the body of an unborn baby boy. >> the unidentified female is lacy peterson.f lacy and scott peterson. >> i just thought we got to find scott right now. >> scott peterson has been arrested. there are no other suspects in this case. >> i went out when the vehicl was there to do the inventory search on it. there's just a whole bunch of stuff in the car. $15,000 cash, he had his brother's id. >> ropes, knives. >> scott peterson couldn't have done anything to make himself seem more guilty than to dye his hair, have some disguises and a ton of cash anywhere near the mexican border. >> at the point of the arrest, your hair color had changed. what was your objective in coloring your hair? >> oh, i wanted anonymity. i was fearful. >> you will be booked into the jail. when he arrives, he'll be charged with capital murder. >> suddenly, a sleepy, sluggish little town like modesto is transformed into a media circus. >> the trial began on june 1st, 2004, with opening statements. this was a big day. >> there were reporters crawling all over each other. this was a huge story

>> laci peterson. >> the story of laci peterson's disappearance made news soon after she disappeared,e it's christmas eve 2002. it became national news pretty quickly. >> a california man is anxiously waiting to hear word on the mysterious christmas eve disappearance of his pregnant wife. >> laci denise peterson is eight months pregnant. she's considered a high-risk missing person under suspicious circumstances. >> i love my daughter so much. i miss her every minute of every day. >> i started reporting on it right away when she was a missing person, the day after christmas. >> oh, i think what caught everybody's imagination was laci peterson and her picture. people saw this photo of this missing woman with the big smile and the brunette hair, eight and a half months pregnant. >> laci was last seen by her husband scott when she was walking her dog, possibly in the area of east la loma park dry creek. >> he saw her at 9:30 in the morning before he went fishing, and shortly thereafter, she went on her walk. no one has seen her since. >> the community mobilized immediately, as soon as lac

laci peterson's body was found in san francisco bay in 2003, last year the state supreme court throughouteterson's death penalty sentence and in a court filing yesterday prosecutors said that they will drop the issue after consulting with laci peterson's family. peterson could still get a new trial, a judge is considering the question of juror misconduct. if no new trial is granted peterson will be sentenced to life in prison. >>> happening today a rally is planned in front of san francisco's hall of justice to show solidarity with the asian american community, this comes as abc7 is working to learn whether manslaughter charges may be dropped in that deadly attack against an 84-year-old man in january. -- was targeted during his morning walk in the cities -- neighborhood, his suspected attacker is in custody. today's rally is scheduled to get underway at 9 am. >>> with the spike in violence against asian americans one bay area organization is encouraging victims to speak out. the southeast asian development center has been a lifeline for so many including -- whose father died in january a

they say the burglary happened the morning lacy peterson disappeared.ccording to their theory she witnessed this happen and got into some kind of argument, and was kidnapped and killed. police did catch up with those burglars. they interrogated them, and determined this burglary happened 2 days after lacy peterson disappeared. the defense says they do have new evidence here, but that is changing the timeline. it at this point remains unclear. >> you can catch the full report tonight on 48 hours. >>> it is being dubbed task force rattlesnake. who cal fire is teaming up with two east and staffing squeeze. >> the bay area dog gearing up for fire season. how he is helping boost the morale of fire crews. >>> the first day of may. for some of us may gray is living up to its name. specifically the tri-valley. this has been pretty localized. it has been interesting to watch that beer we will talk about how it will be differ is your family ready for an emergency? you can prepare by mapping out two ways to escape your home, creating a supply kit, and including yo

restore the penalty, which was thrown out last year by the state supreme court in consultation with lacy peterson's family justice has said the death sentence couldn't stand because potential jurors were excluded after saying they disagreed with the death penalty. peterson maintains his innocence and a judge is considering whether to grant a new trial because of. juror misconduct well, the ban on flavored tobacco products seems to be having an unintended effect of increasing tobacco use in san francisco teens san francisco band flavored tobacco products back in 2018. but according to a new study, published in the journal of the american medical association, the number of san francisco high school students who smoke cigarettes doubled after the band compared to other major cities. some teens who had only tried vaping appear to be switching to tobacco. cigarettes instead, are still coming by governor newsome has pardoned two inmates who worked as firefighters while they were incarcerated. how activists are reacting at a very weather of dragons and fog tonight near the coast, and you're the bait. no b

office now says thee decided not to retry the penalty phase of the trial after consulting with laci peterson'srom the russian hackers behind one of the worst data breaches. microsoft believes the hackers are part of the same group involved in the simolar winds hk last year, cnn's matthew chance is in moscow for us. matthew, what is the difference this time around? >> reporter: i guess it's the times. just a few weeks before the president and vladimir putin are expected to meet. the ford landing by belarus, alexey navalny, and now they fresh hacking incident. it's been a few weeks since president biden imposed tough sanctions, but the solar winds hack, which was focused on u.s. government agencies, blamed by washington microsoft. which detected the latest of u.s. aid agencies, think tanks and humanitarian groups, says that the same group of russian hackers were responsible this time around. matthew chance, cnn, moscow. >>> disturbing new details about the man who shot to death nine cowork. dan simon has dizzy tails. >> reporter: the shooter had three semiautomatic handguns, also 32 high-capacit

the d a said today's decision was made in consultation with lacy peterson's family now california justices that the death sentence could not stand. because potential jurors were excluded after saying that they disagreed with the death penalty. peterson maintains his innocence and judge is considering w. our legal analyst michael cardoza, believes today's motion is an attempt to avoid a second look at the case. the district attorney's knew full well, that in honor to put the evidence in and seek the death penalty. they had to start right from the get go right from the beginning and put all the evidence in because keep in mind, you'd have a new jury that didn't know everything about the case. so you can't just. put a little bit of a case and you've got to put everything in and i'm sure they were aware that the defense was loaded for bear. they had a lot of new evidence that actually would have affected the guilt phase. had they gone through it, and i really believe they wanted to avoid that new evidence. now. today's decision would mean that peterson sentence would remain life without the po

laci peterson's body was found in san francisco bay in 2003, last year the state supreme court throughout peterson's death penalty sentence and in a court filing yesterday prosecutors said that they will drop the issue after consulting with peterson's family. peterson could still get a new trial, a judge is considering the question of juror misconduct. if no new trial is peterson will be sentenced to life in prison. >>> happening today a rally is planned in front of san francisco's hall of justice to show solidarity with the asian american community. this comes as abc7 is working to learn whether manslaughter charges may be dropped in a deadly attack against an 84- year-old man in january. -- was targeted during his morning walk in the cities -- neighborhood, his suspected attacker is in custody. today's rally is scheduled to get underway at 9 am. >>> with this spike in violence against asian americans one bay area organization is encouraging victims to speak out. the southeast asian development center has been a lifeline for many including -- whose father was the man who died in january

the d a said the decision was made in consultation with lacy peterson's family. th sentence could not stand because potential jurors were excluded after say. they disagreed with the death penalty. now, peterson maintains his innocence and a judge is considering whether to grant a new trial because of juror misconduct. well, there's been yet another bay area mountain lines siding to tell you about tonight, this time in oakland, ktvu head really tells us the homeowner spotted the big cat on a camera she set up to capture why life? never expecting, though, to see a mountain line. surveillance video shows a mountain lion walking up sandra lee's driveway in oakland. normally only get little cats and this thing was bigger than a little cap. but it was no tabby. the mountain lion paid a visit to leave home on rose crest drive in the oak more neighborhood just below highway 13 at about one of the morning thursday. i think he was just roaming around looking for, you know, a new spot. i don't know. i don't know. really what mountain lions do. what it did do was traipse past

the da says the decision was made after consulting with lacy peterson's family members. now to the 4 zone forecast we're looking live over the embarcadero and sounds like if you have air conditioning. >> thiseweekend. you might want to use it. you know, let's check in with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow on the big warm-up heading our way. yeah. going to be the hottest temperatures of the year so far. >> we're going to the triple digits someplace we haven't seen since last year a year ago just in time for the holiday weekend. we've got high pressure get bid to build in, but not just yet. it's going to take another day before we really start to see the heat building across the bay area right now. low clouds and fog moving in the san francisco. that's a sign of an onshore breeze. little more moisture in the atmosphere. of course, that keep you from getting too hot but that's about to change. in fact, we're looking now at what the national weather services issued. they've had some advisories posted parts of the east bay and alameda and contra. costa county. expect those

> tonight prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty against scott peterson for the murder of his pregnant wife lacirter molina jones digs into the decision not to take this case back to court. >> they're not going to stick a needle in his arm. there's a sense of great relief that comes with that. >> reporter: in a fast friday decision janay peterson said she learned the death sentence for her brother-in-law scott peterson is off the table giving her more hope of a chance to bring him home. >> we're not going to stop. we're not going to give up. scott is innocent. >> reporter: stanislaus district attorney's office in a court filing saying they will not pursue the death penalty against peterson convicted of the 2002 killing of his wife laci and unborn child saying in part, "while the family of laci and connor believe there is no doubt the defendant is guilty of these crimes and is deserving of the punishment of death, the family has decided this process is simply too painful to endure." once again the decision comes after the state supreme court threw out peterson's death sentence last year blaming a

office said they will not pursue a death penalty against peterson who was convicted for the 2002 killing of his wife lacey and unborn child. lacy's family has no doubt that peterson deserves the death penalty but the process is just too painful. the judge is considering whether to grant a new trial because of jury misconduct heard if no new trial is granted he will be sentenced to life in prison without parole. >> this will definitely help out the defense argument to vacate the conviction of guilt based on jury misconducts. when you have jerry problems, k that day points to scott's innocence. >> investigators say he took his wife's body from their modesto home and dumped it in the san francisco bay. peterson has maintained his innocence. >>> we are also learning that kevin macleod has died at that age of 90. he played on the mary tyler moore show in the 70s. he then moved on to play on the love boat. >>> the last weekend of may is usually when the vibrant carnaval is held in the mission district. even though the pandemic but the festivities on pause, organizer still found a way to show up to the community. day one of a two day re

peterson was convicted in 2005 of murdering his wife, lacy, and their unborn son. >>> firefighters onlert. take a look at dublin there, temperatures there and the bay area about to heat up. fire crews are worried about the heat, and the conditions, and asking everyone to be extra careful barbecuing this weekend. >> not to leave the barbecue unattended. winds can come through and tip the barbecue over. >> jeff, how hard do we talk about? >> the day that is most dangerous, is monday, 95 to 100 degrees inland. we will talk more about the heat rolling in with the heat advisory. i'm back with that in eight minutes. >> back to school this fall. what will it look like? will bit in person five days a week? tonight, an important message from bay area health leaders. >>> and tragic and trouble some. why do mass shootings keep happening when california has the strictist gun laws in the country? >>. >> california has the nation's strictest gun laws but that wasn't enough to stop the latest mass shooting. tonight, nbc bay area's investigator bigad shaban takes a look at the laws we have. >> report

peterson. he was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife in 2005. the d.a.'s office said the decision was faed in consultation with laci petersonerson's family.o painful to go again. the judge is considering granting peta new trial due to juror misconduct. >>> there is a shake-up in the ranks of the black lives matter organization. in a youtube video patrice colorser colors is stepping down as executive director. she is leaving to spend time with her 5-year-old and work on a book and tv deal. she has been with the organization since 2013 and has led the black lives matter global network foundation for nearly six of those years helping to turn the social justice organization into a household name. >>> the biden administration announcing it would reimpose sanctions against belarus, belarus forcing that plane right there to divert to the capital to arrest an opposition leader. the u.s. condemned that move and the state department is warning u.s. citizens not to travel to belarus. >>> turning to the white house, president biden releasing his $6 trillion budget plan. the largest and most concrete outline of his priorities and ambitions. msnbc whit

nearly two decades after his murder request conviction, scott peterson is claiming he wasn't expecting a guilty verdict in the killing of his wife lacyhear anything. i couldn't feel anything. i kept hoping one of them would say i had a second thought and just realize what they were doing and, you know, recognize how wrong this was, referring to the your there. here not because the california supreme court says he's innocent, it's because there was an error in jury selection. one of the jurors, we now know, had been a victim of domestic abuse, and she didn't really reveal that during voir dire, jury selection. there may be a new sentencing, but will there be a new trial in the jury's still out on that, pardon the pun, please. but there's overwelling evidence of guilt -- overwhelming ed of guilt. have you noticed every time there's 10 p.m. eastern time so for those who are interested in this, we've been teasing it on the channel throughout the week. tell us about what it's the about, because i understand that you interviewed some of the victims in this case. >> carley, thank you. it's a real cautionary tale. it was a witch hunt, and th