a nationwide amber alert has been activated for a two-year old sacramento girl. the f-b-i says that mourad

samaan failed to return his daughter madeline to the child's mother over the weekend. the couple has shared custody... but authorities believe the child may be in danger... and the pair may be headed to the bay area. samaan is known to drive a green 1998 toyota 4- runner with california license plate 3x-rm-111. anyone with information should contact the f-b-i in sacramento. another horrifying pit bull attack is puzzling investigators tonight. the victim wasn't a stranger -- or a child -- but the dog's pregnant owner. it happened inside her home on reina del mar avenue in pacifica. linda yee is in san mateo where a second dog is being examined for clues into what might have prompted the attack. linda.

we've averaged a thousand cc. >> reporter: it's $10 if they get their animals spayed or neutered. it makes it illegal to own a pit bull that isn't spayed or neutered. >> it's a public protection, public safety issue because it also requires funding in order to enforce an ordinance. it doesn't mean anything to have one if you can't enforce it. here in san francisco we made it clear in order to enforce it we would need extra officers. that came along with the ordinance. >> reporter: by his family's pit bull that led to the law. the humane society will perform a necropsy on the dead pit bull

and look at the female pit bull in the home to see what happened. it turns out that female pit bull was spayed. it wasn't clear why the male was not neutered. tonight the animal control officers here say they've talked to the family. they say both pit bulls were friendly and good with children. >> thank you. the search is on for armed robbers who broke into an armored car warehouse and locked two employees behind steel doors. they responded to a 911 call last night. an employee said they were robbed and trapped inside the warehouse. >> we arrived, we had to free the employees because the doors were locked, secured. once we treed the employees, we found they were unharmed. >> police don't know how many robbers were involved or how much money was taken.

the last white cross has been erected on the lafayette hillside. the men who started the project back in 2006 place placing a cross for every war casualty says it's too much for volunteers to maintain. more than 4000 crosses and islamic crescents have been planted in five years. the memorial as it is now will stay. san francisco public defender became the latest and possibly last to file papers to run for mayor. the deadline to enter the race is 5:00 p.m. today. it's a crowded field already let by interim mayor ed lee. so far there are 37. 36 people running. and hundreds of travelers inconvenienced for a time at oakland international airport. a suspicion package prompted a call from the bomb squad. it turned out to be nothing dangerous, just a water bottle

and a mattress pump in a box. california is still struggling to keep kids in school. a new tracking system reveals students if the state have a 1- 4 chance of dropping out before their senior year. the numbers are especially high in oakland. joe vasquez on why so many drop outs in a program that's trying to help kids graduate. >> reporter: at youth uprising, a summer jobs program is really education in disagrees. teenage students are given cash for passing computer classes which happen to be job requirements. >> they're giving people the chance to make something better out of their lives. >> reporter: the highest drop out rates in the state. a four-year graduation rate of 53% for oakland. the drop-out rate is 37%. >> hungry, never really had things. it's hard to focus in class with your stomach growling. >> reporter: only 68% of

hispanics, 59% of african americans, and 56% of students who are learning english made it to graduation. >> if you look at our textbooks, they're all ripped and written in. we don't have anything new, nothing good. >> reporter: some students tell me part of the problem is personal responsibility. some of their friends don't get that success comes from working hard. >> they don't take the value of education seriously. they don't know you have to go through hell to appreciate heaven. >> the drop out rates and graduation rates are dismal. >> reporter: it's time to refocus on retaining high schoolers. >> we've made great gains with the younger kids. we haven't been able to sustain those as they migrate through the system. >> reporter: a new generation can only hope those promises will be followed as the dark clouds of state budget cuts continue to gather. and even more alarming

statistic rate is the drop out rate. plus, commuters left with little choice. who won the tug of war between higher gas prices and higher transit fares. a spotless record for more than 30 years. a special honor for a bay area postal worker. at the louisiana super dome. the 49ers and the saints pre- season. we'll talk a little bit of football coming up later. ,,,, ,,

street history ended with a second day of gains. take a look at the roller coaster week that left everyone's stomach churning. the dow started monday at 11- thousand 433 -- and swung widely all week long -- recapturing the dow started monday at 11433 and widely all week long recapturing most of its losses. it gained 125 points. despite all the volatility, just one and a half% the long.

>> a whopping 14%. what's behind the numbers? >> reporter: it looks like grand central station right here in san francisco. hundreds of people leaving their cars at home and riding the rails. >> it's faster and there's no parking near the financial district that's affordable. >> parking can cost about 20 bucks a day if you're lucky. >> reporter: this parking lot costs $15 a day. that's $75 a week and it's one of the cheaper ones. gas prices are absolutely a factor. $50-$100 a week every week just to go to work. >> a hundred bucks. >> can you afford that?

>> no. >> ridership is up. it's up 8% from a year ago. >> reporter: he says welcome aboard. >> if you're driving from walnut creek to park every day for work, you could be paying $to 0 a week to commute if you add up the bridge tolls, the gasoline. >> reporter: this rider does a hybrid commute. half driving, half commuting. >> i save myself $21. >> reporter: in san francisco for cbs 5. imagine driving 40 times around the world without an accident. that's exactly what 22 postal workers have done by logging over 1 million miles on the job. mile club. each driver was today those bay area workers join the prestigious million mile club. they were presented with uplaying for having an accident-

free driving career. >> you take that for granted sometimes. that is an accomplishment and i'm proud of that. >> how long does it take to drive 1 million miles? about 30 years says the national safety commission. answering the age-old question. are we all alone? how a project aimed at listening for signals from the universe is reborn thanks to a movie star. a little pre-game analysis ahead of the 49ers game. we're monitoring the weekend forecast. i'll pinpoint the day that will pan out to be the warmest. as eyewitness continues right here on cbs 5. ,, after 40, my skin looked tired.

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will be rocking out at golden gate park this weekend. over 100 thousand people will be rocking out at golden gate park this weekend. outside lands music and arts festival kicked off this morning. dozens of bands, artists, and food vendors will draw massive crowds over the next three days. half of the 80,000 ticketholders are from out of town which means about $4 million for local businesses. astronomers will be listening to the outside world thanks to funding bringing it back to life. donators including a hollywood

actress are helping radio telescope dishes listen for intelligent life in the universe. >> here you have a picture of the telescope, a half a dozen antennas. >> reporter: the key to searching for extraterrestrial intelligence is this telescope array. >> the idea is that you can get a very large tell scone by building small elements. >> reporter: it was shut down in april when they ran out of money. thanks to over $200,000 in private donations, the array will soon be back online. >> the idea is to do with jodi foster did in impact. without this antenna farm, without this telescope, we can't do any listening. >> reporter: jodi foster

donated. the telescope array could turn science fiction into science fact but only if it's actively searching the skies. >> we haven't found anything so far. that's the nature of exploration. until you've made the discovery, all you can say is no, not yet. >> reporter: others are hopeful too. >> i think it's very important. if we stop looking, we'll never find it. the only shot you're guaranteed to miss is the one you don't take. >> reporter: keep the allen telescope array up and running through the end of the year while longer term financing plans are explored. lake tahoe's waters are a little less crystal clear these days. the environmental research center has clarity has declined about 4 feet in the past year. that's the second lowest since they began keeping records 43 years ago. it's not unusual for the readings to fluctuate, and the rate of decline is slowing.

what's the weather going to be like in tahoe this weekend? >> temperature into the 70s under the same dome of high pressure that we're experiencing with a few high and mid-level clouds that have been drifting through the horizon. from inspiration circle and dublin, topped out at 85 degrees. look at san francisco which has cleared out nicely. sure the clouds still lurk off the coasts. so far in san we've seen a a high temperature of 62 degrees. if you're out and about on this friday evening, the numbers vary from 60 to 84 in concord. we will see the return of the stratus and march on shore a good 50-60 miles. this time of the year, so many people say it must be just a

slam-dunk forecast. how easy is it? this is the most difficult part because you have to time out when the clouds will retreat. in fact, people want exactly know by their watch. i've given up on my watch. we have an enhanced marine layer. when it gets that deep, it takes a while to see any burn off even though we are under that influence of high pressure. so we will go with late-day beach clearing. at 60 degrees. oh, by the way, low and mid-60s all weekend in san francisco for the outside lands festival which takes place saturday and sunday beginning at 11:00 a.m. at golden gate park. make sure you have a jacket. 63 in berkley. 85 degrees for the warmest location inland in brentwood. 50s, 60s along the coast.

otherwise 70ss on the peninsula. san jose inland as many of our east earn locations into the north, you'll be able to see the meteor shower this weekend. it peaks on saturday night. we barely fluctuate each side of 85 degrees. a bit of a cool off next week. from now all the way through august i'm not looking at any tremendous warm up here. >> okay. so much for that super hot august weather, right? >> it could come in september. have a great weekend. let's check in with gary with sports. >> we're getting ready for football. a little preview from new orleans as the 9ers get ready for the saints. could tiler woods pull off another miracle? no easy task.

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to kind to tiger woods. big day in sports. gary has all the highlights. >> hard to believe football is here, but football season starts early. the game of golf hasn't been kind to tiger woods. he fired a first-round 77 at the pga championship. he would have to find his game in a hurry today and if not, he'd be watching the major over the weekend like all of us. he is battling from a bum knee, trying to come back from that. mackeroy might have wished he'd stayed at home after that shot. he's 3 over for the tournament. not so good today. how about that? four bogeys in the front 9. this shot from the sand pretty much sums it up. it rolled off the green and then goes into the water. you never see that. tiger woods double bogeys 11 and 12 and finished 10 over for

the tournament and did miss the cut. very weird. keegan was the low round. he's 5 under and tied for the lead. once again, tiger's struggles were the big story. >> frustration that i'm not contending in the tournament. next time. a step back in a sense that i didn't make the cut but it's a giant leap forward, the fact that i played two straight weeks healthy. >> the fans may be more excited to greet rangers starter c.j . wilson. >> i hate this. the mound sucks. the fans suck. there's no fans there. you know, you go there and there's like 600 0 people there. it's a major league team. >> how do you really feel? >> the raiders hosted the card thatnals in their pre-season

opener. the starters held the cardinals scoreless and campbell completed 6-9 passes. the one negative for the raiders, they committed 10 penalties. >> this was about getting guys' feet back under them. we understand that. >> i'm not going to make an excuse because we didn't have an off season. we have to get better faster. that's all it is. i'm so excited about practice on saturday because we can get a whole lot better real fast. >> as if ever 2 niners, their pre-season opener is just a few minutes a way. hey, guys. >> thank you, gary. pre-season football is a big deal. we have a new coach. what is harbaugh going to be looking for tonight? >> they're trying to jam four

or five months of an off season into a training camp. i talked to them down there today just a little while ago. he is really, really excited to get this started. >> ever since alex smith got drafted, this is another big season for him. he has to prove himself. >> he absolutely does. he has to prove himself within this offense. it's a proven deal. when you look at jim harbaugh, i think that will manifest itself in the alex smith. >> tim ryan getting ready to roll. we'll join you in a couple of minutes. >> so there you go. a little pre-season fun for you to kick things off. pre-season -- you guys like the pre-sea? >> i do. >> you get into that at all? >> it's nice to have something to look forward to.

>> you get a preview of things to come. >> i was watching a bit of the raider game last night and today they turned around and had a baseball game as the as come back to town and played against the texas rangers. they have to turn that field around quickly, don't they? >> they can flip it quickly. i've seen that done once, but not so fast. >> hopefully the fans turn out for the game tonight. >> they'll be there. >> thanks for watching. 49ers football coming up next. ,, [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back.

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