>> people who are very tolerant -- people of sierra leone are very, very tolerant. even before this trial, if you go to sierra leone, you'll see for yourself that people are moving ahead. this is what matters. even though we still have a long way to go -- the psychological trauma that the children went through -- >> i am sorry to interrupt you. we have got our live pictures back. let's go back to the hague and the presiding judge. >> the accused, having drawn up the plan and have been followed its implementation closely by daily communications, was aware of the continuing evolution. as mentioned previously, the accused was well aware of the crimes committed by the forces in the course of their military operations, and that the war strategy was explicitly based on a widespread or systematic campaign of crimes against civilians. moreover, by his instruction to make the operation fearful, which was repeated many times during the course of the invasion, and by his instruction to use all means, the accused demonstrated his awareness of the substantial likelihood that cri

united front -- iuf -- attacked sierra leone from liberia. they continued the insurgency it against the government despite a peace accord in november 1996. in may 1997 in a coup, members of this year alone army overthrew the democratically elected government and invited the iuf to join its government, called the armed forces the revolutionary council -- afrc. as leader of the national patriotic front of liberia and later as president of liberia, the accused is alleged to have acted in con andcert with members of afrc and members and former members of the other group. in that capacity, the accused is alleged to have assisted and or controlled the above mentioned warring factions in conducting armed attacks in the territory of silicone from november 30, 1996 to january 18, 2002, which is the indictment period. the attacks included terrorizing a civilian population including burning of civilian homes, murder, sexual violence, physical violence, illegal recruitment of child soldiers, abduction, and forced labor, and looting. procedural background

take a look right now at some posters of sierra lamar.going to be seeing a barcode is the qr code or the quick response code on updated sierra lamar posters. you can get it by downloading it, it is the scan app, scan the code on that poster you get all kinds of information on sierra lamar, height, weight, downloadable posters, everything you want. i saw you tweeting this is the milk carton of the high-tech world. posters of missing kids was considered a fail a 64% recovery rate. today it is a 98% recovery rate for missing children not because of qr but because of a variety of new techniques that has to be inspirational for the sierra lamar family. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> hopefully help her and a lot of other missing children. >>> final check on weather and traffic. >>> chilly, 30s and 40s by the afternoon, well below average in the mid 50s to around 60. from napa north where we have the best chance of a stray shower today. tonight, cool once again with mid 30s around 40° inland, 39 fremont to palo alto the cool spots everybody else

or whoever abducted sierra.you that the latest this morning is that they will be back out here a couple of hours from now and they will be searching parkway lakes reservoir. and you can see a gate that blocks the entrance to it. and the reason why they will be here is because it's a couple of miles away from her home and a couple of miles away from her bus stop, so the proximity, it's too close for them not to look at. they will be focusing from here on out mostly on the bodies of water in this area. it's because there have been thousands of hours of searches as far as the land is concerned, so they feel confident that that area is covered, if not completely covered so they won't be doing that. of course there will be more volunteer searches for those areas. as far as the experts, their sonar equipment, this is where they will be focusing, including other reservoirs in the area. hopefully this new evidence, including the backpacks that i talked about. also near the area, they also found a box labeled handcuffs i

we did see up toward the northern sierra, 21% of average.the southern sierra lagging behind from highway 50 south down to yosemite, those numbers, 39%, close to a 30-year low for the southern sierra after last year when the entire state was 160% of average. but, again, the survey today happening in the central sierra between interstate 80 and highway 50. so hopefully, again, the weekend storm helped these numbers out a little bit and it looks like we could tack on a little bit more toward the middle part of the week. outside right now, feels a bit like winter outside around the north bay. 38 degrees in napa, not too breezy and not rainy just yet. as we go through the day today, what you're going to see are increasing clouds, not really the rain producing variety except maybe up toward lake county, could see a few sprinkles. the rain-producing clouds will start to drop down i think late tomorrow for the north bay. hour-by-hour, partly cloudy skies and overcast conditions where the sun is still out there but it's filtered by the mid and high-l

mid and upper 30s in the sierra nevada with snow coming down.ter weather advisory through tomorrow then a winter storm watch. a light rain in sacramento, san joaquin valley, manteca, tracy light showers rain pulling out of san jose, morgan hill, mines road, shower activity. big picture where the sluggish cold front pushing into the valley, there's still more energy out there that's going to bring more rain our way today, 50 in fremont. 49 redwood city, back in the mix thunderstorms possibility more organized rain comes our way with this system here just upstream going to kick all this wet weather out of here. that's going to take a couple of days. 61 palo alto, 59 livermore. a little more rain, maybe half an inch to an inch in the wettest locations through the end of the week. >>> good morning. new crash just reported within the last couple of minutes in the south bay westbound 237 at lawrence expressway, three cars blocking the lanes. it has been busy. here's a live shot of this overturned crash in san francisco we've been following this story

the efforts to find the sierra lamar continue online.the klass kids foundation started a 24 hour social media vigil. they're asking people to change their profile picture. here is an example where someone it changed their facebook profile picture. they're asking people to do that on facebook, it twitter and all social media channels. they're asking people to leave the picture up for at least 24 hours until tomorrow night. there were about 655 people who came out to join in today's search. there run a major discoveries today. volunteers have covered a 20 mi. radius around the home of sierra lamar and they will continue to have another major search next saturday. >> the volunteer center brings people in and moves them out. neighbors in morgan hill want to do something to help find sierra lamar. organizers from a klass kids foundation know that those numbers will likely decrease. >> the community has been amazing that the reality is going to hit at some point, people do have to go back to work, you will see some effort begin to taper off, i

today's survey will target that central sierra. get a really good read on the water content along highway 50. so hopefully if all of this rain and snow we've had to endure over the weekend, we'll see improvement there in the sierra with the official snow pack reading coming on later today. 40s outside right now, no patches of fog, not too windy and no rain. so weather wise, nothing getting in the way of the commute. the radar is quite dry. one thing you'll notice today is high clouds spilling in from the pacific northwest. no rain just yet. but it will start to filter out the sun at times as we go from mostly sunny skies, partly cloudy around lunchtime and very likely mostly cloudy skies. high clouds toward the evening. game one of three, of course, the giants and a's, at&t park, should see upper 50s for first pitch time around 7:00. a nice sweatshirt should be fine heading out for the game. you'll see 50s to low 60s around the bay area. topping out today, briefly in the 70s around napa and santa rosa. mid-60s elsewhere. and as we

sierra looking at snow mid and upper 30s. winter weather advisory until 10:00 tomorrow, two to three feet above 5,000 feet this will get upgraded to a warning by tomorrow. mid and upper 50s now. 55 half moon bay and breezy winds out ahead of this next system that will move in throughout the afternoon. we do have a series of wet weather make there's will continue to get us -- weather-makers that will continue to get us wet. concord gusting up to 20 miles an hour and half moon bay up to 17. scattered showers today, slight chance of thunderstorm seeing some of those intense cells in the north bay next frontal band the stronger one is going to arrive overnight tonight. overnight lows upper 40s to near 50 with the rain developing after midnight. notice the white, bright clouds this is the development of those thunderstorms where you see them, it has been quiet in the south bay. the east bay, higher elevations, you might see some. there's yesterday's front. you can see developing offshore. here's the way it is going to play out, 2:

>>> they're saying bring sierra home. cries from family and friends, one month after the morgan hill teenager disappeared the and tonight, police announced new clues in the investigation. >> just in to the nbc bay area newsroom, crime lab technicians are confirming they found new clues. among the evidence they initially collected when looking for sierra lamar. in new evidence may include a fingerprint, dna or a hair fiber. we have an emotional memorial. and, stephanie, the new findings, which could be significant. >> reporter: jessica, they could be significant. what we do know, is there's four major pieces of evidence in the crime lab right now. a cell phone and a bag of clothes found right after sierra disappeared a month ago. and two weeks ago, a handcuff and used condoms. sheriff's investigators will not say anything more specific about that. sierra's parents didn't want to talk about it, either. they had one plea to the public. please, don't stop looking. keeping the strength in the most painful of times. >> it's bee

sierra looking at snow mid and upper 30s. winter weather advisory until 10:00 tomorrow, two to three feet above 5,000 feet this will get upgraded to a warning by tomorrow. mid and upper 50s now. 55 half moon bay and breezy winds out ahead of this next system that will move in throughout the afternoon. we do have a series of wet weather make there's will continue to get us -- weather-makers that will continue to get us wet. concord gusting up to 20 miles an hour and half moon bay up to 17. scattered showers today, slight chance of thunderstorm seeing some of those intense cells in the north bay next frontal band the stronger one is going to arrive overnight tonight. overnight lows upper 40s to near 50 with the rain developing after midnight. notice the white, bright clouds this is the development of those thunderstorms where you see them, it has been quiet in the south bay. the east bay, higher elevations, you might see some. there's yesterday's front. you can see developing offshore. here's the way it is going to play out, 2:

prosecutors charged him with waging war in neighboring sierra leone. no one disputes that rebel forces committed terrible atrocities there. the charges include murder, rape, adoption, slavery, and the recruitment of child soldiers. civilian populations were terrorized. many have their limbs hacked off by machete or axe. the question before the court was did charles taylor order those crimes. >> there is insufficient evidence to find beyond a reasonable doubt -- >> he was cleared of directly ordering the atrocities. the judges asked him to stand here that he was guilty of aiding and abetting of 11 crimes in the indictment. >> we unanimously find you guilty of aiding and abetting -- >> the judges said rebel forces have supplied charles taylor with diamonds from the sierra leone-. in return, he give them arms and ammunitions in the full knowledge they would commit crimes against civilians. charles taylor argued the, as a sitting head of state when the indictment was issued, he should be immune from prosecution. the court rejected the argument. prosecutors

many of the young people who marched are sierra's friends and among them was a girl about sierra's age who also shares her first name. >> the first time i knew about it i started crying and i was all over the candlelighting and meetings for her. i didn't know that she was still missing. i don't know who would want to take her and all the evidence they found about her is really bad. >> we focused on a new area today we haven't done before which was neighborhood searches and then low lying areas. we did not include the mountainside. >> reporter: meanwhile 49ers quarterback alex smith was one of about 550 volunteers who took part in the search for sierra today. organizers were expecting about 1,000 people but the rain apparently kept some people away. now two days ago volunteers found two used condoms next to a box marked handcuffs about a mile from where sierra disappeared and there's still no word on the sheriff's department whether those eye it thames are considered evidence in this case. the search continues here tomorrow. volunteers will be back here at the elementary school at 8:00.

you can find it on sierra lamar missing posters. the code you can download with the -- if you download the scan light app and scan the code on the posters, you will get all the information on sierra lamar, height, weight, pictures, last seen, story of her, where they've been searching, what they've done. also on there is a link to the hotline. if there is anything that comes to mind when you see a poster, you download that information from that poster and you have an immediate access to the emergency officials. again, that search resumes this morning, 9 a.m.. volunteers not requested as they were last time this time it going to be a search-and-rescue team effort. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> a marin county judge set up a november trial date for the nevada man charged with killing four northern california women. jury selection in joseph naso's murder trial is set for november 7th. the 78-year-old defendant has pleaded not guilty to charges he murdered the women between 1977 and 199467 the body of one of the victims was left near f

. >>> the search resumed this morning for any sign of missing morgan hill teen teen sierra lamar. there is new information about dna evidence already uncovered. >> reporter: sierra's mother thanked volunteer who turned out to help search for her missing daughter. >> i am so grateful that anybody that takes the time to make it here. >> dozens received assignments at burnett elementary school, 44 of them have been here since the first searches began one month ago. >> i never heard of the lamars before sierra went missing. now they're like family. we need to bring this girl home. >> this woman says she could relate to sierra's mother. >> it's important. i have children. i have granddaughters. i would not want this to be one of my own. >> reporter: one of the spot that is volunteers are searching is this area that is near the coyote creek golf course. it's quite steep terrain. they're looking for anything that might belong to a teen, makeup, clothes, and binding material, zip ties, rope and duct tape. meanwhile sheriff's investigators continue to scour nearby waters, this time two res

more snow on the way for the sierra nevada.e will look for this energy to come our way overnight. 5:00 this afternoon, still evening commute showers, 2:00 in the morning heavy rain in the north bay, by the afternoon thursday, still rain in the north bay, east bay and then by friday, game time, 1:00, giants' opener looks like you will need the rain gear this should be the last of the wet weather makers. cooler air behind it, perhaps snow around 3,000 feet, mount hamilton, friday night into saturday cool highs again with scattered showers, 58 san francisco, 60 fremont. monterey bay, rain now, we should see a break later, 62 in gilroy. a look ahead calls for a few more days of the wet weather, then sunny and warmer conditions. good morning frances, any problems? >>> new crash in pacifica, solo spinnout i'm sure the roads contributed to the crash. apparently cars facing sideways highway 1 near manor drive, chp en route. 280 still looking good, 101 problem-free. you want to take a little extra time this morning. live shot of the san

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also, the search for sierra goes social.earch organizers believe facebook could help bring the missing morgan hill girl home. >>> the latest on the trayvon martin case. how analysis of the 911 call could help dispute george zimmerman's claim that he shot the teen in self-defense. >>> welcome back. four injured sailors are on their way to the bay area tonight, two of them aboard a coast guard vessel under medical care. they were taking part in a yacht race around the world headed for san francisco bay when they hit rough seas. nbc bay area's monty francis is live in oakland with the latest. >> reporter: a 50-year-old woman suffered some broken ribs and a 67-year-old man injured his pelvis. they are both on board a coast guard cutter which is expected to arrive in oakland in the morning. two other sailors suffered minor injuries. they're still on board that damaged yacht which is 200 miles off the coast. as ten sailing yachts made their way from china to oakland on the longest leg of the clipper around the world yacht race, th

bring sierra home! bring sierra home! >> reporter: among them was a girl about sierra's age who also shares her first name. >> i just want her to come back and i want people to pray for her and miss her like i do and my mom does. >> reporter: meanwhile, 49ers quarterback alex smith and his wife were among the 55 volunteers, who took part in another day-long search. volunteers were divided into 60 small groups and fanned out across a 20-mile radius. >> we focused on a new area today that we haven't done before, which was neighborhood searches and then low-lying areas that it did not include the mountainsides. >> reporter: two days ago, volunteers found used condoms and a box labeled handcuffs just a mile from where sierra disappeared but authorities have not yet said if the items are considered evidence. volunteers say they've discovered more items since then, but so far according to investigators there have been no breaks in the case. sierra's parents are doing their befrt best to stay optimistic. >> it

i just wanna bring sierra home. >> spots a sierra -- the sierra to be here right now she was a thank-youot giving up on me. >>mark: doubt john's is soaring past the 13,000. -- dow jones is soaring past 13,000. apple's doubt returned may be coming to a halt. >>george: there are some hot spots. let's start a marin county. it is not solid red is a big drive time. wherever you see red on the map you will see it will be slow and go. it is a 53 minute drive time. normally would see things past san rafael open up but that's not the case today. hearsay evidence of a multicar crash year. typically is a sluggish pattern back to 38. back at -- looking at the bay bridges, at the upper deck of the bay bridge is 16 to 18 minutes. san mateo bridge is a problem for a. problem free. it's easy ride across the golden gate bridge. it's easy ride across the golden gate bridge. [ girl ] my mom always tells me: if you want something done right, then do it yourself. that's the idea behind our children, our future -- the ballot initiative to fix our schools. we've waited years for the politicians to do it. now,

spread the word that sierra is still missing. they understand that by now, most understand about the case but they want to turn to other avenues to get the word out. >> we'll check back for an update. stay with kron 4. our on-air coverage continues in the search for sierra lamar. >> another story we're following is in san francisco where occupy protesters have taken over the building in san francisco. let's go to our reporter, what is this building and where is it located? >> reporter: good morning. i'm located on goth and turk. this building is owned by the archdiocese, it used to be a mental health clinic and that's the whole point of the occupy, they picked the building because it's been empty for the last five years and it's just to point out how many vacant buildings in ratio to home homeless in san francisco. >>> the message is spreading from where it used to be about wall street and banking and now it's more about the homeless in this case today. >> reporter: they kind of tie it in with the fact that it was thanks to the b

da lin joined friends, volunteers and a bay area football star and a search for sierra lamar. >>da: 49ers starting quarterback alex smith actually dropped off food and water at the headquarters of the surge in morgan hill. he and his wife picked up the reflective vests similar to this one, joined the volunteers and helped search for sierra lamar. he was telling reporters, it is not about me, this search is about sierra not shift the attention away from finding her. alex and his wife were among the 508 people who took part in a search today. sheriff's deputies say they did not make any significant discoveries, but they are still waiting on forensic test results on the md tantau xbox and to use condoms that were found. the parents of sierra lamar remain hopeful and say without the support of these volunteers, they would not be able to make it through this difficult day in and they say they were surprised to see alex met this morning. >> it was very gracious. it was unsolicited. it touched their hearts, obviously and they felt a need to be here. it was great to see those high-pro

. >>> the search for sierra lamar expanded today. the new cities now being looked into and as this search effort comes to an end, what's next in the search for the missing teen. >>> a house fire in the bay area killed two people including a teenage boy but there were many others also inside. the difficult decision they made to save the life of a baby. >> and millions of the dollars are on the line tomorrow morning, the legal fight between chevron and contra costa county. the 10:00 news continues in just 90 seconds. >>> there was another massive search in the south bay to try to locate missing teenager sierra lamar. despite the efforts of volunteers and a wider search area nothing was found. sierra's mother is holding out hope for the one tip that brings answers. >> reporter: this teenager named sierra posted fliers today to bring another team with the same name. >> some people are saying she's not going to come back, and she's out by california by now. but i think she's going to come home soon. >> reporter: the missing teen has now b

. >>> three weeks and still no sign of sierra lamar. i'm bob redell. we're taking you live to morgan hill where volunteers will try another search for this missing 15-year-old girl. >>> also, the bay area's newest crime fighter does not wear a cape or tights. why police are turning to facebook to crack down on crimes just ahead. >>> taking a live look outside this morning, hp pavilion. it is friday, good friday, in fact, april 6th. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning to you and thanks for joining us. it's 6:00. >> i'm john kelley, we check in with christina loren. and as i was driving in, a spectacular full moon out there. >> the good news is it's clear and you do get a clear shot of that full moon. had we had more cloud cover this morning, it would be much warmer, but without that cloud cover, clear conditions, all the warmth from yesterday radiates back out in the atmosphere and we're left with temperatures one degree above freezing in santa rosa. gilr gilroy, as well. lots of sunshine, temps in the 60s, warmer tomorrow, your holiday weekend

initiating a new search for sierra lamar, one that's south of morgan hill. that story coming up. >>> and surprising new information about who the real intended target may have been at monday's mass shooting at a university in oakland. i'm christie smith, details coming up. >>> plus, wandering the streets all alone, a man missing more than 12 hours. >>> and a live look outside this morning, what are we in store for today? we will find out on this thursday, april 5th. this is "today in the bay." >> good thursday morning to you, and thanks so much for joining us. 6:00 right now, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm john kelley. we check in with christina loren and felt like jack frost made a visit yesterday, but is spring going to spring? >> yeah. go ahead and take that one out there. spring has sprung in the bay area. you can vividly see the flowers blooming everywhere. it's gorgeous. one of those days where taking a drive is going to be very ideal. 34 degrees, though, grab your jacket before doing so up in napa. we're headed toward a gorgeous afternoon. i'll l

investigators with the county sheriff's office says they have new information in disappearance of sierra lamar. we'll have that story coming up. >>> and the sailing community mourns five sailors killed during a race off the islands as new concerns rises about the impact it might have on the races. >>> you can get more time to file, but not to pay your bill. >>> and here's a spooky live look at the transamerica pyramid in san francisco. pretty nice, huh? on this tuesday, april 17th, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning, everybody, nothing to fear here, it is just about 4:31 on the nose. i'm john kelley. >> and i'm marla in this morning for laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning, welcome back, marla, we sure missed you. we've got fog out there this morning that could slow you down. right now, we have the densest of the fog up in the north bay. about 1/4 mile visibility up in santa rosa, but we expect these numbers to continuously fall throughout the next few hours. 70s, i'll let you know when the 80s return on my seven-day forecast. first, 4:31, let's check your drive with mike. >> it

taylor's rule. >> a decade of war reduced sierra leone to the poverty it has not yet escaped. in the heart of free town, children scavenge in a rubbish dump for bits of plastic they might sell for pennies. this patch of land is still known as amputee camp, though the camp itself is long gone. in the 1990's it was home to a tent settlement of men, women and children who had their limbs severed by machete or ax. this was the signature atrocity of the rebel army known as revolutionary united front or i.u.f. >> chopped off my foot with an ax. not one blow. about five, six times. >> he said he had heard charles taylor on the radio threatening to make sierra leone taste the bitterness of war. >> this is my conviction that everything was his doing. >> charles tail -- taylor was president of the neighboring state of liberia. he's been on trial for the last four years accused of arming, funding and directing the i.u.f. he's charged with terrorizing civilians, sexual violence, abductions and use of child soldiers. a three-hour delimb from free town, the memory of war is raw. rebels swep

meantime the daily search for sierra ended today.ext volunteer search is set for saturday. >>> another story that we're closely following, new information about the ocean rescue of several injured and stranded sailors hundreds of miles off the coast of san francisco. ktvu's jade hernandez is in alameda, where she learned the coast guard is now en route to bring the crew members to safety. >> reporter: that is right. less than had a minutes ago the u.s. coast guard launched a medevac chopper, which will evaluate how many sailors need to be airlifted for medical attention. we're live in front of a cutter similar to the one of the that the coast guard sent out as part of that rescue operation. to help out the geraldton, that is the yacht in trouble. this is video of the u.s. coast guard dropping supplies to the 70' yacht. the yacht is one of ten sailing in the clipper around the world race, which concludes late july. all other nine boats have docked at jack london square within the past two days. this is video taken a month ago of the g

now yesterday they scoured some ponds near sierra lemar's home. a video showed the coyotety creek area. sierra lemar's cell phone was discovered a few miles from her home. her electronic phone, with a pair of pants and one of those new items revealed some new leads in the case but they deadlined tell -- declined to tell us what it is. >> we are hoping it does result in something significant. >> investigators say she never made it. >> reporter: underwater searches came up empty but police are planning to send dives into another reservior and it is located five miles from sierra lemar's home. >>> a fire in antioch is being investigated this morning which started last night at 'apartment complex flex on sierra drive. two people were taken to the hospital as a precaution but firefighters say nobody is seriously hurt. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> happening now people are gathering to mark the 106th anniversary of the great earthquake and fire that destroyed much of the city. >>> they gather there every year to mark the annive

partly cloudy over the sierra.entral valley mid to upper 70s extend down to los angeles and san diego hot spot palm springs 93 today. here's kristen -- excuse me i did it too, katie. >> they start with a "k" come on, all right mike thank you. >>> time to check in with josh elliot for what is coming up on gma. good morning josh it is katie and eric. >>> yeah good morning to you kelly. great to be with you both. >> you too jack. >>> apparently now am i going foa forecast everyday so you are rubbing in california's forecast into my face everyday is that the way this is going to go? >> yeah. >> i'm con to object. >> we'll send you a jar of california -- of california air. >> don't you send me that jar and i will open it up on live television. i wait with bated breath and i'm going to breathe it in. good to see you both. obviously, we have a big show. we are going to tell you the latest about the secret service scandal, the explosive new details in the scandal that is rocking the white house. the president's men in colo

the school has been turned into the sierra search center. you see the the yellow ribbons, there is hope they need to you help them out if you can come down to tilton avenue today between 8:00 and 1:00 the klaas kids foundation will fan a place for to you search. terry mcsweeney abc7 news. >>> 6:05. new this morning funerals will be held later today for the concord father and daughter who were hit and killed by out of control suv last weekend. we have pictures of the teenager who was behind the wheel during the collision. amy hollyfield is live at the crash scene in concord. >> reporter: we were there's backed out of -- an we were there as he walked out of jail yesterday. some people told us they are disappointed he's no longer in jail. people keep coming by to bring flowers and remember the victims. some have told us they hope he faces the most serious charges available under the law. the prosecutors say it takes time to build a case that's why the 17-year-old was released from jail yesterday. investigators say they need more time before the

this is sierra lamar's morgan hill home. and teams had been searching north of there up into south san jose. but after having no luck, now the focus has shifted south to san martin and gilroy. we'll show you exactly the area that we're talking about. the terrain, and what not. and the area they're really focussing on is along santa theresa boulevard, san martin avenue, monterey highway. this is all just west of us-101, south of the airport is another area. and you can see church area and monterey road, they're really walking these banks. these are little bodies of water right here. not much out here. and most of the day thursday was spent in san martin. but they're not done. gilroy is next, and this search will continue as long as the tips keep coming in. >>> 49ers quarterback alex smith plans to rejoin the search for sierra this weekend. he and his wife were among the 581 people who joined in last saturday's search. smith surprised everybody last week, including sierra's parents. >>> ron paul spoke this evening on the cal c

>>> the public takes to facebook in a 24-hour social media vigil for missing 15-year-old sierra lamar. i'm bob redell, live to morgan hill coming up. >>> and occupiers have taken over a vacant building in san francisco. the message they're trying to send coming up. >>> a coast guard rescue far out at sea, how two injured sailors were found nearly 400 miles from san francisco. >> taking a live look outside. golden gate bridge this morning should be a nice monday morning to start up your month of april. monday, april 2nd, this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning to one and all, the time now is just about 4:31, i'm john kelly. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's first check that forecast with meteorologist rob mayeda in for christina this morning. >> the weather looking good here as we look at the temperatures, 40s outside, not too chilly, you'll need a jacket, but not too cold. and here's good news, the doppler radar is dry for this morning. nothing weather wise to slow your morning drive. temperatures hour by hour warming up close to 60 today. mid-60s for the bay, upper 60s even

. >>> 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

. -- sierra lamar. fan >>ysabel: is a wet saturday. this is video of people and alameda cover their breeding the rain, waiting for the first lady michelle obama to take the stage. " caught today is shaping up to beat a pretty day, much brighter. here's a look at the golden gate bridge. beautiful blue skies. >> there is a nice shot from the golden gate. here is a look at satellite and radar, and moisture to the east in the sierra and some down south in the monterey bay. no rain for the bay area this afternoon. we are looking for dry conditions. let's take a last at rainfall totals over the past 24 hours. for fees is an indian the wind is up to 18 mi. per hour. we will have partly sunny conditions here is a look a your current temperatures. here is will we can expect for today. this morning, partly cloudy, dry in the lazy. it drive carefully. mostly sunny this afternoon. coming up, i will let all know what to expect. how >> yesterday's storm to call across the bay area. crews in marin county use a broom bulldozer to remove dirt, mud and

and four to 8-inches of snow over if high sierra.nwhile here at home we're looking at just a few 100s a possibility. favoring the north bay, tuesday into wednesday. and then we are drying out in time for the weekend ahead. so form morning we wake up with the high clouds, we have temperatures sitting in the 40s. by afternoon increasing clouds, thicken, darken and scattered showers will be developing it will only just be a little bit. 48degrees expected tomorrow morning. san francisco, 48 in oak land, 48 for santa rosa. 46degrees san jose. your afternoon highs cooler by a few degrees than they were yesterday. could see upper 50s to low 70s once again. the extended forecast there shows you behind the rain we get additional cooling. the afternoon high but then in time for your holiday weekend widespread mid- to even upper 50s. >> how about that easter. >> looks good. >> thank you, rosemary. >> thank you. >>> the waves today weren't mavericks today but they were big nonetheless. surfers were out enjoying pretty good sized waves. the win w

and four to 8-inches of snow over if high sierra.le here at home we're looking at just a few 100s a possibility. favoring the north bay, tuesday into wednesday. and then we are drying out in time for the weekend ahead. so form morning we wake up with the high clouds, we have temperatures sitting in the 40s. by afternoon increasing clouds, thicken, darken and scattered showers will be developing it will only just be a little bit. 48degrees expected tomorrow morning. san francisco, 48 in oak land, 48 for santa rosa. 46degrees san jose. your afternoon highs cooler by a few degrees than they were yesterday. could see upper 50s to low 70s once again. the extended forecast there shows you behind the rain we get additional cooling. the afternoon high but then in time for your holiday weekend widespread mid- to even upper 50s. >> how about that easter. >> looks good. >> thank you, rosemary. >> thank you. >>> the waves today weren't mavericks today but they were big nonetheless. surfers were out enjoying pretty good sized waves. the win windo

for the sierra a lot of plans for the holiday weekend.s is 80 through kingvale through north lake. the roadway fairly clear so we're looking for conditions to be nice as you head up there >>> no chain requirements in effect. friday, saturday and sunday it gets better and better as you make your way through the next 72 hours. 44 the high today, 54 saturday and 62 sunday. conditions will stay relatively nice into the first few days of next week. so far, so good. if you haven't been up there, the sierra got a foot of snow over the last seven days so get up there and enjoy it. we'll be back with the local forecast in a little bit. >> a second red shoulder hawk was shot and killed by a pellet gun in san marteen. the california department of fish and game is trying to figure out who is responsible. the young bird may be the child of a hawk that was found dead earlier in the week. vets did not remove the pellet from the younger bird saying it would be too risky and a good chance that bird will make a full recovery. >>> the fishing rouler fishing

he is charged with waging war in neighboring sierra leone. no one disputes that rebel forces committed terrible atrocities there. the charges include murder, rape, slavery, and the recruitment of child soldiers. many had their limbs hacked off by machetes or axes. question before the court was did charles taylor order those crimes -- the question before the court was, did charles taylor order those crimes? >> the judges say he is guilty of 80 -- guilty of aiding and abetting the crimes. the charges unanimously find you guilty of aiding and abetting. he supplied -- he was applied with diamonds from the mines. he gave the rebels arms and ammunitions, in the full knowledge they would commit crimes. in 2010, the super model naomi campbell said taylor had allegedly gifted -- charles taylor argued that, as a sitting head of state, he should be immune from prosecution. the court rejected the argument. the prosecutors see the judgment as a great step forward in their fight against the immunity that heads of states have often enjoyed. >> it is a very

it is snowing heavily now in the sierra nevada. last night we picked up significant rain totals. snow totals, coming. >>> sergio is live in piedmont. >> reporter: here in piedmont in the last hour or so or moraga avenue crews were able to cut apart a tree that came to rest across the street. you can see there's a lot of dirt and what looks like the roots of the tree that's where it came down the side of the hill. one of the problems that crews are trying to assess is a lot of earth that came didn't the hill might have loosened up some of the foundations on the homes up above. they are going to assess a lot of the trouble this landslide has caused here in piedmont. police say it happened around 7:00 this morning. it gave way because the ground is over saturated because of the heavy rains. traffic is being turned around because the street is blocked off by debris and the tree. according to neighbors, when the tree came down it caused a spectacular flash of light. >> i was sitting at window doing meditation. suddenly, i saw the sun a huge glow of white light. then i looked around an

there's new word tonight of new leads in the search for sierra lamar. it comes on the night where t friends and family are marking one month since she went missing. >> reporter: as family and friends vow to continue their search there are new developments in the investigation. >> bring sierra home. >> reporter: 500 balloons were released as symbols of home, each containing a message. >> the anxiety and fear of where she is and what has happened to her is unbearable. >> reporter: sierra's parents say they gather strength from friend and volunteers who conducted numerous searches. >> if sierra could be here right now she would say, thank you for not giving up on me. >> reporter: the 15-year-old went missing a month ago, possibly when she was walking to a bus stop to go to school. test results from the crime lab has yielded new leads but they did not release details. >> it is one of those items, we can't specify as to this point as the results back from the cell phone, the results back from the clothing. from sierra's clothing or a couple of the other evid

the horse a >> or sierra was last seen. tuesday the teams from all along the coyote creek trail searching bodies of water the south bay water rates have become the focus of the search. and >>justine: will learn more details about the speed freak killers fury kron4 has obtained a videotape police interrogation footage taken after one victim disappeared in 1998. this video shows herzog being interrogated. his partner in the killings was a childhood friend, wesley shermantine. >> he would give you up in a heartbeat. you know he would. with a cover for you, never! >> what would they have to cover me for? >>justine: earlier this year, shermantine bedroom and thousand human bone fragments. fruit a well in linden after learning that shermantine would share this information, herzog committed suicide. the other big story we're watching today is the weather. the heat wave is almost here. erica has the details. >>erica: good morning. we are anticipating incendiary including the lifting of to the gorgeous weekend. as of right now, low

. >>> today there are new leads in the search for south bay teen sierra lamar. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in san jose with what detectives right now are working on. bob, good morning. >> good morning, john. we have learned of these new leads at the sheriff department they have in the disappearance of sierra lamar could have been cold from dna, hair fiber, or fingerprint evidence. but that's as specific as the sheriff's department is getting with us. the 15-year-old morgan hill girl has been missing for just over a month now. this information coming from crime lab analysis of items found in the search for her. it's not clear if this came from her purse and clothes, her cell phone, or the used condoms and empty box of handcuffs. those are all items that were found in different areas near her home in morgan hill since she disappeared march 16th. this week, investigators are continuing their searches of local bodies of water using side scan sonar and divers if necessary. yesterday, a huge crowd of sierra's family and friends marked the one month since h

we will bring you the latest coming up. >> and the search for sierra >> and the search for sierra >>rch for sierra at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call the bay area home. from funding that helped a local entrepreneur start a business... to providing grants to a nonprofit which offers job training and placement... and supporting an organization working to help the environment. because the more we do in the bay area, [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when they're smoked. [ rat squeaking ] they're dangerous long after. cigarette butts are toxic. they release chemicals that poison our water... and harm wildlife. and millions... are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] >> new questions about the intended target of an oakland university rampage. >> the search for sierra lamar, the new areas that deputies will be looking at this morning. >> skies mostly clear around the bay area, a chance of showers on the way. >> and so faso

. >> a storm brought a lot of snow to the sierra. about one to two feet of snow overnight this, morning the snow still falling by afternoon, the skies were clear. abc p ever 7 joins us from soto springs. >> there is a line set up here to close up or start gearing down and there is a then a gift fell from the sky. the he stoshl brought up to two feet of fresh snow to spots in the tahoe basin. for some that means they can extend the season by a few more weeks. donner ski ranch says it's looking to stay open until may. later closings are good news since there is no snow in december and january. >> there is a conditions that are excellent. people are interested in skiing. now is the time to hit. >> the new powder attracted visitors from far away. many thought this would be the last chance to play in the snow. this family traded in a tropical 85 degree weather for chilly sierra. it took them two and a half days to drive up here. >> to get my son into snow. yeah. that is the only reason. the snow. >> it doesn't snow near puerto vallarta? >

prosecutors have charged him with waging war in neighboring sierra leone. no one disputes that rebel forces committed terrible atrocities there including abduction, rape, slavery and the recruitment of child soldiers. civilian populations were terrorized. many had their limbs hacked off by machete or ax. the question before the court was, did charles taylor order those crimes? >> there is sufficient evidence to find beyond a reasonable doubt -- >> he was cleared of directly ordering the atrocities, but the judges decided he was guilty of aiding and abetting all the other crimes. >> we unanimously find you guilty of aiding and abetting. >> the judges said rebel forces were supplied with diamonds. charles taylor has argued that as a sitting head of state, he should be immune from prosecution. the court rejected that argument. the people of sierra leone see this in a great -- as a great step forward. >> it is a very important case for the people of sierra leone, who demanded that this court be created so they could have some measure of justice. it is a very im

it is snowing heavily now in the sierra nevada. last night we picked up significant rain totals. snow totals, coming. >>> sergio is live in piedmont. >> reporter: here in piedmont in the last hour or so or moraga avenue crews were able to cut apart a tree that came to rest across the street. you can see there's a lot of dirt and what looks like the roots of the tree that's where it came down the side of the hill. one of the problems that crews are trying to assess is a lot of earth that came didn't the hill might have loosened up some of the foundations on the homes up above. they are going to assess a lot of the trouble this landslide has caused here in piedmont. police say it happened around 7:00 this morning. it gave way because the ground is over saturated because of the heavy rains. traffic is being turned around because the street is blocked off by debris and the tree. according to neighbors, when the tree came down it caused a spectacular flash of light. >> i was sitting at window doing meditation. suddenly, i saw the sun a huge glow of white light. then i looked around an