now, last february, maria del carmen lopez was visiting colima, mexico, when she was kidnaped.pers contacted the family and demanded more money than the family could pay. and the family has heard nothing since then. her children and grandchildren say she is the center of their family and they have agonized the ten months she's been missing. >> she's just a great person to be around, makes the whole family laugh, brings everybody together. that's the that's the missing piece to our family right now. >> well, the family's hoping going public about the kidnaping will pressure the kidnapers to bring her home before christmas. it is 756. another guilty plea in the years long san francisco corruption scandal. a former san francisco department of building inspector, an engineer, pleaded guilty. federal authorities say 68 year old rodolfo posada admitted he took bribes from people seeking building and construction permits. now, he worked as a plan checker between 1984 to 2017. he is scheduled to be sentenced in march. the sierra has now had its first significant snowfall of the season,