he's described as white -- 19 to 20, thin build, slicked back short hair, brown goatee and a piercinge eyebrow. a new pilot program kicked off today. allowing bikes on bart at peak commute times. the weeklong test program allows riders to bring their bikes on any time of the day. bart will decide later whether to make the change permanent. >> new job figures from washington, the first state by state rundown of the year. the long suffering construction industry is showing signs of renewal. but california now has the country's highest unemployment rate. for the past three months, california's unemployment rate has been stuck at nine=point=eight percent. the federal bureau of labor statistics says that's nearly two points above the national average of seven point nine percent. but over the last year, california has added more than a quarter=million jobs. that's more than any other state. except texas. now let's drill down to the construction industry. nationally, employment in that sector increased by 28=thousand. one quarter of that total was in california. and thesee numbers are from j

dave brown, goatee with a piercing in his eyebrow. on the right side of his face.e of the main the driveways and bundle. a 12 year-old girl was walking home from school and bundl bunde ----pinole.. he asked if she wanted a ride and she said " no ". he tried to this is kind of a wake-up call phillipe djegal, kron 4 news. >> temperatures were pretty cool even 70 seller, and the end. nearly 80 degrees for santa rosa. santa rosa, nearly seven degrees but prerecorded be even cooler with the 70 degrees-with blowing and green for st. patrick's day. mostly clear skies wstill, some breezy windst a 30 m.p.h.! tomorrow, some patchy clouds and clearing out by 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. in the some clouds in preconditions. 20 m.p.h.-30 m.p.h. how much cooler it is going to be? coming up. >> happy st. patrick's day. >> happy st. patrick's day. officers from several >> happy saint patrick day. >> it's a great day, happy saint patrick's day. fire chief joanne hayes- white and police chief greg surh kept to tradition.leading off san francisco's saint patrick's parade this morning. follow

described at 19 to 20, 6'0", thin build, brown goatee and an eye brow piercing, he was seen driving a four-door brown car. the girl says he grabbed her by the wrist as she walked home from school. >>> following breaking news right now. thick black smoke is choking the sky over the delta, as you can see from the tower camera. this is burning near antioch on lower sherman island. this part of the island is uninhabited, so cal fire will not put any resources out there and let it burp. leigh glaser tells us winds are light in this area, up to five-miles-an-hour so we can expect to see the smoke in the air for some time until this burns out. >>> firefighters stopped a fire from spreading to any nearby homes after it broke out inside a carport in mill valley. the fire started around 2:30. firefighters saw smoke from several blocks away as they approached the scene. nobody was hurt. the flames did damage two cars. investigators are looking into what caused this fire but do not believe it's suspicious. crews also had to carefully dispose of paints and other chemicals that had been stored in t

he is described as a white, 19-20 year-old, a fan, slicked back here with a brown goatee and a piercing in one of his eyebrows. >> police have identified a man who was killed richmond bart station as 34 year-old raymond harris. harris was gunned down last thursday night outside richmond bart station. this is video from the scene. bart police and witnesses reported seeing one or two men running from the station, but no arrests have been made. police said the shooting was sparked after a fight. the fatal shooting was the third homicide of the year in richmond. last year, the city recorded its lowest numbers of murders in 11 years, with 18 people killed. >> when we come back time for an update on the market numbers. [ female announcer ] the one for all. mcdonald's dollar menu, home of the meaty, melty mcdouble you love... ♪ ...and other amazing tastes, for just a dollar each. ♪ like the bold hot n spicy mcchicken, and the new grilled onion cheddar burger topped with caramelized onions and melted white cheddar. everyday, as always, there's a lot to love for a little on mcdonald's dollar men

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the man has been described as a young, thin adult, short hair with a brown goatee and a piercing in his right eyebrow. >>> tomorrow marks a grim anniversary. sierra lamar vanished on her way to school march 16th, last year. despite countless searches by law enforcement and volunteers, there is still no sign of sierra. sergio is live in morgan hill where family and friends are planning for tomorrow's special event. sergio? >> this elementary school has basically become the sierra lamar search center, and as you can see on that board back there, they are planning a balloon released to mark the year that the 15-year-old disappeared. steve lamar, sierra's father, and a few volunteers spent the afternoon getting ready for a news conference tomorrow. for the whole lamar family, the last year has been rough. >> missing sierra, frustration, not knowing what happened to her and that part has made it a long year. >> tomorrow marks one year since 15-year-old sierra lamar disappeared. she was supposed to catch a bus to school at this intersection, but she never did. sierra's mother, marlene, notice

the man has been described as a young, thin adult, short hair with a brown goatee and a piercing in his right eyebrow. >>> tomorrow marks a grim anniversary. sierra lamar vanished on her way to school march 16th, last year. despite countless searches by law enforcement and volunteers, there is of no sign of sierra. sergio is live in morgan hill where family and friends are planning for tomorrow's special event. sergio? >> this elementary school has basically become the sierra lamar search center, and as you can see on that board back there, they are planning a balloon released to mark the year that the 15-year-old disappeared. steve lamar, sierra's father, and a few volunteers spent the afternoon getting ready for arr. news conference tomorrow. for the whole lamar family, the last year has been rough. >> missing sierra, frustration, not knowing what happened to her and that part has made it a long year. >> tomorrow marks one year since 15-year-old sierra lamar disappeared. she was supposed to catch a bus to school at this intersection, but she never did. sierra's mother, marlene, notice

the man has been described as a young, thin adult, short hair with a brown goatee and a piercing in hisbrow. >>> tomorrow marks a grim anniversary. sierra lamar vanished on her way to school march 16th, last year. despite countless searches by law enforcement and volunteers, there is still no sign of sierra. sergio is live in morgan hill where family and friends are planning for tomorrow's special event. sergio? >> this elementary school has basically become the sierra lamar search center, and as you can see on that board back there, they are planning a balloon released to mark the year that the 15-year-old disappeared. steve lamar, sierra's father, and a few volunteers spent the afternoon getting ready for a news conference tomorrow. for the whole lamar family, the last year has been rough. >> missing sierra, frustration, not knowing what happened to her and that part has made it a long year. >> tomorrow marks one year since 15-year-old sierra lamar disappeared. she was supposed to catch a bus to school at this intersection, but she never did. sierra's mother, marlene, noticed the teen

this alleged attempted kidnapping is described as a white male, 19-20, 6 feet, slicked back hair brown goatee, and a piercing in his right eyebrow. >> are you talking to registered sex offenders? >> we are doing all we can. we have had neighborhood watch leaders call us and it says that it could possibly be this person. >> police say the girl was walking home from pinole middle school. they have alerted school resource officers to spread the word at the school to inform children and parents of the incident. terisa estacio, kron 4 news. >> catherine: as you just heard, a decades-old kidnapping is still fresh on the minds of some pinole residents. the amber swartz case. 7-year-old girl was abducted back in 19-88. she vanished while playing outside her parents home. and has never been found. police believe they know who killed her -- but that suspect is now dead. right now on kron-4. and -- it's been a cloudy day around the bay -- and soon you can expect rain. when you'll need to break out the umbrella. i'm catherine heenan. >> jacqueline: take a look to differ system. is our very close and>> we

it describes a white male 19-20 years old, cn, slicked back short hair and brown goatee and a piercingof his eyebrows. >> police have identified the man was killed last week and richmond bart station at 35 year-old raymond harris. harris was gunned downthursday e rich and bart station. this is video from the scene. bart police and witnesses reported seeing one or two men running from the station but no arrest a been made. police say the shooting was sparked after a fight. for the shooting was the third homicide of the year in richmond. last year there were 11 murders. with 18 people killed. >> bart is considering proposals that would expand service in the east may possibly as far north as hercules. the proposals are meant as a way of relieving chronic traffic congestion along interstate 80. it would mean possibly adding stations north of richmond and san paolo and pinole and even farther. right now, the project is only in the idea face. if the bart road decides to--bart board decides to move toward extending service, it was still be several years for for construction could began. >> bu

described as white, 19 to 20 years old about 6 feet tall with slicked back hair and plaque hair and a brown goateeening in his right eyebrow. >>> a 97-year-old woman who was visually impaired was injured when she was struck by a car in a petaluma crosswalk. it happened just before 9:00 this morning. the driver stopped and called for help. the elderly woman identified today as mary fryman was taken to the hospital with moderate injuries. officers on the scene say the morning sun may have obscured the driver's view. >>> a fire department captain tells ktvu that an elderly driver plowed right into that store injurying four shoppers inside. the crash did major damage to the front of the store. >> right now we have an engineer out here evaluating the structural damage and we have a contractor coming out to shore it up and make repairs on it right now. >> reporter: the driver and some of the shoppers were taken to the hospital but we're told their injuries are not considered serious. police though are still trying to determine what caused the driver to lose control. >> an oakland neighborhood is cleaner

the suspect is described as having slicked down black hair with a brown goatee and piercing.iving a silver four door car. >>> also new this morning, california social services is shutting down a livermore preschool. state investigators say universal school llc was not properly licensed. the campus is dated on florence road near sunset park. there have been no reports of any criminal violations at this school. livermore police are working with the state to ensure no crimes were committed. parents have been notified of the closure. >>> there simply was not enough evidence, that ishat the army is saying about a decision to discharge a soldier instead of prosecuting him on rape charges. that soldier was the man who shot and killed two santa cruz police officers last month. he was accused of two rapes while in the army in 2006. former defense secretary leon panetta and members of congress have demanded investigations into why the military did not prosecute those cases. an army spokesman defended the decision saying in one case dna did not match. in another case, a victim could not

he's 19 to 20 years old, six feet tall with a thin build and brown goatee.has a piercing in his right eyebrow. his car is a silver four door. if you have any information who that might be, you are urged to contact pinole police. >>> it's been more than a year now since a morgan hill teenager headed to school and was never seen again. sierra lamar disappeared a year ago. march 16th. her family and friends continue searching for her every saturday. yesterday morning sierra was honored with a balloon release at the elementary school with the sierra search center is. her parents and sister were there, as well as neighbors who didn't even know her, but are affected by her loss. >> very hard. we think about her all the time. and we live out in the country, too, and it's just very difficult. we checked our property constantly. it's a horrible thing. >> the man charged with murdering sierra is scheduled to enter a plea on april 4th. >> 6:08 now. >>> a benefit fundraiser close to the heart of abc7 news was held last night in mountain view. >> congratulations! abc7 ne

he's 19 to 20 years old, six feet tall with a thin build and brown goatee.has a piercing in his right eyebrow. his car is a silver four door. if you have any information who that might be, you are urged to contact pinole police. >>> it's been more than a year now since a morgan hill teenager who was headed to school and was never seen again. sierra lamar disappeared a year ago. march 16th. her family and friends continue searching for her every saturday. yesterday morning sierra was honored with a balloon release at burnett elementary school with the sierra search center is. her parents and sister were there, as well as neighbors who didn't even know her, but are affected by her loss. >> very hard. we think about her all the time. and we live out in the country, too, and it's just very difficult. we checked our property constantly. it's a horrible thing. >> the man charged with murdering sierra is scheduled to enter a plea on april 4th. >> at 9:09 right now. >>> a benefit fundraiser close to the heart of abc7 news was held last night in mountain view. >> con

the man is described as having slicked-down short black hair, with a brown goatee and a piercing in his eyebrow, police said. at the time of the incident, the suspect was wearing a white t-shirt, black jeans, and black work-type boots, according to police. anyone with information is urged to contact pinole police (724-8950) phillipe djegal, kron 4 news. today marks one agonizing year for sierra lamar's family, friends, and volunteer searchers. one year ago.the 15-year- old vanished on her way to school in morgan hill. kron 4's mike pelton spoke with her family and shows us how they, and the communityare coping. (cheering saying, 'find sierra") >> the most important person in my life went missing. >> i did not want to live. i was reliving what happened. >> reporter: the parents are hoping that they will have answers. >> i did not believe that it would be one year and should still not be found. >> reporter: sierra lamar was seen on going to a bus stop she never made it and has not been seen cents. >> today is bringing about awareness and they cannot forget that she is still missing. how >

he's 19 to 20 years old, six feet tall with a thin build and brown goatee.e has a piercing in his right eyebrow. his car is a silver four door. if you have any information who that might be, you are urged to contact pinole police. >>> it's been more than a year now since a morgan hill teenager headed to school and was never seen again. sear are -- sierra lamar disappd a year ago. yesterday she was honored at the search center. per parents and sisters were there, as well as the neighbors affect bid her loss. >> very hard. we think about her all the time. and we live out in the country, too, and it's just very difficult. we checked our property constantly. it's a horrible thing. >>> the man charged with murdering sierra is scheduled to enter a plea on april 4th. >>> a benefit fundraiser close to the heart of abc7 news was held last night in mountain view. abc7 news anchor cheryl jennings and meteorologist mike miko and don sanchez you saw there were at the event. a ralph and auction were held it raise hone for the ronald macdonald house at stanford. it creates

he is described as white, 19 to 20 years old, then, slick black shorts here with a brown and goatee andnd one of his eyebrows. >> police have identified a man who was killed last week at the richmond bart station as 34 year-old raymond harris. harris was gunned down last arsenide all sought richmond bart station. this is video from the scene. police said that the shooting was sparked after a fight. off the fatal shooting was the third homicide of the year in richmond. >> bart is considering proposals that would expand service in the east bay possibly as far north as hercules. the proposals are meant as a way of relieving chronic traffic congestion along in a state 80. it would mean possibly adding stations north of richmond and san paulo and pinole and even farther. right now, the project is only in the " id" ideal phase. " if the bart board decides to move forward with the extending service, it could still be several years before the construction could possibly began. >> 10 years after the start of the war and i read, a new poll finds that the majority of americans believe the war was

about 6 feet tall, has slicked back hair and a brown goatee.so has a piercing in his eyebrow. ,. >>> we've just learned that the private jet carrying lindsay lohan will not arrive in time for her to get to a mandatory court hearing this morning. a judge ordered her to be at the hearing at 8:30 a.m. lohan missed her flight last night from new york to los angeles after she felt the plane was not safe. lohan did jump on a private jet overnight. but that flight was delayed and tmz is reporting it won't land at lax until 8:11. she faces charges of lying to a police officer after a carjack in los angeles in june. >>> it was like something out of the movies. two canadian inmates are back behind bars this morning after using a helicopter to escape. police say the helicopter hovered over the prison and dropped cables for the inmates to grab. they were then taken to a nearby parking lot. after a standoff, they were taken back into custody. >>> tonight, a man who helped persuade the federal government to monitor the oakland police department will be talki

about 6 feet tall, has slicked back hair and a brown goatee.as a piercing in his eyebrow. ,. >>> we've just learned that the private jet carrying lindsay lohan will not arrive in time for her to get to a mandatory court hearing this morning. a judge ordered her to be at the hearing at 8:30 a.m. lohan missed her flight last night from new york to los angeles after she felt the plane was not safe. lohan did jump on a private jet overnight. but that flight was delayed and tmz is reporting it won't land at lax until 8:11. she faces charges of lying to a police officer after a carjack in los angeles in june. >>> it was like something out of the movies. two canadian inmates are back behind bars this morning after using a helicopter to escape. police say the helicopter hovered over the prison and dropped cables for the inmates to grab. they were then taken to a nearby parking lot. after a standoff, they were taken back into custody. >>> tonight, a man who helped persuade the federal government to monitor the oakland police department will be talking a

he's described as white, 19 to 20 years old and 6'" tall with slack black brown hair and a grown goatee and has a piercing in his right eyebrow. >>> an under age drinking sting netted 12 people who purchased alcohol for minors. it targeted people. during the operation a minor stood outside liquor and convenience stores and asked people to buy them alcohol while indicating they were under age. suspects face a 1000-dollar fine and 24 hours of community service. >>> the world's best on the diamond are getting ready to face off at at&t park for the world baseball classic. christen captain is live with the fans and this globally watched event. kristin? >> reporter: the quad will take them on and the fans here streaming into at&t park you would think it was a regular season game. starting pitcher for japan is a solid right hander likely to be a big league prospect down the road. for puerto rico, mario will be starting. while the major leagues are in spring training, fans turned out for preseason baseball and kind of like the world cup where the best get to play and represent their country. it

american between 30 and 40 years old standing between 5'10", six feet tall with black hair, brown eyes and a goatee. >>> people who miss hostess snack cakes may be able to do something this summer. the bankrupt hostess bankers have chosen two investment companies to buy its snack division at five of its fract res. $410million deal still has to be proved by a bankruptcy judge. >>> sal, what is happening on the roads? >> you know it's foggy out there. and it's going to be a tough driving in some areas. if you have an extra few minutes you might want to allow them for the morning commute. northbound 280 in san jose. it looks clear. the traffic is also not bad. also the morning commute looks good on southbound 680 as you pass mission boulevard. let's go back to dave and pam. >>> coming up next in our 6:00 hour. an angry crowd marchs through the streets of berkeley. the recent death tle

american between 30 and 40 years old standing between 5'10", six feet tall with black hair, brown eyes and a goatee. >>> people who miss hostess snack cakes may be able to do something this summer. the bankrupt hostess bankers have chosen two investment companies to buy its snack division at five of its fract res. $410million deal still has to be proved by a bankruptcy judge. >>> sal, what is happening on the roads? >> you know it's foggy out there. and it's going to be a tough driving in some areas. if you have an extra few minutes you might want to allow them for the morning commute. northbound 280 in san jose. it looks clear. the traffic is also not bad. also the morning commute looks good on southbound 680 as you pass mission boulevard. let's go back to dave and pam. >>> coming up next in our 6:00 hour. an angry crowd marchs through the streets of berkeley. the recent death that led to the the demonstration. >>> also over night developments in the search for a new pope. that black smoke that tells the story. >>> and looking outside this morning can't see much because we have dense fog. coming u

suspects described as an african-american man between 30 and 40 years old, black hair, brown eyes and a goatee. he is between 5'8" and six-feet tall, weighing between 160 to 175 pounds. anyone with the information is asked to call pleasantton police. >>> palo alto police searching for a man who robbed a woman at knifepoint before sexually assaulting her. that attack happened during an arranged meeting at the glass slip per slipperi inn friday night. the victim is being described as an asian man in his 30s or 40s, medium build, between 5'5" and 5'9" tall wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt. >>> increasing patrols at one neighborhood after a suspicious man approached three young girls on their way to school. we have a sketch of the subject. take a look. he approached the girls near bell haven elementary school. police say he tried to ask them a question, but the girls kept on walking. he was last seen driving a white-colored work van. investigators say the man matches the description of a suspect wanted in an indecent exposure case that happened in the same area last month. >>> santa clara county

he's described as white, 19 to 20 years old and 6'" tall with slack black brown hair and a grown goatee has a piercing in his right eyebrow. >>> an under age drinking sting netted 12 people who purchased alcohol for minors. it targeted people. during the operation a minor stood outside liquor and convenience stores and asked people to buy them alcohol while indicating they were under age. suspects face a 1000-dollar fine and 24 hours of community service. >>> the world's best on the diamond are getting ready to face off at at&t park for the world baseball classic. christen captain is live with the fans and this globally watched event. kristin? >> reporter: the quad will take them on and the fans here streaming into at&t park you would think it was a regular season game. starting pitcher for japan is a solid right hander likely to be a big league prospect down the road. for puerto rico, mario will be starting. while the major leagues are in spring training, fans turned out for preseason baseball and kind of like the world cup where the best get to play and represent their country. it's p

witnesses say he had reddish-brown side burns with a light mustache and a goatee. if you have any information, you are urged to call livermore police. >>> the search continues tonight but still no sign of a well-known bay area baseball coach. he's wanted on child molestation charges. kaufman is accused of molesting a teenage boy and secretly filming another boy in a bathd room. today, investigators told us he drugged another one of his victims. he has run baseball programs for years incluls palo alto and san jose. he owns a popular batting cage facility in san leandro. >> there's usually kids working there. they have kids working there, also. teenagers. i've been in there -- they have young high school kids working in there. >> it's just a shock to me. i mean, it's insane. >> no sign of kaufman. his home has been empty. >> san jose has a legal attempt to prevent the oakland as from moving south. the state files a report saying the city illegally obtained the land. the redevelopment agency appropriately dissolved $120 million in assets. that included several parts o

he has black hair, brown eyes and a goatee. >>> a sacramento couple is being charged with running anonal phone trafficking ring worth $4 million. the 39-year-old man and his wife are accused of recruiting homeless people to buy hundreds of smartphones with fake contracts. prosecutors say the couple then shipped the phones to hong kong and sold them for as much as $2,000 each. >>> san francisco's district attorney is pushing the cell phone industry to change how it deals with stolen phones. george gascon want the cell phone companies to disable phones that are reported stolen. he says that would make cell phones a less valuable target for thieves. it's a program that's already in place in other countries, including australia. right now, about half the robberies in san francisco involve cell phones. >>> this is interesting -- a new report shows almost 80%, 80% of young americans between the ages of 12 and 17 sewn a cell phone and nearly half of them are smartphones. that's having a big effect on how these young people access the web. the pew institute survey finds one in four young peo

he has black hair, brown eyes and a goatee. >>> a sacramento couple is being charged with running anhone trafficking ring worth $4 million. the 39-year-old man and his wife are accused of recruiting homeless people to buy hundreds of smartphones with fake contracts. prosecutors say the couple then shipped the phones to hong kong and sold them for as much as $2,000 each. >>> san francisco's district attorney is pushing the cell phone industry to change how it deals with stolen phones. george gascon want the cell phone companies to disable phones that are reported stolen. he says that would make cell phones a less valuable target for thieves. it's a program that's already in place in other countries, including australia. right now, about half the robberies in san francisco involve cell phones. >>> this is interesting -- a new report shows almost 80%, 80% of young americans between the ages of 12 and 17 sewn a cell phone and nearly half of them are smartphones. that's having a big effect on how these young people access the web. the pew institute survey finds one in four young people sa

witnesses say he had redish brown side burns with a light mustache and goatee. >>> santa clara county will host its second gun buy back event tomorrow morning in east san jose. the first was held earlier this month and paid out $114,000 to residents bringing in handguns, rifles and assault weapons. tomorrow's event will run from 8:00 a.m. to noon. authorities say guns should be brought unloaded in the trunk of a car or the bed of a truck. >> report findings against two oakland county members could cost both of them their seats. larry read and desley brooks interfered with a $2 million construction contract. courtney rubie says her audit proves both read and brooks broke the law when they reportedly directed staff to push a $2 million demolition contract at the oakland army base toward turner group construction. now, this report claims brooks violated the city's charter 12 times, reed, one time and another by one of his staff members. >> this is clearly coercing and influencing the contracting process. >> i should have just voted on it and didn't open my mouth and speak out because now