closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc the mother of a missing teen from morgan hill passes out fliers hoping someone has seen her daughter. 15-year-old sierra lamar disappeared5áfriday. investigators are canvassing schools in to counties. we have new information on sierra's father a registered sex offender. good morning i'm kristen sze. and i'm cheryl jennings. terry mcsweeney is live where sierra went to school last year. >> reporter: as you can see by that sign behind me her former classmates here at washington high in fremont have not forgotten sierra lamar. as we are finding out that the 15-year-old's father is a

convicted child molester, her mother is not waiting for the public to come forward, she reaching out to the public. arlene lamar talks through tears to drivers coming through the intersection where she believes her daughter was last seen. she hands out fliers and fishes for information, perhaps finding a negative information that might help find her daughter. >> it seems odd. >> police report it to the police department that as the biggest thing i've heard so far. >> reporter: 15-year-old sierra has not been seen since friday morning when she left her house for the school bus stop. she never boarded the bus. >> they might have seen something out of the other. i was telling them to remember what happened driving march 16th, friday. >> reporter: sierra's cell phone was found 3/4 mile from her home it appears it may have been thrown from the -- from a vehicle in the opposite direction of her school.

now we are getting word her father was convicted in 2007 of lewd or lascivious acts with a girl under 14. he spent eight months in jail. before reporters learned of his record he spoke with abc7 news about his last conversation with sierra. >> thursday night she sounded really good. she was excited about a paper she was writing and she wa telling me about that, me and her other sister. >> reporter: mr. lamar says he only pleaded guilty to child molestation at the advice of an attorney. he says he's innocent but still officially a sex offender. the address listed for lamar is a motel 6 we are told by sources he hasn't lived for the past six months. we asked mrs. lamar about her ex-husband's criminal record. >> i don't want to talk about that. that has nothing to do with my daughter now. we are searching for her and that's the focus now. >> reporter: thanks very much. despite the information about

sierra's father we are told by investigators that steve lamar is not a person of interest in this case. not a person of interest. and has been cooperating fully with investigators. investigators also say they are going to be the high schools talking students seeing if they can find a lead. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. san francisco mayor lee says he will make a decision today on whether to file ethics charges against san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi now that he has been sentenced in connection with the domestic violence case. there are several other developments, including the fact that mirkarimi has not shown up for work yet. amy hollyfield joins us now. there's a skating letter in the -- scathing letter in the paper today. >> reporter: yes a tough letter face. he's not here in the office dealing with it. i just checked in with his spokesperson ross mirkarimi is off site at a meeting. i said professional or

personal-related? she said she didn't know. he has said he will not be stepping down as sheriff even though he is now convicted of a crime. he's not here at work as calls continue and mount that he resign, including a new one in the paper today from his own next door neighbor. >> for the first time we are hearing from ivory madison's the response came from her husband, who wrote a piece for the op-ed page in the san francisco chronicle. in the editorial, he calls for ross mirkarimi, his next door neighbor to resign as sheriff. he accuses mirkarimi of trying to silence his wife. he writes, telling the truth and facing the consequences are pillars our society and i'm proud of my wife for setting a good example for our daughter. if everyone acted as she did, the world would be a better place. if everyone behaved as ross and eliana did, can you imagine what would happen to our justice system and society? madison videoed eliana lopez

talking about her husband ross mirkarimi was yelling at her and grabbing her. she shows a bruise on her arm she says came from mirkarimi. madison decided to go to police with the video. as mirkarimi was sentenced to three years probation yesterday for the charge of false imprisonment, he tearfully apologized. >> i'm going to devote myself to repair my relationship with my family, with the beam of san francisco and i'm committed -- with the people of san francisco and i'm committed to becoming a better public servant, one you can be proud of. >> reporter: several developments to watch for today, including two press conferences, one scheduled to get underway in an hour. ross mirkarimi's wife eliana lopez has scheduled one here in downtown san francisco across from city hall. she is pecked to be quite critical in that -- is expected to be quite critical in that press conference. the mayor ed lee will be addressing reporters and letting everyone know what his decision is on ross mere's

fate and if he -- ross mirkarimi's fate and if he will make a move towards pushing him out as sheriff. thorough coverage tonight so stay with abc7 news. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. right now long beach trustees of the california state university system are meeting to vote on raising the salaries of two new campus presidents if approved, csu east bay president would receive a salary of more than $303,000. fullerton president would make more than $324,000. 10% more than their current pay and 10% more than the presidents before them. this comes a day after drastic move by the university system to close spring admissions at most campuses next year. a few hundred students will be let into eight campuses, including cal-state east bay, san francisco and sonoma those areomnity college transfs.er

officials say deep cuts are planned if voters reject governor's measure to raise taxes in november, they say total enrollment could be reduced 25,000. police investigating vandalism at a cemetery, 40 brass rings worth $50 each were pried off crypts at the sonoma mountain cemetery on first street west there's a history of vandalism at the cemetery usually following illegal partying. police believe the thieves are after the money she can get from selling the metal. stay away orders issued against four occupy cal protesters involved in the november 9th, demonstrations at uc berkeley. protesters set up tents that lead to a violent confrontation with police. yesterday a judge ordered the four to stay at least 100 yards away from uc berkeley property exceptions were made for attending class or on campus jobs. new toll opened in

milpitas this morning the four mile stretch near highway 237 interchange allows solo drivers to use the car pool lane for a fee the toll will range from 30 cents to $6 depending on the time of day. solo drivers must have a fast track transresponder to pay to use that lane. vehicles with two occupants will continue to use the express lanes at no charge. the over-the-counter medication you may want to take with you the next time you head to the mountains. turns out its do more than -- it does more than help headaches. >> >> top commander in afghanistan tests on

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lawyer for robert bales says his client remembers little about the fight he's accused of killing 16 civilians in afghanistan. the attorney met with bales for the first time yesterday. he says bales has a sketchy memory of events before and after the killings recalls little or nothing of the time the military says he wept on the shooting spree through two afghan villages, killing women and children. he's being held charges could come this week. the u.s. war in afghanistan was a big topic among lawmakers this morning. in light of the bales' shootings and recent burnings of the muslim holy book katie marzullo joins us with more on the heated hearing.

>> reporter: an army staff sergeant stands accused of mass murder in afghanistan. last month u.s. soldiers accidentally burned copies of the qur'an sparking deadly riots. lawmakers and military leaders acknowledge the incidents have spurred anti-u.s. sentiment as they prepare for the draw down. >> each of these vents is heartwrenching my thoughts and prayers go out to all of those affected by this violence. >> reporter: still he says the u.s. remains on track. >> we are well aware and well along on the progress to meet our 2010 lisbon commitments to transition security lead to the afghan national security forces by december 2014. >> reporter: the acting under secretary of defense testified he says significant progress has been made. >> from 2010 to 2011 enemy initiative attacks in afghanistan were down 9%. this trend has continued into 2012. for january and february this year initiated attacks are

down further 22%. >> reporter: dr. miller told the committee in october of 2008 there were 140,000 afghans in the afghan national security forces today 330,000. the goal of 352,000 is expected to be met ahead of the october 2012 target date. some committee members are skeptical in part because of the upcoming election and possible change of the commandinger in chief. >> will you be -- commander in chief. >> will you be honest and say to the next administration you need to stay to the timetable because we have done all we can do, you are not going to change history? >> i'll be honest with you now and i'll be honest with that next administration. it is my obligation, my moral obligation to ensure that this force is resourced and this force is committed into a strategy that i think will work. >> reporter: the jen told the committee the u.s. has no intention of staying in afghanistan forever.

voters are going to the polls today in illinois, a key battleground state in the presidential race. mitt romney and rick santorum are expected to gather the most votes. both have been crisscrossing illinois in recent days coming within hours of each other. 54 delegates are at stake in a state that one of the last major battlegrounds before a three week lull in april. kind of a lull now terms of the stormy weather. meteorologist mike nicco ahead. a lot of small storms passing to our north giving us chances of rain everyday in the forecast. here's a look from vollmer peak this morning, pretty clear no flight arrival delays. what happened to legendary aviator amelia earhardt 75 years ago? the role secretary of state clinton is now taking in solving this longtime mystery.

the boo-birds critics say derailed a wonderful moment for a basketball great during last night's warriors game what had fans turning on the

that's how things got started last night at the arena where the warriors retired a chris mullins's --

mullin's jersey. then it turned bad as co-owner joe lacob went to the mic fans let him know how they felt about the trade of ellis. mullin stepped in and then rick berry blasted back. >> when you speak of warriors' history -- [ booing ] >> as the greatest fans in the nba as everyone stated, sometimes change is inevitable and it going to work out just fine -- and it is going to work out just fine. >> he is going to change this franchise this is crazy. seriously, come on, you're doing yourselves a disservice. >> lacob says he knows the fans are unhappy with him but he says winning will solve

everything. the the story is creating a buzz online. >> disgrace chris mullin deserves more. embarrassment and a shame. >> the fans pay good money to watch the team win if they want to boo because they believe the owner made a bad decision. they are after all, customers. if you would like to weigh in join the conversation on facebook. we've had three quakes in the last half hour not locally, big one in mexico and a couple in southern california. >> mexico preliminary magnitude is 7.9. that's massive. that is based 120 miles from acapulco,. you were saying mike that you saw reports of strong shaking in mexico city? >> a long earthquake was tweeted. i can't imagine. >> we have a revised estimate

now 6.5. >> still, still pretty big that will cause a lot of damage. waiting to get pictures out of that area. >> we'll probably get more information. >> let's hope it doesn't keep moving north started near acapulco, baja -- [ talking over each other ] let's talk about the weather a little now as we will try to work on reports on mexico. looking at the golden gate towards the marin headlands north bay where live doppler has been showing light rain hasn't made it here yet, a few breaks in the cloud cover near broadway, napa road in sonoma where some of the sprinkles are falling now. you can see the best radar returns have been across the north bay over the last three hours they've been moving from northwest to southeast and falling apart as they run into drier air over the bay let's talk about temperatures we're

running 60 mountain view, low 50s in santa rosa and san rafael. when the moisture in the air evaporates like on your skin it does cool the air that's what you are seeing everybody else mid to upper 50s monterey bay and inland 60 watsonville and gilroy everybody else mid to upper 50s. scattered light rain today and tomorrow best chance in the north bay showers everywhere thursday morning and looks like a wet and cooler weekend temperatures running well below average. then cooler this weekend, spring starting off the opposite of winter. let's talk about santa rosa one degree warmer than yesterday oakland 61 san francisco 59 san jose 63 all four degrees warmer than yesterday concord and hayward, seven degrees warmer than yesterday. low to mid 60s bay shore, south bay to east bay valleys. more sun low 60s around the bay mid 60s inland. all the rain will stay north

of 80 today around chico and eureka, 52 there, 48 in tahoe with a slight chance of a stra snow shower mid to upper 60s l.a. and san diego sunny 76 in palm springs. tonight possibility of drizzle along the coast the rest of us cloudy and mild with mid to upper 40s 50 in san francisco. look at this high it will not let the storm system come any closer to us than possibly the north bay that's why the best chance of showers are there the bulk of the storm is moving into washington and oregon. a little more impressive returns than what is reaching the ground the general theme staying up north through the afternoon evening hours overnight through tomorrow morning tomorrow at noon tomorrow in the afternoon even tomorrow night wait a minute look what's coming down from the northwest cold front will push showers into our forecast

for the commute thursday morning by noon thursday they are gone and the sun breaks out. if we are lucky possibly a quarter inch in north bay. thursday afternoon and friday for sure dry, bulk of the rain saturday lesser extent sunday, dry monday. want to update you on the earthquake in mexico near mexico city revisions says that was a 7.6 magnitude quake that struck within the last half hour. we are getting reports there were situation buildings in mexico city and frightened workers and residents were running in the streets. at that magnitude there could be strong damage. we'll keep following the story for you. 7.6 earthquake near mexico city this morning. we want to go back to other news of the stay. researchers say an over-the-counter drug can help with something called altitude sickness the illness that overcomes a lot of people who go to the mountains.

ibuprofen can make a difference. they tested people who went to a 4100 foot elevation. those who took the painkiller had major reduction in symptoms which can include headaches, dizziness and nausea. that study can be found online. >> i'm so glad you read that story that's what i'm going to do next time i

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children has a new mission, helping solve one of the 20th century's greatest mysteries: what happened to amelia earhart. she met with historians and scientists the group is launching a new search for the wreckage of her plane off an island in the western pacific where some scientists think she may have landed this is the 75th anniversary year of her doomed final flight in 1937 we are keeping track of that big 7.6 quake in mexico. we'll update you at 4, 5 and 6:00. >> for now thanks for joining us.

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