Pilot courtmartialed for rape of a female officer i hawaii were dropped. The fallen officers were investigating a new accusation that he broke in a coworkers house and tried to sexually assault her. The funeral is planned for a week from yesterday at 11 00 next thursday at Kaiser Permanente arena. Next thursday at 11 a. M. Now, we have been hearing more stories about stray bullets coming out over the last couple of days. Well talk a little bit more about that in the next half hour. Live in santa cruz, anne makovec, kpix 5. Do authorities have any idea whether the detectives had information before they went to the suspects house . Reporter they had limited information investigating a misdemeanor sexual assault. The police chief says they had no reason to believe that they were going to be in danger. So sad all the way around. Thank you, anne makovec live in santa cruz. A Scholarship Fund is set up in the fallen officers names. We have a link to the citys website on our website, cbssf. Com with information out to make a donation. Click on news and look for coverage. The prime suspect in the deaths of the man from oakland and two other people on the Las Vegas Strip is now in jail. A team of l. A. Police officers and federal agents arrested 26yearold ammar harris yesterday at an apartment in North Hollywood after a weeklong manhunt. We used beneficial tips. The shooting victim kenneth cherry was buried yesterday in oakland. Harris and cherry had argued at the valet stand at the aria hotel in las vegas. Investigators say the shooting that followed caused a Chain Reaction crash on the strip that killed a taxi driver and a passenger. How long was a partial human skull lying along the Alameda Creek trail in union city . Authorities say it may have been more than a year. A Forensics Team combed the creekbed yesterday looking for any other remains, this after some teenagers found the skull on wednesday. Investigators say the teeth showed some signs of dental work. That means its highly unlikely that the skull fragment was from an old native american burial ground. UcSanta Cruz Police say a reported rape on campus was a hoax. A woman who is not a student claimed she was attacked on february 17. Now investigators say she committed to make it all up. Police are not revealing why she did it. The District Attorneys Office will decide whether to file charges against her. Uptown oaklands first friday event for today will go on as scheduled despite safety concerns. One person was shot and killed and three others were injured at last months celebration. Organizers say they have put additional Safety Measures in place. This is one of those days where you call your friends in new england or in denver and say, ha ha, we live in the bay area. [ laughter ] they have seen blizzards all kinds of things going on. Here we have just had all kinds of sunshine and today, really probably the peak of the heat. Well see some temperatures near mid70s by the afternoon. This is it. Then we have some changes toward the weekend. A lot of dense fog. The National Weather service has just issued a dense fog advisory with thick fog at the coastline, bay and some spots inland. By the afternoon, this ridge right here will bring you plenty of sunshine and really strengthening for today before moving out of the way for the weekend. So enjoy the sunshine around the bay area. Its going to be Something Else in the afternoon. These temperatures running well above the average. In fact, some of these numbers over 10 degrees above average, about 73 in santa rosa. 72 in livermore. 67 degrees in San Francisco. We have some cooler weather on the way maybe a couple of raindrops over the weekend. Well talk about that coming up. Lets check the roads with elizabeth. And things are moving along nicely so far on this friday morning as far as incidents go. We havent seen too many problems or accidents. We can see our traffic camera, nice change of pace, some cameras fogged out this morning. This is a live look at the dublinpleasanton area. Headlights westbound. This is a live look at milpitas. This is an example of what im talking about. We could actually see this camera earlier near the 880 237 interchange. Despite the fog and low visibilities traffic is at the limit towards sunnyvale. Westbound 580 through the Altamont Pass, usually slow so far not seeing much out of tracy near 205. Its actually the eastbound lanes we are seeing a little bit of slowing approaching greenville road. We have that overnight roadwork again several lanes blocked down to just one lane open until 9 00 this morning. By the way, bart 39 trains all on time. Thats traffic. Back to you guys. Thank you, liz. 5 07. The spending cuts about a done deal. The white house and the battling parties in congress were not able to agree on an alternative plan so president obama has until 8 59 tonight pacific time to issue the order officially putting the cuts in effect. Cbs News ReporterSusan Mcginnis has more now on what we can all expect. Reporter Congress Left the capital thursday night for a long weekend killing any chance at avoiding across the board budget cuts, which kick in starting today. It is a day when soon people will be getting a pink slip. Reporter president obama has until midnight to sign the order mandating 85 billion in budget cuts. But before he signs, he will host a meeting with democratic and Republican Leaders in congress, leaders who spent thursday blaming each other. Im happy to work with the president. But the house has done its job. Its time for the senate to do their job. Theyve done nothing. They pulled back on something they they fall back on something they passed last congress. Reporter the cuts were to be so painful that both sides would agree to an alternative plan but neither side would budge on the main issue, raising tax revenue to pay down the debt. Theyre determined to protect the wealthy he was of the wealthy. And how much money do we want to steal from the American People to fund more government . Im for no more reporter still, with more than half of the cuts aimed at the pentagon, there are some lawmakers ready to deal. I stand ready to put everything on the table to prevent what could be in the words of the departing secretary of defense, a devastating blow to our ability to defend this nation. Reporter but as of today, the cuts will be the law of the land until congress and the white house are willing to compromise. Susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. And the white house says it is willing to work with Congressional Republicans but only if they compromise on the tax issue. San franciscos muni is kicking off a Trial Program today. Thousands of low income youth can now ride muni buses and trains for free. Kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran joins us live this morning with more on this much awaited program. Reporter good morning. Today students, parents and School Leaders can finally celebrate whats been a hard win for program advocates. The free muni for Youth Program took two years to get to this point letting low to moderate income youth between 5 and 17 years old ride muni for free with a valid clipper card. Funding comes from the Transit Performance Initiative grant. The Pilot Program will last 16 months. The total operating cost is 1. 6 million. Advocates say it will help 40,000 youth riders and families especially as rider costs are on the rise. Rider costs 22 a mon for a youth muni pass. The program has already had had a strong response even before it started. About 20,000 children have already signed up. Live in San Francisco, cate caugiran, kpix 5. Thank you. And after the 16month trial period, transit leaders will reevaluate the program, make a decision whether to continue the program or not. Its a good idea. 5 11 now. Say goodbye to fruit and walnut salad. Why mcdonalds is doing away with a number of its menu items. Plus, politicians rush to support gay marriage, but will it sway the court . First, oh, dear. A cyclist collides with a deer. And its all caught on camera. Hello . Coming up. [ female announcer ] let our chefs take your lettuce from drab to fab with new lean cuisine salad additions. The perfect combination of grilled chicken plump edamame ripe pineapple crunchy broccoli colorful carrots all topped with a savory ginger vinaigrette and crispy noodles. For 300 delicious calories. All you have to do is bring your own lettuce. Well dress it up. New lean cuisine salad additions. Just byol. Theyre the hottest thing to hit the frozen aisle. Nestle. Good food, good life. Race in virginia got a little closer to nature than he probably wanted. 15 minutes into his first lap a deer ran in front of him. Thanks to the a cyclist in a race in virginia got closer to nature than he wanted to. 15 minutes into a first lap a deer ran into him. You could see everything. Collision and all from the camera on the bike. He says all he saw was the fur, the sky and the ground. He got up, fixesed bike and finished the threehour race. The deer said sorry, dude, and took off [ laughter ] im glad the deer is okay. Im glad the bicyclist is okay, too. But, you know. Deer is fine. All right. Deer said, sorry, dude. I was here first, right . This is my territory. Outside right now we are not dealing with any deer if the road. In fact, its quiet all across the bay area. It is friday light. We wait all week long just to say that. Heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Overnight roadwork was cleared. 880 in oakland, smooth commute all the way from hayward towards downtown oakland exits. 15 minutes from northbound 880 in the commute directs between 238 and the maze. Elsewhere to our maps right now. There is a live look through berkeley near the University Avenue overcrossing. 18 minutes right now from the carquinez bridge to the maze in westbound 80 so no delays through richmond or berkeley. Well let you know as soon as we see some brake lights. Its moving well. This is a live look at milpitas. Thick fog blanketing some bay area roads including the Golden Gate Bridge. Give yourself some extra time. Headlights moving southbound. They cleared overnight roadwork approaching the waldo tunnel. Westbound 580 looking good from tracy to the Altamont Pass and livermore. The roadwork isnt causing a delay for the morning commute. This roadwork has been going on all week long eastbound 580 approaching north greenville road should be wrapping up around 9 a. M. Mass is including our bart train so far on time. We are excited about the forecast. This is going to be Something Else but as you said, you have seen some of that dense fog outside thats the big concern early on this morning. This morning, we are seeing dense fog in the bay area visibility to a half mannheim or quarter mile in the napa valley. This afternoon what a day its going to be. The nicest day of the week. 70s inland, plenty of 60s, low 70s around the bay. Leftover clouds at the coastline but sunshine too. The ridge of High Pressure will slide eastward and you can see this system working its way toward the bay area. Today the peak of the heat. Then well cool down over the weekend. There is a chance we could see rain too. Around the state if you are traveling today looking like a good day to do it, 70s into the central valley. Well above the average at the bay. 74 in san jose. 71 in fremont. And 64 degrees in pacifica. East bay numbers up well into the 70s into the afternoon. 73 degrees in santa rosa. Next couple of days clouds on the way. Temperatures cool off slight chance of showers overnight saturday night into sunday. That doesnt look like a big deal. More impressive system moves in late on tuesday more like tuesday evening tuesday night into wednesday. Today what a day its going to be. Well just relish today and enjoy it. Soak it up. Enjoy it. Zen moment there. All right. Gay marriage advocates they are getting a big boost from the objects objects. The white house filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to strike down prop 8. Californias ban on samesex marriage. The administration would like similar laws in at least seven states repealed. Gay marriage supporters in San Francisco praised the president s actions. I think its actually a good thing and, uhm, i think that people should not be restricted from whom they want to marry and i also admire the president for that his thought has evolved and that he is willing to move with that. Antigay marriage advocates argue that californians voted to ban gay marriage and that states have a right to make their own laws. The Supreme Court will take on prop 8 at the end of the month. Meanwhile, a record majority of californians now support samesex marriage. A new field poll shows 61 approve. Thats up from 51 in 2008 when prop 8 passed. The survey found support increasing across all age groups including nearly half of all seniors. As if gas isnt expensive enough already theres now a new tax hike here in the state of california beginning july 1 state excise tax going up 3. 5 cents to 39. 5 cents. That is the biggest increase in some three years now. Analysts say California Gas Prices may have peaked though for the first half of the year and should start heading the other way coming down very soon. Stock market kicks off the month of march close to a record high. The dow was 16 points shy of an alltime high before a late day selloff pushed it back as the impending government budget cuts cast a pall for some investors at least temporarily. The dow ended down about 20. The index is now 110 points away from a record. Mcdonalds is clearing some space on its menu perhaps to make room for new items. The company says it will stop orange its fruit and walnut salad and chicken selection. It may get rid of the angus three pounder. The move comes after mcdonalds said last october it experienced its first decline in Monthly Sales in years. Thats why they are getting rid of the third pounder. Never heard of it. If you are looking for happiness turns out you have a good chance of finding it about 2,000 miles away. By plane or by boat, the aloha state is ranked the happiest state. As for california we are in the middle. Happier than states in the south, not quite as cheerful as those in the midwest or northeast. Least happiest was west virginia. The index considers a lot of factors including Work Environment and Emotional Health and behavior. Colorado second it last. To last . Not true. You made that up. [ laughter ] its 5 21 right now. The sharks in overtime again. Could they pull off the win at home . Plus, its a diving catch you will never forget. This is out of College Baseball incredible coming your way. All across america people are using lysol in hundreds of unexpected ways to h their homes healthy. Bens mom uses it around the bathtub, the last place where she wants to find mold. Lysol disinfectant spray kills mold and unlike clorox cleanup its approved to keep it from growing back for up to a week. Join the mission for health. 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Tyrone wallace to solomon for the dunk. Utahs offense into a deep freeze. Bears showing no mercy. The steal by cobbs and then the junior saves the pass. He will find Michael Crabtree who bangs the three. Utah didnt score for almost 11 minutes in this game. Crabbe, with a solomon layup. Cal 5446, their sixth straight win winning eight out of nine peaking at the right time. In hockey, we have sharks and red wings neither scored for a long time until the third period. Now tied at 1, midway through the period, Patrick Marleau seemed to have a great look at the goal but gustavson keeps it out. A shootdown, niemi couldnt get the one that mattered though. Damon bruner there ripping one past him that ended the game. That is it for the sharks. They lost nine out of 12 after winning the first 7. The final play of the day from College Baseball. Keep your eyes on the outfield by North Carolina state. This is a catch thats unbelievable would make a gymnast proud. Going, going, going, jumping, twirling and making an unbelievable catch on top of that williams just came back from a torn acl in his knee. The wolfpack beat new mexico state 92. 5 25 right now. To infinity and beyond. Bay area students send their science experiments into space today. Plus a fierce wildfire creeping dangerously close to homes just outside of l. A. Whats helping firefighters make progress on this monster fire this morning. This mem