Studios, this is kpix5 news. Off course, on purpose. Word that the missing plane was deliberately diverted is drastically changing the search. And signs point to a more sinister turn. Reporter it was not an accident. Two of the Communication Systems were turned off deliberately one after the other. Then, he confirmed that military radar had indeed picked up flight 370 as it changed course and flew west over malaysia before turning to the northwest. This movement is consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane. Reporter though the main Communication Systems had been disabled, the plane continued to ping a satellite. The last signal came seven hours after it took off. Due to the satellite data, we are unable to confirm the precise location of the the plane. Reporter where it went is the next puzzle. And which direction the plane went, how far, and were pilots involved. Police searched the home of one of the copilots. They did not answer any questions. Investigators are focusing on the crew looking for any evidence that could provide clues about the planes disappearance. Police also searched the captains home. They are examining the psychological profiles of the men. 53yearold zahari ahmad shadd. They are probing their family life and any actions they may have taken. Based on what we have learned today, it opens up almost the entire indian ocean. Experts say the plane could have made it to the southern indian ocean or as far north as kazakhstan. This also increases the likelihood that the plane crashed into the water. Remember to stay with us for the latest information on flight 370 here on kpix5 and on kpix. Com. Tonight, police are searching for a man suspected of killing his wife in castro valley. Kpix5 reporter brian webb says neighbors were surprised to hear of any trouble. Reporter officers guard the house while detectives dig for clues where a family of four seemingly lived a quiet life. I never heard them fight or anything. Im shocked. Something like this to happen, a block away from where we live, it is horrible. Reporter but when authorities were called to the same house friday, it was not their first visit. Turns out there is a history of violence here. Domestic violence. And with a dead wife at the scene, police set their sights on finding her husband. If we had his location, we would have him. We are actively looking for him trying to get him in custody as quickly as possible. Reporter authorities tell us the womans body was found in the home by her 14yearold daughter. She and her eightyearold sister are now staying with child protective services. And im sad. Im sad for the family. Especially the kids. They are so young. A husband could do this to his wife, it just shows us what state of the world, the conditions we live in today. Reporter police now consider the father turned fugitive armed and dangerous. And neighbors dont know what to think. The man who seemed quiet, kind, and harmless may have proven them all wrong. Police believe he may be driving the familys car. A silver 2013 toyota like this one. Tonight, we are learning alcohol may have played a role in a deadly crash in isnt rowasa. Look at the damage on highway 12. The driver didnt realize the traffic had come to a stop. Two peep in the back of the car died in the scene and two others were taken o the hospital. The driver of the pick up truck is not hurt. He has been arrested for suspicion of dui. Police are looking for four children from los angeles. Missay their bilogical parents took them from their grandmothers home. Place are reaching out to the public because they are concerned for their safety. The children are a 50yearold boy, a sevenyearold boy, a oneyearold girl and a one yearold girl. Californias Republican Party knows it needs to rebuild its image. Kpix5s don knapp with more on the convention. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much thank you. Reporter California Republicans roared their welcome for former secretary of state condaleezza rice. We are a party that needs some rebuilding. We are a country that needs some rebuilding. [ applause ] reporter rice suggests that rebuilding begins with the belief of individual responsibility, opportunity, and freedommings and welcoming immigrants. They come because they believe it doesnt matter where you came from, it meats where you are going. We have to continue to be a place where people who want to be a part of the dream can come. Reporter also high on the agenda, busting the democrats super majority in the california legislature. We understand that we are the minority party. We have been in a decline almost a quarter of a century. But you start by setting goals and Building Back one election at a time. Reporter they count two key victories in mostly democratic areas, electing a republican mayor in san diego. People dont vote for democrats because they like their policies. I think people are voting for democrats because the democrats have more money and money is communications in california. They have the built in power of the labor unions cothe tune of 17 million in jerry browns bank account. So that keeps talented candidates from jumping into the races. Reporter republicans say they can take back the state, but lit be a long hard grind and it wont happen right away. Don knapp, kpix5. The Convention Ends tomorrow afternoon. Well, thousands of people from arkoses california were at the state capital protesting the con are the verbal drilling process. Protesters are demanding that jerry brown put an end to fracking as a process that blasts huge volumes of water, sand, and chemicals into the ground to get natural gas and oil. We have a strong component of the Democratic Party that is against it, yet Governor Brown is for it. He has the ability to stop it right now. He can stop this. This is why we are here today. Protesters say fracking is using up too much water and threatens to pollute water supplies. It is back to the drawing board in oakland. A town hall meeting was held this morning. They want to get feed back from people on what crime problems they are seeing. The mayor said the city need to find a new search firm before finding a new chief. When you hire a chief. You have to do special background checks that only professional firms can do. And so yeah, we cant fire a chief unless we get a full background check. The first search for quit. The second one the city had lined up was later disqualified. To the crisis in ukraine. Gunmen swarmed into a hotel in crimeas capital with dozens of journalists. This comes on the eve of a very tense vote for crimea to leave ukraine and join russia. Reporter the ballots are ready and so are the polling stations. Nothing, it appears, is going to get in the way of crimeas referendum now. A team of International Observers arrived in the capital. All hand picked by the pro russian government. So their upbeat assessment comes as no surprise. I think that it is a legal referendum. Reporter even if the vote on sunday looks free and fair, the context is anything but. Ukrainian soldiers remain blockaded in on their bases. Armed men patrol the streets backed by thousands of russian soldiers who may be out of sight most of the time, but definitely not out of mind. Especially after a string of disappearances this week. Andre shekum is one of them. The head of the crimea council. He was arrested last sunday and hasnt seen since. And there is the chief of a Military Hospital in the capital seen here on monday after 30 par militaries stormed his building. Then on friday, the armed men came back and arrested the head of the hospital. Accused him of hiding personnel files. He has been taken away. Nobody knows where he is. Sergei is the hospital pharmacist. Are you afraid for his well being . Reporter yes, he told me. The word is his life is not actually is danger, but just imagine what his family is going through. As for sergeis plans for the referendum. Are you going to vote tomorrow . Reporter absolutely not, he said. It is a complete farce. That was Elizabeth Palmer reporting. We are hearing the polls places are open now. President Obamas National Security team discussed the situation tonight at the white house. Getting back in the air. The blue angels first show since budget cuts grounded them. Oh. The dreaded ding. Who managed to avoid that sound and win our cbs bay area spelling bee today . We will continue a warm spell. Then we will get a break. All the details after a different kind of break. I just ah woke up today and i said i need something sportier. Annnd done. Ok maxwell, just need to ah contact your Insurance Company with the vin number. Oh, i just did it. With my geico app. Vin is up to the loaded. Ok well then jerry here will take you through all of the features then. Why dont weeeeeeeeeeee go out to the car. Ok, ill just be outside. Ok, yeah. His dad is my boss. Yeah. Vin scanning to add a car. Just a tap away on the geico app. A gas station convenience s in sonoma county. You can see where Thieves Police are looking for two thieves who stole an atm from a gas station Convenient Store in sonoma county. You can see where they pried open the door. It happened at the gas station on arnold drive on highway 12. They strapped the atm to a van and pulled. The owners of the station watched the whole thing on surveillance cameras. I ran in, it was all a matter of four minutes. They were in and out. A lot of work for a few thousand dollars. And not worth the time an the energy and risk. Police say the suspect used a stolen kelly moore paint van to get away. Kpix5 is sponsoring the cbs bay area spelling bee and we held the regional finals right here in the studios this morning. Kpix5s sharon chin on what it took to finish at the top. Hey guys. Good morning reporter 49 top spellers from all over the bay area filed into our kpix5 studios. They came as school champions, but only one would leave with the gold medal. I wont to do out there and do my best. I hope i dont get a word i dont know. Speller one, we are ready to go. Reporter thus began more than three hours of spelling. Alkali. Alkali. Arachnid. Reporter two hours in, more than a third of the students were gone. Eaic. [ bell ringing ] reporter finally after 300 words. It would appear we are down to a round with two spellers. V i c e r e. Reporter in round 12, there was only neha konakalia. [ spelling ] topographical. We have a winner. It is our pleasure to send you to washington dc. Reporter neha konakalia earns a trip to the national bee. At first, i was sort of scared whether i would go or not. But now im so glad i get the opportunity to go. It is a really big thing for me. She studies on her own. And we are so proud of her. Reporter the eighth grader from cupertino has already begun reading the dictionary to prepare her. Sharon chin, kpix5. Those kids work so hard. They studied so hard and congratulations to the winner. But everybody, and stan who was the guy pronouncing all the words, not an easy job. As sponsors of the kpix5 spelling be, we will send neha konakalia to the National Spelling bee in washington dc in may. Here in the bay area, shamrocks, bag pipes, the annual Saint Patricks day parade took over downtown San Francisco today. Thousands gathered along Market Street for the 163yearold tradition. And it was a gorgeous day to be along the water. Dozens of people enjoyed the sun at crown beach in alameda. Flying kites, lying in the sun, and splashing around. How about a sequel tomorrow . It should be a nicer beach day tomorrow than we had today. Plenty of sunshine. Temperatures warming up a little bit. Even as fog and low clouds move in tonight. We have a look at the bay bridge from high atop the corner of broadway and battery. That is from our roof. The bay bridge looks nice. Temperatures look good. Livermore. 56 degrees. San francisco, 57 in san jose. It is 60. Here is how we fared today. Numbers were warm. It was all the way up to 80. Livermore was at 80. Even in the city, 76 degrees. Pretty warm. Here is how it looks out the door close to the shoreline. There will be a little bit of fog. Nice sunshine and temperatures start out in the mid to upper 50s by tomorrow afternoon. Beach, 70 degrees. Then around the bay, mid 70s. Inland will be 82 degrees tomorrow. That is near record high territory. High pressure out in the pacific is strong today. It will be stronger tomorrow. This builds, we get tech hers copping up, plenty of sunshine around. Shoreline will have a few low clouds. Mostly a sunny day. So near record highs tomorrow. It will cool down a little monday. Still springtime, we could get some. Except for the fact that we wont. 79 degrees out in the central part of the san joaquin valley. If you are taking a trip up to redding where in the summertime, you can see the water evaporate off the crops of rice. It will hit 80 degrees tomorrow. Summer like weather. 78 in ukiah. In the south bay, 79 degrees in santa clara. 80 in san jose. Pacifica tomorrow, nice. 70 degrees. And out in the east bay, upper 70s , low 80s. 81 in livermore. And up in marin at the marin civic center, 68 at bodega bay. For Saint Patricks day, it is looks nice. Mostly sunny and mild. The mid 70s. And the extended forecast, plenty of sunshine. Cooler. Temperatures come down a little bit. A lot of sun. Thursday, friday, and saturday, we will get more in the way of fog and low clouds, but stunning visibles. Because the skies are so clear, there is something wizzing around in the air. What is that . You are right. Excellent transition. After budget cuts clipped their wings last year, the blue angels are back. They are scheduled to return to San Francisco in october. The navys elite flying team only flew twice last year. The program cost about 40 million a year. All right, everybody is talking about college hoops, but High School Hoops making sol news. Well lincoln won the championship. They shocked lasalle. Tonight, the playoffs resumed. Did they shock them again tonight and in the next round . And 90 minutes of regulation is not enough in the earthquakes mls season opener. ,,,,,, [phones rings] its amanda. Hey sweetie. What . Okay, ill send it. One hundred seventytwo dollars for a chemistry book, what is it, made of gold . Just use citi popmoney. Boom. Ah, shes feeling lucky. Hey sweetie. Cancun, yeah no, youll be spending spring break with your new chemistry book. With citi popmoney its easy to send money to just about anyone, anytime. Visit your local branch or citi. Com easierbanking to learn more. The mls opens up. Lets ta you to santa clara. Soccer saturday night leads us off and why not . Not every night that is mls opens up. Lets take it to santa clara. New red earthquakes uniform. He is off his leg. Here it is again. It is 10 earthquakes. Now this was a cup finalist, Real Salt Lake. Had to play catch up. Down a goal, victor, right place, right time. Earthquakes, Real Salt Lake played away 33 draw. Off the basketball for you. The lovely ladies of the ucla pack 12 title game against arizona. Jordan adams hits a go ahead three. They hang on. Could they hang on . Arizona still timed. Aaron gordon. He misses. The next time down. It is obloquy party. So ucla hangs on and win the pack 12 tournament championship over the fourth ranked wildcats of arizona. 7571. And for the first time in the schools history, cal poly, the mustangs are going to the big dance. 6159 win over cal state northridge in the big west championship game. Despite a record of 1319. Cal poly along john madden must be proud. With march madness less than a week away, be sure to take part in the cbs local bracket challenge to play against us an others all over the country. Go to our website for more details. First as pitcher jerry parker and now this . Really . Pitcher aj griffin is going to miss reportedly three weeks of tendonitis. No surgery, just treatment. As and giants action. The as just lit him up for seven runs including this from luke motts. As beat the giants a final of 81. State high school playoffs. After a shocker earlier this week, could the pride of the sunset, the lincoln mustangs do it again . No. Jesuit all over lincoln tonight in sacramento. There is greg romo with the bucket. Vaughn curtis with the lay in. They take care of them 76 47ment hope you are recording this. On the other side, we have a rare saturday nigh top five. It might include the u. S. Picking up a gold medal. I wont confirm that. ,,,,, i want you to know stuff i want you to be kind. I want you to be smart. Super smart. 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