. santa clara county sheriff's investigators have some new leads in their search for sierra lemar, we will tell you what pieces of evidence

they are taking a closer look at. and a sailing tragedy, the details and eyewitness accounts they are revealing about the conditions on that day. ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. well, good morning to you, welcome to tuesday t- april 17th, i am dave clark. >> i am pam cook, let's talk to steve, how is it looking? >> low clouds and fog making a push over the bay and higher clouds are creeping in from that system mainly to the north but still that will spell slightly cooler temperatures, mid-60s and lower 60s around the bay and a few 70s, here is sal. good morning traffic is moving a long relatively well at the bay bridge toll plaza but pretty soon metering lights will come on.

also looking at the commute on interstate 880 north and southbound, that traffic is moving a long well being and westbound, i want to mention there is a crash on the oakland side, no injuries but they may be blocking a lane to get those cars out of there. they will be picking the latest contract negotiations and alex savage has more on the specific issues that teachers are very unhappy with, alex? >> it comes after they recorrected a contract office and about an hour and a half from now teachers will form a picket line to bring lights to these failed contract negotiations and i will joined by the president of alameda

association, gray harris, thank you for being out here, you have a lot of teachers coming out to form this picket line and the reason is you have not been able to reach a contract with the district, what are the main issues? >> reporter: i think the main issues, teachers -- >> i think the main issues teachers feel disrespected and they are the lowest paid in all of alameda county and the superintendent just got a $1 million contract combined with the fact that we had 38 contract violations when she came and compared to last year, we only had 6. teachers want to be treated as professionals and they want our contract to be valued. >> aside from pay, there is also the issue of class size and you don't think the tentative class sizes were increased? >> correct. >> how many folks do you

expect? we have 90 teachers and i am hoping they will all be out here. >> reporter: so there will be a picket line, alameda teachers association is getting started at 7:30 this morning and they want to bring light to failed contract negotiations with the district. ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> there is a very important warning going out about an apparent abduction attempt. a strange man tried to lure a girl into his van. this happened while she was walking to school. there was a similar incident just a couple of weeks ago. now according to officials, a man describe under in his 30s has a heavyset mustache with polynesianian descend. stay tuned and we will tell you

more coming up at 6:30. they are announcing new leads in the missing teen south bay girl sierra lemar who disappeared march 16th. allie rasmus is live outside sheriff's headquarters with the reason they are not tell us specific fix about the new clues, what is going on, allie? >> they caution there is no guarantee and there is new evidence that was gathered early on in the investigation. investigators found her cell phone and a purse with some of her clothing in it. those items were discovered a few miles away from her home. the items were tested and investigators say that is where they are go thing some of the new leads from but they would not say whether the new leads provide evidence that sierra was in fact abducted.

>> it may we just don't know what at this time. it is leads to follow up with and we just top know at this time. >> i hope something pans out because we have just been desperate for something. >> bring sierra home. >> new developments came yesterday as supporters gathered for a balloon release and prayer vigil. >> reporter: they say they are not giving up hope that their daughter will be found safe. this does not change their plans that they will continue sending divers into waterways and they are continuing their investigation on their end. in overnight news, one man is dead after an accident that trapped him inside his car. the pickup truck ran off the

road on northbound 101. it happened just before capital expressway. officers say when they arrived on the scene both the truck and surrounding grass were on fire. the man was trapped in the driver's seat of the truck. firefighters responded but the driver died at the scene. no other details about the victim have been released. coast guard is now revealing any information, it claimed five lives on saturday. it is 26 miles from san francisco bay where the race began. a large wave smashed the boat sending four crew members overboard when a second wave sent three more into the water before tossing the boat on to the rocks. one racer describes what he saw. >> i knew and our whole crew knew this was not going to turn out good because we knew the conditions and new what the shore was like and trying

survive something like that is very difficult. >> three crew members did survive but one body was recovered and the other four are lost at sea presumed dead. the bat girl who gave barry bonds a fist bump, she is also the daughter of former giant executive corey bush and she survived that as a couple. he was a champion sailor who mentored sailor. allan cahill worked at the san francisco yacht club. and a talented paymenter and the 5th victim is elmora morrissey. we posted pictures from that tragedy and you will find a link under the bay area news

tab. time now 6:08 we will get you moving and out the door, why are you watching the tunnel? >> well, dave and pam, we are trying to move it over, there are tee lays at the tunnel because of this crash. actually a couple of pick up trucks got into it and it may be slow as you move through. there is only one tunnel at this time of the day and moving along to live pictures, i want to show you the san mateo bridge and that's the same for dumbarton bridge, we have been watching the roads there and including the trip downtown to san jose getting into the west valley. it does look good, no problem on 17 either as you come down the hill. let's go to steve. thank you, some low clouds around the coast and bay, it is not solid but starting to fill

in. there is plenty starting to working its way around and that means a cooler pattern more towards the north bay or any wwould be else. -- anywhere else. i've lost my mike? i can send it back. send it back. >> all right, we will take it back. >> still ahead, we will tell you about the important heads- up because today is a day if you have not filed your taxes, time is running out on the special tax debt line day. we will take you live today two of the testimony this morning we could hear from a whistleblower in that spending scandal in las vegas, this is the congressional hearing that is going on right now. and then there was this, an

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that's the protester'sly afterwards. now the officer is claiming that activist hit him earlier and broke a couple of his fingers and that's why he hit him the way he did. >> also diplomats from around the world are meeting in paris to coordinate sanctions. this comes as the united nations begin to monitor the cease-fire that is supposed to be in effect. two additional observers will join them in a few days and the government is launching fresh attacks in vials of a cease fear. they are securing their approach to the capital city of kabul. it has tossed them doubts to main tape security.

the u.s. plans on spending the summer before completing the withdrawal of 33,000 troops. time now new this hour, just about 15 minutes ago, a second congressional hearing started, this one investigating the lavished spending of tax dollars in las vegas. allison burns is covering that from our washington d.c. bureau, good morning allison. >> reporter: good morning. this is the second day of hearings for that conference thrown by the gsa. members of congress are seizing on the opportunity to rail against the misuse of taxpayer dollars. witnesses are getting an earful including a gsa executive who threw a $2,000 party in his room. he just said he didn't know it cost that much and we are hearing from one of the executives who blew the whistle

on the extravagance gig. they have released some video along with a tuxedo and mind reader. they are highlighting the fact that they are having problems and republicans are saying that the white house sat on that information. the "q" and "a" is getting underway and for now we are live in washington d.c., allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. san francisco leaders are now due for a pay raise thanks to a ballot measure city leaders approved years ago. san francisco mayor ed lee could see his pay go up. and public defender jeff could

get an increase of $18,000. they are calling for salary adjustments every five years based on the salaries of counter parts and other bay area cities. vallejo report said it likely started the fire inside a house that was the scene of a standoff. one of 12 gas tier rounds likely flipped over flammable cleaning products. it turns out two suspects were not inside, a two dogs died inside the house and a third dog died after running from the house and got hit by a car. the murder of a young vallejo musician, tucker was shot to death in january 20th

10 while -- 2010 while driving on the bridge. the jury ruled there was not enough information to link him to the killing. three gang members will be tried later this year and prosecutors say the four men mistook tucker as as a rival gang member. it would pay for several big projects ranging from job training to bypass. in exchange, they would be allowed to ploy 66,000 workers at the headquarters in meadow park and that's twice the amount that is currently allowed in the city. taxpayers have until 11:59 tonight to fill out all the

forms or mail them. april 15th fell out on a sunday and yesterday was a holiday inn washington d.c. if the extra two days are not enough, you can file for an extension but don't forget. if you oh taxes, you still have to send a check for at least what you think you owe along with the extension. >> sal is back, he is watching contra coster county. >> things are going well but that could change rather quickly. in walnut creek, it looks good. you can see lafayette bart station on 124 looks good and eventually driving to oakland. the earlier crash we told you about on the other side did not cause any traffic delays or any

major ones. a long 88 looks good and toll plaza traffic is still light. i mentioned the accident, i want to mention the traffic vick here. no problems on the pass and no problems on san a home, let's if to steve. temperatures will be cooler with the information of high -- introduction of high fog. it is mainly hitting the north and the pattern was not too bad yesterday but the sun and cloud deck came in and brought temperatures down. mostly sunny and partly cloudy and we will be cooler today. after today, all signs point towards sunny and warmer weather but not much of a sea breeze, i expect that to ramp

up later. 44 santa rosa and 54 in hayward. 50s near the coast and lower 60s but then you get inland and this is probably the cooler day -- coolest day of the week. high pressure can't build in and it spells a cooler pattern. 65 at the beaches and these higher clouds will start to thin out. we'll see a sooner burn off and temperatures will be warming up but today we have to lean off on that cooler pattern. sun clouds, 60s for some, low mid-for many. pittsburgh antioch, danville, 61 alameda, 60s also towards san jose and much of the santa clara valley, morgan hill gilroy, 65 to 67, upper 50s and 60s on the coast.

low clouds will cool off, especially inland, everybody is on the way, here is more. first quarter earnings rose nearly 8% and has a profit up from last year. they are up in every one of their geographic regions. oakland a's are stepping up their efforts to relocate, what they may do to make their dreams of moving to silicone valley come true. and we want to take you live to doyle drive, right now northbound lanes are -- one of the northbound lanes are closed and we will tell you how long it will last and when it will happen again. [ girl ] my mom always tells me:

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. good morning traffic is moving through and you will have to make it about ten minutes before you get to the bridge. they are allowing anybody under 18 to ride muni for free and it will be vetted on today. it will create a new amount of

people riding free and others say it should be limited to lower income families and that will reduce it $6 million compared to letting everyone ride for free. working is continuing to demolish the whole road at the end of the month. you can see the workmen out there right now in the area that is closed down. last night cal strand started -- call strand started removing the pipe and they have to take it out before they start the demolition. >> that lab nightly lane closure so people could expect the northbound far lane to be closed from 8:00 p.m. until noon the following day. >> and traffic will be linking

up and the whole road will be torn down in just 57 hours. traffic eventually will be diverted into on bypass. they are taking their bid to move to san jose. according to the san francisco chronicle, they are trying to get them to take up the issue next month. in order to relocate they need 75% of the owners to say okay or they need the approval from the commissioner. president barack obama will welcome tony stewart to the white house. the winner will join other drivers and top nascar executives this afternoon at about 2:00. the president will honor him and recognize efforts by him giving back to the community. now you can see this sunday's sprint cup race right here on ktvu channel 2 morning

news. it is the s-t- p-400 and coverage begins at 930 sunday morning. right now, alameda teachers are getting ready to hit the picket line. this is alameda high school. coming up, we will have more on what led to this demonstration. right here, parents and one school are put on high alert because of a child predator and this is not the first time it has happened. live at the opening bell, coming up next, this is affecting traders hard at working, they will be right back. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no!

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taking the nasdaq down for the quarter which unusual. it is down about 7% in the last week and some of the analysts are concerned with apple and going forward, the subsidies for the iphone are expiring. subsidies at the end of the month. a lot of the subsidies are coming up and we will have all of the business news coming up. i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, time now 6:30. >> well the head of a middle school in concord issued a very important warning to parents and students and this follows the latest disturbing incident right near eldorado dough middle school. tara moriarty is live with the details, what is going on, tara? >> reporter: we are here at the middle school where parents may understandably be on edge and that's because they found a

7th grader who was approached by man in a beige colored van. he was in his 30s and he pulled up alongside a girl while she was driving too cool. he went to a safe spot and her parents took her to class. they then issues a stray engineer danger a all right. >> he is heavyset with a black must dash and goat -- mustache and goatee. the purpose of this is to remind your children not to speak with strangers going to and from school. >> we found more than 700 registered sex offenders and we found one matching the description but we have not heard back and we are hoping for more details as far as what

their investigation entails. also back in late march, two girls were approached by a latino man who tried to lure them as well and again a stranger danger went out. time now 632 and there are new leads in the disappearance in morgan hill. coming up, we will go back to tell you what they are saying about these new clues. right now teachers in alameda are getting ready to form a picket line. alex savage is right out there where we just spoke to the education system, alex? >> good morning, pam, we are outside alameda high school and some folks are already beginning to arrive. close to 100 teachers will be taking part and it is important

to stress they are doing this, today's action come after a tentative contract with the remaining points be contracts and class size. they turned down a contract offer but it does not do enough to lower class sizes. the amount is 25 and teachers prefer a 20 student cap. they say it increases their workload without proper compensation. the a dream should start with this amount but toothiest say it is about -- teachers say it is about a lot more than pay >> i think teachers want the majority to go to the classrooms and they have it on reserve one of the highest in the country where teachers are actually the lowest paid in the

county. >> on the flip side, teachers are unhappy about pay and that's directly linked to the state budget. negotiations have been ongoing for the past year and both sides are expected to come back to the bargaining table at some point soon. later on this morning at 7:30 this informational picket line will get going close to 100 teachers are expected to take part and they will continue their picket line and go on with contractor negotiations just before 9:00 channel 2 news. police in oakland, it happened at the toll lore and more store near 86. about a dozen shoppers were in that store when the gunman approached the clerk demand

money and shot her at close range. the woman is expected to survive. other clerks tried to stop the gunman but he managed to get away. oakland police are investigating a deadly shooting tied to a car crash near interstate 880. a man was a passenger inside the red sedan you see there which crashed into a pole late yesterday. witnesses tell us a gunman standing on the street opened five. homicide detectives are still looking for the gunman this morning. >> now or call is suing -- oracle is suing google claiming they are using java software without paying a licensing fee. oracle says google's top

executive knew they were ink fringing on -- infringing on copyrights. they identified the body of an american couple as well as two german's who died from the costa concordia. the americans are identified and the only americans from that disaster. they have been notified when the costa concordia cap sized back in january. there are no reports of damage after a strong earthquake in chile. the now the quake hit last night and was strong enough to shake buildings in the capital of santiago 70 miles away. this is video as the quake hit and chile was on the air. a stretch of coastline hit for

fears of a tsunami but people have been allowed to return home. 3 of the 4 known earthquake survivors will be the guest of honor at an earthquake. they will be driven by the san francisco's police chief to the annual survivors dipper. the 4th will not be able to attend the private event this year. they will be going as they do every morning to remember the quake. well a big announce for out side lands festival. last year they drew about 180,000 fans. this year it will be held august 10th through the 12th right at golden gate park. >> i want to check in on sal, what are you keeping an eye on,

sal? southbound 101 for the connector northbound 280 and that means southbound on 101 trying to make the right turn if you will on to northbound 280 and there is a new crash and it is blocking part of that ramp. traffic is moving along relatively well and i want to move the maps up. about the only slowed traffic, no problems and sense source are picking up some stop-and-go traffic which is not unusual but traffic is moving along slowly in some parts of antioch. but it is the same thing that happens everyday so let's go to live pictures and the bay

bridge toll plaza, it happened right through here and this has been removed and traffic continues to move along relatively well at the toll plaza but there are no major problems. 2:37 on 237 westbound, that traffic is slow, gets go to steve. >> there are only a few and except for the santa cruz line where it is patchy. clear, mostly sunny, temperatures are held in check because there is too much in the way of that on shore push and clouds over the bay and that system is moving to the north of us after this goes by. high pressure says i think i will settle in for three days and warm things up but we have to wait until tomorrow for that to start happening. again, it is a dry pattern

although it may be one of those teaser systems. now 71 on the high side, just too much in the way of clouds, low fog and it will pump the ridge of high pressure over us. a little cooler coastal clouds, high clouds will a little more towards the north bay and temperatures mainly settling in the 60s and some upper 50s over by the coast, too much by the cloud deck, upper 6s 0 to lower 70s, 68 degrees and 68 in santa clara, sunny veil and 50s and 60s on the coast, mid-60s san bruno, san mateo and palo alto and it will be close for others. morning clouds will give way and clearing and here we go

mostly sunny and warmer. thursday friday and saturday, still nice on sunday but cooler. it is america's oldest space shuttle and guess what, can you see those? . that is a saturday shuttle, we wanted to show this to you live as it is happening. the new information investigators got that could lead to answers in the team's disappearance. traffic on the san mateo bridge we will tell you more straight ahead.

. good morning to you, welcome back, here is a quick look at some of the top stories we are looking at, teachers are claiming it cuts into instruction time and teach letters picket until classes begin later this morning. a search has been called off for four sailors lost at sea. they were on the low speed chase when large waves knocked

them overboard on saturday. one other sailor died, three others survived. and a warning for parents in concord. they say a strange man tried to lawyer a 7th grader into his van. there was a similar incident up involving two 6th grade girls. they have new leads in the search for sierra lemar. allie rasmus joins us and tells us why investigators can't go into a lot of details about what they found, allie? >> reporter: that is right, detectives are not going into details because they still have to follow up on it and investigators also caution there is no guarantee these new leads will actually pan out. here is what we know about the new evidence, it was gathered early on after she disappeared

on march 16th. investigators found her cell phone and a purse with some of her clothing in it and it was discovered in a field not far from her morgan hill home. it is from the crime lab results that investigators gathered the new leads. >> they have not been followed up on anodic tis have -- detectives have not had a chance to confirm these leads, but if they lead to something, we could be closer to something. >> just as friends and family members gathered for a procedure vigil. >> if sierra were here right now she would say thank you for not giving up on me. >> they searched some of the reservoirs in the county last

week and the plan is to continue some of that underwater search in some of the waterways. they have planned a volunteer search in morgan hill. allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 morning news. time now 647, we want to show you something live that is happening right now. look at this, live pictures for you. the oldest space shuttle is flying over in washington d.c. and it is the final scheduled flight. it has gone piggy back and has gone on the back of that 7:47 just before 7:00 this morning where the final flight will be a permanent thing. it is just about the way it is and we wanted to show it to you

live. >> an illness is spreading and it is coming with symptoms that will scare parents. coming up, what parents need to know about the troubling disease that spreads like the common cold. sal has been busy and i know you are watching the east bay, what is going on now? >> well, pam, right now traffic is going to be slow in some areas. i want to start off with highway 24 because westbound 24, remember we had that crash and apparently there was some debris left over that cal strands did not get. however, right here it does look good in lafayette as you drive on 680 and it also looks good through walnut creek and through danville. we had an earlier minor crash

but it is backed up for the normal delay. and funnel richmond and 880 on the shoulder there is a crash there and across the bay if you are driving to redwood city, both 101 and 280 are good. they are slow from upper skyline down to 280, 6:49 let's go to steve. a mostly cloudy morning unless you are far away enough from the coast. clouds came roaring back in and it is almost sold out. it looks like it is still waiting to fill in and there is our system moving in. now if you don't have that fog, you will have fog and sun for a while as the system moves to the north. 45 to 50, temperatures spread 10 degrees more in the upper

60s. some higher elevation, this system is tracking far enough to the north. so cooler forecast and if you don't have the fog you will start off with higher clouds and a combination may make for a cooler day by the beaches. upper 50s and lower 60s by the water's edge and not that warm to the north, clear lake 67, ukiah, pittsburgh antioch brentwood livermore upper 60s and oakland 62 and 64 in hayward, upper 60s and lower 70s for the santa clara valley. 68 for a high there today. san mateo pearl game, all around 64 and 65, palo alto 65

and we warm it up especially thursday into saturday, sunday will be just a little cooler than saturday. this morning the international monetary fundraised its growth. they will continue in the coming year and a half. they have forecast global -- global froth. they plan to announce that cleaning products are better than ever. they do not allow products like chlorine and for fates and they give higher ratings because they are made from plants rather than petroleum. time now 6:52 can you sing? your chance to audition for

simon and your chance is coming to the bay area, when and where you can audition. it is the crystal trophy, but why the university of alabama is being replaced.

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6:55, they have won the bcs championship game and it is nothing more than shattered glass. that is what the trophy looked like when it was presented to nick zabin. well the trophy was on display this weekend as alabama played their annual spring game but a father much one of the players tripped on the rug while the trophy fell to the ground. now they have to replace it. sharks came up short in their first playoff game, st. louis came in first foremost of the period but they ran out of time. game 4 is thursday at the tank. all right, time to sing, bay area singers can audition for a spot on the x factor.

it will take place in san francisco. singers over the age of 12 are invited to tryout. the person who wins will take home a $5 million recording contract. you can get your shot at stardom in san francisco. registration with a bracelet will be held tomorrow and thursday at the palace. then on friday, open call auditions will be held for anybody who does not have a bracelet. they will be live tomorrow morning and we will show it to you right here on the morning news. all right, it is coming up on seven, we will go back to sal and check in on traffic. we have slow traffic, word of a second crash inside the tunnel, we will be watching that and it could be left over debris, it is a little confusing trying to decipher it, but you could see some delays. bay bridge, we could see slowed traffic at the toll plaza and

we have more coming into the valley, let's go to steve. some low clouds around, a good push on the fog bank, a little cooler forecast, combination of low and high clouds, but a partly sunny day, 50s and 60s around the coast, very low #0s and we will talk about it coming up on mornings on 2. a tense morning at one bay area couple as students are on alert. we will live and we will be talking to some of the teachers about why they are walking the picket line this morning, we will be right back.