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KPIX KPIX 5 News At Noon July 11, 2013

Oakland toddler. Missing f more than 24 hours now. Your realtime captioner linda Marie Macdonald a bizarre twist in the case involving an oakland toddler missing for more than 24 hours right now. These are live pictures from chopper 5 over Doolittle Park near an oakland marina. Investigators are having to work backwards as they attempt to find that girl. Good afternoon, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. Michelle griego is on assignment. Kpix 5s cate caugiran joins us though live in oakland where the search for 21month old daphne webb is well under way. Cate. Reporter frank, Oakland Police brought in their marine unit to search this waterfront area. Were told this is an area where daphne and her father liked to visit. We want to show you, theres a mobile command unit here in place. Investigators will send in a robot to do an underwater search in addition to the active on the ground search. The primary focus is still locating 21monthold Daphne Viola Webb say. Her father says she was taken from his suv while he was inside a convenience store. Daphne was inside the car with her grandmother. Police say webb is not now considered a suspect in the case, however, he was arrested for child endangerment because he left his daughter in the car with his mother who has dementia. We want to look at all aspects. Although were treating this as a missing persons case, we are also looking at other options. If theres foul play involved, we want to have an open mind, have a very wide scope investigation. Reporter still no witnesses have come forward, placing the little girl with her father at the market. But witnesses have described a woman carrying a child matching daphnes description nearby. Oakland police say they are exploring the possibility that she wasnt even in the car in the first place. He left a 21monthold child, this little girl, daphne webb, in the car with his mother who is 87 years old with dementia. So there are some safety concerns. Reporter investigators say they will be working backwards in the case starting from where daphne lived with her father to areas they commonly went. Then back to the market. They plan to use search dogs and helicopters as they try to collect more Surveillance Video and witness accounts. Police say that amber alert is still in effect in this case and its still being treated as a missing person and kidnapping. Police did make note that all family members in this have been cooperative. Frank, back to you. Cate, have police been able to get any information from that grandmother, who allegedly was in the car when this happened, right . Reporter thats right, frank. And heres where it gets tricky. As you heard Oakland Police mention, the mother has dementia. So police have to take any part of her interview with extreme care and caution. They have to be cautious about it. Cate caugiran live in oakland on this breaking story. Cate, thank you. We have new details in the asiana flight 214 crash. The pilot shedding more light into what he saw as he approached the airport and some frantic 911 calls from passengers seconds after the crashlanding have now been released. Runway 28left was released by the ntsb last night to sfo authorities. All the debris now must be cleared and the pavement repaired before it reopens. As for the burntout fuselage of asiana flight 214, that will remain for at least the next few days before being taken apart and stored here in the bay area. Were still working in the infield in the grassy area on the airplane, documenting the internal cabin area. We have over 300 seats to document. Were about halfway through. Reporter we are learning more about what happened inside the cockpit minutes before the crash. 46yearold pilot lee kuk told investigators he saw a flash of bright light just moments before his approach at sfo. We asked him questions about it. Was it a laser . He said no. We asked him about whether it could have been a reflection. They asked him if he could still see. He told our investigators that, yes, he could still see. He looked back in the cockpit. He could see the instruments. Reporter tapes of the dramatic 911 calls were also released. Passengers on the tarmac frantically calling for help. Okay, where at the airport do you need help . We just got in a plane crash and there are a bunch of people who still need help and theres not enough medics out here that need help. There is a woman out here on the street, on the runway, who is pretty much burned very severely on the head and we dont know what to do. She is severely burned. She will probably die soon if we dont get any help. Reporter nearly a week later the crew and some flight attendants went back to korea while others are hospitalized in california. And an update now on the passengers from that flight. Nine crash survivors still in the hospital including six of the flight attendants. Seven are at San Francisco general. Two children, five adults, three of those patients remain in critical condition. And there are two patients at stanford hospital. Ones condition is upgraded from critical to serious. The other patient is listed in good condition. From the First Responders the flight crew and even the passengers, we will showcase the heroes of flight 214 in a special tonight at 7 00 right here on kpix 5. An ntsb chairman Deborah Hersman will hold her final News Conference on the crash investigation this afternoon at 2 00 and you can watch that live here on kpix 5. This just in. Another twist in the americas cup race. After a jury rules against the regatta directors safety regulations. The new zealand and italian sailing teams were both claiming victory now. They had filed protests against the new safety regulations for the sailboat rudder wings. It is now up to the coast guard. We are waiting to hear how this ruling will affect the regattas racing permit. Meanwhile italys team is expected to make its first appearance in the races later today. In other bay area headlines, a tree fell on two cars on southbound 101 in sausalito. This large eucalyptus took down a caltrans sign and blocked three southbound lanes bringing traffic as you might imagine to a standstill this morning. No drivers were injured. Two girls accused of attacking an elderly woman on a muni last month are behind bars. Surveillance video shows the suspects punching the woman on the bus and stealing her purses. A anonymous caller recognized one of the teens, gave up her name last weekend. The other suspect turned herself in after seeing herself on tv. Closing arguments set to begin shortly in the George Zimmerman trial. A judge throws a lastminute curve ball at the jurors. Why the defense is calling her proposal outrageous. B r e a k and you think your drive to work was rough . Commuters in colorado had to deal with this. Hi, im meteorologist Lawrence Karnow in the kpix 5 weather center. Low clouds and fog trying to break up outside. We have a little sunshine but cooler weather to come. Well talk about that coming up. ,,,,,,,, high at the start of tradin. More tha taking live look at the big board now, and right now the stock market is up in a big way. The dow up 160 points. The dow jumped to a new record high at the start of trading more than 151 points following the feds announcement yesterday about keeping the stimulus in place. After days of heated debate in a florida courtroom closing arguments are under way today in the George Zimmerman trial. Live pictures from the courtroom. The judge ruled this morning that jurors can consider a lesser charge of manslaughter but to the prosecutions disappointment, a thirddegree murder charge was disallowed. The prosecution started his closing argument. Zimmerman claims selfdefense. Investigators in the 50 yearold case of the Boston Strangler made a major breakthrough today. Police say they can finally link physical evidence to the suspect. Modern Dna Technology tidal better desalvo to the murder of Mary Sullivan back in 1964. Desalvo was never convicted of killing 11 boston area women. He was fatally stabbed in prison back in 1973 while serving time or unrelated cases. House republicans say they wont pass a single Immigration Reform bill. Instead they are going to take a stepbystep approach on the issues. That means lawmakers will not take up the senates bill. Republicans are in agreement over the tighter border security. But giving citizenship to 11 million Illegal Immigrants in the United States is where the parties are divided. Some people clearly will stay. Some people need to be deported for good and valid reasons. And there may be a group of people who become, if you will, longterm guest workers. Im concerned about the delay because, why . Why would we delay . Why dont we just get about the business of doing a bill . Republicans dont expect to have a vote on the issue until after their august recess. As investigators work to determine what caused saturdays fiery train crash in a small town in quebec, we are getting a dramatic new look at the devastation in all left behind. You can see charred tank cars littering the ground. The town almost completely leveled. 20 bodies have been recovered. And 30 people are still missing and presumed dead. The railway companys ceo publicly apologized this week. I understand the extreme anger. Beyond that, i will do well do what we can to address the issues here. We cant roll back time. The ceo suggested that the hand brakes on the oil tankers were not properly applied and an germai be responsible. Drivers on a colorado highway werent expecting this roadblock. A massive mud slide, 20 cars stuck in the mess near Colorado Springs the highway was short down for crews to clean it up. More than half inch of rain fell in 10 minutes in the area. Pigs trying to escape floods in southwest china. There are hanging out. State media reporting a landslide the size of a small town killed 18 people, 100 missing. Heavy rains have battered the mountainous regions since monday smashing bridges and buildings and knocking out power to thousands. Mother nature is not very happy right now, i guess, right, lawrence . No. She is always unhappy somewhere. But today in the bay area, not bad. We have some fairly nice typical summer weather. We have some patchy fog out there right now. Just beginning to break up in some spots. Still, couple of lingering clouds inside the bay but by the afternoon, i think becoming mostly sunny except right out at the coastline. Low clouds and fog likely to make a return tonight with some drizzle too. And then some slightly warmer weather as we look toward the weekend. Heres a live look over the bay bridge now. You see the clouds just beginning to break up outside and the temperatures warmer inland already. 73 degrees and sunny in livermore. 71 concord. And 72 degrees and some sunshine into san jose. Boy, a thick cloud cover rolling in early on this morning wet enough that you had to use your wipers near the coastline but that is starting to break up somewhat now. Things changing, though. High pressure heading eastward. Southern california seeing monsoonal moisture and rain but we are seeing a cool ocean breeze dropping temperatures around parts of the bay area. Around the state 98 fresno, 92 and thunderstorms in Yosemite National park, 64 monterey bay. The clouds likely to linger toward the coastline, then push onshore in through the evening hours and overnight tonight. And likely to see some of that drizzle again tomorrow morning. I think by tomorrow afternoon a very similar day. Temperaturewise it will still be comfortable today. 81 san jose. About 76 in fremont. 79 degrees in redwood city. 60s at the coastline. East bay temperatures mainly into the 80s this afternoon. So cooler numbers outside across the board but not bad. A little breezy in through San Francisco at 64 degrees and about 62 degrees and cloudy skies into daly city. As we look toward the next couple of days, Holding Steady maybe some slight warming over the weekend. But really the next five to seven days we are locked into the summer pattern. Yup, if you like low clouds and fog, you head to the coastline. You want a little more sunshine and a little more warmth, head inland if you can. I think youve done that forecast a couple of times, havent you . A few. And a few more. Thank you. No, this woman here you see hasnt been electrocuted for is she channeling her inner medusa. She is trying to watch her hair in outer space. Dont want to she is trying to wash her hair in outer space. Dont want to miss this, coming up. ,,,, at farmers we make you smarter about insurance, because what you dont know can hurt you. What if you didnt know that its smart to replace washingmachine hoses every five years . What if you didnt know that you might need extra coverage for more expensive items . And what if you didnt know that teen drivers are four times more likely to get into an accident . sup the more you know, the better you can plan for whats ahead. Talk to farmers and get smarter about your insurance. She has a masters degree in education and has won numers state an awards. But as for 23 years wilma grant has been a teacher in san pablo. She has a masters degree in education, has numerous state and School District awards but as kate kelly reports, its what she is doing in retirements that has earned her this weeks jefferson award. Reporter this is what retirement looks like for wilma grant. We need to have snowflakes. Reporter when she isnt writing scripts, fitting costumes or organizing parents, she is working with her Drama Club Students at Tara Hills Elementary School on their next big production. These children are so stressed out. When they come after school, they can just take their hats off and they can just have a good time. Reporter and the kids will tell you, drama club is their favorite time of day. I think that its really fun and its a place where i get to be myself. It taught me how to be confident in myself and its really, really fun. Reporter during her 23 years of teaching k through sixth grades in san pablo, mrs. Grant watched art programs disappear with each round of budget cuts. She started the drama club in 1990 committed to her belief that visual and performing arts are crucial to a wellrounded education. Math, reading, creative writing, all of these things that we teach in the classroom can be found right in the performing arts. Reporter so she didnt let the drama club end with her retirement. Im so blessed that shes still doing it. Yeah. Its amazing. Reporter Heather Wilson was once a student in mrs. Grants plays. Now her daughter participates. What do you think when you look at that costume . It makes me feel old. [ laughter ] reporter these costumes are a small part of what it takes to put on two decades worth of plays but all of it is a testament to mrs. Grants vision and dedication. [ music ] reporter in the school auditorium, now dedicated in her name, wilma grant has put on the nutcracker, oliver, original plays all adapted for the growing number of students participating. Its free and no one is turned away. Everyone has a talent and gift and i feel good when i can bring that gift to light so everybody can see it. And i think the most beautiful thing is, on production nights to see it all come together, to see these children on stage giving it their best, seeing these children supporting each other. Theyre like a team. Reporter a team with a great coach. I love miss grant. All the parents and teachers love miss grant. She really, really, really has a big heart for the children. I believe the best drama teacher ever. Reporter so for her commitment to keeping the arts alive in her community, this weeks jefferson award in the bay area goes to wilma grant. Kate kelly, kpix 5. You can nominate your local hero for a jefferson award online, kpix. Com, click the logo at the top of the page and then jefferson award. Then find the email Nomination Form there. Another cool day in the bay. How about a nice cool treat to go with it . 7eleven is marking its 86th birthday with its annual free slurpee day today. Its the perfect day to celebrate because its 7 11. You can get your 12ounce freebie at participating stores between now and 7 00. Used to be a slurpee vendor many moons ago. Tony tantillo and stephanie join us with a tasty treat. With all this beautiful watermelon out there, steph and i decided to make something special. We decided to make a Pico De Gallo. I have done it with tomatoes but never watermelons. We are going to put it inside the bowl. Whats next . Add some yellow bell peppers. Okay. Orange bell peppers. A lot of color in this dish. Peppers on peppers on peppers and red bell peppers. Each pepper has its own flavor and texture. Cilantro which i will be pretty generous with. You want to melt it get the juices into the watermelon. Reach down in there. Red onions. Seeded jalapenos and lime juice. The lime is the binder. No olive oil. Theres so much watermelon is 100 water so theres already a lot of liquid in here. Look at this. A little bit of salt and pepper. And were all done. Watermelon Pico De Gallo stephanie style. Thank you, bella, beautiful. This is good. Feels squeaky clean right now. You thought you had a bad hair day . Imagine washing it in outer space its a little tricky. 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