Its been four years since she was murdered. Her accused killer has been sitting in jail almost as long. The waiting is over and the trial finally set to begin. Pete, you spoke with a man whos been trying to find the womans body . Yes, i spoke with roger nelson who was a part of that voluntary team who spent three years searching for sierra lamar. He feels the trial will start bringing some closure. The murder of sierra lamar and the ongoing mystery of her missing body. Hes a member of a search team known as team sierra. It was a young girl and a family that needed help. He will be at the Santa Clara County hall of justice when the murder trial begins. Were eager for justice for sierra lamar. Shes presumed dead, she disappeared in 2012 while walking to a bus stop near morgan hill hundreds of volunteers like nelson spent years searching for sierra. We put in over 1150 volunteer searches. Her accused killer is facing a potential death sentence but his defense team recently filed a motion in march to gain access to dna evidence that could change the course of the case. Legal analyst steven clark says the defense may try to move the case and mentions these factors. Because of the tremendous emotional effect the sierra lamar case has had on this community. And the fact that so many people continue to look for her body. For those who took part in the search. They hope justice will prevail. We hope this process ultimately brings sierra home to her loving family. While the formal searches have ended for sierra lamar. The group keeps open a tip line. Live in san jose, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. Police are investigating a homicide, a man was stabbed. Just after 9 00, near highway 87 and kirtner. The man died at the scene we have crews headed to the scene. A hate crime at a local church. The disheartened parishioners are being asked to open their hearts and forgive. Cheryl hurd is at the Clayton ValleyPresbyterian Church with details. The rainbow flag is back here at the Presbyterian Church in clayton. Its a replacement flag and its been taken down three times this week. The pastor and parishioners are upset because they believe the person destroying the flag is leaving a hateful message. Scale scoville has been a member nor 15 years, he says the recent vandalism surrounding the rainbow flag is troubling. Im surprised and im probably as angry as i can be. But still keeping what i call a christian attitude about the whole thing. The flag has been taken down eight times in the past six months. Three times this week, on tuesday it was taken down and burned, according to pastor Barbara Barkley who took these pictures. She also found a note. The note was written in spanish and it basically said, all evil will be air rad indicated. A message thats filled with hate, but her church is filled with forgiveness. We profess openness and inclusion, and we will continue to be so. Police were called after someone noticed a man taking down the flag. Police say they arrested John James Hearst a block away from the church. Hes being charged with a hate crime. Two counts of arson, petty theft and vandalism. You would think, nice little area, they have their problems, with things going on. Police will not say if one of the with men seen in the pictures was arrested. More people, more witnesses will have to be interviewed. Reporting live in clayton, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. Frustrated by no leads in an old murder case. San jose Police Released this new video today. A group of 8 men walked out of the picture in the Surveillance Video and then back in. These may be the people who stabbed Michael Maynard to death. He died in the Early Morning hours of july 29th, 2014, almost two years ago, when he was attacked on southmark et and park in downtown san jose. The search continues for the shooter who opened fire on an east bay freeway killing an antiof course man. He was driving a chevy impala around 8 00 last night. The impala launched off the freeway, crashing through a fence and on to a surface street. Investigators believe he was targeted and they insist the public is not in danger. This is the 18th shooting the scandal of a volkswagen diesel car moves to San Francisco tomorrow. Thats where federal Court Hearings are scheduled. Volkswagen is expected to announce a deal with the u. S. Government. They will pay over a billion dollars and that money would be used to compensate owners of some 600,000 diesel cars. Volkswagen admits it cheated on its emissions tests. Owners could have the cars purchased back or have the cars fixed. Did you hear it . The shark tank was rocking. Playoff hockey in downtown san jose, and a familiar face leading the sharks out of the dressing room. Recognize here . Thats christie yamaguchi. It was loud inside the building tonight. The sharks looked great early on. Brent burns with a power play goal right here the sharks hold on for dear life and beat the l. A. Kings 32. The sharks take a commanding 31 series lead. Will he or wont he play . Steph curry says maybe not. Curry and the warriors are in houston tonight getting ready for tomorrows playoff game. He practiced with the team, no scrimmage, he did dribble and shoot the ball. The mvp says hes nursing that tender ankle and hes not 100 . Based on how i feel right now i couldnt play. But tomorrow that could be different. As early as tomorrow morning well know about currys status. Is the drought emergency over . Some water districts say yes. Theyre asking the state to dial back our restrictions. Does that mean longer showers and greener lawns . Maybe. Heres ian cole. The time when green becomes the new brown may be nearing. Today water districts around california are calling for the 30 statewide water reductions to be eased or lifted all together. It doesnt feel like an emergency any more. I can argue both cases, but ive yet to see a simple way of moving forward. This drought is pretty substantial. The Santa Clara Valley joined the surrounding communities. There are areas in the state that have gotten a lot of rainfall. They may have reservoirs that are spilling. Parts of the north coast now drought free. The bay area isnt in the clear yet. After four years of drought, our groundwater reserves are still pretty low. Its going to take more than one normal year for those to recover. Well use a little bit of it to keep our homes nice. While those who installed a lawn last year think the conservation should continue. I would hope people will make it a lifestyle. The state waterboard will make its final decision on may 17th. Ian cole, nbc bay area news. Im jeff ranieri, were tracking a drastic change tomorrow morning. Cloud cover and areas of drizzle. Another chance of late season rain well let you know when this storm arrives and how much well pick up in about 10 minutes. They left behind a mountain of trash after they had gotten trashed. Thats the story of the 4 20 pot party here in Golden Gate Park. Some people are fired up about it. The story on the way. This problem is unacceptable. An exclusive interview with Cheryl Sandberg and the problem on the streets that shes vowing to tackle next. When consultant josh atkins books at laquinta. Com. He gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. So he knows exactly when he can settle in and think big. And when josh thinks big you know what he gives . Ill give you everything ive got and then some. He gives a hundred and ten percent im confident this 10 can boost your market share. Look at that pie chart boom youve never seen a number like that you feel me lois . 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For 8,000 people, the 4 20 party is over here in Golden Gate Park. Now comes the hard part. 40 park workers desended on to hippie hill this evening. Theres no event organizer. Theres no permittee that has a permit with conditions of use or anything, we have to do it all right here. Some celebrants are fired up about the garbage problem. The city could come in here and do something. Send some good vibe people into the crowd and get things cleaned up. All the trash i see everywhere. I dont like it. There was a momentary scare that sent hundreds of people running. A man pulled the gun and people just stampeded. The gun was never fired and no one was injured. San Francisco Police confirmed that they removed four parents that brought their small child to the event. Nobody was here around him at this time. By and large, a peaceful pot party, an unnecessary reminder above, and reasons for the party below. Whats today all about for you . To smoke and have a good time. Its kind of like eating, a lot of people get together and eat for a social event. People get together and smoke. We have some froot loops. Beautiful Golden Gate Park like thousands of partiers took a hit. The workers are going to be back out here tomorrow morning at 6 30 to finish the job. They got the big stuff, now theyre going for the small stuff like broken glass and maybe a hash pipe or so. The highs and lows of 4 20. A secret drug tunnel that runs under a mexican u. S. Border, its 800 yards long. It extends from a house in tijuana to a house lot in san diego. A ton of cocaine and seven tons of pot were confiscated. Baseball great Curt Schilling fired on espn for his comments about transgender people. He was a baseball analyst for espn. The former red sox pitcher treated out a comment about transgenders and which bathrooms they should use. South bay congressman tweeted this, hes pleased that schilling was axed, sports dont build character, they reveal it. Hatred is not character, its cowardi cowardice. The issue is very personal for honda, he has a transgender grandchild. A house fit for a governor. Jerry browns home is up for sale. Not the Governors Mansion but his personal home in the oakland hills. Brown has owned it with his wife since 2007 and it can be yours for 2. 6 million. The report card is out. This is a live look over Santa Clara County which got an f when it comes to year round particle pollution. Thats the kind caused by forest fires. The American Lung association put out its annual report on lung quality today. How did the others fair . Alameda got a d. San francisco got a c. Overall our area quality is better than its been, and experts credit newer, cleaner power plants. We can save thousands and thousands of lives each year if we clean up the air. The citys with the cleanest air include salinas and honolulu. New video of the earth from space in ultrahigh definition resolution. It was shot from the International Space station. It shows our planet, a beautiful blue sphere speckled with clouds and land masses. Its the second video released by nasa in 4k resolution. Lets turn things over toe jeff ranieri. We look at our teenie part of the area in that video, we see rain, dont we . Yes. Youre going to be able to see in the 7day forecast. Not only the possibility of rainfall on friday, but another chance of it in the next seven days. Its hard to see with it being dark and all. With our sky camera network, clouds increasing to 61 degrees. Thats the biggest change for tomorrow. Its going to happen from the north bay to the south bay, what i want you to Pay Attention to here is the peninsula in San Francisco. You might need the windshield wipers for a bit. Temperatures will start off in the 50s. Where is the next storm system. Its still over 900 miles away. Its out here in the pacific. All of the forecast models continue to line up with rainfall on the way. When exactly on friday will that get here . Lets get to that next. I know a lot of you are anxious because we need the rainfall with our drought in place. Friday morning at 4 00 a. M. , we have heavier pockets of rainfall, and moderate areas mixed in from calistoga to santa rosa. Its an early start for you. This pushes across the greater bay area, contra costa, alameda, san mateo counties by 7 00 in the morning. Well see areas with scattered rainfall lingering in the afternoon. The bulk of it happening from 4 00 to 7 00 a. M. How much rainfall will we get out of it . You can see well get hit with the highest potential right around a half an inch. For livermore and 23 100 for san jose. Not too bad considering its heading into late april. Some of these el nino effects hanging on a little bit. The biggest change is the cloud cover moving in and the cooler temperatures, well see it drop from 5 to 150 degrees. San jose up 75. Morgan hill 72. For the peninsula. Palo alto 73, San Francisco in the 60s, not a lot of sunshine. Coolest location here right up into napa, santa rosa and mill valley with 60 to 70 degrees. Cooler tomorrow with the clouds, friday morning the rain arrives, we get it clearing out for your weekend upper 60s and low 70s. Its been a lot of ups and downs lately, it gives me a lot to do in the weather center. Thank you, jeff. Shes on a mission to solve one of silicon valleys biggest problems. An exclusive interview with Cheryl Sandburg. Tina fey, Rachel Maddow are here for a new game called know it all. Were tweeting updates on that breaking news in san jose. A deadly stabbing at a mobile home park. Were tweeting updates on that breaking news we told you about in san jose. A deadly stabbing at a mobil home park. Police are still at the scene gathering evidence. Whats wealthy in the bay area, how about 6 million. The story is popular on our website. 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I was proud to be there as a norcal native and female golfer whos come up through the ranks just to feel the power and energy and enthusiasm with all the women there. Its been kind of empowering. Changing ideas, different initiatives. I think its good for us. What may not be good for ink sister or the rest of the field is lydia coe. Shes back at lake merced where shell attempt to threepoint as champion. Id say she has a pretty good chance. She loves the golf course. This area her game is supposed to be in top form. You come back to a place where you played well and youre feeling the love, theyre excited for you to play well, you love coming back, and obviously here, you have so many great memories, im excited for tomorrow to start. It will be a good weekend. Rough night at at t park, the diamondbacks beat the giants, the giants have lost seven of their last eight games. The announcement that buster posey made alongside his wife that literally brought him to tears. An emotional buster posey today pledges a personal fight an emotional buchter pozzi today pledging a fight against childhood cancer. They are the parents of healthy twins but theyve gotten to know a woman with a child about the same age as their kids. Pozzi became emotional when describing the little girls cancer diagnosis. Her child was just diagnosed with neuroblastoma. Ill pull it together. He announced a Fundraising Campaign aimed at helping with pediatric cancer. He doesnt talk much, but when he does its pretty significant. Its a Great Program theyre launching. Jeff. Tomorrow morning we have the clouds coming back. Isolated areas of drizzle for the peninsula and San Francisco. Big change by the afternoon, will be the partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures cool off 5 to 10 degrees. Rain returns 5 to 7 a. M. On friday. Well be loched in for a wet commute friday morning. 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