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it's still giving rain to the sierra nevada. a lot of 50s and a few 40s. >>> someone has been attacking women along a popular walking trail in concord. what may shock you is how old police believe the suspect is. >> we are live until san jose where protestors will be arriving in a few hours to the courthouse to confront a judge. we will tell you about the decision being made regarding a convicted serial rapist. >> increased focus on a dangerous train crossing. the plans to upgrade that we are learning about. >> dog treats that could sicken and kill animals. what a major pet store chain is doing to protect your pets. >>> good morning. we begin live in concord this morning. a pretty serious warning for women after three attacks on a popular trail and we have there is a sketch. we have a little bit of a description of who police are looking for at this point. but again very popular walking trail. we're also hearing from some women who typically go out and use that trail. and we will take you back out there in a moment. it is wednes

>> reporter: we are in fremont, sierra lamar's home town. we talked to her mother about the decision. we also went to morgan hill to talk to volunteer whose never stopped searching for sierra lamar. >> volunteers at the sierra lamar search center today were gratified to hear about today's decision. the district attorney decided to seek the death penalty against the suspect antolin garcia-torres. antolin garcia-torres pled not guilty in february affbeing indicted -- after being indicted by a grand jury. sierra lamar disappeared march 16, 2012 after leaving leaving for school in morgan hill. investigators say they found her dna in antolin garcia- torres' car and his dna on belongings in her backpack. they hope the threat of the death penalty will resolve the case. >> we are hoping this is a good result to where sierra lamar is returned to her family. >> possibly he will choose life in prison without patrol and let us know what happened to her. >> reporter: her parents acknowledge a death penalty case will take longer. >> that doesn't take away

he's facing charges of kidnapping and murdering 15- year-old sierra lamar in 2012. community members and the sheriff's office continue to search for her body but it's never been located. he also stands accused of carjacking and attempting to kidnap three other women back in 2009. the d.a. said after reviewing it all, his office believes that garcia- torres should face the death penalty. legal analysts say this could bode well for the defense. >> it may actually play into the defense's hands because they could say the d.a.'s office is overrich, they are seek -- overreaching. they are seeking the death penalty in the case where they haven't even shown that sierra is dead. the defense will characterize this as a missing person's case. where is the body and crime scene and evidence of trauma? >> reporter: clark says if sierra's body is found, it could complete lit change the case -- completely change the case. but now that the death penalty is being sought, significant delays are expected in the case and that's because the defense will now be given more time for discove

sierra lemar was 15 when she went missing more than two years ago.scussed the death penalty with the district attorney's office and they say they know it will take a lot longer for the trial but he should be guilty. >> it is still difficult to go through that as a family. >> they hope the threat of a death penalty will convince antolin garcia-torres to lead authorities to sierra lemar's body. >>> and the fatal shooting of andy lopez, they will travel to san jose next month. they want to see if the police auditor program will be the best to travel to but the sonoma county is determining whether to fire criminal charges after they killed lopez after mistaking hills fake gun for a real one. >>> they will consider closing the world famous lumbardosi street. they will shut down the crooked street between june 21st and 4 4th of july. neighbors say it can take an hour and a half to get home and caltrans is making prep sayings. southbound 280 will be shut down starting at 9:00 thursday night. it's not scheduled to reopen until 5:00 tuesday morning. the caltr

justice for sierra.' in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news >> catherine: the santa rosa woman accused of assaulting a child she suspected was bullying her daughter, might have been >> catherine: that's according to the sonoma county sheriff's office. 30-year-old delia garcia- bratcher was arrested friday after being accused of putting her hands around the neck of a 12-year-old boy athe had been pointed out to her as someone who'd been harassing her daughter. the sheriff's department says it hasn't found any evidence of that. as for the 12-year-old boy - photos taken by school staffers show red marks on his neck. a relative of the suspect says the woman has 6 children - and would never hurt a child. >>"she's got a good heart, she would never do that she says they are making me sound like a monster, she's thrown >> catherine: the woman was arrested on suspicion of inflicting injury to a child. >> catherine: her access to the school is being limited by a protective order, which also prevents her from contacti

sierra lemar went missing more than two years ago now and sierra lemar's family discussed the death penaltyknow it will take a lot longer but antolin garcia-torres should face the death penalty for what he did. >> it doesn't take away the angst and it is still difficult to go through that. >> they hope the death penalty will convince him to lead authorities to her body. >>> kim failed to produce meeting minutes saying she has developed a new job in washington d.c. all have called him him -- called for for him to step down. >>> they will travel to san jose next month and the task force wants to see if the independent police auditor program will be the best way to respond to future incidents when officers use deadly force. the sheriff's deputy shot and killed an 8-year-old boy and whether to file after mistaking his gun. they also are working with the college district and at merrick college and the police department they will be able to offer support for a possible police career. mayor jean quan hopes the program attracts more people who live in oakland. >> the last class may open up for youn

look at all green and the white over the sierra over western nevada. that's all the moisture this low pressure area had but it's heading in the wrong direction moving off to the east and something new will be moving in. you can't have a vacuum in the atmosphere. something has to move in and that something is a big ridge of high pressure. you have heard that before. it's going to move in to allow sunshine to return and will allow temperatures to warm and we'll will be if you are making a weekend plan and many of us are, high and dry for the weekend. warm, sunny, beautiful. maybe even head to the beach where temperatures will be in the 70s especially on saturday and sunday. clouds, fog near the water tonight we are already seeing that from chopper 5. the warmup begins on wednesday tomorrow when we'll warm up well above average for the upcoming holiday weekend. tomorrow back close to 80 for you in concord and san jose which is a few degrees above average for this time of year. sunnyvale 76. fremont 73. still chilly along the coastline half moon bay 64. sa

let's look at the sierra snow. from lake tahoe to yosemite we might see 1 to 4 inches of snow in the forecast. but throughout this week, the numbers in the 80s by thursday, friday, and saturday. hold on for the wild ride. >> rain, snow, thunder, lightning throughout the region. >> and upper 80s by the weekend. >> thanks, jeff. >>> an amazing story of survival involving a dog here in the bay area. >>> stanford is at the cutting edge of medical research. they have discovered a way to make implants the size of a grain of rice. current implants use batteries and must be replaced or removed when the batteries run out. but this tiny implant that could be used for pacemakers or in place of drugs. so far it has only be tested on animals. >>> researchers have linked windshield washer fluid to a deadly form of pneumonia. the fluid came from school buses. investigators found the bacteria in the fluid in 75% of buses tested in arizona. it gets into the body when the water is sprayed into the air as mist or vapor. most people e

tomorrow, a low-pressure system drops in the sierra nevada.ou don't like the breeze or the wind, you may not like the forecast. but we'll agive give it to you -- coming up. everywhere i look, i see a country ready to move forward... and a congress standing in the way. their budgets are late; jobs bills are stalled... and special nterests run rampant. as an economics teacher at stanford, i know education means good jobs. so here's my plan: i'd start teaching computer coding in public schools right away. open doors for women in science and technology. and prepare young people for middle class manufacturing jobs. i'm ro khanna and i approve this message, because change starts with us. >>> welcome back. good morning to you. 8:30. we're live. a demonstration at a bay area high school that's getting nationwide attention, it's just wrapping unright about now. all of this stems from a controversy connected to cinco de mayo. now, coming up in two minutes, ktvu's janine de la vega who is out there now will tell us what initiated this whole movement and

a little bit of activity happening over in the sierra nevada. up to tahoe today, you want to take it very, very easy because i can tell you right now traveling cautiously is really going to be important. we have some gusty wind, up to 50 miles per hour and thunderstorms rolling through the sierra nevada as we speak this morning. for us in the bay area, we're starting out with the subtropical air mass overhead. still cool and still getting this comfortable ocean breeze. it's rather strong, however, this morning in san francisco. and sustained at about 18 miles per hour there. 17 miles per hour, meanwhile, in oakland. single digits to report in your inland valleys this morning. now, as we head throughout the day today, we'll climb out of the 50s, into the 70s. comfortable temperatures but a better chance for thunderstorms today, especially over the east bay hills. that's the area we're really watching for and we could see some activity here. over the western facing slopes surrounding san jose, as well. the temperatures pretty mild and not warm eno

in the sierra nevada de santa marta, rangers are proving that every effort is worth it. clicks they're flocking to the hummingbird feeder -- it's like a filling station for birds. every morning the employees of the privately-run el dorado bird reserve fill the feeders with new sugar water. the hummingbirds drink five times their bodyweight every day. there are more than 130 species of them in colombia. >> the feeders help us to keep tabs on the populations of many of the endemic hummingbird species, help us determine whether specific ones have increased, and monitor their migration patterns at different times of the year. >> the sierra nevada de santa marta is the world's highest coastal mountain range. the 5000 metre summits are visible only very early in the morning. with the first rays of the sun at dawn, clouds begin to form. the warm sea air from the caribbean cools off when it hits the mountain range, and this gigantic fog machine supplies its many species of flora and fauna with moisture. and it's here that the proaves foundation has established its 1000-hectare b

sierra lemar was 15 when she went missing more than two weeks ago a year. santa clara sheriff's office said they know it will take longer for the trial but antolin garcia-torres should face the ultimate penalty. >> it doesn't take away the angst, it is still difficult to go through that. >> and at the sierra lemar center, they are hoping the death penalty will lead them to her body. >>> kim failed to produce meeting minutes for an entire year and she said she had accepted a new job in washington d.c. all five city council members called on them to step down. >>> they are looking into the shooting of andy lopez and will travel next month. they want to watch the independent police auditor program and officers used deadly force. the panel was formed shortly after they shot and killed the 13-year-old in october. the district attorney is deciding on it. >>> they are trying to get more young people to work with the department. at least the administration of justice department and officers will be able to interact with students an offer support for a possible poli

heavy rain up in the sierra nevada. probably again on tuesday. but for us, have to keep an eye on this, especially as we go into tomorrow. i think mostly cloudy here. cooler, windy. isolated showers to the north. we'll mention the north bay for today or this afternoon. 60s, low 70s. these are way below last week. we were in the 90s to 100s last week. clouds, showers. mostly cloudy into wednesday. wednesday, most of the action will be in the sierra. we'll be on the dry side. it will be warmer as we go into the weekend. >>> a woman running for office in alameda county is now dropping out of the race after being charged with felony voter fraud. kathleen knox was running for controller. investigators say she lived in san leandro in her filing but they believe she lives in dna ville. she said she's officially -- in danville. she said she's officially and respectfully withdrawing her candidacy. she pleaded not guilty to six felony counts. >>> today is the last day to register to vote for the upcoming june 3rd primary election. you need to reregister to

as we head east and over the sierra, they actually had snow today. this low pressure center that moved over nevada is now in the extreme southern part of the state right around las vegas. produced rain and snow up around tahoe and in the higher reaps of the of reach -- reaches of the sierra. in the meantime look at that for this late in the season. where were you in january? later tonight by the way if you're going to the game, the a's you taking on the nationals. and it will be breezy and clear. but the winds will be out to about 20 miles per hour out of the northwest and game time temp of 64 degrees again that's coming up at 6:00 tonight. tomorrow morning, if you're heading out the door, we'll see plenty of sunshine and numbers in the mid 50s around the bay area. by tomorrow afternoon, a warming trend begins. we'll see inland areas in the low 80s. around the bay we'll be in the upper 07s and at the coast, the mid 60s. so if you're looking for something to do on sunday, how about alameda? gorgeous town. sunny and warmer on sunday. 74 degrees forecas

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most of this will be up towards the sierra and we can see some heavy rain. ukiah, sacramento and monterey, the low will keep us really cool over the next couple of hours of rain which can help and they say the low will and the low having some of that wrap back around. 70s and 60s back on the temperatures and as you know 90s and 100s and they will be struggling and clearing out on wednesday and gradual warmup as temperatures rebound from below normal temperatures from earlier this week. >>> they are ready to make a major agent decision. -- acquisition. and twitch is essentially you tube for live gaming and in light of the play station 4 and it could be announced within the next few hours. >> just ahead, raising ticket prices ahead of the theme park starting today one day at disney land, $96 and the price for a one day park hopper ticket and it gets you into the parks $150 and it's also phasing out one of its annual passes only to the annual passes and all of the others will be available. >>> beta breakers, this may top all of them. in 15 minutes this may top

an unusual move considering sierra lamar's body has never been found. ktvu's robert handa is here with what this could mean for the ace and how the mother is -- case and how the mother is responding. >> reporter: sierrasierra lamar's home town, we talked to her mother about today's decision. family members tell me they had impet with the da's office and as we reported antolin garcia- torres pled not guilty the murder and kidnapping charges after being indicted. he is accused of killing 15- year-old sierra lamar who disappeared march 16, 2012 after leaving leaving for school. investigators reported finding sierra lamar's dna in antolin garcia-torres' car and his dna on belongings inside her backpack. but her body has never been found. antolin garcia-torres should face the ultimate penalty. her parents agree. >> i just have to have faith that the judicial system will come through and we will get answers and answers and -- >> we feel if she prove -- he is proven guilty of this he took aware something dear to us. >> he says proceeding with the death penalty

and into the sierra, showers and light snow. but there could be wet, showery weather, again, chance of showers low temperatures on the mild side. some upper 40s, tomorrow, a couple isolated thunderstorms in the higher terrain in the northern most part of the viewing area. possibility of thunderstorms is very, very low. low to mid-60s inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. we'll start to warm up around the bay area wednesday. low 80s around the bay. monday, memorial day looks like a pleasant day. cooler sunday. mid-60s on the coast. a lovely seven days ahead. >> sounds good. thank you, spencer. coming up next drama ahead of the "dancing with the stars" finale. a serious injury happened after rehearsal. >> and a young baseball fan about what happened here with this foul ball. don't. i want you to be kind.ff i wantsuper o be smart. super smart. i want one thing in a doctor. i want you to be handsome. i want you to be awesome. i don't want you to look at the chart before you say hi...david. i want you to return my emails. i want

it's been two years since sierra lamar disappeared, her body has never been found. today the decision of the man charged in her murder will face the death penalty. prosecutors made the announcement today even though the trial for angelo garcia store is has not been scheduled. today's news comes as solace further her parents and those continuing to search for crs remains. >> volunteers of the sierra lamar search center today said they were gratified to hear about today's decision. the santa clara county district attorney's office decided to seek the death penalty against the suspect in the kidnapping murder case, 22-year-old antolin garcia torres. torres pled not guilty in february after being indicted by grand jury. 15-year-old sierra lamar disappeared march 16, 2012 after leaving for 2012 after leaving for school in morgan hill were her family had just moved to from fremont. investigators say they found her dna and garcia torres' red volkswagen jetta and his dna on belongings and her discarded backpack. volunteers say the threat of the death penalty hopefully will

i want to point you to the sierra. just at 10:00 this evening, a winter weather advisory went into place that lasts all the way until noon tomorrow for areas along i-80, highway 50, above 6,000 feet. 1 to 3 inches possible. so that's kind of exciting. we come back home, we're partly cloudy. we're mostly clear. the breeze and the wind, definitely the story at home. santa rosa picked up .02 of an inch. nobody else reported anything at all. as we get into the evening hours, we'll still have that slight possibility. especially into the overnight hours of picking up a few showers. our winds are tapering off just a bit. still gusting in novato. fairfield has gone calm. we shift out just a little bit. sfo gusting to nearly 40 earlier. now 36 miles per hour. so still blowing quite strong there. 25 gusting at half moon bay. 26 hayward. san jose, the winds have lightened up for you. livermore, reporting 5 miles per hour. temperatures will be on the cool side for some of the our inland communities. as we get into your lunch hour,

i want to point you to the sierra.ust at 10:00 this evening, a winter weather advisory went into place that lasts all the way until noon tomorrow for areas along i-80, highway 50, above 6,000 feet. 1 to 3 inches possible. so that's kind of exciting. we come back home, we're partly cloudy. we're mostly clear. the breeze and the wind, definitely the story at home. santa rosa picked up .02 of an inch. nobody else reported anything at all. as we get into the evening hours, we'll still have that slight possibility. especially into the overnight hours of picking up a few showers. our winds are tapering off just a bit. still gusting in novato. fairfield has gone calm. we shift out just a little bit. sfo gusting to nearly 40 earlier. now 36 miles per hour. so still blowing quite strong there. 25 gusting at half moon bay. 26 hayward. san jose, the winds have lightened up for you. livermore, reporting 5 miles per hour. temperatures will be on the cool side for some of the our inland communities. as we get into your lunch hour, m

and another look at the sierra where it looks more like winter here on i-80 at donner summit. meteorologist rob mayeda joins us for a look at this wild weather in may and look at another change coming up. >> just as soon as some winter-like conditions come into the sierra we'll see a real taste of summer. in the meantime gusty winds around the bay area and wind gusts above 40 miles per hour. right now down at sfo they're seeing sustained winds at 35 miles an hour out of the west and gusty into san jose, winds 20 to 30 miles per hour. you can see the winds widespread, and expect these wind speeds to stay strong through 9:00 tonight, easing off a little after midnight. we've also seen a few showers briefly around the north bay hilltops, up around napa county and solano county. now just a band of clouds massing through. this windy pattern caused by that cold winter-like low to the east, high off to the west the wind machine right over the bay area will keep things gusty tonight but just as quickly as things turned chilly and windy, we'll see changes as the gusty evening transitio

look at the spiral of clouds across the sierra nevada. that's an area of low pressure sliding by but it's the same low that's going to help kick up the winds around our area. out the door, cloudy, breezy, mostly sunny this afternoon but some gusty winds. then winds calm down and we have a much warmer weekend on tap for the bay area but now we have this low moving through so the winds are going to be kicking up into the afternoon a little blustery especially near the coastline 30 and 40-mile-an- hour gusts. 70s around the state, 70s into the central valley. traveling into the high country we have winter weather advisories expecting some more snow across some of the higher peaks down to about 6,000 feet or so maybe a couple of more inches dropping there this morning. those winds expected to kick up in the afternoon especially near the coastline. could see gusts 30 to 40 miles an hour. looks like winds subside through the night into tomorrow. temperatures today will be warmer. a lot of 60swe are going to see some warmer weather next couple o

mother's day plans from the bay area to the sierra look a lot better than today. no risk of seeing snow showers or showers in the north bay. clearing skies and things will be warming up as high pressure begins to build in. our high off to the west, deep low close by to the east set us up for these gusty winds which have reached their peak intensity the last couple of hours. gusts around 45 miles per hour around the peninsula through 8:00 tonight. then the winds will change direction, turning more out of the northeast. offshore winds will lead to some drying conditions and temperatures really target to climb on up. we'll get a brief sneak preview tomorrow as our inland temperatures climb into the 80s and then soar even more into the 90s. you see it there, the seven-day forecast. hottest days of the week coming up right around wednesday and thursday. so watch the position of the high. as we go through the workweek ahead into tuesday and wednesday, anchored right over northern california and then starting to weaken as a system here late thursday increases the sea bre

. >>> a wildfire in the sierra foothills is 1300 acres. the hunters fire, which began monday, is threatening about 100 homes in mariposa county. the fire has already destroyed two unoccupied homes and one outbuilding. 20% contained right now. the cause is unknown. five firefighters are being treated for injuries. they are expected to survive. >>> that wildfire will just continue to grow if the winds start to pick up. >> it looks like it will be breezy again today. maybe not as strong as yesterday. still going to see some breezy conditions around the bay area. cold front pulling through town. looks like around the bay area we are going to see winds whipping through the delta. red flag warnings are up in through the delta, the carquinez straits watching out for that this morning. breezy early morning already at 16 miles per hour at sfo. into the delta not too bad about 3 miles per hour, 11 into fairfield. throughout the day mostly clear skies looking good over the golden gate right now. temperatures into the 50s. by the afternoon, 80s inland

. >>> wildfire up in the sierra foothills has grown to 1300 acres. the so-called hunters fire which began monday threatening 100 homes in mariposa county. the fire destroyed two unoccupied homes one outbuilding 20% contained. cause unknown. five firefighters being treated for injuries are expected to survive. >>> new developments in the battle between donald sterling and national basketball association. as cbs news correspondent marlie hall reports, sterling says the nba has no legal grounds to terminate his ownership of the los angeles clippers. >>> reporter: donald sterling says the nba has no right to take away his team. in a 32-page response to the league, the l.a. clippers owner called the nba's efforts to force him to sell the franchise illegal. the document from sterling's lawyer said, "putting it most simply, stripping mr. sterling of his ownership because of a private lovers' quarrel that was not intended to harm the nba in any way or even become public is an outrageous punishment." the nba banned sterling for life and fined him $2.5 million

a snowy day in parts of the sierra today, may 20th. tomorrow, more showers on the sierra.snow showers into higher elevations we'll start warming up tomorrow as well. we'll have clouds developing and lingering at the coast tomorrow, fog lingers. sunny skies tomorrow, high temperatures climbing into low 80s inland here is the accu-weather forecast. this warming trend continues saturday, sunday, highs around 90. low 80s on the bay. temperatures dropping off monday. >> nice timing of this. >> thank you very much. >> well done >> new era has begun with warriors >> yes. a big gathering today. how did a guy that never coached a day in his life become a number one candidate? next in sports. >>> funny story as warriors introduced steve kerr as the new head coach. warriors couldn't schedule an interview with him. at the gm describes it, he re-buffed them. today sh he took over as head coach. i had a chance to talk with kerr. >> when did you become this popular? just now. >> yes. >> didn't get recruited out of high school. didn't have an offer. there might have been one girl that wan

still rain, snow in the sierra. about done. there's some fog on the coast but it will get chewed up by an offshore breeze. it's not kicking in yet. plenty of low clouds, drizzle from half moon bay el granada, daly city. mostly sunny, warmer. some of that fog on the coast might be tough. san mateo, santa cruz coast. there's still plenty out there over the bay. you can see pretty good steady rain up in parts of nevada. most of this is favoring the lee side or eastern sierra. it will be breezy. we expect the breeze to turn northerly. by this afternoon, as the low eventually led to southern california, it's out of the picture. left behind, a lot of fog. low clouds. it will be sunny. nice for some. temperatures warming up a little bit. upper 70s to a few low 80s. still 60s coast and bay. >>> we're still looking at some slow traffic all over the place in many areas as you drive through. i want to mention the traffic on the b.a.r.t. system, no delays on caltrain or muni as we look at the freeways, i would say they are moderate. 42-min

we have a little bit of snow in the sierra nevada.thank you steve bridges up in the keys. .5 at lake level. and there was some 40s on the temperatures and a couple of showers, pleasant hill, martinez, clayton had some. a lot of dark clouds. other areas not a cloud at all. cool, clouds, sunny. these clouds are moving south of the of the area -- south of the area. temperatures still running below average. i will get out of the way so you can see this. right around concord, pleasant hill, martinez. there are a couple of showers even along highway 4 out to antioch a couple of reports, brentwood, oakley. most that stayed in the valley. it was close but it went from stockton, merced, san joaquin valley. they are getting some rain there, not a lot. but a little bit. 50s on the temperatures. really cool. it will be very cool tonight in wind protected areas. all of this is associated with a low-pressure system in the  sierra nevada. is it making a b-line toward the central sierra and then down to las vegas as it parks itself or sets up shop

that's sliding out of town with thunderstorms and even snow over the sierra nevada. this afternoon, mostly sunny skies inland, fog toward the coastline and in the 60s there. mostly cloudy out at the bay right now temperatures in the 50s but this afternoon, a little sunshine coming our way. 79 napa, 66 in san francisco. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. and for the next 20, 25 minutes we still have a lot of overnight roadwork out there. 5:00 is usually the kind of magic hour where we clear a lot of this stuff but if you are traveling in the east bay, the macarthur maze roadwork is back westbound 580 to eastbound 80. that connector scheduled to re- open by again 5 a.m. also, coming down the eastshore freeway westbound 80 there are various lanes blocked it sounds like once again from buchanan into powell. so you may find a touch of slowdowns not enough to impact the drive time. that drive time there at the bottom of your screen, 19 minutes on westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze and more roadwork once you hit the bay bridge inc

we don't have showers in the sierra, and the coast should see sunshine.l has to do with the wind direction changing from winds coming in off the ocean to turning off shore. this is going to be the big warm-up we're watching with the warmest days of the week coming up tuesday through thursday. it looks like at this point, wednesday should be the hottest day we see around the bay area. we show you the forecast for the heat wave we'll be watching going through the next few days, you notice the position of the high building back to california today. then as we head to tuesday and wednesday, anchored right over northern california, the hottest time of the week there, middle part of the week. then thursday and friday, as we watch the system approach the coast, this should start to usher in the return of the sea breeze, which will lead to cooling. a stretch as we go into tomorrow, where we see upper 80s, maybe near 90 in the warmest spots tuesday and wednesday. and even out towards the coast, we'll see a chance, places like santa cruz close to 90, and then by fr

. >>> a wildfire in the sierra foothills is at 1300 acres and going strong. hunters fire is threatening about 100 homes in mariposa county. the fire has already destroyed three structures. it's 20% contained and the cause is unknown. five firefighters are being treated for injuries not considered life-threatening. >>> nearly 13 years later u.s. troops are preparing to leave afghanistan. the president laying out his plan of total withdrawal by the end of the year 2016. >> we will no longer patrol afghan cities or towns, mountains or valleys. that is a task for the afghan people. we have to recognize afghanistan will not be a perfect place. and it is not america's responsibility to make it one. the future of afghanistan must be decided by afghans. >> by the end of this year the current u.s. force of 32,800 will fall to 9,800 and cut in half by the end of 2015 and reduced to just troops to staff the embassy by the end of 2016. >>> two americans were injured when their official u.s. consulate vehicle was attacked in western afghanistan. the injuries are not consi

a snowy day in parts of the sierra today, may 20th. tomorrow, more showers on the sierra.snow showers into higher elevations we'll start warming up tomorrow as well. we'll have clouds developing and lingering at the coast tomorrow, fog lingers. sunny skies tomorrow, high temperatures climbing into low 80s inland here is the accu-weather forecast. this warming trend continues saturday, sunday, highs around 90. low 80s on the bay. temperatures dropping off monday. >> nice timing of this. >> thank you very much. >> well done >> new era has begun with warriors >> yes. a big gathering today. how did a guy that never coached a day in his life become a number one candidate? next in sports. don't. i want you to be kind.ff i wantsuper o be smart. super smart. i want one thing in a doctor. i want you to be handsome. i want you to be awesome. i don't want you to look at the chart before you say hi...david. i want you to return my emails. i want you to keep me doing this for another sixty years. at kaiser permanente, we want you to choose the doctor that's right for you. find your per

sierra would have been 17 years old now. her father says while a death conviction can't bring his daughter back, he considers it the only just punishment. >> i think if he's found guilty of this crime, myself, my family, feels it should be the ultimate penalty for, for taking, you know, something so dear to us. >> reporter: he says he thinks about his daughter every day. the big question now is whether there will be a change of venue or whether this case will be held here or at another location. he tells me he would like to see the case tried here in san jose. reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> we have new details on the sierra lamar case. she disappeared on march 16, 2012. torres was taken into custody nearly a year later on february 25, 2013. then this past february garcia torres pleaded not guilty after he was indicted by a grand jury. today the district attorney decided to seek the death penalty. torres is due back in court on june 11. >>> and a follow up on a yearbook controversy. a senio

plan on that if your sunday plans include the sierra you could see a few showers and then as the lowefly into a cutoff low over northern california on tuesday, that could bring us a slight chance of showers. again given it's moving inland off to the east the best chance in the hilltops to the north of santa rosa and toward the sierra for tuesday. second half of the week. high pressure builds in and we'll see our temperatures climbing up. you can see the trend in the seven-day forecast starting thursday on into friday approaching memorial day weekend for next week. see the temperatures around san jose in the upper 70s, close to 82 in saratoga but quite a bit cooler in san francisco, mid 60s in the forecast today around the north bay. we'll see highs in the 70s and the tri-valley, some of the warmer spots, close to 80 in pleasanton, 70s around livermore and danville. >> thank you very much, rob. we are supposed to be conserving water, some of us by as much as 20%. coming up, a reality check. are businesses meeting the same standards as the rest of us? >> good morning. i'm mike. there's

take a look at the sierra on tuesday. snow levels as low as lake levels. that gives you an idea how cold the system is. freezing levels to 5500 feet. with that cold air aloft, that's a recipe for instability and a chance of seeing showers. temperatures are going to cool down all the way through tuesday and then things begin to change friday. now we go to a summer like change as high pressure builds in, in the valleys as early as next thursday. over the weekend, you're about to see here, we could see a few spotty showers. tomorrow, 70 degrees in san jose, partly cloudy skies. san francisco, 62. a quick outlook at the changes we'll see, san jose and san francisco seeing a chance of the showers on tuesday. and then those temperatures rebounding for the second half of the week. in the north bay tomorrow, highs in the 60s. notice danville, low 70s. the five-day outlook there in the north bay, notice the chance of showers starting tomorrow in santa rosa. temperatures really start to climb. ten rdegrees warmer on wednesda. temperatures climb heading towards next

snow showers over the sierra. bay area might see isolated showers passing through tonight and tomorrow. and high temperatures on the cool side in spots. upper 60s around the bay. low and mid-70s inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. things stabilize wednesday z start to warm up as well by weekend looking at high temperatures upper 80s to near 90. monday looking nice, warm ask sunny. >> appropriate temperatures for this time of the year. >> yes. you're right. >> let's talk about soccer. >> yes. larry beil is now here with sports. >> yes. national team training and getting ready for brazil. will the earthquake star make the cut? next in sports. >>> good evening, california chrome will try to do something it hasn't been done in 36 years the 3-year-old going for triple crown in three weeks. new york racing association asked, it is okay for california chrome to wear that natesal strip in past years they'd not allowed it. he wore the strip in kentucky derby. it assists breathing. no horse won triple crown since 197

snow showers over the sierra. the bay area might see isolated showers passing through tonight and tomorrow. and high temperatures on the cool side in spots. upper 60s around the bay. low and mid-70s inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. things stabilize wednesday z start to warm up as well by weekend looking at high temperatures upper 80s to near 90. monday looking nice, warm ask sunny. >> appropriate temperatures for this time of the year. >> yes. you're right. >> let's talk about soccer. >> yes. larry beil is now here with sports. >> yes. national team training and getting ready for brazil. will the earthquake star make >>> good evening, california chrome will try to do something it hasn't been done in 36 years the 3-year-old going for triple crown in three weeks. new york racing association asked, it is okay for california chrome to wear that natesal strip in past years they'd not allowed it. he wore the strip in kentucky derby. it assists breathing. no horse won triple crown since 1978. nasal strip or not

i'm you don't even speaking for the sierra club to the puc budget the essentially e sierra club supports both the go solar program as well as the go sf program we don't support of the rating of the go solar sf taking the funds and distributing everything else that's something the mayor shouldn't be doing the supervisors allocated those fund but we support full funding of go solar sf every year we fight for the funding and the funding is declining you can see the number of solar installs dropping with the program we think are their creative solutions and i know that time is needed to investigate those solutions to keep clean power sf funded by llsz to fund sf. we continue the item to get more information we would support that. so that's where we are it shouldn't be putting one good program after another supervisor breed said. thank you >> next speaker >> hello with bright line defense project there's a longer conversation that needs to be had and rate increases and capital improvements that need to be discussed before this board we're here to emphasize bright life project the local and th

also, we have some snow in the sierra. chain requirements now for 88, no chains required for 80 or 50. we're not sure if they will need them but right now just in effect for 88. to the south bay we go now and 101 northbound. sluggish 280 to mckee. heads up, you will find a little traffic jam there, no accidents. a few cars deep if you are heading to the richmond/san rafael bridge toll plaza. headlights westbound on to 580 looking good into marin county. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." for more on the forecast here's lawrence. >>> an interesting start to the day breezy now but some of the chain requirements up in the sierra nevada, we have an area of low pressure that's slipping through there now bringing snow to the high country snow down to 6,000 feet with high wind advisories. winds are breezy now 14 to 16, 11 miles per hour in berkeley. but likely going to be whipping by the afternoon. here are the cool clouds outside. cumulus clouds rolling by, cooler in the 40s and 50s. by the afternoon slightly warmer with some bl

more and more farmers in the sierra nevada are opting for the sustainable method of hunting. it covers o'neill it was designed so to cover my deserving individual trees to shade grown coffee plantation provide linkage between the remaining forested areas. a sniper just so the birds can fly on with it yet but they are in addition to coffee attracts many animal species will produce boston's lead to the fruits. it's virtually a forest in itself. so the deeper than that it has been going. the nbl the rumor greys are now attracting a very special species richards for bird watchers the air to it. his plea. and with the chinese are some of the undergrowth the eye. a group owner of others can do to visitors from far away belgium have morning. despite his many rare bird species as possible. it was the no yellow sweater called christians whom we call ourselves the hard core community is returning to spawn all bird species are content with leaving the whole world. there are about ten thousand different bird species worldwide. are people who've law responded to nine thousand one hundred

this is sky 7 hd video of the scene near sierra road. according to a cal osha spokesman, the man was unloading sheet rock and fell three stories. yesterday a worker died in a fall, falling 15 feet. cal osha investigating these incidents. >> police arrested a man of kidnapping a woman in southern california, holding her captive ten years. he is charged with suspicion of kidnapping to rape, lewd acts with a minor and false imprisonment. the victim was 15 when she disappeared in santa ana. she was dating garcia at the time. police say he assaulted her mother, locked her in a garage and used abuse to prevent him from leaving. they had a child together in 2012. the woman is now 25, she contacted police after finding her sister on facebook. >> threatening skies in colorado. four tornadoes have touched down including one forced a denver international airport to ground flights and evacuate gates for short time this afternoon. at this point, no reports of any damage. >> the same storm system pounded the region with marble sized hail and heavy rai

risika's mission in sierra leone was to identify the most urgent cases and suggest them as candidates> risika: okay, so please check it today, okay? >> ward: while we were there, he was called in to see another little girl, sufiatu. >> risika: sufiatu, how are you? >> ward: hers was an urgent case. her body was struggling to fight off a severe infection that had formed around her damaged heart valve. >> risika: let's check the echo, hmm? >> ward: the question was not whether or not to send her to sudan, it was whether she would survive the grueling journey. >> risika: she must be operated as soon as possible. >> ward: most of the kids dr. risika sees here are not as far gone as sufiatu. but without surgery to repair their hearts, none of them have long to live. >> risika: she's ready for surgery. >> ward: and emergency can only afford to save a handful of them. after two days in the hospital, sufiatu was able to walk on her own, enough for the doctors to declare her fit to travel. she joined mariata and three other very sick children who gathered with their mothers for the trip. toget

prosecutors say they have d-n-a evidence linking garcia-torres to sierra. what prosecutors *don't* have. is her body. garcia-torres is also facing charges for the attempted kidnappings of three other women. no trial date has been announced yet. it's one of the bay area's biggest tourist attractions. and soon it may be *off-limits -- during the height of tourist season! find out why. on the move after being kicked out of their east bay encampment. where former albany 'bulb' residents are now calling home -- and the problems that is causing. commuters in san francisco may soon find fewer seats and more passengers packed in -- "standing room only." newly configured light rail cars are running on the n-judah line. many of the double wide seats were removed. and changed to "singles". to allow for more standing room. the change makes room for about 50-more people. if this all works well -- the new design could become permanent. what's san francisco's lombard street without a long line of cars.? some people argue -- it's time to cut down on some of that tourist tr