>> a private investigator joins in the search for sierra lamar two years after the teen went missing. the interview you'll only see right here on "today in the bay." >> and the calendar says winter but it sure isn't going to feel like it as we continue the stretch of near-record heat all weekend long into next week. but we're still tracking the return of showers in the forecast. i'll time everything out in moments. >> right now great weather, dry roads and friday commute just kicking in. slowing for san jose. we'll show you that effect on the rest coming up. >> we're going to tell you which airline about to shut down south bay service. it's friday, march 14, this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. 6:00 this morning. thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. new this morning after several delays pg&e says it will begin

the very loud repair work in about an hour. crews have been out all morning setting up, the utility is warning homeowners it could be as loud as a jet engine taking off. crews were supposed to start venting a gas line this morning around 101 but the work keeps getting pushed back because crews are working on other parts of the line. christie smith joins us live with an update from pg&e. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. right now doesn't sound too bad. you hear generators. as you said about 7:00 it's going to get loud, very loud. a pg&e spokesperson tells me it's going to sound like a jet engine here in san carlos this morning. and that's because they are venting a natural gas pipe line to do work here and also in redwood city. get earplugs out. maybe extra pillows if you wanted to sleep in. the venting is going around a pipe sticking out of the ground this morning. it actually could have been

worse in terms of the timing. originally 2:00, 3:00, now 7:00 so. that's because the delays that they basically with tell me they had a number of valves and a lot of prep work they had to deal with. they want to be very, very careful. this is at old county and commercial, it does connect with other work around redwood city and industrial and whipple. so when you drive around you're going to see a number of crews in the areas working, a lot of detours to get around all of this. will be loud, i'm told, for about an hour, maybe 90 minutes. but i'm told that gas service in the area should not be impacted. reporting live, christie submission, "today in the bay." >> thank you. police are waiting for a search warrant to start removing pot plants found during a house fire. the marijuana grow operation was found inside one room but when fire broke out before midnight no one was inside the home. firefighters are investigating

to see if the electrical system may have been tampered with. this is happening now on stonewall avenue in hayward less than a mile from long wood elementary school near interstate 880. >> it's two years since the search for sierra lamar continues in the south bay. a man is charged with kidnapping and killing the 15-year-old but her body has never been found. now the family is working with a private investigator. bob redell joins us live in the sierra lamar search center with the interview only on nbc bay area. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you. yes, sierra lamar's family hired mark garcia with golden state investigations, a former sheriff deputy. you retired prior to her disappearance. but you've been trying to help the family find her body in recent months. you had an interesting conversation with mark klaas last night. you brought up something

interesting about the alleged suspect antolin garcia torres. >> yes. i called mark for his professional advice on this. you know, again, i never want to interfere with an investigation and so you have to be careful what you say. you know, even asked him if he thought this was a good thing to do. he said absolutely. he said you know, we don't want to stop until we find her, and we just kind of shared ideas to make this happen. >> do you have a better sense ever since you joined the effort of where her body might be? >> exactly, no. but i believe it's close. i think that you know, the people involved in this know this area well. they grew up here. i mean, think of shon dra levy case. she was running down a path. law enforcement searched several times and it was off the side of an embankment and it was just foliage on top of it. it could be that simple.

we could walk over it every day and don't know. >> you do have $10,000 set aside through your company for what? >> i have a very generous people involved in the company and friends that we have $10,000 for any information that would lead us to sierra and no matter what state. at that point i wouldn't even try to find home run locate, i would turn it over to professionals and let them do their job. >> mark, thank you very much. we're in the sierra lamar search center which moved to the old central high location in morgan hill. and after all of this time, two year, there is still a group of dedicated people, roughly 25 who almost every saturday go out and try to find her. they will do it again tomorrow. if you are interested come by and try to help find her. reporting live in morgan hill, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> i have seen signs throughout community bring sierra home. let's hope it happens one day. >> new details in the search for the missing jet.

vietnam is scaling back its search in the south china sea to expand to the indian ocean. look at this map of the search area, vietnam says it will send planes and ships to the strait of malacca. the expanded search comes after a report that the boeing 777 sent signals to a satellite for hours after the plane went missing. malaysian investigators have not said when or whether they had information about those satellite signals. >> in the past hours crews removed u.s. airways plane that blew a tire on the front landing gear forcing the pilot to abort takeoff. that forced the gear to collapse. flight 1702 headed to ft. lauderdale, florida around 6:30 when the front tire blew out, sending the front of the plane to the ground. more than 150 people rushed out of the emergency chutes. we're hearing for the first time the communication between the pilots of u.s. airways 1702 and the philadelphia airport control tower.

>> u.s. on the runway. we're going to dispatch the emergency vehicles. >> investigators are trying to figure out what caused the plane's landing gear to collapse. >> pretty amazing pictures. taking a look outside at the bay bridge lit up with beautiful lights. check in with meteorologist christina loren, going to let us know how the weekend is looking. >> aren't we happy that it is. we can all enjoy together. happy friday everybody. as we get ready to enjoy sleeping in and getting outdoors, not having to go to work. temperatures really warm. i have to point that out. so you can get to the beach this weekend, that is the place to be. temperatures right now mostly in the 40s and 50s. we have patchy low clouds. but overall those are going to clear by about 9:00 a.m. a warm finish to the day. if you are heading out watch out for a little bit of patchy fog

at the coast. by lunch time not a cloud in the sky. even in san francisco. mostly clear evening, temps drop quickly at night once we lose that warmth. this is what we expect in san francisco, 74. 79 in the south bay, tri-valley at 81 degrees. closer to 90 as we get into the weekend. for the east bay 77 degrees, warm breeze. near record warmth along the peninsula. you are starting out so mild and we have the upper 70s today. in the north bay by noon. 82 degrees is the high there. so we're tracking showers, we'll tell you how much warmer it's going to be, coming up here's mike and your drive. >> you might want to avoid the san mateo bridge if it's a choice between the san mateo and the dumbarton because look at this, westbound 92, we'll take this full screen you see a stream of headlights off of the high rise westbound toward foster city boulevard. somewhere as you approach there is a disabled minivan which turned into possibly a crash, reports of two other vehicles

including a big rig there. no major injuries but crews are still arriving. it's suddenly slowing quite a bit off of that high rise. this happened in a couple of minutes so we'll look at the map. we don't see slowing from hayward side toward this. we'll look at the maps again, we'll show you the speed sensors on the hayward side moving at the green level. over to the peninsula, still green but we saw the headlights slowing. a crash possibly blocking one, two lanes. hopefully they can move that quickly. the dumbarton bridge is a good alternate. slow across 92 right now this morning. friday typically lighter through the bay. here in the south bay your slowdown north 101 and holding at speeds under 60 miles per hour. about 55 right there. it's not so bad. the rest of the south bay starting a gentle build. we'll look at speeds, to the tri-valley, west 580 out of the altamont pass. you're about 50 miles per hour on average. slowing to dublin as well as out

of the altamont. the bay bridge toll plaza has a backup. a live look here. the cash lanes are a problem. we don't have metering lights yet. avoid westbound across the san mateo bridge t the bay bridge is another alternate. back to you. >> thank you so much. also a little work here to let you know for the weekend. 280/880 interchange will enter a new phase that means road closures. so starting at 9:00 caltrans crews close three ramps. the northbound 280 to northbound 880 and stevens creek, also the southbound 280 to northbound 880. and the northbound 17 to stevens creek so you can see the triangle is going to be affected. the overnight work will last until 10:00 tomorrow morning part of an effort to improve one of the most dangerous interchanges in the bay area. there will be a fly over ramp how it will directly connect northbound 280 to northbound

880. >> it's 6:10. still ahead on "today in the bay" we're going to tell you why virgin america says it is taking off from the south bay. >> plus we'll tell you about the opening event at levi stadium and why it will cost less than half as much as a ticket to the niners game.

here is a look at today's top stories. some of the passengers aboard a plane wloos nose gear collapsed finally made it home. the flight was taking off for ft. lauderdale when a tire on the landing gear blew, forcing the pilot to abort takeoff. two people were hurt not

seriously. >> mystery continues as does the search for the missing malaysian plane expanding again this time to include the indian ocean. yesterday u.s. officials said the plane sent signals to a satellite for four hours after the aircraft went missing. >> secretary of state john kerry is in london this morning to try to stop sunday's vote for crimea to become part of russia. u.s. officials say there will be immediate and quote serious consequences if russia does not leave ukraine. >> virgin america will no longer be flying out of planet ta international airport. chase cain is there with the reason behind this decision and when the final flight will be. i hope it's not today because i'm on one of those planes today. how's it going? >> it's not. peggy, you are safe. i checked the online reservation system. looks like the last night that they are taking reservations for is on may 14 so that's two months from today. so still a little time for virgin flyers. the airline began operating out

of san jose to los angeles last may, and it seems they will only be operating those flights for one year. the silicon valley business journal reports the decision to end the flights from sjc is because enough people aren't flying, that traffic is up for the airline here out of san jose but apparently not up enough to save these flights. for people who do frequent san jose airport, you shouldn't really worry about a huge impact on service because there are six other airlines which offer daily flights between san jose and los angeles. delta, alaska, u.s. air, american, united, and southwest, six others, offer this same flight so there's obviously a lot of competition and seems in this case virgin could not compete with those other airlines which have been flying for some time. also southwest. hopefully prices won't change too much with virgin pulling out. there are two more months of flights here, the business journal reports that virgin is

adding flights in dallas so the expectation a lot of the planes that had been flying out of sjc are going to fly out of dallas. certainly a sad news for people who do frequent san jose airport. one guy told us that's the only airline he flies out of here so he's going to have to decide what to do next. at least your flight today is safe sow can get out no problem. >> thanks for looking into that. >> as long as peggy's okay. >> come on now. >> we've got to get peggy tickets for the first ever event at levi stadium. san jose earthquake host on august 2. a lot of excitement over the grand opening there are still people who aren't happy b. with 100 attended a meeting last night. the police chiefs were there to address concerns. >> i didn't vote for the stadium. i did not want it in my own back yard. people will not want to pay $20 over at the stadium, come down here, walk over or just grab

light rail which you can do right here. and basically take up our guest parking. >> the police chief told the crowd there will be an increase in officers on came day and admit that traffic problems will be a work in progress. they will make adjustments when needed. >> a lot of people excited on the other side to see the new stadium and check it out. also excited it's friday. nice weather on tap. >> friday, we love friday around here. getting to work especially if you are up with us at this hour it can be difficult. we love our weekend. the weather is on our side. a little bit of heat headed our way as we head into st. patrick's day weekend. starting out the day in the 50s. this morning it's chilly in the north bay. we're close to 50. 54 in san francisco, 41 in the north bay. and 45 degrees to kick off your friday. beautiful san jose. here's where we're headed. upper 70s in the south bay, warmer actually along the peninsula than what we expect right here in the south bay.

because of that warm start. palo alto mostly clear. low clouds overhead. you'll see those once the -- lube at what high pressure does to the bay area temperatures. right now we're starting out chilly out there. the low so far this morning 47 in san jose, we head into this afternoon all of these numbers are going to jump. i mean really jump. we'll be in the upper 70s, it's a 31-degree temperature spread. 40 for napa and napa. that's a warm day. dress in layers today. as we head throughout the weekend, the really warm weather sets in. so keep that in mind. 79 in monterey on sunday. surf's up, mike. >> aloha. it's over across the water. traffic flows smoothly. we're hanging tight as far as the volume of traffic and watching because this same area west 580 off of el charo

approaching the off ramps there, reports are this weekend direction these are stalled. we don't see it. i'll show you on the map. what we're pulling the modular, mobile home in the area. we get to the map we'll see this slower drive that is starting to hold steady. nothing dramatic but a big rig hauling a modular tomorrow that may be blocking part of the slow lane. we didn't see that on the camera, may be closer to hoppier. watching this for the tri-valley. 680 moves smoothly, so does 580. across the san mateo bridge i showed you slowing off of the high rise. reports after stall, then a minor fender-bender. the traffic is slow, smooths out we see sensors holding steady as you approach. getting over to 101. so maybe if you van use the dumbarton bridge.

we're going to look toward the palo alto area. the same portion of the peninsula an easy drive. we'll get you live shots, where the backup forming. the metering lights turned on. we don't always see those on friday so there you go, the alert, this is the first friday, a time change, it's only that short time. there we have it. slowing on the straight away over there. we're looking toward the southbound 101 area, we have a few more folks joining in but not a major concern out of santa rosa. novato you join in with these folks then south to san rafael, a little bit of slowing. back to you. >> this is quite the story a. man who woke up kicking in a body bag weeks ago has now died. 78-year-old walter williams died early yesterday morning in mississippi. the life long farmer had been pronounced dead weeks ago, and was even taken to a funeral home where he woke up in the body

bag. his failly tells the paper they are now at peace saying quote we know he's fine. >> you got that extra time they said. it's an incredible story. still ahead on "today in the bay," new twists in the oscar pistorius trial. that investigators botch a major piece of evidence at the crime scene. what a witness just claimed in court.

good morning to you. 6:23 now as we wake things up in san jose. good morning to you. waking up on this friday morning, glad to have you with us. >> peggy, a lot of commuters this morning. we're having a friday light. >> looks like the metering lights are on. waiting for the sun as well. we have a look at the commute. with all of the girl this is morn. >> he is. one of the men who beat a giants fan nearly to death is now pleading not guilty to weapons charges. investigators say they found two semi-automatic rifles and 70 rounds of ammo when they searched marvin norwood's home. prosecutors say the weapons violated his parole, norwood and louie sanchez pleaded guilty attacking stow in the dodger stadium parking lot in 2012. the beating left stow

permanently disabled. sanchez faces the same gun charges but has not yet entered a plea. >> today we've got our first look at what oscar pistorius looked like right after he shot and killed his girlfriend. in his murder trial prosecutors showed photographs of pistorius standing on his blood-stained prosthetic legs wearing shorts covered in blood. the pictures were in taken in the granl of pistorius' home after steenkamp was shot. the officer also said he witnessed a crime scene investigator handle a gun used without gloves. >> a trial of five of bernie madoff's could go to trial. four of the defendants are here including madoff's secretary and account manager and two computer programmers. federal prosecutors say that the defendants helped madoff with his massive ponzi scheme. he says he acted alone in cheating thousands of investors out of $20 billion.

madoff is now 75. he pleaded guilty and is serving a 150-year prison sentence. >> the fbi is refusing to run background checks on people applying to run legal marijuana businesses in washington state. even though it does similar checks in colorado. the federal government says it will not sue to prevent washington and colorado from regulating marijuana even though the drug is illegal under federal law. the justice department hasn't said why it isn't doing the checks. washington is relying on checks from its state parole. washington sate says it's concerned that people with criminal histories would wind up with pot licenses in the state. so far only three people have gotten licenses to grow marijuana in washington. >> time now 6:26. still ahead public safety versus your right to privacy. coming up the crime fighting tool that could collect information from your phone at any time. >> a live look outside, the

western span of the bay bridge. waiting for the sun's arrive. going to have great temperatures. >> let's look at the eastern span here as you can see also getting a little busy there. all lit up this morning. we'll have those temperatures and more details coming up.

welcome back. a high tech gadget police use to keep you safe but is it worth new concerns over privacy? also details about the growing controversy on who is going to be using this coming up next. >> good morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. you made it to friday. we want to help you make outdoor plans, get ready for the stretch of near-record heat to continue. in fact, all the way through next week. still got showers, we're tracking those in your full forecast. >> christina is tracking record high, i'm tracking the high ride across the san mateo bridge. looks like things are gummed up a bit for the time being lanes

just cleared. we'll show you the view across the bay. >> checking the highs and the lows and the track of the markets this morning as there is the opening bell. hopefully bringing luck. taking a look. on the nasdaq this morning. it's friday, march 14, this is "today in the bay." >> good friday morning to you. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. two new developments in ukraine. more negotiations today as the country gets closer to a crucial vote. this weekend crimea will decide whether it will kree main part of ukraine or join russia instead. tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. secretary of state john kerry is abroad to make a diplomatic push. >> reporter: exactly. in fact, he is doing that this morning in london, two meetings so far, one with the british and

looks like the european union may follow what president obama did with the individual sanctions against russia. also we saw him this morning meeting with foreign minister lavrov of russia, in a third city now trying to figure out if in fact they can come up with some way of getting russia out of the crimea peninsula. now, aside from london there are eight senators in ukraine, in kiev today, five republicans, three democrats, who have gone over to get a handle on what things are really like on the ground there and also touch base with that new government. in terms ever things on the ground in some areas it's getting violent. we've seen the russian groups, more of them moving into that southern peninsula. also in the eastern part of ukraine, a lot of pro russian demonstrations and one person died during rallies in that

area. lots of people injured as well. all of this happening of course two days before elections in crimea. >> one to watch. thanks so much. >> mark zuckerberg versus the nsa, many of us have seen his complaining about nsa hacking. we are learning that zuckerberg called president obama before he posted his comments to facebook. in his update zuckerberg says the programs undermine the point of the internet to quote share and connect. his concerns are base on investigative report that the nsa has a program that can sneak into anyone's web browser. the nsa denies the report. the phone call between zuckerberg and the president took place. did it not give specifics. >> a high tech gadget. now the aclu is raising a red flag. it's called sing ray, an

advanced surveillance tool. it's used to collect cell phone data. sting ray can record your phone's number and location. it can even collect content from your home. >> the stingrays are highly intrusive and they are used with many cutting edge unresolved constitutional questions. >> documents released by the acwho show the district attorney's office and san francisco, san jose, fremont, and oakland police departments all plied for grant money. the ac lrk u wants to know what the company policies are because it believes they may be used to track people illegally. >> time to check in on that forecast. looking at nice temperatures. first a look outside, boy, traffic picking up. >> yeah, surprising for a friday morning. although it's going to be a

great weekend, may be people are trying to get up and out and early to work so they can get off. >> maybe they are heading to the beach all right. everybody at home. you made it. some fortable temperatures. it will be very warm. 54 in san francisco. 74 later today. 79 degrees in the forecast in the south bay so temperatures are going to be warm. want to take you through your day. as you head out the front door a little watchy fog. it has been a big factor. we'll check with him. clouds down by lunch time. as we head through this afternoon with full sunshine then beautiful evening. temperatures are going to drop once we lose that sun. it's going to be a warm day but too warm for some people. we don't hit the 80s this time of year. that's the tri-valley heating up.

especially in pleasanton and livermore. 79 degrees here, 74 degrees, in san francisco. throughout the week it's going to get warmer so keep that in mind. tack on 2 degrees from where we expect your highs today. 77. north bay, 82 degrees. let me give you a preview what we have coming our way into this all important weekend. it's going to be hot, close to 90 in some cities by sunday. i'm forecasting straight up 90 in the tri-valley. gilroy that goes for you as well on sunday. going to the peak of the trend, then showers on the way. slight chance next week. a letter chance for following week. night now here is mike. >> a chance of spotty fog only on a weather index we saw that north of san rafael so not a hajer factor but we're tracking

looking at the san mateo bridge on the right side you see that stream of light. that's a smooth flow toward the high rise where we had the earlier incident. things are crowded. traffic is moving smoothly. we look from the other side of the bay, westbound now with taillights away from us, smoother than a couple of pnts to go. possible fender-bender cleared. back to a typical drive. the map and the sensors. moves smoothly. use 84 if you had intended to after i reported the first incident. that's just fine. the try value shows. the reason we couldn't find this was because it's out of our camera range. westbound 580 through livermore. a home unit is possibly blocking two lanes. the backup considering that not so dramatic and a smoother drive

out of the altamont pass. we have all lanes backed up quickly. that's unusual, we don't always see that on a friday. >> thanks, mike. 6:37. a deadly helicopter crash in thick fog. new reports that one of the richest men in the united kingdom may have been on board.

happening now rescuers combing through the wreckage of two collapsed apartment buildings in new york city in a harlem neighborhood searching for survivors. they found another body bringing the death toll to eight. rescuers are using dogs and thermal gear to search. a gas explosion flattened both buildings wednesday. the cause of that is under investigation. >> new this morning the richest man in northern ireland is said to be among four killed in an overnight helicopter crash in thick fog in england. this is new video from the crash site you can see how thick the fog is. the helicopter went down in norfolk 100 miles northeast of london. reports in the uk indicate the entrepreneur and member of the

u.s. house of lords edward hahee was among those killed. he made his riches in veterinary drugs and owned an air travel company including a helicopter charter company. >> at least two are dead and six missing after a cyclone blew through a nation. the island is north of new zealand and east of australia. investigators say the cyclone struck on monday and lasted two full days. there are reports of widespread crop damage as well as flooding and mudslides. >> 6:41. repair work as loud as a jet engine. we'll tell you which peninsula neighborhood is about to get an early morning wake-up call. why the noise could last up to an hour. >> a private investigator joins the search for sierra lamar. the exclusive interview here on "today in the bay." >> and good morning to you. are you ready for st. patrick's day? it's going to be hot but hey, we're going to tell you what's going on, what is free for you

and the family and when rain returns to the forecast. coming up in moments.

6:44 now. new this morning pg&e crews are moments away from starting repair work on pipe lines in san carlos. repair work that could jolt people out of bed because it's going to be so loud. workers have been up all morning setting up gear at the site. pg&e is warning homeowners of the possible noise that could be as loud as a jet engine, also could last up to an hour. crews were supposed to start venting a gas line about 2:00 this morning along 101 but that work keeps getting pushed back because crews were preparing other parts of the line. christie smith joins us live in san carlos with what pg&e has

just told her, giving you an update. how you doing? >> good morning. happy friday. there is a reason that people who work near runways wear that protective head gear because it's loud and it's going to get loud here in san carlos, possibly as soon as 15 to 20 minutes. pg&e telling me it may sound like a jet engine and this repair could last an hour, maybe a little bit longer. so get those earplugs ready if you are nearby. all of this because the utility is venting a natural gasline which will allow it to do work along the line from here into redwood city. you may smell a little natural gas, surely here in san carlos where we are. this is an industrial area, but you will see work going on here and all along the line. so pg&e wanted to get the word out to people who might be concerned about what's going on. i think you mentioned but originally overnight work was at 2:00, then 3:00, now it's at

7:00 because they say there are a lot of valves and prep work to keep this operation safe. i am told, though, that this shouldn't affect anyone's natural gas service, just be very, very loud. could go on an hour. maybe a little bit longer. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thanks. 6:46. police in hayward waiting for a search warrant to start removing pot plants found during a house fire. a marijuana grow operation was found in one room. but when the fire broke out before midnight no one was in the house. they are investigating to see if electric systems may have been tampered with. it's happening in hayward less than a mile from long wood elementary school near 880. so far police have no suspects in custody. >> a look at the forecast right now. as we take a look outside now, san jose and also san francisco, look at that. beautiful lights. >> look at that.

the sun is up. it looks like it's you know, san francisco, we're still waiting. >> pulling it up. right. >> weak onshore flow is what we like to call it. >> i know. you like to geek out with me once in a while. it's okay though. we want to enjoy the beautiful weather together and we're going to get to do so. you know what, i know you've got the little ones at home with you, it's a great weekend to get them out but keep that sun screen handy especially for the little ones. we're going to see a high uv index. to kick off friday, good morning to you bay area. what a pretty start to the day over our gorgeous bay bridge which you are going to see clearly for the next few days. we get the off shore flow. we end up with clear skies, not that typical fog that we see this time of year. we're going to see skies clear out by about noon, it's going to

be hard to find a cloud. temps are going to soar as a result. and a few high clouds will return by sun set. tomorrow we're not going to have low clouds to start the day. it's going to be kind of a cool day out there for the first part of the day in san francisco. you're going to hit a high of 74 degrees today. 79 on the way to the south bay, 82 degrees along the peninsula because of that warm start you're getting there. it's going to be a sunny day and temperatures even warmer as we head into the next couple days. we're kicking off st. patrick's day celebration in the city by the bay. market street they have the parade. at 11:00, it's a cool parade. count on a lot of traffic. it's one of those parades you don't want to miss. 65 at 11:00. you want to hit the beach, beautiful. you might wonder where is scott mcgrew.

that's not scott. we have him coming back next week. but yeah, i bet he can surf like that. what do you think? looks like scott's right? >> i wish -- i don't want to go on the record saying anything about scott's legs, just let you know. he's -- imagine probably can surf. looking toward the south bay. we are rising the tied. we'll look at the maps, 101, the map shows you slowing. you have a gentle build. speeds down to 55, for 87 as well. there is your south bay build. the interchange a lot of connecters will be closed. till 10:00 tomorrow. i'll update you and give you a link and stuff like that. we talked about it all right. don't want to bore you. the east bay, the yellow and

originals somebody 880 toward union city. at the worst again for that portion of the nimitz. here the tri-valley typical pattern, the earlier disabled vehicle, the big rig pulling that home that cleared quickly and we have a smooth flow as well. 84 to livermore. dublin another festival so prepare for that parade as well. your drive down the east shore freeway looking good. down to about 54 including workly to the perkily serve. the metering lights were turned on. now these lanes to the left have cleared up. typical for later on. fast track and the cash lanes to the right. we're picking up the tropical so good flow of traffic. 101 through palo alto with taillights. 101 as well as 280. no slowing through san mateo. back to you.

>> thank you, mike. sunday marks two years since sierra lamar disappeared but people have not stopped searching in the south bay. one man is charged with kidnapping and killing the 15-year-old but her body has never been found. bob is live inside the search center in morgan hill with the interview you'll only see on nbc bay area. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. for the past several months mark garcia, county sheriff's deputy now a private investigator. has been working with the family of sierra to try to find her body. she -- he has been trying to get in the head of antolin garcia torres t man accused of kidnapping and killing her. try to fig out maybe what he did with that body. talking to mark, you have drink at any route, the school bus route around her home.

do you have a better sense of where she might be? >> she's close. i truly believe that. the time frame and all the people i have spoken to, friends of the suspect, it just doesn't -- it doesn't indicate that she's anywhere real far. >> you said something earlier you compared to the shondra levy. they found her in an area that searched over and over. >> if you go even into google it she was found off of a roadside where they searched over 100 times. she was covered by just the foliage. maybe a foot or two. in the year that's how much she was covered which. we may have walked over and in passing haven't seen her. >> several hundred people, strangers at the time shoe tried to find her who did volunteer searches.

to this day almost two years later almost every saturday there is a core group of volunteers including roger nelson. 25 of you. you didn't know the lamars, you're from gilroy. i stick with this. why? >> i got myself among the volunteers that want to bring sierra lamar home to your family and were inspired by the strength of the lamars, want to do the right thing. >> you think you'll find her? >> we're going to keep looking doing the best we can. we're inspired. >> they will search again tomorrow, this is the sierra lamar search center. at the old location of the central high school here if you are interested in coming you've got to be at least 18, there are some other requirements. go to the find sierra.com website for information. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. >> a bay area another remains at the joyl for allegedly attacking

his wababy. joshua got frustrated because his son was crying so he bit the nose off. the mother made a frantic call to police. the baby is in stable condition at oakland children's hospital but there is other child abuse, they found the child suffered a skull fracture and a brain emraj in addition to the nose. >> the area where homes are blocked off. we have video of that collapsed hoys in west oakland near 24th and the home was abandoned and no one hurt. >> b.a.r.t. riders will be able to report bad behavior. it's unveiling an app that lets you disclose crimes bs uploading pictures or comments. a silent photo and flash free ofgs. it's part of the national if you

see something, say something campaign or it will be available in a few months. >> could see an increase at sfo while two runways are shut down. airport is cutting down from may 17 to september to complete a $214 million safety project. the work will cut the number of arriving flights by 15% and change departing paths sending all southern california. this shouldn't have a big impact noting that the airport shuts down two of his run ways every year. >> new water rye strixs are in place in some cities and people who don't follow those rules could end up with no matter at all. the alameda district declared an emergency shortage. it includes more than 330,000 people in fremont, newark and union city. starting immediately you are in the allowed to water your lawn on consecutive days, you can't

resell swimming pools or use a hose f. you do a hose it has to have one of those shut off nosles. you get a written warning first followed by a knock at the door f. you still don't comply the district will shut off your water and could be charged. >> a surprising development less than a year after starting service. >> virgin america says the entire airline is taking off in fact chase cain is there live at the airport with what is behind this decision. good morning, chase. >> reporter: good morning. i checked online reservations and it appears that may 14 will be the last time that you can fly out of san jose or into san jose on virgin american. the kournl reports the airline is not getting tough passengers on its service. have i flown that several times and i can tell you each of those

times i don't think the plane was even half full so it's no surprise when you hear that from a business perspective. but passengers at san jose shouldn't worry traveling frequently between the city and los angeles. there are 6 others, all offer daily flights to los angeles. more than two dozen flights between the two cities. southwest is there, hopefully price should not increase. it's simply a business decision. the expectation from business analyst is that the planes that have been servicing will move over to dallas. we talked to a couple of passengers. one said it new big deal but another guy told us virgin is the only airline he wants to fly out of san jose. he has to decide if he wants to keep driving. the good news is you'll still be

able to get to l.a. easily here out of san jose. peggy, you're going to do that soon. >> i am today. so i was listening closely to you. see if this would affect me. so thanks for the update. >> a girl on the go. you see in the bay area a lot of people may be flying it, it's a great weekend. >> it's going to be nice a. little on the warm side. if you open up the windows in your home later on its a good way to combat that. we're going to see a nice breeze. 74 san francisco, 79 in the south bay. tomorrow you want to close those blinds as early as possible. temperatures sore by additional 5 to 10 degrees. tracking the return of the storm track, here's mike inouye. >> looking to the south bay, friday a lighter build but we have that for the north bound no. major issues, just one. passing by the area with cougle. folks getting to businesses.

that northbound 101, a slower drive for southbound 880 as well as your try valley typical. no surprises we'll look at the san mateo bridge, we had a crash but that has cleared. >> it's 6:59. the final look at the top stories. police waiting for a search warrant before they start removing pot plants at the cite of an early morning house fire. the grow was less than a mile from longwood elementary school. >> in a few minutes crews in san carlos are expected to start loud repair work that could sound like a jet engine. crews will be venting gas along 101, work should last about an hour. >> tickets for what will be the first event ever at santa clara's levi stadium goes on sale. you can get your tickets at

ticket master. sounds good. good morning. one week in, still no answers. the search for missing malaysian airlines flight 370 now expanded in the indian ocean. a u.s. destroying moving in to assist and this morning, a new report of a seismic event on the ocean floor near that ple's last known location. chaos on the runway. >> they're evacuating the plane. oh, my god. the plane is on fire. oh, my god, my plane. >> passengers escape after a blown tire forces a us airways pilot to abort takeoff. this morning, the frantic moments caught on camera. nbc news exclusive.