in the sierra, nevada it is starting to be snow. snow starting to be widespread and heading to treky and south lake tahoe. state road 88 requiring chains and 80 and 50 will require chains in the not too distant future. southern winds 31 miles per hour . seeing winds up to 40 miles per hour . wet and windy and showers for tuesday and wednesday and will be drying out on thursday and friday. you will see it is a strong system for may . jet stream is far enough south that systems will be impacting us through wednesday . winter storm warning is in effect until 5:00 tomorrow morning. 12-20 inches of new snow is expected . five-10 inches in 500 feet elevation. it is going to be tough to get up to the sierra nevada, take your chains . tonight widespread rainfall as the storm moves through . 5:00 tomorrow morning, a few showers and certainly a wet commute. it doesn't quite end there. evening commute starting to see showers becoming widespread tomorrow night and again, heading into wednesday morning. there will be wet roadways for the next co

nevada. this is money that did not have to come out of the united states treasury. in the past, public land in nevada was exchanged for sense of land around the state, but as a result of the bill, that we worked on, we were able to instead auction the land, raising far more money than the state of nevada ever were able to do. this land revenue has been used to purchase sense of land to protected for future generations, but also to construct over 100 beautiful parks in southern nevada. i cannot tell you how proud i am what i driver m las vegas and see so many families enjoy these beautiful areas. the fed made a great quality of life that we enjoy in nevada that much better. additionally, for northern nevada, it has been evident throughout the years. i worked hard to ensure that the beauty of this tranquil waters and surroundings are just as beautiful decades from now as they are today, and our landfills helped to achieve this goal. through this legislation, hundreds of millions of dollars of t

located southern nevada 75 miles north of las vegas. it is in a much bigger parcel of land that is the largest federally restricted piece of real estate in the united states about the size of connecticut called nevada test and training range. inside they're there is 1,350 square mile parcel called the nevada test site. that is divided into quadrants. quadra members have changed and shifted and have gone underground over the years but in essence it is number one through 30 with some missing mysteriously. area $0.51 just outside of the nevada test site in sight -- inside the crater parcel of the test and training range. it is there that that the basis of my book centers and that is where many of the most secret and most alarming perhaps national security projects took place but also many of the most fantastic was that kept us a, arguably and kept us out of world war iii with the russians and helped our pilots in vietnam and great things went on there and continue to go on today. with that said i will read two paragraphs about what speaks

land sales in southern nevada. this money that did not have to come out of the united states treasury. in the past, balimland was exchanged for sensitive land around the state. as a result of the lands bill that we worked on, we were able to instead auction this b.l.m. land, raising far more money for the stat of nevada than the land exchanges ever were able to do. this land revenue has been used to purchase sensitive land to protect it for future generationsings but also to construct 100 beautiful parks and trails in southern nevada. i cannot tell you how proud i am when i drive around las vegas and i see these family enjoying these beautiful areas. this has made the great quality of life that much better. additionally for northern nevada, my love for lake tahoe has been evident throughout the years. i worked hard to ensure that the beauty of those waters an surroundings are just as beautiful decades from now as they are today. in our lands bills helped to achieve this goal. through this legislation hundreds of mi

nevada they are seeing snow. interstate 80 requiring chains and they will see more snow in the next 24s hours. the high definition camera. we have gusty winds and they are reporting gusts 30 miles per hour and it is rainning as i mentioned. as you look at live doppler 7. we see thunderstorms and hail developing. here in the bay area. we have seen our share of showers and nevada out to the american canyon and vall joe lightt to moderate rain. fran frann, getting a little bit of shower activity most starting to shift east. berkeley and out to the livermore valley and peninsula and around san jose you haven't seen a lot of rain. santa cruz mountains is getting a soaking and more moisture moving in off of the coast here. rainfall totals, close to two inches of rain in the last 24 hours. san jose 100th of an inch. almost a inch in st. helena . oakland 3500ths of an inch of rain. numbers in the 50s and 60s. showers tonight and wednesday morning, sunny breaks expected tomorrow afternoon and warming up on thursday. it is

>> 2 to 6 inches of snow expected in the sierra nevada.hat's above 7,000 feet or below 7,000 feet and up to 10 inches above 7,000 feet. a live look outside. we have some clouds around. the sun is up at 5:51. we won't see much of that breezy winds and yes, chance of showers here. the forecast is next. >> all right. also next, another collision at home plate for the giants. the last thing the team needed especially with clint fielder coming home. surprise hero in milwaukee next in this morning's sports. you gotta try honey bunches of oats with almonds! it's got real, sliced california almonds with a third less sugar per serving than honey nut cheerios. wow! delicious! try honey bunches of oats with almonds! let me get this straight. all-you-can-eat pancakes for $4? yep. when do you close? oh, we don't. excellent. unlimited pancakes for an unlimited time. only $4 and only at denny's. we all want fewer chemicals. new all free clear oxi-active. a free clear detergent that's tough on stains and gentle on skin. try new all free clear oxi-active.

but this town has nothing on the slice of nevada known as area 51.or decades the government kept such a tight lid on the place, many people assumed they must be hiding ufos. so when a new book claimed to have the real story based on the newly disclassified lives of the men who worked there, we jumped on the chance to meet the author and her sources. but what we found disturbed news ways we never imagined. if you leave the rattle and hum of the las vegas strip and head hour and a half north, you will find a military test range the size of connecticut. and out in the middle of that hot dust and jet fumes are airstrips and hangars few people have ever seen. a place that for decades officially did not exist. the nearest town is tiny rachel, nevada, and if you stop by the little alien-inn, there are locals that will tell you why they think the neighborhood has been secretive for so long. >> i've seen orbs, balls of light moving erratically. i did the math one time. 23,000 miles an hour. >> i think they also may be reverse engineering ufos out there. >> re

the last pictures of the two of them together. 400 miles later in the nevada backwoods, their van got stuck in the mud. >> our understanding is that they took a few wrong turns. they wanted to take a scenic route. >> reporter: the van wound up in this wilderness area of nevada just south of the idaho border. rita stayed alive seven weeks subsisting on beef jerky and trail mix, eating snow and drinking from a nearby stream. after 49 days, her strength waning, rita spotted some people riding all terrain vehicles and flagged them down. >> she convinced them that she needed help and they went and got help for her. >> reporter: at this idaho falls hospital where she's recovering, she was able to spend mother's day with her son and daughter-in-law. >> we were praying for a miracle and, boy, did we get one. >> reporter: now they pray that rita's husband, albert, will somehow be found alive. three days into the ordeal he took off carrying a gps device, looking for help. today the search for him was suspended because of bad weather. rita's doctors at the hospital say they're amazed at her rema

he's currently serving time at a medium security corrections center in nevada. his lawyer will now take the case for an appeal to the federal courts. he says it's a tough battle because no judge wants to be the one that lets simpson go free. >>> items belonging to the man known as the unabomber will go on auction today. among those items a typewriter where he reportedly typed much of his manifesto and axes and various tools and a number of sunglasses. he's serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for setting 16 explosions that killed three people including two in sacramento. proceeds from the auction will benefit the families of the victims. >>> three women raped in less than ten days. the campus where the assaults were reported and what the university's doing to fight back. >>> plus the damage to crops caused by the wet weather. how it will effect local fruit lovers. >>> welcome back to the morning news. the current storm system bringing a lot of snow to the lake tahoe area. these are pictures of the snow coming down in placer county overnight.

this is all switching over to light snow in the sierra nevada. blue canyo canyon.h lake tahoe reporting some very late snow right now. if your travels include sierra nevada over the next 24 hours keep in mind that they are under a winter storm warning. rainfall total last 24 hours actually quite impressive for this time of year. santa rosa at 64 hundredths of an inch. looking at just over half inch here you can 11 hundredths in concord livermore not impress knife san jose. 2 hundredths of an inch there and a half moon bay 12 hundredths. san francisco 16/100ths of an inch. wind is swede right now gusty in spots. east wind gusting to 31 miles an hour in san jose. oakland reporting south east winds gust to go 25 the. scattered showers overnight with gusty winds. showers for your tuesday and wednesday. drying out by thursday and friday. so it is later on in the work week that we finally get distichingt dray days. not now. area of low pressure moves on shore that's why we see the showers behind the system. another storm system is due in. unusually stormy for may. yes we

he's currently serving time as a medium security corrections center in nevada.awyer will appeal the case in the federal courts. he says it's a tough battle because no judge wants to be the one to let jimp -- simpson go free. >>> fiance of dorothy barbaz says she's back in her home in quarter after her release. virginia -- qatar after her release. she vanished -- vanished. she went to syria. syria deported her to iran. she has iranian citizenship. she's also a citizen of the united states and canada. >>> well, wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords will have a very important surgery today. doctors will replace part of her school with a plastic implant. that procedure is being called a critical step in her recovery. she was shot in the head during a political rally in arizona. doctors will be updaying her husband, mark kelly, as you know, he's the commander of the space shuttle "endeavour." it just docked with the international space station literally about five hours ago. >>> actor zsa zsa gabor is back in a los angeles hospital, she was rush there last last ni

now the family says this man knew the route from nevada to tracy because he's thrown it hundred of times. the plan was to land in tracy and then take off for baja with a friend, but as we know now, he never made it. >> what scares me the most is that he is alive and incapacitated and he can't do anything. is he under the snow? is he under a tree? >> reporter: 78-year-old robert owbr tk brown took off from menden, nevada, headed for this private air strip on the family's property in tracy. the deral aviation administration said brown was aboard the plane, an experimental plane that looks similar to this one. brown's son said the flight normally takes the experienced pilot only an hour. at 7:00, brown's son noticed he hadn't arrived and alerted police. he said his father mentioned bad weather in menden yesterday. >> he wasn't one to take chances but i've read in report where stranger things have happened. >> reporter: today a search and rescue team scoured an area within the el dorado national forest. >> it is rugged terrain. i know he didn't have any survival equipment. >> reporter: autho

some snow is expected for mother's day in the sierra nevada. back home, we're talking numbers in the 50's here with gusty winds in oakland. and at the airport, sfo, so we'll see breezy winds ushering in cooler air and a cold front is on the way. so that's going to mean a cooler weekend. in fact, windy conditions. maybe even a little precip headed our way tomorrow for mother's day. it's 44 in redwood city. good morning. a cool start for you. 47 at the coast, half moon bay. san francisco, the same as yesterday, 50. 53 in fremont. 49 in san jose. so the wind have been breezy gusting to 21 miles an hour out of the west. that's that cool direction at sfo. elsewhere west at 15. oakland and napa, calm winds, mountain view and san jose. right now, temperatures are averaging as much as 4 to 7 degrees cooler this morning than yesterday morning from mountainview, san jose, concord and oakland. so you'll notice that starting out cooler for the most part today, a few more clouds around. not only the low clouds but we're looking at some higher and mid level

the couple took a wrong turn in elko county, nevada, and their van got stuck in the mud.after seven weeks rita chretien was finally found by hunter on friday. she survived on trial mix and water and is now in fair condition. >> we were praying for a miracle, and, boy did we get one. we got the biggest miracle we could ever ask for. and there's still one more to come in. and so we're still praying for another one. and the search continues for my father. >> her husband went to look for help, and is still missing in the wilderness. >> on the "cbs moneywatch" on this monday, stocks in asia were mixed at the close of the trading day. ashley morrison here in new york with that and more. good morning to you. >> good morning to you, terrell. a bounce back in commodities helped most asian markets make gains today. hong kong's hang seng climbed almost 1% but japan's nikkei bucked the trend, losing a fraction. and oil rose to nearly $99 a barrel. >>> today, wall street gets another round of corporate earnings. last week stocks took a hit despite friday's better than expected jobs re

light snow up in the sierra nevada. that is all part of that system digging into the north and east of us. we have low clouds zipping down. it will be mostly sunny and breezy today. napa airport was 39 last hour. they warmed up to 40. we do have a lot of 40s. san rafael and santa rosa in there. concord, oakland, san jose is down to 46. it's a cool morning. a few light showers continue just to the east of us there. auburn to jackson. it is some snow. blue canyon and tahoe and truckee. that deserves a awhile. there might be another one coming in this weekend. but today once we get this system moving just exit stage right we will be on the drier side of it. we can't lose the wind yet. it will still be breezy and blustery. mostly sunny today but then more sunshine on the menu for tuesday into wednesday as temperatures will rebound and they will warm up. it will be chilly again tonight into tuesday. mostly sunny breezy. a cool morning. it will be a little warmer today. upper 60s to low 50s. the five-day it looks more like so

sales in southern nevada. this is money that did not have to come out of the united states treasury. in the past, the land in nevada was exchained for public sensitive land around the state. as a result of the land bill that we worked on, we were able to instead auction the land, raising far more money than the state of nevada -- for the state of nevada than the land exchanges ever were able to do. this land revenue has been used to purchase sensitive land to protect it for future generations, but also to construct over 100 beautiful parks and trails in southern nevada. i cannot tell you how proud i am when i drive around las vegas and see so many families enjoying these beautiful areas. these lands build have made the great quality of life that we enjoy in nevada that much better. additionally, in northern nevada, my love of lake tahoe has been throughout the years. i've worked hard to make sure the beauty tranquil waters are just as beautiful decades from now as they are today. ore lands bill helped to achie

a cold system is impacting the sierra, nevada . that is developing in our neck of the woods. still a possibility of snow showers. once the sun goes down it is all over. 70s in fairfield and antioch and santa rosa. it is warmer tomorrow . we are looking at a chance of showers beginning on saturday. here is the satellite and radar. this is a cold system. you can see the jet stream diving over california. this is responsible for the active weather we are seeing here in the state of california. higher pressure controls the weather. tomorrow, sunny and mild weather in the bay area with the exception of the coasts. this system moves toward us and we'll see it turning cooler for wednesday. continues to drop off as we head in to the weekend in terms of temperatures. tonight it is windy. low 40s in napa and santa rosa. livermore, and palo alto, mid-40s in half moon bay. tomorrow numbers are coming up. mild day in san jose and same thing in cupertino . 68 in palo alto. it is cool and cloudy, low clouds are returning to the coastline. downtown san francisco 62 degrees. north bay, mid-70

. >>> a group of amtrak passengers were stranded in nevada for 10 hours yesterday finally made it to emoryville. >> a kind of seemed like a comedy of errors or an exercise in efficiency. nobody, the crew did not seem to know what was going on. >> we caught up with the weary passengers around 3:15 a.m. the train's two engines conked out in nevada and passengers will get a refund. >>> a another first for san francisco. this november voters will be asked to ban circumcision. jana? >> reporter: they are petitioning more than 7700 signatures, well above the amount needed. outside city hall, voip show field told us why he is working so hard to ban circumcision. >> it is medically unnecessary. >> reporter: they spent months collecting and a signatures that would make circumcision a misdemeanor crime punishable by fines up to $1000. he says circumcision violates a child's rights. >> these are traces they want to make once they become an adult. they can become informed and do that. >> reporter: a coalition of religious groups disagree. >> nobody in san francisco wants to see the government im

the country's largest herd roams on the california-nevada border north of reno. the government said numbers need to be controlled. others are fighting to allow them to roam free. this government helicopter is roundings up wild horses near reno. 10,000 animals are chased to pens by the bureau of land management. there are 33,000 bureaus and mules and horses roaming 10 western states mostly in nevada. one-five percent will die in the round up. the government said if they don't round up the horses the population would double every four years. these horses are taken to a coral an hour and half from reno. the west was built on the horse's back. >> denise is with the american wild horse preservation campaign. she believes they are mistreated and mishandled and rounded up so bureau can lease more ranch land. >> it is competition between live stock and commercial interest. >> jeff montana is with the bureau. he said it is about keeping the animals from starving and destroying the habitat for other species. >> we work to sustain the thriving population. but we have to mak

still a few snow showers left over in the sierra nevada. cold temperatures to start, just in the upper 20s in the northern sierra. later on today, maybe low 40s. if you thought you were going to tahoe to enjoy some pretty mild weekend, it's been a cold weather. 69 campbell. and half more than bay, only 58 degrees. same thing in the sunset district. but very windy day here in the north bay. you have the 50s at our beaches. the 69 in sonoma. if you are going to have the barbeque, it will be nice out there but definitely on the cool side. 6 union city and 69 pittsburgh and dublin at 68 and walnut creek 69. begin monterey bay lots of 60s. topping out at 70 toward gilroy. ears the accuweather 7 day forecast. a sunny afternoon today, a few increasing clouds for the holiday tomorrow. that's mainly in the north bay. i think we will see a few drops come in midday tuesday and then continuing into wednesday and after that it looks dry. so, yeah, always keeping you on your toes with our unusual weather. >> talking about on your toes, today is corn valu

rescuers get a boost after finding a woman alive in a remote area of nevada. how she survived, ahead. it's been a chilly day for mother day brunches but things are changing for the workweek ahead. leigh glaser is coming up with the next forecast. >> all new. oprah: the only child of sonny and cher. when did it fully occur to you, i'm in the wrong body? >> oprah's world exclusive with chaz bono. oprah: how did you tell your chaz bono. oprah: how did you tell your mom? >>> search teams in a remote section of northern nevada spent i day looking for a man. they found his wife on friday. rita was inside her van when rescuers spotted her on a national forest logging road. she says she hasn't seen her husband on foot a few days after they got stuck. family says rita survived on bottled water and trail mix. >> she is relatively good condition. she is coherent and speaking with my nephew. >> doctors say she is doing better and been able to eat meals. >> pg&e will begin pressure testing tomorrow stag in mountain view and antioch. testing is done by filling a section of

the wife has been located in nevada. so police are waiting for an official ruling of the fire department about the cause this blaze. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:06. the u.s. is asking pakistan for permission to question osama bin laden's three widows. the women are believed to be in pakistani custody along with several children also picked up from the compound after the raid. they would like to interview the women about the al qaeda and the inner working. but relations with pakistan are tense since the raid so it's not clear if the cia will have access. >>> and president obama says his decision to authorize the raid on bin laden's compound was difficult because even the cia was not absolutely certain bin laden was inside. coming up at 7:15. we'll have a live report from washington, d.c. to learn the president response to critics who say bin laden should not have been killed. >>> 7:07. rescuers plan to resume a search today for a man who has been missing for seven weeks now near the nevada/i

in the sierra, nevada. it is getting strange around here. temperatures right now are in the cool side . upper 50s in ran fran . 59 in half moon bay . 64 in san jose . 64 in napa. >> winds are gusty and we have winds droub in from an area of low pressure . up to 25 miles per hour . winds in san jose . half moon bay at sevenmiles per hour. here are the highlights. showers will be overnight . cooler air is in place and thunderstorms are possible on wednesday . first weekend of june, it is looking wet. you will notice that the clouds thind out. if you didn't have time to enjoy the sunshine and in fact, with the breezy wind. temperatures are struggling to make it to the upper 60s. this is what is to come. anurpt level trop. that will spread the rape for the morning commut . notice after 11:00. you wet in sonoma county . sweeping through the east bay. showers from the peninsula and doup by the santa pruse -- cruz . that will bring showers and spotty in nature. we could see the possibility of thunderstorms, the higher elevations that see those cumu

it's kind of near idaho or yemen, nevada.wiest winter that they've hab sid 1979. and the u.s. forest service says no one goes there in winter. rita was lucky because two people did go in there on an atv and found her, and they had to travel nine miles on the atv to get actual cell service so they could call for help. so it's really a desolate area. she's very, very lucky that she was found. but she did -- she did a lot of things right. she stayed by the van. she kept warm. she kept herself hydrated. there was a lot of snow around there. she melted snow and kept herself hydrated. she didn't have a lot to eat. she lost about 20 or 30 pounds. >> i'll tell you. they're certainly glad to have their mom home this mother's day. lynne terry, thanks so much for the details of this story. we appreciate them. >> you're welcome. >>> the mississippi river continues to rie s ts to rise. we're going to bring you back another story. >>> and another nod. a young new survey has jessica alba coming in first followed by natalie portman, kate hud

. >>> traffic relief for drivers tonight in the sierra nevada. it is back open and earlier than scheduled. construction crews closed the highway for more than a week to replace a roadside barrier that did not meet safety standards. the transportation department planned to close 50 for two weeks but the road work went faster than expected reopening the highway this afternoon. >> it is nice to see that this is done actually in advance of the schedule and it is a pleasure to be up here and we have a safer highways. >> the entire highway should be open by memorial day weekend. >>> well, the kind of weather that can blow you away literally. lawrence has the pinpoint forecast next. i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here -- to help come up with a plan and get you on the right path. i have more than a thousand fidelity experts working with me so that i can work one-on-one with you. it's your green line. but i'll be there every step of the way. call or come in and talk with us tod

bigger deal in the sierra nevada but not for us. we are looking at mostly sunny skies. by that i mean patchy fog on the coast. san mateo santa cruz coastline 40s. 42 napa. 44 livermore. fremont forecast today starting off 46. sunshine omenty. 64 at noon. 7o for a high. in fremont not much wind. west 7 at oakland south at san jose but calm fairfield west- northwest santa rosa. nothing too out ragous. one system moves out. high pressure builds in for a day but then the leading edge of a big change starting tomorrow taking us into the weekend already getting closer into the picture here. sunshine warmer except for patchy fog along the coast. inland lots of low and mid-70s. temperatures anywhere from mid- 70s inland to 60s low, mid to upper coast and bay side. 65 alameda, 76 antioch. livermore at 74. they're 44 right now. morgan hill 74. san jose 72. santa clara, sunny vale, fremont all 70. san bruno, pacifica low 60s, mid-60s. woodside at 72. cooler weather takes us into thursday. then a no doubt about it big cooling trend with rain likely late saturday and sunday and real

the prince of nevada revealed nothing further. his business partner at the time was john carlo maci know a shipping agent. he controlled the port in the north of mogadishu march you know had been living in somalia for more than ten years he knew the warlords was an informer for the italian army had won several construction contracts and peddled favors in the influence. it was martino who provided the access to ali mahdi the somali president. he claimed to get presidential authorization to import toxic waste. so was there a network put in place to export toxic waste to somalia and he took sick also there's no matter. here they don't eat and there was no network talk yes i'll do this to send that a lot of that you believe me tell you it was just to make money it was a fraud the question is will take the money upfront and then say sorry i couldn't do anything and keep the material couldn't be shipped or some such exceeds proof it is a sort of scam should be the way it works is i offer to do something for you you pay me to vance to do

north bay getting slammed around the san rafael area into nevada. how many rain has fallen?ver an inch. to the north -- half moon bay approaching 15/100. let's head to the east into oakland. you can see we currently do have the very light rainful. this is live. cbs 5 weather camera where the air temperature stages in the upper 40s in oakland falling to around 48 degrees -- mid-40s around the tri-valley. your morning commute could be sloppy. beautiful classic area of low pressure, late spring storm. frontal boundaries now lifting up and with it some very aggressive southeast winds. poised behind it, another storm. that promises to bring us some more rain by tomorrow late day. here is your opinion point forecast. watch the clock. notice you do get some breaks, lunch hour, also east bay. behind me, here comes the second system just in time for yourening commute. -- your evening commute. the extended forecast does call for rain tomorrow. isolated shower wednesday. sunshine and warmer conditions thursday. partly cloudy sliding into the weekend. dennis. >>> all right. thank you. t

they brought lots of snow in nevada.s next one will also bring some more snow in the high country. >>> 40s and 50s right now. you've got some partly cloudy skies and a few showers, kind of a break as we get ready for the next system. >>> under some wet weather everywhere you go in the northern half as we are going the see that next system begin to push on through a little bit earlier now. you plan on heading to the high country. don't plan on some spring conditions up there. plan on winter-like conditions. warnings up. they will go up tomorrow again. snow still likely into tuesday. maybe some left over mixture as we head into the next couple of days. here's your area of low pressure bringing that cold air. another one on the backside latched on to some of this moisture. that will bring some rain into the bay area. a few leftover showers for tonight. overnight tonight we're going to watch those clouds continue to move into our skies. that rain will be moving onshore. >>> here's the very latest computer model. not much. an

she was is my the van where rescuers spotted her in elko county, nevada. hadn't seen her husband since he set off on foot with a gps device a few days after they got stuck. she survived on bottled water and trail mix. >> she is in relatively condition for what she has gone through and she is coherent and speaking with my nephew. doctors at the hospital where she is being treated say she is doing better. >> residents of memphis, tennessee are bracing for what could be a once in lifetime flood. river is expected to crest tomorrow and people are being told they should leave their homes. >>> tennessee's largest city is in the crosshairs. memphis has the most high risk population for flooding according to the army corps of engineers. authorities expect the river to crest at 48 feet, less than a foot shy of the record levels set this is the 37. with the mississippi swollen by abnormally high rainfall there is nowhere for the water to flow. 1100 trailers have been evacuated. 400 residents are currently in shelter. on sunday officials went door to door to alert ot

miguel almaguer reports from nevada. >> reporter: a training mission in the nevada desert.imulated high-stakes overnight raid. the 99th ground combat squadron, heavily armed, but one of their best soldiers doesn't carry a gun. these four-legged warriors, pursue, track, and attack. >> what they bring to the fight for us cannot be overstated. their senses are what are literally saving people's lives. >> reporter: today, 2,700 war dogs are on active duty. leaping into battle outfitted for war. radio callers relay orders, kevlar vests protect from gun fire. goggles they call doggles shield their eyes, but it's their nose the military depends on. able to smell up to ten times better than humans, these german and belgian shepherds are the best bomb detectors the military has. nbc news was given access during the intense training. only the best of the best would be deployed. during their nearly month-long training at this desert facility, the canines and their handlers will go through virtually every possible experience before they hit the battlefield. the teams stay together for

. >> reporter: hidden in the hills of these sierra nevada, gold near the south yuba river in nevada county the old 49ers mined most of it but look at what they left behind. >> it's heavy. >> reporter: it's called the washington nugget. weighing in at 100 ounces. without this rock just to give you an idea of the size of the washington nugget, and 8 pounds is the average weight of a newborn baby. >> i did scream when it pulled it out of the bag. >> reporter: fred is a geologist and he helped auction off the washington nugget. he believes it is a one in a billion find and that's why it sold for $400,000, more than twice the record market rate. >> the chance of finding big pieces of gold they're truly rare in nature so it's not likely we'll find another big one near california. >> reporter: during the gold rush high drolic mining was used here. a few miles up this same channel one man found the washington nugget on his private property. and this is his very first television interview. when you expected to find gold, you were thinking little pieces, right? >> oh, absolutely. nothing the size of

but yesterday around 1:45 a.m., the train blew two engines, about 100 miles east of elco, nevada. hours later, the train was towed to elco, where the passengers were put on the buses that arrived in emeryville this morning. >>> just ahead, a long-awaited report on abuse by priests in the catholic church. it was just unveiled at a bay area airport that will help certain drivers leave their cars there. and it looks like the rain is gone. mark will be up soon to tell us if the cool temperatures are gone too. >> a passionate debate over the gang injunctions blasts into the early morning hours. what the city council decided and what is next. >>> it appears san francisco church has been targeted by thieves. this is video we shot this morning of st. francis lutheran church, located on church street. we received a tip that thieves had stolen the bronze handrails that lead to a terrace. it looks like they've been replaced with aluminum railing. so far, no one has been available to offer more details about the theft. >>> a study released today finds the catholic priest sex abuse scandal was

the california still has the second highest unemployment rate in the nation behind nevada. >>> here's a look now at the april unemployment numbers until the bay area. solano county had the highest jobless rate at 11.6%. marin county had the lowest at 7.6. so what do job seekers think about the down tick in california's unemployment? ktvu's tom vacar went to a job fair today to find out. >> reporter: those people used to work in some of these empty buildings here. but the question really becomes this, the good news about jobs that have blossomed this spring, will they continue to hire? at today's college job fair we found real employers offers real jobs. >> that woman i met encouraged me to fill out an application. >> reporter: but that's hard for someone trying to come out of retirement. >> it's tough because all the jobs, they require that you apply online. and i have no access to computer. >> reporter: others face more common obstacles such as age or qualifications. >> people my age can't even find a job. and if they do find a job it's not what they would really, really want. >> it'

but the sierra nevada actually going to get some snow, maybe one to two inches. winter weather advisories up there. partly cloudy skies. expecting some drizzle on the coastline. it's going to be cool and the winds are going to blow again, especially in the latter part of the day. temperatures mainly in the 50s. some of those gusts still 20 to 30 miles per hour. plus, some of the gaps, you will find tomorrow some partly cloudy skies in fresno. the high country, showers down below and a couple of snowflakes up above. here it is, the front moving on through. a lot of clouds on the backside of it. that will keep things unsettled in the bay area. yeah you are those therefores are going to stay down, and we're staying cool for tomorrow, but the averages will be running below average. a lot of clouds moving throughout the skies. not much in the terms of rainfall. you could pick up much more near the coastline. and the computer models pick up things around the afternoon hours. we're going to try to sneak in a little sunshine behind the system. beprepared. it will be cool