being coordinated by the kids foundation headed by mark klass whose daughter was kidnapped from petaluma and murdered in 1993 they say there was every reason to be optimistic that the sierra mark could be located. people always want to remember that as bleak as things can look their idealism of smarts j.c. de guard and his intentions to sell their who for some. time to come home alive and are able to put their lives back on the right track. she vanished on march 16th after leaving her home on the way to the ball high school. so far there are no leaves us the whereabouts of sierra llama is self by selected to now in the auditorium this is with the registration will commence this is also the headquarters for the volunteer search effort beginning aids o'clock this morning and searching will begin today and is expected to go every day through every sunday with the registration on our web

. >> reporter: here in petaluma you think it's far awhich from big city crime. >> it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: over the weekend someone broke into this shed and stole $3,000 worth of baseball equipment from petaluma's little league. >> two pitching machines, a line chalker for the field, we had our umpire equipment all that stuff taken. >> they have targeted the shed the way they broke into it, and they took specific equipment that could be used or sold. >> reporter: the sergeant says whoever did it knew what they were doing. >> it's devastating to the children and the parents and that equipment somehow has to be replaced. >> reporter: not only do they have to replace $3,000 worth of baseball gear but they have to buy a new shed as well which is another $3,500. but it's more than just a game. >> grades in school, matter a lot. but they don't make grades they don't get to play. the kids love to play the game so they have to work harder. >> reporter: but the little league president says the incident is teaching his kids about some of the ugly truths about life. >> nobody wants to wa

the current goal is to have the new stadium ready in time for the 2014 season. >>> petaluma police areooking for online sales of baseball equipment, anything from pitching machines to chalkers. that is how they hope to catch the thief or thieves who took thousands of dollars worth of equipment from the petaluma little league. someone broke into the league's equipment shed and took everything the kids need for their games, including bats, balls and helmets. the kids say they can't imagine why anyone would do this. >> why did you steal the stuff? >> they should bring it back and let my dad spent $200 on one of them. >> the community is is stepping up so the league can replace its equipment and the games can go on. >>> 4:51 is the time right now. a technology boost in silicon valley, the upgrade san jose city leaders hope will draw people downtown. >>> can you believe it? randy moss is is now a san francisco 49er. what the controversial wide receiver is saying about his new team. >>> reporter: good morning. if you're driving down the peninsula, southbound 280 connector ramp to 380 is stil

petaluma reporting a few 1/100ths. the heavier amounts of rain are gonna come later.will become steady and then it looks like early in the afternoon and late afternoon, early evening for the south bay. we continue -- this pattern here has been with us all week long. this pattern is going to shift before it moves east. as it does, it will be with us for the weekend. we'll see some more sunshine but we'll be cooler. 14 inches at the santa cruz mountains. almost 5 near san rafael. 4 near santa rosa. more than 3 in downtown oakland. 2 in downtown san francisco. it keeps coming. we're looking at another inch or 2 when this km passes through. the heaviest rain between 4:00 and 10:00. between 4:00 and 5:00 over the north bay. and then at 8:00, 9:00, it will begin to to the -- begin to move to the south bay. mid- to upper 50s in the forecast. it will be cooler. snow levels are going to drop. areas around hamilton, santa cruz mountains, maybe even picking up a little bit of snow by sunday morning and we'll be drier for monday and tuesday. tori? >> thank you, rosemary. >>> desp

petaluma valley is not the only little trying be hit by thieves.here have been numerous break-ins at neighboring parks. >> a new warning about mail theft in monterey county sheriff's department officials have received increasing reports of mail and identity theft. don't send money through the mail, pick up your mail as soon as you can and have the post office hold your mail when you're on vacation. >> gas prices are creeping up across the country. the increase has been fueled by fears that efforts that curb iran's nuclear program could spark a military confrontation in the middle east in the bay area, aaa says a gallon of regular costs an average of 4.41 in san francisco, up a cent and a half. across the state, santa barbara has the highest average price per gallon of regular, 4.43. the lowest price is yuba city, 4.24. >> it was service over self in san francisco today to bring beauty to a neighborhood. the rotary club of san francisco planted several trees where holly court is located, the oldest public housing site in the city. volunteers beautif

well, it is a very sweet victory indeed for one enterprising man in petaluma.ess is now a booming buck success. after you see this you may never look at our local cows the same way again. here's jonathan bloom. >> petaluma has an awful lot of cows, and it turns out their milk is part of something utterly unusual. >> all the happy california cows. >> this is neil, who left a job in corporate america six years ago to start an ice cream shop. >> i wanted to do something to combine the do-gooder in me along with the can'tist. i felt owe begannic ice cream would be a good compromise but he had no idea how good it would be. filled entirely with milk and cream from local dares, he told us the material for three continues of ice cream. >> this is just the milk. >> spins it around and around in the freezer. >> until it gets to the front and ice cream comes out frozen, which is why this pipe itself is frozen. >> does it go from there? a giant machine that spits out a perfectly swirled pipe every two seconds. his ice cream became so popular that two years ago he opened th

donations have been pouring in, including a $1000 check from the petaluma police officers association. as a result, the living leaguers won't miss a singling at bat. >>> and getting ready for the first round of the ncaa tournament. the 7th seeded gale will play. there will be free popcorn and other refreshments on their watch party. get the latest scores, photos and more from the ncaa tournament section right there on our home page. >>> that tense situation we have been reporting on in san jose continues right now. one more last live look here. and the situation has not changed. a neighborhood is essentially on lockdown as police and s.w.a.t. teams have surround add home in the area of blossom avenue and blossom hill road south of highway 85. they are focusing in on a robbery and carjacking suspect. we do have crews on the scene and they are telling us that neighbors say that the home that police surrounded may be one that's for sale and is vacant. this standoff has been hang since -- happening since the early morning hours. we are keeping our crew there for any news happening. thanks

somebody broke into the locker for the petaluma valley little league over the weekend. there's some very disappointed kids. >> they busted this whole piece off, which this was locked like this >> reporter: jimmy gallagher showed us how the shed that held pitching machines and catcher's gear was broken into that gear is gone. players are disappointed. >> that means that there's no more baseball games we can pitch that's pretty bad. >> reporter: lucas says what he thinks of the culprits. >> they are really mean and cruel. >> reporter: cruel because the pitching machines help these mini leaguers learn the craft of hitting a baseball. easy for some, not so easy for others. the coach says these little guys have a small strike zone to pitch to so these months come in handy. >> we -- so these machines come in handy. >> we need something consistent to hit over and over again they get that repetition and bill the skill set and get muscle memory. >> reporter: they have their entire games with ed by machines like this they say is old and inaccurate. the league is going to have to

from petaluma. southbound at the sanitary landfill.se of that there has been of light traffic throughout marin county all morning long. heading south, the green is showing decent however, that traffic is moving through we could see a nice light truck but that will probably change. >>george: a bridge check 18 minutes. from the nimitz. this is backup all the way to grand ave. and a high wind/fog with san mateo. in the westbound direction is showing heavy the golden gate is looking decent. light traffic through marin county. james has a look at the weather. >>george: thank you. >>james: looking at san francisco we have some sunshine will slowly warm temperatures. still, chilly. however, a bit windy. some threats of patchy frost in the north valley that is usually protected from that wind. so far, that has not materialized to be that much but it has been cold. will have breaks of sunshine. with temperatures in the mid upper 50s. this afternoon, the north bay will be the main suspect for north bay rainfall. we will have that on the present.

he won the ugliest dog contest at the sonoma fair in petaluma. brauner said she simply passed away in her sleep on saturday but she will keep her title until the new ugliest dog is crowned in june. >> we have one angry bird that is putting humans in a parking lot in missouri. most people duck when they see the goose flying at them. analysts say it looks like a bird is protecting his family and they point out there is a mother goose nearby. both of them assume a protective posture >> these are incredibly good parents which is one of the reasons they are so successful. they raise babies every year and they will fight off anything >> some humans are surprised to learn that keys are actually protected by the federal government but i don't know how much protection they will need >> if you go up to lake tahoe and if you're eating something they will hiss at you. you need to stay away from those guys. >> not so great for the cal bears >> they look really great in the warmups and then if it went south from there. they only allowed 13 points in the first

and how about petaluma native, jonny gomes crushes one to left. a's get the win 9-2 is your final. on to college basketball, where the pac 12 is yet to crown a regular-season champion, the california golden bears still have a chance at the share of the title. needing a win at stanford and washington huskies to lose today. huskies and ucla on the hardwood, it's been a tough week for ben howland and company, looking to play spoiler. luskies by five, late first half, terrence roth finishes the play. as the shot clock expires and under a minute to play, tony roton, great move on his defender for the easy bucket. second half, tyler lamb with the steal, feeds it to jones for the three. count it, ucla takes their first lead. 8:30 to play. then with just two minutes to play jones sinks the jumper, bruins clinging to a two-point lead. tied 69-69 with a minute to go, lamb, short on the three, david ware, where are you? he's there for the putback. throws down. free throws down the stretch that is, and wins, ucla 75-69. also in action tonight, usf dons take on the st. mary's gails. plus, san j

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his daughter kidnapped and killed up in petaluma.terday the mother of sierra lamar was speaking, not to the media but to her daughter. >> people will take care of you. wherever you are be strong. i know you are going to get back to us. you have a lot of people looking out for you. they are going to help you find your way back to me. >> reporter: sierra lamar disappeared friday march 16th on her way to the school bus stop they believe. purse and cellphone have been found, husband of phone tips have come into investigators but nothing has panned out. no solid leads. today volunteers will be gathering here. 85 tilton avenue in morgan hill at 8:00 and they will be briefed and then they are going to head out on the search for some clues. if the you are planning on coming out you have to be 18 years of age. have a driver's license and please be dressed for a hike into some pretty rough areas. live in morgan hill terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news". >> eric: 5:33. a fight between two men led to a stabbing at a new occupy encampment in front of th

. >> petaluma has an awful lot of cows, and it turns out their milk is part of something utterly unusual cows. >> this is neil, who left a job in corporate america six years ago to start an ice cream shop. >> i wanted to do something to combine the inner do-gooder in me along with the dirty capitalist. i felt organic ice cream would be a good compromise but he had no idea how good it would be. filled entirely with milk and cream from local dairies, he told us the material for three continues of ice cream. >> this is just the milk. >> spins it around and around in the freezer. >> until it gets to the front and ice cream comes out frozen, which is why this pipe itself is frozen. >> where does it go from there? a giant machine that spits out a perfectly swirled pipe every two seconds. his ice cream became so popular that two years ago he opened the nation's only fully organic ice cream factory right here in petaluma. >> this freezer is bigger than our first store. >> employees wrapped in eskimo coats stack up 12,000 pints a day. soon they will be sold at whole foods store in all 50 states.

the kids in petaluma are going to need it.aluma valley little league. and they took off with two motorized pitching machines, a line chalk machine, and protective gear for the umpires. the stolen equipment is worth about $3000 and worth a lot more to all the little leaguers. >>> we have more on the rains coming. >> here's the view from san francisco. the dome atop city hall. so far, so good. a beautiful start to the day. it's going to be a beautiful afternoon. here's a quick breakdown. we've got one for tuesday into wednesday. wind, rain, and pretty decent rain totals. we could get up to 5 inches of accumulation in the north bay hills. thursday a slightly less intense system rolls through. a good bit of this rain will fall in the north bay. and friday into saturday we've got another round of wet weather. that one could have pretty severe winds that go along with it. that could stir up thunderstorms. water spouts, hail a possibility. that's a quick breakdown of what to expect this week with the storms rolling through. as for wh

where our next chunk of energy is moving through showers lining up across it from roanoke park, petaluma, novato up to st. helena. novato boulevard, lucas valley road, up to -- areas receiving wet weather. east bay valleys we have showers pulling out of the east bay hills from orinda, lafayette, moraga way to walnut creek from concord into clayton. one last stop, all moving from west to east expect it to be a little wet during the morning and it is causing problems. >>> in fact, we've had several new problems within the last 10 minutes this has been out there for a while oakland maze, westbound 580 towards eastbound 80, chp has been running traffic breaks one of the cars was driving too fast and caused a second accident in the same area, the right lane is blocked, crews are there. we could see some delays. new crash san jose north 101 at tully, four cars in one lane, traffic gets heavy there. northbound 13 past 580, a tree down blocking the right lane. >>> marin family cleaning up after last night's rain and winds sent a huge oak tree crashing into their home. this is in fairfax about 7:

. >> someone broke into the equipment loark for the petaluma valley little league. thomas roman spoke with some disappointed kids. >> they busted this whole piece off. this was locked like this. >> jimmy gallagher told us where the shed that held two new pitching machines with catcher's gear was broken into and the gear was stolen. some are disappointed. >> that means there are no baseball games and that is pretty bad. >> lucus schaefer says what he thinks of the culprits. >> they are mean and cruel. >> cruel because the pitching machines help these mini leaguers learn the craft of hitting a baseball. easy for some and not so easy for others. this little league coach says these guys have a small strike zone to pitch to, so the machines come in handy. >> we need something where they can see something consistent to hit. they can get the rep petition down and build the skill set and get the muscle memory. >> they have their entire games pitched by machines like this one they say is old and inaccurate. members of the league say who ever took this equipment wants to retu

visibility quiet reports of fog around petaluma, otherwise all reporting stations are quiet this morning:00 we'll have a lot of 30s, especially inland towards palo alto morgan hill low to mid 40s increasing clouds towards noon upper 40s around half moon bay, san francisco, san rafael, everybody else in the low to mid 50s, upper 50s in most areas to low 60s by 4:00. slightly cooler at half moon bay at 54. today probably the last day you will be dealing with pollen this week as the rain is here everyday tomorrow through sunday, heaviest rainfalls wednesday. >> good morning frances. >> messy commute for the later part of the week not bad this morning we may see more accidents later on. if you are taking the vallejo bay link ferry they are having a problem with one of the vessels, electrical problem this morning they will replace some of the departures with buses, bart, ace, caltrain and muni no delays. delay-free out of vallejo and i-80 westbound through berkeley towards the bay bridge toll so far traffic flowing well along this stretch. no problems across the san mateo bridge this is westb

marc klaas, his daughter was kidnapped and killed back in 1993 up in petaluma.er of sierra lamar was talking. she was talking to her daughter. >> people will take care of you. whatever are you are being strong. i know you are going to get back to you. we have a lot of people looking out for you. they will help you find your way back to me. >> sierra lamar disappeared friday, march 16th. they believe she was on her way to the school bus stop when she vanished. her purse and cellphone have been found, there are no solid leads in this case and that is, volunteers are going to be gathering down here, 85 tilton avenue at 8:00. they are going to be given some brief training and then they are going to be fanning out retracing steps of previous searchers. if you want to take part in this you have to be 18 years of age. please have a driver's license and dress for the hike you will be going on today. >> kristen: new this morning, a fight between two men led to a stabbing at a new occupy encampment in front of the federal reserve building. police were called to market and

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nevada a petaluma some of the heaviest rain showers.d rain starts char's right now you're at least in clouds and work and is still wet and windy throughout the afternoon and evening in the slide they need to meet-the wetter than the morning commute to and the shares continued to the day tomorrow so once again we have this low pressure system of the bay area somebody when the conditions as well. pretty strong the times. leaving kenya the system is moving from north to south and yes pretty good range hours across the bay area by 6:00 this evening. and then to continue into the the the exam more and more showers throughout the overnight and into tomorrow sell slowly by wednesday afternoon evening that is what we can see some of the showers clear out of fear solace renner is talking about most spots could see about half an inch to an inch of rain and mud of the lower elevations on the peninsula. but then check out some of the higher elevations santa cruz mountains still have to 2 1/2 inches parts of the north that it north they will get to

. >>> to petaluma teens are being held in juvenile hall on hate crimes. two teens were responsible for the racest slurs and gang symbols found on the school two weeks ago. the boys were arrested at their homes where they found evidence that the two were involved in the van limb. they believe they are both attending but they are attending other schools. >>> christian round street has not let it chase her. on sunday somebody stole the van she uses to get around and inside it was her wheelchair. she has filed a report that says all he wants is her wheelchair. >> you can drop it off, i just need the van back. >> she has gone on social media to ask for help. she wants anybody spotting the blot regard van. she said without the van and wheelchair, she can't get to school to teach. >>> public defender says the police department failed to conduct preliminary checks and it shows the same results over and over again. the problem started six years all. the can public's office is looking to vote guilty.$♪. >>> two proposals are under consideration, you one would bring

. >>> a few heartless thieves have ensured several little leaguers in petaluma are about to kickoff theirexpensive equipment. someone broke into the team's equipment locker over the weekend. the storage shed held two new pitching machines, and some catchers' gear. as police investigate there's some very disappointed kids. >> that means there's no more baseball games we can pitch that's pretty bad. >> really mean and cruel. >> anywhere four to six thousand for a new shed plus $3500 for a new pitching machine. >> those in the league say they want the equipment returned and would take it, no questions asked. otherwise the league is going to have to raise money they don't have to replace the equipment. >> the a's have two new suitors going after the team both groups have expressed interest in keeping the team in oakland one group from l.a. recently dropped out of the bidding for the tkupted dodgers. the second group is led by silicon valley executive. this amid a growing belief that baseball won't challenge the giants' claim to owning the south bay meaning no other major league team could mov

> word of warning for drivers in the north bay watch your speed if you are heading to or through petaluma cracking down all day as par of a maximum enforcement operation. the department says fridays have a higher number of collisions and speed is the primary cause. petaluma police say they expect similar crackdowns to be common in the weeks ahead. >>> morgan hill police say a new tool has helped them nab a thief. a scanner uses multiple cameras to read license plates and determine if a car is stolen. the device got a hit on a car in a parking lot. police say the man an admitted stealing plate from a neighbor's car so he wouldn't have to pay registration. then the scanner spotted another stolen license plate in the same lot. it turned out he had swiped that plate too. they arrested him. >>> it is not going to be his weekend. but if you are a skier it is your weekend. >> absolutely. pretty here too. >> absolutely. unlimited visibility at least at our reporting stations. some of our traffic spotters on the waze application have said fog up around 280, so watch out for that, minor instances o

have news around the bay, this morning a woman was caught trying to steal alcohol from a store in petalumand fought off the manager. happens saturday morning. she was allegedly trying to steal several hundred dollars of liquor. with the manager confronted her, she tried to pepper spray him and tried to back into him with her car. the store manager was on injured and police are still looking for the suspect. in santa rosa, thieves stole more than a mile and half of copper wire used to power street lamps. the theft was discovered when the crews were dispatched to check street lights that were not working. that is when they discovered the missing 8,000 ft. of wire. police are still looking for the suspects there. in the south bay, school budget cuts are taking a toll on more affluent districts. parents, teachers and students gathered in santa clara trying to rev up a tax increase campaign. in past years and this had trouble passing. it will offer $84 a year parcel tax. that would raise about 2.3 million. supporters of the tax measures a the extra money is needed to keep schools running at an

picking up in intensity, look at petaluma. novato, up to halfway petaluma.ast time we sampled the rainfall rates. it is a third of an inch per hour. all of this is tracking mainly to the east as we continue to see wet weather along interstate 80 from villejo and out to sacramento. we will have much more coming up. the winds are strong in half moon bay. 20 miles an hour. and sfo and oakland registering sustained wind. we will talk more about what we will see in terms of when the rain will end. for now, we are dealing with it this morning. >> all around the bay area, we will keep you updated. >> reporter: you can see it is raining hard on the 101 and right by candlestick park. and especially if you are having trouble and need to pull over. there is puddling on the imagine lanes. don't try to hydroplane in case you have to stop. >>> traffic on 580 is slow as you approach the gulf links exit. that happened a half hour ago. no one was injured and it is having an impact on the traffic in the area. >> you can blame the rain for this accident that continues to parti

. >>> many people in petaluma are pitching in to help out the little league team. last weekend someone broke into the team's equipment shed and made off with bats, balls and helmets. the total loss was estimated at $3,000. since then donations have been pouring in including a $1,000 from the petaluma police officers association. as a result they won't miss a single at bat. >>> the rivalry between stanford and cal has taken a new turn. stanford was declared the more prestigious one of the uks time higher. that is the opposite from the rankings last year. they are based on opinions about the school as well as research and teaching at the yours. harvard was number one on the list. >> opinions about the schools. that is interesting. there is a lot of opinions about the school. >> we know where sal stands on that. >> yes, we do. big stanford guy. >> come on now. i actually a wearing a red tie. >>> good morning, everybody. let's look at the traffic. you heard rose marry say it -- rosemary say it and pam tweeted we may have rain this evening. so far the commute is okay. w

some moderate little (q&ls from santa rosa, between santa rosa, and petaluma, picking up moderate rainhe yellows there. temperatures, the embarcadero getting wet. thr)d street getting wet. as we head over towards thq oakland area, we're seeing rain out towards san ramon and al -- the heaviest rain up towards san jose. the road with moderate rain starting tz move in. this moving from south to north. so definitely more will train in this direction overnight tonight. a look at our seven-day forecast will be coming up later. >> alan: another search for a mission morgan hill team. sierra lamar disappeared on friday and now the nib is -- fbi is involved in the search. >> reporter: sierra lamar's friends and neighbors want her home. they're posting fliers and tying yellow ribbons all over town. >> it's dangerous out here. nobody saw her leave her house, and so i want to make sure nothing like this happens agpr'. >> everything changed the moment sierra disappeared a week ago frr"ay. here's what investigators know. sierra was supposed to have caught her bus to school at 7:25 friday morning. her

alameda skoons, steadiest rain has been up in the north bay, half an inch in santa rosa, tenth in petaluma and only one hundredth in napa. san antonio road, old adobe road and river road that is where we're seeing some of the better returns right now. and livermore up to brentwood and oakley, that is where we're seeing some of the better radar returns. all this is moving off to the east with the cold front. so as we expected this afternoon we're going to have light to moderate rate throughout the day. >> embattled sheriff ross mirkarimi took the first step to lifting his suspension from work. they say he acted outside his legal authority when he suspended him for misconduct. courts have ruled that public official cannot be removed unless they are in office. the incident took place more than a week before he was sworn in. he pleaded guilty to false imprison. >> there is serious doubts on the survival of healthcare overhaul. the arguments are focused on the law's individual insurance requirement. anthony kennedy the swing vote questioned whether the mandate is a step beyond what cases are al

we are detectiving showers up in the north -- detecting showers up in the north bay, santa rosa, petaluma. a wider picture of what's going on. we did see showery conditions out there today. that wave has passed through. but you can see the front edge of the next wave is making its way into the north bay as we just showed you right now. and more rain on the way, you can see it up to the north. this is bringing heavier cells to northern california, and that's going to roll in tomorrow for us. starting in the north bay in the afternoon. we'll look at your weather headlines , showers popping up overnight, seeing that now. heavier rain for friday evening, and friday night. we're going to see thunderstorms this weekend, but we're also going to see a few sun breaks and cool are temperatures this weekend as well. we'll have the complete forecast coming up. >>> in the north bay, crews spent much of the morning clearing trees and debris in the homestead area of hill valley. high winds knocked dun a number of tree -- down a number of trees there, blocking the 1-lane access road to several homes. the

alameda skoons, steadiest rain has been up in the north bay, half an inch in santa rosa, tenth in petaluma and only one hundredth in napa. san antonio road, old adobe road and river road that is where we're seeing some of the better returns right now. and livermore up to brentwood and oakley, that is where we're seeing some of the better radar returns. all this is moving off to the east with the cold front. so as we expected this afternoon we're going to have light to moderate rate throughout the day. >> embattled sheriff ross mirkarimi took the first step to lifting his suspension from work. they say he acted outside his legal authority when he suspended him for misconduct. courts have ruled that public official cannot be removed unless they are in office. the incident took place more than a week before he was sworn in. he pleaded guilty to falseimpri. >> there is serious doubts on the survival of healthcare overhaul. the arguments are focused on the law's individual insurance requirement. anthony kennedy the swing vote questioned whether the mandate is a step beyond what cases are allowe

petaluma, .04. .210s -- .0210. santa rosa will be making up good found -- good ground. -- good ground. >>> lake county, 6 to 7 inches -- moment of that will fall tonight into tomorrow. 40s and 50s on the temperatures. very mild air mass. our system, though, is sweeping in. as it mops in tonight and tomorrow, we'll see the rain increase. heaviest amounts will be where you usually find it. santa cruz mountains. i think they will be more than this. very wind why the at times. rain steadty already in the north bay and temperatures will be in the upper 50s. just due to the cluck and a steady seat wind. rain tonight for, into wednesday. next system friday into saturday. it looks like a break on sunday. maureen? >> thank you, steven. >>> 7:43. an act of generosity by a loot toe winner has led to a fight. >>> and the newly released 911 tapes tee tailing a -- detailing a deadly avalanche and the santa cruz woman who survived it all. we are the sons and daughters of farmers who made cheese; the keepers of the loafs. the peop

. >>> a set back for the petaluma valley little league.ms will have to replace $3,000 worth of baseball equipment after a week theft. police say thieves broke into a storage shed at park lane. it happened sometime between 5:30:00 p.m. saturday and 9:00 a.m. sunday. anyone with information is asked to call petaluma police. >>> 6:56. it's no secret the 49ers will be lookinged a wait receivers this -- wide receivers this off season. but the one showing up today is a surprise. randy moss is trying to make a comeback. the 35-year-old moss has played for several nfl teams including the raiders. moss has has a procareer mix with excellence and controversy. critics have questioned his work ethic and his attitude. >>> meantime two bay area teams are getting in on march madness. we were there with st. mary gales yesterday. they found out they are the number seven seed in the midwest region. they will face purdue on friday in omaha, nebraska. the cal bears are a 12 seed but are in one of the play in games. they will have to beat fellow 12 seed south

half an of petaluma, napa, more that an inch in santa rosa, now the cold front is starting to stall. that means we are going to have a moist southerly flow throughout the day into tonight with the heaviest rain ahead of us winds gusting 25 to 35 miles per hour through the early evening. complete forecast in just a minute. >>> amy hollyfield is live in downtown san francisco preparations being made? >> reporter: people are getting ready, they are taking this storm seriously. we aren't getting any breaks. we are expected to have steady rain for several rains. it -- for several days. it is all about being prepared. a dozen people picked up sandbags this morning in san francisco to try and keep the water out of their homes. >> right now it is fine. if the rain continues, on a daily basis, grounds get saturated and the rear of the house starts to flood. it is not bad, but any water in the house is not good. >> reporter: the rain started this morning. it wasn't heavy but it was still enough to cause problems on the highways. >> 25% increase in 911 calls from this morning's commute between

costs we could see light- moderate rainfall from santa rosa, petaluma and san rafael. we will have rainfall totals coming up in our next report. let's see how the wet weather is impacting the roadways. >>george: we are in a little bit of a rest, we are not currently tracking any major incidents, hot spots or major delays. at the bay bridge westbound, it looks like a great ride. the metering lights have not yet been activated. they are not yet warranted because of the volume. the >>george: let's check the traffic maps for a look at your ride or of the bay area. on the east shore freeway and interstate 80, it is a guess right. the commute on 580 to westbound and 680 south look good. the south bay freeways, adjusted the first that of slowing tsk on 101 northbound picks continuing up the peninsula, it looks clear. it is a little slow at the 92-280 interchange but no problems reported there. the simmering ride is still an easy trip through the county, there are no delays from 37 down to the golden gate. >>mark: jackie sissel is live haaziq 80 and zero legs. >>jackie: the ra

here's a look at a closeup of where some of the rain is coming at, from petaluma, san rafael, moore creek road, and novato, also, east bay, seeing some pockets of rain, walnut creek, moraga, heywood -- heyward saying reason, and sunnyvale, you see the oranges and the yellows there, and remember, this is moving. it's training from south and north so the rain in campbell pushing up towards cupertino and sunnyvale. how long will it be with us? the forecast is in a bit. >> alan: san leandro man faces charges in the stabbing death of a woman. the police arrested gar vazquez, accused of killing a woman whose body was found yesterday inside her car. investigators say the two had previously dated freafnltdz of the victim's witnessed the attack and led police to the suspect. after tracking vazquez to this home, s.w.a.t. members waited him out for several hours and entered the home and found him hiding in this bedroom. he is in the opt hospital recovering from dog bytes. >> a deadly shooting that has caused a nationwide debate over race and justice. >>> today, florida lawmaker comes out against a m

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cooler numbers with the cloud cover to the north. 64 in petaluma.a chance of rain by late wednesday night into thursday. it will be cloudy on friday and it will rain on saturday with a few showers scattered on sunday and monday. >> smiling is a simple thing to do but there is a science to it. what is behind the health benefits. >> so-called healthy snacks might be anything but. dietitians say labels show many foods appearing to be healthy really are not. multi- grain bread products sound good but many of them are loaded with white flour. vitamin drinks and sports drinks are full of sugar and even low-fat chips might not be. always read the label. in the words of phyllis diller, a smile is what sets everything straight. here's a closer look at the science of smiling and why it might make you live longer >> flex the muscles at both ends of your mouth and smile. >> a joke >> my dog >> the bonus check i got >> you know how it makes you feel >> very joyful, i feel very happy that i can smile >> it makes me want to do more of it >> i feel happy >> the sim

including a $1,000 check from the petaluma police officers association.result, the little leaguers won't miss a single at bat. >>> in the wake of sunday's massacre of afghan civilians, pressure is growing on president obama to accelerate the pace of u.s. troop withdrawals. as alison burns reports his plan is to gradually wind down the war and facing new set backs. alison. >> reporter: pam, and today the afghan president lashed out at the u.s. saying he was at the end of his rope. he's complaining about what he calls a lack of cooperation with the u.s. in the investigation of sunday's shooting spree. he was meeting with the families of the 16 victims. now the comments today come a day after he told service secretary leon panetta afghan's don't trust u.s. troops. he wants them out of rural areas. he wants afghans to take control of their new security next year. >> i don't think that the u.s. is going to exceed to karzai's demand. >> reporter: in another set back for the u.s. the taliban has suspended preliminary peace talks. more on what the taliban is dema

. >>> petaluma police have arrested two teenagers suspected of vandalizing a junior high school. police believe the 14-year-old and 15-year-old boys spray painted racist and gang slurs at the high school. the boys were arrested at the homes where officers say they found evidence the two were involved in the vandalism. police believe both boys now attend other schools. >>> the west contra costa school district hopes to add to the reward for information leading to whoever vandalized a school. last month, someone shattered nearly 30 windows and damaged a multi-purr pots room. the damages could take $500,000 to repair. the west contra costa superintendent is recommending that the school board approve the $10,000 offer at a meeting tomorrow. that would bring the reward total to more than $22,000. >>> today san rafael officials will start researching a possible ban on styrofoam bags. the proposal was put on hold after the plastics industry sued. the judge ruled that the environment report did not need to be completed but the plastic industry is apiling that decision -- appealing that d

half an of petaluma, napa, more that an inch in santa rosa, now the cold front is starting to stall. that means we are going to have a moist southerly flow throughout the day into tonight with the heaviest rain ahead of us winds gusting 25 to 35 miles per hour through the early evening. complete forecast in just a minute. >>> amy hollyfield is live in downtown san francisco preparations being made? >> reporter: people are getting ready, they are taking this storm seriously. we aren't getting any breaks. we are expected to have steady rain for several rains. it -- for several days. it is all about being prepared. a dozen people picked up sandbags this morning in san francisco to try and keep the water out of their homes. >> right now it is fine. if the rain continues, on a daily basis, grounds get saturated and the rear of the house starts to flood. it is not bad, but any water in the house is not good. >> reporter: the rain started this morning. it wasn't heavy but it was still enough to cause problems on the highways. >> 25% increase in 911 calls from this morning's commute between

redwood drive, stony point road, petaluma hill road maybe a few sprinkles this morning same on 29 over knoxville road or warm springs road. all moving from west to east out of here in the next half hour or so. we'll keep a sprinkle -- chance of sprinkles in the north bay today less so than yesterday. mostly cloudy 8:00 this morning. low to mid 50s. by noon partly sunny mid to upper 50s along the coast into the north bay low to mid 60s for everybody else. 4:00 you can see 60s everywhere except in santa rosa, half moon bay 50s there, may be near 70 in livermore and san jose. heaviest of the rain tonight windy with showers tomorrow afternoon, sunday looks to be dry, but breezy, monday and tuesday dry, another chance of rain wednesday. here's frances with what is going on in san francisco. >>> we just wanted to mention where katie marzullo is at the scene of this homicide, main street is closed between harrison and bryant. part of bryant closed in the area. harrison is open at this point if you are coming off the bay bridge or drive through that seems to be okay and embarcadero also okay.

. >>> there is a big set back for the petaluma little league. they have to replace $3,000 worth of equipment after a theft. police broke in between 5:30:00 p.m. on saturday and 9:00 yesterday morning. the suspects got away with two motorized pitching machine and chalk machine. >>> 4:53. march madness is here and it's time to begin feeling out your bracket. we were there with the st. mary gales as the team found out they are the number seven seed in the midwest region. that will face 11 seed purdue in nebraska. cal bears are a 12 seed but are in one of the playing games. they have to beat south florida and dayton ohio on wednesday to join the field of 64. today the ncaa womens bracket will be announced. stanford is expected to be a number one seed. and cal is expected to be in the field. exciting times. >>> sal golden bear we know who he roots for. >> i've had up and down days. good morning, everybody. let's take a look at the commute now. traffic is moving along pretty well if you are daveing to any of the bay area bridges. let's start off with

weeks touches the home plate and then jonny gomes straight out of petaluma crushes one to left. two-run shot. he was 2-3 on the day. as get the win, 9-2 is your final. also got a big game going on in the wcc west coast conference semifinal. usf is taking on st. mary's. highlights at 11:00. >> thank you, henry. >>> one of the stars of nbc's "the office" is in san jose for the film festival in san jose. >> i'm in need of a medium. >> you'll always -- >> he plays creed on the office but he plays a much different role in the 1950s black and white sci-fi musical. if you're curious, check it out tonight. just go to the website and check it out. >>> thanks for choosing the bay area at 6:00. we have lindsay lohan tonight on "snl." i'll be a tweeting about it. >>> coming up on techn now, we'l show you why they call this the year of the smart televi

i found a traffic spotter getting ready to get on to 101 in petaluma, eyes on the road and hopefullyr she will be doing that right now it is looking good and quiet around the rest of the bay area. when things slow down you can always download this free traffic app by going to abc7news.com/waze. so you will know where the slow downs are for your route. >>> parents pay attention to this story. the state department of public health warning about potentially dangerous candy. three candies sold in california are being recalled because they contain amounts of lead considered dangerous. the candy is distributed by a southern california company imported from pakistan lead levels 12 parts per million 20% above the legal limit. other is 3 50 to 400% above the legal limit if you have any of these you are urged throw the candies away immediately. >>> there's a moratorium on experiments with the so-called bird flu concerns over what happens when that moratorium expires this weeks. the human version first surfaced in asia a decade ago. since there have been 600 confirmed cases more than half fatal

>>reporter: doug frame ton of petaluma says he was nearly rear ended by an rv during a death wobble on highway 101. retired chp officer david fair brother of mill valley says he spun out on i-5. >> lost control of the wheel and the vehicle and it basically began to spin out of control, cross from the slow lane to the fast lane and into the center divider nishtion both incidents no one was injured. but both men are frustrated that neither jeep nor nh tsa hasn't done anything to help it. >> i experienced and so has my producer. it happens at highway speed hits a bump and whether he will start to shake steering column vibrates. only stops when the vehicle slows down. or stops. our investigation has now gotten the attention of 2 members of congress. silicon valley representative and ranking member of the energy and commerce committee. in a joint letter to the national highway transportation safety administration they ask the agency to explain why consumers haven't been warned about the problem. they ask the administration to detail how much they know about the problem and what they have do

sausalito, san rafael, novato, petaluma, all the way up to ukiah, we have rain right now. we'll pull out over the last three hours moving a little south of east which means some of this lighter rain will move farther south in the morning commute wet in a lot of areas it is drier towards the east bay valleys and south bay areas that have been the driest so far out of these storm systems that is going to change into the afternoon. winds fairly light 10 to 15 miles per hour. 8:00 you can see light rain dancing around all of our neighborhoods temperatures in the 50s. towards lunch we'll still have rain hanging around with the heaviest rain starting to move into the north bay, yellows there around santa rosa, temperatures in the mid to upper 50s by 4:00, we have the heaviest of the rain starting to pull into the bay itself, you can see there coming down san rafael, napa, close to san francisco, oakland and concord. primarily an evening event. rain during the day heavy flooding rain will come during the evening hours when you need to be careful for that flooding, debris slides a

. >> 2 teenagers are under arrest tonight accused of vandalizing a petaluma school.estigators say they tagged the exterior walls of ken worth junior high last month with gng signs, ethnic slur and gender slur directed at teachers. police say they also damaged a car in the school parking lot and nearby home. the school district with damage estimates in the 5000 dollar range. 2 teens arrested are not ken worth students. >> thousands of people got early wake up call today when an earthquake rattled the east bay and beyond. 2 of them actually. just after 5:30 in the morning. first was a two.9 shock and followed by the 4 main quake. both certified in el cerrito. neither caused any damage except for things that fell off shelves. still it was a pretty good jolt. >> i felt a pop and then i heard a roar behind the pop and then all of a sudden my house started to shake and i walked around the house make sure there was no damage and in fact there was none. >> kind of jumped out of bed. make sure everything was okay. family was okay. >>reporter: quake epicenter on the hayward fa

>>reporter: doug frame ton of petaluma says he was nearly rear ended by an rv during a death wobble on01. retired chp officer david fair brother of mill valley says he spun out on i-5. >> lost control of the wheel and the vehicle and it basically began to spin out of control, cross from the slow lane to the fast lane and into the center divider nishtion both incidents no one was injured. but both men are frustrated that neither jeep nor nh tsa hasn't done anything to help it. >> i experienced and so has my producer. it happens at highway speed hits a bump and whether he will start to shake steering column vibrates. only stops when the vehicle slows down. or stops. our investigation has now gotten the attention of 2 members of congress. silicon valley representative and ranking member of the energy and commerce committee. in a joint letter to the national highway transportation safety administration they ask the agency to explain why consumers haven't been warned about the problem. they ask the administration to detail how much they know about the problem and what they have done to reme