our teams have worked tirelessly to try to bring little juliani cardenas hone alive. as we previously -- home alive. as we previously shared with you, we want to make sure that -- that -- out of respect for the cardenas family, that we remember we've lost the life of a little boy. this investigation continues. this is the homicide investigation. it's an ongoing investigation. we have issued a warrant for the arrest for jose rodriquez. even though we still believe that jose is in the canal as well, we're going to treat this case as a homicide and in the course and scope of that investigation, the issue of the warrant is proper. we will continue this investigation until we find jose rodriquez. but right now, again, we want to make sure that we do everything as a community to support tabitha -- tabitha and the boy's grandmother. positive identification will be made through dna and other procedures that we normally apply in these cases at our coroner's division. >> i would like to thank a moment to recognize and thank the people standing here with me. to my left, patterson

la comunidad de patterson, en el valle central take vo recuerda esta noche a juliani cardenas. ---- julianira el niño de cuatro aÑos que desaparecio el 18 de enero, al que se lo busco por todo el estado, y cuyo cadaver aparecio esta maÑana en un canal de irrigacion agricola. ----- a juliani se lo llevo jose esteban rodriguez, ex novio de su mama. ---- se encontro en el mismo canal el carro del secuestrador, pero el cuerpo de rodriguez aun no aparecio. take vo ---- sobre jose esteban rodriguez pesa ahora una orden de captura por homicidio. ----aunque el personal del alguacil de stanislaus, dice que es muy posible que el cuerpo del plagiador aparezca en el mismo canal de mendota. ----- la policia no dejo de buscar: la pista dada por un trabajador del campo tenia fundamento. --el testigo habia dicho que vio un carro corolla plateado "volando" hacia el canal y luego, sumergiendose en el. cu --esta noche abriremos nuestras lineas telefonicas y nuestro correo electronico est tambien disponible para que nos de su opinion sobre la tragedia del niÑo juliani. --algunas madres consternadas ya hablan s

last evening in patterson family and friends celebrated juliani cardenas' short life. about 1000 people gathered at patterson high school's football stadium to remember the boy with songs and stories, love and tears. >> and although juliani cardenas' life was short it was very joyous. and filled with love each and every day. >>> police are waiting for a positive identification of the body found in the canal today. it seems very likely it was that of the kidnapper and perhaps the story is coming to an end. >> don knapp, thank you. >>> one day after a deadly officer-involved shooting in solono county a call for witnesses to come forward. vallejo police shot and killed a 45-year-old man after they say he got out of a car and pointed a gun at them. it happened after a brief police chase in the north end of town late yesterday afternoon. a passenger who jumped out of the man's car was detained and released before the shooting. police are now looking for him for questioning. >>> meanwhile vallejo police are offering a $50,000 reward for information in a murder a year and a h

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he kidding juliani cardenas january 18th by snatching the boy from his grandmother's arm. the emit toyota was pulled last month. the mother showed relief that the ordeal is finally over. >> i was relieved and i was just thinking about jose's mom. i hope she is okay and tough enough to deal with this. i know what it feels like to lose a son because i lost my, too. >> wearing a t-shirt with juliani cardenas's picture on it hopes that his daughter won't forget him. >> now she knows her ex-boyfriend has been found to be and can no longer can hurt her she can now rest. >> we don't have to worry about anything else happening. >> an autopsy is scheduled for tuesday. positive identification will be made through dna, evidence on the body or dental records. >>> oakland police are searching for two suspects after a high-speed chase injured an innocent driver. one suspect the driver of a green chrysler led people on a five minute chase through oakland before crashing into a gray buick at the corner of ritchie and macarthur boulevard of the buick smashed into a store and burst into fla

. >> una pausa y enseguida, cientos de personas llegaron a recordar al niño juliani cardenas , ya regresamoso, calif. -- vallejo were on reported officer-that followed a suspect. shot by newschopper about the incident at this point. ofcil otged: 5p --un senador estatal presento una propuesta para obligar a compaÑias como "pg&e" a una propuesta para obligar a compaÑias como "pg&e" a instalar valvulas autom >> un senador rpesento nuna prpuesta para instalar balnulas automaricas de seguridad en los gaseoductos. >> e3s mas facil que nunca saber que tan cerca vivimos de una falla geologica, existe una nueva pagin www.conservation.ca.gob puede determianr si deberia omprar uns eguro contra teremotos . >> esta noche cerca de 300 personas se reunieron para rcordar al niño juliani cardenas , aquí agradecieron al amdre y la abla del pequeño quienes agradecieron la ayuda de la comunidad. >> mas que nada soy amdre, y un hijo a esta edad no se debe perder, y la forma que muri fue muy dolorosa, es algo que todos estamos sintiendo. >> por lo pronto las autoridades mitieorn una orden de captura de por himici

more reaction from juliani cardenas family and friends. today is the first day for san jose's new acting police chief, chris more on the lighter heart attack as the top cop yesterday he was appointed to that post. 25 year veteran, he talked about his plan to reduce violent crime. the city had seven homicides, three of them are believed connected to gangs. >> i will continue to focus our efforts on violent crime. last year we saw across-the-board decreases in crime. 10 year low, as most of you know we have seen a spike we saw three gang-related murders and a triple homicide. it is not that we haven't seen these before, when a red seal with them as we do. yet to address them straight on, but the appropriate resources to fixing it. we will not allowed to escalate. >> in addition to using law- enforcement to reduce gang violence he will call on the prevention programs to help with the gang problem. live to pennsylvania where it looks like phil has come out. >> (applause) (applause) >> come on out here filled. (applause) >> come on out here fel

they have brought blue and white balloons in honor of juliani cardenas. this is a community that has come together to hope for the best. we also want to tell you, we just learned that tabitha cardenas has issued a statement on her facebook page. and she says, quote, i want everyone to pray that juliani's body is found so we can all know that he is burning in hell and i don't have to worry about him taking my unborn baby girl. now let's hear the story. >> we recovered the body of a small child whose physical description and clothing description matches that of our kidnapping victim. >> a mother's worst nightmare becomes reality. the search for juliani cardenas is over. friends say the four-year-old brightened this patterson neighborhood. >> beautiful child. beautiful smile, happy. >> two weeks ago, jose rodriguez allegedly snatched jewuliani fr his grandmother's arms. >> by the time i heard him, he was already going down to his room. >> they pulled up rodriguez's car friday, and today, 30 miles down stre downstream, they found the little boy's body. his gra

juliani's safe return. instead it was turned into a mourning. tabitha cardenas is pregnant with the child of jose rodriguez. this story became a part of many people's lives in patterson. people who prayed for a better outcome. >> i was hoping it was going to turn out different. >> reporter: the next time this community gathers for juliani may be for his memorial, no date has been set. >> and the sheriff department issued a warrant for jose rodriguez. the sheriff's department says that it's a formality for rodriguez is presumed dead and his body is in the canal. >> all of the evidence leads us to believe jose rodriguez is also in the canal. >> reporter: rodriguez is the ex-boyfriend of juliani's mother. >>> the sheriff had predicted two weeks would pass before a body surfaced in the canal. but no one realizes how far juliani's body would travel. it was discovered in san elena, 30 miles south of where they pulled the car of the suspect. >> reporter: the body of 4-year- old juliani cardenas was found by a water works employee. a sight that attracted visitors today.

>>.autopsy results show the young boy presumed to be four-year old juliani cardenas died of drowning.dnaill confirm the body's identity won't be available for a couple of weeks.however, investigators say the remains, found in the delta- mendota canal tuesday, match juliani's physical description and were clad in the same "spiderman" shoes and pajamas the missing child was wearing when he was kidnapped from his grandmother's arms on january 18th. juliani's mother's ex-boyfriend jose rodriguez is wanted on murder and kidnapping charges but police believe he is also dead in the canal. authorities found rodriguez's car in the canal last week.the cardenas family is reportedly still planning the child's funeral.stay tuned to kron 4 and www.kron4.com for the latest on the search for rodriguez and the investigation into juliani's death. >> pacific gas and electric co. ran four natural-gas transmission system lines well above legal safety levels in recent years and must cut the operating pressure on those pipes, state officials said wednesday. two of the pipes, in the south bay, are buried under

juliani's safe return. instead it was turned into a mourning. tabitha cardenas is pregnant with the child of jose rodriguez. this story became a part of many people's lives in patterson. people who prayed for a better outcome. >> i was hoping it was going to turn out different. >> reporter: the next time this community gathers for juliani may be for his memorial, no date has been set. >> and the sheriff department issued a warrant for jose rodriguez. the sheriff's department says that it's a formality for rodriguez is presumed dead and his body is in the canal. >> all of the evidence leads us to believe jose rodriguez is also in the canal. >> reporter: rodriguez is the ex-boyfriend of juliani's mother. >>> the sheriff had predicted two weeks would pass before a body surfaced in the canal. but no one realizes how juliani's body would travel. it was discovered in san elena, 30 miles south of where they pulled the car of the suspect. >> reporter: the body of 4-year- old juliani cardenas was found by a water works employee. a sight that attracted visitors today. >>

authorities have positively identified the child's body pulled out of the delta medota canal as juliani cardenas. juliani was kidnapped last month from patterson. crews pulled out an empty car from that canal last friday. his body was recovered on tuesday and an autopsy determined he had drowned. his alleged kidnapper has still not been found. he is presumed drowned. >>> right now police and fire officials are asking for the public's help after a fourth fire in the castro district. investigators say someone set fire to an ornamental screen just before 4:00 this morning. it is the fourth suspicious fire in just the past 24 hours in the castro. no one has been hurt but at least ten people were displaced. >> we are just concerned and fearful that this just seems very random and happening in the middle of the night. >> reporter: fire investigators told ktvu this afternoon they are still looking for a conclusive links between the fires. >>> a con vicked serial rapest already serving a sentence will be sentenced again in the death of sandra howard. he faces seven years to life in prison for killing ho

when 4-year-old juliani cardenas was taken two weeks ago, a neighbor heard the screams. >> he took my baby. he took my baby. >> reporter: jose rodriguez is the man suspected of kidnapping juliani. the ex-boyfriend of the 4-year-old's mother. after a tip, sheriff's deputies spent days searching the canal. finally, they pulled up rodriguez's toyota from the canal, but no bodies were found, until today, when hope turned to heartbreak. >> we recovered the body of a small child whose des kripgs matches that of our victim. >> she's asking us to know that juliani is in heaven and he's safe and he's in a good place right now. >> reporter: juliani's mother is eight months progress with jose's child. friends say she's in shock and left for a doctor's appointment to make sure the baby's okay. in this neighborhood, blue and yellow ribbons adorn the trees. >> nothing makes up for the loss of a child. nothing. it's a pretty helpless feeling right now. >> reporter: the memorial vigil begins tonight at 7:00 and moving forward, councillors will be available at local schools to talk to children about w

the bodies matches the description of missing for year-old juliani cardenas. >> physical description and clothing description matches that of her kidnapping victim. is the same canal that authorities pulled the car from the a lot to rodriguez. the man expected a lead that they can generate taste. tonight at 4:00 p.m. will take you to the canal with a body was found it will show how the body is rallying around the family in times of hope in the morning. >> (music) live from the bay area news station this is kron4 news at 4:00 p.m.. >> the body of the four old juliani cardenas has been found. he was found two weeks ago after police say he was kidnapped by his mother's ex-boyfriend. friday investigators found the car driven by the expected kidnapper jose rodriguez. they pulled it from the delta mendota canal. concede they're on our map. today the body of juliani was found about 30 mi. south of where the car was found. kron4 news kate hobson joins us live. she has the latest. cake? it >> to days to the weeks since juliani was ripped from his grandmother as arms of his body was discovered

. >>> hundreds of people gathered in patterson to remember the life of four-year-old juliani cardenas. the crowd sang and prayed for the family last night on the steps of city hall. despite learning the grim news just hours earlier, juliani's mother was there his grandmother spoke to a crowd and thanked everyone for their support. >> my grandson he is looking at all of you wherever he is. >> there are also prayers for tabitha cardenas and her unborn baby. she is due to give birth next month. >>> in egypt today thousands of demonstrators showing support for president move bar rack -- mubarak are crashing with protestors on the streets of cairo. within the last half hour reports came in there have been injuries after the two sides began hitting each other with sticks. also today in a television announcement an egyptian military spokesman asked protestors to go home and return to normal life in egypt. the protestors have been an inspiration. >> the people of egypt particularly the young people of egypt i want to be clear. we hear your voices. i have an unyielding belief that you will det

body of a young boy was found in the same canal where crews have been searching for 4-year-old juliani cardenas. the body was found in the delta- mendota canal, that is near the town of justine, about 16 miles south of patterson just west of los banos. a worker at the canal spotted body about 7:30 this morning. so far deputies have not identified the child. they are going to wait for dna testing for that. but, the merced county sheriff's department says the clothing matches the description of what juliani was wearing when he went missing. so far, still no sign of jose rodriguez. he is the ex-boyfriend of juliani's mother and the man police say kidnapped juliani. now, a news conference is set to get under way soon in patterson the town where the boy was last seen. we will join that once it begins. but to recap what has happened over the past couple of weeks. juliani's grandmother told police the boy was taken right out of her arms by jose rodriguez. now, that was on january 18. later that day, a farm worker claims he saw a car matching the one driven by rodriguez going into this canal with a man

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the body of four-year-old juliani cardenas had been found. the abduction lead to a state- wide amber alert. yesterday his body was found in canal waters. a water authority worker was checking meters when he spotted the boys body. the worker waved down the driver to help him. >> it's very difficult to find the body of a child and have to remove that child from the canal. >> there the watt -- the water is running about 4-5 miles an hour. it goes fast. >> authorities warned of swift currents and depths up to 30 feet. they warned wherever they discovered would be found anywhere within the 117-mile waterway. authorities wouldn't stop searching the canal after the strongest lead they had lead them there. the man abducted juliani 27- year-old jose esteban rodriguez. a warrant is out for his arrest. >>> juliani's mother says she does not want to speak pubically right now. she did leave a message for people on her facebook page. it says quote i want everyone to pray that joses body is found so we all know he is burning in hell and i don't have to worr

there are tears tonight as the search for juliani cardenas has come to a heartbreaking end.er department worker made the discovery this morning when he spotted the 4-year-old's body in the mentota canal. that's 5 miles away from where police believe rodriguez drove his car into the canal. friends and family members are gathering right now in the downtown area. ken-- >> reporter: frank, they will be gathering as you can

little town of patterson as the word is beginning to spread in regards to the discovery of juliani cardenas's body. we have heard very little from the family today, who has spent most of the morning inside of the home here in patterson, although we did see tabitha, juliani's mother, driven out of the home with police escort about an hour after that news conference today. we also talked with a priest who was inside the cardenas home today after they had heard the news of the discovery about 31 miles south of here. he says, the family was actually a comfort to him and he believes that that is a testimony to their faith and the support the -- overwhelming support they have received from this community. >> they're very, very conscious of the support of the community and they appreciate that very, very much and my own thinking, i think that's a large part of what has helped them through all this. >> reporter: there really is no expectation for to us hear from juliani cardenas' mother tabitha today, although she has been very vocal throughout this entire process. there is a prayer vigil that's expe

a memorial ride in memory of juliani cardenas that started in patterson and ended here in modesto. >> my wife and daughter made some special vip ribbons. >> reporter: 700 riders showed up today. >> juliani, great weather, tons of bikes. i couldn't ask for a better day. >> reporter: the idea came about because after cantu's death, a similar ride was organized. so among today's riders, was chavez. >> it gives you a feeling of control, that you don't have. and so just thinking of juliani and thinking about sandra, they're up there in heaven playing together, i know. >> coming up next at 6:00, celebrating the legacy of a president. we'll take you to ronald reagan's centennial celebration. >>> the scare that could threaten your super bowl menu. the details on that next. >>> plus, it's the super bowl ad everyone will likely be talking about tomorrow. we have it today. and the star? a california child with an amazing story. >>> this weekend, supporters and fans of president ronald reagan are honoring his legacy. tomorrow would have been reagan's 100th birthday. a tour of his ranch in santa b

authorities say it matches the description of the man suspected of kidnapping 4-year-old juliani cardenas. the body has been in the water for too long to identify the prints. investigators say based on the physical description and clothing found on the body, they believe it is that of jose rodriguez. the ex-boyfriend of juliani's mother is suspected of taking the boy from the home on january 18th. the 27-year-old's body was found about 11 miles from where a farm worker saw rodriguez's car go into the canal. the little boy's mother who is pregnant with rodriguez's child reacted to the news that a body was discovered this morning. here's what she had to say. >> i just want to say that i'm relieved that all this is over. but i want to tell jose's mom that i feel her pain. >> reporter: we did contact rodriguez's mother this afternoon. she had no comment at this time. an autopsy is tentatively scheduled for tuesday. investigators say most likely they will need dental records to confirm the man's identity, or dna samples. and that could take two to three weeks. we're live in patterson tonight.

. >> se han declarado nuevas datos del rapto del pequeño juliani cárdenas . >> el sujeto lo saco a lallamado del niño . >> no papi , no papi. >> el joven identificado , fue golpeado, acuchido y encadenado. >> la demanda acusa tambiñn al condado. >> la policía de oakland busca a un sujeto que atento sexualmente a una mujer. >> el hombre es afroamericano y es buscado . >> avise por favor, . >> en el condado de contra costa , es acusado un consejero por violar a tres menores en la prisión . >> además se le acusa de reproduccion de pornografía infantil . >> una familia latina de san josñ sigue pidiendo la ayuda del público , luego que la joven fuera atropella y arrastrada por un vehículo . >> temen que la joven no vuelva a caminar,. >> la falta de alumnos y la crisis financiera en zona ha llevado a la posibilidad de que se cierren algunas escuelas. >> además de esto , se piensa juntar algunas de las escuelas que sigan . >> (hablan en inglñs) . >> como le afecta esto a su familia ?. >> demasiado stress para mis niños, todos estamos muy stresado por la busqueda a lo menos son 3 las escuelas

we can show you chopper video from where juliani cardenas body was found. 30 mi. south of paterson spend traveling some distance into the next county. where it was discovered by water department worker are around 7:30 p.m.. we can also show you some ground video of that area. if now, they have spent two weeks searching for juliani . they said to to drive teams out for days. they had soter 02. they had called about 12 mi. of this canal. looking for him and the car but him and his up ductor investigators, say it were in when it plunged into the water about 45 minutes after the kidnapping of two weeks ago. now, what investigators have not found is the body of the kidnappers and jose rodriguez. they do not believe that rodriguez is alive. they have not found his body at. until now they are treating this as a murder investigation. >> now this investigation continues. this is a homicide investigation. it is an ongoing investigation. we have issued a warrant for the rest for jose rodriguez. and even though we still believe that jose is in the canal as well. we are going

he is suspected of kidnapping juliani cardenas from his grandmother's arms.ast night the family celebrated the boy's short life. >> although my son's life was short it was very joyous and filled with love each and every day. >>> juliani cardenas' body was found in the same canal february 1st. witnesses say they saw a car matching the description of the kidnapper's plunge into the canal the night of the kidnapping. >>> a parolee is under arrest suspected in the first homicide of the year in one city in solono county. police found the body of 26- year-old katherine gillahin in her home on military east by jefferson street last night. officers arrested her boyfriend adam diza at a nearby taco bell parking lot. the two lived together. police detectives say he confessed to the killing but they are not saying how the woman died. >>> other bay area headlines tonight. new insight into the deadly tiger attack at the san francisco zoo three years ago. the tiger was likely provoked into leaping out of her enclosure. claw marks were etched into the asphalt an indication

ciudad de patterson, cientos de personas participaron en una caravana en memoria del pequeÑo "juliani cardenasahi y nos tiene la ultima informacion en torno al estuvo ahi y nos tiene la ultima informacion en torno al caso. cientos de ppersonas participaron en memoria del pequeño jjuliani cárdenas . >> este viernes la oficina del alguacil dio a conocer la nnoticia tan mal esperada . >> entre la comunidad la pena continúa , tteníamos las esperanza de encontrarlo con vida. >> se hhan recaudado fondos para el funeral del pequeño . >> cada uno de nnosotros somos padres, y para nnosotros tambiñn es muy doloroso lo que ha pasado pasado . >> la caravana salió rumbo al centro comercial , en donde uno de los restaurantes oofreció el 20% de las ganancias para apoyar el funeral del el pequeño . >> tambiñn se le abrió una pequeña cuenta para jjuliani cárdenas . >> el próximo viernes se prepara una vigilia para rememorar a juli . >> el banco de amñrica tendrá que pagar millones de dólares por el excesivo cobro de intereses hhacía los clientes. >> por eso son multados. >> altos ejecutivos de general motors,

. >> el cuerpo que coincide con el secuestrador del niño juliani cárdenas . >> el le arrebato el pequeñoos brazos de su abuela . >> esto se confirmara el día martes . >> una mujer que huyó de su marido violento , hubico a sus hijos despues de 35 años. >> ella huyó de mñxico arrancando de su marido . >> yo siempre tuve la esperanza . >> su hija que se llama dolores, hubico a sus hermanos por rfacce facebook . >> mi medio hermano tenía de amiga a mi hermana . >> me dijeron que a ella le causo gran sorpresa. >> para mi es una emoción tan grande. >> ahora tengo 6 nietos. >> la señora dolores planea víajar a cancun , y poder encontrar a sus hijos. >> la principal de grupo opositores dejara las protestas desde el cairo. >> aún así , planean protestas a lo menos una vez a la semana para mantener la presión . >> uno de los sectores más afectados es egipto. >> volvemos desde el centro de la noticia a tomar contacto con ustedes. adelante estudios. . >> como era de esperar , la salida del poder de hosni mubarak trajo muchísimas manifestaciones . >> esto se vio en la plaza de san francisco y tambiñn

que murio ahogado, aún no se confirma la identidad del cuerpo pero se cree que es el pequeño juliani cardenas de 2 años que murio de un disparo en su cabeza accidentalmente enfreta 4cargs por poner en riesgo a un menor con aún agravant, posesion de un arma de fuego, y cocacion. >> su rpesunto homicida esta en la cárcel ys e cree que el despido del sospechoso fue lo que motivo elc rimen. >> con gran tristeza lose studiantes colocaron flroes en memoria del director. >> un director que recibia personalmente a los estudientae y los ayduadaba en todo ambito. >> un niño que pelea con otros niños me molestaba y me ayudaba mucho con eso. >> la tragedia a impactadoa los que trabajaban con el director, así como tambiñn a los que trabajan con el conserje acusado de haberlo asesinado. >> oficiales del distrito escolar afirman que discutieron y el didirecotr le pidio que se retirara , este volvio con una rma y disparo . >> así lod etermino un juez de el dorado que tras analizar los reportes siquiatricos desecho los intentos de la defensa de librar los cargos en su contra . >> los problemas en el sistema d

the aquaduct and discovered the body of a 4-year- old with cloths matching the description of juliani cardenasa tests are still pending. >> from the very beginning we wanted to find little juliani alive. that was our goal, to bring him home. as the days progressed, as the investigation progressed, we just knew that wasn't gonna be possible. everything led us to that canal. >> reporter: authorities indicated swift death up to 30 feet would be a problem the delta canal is 170-miles long, a waterway. the statewide search for the boy brought together the patterson community, a community still wrapping its arms around the family. >> i was contacted by the board of directors, and we decided to toe nate some funds for the family to help them out in this situation. >> no funeral arrangements have been made for juliani. you are looking at the household this morning. there's still candles burning outside the front of their home. juliani's mother is eight months pregnant with rodriquez. she's due in march. she's having a girl. >>> it's 8:06. juliani's mother said she does not want to speak publicly right

. ----- finalizo la busqueda del pequeño juliani cardenas, esta maÑana ... ----- encontraron su cuerpoake vo al oeste del pueblo de "santa nella" ... a unas 30 millas de donde habia sido hallado el carro de su secuestrador, jose esteban rodriguez. ----- se informo primero que el cadaver coincidia con la descripcion de juliani, y sus ropas eran similares .... ----- luego, vino la fatal confirmacion ... take sot / eng sot ---- "we recovered the body of a small child whose physical description" .... take vo-cesar ---- el cuerpo de jose esteban rodriguez, quien no era el padre de juliani, no ha sido recuperado aun .... por lo cual pesa sobre el, una orden de captura por homicidio. ----aunque los investigadore s intuyen ... que en las proximas horas o dias, el cuerpo de rodriguez aparecera tambien en las aguas del canal mendota, donde fue hallado el cadaver de juliani. cu --- volvemos a la bahia. ---- san jose ya tiene jefe de policia... ----por votacion unanime... el concejo de la ciudad decidio take vo que esta responsabilid ad recaiga en chris moore... quien fungio como jefe interino en

juliani cardenas because he helped raise him and thought of juliani as his son. authorities say rodriguez drove his corolla into the canal. tears flowed throughout the i have vigil. juliani's grandmother talked to the crowd. >> my grandson is looking at all of you. wherever he is. >> reporter: tabitha cardenas could not hide her anger and hatred for her exboyfriend. in fact, she posted a quote saying that she wants everyone to pray that jose's body is found so we can all know he is burning in hell and she doesn't have to worry about him taking her unborn girl. jose is the father of tabitha's unborn baby. reporting live jade hernandez. >>> we'll continue to bring you reports from patterson all morning long. you can also find continuing coverage on our channel 2 website website website. >>> we are following reports in a giant standoff happening in egypt. thousands of demonstrators showing support for president mubarak are clashing with antigovernment protestors on the streets of cairo. there you have a live picture of the streets of cairo. now within the last two h

the two-week-long search for juliani card -- cardenas's body is over. >> giuliani's grandmother says is man, josÉ rodriguez, snatched him from her arms january 18th. they've been looking for rodriguez, the ex-boyfriend of juliani's mother. a witness saw a toyota corolla like the one belonging to rodriguez drive into the canal with two people inside. that car was recovered friday. now that juliani's body has been found, investigators are sure rodriguez's also will surface. the suspect's mother was too upset to talk to us and insisted her sister speak on her behalf. >> no doubt in my mind they're going to find josÉ. they will find him. >> and rodriguez's family also has a message for juliani's mother who's pregnant with his baby. >> i'm so sorry, baby. i'm so sorry. >> rodriguez's family told me they really don't know why any of this happened. they say the suspect helped raise juliani from the time he was just two months old. lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> it's 4:48. the police chief promising improvements in the department and will investigate complaints related to buy a space poli

dna now confirm that the body is indeed that of juliani cardenas.he 4-year-old was kidnapped from his grandmother's arms. crews pulled the vehicle the boy was last seen in from the mendota canal. the vehicle was empty. the body was found just this tuesday. the dna confirmation shows that the boy's body was indeed juliani cardenas. the alleged kidnapper has not been found. >>> workers at a guacamole plant are up to their elbows in avocados as they gear up for their biggest night of the year. that's the sound of bay area city's produce employees mashing up 4,000 pounds of avocados for this week end. the company plans to make 700,000 pounds of guacamole. that's just a drop in the bowl of how much will be consumed this super bowl weekend. >> people don't watch for the game, they watch for the commercial. this new ad for the volkswagen. chrysler has made a two minute long commercial featuring m&m and the city of detroit. that is the longest ad in super bowl history. >>> if you want to take a look at some of the commercial that is will air during this sup

and clothing, investigators believe it's that of jose rodriguez, the man accused of snatching juliani cardenas from his grandmother's arms next month. julianie's body was found february 1st in the samable. his -- the same canal. his mother reacted. >> i was relieved, and i was just thinking, you know, about jose's mom and hoping that she is okay and she is tough enough to deal with this. i know what it feels like to lose a friend. >> alan: about a thousand people gathered at the football stadium to remember juliani. his mother says the daughter she'll give birth to in a few weeks will be named juliani. a private funeral service is set for next friday. >>> police are searching for two suspects after high-speed chase and crash in oakland. we're at the scene. this involved an innocent driver? >> reporter: yes, it ditched this chase began at 84th and international at 3:20 this afternoon, and unlike the high-speed chase that oakland police were involved in three weeks ago, this one did not mend a fatility, even though the suspect was armed. this dpreeb chrysler is the car oakland police say led the

. >>> there are new details about juliani cardenas abduction. investigators say rodriguez push their grandmother to the ground and grabbed the boy from her arms. rodriguez has helped raised juliani but was not his biological father. >>> oakland police are warning women to be careful. the latest attack happened last night. a woman was beaten and sexually assaulted in her apartment complex. back on january 188 woman was assaulted and robbed on lakeshore avenue. they say that robbery was a motivation and they're not ruling out a connection. >>> a bold robbery has authorities asking for public help. it happens near stevenson street. >> reporter: as you can see the man is fighting with the young woman. the man assaulted and robbed the victim. >> they had met at union square earlier in the day and they were walking around together. and then he asked for her to purchase a soda or some type of drink. >> reporter: that is when he took the woman's cash and wallet. the two were wrestling before he threw her into the ground, ripping her shirt. the man gets a

as divers searched for the vehicle they thought would contain juliani cardenas, they pulled up car after car, 17 in all. as a number that surprised many people but not local cops. >> no, not really. >> eric parsons is with chp, he says access is wide open along the length of the canal, no fences, no barriers and nothing to stop cars from driving to it or being dumped in it. >> our task force is aware of it and they try to keep an eye on it but there's so much access. >> the canal runs right through an area with some of the highest car thefts in it country. three of the nation's top then cities for car theft are within 90 miles away. so just how many cars are there under the surface? >> on a yearly basis, they pull between 50 and 75 cars out. >> pete losaro is with the u.s. bureau of reclamation. he says a tow truck company regularly drags the canal looking for cars. but the current is normally too strong to pull cars out. only when the water level is dropped as it was during the search can they get in there u reaching cars. some of which have been down there for years. which does raise t

vigil is underway right now after a body found in the delta mendota canal was identified as juliani cardenas. ken pritchett stands by to show us what is happening right now. >> reporter: their hundreds outside of city hall and we just learned that giuliani's grandmother is also here. he was snatched from his grandmother's arms two weeks ago today. there was hopes among many that the story would have a good ending but the sheriff announced that a body was found and it was the body of a child. stanislaus sheriffs say the body found bound in the canal was no doubt juliani cardigan. >> based on the physical description and a clothing description, it matches the kidnapping victim. >> reporter: today's news was difficult to take. >> i did not think this would be the outcome. >> reporter: an ambulance could be seen this afternoon and giuliani's mother was taken to the hospital. a witness spotted rodriguez's car go into the canal, 45 minutes after the abduction. that car was found friday in a submerged tunnel in the canal. >> the card been found was a shock but we held on that they were not in the c

. >>> the entire community of patterson continues to mourn the loss of juliani cardenas. ♪ this littleight of mine >> hundreds of people gathered on the steps of city hall last night in patterson and sang and prayed for the family. the grandmother of the 4-year- old boy attended the gathering. patterson residents say it will take a long time to heal from the tragedy. >> i'm completely shocked. it's a small town. i grew up here. this is big. >> there were also prayers for jack's mother and her unborn baby. the father is jose rodriquez. she's due to give birth next month. >>> we're learning about a delay in this effort to bring a ship to mare island. claudine wong has learned the cause behind the delay. >> reporter: good afternoon. we've been watching this dry dock all morning long t was supposed to get in at about 11:00. a half hour ago we were told it wouldn't be coming. that's about the time that newschopper2 took these pictures. it started around:00 but the coast guard stopped it because they said they needed to do a safety check of the ship. so they did the safety check and the comp

the man suspected of kidnapping a juliani cardenas.me area where authorities found his car and it is just on the canal where the body of the boy was found. rodriguez is suspected of the kidnapping last month. the family of juliani cardenas will have a private service on friday. the mother is saying that she has plans to honor his life by naming her unborn child, juliani. (music) >> jacqueline: stormtracker 4 radar, light shower activity but the big punch is yet to come. the tail end is over the west coast. portland, seattle, and heavy bouts of northern california. this will start to push into the bay iraq tomorrow morning. scattered light shower the bay-area, and elvinotice it is going to be mainly in the north bay. with bouts of moderate rainfall to the north bay. 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. and pushing to the south. 6:00 p.m., still heavy and rushing to the south bay by midnight. was a light shower activity filling in. a few inches of rainfall in the north bay. 1 in., elsewhere in gusting winds. take a look. the with 20 m.p.h. by noon. 33 m.

her home and said as it appeared she says " i am heartbroken over the days that the body of juliani cardenas has been found. mighmy son, at the suspect is believed to be dead. " >> i do not know that without my son being in this world. without juliani being here with us. it hurts me a lot. you know, i miss my son and i miss the baby to. i never thought that this would never have come to this. i feel for it tabitha because she is the mom and pregnant. with my son's daughter. you know, to bet my son was not here to see his baby. i do not know what made him, you know, do this. he was not this type of person to hurt anybody. he was a loving father. he is a loving brother. al loving son. everybody loved him. wherever he went. >> she went on to say that her son, if he heard juliani in padua, it is because he was not in his right mind. earlier today these face book to talk about her son out of the canal. >> since juliani has been taken to have it has been online updating her friends and well-wishers with what is planned on the investigation. let us take a look at the first post-may. 11:10 a.m.. i h

it-dna is confirming that it is the boy, juliani cardenas. that four year old boy drowned.been missing for over two weeks. and his kidnapper is believed to also be inside that canal. this vehicle was been recovered, but the body has not. >> turmoil to northern egypt, what a major gas line. israel, syria, jordan all rely on that energy. each day, it is $4 million. there are expected to get this fixed and a few days. then with peaceful presentatio protesters--in cairo hoping that he will hosni mubarak and with meeting with leaders behind the protesters that there can be a resolution to this crisis with out of the immediate removal of hosni mubarak. >> and the egyptian government protesters stretched through the united states. thousands demonstrated and protested in new york times square. they are concerned about their family and friends that still are living in egypt. today, in another protest is planned. this is the video of last saturday. hoping for hosni mubarak touse step down, the international day of solidarity and mobilization. and protesters will mark this by starting

i've kidnapped juliani cardenas. who they believed kidnapped juliani cardenas.lled the boy's body, they call the man's body, they do believe it is rodriguez. >> mark: other news, berkeley police officer is recovering after a patrol car was hit by another car it was trying to run from police. a honda accord was speeding across the oakland and berkeley border. that is when a police car and tried to stop the vehicle, he hit the patrol car's passenger side, the driver was treated at a hospital then taken into custody. fairfield police are looking for two men who robbed and america's best value in. they entered their front office, in the 3300 block of north texas. armed with handguns, ordered two employees into a bathroom. no vehicle was seen. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. and live look at the carnival splendor, the crucial all lit up and ready to leave san francisco heading over to long beach. should be all fixed, ready to roll yoli is out there taking a look at it. >> mark: welcome back to t

." >>> later today a memorial motorcycle ride will take place for four-year-old juliani cardenas. at 1:00 this afternoon the houle gangs motorcycle club will gather on sperry avenue. participants will ride their motorcycles to modesto in honor of jung juliani, one day after dna tests confirm the child's body found in the delta canal on tuesday was juliani cardenas, authorities say his mother tabitha has been notified and at this time no word on funeral arrangements. deputies say juliani was kidnapped by jose rodriguez, his mother's ex-boyfriend. dive crews pulled the car out of the canal last week. his body has yet to be recovered. >>> good morning to you! a starting out with a look at the san francisco bay. isn't that just a gorgeous view! just a little bit of haze in some areas. napa valley nearly reaching that saturation mark. outside of that just a few high clouds. our temperatures a cool start in some spots, 30s for areas like napa and fairfield, 41 santa rosa. here into san francisco, 52 degrees. and below mid-40s around redwood city, 47 in mountain view. our temperatures rea

. >>> a memorial service will be getting under way within the next hour for juliani cardenas who was kidnapped and drowned last month near patterson. a large crowd is expected at the patterson's football stadium. the body of the 4-year-old boy was recovered from the delta mendota canal february 4th. investigators believe the body of his alleged kidnapper is still in the canal. >>> barry bonds was not in court today, bonds is due to go on trial on four counts of lying and one count of obstructing justice. the recording is between bonds former business manager and his trainer discussing alleged steroid use. >>> cal announced women's lacrosse, women's gymnastics and men's rugby will remain. but baseball and men's gymnastics will be cut. pledges for men's gymnastic and baseball fell short. >> everyone is just blown away from it. we've been hearing so many good things in the past couple of weeks like the team is going to come back. we were hoping everything would work out. >> reporter: some cal baseball alumni say they will continue trying to raise money and hopefully save that baseball p

dna samples confirmed the body found in the canal tuesday was in fact juliani cardenas, kidnapped january 18th. the sheriff's office says test results say the dna matched that of his mother. investigators believe juliani was taken by his mother's ex-boyfriend. they're waiting for his body to surface. >> and oakland police chief says he will not be leaving the department after he described as three-week rollercoaster ride. and today, he joined oakland mayor celebrating in oakland. >> this bottom line is that they're trying to make a community and the community asked me to stand by them. >> the chief has expressed concern about supported resources provided to the oakland police department. the mayor says she's bringing back 10 of the 80 officers laid off last year to help balance the budget. >> today hundreds of catholic school students marched to cal for an end of violence in the city. the band led the way as students paraded around the fruit veil section of the city part of a national catholic schools week call for peace. and there is a particular focus on oakland it needs to start with k

. >> new details that about the disappearance and death of 4 year-old juliani cardenas. court documents released today revealed new information about the kidnapping of the little boy was found dead last week in a canal. kron 4 to reset joins us now. we've been going over these documents we know that the search of the canal was quite public but what else were detectives during the and the scene. the >> which is that these documents and about 20 minutes ago. this is what we found out. we have learned it's a very violent kidnapping, between juliani and his mother's former boyfriend mr. rodriguez. let's go over and have video that we can show you. this is a picture of the 4 year- old, were learning guiliani bag his kidnapper not to take him screaming no daddy, no daddy. it as a boy was reportedly taken from his grandmother's arms. we're learning from these new release documents that giuliani's grandmother described it as a violent confrontation and said rodriguez all the sudden showed up, forced his way into the house in patterson demanding to see juliani. that is three week

pending conversation with dna, police say that the body of 4- year-old juliani cardenas was recovered from the delta- mendota canal yesterday morning. it was located about 30 miles downstream from where the suspect's car was found last week. that body found two weeks after the little boy was grabbed from his mother's arms in the town of patterson. last night, hundreds of people went to patterson city hall for a vigil. now, the cardenas family had not planned to attend, but then decided at the last minute to be there. >> i love you all so much. you guys don't even know. to me, you all my brothers and sisters and it's always been that way with me. >>> the kidnapping suspect, that man, jose rodriguez, officials think his body is still in the canal. >>> tasers for police officers going to be a hot topic tonight. last year the san francisco police commission said no to considering stun guns for police officers but now, it will reconsider. that after a number of officer- involved shootings recently including of that a disabled man just about a month ago. the interim police chief wants taser

confirmaron que el cadaver encontrado el martes pasado en el canal delta mendota pertenece al pequeño juliani cardenasdre el pasado 18 de enero. --aunque la descripcion de los restos coincidia con las caracteristicas del menor de 4 años, las pruebas de adn no dejaron lugar a dudas. --hoy mismo el departamento estatal de justicia notifico a las autoridades de stanislaus, y lo mismo hicieron con la madre de la victima.--se sabe que la familia ya empezo los tramites de los servicios funebres, pero se desconoce la fecha en la que se le dara el ultimo adios. ---hoy fue instruido de cargos de homicidio el concerje de una escuela primaria del norte de california que mato al director del plantel. ---"santiago lucero" nos amplia la informacion. trt 1:46 >>> el miñrcoles el director de la escuela, murío luego de reciibr un disparo >>> el es un buen muchacho, lo tiene todo >>> ha hecho que los padres, tengan más comunicación con sus hijos >>> ella, ñl, mr johnson le disparó >>> y le dijo con la pistola >>> este tipo que continúan llegando son señales de demostración, cariño, a quien era el director de la escuela

rodriguez snatched 4-year-old juliani cardenas a month ago and drove into the canal. juliani's body was found earlier this month. about 1,000 people gathered for a memorial service for the little boy. >>> san francisco police found a 65-year-old man dead inside his home on knob hill, and tonight they say they are searching for his killer. police received a call last night asking them to check on the man at his apartment on bush street near jones in the lower knob hill neighborhood. officers arrived and found the 65-year-old man dead with signs of trauma to his body. neighbors tell us a man may have taken in a younger border. police are asking anyone with information to call them. >>> we have new information tonight about the tiger attack that happened at the san francisco zoo back in 2007. documents from a federal investigation released today included this picture of scratch marks on the tiger enclosure walls. investigators concluded that the marks indicated the tiger was likely provoked into clawing her way out of the enclosure. the tiger's clause and paws were badly