for sierra lamar. >> the uc-berkeley student dies after falling from a dormitory window. now, the investigation into his death begins >> now we're getting ready to cool things down outside. >> here is a live look this morning at conditions across the golden gate bridge. coming up we will show you where the bay area of road work might slow you down. >> it is wednesday, you are halfway through the week on may 9th >> a campus community is mourning the death of a uc- berkeley sophomore. the report say he fell out of a dorm room window >> a growing memorial is on campus and online as well >> it will be a tough time for students as they are wrapping up finals and going to be heading back home with one less friend and student who will be returning to the berkeley campus

next year. uc-berkeley police got to the residence of just after 10 last night and police say that at that time a student fell from a window in town hall. paramedics arrived on scene and the officers wrote off the area. uc-berkeley police identified the student as henry treadway. within hours students created a facebook memorial and it has been flooded with messages of condolences and mourning for henry. a memorial of candles and flowers is in front of the hall where he reportedly fell from. the alameda county coroner's office will be doing an autopsy today. they have not ruled out suicide at this point. >> volunteers will gather this morning in morgan hill to continue searching for sierra lamar. there is a piece of evidence in the case and some new hope.

detectives have found a red and black car that may be linked to the girl's disappearance. the girl's father and investigators remain hopeful that the 15 year-old will be found alive. >> i have been hopeful and staying positive the whole time and i still feel that way. >> for all intents and purposes we do believe that she is still out there alive. >> divers continue searching bodies of water in the south bay, using new sonar equipment that gives them a clear image of objects that they might find in the water >> concord police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck a four year-old child. police say he struck the girl yesterday as she was playing in the yard near her home and then stumbled into the street. police are investigating whether the truck dragged the child or if she was knocked on top of it. she was airlifted to the

hospital with a foot and a head injury and she is expected to survive. a castro valley boy is in custody hospital after being mauled by pit bull. he had cuts to his cheek, is a year and his eye. parents face child endangerment charges because the house was a mess >> the house was in terrible condition. it was not fit for a child to live there >> on monday night, a family pit bull attack a two year-old girl. she has injuries to her face, her leg and her neck >> another potential blow to university of california students who could face higher tuition. officials are considering a plan to raise tuition by six percent if the state does not increase funding by $125 million for the upcoming academic year. that would nearly double what students paid five years ago. the amount could change based on the state's ever-changing

budget situation. a big blow for students in debt. senate republicans have blocked the bill to lower interest rates on student loans. interest rates on federally subsidized loans are set to double on july 1st. >> we have a haz-mat investigation on the peninsula >> edison way and fair oaks is all we know right now. we think it is a hazardous material situation. there are a lot of sheriff's deputies on scene. this is near menlo park on edison way and fair oaks. we have a reporter on scene so we will bring you more information in just a few minutes. outside, here's a look at the traffic camera across the golden gate bridge. we do have some road work on southbound 11. it sounds like to left lanes are blocked off until 6:00 this morning from sir francis drake

down toward sausalito. >> we are looking a little bit cooler around the bay area. yesterday we had some nineties again. still running above average in many spots. we have forties' in pacific up but already 50 degrees in san jose. 55 in oakland. high pressure is finally giving way to the system up to the north. a whole trough will start carving itself out. the sea breeze is helping to cool down the temperatures all around the bay area but still staying warm in winter. out towards the coastline, lots of 60s. >> police have arrested a man accused of setting off illegal fireworks which then started a big fire at an antioch fired attire chop. flames broke out at blue star

tires. shops on either side were also damaged and two people were injured. investigators arrested the tire shop employee on suspicion of unlawfully causing the fire. autopsy's plant today on the mother and daughter were killed in their pleasanton home. investigators are trying to determine whether it was a double murder or a murder- suicide. the woman's husband found a victim and he is not considered a suspect. >> investigators are not saying much about a telephone threat that prompted southwest airlines to ground two of its planes. airline says the flight was taking off to an isolated area after landing at sky harbor airport last night. it later flight on the same route was halted before passengers got on board. the fbi and local police

searched both planes and found nothing dangerous. it appears that would be a al qaeda bomber turned out to be a double agent. u.s. and a yemeni officials say the man picked to blow up the airliner was actually working for the cia and saudi intelligence. he delivered the bomb to u.s. intelligence officials in attack. al qaeda had created a bomb without metal parts making unlikely to be picked up by metal detectors >> a new survey finds support for the war in afghanistan is at an all-time low in the u.s.. a poll out this morning says 27 percent of americans now support the war down from 37% last year. 66 percent say they are opposed. half of those say the u.s. is doing more harm than good in that country. operations in afghanistan are slated to get $80 billion under the defense department budgets from both the white house and republicans.

to budget versions include the same spending for afghanistan but overall, the pentagon is spending $3 billion higher in the gop plan. >> coming up, the major campaign shakeups across the nation >> help for troubled homeowners. why $150,000 will be cut from their mortgages. trouble on,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> the dow is looking to end a five day losing streak. the blue-chip average lost another 76 points yesterday but it had been down nearly 200 points earlier in the session before a buying spree eased all the losses. nasdaq closed 11 points lower. supporters will join the oakland mayor as she denounces the effort to call her from office. the mayor's news conference set

to begin at 1015. it comes amid signs of trouble for the committee to recall the mayor. just last week the tribune reported that the group was having financial problems and was far behind on signature gathering for a november ballot measure >> mitt romney is a little closer to the republican nomination for president. he swept yesterday's primaries in three states. the indiana primary is also bringing an end to the long u.s. senate career of richard lugar who lost his bid for a seventh term as republican voters nominated tea party richard murdock. in wisconsin, milwaukee mayor tom barrett has won the democratic gubernatorial primary. he will face scott walker in a recall election. 900,000 people signed a recall petition forcing the special

election. north carolina voters have slammed the door on same-sex marriage. a constitutional amendment to find a marriage between a man and woman passed by large margins. n.c. becomes the 30th state to enact such a ban. >> in busy day ahead but no campaigning, this evening the president and first lady will host a white house concert honoring burt bacharach and hal david. >> new fallout at yahoo! >> who is stepping down in the wake of the ceo scandal >> how solar flares heading to earth could impact your routine today. >> i heard a crack and then the whole thing collapsed under us >> unbelievable, a disastrous turn, the photos that will,,,,,,

>> we're following breaking news right now, we have crews on the way to menlo park where apparently there is a hazardous material situation >> we just don't know exactly what the situation is but it is causing some problems down there and we will have an update momentarily. >> we will get a check of the weather, it is causing some traffic jams in the area where the hazardous material situation is >> we're just learning of some street closures, this is san mateo county or we understand there are fire crews on the scene. fair oaks avenue is closed in both directions between edison way and 14th avenue. it sounds like his rights there at that intersection but they do have other streets blocked off in the area.

the bottom line, avoid that area. again, that is just west of the freeway in san mateo county. >> we have some patchy fog moving and along the coastline. in midweek cool down on the way and we will talk about a coming up. >> we're continuing to follow that breaking news, hazardous material situation and they're holding a news conference right now so we will listen and >> where is the car? >> just down the street, i don't have the number of the business but it is down the street >> has anyone been arrested? >> no. there were people working in the car when we took them over. >> we are confused >> working like a laboratory in the back of pickup truck >> is that are associated with a

business? >> it is parked in front of it >> so it is a pickup truck, not a car. >> yes. >> truck parked in front of the business, a smell coming from the truck and inside the business? >> is confusing and i'm sorry, the smell was coming from the pickup truck, my guys backed away and once they got something from the fire department when in the got the rest of the people out of the building and now they're doing a hazardous materials they. >> so it is focused on the pickup truck >> the business will be done after the pickup truck >> you suspect that the pickup truck is connected? >> you're listening to a live press conference down in menlo park with a police officer and what you're hearing about is some sort of hazardous materials situation that apparently started with a pickup truck that

had some sort of chemical situation in the back. they were either making something or it spilled out of the truck >> he said there was a smell coming from the crux of the fire officials backed out and they brought a hazardous materials team in. we will get more details and give them to you as we get them. >> i guess there is a business close by, they got anyone inside their out. we'll have more coming up >> uc-berkeley officials say they're working on ways to evict protesters web taken overland the school loans in albany and it could include legal action if the occupiers refuse to leave the plot. they have said they would leave only if the university gives them continued access to where they have pitched tents and planted crops. oakland police officers are getting ready to follow their

honored fallen colleagues. 51 officers have died in the line of duty. >> crews have fully contained wild fire that forced evacuations of about 30 homes in l.a. county. it began yesterday afternoon. it earned about 125 a.. a mobile home, and outbuilding, to storage sheds into vehicles were destroyed but no one was injured >> a plan to save the state parks will be heard today by senate subcommittee. the measure will shift millions of dollars from existing state accounts to cover and the park costs. 70 parks set to close this summer but the plan would save a majority of 50 of them >> some people with loans from bank of america are being offered a new chance to stay in their homes. the bank plans to offer reductions in mortgage payments to 200,000 homeowners. the bank has already helped

thousands of owners three pilot program. the bay area company is one step closer to selling the world's first fda approved hiv prevention drug. the company in foster city makes the drug that is currently used to treat people who already have hiv and yesterday the fda said the popular pill appears to be safe and effective to prevent hiv when used with other preventive measures. a boost of testosterone may help men over 40 drop some pounds. german researchers studied 115 overweight men with low testosterone. using injection's they brought the levels back to normal. after five years the average patient lost 35 lbs., blood pressure and cholesterol levels also fell significantly. doctors believe it improves energy and increases lean body mass.

>> the city of san diego is naming a street after harvey milk. milk was shot to death here in san francisco in 1978 by fellow county supervisor dan white. a bizarre police chase caught on tape in mexico. dashboard camera video shows the driver ended up on a horse racing track. he did several laps at a high rate of speed. police said up a barricade to slow him down and stop him. of he cost about $40,000 of damages to the track. another shake-up in the board of directors of sunnyvale based yahoo! >> patty hart released a statement saying she would not seek reelection to receipt.

thompson is already on the hot seat after an embellishment was discovered on his official biography. a huge security breach 4 quitter this week after a hacker unveiled the user names and passwords for 55,000 accounts. the company says most of the accounts belong to spammers. twitter is trying to figure out how the hacker got the information and is pushing out password resets to be affected accounts. posting facebook photos and pleading about it is like candy for your brain. research shows that after sharing personal information mimics the same pleasure you get from eating food or even having sex. some subjects turndown money to keep them talking about themselves. a utility company use social media for it a bird naming contest >> people tweeted names to pg&e for the chicks living on top of

a downtown san francisco building. the chicks hatched at the end of march. there nest is on the 34, 33rd floor of the pg&e building. >> teenagers often spend hundreds of dollars on prom night. >> things do not always go as planned. here they are, a bunch of kids from wisconsin dressed in expensive clothing when they decided to pose for a photo on a wooden pier. >> the person behind me was like everyone get on >> this all got on and apparently it was a little bit too much because the pier when down. the good news after much use of hair dryers and it borrowed clothing, they finally made it to the big event and now they have a story to tell just about

everyone. their pictures are a little bit more meaningful than they were in the first place. >> it's so hard because you spend some much money on the dress and you get your hair looking perfect >> it reminds me of an episode of 90210 or something. of course we are still been following the breaking situation out of san mateo county. it looks like from google maps is mostly an area with businesses. they're calling this a hazardous material situation on fair oaks avenue and edison way. there are a number of street closures in that area. fair oaks avenue closed both directions between edison and 14th. closures on edison from ninth avenue towards fair oaks. we have a reporter on scene and she will be bringing us a live

report and giving us the latest details in minutes. in the meantime, let's go outside, the golden gate bridge where everything looks ok this morning. we do have roadwork through marin county on southbound 101. there are various lanes blocked off. at 6:00 this morning is when it is scheduled until but the rest of the south bay looks really good. everything picking up top speeds up and down guadalupe parkway, 101, and 280. >> we have some fog that moved in along the coastline. the sea breeze is moving a little strong today which is a sign of things to come. fifties and mostly clear skies in the interior valleys. maybe a couple of patches of fog towards the coast line,

otherwise temperatures in the '60s. a lot of seventies around the bay. things are changing now, high pressure is starting to give way to the system out of the north. that will brush through over the next couple of days and bring cooler air to the bay area and bring to temperature's down just a few degrees. it looks like the offshore wind will be coming back and make for a great weekend. many of the valleys are looking good with plenty of sunshine. the temperatures will stay nice even though they will be down a few degrees. east bay temperatures into the '70s and '80s in the warm spots and inside the they will feel the effects of the wind. 71 in alameda. the next couple of days we will cool down just a bit. by friday the wind turns

offshore which should cranked up the temperatures. should be flirting with the 90s on saturday. >> history in baltimore >> this doesn't happen very often, the rangers josh hamilton hit four home runs against the orioles. willie mays did that years ago. he now has the most home runs in the league. i think he had 18 bases which set a major-league record as well. an airport screening brought to a halt >> what one passenger tried to smuggle inside is kid stuff animals >> the biggest break get in the search for sierra lamar. police find a car they were looking for and now they're getting a clearer picture on the case >> and hazardous materials scare

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