Federal law prevents those convicted of a crime and in prison for more than a year from owning a gun. Goulet slipped through a loophole because the judge gave him two oneyear sentences for his two gun crimes. More than 1,000 firearms were taken off the streets today through a new Gun Buyback Program in santa clara. Todays event was the largest gun buyback in county history. Depending on the type of weapon, those who turned one in received 100 to 200 apiece. The money came from the privates county funds and money seized by the d. A. s office. Heres what happens next to those weapons. We will destroy the firearms. They either get chopped up or melted down. We have to take them to a certain place that does it. We pay to have them destroyed. What we will also do is determine if they are stolen, we will also then determine, return them to the Rightful Owner if they are stolen, and well take them out of the Computer System, so the Computer System will show this gun has been destroyed. At least 100,000 of the available 150,000 dollars was paid out today. Happening now, a desperate search in the east bay. Family members of a 29yearold woman who vanished ten days ago are trying to track her down. Today they standout across the bay area searching bart stations and riding bart trains in hopes of finding her. Marty francis is live at the south hayward bart station with an update. Monte . Reporter good evening. There are two possible sightings of samantha tuia on the bart trains and thats why her family is searching the system. They are also putting up missing signs hoping someone will recognize her. We visited the familys home in hayward where 29yearold samantha tuia was seen on february 19th. The family is there right now praying for her safe return. Family members say she has an undiagnosed mental disability and has the mentality of a much younger person and that shes very naive and easily manipulated. Because of that they fear someone may have taken advantage of her. An anonymous tip came into the family from a woman who saw tuia riding on a bart train in oakland. Today they searched San Francisco and oakland. The most receipt tip was a possible sighting on the boardwalk in santa cruz. I just spoke to her uncle who returned from santa cruz and is no closer to finding out what happened to his niece. In the meantime, the police are also on the case and the family is offering a 3,000 reward for information leading to her safe return. Live in hayward, monte francis, nbc bay area news. Monte, thanks very much. A man from the north bay is recovering from second and thirddegree burns after a house fire. The fire broke out at 9 00 this morning near west grant street and kinley drive in heelsberg in sonoma county. Firefighters arrived to find the burned victim outside the home. That person was airlifted to the burn center at u. C. Davis. Firefighters seemed to have the upper hand on a wildfire burning in south california despite gusty santa ana winds and temperatures in the 80s. The fire in Riverside County is being held to about 300 acres. Right now crews are working on remaining hot spots. Containment estimated at about 80 . Dozens of people in need were given access to lifechanging medical care today. Doctors and staff at keizer San Francisco volunteered their time and skills to provide same day surgical procedures for 30 people. Among the surgeries performed were cataract removal, hernia repairs and colonoscopiecolonos. The group started this back in 1993. Here we are 20 years later, 10,000 patients, 1,200 volunteers and about 80 million of donated services. Its a remarkable accomplishment that wouldnt be possible without the entire Health Care System pitching in. If you want more information on the program, an article on operation access is said to appear in the San Francisco medical Society Journal in april. Next at 6 00, a horrific scene. A man swallowed by a sinkhole in his bedroom. Tonight, why crews are not looking for the body. Also a family adopts a puppy, but before they can take him home the thief swipes the dog from a shelter. The sweep operation that nabs the suspects and got the puppy to his new home. Plus, competing in a triathlon is impressive enough to the rest of us, but then theres these folks. Why you may find these athletes exceptionally inspiring. And the weekend really started off with some warm temperatures. How about some mid70s for areas south of san jose today . But all the warm temperatures are going away now. The clouds are filling in and look at the radar. It has been a while since we have been able to talk about a chance of seeing a bit of rain heading into tonight. More of it in the sevenday forecast. A look at that when we come right back. Ooh kfc. Hey, youre supposed to wait for everybody. 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Tonight the president and congress were unable to break the impasse over the automatic federal spending cuts known as the sequester. Brian mooar has more on the kind of ripple effects the cuts may have on the recovering economy. Reporter on the first full day of the sequester cuts, House Speaker john boehner was on home turf in ohio telling his side of the story. Ive watched the president s of both parties, leaders of both parties, i kicked this can down the road, kick it down the road, kick it down the road and i made up my mind two years ago they werent going to do it anymore. Reporter the white house and republicans are blaming each other for 85 billion in acrosstheboard cuts. The president calls outright dumb. They will hurt our economy and cost us jobs. And congress can turn them off at any time as soon as both sides are willing to compromise. Reporter phased in over the next 30 days, the massive cuts in military and domestic spending will be far reaching. In arkansas teachers are trying to figure out how to scale back their Headstart School program. At the end of the day, its children who are not going to be ready for school because services have been cut. Reporter in iowa poultry plants like this one will sit idle as federal inspectors ride out 15 furlough days. A Large Population in our community does work at the tyson plant. And so it would affect many different areas of the community. Reporter the military cuts may even ground the legendary blue angels for six months. So we can take that money and reprogram it into readiness. Reporter its just the beginning of a wave of spending cuts coming soon to a Community Near you unless congress and the white house can work out a better plan. Brian mooar, nbc news, washington. Florida officials are calling off the search for a man swallowed by a sinkhole. Authorities notified the family of 36yearold jeff bush who disappeared when the sinkhole opened under his bedroom thursday night. Crews say the scene is too dangerous to continue the search. The sinkhole is extremely large, a huge chasm, extending down 50, 60 feet. With all the equipment that we have brought in and specialized help, we just have not been able to locate mr. Bush. And so for that reason the rescue effort is being discontinued. Well, the house is said to the demolished tomorrow. Crews are still trying to determine whether more homes are at risk. They were likely tense moments aboard a united flight from vancouver to San Francisco this afternoon. Airport officials at sfo say the crew declared an emergency because of a hydraulic program. Emergency crews waited for the plane to land. Fortunately, it did so safely just after 4 00. It was then towed to the gate. Just ahead at 6 00, the undercover sting that took six detectives and one animal control officer to reunite a puppy with his family. And a major change in the forecast. Looking out at San Francisco you can see the change. Rob may yet ta will fill us in after the break. You cant move the tv there. Yuhhuh. We have a wireless receiver. Listen. Back in my day, there was no uverse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. We can move it to the kitchen, the patio, the closet and almost anywhere. Why would you want a tv in the closet . [ both laugh ] [ fancy voice ] brilliant idea, darling. [ female announcer ] the wireless receiver. Get uverse tv for just 19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. Rethink possible. Movie lovers are being treated to International Films from dozens of countrying at cinequest in san jose. Chuck is known for making a movie starring the fight club. He says hes intrigued with silicon valleys role in film. I am impressed with the kind of position of silicone valley. It is the technology as well as something artsy. It is not one or the other, its that dynamic thats fascinating. He is working on a novella that will be due out later this fall. And dog stolen from an Animal Shelter the very day he was adopted. Now to a Police Department sting operation, opi is home safe and sound with his new family. Stephanie trong has the story. Reporter anxious and excited. Opi, a twoandahalfyearold pitbull almost didnt make it home to his family. This family adopted him one night only to get a call the next day. That he was gone. My heart sunk. Reporter two guys stole him right out of his kennel. Slipping him out of this small frame before allegedly putting him in a bag and jumping the back fence. I was really nervous because i was like, wow, what if they use him as a bait dog, which is kind of the dog that they bait literally to have another dog rip apart, or were they going to use him on later on for a fighting dog. Reporter oconnor thought he would never see opi again. We thought he was probably low priority. Reporter but the investigation began immediately leading to craigslist ad. For 350. Reporter 24 hours later the two suspects, a 19yearold fremont man and a new york minor, came half to face with a dozen fremont detective who is set up a sting operation at a Bank Parking Lot yesterday morning. Then all of a sudden the other detectives car rolls up. Theres four detectives there and the guy says, fremont police. Reporter opi agrees and so does his new family. Evette and dave are getting married this summer. This is our baby. Reporter and tonight their baby is finally home. Stephanie trong, nbc bay area news. Meteorologist rob mayeda is here with a feelgood story depending on the forecast you like. If you like it wet it is nice. If you want shortterm allergy relief youll be happy we have rain drops as early as tonight. Right now we have 50s to mid60s outside. Still pretty mild in livermore after temperatures in the 70s. 65 right now. By the way, high temperatures by wednesday cooler than the numbers we are seeing outside right now. Well see a cool down coming up in the sevenday forecast. Cooling this evening into tomorrow thanks to the fact the sea breeze is picking up again. That will drop our temperatures a few degrees tomorrow. And also we have a system coming in to bring us cloudy skies tonight. The chance of seeing some rain. Now for the coast through early tomorrow morning, still lookout for the sneaker waves of the high energy, long periods of swells hitting the coast. Use caution near the coast to wrap up the weekend. So some showers will linger into sunday afternoon. Then a stronger system due in late tuesday into wednesday. Right now the radar looks a little interesting here as you can see it way off to the scan to the north bay here. Further away from the radar, midlevel moisture checking the surface levels here. Not a whole lot happening in the midlevels of the atmosphere, but dry below with a lot evaporating. Further away from the radar, more showing up here, but the curvature of the earth further away from the linear beam thats our radar, typically these returns show up in the midlevels of the atmosphere. As this band get closer to the coast, well see if it brings us a slight chance for showers. You can see it right there, the back edge of the system coming through tomorrow morning. And then during the day tomorrow well see a few scattered showers, especially around the hilltops. Mostly cloudy tonight. A chance of seeing a few light rain showers at times around the mountain tops and during the day tomorrow probably less cloud cover, but watch what happens here, midafternoon, cool air aloft moves in. Daytime heating destabilizing the atmosphere so popup showers are possible on the hilltops. The sun sets and things stabilize again. Showers shut down and we should be mainly dry other than some coastal mist into monday morning. The next big event comes tuesday night on into wednesday. Tonight with the cloud cover temperatures stay up. The upper 40s to low 50s outside for tonight. Tomorrows highs, though, doesnt look like well get into the 70s. Low 60s in san jose. Mid60s near the trivalley with the chance for the hill top valle valleys. Then low 60s to wrap up the weekend. So once the system clears, monday looks like a break but then during the day on tuesday increasing clouds. And now it looks like right through the day on wednesday rain at times with temperatures mostly in the mid50s and upper 50s. And then thursday unsettled weather. We could see snow levels briefly down close to 3,500 feet. Then friday things start to clear out. Next weekend looks good as we warm up and clear out heading to saturday and sunday. So finally the sevenday forecast bringing in a chance of snow. Maybe as much as a foot toward the middle part of the week and muchneeded bay area rain. Hopefully it takes the pollen out of the air. Its been pretty tough the last couple of weeks. Thanks a lot, rob. The grueling race, the escape from the alcatraz triathlon is tomorrow. Why this group of athletes is preparing for an extra challenging swim, bike and run. Roundup i want a weed free season, thats how i roll so i reach for roundup extended control with the allnew, no pump, onetouch wand it kills weeds dead and keeps weeds gone [ whip cracks ] roundup extended control i just spray them weeds, then spray them cracks the weeds are gone, and they wont be back driveway, patio, i just spray once and its adios weeds for up to four sweet months [ whip cracks ] roundup extended control [ male announcer ] roundup extended control yeha with the new onetouch wand. [ whip cracks ] escaping from alcatraz is challenging enough, but try tackling that task while missing an arm or leg. Thats what many athletes are preparing to do tomorrow at the escape of alcatraz triathlon in San Francisco. Ahead of the big race they came out to marina green park today to train one last time. We are out here to show everyone that just because you see a disability doesnt mean we have a disability. But the real disabilities are having a negative attitude. Rudy garcia tullson is competing and inspiring people to continue their dreams. The triathlon raises funds and awareness for the challenges athletes foundation. Time to check in with ahmed fareeh with more news on sports. Tim lincecum was supposed to pitch today for the giants, but he did not. Well tell you why ahead in sports. Ahmed fareed from the giants sports desk. Tim lincecum was scratched from his scheduled start against the cubs with a blister on his right middle finger. The giants did beat the cubs 97. Sandoval homered in his final atbat in the world baseball classic. It looks like randy moss tie with the 49ers is over, at least thats what he thinks. He tweeted, quote, wish we could have finished the job. Thanks for the opportunity and good luck in the future niners, end quote. He had 28 passes last year for the 49ers. The San Jose Sharks back in action tonight as they host the National Predators at 7 30. The sharks are still trying to right the ship after losing 10 of their last 12 games. Brody brazil has a preview from san jose. Reporter well, the sharks are very happy to turn the page here to a new calendar month of march. This after february where they struggled to score goals, mightily only 15 in 12 games. So san joses moving towards a new mentality, pass second and shoot first. We have to have a shoot first mentality. We have to attack the net with some authority to score. And teams that arent scoring are talking about this on a daily basis. We are stressing it. We have to have everybody with that type of mentality. We cant be a pass first and react off of that type team. At this point i think it is quantity. I think we cant, we are not at a point right now where we can, you know, talk about quality. There will be a time, but right now its about getting as many as we can. A little bit, all along thats what we have wanted. In the past we have always thrown 40 shots a night and we have gotten away from that. So it may be as simple as that, taking our shooting opportunities when we get them. Reporter tonights opponent for san jose are the National Predators. A team that has beaten the sharks twice so far in the early condensed season. If the nationals win again, it will be a season and series sweep. In san jose, reporting for nbc bay area sports. Thank you, brody. The sharks need a win, and hosting colorado under 4 00 to play in the first, to Tyrone Wallace for the dunk. Bears up by three. Second half, cal up four. That wallace guy again on the break. This is a monster throwdown. Keep in mind, that kid is just a freshman. Hes young and good. Under 6 00 to play, cal up seven. Cobbs cant get the layup, but cal wins 6246 for their seventh straight win. Womens hoops at Washington State for stanford, amber finds gentleman anyway with the alleyoop. 2 in the first half alone, 22. Theres the pump fa