standing before you today, i'm ashame and deeply sore -- i'm ashame and deeply sorry for my behavior. >> good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. san francisco's sheriff just learned his sentencing over a dispute with his wife. new at noon, lorraine blanco joins us live from san francisco to reveal his official punishment. lorraine? >> reporter: well, there were

no big surprises inside the courtroom. in fact, the sentencing only lasted about five minutes. outside, though, mirkarimi made a length they -- lengthy may mea culpa. >> i deeply regret what happened. i apologize to the people of san francisco, to my wife for what happened on december 31st. there are no excuses. i except full responsibility -- i accept full responsibility. >> reporter: he is undergoing counseling for anger issues. he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor false imprisonment charge. the judge sentenced him to three years probation, domestic violence and parenting counseling and about $600 in

fines. >> i know how deeply i have let the people down. what happened shouldn't have happened and i'm internally deeply sorry. while this nightmare began before i was sheriff, i want you to know that our department is one of the finest public agencies in the nation has been running right and well. >> reporter: the sheriff still has no access to his wife and only supervised visits to his son. the order will remain in place until he receives counseling. contrary to last week, the mayor made no comments about his sentencing. we'll bring you details later coming up in later snooze casts. lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> you can read more about this

at ktvu.com. look on the front page. the man accused of killing and sexually assaulting an oakland girl back in the 1970s is expected to appear in court. oakland police arrested curtis tucker earlier this month for the killing of julie mckinney in 1974. investigators say dna evidence found on the girl's clothing links tucker to the arrest. he has previous arrests and convictions for sexual assaults and burglary. the 9th u.s. circuit court of appeals today is once again take up the case demanding local laws banning gun shows be strapped down. gun shows like this one at the cow palace lass year are foregidden on -- last year are forbidden on government property. a northern california couple is challenging this law, banning the laws fairgrounds -- the

laws on fairgrounds. allie rasmus has been following our top story since this morning. they are searching for the 15- year-old. allie? >> reporter: her mom was the last person to see her before she disappeared friday morning. >> she was in an optimistic mood. she was very cheerful. she wished me a good day at work. i told her i loved her. >> reporter: the 15-year-old never made it to high school on friday. over the weekend, search teams combed the neighborhood and fields by her husband. they have not found her. officials plan to come to the school and talk to about 35 classmates to generate new leads. >> if they have any information, even if they don't think it's important, come let us know. >> reporter: investigators admit they are frustrated so

far that they have found no evidence so far that. >> this is a missing person's case right now. we can't assume anything else. >> reporter: there's no sign she was waiting for the bus on friday. there's been no activity on her football or twitter -- facebook or twitter page since friday night. >> i just want everybody just to keep their eyes out. i appreciate all of the effort. god bless everybody that's trying to help. even though the people that don't know her, they are trying to help. and i appreciate everything. >> reporter: lamarr is a sophomore. but she transferred to -- to that school from washington high. so investigators plan to interview students there as beg. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allie. he's the hottest nfl free

agent prospect and now peyton manning has collected a team. not the 49ers but the denver broncos. it's not a done deal yet. however, manning has instructed his agent to begin negotiations to complete a deal with the broncos. the colts released manning a couple of weeks ago after the quarterback missed all of last season because of multiple neck surgeries. the 49ers and the titans were the other teams considered finalists. as far as the 9ers go, they may still be shopping for a quarterback. alex smith who played one game last season is now considering other teams, including the miami dolphins. >> there's no question that payneton manning -- peyton maining makes your team incredibly powerful. alex smith has to understand this is business. >> if the broncos do sign

manning, it could lead to more on tim tebow. as far as who pays for upgrading pg&e's power lines, that issue went before the utilities commission. jerry brown went to protest the customers paying 95 cents over the next several years. >> now pg&e wants its customers to pay higher gas bills for 50 years for service we thought we were paying for all along. >> we're not asking for that. what we're asking for is customers to pay for new standards that are being put in place by the commission. >> assemblyman hill says that under pg&e's rate structure, it could actually make a profit from the gas line upgrade. if it is allowed to make rate payers bear 95% of the cost.

apple corporation announced for part of the billions it's been sitting on. they plan to pay a quarterly dividends of about 2.65 a share and it will spent about $10 over the next three fiscal years buying back shares of stock options. combine that with research and that adds up to about $45 billion. right now stock is trading at $590 per share. it's up over 2%. at&t officials announced the plans to donate $250 million to help fight america's student dropout rate. the money will expand a smaller program launched in 2008. among the grants it has already given is $100,000 to gateway high school in san francisco for a program to help high schoolers adjust to high school. proposed changes to san jose state's admission

guidelines is being discussed this hour. the university is considering ending a pollty that gives preference to local applicants. if approved, the changes could take effect in 2013. the school is trying to cope to limited resources. today's hearing started at noon. three hours of a water main break ends up with this -- in menlo park. i'll explain, just ahead. and rosemary is up soon to tell but chilly temperatures and what else you can expect from these final hours of winter. and details of a house fire this morning. chopper 2 rushed to the scene to bring you these pictures. ha information -- just ahead. -- that naftion is just ahead. ahead-- that information is just ahead.

a fire in hayward this morning gutted the garage and damaged the upper floor of a home on chandler road. investigators say an explosion in the garage woke the five people in the home and they all got out safely. they don't know the cause. one of the people in the house suffered minor burns. firefighters were able to keep the flames from spreading to the house next door. an early-morning house fire in east oakland is under investigation. it started around 1:00 a.m. on e street. firefighters say two adults and

four children made it out safely. there are reports, though, the family's small dog might have been trapped inside the house and did not make it out. crews say the fire started at the back of the house. the red cross is helping the family find temporary housing. a gunman on a motorcycle opened fire this morning outside a jewish school in france, killing a rabbi and three children. police say the gunman fired 15 shots from a handgun. authorities say ballistics show the gun used at the school was also used in two attacks last week that killed three paratroopers. investigators say the motive is unclear. the jewish leaders express concerns over anti-semitism. it's been nine years since the u.s.-led coalition invaded iraq. that invasion occur in march of 1993. now. , followers of -- now followers of al-sadr are demanding better

living conditions. they want the government to provide better-paying jocks, public services and fight corruption now that u.s. troops have left iraq. republican presidential candidates are out campaigning ahead of tomorrow's illinois primary. rick santorum host a -- hosted a rally today in springfield. he told the crowd mitt romney is "uniquely disqualified to beat president obama." this is just one of about 20 appearances that santorum has scheduled for today. romney is also crisscrossing the state and he's telling supporters santorum does not have the ability to help fix the nation's exe. romney is thanking volters after an overwhelming win in puerto rico's primary. he won all 20 delegates. while campaigning there, he said if elected president, he will not the -- require the island to become a state. and while they can vote in the

primary, they cannot vote in the presidential election in pore tee rico. romney has 521 delegates, santorum has 253. newt gingrich trails with 136 and ron paul has 50. 1,144 delegates are needed to secure the republican nomination. a broker water main is finally turned off in menlo park. but the cleanup continues. >> the pipe broke just before 3:00 this morning. paul chambers was there on our 4:30 newscast and has more information about service. >> reporter: cleanup begins in this menlo park neighborhood after a 16-inch water main broke this morning. >> it just blew out at about 3:00 this morning. it could have been stress, ground movement, age. we're not really sure. >> reporter: at one time, the water floated at about 2900

gallons a minute. firefighters say they use half that amount when any battle a fire, to -- when they battal fire, to put that in -- battle a fire to put that in perspective. >> with so much depre and water, i had to go out for the next line of defense. >> reporter: which was to turn off 12 or 15 other valves in the area, leaving parts of the community with little to no water pressure this morning. by 6:00 this morning, the situation was under control. two hours later, crews were able to turn the water back on. now, all of the water main water is ending up here. there's 3 additional feet in the pond right now but any look to have it all clear and cleaned up -- but they hope to have it all clear and cleaned up today. back to you. a truck sheared off a fire hydrant this morning.

it happened this morning around 9:00 in front of a check- cashing office at high street and international boulevard. fire crews worked to cap the hydrant but not before everyone in the area got a good soaking. ski resorts are in the sierra are celebrating after a string of storms produced the best skiing conditions so far. they are reporting 6 to 8 feet of snow over the last week. alpine meadows and squaw valley has seen nearly 7 feet of snow this past week. there's also snow in the bay area. a -- an observatory employee shot this shot. the observatory is closed to the public. the officials say the road may open around 5:00 this evening. mean who live in unincorporated parts of -- people who live in unincorporated parts of contra costa county can get free sandbags. you can go to a west county detention facility and fire

station 4 in walnut creek, in bay point you can go to the ambros rec center head to water roadway. a sandbag is keeping water away from the santa cruz boardwalk. workers used sandbags and heavy equipment 0 recruit the -- to reroute the river. there has not been any other reports of damage. dry, cool weather in the forecast for the final day of winter. this is the transition day. spring arrives at about 10:14. giving you a look at stormtracker, 2 clouds pouring into the bay area. temperatures are beginning to rebound. the winds not as strong as we saw yesterday. so it feel as little different out there. while it is chilly, the lack of

wind is helping us out. 49 degrees in oakland. 48 san francisco. low 50s san jose. 50 degrees and mostly sunny skies. areas around livermore 49 and concord to the north where we sank in the 30s. now 50 degrees. napa, 50 degrees. in santa rosa a ridge of high pressure in place for today. it's a weak one and it will give way to a weak system that may bring us a few scattered showers this morning. take a look at the satellite eaudar view, it's easy to see how the -- reaud arview, it's -- radar view, it's easy to see how the clouds are up there. your forecast here, let me show you what happens. those high clouds turn into thicker, darker clouds by the evening hours. sun will they about 7:22. tomorrow -- will set about 7:22. these showers could be just enough to bring us a little bit of slick roadway for the early- morning drive. so we'll be tracking that for

you. continue to watch us and we'll continue to have that as well. today is going to be dry, cool and below average. upper 50s in the forecast for today, typically late march brings us 50s and 60s. and a weak system approaching the coast for tomorrow t looks like scattered showers for the north bay and a chance of showers elsewhere. 56 for santa rosa today. 57 in berkeley. 58 expected here in oakland. 56 expected in the 60. it's gonna be a cool one. 60 degrees in san jose. 61 for morgan hill. your extended forecast is always in view. we've got scattered showers in the forecast for tuesday. the models bringing us the possibility of scattered showers for thursday and then the long-range models want to bring us the possibility of rain on saturday. temperatures will continue to warm just a little bit. low 60s in the forecast for the business week. we slide back once again, upper 50s in the forecast for the weekend. so not as stormy as last week

but still unet sfld -- unsettled. >> i can't believe spring starts tonight. >> yes, it does. less than an hour ago a 2.2 quake hit walnut creek just before 11:15 this morning. the usgs says the trembler had a death of about 6 1/2 miles. the quake was centered near ignacio valley road, about a half-mile west of john muir medical center. unionized city employees asked a judge to quickly hear their argument over a pension measure. >> it's neither neutral, nor unbias nor fair. >> attorneys for city workers requested and expedited hearing into their lawsuit which they filed on friday. they claim the june ballot measure misrepresents the issue and uses emotionally charged language to confuse voters into thinking they could lose

essential city services. officials say that language is used in other ballot measures. mrs. in martinez arrested four in an alcohol decoy stick. officers made the rest by -- arrest by using a miner, under the super vision -- minor, under the supervision, of a police officer and asked people to buy him liquor. there is a fine and community service if

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b.a.r.t.'s new fleet of cars. "the chronicle" reports that b.a.r.t. could sign off on a $3.5 billion bill with bombardier corporation. they would then then build the 765 fleet of cars. the company is having trouble in chicago. new train cars the company built for that city are being held for service because of defective parts. b.a.r.t. says any potential deal will be fully vetted. the remake of ql 21 jump street "took the top spot at the box office. the film brought in $35 million. tonight at 5:00, the announcement apple made a few hours ago. as we told you earlier, the company is flush with cash. tonight we take a closer look at the plan to spend the money. what it means for shareholders and for people who want to

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