. we are seeing scattered showers, and for the afternoon, we will leave in the slight chance for extended forecast which remains mild but unsettled, i will run you all the way into your weekend coming up, tara? westboundfinally 101 through san francisco, and on the opposite side, let's head back to the desk.

paul chamber joins us from fremont where investigators were busy interviewing her former classmates. sierra was a report her classmate you can see there is a sign asking people to deal with this case. i did ask them to deal with sex offenders here and down in freeman hill. one of the sex offenders on that case happened to be one of her friends and last night her friend joined in on the search. >> she would never runaway, she would not feel saving alone, she would feel saving with friends and a lot of people. >> they interviewed many of her friends and former classmates. they have been seeking

information from fremont to morgan hill. investigators found her cell phone in this morgan hill home a half hour from her home. it was damaged and did not appear to be thrown. >> we are doing some forensics on that cell phone as well as her laptop. >> there is no evidence of a fight or foul play at home they have new leads in this case and they did say sierra lamar's father is a registered sex offender and he has not been ruled out in this case. coming up at 5:00 i will tell you the charges he was charged with as a sex offender, paul chambers ktvu channel 2 morning news. new this morning, a suspect

is now behind bars. fairfield police say somebody spotted him on a train in federal nevada. federal agents took him into custody as the train arrived. two others in connection with the parkway gardens neighborhood, last week the district attorney decided not to file charges against those men pending further investigation. it is a big decision that could determine the future of sheriff ross mirkarimi. mayor ed lee plans on forcing sheriff ross mirkarimi out of office. they will have a closed door meeting and -- they had a closed door meeting and sheriff ross mirkarimi had little to say after that meeting. >> now the meeting came after

he made a tearful apology following his sentencing in his domestic violence case. he pled guilty to false imprisonment as part of a plea deal. a year of domestic violence classes and 100 hours of community service. two shootings and that violence has many people living near downtown berkeley demanding more police protection. last night they are expressing concerns over violent crime in their neighborhood. three men were shot and two days later, three other men were fired on 7th street just a half mile away. police are responding with increased patrols. >> we are having two extra, even sometimes four extra persons on that street to not only deter violence but to seek out folks who may be associated with it.

>> police hope increased patrols will be helping. san francisco police have arrest two men wanted in connection with a brutal beating of a good samaritan. now police say 27-year-old ramona bad has come forward. police are still looking for the man on the right. the victim was beaten after he stepped in as the suspects were bothering several women. the victim was initially in critical condition but is now out of the hospital. >> 4:35, a contingency plan to drastically cut enrollment to be discussed in the board of trustees meeting. most csu campuses would stop accepting them in the spring of

2013. enrollment would be limited to 2000 and it will go before voters -- it was a measure that would go before voters. >> they are only having a certain amount and students can't get in and it is only affecting a certain amount when students were supposed to graduate. >> they are expected to vote on pay hikes and the president for east bay. it is now closed after repeated demonstrations by occupied protesters. a sign on the doorow informs them of bank closers. they have been holding daily demonstrations since january. they are preventing customers from entering the branch even

imprisoned employees. >> they also have to look at what will be best for the university and best for the students here in general and shutting it down it will hold up our university and our students. >> they hope they can return to campus. >> wal-mart can move forward in pleasanton. city leaders expected a big crowd to decide on the fate of the market.$♪ city leaders had opposed the plan and expected to bring a large crowd but nearly everyone has spoken to put the old grocery store where it used to be at the shopping centerment. >> we are resuesing it and the only difference it will have another sign out front.

>> the wal-mart says they will sure 9 new employees. they could top $11 billion. state regulators opposed those huge costs and they are not tied to the disaster uncovered which is is ting them to pay for those mistakes. new expresstoll lanes will open on the express lane in milpitas at the interstate 880 interchange. beginning at 5:00 a.m. some drivers can pay to use the car lane. you will use something to do that and tolls range from 30 to $6 one way and cal trans will pose the electronic fee.

speaking of traffic, let's check in for tara and sal. there are -- traffic on the right towards berkeley is looking graduated from -- looking great and finally in the south bay 280 near san jose still not too many folks on the roadways just yet. off to a great start, here is rosemary orozco. first day of spring and a few spring showers. san francisco, 51 san jose, mostly cloudy skies but the road is dry. 46 degrees in santa rosa inland east bay, concord livermore down to pleasanton and off to

san ramon, 49 in napa, oakland checking in about 50 degrees. temperatures are up yesterday morning and we will be a few degrees warmer but you can see the brunt of this system continuing to the north of us. the parent low, we are expecting scattered showers to sink into the bay area. picking it up here for you right about 10:00 from mid- morning to mid-afternoon is when we'll see our best shot. sticking to the north of us, we are going to remain in this mostly cloudy unsettled pattern, it could actually be sunny for the afternoon and warmer for what we saw yesterday. it looks like it is finally

going to sneak through. we will squeeze out a few light showers over the bay area. 58 for san francisco, 58 in santa rosa, even warm are temperatures for tomorrow, wednesday may be the nicest day thursday, scattered showers in the forecast, it looks like early as thursday morning. chance for showers will remain on sunday. three people are recovering after being rescued from the chilly waters. snow what county man -- sonoma county came to rescue the boy the boy's father ran in to rescue the boy and they all had to be rescued as well. >> if folks go out there even if they are intending to stay knee deep, or waist-deep, if

they just get in there, they are carried out. >> they all showed signs of hypothermia. u.s. mission takes center stage on capitol hill. what they say about the reason killings and the -- recent killings and burning of the koran. some say there may be video of the attack. we will show what the bay bridge toll plaza looks like coming up. stay tuned for more news weather and traffic.

. we are looking at dramatic video touching down in texas -- we are looking at dramatic video of a tornado touching down in texas. people are being told to brace for severe storms and they have issued a severe flood watch in texas. a driver became stranded on

a flooded area in tulsa. luckily a passersby in a jeep pulled over and gave the man a lift. another person has died on sierra sea slopes while snowboarding at sugar bowl. friends hiked up back the mountain and discovered him in a tree well. an eight-year-old in northern california was killed by a fallen tree as she slept. the tree had fallen because it was by a nearby creek.

rick santorum expects another surprise upset. the two front runners attacked each other in illinois. >> i don't think you will replace one economic you can light weight with another economic light weight. i didn't learn about the economy by reading about it or hearing about it or debating it in congress. >> we have seen in these past elections that money does not buy elections and if it did he would have sewed up the nominations a long time ago. >> there are 54 delegates at stake in the illinois primary. a string of bombs killed 86 people. you can see the smoke rising in the background after a suicide

bombing there. they feared there would be an increase in violence ahead of the summit, so far there have been no attacks. the u.s. commander is scheduled to testify on capitol hill. he will talk about how the u.s. mission has been affected by the 16 afghan civilians reportedly by a u.s. soldier and also by the burning of korans at a military base. in preparation for today's hearing they are on track despite the recent setbacks. the staff sergeant accused of killing 16 afghans is expected to meet with his legal team some time this week. after the meeting, bails remembers little from the

massacre. bails is expected to be officially charge later this week. they marked the 9th anniversary of the iraq war, a pair of boots represented each of the men and women killed in iraq. they helped to organize yesterday's events and we got a better insight something that affected sergeant bails. >> i get nervous around big crowds, i am hypervigilant of what is going on, just a nervous energy. >> veteran say they hope the afghan massacre will put more attention on on the dangers.

the gunman may have filmed the attack. the man was wearingwhat looked like a filming apparatus. they are looking to see if any video has been found online. a rabbi, his two sons and the daughter of a school principal was all kill. it was the same man who killed three french soldiers last week, no arrests have been made. they are investigating the department of justice and the fbi. tray von martin was shot and killed while walking through a dated community. he called 911 and follow the teen against advice of dispatchers. >> we have to stand for tray von because they are sitting in there doing nothing right now.

>> he shot martin in self- defense and was not arrested. prosecutors may not be able to charge, and the law says he can fight back if he a or she perceives a deadly threat. advocates and their families can hold a news conference. 42 inmates are held in isolation in california prison. last time they went on a hunger strike to protest the isolation policy. some of the details at matrix are inspired by las vegas inned colluding the-mile- an-hour mores -- including the

mirrors. the owner of may tricks opens to lure three new people which include individual speakers at each table. a gorilla escapes from a zoo. we will have more on how the 400 pounds animal was captured. stay tuned for more.

map . welcome back, the s.w.a.t. team had to be called in after a gorilla escaped. police locked down the zoo and cocoa was secured to an area. he was train liced and the zoo

keeper was taken to the hospital. he is expected to be okay. tara is in for sal this morning. well we have been very lucky, no big accidents on the chp website. that is good news. let's look at the drive into san francisco, a smooth one. traffic downtown taillights, no delays to speak of. 4:55 rosemary orozco? good morning to you. we may be dodging a few sprinkles mostly cloudy skies outside but we are calm and cool, not as cold. calm conditions out of fso, east bay, down to livermore and napa reporting calm as well. the chance for rain will safer

especially the north bay today. but for the hour now, 46 degrees. low 50s right around the bay area. a few 60s are expected, low mid- 50s for the lunchtime. upper 50s to mid-60s. 58 expected. san rafael and santa rosa, 59 expected for vallejo, 60 in oakland, along the peninsular, 60 degrees, 61 redwood city. low 60s partly cloudy skies expected and there is your extended forecast there. we are dry temperatures even warmer and we are cooling down as we get into the second half of the weekend. scattered showers and the weekend looks a bit soggy.

pam? chris mullen has one more thing to add to his list of achievements. >> number 17, chris mullen... >> big old golden state warriors retired his name and he spoke about his 13 seasons with the warriors. >> although we never achieved the ultimate in winning a championship, i would not trade it in for all the people in this room that i was blessed to be surrounded by. >> he was interrupted when fans voiced their displeasure with last week's monday ellis trade. he got backup and encouraged the fans to stop booing. bay areas newest express lanes open in two minutes.

they are getting some much needed traffic lanes. plus disturbing new details about the father of a missing teen. we will be right back.