in san jose, david lui, abc7 news. >>> and a special tribute to fallen soldiers at golden state national cemetery. hundreds of people attended the memorial day celebration in san bruno. 50 years ago he died fighting for the u.s. in vietnam. >> he was here and they drafted him. he didn't have to really go. but he wanted to go, because he believed in this country, to defend the country. so he went happily to go to the military. >> the ceremony also honored those who fought in world war i. this is the unitedstates's 100th year of entry in america's first world war. >>> amused some and acngered others. meet the artists who made statements. >>> sports director larry behl will have highlights and reaction from today's bench clearing brawl. >> it's a bit windy, cooler than average for this time of year, but a warmup just in time for the first day of jucne. >>> i'm happy my wife is alive, that's the only thing i needed. >> he is a hero, not only in the years of his wife, but also in the eyes of these deputies. . >>> president trump laid a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier today. >> we ca

in san jose, david lui, abc7 news. >>> and a special tribute to fallen soldiers at golden state national cemetery. hundreds of people attended the memorial day celebration in san bruno. 50 years ago he died fighting for the u.s. in vietnam. >> he was here and they drafted him. he didn't have to really go. but he wanted to go, because he believed in this country, to defend the country. so he went happily to go to the military. >> the ceremony also honored those who fought in world war i. this is the unitedstates's 100th year of entry in america's first world war. >>> amused some and acngered others. meet the artists who made statements. >>> sports director larry behl will have highlights and reaction from today's bench clearing brawl. >> it's a bit windy, cooler than average for this time of year, but a warmup just in time for the first day of jucne. >>> i'm happy my wife is alive, that's the only thing i needed. >> he is a hero, not only in the years of his wife, but also in the eyes of these deputies. . >>> president trump laid a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier today. >> we ca

abc7 news reporter david lui explains why the council may accelerate enactment. >> reporter: you seeants and their supporters rallying outside today. tomorrow it will be small property owners from the opponents side. lobbying the san jose city coun counsel that will bar no cause evictions. >> if i do not find a place to live at the etched of the 60 days, i will be forced to move my belonging to a storage unit. >> reporter: the city's adding an emergency ordinance to its agenda tomorrow after learning of a flurry of no cause evict n evictions to beat enactment of the law. >> we had a tennant that we did everything right to make sure that he didn't pay rent for six months and totally trashed the unit and caused harm to the surrounding neighbors. this is what i'm talking about. >> a councilmember says he has no idea how the vote will go. >> i don't know how the vote will go tomorrow. we wouldn't be discussing this issue if we didn't think there was a reason. >> eight votes are required to pass an emergency ordinance to stop no cause evictions immediately. in san jose, david lui, abc7 ne

in san jose, david lui, abc7 news. >> antonin garcia torres was also found guilty of kidnapping three women from parking lots three years before sierra disappeared. >> evidence of previous crimes can only be brought in if the previous crimes are very, very similar to the current crime. and this is often where we're looking for features of committing the crime, the method of committing the crime that look like a calling card, where it's very obvious to the same person did these crimes. >> sierra lamar spent most of her childhood in freemont, moving to morgan hill just a few months before he was abducted. she attended washington high school where there's now a bench dead indicated to her memory. >> just the group that were sierra's friends, we have all definitely learned in this. it's turned us into a family, if anything, with her family as well. >> she was definitely brave, just by her presence in a room. >> like sierra's family, her friends are hoping for true closure in learning where her body is. >> the case captivated the san jose community, many people who helped search for sierra

abc7 news reporter david lui explains why the council may accelerate enactment. >> reporter: you seeir supporters rallying outside today. tomorrow it will be small property owners from the opponents side. lobbying the san jose city coun counsel that will bar no cause evictions. >> if i do not find a place to live at the etched of the 60 days, i will be forced to move my belonging to a storage unit. >> reporter: the city's adding an emergency ordinance to its agenda tomorrow after learning of a flurry of no cause evict n evictions to beat enactment of the law. >> we had a tennant that we did everything right to make sure that he didn't pay rent for six months and totally trashed the unit and caused harm to the surrounding neighbors. this is what i'm talking about. >> a councilmember says he has no idea how the vote will go. >> i don't know how the vote will go tomorrow. we wouldn't be discussing this issue if we didn't think there was a reason. >> eight votes are required to pass an emergency ordinance to stop no cause evictions immediately. in san jose, david lui, abc7 news. >>> and

. >> abc7 news reporter david lui has been at the courthouse all day. >> reporter: in a matter of days, a jury at this courthouse will decide whether or not antonin garcia torres is guilty or not of killing sierra lamar, even though sierra disappeared five years ago, jurors were reaching for tissues as they heard the details of 24 troubling case. this is the last time for the prosecutor and the defense attorneys to convince the jury of antonin garcia torres' innocence or guilt. the evidence is based on circumstance because sierra lamar's body has not been found. sierra's father steve maintained a daily presence in court, her mother marlene took the witness stand early in the trial. in court they sat just a few feet from the man accused of killing sierra separated by just a few feet. >> they know this is the highest stakes case we have in our society, it's a big burden on this skrur. >> reporter: the jury of six women and six men ais expected o given deliberations on friday. >> ultimately everybody would like to have the same result and that is justice for sierra and also the return of

in san jose, david lui, abc7 news. >> antonin garcia torres was also found guilty of kidnapping three women from parking lots three years before sierra disappeared. >> evidence of previous crimes can only be brought in if the previous crimes are very, very similar to the current crime. and this is often where we're looking for features of committing the crime, the method of committing the crime that look like a calling card, where it's very obvious to you that the same person did these crimes. >> sierra lamar spent most of her childhood in freemont, moving to morgan hill just a few months before he was abducted. she attended washington high school where there's now a bench dead indicated to her memory. >> just the group that were sierra's friends, we have all definitely learned in this. it's turned us into a family, if anything, with her family as well. >> she was definitely brave, just by her presence in a room. >> like sierra's family, her friends are hoping for true closure in learning where her body is. >> the case captivated the san jose community, many people who helped search f

. >> abc7 news reporter david lui has been at the courthouse all day. >> reporter: in a matter of days jury at this courthouse will decide whether or not antonin garcia torres is guilty or not of killing sierra lamar, even though sierra disappeared five years ago, jurors were reaching for tissues as they heard the details of 24 troubling case. this is the last time for the prosecutor and the defense attorneys to convince the jury of antonin garcia torres' innocence or guilt. the evidence is based on circumstance because sierra lamar's body has not been found. sierra's father steve maintained a daily presence in court, her mother marlene took the witness stand early in the trial. in court they sat just a few

david lui is live keeping a watch on that and other concerns. david? >> reporter: this is what everybody was concerned about, the gridlock is on great america park way right now, of concert goers getting into to see the concert starting at 7:30. the city does have a 10:00 p.m. curfew, but the penalty doesn't seem to be stiff enough to deter u2 from stopping early. for some fans, this might be their first time at levi statement, so parking lots opened at 2:00. the city's live cameras provided drivers with real-time traffic on the web to warn against congestion, and after the experience of super bowl 50, vta will have volunteer ambassadors to guide riders during transit. a city code says nonfootball events must be over by 10:00 p.m. week nights, when u2 did a sound check and rehearsal last night, they were done by 10:00 but in front of a live crowd, they could go longer. >> any time there's base music, you can feel it, you can't drown out that sound, but you can feel. and my dogs feel that. so now they're barking, waking up the baish. >> reporter: there'

abc7 news reporter david lui is live to describe what happened. >> reporter: if you have ever done abathroom or kitchen remodel, the last thing you want are surprise expenses. you can see from sky 7 what a big project it is. hundreds of homes and commercial buildings es lie in a flood proe zone. >> if the area is flooded and passengers can't get access to our station, that affects the service. >> reporter: however the two partners in the project, the army corps of engineers and the valley water district have now added some new conditions to offset environmental harm. the valley water district says restoring wet lands or creeks could cost an additional $50 million. the corps of engineers calls the project a dinosaur because it uses stones that aren't environmentally friendly. >> this is a project that's been on the books that we're trying to finish up. >> reporter: the new mitigation measures proposed last month surprised the water district. >> there was a statement they would consider in the future whether compensatory legislation was involved. they said it was not a requirement and

david lui is live keeping a watch on that and other concerns. david? >> reporter: this is what everybody was concerned about, the gridlock is on great america park way right now, of concert goers getting into to see the concert starting at 7:30. the city does have a 10:00 p.m. curfew, but the penalty doesn't seem to be stiff enough to deter u2 from stopping early. for some fans, this might be their first time at levi statement, so parking lots opened at 2:00. the city's live cameras provided drivers with real-time traffic on the web to warn against congestion, and after the experience of super bowl 50, vta will have volunteer ambassadors to guide riders during transit. a city code says nonfootball events must be over by 10:00 p.m. week nights, when u2 did a sound check and rehearsal last night, they were done by 10:00 but in front of a live crowd, they could go longer. >> any time there's base music, you can feel it, you can't drown out that sound, but you can feel. and my dogs feel that. so now they're barking, waking up the baish. >> reporter: there'

. >> abc news reporter david lui takes a look at how this will all play out starting tomorrow. >> reporterattle begins in the morning, once again pitting the prosecution against the defense, the only issue is whether or not antonin garcia torres will get the death pejity for the murder of 18-year-old sierra lamar. witness impact statements telling the jurors how sierra's death has himpacted the them. they will allow several videos and photos of her. there will be a mental evaluation of garcia. exposure to mercury may also be argued. they may also show a 21-minute video of garcia torres at a family birthday party. the family have been appealing to the jury's sympathy. >> at the same time they have said that sierra is out there and could still be alive, now the jury rejected that, and now garcia knows where lamar is. >> reporter: the opposing size filed duelling motions. the judge will have to decide on those matters in order to allow the jury to decide whether antonin garcia torres gets life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty. >> and as we enter this penalty ph

abc7 news reporter david lui is live to describe what happened. >> reporter: if you have ever done a bathroom or kitchen remodel, the last thing you want are surprise expenses. you can see from sky 7 what a big project it is. hundreds of homes and commercial buildings es lie in aie in aie i zone. >> if the area is flooded and passengers can't get access to our station, that affects the service. >> reporter: however the two partners in the project, the army corps of engineers and the valley water district have now added some new conditions to offset environmental harm. the valley water district says restoring wet lands or creeks could cost an additional $50 million. the corps of engineers calls the project a dinosaur because it uses stones that aren't environmentally friendly. >> this is a project that's been on the books that we're trying to finish up. >> reporter: the new mitigation measures proposed last month surprised the water district. >> there was a statement they would consider in theeee whether compensatory legislation was involved. they said it was not a requirement and wou

. >> abc news reporter david lui takes a look at how this will all play out starting tomorrow. >> reporterthe battle begins in the morning, once again pitting the prosecution against the defense, the only issue is whether or not antonin garcia torres will get the death pejity for the murder of 18-year-old sierra lamar. witness impact statements telling the jurors how sierra's death has himpacted the them. they will allow several videos and photos of there will be a mental evaluation of garcia. exposure to mercury may also be argued. they may also show a 21-minute video of garcia torres at a family birthday party. the family have been appealing to the jury's sympathy. >> at the same time they have said that sierra is out there and could still be alive, now the jury rejected that, and now garcia knows where lamar is. >> reporter: the opposing size filed duelling motions. the judge will have to decide on those matters in order to allow the jury to decide whether antonin garcia torres gets life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty. >> and as we enter this penalty ph

david lui is live at the san jose courthouse tonight. >> garcia torres never took the stand as indicated going to be facing a jury trial in terms of a possible life sentence, or possibly the death penalty if the jury finds him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. he never took the stand in his own defense. that means the jury is going to need to rely on dna evidence as well as witness testimony from people who did take the stand. the jury has been listening to one expert witness after another discussing dna evidence and learning about the digital trail sierra lamar left on her lap top before leaving for school on march 16, 2012, they never heard that her body had been found, but it's a murder case based on circumstantial evidence. angelo torres may face the death penalty depending on what the jury decides. michael kent, the former prosecutor says closing arguments by the prosecutor and the defense will be important. >> what the prosecution is going to say is when you look at this mountain of evidence, that there's no other rational explanation, then mr. garcia torres kidnapped and killed si

. >> in san jose, david lui, abc7 news. >> nice day to be building out there, but not too hot when you'red like. >> as long as the stuff doesn't get blown away. >> i was out walking and i literally had to grab hold of a stationary object. the wind was that strong. here's a live look from doppler 7, we have mostly clear bright skies, but we have more than a few clouds. as i mentioned, the wind advisory is in effect for most 09 bay area until 9:00 tomorrow night. it's mainly for the coast and the bay and the hills. the valley won't feel quite the wind that the bay area will field. but gusts up to who miles an hour at times. in addition to that, an airport weather -- gusts may exceed 60-mile-per-hour in some of the bay area airports. right now we're looking at gusts ranging from 30-mile-per-hour at fairfield, to 41 at sfo, 29 miles an hour at half moon bay. it's just wind across all of the area. 24-hour temperature range is interesting also. it is 9 degrees roller in concord, 15 degrees cooler in antioch, this is new from our east bay hills camera, loose at the western sky, it's bright, but

. >> reporter: in san jose, david lui, abc7 news. >> and when the jury's verdict is announced, we'll have it on our app. >>> a truck that suddenly swerved into oncoming traffic caused a four-vehicle crash in the east bay. police say that truck hit a blue jeep and a silver car head on. the driver of the white monte carlo had nowhere to go, and ended up underneath the truck. investigators say the truck driver was not drunk and not texting, and it's unclear why he left his lane of traffic. >>> the man who killed seven people in oakland in 2012, will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. juan goh pleaded no contest to attempted murder today. last week he was found memory competent to stand trial. his attorney says goh doesn't want to avoid responsibility for the crimes. >> for a long time he wanted to receive the death penalty in this case and that was in some part a deep confession of his guilt. he wants to tell the survivors and the family that he's deeply, deeply sorry about the didn't. >>> there are no homes there, but the owner texted occasionally today, he found several cars

david lui is in san jose where an outreach program to let people know about the danger. >> reporter: usually tracks are behind fences, that making it hard for anyone to come in contact with the rail. but the agency with the b.a.r.t. extension, is taking no chances, and getting the word out that anyone making contact with that rail could end up in a deadly situation. vta, the agency in charge of the project has reached another milestone, it had energized the third rail that powers the train. community outreach teams have started visiting 30,000 house holds to warn people to be careful. >> people around here aren't necessarily used to having ground based electric track, if someone thinks that they can walk down a train track just because there's not a train coming, which they're not supposed to do anyway, in this case it's energized which can be very dangerous. >> reporter: contact is also being made directly with residents to explain how dangerous coming into contact with that third rail is. >> we want everybody to know there are 1,000 volts going through that rail and we need people

. >> in san jose, david lui, abc7 news. >> nice day to be building out there, but not too hot when you're working hard like. >> as long as the stuff doesn't get blown away. >> i was out walking and i literally had to grab hold of a stationary object. the wind was that strong. here's a live look from doppler 7, we have mostly clear bright skies, but we have more than a few clouds. as i mentioned, the wind advisory is in effect for most 09 bay area until 9:00 tomorrow night. it's mainly for the coast and the bay and the hills. the valley won't feel quite the wind that the bay area will field. but gusts up to who miles an hour at times. in addition to that, an airport weather -- gusts may exceed 60-mile-per-hour in some of the bay area airports. right now we're looking at gusts ranging from 30-mile-per-hour at fairfield, to 41 at sfo, 29 miles an hour at half moon bay. it's just wind across all of the area. 24-hour temperature range is interesting also. it is 9 degrees roller in concord, 15 degrees cooler in antioch, this is new from our east bay hills camera, loose at the western sky, it's

david lui is in san jose where an outreach program to let people know about the danger. >> reporter: usually tracks are behind fences, that making it hard for anyone to come in contact with the rail. but the agency with the b.a.r.t. extension, is taking no chances, and getting the word out that anyone making contact with that rail could end up in a deadly situation. vta, the agency in charge of the project has reached another milestone, it had energized the third rail that powers the train. community outreach teams have started visiting 30,000 house holds to warn people to be careful. >> people around here aren't necessarily used to having ground based electric track, if someone thinks that they can walk down a train track just because there's not a train coming, which they're not supposed to do anyway, in this case it's energized which can be very dangerous. >> reporter: contact is also being made directly with residents to explain how dangerous coming into contact with that third rail is. >> we want everybody to know there are 1,000 volts going through that rail and we need people

david lui is live at the san jose courthouse tonight. >> garcia torres never took the stand as indicated, he also is going to be facing a jury trial in terms of a possible life sentence, or possibly the death penalty if the jury finds him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. he never took the stand in his own defense. that means the jury is going to need to rely on dna evidence as well as witness testimony from people who did take the stand. the jury has been listening to one expert witness after another discussing dna evidence and learning about the digital trail sierra lamar left on her lap top before leaving for school on march 16, 2012, they never heard that her body had been found, but it's a murder case based on circumstantial evidence. angelo torres may face the death penalty depending on what the jury decides. michael kent, the former prosecutor says closing arguments by the prosecutor and the defense will be important. >> what the prosecution is going to say is when you look at this mountain of evidence, that there's no other rational explanation, then mr. garcia torres kidnapped a

in san jose, david lui, abc 7 news. >> happening today, south bay residents impacted be i the devastatingl get a chance to find some relief. coyote creek caused several million dollars worth of damage. today the county is hosting a flood and wellness fair for flood victims. >>> this is a live look at arity officials say work should be done june 5th. the runway is expected to reopen tomorrow at noon. >> so if you fly to l.a., plan on confusion. 21 airlines are switching terminals at slaejs international airport. delta is the big reason for the switch. it is upgrading and modernizes term fams. passengers are being told to check in online, print or download tear boarding passes and get to the airport extra early. >> abandon getting there early. >> we recommend you pitch a tent overnight we get here to make your flight. >> it is the biggest airline relocation in lax history t. move is expected to be finished by wednesday morning. >>> still ahead on abc 7 morning, we are taking a live look at what was once a passive five-alarm fire in oakland. this is a live look from our emeryville camera. fi

david lui has more on the outreach campaign to alert people of the danger. >> reporter: anticipationrvice in san jose could be operating by the end of the year. the agency in charm of the project reached another milestone. it energized the third rails. outreach teams have started visiting 30,000 households to warn people to be careful. >> people aren't necessarily used to having ground-based electrified tracks. these are the 91st in santa clara county. if someone thinks they can walk on a train track because the train is not coming, which they're not supposed to do anyway, in this case this track is electrified and it's very dangerous. >> flyers in different languages are being left at front doors. contact is directing residents to explain how coming into contact with that third rail is. >> there are a thousand volts going through that rail. we need people to stay out of the right of way. >> bta has people being alerted. targeting are schools, businesses and the homeless. san jose residents appreciates what bta is doing. >> people know how it is supposed to be over there leak if you

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