rita exploited our wetlands. they serve as a critical buffer against hurricanes and protect industries and cities located inland. before the 2005 storms, the projected land loss in louisiana was 24 square miles per year. after katrina and rita, the national wetlands center reported 217 square miles of louisiana coastal lands were transformed to water. protecting and strengthening our coast is not only a la louisiana problem, it's an american -- louisiana problem, it's an american problem. families and businesses rely on the energy we produce in louisiana and transport throughout the country each day. but we were just starting to regain our way of life along the gulf coast and louisianans now face new challenges. the current moratorium on deepwater drilling in the gulf of mexico threatens good-paying jobs and our likelihood. it's hampering south louisiana's recovery. there are also thousands of more support workers affected by this, including welders, electricians, mariners, caterers and engineers that aren't dire

first, rita lindall, rita and i are both in the same cohort as the music program at uc berkley and we've been saying for 4 years, we need to play music. so we finally made it happen. so, rita lindall, and then masuro koga. mas and i have been playing together for a very long time, so much so that we wore the same shirt without having to talk to each other about it. mas is in high demand both as a teacher and as a session side man, having played with everybody from anthony brown's asian american orchestra to wane wallace's newest cd. who haven't you played with lately? yeah, he's played with everybody. you can find mas on a lot of different cd's from the local jazz community. this song we're going to do is an air called the brown-haired girl. when i was recording, when i was fortunate to be able to record bridge across the blue, i was telling them i got this air, i got it off the chieftan's album, i'm going to do it on the electric base. he looked at me and said, you're nuts. people are going to go crazy but if you can do it, i'll help you. he gave me this book of airs and went, figure it

cindy has been the victim and also these two women, carol smart and rita allen. >> have been taking cindy for often on, and she lived in the house where ricardo and a son, frederick lived. police believe that efren valdemoro there was believe there was a relationship and the body was found beaten and the house. now, these two women, rita allena dn carole smart and cindy was and friends with both and one theory is that two women were killed efren valdemoro because they have been telling cindy to leave him. and efren valdemoro and also lived with rita allen and her husband, charles rittenhouse. police say that charles has been arrested on suspicion of possessing explosives and is being questioned on the death of the two women. and rittenhouse was living on now property of two women. were found. >> and we'r we're going to start with dan kerman, with the woman were discovered. dan? >> yes, there were discovered in this house, one inside, one outside and if you look of this now? he would not even realize that it was discovered on tuesday. churls which in-house, and st

. >> rita, who is going to win tonight? >> we are. >> good to see you. no doubt about it. nice to have you. >> thank you. very good to see you. >> we appreciate it. we're going to have much more ahead from the big easy and new york cities on a thursday >>> good morning, everyone. mike is going to get your traffic in saekd, but i wanted to update you on a story. reports are that iran will release one of the three detained american hikers. of course, you know these are berkeley grads. we don't know which one. more details as the morning progresses. now to the traffic. >> follow that, meanwhile, following a commute through oakland. northbound continues to show a slow flow after the accident this morning. the general overview, things are

about the needs of those hurricane ike victims across the whole gulf region as we did for katrina and rita, the opportunity to work on this matter so the benefits can be continued for the families in need. i yield to the gentleman. mr. hoyer: clearly, this is as

we have gone through hurricane katrina and rita. as i stand here today, there are a number of hurricanes that are in the gulf region.

and he found that charles was a living on the body of his wife, rita and the other woman was found. >> with live coverage, christine connolly and dan kerman is in a live oak. the two women were discovered, dan?--vallejo crush our guest, this is very different than yesterday. and you can see that there were atf and investigations yesterday. today, it is less chaotic and how those two women's bodies got there? >> autopsies are under way of these two women, rita allean and carole smart they were found in this home of written novels. one of them is efren valdemoro who was shot and killed by chp earlier this week. he is also suspected of his girlfriend, cindy tran her roommate, sales. >> also, they're trying to find out how chucharles rittenhouse e is still currently in the jail of possession of explosive chemicals. >> when police discovered the bodies they also found chemicals and now home. these chemicals are used to make explosives. >> the atf located a container that was labeled depleted uranium. they are not sure, i spoke to them this morning and they're not sure and told this item is

tratar de dos mujeres filipinas que se habian reportado desaparecidas hace una semana.macaria smart y ritaen, quien presuntamente vivia en esta casa en la calle upland. upland. no se duerme pensando lo que tenias aqui a un lado uno de los cuerpos estaba enterrado en el jardin trasero y el otro en la casa.... casa.... feo bien feo estoy sorprendida porque teniendo al lado mio al lado de la casa .en este domicilio es donde las autoridades dicen tambien vivia efren valdemoro quien ha sido asociado a la desaparicion de las mujeres....valdemoro fue baleado y muerto anoche por las autoridades en este mercado de richmond, despues de una persecusion a alta velocidad, que en momentos supero las cien millas por hora....valdemoro era buscado por la policia por otro crimen.... se habia emitido una orden de arresto en su contra por la muerte a golpes de ricardo sales de 73 anos en hercules, el pasado fin de semana....el hijo de este hombre, frederick sales actualmente esta desaparecido.....anoche, las autoridades despues de balear a valdemoro quien tenia un cuchillo, encontraron en su carro el cuerpo d

rita nissan for cbs news. >>> an american civilian and another u.s. service member were also injured in the crash. >>> there was more troubling news from arlington national cemetery. the "washington post" reports that the mixup is worst than first thought. the paper says on one occasion, a plot was marked with the they had stone, but no -- headstone, but no remains. then another case where the plot contained a body, but was marked with the wrong headstone. two officials have stepped down since news of the mixup serviced this year earlier. >>> still to come on 9news now, flu season is just around the corner. in today's living well report, find out how a simple vaccination can help your heart. >>> and talk about a great pumpkin. find out how some local farmers are growing them for the record books. we'll be back. >>> well, the space shuttle discovery is sitting on the launch pad at cape canaveral preparing for its last trip to space. it is set to lift off november 1st to the international space station. shuttle workers and their familied gathered to --

rita williams is in the newsroom now with the latest developments. >> reporter: it's been a long time coming. almost 14 months in solitary confinement in an iranian prison. today sarah shord was freed on half a million dollars bail. >> i know how much effort had gone into this and i'm extremely -- >> reporter: shord then flew to iman where she met her mother nora. they released sarah because she is depressed and recently found a lump in her breast. >> the gates have flown open, even though just momentarily. but this gives us hope and hope gives us a lot. >> reporter: iranian guards arrested three university of california graduates almost 14 months ago. saying the hikers illegally crossed the unmarked border with iraq. >> you're happy and sad at the same time. >> reporter: happy for sarah's release. sad that his son shean and son scene have not been released. >> we hope that the compassion can be extended. we're asking the iranian authorities to continue that compassion, bring both boys home. >> reporter: iran's president is coming to the united states to speak to the united nations ne

rallied in front of a church to put pressure on a priest who is currently being held in the santa ritanding extra diction to ireland. they say the pope should not have appointed the priest to a church. even though they say they expect bishop mcenroy will cooperate. >> we also want to urge the new bi bishop to help us to find out more about this man. >>> the jet blue flight attendant who was arrested last week has agreed to undergo a mental health evaluation that could help him avoid jail time. >>> in news of the world tonight, in south korea, the second typhoon brought strong winds and a lot of wind. nine boats that were tied today to ride the storm were destroyed. the typhoon is now headed toward japan. >>> in france, a proposal to raise the retirement aid triggered protests and strikes in over 200 cities today. it's estimated more than 900 people took part. the government wants people to wait until 62 to retire because the pension system is in financial trouble. the current retirement age is 60. >>> in portugal, police have seized 200 pieces of art. the art works are forgeries. polic

rallied in front of a church to put pressure on a priest who is currently being held in the santa ritajail pending extra diction to ireland. they say the pope should not have appointed the priest to a church. even though they say they expect bishop mcenroy will cooperate. >> we also want to urge the new bi bishop to help us to find out more about this man. >>> the jet blue flight attendant who was arrested last week has agreed to undergo a mental health evaluation that could help him avoid jail time. >>> in news of the world tonight, in south korea, the second typhoon brought strong winds and a lot of wind. nine boats that were tied today to ride the storm were destroyed. the typhoon is now headed toward japan. >>> in france, a proposal to raise the retirement aid triggered protests and strikes in over 200 cities today. it's estimated more than 900 people took part. the government wants people to wait until 62 to retire because the pension system is in financial trouble. the current retirement age is 60. >>> in portugal, police have seized 200 pieces of art. the art works are forgeries

rita allen and carol smart. rita owned the cadillac left by the dumpster.searched his backyard where they found barrels with mostly japanese writing on them. the only english word being, "toxic." he will be arraigned today on charges of possession of explosives. >>> this morning federal investigators are expected on the scene of a plane crash on the peninsula. that plane taking off from the san carlos airport about noon yesterday. a few minutes later, it crashed into a lagoon at redwood shores. some boaters in the area quickly got to the crash scene but couldn't rescue anyone from the plane. some people swam out to help but they couldn't rescue anyone. emergency personnel recovered a woman's body from the water, but two people still in the cockpit will not be removed until investigators check the wreckage. several people saw that plane go down. >> one of the bodies in the plane is believed to be that of the owner. he no longer flew it himself. these are live pictures, is that right? of the crash scene? so we're take'ing look at the lagoon. one of the owners

the bodies of two other women, rita allen and carol smart were found in voluntary valdemoro's home rita's escalade was found and surveillance cameras caught a vehicle driving to the dumpsters. how sure are there there is a body in here, an investigator shrugged his shoulders. he said we have to keep searching and looking. we will keep coming back until we find someone. >> don, you look at all that trash. it's a dirty job. lit be gruesome if they find anything. who are the volunteers. >> antonio that we talked about is someone that wants to be in law enforcement, do community work. i suppose some had some intraducks into this. >> it's terrific to see the people doing that. thank you so much. >>> san francisco police identified two young men killed in a head-on collision in san francisco. it happened at brotherhood way and lake merced. three other people were hospitalized with serious injuries. no word on what caused the accident. >>> fire investigators are the hunt for the person or people who have been setting fires in sacramento. five fires have been set. they believe the person or peopl

one, his wife, rita allen, and the other her friend, carol smart.arently been living with the decomposing bodies one in a bedroom and the other in the backyard. but valdemoro lived in the house on and off as well and was known to have loud arguments with rita allen. >> she was like always screaming outside that door and she would scream and efren would tell her go inside, shut up and he would say don't mind her, don't mind her. >> reporter: the neighbor thought valdemoro was kicked out of the house but would often drive past the house. he had a lot of strange stories about valdemoro, calling him self-centered. he said he sometimes played basketball actually with valdemoro and that he would say that he was very bored in the area and talked a lot about the military, as well. he said he wishes he was in the military. >> thank you, anne makovec in vallejo. you can find much more of this story including unedited video from each crime scene on our website, cbs5.com. >>> oakland's police chief disagrees with the police officers union on the impact of polic

both of the bodies of his wife, rita and the woman, carol smart for found. both bodies were heavily decomposed. >> and cindy was honored last night. >> france, and even strangers had an emotional candlelight vigil force in the trans. and she had dreams to see her son could married. >> that was taken away from her. >> it is all close our eyes and have a little prayer. >> they knew of cindy tran as jenny. >> i cannot help myself to stop from crying because they were very important, nice people. >> they were roommates and market the same shopping center she was a hairstylist. and solace worked at a security guard for a bank. in this safeway, this but to was that the shopping center for tonight. they are devastated that these two people are gone. >> and what we're going to do? and she says i cannot do mailed males, do hair and we would just laugh, and they are in a better place. that is all i can say. >> 50 people attended, a lot of crying. they all say these two were super good people. cindy trend leaves for sun, and one of them michael tran leaving messages to

they found him living on the property with the two decomposing bodies of his wife rita and her friend. >> meanwhile a friend of the girlfriends in the trans are remembering her tonight trying to find the strength after she was found strangled in a car. tonight our co-workers and turf friends are holding a candlelight vigil in front of the vallejo's salon where they work. there live from the land now where the investigators are. >> that is right can family and friends are holding a candle light vigil and ricardo salas. the vigil is granted take place around 7:00. city tram worked as a hairstylist at a salon for about four years and they're looking at as station where she worked out of. in fact a lot of her customers dropped flowers and cards off at the swan after hearing about the murder. the murder of the salon says she is like a family member and the other workers. the other people here are getting to know her trio trans. provincial again as when the how the 7:00 in front of this airline and the owner is expecting 50 people. it is including transit for adult sons ranging from 14 roll

rittenhouse's wife rita allen and her friend, carol smart. >> he had been there the night before and then on tuesday he went to work and i can tell you there were no bodies in the house on monday night. i have reason to believe the bodies were put there sometime that day tuesday the day of his arrest. >> reporter: remember, rita allen, rittenhouse's wife, was last seen august 25th. and he didn't report her missing until the following sunday. why did he wait five days to report his wife missing. he missing? >> they had different work schedules and it wasn't uncommon for them to go for days without seeing each other. his wife would leave the car at a friend's house. >> reporter: the attorney suspects efren valdemoro the man who lived with rittenhouse and allen off and on for years may have been responsible for the murders. or it may have been another couple. >> it was a couple that had been living in their house for a while and apparently they were involved in criminal activities and at some point mr. rittenhouse demanded that they leave the house and at that time, one of the couple ma

. >> reporter: 60-year-old smart is missing, along with her friend, 67-year-old rita. smart went to see her wednesday. she left golden rod, heading a few blocks away to upland court, but something happened. both of the women's cars were missing until this morning. smart's kids found her car parked in an apartment complex on richardson drive. but segendena's white cadillac escalade is missing. joe's afraid an old renter of segendena might have done to the women. he kicked alfred out a few weeks ago. >> she had nailed her door shut from the outside. this guy was puttering around the house, putting up some light. i said, who are you? he said, i live here. and i said, you do not live here. >> reporter: hercules police say valdmorro is also a murder suspect in another crime, accused of beating a 73-year-old man to death. ricardo salas was found dead saturday and his son is missing. investigators say suspect valdmorro was last seen driving segendena's white cadillac escalade. jean elle, bay area news. >> and christie smith is live this morning. she's in vallejo. she continue

rita allen and carol smart and they have been missing since last wednesday.may have rented a home in the house. allen's husband has been taken in by police for questioning. we had the bomb squad at the scene as well as a couple of other scenes. this is a mystery going on all over the east bay right now obviously several suspects several people found death. >> ann, thank you very much. anne makovec in vallejo. >>> good morning. back out to hayward. chopper 5 live over the scene of this braking house fire in a residential neighborhood. the corner of jacobs place and bayview avenue. smoke visible from 580 and 238 in the area. fire crews out there now. looks like the smoke is turning white. less smoke than we saw just 10 minutes ago. so hopefully that's a good sign. we'll continue to follow that story. in the meantime out to the bay bridge toll plaza now where we have lots of sunshine and a lot of backups and we just got off the phone with chp officer trent cross. he says chp units are heading to the toll plaza now, getting reports a car was shot at with a bb gun

ktvu's rita williams has this report. >> reporter: labor day is the unofficial end of summer. but for most of us here in the bay area this year, summer never really began. >> it's been freezing. >> this is the first sun we've had in a long time. so it's nice. >> it's our first real weekend, all summer. it was way too cold. >> it's like you think you're going to have a warm day, and you get up it's like, well, it's cold. >> reporter: they are right, it has been unusually cold this summer. san francisco's average high temperature for june, july and august was 16.7 degrees. that's 3.7-degrees below normal making this the coolest summer in the city in 11 years. and the summer that never was wasn't just here, meteorologists say most of california had lower than normal temperatures. take august in san jose, an average of 79.9 degrees, more than 5 degrees below normal. and the coolest august in 19 years. average temperatures in sacramento, los angeles and san diego also were below normal, why? >> we've had in the west coast this big trough of low pressure that's kept us cool. >> repo

rita williams, ktvu. >>> you can watch more of the president's address at ktvu.com. you will also find a survey asking for your reaction, just look for the u.s. news tab. >>> the conservative pacific justice institute wants to force governor arnold schwarzenegger and jerry brown to support proposition eight which both have refused to do. throughout the ban is on appeal to the court of appeals. today the pacific institute asked the court for an order that would tell the governor and attorney general to support that appeal. >>> for several hours now, officials have been trying to corner a bob cat, they finally shot the mountain lion. police say they got advice from the federal department of fish aim duane and game on what to do. >> fish and game said because of the behavior of the cat and the location, it was probably best -- >>> it hit just before 6:30, no reports of injuries or damage. >>> a s.w.a.t. team in the east bay closes in on a wanted man. the charge he is facing now. >>> a change in our weather and a spare the air alert. our chief meteorologist bill martin h

in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> legislation aimed at helping small business is now one step closer to becoming law. the senate today passed its own version of the small business jobs act. the measure is intended to make it easier. republicans who voted against the bill say it's just another bail out. the house of representatives is expected to sign the bill next week before sending it to president obama for signature. >>> that weather system we've been tracking is going to change everything over the next few days. it starts tomorrow, the clouds come in, some drizzle along the coast tomorrow morning. that could impact the commute on the great highway on highway 1 as well. maybe in your neighborhood on the bay bridge and the east bridge. right now this is the system that i'm tracking. the system is not overly strong, but it's still summer. so the fact that it's out here at all is a big deal. this summer system will be moving in closer to the area tomorrow morning. as it does, drizzle forms, a little bit of fog. temperatures trend down but they are still warm, m

. * sot* simon perez/vallejo the >> reporter: remember, rita allen was last seen august 25, didn't report her missing until the following sunday. >> how did he wait five days to report his wife missing? >> he and his wife had very different work schedules and it wasn't uncommon for them to go several days without seeing each other and he would always fill his wife's car, his wife would leave his car at a friend's house. >> reporter: the man who suspected the man living with them off and on for years may have been responsible for the murders. or it may have been another couple. >> it was a couple that had been living in their house for a while and apparently involved in criminal activities and at some point, mr. riten house demanded they leave the house. at that time, one of the couple made a threat. >> reporter: police investigators aren't buying the attorney's story. for one, they say if someone dumped dead bodies in the home, how come riten house didn't say anything to them about that? >> at any point did he call the police and say there are dead bodies in my house? >> reporter: no, he

one, his wife, rita allen, and the other her friend, carol smart.pparently been living with the decomposing bodies one in a bedroom and the other in the backyard. but valdemoro lived in the house on and off as well and was known to have loud arguments with rita allen. >> she was like always screaming outside that door and she would scream and efren would tell her go inside, shut up and he would say don't mind her, don't mind her. >> reporter: the neighbor thought valdemoro was kicked out of the house but would often drive past the house. he had a lot of strange stories about valdemoro, calling himself centered. he said he sometimes played basketball actually with valdemoro and that he would say that he was very bored in the area and talked a lot about the military, as well. >> thank you, anne makovec in vallejo. you can find much more of this story including unedited video fruits and vegetables each crime scene on our website, cbs5.com. >>> still no word on what caused the 30-acre grassfire that briefly threatened homes in american canyon. more than

rita williams reports on san leandro's bear mystery. >> reporter: folks who work here called 911 to reportar. no one could believthis was the victim. a 400-pound california black bear killed by a gunshot to the shoulder. >> it was really, really just there. it was bloody and the tongue was sticking out. >> i thought, where in the holy toledo did this thing come from. you never thought you would see a bear here. >> we don't know where this bear was shot and what prompted the people that did it to dump it right here in san leandro. >> reporter: it's a first in these parts. fishing game officials say bears do not live in the east bay so the bear was shot elsewhere. >> we do have some information that it was a white dodge truck with some hispanic males that very quickly dumped the bear out and took off. >> reporter: investigators speculate the shooters had not realized how difficult it is to butcher a bear and left it at lee's where the butcher has been a butcher for 20 years. >> we only sell pork and beef and chicken. >> reporter: no bear? >> no bear at all. >> i feel upset to see the bear th

rita williams reports on san leandro's bear mystery. >> reporter: folks who work here called 911 to reportr. no one could believe this was the victim. a 400-pound california black bear killed by a gunshot to the shoulder. >> it was really, really just there. it was bloody and the tongue was sticking out. >> i thought, where in the holy toledo did this thing come from. you never thought you would see a bear here. >> we don't know where this bear was shot and what prompted the people that did it to dump it right here in san leandro. >> reporter: it's a first in these parts. fishing game officials say bears do not live in the east bay so the bear was shot elsewhere. >> we do have some information that it was a white dodge truck with some hispanic males that very quickly dumped the bear out and took off. >> reporter: investigators speculate the shooters had not realized how difficult it is to butcher a bear and left it at lee's where the butcher has been a butcher for 20 years. >> we only sell pork and beef and chicken. >> reporter: no bear? >> no bear at all. >> i feel upset to see the bear t

in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> legislation aimed at helping small business is now one step closer to becoming law. the senate today passed its own version of the small business jobs act. the measure is intended to make it easier. republicans who voted against the bill say it's just another bail out. the house of representatives is expected to sign the bill next week before sending it to president obama for signature. >>> that weather system we've been tracking is going to change everything over the next few days. it starts tomorrow, the clouds come in, some drizzle along the coast tomorrow morning. that could impact the commute on the great highway on highway 1 as well. maybe in your neighborhood on the bay bridge and the east bridge. right now this is the system that i'm tracking. the system is not overly strong, but it's still summer. so the fact that it's out here at all is a big deal. this summer system will be moving in closer to the area tomorrow morning. as it does, drizzle forms, a little bit of fog. temperatures trend down but they are still warm, m

ktvu's rita williams has this report. >> reporter: labor day is the unofficial end of summer. but for most of us here in the bay area this year, summer never really began. >> it's been freezing. >> this is the first sun we've had in a long time. so it's nice. >> it's our first real weekend, all suer. it was way too cold. >> it's like you think you're going to have a warm day, and you get up it's like, well, it's cold. >> reporter: they are right, it has been unusually cold this summer. san francisco's average high temperature for june, july and august was 16.7 degrees. that's 3.7-degrees below normal making this the coolest summer in the city in 11 years. and the summer that never was wasn't just here, meteorologists say most of california had lower than normal temperatures. take august in san jose, an average of 79.9 degrees, more than 5 degrees below normal. and the coolest august in 19 years. average temperatures in sacramento, los angeles and san diego also were below normal, why? >> we've had in the west coast this big trough of low pressure that's kept us cool. >> report

now, the women are marcaria smart, also known as carol smart, and segundia allen, also known as rita. a car of one of the women, a white escalade, is also still missing this morning. now, we should also mention that one of the missing women's husband was taken into custody last night, because investigators say at this point, this story is so confusing, to even them, that they don't quite know yet who is responsible for what. reporting live in vallejo, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, christie. and as you mentioned, one of the major pieces of the puzzle is this escalade. it belongs to one of the missing women. they say they believe valdemoro had been driving the suv in the week following the woman's disappearance, and now they're trying to track down where that escalade is. kris sanchez joins us live from richmond this morning, where police gunned the suspect down. kris, how are officers really trying to untangle this web of crime? >> you know, it's difficult. they're trying to make sure they stay in constant communication with all of the different agencies, five of the

they are marcaria smart, also known as carol, and segundia allen, also known as rita.ne of the women's husbands was also taken into custody, because at this point investigators say they just don't know exactly who did what. also, they tell me that the white escalade belonging to one of the women is still missing this morning. reporting live in vallejo, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, christie. now that suspect is linked to a violent web of crime throughout the bay area. up to five people tied to the suspect have either turned up dead or missing. nbc bay area's kris sanchez continues our team coverage from richmond this morning. police are still trying to put the tangled pieces of that case together, kris. >> reporter: yes. and this is still very much an active crime scene, laura. we saw the investigators inside that 99 ranch market behind me, and they're looking for clues inside there. that's when the suspect fled on foot after leading the police on a chase, crashed the car, and that's where he was ultimately shot by chp officers. now the investigators

rita williams has our report. >> reporter: that's right mike, for most of us we think of labor day as the unofficial end of summer. but for most of us here in the bay area this year, summer never really began. >> it's been freezing. >> this is the first time we've had in a long time, so it's nice. >> it's like you think you're going to have a warm day and you get up and it's like, wow. it's cold. >> reporter: they're right it has been unusually cold this summer. san francisco's average high temperature for june, july and august was 64.7 degrees. that's 3.7 degrees below normal. making this the coolest summer in the city in 11 years. and the summer that never was wasn't just here, meteorologists say most of california had lower than normal temperatures. take august in san jose, an average of 78.9 degrees, more than 5 degrees below normal and the coolest august in 19 years. average temperatures in sacramento, los angeles and san diego also were below normal. why? >> we've had or the west coast this big broad trough of low pressure that's kept us cool. >> we found a few folks out here ha

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rita williams has the story. >> reporter: sarah shorde's mother spent the day sequestered in her sister's cottage. finally she got the confirmation she's been waiting more than 13 months for. that her daughter sarah was coming home from an iranian prison. nora shord said she wouldn't comment. afraid to say anything that would scuttle the release. >> reporter: aren't you excited? >> i'm happy. >> reporter: with that, she went to the airport to meet her daughter some where. iranians told media they could witness the release. iranian troops arrested shord, her now fiance and -- shord's mother says her daughter is depressed and has recently found a lump in her breast and fears it is precancerous conditions. >> the trade off, they figured would be far worse if something serious should happen to sarah in terms of her hlth. >> reporter: iranian officials did not mention why they were releasing shord and not the two men. >> i'm grateful that it is happening. apparently this is related to the end of ramadan. i'm grateful they are letting her go, i hope they let shane and josh go on saturday as wel

rita and carol. the bodies were discovered tuesday. police say the murder investigation is focusing on two men, one is efren valdermoro who was shot and killed this week and suspected in the murders of cindy tranand her roommate. >> we are trying to find out what charles involvement was. he is still in jail on charges of possession of explosive chemicals. >> reporter: they discovered these chemicals in the home. chemicals they say are used to make explosives. >> the atf located a container labels uranium, they are not sure what the item is until it's analyzed. >> reporter: where these chemicals came from remain as mystery. a damage suggests he works for good rich propulsion. >> we received information today, after his work place took a look at the items, they do not believe they were from their business. >> who killed the two women? and two, who is responsible for those chemicals found here and what was that person's intent? dan, kron 4 news. >> stay with kron 4 news for continuing coverage. tomorrow, charles, the husband of one of the

rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> going into the weekend, we have some showers to talk about. the last weekend of summer. as we go to tomorrow morning, we have cloud for everybody. maybe some drizzle. temperatures on the mild side. we go to santa rosa. we will see some drizzle in the morning hours. highs will be mild despite the cloud cover. tomorrow, it will be drizzle but mostly sunny skies. computer model looks like this, as we go to saturday morning; right? saturday afternoon, you see the main system, still offshore. this is the system of tracking for sunday. we're going to get showers in here after saturday. i'll let you know exactly. i'll play the computer model for you in the next hit when i see you back here in a little bit. >>> in the gulf of mexico, bp began pumping cement into the blownout oil well this afternoon from the relief well. the move is one of the final steps before the blown out well can be declared dead. the well is expected to be completely sealed tomorrow, a day earlier than anticipated. this comes almost 5 months after the oil well explosion that kill

reporting live, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> health officials say an elderly fresno woman died this year from west nile virus. no human infections have been reported in the bay area although there's been several reports of infected animals. san francisco, marin, sonoma and napa county have been free of west nile infestations this year. still you need to protect yourself just in case. to avoid mosquitoes, stay indoors at dawn and dusk. wear insect repellents containing deet. report any dead birds and drain any stagnant watertoo keep mosquitoes from spreading. >>> warning buoys in the ocean need to be upgraded to provide timely warnings to those in the past of the tsunami. >>> and now back to the weather center. i thought it was going to start raining today, it was overcast all day. >> we did call for sprinkles and drizzle and that's what we got. now we're ready for the next wave. look at the rain, the pacific northwest. this is the last weekend of summer and you don't expect to see this type of weather. real quick, pacifica still drizzle out there. san francisco out at ocea

rita williams has today's update. >> her first full day of freedom in almost 14 months.fter the reunion with her mother, this is the last thing sarah shourd said publicly, her voice breaking. >> all of my efforts starting today are going to go into helping procure the same freedom for my fiance and my friend because i can't enjoy my freedom without them. they should be standing here with me. >> today shourd saw doctors about a breast lump, depression and precancerous condition. about robert, a former fbi agent who disappeared in iran three years ago. >> she's now in oman. we are taking care of her and her family. we'll have the opportunity to talk with her. >> it's brought a rare spotlight on oman, a history with a long cooperation with the united states. >> more than 3 dozen americans are still being held hostage in iran tonight. >> remember the failed u.s. attempt to rescue american hostages from the u.s. embassy in 1979? a congressional report says the rescue was staged at an oman air base. now mothers of the other two hope oman can convince iran to release their sons

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rita williams has today's update. >> her first full day of freedom in almost 14 months. after the reunion with her mother, this is the last thing sarah shourd said publicly, her voice breaking. >> all of my efforts starting today are going to go into helping procure the same freedom for my fiance and my friend because i can't enjoy my freedom without them. they should be standing here with me. >> today shourd saw doctors about a breast lump, depression and precancerous condition. about robert, a former fbi agent who disappeared in iran three years ago. >> she's now in oman. we are taking care of her and her family. we'll have the opportunity to talk with her. >> it's brought a rare spotlight on oman, a history with a long cooperation with the united states. >> more than 3 dozen americans are still being held hostage in iran tonight. >> remember the failed u.s. attempt to rescue american hostages from the u.s. embassy in 1979? a congressional report says the rescue was staged at an oman air base. now mothers of the other two hope oman can convince iran to release their so

rita nissan, wjz eyewitness news. >>> an american civilian and another u.s. service member were also killed in that crash. >>> still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 5:00. a pop star gets political. >>> we should send home the prejudice. the soldier who hates the gay soldier. >> senators vote on the controversial don't ask, don't tell policy. what they just decided. ♪ [ music ] >>> the baltimore symphony orchestra, sharing the stage tonight with amateurs. i'm andrea fujii. i'll tell you all about the museum program. coming up on eyewitness news. >>> tomorrow marks the first day of fall. but it could feel a lot like august. your updated forecast coming up with bob. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> in the shadows of the extremely popular towson town center, sits the old and abandoned towson common. it was just auctioned off. a move that could set the mood for a major renovation. wjz is live in downtown towson. weijia jiang is following details of this sale. >> reporter: hi, kai. and hi to everyone. the towson commons sold for nearly $30 million. but many are not ready t

rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> going into the weekend, we have some showers to talk about. the last weekend of summer. as we go to tomorrow morning, we have cloud for everybody. maybe some drizzle. temperatures on the mild side. we go to santa rosa. we will see some drizzle in the morning hours. highs will be mild despite the cloud cover. tomorrow, it will be drizzle but mostly sunny skies. computer model looks like this, as we go to saturday morning; right? saturday afternoon, you see the main system, still offshore. this is the system of tracking for sunday. we're going to get showers in here after saturday. i'll let you know exactly. i'll play the computer model for you in the next hit when i see you back here in a little bit. >>> in the gulf of mexico, bp began pumping cement into the blownout oil well this afternoon from the relief well. the move is one of the final steps before the blown out well can be declared dead. the well is expected to be completely sealed tomorrow, a day earlier than anticipated. this comes almost 5 months after the oil well explosion that kill

she is also known as carol and 63-year-old rita. the two women are known to frequent casinos. she was leaving to visit allen in vallejo and police believe they may be in the cadillac escalade with the license plate number 5 is 0 -- 5s o a77 o. now on the day of the official end of the combat mission in iraq president barack obama delivered a major address w'÷fr the oval office. the president touched on the new mission for troops in iraq and the broader fight against terrorism. >> reporter: at a cost of more than 4400 u.s. military killed, the combat mission in iraq is over after more than seven years. >> the united states has paid a huge price to put the future of iraq in the hands of its people. >> reporter: but in a primetime address, the president said the united states commitment to a stable iraq continues. >> u.s. troops will remain in iraq with a different mission advising and assisting iraqi military forces. >> reporter: republican leaders in congress says america's success is not because of president barack obama but in spied of him. as a senator, he opposed the troop

rita braver has our sunday profile.rk harbor, you might spot a deck hand who looks a bit familiar. so you actually work on here. you're not just ornamental? >> i'm ornamental everywhere else in my life but here. >> reporter: not really. marlo thomas has to be one of the hardest working women in show business. just ask the boat's captain who also happens to be thomas's husband, former talk show host phil donahue. >> she does not air kiss life. she grabs it. it's very impressive really. >> you can use any girl. >> name one. >> reporter: though he got to know thomas as television's that girl.... >> there she is. >> reporter:... she's appeared on countless other tv shows. >> does anybody have any marijuana? >> reporter: playing rachael's mother on "friends. ". >> why not just ask if we have pot? >> reporter: thomas won an emmy for a more serious role. portraying a mentally ill woman in "nobody's child." >> i don't know what's happening. i can't stop it. >> reporter: and she produced and starred in a landmark record album an

they are 63-year-old rita allen and 60 rear old carol smart both of vallejo. again, their bodies found in the house. police described them as having been here for a while. they described a gusome scene. a detective told me a lot of weirdness. they removed evidence, including a computer. and we understand a man from this house was taken into custody. but that has not yet been confirmed. an escalade that the suspect was driving on the weekend is owned as well we understand by someone at this house. it's all interconnected and explosives were found at this house. there were chemicals. crazy chemicals from what the police officer described to me. and they are currently also searching in addition to this location a storage locker in vallejo. so, again this house, a storage locker chemicals explosives and the bodies of the two missing vallejo women now found and confirmed. reporting live from vallejo leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. anthony bass and his command staff are holding a news conference later this morning to discuss key arrests made inv

rita williams has the story. >> reporter: it's been a long 13 months, but this afternoon, nora shorde is getting the news she's been waiting for. that her daughter sarah is coming home. she had said she wouldn't comment afraid to say anything that would scuffle the release of her daughter. >> i'm happy. >> reporter: with that she left to the airport to meet her daughter some where. iranian authorities told reporters in teheran they could witness the release. >> i will be holding my breath until she is actual on on a plane out of iran. >> reporter: iranian troops arrested shord and two other uc graduates her now fionce and petal as they were hiking in iraq near its unmarked border near iran. >> they were the last people that would work for the cia in the middle east. >> reporter: nora says her daughter is depressed >> i am grateful it is happening. apparently this is related to the end of ramadan. it's a time of clemency in iran. i'm happy they are letting her go, and i hope they will let all of them go. >>>-- reverend terry jones says he agreed to cancel saturday's koran burning after

rita williams in oakland. >>> when departments are laying off officers richmond is bucking the trend. six new officers joined the ranks. officials say the officers will undergo two weeks of orientation before they can start their job. >>> the coast guard says it used new technology to track down the source of a distress call. >> hello. may day. >> and that came in about 9:15 last night over a marine channel. and they were pinpointing that it was coming from the pence la the coast guard sent out two vessels to search. a second search was launched. >>> san francisco pilots conducted a drill south of the bridge. pilots say the simulated rescue refreshs their skills with safety gear. the pretend victim was wearing an exposure wet suit. they essort vessels in and out of the bay. >>> health officials say eight infants who died during the whooping cough were not properly diagnosed despite trips to the doctor. that analysis has prompted the state department of public health to warn doctors and hospitals to treat infants under six months who have trouble breathing as chases of whooping cough.