jodi hernandez has the emotional reunion. >> i love him. i feel a connection. >> reporter: it's a reunion they never thought would take place, after they saw what happened to this german shepherd pup. >> terrible. heartbreaking. >> he looked like he was whipped around like a rag doll. >> reporter: he lost his leg and nearly lost his life, after getting dragged down the freeway, tied to the bed of a pickup truck. >> i think of something whacking in the wind. i got closer and realized it was the dog. >> reporter: she immediately started honking to get the driver's attention. >> my horn was on lockdown. >> reporter: the rope broke, slamming the dog to the side of a concrete wall. but to surprise, the puppy survived. >> he's happy to be around people. three-way is what we've nicknamed him. he's an angel. and it shows that animals have unconditional love for us, no matter what they think. >> reporter: as the porter spends time comforting the dog they nicknamed freeway, they're praying he can have a good team. and whoever hurt him, will be caught

reporting live in walnut skrek, jodi hernandez. nbc bay area news. >> important to have the pretty toes. thank you, jodi. before you head out the door, check out your neighborhood forecast. clicking on the weather tab at nbcbayarea.com. >>> san jose state, the oldest university in the csu system inaugurate aid new president today. mohammed kaome was sworn in as the the university's 28th president. kaome originally from afghanistan is son of a carpenter. he says education was his savior. today he hold two masters degree, mba and ph.d. the president says he is excited to lead san jose's 30,000 students into the future. >> all we can say with confidence is that change is constant endemic and necessary. thus the best way key can predict our university's future is to create it ourselves. >> several notable people at the event. afghan ambassador, san jose mayor, chuck reid and c. su chancellor. before his appointment he served as president for csu east bay. >>> two developments in the trayvon martin murder case for accused killer george

here's jodie hernandez. >> reporter: reciting the pledge of allegiance. and singing the national anthem. the first act most take as new citizens of the united states. but the next step that citizens are making, registering to vote. >> need to register to vote? >> reporter: with the presidential election less than six months away, volunteers have been camping outside recent citizenship ceremonies in force. hoping to recruit the state's newest eligible voters to their political camp. >> i think it's great that different opposing parties can come here and present their philosophies. and that all these people who came here to be naturalized honestly, the proper way, come out. and they have a choice to vote, whichever group they want. >> you come and you register people at the ceremony. they've waited for this for a long time. and you just feel great about it for days afterward. >> reporter: u.c. berkeley political science professor says parties targeting citizenship ceremonies in this way is a relatively new strategy. and a smart one. >> people are happen. by

in concord, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> a violent car crash caught on camera. police are investigating a hit and run involving a car and two bicyclists. take a look. youtube video uploaded by one of the riders shows a tunnel. i car appears to veer right, striking the bicyclists from behind and keeps on going. the director for the east bay bicycle coalition says it highlights a need for a bike lane in that area. amazingly, the two cyclists were not hurt, only a few bumps and bruises. >>> it's amazing, but it appears the world cup is back on track. mayor ed lee and race organizers signed the america's cup agreement after months of delays and negotiations. crews are already transforming pier 27 into the event's racing village. negotiations between the city and race organizers hit rough waters that resulted in the development plans being scaled back, but city leaders that say changes that are now in the works will last beyond the races in 2013. >> while there is three months of intense activation, once the america's cup is gone, we'll have a new crew shift terminal

jodi hernandez is live. this is such a difficult story for everyone involved. >> reporter: it doesn't get any more heart-wrenching than this. a steady flow of people have been stopping by the crash site today to drop off flowers and candles to express their sorrow. one family has suffered the worst kind of luck. another has a 17-year-old behind bars. the district attorney says charges are likely. they must first figure out what went wrong. >> it breaks my heart as i'm telling my husband, i don't know these people but i'm crying because i'm really sad, you know. i'm very sad. >> reporter: it's grief that seems to be hitting everyone in concord hard. as people pay tribute to the father and daughter who lost their liveses over the weekend when a 17-year-old driver lost control and crashed into a family as they rode their bicycles down the sidewalk. killing solomon nuri and his 9-year-old daughter. >> irresponsibility. and damage a family forever. >> reporter: teenagers in the area say the accident has really sh

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez is live outside the victim's home with more tonight. jodi. >> reporter: janelle, this is where the shooting happened, right in the front yard of an oakland hills man. he was -- fortunately, he is recovering in the hospital tonight after undergoing surgery for his bullet wounds. meanwhile, people who live in the oakland hills neighborhood say they are feeling more and more like they are on easy target for crime. this is the sign that greets visitors as they enter the neighborhood in the oakland hills. but it didn't deter two men from attacking a resident last night. >> i'd say around 10:30, i heard a gunshot. >> reporter: jen sanders says her neighbor was coming home from walking his dog last night when two men in hoodies confronted him. >> the guy stopped him and said, hold it right there. and he said -- and he just looked at him kind of weird and he goes what do you mean, what? and he goes, i said hold it right there and he pulled a gun out. >> reporter: instead of complying, the dog walker dove into his house. as he did, the gunman sh

reporting live in martinez, jody hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> jody, thanks for the update. >>> new at 5:00, it got even harder to light up in the south bay. san jose joined more than 100 other u.s. cities to extend smoking bans to outdoor dining areas. the city council's vote was unanimous. the law already bans smoking within 25 feet of libraries and in parks and sports arenas. today's vote extends the smoking ban to outdoor patios of bars and restaurants, common areas of apartments and areas where people stand in line or gather outside such as a movie theater or light rail station. it forbids smoking within an apartment which is a multi-apartment building. >>> this just in. an update to the controversial pension reform ballot measure in san jose. the language will be changed. the six-district court of appeals ruled late this afternoon in favor of city workers. this comes after employees asked for the wording to be changed, claiming it was biased and not impartial. the court agreed. in its ruling, it ordered all of the changes, which city workers requested. the title of the ballot

jodi hernandez has the details and joins us live. jo jodi? >> reporter: well, the alleged gunman has been here for the past three weeks and we have been told since his arrival, he has refused to eat anything at all. and tonight officials have been forced to move him to their medical unit. >> i've he's had opportunities to eat. he's not saying it's because of bad food or treatment or anything. he's just at this point in his life, he's just saying he doesn't want to eat. >> reporter: 43-year-old one goh, the man charged with killing seven people at oikos university, is making waves again. officials at the jail say the alleged gunman hasn't eaten since his arrest three weeks ago. >> this is a situation where he has just refused to eat and we can't force him to eat and he has every right not to eat, but to monitor him more closely we put him in the medical unit. >> reporter: nelson with the alameda county sheriff's department says goh has lost about 20 pounds so far but his health is fine. he says goh's expressed feelings of shame, and that may b

jodi hernandez joins us live in vallejo. jodi, the dog just underwent surgery? >> reporter: he did, jessica. the dog is getting used to life on three legs tonight. he had one of his rear legs amputated just yesterday. despite his ordeal, he is doing very well. he's recovering here at the all creatures vet hospital in vallejo and just a little while ago he got a special visit from the people who saved him. >> i love him. i feel a connection with him. >> reporter: it's a reunion angie porter never thought it would take place after what they witnessed happen to this german shepherd pup. >> terrible. heartbreaking, you know. to see a dog almost die. >> he just looked like he was just whipped around like a rag doll. >> reporter: the 4-month-old dog lost his leg and nearly lost his life after getting dragged down the freeway tied to the bed of a truck. >> i saw something in the wind and i got closer and noticed it was a dog. >> reporter: porter was driving her son to school when they saw the truck and the dog. she immediately started honking to get the driver's attent

jodi hernandez joins us from redwood city where the lawsuit spotting a lot of discussion tonight. >> reporter: this is definitely a talker. this names the high school district, the school superintendent and the principal. the boy's father who is a local attorney here acknowledges that his son cheated but he said his son was unfairly punished for the act so he's fighting back. >> he suffered a terrible amount of emotional and mental anguish as a result of what has happened here. >> reporter: jack says he and his family can't believe the punishment his son has been dealt by sequoia high school for cheating. >> the reality is that my son did something incredibly stupid and in no way, shape or form is anyone in our family suggesting that he does not need to be punished for this. >> reporter: his 16-year-old son admits he cheated on a homework assignment in his advanced sophomore english class last month. a violation for which he was kicked out of the accelerated english program for the rest of his sophomore year. >> the reality is that the level of punishment that sequoia wants to give a

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez joins us from oakland. jodi, all is fair in politics but these recruiters crossing the line here. >> reporter: well, they seem to be acting pretty

i'm jodi hernandez, back to you. >> thanks, jodi. >>> now developing news, the new case of mad cow disease has surfaced in a dairy cow in the central valley. it was found during sample testing by the usda. there have been only three nope case of mad cow disease in the u.s. the agricultural department says the cow did not enter the human food chain, adding that this was an atypical case because the cow did not get the disease by eating infected cattle field. mad cow disease a neurological disease that can be deadly for both animals and humans. nbc news chief science reporter robert bazell will have more on the effect of mad cow disease at 5:30 on nightly news. >>> place of a hostage helped end a standoff with a would-be bank robber today. the harrowing ordeal at the as well as fargo in downtown hayward. a man walk with a note and demanded money and told every ton drop to the ground, saying he was going to blow things up. police say the still unidentified suspect held the knife to the threat of a pregnant woman. after she told him she was pregnant and after further pleas from the crisis nego

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez joins us from concord with more. jodi? >> reporter: janelle, such a sad, sad time for this family. now this is where members of the community have been gathering to express their sorrow here at the crash site. well, today the family gathered at this cemetery for their own emotional farewell. >> they did everything together. she wouldn't go anywhere without her dad, daddy's little girl. >> reporter: just as in life, 41-year-old solomon nuri went to his final resting place today with his 9-year-old daughter hadissa right along with him. hundreds of family and friends gathered this morning to say goodbye to the father and daughter who were hit friday who was hit by a teenaged driver as they rode their bicycles alongside a concord sidewalk. >> we're praying we're together as a family, and we do everything, just do everything we can to make sure that they have a safe trip and a great trip to heaven. >> reporter: the sunshine comforted grievers as they prayed over their loved ones. >> at time looking around i would tell myself,

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez joins us in oakland where a lot of plans were in limbo right now, correct, jodi? >> reporter: that's right, raj. the city of oakland recently issuedmi

nbc bay area jodi hernandez is on the tour. and she joins us with the latest. jodi. >> reporter: classes may have resumed here at oikos university, but where so many lost their lives here three weeks ago remains empty. today the staff opened their doors and let us inside. >> every day, really. since that -- since day one, you know, on the 9th, there was only one question. why. why these nice people? >> reporter: that's the question oikos university coo jay huhn moon can't seem to shake. for the first time since the shooting rampage took place, moon took us inside the very classroom where six students and an administrator lost their lives. though repainted and recarpeted, the nightmare that took place here can't be erased. >> it is very difficult. some of the staff members are having a very difficult time, even going to the bathroom, and, you know -- but we are trying to get through this together. >> reporter: students and staff held a memorial inside the school's chapel this morning, where they sang, prayed and cried for the friends they have lost. >> all of th

here is jodi hernandez from concord. >> pulling up to his left here. >> reporter: if you're texting or have your ear to the phone while driving, california highway patrol is looking for you. we rode along with c hchl p hp targeted distracted drivers. we spott

jodi hernandez now joins us from oakland. >> reporter: the dog walker is expected to return home from the hospital at any moment now after undergoing surgery today for a gunshot wound to his arm. now, this is where the shooting happened, right in the man's front yard. >> to think that he was just walking his dog across the street from his house and you get shot in your own front yard? it's just terrifying. >> reporter: but that's exactly what happened last night. an oakland hills man on his way home from walking his dog found himself in the line of fire when two men confronted him. >> the guy stopped him and said, hold it right there. and he said -- he just looked at him kinda weird and goes what do you mean? what? and he goes, i said, hold it right there, and he pulled a gun out. >> reporter: instead of complying, the dock walker dove into his house. as he did, the gunman shot him through the arm. the bullet also pierced right through the victim's front door. neighbor jen sanders came running over minutes later. >> he comes out and says, jen, i've been shot. i was like holy cow. >> r

jodi hernandez joins us from the crash site where

in redwood city, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. inyouing debate indeed on the peninsula. >>> timing is everything. a south bay family escaped what could have been a deadly accident. it happened around 5:30 this morning in san jose. the driver nowhere to be found but his suv right into the bedroom. the man who sleeps in this room was at work at the time of the crash. three other people inside the home were inside but no one was hurt nanchfthankfully. the search for the driver is on. >>> analysts believe the market is stalling. jobless claims dropped to 388,000 nationwide, the market was expecting more of a drop. in addition there were fewer new jobs in march than expected. and that leads us to the silicon valley, where a local company is stepping in to help. our business and tech reporter scott bud man is here. scott, i guess we should know this, if you need a job, there's an app for that. >> that's right. it's the newest app from linkedin. more than 10 million of these devices sold in two weeks, which gishs linkedin users a lot of

. >> reporter: jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> california school districts are hoping to make extra cash. how? by making school buss into moving billboards. they would sell advertising space on the side of school buss. not sure how much money the ads would make. but in colorado springs, the school buss generates more than $48,000 a year. it estimates ads could generate more than $30 million a year for some school districts. the bill is expected to go before the senate education committee tomorrow. >>> a landmark san francisco restaurant gets a do-over. sam wu afeeled his closure to city council today. at today's hearing, it was supported by dozens of customers who want the restaurant saved and open. the inside scoop is reporting the owners are working with the health and fire department to make changes to open the restaurant. they are notorious for having a rude waiter and a bizarre building. customers have to enter through the kitchen and walk upstairs to the dining room. >>> getting your restaurant noticed is challenging. in the east bay, a new restaurant is making headlines

we begin with jodi hernandez who joins us live from walnut creek. maybe we should barbecue after the newscast. >> reporter: sounds good to me. what a difference a week makes. last week we were out

live at santa rita, i'm jodi hernandez, bay area news. >> thank you. >>> san francisco's embattled sheriff begins the official fight to save his job. the hearing before the ethics commission is getting under way now. nbc bay area's correspondent is live at city what will more on that process. >> reporter: ethics commission is just starting that hearing on the fourth floor at city hall, considering whether or not the sheriff should reasonable moved from office. the hearing stems from a domestic violence incident involving the sheriff and his life on new year's leave that left a bruise on her arm. the district attorney filed charges against the sheriff in january. he pled guilty to misdemeanor false imprisonment charges. then mayor ed lee suspended the sheriff without pay and triggered the ethics hearing. the sheriff is fighting in the suspension and fight following keep his job. he is attending this hearing. theics commission will hear from attorneys representing the city and the sheriff is accused of official misconduct. the commission will be setting ground rules and a timetable for a hea

reporting live in walnut creek, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, jodi. let's turn things over to meteorologist jeff ranieri who is in the nbc bay area weather center. you know what, jeff, all this heat is going to make all my makeup run. >> you still look great. i think you're going to be fine this weekend. you may need to find a bit of shade and also plenty of water. this will be the warmest water we've had in about six months this region of high pressure is more reminiscent of what we would have across early summer is now starting to grip a good section of california. widespread 80s but we also, yes, had 90s. our official highs topped out with the warmest at 91 degrees across the peninsula. cupertino at 90. gilroy and walnut creek at 89. as jodi mentioned those temperatures are start to go level off with low and mid-80s in the east bay but still is going to be a very mild night ahead for us and a warmer day expected for saturday. with that said, and everybody heading outside if you have allergies, this is not going to bunch. we'll talk about the foreca

reporting live in downtown oakland, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, jodi. divers are searching ponds after discovering new news in the disappearance of sierra lamar. investigators are using side scan sonar at the pond up monterey road just west of 101 near bailey road. to say silent, that they've developed in the disappearance of the 15-year-old can. sources do tell us that the new evidence may include evidence dna or hair. authorities maintain they believe sierra was kidnapped and are it continuing their search of reservoir and lakes, maybe indicating the worst. the teenager disappeared a month ago and was getting ready for school. they have been heavily involved in the effort to find sierra. the founder marc klaas spoke in support of two bills that would streamline the death penalty. the bills would eliminate the automatic appeal of death sentences. you may recall that back in 1993 his daughter was kidnapped and murdered. davis was sentenced to three years -- to death three years later. but he's still there on death row. despite the gripping testimony the

reporting live in oakland, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> being 0, thank you, jodi. pete stark is apologizing today for public lly accusing anotherf accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. >> somebody has taken hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from the family -- >> stark made those comments during a candidate forum at haywood city hall earlier this month. he accused the city councilman was accepting bribes from the most prominent real estate developer for zoning issues. representative stark apologized in a statement to nbc bay area today saying, quote, i misspoke the other evening when i made allegations against my opponent for taking bribes and for that i apologize. swallow has threatened to hire an attorney if stark didn't publicly apologize. today he said stark did not misspeak. >>> today it's fourth and long with time running out for the financing of memorial stadium. "the wall street journal" is reporting that private funding for berkeley's $321 million renovation project just hasn't materialized. one of the most expensive renovations in

marin county, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> jodi, thank you. among the missing sailors is 26-year-old alexis bush. she made headlines years ago, you might remember, when she became the giants first ever batgirl. ba barry bonds even gave her a high-five at home plate after the slugger hit his 500th career home run in 2001. you see her right there. we saw her around the ballpark pretty often, the daughter of former giants executive cory bush. the jants will honor her before tonight's game and issued a statement tonight saying, quote, they're deeply sadden ed to linebacker a member of the family was a victim of this horrible tragedy. organizers of the america's cup have also gotten involved. they issued a statement. our thanks, as well as the thanks of the entire sailing community, go to the u.s. coast guard and the national guard for their valiant efforts at saving the surviving crew members. as sailors we are all one family, and our hearts are with those affected and the san francisco yacht club and its members, friends and family. >> cal state

in concord, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> a frightening car versus bicycle crash caught on camera and tonight berkeley police are investigating it as the hit and run involving a driver and two cyclists. want to show you a youtube video uploaded by one of the riders and it shows the collision right there near the oakland berkeley border on wednesday. that's one of the cyclists on the ground. the car veers right, striking the cyclist from behind and the driver keeps on going. the director for the east bay bicycle coalition says the crash highlights the need for a bike lane in that area, which is very close to highway 13 and highway 24. >> berkeley is working on this right now. there will be bike lanes and while i would not have prevented this collision, it will help because it was an area where motorists are speeding up to get on the freeway and bike lanes will happen create defined space for bicyclists and hopefully slow the motorists down in that section. >> now, both cyclists weren't wearing helmets and were not seriously hurt. they only suffered a few bumps and bruises

reporting live, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> relatives and friends gathered to mourn the loss of a young mother killed in the oikos university shootings. no one knows when her family will be allowed to lay her to rest. they paid respects to king who was killed while working as a secretary. authorities won't release her body. her family is legally her next of king but is refuse to go sign the paperwork insisting he be allowed to travel to the united states to handle the arrangements. >> her body is still in the coroner's office and we're pleading and asking and begging them, whoever the person is to release her body, hopefully they will do that and sign it. >> the coroner's office tells nbc bay area if the husband does not sign the papers by saturday, ping's parents will be given custody of her body. ♪ >> songs and prayer filled the oikos campus. dozens of people gathered beneath the tent for a morning memorial service for the seven victims of last week's shooting rampage. one a close friend of a mother of three who immigrated here from nigeria. >> i was among the people

reporting live in concord, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> another cyclist died in east oakland. here's the map. it happened at bancroft and 78th avenues. the 51-year-old bike rider was on 78th avenue when he was hit by an suv that was reversing. the bicyclist later died at the hospital. police are not releasing any names. >>> $1 billion, that's what a silicon valley startup got today from facebook. nbc bay area business and tech reporter scott budman is here on the deal that has silicon valley buzzing. >> reporter: janelle, it's an app and taking an insta gram photo is as easy as pointing your smartphone. that made it popular. facebook made its employees very wealthy. we last caught up with insta gram in january as employees watched the company co-founder at the state of the union address. insta gram is now back on the national stage with a billion dollar deal to become part of facebook. >> it's really awesome to see this company be at a point wh e where, you know, it's not only relevant enough but it matters to the american public that innovation happens here in silicon valley