the mother of a kidnapped boy juliani cardenas is still holding out hope for his safe return. tonight she tells kron 4 where police should be searching, we learn more about her relationship with her ex- boyfriend the same man accused of kidnapping a 4 year-old. it including, one incident alleging physical abuse plus, at pleas from the kidnappers mother. >> live from the bay area's new station, this is kron 4 news @ 4:00. >> at 4:00 this statewide amber alert for missing 4 year-old juliani cardenas has now been downgraded. police say the boy was kidnapped by his mother's former boyfriend jose esteban rodriguez. it they've been searching for silver crow law believed to have been driven by rodriguez. the kidnapping had been last week when the boy was at his grandmother's home in the central valley town of paterson. now investigators are focusing on just the sandlot team valley and on san jose where most of the suspect's family and friends are located. we began our team coverage now on the search for the child, 4 year-old juliani cardenas with kate thompson who joins us live from

tonight kron 4 has team coverage of the amber alert in connection with juliani cardenas and the man who took him jose esteban rodriguez. plus new details from a president casino where authorities pulled out several cars without any sign of the vehicle used in the kidnapy. kron 4's reggie kumar joins us live. another day pulling cars from the president casino, still no sign of juliani cardenas. >> reporter: it's a good thing they have not found jose esteban rodriguez's car yet because it gives them hope juliani cardenas is still alive. >> reporter: investigators have recovered four cars from the canal. a red mustang pulled friday morning. none of them matched the car jose esteban rodriguez was driving when he kidnapped juliani cardenas from his grandmother's home on tuesday. authorities say their strongest lead is from a farm worker who saw a similar car driving to the canal. that's why investigators haven't given up their search. >> the fact we don't have a electronic trace, confirmed sightings, all this leads us to believe right now is the most credible lead. >> reporter: on saturday m

it did not contain the bodies of jose rodriguez more juliani cardenas. this will likely provide some immediate relief for the family and friends who of them waiting for word on guiliani as the search has continued at the patterson location of this canal. nonetheless, there was still concerned by the sheriff department that the bodies of the two are in the canal somewhere. let's continue to listen in. >> but they were having problems with the odd you again, some static going on. we have a reporter at the scene and basically the key information today to bring you at this hour is that the bodies of the two the suspect jose rodriguez and 4 year-old juliani card and as were not in that car. it to we have the audio now? let's listen in. we're trying to get that for use of it and continue to bring you the shares comments. there he is. >> to the reality is that is simply not going to happen. it's based on everything we know the time that is gone by. the chances of that happening are diminishing. >> my understanding is that she's out of county at a vigil somewher

el hallazgo el auto del secuestrador del niño juliani cardenas , la mdre dijo que lo que la mantienecon fuerza son sus rezos, el vehiculo fue sacado del canal pero no había nadie, de todos modos la ventana del auto estaba abierta, por lo que se teme que la corriente podria haberse llevado los autos. >> entretanto, a pcoso dis de que confirmen el próximo jefe de policía de san josñ varias organizaciones manifiestan su descotento con el proceso de eleccion . >> el jefe de lo de oucklad seria el otro candidato, que hagan el proceso mas transparente, nosotros le dimso un reporte de todo lo que queriamos en el nuevo jefe del departamento . >> por su parte, norberto dueñas dijo que el próximo martes debora sigio e reunira con el próximo candidato que ella nombrara. >> creemos que el candito que ella haya escogido es el mejor para ser el jefe de este departamento para este momento, creemos que la experiencia de este individuo realizara cosas positivas. >> luego de que las autpridades se llevaran el auto del sospechoso de secuestrara juliani cardenas , tratamos de ubicar a la amdre dle secue

>> las autoridades de estanislao seguirán el día de mañana buscando a juliani cárdenas despuñs que elde hoy se encontrará el auto de secuestrador del pequeño. >> ahora se implementara una búsqueda de los alrededores de rio juliani cárdenas fue raptado por

2003 toyota carolla was brought up on shore, they looked inside the car and they did not see juliani cardena the 4-year-old or 28 esteban cardenas inside the car. two of the windows on that car were rolled down. now the question is, were those windows broken out or were they rolled down and that's something that the sheriff said they have to take a look at at this point. it also raises the question, was rodriguez or juliani in the car when it went into the water. the sheriff emphasized once again that his confidence in the witness stating that they say that car go into the water 45 minutes after the abduction. that witness saw a man and a child inside the car when the car went into the water. the sheriff says at this point they have divers back in this underground, what they call a siphon. it's a 15-foot wide tube that was under water. authorities will double check that tube to see if there's bodies in there. if that fail, they will resume their search of the delta canal tomorrow. at this point they are looking for bodies. the sheriff says that, every bit of information, every bit of evidenc

as to where this ex-boyfriend and juliani cardenas are. a worker said he saw a car that matched the description of the car. driving into the canal shortly after the boy being taken from the grandmothers are. kron 4 is ready, has a very latest. >> authorities said they needed this time off to rest, regroup. they have searched a mile and half of the canal, and have not seen the coral in the water. investigators remain focused on surging the canal. they say they only have one credible lead from a farm worker who sought a similar car drive into the canal, with that adult and child inside. the car belongs to a suspected kidnapper jose esteban rodriguez. so far five vehicles have been pulled from the water, the most recent was the nissan truck. none of the vehicles match the corolla. sheriff's deputy tells us what part of the canal the research next. >> a mile and half downstream, the focus will be from that mile and a half marker, further south, again we continuing told investigators are satisfies, one they have completed a sweep of the canal,

his name is juliani cardenas is taken tuesday. his mother has once again made it to deal to her ex- boyfriend, who is the one the mother says took the boy. >> i don't care if you get caught or not. i just want juliani cardenas i in no he was to come home. if you love him wiry make him suffer like this. it has been three days already. >> this is the worst thing that possibly happen to pair with the trial being kidnapped. new technology that can help locate children kron 4 as tech reporter takes a look at how the device can give parents a peace of mind. when their children are lost. the ever alert gps system is effective. this device days with your child, a small, stocky, 1.4 of the spirit is to be worn anywhere. they couldn't even keep it in the pocket or backpack. if they have this device on them you can track them. gps said 3 g technology to know its present location. from a computer you can see where they are within 15 ft. of accuracy. you can access it through a mobile phone is year round about you can see where there. they hav

and with jose rodriguez and juliani cardenas was not in the car.is all we know at this hour. >> and a vigil last night, at this suburb of car michael. tabitha cardenas was surrounded with neighbors, family for support. in her home which is in the suburb of car michael. >> and this egyptian town of alexandria. and they learned that hosni mubarak is going to stay in power. and the egyptian officials are saying that 33 fatalities have resulted from these riots. >> how about these weather conditions. through san jose. >> let us check-in with jacqueline bennett. >> it is going to be a chilly in foggy morning today. as we move through today the fog will clear. still, cloudy skies, and increasing by noon. that storm will approach from the shore with temperatures only in the fifth of t50s--and with neighborhood by neighborhood, it is going to be chilly. the the five degrees in santa rosa, the the three degrees in and >> we have 53 degrees in half moon bay. we have 55 degrees in santa rosa. it is 53 degrees in san francisco. and 60s in los gatos. it has bee

that juliani cardenas return safely.got done finish speaking with tabitha she revealed to me, she knows he has a violent streak. she said he beat up her cousin's husband, because he believed her cousin's husband was sleeping with her. also he choked his little brother because he also believed, his little brother was sleeping with her. none of it is true, but it doesn't stop him from having a violent street. when u.s. for these questions, she is filled with certainty, he will not harm juliani cardenas she sent out of play and this is what she said. >> i need my son back (crying) that makes me really angry. people don't want call. it's wrong. jose you better take care of my son. you better make sure he is, he needs to drop them off somewhere. there are safe jones, fire stations, hospitals that don't ask questions. you just dropped him off. >> nothing lead to hard to believe this was going to happen. they didn't have an argument an hour before. or any indication he would harm juliani cardenas. the grandmother is still fille

were hoping are suspect is just hiding out somewhere with the 4 year-old juliani cardenas . who flees into rome watching tv eating a bowl of cereal. it's been seven days, he's been completely off the radar, no sightings, no spotting, no signatures, no phone calls. with the strong evidence points to the water. it could possibly be a murder- suicide, an accident we don't know until we find something. >> we spoke to tabitha cardenas today that it is juliani cardenas mother, she has been and remains adamant that that car is not in the water, that investigators will find nothing in that water that the wasting their time and they should be focusing on small restaurants, liquor stores and gas stations in the area looking for her son. >> i know jose i know he would never kill juliani cardenas . so far as been right. that guy who said he's seen a guy a little boy go when the canal, there's no way he would see my son. my son is short and if you sit in the back seat to you can't see his head. you know i mean? he's not there. so far the pull the five cars. none of them are jose's car. j

our big story at 4:00 on this friday major developments in the search for kidnapped 4 year-old juliani cardenas. police say the boy was kidnapped 10 days ago by his mother's former boyfriend jose rodriguez to you see here on the screen. shortly afterward an amber alert was issued for this car. i silver toyota corolla believed to be driven by rodriguez. police received a report that a car matching that description was seen going into a canal not far from where the alleged kidnapping occurred. we have kron 4 crews all over the story and we begin our team coverage with kron 4 christine conley who's at the canal where the searchers have made a huge discovery. >> right now these divers are getting ready to go into the canal, they know they have found the car because they put sonar equipment down earlier today and sought a license plate on the car. it lechery the divers now. he see them sitting on the edge of the canal here, in a short amount of time they're going to go into the canal and tried to reach the car. they have just a two hour window to do this. we're going to pan over and show you where t

juliani cardenas has been missing for eight days.he reason why they continue to come back three. , one the front tire tracks to go from land to the water. none of the cars that pulled out match the tire tracks. until they find that silver corolla or are car that matches those tire tracks they will continue. they know that there was a police line that stretched across the canal so far they have not been able to recover that. something big drag that line into the water. finally, they have seen no activity from jose esteban rodriguez cell phone, atm, a credit card. they believe there's a good chance that his career that or he and juliani cardenas are here. just because they talked to that witness about 45 minutes after the abduction he claims that he saw a car that looks like the corolla at this point they have no reason not to believe him. >> we are waiting, we'll wait another 30 minutes and check back in with will. >> another story authorities are investigating whether a police chase that led to a fatal accident was justified. the dri

. >>> and here's a time line of the events, it was one week ago tuesday jose rodriguez pulled juliani cardena from his grandmother's arms. juliani's family held a prayer vigil. by wednesday of this week, crews had pulled ten vehicles out of the canal but none were the suspect's vehicle. today just before noon, authorities found the suspect's car out of the canal. >> you can follow the latest development, ktvu.com just click on the cardenas tab when you get to our home page. >>> in other news tonight, in egypt there's protest on the streets as protesters call for a new egypt. u.s. officials demand that he ramp up democratic reforms. thousandsover anti government demonstrators ignored a nighttime curfew running, chanting and throwing rocks in the streets of cairo and alexandria. late today he finally spoke to the nation. numbara condemned the violence and announced he will replace his cabinet. president obama had this reaction just a short time ago. >> i just spoke to him after his speech. i told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words. to take concrete steps and actions that

jose and juliani cardenas are not in the car. >> reporter: one window on each side of the car was rolledn leading investigators to believe the bodies of alleged kidnapper jose rodriguez and 4- year-old juliani cardenas had drifted out. >> we wanted to find him alive. the reality is that isn't going to happen now. >> reporter: the kidnapping happened on january 18th when investigators say juliani cardenas was snatched from his grandmother's arms. the sheriff is confident the bodies are still in the canal since the farm worker who first saw the car disappear into the water said a man and boy were inside. the sheriff said there is little chance the suspect ditched the car and escaped. >> he isn't sophisticated enough. doesn't have the infrastructure, the finance or the support to pull off that kind of an abduction. >> reporter: dozens came to pray near sacramento. the boy's mother is also eight months pregnant with the suspect's baby. she says until the remains are found she is hopeful juliani is alive. >> everybody, please keep your eyes out for jose. don't look for the car any more. just

little juliani cardenas' family relieved the search came up empty. holding out hope he is still alive. >> i had to just keep waiting. a miracle has to happen. >> reporter: juliani cardenas' grandmother whose arms the little boy was ripped from speaking for the family today saying juliani cardenas' mother tabatha, eight months pregnant, is resting after nearly two weeks of pleading for her son's safe return. the family believes rodriguez planned the whole thing including rolling down the windows of his corolla to push the empty car into the canal. >> he needed the windows to be open to turn on the car so the car can go and press the pedal you know, wherever, so the car can go into the water. >> reporter: while investigators say all evidence points to juliani cardenas and jose rodriguez being in the water they continue to follow all leads. >>> the body of a missing san rafael high school teacher has been found. 53-year-old debra schmitt disappeared ten days ago leaving behind a note saying thank you everyone on her classroom chalkboard. today her body

what we don't know is if 4 year-old juliani cardenas and jose rodriguez are in the car. we don't know what's in the car waiting for them to bring the car. reporting live kron 4 news. >> stay with kron 4 news and www.kron4.com as we cover the latest developments from patterson on the search for juliani cardenas. golden gate bridge officials of voted to eliminate all toll workers and put in and all electronic system at this landmark bridge. the move is expected to save about $19 million and help reduce a multi-billion dollar deficit. the bridge spokesperson mary explains what changes driver should expect to see with this big move. >> the only change you will see at the toll plaza will be toll collectors, some of the electronic equipment may change because were going to upgraded. the signs will definitely change as it relates to how you pay your toe. cash will be an option, the two ways will be the traditional fast track that we have and for people want to continue to pay cash or pay as they go, there will be two ways you can do that. both ways will be tied to a license pla

for the car and driven by jose esteban rodriguez when he kept juliani cardenas. ton trucks, and divers will beat out there today. thick and dense fog expected to like the area which could push back their that time. before the search ended last night they found another object under the water, they were unable to pull it up, that is what they will do today. we will fall latest, will tran and is headed there. stay tuned kron4, www.kron4.com as we continue to cover this story. as we switched gears and talk about whether, a live shot of louisville all lot of snow on the ground. right now they have 43 degrees is their high. much different story here, 70 degree mark. >> we set records yesterday bringing those temperatures and below 70 is very similar story today. upper 60's, low '70's, dense fog advisory in effect for the north, east valleys. more records on tap for today warm, sunny afternoon starting off with your current temperatures cooled once again to the north bay. 37 napa, 44 livermore. 53 san francisco, warmer than yesterday. afternoon, highs into the upper 60s

. >>> investigators will continue a search a canal in the morning for juliani cardenas. police believe the car driven by the suspect could be at the dotm of the delta mendota canal. a witness say a car drove into that canal after juliani cardenas was kidnapped last week. drivers combed the waters for eight days but haven't found the pair. they plan to resume the search tomorrow morning. >>> stay with www.kron.com as we continue to cover the latest developments on the search for juliani cardenas. >>> we have been enjoying nice, dry weather but changes for the weekend with rain back in the forecast. we will time that out and timeout your fog tomorrow morning coming up in les than -- less than 8 minutes. >>> a report today from the presidential commission charged with fixing the flame for the worstficial collapse since the great depression. millions lost their jobs and homes because greedy wall street executives took too many risks. but the crisis was also due to key federal regulators. >> reporter: timothy, ben, allen, take your place in the gallery along side goldman sach

nearly three days since juliani cardenas was taken. liven patterson where they are using high-tech devices to search to tell. another big step in the recovery process of gaby gifford to two weeks after she was shot in the head. what evidence would be allowed in the barry bonds perjury trial? it's especially since a personal trainer refuses to testify about the former slugger. a look at weather and traffic today you out the door. in case you're in a hurry. you don't have to because traffic is beautiful. the weather is also going to be fabulous. you can tell too much because it is a dark. you can see it is clear, that will give way to sunshine later today. >> we just have to get rid of fog this morning. most the bay area is fine. we have fog for now, cooler temperatures this morning. we have temperatures this afternoon that may approach records. >> a better start for this friday's morning commute them we saw yesterday. not too bad that the bay bridge. west bound ride. see how light the traffic is. a smooth trip across the upper deck. one

this is a live look outside the home of 4-year-old missing boy juliani cardenas. it was yesterday that authorities removed the toyota carolla linked to the abduction. that car was empty when divers pulled it out of the canal. two windows were down so the search at the canal will continue today starts at 9:00. >>> protesters staged a demonstration yesterday saying there are too many unanswered questions in the death of guy jerome jr. >> we want answers from the police that were there. we would like statements from them. we would like statements from the paramedics that were on the scene. we want to know why he was taken to concord hospital instead of the two hospitals that were in vallejo. >> guy moved to california from louisiana. he was >>> the trial of a systemed gang member accused of killing a father and his two sons is scheduled to begin in june. police say 24-year-old edwin ramos fired a gun from a car killing tony balonia. ramos has argued that another man fired the fatal shots. >>> workers are stepping up their call for more protection from violent patient

. >> six days and still no sign of 4 year-old juliani cardenas . a statewide amber alert has now been downgraded. officials are still following every viable lead to try and find the missing boy. kate thompson is live in paterson, she began as our team coverage tonight. >> please say they continue to get tips and are checking those out. for almost a week now there has been no sign, no phone call, no credit card charges know nothing. they have fallen off the map, as 4 year-old juliani cardenas and the man accused of attacking him. that is whether going back out tomorrow to search back again. we can show you video from a couple of days ago when crews were out there searching bacchanal. they're sending to dive teams, back out tomorrow to look through the canal. trying to find the 2003 silver toyota corolla that they believed juliani cardenas and his a doctor were in. a researcher and the canal in focusing so much energy here because they believe the most credible tip came from a witness who says he saw the car entered the water tuesday evening for just

kron 4 news. >> stay with us for continuing coverage of the search for juliani cardenas and be sure to go to www.kron.com anytime for updates. >>> it was a gorgeous day today. temperatures widespread in the 60s. we set a record in oakland, 67 this afternoon. stayed in the 50s in fairfield. 59 in san rafael. nice day today. right now temperatures are cooling in fairfield, 39 degrees. 42 napa. 43 santa rosa. we are not seeing the gusty winds we saw last night. temperatures drop into the 30s overnight. chilly tomorrow but quick warming into the afternoon. we will outline your weekend forecast in a bit. >>> bay area traffic actually getting better. a new report said the roads and freeways are not as crowded as they used to be, where the bay area ranks and why the news isn't all good when kron 4 news returns. [ son ] my parents always lived in the states, until my dad transferred to istanbul. they settled in quickly, found their local deli, a few shortcuts and a neighborhood hangout. but there's one thing they miss... the seventh-inning stretch. so citi helped me use my thankyou points to g

they not have the bodies of juliani cardenas said jose rodriguez.we're taking a look at video from saturday's search. authorities will not be conducting air and ground search is of more than 100 mi. long canal. the dye to look through an underwater tunnel yesterday with the success. all they found was an other abandoned car. some are also out still to find any it side of the blaze. the bodies were in the canal and if it were a bit of turned up and l. >> with the car flowing the way it was, at any obstruction would have been hard. we have removed those. i it inspected the two. there was nothing there. so, chances are that they are not there. but the damage of the coral it was recovered from the canal it said patterson back on friday. >> still had on kron4 news weekend jobs in the economy remained front and center for a price of the obama as he stated his state of the union address is the later this week or will have analysis coming up. before we get to that take a live look inside. this summer from walnut creek. over the past the level forecast comin

. >> las autoridades de estanislao seguirán el día de mañana buscando a juliani cárdenas despuñs quee hoy se encontrará el auto de secuestrador del pequeño. >> ahora se implementara una búsqueda de los alrededores de rio juliani cárdenas fue raptado por el novio de la madre, y despuñs de 10 de la búsqueda se encontró el auto del secuestrador. >> el hecho de no encontrar los cuerpos es una señal de esperanza para encontrarlo con vida. >> la policía de rose fue encontrada cerca de un arroyo. >> al parecer fue suicidio. >> un hombre que le apunto a la policía fue abatido por ellos en oakland . >> al llegar a la casa , el sujeto los encañono . >> por otra parte la policía esta solicitando el apoyo de la comunidad para que denuncien sobre la presencia de este tipo que ha violentado a estudiantes . >> la comunidad del canal en san rafael se reunió para cambia el concilio de jovenes , para que tambiñn se mantengan las calles más limpias. >> todos tienen un gran motivo para celebrar, si hace dos año esa ordenanza nos hacía que remolcaran nuestros autos y ahora solo pagaran las multas. >> ese

it is unknown whether not it was juliani cardenas. the two were living together at the same house where juliani cardenas was kidnapped by jose esteban rodriguez. >> james: kron4 has discovered julia's mother has to prior arrests. an autopsy is scheduled today for the woman found dead in the burned out car. it was found yesterday morning, dan kerman reports. >> reporter: it was 315, residents living near present st. will get to a series of explosion. www.kron4 >> it forced me out of bed, i was shocked. this car was sitting across the street burning. it was completely engulfed. >> reporter: the body of a woman inside the vehicle was found. monday afternoon residents strapped of flowers. police went door to door to see if anyone heard anything. it is still too early to determine if this was a homicide. some of the key questions was the woman dead before the car was set on fire? if so, how did she die? video from a surveillance camera is hoped to shed some light. >> it's not a safe neighborhood, we have to be careful with guns. >> reporte

. >> mientras tanto, hoy se reanudo la bsuqueda de juliani cardenas . >> una a una doña amparo va encendiendon este altar, hace 7 días que el pequeño juliani le fue arrebatado d elas manos. >> espere todo el día y toda la noche y no vino, y tal es que no va a venir, pero no pierdo la fe. >> esta pensando ¿porque nostoy con mi mamá?. >> el pequeño juliani cardenas desaparecio el 8 de enero , una alerta amber se lanzo en la parte nor te dele stado, según el vocero del alguacil la evidencia de que el coche dle sospechoso ha caido en el canal son confiables, además de cientos de llamadas de que lo han visto, peor no han tenido resultado. >> el hombre que trepo por el edificio mas alto de san farncisco dijo que trepo para demostar lo inseguro que son los edificios en casod e incendios. >> ademas de estos 2 cargos, enfente varios cargos estatales pro matar a 6 personas mas. >> lo que si se peude decir que la decicsion de la pena de meurte o no esta en manos del fiscal federal en washington, el es quien decide si se busca la pena de meurte en arzona. >> una atacante suicida entro a un centro deporti

. >> la busqueda del niño juliani cardenas seguira en el canal delta mendota . >> el equipo de buzos tarde repasando la zona donde comenzó la investigacion. >> se cumplio una jornada mas de la investigacion de la desaparicion del pequeño juliani cardenas . >> de acuerod con un testigo el vehiculo se lanzo al agua, a la una de la tarde se recupro el dñcimo vehiculo . >> los oficiale soptaron por dejarlo uyn duodecimo vehiculo ya que estaba tan desgastado que se despedazo. >> aún buscamos el toyota corolla plateado . >> un testigo vio que este carro se lanzo al agua una hora despuñs del rapto . >> aún no sabemos si la investigacion continuara mañana . >> gracias alejandra, el dñficit presupeustario de estados unidos aumentara a 1500 billones de dolares. >> el nuevo cálculo implica que el gobierno federal tendra que pedir 40 contavos prestados por cada dolar que gasto y el índice de desempleo se mantendra por el 9%. >> continuara el deficit en la administracion del seguro social. >> el seguro social pagara 45 millones mas en beneficios . >> en sacramento el gobernador se reunio con los

. >> hoy se suspendio al bsuqueda del pequeño juliani cardenas -. >> elñ pasado 18d e enero el pequeñoenas fue raptado por la pareja de su amdre. >> le queiro decir que rezo mucho por el y por mi nieto. >> la invcestigacion a llevado a buscar por el canald elta mendtoa. >> la pistad elc anal es la unica que siguen hasta el momento, han investigado todas las otras llamadas y ninga ha resultado verdadera. >> yo pienso que lo tienen por ahí escondido . >> a traevs de neustars camaras la señora amapro envia un mensaje a rodriguez. >> por favor cuida al niño y si quieres a tu hija regresa al niño para que juegue con esta niña que viene. >> la policía busca a una profesora de la escuale dodne trabaja . >> porque la profe había dicho previemnte que queria residic en san francisco, dejo el vehiculo, tar getas de creditos e identificación en su casa. >> el plan le ahorraria al puente unos 16 millones de dolares en los próximos 10 añs años -. >> un hombre se salvo de ser deportado al menos por ahora,. >> hriundo de guatemela . >> eld estinos era decidido pro una juntad e apelacioens en washingto

han sacado 3 vehiculos dle canal y uno de ellos es el del sospechoso que secuestro al pequeño juliani cardenas tendremos mas información, vieron las placas del coche , pero aún no saben si hay gente dentro del vehiculo . >> varias organizacioens comunitarias manifiestan su descontento con el proceso de seleccion >> hay organizaciones que piden que el proceso sea mas transparente. >> una colaision de organizaciones comunitarias realizo una conferencia pra expresar su posición ante la eleccion del nuevo jefe de policía . >> el jefe de ouckland había sido el otro finalista. >> hisimos foros comunitarios y les dimos reportes de todo lo que esperabamos en un nuevo jefe de policía . >> por su parte, norberto dueñas indico que el porx martes debora frigones se reunira con el candidato que ella escogio . >> han sido meses con muchas reuniones con la comunidad, ella , con su mejor juicio creemos que el cadidato que ha escogido es el mejor candidato . >> una de las medidas que tomo el jefe interino tiene relacion a la incutaciond e vehiculos, ahora no se les quita el auto por 30 días, se les da la oport

authorities say that 4-year-old juliani cardenas was snatched from his grandmother's arms a week ago tuesday. the prime suspect in the case, jose rodriguez. he is the ex-boyfriend of juliani's mother. last week, a farm worker reported seeing a silver toyota corolla go into the canal matching a description that had been put out by police. well, since then, crews have pulled 11 other cars out of the water. authorities are planning a meticulous dive for later this afternoon to help pull the car out of the canal and we will continue to monitor developments and bring you an update. >>> a preschool is closed, a firefighter rushed to the hospital, and a home in danville is destroyed, all because of an early-morning fire. anne makovec on what made the flames so hard to fight and what's next for the investigation. >> reporter: the fire in this danville home started around 5:30 this morning. this video was shot by the san ramon valley fire district, which arrived within a few minutes but not before the fire destroyed the home. monetary estimates $750,000. >> it was pretty spectacular, you know,

take anchor live take pkg --las autoridades continuan la busqueda de juliani cardenas el niÑo de 4 aÑosd que fue secuestrado el martes pasado en patterson, ciudad del condado de stanislaus. ---el sospechoso es jose esteban rodriguez de 27 aÑos quien es el ex novio de la madre de juliani. ---- y se cree que en estos momentos ellos todavia pudieran estar en algun lugar del estado. ---ayer, buzos y alguaciles rastrearon un canal porque un trabajador del campo vio caer a las aguas un carro de caracteristic as similares al buscado ---- las autoridades encontraron en el canal "mendota" un auto sumergido en las aguas pero determinaron que no era el vehiculo que buscaban... eso fue ayer. ---y hoy, volvieron a encontrar otro carro sumergido en un canal de patterson ...pero tampoco era el que estaban buscando. -----el nino juliani, segun su abuelita, fue arrebatado de los brazos de ella misma... lo cual la dejo muy afectada nos dijo. sot abuelita 3:36 " ayer me sentia muy mal, sentia que iba a perder la respiracion y ahora me siento un poquito mejor." 3:47 ---la policia de san jose fue notificada

. >> hoy se suspendio la busqueda del pequeño juliani cardenas . >> el apsado 18 de en juliani cardenasio de su amdre, hoy ya cumplieron 9 días de busqueda. >> rezen mucho por el y mi nieto,e stamos rezando por los 2. >> la investigacion ha lelvado a buscar en el canal delta mendotta. >> según el vocero , la pista del canal es la unica que siguen por el momento. >> la familia del pequeño tiene sus sospechas. >> yo pienso que lo tiene por ahí con alguien, y alguien le strae el mandado. >> creo que estan cerca . >> la señora amparo envio un mensaje a rodriguez. >> por favor cuida al niño y si de verdad lo quieres a el y a su hija regresa al niño. >> la policía busca a una maestra , que fue vista por ultima vez la seman pasada en la escuala donde trabajo . >> smith dejo identificación, monedero vehiculo en su casa . >> los errores esn los registros que lleavrona una explosion en san bruno . >> los investigadores dicenq los especialistas de la compañia aún no encuentran los registros de la instalkacion. >> el departamento de bomberos dijoq el fuego de inico esta mañana . >> la familaid espe

you're looking at video of 4- year-old juliani cardenas. he went missing earlier this week. the man in this photo with him is jose rodriguez. he is the person accused taking juliani from his grandmother's arms earlier this week and that's what prompted a statewide amber alert. he is ex-boyfriend of juliani's mother and he was last seen driving a silver toyota corolla. a witness told police i saw a car fitting that description drive into the delta mendota canal and that's why investigators have focused their search out here. you can see there are a few search crews and some 14r5eu6rz vehicles out here -- sheriff's vehicles out here preparing to start their work, stopping the flow of water is going to start at 8:00 this morning. we will bring you more live as that information comes in. reporting live in sanity schrah -- san slaw county. >>> while the 77 page report does not make any hard and fast conclusions about the cause of the blast, it does say there were dozens of fractures in the wells of that pipeline that exploded. meanwhile, the city of san bruno has sent out a letter

reporting live, jade hernandez. >>> last night relatives of juliani cardenas thanked their neighbors in patterson for all of their support during a candlelight vigil. more than 100 people gathered to pray for juliani's safe return. the mother is pregnant and jose rodriguez is the father. she said he was with her three weeks ago when show had an ultrasound and he was excited. >> he bought her christmas presents, a raiders bib. i don't know why he would do this. >> little juliani's mother said she doesn't believe her son will be found in that canal. she is convinced the ex-boyfriend, jose rodriguez is out in the community somewhere. she -- she is pleading for him to release him. >>> unemployed construction workers are trying to shut down a construction site. and they are angry they have not been hired to do the work. a community organization that represents bay view hunters point said there are many local qualified union workers or ready, willing and able to work. >> we've been down here protesting and demonstrating for over a year about this job. now they said they made an agreement th

the bodies of jose rodriguez or juliani cardenas have not been found. perhaps they're still in the canal. it could take up to 14 days to find them. if indeed they're in that canal. we'll keep you posted throughout the newscast as well. >> anthony batz will not be adding san jose to his resume anytime soon. >> san jose's next top top will be chris moore. a law degree, a fulbright scholar. but none of that is happening tonight. critics say he's too much of an insider. how is everyone responding to that? >> everyone is pleased. it's a cross section of different ethnic committee groups. they say the trust between the communities and the police chief, that trust has been damaged. they feel that mistrust stems from problems with the racial profiling and the arresting practices of the sjpd. they're skeptical about moore as police chief and they feel as an internal choice, he was part of the past leadership team and question whether he can restore this trust. now, neld also like to see a diverse leadership team. right now, the san jose police leadership team is

. --- ni juliani cardenas, ni su presunto secuestrador. ---blanca garza, en vivo ... nos tiene lo que ha ocurrido hoy, y mas... ---blanca, buenas tardes. take anchor live cu - blanca --cesar .... a juliani se le busca por cielo, mar y tierra. --nadie sabe donde puede estar. --- y con cada dia que pasa, la tension crece .... pues el niÑo estaria con alguien que es considerado muy peligroso. take pkg --las autoridades continuan la busqueda de juliani cardenas el niÑo de 4 aÑos de edad que fue secuestrado el martes pasado en patterson, ciudad del condado de stanislaus. ---el sospechoso es jose esteban rodriguez de 27 aÑos quien es el ex novio de la madre de juliani. ---- y se cree que en estos momentos ellos todavia pudieran estar en algun lugar del estado. ---ayer, buzos y alguaciles rastrearon un canal porque un trabajador del campo vio caer a las aguas un carro de caracteristic as similares al buscado ---- las autoridades encontraron en el canal "mendota" un auto sumergido en las aguas pero determinaron que no era el vehiculo que buscaban... eso fue ayer. ---y hoy, vol

juliani cardenas abductor dropped in the water. that is jose esteban rodriguez they believe he snatched that child six days ago. reggie kumar has the latest. >> authorities say they needed this time off to rest, regroup, so far they've searched a mile and a half of the canal and the have not found in the water. take a look at this video investigators remain focused searching because they only have one credible lead, farm workers as they sought a similar car and drive into it carrel with a child and adult inside the car belongs to suspected kidnapper jose esteban rodriguez the use sonar technology, this role was played in the water to locate an object or a vehicle so far five have been pulled the most recent was a stolen nissan truck. none match the corolla. >> we have searched about 1.5 mi., the focus will be from the 1.5 mi. further south, we will continue until our best to get dissatisfied the b-1, they have completed a complete suite of the canal, to we have reached a big point where a vehicle of any size could not have gone pas

one week -- one week ago today, jose rodriquez and juliani cardenas disappeared. stanislaus county authorities say rodriquez ripped the boy from his grandmother's arms and has not been seen since. tire tracks leading into the car on tuesday matched a farmhand's report of a car rolling into the water after the abduction. it's still the strongest lead in the case. we spoke to his mother y esterday. he asked for a plea to bring him back. >> he thought he was not gonna see the baby. but he's hurting all of his family at the same time. hese hurting me. i'm his mom. we're very close. >> reporter: callie vers are county -- caliveras county search crews searched this area. but again, we don't know how this fog is gonna affect the search. snee state of the union address -- >>> state of the union address tonight. president obama will try to convince americans that he has a plan to create jobs and revive the economy. you can watch the speech right here. it's set to start at 6:00 p.m. you can find coverage on k tvu.com. coming up in about ten minutes, we'll go live to washing

. >>> it's been six days, still no sign of juliani cardenas. graded. but officials are still following every lead to find the missing boy. kron 4's kate thompson has more, including what investigators will be focusing on. >> although police continue to check out tips, there has been no sign of juliani cardenas or the man who abducted him. they said murder-suicide is a strong possibility. that's why they are heading back out on tuesday to search the canal. they will be bringing two dive teams out to drag the canal. a witness said last week he saw a silver toyota corolla enter the water with a man and a child inside. that's their strongest lead at this point. they pulled five other cars but not the car they are looking for. there are many things that lead them to believe that car is in the water. including this spit ioning item. -- suspicious item. >> the workers told us that buoy was in tact tuesday morning. when we went out there it was broken. so something large and heavy had to pass to break it. >> reporter: they will continue to search the c

a big break in the search for missing 4-year-old juliani cardenas, the boy's mother imagining the worst. if he wanted to commit suicide, you don't, why did he have to take my son with him. >> kron4 has been following the story every step of the way. we have what is next in the investigation and how juliani's family is neighbors are coping. >> the 10-day search in pater son for the car that was believed to be used to kidnap little juliani was pulled from the river but the bodies of the kidnapper and the boy were not inside. >> well, investigators say the search is far from over, they will be out here again tomorrow at the canal to look for the bodies of suspected kidnapper jose rodriguez and little juliani, they are holding out hope that the child is a live somewhere but it not looking good. after 10 days of searching and more than a dozen vehicles pulled from the water of the canal they decided to look for the car again. finally on friday, authorities discovered this silver car, divers attached a line to it and then a siphon, they hooked up the car and then more water was released into

crews have been searching a canal for juliani cardenas and his abductor. witness saw a car enter the water so all clues are leading the sheriff's to believe that that car is in this canal but they haven't found it yet. on wednesday they pulled several other vehicles out of the water but not the car they are looking for. kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> we have a couple big weather stories. tomorrow morning it will be dense fog again. the advisory has been extended to the north and includes the delta and fairfield tomorrow. visibilities will be really bad out there. 500 feet at times. this fog will last through the morning hours. decreasing by noon. hissy sunshine in the afternoon and locally forming fog in the north bay. that fog from the center valley extended into the delta, north bay by tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. and fog in santa rosa and napa. dense fog. the 9:00 hour quite dense through the delta. starting to peal back by the afternoon. and hazy sunshine expected. temperatures are similar to today. the other big story is how dry it's been. a look at

kron 4's maureen kelly explains what police have been doing. >> reporter: juliani cardenas who you see here was snatched from his grandmother's arms at her home on tuesday afternoon. >> and then i run outside asking for help and screaming. >> reporter: the the suspect jose esteban rodriguez. he had a previous relationship with the boy's mother but is not the father. immediately an amber alert was issued with highway signs like this one up and down the state. silver toyota corolla with a california license plate of 6hbw445. at 5:08 tuesday the sheriff reached out to the police department. they believe the pair may be headed to there buzz the suspect's mother lives there. after it was determined they weren't there the hunt went statewide. maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >>> this is not the first run in with for the suspect jose esteban rodriguez. he has several prior criminal convictions, including involuntary manslaughter, and unlawful sexual intercourse. stay with us and www.kron.com as we continue to cover the developments on the amber alert for the boy. >>> an arrest has been made in the