closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc good morning i'm kristen sze. and i'm cheryl jennings. volunteers are looking for a missing morgan hill girl. 15-year-old sierra lamar didn't show up for school. investigators believe she was taken and did not runaway. >> reporter: we are here at anderson lake county park. you can see some of the dozen or so volunteers who have come to this park they are at a number of other parks these are here at this park looking for something, anything and where they are looking you uld not expect to fan a live human being but the work -- to fan a live human being but the

work is critical to the family. volunteers look for anything that will help bring 15-year-old sierra lamar home. >> we don't want anyone to get stuck. it doesn't impact the ground search. what it is going to impact is the number of volunteerss >> reporter: the one or so who turned out are looking for anything to bring sierra home or closure to her family. >> i'm sure the family knowing it is cold, raining, is she laying out there somewhere still alive, is she suffering? >> reporter: pat boyd knows about closure his 28-year-old daughter kristi vanish in october of 2005. her kidnapper and killer is serving time for the crime based on dna. but her body, even the remains still hold incredible importance to the family. >> any time a body part, skeleton anything that has been found my wife's emotions

go sky high pain and agony is can we finally say good by. we've never had that opportunity to bury her and say good-bye. >> reporter: volunteers are hoping for a happier conclusion. some in the field, others at the school, this woman used her print shop to crack out fliers and sign-in forms. >> everything weprinned, we donated. >> reporter: you are losing -- money. >> that is okay it is for a good cause. >> reporter: we are getting word that the sheriff's dive team is out on reservoirs and lakes in the county. with them a k-9 which can detect human remains in the water. five hundred leads have come into the sheriff's office, so far no solid leads. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. san francisco police are warning of a new fraud scheme targeting one of the most vulnerable segmentments of the

city's population, elderly chinese-americans cheated out of their valuables. amy hollyfield is live with details. >> reporter: two scams going on. in the first, two people walk up to a victim and start talking about going to see an her balance doctor. they convince the -- see an herbal doctor. they convince the victim, i know where we can find one. then a third person joins the conversation. >> suspect three says i'm the herbal doctor's daughter or granddaughter and you just stepped over a where a person was killed and the ghost is attached to you. you are curse and you are going to die. your family is going to die too unless you purify your valuables. >> reporter: the victims have all gone home, gathered their valuables and hand them over to the thieves. >> they give the bag back and tells them don't look in it otherwise the ritual not going to work. the woman opens the bag and

finds all her valuables are gone. >> reporter: police say this happen four times to people raging in age from 60s to 80s. they have sketches of what they think three of the four suspects like like. investigators estimate they've walked away with at least $100,000 worth of jewelry. in the other scheme police say the criminals convince the victims that this jade bracelet will bring good health, luck and wealth. three victims have paid between two and $15,000 cash for the jewelry. >> these victims are spending a lot on bracelets that are worth $10. >> reporter: police say thieves speak to the victims in cantonese and approach while they are walking alone. >> what is being preyed upon are the people's superstition. in the chinese culture, superstition, we believe in ghosts, ancestors, things like that. the people -- the suspects know what the victims are

thinking, they prey upon them. >> reporter: this has been happening in the sunset district the last indent happened friday. police say don't talk -- don't talk to strangers promising wealth or health don't hand over jewelry or valuables, money to anyone you don't know. if you can help them of this crime, you are hoping you give the san francisco police department a call. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. neighbors in an oakland area are devastated by the death of a 92-year-old woman in a fire at her home. friends say she was considered the godmother of the block. katie marzullo has the story of miss jimmie and the friend who tried to save her. >> door was hot, everything was hot, it was too much smoke a few minutes later the fire department showed up. >> reporter: she didn't think of her own safety when she tried to help her elderly friend it was around 5:30 this morning when firefighters arrived to heavy smoke coming

out of the home. they brought the victim out, she was not breathing with >> she was like the godmother of the block. >> reporter: neighbors knew her as miss jimmie, she was 92-years-old. >> i've known her since i was four or five. she been around the neighborhood since i been here. sad. >> reporter: investigators say the fire started with a floor heater there was clothing and combustibles near the heater that started the fire. >> reporter: there's a warning for others. >> older homes floor heaters in the floor, stuff gets in 'em good idea to check and make sure there is nothing in 'em. >> reporter: advice that comes too late for miss jimmie, clearly a beloved character in the >> still proud didn't want to use a walker, stick or cane. always concerned about hooking good. -- about looking good. >> i know she is gone. >> reporter: katie marzullo, abc7 news.

in a few hours the man accused of killing five people inside a san francisco home set to face a judge. the d.a.'s office filed murder charges again 35-year-old binh thai luc yesterday. police arrested him sunday at his apartment the charges include special circumstances making luc eligible for the death penalty. the d.a. says he doesn't decide to seek it. oakland police searching for two young men on bikes responsible for a series of downtown robberies at least four robberies in the past eight days, one along the 2000 block of telegraph avenue another in the 900 block of clay street the most recent friday happened in the 600 block of 9th street and 900 block of oak street the time varies from 9 at night to 1 in the morning. police are reminding people to be cautious and aware of surroundings. a few more showers pop up today. meteorologist mike nicco is

tracking the system. good news that we are drying a little. you can see the rain fat totals from the system impressive, north bay nearly two inches in santa rosa and st. helena, anyone's napa more than two others in kent field, most of the bay after an inch to an inch redwood city an inch and a quarter san jose santa clara valley 2 shapiro 10 after inch. we are worried about -- 2/10 of an inch. winds light, only 12 miles per hour. live doppler dry over the last three hours t possibility of scattered showers possible, more rain for the weekend. -- with that kind of weather if you are flying out of san francisco call ahead today some flights are delayed more than an hour no cancellations now, no delays at san jose or oakland. you can go to abc7news.com for

information on delays click on the flight tracker at the bottom of the page. family cleaning up after last night's rain and wind sent an oak tree into their home. the tree fell on this house on cascade drive in fairfax around 7:00 last night it crushed a car three people briefly trapped inside no one was hurt. fire officials say another tree fell on to a home an hour later no one was hurt there either. alameda county judge will issue a tentative ruling on whether to release parts of a controversial report that deals with last year's pepper spray incident at uc davis. the judge is going to hear arguments from both sides later. lawyers for the police officers' union were able to parts of the report from being relosed publicly because it included officer's names and personal information this he are afraid that could lead to harassment. new warning from facebook

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a u.s. congressman received a reprimand for how he the made his statement this morning against racial

profiling. >> the member will suspend. the member will -- >> these words -- >> the member will suspend the chair must -- [ talking over each other ] representative bobby rush donned a hoodie during a speech on the house floor supporting florida teenager trayvon martin who as you might remember was wearing a hoodie when he was shot to death. rush was interrupt the presiding officer who reminded rush that wearing hats, including hoodies is not allowed when the house is in session and members need to remove hoods or leave the floor. former president george h.w. bush is expected to endorse mitt romney. the two will meet tomorrow in houston planning a public appearance together. former first lady barbara bush has already endorsed romney publicly. >> newt gingrich reorganizing his campaign team.

he laid off a third of his staff yesterday and now he will be focusing on the low cost social at media campaigning. he listed 1 enough million dollars in outstanding -- 1 1/2 million dollar in outstanding debt last month. rick santorum called on gingrich supporters to back his campaign. he will speak to college republicans in wisconsin later today. tomorrow he's come together bay area for a private fundraiser in alamo. jetblue airlines is suspending the captain whose meltdown caused panic. the fbi is investigating clayton osbon. the company's ceo said osbon was a consummate professional and nothing in his record to indicate risk. osbon appeared to have a mental or emotional break down halfway between new york and las vegas yesterday this is video shot .

his co-pilot ended up locking him out of cockpit and he was tackled to the ground. a former new york corrections officer took the lead kept pointing at me and said you need to pray and started talking about iraq and iran. as soon as he pointed at me i grabbed his arm and put him in a chokehold. >> passengers held osbon down 20 minutes until the plane landed in texas. he was taken to a hospital in handcuffs. osbon's wife was contacted by abc news she said she wanted to hear his side of the story before commenting. fresh & easy stores are expecting a heavy turnout today that will allow to you swap your ground meat containing pink slime additive and exchange it for pack canned beef. pink slime is officially known as lean finely textured beef made of beef scraps and

sterilized with ammonia. let's talk about the weather, a little more advertising. absolutely. those of you who don't like the rain or drive through it, it is over for now some could come back for the afternoon commute more for the weekend. plus, missing the lorax. search underway for a statue of the famous dr. seuss character after somebody took it. prince harry is moving out of dad's house.

>> it was raining hard this morning. >> a little sunshine unfortunately that could be the energy needed to regenerate some of those showers during the afternoon. they will be few and far between. up in the high country look at that still snowing still have a couple more hours of snow adding to the foot or so they've already received in some areas. doesn't it look nice? you can see why they will stay open a little later this year than normal. back home, from emeryville to san francisco, mostly cloudy now, holes developing in the cloud deck starting in the low to mid 50s didn't take long to get to 60 in antioch, oakland, fremont, mountain view and

san jose everybody else mid to upper 50s. monterey bay mid 50s, morning showers giving way to a slight chance this afternoon cooler tonight watch out for patchy fog. saturday still looking like the wet day. low to mid 60s in most neighborhoods, partly sunny could be a little short of that half moon bay and clear lake upper 50s temperatures running 5 to 8° cooler than average. 62 monterey otherwise mid 60s the rest of the bay and inland. most of the shower activity heading north and falling apart that as heavy as it was this morning low to mid 60s from chico, sacramento, fresno mid to upper 60s, big sur, l.a., san diego. tonight mild not quite as mild as this morning mid to upper 40s with that patchy fog hanging around mainly inland valleys especially north bay cold front went through like

we expected brought the heaviest of the rain trough moves through this morning now exiting east because of that we are starting to see a break down in the showers. this morning to noon they dissipated and in the afternoon hours not much to write home about there overnight clouds hang out keeping us in the 40s also keeping us moist enough for fog to form. tomorrow afternoon breaks in the clouds temperatures slightly warmer than today. the storm track moves north, a few radar returns along the northern parts of sonoma county i think we'll stay dry tomorrow into the early afternoon hours friday. winter weather advisory until noon then you will be able to head up to the sierra without worrying about the chains. couple degrees warmer tomorrow and a couple degrees warmer friday, 60 near the coast mid to upper 60s for the rest of us that evening showers and steady rain saturday morning

and windy and chilly saturday afternoon. sunday dry and calmer, monday dry, tuesday a chance of rain temperatures remain below average all seven days of the forecast. don't put the wet weather gear yet. facebook users are being warned of a new con. the apps facebook profile viewer and visitors are not legitimate. if you click on a link you are opening access to your facebook account. experts say you shouldn't click on everything your friends share. if you spot the fraud scheme report it to facebook secure >> police in southern california looks for a 300 pound browns statue of the -- pound bronze statue of the dr. seuss character lorax estimated to be worth $10,000. the family says the statue is irreplaceable the only one

ever made. investigators don't have any leads. the statue was created by dr. seuss' stepdaughter, 15 years ago. prince harry is moving into his own pad. he's not going far. harry will be living at kensington palace next to his big brother william and sister-in-law. he wrapped up an official trip to the caribbean. prince william and the duchess of cambridge will move into the main building of the palace next year. harry will takeover their cottage on the grounds. a royal official says the brothers wanted to be closer together. >> the mega millions jackpot is getting bigger no one matched all the numbers last night. we still have local winners who matched a few@ @ @ @ @ @ @

what you need to know to get in on the biggest social games. >> big oops in oakland a cash strapped city paying people more than they earned. >> the two sentences a local lawmaker wants to tack on to mammogram screening results. those stories and more at 4 and 5. the mega millions just got bigger. >> friday's jackpot is now up to a record shattering 500 million dollars! nobody matched all the numbers for last night's 363 million dollar jackpot. >> we have local winners. jolly king liquors in mill valley sold a ticket matching five numbers worth $310,000. laid off worker won $13,500

after matching four numbers congratulations. >> lucky stores. that's going to do it for us thanks for joining us. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next. >> appropriately. >> keep track of the latest news on twitter. >> and talk about it at facebook.

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