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alana and coke dated about 20 years ago. alana is considered a high risk sex offender in and out of jail. he recently contacted coke for help and was the last person seen with her. seen with her before she >> we're talking about august 4 sometime after 8:30. they were seen together. >> reporter: the body was found near new life church. the lead pastor is shocked. >> very sad. it is easy exit, easy entrance to the freeway. >> reporter: crime scene investigators say they will remain here until dark. they have a large area to process. oakland police tell me they do not intend to release the identity of that body today or anytime -- or within the next couple of days. looks like they are going to take their time and be very careful with this investigation. allen, so, da, i take this the coroner's office has arrived. have they begun their work yet? >> reporter: no. the coroner's office has not even come out here yet. they're letting the investigators do their work first. they say they will be here for hours at least until dark. th

alana denied that. cook meant alana20 years ago and briefly dated him before he was back in prison. >> former prosecutor said he sees why women were attracted to alana. he was a ladies guy. a lot of work in the courtroom during his trials, charming the court clerks and the court reporters while he was on trial for his criminal offenses. linda yee, kpix5. >>> a cooling off period could be the solution to the bay area and what it needs to avoid another bart strike. if the management doesn't reach a deal, governor brown is going to court to request a 60 daybreak. >>> kristen ayers is in oakland tonight with a mixed reaction from both sides to that announcement. kristen. >> ken, negotiations are still going in this building tonight. going pretty late. this cooling off period, the potential cooling off period could mean a long delay before another bart strike, or it could cut the tension that gridlocked the negotiations for months. the governor's announcement gaperred praise from bart management. the governo

randy alana appeared in court today on parole violations. this is the man who police have called a, quote, person of interest in coke's death. here's where it gets interesting. in court today, we learned part of alana's parole condition was he could not have contact with sandra coke. that was specific to her. now, the judge said according to the parole agent, alana violated a number of conditions including not charging his required gps device, resisting arrest, absconding -- and we're now learning, having, quote, numerous contacts with sandra coke. >> the parole agent, i'm sorry, has alleged that that's a violation that that was the term and condition of his parole not to have contact with her and that he did according to parole agent. >> reporter: now, this latest bit of information brings about more questions. how did they know the two were in contact? and more importantly, why was he banned from contacting her in the first place? sandra coke was reported missing august 4. her body was found about a week ago today. the judge revoked alana'

while he would not fill in the gaps at that time, alana says he was calling alana's number from jail. when i asked alana if he was responsible for koch's death he paused and replied i am completely innocent of any improprieties to do with this situation. alana says he dated koch for 11 years but the relationship ended 10 years ago. about koch alana said she was like an angel that floated out of heaven. a frequent inmate, koch went to great lengths to hide his criminal history from her family. he says they've made me out to be an expletive monster, when i see that i don't even like myself. we reached out to sandra koch's family about alana's comment. they shared a written statement with me saying, why would we or anyone else believe what he has to say. live in dublin, eric rasmussen. >>> a few thousand people marched through downtown oakland tonight in support of a hunger strike taking place inside of california prisons. >> jerry brown. >> jerry brown. >> the protesters marched to 27th and telegraph where they held a brief demonstration. inmates have been refusing food calling for an e

alana has been in and out of prisons. criminal history include manslaughter, kidnapping with intent to commit a sexual offense, rape and numerous parole violations. alana said sandra had a heart of gold. when he was released from jail august 1 of this month, he said sandra picked him up and took him home. they celebrated her 50th birthday the following day. he told me she recently said, this time, when you get out of jail, we will get married so you can be on my health plan." but three days after his release, sandra went missing. her body found august 9th near a park in vacaville. juliette goodrich, kpix 5. >> we asked sandra's sister about what alana told juliette yesterday. she said the d.a. asked her to make no comment. >>> police are searching for a man suspected of brazenly attacking a woman near santa clara university. she was walking on franklin street near the intersection of sherman street just after midnight wednesday morning. police say a man knocked her down and sexually assaulted her. the woman fought back an

while he would not fill in the gaps at that time, alana says he was calling alana's number from jail. when i asked alana if he was responsible for koch's death he paused and replied i am completely innocent of any improprieties to do with this situation. alana says he dated koch for 11 years but the relationship ended 10 years ago. about koch alana said she was like an angel that floated out of heaven. a frequent inmate, koch went to great lengths to hide his criminal history from her family. he says they've made me out to be an expletive monster, when i see that i don't even like myself. we reached out to sandra koch's family about alana's comment. they shared a written statement with me saying, why would we or anyone else believe what he has to say. live in dublin, eric rasmussen. >>> a few thousand people marched through downtown oakland tonight in support of a hunger strike taking place inside of california prisons. >> jerry brown. >> jerry brown. >> the protesters marched to 27th and telegraph where they held a brief demonstration. inmates have been refusing food calling for an e

randy alana due in court at 9 a.m. tomorrow. >>> checking bay area headlines, hayward police are investigating a deadly officer- involved shooting. officers were called to a home on west tennyson road last night by a 12-year-old girl who said her father was threatening her mother with a knife. officers say the man came toward them and one fired killing the man. two children and their mother in the home were not hurt. >>> security has been stepped up at san jose's silver creek high school after a student was pistol-whipped on campus. police say the 17-year-old boy was coming to the aid of a female student who was being robbed yesterday afternoon. the boy was treated and released from the hospital. the girl was not hurt. the attacker got away. >>> and a prestigious peninsula private school is in hot water with its neighbors. it's accused of exceeding its enrollment cap. the all girls school is limited to 415 students. a community meeting is under way right now to talk about problems with parking and traffic. the city is

alana said sandra had a heart of gold. when he was released august 1, she picked him up and took him home. he told me she recently said this time when you get out of jail, we will get married so you can be on my health plan, but three days after his release, sandra went missing. her body found august 9 near a park in vacaville. i asked alana if he didn't kill sandra, who did, he said he didn't know, but it wasn't him. keep in mind, he is behind bars as a person of interest. he violated a parole that was a stay away order from sandra coke. >> alana told her the da asked him not to make any comments. >>> people are being told to get out of the way of this wild fire as it roars closer to yosemite. the rim fire is only 1% contained tonight. just outside the park, people are being evacuated. since the fire started, 63,000 acres have been burned hawaii is an area the size of san francisco. look at this. this is a shot from a black hawk helicopter of a team fighting the fire from the air. this team scooped up water from nearby la

he had recently contacted alana. tonight police revealed alana had been seen with coke the night of the disappearance. >> i can't share with you where, if they were in a vehicle, a commercial establishment or at a private residence. >> reporter: alana was seen on surveillance video using coke's credit card putting gas in her car. coke's mini cooper was found in oakland earlier this week even as detectives with opd major crime's homicide unit left for vallejo. a friend of coke tried to remain hopeful. >> reporter: -- >> sandra is a very positive person. so i hope they're going out there to find her alive. >> reporter: we're told as many as 50 maybe even more could be involve in this search that is expected to go on as long as it takes they say. possibly all night tonight. i just heard from an officer out here who told me, they may be able to give us a briefing. if we get any new information at this hour, we will bring it to you live. >>> the mother of a baby boy shot to death in oakland earlier this week spoke out and

you spent the day trying to uncover more about randy alana, his history and how he knew sandra coke. >> reporter: that is true. we spent the entire day digging into his past. we first told you at 10 last night, a police source told ktvu that randy alana was seen pumping gas at a gas station using her gas card and we believe that station is behind me. he's considered a person of interest in the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend sandra cook. the 56-year-old randy alana is in santa rita jail, a place he knows well. >> i tried him for murder and back in the '80s. >> reporter: after two trials, he was acquitted. according to a former district attorney in alameda county, he said alana was a member of the black guerilla family prison gang and while awaiting trial for the death, he was charged with helping to kill an inmate. >> eventually, he -- involuntary manslaughter. >> reporter: they asked the corrections not to release any information on him. besides the two murder charges, we heard he has two rape convicts and served time for several robberies. >> he was actually a three- striker. fo

alana has a long and violent criminal history. he even had a stay-away order to keep him from seeing coke but he said the two were in a relationship and, quote, we recently talk about getting married. coke's family denies the two had any involvement since they dated more than 20 years ago. her sister, tanya, released a statement that reads in part: he was the last person seen with my sister, but claims he has nothing to do with her disappearance and killing. why would we or anyone else believe what he has to say? >>> but allan a na claims when we wasn't in jail over the course of the last year, he was living with coke, sharing her north oakland home. when i showed his photo to neighbors neighbors neighbors who didn't want to go on camera, other few said they had seen alana on their street. >> see him right there. no doubt. that's him. and it's kind of bad. real bad. >> did see him walking to the store and back, but he never looked in my direction. >> the manager of the market and liquor store tells me both alana and coke were regu

alana does have a long criminal history as a sex offender. and he dated 50-year-old sandra coke 20 years ago. he had recently contacted her and they were seen together the night she went missing last sunday. the search here originally began at around 8:00 last night. >> she left the house to go to the drugstore on her daughter's behalf and hours late when she didn't come back her daughter called me frightened and that is too unusual. >> information during this investigation was developed that randy alana and sandra coke were seen later that evening. >> reporter: now, alana has not been charged in this case. he is being held in jail on a parole violation as a registered sex offender. he has already done time for kidnapping and rape, murder charge for which he was acquitted as a no contest plea in a jailhouse stabbing. at this point police are not saying whether they think sandra coke is alive or dead. live in vallejo, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> this latest development comes as family and friends announce a $100,000 reward for information about c

he had recently contacted alana. tonight police revealed alana had been seen with coke the night of the disappearance. >> i can't share with you where, if they were in a vehicle, a commercial establishment or at a private residence. >> reporter: alana was seen on surveillance video using coke's credit card putting gas in her car. coke's mini cooper was found in oakland earlier this week even as detectives with opd major crime's homicide unit left for vallejo. a friend of coke tried to remain hopeful. >> reporter: -- >> sandra is a very positive person. so i hope they're going out there to find her alive. >> reporter: we're told as many as 50 maybe even more could be involve in this search that is expected to go on as long as it takes they say. possibly all night tonight. i just heard from an officer out here who told me, they may be able to give us a briefing. if we get any new information at this hour, we will bring it to you live. >>> the mother of a baby boy shot to death in oakland earlier this week spoke out and

alana was the last person seen with coke on august 4th.asked if he hurt sandra coke his answer "absolutely not" no physically but sometimes love hurts. she hurt me and i hurt her. he would not elaborate. when i asked who do you think would want to harm her. his answer through tears that police need to stop looking at me. coke's family are grieving their loss and a spokesperson said "why would we or anyone else believe what he has to say." >>> walnut creek police believe that as many as half a dozen people may have been involved in the burglary at tiff annise a week and a half ago -- tiffany's a week 1/2 ago. you can see the stolen pickup truck truck used to break through the front door and two unknown vehicles and the blazer used as a getaway car. six suspects are seen in the video. it's possible this could have been part of a larger criminal operation. >>> we're tracking neighborhood crime. here's a crime tracker in the east bay. crooks are using a poisonous make scam to get in homes and burglarizing them. saturday night on moore drive in

coke's friend said she dated alana recently. at this point police are calling alana a person of interest. crews on scene did not find anything. however they will pick up that search again this morning at 8:00 a.m.. that search may include divers because there are several lakes near this property. live at the air grounds katie utehs ktvu channel 2 news. >>> sandra coke's sister tonya is pleading with the public to help find her. >> we are begging anybody with information about my sister's whereabouts or anyone with information who may have seen her in the last several days to please come forward immediately. >> panelly members announced a $-- family members announced a $100,000 reward for anything that helps police find her. >>> the mother of a baby boy shot to death in oakland is planning her son's funeral. yesterday alicia jackson joined family members and friends. the little boy and father was -- jackson says she doesn't want anymore violence. >> do not wear black to my son's funeral. do not come with violence. do not come wit

alana and coke dated about 20 years ago. alana is considered a high risk sex offender in and out of jail. he contacted coke and was last seen with her before she disappeared on august 4. >> we're talking about august 4 sometime after 8:30. they were seen together. >> reporter: the body was found near new life church. the lead pastor is shocked. >> very sad. it is easy exit, easy entrance to the freeway. >> reporter: we're waiting to hear back to see whether the police have upgraded the status from person of interest to suspect of randy alana but haven't heard back. >> da, regardless of identity here, are they saying how this particular woman died or when she died? >> reporter: no. they're not saying much. they are tight-lipped about the body that was found. so far the only thing that they said is that she is a female and that it is a location that they were told to search for her. >> all right. da lin, thanks. >>> da said he hadn't gotten calls back but our information the latest is that randy alana is still a person of inte

randy alana this morning. when he arrived by bus from the santa rita jail. no video was allowed inside the high security courtroom. where he appeared for a parole hearing. >> the parole agent has filed a petition alleging that he has violated certain terms and conditions of his parole. >> reporter: among those violations, not charging the gps tracking device he was required to wear as a registered high risk sex offender. absconding from parole and resisting arrest. but while alana has not been charged in connection to sandra coke's death, we now know that one condition of his parole specifically involved the murdered federal investigator. >> the parole agent has alleged that that's a violation, that he was -- that was a term and condition of his parole not to have contact with her. >> reporter: in fact, the judge described it as numerous contacts which only adds to a growing list of questions. why did alana's parole guidelines specifically involve coke? what was the nature of their contacts prior to her disapp

randy alana is a career criminal.he most dangerous inmates at the santa rita jail. during our 30 minutes aggressive, quickly agitated.yet approachable. he looked very similar to this other mug shot. he had a mustache and glasses. and wore the red prison jump suit. which indicates he needs higher security. alana is only allowed out of his cell for 1-hour a day. and is kept away from other inmates. his criminal history inclues rape, kidnapping and manslaughter.for killing a fellow jail inmate in the 80s. alana also told me.that he and sandra loved each other. and they wanted to get married. coke dissapeared from her oakland home on august 4th. her body was found in vacaville on august 9th. police took alana in. as a person of interest. in the case. alana is being held in the santa rita jail. on a parole violation. and police have made no alana told me he understands why police consider him a "person of intersest.". but that police need to look somewhere else to find his girlfriends killer. that part of the story is comi

and that person is randy alana. >> reporter: nbc bay area has learned that alana is a sex offender, with a violent past. he's being held on a parole violation and is being questioned in the case. alana and coke know one another. in fact, police say they dated more than 20 years ago. and they have information that puts the two of them together on the day coke was reported missing. >> randy alana and sandra coke were seen later that evening, sunday, august 4th. we're asking from the media and the public, if anyone saw the two of them together. >> reporter: police could not say what led them to the fairgrounds. but tonight, law enforcement along with the fbi, are all here looking for her. >> it's an above-ground search. and we're searching as much area as we can. it's just begun. we just deployed two or three teams out right now. there's a lot of area to be searched. they want to be thorough. >> reporter: family and friends remain hopeful. >> sandra's a very positive person. i hope they're going out there to find her alive. >> reporter: there is a $100,000 reward in the case. family and fri

randy alana is in jail for parole violations, including not charging his gps, resisting arrest and having contact with sandra coke. on friday his parole was revoked. alan na has a long criminal past, stay-away order to keep him from seeing coke but he said the two were in a loving relationship, and, quote, we won'tly talk about getting married. coke's family denies the twod hd any involvement since dating years ago. why would be or anyone else believe what he has to say? but alap na claims when he was not in jail, he was living with coke. sharing her north oakland home. when i showed his photo to neighbors who didn't want to go on camera, few said they'd seen alana on their street over the last few months. >> yeah, right there. ain't to doubt about it. that's him. and it's bad. real bad. >> did see him walking to the store and back, about he never looked in my direction. >> the manager of uptown market and liquor tells me both alana and coke were regular customers of his but he doesn't remember seeing them together. authorities say the two were together the night coke vanished but they're

coke's friends say she dated alana some time ago. at this point police are calling alana a person of interest and have not said if he pointed them to the current search area. there is also several lakes nearby so a dive team may be brought in this morning and search crews planning to resume their search at 8:00 a.m.. katie utehs ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there is a major new development in the brutal killing last year of a teenage girl in sacramento. prosecutors announced they arrested the suspect of a brutal killing of jessica funk haslam. her body was found in a baseball dugout. dna led to a break in the case 17 months after the killing. >> dna i'm confident that jessica's murder would not have been solved. >> the suspect identified as 23- year-old ryan douglas robert. he's a dishwasher at a sacramento steak house. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the bart labor dispute and the threat of another strike monday morning. negotiations resume at 10:00 this morning and the latest contract talks between bart management and the union.

randy alana is in jail for parole violations, including not charging his gps, risting arrest and having contact with sandra coke. friday his parole was revoked. alan na has a long criminal past, stay-away order to keep him from seeing coke but heaid the two were in a loving relationship, and, quote, we won'tly talk aut getting married. coke's family denies the twodad any involvement since dating years ago. why would be or anyone else believe what he has to say? but alap na claims when he was not in jail, he was living with coke. sharing her north oakland home. when i showed his photo to neighborwho didn't want to go camera, few said thed seen alana on their street over the last few months. >> yeah, right ere. ain't to doubt about it. that's him. and it's bad. real bad. >> did see him walking to the store and back, about he never looked in my direction. >> the nager of uptown market and liquor tells me both alana and coke were regular customers of his but he doesn't remember seeing them together. authorities say the two were together the nit coke vanished but they're being careful not to

convicted rainest alana was found with -- rapest alana was scene with coke. >> what we will say at this time is that randy alana is still considered a person of interest. >> coke's relatives did not mention alana in a statement they released and said they say quote the coke family is devastated by the loss of our beloved sandra. meantime coke's coworkers issued a statement as well saying they are heartbroken. it reads in part she was a compassionate and thorough investigator. >>> yes happening today the family of daphne web is planning a walk to show their commitment to finding the little girl. daphne's father reported her missing on july 10th. he told police that the 21- month-old girl was taken from a car outside a store. >>> the reward in the unsolved case of a baby and his father shot and killed in an oakland home is up to $30,000. a sidewalk memorial was held yesterday for one-year-old drew jackson and 20-year-old andrew thomas. family members pleaded for police. they say the code of no snitching has to stop. >>> hundreds of city workers are in the second day of a three-day strike.

alana has been in and out of prisons.history include manslaughter, kidnapping with intent to commit a sexual offense, rape and numerous parole violations. alana said sandra had a heart of gold. when he was released from jail august 1 of this month, he said sandra picked him up and took him home. they celebrated her 50th birthday the following day. he told me she recently said, this time, when you get out of jail, we will get married so you can be on my health plan." but three days after his release, sandra went missing. her body found august 9th near a park in vacaville. juliette goodrich, kpix 5. >> we asked sandra's sister about what alana told juliette yesterday. she said the d.a. asked her not to make any comment. >>> 5:35 now. a santa cruz surf instructor faces more charges involving underaged girls. 38-year-old dillon griner is already in jail charged with possession of child pornography and lewd acts with a child. now officials say they found more victims. they say his computer had more than half a million images a

alana hasn't been charged in the case. but he is being held in jail on a parole violation. whether or not they believe sandra coke is alive this morning. friends and family have put up a $100,000 reward for information leading to her return. the search this morning in this area on land and in the nearby lake, lake chabot, is expected to ramp up again this morning at 8 a.m. live in vallejo, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> alana is considered a high risk sex offender with convictions for rape, kidnapping and other offenses. he was arrested for a woman's murder in 1983 but was acquitted and he pled no contest. . >>> no one has seen james dimaggio since a woman's body was found in his home in san diego. they believe he kidnapped 16- year-old hannah anderson after killing her mother sunday night. a child's body was also found which may be a younger brother ethan. police believe dimaggio booby- trapped his blue nissan versa and may have abandoned it somewhere. >> it could be up in the state towards washington and arizona. >> an amber alert is in effect in california, oregon, washington

the district attorney tells us alana is acquitted of murder in 1980s. while he was waiting for trial, he was charged in death of an inmate. he also served time for robbery. >>> the father of a 6 month old of alameda is now behind bars. robert the third is being held without bonn tonight. he's responsible for a head injuries that sent the child to intensive careless than two weeks ago, the baby died in the hospital. authorities say the injuries were extensive. >> a broken few mur and we believe that it is partially to do with shaken violently. >> court's documents described the injuriesed and the baby has been abused before. >>> the man accused of fatally shooting of a young nurse student in san jose. he's facing one count of murder with a gun enhancement. 19-year-old kimberly chico was in a car when she was struck by gunfire, she was a student at san jose state, her funeral is set for tomorrow. >>> millionaire chahal is facing 47 counts. after he found out that she had sex with another man t. they said it happened at the apartment. the criminal complain

. >> land did i alana is known -- randy alana is known to sandra coke. they have dated. >> reporter: coke is an investigator with the federal public defender's office in sacramento. she disappeared sunday after 8:30 p.m. leaving her 15-year-old daughter at home. >> she left the house to go to the drugstore on her daughter's behalf and hours later when she didn't come back, her daughter called me frightened. that is unusual. >> information during this investigation was developed that randy alana and sandra coke were seen later that evening. >> reporter: police found her car monday about two miles from her house. they found two cell phones, one near emeryville, another off i- 80 in richmond. this comes as family and friends announce a $100,000 reward for information about her disappearance. >> my sister is an incredibly devoted mother. [ crying ] >> and sister and friend and coworker, which is why there are so many people here today supporting us, trying to find her and her safe return home. >> reporter: linda yee, kpix 5. >> 4:32 now. and crews are battli

la polica dice que un ex- novio de coke de nombre randy alana, quien es un delincuente sexual convictopto, y quien est vinculado a dos homicidios, es una persona de inters en el caso.. una fuente nos dijo que una cmara de seguridad capt el carro de coke cruzando el puente cartinez, otra cmara de seguridad capt a alana echndole gasolina con su tarjeta de dbito. s.o.t. johnna watson/portavoz, policía de san josé 1:25:00 at this time in the investigation he is only a person of interest because they were known to each other, we also have information that they were seen together sunday evening, la portavoz de la polica dijo en la maÑana que alana es una persona de inters porque fue visto con coke el da de su desaparicin. el se encuentra detenido por una violancin a su libertad condicional.. la bsqueda de sandra coke empez hoy en los terrenos de la feria del condado de solano en vallejo, y pas a vacaville en la tarde.. una fuente inform que las autoridades rastrearon el celular de coce al condado de solano, y que su hija utiliz la aplicacin localizar mi iphone para dar con el telfono su mam.

coke and alana dated 20 years ago. alana behind bars tonight, he was arrested last week on a parole violation. officers found the bus about 11:00 last night on interstate 280. the passengers still strapped in the seat belt was dead. officers could not driver but did spot a man walking near by. >>> a seasons teen tells us struggling of losing a two long time friends after they died in the car crash. lopez was the passenger of the car accident. 16-year-old hernandez, the passenger and the driver 19-year-old perez were killed. >> k they're gone, it sucks because it is like i grew up with them, it is not going to be the same. >> lopez says he and his friends were drinking before their car hit a tree on saturday night, the crash was a single car accident. friends of the teens were driving in another car and the driver in his car swerved to avoid hitting another vehicle. >>> u.s. attorneys general holder appeared in san francisco to announce big changes and how prosecutors handle non violent drug crime. the government is sof

family friends say she recently dated alana. and he recently reached out to her again, asking for help in getting his life back together. a law enforcement official says they have alana on video putting gas in her car. investigators came here last week to look at video recorded by these cameras. tonight, a spokesperson for sandra's family say they still had no official word on the identity of the body that's here. but they said they do expect some kind of an announcement tomorrow. live in oakland, eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> 16-year-old girl kidnapped victim, hannah anderson is back home tonight, surroundedly family and friends. a sign on the back of a friend's van welcomes hannah home. the teen only learned the death of her mother, and brother ethan after she was rescued saturday in the idaho wilderness. james dimaggio killed the pair. today, hanna's father asked for privacy. >> for my daughter, the healing process will be slow. she has been through a horrendous ordeal. i'm very proud of her, and i love her very m

---alana tiene extensos antecedentes penales..cesar ---precisamente los familiares de sandra coke han comenzado una campaÑa para recaudar dinero y ayudar a la hija adolescente de sandra... ---desde que se confirmo la muerte de sandra, su familia establecio el "sandra coke fund" que pretende recaudar cien mil dolares para ayudar a la menor de 15 aÑos de edad... ---hasta el momento ya se han recaudado mas de 51 mil dolares.. topvo cesar ---hoy llega a su final una de las fases mas importantes del jucio que se sigue contra el presunto multihomicida josep naso en el condado de marin... ---el acusado, presento sus argumentos de clausura ante los 12 miembros del jurado para tratar de convencerlos de que el no fue el responsable de los asesinatos de cuatro mujeres en las decadas de los setentas y los noventas... cesar ---a diario cerca de 15 mil latinos usan los autobuses publicos de samtrans en san mateo. ---hoy se inauguro oficialmente una nueva ruta que sera la columna vertebral de ese servicio. take 2 box ---pilar niÑo nos cuenta cua

cu - peluffo outro la polica le pide a cualquier persona que haya visto a coke y alana juntos, o poro, que se comunique con ellos. este es mi informe, regreso contigo csar. cesar ---la policia de mountain view detuvo a tres personas, take vo ---tras una serie de atracos perpetrados hace algunas semanas en la que los sospechosos hacian creer a las victimas que iban a una cita a ciegas y los robaban... ---la policia informo que los sujetos contactaban a los hombres por la internet haciendose pasar por una mujer, y al llegar al supuesto lugar de la cita eran asaltados... stop open cesar ---es encontrado el auto del sospechoso de haber raptado a una menor de 16 anos del area de san diego... take vo ---el alguacil del condado de san diego confirmo que el hallazgo del carro nissan versa fue en una zona remota del estado de idaho... ---las autoridades de ese estado dijeron que recibieron informacion de un grupo de personas que andaban a caballo en la region el miercoles pasado y que dijeron haber visto y hablado brevemente con james lee dimagio y la menor hannah anderson, pero no sabian sob

she dated alana twenty years ago.fficials have surveillance video of putting gas in coke's car using her credit card. had spokesperson plans to be here in the next 15 or 20 20 minutes or so. and again today, they were out all night, did not find anything. but daylight may help them. this will be the first opportunity crews will have to look at this ground daylight. live at the solano county fairgrounds, katie utehs ktvu channel 2 news. >>> sonoma county deputies are searching for an inmate who walked away from a work crew. the crew was working late wednesday night. 38-year-old michael edward green was at a minimum security part of the county jail. he'd been convicted on drug, burglary and theft charges. >>> new this morning, police are investigating a shooting of three people at an apartment complex this morning. ktvu's janine de la vega is at the scene with the latest on the search for a suspect. good morning. >> reporter: police have left the scene here, but officers are now at the hospital interviewing witnesses an

family friends say she recently dated alana. and he recently reached out to her again, asking for help in getting his life back together. a law enforcement official says they have alana on video putting gas in her car. investigators came here last week to look at video recorded by these cameras. tonight, a spokesperson for sandra's family say they still had no official word on the identity of the body that's here. but they said they do expect some kind of an announcement tomorrow. live in oakland, eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> 16-year-old girl kidnapped victim, hannah anderson is back home tonight, surroundedly family and friends. a sign on the back of a friend's van welcomes hannah home. the teen only learned the death of her mother, and brother ethan after she was rescued saturday in the idaho wilderness. james dimaggio killed the pair. today, hanna's father asked for privacy. >> for my daughter, the healing process will be slow. she has been through a horrendous ordeal. i'm very proud of her, and i love her very m

alana? >> we develop information during this investigation that led us to this specific area but what i can tell you is we are leaving this area, we will be happy to have more conversations there but we want to move this operation to vacaville. we will answer additional questions up there but right now we need to pack up and leave. >> where will the command post be? >> it is located at lagoon valley park. we will position that in the park somewhere, have not set it in stone yet, obviously you will see it when you get there, it will be quite obvious. you will take alamo, flip back on and take that. >> thank you very much. >> all right. >> all right. you have been listening live to a very brief press conference there on the case of the missing oakland woman sandra koch. they are wrapping up their search. they have finished -- completed their search in vallejo and they are now moving to vacaville. no specific reason as to why they are moving the search to vacaville but we continue -- we will co

randy alana appeared distraught and emotional, telling us he's grief stricken, quote, sandra meant theworld to me, he said. alana who has a lengthy criminal past including rape, kidnapping and manslaughter convictions says he's an easy target in the case. while he wouldn't answer whether he had anything to do with coke's disappearance, he says coke was getting unwarranted phone calls before she disappeared and that someone had slashed her tenant's tires. >> the first thing the da looks at is, is a suspect being dishonest, inconsistent and are they deflecting attention from themselves and trying to put it on someone else. that's a classic situation that a prosecutor's going to say is consciousness of guilt. >> reporter: legal analyst steven clark says alana want does put his own spin on things as police work to build their case against him. alana remains in custody on a parole violation but has not been charged in coke's killing. >> remember, dna evidence, cell phone evidence, that takes time to process. while he's in custody, time is on the side of the district attorney's office. and t

alana told me she went against her family and job to be with me. it was always her biggest fear, her family would find out about my criminal past and have her committed. he said she was always making up stories to her family about me. she told them, i own a cleaning business. another time, she told them i lived in arizona. i was in arizona, but in jail. alana has been in and out of prisons, criminal history including manslaughter, kidnapping with intent to commit a sexual offense, rape, and several violations. sandra had a heart of gold. when he was released from jail august 1 of this month, he said sandra picked him up and took him home. they celebrated her 50th birthday the following day. he told me she recently said, this time when you get out of jail, we will get married so you can be on my health plan. but three days after his release, sandra went missing. her body found august 9, near a park in vacaville. now this jailhouse interview lasted 30 minutes. he was engaging and a choice to show up for the interview or not or talk for that length of

alana is being on parole violation at santa rita jail.w,alana said that he meant sandra coke two decades ago while she investigated a murder case. he denied harming her free cokes family said the two dated briefly 20 years ago but he was under court order to stay away from the investigator. coke disappeared august 4th after saying she was meeting someone with information about her missing dog. her body was found in vacaville. >>darya: and other bay area news a playground in san francisco's water mission ever does that open this morning after a nearly $9.5 million renovation. the cayuga playground sits between the bart tracks and alameemany boulevard. it features a large collection of wooden sculptures by a longtime gardener who features a large collection who worked at the park for 22 years. the renovation was financed by a $185 million bond from 2008 that has also helped revitalize dozens of other parks in the city. >>mark: on the bay area baseball. the san francisco giants for the sweep of the miami marlins. a wild game with seven leagu

coke's friends say she dated alana years ago. at this point police are calling alana a person of interest and has not said if they have directed them to search for her here. crews on scene tell us they did not find anything at their search overnight. they will resume the search at 8:00 a.m. this morning. that search may include dive teams to search the lakes. >>> sandra coke's sister tonya is pleading with the public to help find her. >> we are begging anybody with information about my sister's whereabouts or anyone with information who may have seen her in the last several days to please come forward immediately. >> family members have announced $100,000 reward for information that helps find sandra coke. tips can be called in anonymously to a hotline or e- mailed into oakland police. >>> happening now a peace group in oakland is at the coliseum parking lot for memorial remembering crime victims. the group make oakland better has held similar stop the violent tailgates ahead of raider football games. the situation in the city ma

la polica dice que un ex- novio de coke de nombre randy alana, quien es un delincuente sexual convicto rapto, y quien est vinculado a dos homicidios, es una persona de inters en el caso.. una fuente nos

oakland police said, coke had dated alana some 20 years ago. and they believe he was with her on the night she disappeared. tonight alana is being held without bail at the santa rita jail in dublin. his next court date is november 1st. >> accused serial killer joseph naso delivered his closing statement today. as he represents himself in his murder trial. and is trying to convince a jury to spare his life. he is charged with the murder of four woman dating back several decades. all four victims had the same first and last initials in their names. at times, naso was long and rambling and seemed to loose his chain of thought. it is expected that the jury will not get to start deliberations until monday. if convicted, naso could face the death penalty. developing tonight. taxpayers who say they cannot depend on their police department any longer. are giving up on the oakland police department to secure their neighborhoods frustrated residents in the oakland hills are now paying private security companies to do the job that police are not kron4's h

in a statement, sandra's family made no mention of alana. instead, they thanked those who searched for her and said the cope family is devastated by the loss of our beloved sandra. all of us will miss sandra's beautiful givinging spirit. today i check t with the coroner. he is not releasing sandra cope's cause of death also citing this sensitive investigation. police are only calling randy alana a person of interest and not a suspect. however, we are continuing to gather more information about him and we're putting that together for 6:00. live in oakland, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> members of the federal defender office for sandra where an investigator issued a statement today saying they are heart-broken. its in partisan doctor was a compassionate, intelligent, thorough investigateor. a devoted single mother and friend to her coworkers. she dedicated her work and her life to looking for the best in people. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the new eastern span of the bay bridge. this is a live look at where that project stands right now.

police arrested this man, 56- year-old randy alana, on an unrelated parole violation. but at this point he hasn't been charged in coke's death. alana reportedly dated coke 20 years ago and he was seen with her on the night she disappeared. >> what we will say at this time is that randy alana is still considered a person of interest. >> reporter: in a statement, the coke family says, "the coke family is devastated by the loss of our beloved sandra. she was a loving mother, daughter, sister and auntie, and a shining light in our family. her good cheer, easy laugh and generous hugs will be missed" > it's a sad thing. >> reporter: coke's neighbor ernestine pittman was sat to learn the news. >> she was a good person. and i just don't understand what's going on. >> reporter: and darrell cross has this wish for coke. >> all i can say is rest in peace. that's all i can say, rest in peace. >> reporter: sandra coke worked as an investigator with the federal defender's office in sacramento. this afternoon, that office released a statement calling her a loved and respected coworke

and police say that it's important to note that no charges have been filed against alana in this case. reporting live near vacaville, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> now to the south bay. there are signs of trouble. neighbors say it's a shock but not exactly a surprise. sunnyvale police found a woman's dead body inside of a home following a tense standoff. nbc has more from sunnyvale with this story. george? >> reporter: you're right. neighbors say they're not surprised this happened. for years they say yelling and screaming were the norm coming from this home. >> i knew if there was going to be shots fired they were going to be shooting to kill. they weren't just going to be injuring them. >> reporter: neighbor ryan noon had a feeling this wasn't going to end well when sunnyvale police officers kept calling for a man to come out of a house for two hours and got no response. >> we pretty much assumed that he wasn't going to come out. that things would get violent. we had kind of surmised that he was trying to do a police suicide. seems like that's pretty much wha

alana was acquitted of murder in the 1980s. but while awaiting trial he was charged in the death of another inmate and pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. he also has prior convictions for kidnapping and rape and served time for robbery. the 56-year-old alana is being held at santa rita jail on a parol violation. >>> continuing coverage of the b.a.r.t. negotiations. some fear that the governor's move may be delaying the inevitable. >> reporter: a quick update a few minutes ago i got off the phone with b.a.r.t. and the union. they're still in here negotiating, but sound like they might be wrapping up for the night shortly with very little progress. as for the governor's request. he may be using his only trump card. he can intervene just once and if there isn't a deal by sunday. he plans to go to the court and ask for a stoppage of any possible strike. for b.a.r.t. riders tonight there's relief. >> i'm glad he did that. i'm glad the governor stepped in and did that. i am. i really am. >> reporter: warren johnson using b.a.r

tonight we're learning more about alana's violent past. not only is he a high-risk sex offender convicted of kidnapping and rape, he was also charged with two murders in the 80s. according to court documents, one alleged victim was found with a claw hammer protruding from the back of her head. while the jury deadlocked on that case, he later pled guilty to manslaughter in the killing of a fellow jail inmate. >> what we will say at this time is that randy alana is still considering a person of interest. >> reporter: meanwhile, friends, family and neighbors are trying to deal with the reality, coke's not coming home. >> i just can't believe it. she's a nice person. took care of her place, her kids, friendly. >> reporter: her family issued a statement saying "the coke family is devastated by the loss of our beloved sandra. she was a loving mother, daughter, sister and aunty and a shining light in our family." coke's co-workers also released a statement today saying she dedicated her life to looking for the best in people, even when those peop

it is randy alana, behind bars. sources tell us that alana had a relationship with coke more than 20 years ago. we understand he recently came back into town, and she was trying to help him turn his life around. reporting live in berkeley, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, jodi. >>> we're also following developing news out of san jose tonight. police have arrested a man for a shooting saturday that left a san jose state university student dead. investigators say an officer arrested 23-year-old johnny lozano for violating his parole by carrying a loaded weapon. after officer checked the description of the shooter in saturday's murder this, man was charged for that killing. 19-year-old nursing student kimberly chico was shot to death while in the passenger seat of a car in downtown san jose early saturday morning. she was planning to return to classes later this month. her killing marks san jose's 30th homicide of the year. >>> it's been a tense day in the quiet suburbs of sunnyvale. a neighborhood was