a contra costa county search- and-rescue team found the body around 2 p.m. this afternoon in this remote area. it didn't take them long. crime scene investigators have taken over and are now gathering evidence. >> the body is female. we are waiting additional confirmation on the identity. >> reporter: oakland police say they developed information late this morning that led their search for sandra coke south of vacaville. >> it was an area that was specific in our search's scope. >> reporter: investigators would not say who led them here. they have detained and questioned this man, randy alana a few days ago and called him a person of interest. 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 freewa

contra costa county search-and- rescue team were deployed while we were at the location and there werethree teens -- teams cutting the church. >> reporter: the suspect is still in parole violation. they won't say what led them to this

it was a contra costa county search and rescue team that found the body. this is oakland police lieutenant henderson jordan. >> we can confirm a body has been located. the body is a female. we are waiting official confirmation on identity of the body. >> so that is a grim announcement made today. the area where the body was found we're being kept away while the crime scene investigators process evidence and try to identify that body so at this moment just waiting for police to tell us the identity of that body. but i'm afraid it seems rather ominous. vic lee abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> we have new developments in the search for a missing girl from san diego county. investigators say a car belonging to suspected kidnapper james dimaggio has been found in idaho. horse back riders say they saw two people resembling demath crow and hannah anderson in the wilderness wednesday. the two kiss appeared after the body of hannah's mother and unidentified boy were found -- body. the body might long to 8-year-old ethan. >> information is that we believe this was a pla

contra costa county search-and- rescue team were deployed while we were at the location and there were two, three teens -- teams cutting the church. >> reporter: the suspect is still in parole violation. they won't say what led them to this area. >> it's an ongoing investigation, evolving quickly now. things have happened. a body is located. >> reporter: back live to news chopper 2 on the crime scene and we have not been able to connect with his sister who is in town searching for her, although coworkers of sandra did tell ktvu they remain hopeful and didn't want to comment further until the body has been identified. the solano county coroner's office is in charge of getting that positive identification. live in solano county, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >> for details on how the so much for sandra coke evolved, she was last seen -- last seen at her home at 8:30 sunday night. on monday night, her car was found two miles away and her cell phones, one in north oakland and another in richmond. they held a massive search for her behind six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo. this aft

east on 80 to vacaville's lagoon valley park, a new command center and a new search, but one that didn't last long. >> contra costa county sheriff's office search-and- rescue team was deployed while still at the vallejo location. there were two or three teams that responded to this area and began a search. shortly after, they began their search, they did, in fact, locate the body of the female. >> reporter: police say coke's former boyfriend and convicted kidnapper and rapist remains in custody on a parole violation and is a person of interest in the sandra coke case. the detectives won't say if it was alana who led them to this area in vacaville where a woman was found dead. >> we're waiting official confirmation on the identity of the body and after that, the next process will be to notify the next of kin. >> reporter: i left sandra coke's sister tanya's couple of messages. my calls were not returned. coworkers told ktvu they remain hopeful and don't want to comment further until the body has been identified. the solano county coroner's office will be the agency to do that identification. live in solano county, mike mi

and go out into the darkness to begin searching. this began about 8:30 this evening. the numbers are growing, including people from the sheriff's office, contra costa county, napa county as well as oakland police and the f.b.i. >> at this point it is an above ground search and we are searching as much area as we can. it has just begun. we just deployed, i believe, two or three teams out right now. there is a lot of area to be searched and they are doing it grid style. they want to be thorough. that is where we are at. >> will you go all night? >> that depends on our manager and oakland police department and depends on a couple of things. we will go as long as we need to go or they tell us to stop. >> are you prepared to go in the water? >> at this point we have resources to do that. >> reporter: oakland police have not told us exactly why they are searching this area but we learned the man that opd consider a person of interest also may go by the alias of anthony rigolona. there is an address not far from the fairgrounds for him, ken? >> all right, don kna about pp with the latest, thank you, don. >>> we got the latest word on a possible b.a.r.t strike. the good news

last night i could tell you we had napa county, contra costa county, alameda county and solana county searchof live press conference there. we will be monitoring the situation as it develops for it right now with a quick look at weather and traffic john l. afternoon highs running below where they should be for this time of year but we will see a couple of 80s out there. upper 60s for the east bay shores and the north bay, widespread '70s and the coastal areas, low 60s. we do have a warm up and store. we will look at that closely but for now we will have to george. >>george: we are tracking a couple of no accidents late and the commute that both have the potential to become hot spots. first in hayward. an accident on 880 southbound at a street that is blocking a lan. already slow from to 38. and an accident here on 11 southbound at oyster point. it is backing up traffic in both directions. this one of major concern because there could be as many as six vehicles involved bridge already slow along the candlestick causeway. if you're heading to as a fall to catch a flight, by yourself an extra 1

and all bay area this is abc7 news. >> on this thursday morning, new from contra costa county, the search is on for the man targeting concordusinesses in takeover style robberies. >> he hit two stores last plight and two in the past week. amy hollyfield is ready with the unique description of the robber. >> quite a crime spree according to police. the petted for express behind me was hit last night here in concord. look at what the scene looked like after the robberies. this is the ups store in the vineyard shopping center on clayton road. according to the blog, the pet store was hit first at 6:00, and the ups store at 6:30, a few days ago on saturday, two other stores were robbed here in concord, the beauty supply and the yogurt shack, four stores. it is believed the same man is responsible. he looks homeless, a white man with a bushy gray mustache and he is dirty and police say he is armed and carrying a gun. no arrests have been made and they have not released a picture of the suspect. >> yahoo scores a big win against google google and rebound is ready to roll out a program to bring down the costs of college. we joined

search here after he was arrested and interrogated. around 2:30, bad news. police announced searchers from contra costa county located a body on the east side of i 80 across the highway from the park. >> we can confirm a body has within located. it's a female. we are waiting for confirmation on identity of the body. >> police cordoned off the roadway and started processing the crime scene as they began winding down the search. back live at cherry glenn road. we do not know if the body is police have dwrot tell us. we'll update you as soon as we know. >> vic, thank you. according to a registry alana is considered a high risk offender convicted of rape and kidnapping. in 1983 he was acquitted for the murder of a woman he knew since elementary school but in 1988 pleaded no contest to the jail house killing of a fellow inmate. >> the search for a suspected kidnapper and teen-aged girl from southern california now focuses on idaho thchl comes after james demath yes's car was found in the wilderness near boise. horse back riders say they saw two hikers who resembled dimaggio and hannah anderson. the body of anderso

costa county robberies. two of the robberies happened yesterday within a 15-minute period of each other. this morning police arrested two men and police say a searchf their home linked both men to all four robbery autos the governor center was evacuated today after a substance was found in an envelope. a woman who works in the building found a white powdery substance. part of the building was evacuated for several hours. police investigated. the item determined to be safe and evacuation lifted just before noon all returned to normal. >> san francisco city college got a boost from city attorney dennis herera filing two legal motions. carolyn? >> city attorney wants to the decision rescinded and wants the state to take more responsibility. the city attorney filed suit today in superior court and accjc to try to rescind their sanctions against san francisco city college. >> to join private acredit tores from closing a cherished institution a corner stone of economic opportunity and educational promise for generations of san franciscoins. >> the attorney claims accjc's move amounts to pay back for an ongoing political disagreement over the mission of

and a system out of the north pretty significant cooling trend. >> 8 minutes before 8:00. some disturbing news from contra costa county. searchingsuspect in a heinous attack. the man hunt for a suspect accused of stabbing his girlfriend and their dog. >> plus, gas, car insurance, sales taxes, everything adds up. how much do people pay to own a car compared to other states? >>> 7:55. an 89-year-old woman hurt crashing her car and causing a firy explosion. happened yesterday afternoon at this home. investigators think she stepped on the gas instead of the brake at a nearby stop sign. plowed right into the garage and hit a gas meter which then sparked a fire. >> a lot of loss. a lot of loss. a lot of memories gone. just recently bought a drum set for my daughter. that's now gone. >> a good samaritan came there, pulled the driver out of the car. five children, three adults lived in that house. no one was home at the time of that crash. >> 7:56. a new aaa survey shows more than 80% of americans believe texting or emailing while driving is quote completely unacceptable behavior. but 25% of all-americans or drivers rather admit doing i

costa county robberies. two of the robberies happened yesterday within a 15-minute period of each other. this morning police arrested two men and police say a searchf their home linked both men to all four robbery autos the governor center was evacuated today after a substance was found inlope a woman who works in the building found a white powdery substance. part of the building was evacuated for several hours. police investigated. the item determined to be safe and evacuation lifted just before noon all returned to normal. >> san francisco city college got a boost from city attorney dennis herera filing two legal motions. carolyn? >> city attorney wants to the decision rescinded and wants the state to take more responsibility. the city attorney filed suit today in superior court and accjc to try to rescind their sanctions against san francisco city college. >> to join private acredit tores from closing a cherished institution a corner stone of economic opportunity and educational promise for generations of san franciscoins. >> the attorney claims accjc's move amounts to pay back for an ongoing political disagreement over the mission of the state

and a search in oakland for a missing mother with new clues they are following up on but, first, the night in contra costa countynt one person to the hospital. >> abc7 news starts with breaking news. >> at 5:28 the breaking news is in oakland. >> it involves two people shot and killed inside a home. one of the victims is a one-year-old boy. abc7 news reporter is there with the latest. kira? >> homicide detectives are here now investigating. there family members who here right now understandably distraught. they arrived an hour ago to find out a 20-year old man and his one-year-old baby boy were shot and killed. look at the video from 2:45 this morning right after the shooting happened. the homes back up to this street and the shooters shot into the house from the become of house. this is near 98th avenue in east oakland. the father died here. his one-year-old son died at children's hospital. police canvassing the area right now and they still have no leads and no shooters in custody. reporting in oakland for abc7 news. >> thanks. some mass transit families out there this morning especially on caltrain. leyla gul

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