the next two weeks until the weekend of april 27th when all of doyle drive will be shut down for several days. in san francisco, charles cliffford, kron4 news. >> much more here on the kron4 morning news. time now 4:13. we'll take a break. when we come back, we'll talk about when and maybe why kids may be able to ride muny for free. here's a live look outside right now of the upper deck of the bay bridge. traffic is slowly starting to pick up on this tuesday. we'll also talk about the warm weather whether we come right back.

however, the mta board members think it's an important step for low income families no now

in some cases must choose between transportation and putting food on the table. >> i don't think people realize it, there are an awful lot of really poor people in san francisco. i've heard the testimony from some of the parents about the struggle it is to get enough money to get their kids on the bus to go to school and even though it's a relative is small city, the school can be far away, over the wind and fog and something like that. seems like there should be something week can do. >> the board will also discuss an alternative proposal that will allow all kids ages 5 to 17 to ride muny for free. that would cost an additional $6 million and it is unlikely to get the votes needed to pass. 4:17. we'll talk traffic in just a second. but, first, that warm weather forecast, eric, i just can't get enough of seeing 80s and 70s on the 17 day around the bay. >> yeah, every time you see me you'll want to mention the 80s

for friday and saturday as well. it is shaping up to be a gorgeous week around the bay area. however, taking a look at conditions, we are seeing some low cloud cover in the distance. some of you waking up to some fog and drizzle. so that low cloud cover is actually keeping our temperatures on the mild side. we've got 53 degrees for oakland, concord a degree cooler than that, in through downtown san francisco. also seeing low 50s right now for the livermore valley and 52 for those of you in san jose right now. as we look ahead, it looks like later on today that fog will burn off and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures mild to warm. it really just depends on where you're located. so we've got pretty much everything slated for this afternoon, 50s, 60s, even some 70s out there. so it looks like downtown san francisco will reach an afternoon high of 61 degrees. keeping it in the upper 50s for daley city, hawthorne bay. as you start to push your way inland and head to the south, that's where we actually could pick up some low 70s.

we could reach for 70 for fairfield, concord and yok and those of you in san hossee. as we head into the middle of the week, it looks like that warming trend will certainly take place. we will have a high pressure ridge back with us, so temperatures start to climb. as we transition into the weekend, it looks like those 70s potentially, some 80s will stick around and you'll see that on your seven-day around the bay forecast. nothing but warm, sunny conditions pretty much everywhere around the bay area. now, it will be a little bit cooler along the coastline, but we still could make it in the 70s for friday and for saturday. and the good news is it looks like we'll hold on to this warming trend, at least the mild conditions and key word dry as we start the next work week. so we'll continue to fine tune your forecast. but over in the traffic center, not looking at any hot spots. we did have a fatal accident around midnight. it was northbound 680 right at the capital expressway, so it looks like all lanes have been reopened but there could have

been some damage to the message sign. so clans clans has been alerted to that. here at the bay bridge this morning, pretty good conditions for your ride out of oakland toward san francisco. no special traffic advisories here or over at the man ma at ao bridge. a drive 14 minutes from end to end. as we take it over to the golden gate bridge, dealing with some fog this morning, so certainly drive with extra caution for your ride into the city and picking up some of our traffic maps you'll see all is well coming down the east shore freeway and we don't have any problems to alert you to on the south bay. you'll see interstate 280 and highway 101 both showing green on the roadway sensors indicating speeds over 50 miles an hour. justine. >> thank you, erica. a violent murder-suicide has stunned the city of petaluma. the victim's coworkers are remembering a well-respected colleague and friend. these killings happened in downtown petaluma saturday afternoon.

police say 41-year-old kevin conover fatally shot his es traininged -- estranged wife kim as she left the attorney of her divorce attorney. apparently this all took place in front of their twins and her daughters from another marriage. friends say this were happily married but things started to unfold. we're told here that kevin became increasingly violent and his wife had moved out of the couple's home. kim conover was a school teacher and as teresa reports, school administrators are in shock and they're still attempting to help her children deal and also the children at the school because they have lost an important role model. >> these are some of the drawings children here at meadow elementary drew for teacher kim conover. the 43-year-old taught second grade, but it wasn't just her class who created these pieces but the entire school. the principal melissa becker says conover was well loved by

everyone. >> kim had a sparkle and a genuine interest in kids, that came first for her in everything that she did. i think sometimes when there's a crisis you see that more than any other time. reporter: becker says that conover especially made sure that no child was ever left behind. >> she as a teacher always came to me with questions or comments about kids and how can we do better and how can we make sure they're okay in getting what they want. reporter: becker adds that not only was conover a respected teacher but a personal friend. kim is is one of the smartest people i ever met. she could go to talking about people magazine and a complex conversation about something within two minutes and always know something or have an anecdotal way.

reporter: becker says they plan to gather the drawings and make a mural at the school in her memory. it is 4:23 on this tuesday morning we're going to take a quick break here on the kron4 morning news. we'll talk politics when we come right back. here's a look outside from the mount tam cam. a little bit windy out there this morning, a breeze. warm weather is on the way. i can't get enough of that. we'll be right back.

good morning. in decision 2012 news, republican presidential candidate mitt romney is now responding to a moment involving an open microphone. as jim accosta reports, this happened as the candidates spoke candidly at a private fundraiser about eliminating government agencies, tax deductions and a whole lot more. reporter: for mitt romney, it was supposed to be a private fundraiser, no press allowed. but two reporters, one from nbc, the other from the wall

street journal overheard specifics from romney's deficit reduction plan that he has yet to share with the public. among the ideas that romney said he was considering, eliminating the department of housing and urban development and consolidating the education department with another agency. those reporters also heard romney talk about doing away with the mortgage deduction for second homes as well as state income and property tax deductions. the obama campaign was quick to pounce, accusing romney of having a pension for secrecy. >> americans expect the opportunity to be able to evaluate candidates based on their records and their policies, to be able to lift up the hood and kick the tires and make that determination before election day and what's clear is that governor romney is trying to make the specifics of his policies off limits for the american people. reporter: even at the fundraiser romney didn't spell out all of his plans, saying things like housing and urban development which my dad was head of, might not be around later, but i'm not actually

going to go through these one by one. what i can tell you is we've got far too many bureaucrats. i will send a lot of what happens in washington back to the states. former senator jim tallon, a romney surrogate said on a conference call that voters shouldn't read too much into the comments. >> he talks about different ideas as they come up on the stump. he wasn't announcing a policy. reporter: on a separate call, the republican party chairman said the remarks were meant for a private audience. >> i respect the governor in his comment that what's said in private will remain in private. >> [ indiscernable ] reporter: but the revelations come less than a month after romney slammed the president when he was overheard on a live mic, telling the russians that he'll have more flexibility to deal with more hot-button foreign policy issues after the election. >> the idea that our president is is planning on doing something with them that he's not willing to tell the people before the election is something i find very, very alarming. reporter: it was romney

unplugged at the fundraiser, acknowledging he's going to overcome the issue of immigration, a sign of his weakness with latino voters, that he likes wolf blitzer and that fox news is watched by what he called true believers. the wife of the likely gop nominee ann romney was also at the fundraiser where she called that accusation that she hasn't worked a day in here life, an early birthday present, a sign she welcomed the controversy. she called it a defining moment in the race. jim accosta, cnn, washington. we'll take a quick break here on the kron4 morning news on this tuesday morning with a live look outside right now from the camera on top of our building in san francisco. we have some new developments in the search for a missing morgan hill teacher sierra lamar. we'll share those with you right after this. [ crickets chirping ]

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teenager sierra lamar. the 15-year-old disappeared while walking to the scuba year ago. as jeff bush reports, friends and family held a ceremony to mark the one month since her disappearance. reporter: about 200 search teams, parents, friends and classmates of sierra gathered at the burnett elementary school which is also the search headquarters to commemorate one month since sierra's disappearance. everyone got a balloon to tie a note to and release at the same time. the event was the brainchild of sandena daley, she's a live oak junior and a search volunteer. >> just to keep the hope alive. let people know we're still out here and still fighting and we want to bring sierra home. reporter: there were prayers before the launch and sierra's parents spoke before the balloons went skyward. >> we're so grateful to everyone for coming. we want to continue and if sierra were here right now, she

would say thank you for not giving up on me and thank you for all your search efforts. thank you for volunteering, we are so grateful. reporter: then in unison, the group let their balloons go all at the same time while shouting to the universe. >> one, two, three. >> bring sierra home! reporter: the balloons lifted lifted up into the air and those who let them go are hoping for a miracle one month after sierra disappeared. in morgan hill, jeff bush, kron4 news. santa clarita county sheriff's office has released new information about the disappearance into sierra's disappearance. reggie continues our team coverage with this part of the story. reporter: santa clarita county investigators say they have preliminary results from some of the evidence found near sierra lamar's home where authorities believe she was abducted four weeks ago.

her cell phone and purse with her clothing inside it were all sent to the crime lab for testing as well as some used condoms and a box labeled handcuffs found by volunteer search teams. authorities have not released the test results. they also won't say which of these items turned up the new lead in this missing persons case. early monday the sheriff search and rescue teams were out again using sonar technology to scan the bottom of a lake on county parkland just west of monterey road between morgan hill and san marteen. a spokesman says the lakes and reservoirs are being looked at based on their proximity to where sierra went missing and because both deputies and volunteers have already searched and researched much of the open lands in the area. the sonar specialists are inspecting the bottom of the lake, looking for anomalies, large and unusual objects. if necessary, divers will return here later in the week and descend to the bottom for a closer look. in morgan hill, reggie kumar, kron4 news.

at 4:33, we'll turn our attention to erica. not only is is she focused on the traffic forecast, but also the weather. good morning. >> good morning, to justine. i was going to cut you off there because i thought you were going to say it was going to be 80 for thursday and friday. yes, we do have 80s in the forecast. right now dealing with low cloud cover and fog. you can see that from our roof cam overlooking downtown san francisco. now, in terms of what's on tap for the rest of today, it looks like that fog will burn off by the 9:00 hour. that sunshine will start to break through and temperatures not too bad. very similar to what they are right now, so expect a lot of 50s out there. right now it's 53 degrees in concord, 57 for those of you in antioch. 52 for daley city, a little bit cooler than that in through half moon bay and currently dealing with upper 40s for places like nap dl ap and santa rosa. now, as we head into the hours, mostly 60s around the bay. keeping it in the upper 50s along the immediate coastline, potentially squeezing out some

low 70s for places like fairfield already. and then as we advance the clock into your afternoon highs, you'll still see that blue, green and yellow on your screen, indicating respectively 50s, 60s and 70s around the bay area. so it really just depends on where you are. you may run into some mild conditions, potentially warm for some spots. we'll see mostly 60s and some 70s, 70 degrees expected for fairfield, concord and antioch, but check out downtown san francisco, only reaching your afternoon high of 61 degrees and 63 for those of you in san rafael. now, your seven day around the bay forecast does show pretty dry conditions around the entire bay area. it looks like by wednesday we'll start up with a warming trend. temperatures in the mid-80s by friday for some of our warmest inland areas. it looks like those 80s will stick around as we head into saturday. but still overall pleasant and nice conditions as we start the next work week. so no wet weather in our immediate forecast. we'll continue to monitor that right here on kron4.

over in the traffic center, a quick bridge check to get you out the door. here's a live look at conditions at the bay bridge span for your ride out of oakland towards san francisco. the ride just eight minutes from the foot of the mayford fremont street this morning. over at the san mateo bridge, no delays on the approach, no delays getting down the bridge from the nimitz freeway. over at the golden gate, southbound 101, contending with a little bit of fog out there, no special fog advisory has been issued, but, again, drive with extra caution for your ride coming out of the north bay. justine. >> thank you, erica. another developing story that we're watching this morning comes to us out of general petraeus where there is -- petaluma where there's been a violent murder-suicide to talk about. want to get you the latest on this story right now. and also talk about that yacht crash that happened as the search for four boaters missing since saturday has now been called off. those four sailors were part of an eight-person crew competing in a sailing race when big

waves suddenly turned into a friendly competent -- turned a friendly competition into a deadly event. graham lotus has an update now on what happened to those sailors. reporter: really a tragic incident here. this is where the race started and finished at st. francis yacht club in san francisco and this is southeast fairland island. here's the race course. you start at the yacht club, loop around the island and finish back at the yacht club. several boats actually turned around before they made it all the way out to the island because the waves and the wind this weekend were so intense, but the boat called low speed chase, it continued on, all the way to the island. we'll zoom in here to southeast fairland island, about 27 miles off the coast of san francisco and this is where the boat slammed into the rocks, this northwest corner of southeast fairland island, waves as big as 20 to 25 feet were reported by some, and you can see how jagged this island is, water temps in the low 50s, horrible conditions. this is a picture of the boat.

you can see it highlighted there, washed up on the island. that is the sailboat we're talking about. someone sent us this picture. they snapped while on a whale watching trip. kron4's maureen kelly has reaction from the devastated tight-knit sailing community. reporter: mark ka sanin is the one confirmed fatality of the boating accident. his friends at the san francisco yacht club say the 46- year-old artist was well liked. >> just a terrific, big-hearted guy, just full of life. reporter: kasanin was a lifelong member of the club. so was 25-year-old jordan farm, the club director tells me that jordan was only two weeks away from graduating from college. >> that one really hurts. he's grown up around the club and same with mark. people in the club have known them since they were little boys. reporter: here you can see alexis bush. she is described as an avid sailor and athlete. as a teenager she worked as a bat girl for the san francisco giants and she's the founder of

an organization that looked to promote female competitive baseball. elmore morrisy had just moved to the bay area from ireland. he'd been working at the berkeley laboratory as a research scientist. alan ca high pressure hill is another native. he leaves behind a wife and two children. cahill worked at the yacht club, maintaining members' boats. >> for all in continuants -- intents and purposes, he's family, another great guy. an event of this magnitude is such a large loss of life, it's tragic. it hits everybody right in the heart and it's going to be tough for a long, long time. it's going to live with us for a long, long time. we won't forget them. much more news this morning. here's a live look outside from one of our cameras showing us what's happening outside in the bay area right now. here's from our roof camera in san francisco. foggy out there this morning. we'll talk weather right after this.

good morning. tornadoes have ripped across the midwest and plains states over the weekend. you can see from this video shot by a person in kansas just what that tornado actually looked like. as we hear now from sandra endo, she's in woodward, oklahoma, that's where six people have been killed and dozens more injured. reporter: from texas to minnesota it was a weekend for wild and violent weather. the small city of woodward, oklahoma suffered some of the worst devastation. residents heard no warning sirens after the storm knocked out power to the transmitter. bob starlings' home was completely destroyed. >> if my brother-in-law hadn't called, we'd probably be dead. there is all kinds of debris piled on our bed where we were sleeping. reporter: mayor roscoe hill says parts of this city were just flattened. >> it's something i've never had to deal with, and i don't ever want to have to deal with

it again. really daifting ting -- devastating thing to our city. reporter: wichita, kansas was one of the biggest cities hit. the roof collapsed at this airplane manufacturing plant. a few hundred workers were there, but no one was hurt, and a confirmed tornado struck this hospital in creston, iowa, blowing out windows and damaging the roof. residents across america's heartland are left to pick up the pieces. starling says he's lived in woodward for 30 years and he will rebuild. >> it's hard. we're alive, that's all that matters. reporter: officials say the storm's toll could have been much worse if early warning systems had not been in place. another round of tornadoes was forecast to hit the midwest yesterday. luckily that fizzled out and now these areas hard hit are bracing for thunderstorms ahead. reporting from woodward, oklahoma, i'm sandra endo. time for a quick break here on the kron4 morning news on this tuesday morning. here's a live look outside from

our camera showing us what's happening right now at a very foggy golden gate bridge shot. no traffic, though. more when we come right back. @ @ @

good morning. a sacramento teenager who says that she was sexually assaulted now has her freedom. the 17-year-old alleged rape victim has been in custody because she refused to show up in court. but as mike lowery shows us, her freedom does come with some restrictions. >> i am truly sorry for all that you've been through. reporter: a heartfelt apology from judge lawrence brown who told the alleged victim of sexual assault he's releasing her with electronic monitoring after three weeks in custody here at juvenile hall. >> it's a good day for my client. obviously she was suffering in

incarceration and i'm glad she's released. reporter: the teenager was locked up after failing to show up at two court appearances. the judge told her it was necessary to protect the public from an alleged serial rapist. it was all unnecessary according to the girl's attorney. >> i do believe it should not have happened in the first place. i do believe that there were less extreme measures to obtain her statement. reporter: the teenager will now be tracked by a global positioning system and her whereabouts a court secret. the location of where she is to reside, as well as the terms of her release will be filed under seal. >> that was mike lowery reporting. at 4:47, erica, i have a question. is it going to be 80 degrees and sunny this weekend or what do you think? >> yes. for friday and saturday, justine, we are seeing 80s, okay? mid-80s on friday. right now we are taking a live look at conditions from the golden gate bridge, and although we will see sunshine later on this afternoon, it looks like we are dealing with

a little bit of fog out there now. it's not at advisory level. all of that cloud cover is keeping us insulated. taking a look at the visibility chart right now, napa and santa rosa, on the freeways, right around there, visibility has dropped down to just eight miles, about five along the coastline in half moon bay. certainly allow yourself a little bit of extra time. drive with extra caution out on the roadways. but as we head into the afternoon, that fog will burn off. temperatures will range from the upper 50s for places like daley city and half moon bay to mid-60s coming down our east shore. so it looks like oakland, hayward both coming in at 65 degrees, a degree warmer than that for those of you in fremont and then the more inland you go and the more to our south, that's actually where we start to squeeze out some 70s. in fact, looks like fairfield, concord, antioch and san jose all dealing with afternoon highs in the low 70s. so very pleasant conditions slated for later on this afternoon. if you are headed to the

sierra, i just checked with caltrans, tho chains currently required for highway 80 or i- 50. it looks like partly cloudy skies today, cloudier conditions tomorrow and light winds for thursday. for the most part your temperatures will be sitting in the mid-60s, but you'll certainly want to bundle up for the overnight hours as temperatures will be below freezing. now for your seven-day around the bay forecast, it looks like we will stay dry and sunny for the next several days. that warming trend starts tomorrow, looks like friday will be the warmest day of the week, and we'll continue to hold onto those 80s as we head into the weekend, though temperatures will start to slide for sunday and monday. the good news is we will be dry and sunny as we start the next work week. so one last bridge check to get you out the door. over in the traffic center not looking at any hot spots. you can see the camera is shaking around here at the bay bridge, but no special traffic advisories to tell you about. over at the san mateo bridge, your ride moves well westbound 92. traffic certainly building, but the drive still just 14 minutes

between 880 and highway 101. and your golden gate bridge ride, yes, you will have to deal with a little bit of fog out there, but no accidents to report for your ride coming out of the north bay. quickly turning our attention to our traffic maps, you'll see all is well in the south bay for i-280 and highway 101 and up in rend county, we're seeing all green on our roadway sensors, indicating speeds over 50 miles per hour. if you are taking public transit, it looks like you're good to go for ac transit, bart as well as train number 1. justine. >> thank you, erica. what seemed like common sense, stopping on a railroad track is a bad thing to do. but as kron4's stanley roberts found out, all over the bay area, drivers are demonstrating this bad behavior. reporter: you're looking at a miller lite truck making an illegal u-turn on a set of train tracks just so he can make a delivery. take a look at the face of the passenger in this car. the driver is stopped on the very same set of tracks.

just about everywhere there are train tracks in alameda county, you will find drivers stopped on them, or in this case, making an illegal u-turn on the tracks. from san leandro to oakland, finding drivers stopped on train tracks was easy to do, from big rigs, to drivers so busy on their cell phones, they don't realize they are partially on the tracks. in some cases the driver is sitting on the tracks right next to a sign that reads do not stop on tracks. drivers are required by law to stay behind the crossing arm until they can pass safely. all too often they stop under the arms. if you're wondering, outside the fact that you could lose your life if hit by a train, there are stiff fines for stopping on the tracks. the minimum fine with penalties could set you back a hefty $500 just for stopping on the tracks. i know, sometimes you're just not paying attention, but if a

train traveling 79 miles per hour hits you, it won't matter now, will it? unless you see a sign like this reading tracks have a service, stay off the tracks. in alameda county, stanley roberts, kron4 news. much more ahead here on the kron4 morning news on this tuesday morning. we'll take a quick break. when we come back, we'll take a look at what is happening with space shuttle discovery right now. stay with us.

right now the space shuttle discovery is on the back of a 747 on its final flight to the smithsonian. john sirella has more on discovery's trip to its new home. reporter: february 24th of last year, the 39th and final liftoff of the shuttle discovery. 148 million miles traveled over a quarter century. >> discovery now making one last reach for the stars. reporter: the oldest of the three orbiters discovery was the first to be retired.

at first light tuesday morning, it will leave the kennedy space center one last time. this time no roar of rocket engines, just jet engines, riding piggyback on a 747. destination, permanent display at the smithsonian in washington. >> it beckons, it's, like, come on, i can take this. come on, hop in, fire it up and go again. reporter: the astronauts who flew discovery that last time are here to watch her off. >> it's sad in that we're done and, you know, she's going away, she's going to the smithsonian where hopefully millions of people over the next gazillion years are going to go see discovery. reporter: the u.s. now relies on the russians to ferry its astronauts to the international space station. the cost about $60 million a seat. nasa is stuck with this arrangement for at least the next four years. that's until a commercial company is ready. >> i am confident that commercial space will

eventually succeed and do great things. if i put my money on any one company, this company is going to succeed? i don't know. they're all taking very different approaches. reporter: spaceex hopes to be that company. >> we have liftoff of the falcon 9. reporter: it has already orbited its dragon spacecraft around the earth. at this end of this month, the company's toughest test to date, an attempt to rendevous its unmanned dragon and to burst it to the space station. by then discovery will be on display. enterprise, a test shuttle which was in the smithsonian will be in new york going to the intrepid museum. >> for me personally, once we get discovery to the smithsonian and we've done all the work and she's ready to go, and now it's my time to walk away and leave her there, i'll now start focusing on enterprise and getting enterprise up to new york, but that's going to be very hard to leave discovery for that last time. reporter: at least for now everyone will have the opportunity to look up close at

a space-flying machine unlike anything ever built. and here's what's coming up on the kron4 morning news at 5:00, there is new evidence in the search for sierra la mar. will it help bring her home? we're live in morgan hill with the very latest. and less pain at the pump. gas prices may actually be heading down around the bay area. we'll show you what you can expect to pay today. plus today is the deadline to file your federal tax returns. if you have not done them yet, don't panic, we will help you out. all of those stories and much more just two minutes away. stay with us.

thanks for joining us on this tuesday, april 17th. top stories we're following this morning, lab tests reveal new clues in the search for sierra lamar. we'll have details straight ahead. the deadline is today, it's

tax day. we're going to tell you where the post offices will be staying open late. an attempted kidnapping of a young girl near a concord school. we'll have details coming up in a moment. first a quick minute of weather and traffic. erica. >> good morning to you both. we're taking a live look at conditions from the golden gate bridge right now. you can see a little bit of fog in the distance, so it is a little foggy this morning. we do have problems with visibility for some of our north bay areas. however, it looks like as we head into the afternoon, a mix of sun and clouds will persist. temperatures will be on the mild side. i'll show you exactly where those temperatures will go and when we can see 80s in the forecast coming up in just a bit. george. >> thanks, erica. good morning. so far a quiet start to the commute, no hot spots to track. here's a quick commute check for you. you'll see the conditions in the east bay, south bay, north bay all very light right now with no problems to report on freeways in the north bay either. the southbound 101 ride looks clear to the golden gate bridge. daria. >> thanks a lot, george. at 5:00, our developing story, there is a new lead this

morning in the search for a missing teenager, sierra lamar. first to mark one month since she was last seen last night, they had a ceremony in morgan hill where her friends and family released these balloons and said prayers for sierra. >> just to keep the hope alive, let people know that we're still out here and we're still fighting and we want to bring sierra home. >> i just want to continue and sierra -- if sierra could be here right now, she would say thank you for not giving up on me. >> and now kron4's reggie kumar tells us about the new leads in the search. reporter: since late march forensic experts have been analyzing sierra's cell phone, her purse and clothing found inside it. the items were discovered less than a mile from the 16-year- old's home. the crime lab is also testing some condoms and a box labeled handcuffs found in the same

area by volunteer searchers. authorities are not releasing the preliminary results as of yet. all they're saying is that the evidence has given investigators new information to follow up on in the missing teen's case. it's still unclear what item gave investigators the new clues. early monday the sheriff's search and rescue teams were out again using sonar technology to scan the bottom of the lake just west of monterey road midway between morgan hill and san marteen. a sheriff's spokesman says the lakes and reservoirs are being looked at based on their proximity to where sierra went missing and because both deputies and volunteers have already searched and researched much of the open lands in the area. the sonar specialists are inspecting the bottom of the lake, looking for large unusual objects. so far they have found trees, rock piles and metal debris. santa clarita county sheriff's officials tell me they will be sending in dive teams early

tuesday here in parkway lakes to search under water for any new evidence in the sierra lamar case. in morgan hill, reggie kumar, kron4 news. the other stories we're following, the pain at the pump is is easing, a few pennies here and there, i guess it adds up. let's turn to jackie sisel watching gas prices this morning. reporter: good morning, mark. more like an ache at the pump. it's not going away, but it's getting a little bit better. the california average is actually down about four cents in the last week. but the good news is it's down almost 14 cents in the last month, so we're starting to see those prices go down a bit. but the california average, mark, still stays at $4.21, only two other states in the entire nation are higher than us. and according to most analysts, they believe that gas prices are going to go back up before they come down to any significant level. traditionally we see those prices, mark, go up between may and labor day and that's what they expect to see again. so a little good news, not

great news. oil prices still remain high over $100 a barrel. but we are seeing a little bit of relief at the pump as you were talking about, down about 13, 14 cents in the last month. >> we hope the relief continues. thanks for the update, jackie. daria. another developing story we are following out of the east bay, an attempted kidnapping of a seventh grade girl walking to eldorado school in concord. a man in a beige passenger van the girl says stopped her and asked her to get into his vehicle. she said no and walked away. he continued to ask her to get in the van, saying that he would give her a ride to school. she got away and called her parent. the man is described as bald, in his 30s, heavyset with a black mustache and goatee and possibly of polynesian descent. yesterday the dow up 72

points, better-than-expected earnings coming out this morning from goldman sachs. everybody is watching apple. apple stocks been on a five-day skid, stocks down by 10%. that could be classified as a correction. apple's recent stock climb accounted for 120 points added to the nasdaq. with a five-day losing streak, apple stock has lost $60 billion in market valuation. right now we'll keep watching apple stock, see how it does with the opening bell. right now dow futures up 62 points. and we're focusing on the weather around the bay area, and, yes, right now we do have some fog. but the good news is it's not really limiting visibility around the bay area. it will burn off as we head into the afternoon. it looks like your temperatures running on the mild side because that cloud cover keeping us insulated and right now it looks like vallejo, concord coming in at 53 degrees, 52 for daley city. seeing upper 40s now for santa rosa and napa and 53 degrees right now for those of you situated in livermore. now, as we head into the

afternoon, futurecast predicting a mixture of 50s, 60s and 70s around the bay area. you'll see as we push into your afternoon highs, by 3:00 p.m., it looks like we'll keep in the upper 50s along the coastline, seeing low- to mid-60ss for the peninsula and coming down the east shore and we could see low 70s for places like concord, fairfield and down in san jose. so your seven-day around the bay forecast does show it looks like today will be the cooler day of the week. as we head into tomorrow, we're heading in the direction of a warming trend, mild conditions, at least bay area wide. check out friday, that's expected to be the warmest day of the week. we could actually get into the mid-80s for some of our inland areas. keeping those 80s around as we head into saturday. and though temperatures will start to cool off as we head into sunday, the key word is dry. we don't have any wet weather to speak of as we start the next work week. guys. >> wow! you went from 81 to 84 now on friday. >> i bumped it up. thanks, erica. knowledge time now 5:06. we'll be back with more in a

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15th fell over the weekend on sunday. and yesterday was a holiday in washington d.c. so under the filing code is the way it is, can't be on saturday, sundays or holidays, so it's today. the 17th. the irs says it's already received a majority of the tax returns, though, that it expects to receive. but if you're one of the people that is waiting for the very last minute and you're not e- filing, there are a few post offices that are open later tonight. the san francisco post office and distribution center on evans avenue is going to be open for curbside dropoff until 10:00 tonight. the san francisco airport station on west field road will be open until midnight and the petaluma office and distribution center on mcdowell boulevard will be open until 8:00. we keep showing you the seven-day forecast because it's so nice. 70s in some spots today, 60s along the bay and 60 along the coast. we do have some fog out there this morning. tomorrow a few degrees warmer. the warmest days look to be friday and saturday.

80s inland, upper 70s along the bay and even 70s at the coast. we have a beautiful stretch of weather headed our way as we get temperatures warming up into the weekend. we'll be right here as the kron4 morning news is with you until 10:00. taking a live look outside right now at the san mateo bridge with traffic moving smoothly.

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good morning, it's 5:15. to the latest with our developing story out of morgan hill, the search for sierra lamar continuing, now in its first month complete. yesterday was the one-month mark. it was march 16th when she disappeared. search crews found her cell phone and her purse, but they have found little else. yesterday they said that they have new evidence in the disappearance, so let's go to kron4's will trand. see's live in morgan hill with more. what is the new lead in this case? reporter: the new lead, darria, could be possibly only because we talked about this a

couple of days after she vanished, they found her cell phone and then they also found a bag inside with clothes neatly folded a couple of miles away from the cell phone as well. they took that to a lab. the results have come back. they're not going into details about the results, but that could lead them in other directions, so that is a new hope in this case, perhaps that will help them track down sierra or whoever abducted sierra. i can tell you that the latest this morning is that they will be back out here a couple of hours from now and they will be searching parkway lakes reservoir. and you can see a gate that blocks the entrance to it. and the reason why they will be here is because it's a couple of miles away from her home and a couple of miles away from her bus stop, so the proximity, it's too close for them not to look at. they will be focusing from here on out mostly on the bodies of water in this area. it's because there have been thousands of hours of searches as far as the land is concerned, so they feel confident that that area is covered, if not completely

covered so they won't be doing that. of course there will be more volunteer searches for those areas. as far as the experts, their sonar equipment, this is where they will be focusing, including other reservoirs in the area. hopefully this new evidence, including the backpacks that i talked about. also near the area, they also found a box labeled handcuffs inside. they took that also to a lab. they're not going into details about the results as well. but it looks like they sent this release out late yesterday and perhaps it's something they will focus on from here on out. back to you. >> so it's not so much they have new pieces of evidence, but they now have results from what they have found and so maybe there's some dna or something that's leading them in the search. reporter: absolutely. they sent that to an fbi crime lab. they also had other experts, including experts in sacramento from their own crime lab to look at that. there is possible dna evidence located in the clothing, maybe the cell phone, of course we talked about they took away her computer. all of the results, they said

at that time it might take a week or so. it turns out a little bit longer than that, so they did acknowledge the results have come back. but because this is still an ongoing investigation, they didn't go into details as to exactly what evidence, dna evidence, fingerprints, we don't know. they're keeping it to themselves. but because those results have come back, it is going to lead them in a new direction as far as the investigation is concerned. daria. >> thanks a lot, will. and we're taking a live look at conditions here at the golden gate bridge. you can see some fog in the background, dealing with some low cloud cover over the entire bay area. so because of that temperatures actually running on the mild side. in fact, check out hayward and mountainview, both are reporting 54 degrees right now, a little bit cooler than that for half moon bay, seeing some 40s, however, for places like plalt, 46 over in napa and 43 degrees your current temperature over in walnut creek. i did mention the fog and because of that, it is having its impact for visibility in some of our coastal locations. check out half moon bay, only

reporting four miles of visibility, nine for santa rosa along highway 101, i would certainly drive with extra caution out on the freeways because that fog that we don't have any special advisories to tell you about is certainly out in full force this morning. but the good news is it will burn off as we head into the afternoon and it will reveal temperatures on the warmer side for some of our inland areas. however, on your today's high map, it looks like we got a mixture of 50s, 60s and 70s. it really just depends on where you are, places like daley city, half moon bay coming in the upper 50s. 64 for san mateo and then the more inland you go and the further to our south, that's when we start to see some 70s for places like fairfield, concord, antioch and for those of you in san jose. in terms of your seven-day around the bay forecast, it looks like today will actually be the coolest of the next several. that warming trend starts tomorrow. it looks like wednesday we're in store for some relatively mild conditions. check out friday, that's expected to be the warmest day of the week.

we could actually see some locations getting into the mid- 80s, keeping those 80s around for saturday and then overall pleasant and dry conditions as we start the next work week. at 5:20, that's a look of your weather. on to traffic now. good morning. reporter: good morning, erica. still looking at a good commute around the bay area. we are not tracking any hot spots. let's get you a bridge check as we start with your look at your ride here on the upper deck of the bay bridge where you can see light traffic working its way soord san francisco, anchorage. no backup at the toll plaza. your san mateo bridge ride also looks pretty good. take a look here, the right side of your screen is the westbound or commute direction and your ride to the golden gate bridge also looks good for the southbound trip, no problems yet reported through marin. looking at the traffic maps and picking up the road sensors, you'll see green showing here on east bay freeways, 580, 680 all look good, so does the nimitz freeway. south bay, problem free there

with light traffic regardless of the direction you're heading. as we mentioned, the north bay is no delay for the southbound 101 ride. mark. >> thank you, george. authorities in oakland are searching for a shooting suspect after two people were shot, one of them killed. this happened near interstate 580. dan crewman has details on what police know now. reporter: witnesses say a passenger in a white sedan shot at the driver and passenger in this red camaro at the bottom of the macarthur off ramp to westbound 580. witnesses say they heard more than 15 shots about 4:30 monday afternoon. that's before the driver of the red vehicle smashed into this pole trying to get away. the macarthur off ramp was shut down and authorities tell us the passenger in the red vehicle was pronounced dead on the scene. the driver was injured but was able to escape on foot. again, here's a look at the victim's car which is getting ready to be towed away. as far as we know the suspect or suspects still at large, the

motive for this shooting still unknown. reporting in oakland, dan kermin, kron4 news. oak laind police are offering a reward to anyone who can help them catch a sexual predator. sunday morning a woman was walking on lake shore avenue by lake merit when a car pulled up alongside of her and a man told her to get inside. she refused and that is when the man got out of his car and kidnapped the woman. she was beaten and sexually assaulted before being tossed out of the car. the time now is 5:22. we'll be back with more in just a couple of minutes. let's take a live look from our mount tam camera this morning. probably won't be able to see too much because it's so dark out there. but it is -- it looks like you can see a pretty wide strip of clouds there. we'll be right back.

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warm tomorrow, looks like friday and saturday are going to be the hottest days of the next seven with highs climbing into the 80s inland, upper 70s bay, and even 70s at the coast. we'll cool down a few degrees sunday and into next week with some fog rolling in. but dry for the next seven days. take a look at these spectacular images. a solar flare caught on camera. the solar prom in essence eruption shut off the east side of the sun yesterday afternoon. sieb tises say that red -- scientists say the red plume is hot gas made up of hydrogen and helium. an erupting prom in essence occurs when they release the plasma. no major damage has been reported after a powerful 6.7 magnitude quake rocked chile overnight. here's video of the quake caught on camera in a newsroom in santiago during a newscast. authorities say a 72-year-old man in val praiseo died of a heart attack in the temblor.

the quake happened near the coastal port of vallapraiseo. but it shook buildings in the capital city of santiago, about 70 miles away. 5:27 right now. we'll be back with more in just a couple of minutes. let's take a live look from the bay bridge now from a distance. it looks like traffic is pretty light. we'll be right back.

taking a live look from our roof as we take a look at the weather with erica. >> good morning tou, darria. as we check out conditions from the roof cam, you can kind of make out the low cloud cover in the background, so a lot of people waking up to some fog this morning, however, we don't have any special fog advisories to talk about. so the good news is as we head into the 9:00 hour, that fog will start to burn off. we'll start to see that sunshine peeking through and your temperatures very similar to what they are right now.

expect a bunch of 50s. 54 in concord. as we head into the lunchtime hour, looks like we'll see a nix of sun and clouds in the bay area. you can see futurecast for that blue on the screen, indicates upper 50s along the coastline, 60s for the immediate bay and then we'll start to squeeze out some low 70s for some of our inland areas. that will be the case as we head into the afternoon highs. speaking of those afternoon highs, by 3:00 p.m., we'll see 50s, 60s and 70s out there. looks like vallejo could reach 66 degrees. 55 for those of you in oakland. check out half moon bay, barely making it into the 60s there. 68 for those of you in napa and 70 degrees. so pretty warm conditions over in antioch and concord. as for your seven-day around the bay forecast, it looks like for the most part we will see friday and saturday the warmest days of the week. i'll show you that and what's in store for the start of the next work week coming up in my next report. but at 5:30, it's time for a check now on your morning

commute with george. reporter: thanks, erica. we're still looking at a pretty good ride around the bay area, not tracking any hot spots. here's the upper deck of the bay bridge and the westbound ride looks good into the city. and for the east bay, south bay and pebz, still -- peninsula. still very light traffic, as well as 101 through marin. your peninsula ride looks great, also on interstate 280 you'll find no delays between 92 and 85. daria. >> thanks a lot, george. 5:31. now to our developing story, the search for missing teenager sierra lamar who was last seen march 16th in morgan hill, search crews found her cell phone and her purse a while back. but they didn't tell us what that evidence yielded and it turns out they do have some clues in the case now. kron4's will tran is live in morgan hill with the very latest on what they know, or what they might know. they're not really saying much. reporter: they're not saying much, darria. they say it's part of their ongoing investigation, but they said all of those items, the

cell phone, the computer as well as the bag, the purse that had her clothes neatly folded inside among other things. those things were sent to the crime lab. they got the results back. they're not going into detail because perhaps that evidence, dna evidence will lead them to sierra or whoever abducted her. the latest in the search is later this morning they will be back out here at parkway lakes reservoir. this is about a mile, mile and a half from her house, so it's too close for them not to look at and they will be out there with sonar equipment to look for any possible evidence, including sierra herself and it's a grim prospect that maybe she's not alive, but, of course, they still have to look into everything. as far as the evidence, we don't know why it took them close to a month to get back all of that evidence, especially with the clock ticking, but it is what it is. another possible item that they're not talking about, as we mentioned, that about a week and a half after her disappearance they found, among

other things, a box labeled handcuffs. it was an empty box in another remote area, about a mile from her bus stop. so about a mile and a half radius, all of these things were found. maybe the dna it evidence came back from that as well. but, again, they're not saying anything about the case. but because of this new development, it will lead them in a different direction as far as the investigation. they will not primarily focus on the land searches, it's because they believe with the thousands of hours already poured in, approximately 8,000, and that includes the volunteer searches that now they will be looking at the bodies of water. back to you. so is this going to be new ground covered or are they just looking at it again? because the area around their home has been very well searched. is this kind of a retread here or do you just think they have pinpointed new locations? reporter: this is basically a retread. they have gone back. it's because they got sonar equipment, i would imagine that they have pictures and they brought it back to their office and they looked at it. it's some objects that appear a

lot bigger than normal. we have found out sometimes it's big trees, some tires, some metal objects. so maybe they went back there with the pictures and then they say, wait a minute, something looks a little bit weird, let's go back out there and check it out again. yes, this whole area they have searched endlessly, so this is something that they have already done and they will be back again. >> thanks a lot, will. it's been one month exactly as of yesterday since sierra was last seen. last night in morgan hill, her friends and family held a ceremony where they released balloons and said prayers for sierra. >> just to keep the hope alive, let people know that we're still out here, we're still fighting and we want to bring sierra home. >> i just want to continue the momentum and if sierra could be here right now, she would say, thank you for not giving up on me. >> so we'll have our continuing coverage right here on kron4

with the very latest in this case as well as updating our website and our facebook fan page. justine. here's what's just into the kron4 newsroom, the last five bodies recovered from that wreck costa concordia cruiseliner have now been identified and they are the two americans, barbara and jared heel of minnesota. they were among those names today. the other identified as the victims are two germans, and also an italian crew member. two people still remain missing and at least 30 people died when that cruiseliner struck rocks and turned on its side off the coast of italy on january 13th. that's what we're following right now in the kron4 newsroom. watching at the pain -- watching the pain at the pump. let's go to jackie watching gasoline prices this morning in berkeley. and, jackie, how much have prices dropped here in the bay area? reporter: not a lot, mark. in the last week we're only looking at three or four cents, but in the last month we've seen them drop around the state around 14 cents a gallon.

so it may not be pain at the pump, but it's definitely still kind of a dull ache at the pump, and most analysts believe, mark, that we're going to see prices shoot back up before we see them go down to any significant level. traditionally we see gas prices go up between may and labor day, kind of a peak driving season, so most analysts believe that along with the higher price of oil still around $100 a barrel, we're probably going to see those prices go back up. it is a little bit of good news, california average according to aaa is at $4.21. as i said, that's down about 14 cents over the last month. we're still the third highest in the entire country, only behind alaska and hawaii. so we're getting a little relief, not a lot, but every little bit helps. >> 14 cents is about $2 for a 15-gallon fillup. pain at the pump is expected to continue, though, as jackie was mentioning. prices expected to go back up. daria. 5:36 right now. we'll be back with more in just a couple of days.

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welcome back. a departure day for space shuttle discovery. that's the oldest and most traveled shuttle taking off from florida's kennedy space center flying up to washington d.c. right now as its set to join the smithsonian institution. the jet and shuttle are flying north this morning. a low flyover is planned for washington d.c. once they reach the nation's capital this morning. discovery is the first of three retired space shuttles to head to a museum. the shuttle going on display at dulles international airport in virginia. get ready for massive lane closures near the golden gate bridge on the approach in san francisco. here's a live look at the bridge. work has started on doyle drive, so that means they are going to have some significant

lane closures. kron4's charles cliffford takes a look at when and where you'll be affected. reporter: around 8:00 p.m. monday evening caltrans began closing down some of the northbound lanes of the approach to the golden gate bridge which is known as doyle drive. the area where this work is happening is along san francisco's northern edge. you can see the golden gate bridge marked there towards the middle of the screen and all the work begins not too far from where 101 enters the presidio. it starts by over what's called the marina gate just near the palace of fine arts and continues north along chrissy field and ends roughly here near the national cemetery. for the next two weeks crews will be working to remove old utility pipes that lie along the right-hand side of the road. those pipes contain asbestos and they need to be safely taken out before doyle drive can be demolished and replaced with a new roadway. the northbound lane closures will continue every night for the next two weeks until the weekend of april 27th when all of doyle drive will be shut down for several days. in san francisco, charles

cliffford, kron4 news. a quick break here as the kron4 morning news is with you until 10:00. we take a look at the live tam cam as the sun comes over the east hills in what is is expected to be a beautiful day around the bay.

good morning to you, from the kron4 newsroom. this story just crossed the wires. u.s. housing starts dropped 5.8% to 654,000 for the month of march, but permits have hit a 3 1/2-year high. that's what's happening right now in the kron4 newsroom. now let's go and see what's happening in the weather. erica has been tweaking things a little bit. good morning. >> good morning to you, darria. yeah, i think we'll actually see some 80s spill into the weekend as well, but friday slated to be the warmest day of the week where we could actually see some mid-80s for some of our inland areas. right now, however, dealing with a little bit of fog and some low cloud cover around the bay area. that's pretty much in evidence

from both the roof camera and the golden gate shot. that's keeping our temperatures insulated. not too bad for downtown san francisco and san jose both coming in at 53 degrees. pretty much the same story over in oakland and seeing 50 for those of you in livermore at this hour. now, as we look ahead, it looks like into the afternoon that morning fog will burn off and those temperatures will be mild to warm. it really just depends on where you're located. so we are dealing with some upper 50s for daley city and half moon bay. 61 for downtown san francisco. for the most part we will see mid-60s down our east shores, 66 over in vallejo and then check out our inland areas, 70 degrees common fairfield through concord, antioch and for those of you in san jose. now, it looks like high pressure is certainly back into play. that warmup will continue as we head into the middle of this week. and it looks like just in time for the weekend those 70s, potentially some 80s will stick around. your seven-day around the bay forecast shows friday and saturday the warmest days of

the week. certainly beach weather. we could see some low 70s along the coast. it looks like we'll continue to see those dry and pleasant weather conditions as we start the next work week. so we don't have any wet weather in the forecast. we'll continue to fine tune that for you right here on the kron4 morning news. at 5:47, it's time for your -- time for a check on your morning commute. reporter: an easy trip around the bay area. we're not tracking any hot spots. we'll get a bridge check. the upper deck still smooth conditions here into san francisco with no delays at the toll plaza. san mateo bridge ride 92 looks good. a little more volume in the last 45 minutes, but still no delays for the westbound drive. and for the golden gate bridge and the commute to and from marin county an easy ride here as you see southbound on 101. and picking up the road sensors and the traffic maps for a look at east bay freeways, looks good, doesn't it, for 24, 680, 880 the nimitz, 580 the

macarthur freeway. already picking up slowing into livermore out of the altamont pass. no delays for south bay freeways, though, a very easy trip. so is the ride, as you see here, on 101 and interstate 280, especially the 280 highlands no problems there around redwood city, san mateo and 92 and 101 are both pretty clear. daria. >> thanks a lot, george. some kids could soon ride muny for free. today the agency's board is considering a plan to allow low income children ages 5 to 17 to ride for free. the 22-month pilot project would cost up to $9 million, but the mta board, they think it's an important step for low income family who right now in some cases have to choose between transportation and putting food on the table. >> i don't think people realize it, there are an awfully lot of really poor people in san francisco. if they could have heard some of the testimony from some of the parents about the struggle

it is to get enough money to get their kids on the bus to go to school and even though it's a relatively small city, school can be very far away, over many hills and through the wind and fog and all of that. it seems like something we ought to be able to do. >> the board will also discuss an alternate plan that would allow kids between 5 and 17 to ride -- that would cost an additional $6 million. it's unlikely to get the needed votes, though, to pass. a train tracks are for trains, not cars, not everyone seems to be abiding by that. here's today's edition of people behaving badly. reporter: you're looking at a miller lite truck making an illegal u-turn on a set of active train tracks just so he can make a delivery. take a look at the face of the passenger in this car, the driver is stopped on the very same set of tracks. in fact, anywhere there are train tracks in alameda county, you will find drivers stopped on them. or in this case making an

illegal u-turn on the tracks. from san leandro to oakland, finding drivers stopped on train tracks was easy to do, from big rigs to drivers so busy on their cell phones they don't realize they are partially on the tracks. in some cases the driver is sitting on the tracks right next to a sign that reads do not stop on tracks. drivers are required by law to stay behind the crossing arm until they can pass safely. all too often they stop under the arms. if you're wondering, outside of the fact you could lose your license or hit by a train, there are stiff fines for stopping on the tracks. the minimum fine with penalties could set you back a hefty $500 just for stopping on the tracks. i know, sometimes you're just not paying attention, but if a train traveling 79 miles per hour hits you, it won't matter now, will it? unless you see a sign like this

reading tracks out of service, stay off the tracks. in alameda county, stanley roberts, kron4 news. 5:50 is the time right now. we'll be back in just a couple of minutes here on the kron4 morning news where we have weather and traffic in our sights for you at all times and today we've got some clouds in our sights here from our mount tam cam. we'll be right back.

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see for yourself why millions have switched. join the finish revolution. welcome back. 5:54 right now. we're taking a look at the new and improved seven-day around the bay forecast. looks good today, once we get through the morning fog. we start our upwards climb by which friday tops out at 84 degrees. saturday just backing off to 82. so a couple of really warm sunny days inland and even by the bay and the coast as you can see there too. and then we get that sudden turn around at the coast on sunday and the temperatures cool down by about 10 degree. bay area sports, and everybody lost. should we go on?

everybody lost. let's start with the sharks, mcdowell shot one goal, setting up another in the 2nd period. st. louis blues regain home ice advantage. they beat the sharks 4-3 in game three and take a 2-1 series lead. brett burns, white and procure scoring for the sharks who struggled to find answers against st. louis, losing for the sixth time in seven meetings this season. if the sharks can't find a way to beat the blues, they could exit in the first round of the playoffs, this after making it to the western conference finals at of the pa two seasons. roy halliday outlasting lipsukum. what a good performance. where is his mojo, that's what everybody is asking after being pulled after 4 1/3 innings. gave up four runs in the 1st before settling down. the phillies rolling past the giants 4-2. halliday striking out six and allowing seven runs

in eight innings. >> his hair is a little shorter. did you see that? you can't cut the hair. it's like the beard, you get a thing going and you gotta go with it. >> talk about the beard, he's on the 15-day dl. >> see? the beard didn't work out either. let's go to the a's, shall we? morales hitting his first homer in nearly two years, driving in two runs. the angels -- i'm sorry, the los angeles angels of anaheim, 6-0 victory over oakland last night as oakland drops another game there. and the warriors lost too. i told you, everybody lost. >> everybody lost, okay, that's a good way to put it, now we don't have to look at the low lights. coming up on the kron4 morning news, new evidence in the search for sierra lamar. will it help find her? we're live in morgan hill with the very latest on the new turn the search is taking. le >> maybe a little less pain at the pump. gas prices may be heading down in the bay area. we'll show you what you can

expect to pay today. plus today is the deadline to file your federal tax returns and don't panic, you do have time. we'll tell you where you can get them in at the last minute. those stories and more in just a couple of minutes as we continue to follow the heat wave that we're about to see here in the bay area. right now it's a little cool out there and we do have some clouds here from van ness avenue in san francisco. we'll be right back.

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