizzle you will need win shield wipers off the waldo out of the tunnel on to the span, traffic flowing smoothly on to doyle drive. don't forget the full closure beginning the 27th of avenue. san mateo bridge commute, taillights westbound towards foster city up the inclean no problems towards hayward in the eastbound -- incline, no problems towards hayward in the eastbound direction. tough commute out of antioch

the same this morning, speeds 15 miles an hour as you head towards pittsburg on to 242 in concord. 580 off altamont slow out of the central valley from tracy up to the pass into pleasanton speeds just under 50 miles an hour. 5:54. how much money do you need to make you happy? >> i thought it wasn't about money. here's jane king with the answer and the rest of the morning's money news in the bloomberg business report. good morning. if you need last minute help on your taxes don't we on getting it from the irs people experiencing long waits in walk-in centers, because of cost cutting the problem could be worse next year. the largest postal carrier's union protesting raising mail prices and says the -- [ unintelligible ] the union says the current plan for lay-offs and service

cutbacks won't work. how much money do you need to keep you happy? a new poll says americans with income -- [ unintelligible ] . this morning we are learning a fire that raced through a vallejo home in february killing two dogs was started by police tear gas canisters. as many as six armed robbers were holed up inside when they fired a dozen tear gas rounds into the home. the suspects had already taken off. the tear gas shells ignited a flammable household product the fire caused about $60,000 in damage. today the u.s. supreme court hill water -- will hear arguments in a case whether a law signed by po2 years ago only applies to cases brought after the measure took effect or if it affects crack cases that were already in the pipeline when

the bill was signed. the new law was men to address what critics called unfair sentences handed down in crack possession cases. a defendant found with five grams of crack cocaine could get the same sentence as someone holding 500 grams of powdered cocaine. very good news this morning for worried parents. the state assembly has passed a bill that would punish students who use social networking sites to bully classmates. allowing schools to suspend or expel students who create on line profiles, impersonating class rights who are -- classmates. san jose assembly woman campos sponsored the bill it passed the assembly a unanimous vote it now moves to the senate. this morning nasa scientists are studying the latest spectacular eruption from the sun. cameras caught a solar flare erupting on the left. the flare unleashed super heated plasma then are rched

above the sun says surface. image stunning scientists aren't that impressed they rate the flare's strength as moderate and say it shouldn't cause any issues on earth. ho-hum, seen one solar flare seem 'em all. >> they're hot. new leads in the case of missing sierra lamar. where investigators are focusing their search. warning for parents after an attempted kidnapping. the message from school officials.