can that looked out of place. officers found the remains inside the trash can. police don't know how long they were there or if the trash can contained a body or just body parts. we are continuing to follow this story. we will bring you new information as we get if. bicyclist was struck and killed today. this happened this afternoon. the chp says the bicyclist rounded a curve and veered in front of the car. he was that wheel, he swerved to avoid the bicyclist but clipped him. he suffered minor injuries. the chp says the bicyclist is a 85-year-old man from southern california. a neighborhood in santa rosa is dealing with a unusual crime spree. home burglaries, two of which ended in arson. ktvu's ken pritchett is live with why police are so

concerned here. >> reporter: look at this home. it was remodeled and that is part of the story, a couple, this is their home but burglars struck and they set the home on fire. >> reporter: the front guard, the house. you have to look close to see signs of the fire. black soot on the front door. saturday night one person or more burglarized this house and then committed orson -- arson. >> reporter: he is the only neighbor that would talk on camera. >> a person wouldn't be concerned i think would be something wrong. >> reporter: 5 homes in the neighborhood have been burglarized since april. >> in the five, two of the homes have been set on fire. >> reporter: police say this home was broken into and set on

fire in the middle of the day. a burglary turned arson is unusual and concerning to police. >> from a safety standpoint, for anybody who was home during the crimes or neighbors whose homes could also become involved. >> reporter: no one has been hurt but the hard work fixing up the house was wasted. >> it is a shame, a person trying to get it in shape and then all at once it is gone. >> reporter: there are no suspect descriptions. police say there is a $2,500 award. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. a man accused in the disappearance of sierra lamar has been charged with murder and kidnapping. antolin garcia-torres appeared in court today in san jose. ktvu's eric rasmussen is live with the challenges still facing prosecutors. >> reporter: the district

attorney says he assigned one of his most experienced prosecutors to the case. it appears the murder charge hinges on dna connecting antolin garcia-torres to sierra lamar. >> reporter: antolin garcia- torres first's court appearance, he did not say a word. and they asked for more time before he enters a plea that he kidnapped and murdered sierra lamar. >> made me sick to my stomach. i am angry. >> reporter: outside court supporters and friends of sierra lamar's family said they are still determined to find her. >> we are not going to give up. >> reporter: experts say finding a body is critical to getting a conviction. >> we don't have a body or a weapon and there is no murder

scene. >> we will prove the case in a courtroom in front of a jury with facts. >> reporter: the possibility of a death penalty, some wonder if it might convince antolin garcia-torres to come clean. >> they are not supposed to use the death penalty as a bargaining chip. they may be willing to consider that. >> reporter: despite defending antolin garcia-torres in an interview yesterday, his family had nothing to say this afternoon. antolin garcia-torres will remain locked up on no bail. live in san jose, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. the chp says a tractor- trailer driver was speeding when his truck crushed a car.

had a female passenger was killed but the driver of the car and the driver of the tractor-trailer only had minor injuries. woman from redwood city pleaded not guilty to charges she torched his ex-boyfriend's bed while he slept. prosecutors say her ex- boyfriend awoke to flames. he suffered minor burns. strong winds battering the bay area today and causing problems in san francisco. the great highway is closed because of so much blowing sands. it will stay closed till the winds slow down. the north bound lanes are shut down and the south bound lanes are closed. in the sierra the national weather service has red flag warning in effect with wind

gusts topping 40 miles per hour and our chief meteorologist bill martin says temperatures will drop and snow is possible at the 5,000-foot level. snowplows are at the red a eand drivers are warn -- ready and drivers are warned to carry chains and a look at the forecast here for the weekend. >> reporter: jean quan released a city budget that for the first time in four years does not include any layoffs or cuts. the city will add services, including more crews to fix roads and parking meeters and a full police academy of 50 recruits in january of 2013. >> we have modest revenue increases n creases in sales tax and -- increases in sales taxes. >> she says she wants to restore full services to the

senior centers. and she spoke about her plan to keep the warriors in oakland. that is coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. court workers authorized a strike. the union representing the workers say 95% voted in favor of a strike. the sticking points include layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts. no date has been set. the union is hopeful negotiations will resume. >> reporter: children in san francisco are packing a planning commission meeting trying to save a soccer field. ktvu's mike mibach is live in the city with the plan they are trying to prevent. mike? >> reporter: that is a $14 million plan. look at this. surrounded by children playing soccer. it is not the only thing they are doing, they are playing politics. a soccer match feet from san francisco city hall. >> fun. >> reporter: as a team they

marched sign city hall, they filled the chairs at this hearing. the goal? to fight for 4 new fields. >> we love grass fields. when you use them the grass gets worn out. >> reporter: here is the plan. rip up the grass, put down the turf, pop up lights and time to play ball. >> the coast is important for migrating birds. >> reporter: he has been keeping an eye on the proposal, he says birds will be impacted. >> they will fly out and catch insectssectssects and if turf is put in they will not have the food source. >> reporter: they are debating right now. >> when you add the bleachers, fencing and the lights, we don't have a park anymore.

we have a stadium. >> reporter: he says the fields are 80 years old, filled with gopher holes and inadequate drainer. >> in the last five years 10,000 kids have left the city and we need to do more to help our families thrive and give kids a place to play ball. >> reporter: as the soccer match is going on so too is public comment. a vote expecticide in a couple -- expected in a couple hours. mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. african american boys are falling behind. the counsel says an element school, a third of african american boys are off course from graduation. by middle school that number goes to 2/3. they are likely to be

chronically absence from school. suspended six times more than white boys. state controller says he will not be with holding pay checks if a budget isn't passed. that effectively put prop 25 on hiatus. >> it puts us back in a place unless we can change the practices here in sacramento and i am concerned that timely payments are not made this summer. >> last months a judge ruled he doesn't have the authority to do determine what is or what isn't valid. unemployment benefits leveled off and it could be a sign that hiring picked up.

the number of applications dropped to 370,000. anything below 375 suggestion hiring. shares of pandora surged today after the company released a earnings report. they say revenue rose 58% to $80.8 million. that is above predictions. investors were pleased and the stocks reached a 14% gain. it closed up 12%. officials approved money to renovate one of the oldest land marks. they will receive a long over do makeovers. he says the city found $1.7 million from a 2004 revenue bond topay for the work -- to

pay for the work. the key to enjoying a super san francisco weekend? don't use this key. still ahead. >> back here in a few minutes, your weekend is around the corner and the five-day forecast, chance of sprinkles. i will let you know when.

president obama departed this morning 16 hours after he arrived. he took part this morning in a business round table in san jose. the president raised nearly $4 million. donors paid $35,800 to attend a private dinner. tickets to the redwood city's fox theatre cost $7,500.

a man from vallejo awarded $4 million in a settlement with police. it ends a lawsuit brought by him against the department. he says in 2007 two police officers severely injured him after entering his apartment without a warrant. the settlement states the city does not admit wrong doing. traffic troubles this memorial day weekend as a series of closures will impact you. ktvu's tom vacar is live now in san francisco. >> reporter: because of this, this will be a weekend to remember. >> reporter: the fire works display will mark the 75th anniversary of the golden gate bridge. >> we hope everyone plans ahead, call 5 lane, go to the bart site, to the transit

sites. >> reporter: because parking near the bridge will be nonexistent. >> we will have extra service to get people to the fire works. >> reporter: this happens on the same day as the parade in the mission. >> i will be observing everything from afar. >> we want to watch the fire works so we will hike up behind our house and watch from there. we are not going to be driving. >> reporter: especially on the dumbarton bridge which will close friday night. first street is also closed to replace the roadway with a steel bridge. >> the signs are already up. and they will know to take other routes. >> repairs and people stayed away. the bridge was quiet.

i think people could follow that pattern. >> reporter: having said that -- >> we want people to come out for the bridge for, the parade, we always want people to come to the city. the message is not stay away from san francisco. >> reporter: tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> www.ktvu.com has a special section dedicated to the golden gate bridge anniversary. and we have resources to help you get around the weekend detours. repairs will disrupt two busy muni lines in san francisco. work is set to begin on the lines tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. and runs through june 4. crews will replace the street car tracks, signals and switches. service will still run on the j church line. however muni is providing bus service along the lines. the state resource board

met to discuss reducing green house gas emissions. they can stay in the environment for a few days or several decades. the board says more needs to be done to get rid of them. >> advantages of doing so are healthier californians. cleaner environment. and also a leg up on other places in a green economy. >> some say they are more dangerous than carbon dioxide. our chief meteorologist bill martin is here now. tracking maybe snow in the sierra and showers here? >> yeah. tomorrow a chance for snow in the mountains and sprinkles here. cooler. that is what everybody will notice. interesting week, every day we have had wind, mild

temperatures. winds again today. winds gusting to 29 miles per hour. the winds are consistent. main event is off shore, long the coast and along the bay. inland, breezy but not crazy wind. peninsula, lots of reports of wind. inland, the winds are not that strong. bay area weekend, fog returns, finally. fog has been mixed out. the winds been out there as you can see. still strong. so strong the fog can't form. fog like as stable environment. tomorrow still windy conditions friday morning. mid-30s through the day tomorrow. over night lows cool. just like they were last night. temperatures drop as the system moves in tomorrow.

snow to the mountains. will bring sprinkles here. don't change your plans but know tomorrow, i will be back tonight at 10:00, because it is worth watching, it is cool enough to put snow in the mountains and bring scattered showers. right now most of us won't see anything but there could be a few sprinkles. at 10:00 i will update the model. snow above 6,000 feet. 6 inches of snow. my concern is it is a holiday weekend, lots of folks going up, camping and back packing, you don't want any part of that. don't do it. wait till saturday or sunday. 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, scattered showers. more showers noon. scattered showers. all over the place. and more scattered showers into the late afternoon hours.

widely scattered showers. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, good thing friday is going to be the day with the unsettled weather because you don't want it on saturday, sunday, monday. >> thank you. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36, described as a freak crash and left a man dead, tonight friends and relatives are grieving. >> as the warriors announce they are leaving for san francisco, oakland's mayor is fighting back to keep the team here. her plans. >> join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. zombies invaded san francisco today, how it is meant to get you connecting with your friends.

san francisco based zinga unleashed zombies to promote its new mobile app. they are doing this to promote zombie swipe out.

it has players compete with friends to kill as many zombies as possible. had-- want to give back to the community. >> there was a similar invasion today in new york. they say the game will be out in a couple of weeks. >> creative. mark is here now with sports. giants looking good. >> yep. they played like zombies against miami when they were here but looking better now in florida. they got a new stadium and magic city is looking good come night fall in miami on a friday night. look where this ball winds up off the bad of carlos. he knocked it out. this one into the bar out there. 1-0 lead. the giants ecome back.

-- the giants come back. cabrera reads it perfectly. 1-1. big inning for the giants. bases loaded. pagan again, liner to right. two bases. the giants with two runs runs and they add two more. in the 6th they are taking care of their business to the tune of 5-1. good couple of weeks for nfl camps to have formal work outs. the new york jets. they got, of course, an on coming quarterback controversy. masn 2, masn 2hd is the starter -- mark sanchez is the starter and tim tebow is the back up. >> lot of pressure on me. i want to make it right for me and for the team. so whether we have, you know, mat simms or kenny or tim

tebow, that is fine. it doesn't matter. i am playing hard and trying to get it right for all of us. >> mark my words, there will be a big controversy with tim tebow. no doubt. >> thank you. we told you about the san francisco children packing that planning commission meeting, right now the commission is debating a plan to replace the field in golden gate park with astro surf. we will have a live report on the 10:00 news. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. first

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