live, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a big increase in salmon returns.1.65 million snusnubbing in oregon and 819,000 in the san francisco river. >>> there is more severe weather ahead for mid-west and southern states already dealing with a deadly round of tornadoes. 13 people were killed. the video here is from harrisburg, illinois, which was hit hard. six people died there. scientists say it was attorney apart from an f-4 tornado, which is the second highest. it was 200 yards wide, winds 175 miles an hour. in tennessee three people killed and three in missouri and one in kansas. the national weather service says that new storms roll through after midnight tonight and again tomorrow afternoon. forecasters say both storms have the potential to produce more tornadoes. >>> here in the bay area, let's see if the rain is done. over to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> the rain dying down. wet morning, showers moved out. sun is coming out. beautiful out there and the rain moved on. but the winds, they are here to stay. gusty winds by redwood shores. 22 m

. >>> as mike mibach reports some of the eyesores might return after she's gone. >> reporter: this is opd boat 703. officer jim gordon is at the helm. >> we had security zones, our safety zones we put in place. >> reporter: decked out with the top equipment, gordon patrols the waters way. >> we want to keep anyone who would pay a threat to the first lady. >> reporter: the biggest issue that oakland police is looking at is specifically to get those folks living on unregistered boats out of the water. they are known as anchor out vessels. unregistered owners sometimes homeless living on abandoned boats. >> it's a hazard. they're in fair ways according to the port code and a lot of regulation, there is no anchoring in one of those areas. >> reporter: ktvu's first uncovered the problem back in november until this week, most of the anchor outs remained. >> what there was was a lot of boats that were just abandoned. >> reporter: with the first lady in town, gordon says he's been ordered to bring them in. so far 20 anchor outs have anchored in. >> there's so many spots that we can storm and

. >>> as mike mibach reports some of the eyesores might return after she's gone. >> reporter: this isboat 703. officer jim gordon is at the helm. >> we had security zones, our safety zones we put in place. >> reporter: decked out with the top equipment, gordon patrols the waters way. >> we want to keep anyone who would pay a threat to the first lady. >> reporter: the biggest issue that oakland police is looking at is specifically to get those folks living on unregistered boats out of the water. they are known as anchor out vessels. unregistered owners sometimes homeless living on abandoned boats. >> it's a hazard. they're in fair ways according to the port code and a lot of regulation, there is no anchoring in one of those areas. >> reporter: ktvu's first uncovered the problem back in november until this week, most of the anchor outs remained. >> what there was was a lot of boats that were just abandoned. >> reporter: with the first lady in town, gordon says he's been ordered to bring them in. so far 20 anchor outs have anchored in. >> there's so many spots that we can storm and remov

mike mibach, ktvu, channel 2 news. ♪ [ music ] >>> it was a warm day today, spring already here, andemperatures today felt like it. 70 in napa. 70 in vallejo. 76 in morgan hill. we go to thursday, it cools off a bunch. a good 10 degrees in most locations. we're going to see low 60s tomorrow, with more clouds. a slight chance of a sprinkle. even out there tonight. 4:00a.m. tomorrow morning, sprinkles show up along the coast and towards berkely, and albany. perhaps towards the rodeo area as well. 7:00a.m., a lot of clouds. in the afternoon, it starts to clear out, sprinkles in the mountains. there's your thursday afternoon commute. you get the picture, no big deal weather system moving through. light sprinkles. but it opens the door for a bigger weather system that gets here saturday. when i get back at 10:45, we're going to look directly at your bay area weekend. >>> deadlocked 3-3 today on whether to designate the gold dust lounge as a landmark. the owners want the designation to try and avoid being evicted. one of the commissioners was absent today, so they now plan to hear the matt

mike mibach, ktvu, channel 2 news. ♪ [ music ] >>> it was a warm day today, spring already here, andemperatures today felt like it. 70 in napa. 70 in vallejo. 76 in morgan hill. we go to thursday, it cools off a bunch. a good 10 degrees in most locations. we're going to see low 60s tomorrow, with more clouds. a slight chance of a sprinkle. even out there tonight. 4:00a.m. tomorrow morning, sprinkles show up along the coast and towards berkely, and albany. perhaps towards the rodeo area as well. 7:00a.m., a lot of clouds. in the afternoon, it starts to clear out, sprinkles in the mountains. there's your thursday afternoon commute. you get the picture, no big deal weather system moving through. light sprinkles. but it opens the door for a bigger weather system that gets here saturday. when i get back at 10:45, we're going to look directly at your bay area weekend. >>> deadlocked 3-3 today on whether to designate the gold dust lounge as a landmark. the owners want the designation to try and avoid being evicted. one of the commissioners was absent today, so they now plan to hear the matt

. >> i am mike mibach. >> if you love yesterday's weather you will love the forecast. we will get to rosemary. good morning, rosemary. >> good morning to you. >> sunny skies returning to the area. even warmer in some areas for today. today will be the warmest day. cooling trends begins tomorrow. we will show you the current conditions coming up. >> more than two dozen people are searching for a place to live in the bay view district. it started after 9:30 last  night and ktvu's allie rasmus is joining us to tell us why crews are still on the scene. allie? >> reporter: there is a vacant home in the home. its the one with the most visible damage. you can see the block soot around the windows. it spread to the other three homes around it. the entire rows of homes are unlivable right now. firefighters are here and they have been here since last night. they are keeping the area closed off because the house, number 1, is structurally unsound. no one can go inside. not even firefighters until the crews get here later on. it is also closed off. caution tape in front of the g

i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong.rea this morning. rosemary orozco is continuing our storm watch coverage. >>> good morning to you. that unrelenning light steady rain from yesterday now off to the east over the foothills and the el cerrito. it's left a few scattered showers. it's coming off the coast, perhaps the santa cruz mountains. morgan hill, gilroy reporting a few light showers. the east bay may see a few light showers embedded with some clouds. livermore reporting partly cloudy skies. to the east we have some moisture there. the winds are light. temperatures are cool. >>> church goers a across the bay area, the state and the nation are paying tribute to trayvon martin this morning. he is the unarmed florida teen killed by a neighbor watch leader. hoodies are now symbol iegz martin's death. >> we're inside the lobby of the allen temple baptist church in oakland. the service is underway. people have their hands joined in prayer. it's dedicated to 17-year-old trayvon martin. he is the florida teen who was wearing

i'm mike mibach. >>> the search is intensifying for sierra lamar. ther is -- the sheriff's office is planning to search creeks and bodies of water. alex savidge is live with more. >> reporter: well, the sheriff's office will be call out dive teams. in the meantime we're seeing a steady stream of volunteers checking in here. more than 150 people so far have checked in here today to help out on this search. members of this community clearly motivated to find sierra lamar, especially now that investigators have classified this as a kidnapping. checking for suspicious items in the brush, this group of volunteer searchers scoured a wooded area near anderson lake. >> sherry bullock from morgan hill says the disappearance of sierra lamar struck a nerve. years ago, her teenaged daughter went missing for four months. >> i would be up for nights crying. there was no search party. she was like a runaway. but i can only imagine what the mother is going through. >> reporter: lamarr went missing on march 16th. her cell phone and purse were found by her house. now

mike mibach explains what was found inside a handbag that has him facing serious charges. >> reporter: united flights coming and going today out of san francisco international. including flight 565 nonstop to philadelphia. >> that moment of a cold chill down your spine. >> reporter: something was different. >> a little bit carry, about 20 text messages, apparently somebody was trying to get explosives on the the plane. >> reporter: it was here where 29-year-old joseph picklo was headed to the gate to board the flight but never made it. tsa agents stopped him after an unusual object was spotted inside his carry on baggage as it was being screened. inside the backpack a cigarette lighter, two homemade 880 as well as a plastic bottle wrapped in electrical plate and filled with a powdery mixture. also a test tube with a powdery substance containing a wick. >> he said he had forgotten they were in his luggage. >> reporter: as for passengers on board, they said they were given the green light to fly after a 20 minute delay. >> and the hair kind of stands up on your neck and you think, wow i

mike mibach explains what was found inside a handbag that has him facing serious charges. >> reporter: united flights coming and going today out of san francisco international. including flight 565 nonstop to philadelphia. >> that moment of a cold chill down your spine. >> reporter: something was different. >> a little bit carry, about 20 text messages, apparently somebody was trying to get explosives on the the plane. >> reporter: it was here where 29-year-old joseph picklo was headed to the gate to board the flight but never made it. tsa agents stopped him after an unusual object was spotted inside his carry on baggage as it was being screened. inside the backpack a cigarette lighter, two homemade 880 as well as a plastic bottle wrapped in electrical plate and filled with a powdery mixture. also a test tube with a powdery substance containing a wick. >> he said he had forgotten they were in his luggage. >> reporter: as for passengers on board, they said they were given the green light to fly after a 20 minute delay. >> and the hair kind of stands up on your neck and you think, wow i

. >> and i'm mike mibach. we are expecting a bit of a cloudy day today with a chance of rain in some areas. rosemary orozco has a quick look at your weather. >> sort of a dark start to the 7:00 a.m.. sun officially rising at 7:26 and will set at 7:15. mostly cloudy skies outside our door. relatively mild because of the clouds. 49 degrees reported at sfo. 47 santa rosa. a few degrees warmer where we started. it is working its way toward the bay area. i will show you when we do expect it to arrive and what you can expect for your sunday coming up. >>> throughout the pacific room today people are observer the first anniversary of the japanese earthquake and tsunami. sirens went off to mark the moment in a town devastated by that disasters. as residence pray the sound serves as a reminder of the sirens that warned them of the disaster. the country also hill a memorial of science at 2:46 local time the moment when that mag any tide 9.0 quake hit. >> i feel the grieving families pain and i cannot express my sorrow e

. >> reporter: here in san francisco, mike mibach, ktvu news. >>> i'm back here in just 10 minutes i have your bay area weekend forecast and it does call for significant warm up. i'll let you know which weekend day will be your >>> at that mcdonald's restaurant. workers told us they've had to call police about 100 times in the past month. around 6:00 this evening we saw homeless people and their shopping carts lined up. this area just outside goldennen park has been a gathering spot for the homeless. >> the homeless people here are out of control, pan handling, doing drugs, sleeping, defecating, urinating in door ways right here on the corner of stonian. >> reporter: mcdonalds workers tell us that they often go inside with their dogs khraeuling they're their service dogs. >> i've been approached at 6:00 in the morning with people asking me if i want to buy drugs when i'm out walking my dog. >> reporter: a clean up operation is now under way at golden gate park and around mcdonalds which includes stepped up patrols. police told us they received four calls for service from mcdonalds ju

. >> reporter: here in san francisco, mike mibach, ktvu news. >>> i'm back here in just 10 minutes i have your bay area weekend forecast and it does call for significant warm up. i'll let you know which weekend day will be your warmest. >>> workers at one bay area mcdonald restaurant called for police for help about 100 times a month, we find out why. >>> at that mcdonald's restaurant. workers told us they've had to call police about 100 times in the past month. around 6:00 this evening we saw homeless people and their shopping carts lined up. this area just outside goldennen park has been a gathering spot for the homeless. >> the homeless people here are out of control, pan handling, doing drugs, sleeping, defecating, urinating in door ways right here on the corner of stonian. >> reporter: mcdonalds workers tell us that they often go inside with their dogs khraeuling they're their service dogs. >> i've been approached at 6:00 in the morning with people asking me if i want to buy drugs when i'm out walking my dog. >> reporter: a clean up operation is now under way at golden gate park

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. >> i'm mike mibach.sandbags are standing by for people in marin county as the creek starts to fill up a bit. this is video of what the creek looked like yesterday. the lack of rain this year means the creek is not that high and still about 6 feet away from the flood levels of previous years. >> one time we had water going from my curb all the way to across our neighbor's driveway curb. there was no sidewalk, no street. it was just water! >> and in sonoma county, a douglas fir came down and sliced two homes in half. one of the homes was vacant. no one was injured. a number of minor accidents also reported on highway 101. >>> the search for a teenager in a canal is now over. crews were sent out around 7:15 last night after a report of someone in the canal on a boogie board. police were looking in the water near bancroft road in contra costa canal trail. the search ended when the initial report could not be verified and no one was found in the water. >>> if you live in contra costa county, and are worried a

i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong.mus is live in san francisco with what we've learned about the victims. >> reporter: according to property records, the home where the i've people were killed is owned by a man named hal le, 65 years old. the house is on ocean avenue and house street in san francisco. it is still an active crime scene. there's tape not just in front of the house, but the two houses on either side of it. off to the left you can see it an officer guarding the front of the house. there have been officers here overnight and crime scene investigators have expected to return to the home later this morning to continue gatheringered. the five victims are all from the same family, a couple in their 60s and two adult children, a 32-year-old son and 37-year-old daughter lived here together. the fifth victim was the girlfriend or the wife of the son. it was another daughter who doesn't liver here who discovered their bodies just before 8 a.m. yesterday. initial reports were that this may have been a murder/suicide