a new search is underway right now in the case of a missing teenager. also new information just released. good afternoon. i'm tory campbell. we are following new developments in the search for a morgan hill teenager, sierra lamar. tara moriarty joins us now with the new evidence that was found. >> reporter: we are here at the

command post. they made the release that they discovered her purse. sierra's black and pink juicy brand purse with some clothes folded neatly inside was lying near laguna avenue. the night before, crews found her cell phone off sheller avenue. these discoveries were made less than two miles from sierra's house. >> we're going to concentrate within a three-mile radius of sierra's mom's home, looking for any evidence of a crime, clothing, tire tracks, anything that can help out in the investigation. >> reporter: volunteers are combing the field around this area and officers are using dogs to search clues. sierra is a freshman.

she sent a text to her home around 7:00 and there is no evidence that she rap away. authorities have contacted all sexual predators that they know off within a ten-mile radius and say they will now expand their search. as for these clothes, to see if there is any fluid on them, whether blood or europe, threw would not say. i'm at thattara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. and, again, here is the area of the search. sar jean cordova says that's less than two miles from sierra's mother's home. today's search with target that area and expand outward. you can go to ktvu it.com to

hear the entire -- ktvu.com to hear the entire press conference that took place less than two hours ago. in just the last 15 minutes, authorities in gilroy confirmed that a body found this morning in san benito county is that of a missing mother from a suicide-murder case. this where people living in the area discovered the body of a middle aged woman along highway 156, just north of hollister, not far from casa de fruita. officials say it is that of maureen gutierez his son killed his 121-year-old sister and then himself. they have been looking for martha gutierez believing that she had been wounded or dead. the body had an apparent gunshot wound. we have a crew on the scene and we'll bring you the latest information as it comes in.

>> walnut creek police released the sketch of a man who they say tried to lure a girl into his car. the man is described as call kiss, driving an older model red sedan. the man approached the teen and offered her a ride after she got off a bus near tyce valley boulevard. when she ran off, the man sped away. the next day shall the teen was with her friends near a school and both of them reported seeing the man sitting in his car waving at the girls the walnut creek intermediate school parents have been node fight. >> it's frightening when something like this happens, especially around here, where it's pretty safe. we get e-mail alerts from the principal of a middle school any time there is a stranger problem like this. >> police are asking anyone who recognizes the sketch to contact them. today, suspended sheriff

ross america merkiri mr.i was served papers. he was sentenced to three years probation for the fast imprisonment of his wife on new year's eve. in the meantime, vicki henessey was sworn in as interim sheriff by mayor ed lee. she is the first woman to head the department. a power outage has sapped near vallejo high school. there will be two brief outages near grown cove road and south regatta drive. claudine wong joins us now. >> reporter: you can see behind me pg&e crews hard at work. they have been working really hard to get that new pole in placement you can see the poles they took down. they say these are old poles that need to be replaced.

if you take a look real close, you can see why. work is ahead of the schedule and people say they are just trying to roll with it. >> took the dry ice on torch cardboard. >> when von hardenman found out his ice cream shop would not have power, he put the ice cream with dry ice in the freezer and closed shop. >> there is nothing i can do. having employees here would not be effective. i stayed closed and sent my employees for the day. >> reporter: hardeman said that he was warned two weeks ago that the area would be without power. the new pole sat on ann gvuveia's lawn. >> it last to be done because poles were old. so it's to our benefit in the end. it's just an inconvenience.

>> about 250 customers are affected by this power outage. for some, there is inconvenience. then there is van hardeman. >> well, we are wrapping eggs in wrappers. >> i'll take in the bill for the dry ice that i had to purchase and other things that i had to do to make up for the loss of business today. >> reporter: so, again, work is on schedule. pg&e says if all goes well today, the light should be back on around 4:30 before everyone gets home from work. >> thank you, claudine. coming up later in about ten minutes, this new truck should save pg&e time, energy and power but it has an even brighter future. how it can help you get your lights back on much faster when the power goes out. president obama this morning pledged his support for part of an oil pipeline project that he previously rejected in

its entirety. mr. obama spoke in front of stacks of oil pipe in oklahoma where the southern section of the keystone pipeline would begin. it would carry oil from canada to texas. with an eye toward the november election, the president has focused on energy policy in recent weeks as gasoline prices have gone up. mr. obama's approval ratings have gone down. mitt romney has been on damage control following a comment that suggested the gop presidential front runner could reset his campaign like an etch a sketch. comment by romney's communications director has triggered stinging responses from his critics who say he is a politician capable of shifting positions. romney says that the comments were misinterpreted and he was a conservative republican governor and will be running as a conservative presidential

nominee. and women's groups protested in washington, d.c. romney plans to cut fund for planned parenthood. the protesters chanted we will remember in november. a french suspect was gunned down after a fierce gun fight with police. investigators say that 23-year- old muhammad merah was shot in the head as he jumped out of his apartment window. he was wanted in the death of three french paratroopers, three jewish school children and a rabbi. the gunman first barricaded himself inside a billing. police tried to force merah to surrender peacefully. >> and then at the end, mm jumped from the window with the weapon in his hand continuing to shoot. he was found dead on the ground. >> merah told police he belonged to al-qaeda and wanted to take revenge for palestinian children killed in the middle

east take a look at this video out of afghanistan. a u.s. army apache helicopter flies low over some buildings and doubles back and slams into the snow. amazingly, the two crew moments survived. this happened last month but the video was just released. u.s. army investigators are investigating the cause of the crash. there is speculation that the pilot may have been showing off for his fellow troops. free medical and dental care in oakland. we'll tell you what services are available. part of the bay area saw some sprinkles this morning. mark tamayo is ahead with the forecast and a man who has a very interesting but dirty job.

b.a.r.t. pilots on san francisco bay are involving in a tricky in mover. 12900-foot long msc fabiola sailed under the golden gate bridge this afternoon. pilots plan to turn around the fabiola in the bay shipping channel so it can leave the port of oakland but there is only 100 feet of clearance on

both ends. they have been training for 18 months on how to maneuver the massive ship. a deputy cleared of rape charges now plans to sue the contra costa county. he says he was a victim of a conspiracy because he ran for office. a judge dismissed the charges after ruling the prosecution failed to hand over evidence to the grand jury that could have helped clear grassette. >> volunteers are hard at work this noon time inside the oakland colyseum where free medical and dental services are being provided for hundreds of people in need. lorraine blanco was there when the gates opened up this morning and has more as services are being provide >

with each deep breath -- the fremont man may start to breathe a little easier because he may be getting help with his respiratory disease. >> i'm a senior and nobody accepts me for a job because i'm suffering from c op d. >> reporter: almost 600 people waitd in line at oakland colyseum for free medical and dental care. >> i want to get my teeth cleaned, my eyes checked. >> this is the 663rd clinic run by ram, remote area medical. the free travels from area to area to provide vision, dental care and medical care at no cost. as patients get much needed fillings and extraction. >> there are people not getting routine dental care. we need to step up. and part of our responsibility

as practitioners is to the community. >> from blood pressure stations to a real hug station. >> i'll give you a hug. >> all right >> huge crowd is organized and efficient. founder stan bach says that his decade-long commitment continues because of the reception they get. >> somebody gets out of the dental chair and get their teeth fixed or put on their glasses and say, wow, i can see. >> you can even get a free pair prescription glasses it is open through sunday and carries on a first come, first serve basis. >> lorraine blanco, channel 2. no additional patients are being accepted for the rest of today but you can line up again starting at 3:30 tomorrow morning and as lorraine just mentioned, the clinic will run through sunday. >> california egg farmers are taking part in an effort to help fight hunger. a large truck carrying more than 34,000 fresh eggs arrived

at the community food bank. the eggs are being donated by new cal food. it is part of a nationwide effort with the feeding america's network of foot banks. organizers say that fresh eggs are a prized items at food bank for their high nutritional value and lean protein contents. the chp now says that the car they were chasing early this morning was stolen. the chase began when a car failed to yield, just before 2:30 a.m. on castro valley. it ended less than 20 minutes later in oakland when the car finally stopped, both the passenger and driver jumped out and ran away into a nearby neighborhood. police organized a search but the two people were never found. repair crews in san francisco are wrapping up work on a sewage leak. this is video taken above ground at the embarcadero between mission and howard street. several workers spent the night patching up the leak which was first detected tuesday night.

some workers wore protective suits and brought their own oxygen supply to protect themselves against underground gasses. a diver talked about the equipment he broke, including a 2700-pound helmet. >> you have a 2700-pound clump on your heat, in addition to the pipes. so your neck muscles are straining. >> the leak was about 1000 feet below the man role cover. the sewer line airis carries 80% of the sewer. they have a potential to deliver to our customers on relionel and affordability. they have the potential to make a power outage almost as rare as a pay phone is today. >> pg&e and general motors showed off their truck today in

san francisco. it can travel 40 hours on electric power alone using advanced technology, lithium ion battery. the truck also has an onboard generator that can extend the pickup's range and can bring temporary power to neighborhoods while crews repair an outage. starting next month, anyone parking in downtown walnut creek will not have to carry change for the parking meters. walnut creek has installed 1000 new parking meters that will accept credit cards or coins. city leaders hope that the high- tech meters will allow users to use their smart phone to check for available parking spaces and pay for parking. the clouds starting to lift across the bay area. some drizzle, even a few light showers out there, looking towards the oakland estuary and san francisco in the distance. you can see some clearing skies. here is where the rainfall is. it is way up to our north as

you can see. clouds beginning to clear out. winds have not been picking up. winds gusting at 29 miles per hour and sfo, the most recent gust of up to 30 miles per hour. forecast headlines for today, we do have this. clouds and sun. it will be cool and breezy. tomorrow, for your friday, partly cloudy skies. rain will return and, in fact, another storm already tracking into the weekend. temperatures will be cooling off. current numbers, we are not changing too much from this morning. you can see a slow recovery here mainly in the 50s. santa rosa, 55 degrees. fair field, 58 and san jose, this 12:00 hour, 54 degrees. yesterday, we were on the warm side, 50s and 70s. everybody cools off today. 5 to 10 degrees from yesterday's warm readings. that means no more 70s. warmest location approaching the lower 50s for this afternoon. >> today, we were tracking this cold front. a very weak one. it produced sprinkles, a few

light showers into the afternoon hours, partly cloudy skies, winds will continue to crank out of the west around 15 to 25 miles per hour. our next system scheduled to move in on saturday. early saturday morning. we are tracking some rain showers. here is the forecast models showing the dry conditions for this afternoon and tomorrow. you notice this model does increase the high clouds. and here we go. the rain moving on shore first thing saturday morning and keeping it wet off and on and the rain could be heavy at times. this afternoon, temperature, as i mentioned, in the 50s and 60s. san francisco around 5. fair field, 52 degrees. san jose tops out right around 63 and mountain view, 62. here is a look ahead at your five-day forecast with the weekend always in view. tomorrow, fairlily quiet. there is that rain cloud for saturday. like i said, the rainfall gets going first thing saturday among. rain likely into sunday. in fact, it could be pretty heavy first thing sunday morning and shower chances into

monday. i know we need the rainfall. i also know we have outdoor activities as well. timing not great. that looks like that will be the reality for both saturday and sunday. >> all right, thank you, mark. >> sure. >> bay area and state leaders want to get a high speed rail here and they have a plan to do just that. politicians are willing to split the $1.5 billion to electrify the cal line. it could be zipping by 2018 and could be running sooner. the money is available but state lawmakers must still approve the idea. there is more encouraging news about jobs. we'll tell you if that is happening an impact. and the movie that is setting records is not even in theaters yet. 5 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen.

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signs that china's economy is weakening and hurting u.s. stock prices. and we have reports of a possible global slowdown. the dow down 94. nasdaq down 20. s&p down 12. the news from overseas is overshadowing some good news on the u.s. jobs market. the number of people filing for initial jobless benefits sank to a four-year low. the number dropped by 5000, just 348,000. that's the lowest level since february 2008 and that's a sign that the job market is

strengthening. >> a revised plan calls for the port of fran to repair run down piers for the america's cup race. they planned to spend $100,000 in exchange for a long term development deal. a new plan will spend $8 million to partially refurbish the fears. the highly anticipated movie, hunger games, is expected in tomorrow. theaters nationwide are sold out. hunger games has beaten the first twilight movie presale numbers. hunger games is based on the best selling trilogy by author suzanne collins. as we told you earlier, suspended sheriff is going to court again today tonight at 5:00, we are tracking him on his first day as a regular

citizen. and we are following his fight to get his job back. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. and we are here for you on ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.com. thanks for watching. have a great day.