flores killed smart while attempting to rape her in his dorm at cal poly san luis obispo. his father was accused of helping barry smart under the deck of their home. he was tried as an accessory to the murder by a separate jury and acquitted. smart spotty has never been found. her father spoke for the family today. >> without kristen, there is no joy or happiness in this verdict. after 26 years with today's split verdicts, we learned that our quest for justice for kristin will continue. dan: paul flores is set to be sentenced in december and faces 25 years to life in prison. in a new interview, san francisco mayor london breed is calling out elon musk and sales force ceo. may your breed spoke to bloomberg about the city's economy and she says she's had conversations about how his flexible work policies are affecting the city. salesforce is the city's largest private employer. mayor breed notes that the contributions to schools and other causes are terrific but says it's a real problem that the tower is empty with so many people working from home. she's also calling elon mu

say he killed the 19 year old while attempting to rape her in his dorm room at cal poly, san luis obispoer rubin was accused of helping very smart's body, which has never been found. he was charged as an accessory and acquitted today. paul flores is scheduled to be sentenced in december and faces 25 years to life in prison coming up vice president. kamala harris is back in the bay area this evening. we'll take a look at what she's doing here after the okay care coalition, alaska airlines is still frontrunner for most caring airline. funshine bear, you did some of your own research, right? i sure did. ♪ according to the web, their program's number one, ♪ ♪ earning alaska miles is quicker and more fun! ♪ cute! ooh, that was wonderful, sweetie! oh, oh, oh, i have a song about their cheese plates. ♪ cheese please! cheese please! cheese please! cheese please! ♪ uh- it's time for lunch. aw... ♪ ♪ aw... kamala harris is in the bay area. she just wrapped up a discussion on climate change and climate action at the cowell theater at fort mason in san francisco. the vice president will attend a sec

flores killed smart while attempting to rape her in his dorm at cal poly san luis obispo. his father was accused of helping barry smart under the deck of their home. he was tried as an accessory to the murder by a separate jury and acquitted. smart spotty has never been found. her father spoke for the family today. >> without kristen, there is no joy or happiness in this verdict. after 26 years with today's split verdicts, we learned that our quest for justice for kristin will continue. dan: paul flores is set to be sentenced in december and faces 25 years to life in prison. in a new interview, san francisco mayor london breed is calling out elon musk and sales force ceo. may your breed spoke to bloomberg about the city's economy and she says she's had conversations about how his flexible work policies are affecting the city. salesforce is the city's largest private employer. mayor breed notes that the contributions to schools and other causes are terrific but says it's a real problem that the tower is empty with so many people working from home. she's also calling elon mu

prosecutors say paul flores killed the cal poly san luis obispo student in 1996.his father was also tried accused of being an accomplice. the court has said if and when verdicts are reached for both men it will be announced back to back. paul flores faces a sentence of 25 years to life, his father could receive a three-year sentence. >>> happening today the suspect accused of kidnapping and killing four members of a central valley family last week expected to be arraigned today, jesus manuel salgado faces four counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances. he is also being charged with arson and possession of a firearm by prohibitive person. the victims including an 8 month old girl were taken against their will from the family's trucking company last monday. their bodies were later discovered in a rural part of merced county. if convicted salgado faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. >>> decision 2022 oakland voters have an important decision to make regarding the future of campaign finance. measure w is called the fair elections act.

paul flores is accused of killing smart back in 1996 when they were students at cal poly san luis obispo. their fates are up to two juries, one for paul flores and one for ruben flores. the trial was moved to salinas over concerns the two might not get a fair trial in san luis obispo. elizabeth holmes was granted a limited hearing on efforts to get a new trial. the hearing is set for october 17, the day holmes was originally scheduled tore sentenced. the hearing will determine if the government engaged in misconduct with ex-tharanos lab director's examination during elizabeth holmes' trial. this means holmes' sentencing will be pushed to a later date possibly between november and january. >> tech companies after all sizes are looking to trim or cut some work force. some expert says the companies are preparing for the worse. >> zack fuentes has a look at what could be ahead. >> it's been a rough few weeks for many tech workers. companies like tulio and docusign are said to be reducing its work force. meta will be reduce big not filling empty positions. >> i learned my lesson, always have

hear more closing arguments tomorrow and the trial of paul flores, a former classmate of cal poly san luis obispodent. kristin smart. and the man accused of killing her flores was the last known person to have been with the 19 year-old before she disappeared. back in 1996 prosecutors allege flores killed smart in his dorm room while trying to rape her. tomorrow's closing arguments will be for his father. ruben flores. he is accused of helping his son hide smart's body. her remains have never been found. on the peninsula. palo alto police say they're investigating an assault as a hate crime. >> the victim, a black man in his 30's says he was riding his bike when the suspect drove up to him, called him racial slurs. spat on him. and then intentionally collided with him. this all happened on eastbound university avenue at webster street on thursday. the victim described the suspect as a white male in his 30's with blond hair. he was seen driving a silver toyota truck. police will distribute a sketch as soon as one is available. the victim says he suffered a minor injury to one of his legs and his bi

smart was studying at cal poly san luis obispo and she vanished. her body has never been found. >> now, 26 years later, there's some justice for kristin smart. paul flores said his father, ruben flores, were charged last year in connection to the killing of 19 year-old kristin smart. it happened in 1996 today. the son paul was found guilty. ruben flores, the father not guilty. separate juries reporter's phone glass has the details. >> paul flores has been found guilty of first-degree murder while his father ruben flores, was found not guilty for the charge of accessory after the fact paul flores was a former classmate of smart. the teen went missing after walking home from a party. a california poly tech state university. paul flores was the last person known to be seen with fellow freshman. kristen smart. 26 years ago after walking her home from a party flores allegedly raped and killed the 19 year-old student and his father. ruben flores was accused of disposing her body. smart's body was never found, but interest in the case was renewed years la

her and prosecutors say he killed smart while attempting to rape her in his dorm room at cal poly san luis obispo prosecutors. say ruben flores helped his son bury the body under the deck of their home. kristen smart's father spoke for the family today, thanking investigators and the juries after 26 years with today's split verdicts we learned that our quest for justice for kristen will continue. this has been agonizingly long journey with more downs than ups. paul flores is scheduled to be sentenced in december. he faces 25 years to life in prison live in the newsroom karina nova abc 7 news karina. thank you. we use the abc 7 news app to send out alerts as soon as we heard that the jury had reached verdict in this case download the app now so that you'll know when news breaks immediately. you can customize it for topics and places that you are most interested in. longest mental health care worker strike in us history is coming to an end today a tentative agreement was reached between kaiser permanente and the national union of healthcare workers. all of this comes after more than 2,000 mental he

paul flores is accused of killing christians smart at cal poly in san luis obispo back in 1996. his father, ruben, is charged with helping to hide the body. the ruben flores verdict will not be ready until a separate jury reaches a separate verdict for paul flores. that jury is still deliberating. the pre trial hearing for former mixed martial arts spider cain velasquez has been rescheduled now to november. 7th that hearing was supposed to start today. but the defendant's lawyer said they needed more time to review evidence. new evidence in this case, the 40 year old former ufc heavyweight champion, faces an attempted murder charge after he allegedly shot at a man accused of molesting his four year old son. six. oakland's largest homeless encampment is one step closer to being cleared. and closed. caltrans agreed to give homeless advocates extra time to remove the tiny homes. what's known as the cob on wood village today was deadline day, and advocates say they spent all weekend working to prepare for the move. they rented a trailer and large forklift to relocate the homes onto

smart disappeared from the cal poly campus in san luis obispo in 1996, her body has never been found. prosecutors argue that paul flores killed the 19 year-old during an attempted rape. he was the last person seen with her as he walked her home from an off-campus party. his father was accused of helping bury her body behind his home nearby. and later moving the remains after decades of investigating the father and son were arrested last year. and now paul flores faces 25 years to life. he's expected to be sentenced in december. the san luis county district attorney will be holding a news conference to talk about these verdicts at 4 o'clock or this afternoon. that's about one hour from now. we will carry that for you live on our streaming service kron on. now to the south bay where police in san jose say someone shot paintballs at willow. glen middle school kron four's charles clifford has the latest. >> well, here in san jose would appear that someone has been driving around the willow glen neighborhood recently firing paint at people and buildings. and on monday, they may have attack

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smart attended cal-poly san luis obispo. her body has never been found. kristin smart, there's no evidence of a murder. 6:05. president biden heads to southwest florida to meet with victims of hurricane ian. >> he's expected to tour some of the devastation with local leaders including governor ron desantis. the pair have bumped heads with issues. "today in the bay's" brie jackson is live this morning. pretty much everyone saying this is a time to push those politics aside. >> reporter: good morning, marcus, laura. that's what these two are doing. they do not see eye to eye on many political issues, but president biden and governor desantis are coming together in an effort to help florida recover. desantis has praised the biden administration for declaring an emergency even before ian made landfall. a week after hurricane ian tore through florida, floodwaters continued to rise. floridians are getting a closer look at what's left of their homes. >> this is everything we've worked our whole lives for and it's gone. in a flash. it's sad. >> reporter: presiden

later this morning will resume deliberating the fate of paul flores, accused of murdering cal poly san luis obispo student kristin smart. the jury deciding the case against his father, ruben flores, came back with a verdict yesterday. that is on hold until a verdict is reached in both cases at which time each will be read back-to-back. ruben flores is being charged with being an accessory to that murder. >>> decision 2022 and the first for california voters on the november ballot. voters three weeks from today will decide an abortion-remted constitutional amendment. proposition 1 would make california the first state with a constitutional provision specifically protecting abortion. as "today in the bay's" ginger conejero saab explains, that measure would also alter reproductive rights in other ways. >> reporter: reproductive rates are covered under the state's reproductive privacy act which says everyone has a fundamental right to privacy including the right to contraception and abortion up to the point of viability. the very premise of the state's protection is covered under privacy. the same int

people from san luis obispo county, who told me they feel like they've been waiting more than two decades for this verdict. they feel that justice has finally been served. i went to cal poly, and this was a huge story then and continued to be a massive effort to find kristin smart. tonight, san luis obispo county sheriff is vowing to continue to look for her. in salinas, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> coming up, we're going to break down this verdict, why the two juries came up with two different verdicts with our legal expert. >>> still to come, more tech companies announcing layoffs, but there's one sector that's hiring in the bay area. >>> and what is the deal with those new express lanes on 101? we're going to break down everything from how the price surging works to what happens if >>> welcome back. we want to take this time to break down the verdict in the kristin smart case. joining us is paula canny, a defense attorney and legal analyst. she's been watching this case very carefully. paula, thanks for being with us. are you there? let's start with the verdict. the cases were tried together, two different juries hearing the same evidence. paul convicted of ki