later police caught up with him. >> he fled and after we knot a helicopter we were able to take him into custody. >> reporter: police were aware of the investigation but it is believed they served as back up. officers recovered swofire arms and there was an interaction with three suspects and a member of the atf. the officer fired when a threat was posed awan him -- upon him. i can tell you right now, deborah is working hard on this. she obtained video we have. i will bring that to you at 6:00. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2

news. a judge issued a ruling in the pepper spraying case at university of california davis last year. he will allow them to release the report. but they must delete the names of the police officers involved. the exception is this man, the lieutenant seen pepper spraying. the order will be delayed 21 days. the man believed to be a killer in san francisco made his first court appearance today. ktvu's david stevenson is live after attending the hearing and getting a new picture of binh tai luc. >> reporter: the suspect in the murders didn't enter a plea today as they squaballed over who would respect him. >> reporter: binh tai luc was in court for committing

multiple murders. we weren't allow to show his face in court today as he requested a public defender. >> reporter: he committed the murders friday. ktvu obtained two pictures. this is from when he was sent to prison in 1997 for robbery. this 2005 picture shows him one year before he was patrolled. binh tai luc was arrested thursday with his brother. in court, the defender argued his office should respect binh tai luc. prosecutors say it is a conflict of interest because they represent his brother. they say he will be a witness in his brother's murder trial.

>> reporter: our representation of the brother has now ended so we no longer represent him and we are asking the court to appoint us. >> reporter: the court is expected to rule tomorrow morning on who will represent binh tai luc. coming up, how the case prompted crisis counseling for the officer whose first responded. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. a woman shot in san francisco tried to drive herself to the hospital, was seen screening at police for -- screaming at police for help. police say she got into an arguments with another woman when a man walked up and shot her. witnesses said she was very upset. >> started screaming for help. she was shot on the left hand.

>> police say she is in her 20s 20s. no arrests and no suspect description. the search for sierra lamar took a new turn today as crews started combing new water ways. ktvu's noreen n is live -- mornene n is live -- maureen naylor is live. >> reporter: we have been here, search teams started searching in a pond for sierra lamar. this is not far from her home. investigators believe she is or was being held against her will because this is where she disappeared. >> reporter: late this afternoon dive teams lovered their boat in this -- launched their boat in this pond. today divers 64ed the rev war

and pounds using dogs to detect human remains inside the boughter. volunteers searched around anderson reservoir. including this mother whose daughter went missing for months but found safe. >> she was more like a run away but it is still -- i can only imagine what the mother is going through. >> reporter: authorities believe sierra lamar is being held against her will. >> she could be a victim of kidnap, abduction or ran away and now being held against her will. >> reporter: investigators are looking into if she was being watched. she says she is hoping for a miracle. >> the faster we-find her, you know, a -- we find her, you

know, maybe the better the outcome. miracles happen. >> reporter: future searches are planned north of morgan hill and back here live, we saw the search dive teams leave this area. they did not appear to have found anything. they are planning to continue till the sun goes down. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >> grief counselors are on hand after the death of a 14 year student. students were blue today in memory of her, an 8 grader. he hit his head yesterday while playing basketball in class and had a seizure. paramedics took him to the hospital where he died. court documents show the group behind the ban on same- sex marriage in california used a race based strategy towin their campaign in maine. the national organization for marriage documents show. >> a strategy that pits african

americans against gays and lesbians. the documents said the strategy was modeled on one used here in california. a u.s. congressman broke the rules about proper attire on the house floor to make a point about trayvon martin. bobby rush removed his jackal revealing a hooded sweat shirt saying racial profiling has tostop. -- has tostop. >> -- has to stop. >> just because someone wear as hoody does not make them a hoodlum. the ble teaches us --

>> they ordered him off the house floor and later he said he son was shot in 1999. nancy pelosi weigh in today, said she faced issues about proper dress in congress 25 years ago. >> women could not wear pant suits on the floor. >> a rally will begin at san francisco's memorial church in memory of trayvon martin. church officials say it will look at solutions for breaking the cycles of racism. the supreme court rapped

up three days of arguments in the case challenging the healthcare reform law. today it focused on whether the rest of the law can survive if they strike down the provision that requires everyone to buy healthcare or face a penality. coming up we will have a full report and the bay area activist camped outside the hearing. congress is planning already, they want to avoid the mishap that marred president obama's inauguration in 2009 when thousands ended up stuck in a tunnel and missed the ceremony. they approved a budget for the event that is scheduled january 21, 2013. mega millions fever is mounting. the largest lottery jackpot in history. the pace of ticket sales have

been so fast, the jackpot for friday is now at $500,000. that is almost double last friday. since then no big winner. officials say it could grow past a half million. a 5 number match worth more than $300 million last night at this place. >> cratesy for the i ask two days. -- crazy for the next two days. >> according to the mega millions websites, the odds of winning are 1-176 million. drop in oil prices pushed stocks lower today. oil lost $2 a barrel, the dow closed down 71.52 points to 13,126. the nasdaq is down 15.39 at

3,105. this march we have had one snowstorm after another. great news for the ski resorts, as for a normal snow pack, i will tell you why it isn't enough. >> more rain in the five-day forecast, i will show you when it gets here. ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005.

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a 92-year-old woman died from a house fire this morning. firefighters rescued the woman from the home but she died at hospital. the woman's care giver said she tried to get in to help blot the smoke was too thick. the fire started when something covered up a space heater. moderninizing caltrain.

the commission approved spending $1.5 billion in funds for the plan. it is part of a approach coordinating california's rail system with existing rail services. supporters say using lighter weight electric vehicles will make it faster, cleaner and quieter. >> allows them to do things they don't have funding for. and that is important so that they can improve service, get back to routine stops at stations they haven't been able to stop at. >> it must be approved by the boards of a half a dozen agencies. the budget runs out this weekend and fighting threaten the solutions. republicans want to pass a 2 month spending plan, democrats want a 2 year plan.

all that rain we showed you yesterday left a foot of new snow in the sierra. ktvu's ken pritchett is live at donner summit with what we found today. >> reporter: look at this snow bank that piled up. there is two ways to look at this for the resorts, this is plenty of snow. as for our snow pack, internals of -- in terms of a normal snow pack, it is not good enough. >> reporter: another day in march and skiers can enjoy 14 inches of snow in the sierra. >> fresh powder all day. >> reporter: a rough start, the early season didn't produce many storms. >> been a fantastic march. we have seen 183-inch inches since march 1. >> reporter: for the resorts

this is a miracle march but for the water supply, it is not quite the miracle we needed. the snow pack on april 1 was 165% of normal. despite this march it is 50% of normal statewide. that is far better than before march but we won't have a normal snow pack here even with more snow on the way. >> lovely. >> reporter: march may not have had enough snow to bring ush back to normal, but state water officials look at the water content, when it melts, how much water is left. in march we receive about 3 inches of water done tent. this march, we received 10 inches of water content. march has been good but we are not going to hit normal. there is not enough time left

this winter. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. a 55-year-old man was killed near lake tawo. he was riding a snowmobile when he veered off the trail. the chp said he slammed into something. residents had a narrow escape during the storm over night. a tree came crashing down on their home in fairfax around 7:00 p.m. last night. it trapped three people inside but firefighters got them out safely. the house is now red tagged till the tree is removed. >> anything like that, building officials go out to make sure the home looks safe to occupy. >> he did give the owner permission to retrieve two cats. let's check in with bill

martin. >> we got a break today. the showers backed off. we are looking for more rain towards the end of the week, into the bay area weekend. showers in the forecast. showers east of the bay area today, stockton, clouds, activity, a cell developed. here is how it looks now, in san francisco. 61 oakland. it is mild out there. and we are looking at more temperatures as we go -- or more mild temperatures. over night lows lows. over night lows in the upper 40s. tomorrow increasing clouds. increasing clouds sets us up with a chance of showers. tomorrow looks nice. greens are representing 60s. you see yellows around ever

green in san jose, those represent 70s. more 70s into tomorrow's forecast. there is a warm front coming through and it increases temperatures. it will be warmer. plus it is that time of year, days are longer, moving in the direction of summer and we are looking for temperatures to warm up. the bay area forecast, this system passes to the north of us. another system slides in and that will bring us a chance of showers into the weekend. tomorrow rain stays north. clouds and sun tomorrow. and temperatures for the most part, in the 60s. low 70s. when i come back here, i will have the five-day forecast, we will look that bay area weekend and the long range model, beyond 48 hours and we will get into the bay area weekend when there is a chance for more showers. >> thank you. coming up, how this storm

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wind and rain caused delays at san francisco international airport. they instituted their traffic management program going from the two planes landing simultaneously to landing one at a time. that led to arrival delays up to an hour. tonight we are learning about the scare aboard a jet blue airplane when the captain went on a rampage. the faa released the tapes between the tower and the plane. >> jet blue -- [ inaudible ] >> the captain began speaking incoherently, saying things don't matter and we need to take a leap of faith. the copilot forced the captain

out and he ran through the cabin screaming about a bomb. >> all i kept thinking of is this how they felt, this sense of not knowing -- your life was in somebody else's hands. >> the passengers wrestled the pilot to the floor. emergency crews were waiting to take him away. authorities charged the captain with interfering with the flight crew. a new owner of the los angeles dodgers. magic johnson and several others agreed to pay $2 billion to buy the team. the price is almost double the previous record for a sports team set in 2009 when $1.1 billion was paid for the miami

dolphins. ktvu spoke with a legal analyst about the purchase of the los angeles dodgers. the analyst said bryan stow's family is seeking for money through an agreement made by the dodgers. >> they didn't know when payment would be made through the bankruptcy. an insurance carrier would be able to pay out immediately. >> he said they like to settle a claim rather than go to court on a high profile case this means the family will receive a settlement faster. fishy business, why investigators hoping to make a catch of their own. >> i am scot -- scott mcfarland

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complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. more than a fish story, another example of how thieves steal just about anything. authorities are looking for someone who took crab and halibut. ktvu's mat keller is live. . >> reporter: the fishing community relies on trust when doing business. so this latest crime is leaving a big stink behind. >> reporter: the crime is simple. $2,100 worth of fresh fish was ready for delivery here when it

was stolen over the weekend. >> shocking. because we all know each other. upsetting to think someone would take the fish from him. >> reporter: she knows the value of the stolen fish. >> this is a very nice beautiful local crab. >> reporter: the seafood was taken between 7:00 p.m. saturday night to 7:00 a.m. monday morning. he says the owner was generous with his facilities facilities and trusted the fishing community. >> when you leave your business open for them to get what they need and somebody brakes in, not a good thing. >> reporter: the investigation is swimming up stream. the seafood must be sold quickly. >> it is not that hard to take

it and sell it, especially if you offer it for a lower price. you are talking about an expensive item. >> reporter: i just spoke with investigators and they said they are asking restaurant owners if someone is trying to sell them seafood at below market prices. ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco police are warning people in the chinese community about scam artists. we have a sketch to show you based on a victim's description of one of three women involved. they said she had a ghost attached to her and needed her money and jewelry cleansed. in two other cases the three women convinced them a bracelet was a good luck charm and sold

it for a large amount of cash. concluding arguments in the healthcare debate. it now rests in the hands of the justices. ktvu's scott mcfarland joins us live from washington, d.c. >> reporter: the three month wait begins tonight, the court will rule in june on whether to over turn this law. judging by today, it will be a nail biter. >> reporter: as protesters surunded the supreme court, the justices heard arguments. should the law be scrapped if its most controversial provision is scrapped. one indicated toss the whole law. >> if you take the heart out of it, it is gone. >> reporter: he said keep as much as possible. >> half is better than no loaf.

a perfect example. >> reporter: supporters who watched from inside said there is hope the law will stand. >> two seemed to be undecided. >> we have one thing going, the merits. >> reporter: opponents who spilled into the streets say momentum is swinging against health reform. >> you are giving them authority to make decisions for you. >> reporter: here tonight, they said there is no plan from the white house if the court does over turn the law. live, scott mcfarland, ktvu channel 2 news. >> people came from all over the country to witness the arguments in person. among those who campeditute get seats inside was a student from

stanford. >> looks like there sashot it will be struck down. it will be interesting to see what aspects get the kept. >> some people in line were there to hold spaces for others, sometimes at a price. the going rate was $90. republican presidential hopeful mitt romney is getting another big endorsement in his race. former president george hw bush will give him his support tomorrow. his wife and one of his sons have also endorsed mitt romney. george w. bush has yet to make an endorsement. >> newt gingrich said he is cutting back on his staff. he is running in third place in the race spoke at george washington today.

he said by cutting costs he will be able to stay in the race. he told reporters he and rick santorum are being urged to get out. >> rick santorum camp pained in wisconsin. he rallied supporters in sparta where he attacked president obama's healthcare reform law. he spoke with business owners who are angry about the mandates in the act. >> they will reduce their company's employment, so they won't have to comply. others said they will get out of business. >> rick santorum went bowling with a student group from the university of wisconsin. he will be in the bay area tomorrow. he will hold a rally at the jelly belly factory at 4:00

p.m., followed by a fundraising reception, $1,000 a person. tomorrow night he will attend another event at a home. apple takes action after being accused of misleading advertising and why these people, why some people today lined up to swap old meat for a new package, no questions asked. >> and what doctors did to this man that allows him to show his face for the first time in 15 years.

. today fresh and easy is holding a pink slime swap meat. you can swap beef bought somewhere else. they are promoting they have never used pink slime. critics call it an example of industrialized food productions but they said it has been used for years. annie's raised $95 million in initial public offering. the stock is trading under

bnny. apple's newest ipad is a mismatch for the network in australia. they are sending e-mails to all the buyers earn that country. it comes after authorities accused apple of misleading buyers. san jose city counsel agreed to prioritize road projects. the city faces a back log of street repairs. they passed a measure to begin upgrades. a change to liquor laws will not come up for a discussion today. owners say they can't be responsible for the behavior of everyone who drinks. it was scheduled to go before the commission tonight but that has been postponed because of a problem notifying the public. cancer rates in the u.s.

are continuing their downward trend. the report show cancer rates are falling 1.5% a year in adults and 1.7% in children. one area of concern is an increase in skin cancer. this could be future epidemic was of the use of tanning beds and obesity is also contributing. today richard norris was anxious to do something we all take for granted. he could hardly wait tosee himself in the mirror after having facial transplant surgery. he was disfigured in a gun accident. . >> this is an individual who haven't lived for the lasagne years. living behind a mask.

>> the face transplant is more extensive than others. he says none of this would have been possible without a donor family who remembered others in a time of grief. the world's largest laser hits a milestone, why this could change the world. >> the five-day forecast has rain drops as we move towards had bay area weekend. fog out there now, i will let you know what to expect friday and saturday.

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pedestrians and bicyclists will have to share the walk for -- the sidewalk for little longer. the bridge district delayed it till mid-may. a spokesperson said the work is more labor intensive than originally expected. scientists gave john fowler access to a machine they say is on the brink of revolutionizing energy. john joins us live now. >> reporter: i am at the national laboratory in front of the biggest building on campus. and this is a model of the target chamber in which researchers made the biggest step towards the holy grail of energy independence. >> reporter: we got special

access to the national ignition facility. three football stadium end end to end, the world's most powerful laser. 400billion watts. >> that is more than a thousand times the power that is used at any time at any incidence in the united states. >> reporter: he explained to me 192 lasers crush hydrogen like this in 10-billionth of a second. they are close do creating nuclear fusion, ignition, more energy out than in, turning sea water into clean, limitless energy. >> reporter: this is the control room. runs around the cluck. technicians are preparing for

another shot at midnight tonight. >> reporter: scientists say the $3.5 billion facility is boosting power and precision. they made the hottest pressures created on earth. approaching pressures found in the core of the sun, the energy of the future. >> the future is right now. how we do this and how it plays out is what we are all watching. >> reporter: they create tiny stars, and they can study them and it tests nuclear weapons materials. the scientists here say they are confident that it will happen here first. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. the a's and the mariners launched the major league baseball season today in tokyo. >> that will get the job done. >> the two teams battled to a 1-

1 tie in the top of the 11th that is when he singled. the a's failed to score, losing their 8th opening day game in a row. before the game a ceremony onthered quark on-- honored the earthquake victims. the national defense released this picture of an empty ship, 150 miles sort of the queen charlotte islands. the first signs of debris expected to hit the west coast. colorado's governor suspended the use of controlled burns as crews try to control a fire. 28 homes have been destroyed or damaged since monday. officials say the fire may be

to blame for two deaths as well. it burned through 4500 acres. the ban effects fires on state land. >> amazing we are talking about wildfires in march. let's check in with bill martin. >> upper 60s. warmer tomorrow. could go into the low 70s tomorrow. clouds out there and we are ramping up for another weather system heading our way friday and saturday. winds gusting to 22 miles per hour. livermore, 61 right now. it is mild outside. here is how the rainfall stacks up, good march. doing okay for rain in march. not march that counts, the

whole year. san jose 34%. santa rosa 64%. better shape than we were. next system rolls in tomorrow but stays north. we are dry. we will get clouds from it and that will keep things on the mild side. friday, this system comes in from the pacific and brings mostly cloudy conditions by late in the day and showers in the north bay. friday will be okay. overnight friday into saturday, this rolls through. saturday afternoon might not be that bad. sunday look goods. right now, 5:00, clouds, more clouds over night. tomorrow morning it is dry. sunshine for thursday. thursday afternoon dry and long range, friday, you will see the system to the north lining up. thursday at 10:00. over night thursday, friday

morning and friday afternoon. clouds and here it comes. right there. there is saturday, 3:00 a.m. early saturday morning. out of there quick. sunday looks like the best day on the weekend. saturday afternoon may not be half bad. tomorrow, warm, not bad. as the days get longer, it is not hard to get to 70 degrees. today upper 60s in the sant arosa area. -- santa rosa area. there is your five-day forecast with the bay area weekend in view. rainy march. you know this, it would have to do more than that to get us where we need be. >> thank you. a search is underway for dr. seuss' lorax. he is enjoying big success in a new movie but over the weekend

someone stole a statue of the lorax. the 300-pound statue was one of two made. it was sculped by the daughter of the author's widow. >> she is upset about it because it is an image that she loves and she asked me to express her regret that somebody would do this. >> the family is offering a reward for information leading to the safe return of the lorax. looks like many parks will not have to close after all. originally 70 parks were going to close because of budget cuts but agreements with agencies will allow most of the parks to stay open. 11 parks are already aoff the list and deals are near for 40 others. reaching a milestone, what it city of san francisco is

celebrating today when it comes to being green.

. looking for a new pant to visit? scientists say there are likely 10s of billions in our galaxy that could sustain life. they have been exploring the

cosmos from their observatoriy in chile -- observatory in chile. they have been on the search. san francisco's composting program is now giving back to the community. >> a greater city and more caring city, is city that will be greener and healthier. >> the birds were singing at the farm education center as mayor ed lee announced the milestone. he said the program is now produced a million tons of material from waste. they delivers much of that material to the farms. they turn it into rich soil. >> so we are able to grow

several tons of organic produce next to the freeway because we take care of the soil. >> they will hold a thank you event on saturday for residents. the great give away is at four san francisco locations too, find out more visit www.ktvu.com. we have a crew on the crowned in richmond collections new information on the officer involved shooting. we will show you the new video we just obtained that shows one of the suspects being placed under arrest and men on bikes is responsible for a string of thefts in oakland that happened in broad day light, the one thing the victims have in common that may be making them easy targets. [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids?

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at&t. . complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. good evening. i am ken wayne. frank somerville is off. >> i am julie haener. police are combing the scene of an officer involved shooting as

customers watched from inside chevy's by hilltop mall. ktvu's ken ken -- paul chambers is live. >> reporter: the restaurant was closed for three hours as police investigated and talked to employees as well as people who were eating inside. you can see this is still a very active scene. the restaurant is closed. here is cell phone video obtained by ktvu. shows officers taking 1-3 suspects into custody. he was arrested after he ran away. it took 30 minutes for officers to catch him. >> after we got a helicopter from chp we were able to lock him down and take him into custody. >> reporter: this started after 3:00 p.m. this afternoon when the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives or atf were