deciding whether 25-year-old antolin garcia-torres murdered sierra lamar. the prosecutor says garcia-torres' dna was found on sierra's jeans discovered dumped in a bag near her morgan hill home. but it was the defense team's turn today and attorney al lopez said dna protocol was not followed and the bag was contaminated. >> i think the defense did a good job in establishing that the protocols of the dna evidence collection were not followed and the prosecution will now have to shore that up through their own experts. >> reporter: defense attorneys also tore apart the district attorney's assertion that garcia-torres tried to kidnap three women separately in the parking lots of two safeway stores in morgan hill in 2009, three years before sierra lamar disappeared. not one of the three victims could pick out garcia-torres in a photo lineup. garcia-torres continued to look composed as he listened to attorneys talk about him and the evidence that may or may not lead to his conviction.

the investigator testified angela garcia torres and sierra lamarr had mutual friends. this is the first time we have heard of any possible link between sierra lamarr and garcia torres. his attorney said their client never met a 15-year-old teenager. prosecutors say garcia torres kidnapped and killed sierra lamarr on her way to school in march 2012. her body has not been found. if he is convicted he could get the death penalty. >>> the police have a new tool to help them crack down on car to car shootings happening on east bay freeways. 3 new surveillance cameras now installed between -- drive in san pablo road. interstate 80. they hope the cameras will help solve shootings and prevent them. similar to the ones that plague the core door in eight -- the

yesterday in the trail of antolina garcia-torres. he is charged with murdering the teenager. prosecutors say garcia-torres' d-n-a was found on lamar's clothing, and her hair was found in his car. the defense says the d-n-a was cross-contaminated by sloppy handling and lacks blood or other evidence. legal analysts say the trial will come down to how the evidence is presented. the jury is set to hear from as many as 100 witnesses in a trial that could take months. sierra lamar's mother is expected to be one of the first witnesses called by the prosecution. the city of san francisco is suing president trump . san francisco's city attorney filed a federal lawsuit against the president yesterday. it takes aim at the executive order he signed on january 25th... which withholds federal money to cities that fail to comply

prosecutors said had garcia- torres' dna. the defense arguing the backpack was dumped on an unsanitary card board surface. as for the rope in his car the defense saying when first photographed by authorities that rope didn't have hair. the reflected beads found on the jeans, questioning why no beads were found in his trunk. >> if they can suggest the dna is not properly analyzed, it wasn't properly collected. if it is not reliable, that completely undermines the case where there is no crime scene and no body. >> reporter: the defense attacking charges garcia-torres tried to kidnap three women back in 2009. prosecutors say garcia-torres' fingerprints were found on a stun gun battery from one attack. the defense arguing garcia- torres worked at safeway and handled batteries. >> with the information we have available to the public, our thoughts are she's not alive. >> reporter: search volunteers roger nelson says despite the claims he believes sierra is not alive and hopes this trial will provide answers. >> i they lot of people

attorneys for garcia-torres said their client never met the 15-year-old. prosecutors say garcia-torres kidnapped and killed lamar on her way to school in march of 2012, but her body has never been found. if he is convicted, garcia- torres could face the death penalty. >>> california senator harris is planning to visit the oroville dam tomorrow to assess the work still underway there to repair one of two damaged spillways. harris will also get a briefing from the butte county sheriff and the national guard. crews are working to shore up the emergency spillway badly eroded. forcing the evacuation of 180,000 people. the dam's main spillways also damaged and they could cost as much as $200 million to repair. >>> ktvu fox 2 news new at 6:30 starts now with a bay area police officer attacked right in the streets. >> the police officer was yelling for help. >> up next more on the confrontation all caught on camera. >> with a look at the pothole problem on their bay area roads. >> and later 2 investigates, looking into the allegations of air quality officials have

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. >>> still to come, an investigator takes the witness stand in the antolin garcia- torres trial. >> 1500 bay area officers are now wearing body cameras as of today >> we have more coming up on ktvu news after the break . >>> new at 6:30, the san francisco police department said it has now trained and equipped 600 oiforts with body cameras, they said they hope that the cameras will increase accountability and the public's trust in the officers, more officers are being trained and 2,080 officers should have the cameras by next month. >>> the prosecutors in the antolin garcia-torres case talked about sierra lamar's daily routine. things changed the day she vanished as she was walking to a bus stop in morgan hill. antolin garcia-torres denies any involvement in the death but prosecutors say dna in his car links him to the crime. >>> mcdonalds rolled out a crab meat sandwich. it's part of their regional fool campaign. >>> coming up, a bay area teenager overcoming the odds. >> people supported me so much, i can knot let it go to waste. >> we caught up with a bay area teenager that gained

attorneys for garcia-torres says their attorney never met the 15-year-old.tors say that far gear kidnapped and killed lamar on her way to school in march of 2012. her body has never been found. if convicted, garcia-torres could receive the death penalty. >>> one man is in jail this morning for the death of a community activist who spent his life rescuing young people from street violence. he reportedly suffered injuries in a fight with another man from vallejo. kevin jackson was arrested and booked on murder charges. kelly was a star football player at dell la salle and killed two days before he was set to play for the university of oregon. >>> berkeley police say the female staff member who was stabbed at a school on tuesday has been released from the hospital. it happened at the via center, a special education school in berkeley. 20-year-old angel juarez was arrested shortly after the stabbing. he is a student at the school. he has autism and has been booked on attempted murder. he will appear in court sometime this morning. >>> people in san jose return t

it was day two of the high interest murder trial of antolin garcia torres, who stands accused of kidnappingg sierra lamar, of morgan hill. as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, with sierra lamar still missing,the case is going to be all about circumstantial and forensic evidence. ááááááthe conclusion of opening arguments on tuesday foretold a case that will focus heavily on forensic evidence. the jury told by the prosecution about a stun gun used in earlier attacks on other women that had the defendant's fingerprint on it, about his dna on sierra lamar's clothing and her dna on a hair found in his car. the defense in turn asserting there's an innocent explanation for the fingerprint, that dna the evidence was cross- contaminated by sloppy handling and lacks blood or other evidence that sierra lamar was killed. former prosecutor steven clark.sot steven clark/legal analyst shown here at a previous court hearing, antolin garcia torres stands accused of the march 2012 murder of then 15-year- old sierra lamar, who vanished on her way to school near her home in morgan hill. her body has never

the accused killer, antolin garcia torres , question the deputy about the forensic evidence since it is relaying heavily on dna. the body of sierra lamar has never been found. the investigator appeared agitated as the defense attack how the deputy collected the belongings of sierra not far from where she vanished. some suggest the board that the evidence was placed on was not properly wiped down. they say the prosecution's strategy is to show that there is not one piece of evidence that leads to antolin garcia torres. >> but at the end of the day you have to look at the quantum of evidence against antolin garcia torres and there are too many coincidences here. >> reporter: the defense is trying to paint a different picture of sierra lamar . they say she was sad since she had just moved and she missed her friends. her friends testified that they had never seen antolin garcia torres before. >>> up next, and emotional plea from a family of a woman killed by a hit and run driver. driver. 1st -- >>> the warriors were missing for players tonight. more on that coming up after the break. >>>

was just part of the dramatic opening statement from the defense attorney representing antolin garcia torresyear-old sierra lamar vanished on her way to school back in 2012. her body was never found. kron-4's rob fladeboe is tracking the trial. ááááááthe conclusion of opening staements on tuesday foretold a case that will focus heavily on forensic evidence. the jury told by the prosecution about a stun gun used in earlier attacks on other women that had the defendant's fingerprint on it, about his dna on sierra lamar's clothing and her dna on a hair found in his car. the defense in turn asserting there's an innocent explanation for the fingerprint, that dna the evidence was cross- contaminated by sloppy handling and lacks blood or other evidence that sierra lamar was killed. former prosecutor steven clark.sot steven clark/legal analyst shown here at a previous court hearing, antolin garcia torres stands accused of the march 2012 murder of then 15-year- old sierra lamar, who vanished on her way to school near her home in morgan hill. her body has never been found. family friend roger nelson i

not one of the three victims could pick out garcia-torres in a photo lineup. garcia-torres continued to look composed as he listened to attorneys talk about him and the evidence that may or may not lead to his conviction. he could face the death penalty. he looked cooperative in a video played in court when questioned by police. one of the volunteers search organizers thinks the jury has a lot to consider after hearing the opening statements from both sides. >> i think the jurors are going to have their work cut out for them. i know that mr. boyd was very thorough yesterday and again this morning. >> reporter: in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >>> a former associate of chinatown gangster raymond boyd chow faces life in prison for a murder that happened 11 years ago. 50-year-old pled not guilty to killing allen liyung head of a chinatown society at the time. chow took over after the murder. he was convicted of the same murder last year. >>> there is a bomb scare in west sacramento this afternoon. the tower bridge and surrounding streets were closed after a

not one of the three victims could pick out garcia-torres in a photo lineup.arcia-torres continued to look composed as he listened to attorneys talk about him and the evidence that may or may not lead to his conviction. he could face the death penalty. he looked cooperative in a video played in court when questioned by police. one of the volunteers search organizers thinks the jury has a lot to consider after hearing the opening statements from both sides. >> i think the jurors are going to have their work cut out for them. i know that mr. boyd was very thorough yesterday and again this morning. >> reporter: in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >>> a former associate of chinatown gangster raymond boyd chow faces life in prison for a murder that happened 11 years ago. 50-year-old pled not guilty to killing allen liyung head of a chinatown society at the time. chow took over after the murder. he was convicted of the same murder last year. >>> there is a bomb scare in west sacramento this afternoon. the tower bridge and surrounding streets were closed after a wo

you have to look at the quantum of evidence against garcia- torres. many coincidences here. >> reporter: cross-examination of sierra's friends, the defense trying to paint a different picture of sierra. the friend admitted she was sad since she just moved to morgan hill and she missed her friends. her friend testified she had never seen garcia-torres before. >>> the time is 7:39. just minutes from now, tesla ceo will join a white house business advisory meeting with president trump. at 8:00, the big name ceo that will not be there and the letter that other tech companies are drafting. >>> also the second most watched thing besides the game on super bowl sunday. up next, what to expect from this year's commercials. >>> and we are looking at a commute that hasn't been great. i have to tell you. although things are getting a little better now. the rain has moved through. it is lighter and perhaps a little easier to get there. we will tell you more about that coming up. >>> and most of the rain has moved through. now we will see about possibility of some

prosecutors say garcia torres kidnapped and killed sierra lamar on her way to school back in march of 2012. but her body has never been found. if he is convicted, garcia torres could get the death penalty. >>> officials are cracking down on recent car shootings on east bay freeways. three new surveillance cameras have been installed on interstate 80. police are hoping the cameras will not only help solve shooting but prevent shootings similar to the one that plagued the 80 corridor back in 2015. in those cases the shooters made a quick get away with few witnesses to help solve the crime. >> at speeds of 65 or in excess of 65 it's really hard for witnesses to get accurate descriptions of what occurred or even recall the incident if they were able to witness it. so what these cameras we'll be able to go back and get an accurate vehicle description and accurate important trail of what occurred. >>> the city already has more than 100 surveillance cameras along city streets. they're monitored 24 hours a day. it's identical to pittsburgh. last year the city installed 14 cameras on highway 4

opening statements in the murder trial on antolin garcia torres... experts are saying about the prosecution's strategy. and here's a live look outside... san mateo bridge. that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this: (family talking) that's a different kind of sound. the sound of the weekend. it's baking season. warm up with pillsbury. protein. protein proteiny protein. proteiny protein? protein proteiny protein. at least 14 grams of protein. 100 calories. new greek 100 protein. from yoplait. happening today... the man accused of killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar is back in court. the 15-year-old girl vanished on her way to school back in 20-12. her body was never found. opening statements wrapped up in a san jose courtroom yesterday in the trail of antolin garcia-torres. he is charged with murdering the teenager. prosecutors say garcia-torres' d-n-a was found on lamar's clothing, and her hair was found in his car. the defense says the d-n-a was cross-contaminated by sloppy handling and lacks blood or other evidence. legal anal

that is part of the dramatic opening statement from the defense attorney of antolin garcia torres.s the man accused of murdering 15 year old sierra lamar. kron-4's rob fladeboe is tracking the trial ...and tells us what happened as opening statements wrapped up ááááááthe conclusion of opening staements on tuesday foretold a case that will focus heavily on forensic evidence. the jury told by the prosecution about a stun gun used in earlier attacks on other women that had the defendant's fingerprint on it, about his dna on sierra lamar's clothing and her dna on a hair found in his car. the defense in turn asserting there's an innocent explanation for the fingerprint, that dna the evidence was cross- contaminated by sloppy handling and lacks blood or other evidence that sierra lamar was killed. former prosecutor steven clark.sot steven clark/legal analyst shown here at a previous court hearing, antolin garcia torres stands accused of the march 2012 murder of then 15-year- old sierra lamar, who vanished on her way to school near her home in morgan hill. her body has never been found. f

lawyers for garcia torres focused on errors in the evidence collection process. >>> the evidence was contaminated from the outset and it can't be relied upon later and the defense did a good job in establishing that the protocols of the dna evidence collection were not followed. >>> garcia torres has maintained his innocence since he was arrested. if convicted he faces the possibility of the death penalty. his trial is expected to take several months. ktvu will be in the courtroom and bring you live updates. >>> now to hayward where an inmate is at large after he jump from a car on a busy free way. it happened as deputies from the state of kentucky were driving him to the airport to be extradited. crime reporter henry lee is following the story and joins us from the newsroom. >> authorities are trying to figure out how the inmate while handcuffed escaped 880 and still on the loose. sean new is wanted in kentucky for fraud and id theft and arrested for dui by the chp in hayward earlier. sheriff deputies from boone county picked up new at rita jill in dublin. headed to sf oand headed t

prosecutors say garcia-torres' d-n-a was found on lamar's clothing, and her hair was found in his carefense says the d-n-a was cross-contaminated by sloppy handling and lacks blood or other evidence. legal analysts say the trial will come down to how the evidence is presented. the jury is set to hear from as many as 100 witnesses in a trial that could take months. sierra lamar's mother is expected to be one of the first witnesses called by the prosecution. the city of san francisco is suing president trump . san francisco's city attorney filed a federal lawsuit against the president yesterday. it takes aim at the executive order he signed on january 25th... which withholds federal money to cities that fail to comply with federal law. city attorney dennis herrera says the order is unconstitutional. he says it is an attempt to deprive san francisco and other cities of billions of federal dollars due to their sanctuary city status. santuary cities limit the cooperation of local officials with federal immigration authorities. san francisco is not alone. this morning we are learning that t

. >>> now to the trial of antolin garcia-torres. he is accused of killing sierra lamar. today there was dna evidence and tears from a friend of the missing teenager. the friends cried when prosecutors played a video of her stepping off the bus a day before she disappeared. also defense attorneys grilled the police officers that handled the evidence. they argued that the evidence was not handled carefully and could have become cross contaminated. >> they are trying to show that the collection of the evidence was flawed so when the defense experts testify, they are going to say that the dna evidence was not reliable because of the way it was collected at the beginning of the case. >> antolin garcia-torres faces the possibility of the death penalty if he is convicted. >>> new information about the hostage standoff in delaware. a corrections officer was killed. inmates took over a prison building yesterday using instruments as weapons, police said that sergeant steven floyd alerted police that the prisoners were staging a trap and he ultimately saved lives. >> he yelled for

prosecutors say that garcia torres fingerprints were found on a stun gun battery from one attack. the defense argue that garcia torres worked at safe way and handled batteries. >> with the information that we have that is available to the public, our thoughts are that she is not alive. >> search volunteer roger nelson says despite the defense's claims he believes sierra is not alive and hopes the trial will provide answers. >> i think a lot of people are eager to have the trial get under way and i have said it before, to have justice served. >> and prosecutors today said that garcia torres admitted he was in the same area as sierra the day she went missing. he told prosecutors or investigators that he was going fishing. prosecutors also say that surveillance video shows garcia torres purchased bleach and turkey basster and they say that they use that to kill dna. >> still to come here, they put their lives on the line for u.s. military members in afghanistan. we talk to two afghan interpreters. one who just arrived in the united states this past weekend after friends came to his a

yesterday attorneys heard from the ex-girlfriend of garcia- torres, the accused killer.ut they say she told conflicting stories. now, in court the ex-girlfriend claimed on the day that sierra lamar disappeared, she went to do laundry at her mother's house and garcia-torres dropped her off. prosecutors say she never told investigators that she was with garcia-torres that morning. garcia-torres is charged with the kidnapping and killing of sierra lamar even though they are body has not been found. he is also charged with trying to kidnap three other women. >>> those are just some of your morning headlines from our news room. mike, sal, gasia, i'll send it back to you. >> thank you, dave. >>> the san francisco police department is rolling out a new security system to keep better tabs on officers computer activity. this comes in the wake of the san francisco police department's racist texting scandal and a review that said that it needed to monitor electronic devices more. tara moriarty is live from the hall of justice to explain. >> reporter: we're talking about the departm

a piece of evidence is a rope in garcia torres' car with sierra's hair on it.rlier photo of the rope taken by authorities did not have any hair. >> and if they can suggest the dna is not properly analyzed, it wasn't properly collected, if it's not reliable that completely undermines a case where there is no crime scene and there is no body. >> garcia torres is being charged on charges of kidnapping three women in 2009, his finger sprint was found on a sun gun battery, in the process handled batteries. >>> time is 4:13, the search goes on for an escaped inmate who got away in hayward. 27-year-old sean nu was arrested for dui in hayward this month, wanted in kentucky for fraud and identity theft. sheriff deputies picked him up at the santa rita jail, they were head today sfo but their rental car became struck in traffic southbound 880 near the a street off ramp in hayward. >> traffic was at a standstill, that suspect jumped out of the back of the rental car that they had and escaped on the freeway. he was last seen going on the freeway southbound. >> now the inma

garcia torres is accused of kidnapping and killing 15-year- old sierra lamar almost 5 years ago.er body was never found. the case is heavily based on dna and other markers the defense says investigators mishandled. >>> an investigation is underway after a fremont police officer shot and killed a man last month in fremont on mowry avenue. fremont police showed up for a disturbance call. once on the scene, one of the people involved confronted the responding officer. police say the pair got into a fight and that's when the officer fired his gun. police say they offered medical aid after he was shot the man died on the scene.>> we want to make sure we do a complete and thorough job from beginning to end. we want to know what happened at the onset, what happened here and afterwards. >> the officer who shot the suspect was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. >>> and vallejo, a homicide investigation is underway after police find a man suffering multiple gunshot wounds. officers tell us it happened yesterday near river park. they say the victim was lying in the middle of hilborn

a santa clara county sheriff's deputy testified yesterday in the trial of antolin garcia-torres. much of the testimony was focused on forensic evidence. sierra's cell phone, backback and clothing were found along the roadside not far from where she vanished. the deputy who examined lamar's clothing said her jeans had a strong odor of urine, suggesting that she had been frightened. observers in the courtroom said it was difficult to hear the evidence the defense attorney for antolin garcia torres questioned the deputy on the handling of that evidence. the defense claims the evidence is contaminated because deputies and crime lab techs failed to follow proper protocols. sierra lamar's body was never found. still ahead on the kron four morning news... the raiders still trying to leave oakland. hear what roger goodell is saying about the teams potential move to las vegas. and we continue to track the rain falling in the bay area this morning. taking a live look at storm tracker 4 radar. . it's okay to cry, right? no more! we don't want anymore! [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! everyday price an

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. >>> now to the south bay, in the murder trial of garcia torres. inside the hall of justice in san jose. detectives testified to a wide range of questions and among them about torres' activities in the day leading up to sierra lamar's disappearances. the 15-year-old teenager went missing on her way to school in 2012. her body has never been found. but prosecutors say that dna evidence links garcia torres to her presumed murder. he has denied involvement. defense attorneys say lamar was distraught about the move to morgan hill and ran away. >>> cal tran's resumed work on the santa cruz mountains and traffic is reduced to one direction in the slide area. commuters are all too familiar with the closures and delays on highway 17. >>> maureen naylor got an update how people are getting around. reporter: sky fox is overhead showing what the vine hill mudslide looks like from the air. the mountains spills on to highway 17 covering the two northbound lanes and debilitating a main traffic artery. on the ground crews prepare to resume clearing it. this retir

the murder trial of antolin garcia-torres cotinues this morning. he is the man accused of killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. sierra's notebook was the focus of several witness examinations yesterday.it was found after sierra's disappeppearance in 20-12 and had a runaway note inside the prosecutor dismissed the note as a cruel prank. a handwriting analyst testified that the 15-year-old probably did not write the note, but he did not eliminate the possibility altogether. antolin garcia-torres faces the death penalty if convicted of sierra's a man is behind bars this morning in connection to a jewelry heist at the sears store in concord. police say 26-year-old kevin davis junior turned himself in last week. the burglary happened in december at the sun-valley mall.... and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry was stolen. davis was previously arrested, but released due to lack of evidence. police say they later found more evidence that linked him to the crime... and issued a warrant for his arrest. davis is now facing felony charges.

prosecutors say dna evidene links antonin garcia-torres to lamar's death. in their opening statements defense attorneys detailed how they believe investigators failed to use proper dna protocols. >> it's going to come down to a battle of the experts and who tells the story about dna in a more comprehensive and lear wcl way. >> garcia-torres could face the death penalty if convicted. >>> more than a million dollars. that's how much a former uc santa cruz student is getting after acougs a former professor of rape. >> for the first time that woman is revealing her identity. abc 7 reporter katie mars yooulo spoke with her tonight and has details from uc santa cruz. >> reporter: in 2015 the dave before luz portio was supposed to graduate from uc santa cruz she says one of her professors invited her to a luncheon and sexually assaulted her. >> this is still a very present problem in my life. something i'm dealing with on a daily basis. >> reporter: she says she spent her graduation day going to the hospital and reporting the attack to police and the university. a

the garcia torres case, that trial continues today. we are hearing for the first time that lamar and garcia torres might have known each other. according to the mercury news, it was revealed by a lead investigator during testimony. he had he interviewed one person that indicated the two were acquaintance that. could undermine dna evidence found in garcia torres's truck. >> nancy pelosi holding an immigration and refugee roundtable. it will focus how the city can-can combat president trump's immigration policies. >> in santa clara county today, officials will discuss the county's lawsuit challenging president trump's executive order that threat especiallies to defund sanctuary jurisdictions. today we are on day 35. >> scott showing us some of the video of raucous town halls all over the country. >> people demanding why they are getting rid of the affordable health care act. why representatives supported trump. very red state arkansas. wow. did you see this? the internet lit up wednesday afternoon. arkansas congressman tom cotton held hi

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prosecutors say dna evidene links antonin garcia-torres to lamar's death. in their opening statements defense attorneys detailed how they believe investigators failed to use proper dna protocols. >> it's going to come down to a battle of the experts and who tells the story about dna in a more comprehensive and lear wcl way. >> garcia-torres could face the death penalty if convicted. >>> more than a million dollars. that's how much a former uc santa cruz student is getting after acougs a former professor of rape. >> for the first time that woman is revealing her identity. abc 7 reporter katie mars yooulo spoke with her tonight and has details from uc santa cruz. >> reporter: in 2015 the dave before luz portio was supposed to graduate from uc santa cruz she says one of her professors invited her to a luncheon and sexually assaulted her. >> this is still a very present problem in my life. something i'm dealing with on a daily basis. >> reporter: she says she spent her graduation day going to the hospital and reporting the attack to police and the university. a

the deputies and the crime lab of contaminating dna from evidence that prosecutors say will link garcia torres to the crime. legal analyst stephen clark says that's influencing the prosecutor to ensure the jury that protocol was followed. >> jurors have heard about mistakes that have been made in prosecutions because of mishandling of evidence, particularly dna evidence. if this jury feels that the evidence wasn't handled right, that's going to hurt the prosecution case. >> reporter: as part of that process, a deputy explained how he would change latex gloves each time he touched contents of a bag that contained sierra's sweatshirt, jeans and school books. it's anticipated that a host of experts will take the stand in the weeks ahead to talk about dna and the risks of contamination. a key witness is expected to be sierra's mother, marlene, the last person to see the 15-year-old. in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >>> a santa clara county parks employee was hurt after a maintenance vehicle caught fire. the san jose fire department posted this video on twitter. it happened at about 9:45 this

the trial of antolin garcia- torres continues in san jose today.used of kidnapping and killing 15-year-old sierra lamar almost five years ago. her body was never found. the case is heavily based on dna and other physical evidence which defense attorneys say investigators mishandled. >>> the future of the titans of mavericks surf competition is in doubt. yesterday the organizers of the contest at half moon bay filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. the contest window is open now. the this year for the first time, mavericks added a women's heat. >>> a man is speaking at uc- berkeley tonight and the campus is preparing for protests. milo yiannopoulos writes a column for breitbart website. he is advocating for removing federal funding from schools protecting undocumented immigrants. >>> the a north dakota senator says the army corps of engineers has been ordered to allow the construction of the dakota access pipeline under a disputed section of the missouri river. opponents say it could ton tam nature drinking water in the area. >>> vice president mike pence

. >> now to the angelina garcia torres murder case. the man accused of killing sierra lamar from morgan hill. the trial continue today and we're hearing for the first time that lamar and garcia torres may have known each other. we're hearing for the first time in court, that is. according to the mercury news that information was revealed yesterday by a lead investigator during testimony. that investigator said he interviewed at least one person who indicated that they were acquaintances. experts say that could undermine dna evidence found in garcia torres' car. >> the stock markets open today at record highs. so far mixed trading although the dow jones industrial average is up right now 42 points at 20,817. for uber, the woes continue this morning. >> it is in the mid of an internal investigation to sexual harassment and now scott mcgrew, new allegations in the newspaper. the new york times used dozens of interviews and recordings of meetings to piece together what comes across as a disturbing image, a business culture gone wrong. this

garcia-torres is expected in court in just a couple hours. >> "today in the bay" kris sanchez joins us this morning with what we're expecting for court today and what we learned during the trial. good morning, kris. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and sam. as the trial begins at 9:00 in just three hours in the courthouse behind me, we expect that the defense will continue to try to chip away at some of that evidence which is said to be so critical because there is no body we expect they will also continue to try to paint sierra lamar as the kind of teenager who could have just taken off. that is not the portrait that the prosecutors are trying to paint in calling three of sierra lamar's friends to the stand. they are young women but around the same age when she disappeared as a 15-year-old high school sophomore. they sat just yards away from the man accused of killing their friend as they had to recount what she was like and what her last moments might have been. one of their mothers told us what it was like for her daughter to prepare to answer those questions about whether he

. >>> it's day three of the murder trial for antolin garcia- torres. he is accused of killing sierra lamar. it was an emotional day in court for the lamar family. prosecutors entered into evidence the clothing she was wearing when she was last seen. on the stand, a sheriffs deputy talked about the recovery of her cell phone, it's potentially an important part of the case because the defense is expected to argue that her phone was active after the time frame that prosecutors are establishing for the murder. >> the cell phone evidence, if it takes the prosecution's case out of their time line, the defense will say, our client could not have killed her. >> defense attorneys also attacked the way that the evidence was collected. >>> we have our legal analysts. lets start with the antolin garcia-torres case, there is no body but there are dna traces that the investigators found. defense attorneys are going after the way that the evidence was collected. how far does that go in a courtroom. >> it's unusual in santa clara. their crime lab is run by the distric

the attorney of antolin garcia- torres questioned the deputy about the evidence. >> the defense brought it's a game when it came to examining the crime scene investigator in the case. >> reporter: he appeared agitated regarding how they collected sierra lamar's belongings. they suggested that the board the evidence was placed on was not wiped down. >> at the end of the day it does not matter because you have to look at the quantum of the evidence. >> reporter: in cross- examination of her friends, the defense are saying she missed her old friends from another town, also around 4:00, a woman's daughter testified that she let sierra lamar borrow her sweater and it was what sierra lamar was wearing when she disappeared. >> do you know how long the trial will last? >> it will last until april. hundreds of witnesses are coming forward. we already heard from the deputies that handled the evidence. we heard from her friend and we will likely hear from her family as well. >>> breaking news right now out of oakland, oakland police are searching the area between broadway terrace and highway 13, t

yesterday attorneys heard from the ex-girlfriend of sierra lamar's accused killer, garcia- torres. but she couldn't seem to keep her story straight. in court she testified on the day that sierra lamar disappeared she went to do laundry at her mother ace house and garcia-torres dropped her off. but prosecutors say that during the investigation, she never told officials she was with garcia-torres that morning. garcia-torres is charged with kidnapping and killing sierra lamar even though her body has not been found. he is charged with kidnapping three other women as well. >>> san francisco police are increasing security in their own department. it will be rolled out for computer activity that includes cyber security and tools meant to track every key stroke and click of a mouse. the latest reform effort following a review that recommended the police department create policies and practices for an ongoing audit of electronic devices for any biased activity. >>> this week we saw the san jose mayor responding to the scene of flooding and evacuations in the south bay. before too much rain

antolin garcia-torres is accused of killing sierra lamar.he defense team grilled crime scene investigators about hair found on a rope in the trunk of his car. defense attorneys questioned whether or not the hair was on the rope when it was discovered or perhaps it was transferred later. sierra lamar's body was never found. >>> apple is moving their conference back to san jose. the event attracts thousands of people from around the world. apple said the time was right to bring the event back to san jose where it was held from 1989 to 2002. the mayor of san jose said he is delighted. >> it's wonderful news, apple joins facebook in bringing their big event to san jose. >> facebook recently announced it's annual developer event will be held in san jose this year. >>> we have reached the all star break, four players from the warriors are heading there sunday. tonight, we have more on the drama from the season's first half. >> we call it the first half but it's really two-thirds of the way through the season. the warrior's season started before th

more prosecution witnesses will take the stand today in the trial of garcia-torres.ccused of kidnapping and murdering morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. the first witness was a sergeant from the sheriff's office that described chaos at the home after her family realized she had disappeared. earlier yesterday the defense gave its opening statements. attorney al lopez blasted the dna evidence and accused investigators of failing to follow protocol when handling a backpack containing her clothing along with the defendant's dna. a key piece of evidence is a rope in garcia-torres' car with sierra lamar's hair on it. >> if they can suggest the dna is not properly analyzed, it wasn't properly collected and if it is not reliable, that completely undermines a case where there is no crime scene and there is no body. >> garcia-torres is being tried on charges of kidnapping three women in 2009. prosecutors is a i thinks fingerprint was found on a stun gun battery in one of the attacks. the defense argues that he worked at safeway and in the process handled batteries. >>> uc berk

the second week of the murder trial of antolin garcia-torres begins this morning in san jose.s charged with the 2012 kidnapping and murder. even though her body has not been found. the defense is arguing the investigators mishandled evidence and that sierra may have run away from home. however, a friend of hers testified that they had planned to meet on the very day she disappeared as if she would have never abandoned her family and friends. antolin garcia-torres could get the death penalty or life in prison without parole. >>> the senate is voting today on president trump's choice and nominee for education secretary. two republicans from alaska and maine say they will vote against betsy devos after getting many angry calls from their home district. they say the confirmation vote may end up in a 50-50 tie and if it does, mike pence would be called in to cast the deciding vote. betsy devos lost support during the earlier hearings and other things seemed familiar with individuals with education act. . >>> mike, sal, gasia, back to you? >> dave, thank you. how are your pg and e b

none of them recognized garcia-torres. one of her friends said she recalled lamar talking about running away from home, back in the 8th grade. the defense claims lamar was unhappy about the her family moving from fremont to morgan hill. lamar's body has never been found. the trial resumes this morning at 8:30. big news. senate democrats fighting hard to try and block president trump's nominee for education secretary. the likely vote count, so close that it could force vice president pence to cast the first-ever cabinet confirmation tie-breaking vote. reid binion reports. chris van hollen / -d- maryland: "i think the senators have said they are going to fight trump on things like the betsy devos nomination."senator chris van hollen......just one of the senate democrats fighting to block the confirmation of trump education secretary nominee betsy devos......who has has faced considerable opposition - in part due to her controversial advocacy of charter school programs.chris van hollen / -d- maryland: "whether you live in mon

garcia torres denies involvement in the death but investigators say they found dna evidence in his car linking him to lamar. torres' says she was upset with her family and ran away from home. we will bring you details as we get them. >>> the biggest draw on the pga tour and see how the wet weather is putting a damper on the festivities at pebble beach. >>> the at&t pebble beach pro am begins on thursday and the list of celebrities are good. super bowl winning coach bill belichick and matt cane and huey lewis. >> what is not good is the rain. joe fonzi is in soggy pebble beach and did anybody get out there at all today, joe? >> yeah, some people did. we talked to one of the celebrities that you just mentioned and i understand that at one of the signature places and this is the world-famous par 5, 18 hole at pebble beach. one of the most beautiful places. and one of the the angry places when the weather is not so nice. the waves crashing on the fair way. what has it been about five years as the northern california winter and they wondered at this tournament will we get crosby weather tha

antolin garcia-torres is accused of killing the teenager who disappeared five years ago. there is dna evidence according to the prosecutor tying antolin garcia-torres to the crime. the defense argues that the case was mishandled and evidence was contaminated. attorneys took the lead investigator to task on the cross examination.>> the defense brought it's a kick came dashes a game in the case. >>> there was emotional testimony from the friends of sierra lamar. one cried on the witness stand as the two exchanged text more test text messages on the morning right before sierra lamar disappeared on the way to her bus stop. the trial has been difficult for sierra's parents. >> it's unsettling, especially when it first happens. everybody hugs their clothes a little closer -- their kids a little closer. >> reporter: there was no testimony today and court reserves on monday. jurors are in for a long haul on this one as it is expected to last -- last five months. legal -- we have our legal analyst here. is going to be a long trial, but we saw where the at -- the defense is going a

lawyers for garcia-torres are trying to show that the prosecutor's dna evidence in the case cannot be trusted. today they focused on the way the investigators handled or as they claim mishandled sierra lamar's backpack, jeans and sweater. what they're trying to do is show that the collection of the evidence was flawed at the outset so when the defense experts testify as to the dna issues they're going to say it's reliable because of the way the evidence was collected. >> the sheriff's investigator testified that his commanders told him to process the evidence at the on-scene command post for staffing reasons rather than taking it back to a sterile crime lab, the investigator testified that they also used an improvised table to lay out the evidence, but the defense believes that contaminated the evidence, making it inadmissible. >> the defense definitely brought their a-game cross examining the testimony. >> it was not a good night at our house. it was very silent. and a lot of nerves. >> reporter: at times emotional, the nervous friends answered questions from both sides while looking

if he is convicted garcia torres could get the death penalty or life in them -- life in prison. >>> a late to a hit and run crash that killed a pedestrian last week has been found. it happened thursday morning on highway 101. the man who was hit died at the scene. they were able to figure out the type of car involved. based on the debris from the scene. they have not said how they were able to find that car in hayward. they have a person of interest but no arrests. >>> today the u.s. senate expected to vote on confirming the president nominee for secretary of education. experts predict the senate vote on the the the vols will end up in a tie. 2 republican senators say they will vote against betsy devos after getting a lot of calls from their home districts. if that happens mike pence will be called in to vote to break the tie. betsy devos did not get much support during earlier hearings. she seemed unfamiliar with the individuals with disabilities education act. she also said guns might have a place in school to protect students from grizzly bears. >>> thousands of students at 1030 co

attorneys for garcia torres said their client never met sierra lamarr.secutors say he kidnapped and killed her on her way to school in march 2012. her body has never been found. if he is convicted he could get the death penalty. >>> the warriors hope to start the second half with a big victory against the clippers. they hope to dominate after beating them 144-98. golden state will have reinforcements. david west is expected to be back. chris paul is also clear to play after surgery. >>> the 49ers general manager and head coach kyle shanahan met with colin kaepernick. he left the meeting excited -- it seems like kaepernick is in a good place. he added the evaluation process will continue. kaepernick can opt out of his contract as early as next week. they could release him to avoid paying his salary this year. >>> you want a direct answer -- i will say compared to the last few days of commuting today is much better. as we go to the maze there is slow traffic. we don't have rain or when. you do need to be careful about went on some bridges. i would say it i