>> internal of international are words of warning watch crimea votes to join russia. >> two years after her disappearance, hour family and friends are remembering sierra lamar. >> taking a live look outside, we enjoyed a warm weekend, but changes are coming, abc7 news at 5:00 starts right now. the votes are counted in crimea, and tonight u.s. and u. afternoon leaders say russia will pay a price for annexing crimea. we do begin with the developing news out of ukraine. ethnic russian thursday crimea, territory of two million people, voted in favor of becoming part of russia. and breaking away from ukraine. several nations, including the u.s., say if russia moves to annex the peninsula it bill --

will be in violation of international law and will face consequences. after polls closed. crowds erupted if jubilant chants. while opponents say the secession denounced the vote as a power play and rand grab by russia. >> the result was never in doubt but now it's official. an overwhelming number of crimeans voting to reject their crane ukraine citizenship and to become russian. there is celebration in the streets of crimea it to. the vote an affirmation of what crimeans feel, they want to be part of russia. those who opposed the vote were boycotting and stayed home. the official results are impossible to verify.

there will no internationally recognize edmonder toes on the ground to vert identify the vote but russia's force have already taken over crimea and the parliament is soon expected to make the annexation official. the white house has rejected the referendum, saying it will not recognize the results. the u.s. and europe are expected to impose sanctions but no sign president putin is backing down. abc news, crimea. los angeles police say they fear for the safety of four children, the focus of a statewide amber alert. here's pictures of he children. police say they were forcely taken from their maternal grandmother by their parents in los angeles on friday. the children's parents were ordered to stay away from the children and were to only have supervised visitation because their father is physically abusive. they were last seen driving a dark colored chrysler pt cruiser with paper license plates, a

missing right rear hubcap and tinted windows. >> two years ago a teenager disappeared. today the searches continue and he mystery of what happened to sierra lamar remains. a bench was dedicated to her today as family and friends recalled fond memories of sierra. a touching tribute. >> she disappeared two years ago today. police believe she is dead. the family refuses to do the same. in fact they've had more than 500 searches, looking for clues into her disappearance. this bench serves as reminder she has not been forgetten. released two days to the date she disappeared. this bench was dedicated by friends to honor her and sits on the grounds of the school she once attended.

>> a true blessing and amazing to know she has not been forgotten. >> the circular bench wraps around a tree at washington high school in fremont. she spent her freshman and part of her sophomore years here before moving to mortgage morgan hills. >> this tribute means a lot to the family. >> her family, friends, and former classmates make it clear, sierra may be gone but not forgotten. >> she means a lot to us. she was on our cheer squad. it's really hard when -- >> sierra lamar disappeared on the morning of march 16th, 2012, while walking to the bus stop. a 22-year-old man is in the jail chargedded with murder. but today is not about him. it's about the girl who belongs to everyone gathered here today. >> it was an honor to do it. >> golden state lumber donated supplies for the bench,. >> all the kids walk by and see

everything and remember that this can happen to anybody. protect yourself. >> i tell her that you've made a difference. you've affected a lot of people. even people you don't know. >> here's a look back at major developments in sierra lamar's case. nearly two months after she was reported missing on may 8-township. ing are investigators announced they found a red volkswagen jetta they believed was connected to the disappearance. later. a suspect was arrested. after several court delays he pleaded not guilty to the murder. authorities say the jetta belongs to the suspect and lamar's dna was found inside the car. >> gnaw details in the murder of a castro valley woman. there's now an arrest warrant out for her husband. feign me is suspected of the shooting death of the

45-year-old woman. yesterday deputies say me was a suspect. the couple's daughter discovered the body friday afternoon. ming has not been seen since. he may be driving the family car with dealer polites from dublin, it to there. there's a history of domestic violence involving the two. the children are in protective cuffed. >> man accused in a north bay crash that killed two women is out of jail on bail. officers say the 30-year-old man may have been drinking -- or driving under the influence when his truck slammed into the back of a car that was struck in traffic. the told officers he was looking at a text message just before the crash. it happened yesterday evening just before 5:30 on help 12 in santa rosa. two women in the back seat of the car were killed. two men in the front seat were injured. the santa rosa press democrat identifies the women as

5'-year-old sues an honorford her mother-in-law, sharon hoford. >> a tour bus hit a man who police say was in a crosswalk at 7th and mission street in san francisco. it happened around 8:00 this morning. investigators have not released the victim's name but described him has a man in his 60s. he was rushed to the hospital. the bus driver is cooperating with police. >> investigators in mountain view are trying to determine the cause of an early morning hours fire. look at cell phone video of the scene. the fire started reason 2:30 this morning. fire crews say when they arrived the house was fully engulfed in flames no one was home and the fire did not spread to nearby homes. one witness says he wanted to make sure neighboring residents were safe. >> drove into the street, saw the fire, called 9-1-1, and went and knocked on neighbors' doors, went into -- on the house that was on fire, tried to knock on it.

see if anybody was in there. nobody was in there, gladly. >> officials say they manage teed get in touch with the home owners. no one was hurt. >> we saw some temperatures here in the bay area swell past 80 today. but our meteorologist leigh glaser says get ready for a change. >> actually some locations, temperatures near 80. other locations, down as much as 15 degrees, and that's because of a very strong sea breeze. we will feel more cooling as we head through the federal part of the work week. we'll look at the forecast coming up. >> drought decisions. we're still in desperate need of water. the plan by san francisco utility officials to increase the water supply. also. >> very happy here. >> a woman's moment of triumph when the things we take for granted suddenly become a challenge. a local war veteran is proof of the power of positivity.

>> just in case the san francisco public utilities commission is making plans to increase the supply of drink water. the plan is to tap two reservoirs not used since 1988. lake eleanor and cherry lake are located high in the sierra nevada filled to the brim. the agency will spend $10 million shoring up a dam and improving an hack -- aqueduct. >> malaysia is calling for satellite and search data from 22 countries as the search continues for the mys plane. the fbi has combed through the

names of passengers and crew and confirms none has terrorist conditions. there are questions about the quality of the investigation run by malaysia. officials have refused help from enter enterinterpol and the fbi. flight 370's disappearance is now thought to be a deliberate act. >> a wish come true today for an east bay woman injured while serving in iraq. >> it's not a cat up a tree but a dog in a dangerous place that brought out rescue crews in the north bay. >> let's take a live look outside now. we enjoyed quite a warmup is in weekend. what is in store for us

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if you feel the need, the need for speed, great news. the blue angels are back after federal budget cuts and will participate in fleet week in october. navy officials say the program costs $40 million a year. the jets flown by pilots who have served in iraq and afghanistan. >> a heart-warming story in livermore where the triumph of the human spirit was on display. sergeant mary malon suffered severe head trauma in kuwait in 2004. the attack killed two soldiers in her squad. she really misses driving. four years in a va hospital and six years of rehab led to this big moment, her first time back

behind the wheel. although it was not on the street, the ride was a thrill. >> it's fun to drive again but a lot harder than i thought. and because it takes so much of your body. >> she is capable of doing anything. she has been on a long journey of recovery, and this is just another step in that recovery and getting more independent living skills, and i just see so many good things for her in the future. >> she says she can't wait to get behind the wheel again. >> a rescue crew in sonoma county went to great heights to save a stranded dog. the black lab, named oreo, fell over a cliff near portuguese beach. the dog was perched on a small ledge. you can see, crews harnessing the dog and bringing him back up the cliff.

the whole rescue took less than three minutes. >> a lot of people were outside with their dogs today because another nice warm day across the bay area. leigh? >> certainly was. temperature came down near the coast, as well as the peninsula. about five to as much as ten degrees, and the reason why, you can see right here on live doppler 7hd. we have the low clouds and the fog. it has just been moving right near the coast, off and on today. thanks to a stronger onshore wind component and that's going to cool us down tomorrow as well. i do want to mention we did have one record high. gilroy had a record today of 86. that broke the old record set in 2004 of 85. our sutro tower camera picking up on the low clouds moving in over downtown san francisco. gotten down to 54. we have 76 in redwood city. los gatos. 78. the embarcadero, san francisco, on the breezy side. the sea breeze is starting to

pick up. accept rosa, 71. 77 in fairfield, concord, livermore. so here's a look at our forecast highlights, and we are going to go with the low clouds and also areas of drizzle overnight. a cooler and breezy day tomorrow, and then after that get ready for dry and mild conditions throughout the course of our week. temperatures cool considerably, down four degrees at half moon bay. down 15 at sfo. down five in novato. santa rosa, down eight. and down seven in mountain view as well as hayward, down nine in oakland thanks to the stronger wind component. and as we put the clouds into motion, you can see all of this is going to bank up near the coast. low clouds will venture inland and watch out for mist and drizzle overnight tomorrow and tomorrow morning. we kept a close eye on the cold front right here most of the energy will stay to the north of the bay area. as this tail swings by.

it might wring out some moisture, mist and drizzle overnight and tomorrow. causing high surf concerns for us, and the high surf advisory is up until 8:00 tomorrow morning. those swells up to 12 feet and expected to go higher, close to 14 feet, with breakers up to 18 feet. so keep that in mine. we start off tonight with the low clouds and fog. this is our forecast animation. you'll notice pockets of moisture here and that's the tail end of the front swinging in. might be able to wring out a drop or two. mainly heavy mist and drizzle. once it slides to the south, we should start to clear things out and see more sunshine. lows tonight, 40s to low 50s. low clouds moving in. and high tomorrow, coming down. 57, san jose, at the coast, half moon bay, breezy, 62. 66, palo alto. san francisco tomorrow, overcast

to start. 64. and north bay, 68, santa rosa. sonoma, 66. oakland, 67. east bay, highs, 68 for brentwood and concord. the seven-day forecast, st. patrick's day will be cooler and when spring arrives on thursday, temperatures warm back up. shu is here with sports and some march madness. >> officially has begun. if you didn't win your conference tournament you are at the mercy of the ncaa selection committee today. cal and stanford men falling into the

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march madness began today with selection sunday. it's a nerve-racking for teams that didn't win conference tournaments as your fate is in someone else's hands. stanford lost to ucla, but today they were one of the first teams chosen. [cheering] >> cardinal celebrating on the farm, getting the nod for the ncaa tournament for the first time since 2008. they're heading to st. louis as the tenth seed in the south region to face new mexico on friday. the coach couldn't be happier for his team. >> i think we believed that we were a good team. we believed we could compete against anyone. and i thought our kids bought into all we need to prepare to be successful. and that was from day one. i looked out our guys in the fall and our preparation of how

we want to approach this season. they were on point right away. >> the game is set for friday in st. louis. stanford and mmm. >> cal and usf were left out of making an n.i.t. bid. several teams took the suspense out of the selection show. florida taking on kentucky, sikh title game. second half, operatey, two of his 11. gators up 16. john calipari not happy. then down one, james jones slips and florida holds on for the 61-60 victory. frustrating day for coach k and the duke blue devils. throws a pen and gets teed off. parker had 23. duke down one. tournament mvp. joe harris, 16 for virginia. got it. cavaliers win the acc for the first time since 1976. 72-63 the final.

>> big ten championship. michigan and michigan state. pardons gary harris throws that one down. state up nine at the half. second half, branden dawson, watch this wind mill. michigan state wins. >> sun belt championship. louisiana lafayette and georgia. tied with one second left. we go to o.t. cajuns going big dance. >> florida in the south. arizona number one in the west. wichita state undefeated at 34-0, top seed in the midwest. and virginia, number one in the east. >> to the ice, madison square garden, with today's win sharks sweep the road trip. no more iconic arena. couture scores the only goal. his 189th of the year --

19th of the year. antti niemi on his game from the start. the beauty. had 20 saves in the first period. fourth shutout of the year, setting a franchise record. most saves in a shutout. sharks shut out the rangers for the first time in franchise history. see you at 6:00. >> up next, see how l.a. policing kicking their crime-fighting

>> coming up at 6:00, a mother opens up for the first time after her baby's nose was allegedly bitten off by his father. >> check out this video of niners coach jim harbaugh, showing off to a walrus. >> the newest car added to lapd's fleet costs $182,000. take a look. this lamborghini has its own twitter and instagram accounts and own web site. but we won't see it in hot pursuit or chasing after bad guys. a couple actually donated the car for the department to use during charity events. very cool. >> could use tha to run down other cars in l.a. >> that does it for us here at 5:00. we continue noun online, twister, facebook, and other mobile devices with our abc7 news app.

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