nbc bay area's kimberly tere joins us from hayward with the very latest on the family's search. hello, kimberly. >> reporter: hello, diane. hundreds more of these flyers went up today. they were posted and handed out. now police have reclassified the case as a homicide. but michelle le's family says until they get conclusive evidence, this search isn't over. >> until we're getting any signs that she is not out there, we still will believe that she is out there. >> and in your gut, that's what you believe? >> yes. yes. absolutely. she is a fighter. and we're fighting just as hard for her. >> reporter: michelle le's family and friends gathered in hayward sunday for what they're calling a much more organized effort to distribute flyers with information on the missing nursing student. >> we're looking at, you know, grocery stores, convenience stores, gas stations, fast food places. >> reporter: le was last seen may 27th leaving kaiser hospital. she was doing a clinical rotation that was part of her

live in east palo alto, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, kimberly. >>> in sunnyvale tonight, police are investigating a possible murder there after a body was discovered in a front yard. police say they found the body around 10:30 this morning outside a home at 800 ticonderoga drive. they saw blood coming out of the bag and a body inside. they did not open the bag and instead called the coroner. the coroner is working to identify the bed and the cause of death there. >>> santa clara county sheriff's deputies are investigating human remains found in a park west of morgan hill this weekend. park rangers discovered the remains while doing trail maintenance friday at uvas canyon county park. they say the bones were in a shallow, dry ditch. law enforcement is cross-checking the remains with missing person cases as well. but sheriff officials say they do not believe the remains belong to missing nursing student michelle le. they say the remain appear to have been there less than a year. >>> oakland police are investigating a shooting that sent three men to the hospital station ove

live in hayward tonight, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, kimberly. >>> in alameda today, about a dozen people waded into the bay as part of a protest. they gathered at crown memorial beach where 52-year-old raymond zack committed suicide last month by walking into the water and drowning. the story made national headlines after reports that firefighters and police officers witnessed the suicide and did nothing to help. zack was reportedly mentally ill and stood out in the water for more than an hour while emergency crews watched and waited for a rescue boat and helicopter. they wanted to show just how easily zack might have been saved. >> it's not as cold as a lot of people have reported. and we show that the -- about 150 yards out, the water was only about 5 1/2 feet deep. so we think raymond zack could have easily been saved by somebody walking into the water. nobody needed to swim. nobody needed a boat. >> reporter: alameda leaders say policy prevented them from going into the water because a certification period had lapsed. they're now reimplementing the water rescue

live in east palo alto, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >> all right, thank you, kimberly. >>> we're following some breaking news out of sunnyvale tonight as well of a body found in a front yard. this happened at a home near pome and west peremptory avenues. the body was discovered around 10:30 this morning, but they're not row rest leasing more information at this point. we will bring you more on the story as soon as we learn it. >>> in the meantime, santa clara county sheriff's deputies are investigating if human remains are found in a park west of morgan hill. they discovered the remains doing maintenance at uvas canyon county park. law enforcement is cross-checking the remains with missing persons cases, but sheriff sergeant rick sung says he does not believe if remains belong to missing nursing student michelle le. he says the remains appear to have been there, though, less than a year. >>> more poor economic news could cause more political issues for the president. nbc bay area's brian mooar reports both parties realize the economy will likely be the key to the white house in 2

nbc bay area's kimberly tere was out in the weather most of the day and joins us from walnut creek. >> reporter: hello, diane. one year ago today, it was actually 20 degrees warmer here in walnut creek during the day. one vendor at the art and wine festival joked with us saying she always counts on getting her first sunburn of the season here. that did not happen, at least not today. >> this is not normal. this is crazy. >> reporter: from the north bay to the south bay, mother nature put on quite a show today. >> it was a roller coaster. it was really a roller coaster. we had sunshine for a few minutes. pouring rain, drizzle. we had everything. >> reporter: at walnut breek, the rain kept the crowds at bay. >> we worked this for how many years? three or four years. it's been sunny and warm. this is the first time we've ever had it raining like this. >> probably the poorest attendance. >> some closed up shop hours before the festival officially ended. >> who would think it would be raining like this in june. we didn't know what to expect. it's been a fair day, though. >> reporter: organ

kimberly tere shows us how they hope to help palestinians when they get to gaza. >> reporter: henry knorr knows this is going to be a risky trip but said something needs to be done to keep the world's attention on a region torn apart by violence. he is on a mission. >> in fact what it is is a political demonstration. >> reporter: this berkeley man is taking part in an international effort to break the israeli blockade of gaza. >> the point is that these people are being denied their rights. >> reporter: he will fly from oakland to new york and then on to greece, where he will board the audacity of hope with 49 other americans. it will be one of ten gaza-bound trips that make up the freedom flotilla 2. he went to gaza in 2002 to see how palestinians live and was moved to help. >> it was a life-changing experience. what we saw and stories we heard, the people we talked to, was so powerfully moving to me. what people said to us over and over again, what we want most from you is tell people what you've seen, tell people that's happening here. >> reporter: israeli officials are calling the flo

live in dublin, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, kimberly. >>> high gas prices, unemployment and a sluggish economy have definitely hid californians hard this summer. with the fourth of july holiday approaching, the travel forecast isn't looking too bright. let's show you what it looks like outside. that's 880. pretty much looks like it does every afternoon. according to aaa more than 4.6 million californians will travel 50 miles or more from their homes. this is a 2.3 decrease compared to last year. many are postponing their travel plans while others are opting for a shorter vacation. air travel is expected to increase by 1.7%. >>> a bay area tradition is rolling again. san francisco's california street cable car line is back in business. it had been shut down for a six-month street renovation. joe rosato jr. shows us how some are marking its return. >> reporter: it's a sound that hasn't been heard on this street in half a year. >> mason street, mason. fairmont hotel, grace cathedral. >> reporter: the rumble of a cable car, the tolling of its bell. erik williams back at the

as kimberly tere reports the conductor was born into the business. >> reporter: loretta lee was the glue that held her family together. her loved ones are trying to come to terms with the unexpected death of a woman they say was so full of life. she was the conductor of the amtrak train hit by a big rig friday morning east of reno. >> we've always been able to say no, that's not my mom's train. she wasn't working today. and we're still kind of expecting to be able to say no, that wasn't my mom's train. and this time it was. it's hard. it's not something you wish on anybody at all. >> her family says while her death is difficult for them, there is some solace in knowing she died doing what she loved. the railroad was her life and in many ways her des that tee. she was born into a railroad family with all working in the business. >> she came home and goes, i'm going to work for the trains. and she did. and she made her way from the first job selling tickets to on board services and then becoming assistant conductor, then conductor and that's what she loved doing. >> reporter: lee went to s

live in oakland kimberly tere, bay area news. >>> it's been a few weeks since michelle le disappeared from her hospital. family advocates are organizing all the searches for the 26-year-old woman. despite heyward police reclassifying the case as a homicide, they refuse to give up hope she's still alive. she was seen last at kaiser hospital where she was doing rounds on course work. marc klass the father of polly klass who was kidnapped and murdered in 1993 is helping to organize the search, they're focusing on the heyward foothills and niles canyon, places where le's phone was pinging on cell towers after she disappeared. even though roe gund search will be over tomorrow, the effort to find le will grow. >> we have this training now, we can get other people in the community later on and say, okay, we're going to go another search again. and here's why we want to do it, here's what leads us to this area. we're planning and it's going to happen, and if we don't get her back tomorrow, the next day we'll be trying again and the next day. we're keeping it up. >> many of the volunteers who

kimberly tere has the latest on the search. >> any signs that she's not out there we still will believe she's out there. >> reporter: and in your gut that's what you believe. >> yes. absolutely. she's a fighter and we're fighting as hard for her. >> reporter: michelle le's family and friends gathered sunday for what they call a much more organized effort to distribute flyers with information on the missing nursing student. >> we're looking at grocery stores, convenient stores, fast food places. >> reporter: le was seen may 27 leaving kaiser hospital. she was doing a clinical rotation part of her course work. >> people assume we're going to give up because the case has been changed to a homicide but they haven't found her. they haven't found her. if it was you know, if it was any one's sis terks daughter, they would keep fighting and keep trying to find her. >> passing out flyers today. thank you. >> reporter: today, strangers showed up to help the family pass out flyers. >> i never met her but i know the area a little bit so you know, i'm concerned. >> thank you. >> reporter: half a mil

joining us now with that part of the story, let's to go nbc bay area kimberly tere who joins us live from the east bay. >> reporter: normally the walnut creek art and wine festival is bustling with people. the last shuttle pick-up is about this time. as you can see, no one is waiting for the shuttle bus because no one is still here. we showed up at 5:30. save for a few vendors, the place looked pretty empty because of the rain. officials at the walnut creek chamber of come here's have put on this event for 30 years say it has never rained like this before. we heard one vendor joke, this is normally where she gets her first sun burn of the season. instead she and every one else got a mix of cloud cover, sprinkles, heavy rain and even some short bursts of sunshine today. vendors say they're disappointed that mother nature kept the crowds at bay. and some stayed open despite the rain in hopes of drawing in some last-minute customers. >> it's not normal. this is crazy! >> my birthday weekend. my tradition is to come to the art and wine festival. i'm doing it regardless of what mother nat