live in san jose, i'm damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, damian.nd traveling on b.a.r.t. on the weekends could soon be a lot cheaper. the transit agency may slash fares up to 50% on saturdays and sundays. b.a.r.t.'s director says moneys can still be made even if the new rates are approved. the proposal will be up for discussion over the next few months as b.a.r.t. works on its new budget. >>> in today's "health matters," a couple of things to think about as you sit down to dinner tonight. first, men who have a soda each day may be increasing their risk for heart problems. guys who drank a 12-ounce sugar-sweetened drink each day had a 20% increased risk for premature death. this is according to harvard researchers. this risk existed even after they accounted for other factors that influence heart health like smoking and family history. artificially sweetened drinks were not found to increase the risk. and this sounds like an ad for chick-fil-a, but tonight new information shows that if you substitute chicken for red meat you can lower your risk of c

damian trujillo is live in san jose with the latest.od morning, laura. the san jose war memorial had been boarded up but yesterday the volunteers and the contractor put the finishing touches on the restoration of the san jose war memorial. vandals shattered three of these glass panels, each worth about $18,000. we brought a vietnam veteran out here and he told us it was one of the most disgusting things he witnessed and he saw a lot. volunteers got together and able to restore the memorial. the expensive glass panels were replaced with cheaper more durable glass. now each costs about $2,000 instead of 18. so the memorials of our men and women will again be in full display in the center of downtown san jose. in a couple weeks there will abrededication of the new memorial but you're getting the first look here on nbc bay area. we don't know if they were anti-war protesters or regular vandals but police have not made arrests. in any case t rededication of this war memorial will begin in a couple of days. i'm damian trujillo, "today in the

i'm damian trujillo, "today in the bay." >> 5:03 now. this morning we're learning more about the final moments leading up to the shooting of a hell's angels member allegedly by another club member. steve ruiz is charged with killing steve townsend for another hell's angel. in filings police same that ruiz was severely beaten by two men including townsend just before the shooting. ruiz is reportedly punched, kicked and knocked to the grown. it appears that ruiz shot townsend as he stood over him. >> police are asking for help to catch a suspect in a series of armed robberies. take a look at the sketches. the man suspected in two robberies last month at terra linda gas stations. both happened in broad daylight. one caught on surveillance video. you can see in this video the suspect walking up to the cashier at gateway gas on february 14th. he pulls out a gun, demands money, then he takes off on foot. police believe the same man hit a union 76 gas station on the 28th. >> the berkeley student gravely injured after he fell from the second flo

>>> i'm damian trujillo live in san francisco where the area surrounding friday's mass killings remains a crime scene. i will have the latest coming up. >>> the cry for justice in the killing of a florida teenager reaches the bay area. we'll tell you about two rallies planned today in two different cities. obama's healthcare overhaul hits the high courts. a live look at what's on the line. >>> and give you a lovely shot outside. a live look at san francisco. some clouds in the sky. it is dry right now. meteorologist christina loren says brace yourself, look for rain the rest of the week. the news at 11:00 starts now. >>> good morning, everyone. thank you very much for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm marla tellez. we begin with new details emerging from a grisly crime scene in san francisco. police haven't released the identities of the five killed in a home friday, but they have made an arrest and released new information about their murders. damian trujillo is following that development live from san francisco in the ingleside neighborhood. good morning. >> reporter: good mornin

we're live in gilroy, i'm damian true hill low, nbc bay area news. >>> late this afternoon, nbc news confirmed the identity of the soldier going on a killing spree in afghanistan. is he army staff sergeant robert bales he is married and has two children. he joined after the terrorist attacks on september 11th. he was deployed to afghanistan in december after spending three duties of service in iraq. he suffered a tra mat particular head injury in a crash as well as a foot injury in a separate incident. nbc nightly news will have the latest on bales at 5:30 right after this newscast. >> a bay area police department wants its own chief investigator. we're telling you why, coming up. >> when you see something wrong, tell him. that's not right. >>> and the parents of a college student who took his own life speaks out after his roommate is convicted of spying on his love life and posting it online. >>> i'm scott budman. on the same day apple releases its i pad, a radio program admits it has problems with apple. >>> i'm jeff raineer ree. we're tracking heavier rainfall right now moving rig

damian? >> good evening. that will take place in about an hour from now. the flowers keep arriving to the home of the gutierrez family. last week, last tuesday, martha was reported missing by the family. the next day what happened here at the home as the police came over and found abel gutierrez shot his 11-year-old sister and turned the gun on himself. this morning police discovered the body of martha who was missing for more than a week. they found her near holster off highway 156 near the county line. they found her there and they recovered her body and brought her back to the coroner's office in santa clara county. abel served several tours in iraq and he had suffered from post traumatic stress disorder. he was being treated for that at the va hospital in washington state. they never suspected that anything like this would happen although neighbors told me in the past that he was seen playing russian rule et with not sure if it was a loaded gun, but it was a gun outside the home. they knew something was a miss. they discovered the body of martha gutier

damian trujillo is live at the girl's high school where she never showed up for class friday. sadly, this is a big mystery? >> reporter: it is, john. police can't determine if it is an abduction or run away case. they're still piecing the pieces together. right now, a worried mother is waiting for word from her 15-year-old while investigators are here, speaking with students at this high school. they have been here since 7:00 this morning, when deputies arrived at the high school. they'll speak with deputies and staff to see if anyone has seen the sophomore. marlene lamar last saw her daughter friday morning at 6:00 a.m. when sierra left for school. but sierra never made it to the high school. investigators say there are no signs of a struggle and no indications foul play may be involved. search teams spent most of the past two days looking for sierra in the fields around her home. other than the cell phone and laptop, they have little to go on. they're running forensic tests on both items. we spoke with her mother an hour and a half ago. >> no way she could have run away? >>

damian and family, nice work there. >>> it's no secret it's friday.s the final day of the financial quarter. >> well, good morning. technically, march doesn't end until midnight saturday, but today's the last business day of the first quarter and the markets have done very well. now, assuming there are no major catastrophes today, the nasdaq index will be up for the quarter more than 20%. it's best first quarter performance in almost 25 years. now we continue to watch those local companies which started trading this week. vo, kr era communications fell after a big run-up after the last couple of days and cafe press trading about even. so april 1st falls on saturday this year, but we still expect high-tech companies to announce all kinds of new projects nonetheless. things like the google moon base and google announcing it will open offices on the moon back in april 1, 2007 warning potential job applicants that due to the distances involved the moon offices would have shortages of soy lattes and oxygen. google writes it's an april fool's joke. on april

live in san francisco, damian trujillo , nbc bay area. >> a lot of mystery to go with it.y there's no suspect, and maybe not a suicide. has anybody talked about a natural gas leak or something of that sort? >> no. i think they're treating it as a crime scene. i don't think they feel it is an accident by any means. there were gunshots heard in the area. the chief won't say whether that's the case. we have officers on the perimeter of the neighborhood talking to neighbors about what's going on. we'll keep you posted. >> okay, they don't think a killer is on the loose. >> interesting. >> we will be following it all day. check at nbcbayarea.com for the latest. >>> coming up, free ride for everyone. new initiative to get free tuition on the ballot. [spring releases] boing...boing (sir can-a-lot) excuse me, madame. [giggles] i only intended to punch up your potatoes with the flavor of glorious spam! (woman) oh... i never thought of that. (sir can-a-lot) i wouldn't be here if you had, madame. (ancr) break the monotony. for more fun ideas visit spam.com. >>> we'll give you another

live in san jose, damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> it is a sparkling new building. we'll see when it finally opens. >>> let's turn things over to jeff ranieri to find out if our roads are going to be a little glistening from all the rain that's coming. >> yeah. it's going to be slick and slippery, especially as we get out to the next 48 hours. today, we had some 70s here. 73 in the almaden valley. 64 in san rafael. in terms of the storm track, we are starting to see this shift now right across northern and also southern oregon at this point. that is bringing some onshore flow to us. let's take you outside to our sky cam. across the golden gate bridge is a little bit of drizzle at times today. low cloud cover is going to persist with areas of patchy fog. not so much from a heavy storm that's coming in tonight, but just from that onshore flow. back to our maps, the storm track position just over us, we're talking about some flooding potential of rains up near redding, red bluff, chico, into the southern oregon in medford, that could produce anywhere from 3 to 6 inches

it was the viral success of charlie bit me that inspired damian kolier to start a viral video managementompany. >> i call them accidental content owners because 95% of them have found themselves in this position by mistake, uploading a video to youtube and there they are, all of a sudden owning a valuable piece of copyright. >> reporter: a charlie iphone app is in the works and are so charlie children's books. other owners of viral video are caching in too. a bank used this video to promote paperless statements. an internet security company uses laughing babies to promote protection. and there's the deer-chasing dog in london, soon to be the subject of a where's waldo-style children's book. >> generally we find animals and babies, like the world over, are popular, and when you look at america's funniest home videos or you've been framed, those tend to be the videos that people can gravitate towards. there's no science to it in truth. >> reporter: but no viral video comes close to the viewership of charlie bit me. do you still bite his fingers? >> he don't let me. >> those teeth look powe

. >> this is damian when he was just 4 years old.re that he could go to college some day. >> in 2006 my mom passed and i got an inheritance from her. >> james took his inheritance to wells fargo bank and put $25,750 into a college fund that could earn tax-free interest. >> she told me if they invested it aggressively, it could earn up to $10,000 in five years. >> that sounded great. however, years later when damian was ready to use it, his dad got a pretty big shock. the college fund was gone. >> we don't have no record of this account, are you sure you opened it at this bank? >> wells fargo said the college fund simply did not exist. james had lost his own paperwork over the years, and now hee1 couldn't prove he had opened his account. his $25,000 had simply disappeared. >> i felt like you've got to be kidding me. i felt like i gave someone my money, someone that i trusted that's supposed to be taking care of this that knows more about it than i do, and they are just telling me that we don't have it. >> james tried for more than a y

damian trujillo is live outside a home on minto court in san jose, repairs already underway? >> that's right. there are two programs in the city of san jose that allow homeowners to make repairs. one them gives you $5,000 for emergency repairs that program is free. this one behind me is going through a second program in the city of san jose, where you can get up to $55,000 through a zero percent interest loan. that money you only pay back when you sell your home. >> it smelled like something was burning in here, my husband had to cut the wires. >> linda cortese says her kitchen is unsafe and unhealthy. just look at her sink, her cabinets and her floor. >> look at the floor. it's -- there's probably three, four, five, six tiles on top of one another. >> reporter: the home may qualify for a special city loan up to 55 grand. and linda may never have to pay it back. >> when they do sell their home or the property changes title, they will be asked to pay the loan back. but at zero interest. >> reporter: meaning it will all be settled by the title company, nothing comes out of lind

damian lewis was there. the president says "homeland" is his new favorite show. and mr.ng himself, george clooney, was there without a date. >> everybody is going the start talking. >>> for all of you into fashion, the first lady was wearing a teal marchesa gown. >>> won wade is obsessed with white house memorabilia. this is him in a reply c replic oval office. >> he drives a car jfk used in his final months in office. his wife and daughters dress up like the kennedy women when they ride if the car. >>> now for a moment of unadulterated joy. take a look. >> that's little lennon speaking out as he experiences bubbles for the first time. he can't believe his young eyes. >> doesn't take much to impress a toddler. [ groans ] pssst! don't go in there! it's your surprise party and we want this hair color to be party ready. let's get some dimensional color. now!? what if it comes out wrong? [ gigi ] nice 'n easy gets your right color every time. guaranteed. in one step get tones and highlights for a gorgeous result. now, go party! surprise! surprise! surprise! surprise! i had n

we're live in san jose, i'm damian trujillo. >> cal train is heading for a makeover. in the next eight years or so cal train track also become electric making way for quieter, faster, and more efficient cars. as today's vote by the metropolitan transportation commission is the first step in the modernization process which has been in the works for years. the project will use a mix of local, regional and federal funding and rely on a partnership between several transit agencies, cities, and counties. >>> still ahead here at 6:00, the story you'll see only on nbc bay area. students suspended after a cheating scandal rocks a local high school. how it could affect their college career. >>> i'm scott budman. coming up after the break, a local job fair that's full of holes and a big day for bay area ipos and we're just getting started. >>> and be warned. police searching for suspects connected to a new scam which targets certain women. >>> and, good evening, i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. the storm track is starting to lift just off to the north and th

ads damian mcginnis now reports from the capital. >> >> this is how the commute to work ended a few weeks ago. he survived as his two bodyguards were killed. it's a sign the powerful criminals want to stop the government anti-corruption drive. >> the assassination attempt is viewed by a lot of people as something that can fundamentally -- something that could fundamentally affect the stability here. >> this was once a tropical playground for soviet elite. today the ongoing conflict with neighboring georgia which sees it as georgiain' country sees it hard to travel or trade with neither side backing down. >> unless they reverse their policy, we will have conflict forever with the two. >> the scars of the war of independence with georgia are still visible. in the early 1990's, tens of thousands of people were killed and many forced to flee their homes and disaster which the region is still struggling with today. the worry is major unrest could spur another conflict. in 2008 fighting in another part of the area of georgia led to a war between russia and georgia in which the west was almost d

damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> in other news, the highly anticipated foxconn report is out. foxconn is the chinese factory that makes many apple devices from the iphone to the ipad. the exclusive interview with the author of the report and joins us live with the details. >> reporter: the fair labor association went to china to investigate apple and the foxconn factory where apple products are made. fla did the first independent audit of the foxconn factories where the majority of ipads and iphones are put together. they released their findings this afternoon. 60 hour work weeks at foxconn are not uncommon and employees often work seven days in a row. they did what they call the equivalent of a full body scan of the chinese manufacturing facility. >> what we found pretty much what you would expect to find from a factory in china, they are working too many hours, too many overtime hours in particular. there are issues of workers engagement, participation in the trade union, and there are areas of health and safety which could be tightened up. >> apple responded to the report t

. >> arthur damian, step up. bring all your property with you. take your hat off. >> the routine is much the same as it was five years earlier when we visited rikers. men habitually in trouble with the law, cycling in and out. we met damian arthur in 1999 on his fifth visit to rikers. >> you get used to it after a while. once they get back in, you know your surroundings. you feel more comfortable after a while. >> what will now happen is that we will go through our strip search procedure. >> you can't have the boots here. what size you wear? >> 8 1/2. >> guess what, 10 is going to be your lucky number. >> we will take his other property, secure it, his civilian attire, until he's discharged from the facility. in the meantime, he will wear a green uniform throughout his stay in this facility. and that way, we can easily identify him. >> once an inmate is admitted, if he's not considered violent, he shares a dormitory with about 50 other inmates. some do maintenance work around the island. some work in the prison's bakery. >> we provide 88,000 loav

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. >>> our own damian trujillo along with his family and friends made and delivered lunches to workersn the south bay today. it was in honor of cesar chavez, a man who dedicated his life to improving working conditions for migrant workers. he also emceed an event for commune activities. that event was put on by the chavez family vision, a foundation that gives scholarships to students dedicated to social justice. look at that. every year. >> terribly cute kids. we'll be right back. >>> will you turn off your lights? tomorrow night the world's most iconic landmark will go dark in honor of earth hour. the goal is to raise awareness about climate change and some of the landmarks switching off lights are here in the bay area, including the bay bridge. other landmarks participating -- the empire state building, the eiffeltower, even the great wall of china to name a few. hundreds of millions of people around the world will take part in earth hour. it's from 8:30 to 9:30 at night. last year more than 5,000 cities and towns in 135 countries participated in the event. >> that's really neat. bu

. >>> un gran cazó revel u olvo en l noches de looscar.l actor mecanono damian. > y jennifer lópez dóregre primer impto >> venidos prir pacto y co fotos llegaron an tribunaln miami, l miar de 2 mujes que murieron cuando el pad d ntaneyuiz perdió el control su camtaac7 meses y laopeln u >>tentaanza u acuerdo cola fislía de manera q nuncie au lcia de couc de ra y pague una multae 500 dólares ha dio que s s trató de lantablecciden y erea una demanda civil. >>> en repúbli dominicana, solicita que el cantan omega sencarcelado y embargos sus bienes y u empresario artísticos lo acusae estaf e inculimiento dcontrato, formulóa solicitud, porquel arsta ido citad e 4 oportunidade y no s ha presentado a declarar >>> nuestr queridoon ancisco,ormaarte del salón de la familide l ak desem y de aes y cicias de la televisión pasemos con cia a l a un jera q nos amplí >>> buenas >>> solamee 150 personas tienen elonor de formar parte delalón de la fama de las ciena y ars sal visin. y donrancis es primer presentador hispano de ser parte de este seleo gro. > este fue el emotivo momento que don francisco ici

live in san francisco, i'm damian trujillo. >>> the efforts to find the 15-year-old morgan hill girl expanded today with the fbi stopping and questioning drivers. nbc bay area marianne favro joins us live. >> reporter: around 2:30 this afternoon, fbi agents and sheriffs' investigators went inside the home. then a short time later, fbi agents did a shoulder-to-shoulder mini grid search on the side yard. after that, we saw marlene lamar, her mom and her boyfriend, rick gardner get in the car and they took off for a while and they came back. the mother did not appear distraught. at this point we still do not know if investigators have found sierra lamrar. her mother believes the sharks jersey is the same shirt search and rescue teams found inside her purse in a field near sierra's home. today marlene lamar made a plea to anyone who might know where her daughter is. >> if somebody is holding her, find it in your hearts to release her. >> reporter: sierra left this home one week ago for school and hasn't been seen since. this morning fbi agents stopped motorists near sierra's home hoping

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they say that ringleader was damian floyd. floyd and the other suspects are charged with buying cocaine in baltimore city and then reselling it in the allatoona, pennsylvania area. that's about five pounds during the course of a week mostly on a corner bar or a grill. police say the operation dealt about $2 million worth of the coke. it's expected to be one of the largest drug busts in the allatoona regions. >>> the man dubbed as the east coast rapist faced three women targeted for the alleged acts. detectives say that aaron thomas is responsible for those rapes and other acts on 17 women all the way from virginia to connecticut over the span of a decade. a hearing -- there was a depend 10cy hearing, however, tomorrow's attorney didn't speak out about that at all. he says he's engage inside self- destructive behavior and has decided not to communicate him. it could go to trial in april. >>> a piece of history is on its way down in the baltimore inner harbor. the carousel is being taken down. the owner, richard knight had plann

el actor mexicano damian. >>> y jennifer lópez dejó a los memos miembros de la cámara en un evento, queeron cuando el padre del cantante rey ruiz perdió el control de su camioneta hace 67 meses y lasprtropel impacn un centro comercial. >>> intenta alcanzar un acuerdo con la fiscalía de manera que renuncie a su licencia de conducir de por vida y pague una multa de 5.000 dólares el ha dicho que se trató de un lamentable accidente y enfrenta una demanda civil. >>> en república dominicana, solicitan que el cantante omega sea encarcelado y embargados sus bienes y un empresario artísticos lo acusa de estafa e incumplimiento de contrato, y formuló la solicitud, porque el artista ha sido citado en 4 oportunidades. y no se ha presentado a declarar >>> nuestra querido don francisco, forma parte del salón de la familia de la ak desem ya de artes y ciencias de la imer impactounivision@@primer i jems, para que nos amplíe. >>> buenas. prim >>> solameer impactounivision@@ ciencia y artes de la sale visión. y don francisco es el primer presentador hispano de ser parte de este selecto grupo. >>> este fu

live in south san jose, i'm damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >>> now let's take you to the east bay. look at this, the flames dramatic. tonight an apartment building next to the uc berkeley campus is a burned-out shell. so dangerous it's threatening neighboring buildings. the predawn fire gutted the three-story complex on dwight way just a few blocks from the cal campus. even now it's so unstable that the two buildings next door are red tagged. four more buildings have yellow tags, which limits access. that leaves about 50 residents, many of them students, all of them now displaced. they have also lost valuable notes and books inside the building. while no one was hurt, the neighborhood, needless to say, was shaken up. >> everything is like yellow and red. i am a single dad with four kids, so it's time to run. >> run they did. the fire was around 4:00 a.m. dwight way was closed most of the day and still no word on the cause of this blaze. >>> it is one of the most toxic sights in the nation and it is right in our backyard. divers took a plunge at the site at the lawrence channel in

i wrote down two words here when working with damian and chloe on our staff about the formulation of questions, and two words that i think make sense for what we're trying to do. at least what i hope we can do. one is solidarity and one is commitment. that we need to figure out a way to not just express outrage and not just talk about solidarity, but figure out ways to, in fact, bring about a policy or a strategy that will demonstrate that will prove in a sense our solidarity with the syrian people. that's one priority. the other is commitment to a number of things. a number of priorities, but commitment especially to humanitarian and medical assistance. if we're going to say as i think it is the consensus position, that this should not be a military engagement on our part, if we say that, we better get the other parts right. and the other parts are humanitarian and medical assistance. so my first question is for mr. feltman. i know the friends of syria, a meeting took place and that was very positive and i know we have a commitment of $10 million to the refugees and the idps, but i

partners say damian floyd is accused of being the ringleader. investigators say about five pounds of cocaine have been sold in a week and has a street value of about $2 million. >>> news time now 6:05. we've learned this morning nearly 2000 people could have jobs in western maryland. the maryland petroleum council says western maryland could be home to more than 350 new natural gas wells. economists say the wells could bring in an estimated $440 million over a 30-year period. that proposal is still awaiting approval. >>> anne arundel county police are trying to track down a man who robbed a woman outside of a chesapeake academy. that woman told police that she was walking towards the school's entrance on wednesday when the man grabbed her purse and knocked her to the ground. he jumped in a car and took off. police say that man was in the main office of the school before the robbery took place, asking for information about enrollment. anne arundel county police would like to hear from you. you can reach them at 410-222- 6155 or you can always cal

. >> reporter: police arrested four men, william smith, damian marbury, gerard brun and samuel afuwaca, all charged with theft. the attorney for the shop says the police have it all wrong. >> all of the items that were confiscated belong to them. en think you'll find out that there is no connection. >> reporter: police also found more than a dozen large bottles of tide liquid detergent. >> the liquid tide story has gone national. it is such a problem across the country. >> reporter: some retailers are putting anti-theft devices on containers that can retail for close to $20. paul wagner, fox 5 news. >> it is amazing what people will get for something hike that. >> we have reported on the tide just as she was saying. it is a big problem. >>> fox 5 is helping you celebrate a big centennial down at the tidal basin. >> a lot of us wearing pink today to sort of symbolize our big day out at the tidal basin. tucker barnes, you are out there. you got the punk tie too, my friend. >> good morning. -- you got the pink tie too, my friend. >> good morning. this is the pick. week weather-wise to get

i'm damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >>> it's a bad day for the parents of a student who was founduilty. the wrongful death civil suit was brought by the parents of a student who died that day. they awarded $4 million to each family. however, state law caps awards at $100,000. the parents say their children would be arrive today if virginia tech university police and administrators had warned the campus of two shootings in a dorm two hours earlier before the killer ended his shooting spree. >>> the u.s. soldier accused of gunning down 16 gachb villagers has been flown out of the country. the soldier remains unidentified pending formal charges from the weekend shooting spree. he's accuse of leaving his base, firing on villagers before burning their bodies. u.s. troops took him into custody. nbc news has learned the soldier then uttered the words "i did it." he was flown to a holding facility. meanwhile u.n. officials are investigating a truck crash near a runway where leon panetta was landing today. an afghan man breached security after he stole a truck. u.s. intelligence is trying

live at the base of the santa cruz mountains, damian trujillo. >> the saturated growned is causing trees to topple over. sometimes with deadly results. a uc berkeley student was killed this morning in oakland after a tree collapsed on highway 13. 19-year-old kevin lockinlauni from san leandro hit the tree. he and his passengers got out of the car and moved to the shoulder, but then a truck came by hitting the tree and killing lockinlauni. >>> another storm is on its way in. we're tracking that storm, we'll bring you an update coming up, including the flooding one popular family attraction. >>> we want to show you some developing news in p alwhe alato, erwha helicopter is on its forcetoter t fceord m expernced engeaytho te on waye ai t.orrp wato airport. l pan idthn did te thghway 101.hi ap happening hig r bhte rigef b 5:00. the pilot was the only one on board and he's not injured. >>>ed iraq war may have taken innocent lives here at home. police say a veteran of the war who suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder killed his 11-year-old sister. nbc's mary ann favreau has more. >> repo

live in south san jose, damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> better watch out. the slasher is it back. four more cars had their tires slashed in palo alto. the latest incident follows a string of incidents last saturday where 54 cars found their tires slashed. police continue to have increased patrols around the same neighborhood. they're asking if you know anything, you can leave an anonymous tip for them on their voice mail line. >>> a measure that would regulate the medical marijuana industry. advocates are trying to find a way to fight an ongoing crackdown on medicinal marijuana. leaders ran out of time to get something on the ballot. now they're putting their resources into radio and tv spots, urging lawmakers and the governor to pass regulations about how medical marijuana outlets in california should be able to operate. >>> this weekend undocumented students will be on the move, kicking off a 3,000 mile walk across the country supporting the dream act. their students and supporters will begin their trek saturday afternoon. they plan on walking across 13 s

for now we are live in san francisco, i'm damian trujillo. >> thank you, a troubling story indeed. >>> we're continuing to follow an officer involved shooting we first reported last night. a pair of undercover detectives opened fire on a fugitive when he tried to escape by car in antioch. they recognized 26-year-old david lopez yesterday afternoon in southeast antioch. lopez was wanted for a parole violation. undercover officer used his unmarked car to follow him to a home on east 13th street. when they approached the vehicle. lopez allegedly backed his car out nearly hitting both detectives. that's when they said they opened fire. lopez later died at a nearby hospital. a 25-year-old woman exited the car safely before the shooting. >>> new at 6:00, some of the wind has been taken out of its sails. the america's cup is down siding before the races even begin. today america's cup organizers announce they're finalizing agreement with the city of san francisco that will lead to organizational changes and staff reduction. the reductions will impact 14 people in san francisco and another 14

i'm damian trujillo. >>> a medical mistake left a woman a quadriplegic. in a medical malpractice lawsuit a judge awarded robin frankel $22 million in damages. the palo alto daily news says the 48-year-old had gone to the foundation in 2006 to be treated for migraines. doctors performed an angiogram on her but they say the procedure was unnecessary and paralyzed her from the neck down. the money will help frankel pay for her care. the state assemblyman representing san bruno says the request to offset some of its fines is absurd. this week pg&e said it has spent more than $220 million on pipeline tests and other projects as a result of the blast and it wants credit for that. pg&e wants to apply that money to the $200 million in fines it expects to be levied as a punishment for the 2010 pipeline blast which killed eight people and destroyed 88 homes. jerry hill says the only thing that would be more absurd than the offer, if it were accepted. >>> let's turn your attention to the weather now. hopefully you didn't pack away that umbrella because, yes, rain is

nbc bay area's damian trujillo is live in our satellite center as locals might soon see an influx of new ads and really what a lot of people are hoping for is new revenue. >> reporter: that's it. you can expect those presidential hopefuls to spend millions of dollars in california if they're still battling it out in june. all indications are that they will, which means a barrage of adds and commercials in your newspapers and on your television. ♪ >> reporter: the song is a custom at every san jose rotary meeting. another mainstay is hilbert morales, the publisher of the weekly newspaper. you got feelers out? >> i've got a lot of feelers out there. >> reporter: he's talking about advertising feeler at his newspaper, hoping to hook some republican presidential hopefuls. >> yes, i would hope so because after all, a little bit of money gives us the license to keep on keeping on. good luck. >> reporter: morales might have that shot now that it seems california will play a role in selecting the man who will challenge president obama head-on. >> it's important when a state is relevant in th

here's nbc bay area's damian trujillo. >>> we'll be making stops -- >> reporter: this is where families come to say hello and good-bye. granted the transit center is no grand central, not yet. >> but the station has a wonderful opportunity to develop into really a grand station for san jose and silicon valley. >> reporter: the city is still banking on the as moving next door to the train station. add retail space and housing in the adjacent parking lot next to the h.p. pavillion and all of a sudden -- >> really creating something like a times square that's really a celebration zone that people around san jose and silicon valley would come to. and where you'd have your new year's eve celebration or hopefully a celebration of stanley cup victory for the sharks. >> reporter: a new santana rose says the city's transportation director, then there's a planned 49ers stadium in neighboring santa clara linked by light rail. projects that have proponents predicting the south bay will become a nationwide sports and entertainment mecca. >> it's very good. very good location and good for people. it'

today in the bay's damian joins us in morgan hill where the teenager failed to show up for classes on friday. good morning, damien. >> reporter: good morning, laura, it's unclear if there'll be any search today or how extensive that search will be. we'll keep you posted. but you're right, nobody has heard from sierra lamar since she disappeared on friday. they spent the last two days looking for her in the fields next to her house. her mother says sierra has never run away and showed no indications she was attempting to do so. her cell phone is now dead so deputies are not able to track it. the 15-year-old left for school friday morning at 6:00 a.m. just like any other day. but her mother wasn't notified until late friday that sierra never showed up at her high school. so she dialed 911 and the search began. deputies say the other troubling thing is there are no witnesses. no one has seen or heard from sierra since she left home. >> it's just out of character. she always, you know, maintains contact and sometimes i'll have to text her twice to get a response, but she always texts back

if you were sitting across the table from the president, you would be warren buffett and damian lewissome other guests that attended the dinner and that we thought on the list, a couple of senators. senator richard lugar. john kerry. they all brought their wives. patrick kennedy, who was at the press club yesterday -- we covered his talk yesterday. he was at the dinner. martin o'malley was also there. center clare mccaskill, as well. antonin scalia was there, as well. if your interested, that is all in "the washington post." this is from "the new york daily news." this is what the obamas gave the camerons -- host: that is all about the state dinner last night. you can watch it on c-span that organ -- c-span.org. thank you for holding. what you think about celebrities and public policy? caller: good morning. i think it is great. many years ago, my son wrote a paper that outlined the human atrocities going on in our four. this never emerges in the general news. you never hear about the things that are going on. i think something like this -- anybody get -- bringing like to this horrible

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there are starving artists and then there's damian. he's made millions.o determines the price? the answer may surprise you. for $150 you could own a pet shark. so with all the sharks in the sea, how did this one reel in $12 million? >> art is one of the most expensive handmade things on the face of the earth. a little boy sitting -- >> art critic jerry saltz said bad art can cost a lot of money if people want it. >> i think 85% of the earth that i see is grab. the big shark is not great art, but what a sight that is. >> reporter: 20 years ago british born artist paid to have this 14'shark caught off the coast of australia, $2,100 to have it shipped on ice in the uk and another $8,000 to have it stuffed and fermented in a tank of formaldehyde. he called it "the impossibility of death in the mind of someone living." >> i think people buy art that a lost other people buy. maybe it's like the stocks where you buy not with your eyes but with your ears. >> hurst has made a career and a fortune that's packed a punch and lots of it. he began painting spots in 198

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other guests are damian lewis and the great golfer rory mcilroy. tonight. >> it looks like they're physically restraining a flight attendant. >> they're physically restraining a flight attendant? >> yeah, she lost it. >> we have the 911 call. you can hear what the passenger said as this incident occurred. >>> and if you ever wondered what it's like to be clint eastwood, you're about to find out. that just ahead in showbiz. ew. seriously? so gross. ew. seriously? that is so gross. ew. seriously? dude that is so totally gross. so gross...i know. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >>> "american idol" producers are reportedly about to kick off a contestant for lying. a.j. hammer joins us from new york. a.j., who is getting the boot? >> carol, it seems like these issues come up on idol every once in a while. jermaine jones is reportedly being kicked off. he's been called the gentle giant, but he may have been involved in an incident last year and he was hiding a criminal past from producers. his

damian had no warning when dad walked into the classroom and the two quickly made up for lost time theret's hard for eupl with the separation and i talk to him on the phone a lot. and he's like, dad i just miss you. it crushes me here, but i'm like, son i'm doing a job bill: yes he is. the surprise took three weeks of planning. sergeant jackson says he had to use some of his military skills to help keep it a big secret. martha: the little girl clapping in the background. yeah, this is a good show. new reports that the federal aviation administration may reverse a ban on electronic devices that would make flying a whole lot more enjoyable, folks. those announcements please shut down your cell phones, turn off your ipods could soon become a thing of the past. skopscott brenner shows me now, he is with the firm gephart government affairs. good to have you here. is it a myth or not that these devices, our phones and everything else could interfere with what is going on in the cockpit? >> you know, everything to date has been basically just antidotal evidence. i don't think the faa has done a