was seen in the general area where sierra disappeared furious we now know the car was owned by garcia torrasrrested after his dna was allegedly detective is on sierras belongings. >> team coverage continues now. those that know the suspect is surprised by the arrest and they believe it is a mistake. >> he attended central high school in morgan hill. fix them he was a good kid as far as his behavior and personality. he was always a very pleasant and respectful. not the most academically excitable kid, he was not someone you'd think would have a dark side. >> a former teacher says he cannot believe he was arrested for murder. >> i was in total shock. it was totally dismayed. this is a kid i knew pretty well. i never would have suspected him. >> he is nothing by liked people want to make it seem. >> he was arrested in 2009 and arrested for felony assault but that case was not prosecuted. >>vicki: and we have extended coverage of the zero markets on our web site. we invite you share your thoughts on facebook edgewater. controversy continues to plague facebook. update all the fallout from the fac

dna evidence links sierra thorez -- garcia torras to sierra lamar. his family is in disbelief. they say he knew he was assessed but it did not believe he would be arrested. they say he did not kill sierra lamar. >> i did nothing my brother is capable at all. i did not see him as a pilot. he is pretty mellow. he is a good guy. he is social. like stitching in doing things outdoors. years are hard worker. i did not think they have enough proof yet, substantial proof. i think he is interested. what i have in my mind is innocent until proven guilty. >> authorities said garcia torahs and sierra lamar did not know each other and that her abduction was believed to be random acts of violence. >>justine: in the last 30 minutes, weekly unemployment numbers, claims went down just a bit. and that is mostly unchanged from last week. when applications go below 375,000, it typically suggests that hiring is strong enough to lower unemployment rates. we will see what this does to the markets and about 25 minutes. >>darya: we're back with more in a couple of minutes. facebook is facing congressio

. >> the power is in the hands of garcia torras. he has a bargaining position that he doesn't deserve to have. we need to go out and find the sierra, whatever that means. >> those in of the suspect are surprised by the arrest. >> antolin garcia torres attended central high school in morgan hill. >> he was a kid kid as far as his behavior and personality. he was always a very pleasant. always respectful. he was not the most academically excitable kid. you would nothing he had a dark side. " a former teacher said he cannot believe he has been arrested for murder. >> i was in total shock. kron4 >> i think he is innocent. aha >> he has the arrested for felony assault with that case has now been prosecuted. the has been linked to one of three assaults in a sieve with parking lot. authorities confirmed he was a safeway employee. >> we have evidence that we were able to obtain back in 2009 and has been linked to the suspect. >> friends of sierra lamar are holding out hope that she is alive. >> a cat's dish used it because they have not fou

>>haaziq: then, there is a motive. >> only garcia torras knows the motive. investigators asked about your market, he declined and refused to provide information. >>justine: the official search for sierra lamar is still focusing of the reservoirs near her home. >> in deep water and poor visibility means certain objects require a closer look by divers. >> if we are able to go through in feel confident that there is nothing in the water and that allows us to take the resources >>james: police in new york city have a suspect in custody with the disappearance of this 16 year-old. he disappeared as a walk from his home to the school bus. police dug up the basement of a building near where the boy lived in the least sense to release more information on the man who implicated himself. he was the first trial to be featured on a milk carton. >>erica: a mild day on tap. it will monday cold or hot. what could be flirting with 80 degrees for antioch. mid-60's for castro valley in union city. satellite and radar shows clear conditions over the bay area. we are tracking a

his dna was also allegedly safe -- the dna of lamar was found in the car belonging to garcia torras. on the day of the murder, his mother said he was fishing at the reservoir. as >> the race is heating up, former massachusetts gov. mitt romney clinched the republican presidential nomination after his victory in texas. just off of his victory, romney is in the bay area for a high-tech fund-raising event. dan kerman has details. it baba baba baba baba baba baba baba baba baba baba baba energy >> earlier today coming ladies luncheon hosted by mrs. romney. are >> here is a google earth in view of the chateau in hillsboro just east of interstate 280. it was built in 1914. this mansion, every once in awhile will open its doors for fund-raisers and charity benefits. fundraisers like tonight are a private here -- it is a single private family home. here's a closer look. it is a california historic landmark and it is on the national register of historic places. here is a picture from the fact of the home here half look at how high egos in the front. the 75 ft. high atrium is the highest enclo

laurie smith on tuesday said there is significant physical and forensic evidence linking and toledo garcia torrasime. smith says the crime lab failed to dna from garcia thorez on the clothing of sierra lamar get hurt dna of property belonging to sierra torres. -- garcia tourists. >> continuing our coverage, it was back in 2009 when a morgan hill police investigated to assaults in at one suspicious incidents in safeway parking lots. the suspect was a safeway employee. they have linked the suspect to one of those assaults and are looking to see if they can link him to the other two cases as well. >> here at answer brought a high school, classmates of sierra lamar are reacting to the news. investigators are now classifying the missing persons case as a murder investigation. >> it is really hard. i cannot imagine what they're going through. >> friends of sierra lamar say they're still holding out hope that their friend is still alive. >> what comes to my mind is that someone hurt her. you do not want to believe it. >> friends tell me they cannot believe it has been two months since this year was last

prosecutors believe they can prove that garcia torras is the guilty even though the body of the sierra lamar has not been found. >> there are a lot of questions of and understand people have about this case and how we're going to prove it. what i can say is where we will prove that case is in a courtroom in front of the jury with facts here if we have released a statement of probable cause of which supports it forms the basis for of all murder and kidnapping special circumstance that we have filed with his face. for >> it is in form for the family, it is in full and for us is important for closure. finkel help with the criminal case, of course. we wanted to make sure that we find sierra. >> if he is found not guilty of her body is later found, they would not be able to retry him again. the d.a. has made the decision to move forward on the case. it is a difficult decision on when to move forward during a murder case. there is no statute of limitations. >>craig: the commission of murder in the course of the kidnapping is a special circumstance which means garcia torrance could face the d

an emotional week that started with the arrest of garcia torra.family has a live of hope that sierra could be out there alive. all the money raised at the fund-raiser goes for the search for sierra fund. >>> a busy night for firefighters in the south bay. they knocked down a small grass fire. it was smoky but small just reported before 10:00 last night in the coyote creek area. it was contained in just about a half hour. >>> one of the most famous battleships will bid farewell to the bay area for the final time today. the "uss iowa" will leave the fort of richmond for south california today. it is now scheduled to leave at 11:00 this morning and is expected to pass under the golden gate bridge by 3:00 this afternoon. when the iowa gets to los angeles, it will be transformed into an interactive naval museum. >>> it is graduation day at san jose state. the spartans graduating class of 2012 has about 8,000 students. the commencement starts at 9:30 at spartan stadium. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," everything you need to know before you head out