>> the officer followed the blood down an embankment of a herbally wooded area where he found kathy lawyeric barely alive in a pool of blood. >> you recognized with the way her clothes were arrange and disheveled that she most likely had been sexually assaulted and she needed medical attention. >> kathy was rushed to the hospital, but she died en route. >> kathy had several major lacerations on her head. we believed to be the weapon was found near kathy's body. the weapon was a fence post, 2, 2 1/2 feet long, we believe. >> although kathy was using her cell phone when the attack occurred, the gfters couldn't find it anywhere near he body. when police check heard cell phone records, they discovered that someone had used her cellphone after the murder. >> one of the calls was a juan sanchez. >> investigators tracked 33-year-old want sanchez to his residence and there they found kathy's cell phone in his possession. but sanchez claimed he found the phone on the jogging path. >> he explained to us that he was riding his bike on the canal trail and he found the cell phone. he decided to use it fo

kathy zimmer for financial reasons. her body was found wrapped inside a quilt in her car at san jose international. his lawyer said there's no evidence showing he was the killer. >>> now, a portion of 280 is open in san francisco after a weekend shutdown. caltrans closed the southbound lanes of 280 from 9:00 a.m. on thursday. crews reopened the lanes three hours ahead of schedule at 2:00 p.m. they were working on bridge hinges that give the bridge flexibility and for compaction and expansion. >> it's spwn very, very -- been very, very tough. it's been a challenging project. they had to bring in other crews to make sure we made the deadline. >> more work is planned for the 4th of july weekend and labor day weekend in the northbound direction. >>> a notable achievement for four northern california students. the big honor they received at the white house this morning. >>> and the pledge a california company is helping -- is helping kids nationwide. >>> and legal action against san francisco sni college over a protest that -- city college over a protest that happened a few years ago. gridlock. teacher layoffs. an

kathy. we wish her well in her future endeavors. thank you very much for letting us be here today. to introduce the panel of lawyers. >> thank you. it is an honor to be here today. thesociate myself with all remarks. we are presenting seven well-qualified lawyers to be on the bench of the court. abrams, eleanor ross. i am not a lawyer. company and i have been in court. i know what i am looking for. i want someone who is going to call it down the middle and the fair. i can submit to you that all seven of these individuals meet that. as the senator said, there is a joint committee that vets all of the potential nominees and we will confirm them. all of these have given the highest recommendations. i want to thank the president of the united states. we had a process that began to fill the vacancies. without hesitation or reservation, president obama has been an elusive. -- inclusive. make suree the best the best nominees have been sent full top i would not single one of them out. i have to add a note of personal privilege. as a member of the house of representatives. on the back row, there was a guy named charlie. he was the head of