they paused for a candlelight vigil. from morgan hill, this was the night filled with prayers and hope. >> it definitely was. five days after sierra vanished, her family and friends hope she is alive and they asked for her to come back home. >> if you can hear me, how much i love you and want you back. i want you back. i love you and i just want you back. >> marlene's emotional plea for her daughter's safe return had many in tears at a prayer vigil tuesday night. >> it's like i have this emptiness and if i keep my faith i can go on. it's hard for me to do anything. >> no one has seen the girl since friday morning. she never made it to school and her cell phone was found on the side of the road and revealed no concrete clues as to where she could be. we are not going to give up until she comes home. things are not the same without her. >> search efforts by family, friends and victims have proved fruitless. >> you have a hair appointment. we can't wait for to you come home. we love you. >> the family is thankful for the community's efforts and say it means so much to know they are not alone. >> i appreciate all of your efforts because i have wonderful family and friends, but i realize it's large and growing and keeping me stronger. i appreciate everybody's e efforts. god bless you. >> they received numerous tips and possible sightings, but nothing concrete has come up. george kiriyama. >> an emotional story. tomorrow marks day five of the search. they will run forensic tests on the cell phone that was found in the field near her home and contin o conat the present times of her computer and interview her friends. we mentioned the tip line. if you have information for detectives, they are anxious to hear from you. they set up an e-mail address. tips@sheriff@sccgov.org. >> san francisco's mayor issued a stern warning. step down or else. the sheriff is refusing to leave his post even after pleading guilt to falsely imprisoning his wife on new year's eve. the mayor is taking action, suspending him and appointing someone else to step in. stephanie trong is live at city hall where the sheriff and the mayor addressed the media earlier tonight. stephanie? >> he is announcing he is refusing to resign, but minutes later, the mayor responded at least saying he has an interim sheriff in place ready to go tomorrow when the suspension begins. >> i'm the sheriff. >> he made clear he is not leaving his post as san francisco sheriff without a fight. >> i believe that i am still very able to be the sheriff of san francisco and that at this time i do not plan to resign. i wanted the healing to begin and i'm deeply sorry to the people of san francisco. >> he acknowledged concerns over his anger issues, but said he is not guilty of misconduct and along with a formal suspension. >> the sheriff's actions and confession of guilt clearly fall below the standards offy is densy and good faith rightly required of all public officials. i asked the attorney to prepare do you means and notify the board of supervisors and ethics commission. >> they announced the chief deputy who holds 35 years of law enforcement will fill the seat of sheriff as he fights to remove him from office. >> i know i stand before you and amidst difficult times for the city and the sheriff's department. i am greatful for the confidence and asking me to return to public service and lead the department. >> this is a serious issue. >> jane is one of the 11 supervisors who have to make the final decision after the ethics commission gives a recommendation to keep him or kick him out. >> we will have to make a decision at that point. >> he added that he was torn up because he had seen his wife for weeks and he sees his son daily two hours on average with supervised visits. he is looking forward to feeling vindicated when he shares his story and adds that will come out soon. live at city hall, nbc bay area news. >> here's a look at what's next for the sheriff if the mayor files the official charge tomorrow. the ethics commission will review the charge first and make a recommendation to the board of supervisors. that could happen as early as next week. it would take nine of 11 members to remove the sheriff. >> just in, new video of hundreds of damaged homes. dozens of them destroyed. much of this area reduced to a pile of rubble. you see the fat ooj. this is the situation in mexico near acapulco following the powerful 7.4 earthquake earlier today. a 5.1 aftershock followed. that was felt by people as far away in mexico as ever as several other aftershocks. crews are surveying the damage at this late hour. just a few minutes, we will go live to mexico for the latest on the recovery efforts. >> in 54 toll on valley a burglary suspect said he nearly hit a sheriff's deputy with a car. authorities are looking for the young man in the surveillance image. he is wanted in connection with the series of locker burglaries at the la dera oaks fitness club west of 280. a sheriffs deputy had to jump out of the way when the suspect drove away around 2:00 this afternoon driving a tan or salmon-colorede nissan maxima o toyota camry. >> new at 11:00, one of the most quaint and family-oriented communities it hit with a wave ofsore a nme movbularies. some are moving away from oakland'smont clair district. the latest involved two men who broke into the home of an 89-year-old woman. they forced her into the bathroom and robbed her and she remained trapped for eight hours. live from the oakland police headquarters, i presume this is a tight-knit community. is there a neighborhood watch? >> a very tight knit community and a very active watch. members say they are not giving into the rash of burglaries. >> this is the camera that monitors the month of the house. >> carolyn refused to let it take over her neighborhood. she has gone high tech with cameras monitoring her home. they caught us coming on and something you see along with 100 members of the safety improvement council is doing to protect themselves against a rash of break-ins. >> i don't feel the same way i did two years ago. there people that are arming themselves now and there people that are leavingmont clair. >> those who are staying vulnerable in last week's burglary of an 89-year-old woman's home that got almost everyone's attention. police say two suspects kicked in the woman's door and tried to smother her with a pillow and locked her in a bathroom for hours while they ransacked the home. >> i can only speculate she didn't get to the door or didn't respond for them to kick in. it's horrific, but they did. she was feisty. >> people who live in the area are fed up and feel while police concentrate on high crime area, they refer to as the 100 blokes, that may leave more affluent areas open to crime. >> we know that there is a lot more violence going on in different parts of the city, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't have police presence in all areas of oakland. >> it's something that everybody has to be transparent about. if you are taking resources from one area to another, you have to tell us. if you are not, you need to tell us that. we have to see the plan of the 100 blocks. >> a number of people showed up at the city council meeting saying that they want more police presence. the fight over more police officers in the city of oakland continues. live in oakland, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, cheryl. up next, the earthquake in mexico. we are live with details and video. >> cashing in on the cleansing craze. what is making big bucks off of your weight loss dreams. >> looking for love online. what you should know about a screening process. >> good evening. the nbc bay area center and a few showers off to the north. they have been stubborn all day. the next best chanc be esn- cainfo.llst be in t full heven- forecast bay area ! here's big news from verizon wireless and xfinity from comcast. now get the xfinity triple play and verizon wireless together. call 855-704-7400 to sign up and get a free smartphone. choose one of our hottest phones. verizon wireless and xfinity. tv, home phone, internet and wireless together. sifting through the rubble, crews are surveying damage after a powerful earthquake that rocked the region. >> the 7.4 quake damaged about 800 homes between acapulco. it was felt hundreds of miles away in mexico city where buildings sway and panic spread. live from mexico with the latest. good evening, john. the pope is expected to arrive later this week. we are far enough away. we want to show you video from southern mexico. the state of guerrero is the area where the epicenter is. this earthquake happened about 11 miles underground. that could be the reason why we are not seeing a whole lot of damage. you are seeing a lot of fear and panic obviously, but a lot of folks are concerned because in 1985, there was a very severe earthquake in mexico city that killed about 10,000 people. that is fresh on their mind today, but in southern mexico in the area of the epicenter, there about 800 homes that were damaged and only 60 collapsed. the good news is nobody was killed. there injuries to report. 11 of them officially, but all of them minor. we talked about the fear that was happening set of the earthquake. i sat on the floor. >> the windows started to shake and there was lots of noise. knowing what the past has been here in mexico with regard to earthquakes. the area is voll cannish ash which is why it is prone to earthquakes. there were aftershocks to tell but as well. it has folks claiming that they have nerves and the initial earthquake, that 7.4 that was the longest earthquake they had felt. there was a 6.3 that happened in december and they remember that one very well. that's the latest in the bay area news. back to you. a lot of people with connections inhe t area watching tonight. >> gop mitt romney shored up his front-runner status with a big win. >> together we are going to ensure that america's greatest days are still ahead. thank you so much! >> romney got the majority of the 54 delegates in the battle ground state. rick santorum needed to win to show he could beat president obama. this will not lock in the win, but gives him momentum for the south. louisiana's primary is on saturday. mitt romney's win in illinois puts him in a lead among the remaining presidential nominees. romney is well ahead of rivals and santorum has 191 delegates and newt gingrich with 137 and ron paul has 34. the candidate who will get the gop in november needs 1144 from all state primaries. >> for appears mid-romney is on track to get the nomination. the next question is who will his running mate be? there was speculation he might tap into condoleezza de vries, but that will not happen. the secretary of state appearing on fox news rejected the possibility, saying she preferred policy over politics. de vries is currently teaching at stanford. >> apple's ipad is barely on the market and em brailled in controversy. they found the i pat can get as hot as 116. the story comes after hundreds of comments were posted on the support website complaining about it getting uncomfortably warm. officials say the new tablet operates within thermal specifications. >> a wave of juice is sweeping the nation in the form of cleanses that are meant to clear your system of all impurities and for some lose weight in the process. who is making money off you losing weight? here's jane wells. >> americans are juiced up. small operations to big companies are hoping to clean up on cleansing. >> people drink it even though they don't like vegetables. >> starbucks bought evolution fresh. celebrity pitches is salma hayek. gwyneth paltrow is pitching the clean program and even george clooney admitted to a short diet of only liquefied fruits and vegetables in a cleanse. >> three to five days is a minium. >> the cleansing program costs $48 a day plus delivery. it costs $65 a day at new york-based blueprint cleanse, big on wall street even among men who prefer to cleanse in groups. >> we're see significant numbers of groups of dudes drinking juice together. >> some warn you should cleanse in moderation and some juices have more sugar than soda. they suggest juice smoothies and yogurt drinks topped a billion for a habit that can be expensive and hard. >> at my buddhist center, people were doing it to like be healthy and so i tried it. >> nothing said trend like people talking about it from a buddhist center to the trading floors of wall street. cnbc los angeles. >> i'm missing the boat. i need to get on board. >> i can't do it. it's difficult. >>. >> i like my solid foods. let's go on to the radar. a lot of you like the rain. we are tracking a few showers off to the north and nothing on the radar at this point. in san jose. let's get you into tomorrow morning. an isolated shower possible and mother nature is fully on board. by this weekend, you are going to flip back to winder. just off to the north it's stationary and you got movement behind it. all this rainfall near eureka is going to stay there as they tried to move to the south and continue to evaporate. only a slight chance of a shower and anywhere from bodega bay for interior sections. it will be filtered for tomorrow and cloud cover and plenty of sun. that will be warming the numbers up. by 5:00 on wednesday, we will see the cloud cover increase out ahead of the next storm that will be producing rainfall by thursday. tomorrow morning, we will start off with 48 and 48 in oakland and that's on the grapevines in napa. mid 40s. the numbers are going to be going up in the south bay. 71 in san jose. 72 in morgan hill. 72 in evergreen. 70 in sunnyvale for the east bay and main low a lot of upper 60s. we still can't rule out a few low 70s as you head back to the north bay. 68 in sonoma. 66 in santa rosa and 64 in san francisco. let's get the three-day forecast and a few 70s for wednesday. showers returning and a little bit cooler here by friday. lock at this. yes, a dig time excuse to be lazy this weekend. i am giving you permission. we look for rain on saturday with a quarter to a half inch. by sunday a slight chance of showers and that chance of on again off again showers. the best chance will be on saturday. they do the lotto drawing and i know you are talking about it. we need the mega millions to roll over. >> we need the help. thanks, jeff. just got more at got more complicated. back in a moment. sweetheart. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12 million views on that dancing squirrel video. don't you want that? i...i suppose. now go make your dad and me proud. tryomething funny. [ male announcer ] now everyone's up to speed. get high speed internet for $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one year term. at&t. >> looking for love can be dangerous online, but today got safer. california attorney general announced that e harmony, match.com and sparks network will protect from identity theft and scams and sexual predators. safety tools include checking subscribers against registries and provide guidance and tips for safely meeting people online. good luck to you if you use those sites. >> it is the quarterback shuffle and let's check in with henry wolford. >> what's happening? a lot of sports to talk about from alex to peyton manning and back to alex smith. the latest on the quarterback situation, plus wine and donuts? not normally a good pairing, but see how the e it work. all that and more up next in sports. rk welcome back. a cat named smokey broke the world record for the loudest purr by a domestic cat. about a loud as a garbage disposal. no cats involved this time. drivers came here to do things like win races. today something different is going on. donuts is a novelty that requires more skill than you expect. it's not just this one. try 73 drivers all at the same time. it set a guinness world record. >> they dumped and hit the go pedal. they practiced and came out here to sonoma and they get violated and do their thing. there wasn't any accidents and they do stuff and everyone was out of control and under control. there is a technique if you are building things. it does take a precise amount. >> a little burned rubber and leaky transmission and shredded tires. in the end? >> it's worth it. >> in arizona, nbc bay area sports. >> i'm dizzy now. nothing is official from the team right now. the nfl network reports that alex smith will return to the 49ers. terms have not been disclosed. sharks and kings out of the playoffs. great passing and dan boyle put it in the mix. just six minutes later, he wasn't having it for the kings. they have the two-goal lead and l.a. had the empty netter to win 5-2 the final. a couple of scores from earlier today. the giants fell from the 5-5 tie with thebs. cubs. raj and janelle will be back with more news after this. can lulu have some beef pasta, too? -here you go, lulu. -hey?! you had an imaginary friend once, too. she's full. 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