remains silent. >> reporter: did you know about the charges? >> you can direct yourself to him, thank you. >> reporter: prosecutors will also talk to the public defender before making a decision about whether to seek the death penalty. friends and supporters of sierra lamar who gathered outside told us they think antolin garcia-torres should face the ultimate punishment. >> if he did the crime, he has to do the time. life for a life. >> reporter: there are lot of questions about how prosecutors can prove this case without a body or a murder weapon or scene. we will have more at 6:00. live in san jose, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. developing news now. a body was found a couple miles from the stone ridge mall. it was discovered near dublin canyon road and laurel creek drive.

ktvu's john sasaki just arrived on the road, he is he now -- he is here now with what he learned. >> reporter: this is dublin canyon road and laurel creek drive on the right. this scene just wrapped up. still active but just wrapped up 2 minutes ago. this started at 11:00 a.m. this morning when someone called police to report a crash can that seemed out of place. when officers arrived they looked inside the can and knew there were human remains inside. investigators say it is unclear if it was a body or body parts. they removed the remains and left the can with investigators. police are saying little other than it was human remains. >> 11:00 a.m. this morning officers respond to a garbage can, officers

discovered human remains. it is still early and we are trying to see what we are working with. they have taken the can back to oakland. >> reporter: live look from news chopper 2, the area where this trash can was found. the officers just left the seen 2 minutes a-- the scene 2 minutes ago. they are not releasing anything other than right now trying to identify the remains using finger printing. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. woman was killed in san jose today when a tractor- trailer crashed on top of the car she was in about 10:00 a.m. news chopper 2 was live over the scene. it landed right on top of a toyota, crushing the car and killing the woman in the

passenger seat. the driver of the car only suffered minor injuries, same as the truck driver. a investigation found the tractor-trailer was going too fast and that is why he lost control. carjacking and police chase. the chase across the bay bridge came after a woman was carjacked in san francisco this morning. the pursuit ended with when the sus-- ended when the suspects bailed. one man was arrested, and the other man was found hiding in bushes. the coroner released the name of a man in a wheelchair who died. willm miller -- william miller died on tuesday. a woman jumped into the water but couldn't reach him. firefighters got him out out of the water but he died at the

hospital. three teens arrested after making threats on facebook. the school district says a parent complained after her student got the threats. they were concerned the problem might spill over on campus so they notified police. week of windy dry days, let's go to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> windy out there. so windy we have an issue with a wildfire in morgan hill, this was 1:00 this afternoon. they got out about 1:00 when the fire started. look that smoke. the wind gusts going up to 40 miles per hour. it is that time of year. you see green here, we are fortunate the grass is not all that dry. it is not just windy in morgan hill but all over the bay

region. oakland airport, winds gusting to 22 miles per hour. redwood city 36 miles per hour. clouds, cooler weather and believe it or not, tomorrow, i got showers in your bay area forecast. back here in a few minutes. firefighters continue to battle a wildfire raging in nevada. the fire broke out tuesday near the nevada-california line. at this point 7500 acres of terrain in the pine nut mountains burned. two homes and 17 buildings have been destroyed. officials believe the fire began when gusty wind ignited embers from a burn. president obama is in iowa tonight after leaving the bay area this morning. he was here 24 hours and ktvu's alex savage felts us he raised a -- tells us he raised a lot

of money. >> reporter: law enforcement and secret service on hand as president obama took part in a business round table, a fundraising event. the president sees that as a important voting block this november. >> important. we are all behind him. >> reporter: on lookers gathered across from the hotel as the motorcade drove past. donors paid $35,000 each to get in. >> a lot of money in the silicon valley. good place to get money. >> reporter: this was a brief fundraising visit. president obama was only here for 16 hours. his first stop last night was a private fundraiser at a home. after that president obama took the stage at the redwood city's fox theatre. thousands supporters cheered

him on. as -- >> a crisis this deep didn't happen over night. not going to be solved over night. so we have more work to do. >> he can give a speech. he can give a speech. the president's motorcade arrived around 10:00 a.m. this morning. president obama closed his laptop, walked up the stairs on to air force one before take off. he is expected to raise $4 million during this bay area visit. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details, president obama raised $4 million during his campaign swing. that works out ta$250,000 for every hour he was here. 20 donors paid $35,000 to attend a business round table this morning. tickets to last night that redwood city's fox theatre cost

250-$7,500 and $35,800 to attend a dinner. >> mitt romney is talking education this week and today he toured a philadelphia charter school. [ singing ] >> mitt romney stopped by a class at the universitial charter -- universal charter school. mitt romney is pushing his education platform called a chance for every child. it would let low income and disabled students to use money toattend private schools. -- to attend private schools. a possible break through in the disappearance of a new york city boy. police say a new jersey man confessed to killing etan patz, he vanished 33 years ago

tomorrow. the case inspired the movement to put missing children's photos on milk cartons. the parents never moved or changed their phone number incase their son tried to reach them. >> i can't imagine what they have gone through and i hope we are one step closer to bringing them some measure of relief. >> the suspect hasn't led police to the body. hewlett-packard stock went up today as wall street reacts positivity to their cut in work forces. meg whitman said they will cut 25,000 jobs and hewlett-packard had a profit of $1.6 billion, which is down 31%. hewlett-packard was the dow's best performer today.

stocked -- the dow is up 33 to 12,530. facebook closed higher today on the nasdaq, there is word facebook is considering switching its listing to the new york stock exchange. however they denies they are talk to the company. facebook shares have fallen 15%. today they closed $33. >> over all it was a mixed day on wall street, the dow is up 33 to 12,530. the nasdaq is down 10 at 2,839. and the s&p is up 2 at 1,320. the developer of a housing subdivision sued the state finance departments and the city. the issues is the state's refusal to pay a debt. the developmenter says it has a contract but the state shut

down all local redevelopment agency because of budget cuts. celebrating the golden gate bridge's 75th anniversary is a great idea but using this, not so good. >> also, an incredible story of survival, what someone did to this dog will make you pretty upset.

police are searching for two people wanted for a attack on a dog. a dog is recovering now but what happened to him is hard to believe someone would do something like this. a man and a woman attached a fire cracker to that dog and detonated it. animal control rushed him to the hospital. he was treated to injuries to his neck.

>> making tremendous strides. wagging his tail. doing better than we expected. >> violence against this dog, we are asking the community for help. if you saw anything contact the police department. >> hospital staff nicknamed the guy rocket. he could be well enough to be adopted next week. many weekend road projects. ktvu's tom vacar joins us live from san francisco. tell us how to get around without getting stuck. >> reporter: look at it. the busy san francisco version of memorial day weekend will end here late sunday. but it begins early friday evening on the other side of town. >> reporter: the last friday of any month means the challenge of traffic. just after that this main thoroughfare will close for the new transit center.

>> friday night 8:00 p.m. we will close first street between mission and howard and install a traffic bridge. >> reporter: this bridge, which is already ready to go will be lifted into had air and put right over here on to this main commute street. >> absolutely critical to keep it closed for that short period. >> reporter: the line will close for a 9 day track replacement. >> we have bus system that will be in place. so there will be transit available. >> reporter: friday night the bum barton bridge closes. >> we have our normal reroute in place. that is something we have a lot of experience with. >> reporter: then sunday the

guardsmen baggo -- the golden gate bridge's 75th anniversary. >> we are putting extra service on the road on sunday to make sure people can get to and from the activities. >> reporter: we will have more coming up later on the 6:00 news. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we posted more information on the closures on www.ktvu.com, look under the hot topic's section. . the last of the cable bands, 114 were placed on the completed massive steel main cable. they are the saddles for the 200 steel cables that will hold the roadway up in the air. >> we should be placing them, getting them up and we will start loading them.

>> despite allegations this is all chinese steels the steel suspender cable was fabricated in missouri. the golden gate bridge anniversary, coming up, we will break downthen festivities -- break down the festivities and where you should go. fourth state parks set to close will stay open after governments and private groups agreed to operate them. half of the parks slated for closure now have deals in place or in the works to stay open. the city counsel proved --

approved installing new surveillance cameras because of problems. a monitoring station at the police department. bay area beaches scored high marks in a report released today on water quality. they sampled water taken from the ocean at 441 locations. in the bay area grades were excellent, 98% of the locations receiving a or b grades. on the bay side 23-26 locations received a a or a b. >> in general open ocean beaches with no pollution sources exhibit excellent water quality. 5 year average is 98% a grades for open ocean beaches during

the peak beach going season. >> cowl's beach ranks the most polluted in the state and on the beach bummer list along with 9 beaches in southern california. the wind today shut down a bay area roadway. >> the great highway is closed because winds blew sand on the roadway and you can see there. dpw using bulldozers to move the sand and the road right now is still closed. >> from those pictures, bill, you could hear the winds. >> yeah. you get that sand blowing around, it makes it tough. along the avenues there, city streets, you got a lot of sand blowing around. great highway is closed. that is a main artery. definitely slowing you down and the winds continue. they continue for four days and they are back tomorrow.

let's look that wind conditions. i got this live reading. these are useful. we can go up here by pittsburg, winds 28 miles per hour, they are sustained 24. that is a westerly wind. at the san francisco airport, 40 miles per hour. morgan hill, winds 38-40 miles per hour. it has been windy. pollens everywhere now. lot of folks are bothered by them because of the wind. it is not always the pollens, the weed blower guy, you can getting particulate in the area. people are being bothered. and the wind continues. the trees, those are some of the big ones. north bay, you could be dealing

dealing dealing with sycamore. tree pollen has been high for four weeks. next couple weeks, the grass pollens, you are seeing a lot of them coming out, they will give people fits. watch it through the next 24 hours. things cool down over night. 44 napa. 47 vallejo. this is what we saw last night. winds die down at night and temperatures drop. tomorrow is interesting, it is friday but we have a weather system that will roll through and it scattered showers to the area tomorrow. cooler weather tomorrow. snow in the mountains. when i come back we will tie it together and i will show you what you can expect for friday and the bay area holiday weekend. >> thank you. people who linin the town of windsor may have to pay more

for water. the counsel approved new water and sewer rates to take effect in september. an increase of $8 a month. the counsel says the increase is needed to help pay for $5 million in improvements, including new wells. a hearing on the increase is set for july 18. the city of oakland still has grand plans when it comes to the solseium. why -- coliseum. >> and the golden gate bridge is about to hit a milestone, what you could expect as part of the weekend's big celebration. ceivers.

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former -- congresswoman gabrielle giffords accepted an honor in southern california. they awarded her and her husband mark kelly the medal of valor. they present the medal to people who made a difference in the world. gabrielle giffords was honored for her determined recovery and kelly was recognized recognized for helping his wife through the ordeal. >> reminds me all the time to deny the acceptance of failure. she never gives up. continues to fight. >> they also awarded medals to

three airfen and a holocaust serve. mayor jean quan. >> i am not at all ashamed the of efforts we tried to make. we were aggressive and we put out a good alternative. the game isn't over. >> she defend oakland's chances for keeping the warriors. the team announced plans to build a new arena on the san francisco water front but jean quan says the colosseum is a better choice. >> the oakland deal as far as i am concern is further along. we own our land. it is already permitted for

sports facilities. >> the mayor announced today the budget includes $3.5 million for a environmental impact review and she insisted that any one tenant would jeopardize the project. what happens if they lose all three teams? they said we will have to get created and she revealed details about the city's budget. what oakland will not be doing, that story coming up at 6:00. the power of advertising and proposition 29. it would add $1 tax to cigarettes to fund cancer research. they said support dropped from 67% to 53%. in march opposition was 30%. it is 42% today.

they blame a advertising blitz. opponents are outstanding supporters 7-1. support remains strong for prop 28. 62% of people say they support it. 29% are opposed. unusual ways to celebrate. how the golden gate bridge is being honored on land and on the water. >> running red lights, why do more drivers do it on a certain holiday that happens to be coming up? @

complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >> it was 75 years ago the golden gate bridge first opened

to traffic and a celebration is planned tomorrow morning. ktvu's david stevenson tells us it culminates on sunday night. >> reporter: the stain is almost set for a anniversary -- the stage is almost set for the anniversary. the preparation for the anniversary are as visible as the span itself. >> we have been waiting for 75 years. >> reporter: crews set up a sky box exhibit. >> graphic above the sky boxes that look like you are looking up at the bridge as if you are in a sky broadcast and on the floor looks like you are looking down. >> reporter: the site of an art show, tying modern works to the bridge looming over head. >> free and unique approaches.

>> this is one of the most extreme sites i have done an art project within. 60 miles per hour winds, sand storms, extreme temperatures. the anniversary is also a challenge to bridge officials. they are avoiding a repeat of the 50th, in which massive crowds prompted to drop. >> as a public safety aspect to facilitate the fire works, they will start at 9:30. >> reporter: officials are also pushing people to take public transit. the party kicks off tomorrow morning and governor jerry brown speaks that 75th 95 dedication ceremony. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and you will find coverage

of the golden gate bridge on our website, just go to www.ktvu.com and click on the tab. at 6:00, another land mark is in need of a make over. what we learned. the worst commute is on myway 4 on week day afternoons. --when there is no traffic it should take 5 minutes to travel the six miles. during afternoon drive times that six minutes goes up to 16 minutes. that is number 10 on the national list of worst communities. also on the list, 580, number 57. 80 eastbound from 101 to treasure island is 70. anywhere expect to see more red light runners this holiday weekend. ktvu's rob roth is live in san francisco. didn't take long to find people doing just that.

right? >> reporter: right. a study shows the memorial day weekend is the most popular weekend of the year for drivers to run red lights. >> reporter: our cameras were roll for a few minutes when we saw a motorcycle run a red light. and this is the day before memorial day weekend. this study found that red light running is 27% higher over memorial day than on non- holiday weekends. he has a theory on why. >> it is the first major holiday of the year where the weather is warmer and people tend to leave town and so they -- more people on the road. >> reporter: in california fatalities dropped but injuries increased. still some pedestrians say when it comes to people running red

lights, every day feels like memorial day. >> people are trying to cut in front of you. >> this memorial day i will think. >> reporter: more viailations occurred on fridays in the afternoon. we went looking for drivers sited for red light running and it took us to the line where people pay traffic tickets. they say they were innocent but say drivers are more in a hurry on fridays. >> i wouldn't say so. >> reporter: the study found sundays have the least number of red light running violations. for memorial day the chp and police say they plan to set up check points for sobriety and increase patrols. reporting live in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. another record low for

mortgage rates. 3.78%, down from last week. this is the lowest rate since the 1950s. the average 15-year-old is 3%. the low rates are giving the housing market a boost. sales rose in april and close to their highest level in two years. unemployment numbers show claims dipped last week. applications fell to 370,000. and the four week average also fell. it suggests hiring this month will be an improvement. facebook unveiled a camera app for the iphone. it lets you take a photo and share it on facebook. the app is similar to intugram facebook is trying to buy. no word if it will effect that

deal. the jury finished 5 days of deliberations with no jerk in the trial of john edwards -- no verdict in the trial of john edwards. he says the charges are false. the newest planned bart station gets a name and look, that doesn't belong there. what happened to the driver and later the possible break through in diagnosing alzheimer's disease. juicy johnsonville sausage.

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scheduled to open. the man in charge of the csu system is retiring. he has been the chancellor for the past 14 years. he will remain till his replacement is found. after that he plans to move back to florida. an auction house canceled bids on a strange item. they planned to sell a vile containing dry blood belonging to ronald reagan but the seller has now with drew the auction. the blood is linked to the assassination attempt. the seller plans to donate to the president's foundation.

researchers studied 1,000 mothers and babies. babies born by c-section had a higher rate of obesity. the cause isn't clear and more research is going to be done. some possible causes are different levels of bacteria and hormones. ordinary forgetfulness or alzheimer's disease? break through technology that can tell the difference. >> your weekend in view, what you could expect, we got sprinkles, i will tell you about it. cçrrú

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some are calling it the holy grail of alzheimer's research. a test that can diagnose alzheimer's before the symptoms set in. ktvu's john fowler has more. >> reporter: five residents today have signed up for the break threw clinical trial. >> reporter: older americans will develop alzheimer's disease. a experimental test may finally give certain diagnose. >> a person like me wouldn't stop worrying. >> a revolutionary study. >> reporter: he is leading clinical trials. he showed me a scan of a typical brain and then one with

alzheimer's. a new marker binding. >> temporal areas, frontal areas, provides earlier and certain diagnosis. >> reporter: even before symptoms arise. >> there are treatments out there we would go to. >> reporter: extending healthy years. importantly also ruling out alzheimer's in people with ordinary forgetfulness. >> couldn't remember meeting someone. >> reporter: till now a firm diagnosis could only be done after a patient dies. >> i don't need tissue, we could make the diagnosis while they are alive and early. >> reporter: the is now enrolling bay area patients. if successful a commercial test could become available this summer. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. they can be convenient for

you but they could always pose a danger to toddlers. the pod laundry detouchants. there is a growing number of incidents i happen toddlers -- in which toddlers swallowed them. we spoke with california poison control, since january they received 40-100 calls. they said these are dangerous because they are concentrated and very attractive. here in california some calls required er visits. parents are urged to make sure they are out of the reach of children. judge will not release a patient after remusing to take his medicine. he -- refused to take his medicine. the judge says he was uncomfortable releasing him

because of his methamphetamine and alcohol use. special trained dogs are serving as more than man's best friends, they are saving lives. they are putting dogs through their paces to learn how to sniff out allergies. they are with the angel service dogs. they can detect peanuts and other foods that could cause life threatening allergic reactions. the red planet. and turns out it is the robot's shadow. it was on the rim of a crater when it snapped this picture. it made for the perfect lighting. if you look on the right hand side it looks like the robot in the movie wally. it has been taking pictures since 2004. the dragon flew within one

mile of the international space station. it is considered a key test before it docks. it is carrying a thousand pounds of provisions for the international space station. tomorrow two of the six astronauts are expected to pull it close for docking. they will have to unload before releasing it next thursday. a slightly samier hurricane season this year. it officialsy begins june 1 -- officially begins june 1. there is a 70% chance 4-8 hurricanes will hit. last year there were 7 hurricanes but four were major. let's turn to our chief meteorologist bill martin for what we are facing here at home.

>> winds continues continue. 73 in santa rosa. 74 in napa. 74 concord. mild day. nice. winds are up. as you know. grade highway closed. winds blowing sands across the road. these are the highs from today. winds have chewed up the fog. coastal residents are in the low 60s. the fog not coming back for a couple days. breezy conditions tomorrow and cooler tomorrow. because tomorrow we have a different deal, a weather system that will drop from the north and bring cool air. and that will be the mechanism for sprinkles. over night lows like last night. mid-40s. the temperature drop will be noticed and scattered showers as well. gets close to us. i will fire off scattered showers, chance of thunderstorm.

they could see six inches of snow above 6,000 feet. we will watch that. interesting. this is an important time of year, folks are hiking, doing outdoor stuff, this is not the weekend. i got a call from a friend, saturday will be cold, wet and snowy. mountains will not feel like may. friday morning, tomorrow morning, san jose, there is a shower down there. fremont, mission peak, lifting from mission peak. noon tomorrow, see what happens here. lights up. scattered showers here. here as we go into the livermore valley. 3:00. all over the place. chance for scattered showers. there could be a little thunderstorm, perhaps. highs tomorrow look like this, 60s. i don't think we will see 70s

tomorrow because the cool air moves in and moves out quickly. saturday and sunday start oo warm. you get -- to warm. you get the picture. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. and looks like a good one. especially saturday and sunday. monday is a holiday. tomorrow will be interesting. i will be back tonight at 10:00 and we will update friday. >> too early to talk about the fire works on the golden gate bridge, 9:30. >> looks good. patchy fog. at 10:00 i will have a special forecast. >> thank you. elton john is forced to make a move that disappoints fans and one student gets really far in a national geography bee. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy

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performance. this weekend's performances are off. in a statement he says he is sorry he can't be with his fans. an 85-year-old man struck and killed while riding his bike. what the driver said he did to try to avoid hitting him and a crime spree has residents so afraid they wouldn't even talk to us.

a capital crime, the man arrested in the disappearance of alabama of -- sierra lamar is charged with murd murder. human remains have been discovered along the side of the road. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. good evening. i am. hello. i am gasia mikalian. >> and i am frank somerville. >> at this hour the coroner is examining human remains found in a trash can. we caught site of investigators on dublin canyon road and laurel creek drive. police say someone called 911 around 11:00 a.m. this morning to