rounds received in afghanistan. 31-year-old james grissom from hayward died in germany from gunshot wounds he suffered two days earlier in afghanistan. grissom was assigned to the special forces group based in ft. lewis, washington. he was on his fifth overseas deployment. grissom is survived by his wife, parents and a sister. there is a new memorial for the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. it took place this morning in san bruno, after this morning s palm sunday services. community members painted a mural depicting healing waters and a rainbow of hope. eight people were killed, dozens injured in the 2010 blast. survivors have continued to press for stronger pipeline safety reforms. there were tears in santa rosa today as hundreds of people gathered to remember a teenage boy who was hit and killed in a freak accident at a racetrack last weekend. the family of 14-year-old marcus johnson held a private funeral yesterday and today was a chance for the community to join t
the amount of people over 200 people showed up. and the klaas kids organization has been the backbone and been pretty consistent with their involvement with the mission continuing and it s important to increase the community awareness. there are resources out there and for the families not to give up the victims themselves. we don t have to sit back and not do anything. and i just want to send a message out to everybody that you can get involved and take a part in the recovery of your child, just increasing the community awareness and opening up people s eyes, hopefully the tip will increase as a result of all of the fundraising efforts and publicity. no doubt you have the support of the community. thanks again for your time we really appreciate it. coming up at 6:00, we ll here from ciara s father and get an update on the investigation. some of that information they provided me is pretty surprise. marla, thank you. the man accused of kidnapping and murdering ciara lamar
it s a long time in law enforcement and it s the right time in our business. if i think about all the factors that led into us, clearly our scenario and what we re facing had something to do with it, i m not kidding you. i ve been disappointed that we weren t able to get some things done through negotiation that i think perhaps, you know, i wish we had. reporter: the chief said laying off officers was one of the hardest things he s ever had to do, but he s proud of how he handled it, and he says proud of this department. i came here to be a san jose police officer. i could have gone a lot of places, and i just couldn t be happier pardon me wow. couldn t be happier that i was here and was able to be the chief here. reporter: the president of the chiefs association said his hands were tied. i think in his own way, he was standing with the troops, as strange as that sounds. reporter: the mayor says he s sorry to see the chief go because he was affected, even unde
campus. he met with stevens just before he left the u.s. for his new job as ambassador to libya. i was struck by the fact that he was eager to go. he was earnest. i think he was looking forward to his first ambassadorship. reporter: george served with stevens in the peace corps in the 80s. he taught english to kids in a small moroccan town and he says even back then, stevens dreamed of becoming an ambassador. he just fell in love with morocco and that part of the world. it was the shark that shaped the rest of his career. reporter: the east bay native studied law at uc hastings in san francisco. he would pop in my office if he was in town. levine says he s not at all surprised stevens gave his life trying to save others. he could have literally sent in the marines. there s a battalion there protecting the embassy. he didn t do that. he wanted to be there and take his people and get them back to safety. he knew he was taking a risk. he did it any way. what more
of it or somebody playing a prank or making a bad decision in the evening hours, when it was stolen. reporter: regardless of the motivation, it is felony grand theft. it might be that it brings the community together and brings us closer to god. we stop caring about what we have because we might lose it at any minute. reporter: now police want to hear from anyone who has information, even if they want to give that information anonymously. the church says they are willing to take it back, no questions asked. if the person who took the statue doesn t return it, the church says they will replace it, but bear in mind, that these two statues together, about 20 years ago, rang up to about $11,000, so there will be a lot of fundraising in the future. in campbell, kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. now an update on the breaking news we have been following all afternoon. a large fire is burning right here near marietta in southern california s riverside county. it s being called