some showers, we will talk about coming up >> and earlier traffic alert in san jose has now been cleared. a full look at the commute coming up >> helping you hit the jackpot, and mathematics whiz reveals the secret to winning the lottery. that would make for a good weekend. good morning everybody. it is friday. >> we begin with some breaking news right now from san francisco where roads are blocked off for a homicide investigation. >> kate is at the scene right now >> police now have confirmed they are investigating a homicide. we are at the intersection of bryant and main street where the roads are blocked off. officers are still here taking a look. there are flare is blocking part of the road so if your coming down through downtown don't be surprised if between bryant and paris in the roads

are blocked off. police are confirming that they will be investigating a homicide. the found an adult male pronounced dead on the scene at the intersection of main and harrison and they still will be looking into it. we're learning more details as we are here. all we know at this point is they're calling this a homicide, they are investigating it and anyone with any more information should contact san francisco police. >> there could be the first new clues in that search for sierra lamar since right after the teenager disappeared two weeks ago. a volunteer found suspicious items not far from her home. santa clara county authorities collected a box labeled handcuffs that had to use condoms and side that were found

in a grassy area by a volunteer with the class kids foundation. it is not sure if there is dna evidence that might help them but neighbors are concerned >> we have a 14 year-old daughter and it makes you think a little bit >> a candlelight vigil for sierra drew hundreds of people to holy spirit church in fremont last night for the fourth vigil since the girl disappeared two weeks ago. >> people who don't even know her are looking for her and it means a lot. of all you guys to keep hope and don't give up. >> law and for some officials have spent 3500 man hours on the search and followed up more than 600 tips. volunteers will be back in morgan hill today tomorrow and all weekend on sunday as well.

>> mountain view police are on the lookout for a suspicious man who reportedly lunged at a girl. >> the 9 year-old says he lunged at her while she was walking back to class. police searched the area but could not find him. other bay area headlines, things are all clear after a small explosion at an east bay recycling facility. alameda county fire crews were called to smith avenue just before 11 last night. has matt crews say the lid popped off with a 55 gal. drum causing a chemical reaction. originally thought to have life-threatening injuries, the 72 year-old man hit by a bicyclist in the castro district is expected to live. witnesses claimed a man riding the bike were taken to hospital. multiple murder suspect bihn thai luc returns to san

francisco for his arraignment that has been postponed twice. the new delay came after the judge appointed a private attorney to represent him. the public defender's office cannot represent him because it had recently represented him in another unrelated case >> michele obama will begin a trip in the bay area today including a stop in san francisco to visit the alameda coast guard island. she will take part in the commissioning ceremony for a coast guard cutter. she christened a ship in 2010. the visit comes on the heels of a local campaign swing by republican presidential candidate rick santorum who attended a rally in fairfield at the jelly belly candy factory. >> ronald reagan when in and very clearly was a message of limited government >> santorum also attended a

private fund-raiser. he is out of california campaigning in wisconsin. republican front runner mitt romney is expected to get another high-profile endorsement today. all right and will reportedly give romney his blessing. ryan's congressional district is in wisconsin which is among the states holding primaries this coming tuesday. romney got a formal endorsement of a former president, george h. w. bush described him as a good man who would make a great president. the latest campaign news is always on our website, cbs s epcot on >> supreme court justices might need to keep a secret for two months. the justices are expected to take a preliminary vote today on the fate of the health care what but they're not expected to issue a ruling until june. between now and then the justices will write their

opinions on the case. the house has sent the senate a 3.5 trillion dollar budget plan. the plan would cut taxes and reform medicare. it passed on a near party-line vote in the house last night and is not likely to win approval in the senate. people forced out of their homes by a massive wild fire are waiting to go home. there's a problem with a reverse 911 system and 12 percent of those who needed to leave did not get the call >> people were upset. isn't there something, couldn't it have been avoided, that kind of stuff >> the fire has destroyed 27 homes and killed two people. let's get you out the door on

this friday with some terrific whether perhaps >> we are seeing some raindrops right now in parts of the bay area. the rest of the bay area, a lot of passing clouds outside and that is the way we will play today. mild temperatures but the further you go north, the better chance you might squeeze out some rain drops. nothing too heavy, just some light stuff. we will see a cold front diving towards the bay area. some heavy rain and strong gusty wind comes along with that. not a bad day outside. right now fairly mild with mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the fifties. 60s and even some seventies in the south bay. as we look out over the next

couple of days, it looks like more rain and wind coming our way for the first part of the weekend. another chance of rain towards the middle of next week. >> we are following a breaking news story in san francisco and there are state streets blocked off because of a homicide investigation. we will have another live report from the scene giving you the latest details coming up. another problem in san pablo, a car hit a light pole and had to shut down a couple of lands of san pablo ave. police are on the scene now and we will let you know when there are clearing the streets. bridges are up pretty good this morning, no major issues and all the bridges are reporting traffic moving at top speeds. the drive time at the bottom of your screen, a nice and like 15

minutes. coming up will check mass- transit >> with a $540 million drawing a little bit more than 12 hours away we're doing some mega millions math. >> here is the way you can win for sure. one way to guarantee getting that jackpot and all the money, just pull all the money with some other people and by a ticket for all of the possible combinations >> you'll spend $176 million but you will win $540 million of that has to be a good deal. mathematicians say that because the jackpot is so high, more money will go out in prices than in ticket sales. the experts say you will increase our chances of winning by joining a pool. you might find long lines of

these bay area stores who are listed on the california lottery commission's web site for selling winning tickets worth at least $1 million. cavanagh liquors have sold winning tickets worth $1 million or more for different times. if you are indeed the lucky one, how much money will you get? >> there is a 25% federal tax and then there to options, a lump-sum of $292 million were 26 yearly payments of $15.5 million each which works out to almost $405 million. we have more on the jackpot on our front page. >> he has been called a hero >> hear from the family of the

jet blue " pilot safely landed the plane. >> another voice comes to the defense of that neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman >> a car spins out of control and heads right for a motorcyclist. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> a near miss on a texas highway. take it looked as this car spins out of control and comes inches away from bedding and motorcyclists. the amazing media, the amazing thing in all this is that nobody was hurt during the entire ordeal. >> and afghan official blames the taliban for a deadly shooting at a small police command post. nine police officers were shot to death as they slept at their post in an eastern province. but a guard opened fire on his

fellow officers, took their weapons, and fled. one of the victims was a brother of the suspect. at least 19 people are being detailed in a crackdown as suspected islamic extremists in french. president nicholas sarkozy says more raids are planned. he did not get into specifics about the suspects or the investigation that led to the raids >> that jet blue pilot whose erratic behavior forced an emergency landing lost his father to a plane crash. the new-york daily news says his father died in 1999 when a twin-engine plane went down over florida. the copilot who took control does not want to be considered a hero. court documents say that he he got a pilot out of the cockpit, lock the door and took command of the plane and then he reportedly called an off-duty pilot to help >> he is a great guy, probably

one of the best son-in-law's i could have. he would give you the shirt off his back if you want it >> he has been charged with interview interfering with a crew it. his mental health is being evaluated right now. >> more witnesses are coming forward talking about what they saw and mike trayvon martin was shot and killed in sanford florida. george zimmerman says he shot him in self-defense. one eyewitness says he saw zimmerman walking away from the shooting scene unharmed looking very worried. meanwhile, is tillman's brother is breaking his silence. >> he is the neighbor that everybody would want to have, the kind of guy who sees someone struggling with changing a tire and stops to help them or helps older people with their groceries, he goes out of his way to help people and always has >> spike lee has settled with a family forced to leave their

florida home following death threats that started when he pleaded their home address mistaking it for the home of george zimmerman. details of the settlement have not been disclosed. >> if you own and iphone you might be getting some money back from apple. we have details of a class- action lawsuit >> in maryland police officer confronts that man during a traffic stop >> i got hit from behind and it knocked me to my knees >> a man attacked by mountain lion. the unlikely hero he says saved his life that they >> plenty o,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> the california gray whale trapped in fishing year is finally free this morning. it was spotted on wednesday off the coast of redondo beach. rescuers track the young whale using buoy's attached to its tail. they were able to cut the mammal free with a knife after several attempts yesterday. the whale swam away unharmed. an avid hiker with a tail that even his wife says she could hardly believe. >> he says a mountain lion attacked him and in a bear stepped in to save his life. he says he was hiking on monday when he came across a mother bear and to avert cubs and as he turned to leave the area the mountain lion pounced on him. he says as he tried to fight off a mountain lion the bears' strong spring into action >> i saw something coming from the left and it was a bear

grabbing the throat of the mountain lion and he just shook him >> he figures the big cat was stalking the bear cubs and he got in the way. he says both the animals ran off after the fight and then he went pen in for gold. fish and game is looking into a but since they say so far they have not found much to substantiate it. >> i guess he had some good bite marks on him if you're headed around the bay area we have a lot of clouds outside right now and even some light showers showing up around the bay area. you can see the clouds moving in that direction and high- definition doppler radar is picking up some of that boat. we will see if you liked our

showers to the north and the rest of the bay area, just a couple of passing clouds and some sunshine but that will change as we head to saturday. the whole from system will sag to the south and it will pack the punch. mostly cloudy stark, mild temperatures to begin with. as we had throughout the day we will watch temperatures warm up nicely. fifties around the bay area right now. 75 degrees in fresno, 68 in yosemite. high pressure in control now but it is weakening. the storm coming in the weekend will bring another round of rain for the bay area. showers continuing through the better part of saturday and by sunday we catch a break. 66 in redwood city, 63 in san

francisco. a stormy start to the weekend but sunday's looking pretty good and the next best chance of rain will be wednesday. tomorrow with whipping wind and heavy rainfall, another weekend, three and a row. >> let's get a look at roads. >> if you are heading to work or school, no major problems. we have been dealing with a couple of accidents and police activity blocking roads. san pablo avenue crown 130 this morning, a car struck a light pole so there might be some lights out. this is san pablo avenue right there by terror hills drive.

this is where the incident happened, the east shore freeway actually looks pretty good. still about an 18 minute drive time from the perkiness bridge down to the macarthur maze. we have a reporter on the scene of a homicide investigation south of market. police activity, the streets are blocked off and main street is shut down in both corrections between harrison and bryant street. there also closures on bryant street itself so you will need to use the tors. in the meantime, a live look at the san mateo bridge. this is westbound 92. it looks ok they're hand coming off a high rise. here is a live look at 883 oakland. north and southbound actually looks pretty good. mass transit, so far everything

looks good. >> chinese workers who spend 60 hours per week assembling iphone 10 ipad will soon be working less but getting paid more. an independent audit found ramp the overtime violations along with the assembly lines. they also found end many of the worker's request the extra hours. the company that runs the factory says it will scale back on hours and raise wages to make up for the difference. apple is clearing up a class- action lawsuit over fuzzy reception. owners who had trouble with the intent of are now entitled to $15 settlement but not for all of you. customers who took apple up on its previous offer, you are not eligible. that case actually fixes the

problem. >> best buy is downsizing. it says it will close 50 of its big box stores by the end of next year the company has struggled to compete with online retailers like amazon. sears holdings is considering selling its lands and brand as part of the retailer's plan to raise as much as $2 billion. the report comes weeks after sears reported a massive loss and unveiled a new turnaround plan. sears holdings also owns kmart, kenmore and craftsman >> how high will they go, the big question americans are asking every day when they drive to fill up their cars at the gas station. yesterday president obama gave a final push for his initiative to end subsidies to the country's biggest oil companies

but senate republicans blocked the bill >> the democrats asked us all to come out here not so we can make a difference in the lives of working americans and families struggling to fill their gas tanks, but so we can watch the stage votes for show. >> opponents of the plan argue that repealing subsidies will not force gas prices lower. >> a facebook campaign to create a bald barbie to help sick kids has worked. mattel says it will start making them next year. it will come with wigs, hats, and other accessories to help it suffering from hair loss. the plan on giving the dolls directly to the children through the hospital association. >> this has to be one of the most unusual police stops here. >> he is dressed like batman. >> police in maryland pulling

over batman or a man in a batman costume driving the bat mobile. his problem is he did not have a license plate properly displayed. he goes to hospitals in the washington area to visit sick children and i guess you fight some crime on the side. that is not a cheap batman's suit! mega millions of mania, the links that people are willing to go through to get their hands on those tickets >> a vote on health care is expected today. what we might not know the results for months >> san francisco police find a dead body under the bay bridge,,