. >>> there are late developments in the case of a 13-year-old killed in fairfield. here what police are now saying about a suspect. >>> a blizzard back east is causing travel headaches here. >>> new details on the search for a suspected cop killer at noon. >>> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. >>> this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> fairfield police make an arrest in the killing of a 13- year-old girl found strangled one week ago today. >>> good afternoon, i am tori campbell. >>> fairfield police have announced an arrest no the killing of a 13-year-old girl, john elogy conway alespecially found strangled in a park last friday. noel walker joins us live from fairfield where police just held a press conference. noel. >> reporter: tory coming to you live from the chambers where they just ap wrapped up. this is the photo of the suspect, his name is anthony lamar jones, 32 years old from fairfield, he was arrested for that. she was found a week ago today, her naked body found in a park by a passerby. today they released scant details still keeping thi

. >> and new information about a missing teenager, found dead in a fairfield park. what we've learned from police, neighbors, and witnesses. >>> i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken private. we begin tonight with the super bowl bound san francisco 49ers with. one day until the big game, the team appears as ready as ever. players today were surrounded by family and friends as they took to the field in new orleans for one final walk through before kickoff against the baltimore ravens. players are not the only ones getting ready for game day. from the bay area, to new orleans. football fans spent the day finalizing their super bowl plans. we have live team coverage, ktvu alley rasmus tells us how fans in the bay area are preparing but we begin with ken wayne live in the big easy with the last-minute rush to see the big game in person. >> reporter: you can see the giant roman numerals set up here that people can stop by and take pictures of. a lot of people are out here having a good time and enjoying live music going on. not all of these people are going to be able to go to

he is accused of killing genelle conway allen and dumping her naked body in a fairfield park. we have team coverage tonight. joe vazquez is at allan witt park where a vigil is about to start but we begin with da lin outside the suspect's home. da. >> reporter: fbi agents and police officers spent about 10 hours today searching and collecting evidence from his house which is directly behind me. a gray house. they cleared the scene about 40 minutes ago. anthony lamar jones lives here with his wife and teenaged son. fairfield police shut down clipper lane so fbi agents could search for evidence in anthony lamar jones' house. they wouldn't tell us what they were looking for inside. but outside fbi agents interviewed neighbors like manuel garcia to find out what they know about the man suspected of killing 13-year- old genelle conway allen. >> strange and quiet. he didn't say much. >> reporter: that's how neighbors describe him, quiet. jones and his family moved in about a year and a half ago. neighbors tell me his wife works but he appears to be unemployed. >> never seen him worki

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and found dead in fairfield this morning. passerby discovered the girl's naked body in allan witt park at about 6-45 this morning. right now. her death is being investigated as a homicide. kron-4's charles clifford has been in fairfield all day. he joins us live tonight with the very latest. the girl, who's described as a teenager, was reported missing by a guardian thursday afternoon when she didn't come home from school. the suisun city police department spent thursday eveing and friday morning searching for her. around 6:45 friday morning, an officer with the fairfield police department discovered her body lying naked in a parking lot here at allan witt park. fairfield police blocked off a large section of the park and spent most of the day searching the area. they also contacted suisun city police who were able to identify girl as their as of friday evening the girls name and exact age had not been released, pending notification of next of kin. the fairfield police department is now leading are treating this as homicide c

. >> a critical new clue in the murder of a fairfield teenager. police released a surveillance photo minutes before she was last seen. and she has now been identified as 13-year-old janelle conway alan. her body was found at a fairfield park. that's where john olson is live with this new information. john? >> reporter: dan, the shrine behind me has been growing all day and night. a short time ago police said they had not made any arrests, but they would not say whether they were questioning any suspects. they released a chilling piece of evidence. this was the photo taken before her murder. janelle renee conway alan is crossing the street wearing a gray sweater and blue jean leggings while carrying a pink backpack. the image was captured by this surveillance camera near grande circle. it is a few miles from her home in sasoon city and four miles from the alan wit park where her naked body was discovered around sunrise on friday morning. her cousin has been here every day since making sure the candles stay lit while planning for a vigil on friday.

livermore, tri-valley, fairfield, you'll be in the 30's tonight.re's some moisture moving up from the south. it's not going to be perfect sunshine tomorrow. we're just kind of splitting hairs here talking about perfect sunshine or filtered sunshine. tomorrow will be of the filtered variety. you'll have that veil of cloud cover for a good chunk of the day. we will stay mild. we will stay mainly sunny and we will stay mainly dry. high pressure begins to move out next week, allowing low pressure to come down from the gulf of alaska. yes, we'll have showers, but the bigger story will be the cooler temperatures. we'll likely be in the low to mid 50's for highs by the end of next week. filtered sunshine tomorrow. super great weather coming up on sunday. we will have excellent weather to get outside before or after. cooler weather. wetter weather coming but not until this time next week. tomorrow, concord, 62. mid 60's for you in palo alto. mid 60's for union city. mid 60's for walnut creek. fairfield, 63. filtered sunshine for santa rosa. beautiful sunsh

also, new details about a young girl found dead in fairfield.nd the kidnap survivor stepping >>> fairfield police have 15 detectives and three sergeants investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl. her naked body was found in a park early friday morning. a growing memorial of flowers and mementos marks the spot in fairfield's allen witt park where her body was discovered. we have the latest. >> we will try to get back to lisa's story in a moment. but new this morning, texas authorities are confirming murder charges are pending against a 25-year-old man in the shooting deaths of a former navy seal and author chris kyle and another man. both men were found shot to death at a texas gun range outside of dallas last night. suspect was arrested at his home about three hours later. kyle was known as america's deadliest sniper after four tours of duty, including the iraq war. he also wrote the best selling book northwestern sniper and hosted a reality tv show. >>> the white house has released a photo of president obama skeet shooting. the image puts

fairfield fairfieldue in the teenager.ice released a surveillance photo minutes before she was last seen. and she has now been identified as 13-year-old janelle conway alan. her body was found at a fairfield park. that's where john olson is live with this new information. john? >> reporter: dan, the shrine behind me has been growing all day and night. a short time ago police said they had not made any arrests, but they would not say whether they were questioning any suspects. they released a chilling piece of evidence. this was the photo taken conway alan iser. crossing the street wearing a gray sweater and blue jean leggings while carrying a pink backpack. the image was captured by this surveillance camera near grande circle. it is a few miles from her home in sasoon city and four miles from the alan wit park where her naked body was discovered around sunrise o mor. friday morning. her cousin has been here every day since making sure the candles stay lit while planning for a vigil on friday. >> it is an open community thi

fearful, that if she returned to their fairfield home. he would kill her. she states that she pulled into a shopping mall and ran into a safeway where she asked clerks to hide her as she called police for help. based on these graphic instances. a judge ordered a temporary restraining order against jones preventing him from coming 100 feet from his estranged wife. as well as her parents and the couple's dog. terisa estacio, kron 4 news. >> pam: happening right now in newark. a standoff with a bank robbery suspect inside this e-z - eight motel. you're looking at video of the standoff. from our helicopter partnership with abc 7. it started after that suspect and another. entered a bank of the west in fremont. and demanded money. new tonight at 8..kron 4's reggie kumar reports, one suspect has now surrendered. >> reporter: this location is behind me. you can see police are shining a spotlight. where they believe that this suspect is held up. we have just seen a swat team members get closer to the room with weapons but they retreated. the think that this hostage

fairfield 64. the same for oakland. mateo. >> satellite and radar shows cleared dry conditions. warming will caroccur for the next several days. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows warmer weather. temperatures in the upper 60s that is for several communities as we head into thursday and friday. temperatures will cool off as we transition into the weekend. temperatures will still be above the seasonal average. more clouds and the forecast as we start the next work week. looking at the extended models the next opportunity for rain in the bay area falls of around midweek. i'll have more coming up in my next report. >> no hot spots in the traffic center. all lanes have been cleared southbound 80 around 8 street.880 . >> there were delays this morning on the san mateo bridge. we are trouble-free across the span. >> south bound 101 has areas of dense fog drive with extra caution. allow yourself extra time for those of you coming out of marin county. anny. >> anyone traveling to s f o this week and could face de

. >>> we are learning more about a 13-year-old girl found murdered in a fairfield park.onight her family tells joe vazquez that the young teen had a very tough life. >> she had a family, people that loved her. she was loved. we loved her. >> reporter: they asked us not to show her faces on tv because they're afraid of a killer still on the loose. they are family members of a murdered 13-year-old girl who also say that fairfield police asked them not to give out too much information. >> we had a dance contest. there were 20 people. she won hands down. and she had a lot of spirit. >> reporter: the victim's name is listed right here, but she assumed her mother's last name. saying she's been a foster child much of her life, most recently living in vallejo before that. she has endured struggles related to the natural mother, but they didn't want to elaborate. >> she always had a smile on her face and had to keep it real. >> reporter: friends and classmates are heartbroken by the way her life ended. she was last seen getting off the bus stop after school on thursday. her naked

was found in a fairfield park last week.s have released a new photograph of the 13 year old girl. authorities believe that the image of her was captured minutes before she went missing. >> police are investigating a triple homicide that happens in some accounting. if this happened in a house on ross station road, just outside of sebas topol. investigators do not believe that it was a murder-suicide. >> the commute is still getting under way. we do not have any hot spots outside. your quick commute check still shows heavy traffic in the east bay. this is said interstate 580 and highway 4. >> the big mills right now is that the financially struggling u.s. postal service says that it plans to start delivering mail on saturdays, but continues to deliver packages six days a week. in an announcement that is scheduled for later wednesday, the service is expected to say the cut, beginning in august, would mean a cost saving of about $2 billion annually. why just packages? package as a delivery has increased by 14 percent since 2010.

fairfield where the 13-year-old was murdered. the same city she lived with her foster family and where she used to live with her natural mom was in vallejo. josh allen is her birth father. >> what do you want to say to this guy that did that? >> you know, he is going to get what he deserves. >> reporter: 500 people lit candles where her naked body was discovered just one week ago. just a few hours after cops announced an arrest. >> no answer. the big question why. why didn't you leave her alone. and i hope you get what is coming to you. >> jones was identified early on as a suspect in this case. since that time he's been under 24 hour surveillance. no danger to the public. >> reporter: the suspected murderer is a barber by trade. these photos from the social networking site show him hard at work at the crown's barbershop in fairfield. one of the several places surrounded by yellow tape today. the section where he was arrested was also a crime scene. this is where the surveillance camera captured her image moments before being kid

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. >> a live look at fairfield. we're waiting for the district attorney to give us an update on arrests made in the murder of a >>> developing news in fairfield now. the district attorney is giving us an update in the arrest in the murder of a 13-year-old girl. >> deputy district attorney assigned this homicide and investigator aaron dylan. will make no further comment until arraignment on this casetí this coming wednesday. thank you. >> when is the arraignment? >> wednesday. >> trying to turn that around for you just as soon as possible. police do say the man in custody is someone who they had under surveillance up until his arrest today. his name is anthony lamar jones a 32-year-old baurer from from fairfield. >> all that happened there was about a minute long statement. and the prosecutor introduced those involved in the case and apologized to victim families so. a lot of details are still forth coming. we'll keep you postedthon. >> you might remember the young woman who fuse used profanity then flipped off a jud

i am torii campbell, the city of fairfield is mourning the death of a 13-year-old girl killed three days ago and they went to the school where she was a student. it must be a tough day there. >> reporter: it is a tough day here and as you can see this is the growing memorial of flowers and teddy bears and candles for this 13-year-old girl and it has shaken the community no question. they are pretty silent in terms of any information on this death being released but the latest is coming up and fairfield police will layout any possible leads in this case. the 13-year-old student lived with her foster parents a few miles away. investigators were on hand acting as a liaison looking for any further information. >> we are confident what happened had nothing to do with the school or any school related activities. parents have to know where their kids are at all times and hold their kids close and make sure they have a safety plan with their family. >> reporter: meanwhile at the park where her body was found last friday morning, a memorial continues to grow with teddy bears and candles and peopl

reporting from a fairfield, charles clifford, kron 4. if >> here's exactly where the girl's body was found in fairfield. she was in allan witt park.a large park just east of interstate 80.along west texas street. this is just across the street from an e-ruth sheldon elementary school. here's a closer look. police say the girl was found here near this gazebo. follow developments. right now in a story you"ll only see on four. >> pam: we are learning even more details about the suspect in the 1984 san francisco kidnapping of kevin collins. justine waldman is here now. with the new information you will only see on kron 4. >> justine? >> reporter: we now have a photograph of dan therrian. who went by the name of "kelly." you are looking at him now. and this is a photo you will only see on kron 4 news. this is his california drivers license picture from march 2003. therrien lived at the home police searched on tuesday looking for clues in kevin collins disappearance. his haight-ashbury home on masonic is across the street from saint agnes - wh

>>pam: fairfield police working on a possible link between the murder of a teenage girl. is similar to case that happened nearly a year ago. we're getting a look at a suspect who makes a brazen escape from san jose police and the north - east bracing for a blizzard expected to slam the area. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. san jose police have released this photograph of 32-year-old anthony sanchez. as they continue their search for him. he was in custody yesterday but managed to escape while handcuffed. he was arrested for a parole violation, but when left unattended, sanchez jumped into the drivers seat of a van. and took off. san jose police were able to track down the st

as you head up to fairfield, it's 47. ten-degree swing in temperatures due to the fact if you've got the wind around mixing in warmer air from higher elevations closer to ground level, that's one of the reasons we're seeing the temperatures in the upper 40s in fairfield. where the winds are light, you've got 30s this morning around concord. some of the weather headlines, it is locally gusty. higher hill tops gusts to 35 miles per hour. they'll back off towards the evening tonight. slightly warmer temperatures around the bay area today. 60s in the forecast. second half of the week 60s, likely low 70s by the time we head towards thursday and friday. clearing off to the west. high pressure acting like a wall. at least when it comes to northern california in the bay area. storm track is cranking up. but look where it's headed, back up to the pacific northwest. this pattern not breaking down much. it will weaken slightly tomorrow, allowing more clouds to spill on in. this high is actually going to build back over northern cali

i just got off the phone with fairfield police. they tell me they're having an internal meeting at noon today and they hope to come up with something later this afternoon to release to the public. this is where the body of genelle conway-allen was found. friends say she was very friendly, loved to talk. but there are questions about how she ended up here about five miles from where she was last seen on tape. >> it's just sad. you know what i mean? because you think about your kids. >> reporter: katie hernandez joined a line of distraught fairfield friends who came to pay their respects to genelle conway-allen. her body found in alan witt park friday. >> having all girls, it's scary. we see kids walk through this park all the time. now just something to watch for, when you see kids walking by themselves, pull up and let them know that they need to walk in a pack. >> reporter: fairfield police have released this surveillance photo of the teen by the intersection of east tabor and grant circle. he says he lives in that area and says i

the body of 13-year-old genelle conway allen was found early friday morning in a park in fairfield. police have just held a news conference asking for the public's help. ken bastida in mobile5 at allan witt park where her body was found. >> reporter: people continue to leave things like balloons and candles and stuffed animals here at the site where the 13- year-old's body was found last friday morning. now, the fairfield police department scheduled a news conference for this afternoon and they released a couple of photographs of the 13-year-old. they also said that the department of justice and the fbi have now joined this investigation. but they are not releasing any suspect information or the cause of death in this case. fairfield police chief says it's not time yet. >> the police department is not releasing the cause of genelle's death at this time. it is not appropriate, and the time and place will come later on. but at this point it would be hurtful to our investigation and devastating to the family for additional details to go out. so we're asking that that not be released. t

fairfield police held a news conference today.photos of the 13-year-old. they say the department of justice and the fbi have now joined the investigation. fairfield police chief walter tibbett says no suspect information or cause of death information will be released at this time. >> the police department is not releasing the cause of genelle's death at this time. it is not appropriate. the time and place will come later on but at this point it would be hurtful to our investigation and devastating to the family for additional details to go out. so we're asking that that not be released. the time and place will come later. >> reporter: meanwhile, the family has released a statement, quote, this has been a devastating tragedy for our family and community. we need to thank everyone for the outpouring of support at the memorial site. and we are grateful, very grateful, for your love and support. >> reporter: and police have set up a tip line now. area code (707)428-7345 and are asking the public for help with this. any information to

she fairfield park. kron 4's charles clifford >> reporter: speaking to the press thursday afternoon, the fairfield police department declined to say whether or not they had identified a suspect in genelle conway-allen's murder. police chief walter tibbet said that they wanted to be very carefull about what information was released publicly while police didn't release any signifigant new details about this week old case they did say they were analyzing surviellance video from the area near where genelle was last seen. they believe this picture taken last thurday afternoon is the last known image of the girl. here body was found the following morning. >> we are asking anybody who has seen the body or her... before it happened, to contact the police. >> reporter: whit park, a small memorial continues to grow and neighbors remain sadened by what happened. >> she was just a girl, she was just starting her life. >> reporter: the family of genelle conway-allen also released a statement today saying, "this has b

jean elle is live in fairfield with more on the arrest. jean, there was a great outpouring of emotion tonight. >> reporter: jessica, hundreds of people from all over the bay area came here to allen whitt park tonight. they gathered around this growing memorial. it's a memorial for genelle. people parade for genelle and her family and are praying for justice. ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: hundreds of people gather around a memorial for 13-year-old genelle conway allen. her foster mother cried over the tribute. just steps away from where the middle school student's body was found in allen witt park a week ago. >> i love her with all my heart. >> reporter: fighting back tears, her biological father says his daughter loved sports. their last visit was about a year ago. >> i stayed with her and the kids and crystal. for about a week. and, you know, we used to -- we played. >> reporter: great aunt rita rose says genelle was full of life. >> a fun-loving little girl who loved to dance, sing, write poetry. just play. that's how i remember her, runn

live in fairfield, nbc way area news. >> a tragic story. thank you for the update. a parolee who slipped out of handcuffs and got away from police is back if custody. they found anthony sanchez sleeping inside a stolen truck last night. he was taken into custody and they recovered the handcuffs. on wednesday night, sanchez escaped from officers after being arrested on hillsdale avenue, officers linked to sets of handcuffs together, but he was able to slip them to the front of his body and take off in a police van. >>> this story continues to grip southern california. tension and father are filling the streets as thousands of police officers are searching for a former come on a suspected killing spree. the search for christopher dorner has gone gold. literally. snow is hampering efforts near big bear lake. the focus is on a 8 square mile area t suspects mother has land in that area. the ordeal began on super bowl sunday when a woman and her fiance were found murdered in irvine. the woman was the daughter of a retired los angeles police captain and then yesterday, dor

>> fairfield police are not releasing much about the investigation. they have not released the girls' identity. but many know who she is. folks have been stopping by to drop off flowers and balloons, for those who knew the girl, her school mates and friends they are especially devastated. >> for me to experience these feelings at this age, it's just terrible. and like i should not be feeling this way. >> 12-year-old alyssa watkins said she is heart broken and scared. one of her closest friends, was found dead early friday morning at fairfield's allen wi the tt park. >> she was the sweetest girl ever, she'd just make everyone's day. she'd always be smiling no matter what she had going on in her life, she always just put on a smile and then make everyone smile too. >> police spent the day at the school interviews everyone who saw the teenager. >> there's nothing worse than homicide, there's nothing worse than the death of a young girl and we have a lot of resources on this in an effort to identify who did this. >> a family member of the teenager visited

this suspect, was are rested in a homicide with anthony from fairfield.for ganelle and phillipe djegal. >> reporter: the crowd is nearly doubled. since the last she was killed at this parking lot. that is where this memorial continues it has been growing and growing. where her body was found several classmates there is a sense of relief in the community when he was arrested at 7:00 a.m. at a residence in fairfield. they have been looking at him for.. is the. time they found his body he has been under 24/7 surveillance. he was captured today. despite not being captured there was never a threat to the public. a lot of these crowds are holding candles. there is going to be a co prayer tonight and a moment of less and handing out these packets. it has basically doubled since when we first got here just a short while a it begins soon and anybody from the public is welcome. >> pam: this has certainly shaken the community. is there anybody that could speak with us? with their concerns. >> reporter: i was trying to grab one of her cousins. she seems to be wrapped

police in fairfield are working with authorities.vestigate whether the case of the suisun city teen murdered there. could be linked to another murder case from last year. the body of jessica funk haslam was discovered in a park in rosemont nearly a year ago. fifty miles away from the fairfield park. where genelle conway- allan's body was found last week. now. investigators with the sacramento county sheriff department have asked fairfield police to share information, in case there is a connection between the two crimes. the vigil is tonight at 6:30 at witt park in fairfield. >> three men are wanted in connection with an armed home invasion robbery in pleasant hill. this is surveillance video from a neigbhor. the two victims say the suspects parked their white chevy suburban or trailblazer in front on a driveway on the 16-hundred block of wendy drive at around 11-30 yesterday morning. then all three men jumped out and hopped this fence and broke into the garage from the backyard. one of the victims went to his car to grab something wh

in fairfield, kron 4 news. >> pam: following the arrest of anthony lamar early this morning, the fairfield police department was busy all day visiting several locations across the city. collected evidence for their investigation. has details. >> reporter: friday morning in fairfied in the 1100 block of east this is only a few blocks away from where the last known photograph genelle allen was taken by a security camera at the corner of tabor and grand circle. the arrest was made, 3 miles miles away from allan witt park, where genelles body was found in a parking last friday morning. also today investigators visted two sites at other locations in fairfeild including a barber shop at 1259 oliver road, about a mile north of allan witt park. even further north, csi teams were working at residence in the 2500 block of clipper lane. now, as of friday evening we do not have confirmation that these are part of the investigation into genelle conway's murder. in the newsroom. charles >> pam: authorities searched more than 200 cabins today. looking for former los angeles police officer christopher dor

her body was found friday morning in a park in fairfield. neighbors say wonderful things about janel. just the same. she was as tall as some of them. she's a great, sporty girl. she loved everything. she used to sit on the big rock and do things. >> at the intersection of east table and grundin circle. they hope this photo will jog someone's memory. you will only see the cell phone video here. "today in the bay's" christine smith has this coming up in the next hour. >> three men are dead and a killer on the loose after a triple homicide in s is onoma county. the bodies of the men were found inside a cabin located on ross station road near iron host vineyards in the town of forestville. police say all three men were shot to death in a back bedroom of the home. officers haven't released the men's identities or how they may be related. they say this doesn't appear to be a murder-suicide. >> new this morning the pittsburgh man prosecutors believe gunned down an activist is out of jail this morning. a judge released gregory elan on tuesday on the

. >> there is breaking news from fairfield. police confirm they have made an arrest in the murder of the 13-year-old genelle conway allen. she disappeared a week ago and her body was found the next day at a park a few miles away. eric? >> in the past few minutes we learned of the breaking news. an arrest in the murder of the girl. fairfield police are holding a news conference in the hour and abc7 reporter is on the way. the nude body the 13-year-old was found by a passerby a week ago after she was reported missing from her foster home. there was surveillance video released by police showing the last time she was seen near railroad avenue in suisun city that afternoon. she was found at alan witt park where a vigil is being held. fairfield police announceed an arrest hours before the vigil held for her and they are relegislation the details in a news conference in the hour. our reporter is on the way with the latest for you on abc7news.com and on abc7 later today at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00. >> thank you. san bernardino county sheri

. >>> police make an arrest in the killing of a 13-year-old girl in fairfield. we have been tracking two crime scenes all afternoon as investigators gather evidence. the very latest on both of these developing stories. >>> good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the justice department kept it quiet for months. last night agents captured a man planning a bombing in a culvert investigation. >> reporter: it's likely that everyone who goes to that bank and the other businesses in that building are shocked. the man tried to destroy that building this morning but failed. the bank of america building on hagenberger in oakland seemed quiet today. >> i know this bank is not as crowded. >> reporter: but the peace gave way to shock. >> yeah, it's pretty crazy. man, wow. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney's office released this criminal complaint that describes how the man named matthew aaron llaneza tried to blow up the building. he built the ban who he thought was connected with the taliban but was actually an fbi agent and it wasn't a real bomb.

temperature readings dropped to 38 already at napa. 48 at fairfield. 42 up in santa rosa.y in the inland valley of the east bay and the north bay during overnight hours so mostly clear cold overnight sunny dry this weekend and much milder pattern will settle in for next week. let's talk about the low. we'll see low pressure dropping below freezing and quite a few location especially the north bay valley upper 20's santa rosa and napa down to 30 at fairfield. low 30's at livermore and concord so chilly all i know land cell and chilly around the bayshore line as well. satellite radar composite image shows storm brought us showers yesterday now pushing through southern cam. it produced snow this evening in the hills around los angeles county but we here in the bay area are drying out now with the nice cold dry flow of wednesday from the north come did you know riding the jet stream through the bay area and high pressure building in now and dry pattern will hold right on through fix week. not only dry but it's milder as the indicate goes by. tomorrow sunny pleasant with high p

a half hour from now fairfield police will announce details of an arrest in this case. we have a crew on the scene and will be providing updates on nbcbayarea.com and a full report at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> we can also tell you weather out on the east coast and in the midwest impacting the entire country this morning. this is video from wisconsin where snow there is just expected to pile up throughout the day. on the east coast the national weather service predicting more than -- actually most of the southern new england parts there could see anywhere from 18 to 20 inches of snow. >> the impact of those storms is already being felt here in the bay area. dozens of flights have already been canceled out of sfo. it is only expected to get worse. nbc bay area's christie smith is at sfo this morning where hundreds of travelers are stranded. not a great way to start the weekend. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, marla. the message today, if you are heading to the northeast, you better be ready to wait it out. 60 cancellations in and out of sfo. as you said, it's expected to

police and fairfield police expected to hold a press conference later this afternoon. friday at 6:30 p.m. reporting live in fairfield, christine smith, "today in the bay." >> police looking for a man who tried to grab an 11-year-old girl. they say a man attempted to grab the girl as she road past him. that girl telling police she was on emerson street when the man tried to grab her by the arm. fortunately she was able to get ho safely. >> a funeral service for the deputy killed in an off duty accident will be held today. members of the department gathered to say good-bye to deputy myrtle. he died when a car drove into the lane he was riding in. this morning funeral services at 11:00. >> the impact of the recent connecticut school shooting is being felt in the bay area. police on the peninsula using new tactics to improve security on school campuses. bob riddell has details on what schools and police are trying to do to keep students safe now. good morning. >> good morning to you. the redwood city police department announcing it is now working hand in hand with the scho

fairfield 70. 73 for now. 62 for san francisco.pper 60s or oakland and san mateo. >> satellite and radar shows clear dry conditions continuing with the next several days. the storm track stick to our north. a ridge of high pressure will break down as we transition into the weekend. >> saturday night into sunday we will see cloud cover. temperatures will start to cool. we could pick up light rain for the north bay communities. as of now that is looking like a 10 percent chance. we are back on the side of dry weather as we start the next work week. >> in the traffic center no hot spots. a good time to leave your house. tracking the typical overnight construction at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. chp is shutting down some lang's not impacting your ride. tops speeds out oakland into san francisco. >> the san mateo bridge is problem free in both directions of highway 92. >> and look at the golden gate bridge no problems with visibility. no cars within camera shot. i have checked with chp and there are no accidents to report.

about 12 hours later her naked body was discovered in neighboring fairfield at alan witt park. the case is now a homicide investigation, but police are not sure how she died because there were no wounds indicating the cause of death. they say the girl lived in sasoon city, but attended school in fairfield. >> they indicated that she had last been seen in the morning getting on a bus to go to school. normally she would return about 4:20 and she didn't. that's when they became concerned. >> early on police got a tip from this man who says he saw something strange as he drove by the park around 5:00 a.m. >> and i see a car parked on the parking lot facing in our direction here. and there was a large man standing in front of it. he was just standing there. it just looked odd to me. >> police say there were also two cameras, surveillance cameras on both ends of the park. what those cameras captured could solve this case. reporting live in fairfield, alan wang, abc7 news. >> alan, thank you. >>> twitter has been hacked. the san francisco company said 250,000 customers had e-mail addr

and [indiscernible] in fairfield where investigators are getting help from the department of justice to follow this case. >> reporter: today please let released limited information but they did read a letter for the 13 -year-old girl whose body was found in this part. >> reporter: police announced 13 -year-old janel, allen's death as a homicide of their working with the fbi and the department of justice. >> we went to catch the people responsible. >> reporter: she was reported missing last thursday less than 24 hours later her naked body was found in the spark in fairfield police will take how she died. today we went to the area where investigators say she was last seen. there are several surveillance cameras in that area that one capture this picture of her reign wearing the speak backpack. >> i saw those pictures and another little girl. >> i am the parent of a daughter and this is the worst nightmare that that family is living through and my condolences go out to them. >> reporter: today fairfield please read a statement from her family that will save it is from her biological her

the rain totals were below levels. 32 in fairfield. this will get you frost, this will get you a little bit of freezing temperatures at freezing or below freezing. when you wake up at oakland that's pretty cold. you will notice it tomorrow morning. next couple of mornings chilly. the isotherm map shows the map colors. those are the forecast highs for tomorrow. a couple of 60s are going to try to pop in there but mostly mid- and upper 50s tomorrow. sunday we will see some greens which were 60s pop into this map. so a little warmer as we head into sunday. when i come back we will get specific because that does not give us a specific temperature. here's how warm it's going to be saturday, here's how warm it's going to be sunday. >> thank you, bill. >>> who is that giant. take a look and tell me do you recognize him? the big change. one of the giant's stars made in the offseason. >>> and it could hurt children. the disinfectant that san francisco wantsty care centers to stop using. >>> a warning to parents about a dangerous game that could

about 12 hours later her naked body was discovered in neighboring fairfield at alan witt park. case is now a homicide investigation, but police are not sure how she died because there were no wounds indicating the cause of death. they say the girl lived in sasoon city, but attended school in fairfield. >> they indicated that she had last been seen in the morning getting on a bus to go to school. normally she would return about 4:20 and she didn't. that's when they became concerned. >> early on police got a tip from this man who says he saw something strange as he drove by the park around 5:00 a.m. >> and i see a car parked on the parking lot facing in our direction here. and there was a large man standing in front of it. he was just standing there. it just looked odd to me. >> police say there were also two cameras, surveillance cameras on both ends of the park. what those cameras captured could solve this case. reporting live in fairfield, alan wang, abc7 news. >> alan, thank you. >>> twitter has been hacked. the san francisco company said 250,000 customers had e-mail addresse

in fairfield, kron 4 news. >> east of interstate-80.is just across the street from the elementary school. just how close. this is off of highway 12. >> only on kron 4. this is the kidnapping of kevin collons..this is a photograph of dan therrian. who went by the name of "kelly." this is his california drivers license photograph from march 2003. therrien lived at the home that police searched on tuesday, looking for clues in kevin collins disappearance. his one time haight- ashbury residence on masonic, is across the street from saint agnes - where collins attended basketball practice before vanishing in 1984. one of therrien's former landlords tells us. he wore shoulder length, blond hair - similar to description of the last perso talking to collins before he disappeared. therrien died in 2008. from a heart attack. at the age of 51. that means he was 28. at the time kevin vanished. kron fours' terisa estacio talked with kevin collins mother about this newest information. i spoke with kevin's mother ann this morning about this newest lea

kron4's charles clifford is live in fairfield with their statement.a week gate since jan l. conway was found murdered in l.a. park. a press conference was held today. they did not release many new evidence. including no new suspects. speaking to the press. the fairfield police martin declined to say whether they had identified a suspect in the murder. chief of police said he wanted to be very careful. first off we want to be very cautious and information that we release. it is all about being timely and we're looking for the suspect in this case and we are also trying to be able to have a successful prosecution. well police analyze the video where urgent now was last seen. her body was found the following morning after the picture. >> we are asking anyone that could have seen jindal to contact the police department. . is small memorial continues to grow and neighbors are shocked at what has happened. it is just terrible. why people do that to young people i don't know she was just a girl. she was just living life. the family of john l. conway allen al

tonight, the fairfield community is gathering to remember a 13-year-old foster chill as the authorities announce they have her suspected killer in custody. they have been watching 32-year- old anthony lamar jones. he was arrested at 7:00 this morning in fairfield. >> we have evidence linking jones to this homicide. we believe, at this time, he acted alone and there are no other suspects named in this case. >> the body was found in a fairfield park one week ago. >>> happening now, a vigil in her honor. we are live in fairfield with what has been learned about the investigation and the man now in custody. >> reporter: this vigil started 30 minutes ago. if we show you the crowd out here you can see several hundred people have gathered at this park. some are carrying signs and balloons and many holding candles. the friends and the family of the foster child, the victim of this murder, organized this vigil earlier in the week but news of the arrest made the event more somber. >> reporter: crime scene tape roped off all entrances to the barbershop. anthony lamar jones is the co- owner of this

similar sightings were reported from santa clara to fairfield and in parts of the central valley. our own jodi hernandez and her success witnessed that fireball at their home in fairfield and told us about it. >> we were driving on interstate westbound in fairfield and all of a sudden we saw this bright light falling from the sky. it was like a bright white streak and it kind of ended in a ball, and i was just like, i couldn't get the words out fast enough, it was like look, look, look, victor! he saw, one of our sons saw, it of spectacular. i had been covering a story on meteors and asteroids all day and i couldn't believe i was actually seeing one just a few hours later. >> people quickly turned to our facebook and twitter feeds to tell us what they saw. one viewer in san jose said "it was a bright green when it first appeared then it went to a bright yellow. it was awesome!" and also another viewer in san jose said "it looked like the one that i saw back in october except it was a little smaller, it was greenish in color. everyone in the parking lot stopped and looked at it." a

in fairfield. police have cameras near this location and they are clearly labeled with the word police. they will not say which camera snapped this picture. major market liquor also has surveillance cameras in including this one in the back. but the managers sign that this is not capable of taking a clear picture of someone in a crosswalk. the investigators did it take a picture of this girl before she came into the store. >> she came into the corner. and she said that she was waiting for a ride. the fairfield police say the issue was last seen wearing a sweater, with blue jeans and a pain to backpack. awardees are expected to release more information sometime tomorrow in fairfield, reggie kumar, kron 4. >> this majora major earthquake in the south pacific has caused a tsunami in the area. the quake was an 8.0 magnitude in the solomon islands area. a tsunami about 3 feet high has been measured in the area. so far no reports of damage. but a tsunami warning remains in effect for several locations, i

fairfield police could release new details in a murder of a 13-year-old girl. they holding a news conference today on the girl whose body was found friday morning in the park. police released surveillance video of her on thursday afternoon the last known photograph of her at grand circle in fairfield. her naked body was found the next morning where a memorial of candles and cards is growing. >> there could be new details in the 1948 disappearance of ten-year-old kevin collins from the haight-ashbury neighborhood. police searched a him on masonic avenue last week as we first reported, finding bone fragments in the basement and sent them to a laboratory for analysis. the announcement could center on this man, known as dan kelly. he was a "person of interest" in the case but he died five years ago. >> these bay area hospitals face fines for putting patient's health at risk not following procedures in an emergency situation. st. mary's medical center from in san francisco did not follow surgical and medical procedures. they have reviewed the incidents and say patie

they also searched the barbershop he opened in fairfield last year.enelle was last seen a week ago. she left her foster parent's home in sue suisun city for school. her body was found the next day. >> i have actually been out of her life about a year or so. >> her father, josh allen, said he and genelle's mother had trouble with drugs and lost custody of genelle last year. but in spite of their obstacles, he said she kept a smile on her face. >> a great kid, a great child. very loving, affectionate. i love her with all my heart. >> i also spoke to the accused killer's mother who said she has been following this story and praying for genelle's family, only to be devastated to find out that the prime suspect is her son. reporting in fairfield, i'm allen wong, abc7 news. >>> we continue to follow developing news. the search of the former police officer accused of killing three people in southern california. that search resumes at 7:00 a.m. this picture of christopher dorner was taken on january 28th by a security hotel at a hotel in orange county. it's t