they believe is a blue hyundai a four door. and the license plate you see it there 5hxf433. again this amber alert was just issued moments ago. if you have any information you are asked to call the oakland police department. or you can call the chp. again the headline here they are looking for a 16-year-old girl named clara thornton who they believe was abducted by a man -- by a 57-year-old man named richard ashley. as we get more information, we will bring it to you. a dramatic turn tonight on a case that began seven years ago on the streets of tahoe. a plea in the nancy and phillip garrido case. mike mibach is in the neighborhood where dugard was held captive. but let's begin with ken

pritchett. >> reporter: today dugard said that she is relieved by the guilty pleas. phillip garrido showed no emotion as she agreed to 240 years to life for the kidnapping of dugard. he pled guilty to all chargeless. phillip garrido fathered dugard's two daughters. >> jaycee's courage and willingness to face her captors led to the guilty plea. >> reporter: her attorney had hoped to work a deal in which nancy would one day walk free. >> i said once i would like to walk on the beach. and i said unfortunately it's going to be a casket. >> reporter: dugard said i'm

relieved that phillip and nancy garrido have finally admitted their guilty and confessed to the crimes against me and my family. nancy garrido's attorney says his client feels genuinely sorry for what she did. >> she obviously committed a serious wrong, but in her view now she's made peace with god. and wants to get on with life what's left of it. >> reporter: plea deals were expected in this case. but that they came today suddenly that was a surprise. sentencing will be the final court date in this matter and that sentencing is scheduled for june 2nd. in placerville, ken pritchett. >> thank you, ken. now from ken pritchett we go to mike mibach who is getting reaction now from the neighborhood, mike. >> reporter: tonight no one really seems shocked. they all seem pretty happy about today's plea. this is the front yard of the

garrido's former home. you see the boarded up window, some overgrown grass. now for the next door neighbor to the right, as long as this imagine remains the story at least for him even with today's news will never disappear. >> i see what a question mark, that's what i see. you know i just see a big question mark. >> reporter: damon robertson is talking about the garrido's backyard. the tents, the fence are nowhere to be seen. robertson who says he once tipped deputies off about the garridos says a trial would have been nice to see. >> i want him to talk. i want to hear his whole, every inch of his mind. >> reporter: some other people living in east contra costa county, say why prolong the inevitable. >> i am happy he pled guilty. it would have been interesting to see the trial but everybody knew. to you night as we'll just pled

guilty and get it over with. >> he pled guilty, he knows he did wrong. 430 years to life he will never see the streets again, so yeah i guess that's good enough for me. >> reporter: along garrido's old street, boye thought the garrido's entered a guilty plea so that the one who they kidnapped 18 years ago would not have to testify. >> i never saw any abuse or anything like that. they were hollering at the kids when they were out in the yard or anything. >> reporter: but they're guilty. >> they are guilty. they're guilty. >> reporter: still no word tonight on what will happen to phillip and nancy garrido's old home. reporting live here, mike

mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. jaycee dugard's case found cracks in the system for tracking sex offenders. parol agents repeatedly missed opportunities to find dugard. for example an agent failed to inspect the backyard where dugard was held for 18 years. the state has since increased its monitoring of sex offenders. our coverage of the dugard case continues on our website. you can watch the interview with nancy garrido's attorney and the dugard's attorney. and stanford made a decision on the rotc program. >> reporter: as expected, the senate just voted 28-9 to end

the ban on rotc after nearly 40 years. students against having rotc come back to campus gathered for a demonstration in the law school courtyard. protesters wanted those on stanford's faculty senate meeting inside to know they are against it. >> what do we want? >> reporter: bennnet who represents the group says he is against rotc returning to stanford despite the military's recent abandonment of don't ask don't tell because of a ban on transgender people. >> i think it's wrong for this university to bring back a organization that is still discriminatory. >> reporter: the campus navy rotc building was burned down in protest. many tell us they don't agree

on discrimination against anyone but say having rotc on stanford will add another voice to the debate. >> i think it's pretty clear that that adds to the diversity in the same way that the transgender folks add to the diversity. i think the military presence also adds to the diversity. after today's vote, the stanford president has made it clear if that vote happened and now it has that he will actually make contact with military organizations and ask them if they want to return to campus. live at stanford, sal castaneda, ktvu challenge two news. governor jerry brown went before parents to discuss his solutions to discuss cuts. specifics about his speech this afternoon have still not leaked out. brown is trying to convince the public that his extension plan is necessary to prevent further budget cuts to services and

education. a new poll shows the majority of californians support the governor's plan to support the governor's state budget. 61% said they approved the proposed combination of spending cuts and taxes. but 62% say they don't want their personal income taxes rayed. while 68% said they are okay with raising the personal income tax on wealthy californians. the university system is setting a record tonight. the eight campus, san jose state university and sf state have received more undergraduate applications than ever before. csu officials said today 621,000 applications have come in. that's up from 617,000 last year. this year only 319,000 will be admitted but that is also up compared to last year. federal investigators say a nummi driver involved in a crash that injured dozens of

passengerred passengers blacked out just before it happened. 46 passengers and the operators of both trains were hurt. the ntsb report shows that the driver blacked out right before the accident. the driver had a heart condition. if you want to read the entire report just go to ktvu.com and look for the right now section. the b.a.r.t. board of directors started discussing an idea to run trains one hour later on friday nights and start running the trains one hour later on saturday mornings. they did not take a vote today. a b.a.r.t. spokesman says the next step is to address schedules and obtain how many drivers will lose service on a one month test. new information coming in on that breaking news.

an amber alert for a 16-year- old girl from hayward. what happened to a popular bay area musician who vanished without a trace one year ago. coming up the latest on how friends are dealing with the police investigation. it is eight hours away. the royal wedding, tonight where kate and her mom and sister were whisked away to. and where royal watchers will enjoy the nuptials. and where temperatures will be.

we first showed you this video last night after an afghan military pilot shot and killed nine americans including a civilian contractor. we are now learning that contractor was from the bay

area. he's been identified as james mcloughland jr. of santa rosa. this is his picture. he's been working in afghanistan for the last year. he was active in the sonoma county office of emergency services hand radio experts. mclaughlan leaves behind a wife and three grown children. >> we have just received new information about that amber alert issued in the bay area. ciara thornton is 15, we originally reported she was 16. we have now learned she is 15. we do know they are not related in any way. richard ashley was last seen driving a blue four door

hyundai with california license plate number 5hx433. it's been a year since a bay area musician has disappeared. and for his family and friends it's been anger and anguish. >> reporter: the group played here, the next gig he never showed up and they haven't seen him since. robert vance and wife karen are members of masterpiece. and along with other members of the band they are trying to figure out what happened to their friend. >> it's something that has

never had closure. i think about verdough. there's no week that i don't think about verdough. i listen to the music, and his spirit is always with me. >> i believe somebody knows something. you know you don't just vanish and leave all your belongings on a driveway and just not know. >> reporter: police investigators say they are sympathetic but without new evidence or any information from the public, green remains officially a missing person. >> we don't have any reason to believe that there's foul play. that's not to say that we're ruling that out but we have to keep an open mind. >> reporter: masterpiece members are still keeping hope. in fact, they have not replaced him. >> once in a while i think, if he just shows up, i'm not even

going to ask what happened. a warning tonight from santa cruz county sheriffs. investigators say someone is calling people claiming to be the sheriff's activity league and asking for money. it's the work of scam artists, if you get that call, hang up and call the sheriff's department. royal wedding festives begin in just eight hours in london. the bride to be arrived at the hotel today with her mother and sister. kate middleton and her family are staying there tonight. a large white canopy has been erected so that cameras cannot catch a look at her dress when she leaves to the church in the morning. crew members will line a one

mile route from west minster abbey to buckingham palace. 1,900 guests have been invited to the wetting. we charge $10.99 for breakfast. i have to bring all my staff in the middle of night. this british staff is opening to host a royal wedding watch. tea is also getting a big boost these days. customers can order a princess passion meal or royal wedding tea which is the tea of the month. you can watch the royal we'ding live right here at ktvu. you can also watch it live online at ktvu.com. killer tornadoes that swept through six states have now left 280 people dead. most of the deaths were in

alabama where tornadoes flattened cities including parts of tuscaloosa. this video shows a tornado roaring to the freeway. tomorrow president barack obama will travel to alabama to see the devastation firsthand. the pictures are so hard to look at and the video there of that tor they tornado is so scary. here in the bay area, we have a whole different story. >> this is the time that we get mild weather. so we're headed toward breezy weather. gusts coming out of the west- northwest. it's breezy outside. that's west-northwest direction. check out this toward pittsburg and martinez area, gusts at 12 to 15 miles per hour. temperatures are going to drop off. overnight lows are going to be

in the upper 30s, low 40s. there's a thunderstorms -- here's the golden gate bridge. different perspective. we're looking back toward san francisco. it's a good day to sail tomorrow. north-west winds, gusts could get up to 25 and 20 miles per hour. these are cool now, these are the 30s and 40s right. you see some 30s showing up. those are the purples. we go into the daytime highs tomorrow. maybe a couple of low 70s popping up. as we get into saturday and sunday. you're going to see some 80s. a lot of 80s. we could everyone see some 90s

as we go toward next week. high pressure builds in and temperatures go up. this pattern is familiar to all of us. winter, summer, spring and fall. temperatures increasing. warmer tomorrow as well. tree pollen counts are up. we have tree pollens that are trending high. you can see well mulberry and elm. a five day fear cast with your weekend always in view. dry and much warmer. especially next week. >> next week is really, really going to seem warm compared to the weather we've had the last few days. >> that's one of the best five days we've had in a while. >> it is, frank. and virgin american is cutting back. rise in fuel costs resulted in

a $12.1 million operating loss. it took a while to get going, but wall street rallied. the dow raised 72 points, the nasdaq three points. and california learns what hosting the americas cup really means. and the raiders have just selected their first pick of the nfl draft. did they pick a quarterback? we will find out in a minute.

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america's cup organizers briefed san francisco leaders today. they covered things such as repairing port facilities, public transportation and environment concerns for the bay. the forum is part of the environmental process for the regata which will start in 2014. four quarterbacks have already been picked in the first round but the 49ers are not who picked them. >> the 49ers need to get it together in regards with their quarterback position. but they're not doing it with their first pick in the first round. fred inglis standing by to tell us who they indeed pick with

the number seven selection in the 2011 draft, fred. >> reporter: hi mark, yes it's very breezy here in santa clara. perhaps just from all the blow hards who expected the 49ers to take blane habert. they got someone from missouri indeed, aldon smith. he had 36 sacks last year as a team. so it is aldon smith in the seventh over all pick. the number one pick for the 49ers. the first pick taken over all. cam newton. he goes to carolina. he led auburn to a perfect season. i doubt if he'll do that for the panthers in this coming season. denver went with a linebacker,

don miller, buffalo took on marcell darious from alabama. cincinnati picks up ha green from georgia. all of these guys from the southern school s if you notice. and fifth arizona cardinals take patrick peterson out of lsu. a lot of people thought he would be coming to san francisco if he were available. the seventh over all pick is aldon smith. jim harbaugh just pulled in after talking to some fans at the convention center, we expect for him to tell us more about this young 21-year-old defense man who will pay back. they have a pick in the second and fourth round tomorrow. the raiders not scheduled to have a first round pick but they will have seven over all picks beginning tomorrow the seventh over all pick. but seventh now it is aldon smith and we are going to learn a lot more from this young man. >> maybe he'll turn out to be another charles haley. giants beat pittsburgh 5-2 this afternoon.

that's the sporting life for right now. before we go. an update on that amber alert issued in the bay area. the chp says ciara thornton is from hayward. they said she was abducted this morning by richard ashley who is a 57-year-old man. ashley was last seen driving a blue four door hyundai with a california license plead number 5hxf433. we will have much more information on this coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. that is our report for now. i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. good night.