closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc the view over albany where uc police set up barricades around land owned by uc berkeley but occupied by protesters marking a new phase in the university's efforts to evict them. good morning i'm kristen sze. and i'm cheryl jennings. uc says it is running out of time it needs to plant crops by the end of the week. amy hollyfield is there with more. >> reporter: here are the new concrete barriers put in place by police this morning. police did take some action

today but there was fear here that they were going to do more. protesters say uc berkeley police woke them up 6:00 this morning and announced they needed to leave. if they didn't, they would be arrested. if they interfered the chemical agents could be used against them. >> they elaborated on that saying tear gas and peeper spray -- pepper spray and flash grenades. >> reporter: word spread quickly even parents of the children at the school heard about it. one woman told abc7 news she was going to keep her asthmatic child home. >> a couple of calls. couple asked if school was going on, we said yes. >> reporter: the protesters moved off the university of california owned piece of land, nothing happened. police did not move in and did

not make arrests. they did put up concrete barricades so no vehicle get in. officials say they don't want the protest to get bigger. >> we have no way to get water [ unintelligible ] we are trying to negotiate with police and find a solution that works for both of us. >> we will regain control of that property. it is university property. it is an open air laboratory. >> reporter: occupiers say they will continue to farm until the sun goes down or until they are arrested. as for the school children the principal tells me she is in communication with police and police have told her they will let her know if and when they make any decisions. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. lt. governor gavin knewsome spoke out against a plan to raise -- uc by 6% again.

>> we are pricing out the middle class in the state this is our conveyor belt for talent if you put sand in the gears you are going to destroy the one thing holding up the economy in california our productivity advantage because we educate the best and brightest. >> uc leaders will ask regents next week to raise tuition starting in july the system faces budget deficit of 139 million dollars next year. that amount could grow when governor brown we leases his updated budget monday -- right now gas leak is affecting muni service. pg&e says a third party crew hacked a line before 10:00 this morning. there have been no evacuation however the n judah line is stopped there temporarily. pg&e hopes to have that line fixed by 11:30 this morning. san mateo county supervisors want to find out why a group of men was

refining gold in the middle of the night at an industrial park in menlo park. deputies cordoned off the area after they smelled chemicals. they discovered the men using chromatic acid to melt gold in the back of a pick-up truck. the area opened a few hours later. volunteers and divers are in action again this morning continuing their search for missing sierra lamar. their efforts are fueled by new optimism after potentially important evidence was recovered. >> reporter: you have to put yourself in the minds of volunteer searchers turning out for the past seven weeks. you can see some down there. very little new information, very little new in the way of inspiration that sierra lamar might be found. now they've found a car tied to her disappearance, we are told it is making a huge

difference. today's search looks like last week's and the search the week before that. but there's a new spirit of optimism that the people can feel. >> it is uplifting and positive. we are hoping that finding the car means to leading finding sierra. >> reporter: a red volkswagon with a black hood considered to have a connection to the disappearance. >> this does make significant difference. this is a physical lead that they have that they feel is pretty strong and it is hopeful. >> reporter: investigators say won't say how the car is tied to the disappearance or where they found it. >> it has been almost seven weeks without any new information. >> reporter: this woman who has only missed a handful of search days is guarded in her optimism. >> it is like a little relief but not really because we don't know what is going on yet.

>> reporter: looking for a person in southern santa clara county is like looking for a needle in 1,000 haystacks. >> the hope is we are not giving up. everybody is still hoping and praying. >> reporter: i asked marlene lamar if she were more upbeat she seemed to be. she says she has to be strong and hang in there because sierra might be watching. i want to pass this along. volunteer search going on this saturday, sunday is mother's day. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. right now breaking news in san jose. independence high school on lockdown. police say somebody near the school reported ceiling somebody with a gun. the school is locked down as a precaution. officers have not found anything sis suspicious around the school -- anything suspicious around the school. concord police searching for a hit-and-run driver who

struck a 4-year-old girl last night. a neighbor says he heard her screaming after she was hit. he ran into the street, saw a newer model blue metallic pick-up truck with over-sized tires driving away. still ahead, healthy changes made in our schools are beginning to payoff. also investigation into bomb threats against three southwest airlines flights from california. >> fbi director calls for congress to renew controversial counterterrorism [zcscwew.(y"ww?:=1çk/l

fbi is investigating threats that caused three southwest jet to be searched at two airports last night. nothing was found. flight 811 bound for phoenix returned to the gate at john wayne airport after officials lelearnedd of a threat off possible explosives. the same time a similar threat was received, at s sky harbor airport in phoenix those jejets were searched after they landed. >> d director of the fbibi iss testststififying today the al-qa terrorist group is still aa huge threat to the united states. we are learning more about the covert double agent mission that undercovered a new al-qaedadadada underwear bomb.

>> reporter: fbi directctor mumumueller teststififieieied be houseee judiciary committee todaday. he says al-qaeda is the top threat. others aree weieighing in on ths new bomb a and waiaiaiaiait mear thththe fight a a against terro. the -- the director laid it out. >> al-qaeda affiliates especially al-qaeda i inn t the arabian peninsula represesesent the top threat to the natition. >> reporter: saying g ththe g gp is decentrarararalizezezezed and to high profile attacks against the u.s.s.. u.s.s.s. s s s secucurity offffy others a bng trained. the fbi hasas the original dedevice thanks to a doublblble agent who sourceseseses tell abc7 news worked for a nonu.u.s. intelligence agency >> the bureau exploiting ied improvisededed explosive device

seized overseas similar to the devices used in the past. >> h h having the bomb in its origigininal state, before it gs off, u.s. expepeperts now are ae to figure out how the bomb works. how it might be dedetecteded. a heheck of a lolot easieieier n the bombmbmbmb i is intact. >> reporter: figigiguringw tototo d detect the newwww bomos critical. confnfidentitial securururity bn says the device probablyly would haveve passedddd t t t through t mememetal d detececector. secrcrcrcretary napolitano disagrees. >> a alll things c c c c c coons in highghgh likelihood it woulud have been detected. >> r r reporter: director m muer urged congress to renew wide rangnging surveillance autututuy to foil nut plotots.

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gay rights advocates lost a vote in north carolina. karen travers has more. >> reporter: indiana republicans sent an anti-washington, anti-incumbent message backed by tea party support richard mourdock flushed six time incumbent richard lugar. he was one of the senate's lost remaining moderates he had a history of -- working with democrats. >> hoosier republicans want to see the republicans inside the senate taking more conservative track. >> reporter: last night lugar was gracious in his concession speech. >> i congratulate richard mourdock on his victory. >> reporter: today he changed his tune. releasing a scathing statement about his opponent. "if mr. mourdock is elected, i want him to be a good senator. that will require him to advise his stated goal of bringing more partisanship to

washington. unless emad fews his approach he will achieve little as a legislator." in north carolina voters over we'llingly passed an amendment to the state's -- overwhelmingly passed an amendment to the state's constitution. north carolina women not recognize any union -- will not recognize any union between none married couples, gay or straight. president obama won yesterday's meaningless west virginia democratic primary with 60% of the vote. he's not popular there the other 40% went to an inmate serving a six year prison term in texas. >> postal service is trying to keep thousands of rural post offices from closing by shortening their hours. the mail service is backing away from plans to closer intoly 3700 post oftens starting -- several bay area

locations are on that closure list. the backlash from the public has been so strong the plan is to reduce staffing and shorten hours to keep as many offices open as possible. in pebble beach a battle may be coming to answer. the coastal commission it is to vote today on a modified plan to build a new 100 room hotel and restaurant, expand two other hotels and build up to 90 new homes. clint eastwood and arnold palmer co-own that company. environmentalists oppose the plan because it would have cut down 18,000 trees to make way for a golf course. it will be cooler everywhere if you used the air conditioner yesterday you probably won't need it today. we look from south beach to

the port of oakland it is not a spare the air day. santa cruz you can see clouds are stubborn, in the next hour or so those will move out they are getting thinner by the minute. visible satellite taking a picture from 23,000 miles o here's a look at northerly winds slowing pushing clouds from the coast just a matter of time before all of you get sunshine like we are around the bay and inland. inland low to mid 70s temperatures five degrees cooler than they were yesterday. 62 oakland mid to upper 60s rest of the bay shore into san jose, mid to upper 50s half moon bay into san francisco monterey bay clouds, santa cruz 53, watsonville 63 gilroy 74. today sunshine everywhere this afternoon also cooler. sunny, breezy, slightly warmer tomorrow the real warm push

comes in mother's day. biggest change inland the rest of us already had our big change yesterday and date before san francisco drops two degrees. oakland four degrees u.s. r six. eight in fremont -- today 82 in concord. sunsets 8:05. cold front very weak, it is enough of a wind shift that it will bring northerly breeze in to tap cool air bypassing us to the north today seattle, portland mid to upper 50s most of that is moving away will be a quick one and done with the cooler temperatures. 80 los gatos, on the peninsula 68 millbrae san mateo south low to mid 70s. brisk along the coast that brings the sun this afternoon mid to upper 50s for you on the bayside downtown south san francisco mid 60s.

mid 70s to near 80 up 101 from san rafael to santa cruz. 68 richmond low to mid 70s east bay shore 79 dublin low to mid 80s through the east bay valleys. 85 gilroy couldn't be nicer at the a's game unless you don't like the sun. 71 warming up to 74. low to mid 90s through the central valley, 102 palm springs. 27 tahoe. tonight cooler -- 72 tahoe, tonight cooler upper 40s to low 50s a few clouds at the coast most of us clear tomorrow morning. tomorrow temperatures warm fastest around the bay and coast and all that warm air will start moving inland for the weekend upper 80s too near 90, low 80s around the bay, near 70 at the coast. experts say california's

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the federal prison inmate in west virginia sending a message about president obama's uphill battle to get reelected. the way parents react to kids waking in the night. how it could be tied to the weight of the child. these stories and more at 4:00 and 5:00. baseball fans are still buzzing today about history being made in baltimore last night. slugger josh hamilton smashed

four homeruns only the 16th to hit four homers in a single game. >> congratulations. >> thanks for joining us. >> bye-bye!