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days before she was killed. hundreds of people lining up for a chance to be on the x factor and you will hear from some of these contestants. [ music ] this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> all right, i will applaud that as well. >> i can't go 'do any better than -- i can't do any better than that. >> i am pam cook. >> and good morning, i am dave clark, we can't sink and steve? >> please don't sing. we have inland temperatures still a little bit of a westerly breeze, some partly cloudy skies and evening is leaning towards 670s, -- 70s,

here is sal. they just cleared a crash on central san rafael, the trouble it was blocking two lanes for a bit and traffic is backing up from the civic center as you head towards central san rafael, the good news, they have not moved the an accident to the shoulder but it's still slow, let's go back to the desk. in. >> just minutes ago, they marked the great earthquake and fire of 1906. . >> the siren marked the same time the moment the devastating quake hit 106 years ago.

107-year-old george was there for the wreathe laying and the moment of silence. the san francisco mayor ed lee was there and dedicated today's memorial to rose who was also a survivor. >> we are laying the wreathe in her name and it reminds us of the 3,000 people who passed away in 1906. >> they have the golden fire hydrant which is credited with saving the mission district and live, we will have more at 6:30 andp we have other information about the great quake on our website. you can find it on our home paint, www.ktvu.com. they are continuing their search for sierra lemar. tara moriarty joins us in morgan hill where people will

soon start gathering, tara? >> reporter: in less than two hours, people will come and be armed with long pants and sturdy shoes to resume ground searches for sierra lemar and now yesterday investigators scoured some creaks near sierra lemar's home. last week they steer rowed in on two area reserviors. she left to catch the morning school bus and today they he were focused on two more bodies of water. >> this resulted in everything from rock formations to trees below the surface levels. if there is any concern they will verify some of these surface areas. >> reporter: she disappeared

less than a mile from her home. her cell phone was found along with her purse and a shirt and pants were found inside of it. one of the items revealed new leads but they declined to reveal the nature of it. they said what happened is unbearable and they are asking more people to show up for searches and if you would like to participate bring a photo i.d. with you. a new fire in antioch, that started at an apartment building on significant more -- sick more drive. two people had to be taken to the hospital as a precaution. it took them 30 minutes to get that fire under control but six apartments were damaged by the fire and two were damaged by

the smoke. the cause is still being investigated. time is now 6:05 we have new information and dimly tried to get a restraining order. on sunday kimberly tried to see her lawyer trying again to get a restraining order and that's when her husband shot and killed her. they are expanding at the general services administration. for the past few days, two republicans from house committees shouted angry questions at current and former gsa officials. they were focusing on an $800,000 trip but other excursions have come to light

including a 17 day trip to the south pacific. we are also finding out, more about the secret service scandal involving pros students in columbia. coming up, the items that were found and why there is so much concern about what could have hopped. well back here at home do you have the x factor. hundreds of people are lined up hoping to get a chance to be on that hit fox television show. they are talking to some of the contestants and you are being introduced to some talented people, alex. >> reporter: and a lot of people in this line, hundreds of them all think they have what it takes to make it on x

season x factor 2 and some have been lined up outside the cow palace. you are from here, give me a little taste of what you will give to the judge. >> you want me to sing again? >> okay. keisha love. i used to think i was not fine enough and i used to think i was not wild enough, but i wouldn't waste my time trying to figure out why you playing games, what is this all about, and i can't believe you are hurting me, i met your girls what a difference... >> all right, did you hear that, the whole crowd got

quiet. that is very nice. and this group, you spent the whole night driving from fresno all for the x factor? >> it was long and we have not don't to sleep. >> i am going to sing my vision of love. >> i had a vision of love... [ music... ] all right, they are hitting the high notes and registration today and auditions will happen on friday. alex savage channel 2 news. >> keep it up, i love hearing all those folks out there.

>> time is 6:09 we want to hear sal because he has to get you to where you need to go this morning. traffic is affected by a crash in san rafael, southbound 101 on the san rafael exit they just moved it from the lanes and it was blocking the right lane, things are getting better in san rafael on southbound 101 as you approach. westbound 92, there is a stalled vehicle out there and i saw the trucks and you can still see flashing lights. there is a crash in one of the middle fast track lanes and we will check it out. let's go out to the livermore valley westbound coming to cast tore valley, and if you are driving in fremont, it is a nice drive and the santa clara valley, we are still off to a good start on all the valleys

280 and 618. mostly higher clouds are lifting north and we are beginning the process of warming up and we are columbining clippers to the north, and morning lows, 40s but mainly 50s some morning fog and a few high clouds. warmer weather and it really will be more noticeable and i was talking to my neighbor and he says it feels-like temperatures have turned. it can go to cold mornings and the days are getting longer. we are not expecting any records, most of the records are set as we head towards thursday, friday and saturday. we had 90s but people forget. we have nice weather as we come to the end of the week. it will be in the 80s and 90s. there is your on shore breeze,

40s are mainly towards the north bay but they are upper 40s. yellow indicates they are starting to pop up and they will continue to expand with some 80s showing up. there is a bend in the clouds, it is lifting further to the north. some patchy fog and mostly sunny this afternoon. temperatures are moving out, especially away from the coast. it will take us to 60s around the coast. low-to-mid 70s inland and probably another day than starts to move faster than brown. 73 and 74 morgan hill, on the peps low 70s on the coast and in the city. -- on the peninsular, low 70s on the coast and in the city. go ahead and make those outdoor plans. no soccer games will be rained

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. welcome back, published newly released photos in afghanistan posing with the remains of suicide bombers. now the photos are two years old, they show soldiers holding on to various remains. reportedly they have been holding tonight fingerprints and the army is launching an investigation showing copies of these photos. the l.a. times say they are provided by somebody who served in that same military division. allison burns is in our washington d.c. newsroom with the latest fall out on the prostitution scandal that is

rocking the agency. >> reporter: we are hearing from members of congress who are furious about what happened and there are reports that president barack obama's schedule was in the agents' hotel room and now there are questions about the security of their weapons and whether drugs were involved. members of congress say the agents put the nation's security on the line. >> the oldest trick in the world is to recruit women to entice known get information from them. >> reporter: they are asking mark sullivan to step down but president barack obama has full confidence in him. a secret service running for congress knows those involved and describes how they are feeling now. >> devastation, humiliation, again this is a proud agency. >> more about what is happening to the agents on my neck update

in -- next update in about an hour, allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. they are taking steps for another mishap as asleeply pilot took a planet for another plane. they initiated a dive avoiding what he thought would be a collision. that officer just woke up from a 75 minute knap and he mistook the planet venus for a u.s. military aircraft. >> i was taken from my seat and violently thrown into the ceiling and fell back to the ground. >> all of this happened on 2011 in a flight to switzerland. but in a report that came out

on monday, it was pilot error, it was not turbulence as they first claimed. the first officer's knap lasted 35 minutes longer than rules allowed. we are learning about a deadly standoff, james shot and killed himself during a standoff that ended in a fire. now the s.w.a.t. team later found his body in the burned out condo. the standoff started when he shot and killed a sheriff's deputy and locksmith who arrived to evict him. he was heavily armed with 22 guns, more than 500 rounds of ammunition and a police scanner. he was also wearing a gas mask and bullet-proof vest. we are hearing about the berkeley student run newspaper. it is in financial trouble.

one idea, they asked students to pay $2 per some must terrible to keep the -- semester to keep the paper running. they say it went against rules and they looked into whether they actually had the right and the power to make that decision. sal? are you looking at our traffic? >> yes, we have a look at contra coster county, westbound, nothing too major you will see some slowing as you drive through the tunnel. at the bay bridge toll plaza, there is a minor crash which was not a high speed collision, nevertheless one or two lanes are blocked and traffic is getting busier at the toll plaza. chp is working hard to get that cleared but it will cause a little more of a delay than you

are used to. most of the freeways are off to a decent start. road center is not showing much. sunrise over the big city, partly cloudy skies, a breeze over some of the higher elevations, mt. diablo has 35 miles per hour winds and a westerly breeze but it is warming up and there are factors preventing us from getting too high. southwest fairfield, at fso, there is a delta breeze which is continuing kick up its heels. livermore 39 and a lot of 50s for highs to end up in yellow and they will continue to warm up in the next couple of days as high pressure kicks in. 60s around the bay and we will have some 70s and we are starting to see most of that

thin out and every one of these systems is heading out. we need some of the higher elevations out towards the delta, high 60s to 70s and 74 sonoma, pet loam 72 -- petaluma 72 and i just heard from mike and he said it is pretty windy out there. sometimes that wind can crank up out there. alameda and berkeley 76, 73 to gilroy and 75, and some low 70s on the peninsular, pearl game, 64 annandalely city at 60 degrees. it will get warmer tomorrow and these will not be record highs, especially inland, it will be all right there and it looks like i'll take the warmest temperatures. keep an eye on the apple stock, yesterday topped $600 to finish the day at almost $610 a

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. it is a minor crash, we have a few minutes before we get to san francisco. time now 5:25, a san francisco supervisor wants to hustle a certain truck out of his neighborhood and that truck belonging to the hustle club has been in his community. the driver of the truck usually lives nearby and parks it a half block away from an elementary school. he has asked him to move the truck but it keeps reappearing and now he is working with the police for a permanent

solution. we spoke to the police and so far there is no comment. they are working on banning sales of home based sales for guns and ammunition. they are working to restrict the sales to commercial areas and they plan to back the meeting to try and sway the council's meeting but instead most of the people in attendance sided with the police chief. they will now join san pablo and richmond in banning home gun sales. reality star kim kardashian may be getting into politics. reportedly she wants to become the new mayor of the southern california city of glendale. she wants to take that office for about five years but in order for her to become mayor she first has to be elected to the city council there. glendale does not have an actual mayor here based on the majority vote to the city

council. we brought you the emotional celebration at the fountain drive last hour. those loud sirens blaired and marked a sat anniversary in san francisco history. we are live where the search for sierra lemar continues and we spoke to sources close to the investigation and we will hear what they had to say. pam will bring out the early numbers for wall street.

. welcome back, a lot of stocks to watch and we are in the heart of earning season right now and some of the big

names, qualcomm, ebay, also microsoft coming up and we just talked about apple and a lot of the silicone valley reporting and yahoo is better than expected. >> how are you feeling? >> yeah, it seems good. like the tech companies are coming up so far. middle of the week wednesday april 18thth, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, time now 6:30. >> more underground water searches today hoping to find missing teen sierra lemar. tara moriarty is at the morgan hill headquarters with some new information, what is going on? >> reporter: we just spoke to sources close to the investigation and it was dna that popped up on one of the items in that search for sierra

lemar. whose dna, the sheriff's department is very vague about the evidence turned up but that's about what they will be looking for, dna, evidence and clues as to what happened to sierra lemar. they are looking in ponds between san jose and morgan creek and last week they zoned in on two area reservoir. her -- reservoirs. police found her cell phone and they discovered her pants and shirt inside her purse. one of the items revealed new results but they declined to tell us about the results. >> it would be too early to say they have a person of interest because we are not there yet but there is some leads to does require some follow up and they are hoping it does result into something significant. >> 15-year-old sierra lemar

vanished after leaving for the morning school bus. her father said it is simply unbearable and they are urging more people to show up here at the elementary school to help continue the search effort for their teenage daughter. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. was it a somber ceremony just a short time ago. hundreds of people gathered to remember the great wake. lorraine blanco was there and now she is at lefty oh tools. >> the survivors may be more than a century. they still know how to party because they are enjoying bloody mary's and they are also having a moment of silence and

a siren. >> reporter: they have victims as well as survivors and they had a meeting place for survivors after the earthquake. the memorial is dedicated to a 1906 earthquake survivor who died in february. we were just in the mission district watching them paint the fire hydrant and that's something they do every year and another yearly tradition, it's something we will bring to you in the next 30 minutes to an hour. lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 morning news. we have some amazing pictures of the great quake, you can find them under the quake section of our home page of www.ktvu.com. the san francisco police department now launched a formal investigation into the deadliest boating accident in years. five on board the low speed chase never made it back.

they have jurisdiction over the island because the fair lawns are now considered the city of san francisco. they have already interviewed two of the survivors and they plan on interviewing this. new photos from the coast guard stranded on the rocks. coast guard has suspended the search and completed its preliminary investigation and it is now up to san francisco police to determine exactly what happened. >> our role is to find out if it was mechanical, nature related or if it was human error that caused this tragedy. >> the only people who really know what happened were the people on the boat and the skipper on the boat. >> some people are questioning why the crew decided to continue with the race. at least a dozen boats dropped out because of the treacherous conditions. well residents were hoping

to be the next home of a movie studio owned by george lucas. they say their area would be an ideal location for lucas films proposed studio. they say they have lots of room, lots of historic buildings ready for renovation. and they are looking for a new studio after they scrapped plans to build in marin. they say permit applications as well as others are slowing down the process. this morning a search is underway for a woman who is considered at risk. jessica young left the hospital 2:00 yesterday afternoon. police say if you see her, she may appear delusional and may be acting inappropriately. they are describing a white female weighing about 120 pounds. she has long red hair and blue

eyes. it can be changes not just for riders but for some people in their cars as well. the first allows low income children to ride muni for free. the pilot program kicks off in august but some people argue muni should use the money for maintenance and for meeting system service standards instead and the second puts an end to free meter parking. if approved the changes would start in january. the debate on whether the high speed rail project move forward today, coming up, when lawmakers say they expect to make their decision. time now 6:37 a fee hike takes affect today, you will now have to pay an extra $2 to go from san francisco to all being can traz. -- alcatraz. the national park audio service

says it is the first fee hike and it does not involve any previously sold tickets. we don't have any major problems, i want to show you what is going on and highway traffic on highway 4 is still going on pleasant hill as you head south no major problems on 24 and today it is much better. moving along to the toll plaza, we had an earlier crash right near the pay gates but police did get them out of there and traffic is backed up almost a foot at the maze. westbound 580 in livermore a little bit of slowed traffic into the main part of livermore. thank you very much, high clouds and fronts are interesting across, temperatures trying to warm up

but probably not tonight and tomorrow. a little bit warmer patchy fog and temperatures continue to warm up, friday saturday warmer with some 80s inland. we are not expecting any record highs and those were set, we had 90s back in 2009. >> yes, people have short-term weather memories. this week was mostly sunny but partly cloudy to the north. west 17, higher allegations along the peninsular mt. diablo, i know it's not outrage put it's there. upper 40s lower 50s and we will

end up with 60s and everything is moving right across us. not sunny yet but mostly sunny, partly cloudy towards the north bay and also towards the delta although it can be fickle and pick up and all of a sudden it will die off. a few mid-70s, a little bit warmer, antioch, oakland 67, caster valley 70, and san martinez, 70 in santa cruz san jose 73 and some low 70s on the peninsular including palo alto, mountain view, san francisco 64 and 70 redwood city, tomorrow does look a little warmer for everybody and it will be held into the week condition. a napap senior project

triggers a debate at the city council. >> this is a great way for napa to stand tall behind a high school senior or to step back and look very small. >> the controversy over how he wants to honor local soldiers who died in afghanistan. >> and the x factor comes to the bay area, hundreds of people waiting in line for a trans to audition, they are bundled up, it is a cold morning, we will tell you what the judges are looking for, coming up. good morning, traffic on 237, a little bit slow getting into the valley.

. wet dolt welcome back, here is a quick update on stories we are working on, military personnel in columbia ahead of president barack obama's recent visit there, 11 secret service agents and 10 million tare personnel are -- military personnel are now under investigation. they will gather at burnett morgan hill and they will resume the ground search hoping to find sierra lemar.

the santa clara sheriff's department will be checking reservoirs looking for clues. she vanished more than month ago. plus you saw it right here with us, hundreds of people in san francisco gathered to remember the 106th anniversary to remember the great quake and fire. an estimated 3,000 people died back then. it was the biggest natural disaster in history. now there are only a few survivors alive. right now hundreds of people are lining up hoping for their big break. alex savage is out there with what the show's toughest judge and creator is looking for being alex? >> reporter: well he says he is just looking for that star

quality, the x factor, these folks are dedicated performance and some have been out here since last night warming up with a little bit of coffee and we see this line, they have been out here for a long time and they are all hoping for a shot at stardom. they want to get a shot and of course we have folks from across the bay area. jim, you came in from livermore? >> yeah. >> give me an idea of what you will sing. >> i think i will do the train song. >> give me what you got. >> she doesn't own address...

[ music... ] >> reporter: that will play real well. last month we talked with simon on our news about what he is looking for in a contestant and listen to what he says. >> i am always looking for something where there is a gap in the market and my hunch this year is going to be the year of the groups. >> all right, so registration is beginning this morning and registration runs through friday and on friday is audition day and they will be inside the palace and they will be performing hoping for a chance to make it on season 2. for now live in daily city, alex savage channel 2 news. its nato allies are opening

in belgain. this is that meeting in brussels and it is set to win by 2015 and all of the combat operations are up on the middle of the next year. its two day meeting is set to work out any concerns ahead of a conference in chicago next month. last last night, napa city council voted in favor of a high school's idea to create a monument. dozens of veterans turned out to show support for the monument. some people objected to the removal of a fish sculpture on third and main street to make

room for her monument. she is thankful in the end the council voted to support her project. >> i wanted the community to come out and know who these people were and it means so much to me to know it will finally happen. >> the high school senior raised $12,000 and it is enough to raise money for the monument and to relocate the fish sculpture. a new report from the state nonpartisan is against plans to move ahead with it. the plans to build a high speed rail to connect san francisco to los angeles depends on sources that are highly speculative. a vote on whether the $68 billion project should move ahead will probably be taken this summer. >> 6:49 back to the commute

this morning dave? >> we still have some doubled park spots, as you drive west, 880 is not all that bad 880 in oakland north and southbounded a good clip if you are driving on the exit. and you will see a rather large back up at the toll plaza, backed up for 15 minutes and it looks good once you make it on to san francisco. we have high clouds in place also some fog and i just tweeted all of those out in line because they are bundled up. so for a few it will be a cool day and inland temperatures are starting to bump up, fog cloud, high pressure will eventually

warm up, they are not just looking at the web calm overlooking san jose. so we are in most he will shakes. they are pretty good and i have seen gusts up to 25 miles per hour some of the higher elevations of marin county and in mt. diablo gusting to 31, it is not breaking news but still gusting to 31 and there is still an on shore push. you can see the bow in the clouds, that is a sign they are pushing to our area. we have an on shore push with a westerly breeze, patchy fog and clouds, i still think there will be patchy fog and probably a breeze out of the west and that will not die down tomorrow and into friday.

60s and 70s, some low mid-70s, oakland alameda, pleasanton 73 and 73 san jose along with cupertino, 17 santa cruz, san carlos meadow park view. mill bray, redwood shores, foster city, still close to foster city and a west wind. getting warmer thursday, sunnyside up and warmer. friday saturday looks good. pam, david? apple and samsung tried to talk about their differences instead of continuing their yearlong legal battle. it could resolve apple's battle against samsung. they claim they used the look and feel of apple's i pad in the s line of devices. if no sign of talks continues

the patent infringement starts in july. now hollywood filmmakers are ready to tell the oscar brandt story. they worked for hours and there is still a lot of working to be done, the rescue of the stranded whale, we will have more coming up.

. dow do you down to 130 8.24 and ebay we will have more reports after the closing bell today. crews are going out trying rescue that gray whale you see right there, it is tangled in a fishing line off the coast of san diego county. they managed to losen the line before it got too dark outside and they attached some large buoys to try and help them locate it this morning. they are having reports of that infamous pepper spray incident. she takes full responsibility for the pepper spraying and she is vowing to do everything possible to make sure it never

happens again. they blame a communication breakdown between administrators and police for the incident that has received worldwide attention. oscar grant's family is meeting to make a movie about the controversial shooting. she won for best actress in the help. she is now in talks to star as the mother in the film to be called fruit veil. they will cover his final hours after he was shot and killed at the fruit station and filming is set to begin in july. let's check in with sal, sal? good morning, traffic is moving along better today than yesterday which is not hard to do considering we had terrible commute and 808 you will see some -- 880 you will see some slowed traffic and 880 is

positively light passing the coliseum and when you get to the toll plaza it is heavy because of the an earlier problem. let's go to steve. we have a little bit of a westerly breeze and by this afternoon most of these clouds will lift north, mid-60s and some 70s inland, we will talk about that more on mornings on 2. also on mornings on 2. we will talk about the new turn in the search for sierra lemar, where they are focusing their attention today. we will celebrating the anniversary of the great quake, stay right here with us.