like i said, i can see the piedmont police and emergency management people getting people out of piedmontthe highway piedmont road and they got shut down. hopefully they will get -- >> look at the motion in that. oh, my gosh. >> hopefully they will get out of there and safe. >> the motion is tremendous. david, are you still with us? violent tornado coming into piedmont. david, are you there? >> yeah, mike. can you hear me? >> yes. go. >> it's half a mile wide, another killer tornado. it went across highway 81 is when it intensified. it's half a mile wide. killer tornado. it crossed gregory road and now is going to cross northwest expressway in about a minute. it's crossing northwest expressway right now. it's crossing the northwest expressway. it's a maxi tornado and half a mile wide. no doubt about it. it looked just like it did an hour and a half ago. deadly, deadly tornado, mike, coming down both sides of the metro, back to you. >> chad, it's amazing because this -- these pictures happened literally just moments ago and it's so dramatic and scary. you've seen this kind of stuff before

>> maxi tornado coming into piedmont. piedmont, get out of the way. piedmont, get out of the way, get below groubd rignd right no. maxi wedge multi-vortex tornado. get to your safe room, storm cellar, basement, interior closet or bathroom may not do it. get out of the way. get out of the way or get below ground. >> unbelievable footage. and of course, we now are used to seeing what damage and havoc is wreaked in the wake of those unbelievable tornados. chad myers standing by in our severe weather center right now with the latest on these tornados in oklahoma. chad, where is there the greatest threat and risk right now? >> moving on up from stillwater to tulsa, and the new risk that i'm seeing now is in north texas. and that's even including dallas-ft. worth. most of the rotation is now south of the red river. that's where the air is warmer. it's been sunny all day down there. there were big tornadoes -- now, the man that was just on that video, david payne, found this tornado very close to hinton. it moved across i-40 to el reno, just south of cashen

rebecca jarvis is in piedmont, oklahoma tonight with the latest. rebecca, good evening. >> reporter: harry, good evening. this is the hardest hit town in oklahoma. as many as 100 homes look like the one behind me after a tornado tore through town last night. >> oh, no, what did it destroy? it's a trailer house! >> reporter: with winds up to 150 miles per hour... >> what's behind it? >> reporter: ...the tornado that tore through piedmont, oklahoma destroyed jamey zimmerman's dream house in just 15 seconds. >> i know it's going to be a year before i get to live in it again. >> reporter: zimmerman had heard the advanced warnings on his local newscast, so he knew he had minutes to take shelter. >> that thing it a bull's eye on me. it was coming right at me. as it came over the hill i said it's time to get into the safe room. watch for glass! >> reporter: he came here to this small fortified room he built in the back of his bedroom. >> i was in the safe room back in here. >> reporter: where he found refuge as the tornado tore the rest of his house to sh

enterrados entre los escombros, y viviendas demolidas, fueron parte de los destrozos en otro poblado, piedmont. ----simplemente las autoridades y las ambulancias no se daban abasto con la cantidad de llamadas de emergencia. ---- en menos de 24 horas los destrozos son incalculables, el panorama es desolador, pero hay sobreviviente s a los que ahora les tocara empezar de nuevo. ---- son cosas

. >> the police and piedmont are investigating a report of a rate of a 17 year-old girl. she told police she was assaulted by a man that worked as a substitute employees of the piedmont school district. now happen here and winfield, that is the school's sports field. the superintendent says i must stress that until the investigation is complete we are dealing with allegations. >> we have been looking at this scene, live in oakland, the police say they were led on a chase by the man that was driving that car that you see here. they say the man left the car, they're looking for him right now. we know that the police believe the driver was associated with a crime that was committed earlier today. they're not confirming what the crime was, but you are looking at the car that was left near a gas station. this is on macarthur boulevard. they're looking for the suspected believe that he may be hiding in a nearby apartment building. stop the officers are on the scene, they have set up a perimeter, they are searching for the suspect now. [music] >> we have a little rain out there

cbs news correspondent rebecca jarvis is in piedmont with an update.is most troubling, chris. right now you have what is relative calm. you have the sun out, the search and rescue crews can attend to their task of finding the missing toddler. the concern is as we get later into the day there are still forecasts out there for thunderstorms, heavy winds, and that creates a major problem for the search and rescue crews and also for people in these 75 to 100 homes that look like the one behind mine, who are trying to pick up the pieces, now that the storm has passed, so i guess what you could say of this area is that while people feel like perhaps some of the worst is behind them, they still know there's a long way to go, and with the thunderstorms on their way, that's going to create a bit of an issue going forward. >> all right, rebecca jarvis in piedmont, oklahoma, thank you. >>> just an alert to the folks out there following updates on the situation on these storms all across the country on twitter, follow us on twitter, follow me at twitter at at chri

ed lavandera is live in piedmont, oklahoma, this morning. you know, they had warned about this, they were talking about the extreme threat of these tornados and sure enough, we saw them unfold yesterday. >> kiran, here in piedmont where you're talking about is where the five deaths occurred and the sheriff in this county expects perhaps that number could increase. in fact, there's a 3-year-old boy that is still missing after the storm rolled through here late yesterday afternoon. many of these storms caught on videotape. storm chasers following these tornadoes as they touch down and carve their way across this state of oklahoma. it's been a treacherous, long sleepless night for thousands of people. not only across here in oklahoma but down into the dallas area as well. if you look at this one house here in piedmont, this was a two-story home before the tornado rolled through here yesterday afternoon. and you can see the difficult part here out in this, we're northwest of oklahoma city, rather rural area in this town of about almost 4,000 peo

the winners of the annual period monday high school bird calling contest -- piedmont high school birdalling contest making their annual appearance last night on late night with david letterman. [ bird calls ] with johnny carson. letterman ion. >> for many, many years, the winners appeared on the tonight show with johnny carson. letterman has continued the tradition. that contest began back in 1963. and congratulations to all those winners. >> that's a big deal at piedmont. >> absolutely. >> i have had a couple of buddies go through the ranks there and ending up on the tonight show, cool. >> good for them. >>> well, the time now 4:57. >>> did arnold schwarzenegger use your money to cover up his affairs? how the former governor is responding to some new allegations. >>> and san jose police investigate the 20th homicide of the year. i'm kiet do with a live report coming up. >>> and use less, pay more? some people are wondering how that makes sense in pg&e's latest rate proposal that's going to be voted on today. we'll give you the details coming up next. >> right there, right there, you

a 3-year-old still missing here in piedmont. and missouri, hit again by another round of violent storms. a tornado ripped through this subdivision. school buses crushed. no one lives here on north ridge lane anymore, diane. this house is better off than the rest behind me. all of them flattened. this block is gone. a bitter reminder of the 15 fatalities the past 24 hours and this deadly week of tornados that is now moving east. forecasters say we won't be out of the woods until friday. >> all right, matt, and though they are moving east, the people of joplin, missouri, are watching the skies again tonight, wondering if a new tornado is still hurtling toward them. the lives lost continue to climb. the number of lives twisters have taken this year, so far now more than 500. and that is the highest ever this early in a year. a new record. david muir spent the day in joplin, where a stranger saved a baby, he tells us, a symbol of what the people there are made of. david? >> reporter: this was one extraordinary reunion we witnessed t

. >> reporter: the piedmont school district says background checks are done on all employees and police tell us salazar had no history of sex crimes. >>> suspected serial killer nasso pled not guilty. nasso is acting as his own attorney. he is accused of killing four women . >>> the man accused of storming the cockpit of a airplane headed to san francisco pled not guilty today with a charge of interfering with a flight crew. al murisi faces charges. the judge today ordered al murisi held without bail. he is due back in court in four weeks. >>> governor jerry brown to close down state parks hit a snag today. the governor stays it will save $11 million this year and 22 million next year. 16 of those parks must remain open to the public because they receive federal money. the list includes castle rock state park in santa clara county. twin lakes beach and candle stick point. >>> it's the start of a holiday weekend and campgrounds around the state are filling up tonight. folks are choosing camping and a staycation. >> reporter: i can't think of a more traditional way of starting the memoria

. >> reporter: the piedmont school district says background checks are done on all employees and police tell us salazar had no history of sex crimes. >>> suspected serial killer nasso pled not guilty. nasso is acting as his own attorney. he is accused of killing four women . >>> the man accused of storming the cockpit of a airplane headed to san francisco pled not guilty today with a charge of interfering with a flight crew. al murisi faces charges. the judge today ordered al murisi held without bail. he is due back in court in four weeks. >>> governor jerry brown to close down state parks hit a snag today. the governor stays it will save $11 million this year and 22 million next year. 16 of those parks must remain open to the public because they receive federal money. the list includes castle rock state park in santa clara county. twin lakes beach and candle stick point. >>> it's the start of a holiday weekend and campgrounds around the state are filling up tonight. folks are choosing camping and a staycation. >> reporter: i can't think of a more traditional way of starting the memoria

inside the house, they found a huge stash of stolen property for more than 10 burglaries' in oakland, piedmont, berkeley in kensington. the property has been recovered by the police. he has a prior conviction for possession of stolen merchandise and berkeley. the san francisco planning commission approved a more development in an area called executive park. designed to be the anchor of other developments in the area. there will be housing for more than 3000 people, room for shopping, restaurants and other tan entertainment. it's part of the revitalization, it will connect with other plants across the highway and into visitation valley. hundreds of jobs are expected to be developed from that. some of the paper work still missing. charles was in the north bay today and shows us what he found. >>reporter: were having trouble with that, we will get back to that for you. public works crews have filled in more than 1500 pot holes. this is a the third week of the city's annual pothole blitz. you could see them at work here. by next week they hope they have killed more than 2000 pot holes. >>jacquelin

and piedmont avenue in oakland. this is in nevada city. these schools, like so many of the new deal are beautifully built. this is the school you just saw. teaching, they employed tens of thousands of teachers and librariance. new nutritionist. starving children don't learn well. they give them lunches. this is an art class in san francisco hospital. art class for crippled children. the photographers that i find of san francisco indicate that schools were integrated at the lowest level. you could mitigate the racial problem from the bottom up. there was also adult education too. this 1 learned one learned to read as many did. many of the community colleges were a result of the new deal. sacramento. i gave a talk at santa rosa and the city college in san francisco was largely a product of the pwa and has wonderful art work all over it by the art in action project at the treasure island fair. and then there's these special schools for crippled children. this is in the mission district and it's a beautiful school with all the features we take

a three-year-old still missing here in piedmont. and missouri hit again by another round of violent storm. a tornado ripped through the sub division, school buses crushed. >>> that is matt gutman reporting. the death toll stands at 125 in joplin, missouri. the a series of warnings in dozens of states. and yesterday, a deadly tornado outbreak in arkansas, oklahoma and kansas killed at least 15 people. again, a very active and deadly spring in terms of tornadoes in that part of the country. >>> one other weather-related storely. if you have been having a tough time with allergies this spring there may be a good explanation for that. a study suggests that global climate change is making allergies worse than usual. karina rusk has more in this report. >> reporter: kathleen gets four allergy shots a mont month. for her and millions of americans the biggest irritants are tree, grass and weed pollen. >> i have been helped by the shots and i'm not miserable any more during spring season. maybe slightly uncomfort. >> reporter: a report by ca

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they've been thrown back and off to the north where the tornado proceeded to take on piedmont. and then across i-35 and hit the town of guthrie, crossing two major interstates, we believe to have four dead here in canadian county. the storms eventually moved on and caused no further issues as it moved through the eastern part of the state. but another violent day this time in the sooner state. right now in el reno, oklahoma, i'm meteorologist mike bettis. lynn, back to you. >> obviously, those images put it into perspective. >>> first, in political news, democrats are celebrating a stunning victory for a u.s. congressional seat in a staunchly conservative district in upstate new york. what was expected to be a respect land slide, democrat kathy hochul defeated state assembly woman jane corwin last night. corwin steadily lost support after she came out in favor of the republican budget plan which proposes cuts in medicare to lessen the deficit. the election was called to replace republican chris lee who resigned after his shirtless photo appeared on the internet. >>> back to our

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. >>> today a country rewarded a piedmont man for his heroic actions on the battlefield decades ago. >> reporter: that tribute ended here just a few minutes ago as france awarded its highest honor to an american world war ii veteran. >> thanks to you, people of my generation were allowed to grow up in a free country. >> reporter: manuel herr era is 87 now bursting with pride as the french government awarded him the medal of region almost 70 years after the heroic action. >> i was only 19 years old, just a kid. all of a sudden mortar shells started coming in. and the bodies. >> reporter: the memories come quickly now and the army infantry man,german bombing drops in trees. >> nice looking guy, the sergeant said, whatever i do i do he said. kill or be killed. >> reporter: it was hard he says against his religion but he killed to live. in one battle he was shot in the knee in another in his neck, earning him a purple heart. >> how did i survive? i survived through the grace of god. >> reporter: when he came back from france, with guilty, many of his friends dead. >> i was a nervous wrec

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. >> reporter: in northeast piedmonte, a frantic search for survivors. they found a woman and two children. this morning, the 15-month-old child dies while the search continued for it 3-year-old. in arkansas, three were killed. and another tornado ripped through central can canc. the violent stort erupted and blew an enormous tree onto a van, kimmi killing two people inside. it's sad news every day. over fiechb00 people have lost their lives this year. this is the deadliest since the 1950s and we have two weeks to go. if you look add the kinds of tornado said, ef-4s, ef-5s, those are hard to survive above ground, and that's why so many people have been killed in the heels of the outbreaks. >>> now we want to go back to joplin, mids miz. the latest numbers, more than 2,5 2,500 dead. some 700 injured. the search for survivors continues on the ground. we get our update tonight from ron allen. >> reporter: with more possible tornadoes in last night's forecast, hundreds from joplin came to this red cross shelter. suddenly, unbelievably, the tornado warning si

piedmont, alameda, all the way to -- light to moderate rain continues to fall. the impact all of this will have on your morning commute, we will talk about that with your opinion point forecast. >>> well, it was so big, nobody thought it could be stolen, at least not all at once. how the thieves got away with a ton of american history. >>> this is a quality that we just don't hardly find in america anymore. >> as a kid, this woman made a presume to a man -- made a promise to a man she never met to take off his bracelet. now 38 years later she finally can. >> i have come to learn that whether i'm wearing this brass let or not, he will always be with me. >>> this chip could be the best defense on the battlefield. how it can track vital signs and treat life-threatening injuries and even send a robot to the rescue. that's coming up next. one-ton piece of naval hist, stolen from an oakland park. thieves stole the giant br police are looking for a won ton piece of naval history -- one ton. that's what it looked like there. it had been in that park forked 0 years -- in

matt, back to you. >> mike seidel in piedmont, oklahoma, this morning. mix, thanks for your reporting. al is just back from joplin, missouri. heels upstairs with more on the latest round of severe weather and what we can expect today. al, good morning to you. welcome back. >> thanks a lot, matt. sthanks, matt.ing at another strong low level jet stream. moisture from the gulf. you combine the two and we have a big risk area to show you right now from little rock, memphis into central indiana. the potential for large tornado tornadoes, widespread damage and hail in the area. we have a slight risk from texas to buffalo, new york and up to chicago. we've got a wide area today under the gun for severe weather. you can see the rotation around ane system. upper level low. we have a tornado watch from missouri into illinois. rainfall amounts anywhere from one to three inches of rain out of this system. yesterday i got a chance to go into a blackhawk helicopter. to give you a sense, this is a seven-mile-long stretch of hurricane -- i should say tornado damage. if

bruce lynndie runs the safety block for the piedmont pines neighborhood and insists the park is not a gateway for crime. >> there are people who come to the neighborhood to hike on the trail so there is a little more traffic up here and sometimes there are minor issues but not crimes. >> reporter: the oakland hills is a tight-knit secluded relatively crime free community. but with neighborhood watch signs everywhere, homeowners have always kept safety in the back of their mind. >> doesn't change my opinion about the neighborhood or people. there are good ones and scum bags. >> reporter: in oakland, kiet do, cbs 5. >> some chilling new details in what police are calling one of the most disturbing child abuse cases they have seen in years. campbell police say the suspect's 15-year-old son discovered a 3-year-old girl rolled up in a rug in the garage bruised and beaten. now, the teenager is being credited with saving the girl's life and alerting police. now investigators are looking for the boy's father, george rodriguez, the boyfriend of the little girl's mother. he hasn't been seen sin

we're in piedmont northwest of oklahoma city where the tragedy unfolded live on tv yesterday. not only here locally but on the weather channel. we can show you some of the damage this morning at first light. here's one of the brick homes. you can see it's been hit pretty hard. the car port there, the roof covering up the suv, but you can see piles of bricks here. look down the street here, now all these homes brick. so we're thinking this is going to be at least ef-3 if not ef-4 damage. basically nothing is standing. we've got a few trees that have been debarked, cars flipped over, cars just in piles of rubble. so this is going to be at least ef-3 or ef-4 damage winds, easily over 150 miles an hour. no more severe weather here but the cleanup gets under way this morning. the search and rescue continues at falcon lake where a mom and three kids huddled in the bathtub as this tornado roared on through. the mom and two of the kids survived. one of the children is still missing. it's a 3-year-old. they'll be out looking for that young child again this morning. severe weather again

we're at mountain view cemetery here in oakland top of piedmont avenue. they have a long history with this. this is their 90th memorial day commemoration. we just shot new video a couple of minutes ago inside. and they do have flags placed this morning. they'll have traditional placing of the wreath later on. 21-gun salute. we'll see families, veterans, scouts and a youth chorus also performing here. in san francisco, over at the presidio, a memorial day parade kicks off their memorial day program followed by a formal program over at the national cemetery. and also a 21-gun salute to honor those who have lost their lives in service to our country. now if you are not in san francisco or oakland, chances are still good there's a commemoration going on near you. this is just a partial list. but they are planned in danville, walnut creek, san ramon, alameda, hayward and vallejo. most beginning at 10:00 or 11:00 this morning. christie smith, "today in the bay." >> it's so important to take time to remember why so many people are off today as well. >>> it is 6:

. >>> checking other bay area headlines, piedmont police have put on extra patrols to deal with the surge of residential burglaries. 35 break-ins have been reported since january. that's more than double the number during the same time period last year. and police suspect it is more than one person taking advantage of an unlocked door or an open window. neighboring communities like lafayette, muraga and oakland month clare district have seen an increase in residential burglaries. >>> napa county prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty against the psychiatric patient charged with murder. jeff murd massy is accused of killing a nurse, donna gross last october. massy has pleaded not guilty. prosecutors say they consulted with the victim's family before reaching the decision. >>> and the west nile virus is making an early appearance in the bay area. a dead crow found in sunnyvale last week has become the first casualty of the disease in the area. and only the second of the year statewide. the state department of health says the wet winter could mean a difficult season if it is fo

. >>> new tonight at 6:00, piedmont police say they've arrested a man in the case of a high school student sexually assaulted on a sports field. the 17-year-old victim told the police the man sexually assaulted her on sunday at witter field which serves piedmont high sxoolz middle schools. the suspect, 55-year-old victor salazar, is charged with sexual battery and oral copulation of a minor. detectives say salazar was a substitute employee for the district and also monitored the sports field. >>> also new at 6:00, giants catcher buster posey spoke publicly for the first time today since suffering a broken leg and ligament damage in his ankle from that violent collision at home plate wednesday night. posey held a conference call this afternoon with giants beat writers. he said in his mind he'll probably miss the rest of the season. he added that he was 100% sure that when he does return he will return as a catcher. no question, he said. posey also stated that while he didn't think the runner, scott cousins, did anything illegal, feels that this type of play needs to be looked at by major le

. >> reporter: we are at piedmont high school and it was on that walkway where it began and ended in the girl's locker room. on a friday afternoon of a holiday weekend the field is mostly empty. perhaps the scene was similar on sunday afternoon when a 17- year-old girl was victimized by a school employee. >> an attempted oral copulation with a minor. >> reporter: victor salazar who was a part-time field supervisor convinced the girl to go in the locker room, told her she was beautiful, took pictures of her and reached under her skirt. >> it is disturbing that any adult would try to have a sexual encounter with a student. >> there has been no announcement to the students but some have heard about the incident. >> i believe i know the person who it happened to and that was really upsetting for me because we have been friends for a while. and so it especially hit home for me. >> reporter: salazar appeared in court on wednesday but did not enter a plea. he is held on $120,000 bail. i talked to his son but he declined to comment. police say salazar is denying the allegations. >> i can say

dozen people were injured and hundreds lost their homes, especially hard hit are the communities of piedmont and chicata. >> unbelievable. it is right here. it is it is a killer tornado. >> this is one of several tornados that touched down in oklahoma near canton, oklahoma. this frightening sight a red-shipped -- shaped twister and several neighborhoods wiped on ut and reduced to a pile of lumber. >> it is totally, tote he gone. >> we had a house here and a two-story garage and apartment. my wife's new car was in the garage. it is in the tree. >> you visualize where it has gone. now you can't find it and it is pounded into the ground. >> you can see the twister's path etched into the ground and destruction left in its wake. >> we are following the damage path here to the northeast. it is a massive, massive damage path through here. you can see houses are leveled. >> a news helicopter captured the exact moment the tornado formed and touched down. abc news crews were with discovery storm channel chasers while the hail storms and the funnel storms formed. >> it is large and in charge right now.

. >>> piedmont police have put on extra patrols to deal with the surge of residential burglaries. 35 burglaries have been reported since january. and that's more than double the number during the same period last year. police don't believe any one person is responsible. they think it is a group or groups who take advantage of lax security in the upscale community. they call them crimes of opportunity. >> over 40% of these burglaries, there was no force involved. so someone left the door, a window open, a sliding back glass door. so we really are encouraging our residents to make sure they lock up. report any suspicious activity. >> police and other affluent east bay communities like lafayette, maraga and oakland's mount clare district have noticed an increase in residential burglary. >>> governor jerry brown has had surgery to remove a cancerous growth on his nose. the governor's office says today that brown had the procedure yesterday after test results showed evidence of basil sell carcinoma. brown had to have reconstructive surgery to his nose. it was all done with local anestheti

enterrados entre los escombros, y viviendas demolidas, fueron parte de los destrozos en otro poblado, piedmont----simplemente las autoridades y las ambulancias no se daban abasto con la cantidad de llamadas de emergencia. ---- en menos de 24 horas los destrozos son incalculables, el panorama es desolador, pero hay sobreviviente s a los que ahora les tocara empezar de nuevo. ---- son cosas materiales, dice esta mujer ... asi como las hicimos, podemos reconstruirla s. //// take fs ---gracias a nancy leal. --- y desde que inici la temporada de tornados de este aÑo, hasta el momento se registran 500 victimas mortales... ---el tornado ms mortal en la historia reciente fue el que azoto el poblado de joplin -missouri- en el que murieron 122 personas... ---el mayor numero de victimas mortales ha sido de 519 personas en la temporada de tormentas de 1953... ---cabe recordar que el servicio meteorologic o nacional empezo a mantener un archivo en 1950, lo que hace la actual temporada la segunda ms mortifera en los registros... stop open top vo ---en oakland, en estos momentos la policia investiga el asesi

> reporter: chevron partnered with the district to install more than 30,000 solar panels here at piedmont hills high and 12 other schools. in the first year alone, the solar project is expected to save the district $3 million in energy costs. enough to save the jobs of about 30 teachers. the district expects to save $43 million in energy costs during the life of the project, about 25 years. >> the money will be used for other things as well. jobs were projects at the schools. it's going into the general fund. >> reporter: teachers will also use the solar panels as a teachable moment, beefing up state-mandated science curriculum to learn more about green technology. >> knowing we're creating energy at our own school i think that will stir up some more passion from students who wouldn't think they would be really interested in green energy. so having the solar panels here is a good way for us to see how it affects us. >> reporter: the solar panels are expected to cut the amount of electricity the district uses each year by more than 55%. now, many other schools are considering similar proje

police say the items came from break ins from piedmont to uh rin daw. they say he has prior convictions for stolen merchandise and burglary. >>> san francisco police made an arrest in an art theft case for more than 10 years ago. in 2000, the late artist mark adams created this tapestry at san francisco international airport, but one of the three panels was stolen before it ever got there. this week adams' estate was contacted by someone claiming to have the panel valued at $75,000. two days ago undercover officers arrested the suspect, 51-year-old margarita and recovered the stolen art work. >>> a new jobs report shows businesses have gone on a hiring spree. they added 268,000 jobs last month. that's the biggest monthly total in five years. however, 24,000 people lost their government jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up to 9%. so president obama is optimistic. >> we are still making progress, and that proves how resilient the american economy is and how resilient the american worker is and we can take a hit and we can keep on going forward. >> som

in piedmont, oklahoma, a tornado destroyed jamie zimmerman's dream home in a matter of seconds. >> i know it's going to be a year before i get to live in it again. >> reporter: here in joplin, missouri, hope is fading fast. rescues found no survivors yesterday, but the search continues. cell phones here are working again. authorities say that could reduce the number of missing, now in the hundreds. >> grew up here. >> it hurts. >> reporter: the shock is still wearing off for residents in joplin, and while it's tough, they say they've been touched by the outpouring of support. >> don't even know them, they were hugging me and helping me. coming from all over. >> reporter: the community will also have a chance to come together at a memorial service sunday, to remember those who lost their lives. and amidst the destruction, a sign of hope here in joplin. the officials of st. john's hospital, which was destroyed by sunday's tornado, say they will rebuild. back to you, terrell. >> randall pinkston in joplin this morning. randall, thank you so much. >>> among the newly confirmed victims in

. >> she is on a trip to six flags with piedmont high. my daughter is safe. and my son is safe. god is looking out for us. >> reporter: they feel the same way at this joplin, missouri church when sunday's record setting twister blew through. members were getting ready for evening services. 16 people huddled inside this small hallway and prayed. >> the door was coming off and we felt the building move and shake. it's almost like the building was breathing. >> reporter: the christ point church was one of three on this block after the tornado it's the only one left standing. now church members are cooking meals and handing them out to the hundreds in this community who have lost everything. and for the third straight day, rescuers were sifting through this debris looking for survivors. but for the first day since sunday there were no live rescues here in gop lick. they are still holding out hope. they are still calling this a search and rescue mission in joplin. >> how are people organizing things in terms of names and list of who is keeping track of everything? >> reporter: the nu

they believe the items were stolen from oakland, piedmont, berkeley and kensington. neighbors are relieved the squatters are gone. >> that's a perfect front you wouldn't expect that kind of a family. on the other hand you're thinking, has the economy gotten that bad, that people are resorting to this kind of desperation? there's a tinge of sympathy there, i think. >> reporter: the oakland police department says crego does have prior convictions for burglary. next week, police departments will take a look at opd to see if some of the victims are from their neighborhood so they can get their stolen goods to the rightful owner. >> quite a remarkable story in oakland. this is what it looked like from our helicopter, police had their hands full as cinco de mayo crowds got out of control just east of downtown. tonight police are keeping an eye out for any more signs of potential bad behavior. we bring in george kiryama. >> reporter: the last 30 minutes or so, we saw a number of police cars and vans out here in front of city hall. there's some type of alarm that was tripped

a 3-year-old still missing here in piedmont.ain by another round of violent storms. in sevilla, missouri, a tornado ripped through the subdivision, school buses crushed. and these scenes of splintered trees and shattered homes are just a bit of reminder of this rising death toll the past 24 hours and this deadly week that has passed. forecasters tell us we won't be out of the woods until at least friday. matt gutman, abc news, piedmont, missouri. >> that's the insult to injury that there's still more bad weather that could hit the same area. >> an awful week. here is your thursday forecast now. as we said, 80-mile-an-hour winds, hail, flash flooding, isolated tornados from alabama to the adirondacks. showers and thunderstorms from new orleans to tallahassee. showers from billings to cheyenne, and up to a foot of mountain snow in idaho. meanwhile, some rain in the pacific northwest. >> all right. we're look at near 60 in portland and boise. 70, sacramento. 65 in the twin cities. 70, omaha. 81 in dallas. 80s from new orleans to at

here's more on the story from piedmont hills high school. >> reporter: these solar panels are generatingd money for the east side union high school district in san jose. >> you're doing something good for the environment. second wind is you're doing something good for the budget which is actually something good for the students because you're saving millions of dollars over time that can go into classroom instruction. >> reporter: chevron partnered with the schools to provide solar panels. the solar project is expected to save the district $2 million in energy costs, enough to save the jobs of about 30 teachers. the district expects to save $43 million in energy costs during the life of the project. >> the money will be used for other things as well, it's going to into general fund. >> reporter: teacher also also use the solar panels as a teachable moment, beefing up the state science curriculum to learn more about green technology. >> we're greating energy here at our own school, i think that will stir up passion for students who wouldn't be interested in green energy. having the solar

. >>> a piedmont man receives a unique honor for his service in world war ii.ited states that's honoring him. >>> from as much as $200 to fill up a gas tank to hitting the slopes. it's the memorial day weekend, how winter weather and high gas prices are affecting travel plans. >>> in less than an hour, a nevado family is joining forces with the chp to find drunk drivers. the special meaning behind this team work. >>> the spca is caring for dozensover animals rescued from filthy conditions in a home in castroville. 28 rabbits, 19 doves, 22 chickens and three adult dogs as well as a newborn puppy were being kept in small dirty cag cages. most had no water. some had dirty water that was undrinkable. >>> the deadly horse disease known as equine virus is spreading. 75 horses have now been infected and more than 2,000 have been exposed to the virus. 11 have been euthanized. one horse from marin county that attended a show has tested positive for the virus. >>> back to our bay area weather. seems like the last weekends we have not had average weather. >> we're looking

here farmers are picking up debris from the town of piedmont which is a good 40 miles away. and some of it heartbreaking. >> my gosh. i said someone lost their little baby picture. i turned it over and up to the very corner it said ryan andrew hamel at five months. it broke my heart. i thought this is the little boy that's missing. >> and sadly that boy and his younger brother died in the storm. the photo will be returned to the family. >>> as bad as the situation is in oklahoma, missouri, and alabama, getting relief to the victims may become tangled up in budget politics. this week house majority leader eric cantor said it would need budget cuts to offset disaster clean up spending. cantor went on to clarify his remarks adding he does think the relief money should be a spending priority. >>> the world's most powerful countries are giving arab countries a big financial boost that's if they agree to take steps towards forming a more democratic government. tensions in libya threaten to upset the whole process. >> reporter: the new leaders of egypt and tunisia came to the g8 su

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and it will be again. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, cbs news, piedmont, oklahoma. >> it's upsetting for i guess the one good thing you can take is the warning systems both in the people in joplin and oklahoma, they had room to get to safe houses where they weren't hurt as badly. >> could have been much worse. >>> jeff glor standing by. >> good morning to everyone at home. >>> ratko mladic, the bosnian serb general is now under arrest this morning. mladic has been on the run since 1995 indicted for the massacre of 8,000 bosnians. he faces genocide charges filed by the united nations war crimes tribunal. the white house says it's delighted by the news of mladic's capture. serbia's president announced the arrest this morning. >> today we closed one chapter of our recent history that will bring us one step closer to full reconciliation in the region. i believe that every other country must be responsible for closing their own chappers. >> mladic was arrested in northern serbia about 60 miles from the capital of belgrade. >>> nonessential american diplomatic personnel and families are being

in addition to park police i told you about, piedmont police are providing at least one canine unit. they old us they believe the person or persons involved had gotten away already. even in the area. we are investigating that report as well, we'll give you an update later on on the morning news. >>> here's a heads up for bart riders. jade hernandez joining us live from oakland to tell us about emergency repair work this weekend and how passengers are going to be affected. jade? >> bart decided to do the repair work over the weekend because they said it impacted the least number of people. during the week, they said it would have impacted two to three times as many people. just about an hour ago, bart held a press conference right here at the 12th street bart station. they gave us an update about what riders would need to keep in mind this weekend. at the meeting, we were given this picture to show the damage done by a fire back on december 19th. the the repair work will be done over the next two weekends, causing delays. vital maintenance to the electric cable. the assistant manager

in the 40s across the board. 50 however in oakland, alameda and in piedmont. this is an area of low pressure falling apart very wap idly at the scenes. widen the image out so you can get a better look at it here. behind that system is that area of low pressure and that is the culprit that will interfere with all of your outdoor plans this weekend. seven-day forecast still straight ahead but meanwhile one day at a time. tomorrow your pollen report. tree count and grasses remains on the medium side. high temperatures tomorrow around the bay area. mid-50s coast side. mid-60s bay side to an outside number of 73 degrees in our inland areas. increasing clouds by tomorrow night. mostly cloudy on saturday. i want to walk you through this because by saturday night rain will arrive containing small hail and will be downright raw on sunday. temperatures only up into the low 60s. we could see a chance of a thunderstorm in the morning hours. we have a lingering shower possible on monday. storm number 2 on tuesday lingering into wednesday and it isn't until this time next w

> reporter: chevron partnered with the district to install more than 30,000 solar panels here at piedmont hills high and 12 other schools. in the first year alone, the solar project is expected to save the district $3 million in energy costs. enough to save the jobs s abou0 teachers. the district expects to save $43 million in energy cost during the life of the project, about 25 years. >> the money will be used for other things as well. it could be for classified jobs, projects at the schools. it's going into the general fund. >> reporter: teachers will also use the solar panels as a teachable moment, beefing up state-mandated science curriculum to learn more about green technology. >> knowing that we are creating energy here at our own school, i think that will stir up some more passion from even students that you wouldn't think would be interested in green energy. having the solar panels here is a really good way for us to see how it affects us. >> reporter: the solar panels are expected to cut the amount of electricity the district uses each year by more than 55%. now many other school

negative charlottesville since 1993 coming to work in the state prison system now the director of piedmont house a transitional home for men returning from prison. her book talking about the anatomy of an execution is 10 years in the making finally completed with the assistance of bay, there. she is 13 from the united methodist church and her parish is the people god puts in her path daily. lynn powell is the author of framing innocence of the prosecutors, a mother's photographs the prosecutors deal and a small town response and a two books of poetry and the sums of paradise. from the national endowment from the arts and the ohio arts council her work has been included in numerous anthologies including 180 more extraordinary palms for the recent every day. she lived in charlottesville 1982 through 1985 and lived with her family in ohio since 1990. let's welcome both speakers. [applause] >> a good afternoon. i am also glad this beautiful day you have decided to join us inside for a private like to start with a question more than i want you to think about for a second. do you remember the wo

. >>> a man accused of sexually assaulting a girl at piedmont high school is denying the allegations. victor salazar when police say he convinced a 17-year-old girl to go into the girls bathroom with him. police say he took pictures of the girl and kissed her, then tried to take it further. >> sexual battery occurred and attempt or copulation of a minor. >> the school district says background checks are done on all employees. police say salazar does not have a history of sex crimes. he appeared in court on wednesday and is charged with one felony and two misdemeanors some far he has refused to enter a plea. he is being held on $120,000 bail. >>> a christian website is offering to buy all of the radio stations owned by backers of harold camping, the oakland based preacher who predicted the world would end on may 21st. the website bible answer.org is offering to buy the stations for a million bucks. the group says and won't take over the stations until the day after camping's newest predictions that the world will end on october 21st. the website says if he believes his preaching, he sh