a missing petaluma teenager is found dead in lake tahoe. kron4 is there live with police, as they try to figure out what happened. and a new report says firefighters at the chevron refinery fire may have actually made the problem worse. >>> the tragic end to a missing petaluma girl. >>> we did not expect this outcome but we are going to deal with this now the best the body of 19 year old alyssa byrne found behind a snow bank in south lake tahoe, less than a mile from attended new year's eve. >> ten feet off pioneer trail, right alongside the roadway >> reporter: the santa rosa junior college student last seen mileaway at a musci festival on new yrs eve stories... kron4's alecia reid is live in lake tahoe tonight. >> there were able to look up pretty high and see. where investigators are trying to piece together the chain of events which ended alecia? r >> we will take the body to the forensics and bess the cause of death >> reporter: the father is on the scene and his dealing with as expected >> reporter: there are as many unanswered questi

it took lake tahoe police reportedly more than a day and a half to notify nevada.called them this morning and we are waiting to hear what they have to say about it. meantime, alyssa burns has not been seen since shortly before midnight according to friends who were with her. she was in town for a three day music festival which attracts thousands. she disappeared around 11:30 and told her friends she was taking a shuttle back to the resort. she was spotted by guests in the lobby around midnight. she worked as a hostess here in petaluma and was studying to be a paramedic firefighter at the campus. again she is described as 5- foot 3, long hair died black and a fair complexion. we'll see where all of this stands right now with the investigation. live in petaluma, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a court arrangement is set for today accused of hitting and killing 2 innocent people in new year's morning. ktvu channel 2 morning news has obtained this armature video from south vanness on 21st street. david morales caused the deadly crash while fleeing from the police. he

monte francis is in south lake tahoe. so tragic and baffling. >> reporter: good evening from lake tahoe. investigators say they do not suspect foul play and have not yet determined a cause of death. we are just down the road from where alyssa byrne's body was discovered this morning. her friends tell us they questioned the sheriff's department theory about how she died. >> it is with deep regret we announce we have recovered the body of alyssa byrne. >> reporter: a high snow bank along pioneer trail in lake tahoe obstructed the view of searchers for three days until this morning a utility worker in an elevated truck saw the body of 19-year-old alyssa byrne. her friends who had accompanied her to the three-day snow globe music festival, it was the worst news possible. >> that's what everyone is worried about. >> reporter: friends say alyssa liked to wander off by herself. investigators say the road where her body was found lies between the horizon hotel, where she was staying, and the concert venue. >> at this time in thei

mostly cloudy lake tahoe tomorrow saturday.y some snow but just a little bit and start to clear out again on monday. bounce back to the bay area where tomorrow under wet conditions it's relatively cool as well. up in the north bay high reach only to the upper 40's to up around 50 and low mid 50's over remainder of the bay area up to 57 orso at livermore and san jose. farther south near monterey bay rain will be later to arrive. high pressure there mid upper 50's up to about 58 at salinas and holster. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. again at least partial clearing on sunday. maybe even mostly sunny day if the rain ends early in the morning. mild on monday and tuesday and partly cloudy wednesday and slight chance of showers thursday friday. typical winter week next week. >> thanks very much. >> board a flight you expect the pilot to be sober but that was not the case in minneapolis today. that story coming up next. >>> then take a look at this picture y.airliner says passenger had to be deduct taped to his seat. stay with alr

she is from petaluma and last seen at lake tahoe community clj in south lake tahoe. john alston is live where he spoke to her worried family. john? >> reporter: and carolyn, some of alyssa burns' friends are on their way to pass out fliers and her father has been there all day working with police who are tracing her movements over the past few days. >> i just want her home. her father and i just want her home. >> reporter: the new year has done nothing but stress and worry. she hasn't been seen or heard from since midnight on new year's eve. she was in south lake tahoe for snow globe, a three-day music festival that attracts thousands of partiers. a friend says she suddenly and quietly disappeared from the group at 11:30 on monday night. >> but that new year's eve she didn't say a word. she basically left and she called me and i called her back and she was on the bus back to the hotel. >> reporter: by phone she said she was going back to the horizon where the friends were staying. he says he returned about 12:30 a.m. >> once we got back to the room we noticed she was

today the body of a missing teenager was found in south lake tahoe. she had attended a new years eve concert at a community college in south lake tahoe. she was stay agent the horizon casino in nevada. this morning a utility worker spotted her body off the pioneer trail just a half mile from the concert site. we have live team coverage this afternoon. mike is there but we begin with eric in south lake tahoe. >> investigators are just now clearing the scene here. they say it was a water utility crew that first spotted the body of alissa around 8:30 this morning in a very high profile truck. she was found in a snow bank back here about 4 feet high out of the view of most passing cars but how she got here is still a mystery. >> after three days of desperate searching by family, friends and authorities around south lake tahoe investigators delivered the sad news this morning. >> it's be deep regret we announce we have recovered the body. >> they found the 19 year old in a snow bank along pioneer trail no more than half a mile from the snow globe music fes

her body was found, this morning, at south lake tahoe. live in petaluma for abc7 news. >> very difficult time for the family. thank you very much. we have an abc7 news crew in south lake tahoe gathering the latest information from the investigators and we will bring you the most up-to-date information throughout the date and posting the entire news conference that the sheriff held this morning. we are constantly updating twitter at abc7 news.com. in san francisco, police are looking for a driver who slammed into a power pole while trying to escape leaving 2,500 pg&e customers in the dark at 2:00 this morning. the pole ws shattered. the driver took off. all customers now have their power on, repairs to the pole should be done by 8:00 tonight. >> arson investigators are trying to find what led to a fire at a medical marijuana dispensary north of highway 101. it was reported there was smoke at 4:30 a.m. amy, why do investigators say it looks suspicious? >> you can smell gasoline. the oh car is strong it is hard imagine anyone messing with th

she is from petaluma and last seen at lake tahoe community clj in south lake tahoe. john alston is live where he spoke to her worried family. john? >> reporter: and carolyn, some of alyssa burns' friends are on their way to pass out fliers and her father has been there all day working with police who are tracing her movements over the past few days. >> i just want her home. her father and i just want her home. >> reporter: the new year has done nothing but stress and worry. she hasn't been seen or heard from since midnight on new year's eve. she was in south lake tahoe for snow globe, a three-day music festival that attracts thousands of partiers. a friend says she suddenly and quietly disappeared from the group at 11:30 on monday night. >> but that new year's eve she didn't say a word. she basically left and she called me and i called her back and she was on the bus back to the hotel. >> reporter: by phone she said she was going back to the horizon where the friends were staying. he says he returned about 12:30 a.m. >> once we got back to the room we noticed she was

in south lake tahoe where she went missing new clues. the story is ahead in a live report. >> good morning, live from the abc7 traffic center, you can see light conditions at the bay bridge toll plaza with no metering lights on and no delays on the upper deck headed into san francisco. we will update the early bart delay and an ace train delay from stockton because of freight train traffic otherwise we have a light short work week and short traffic conditions. >> live from the kgo broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning. 6:29. opening bell is about to ring on wall street to start the trading day. this is a live picture from the new york stock exchange. the labor department released the december jobs report last hour with the unemployment rate up slightly for december. however, jobs were also created. analysts say companies continue to hire although the white house and congress were battling over the fiscal cliff last in. stay with abc7 morning news because at 6:45 we will check with bloomberg and see how investors are seeing

in south lake tahoe where she went missing new clues. the story is ahead in a live report. >> good morning, live from the abc7 traffic center, you can see light conditions at the bay bridge toll plaza with no metering lights on and no delays on the upper deck headed into san francisco. we will update the early bart delay and an ace train delay from stockton because of freight train traffic otherwise we have a light short work week and short traffic conditions. >> live from the kgo broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning. 6:29. opening bell is about to ring on wall street to start the trading day. this is a live picture from the new york stock exchange. the labor department released the december jobs report last hour with the unemployment rate up slightly for december. however, jobs were also created. analysts say companies continue to hire although the white house and congress were battling over the fiscal cliff last in. stay with abc7 morning news because at 6:45 we will check with bloomberg and see how investors are seeing

she is from petaluma and last seen at lake tahoe community clj in south lake tahoe.n alston is live where he spoke to her worried family. john? >> reporter: and carolyn, some of alyssa burns' friends are on their way to pass out fliers and her father has be woh police who are tracing her movements over the past few days. >> i just want her home. her father and i just want her home. >> reporter: the new year has done nothing but stress and worry. she hasn't been seen or heard from since midnight on new year's eve. she was in south lake tahoe for snow globe, a three-day music festival that attracts thousands of partiers. a friend says she suddenly and quietly disappeared from the group at 11:30 on monday night. >> but that new year's eve she didn't say a word. she basically left and she called me and i called her back and she was on the bus back to the hotel. >> reporter: by phone she said she was going back to the horizon where the friends were staying. he says he returned about 12:30 a.m. >> once we got back to the room we noticed she wasn't there. we were@calling he

take map ---autoridades del condado de douglas, en el area de lake tahoe, confirmaron que el cadaverde alyssa byrne, de 19 aÑos de edad, fue encontrado cerca de un banco de nieve al sur de la ciudad south lake tahoe. take 2 box ---mayra tostado esta en vivo y nos tiene todos los detalles... adelante mayra. mayra live ---asi es blanca, el cuerpo de la joven fue descubierto esta maÑana por un trabajador que viajaba en un camion en south lake tahoe.. 0:01 0:10 1:26 take pkg fue una maÑana de abrazos y de lagrimas para la familia de una adolescente de petaluma que desaparecio el primero de enero en south lake tahoe luego de asistir a un festival de musica.. paul howell - vocero, oficina del alguacil, cdo. douglas "we have recovered the body of alyssa byrne.. she is deceased" hoy, las autoridades confirmaron que alyssa byrne, de 19 aÑos de edad, fue encontrada muerta. el cadaver de la joven fue descubierto alrededor de las 8 y media de la maÑana en un banco de nieve, a unos diez piez de una carretera.. segn la policia, un trabajador del municipio que viajaba en un camion fue quien encontr

we have news crews in south lake tahoe and in petaluma. they are both working on gathering more information and they will have an update at 4:00 this afternoon. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allie. >>> two teenagers accused of killing a castro valley valley and setting her home on fire back in october were in court this morning. brian flores is live in castro valley to tell us what's next in this case and what happened. >> reporter: it's been over two months since the woman was killed in the home behind me. you can it still remains boarded up. but the two young men accused in her killing finally entered pleas today. the 18-year-old and 16-year-old pleaded not guilty in hayward criminal court. they are accused of strangling the woman and leaving her body inside while her home burned to the ground last october. the pair was arrested last month. investigators say the two had attentions -- intentions of stealing registered guns, cash and jewelry and selling them later. barbara latchly, investigators wanted her to leave but w

-- lake tahoe.s last seen in the casino after attending a music festival. in just about eight minutes from now, elissa's mother will talk about the disyou eastern of her daughter. -- diseastern of her daughter -- disappearance of her daughter. p. >>> a home invasion happened on 40th avenue in the city's richmond district. claudine wong has talked to the victims so what are they telling you claudine wong. >> reporter: well, a group of college kids live in this apartment. there are five of them. they think the suspects came here looking for drugs. they told me that they do leave their front door unlocked a lot of the time. that's because they have this gate downstairs sat the bottom. but any also said this lock tends -- but they also said this lock tends to stick. they believe that's how the suspects got in. now, this all happened just before 3:00 this morning. the victims say they were all asleep in that upstairs apartment when the five men broke in. they went from room to room, waking people up. and

we start our team coverage tonight in lake tahoe.philippe djegal is there with the latest. philippe? >> reporter: she was found by utility workers. it was spotted friday morning, 10 ft. off of pioneer trail. >> it was found by utility workers she was discovered. they found the body on a large and pavement. >> she was fully clothed and a tattoo helped to identify the body. >> there does not seem to be anything foul play. the el dorado couny sheriff's department says crews planned on searching for alyssa byrne in the snow this morning. but before they left. she had already been found. the last time the el dorado county sheriff's department says 19-year-old alyssa byrne was seen. eve. that is until her body was spotted friday morning. ten feet off pioneer trail near black bart avenue. lieutenant pete van arnum says she was fully clothed. he says a tatoo helped identify her body. byrne was found about five miles away from this hotel. where the sheriff's department says she was staying with friends and family. byrne was in town for a thre

she disappeared in south lake tahoe. ktvu's ken pritchett is live near south lake tahoe with the search that is underway. ken? >> we told you about a press briefing where we learned new information. one, a cell phone signal had been detected, one they didn't know about from alyssa byrne's cell phone. sometimes in the hours around when she was last seen. the second information, there was a room to room search conducted of the hotel where the teen was staying with her friends. we know that she was making daily phone contact with her parents. that ended new year's eve night. >> reporter: alyssa byrne was staying with three friends here at the casino hotel. this is the last place she was seen after 2:00 a.m. new year's day. >> my level of hope is she is out there. if you are, just come home. we love you. we miss you. anybody that any information please call the tip line that is established. we want to hear any tip. >> her father made a plea for help as search and rescue crews searched the area for any sign of her. she was he

a missing petaluma teenager is found dead in lake tahoe. kron4 is live there as police try to figure out what happened. and a vigil underway for the 19-year-old girl in petaluma tonight. as family and friends remember alyssa byrne graduated from the school, located. i'm catherine heenan. see you at eight! tonight at six. a tragic end to the search for 19-year- old alyssa byrne. her body was discovered this morning. friends and family are gathering in petaluma for a candlelight vigil. but first, we start our team coverage tonight in lake tahoe. kron4's philippe djegal is there live with the latest. philippe? >> reporter: last time the el dorado couny sheriff's department says crews planned on searching for alyssa byrne in the snow this morning. but before they left. she had already been found. dead and alone. >> this utility truck was of very high and was able to look over the embankment and spotted her body >> they say that her to have to help to identify her body. >> there does not seem to be any trauma to the body. >> she was found about

her body was found, this morning, at south lake tahoe. live in petaluma for abc7 news. >> very difficult time for the family. thank you very much. we have an abc7 news crew in south lake tahoe gathering the latest information from the investigators and we will bring you the most up-to-date information throughout the date and posting the entire news conference that the sheriff held this morning. we are constantly updating twitter at abc7 news.com. in san francisco, police are looking for a driver who slammed into a power pole while trying to escape leaving 2,500 pg&e customers in the dark at 2:00 this morning. the pole was shattered. the driver took off. all customers now have their power on, repairs to the pole should be done by 8:00 tonight. >> arson investigators are trying to find what led to a fire at a medical marijuana dispensary north of highway 101. it was reported there was smoke at 4:30 a.m. amy, why do investigators say it looks suspicious? >> you can smell gasoline. the oh car is strong it is hard imagine anyone messing with t

along a road in south lake tahoe. police say she may have lost her way in the dark while trying to walk to her hotel from a music festival. and froze to death with temperatures going as low as zero degrees faherenheit. kron 4's alecia reid went to petaluma today. to find out rallying to support byrne's family. >> reporter: the money in this box is for alyssa byrne's funeral expenses and will go straight to her family. >> we're just honored to be involved in it to help in any way we can to offset the grief they're going through. >> it's affected everybody, those that know her and those that didn't know her. your heart can't help but melt when you look at her mother. >> reporter: a lot of people that walked into 'beyond the glory' to leave a donation did not know alyssa, but they rolled in one after the other >> it's a tragedy. it's aweful. it's a terrible loss to her family and friends. >> my best friend's daughter who i'm very close to was close to her and she was the last person that saw her. orter: abigail balf is a

in lake tahoe tonight. lake tahoe community college.where she was attending the music festival byrne and some friends were staying at the horizon it appears byrne chose to walk from the music festival back to the resort.apparently several people at the festival did authorities say her body was found just off this stretch of pioneer trail, between black bart avenue and al tahoe blvd. which means if she was walking back to the resort.she presumably made a resort is this way. keep in mind this area is covered with snow right now.and plows created snow banks along pioneer trail. her body over a allyssa lived with her parents in petaluma. family members and friends some relatives talked to reporters about what the members of the community her friends say they're having a tough time coming to terms with alyssa's death. alyssa's friends say she was very popular and nice to everyone she met. she used to call her friends turtles, so, you can see here, they got matching turtle tattoos in her >> a pair of fundraisers

both in lake tahoe and also here in petaluma. friends who saw 19-year-old alyssa byrne right before she went missing say she was not acting like herself. >> she was a really happy personal girl. >> reporter: they were in tahoe for the three-day outdoor snow globe music festival. her friends say on new years eve she left the concert to head back to the hotel by herself. that's when one of her friends say he ran into her in the lobby and something wasn't right. >> she seemed intoxicated or under the influence of some type of drug. >> reporter: this was the last interaction friends had with her. >> we probably called her 15, 20 time throughout the night. >> reporter: investigators say say they got a ping on her cell phone three minutes after midnight and they're waiting to find out where that text was made. they searched the hotel where she was saying room by room and carefully reviewing surveillance tape which one of her friends describes. >> basically it showed her sitting on the couch in the lobby and all of a sudden, getting up

she went to lake tahoe for a concert, the snowglobe concert new year's eve. before midnight she was using her phone. they have been assured that. and after midnight, three minutes after, she used her phone again. it could have been a phone call or a tweet but she was at the horizon hotel when she made it back after the concert. then she disappeared. now, a look at new information, in tweets from an confident hers, one says "after tonight you will never be part of my life." another says "just lost all my trust in the person i trusted most." that can sound like someone depressed and sad but a close friend says don't read too much into it. >> it could be related to a fight that she got in but i don't think it was someone she is talking about who tried to harm her. those are just the kind of posts she would post. >> investigators say they are not certain she posted them so they are looking into that. the search continues at south lake tahoe in the area around the horizon hotel the last place she was certain to have been and in petaluma there are fundraiser s to t

the teenager's body was found this morning at south lake tahoe. police say she may have lost her way in the dark and froze to death with temperatures going as low as zero degrees faherenheit. kron 4's alecia reid we petaluma community to see how residents are coping with the loss. >> as they walked to the door there were a mystery to the donation box. they kept coming and one after another. if >> is a tragedy, it is awful and it is a terrible loss to the community. >> this girl was just starting her beautiful life she was so young. >> reporter: and honor, this revenue 10 percent will go towards the association for the foundation for missing and exploited children. >> reporter: this money is for funeral expenses and will go straight to the family. >> we were scared just knowing that she was out there and we did not know where she was. >> we are honored to be involved in anything that we can do to offset their grief. >> this is her child hood day care friend. she was in the lake tahoe when it happened to her >> i wish just a couple of miles away. it

at&t. >> a look outside at lake tahoe.e still on the shoulders of the road toward highs in the 20's. your kron 4 7 day around the bay >> with the frigid temperatures. the frost @ pfize advisory low 20s. and inland. we are going to continue to see this trend for it least towards tuesday. >> as we see this cat it traveled 190 mi. it was at the daytona omotor speedway. and did what all the weight to west palm beach. it would all the way-to west palm beach. and it was just 1 mi.. a great rebreunited. >> we will see you next week have a great day

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the teenager's body was found in the snow in south lake tahoe. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. hundreds of friends and relatives shared their grief and affection for alyssa including her brother who gave his heart felt thanks for everyone's efforts to find her. abc7 news reporter john alston is live at casa grande high school in petaluma. john some. >> carolyn, the candles continue to burn at the school and people are still stoping by to pay their reports. earlier this whole area was packed, and what made this vigil so powerful and poignant were all of the people and the near complete silence. for more than an hour, the crowd of a hundred stood there and barely said a word. toward the end alyssa burn's brother got up to thank everyone. >> all we need to focus on is moving forward and just healing, but we need to focus on the healing. from the bottom of my heart and the bo the tom of my family's heart i want to say thank you. >> thank you. >> they came to casa grande high school where she graduated in 2011, gathering next to the field wher

earlier that night - new year's eve - byrne and globe music festival at the lake tahoe community college. that's about 3 miles from the resort. crews are focusing their search in the area near the horizon casino resort.that's right along highway 50.just east of the lake. here is a closer look. you can see how close it is today. they are going through the rural areas as well as the search communities going for this hour. >> catherine: stay with us as we continue. updates are available on www.kron4.com for facebook fan page banta twitter. >>this just in to the kron 4 news room football related 49ers kicker david acres that you see it is talking about receiving death thr eats last week. he has revealed that heat has double hernia surgery. his first year in the san francisco he was great with making 44 of the 52 field goals. so far, not as much and gary radnich will have more coming up with a possible replacement for david acres. that is coming up. >> catherine: he's arguably the most vocal member of the san francisco giants. now - sergio romo is being accused of being a little 'too' vocal w

many of her friends including her older brother and father have headed to lake tahoe to pass this out. 19-year-old alyssa burns has not been seen since shortly before midnight according to her friends who were with her. she was in town for a three day music festival which attracts thousands of people. she disappeared from the group around 11:30 and by phone she told her friends she was taking a shuttle back to the resort. she was spotted around midnight and a facebook page has been set up to find her after working as a hostess here at petaluma. she was studying to be a paramedic firefighter and she is 123 pounds, long hair died black and a fair complexion. if you have any information about her whereabouts, you are asked to call the police department in nevada. some are criticizing the police department for the handling of this case. >>> the driver is a caused of hitting and killing two innocent people outside of a san francisco liquor store. it happened new year's morning and ktvu channel 2 morning news has obtained this armature video on 21st street. 19-year-old david morales caused

the teenager's body was found in the snow in south lake tahoe. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. hundreds of friends and relatives shared their grief and affection for alyssa including her brother who gave his heart felt thanks for everyone's efforts to find her. abc7 news reporter john alston is live at casa grande high school in petaluma. john some. >> carolyn, the candles continue to burn at the school and people are still stoping by to pay their reports. earlier this whole area was packed, and what made this vigil so powerful and poignant were all of the people and the near complete silence. for more than an hour, the crowd of a hundred stood there and barely said a word. toward the end alyssa burn's brother got up to thank everyone. >> all we need to focus on is moving forward and just healing, but we need to focus on the healing. from the bottom of my heart and the bo the tom of my family's heart i want to say thank you. >> thank you. >> they came to casa grande high school where she graduated in 2011, gathering next to the field wher

the teenager's body was found in the snow in south lake tahoe.'m dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. hundreds of friends and relatives shared their grief and affection for alyssa including her brother who gave his heart felt thanks for everyone's efforts to find her. abc7 news reporter john alston is live at casa grande high school in petaluma. john some. >> carolyn, the candles continue to burn at the school and people are still stoping by to pay their reports. earlier this whole area was packed, and what made this vigil so powerful and poignant were all of the people and the near complete silence. for more than an hour, the crowd of a hundred stood there and barely said a word. toward the end alyssa burn's brother got up to thank everyone. >> all we need to focus on is moving forward and just healing, but we need to focus on the healing. from the bottom of my heart and the bo the tom of my family's heart i want to say thank you. >> thank you. >> they came to casa grande high school where she graduated in 2011, gathering next to the field where

on saturday when she left their petaluma home with three friends headed for a weekend in south lake tahoe. alyssa texted her parents every day of the trip until she went missing on new year's eve. >> i know that this is very much unlike her to not call or text somebody to let them know that she's okay. >> reporter: alyssa and her friends had gone to a party as that night called snow globe. this is video another person posted on youtube. alyssa took a shuttle from the party to the hotel the horizon on new year's eve. the last her friends heard from her was at about 8:00 that night. >> i'm hoping maybe she is just out there being a typical teenager and just having a great time and letting time slip away from her. >> reporter: alyssa works at cattle man's restaurant in petaluma as a hostess. she is also taking classes at the local junior college to be a firefighter paramedic. she was last seen at a bar at the horizon hotel around 1 a.m. new year's day wearing all black with a ponytail in her hair. she is 5'3", 125 pounds. surveillance footage is grainy and doesn't cover the teen hotel. her f

. >> we have developing news, friends and family of a teen are searching for her in south lake tahoe as she vanished celebrating new year's eve. >> a woman was last seen at south lake tahoe but here the flyers are going up, and the 19-year-old, alyssa byrne 5' 7", black hair and blue eyes. this is no reason to believe she is near petaluma. this is alyssa byrne, a graduate of casa grande high school, missing since new year's eve where she went for the snow globe music festival. all her friends were staying at the hotel and she told a friend she had an argument with another friend at the concert but she was heard from after that. she just left new year's eve, and called men, i called her and she was on the bus home back to the hotel. >> she was hurt from and seen after that at 12:30 new year's morning and then nothing. facebook pages have been set up for alyssa byrne and police are checking the surveillance video at casinos to see if she appears and who she was with. the last phone call it has been determined was from next to the festival at 11:30 on new year's eve. her father is up th

. >> following the latest on the death of 19 year-old alyssa byrne who went missing in lake tahoe. >> and police have arrested the man accused of setting a woman on fire in san francisco's bayview district, we will have more on that. >> the east shore freeway interstate 80 westbound an accident with emergency vehicles on the same period to lanes blocked and debris strewn across all the lanes. it is backed up traffic almost to highway four. the drive time is 18 minutes for interstate 80 westbound. also in the east bay for contra costa and dense fog advisory for antioch and that spurred on highway 4. >> there is an east bay fog the advisory in effect right now until 9:00 this morning. here's a live look at the toll plaza here for the venetian bridge. jackie sissel is out there monitoring conditions this morning. >> i am only a few yards away from the toll plaza and you cannot even make out the very far and of the toll plaza. that is out that the fog is out here. even thicker at different points along 680 as i can only year to the south. defogger advisory is in effect in the east bay int

. >> remembering 19-year-old alyssa byrne who went missing in lake tahoe. coming up. we'll hear from her father. >> plus, one northern calforniatake a look and see if you can spot why the pilot had trouble! >> your going to want to stick around. a record sticking performance. and as the 49ers blow away the green bay packers. colin kaepernick, his record tonight. they are on their way to their championship, details coming up. ...so as you can see, geico's customer satisfaction is at 97%. mmm, tasty. and cut! very good. people are always asking me how we make these geico adverts. so we're taking you behind the scenes. this coffee cup, for example, is computer animated. it's not real. geico's customer satisfaction is quite real though. this computer-animated coffee tastes dreadful. geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. someone get me a latte will ya, please? >> hundreds of friends, family and classmates of alyssa byrne came together for a memorial service at the high school she graduated frombyrne died after she left a new years eve music festiva

in a petaluma sports bar, pink ribbons and childhood photos of a young woman who died in south lake tahoe this week. how the community is coming together in her honor. >>> flu season is here earlier than usual. we'll tell you why health officials say this season is off to a bad start. >> plus, wet weather returns to the bay area. we're on storm watch tonight, with how long this rain is expected to last. . >>> good evening. >> family and friends in petaluma are rallying around the family of a 19-year-old woman who died in frigid conditions at lake tahoe new year's eve. john sasaki is at a pet lumina sports bar, where a fund-raiser is under way to help other families of missing children. john? >> reporter: ken, here at the sports bar, the evening rush is on. and many people coming in are here to honor alyssa burns. it was a day of football at petaluma's beyond the glory sports bar. but guests walking in were greeted by the smiling face of 19-year-old alyssa burn. the petaluma native died in south lake tahoe this week, after leaving a new year's eve music festival. today, the restaurant is d

the search for a petaluma teenager will continue in lake tahoe today at sunrise.was last seen new year's eve inside her hotel. "today in the bay's" marla tellez joins us from the newsroom with more on what investigators are doing to try to find her. >> reporter: good morning. authorities with the douglas county sheriff's department in tahoe are searching on the ground and in the air as we would expect. they are also looking online. turns out alyssa byrne's twitter account could help investigators. here's a look at the last couple tweets sent out december 31st. the last day she was seen. one says "after tonight you'll never be a part of my life. you won't be a member of 2013, a new year, you'll never be a part. you're nothing to me." her last sweet says "just lost all my trust in the person i trusted most." byrne was in tahoe for a music festival an went there with friends to ring in the new year. after the concert new year's eve night she went back to the hotel, horizon hotel and casino where she was staying before midnight. in the lobby she ran into a friend who

she left a musical festival at lake tahoe community college on foot and was presumably headed for her hotel room at a resort about five miles away but her body was found in a spot in the opposite direction. two utility workers in south lake tahoe found her body on pioneer trail on the other side of a snow bum. investigators say she was fully clothed and there were no signs of foul play. hundreds of leaving condolences on her face book page. you can join that conversation on facebook.com. >>> all lanes are opening on northbound interstate 880 in san jose. a crash last night just before ten caused a massive backup for more than 3 1/2 hours. three lanes were blocked. you can see what happened after that. the chp had to actually issue a special advisory to avoid the area. lanes were not fully cleared until 1:30 this morning. officers are still trying to determine what caused the crash. >>> part of 101 in san jose was also shut down after a pedestrian was hit and killed on the freeway. it happened in the northbound lane just about 7:30 last night. there was no disabled vehicle near where t

now, the story from south lake tahoe. >> her body nound a snow brim just like this, just off of pioneer trail on this side of the birm. it was spot bid two utility workers driving in a high profile vehicle, only spotting the body because of the high perspective. they(ç81ñ were able to see overe brim. the search for 19-year-old alisa by. rne came to a sad end this morning. two workers found a body. >> investigators in this case responded to the scene, and just confirmed identify ti after lisa. i've notified her father. >> authorities had been a key part of the search because she was headed towards horizon hotel in lake tahoe, nevada but the body found a half mile away from the snow globe concert she'd been attending which is in south lake tahoe, california. investigators say she may have been disoriented during her walk. >> if shem5j.a was heading to te horizon, she was going the wrong direction. >> her body was found on the other side of a snow birm. investigators say she was fully clothed and there were no signs of foul play, nothing to lead them to believe she'd been hit by a car but

reporter: alyssa byrne went to the snow globe music festival on south lake tahoe on monday night and had not been seen since. yesterday the disturbing news no one was prepared to hear. a utility worker found the body of alisa byrne ten feet from the road. police believe she may have chosen to walk. >> she will be missed by us every day, every day. reporter: all reflections on alyssa turned to her free spirit and strong will. both reflected at an early age. >> she was a great baseball player. >> at 12, assist la was -- alyssa was the only girl playing little league and they made it to the city championship game. >> it was just a joy to have her, and from that part of her life, i think everybody would remember her. >> that's why dozens turned out to the bar and grill in petaluma. one of four venues working with alyssa's family to raise money. >> if there's something that we have learned for this that we can help another family with or somebody else, another kid that is missing, that's our hope. reporter: there are three other venues holding fundraisers in honor of alyssa byrne. block t

they did attend it the music festival at the lake tahoe community college. just 3 mi. away at the community college. but they are focusing the search are riled the casino and resort along highway no. 50. east of the lake. let me show you a closer look. they are also focusing the search are round the casino. the search row resume tomorrow. >> catherine: stay with us as we continue to follow developments in the search for alyssa byrne. we're sending a crew to tahoe and will have more information tomorrow. updates are also available on kron4-dot-com, and on our facebook and twitter pages. >>> there's new information on giants pitcher sergio romo. he's now apologizing for his actions in las vegas. police say he got into an argument with t-s-a security at the airport on new year's day. this is a photo posted on new year's eve - showing romo at a vegas nightclub called haze. he's alongside 49ers player michael crabtree. sources say romo became "angry and aggressive" with a security worker. he was handcuffed and temporarily detained by police. there have been conflicting repo

. >> more on the death of a 19 year-old petaluma girl went missing in lake tahoe. new informations trade ahead. >> police have arrested the man accused of setting a man woman on fire. >> let's get more with george on our hot spots. >> interstate 80 in the west bound direction and early occurring accident has jammed the freeway. the drive times between 26 and 28 minutes it could continue to grow as we're still in the early part of the commute. >> also in the east bay another hot spot on the nimitz freeway where a stall bus blocks to lanes of traffic on 880 north bound. the traffic is jammed up from the coliseum. >> we had a lot of fog to contend with george. a fog advisory in effect for the east bay valley and the delta and the car keenness straight. >>uiinez straitrtunez strait. >> temperatures will climb into the low 60s with sunshine. we will see an increase in cloud cover. i will talk about the potential for rain in my next report. >> let us get back to the fog erica. is that in the delta and in the east bay. this is a live picture kron fours jackie sissel givin

live in lake tahoe tonight, nbc bay area news. >> okay, thank you. for certain it's a tragic end for the family. her father, who was in lake tahoe doing what he could to help with the search is back at the home in pet aluma. kimberly tere with the coverage. >> reporter: the family spoke to us very briefly today. they're a tight-knit group and as you can imagine they say they're just trying to come to terms with this incredible loss. in the small town of petaluma, friends and family are gathering at alyssa burns' home to pay their respects. >> she can make anyone happy. >> alyssa was very strong, a very confident young lady who had career in mind and it's just tragic. it's just tragic what's happened to her. >> reporter: loved ones found out the 19-year-old was found dead in a snow bank in lake tahoe. >> her life ended way too soon. >> reporter: she was with friends when she disappeared monday night. >> obviously very distraught at this moment as well as the whole family is. we didn't expect this outcome, but we are going to deal with it now as best w

the teen who went missing back on new years eve near lake tahoe. kron four's jeff pierce was in attendence >> alyssa had so many friends, i really want to emphasize the so many part, because well just look around. >> reporter: hundreds of friends, family and classmates of alyssa byrne came together at the high school she graduated from for a memorial service saturday. in a ceremony that was emblematic of the close knit twon that petaluma is, they remembered alyssa who was reported missing on new years eve after attending a concert at lake tahoe. >> my biggest fear today was that we were going to show up and there was going to be twenty kids. >> reporter: tears and hugs were the hallmark of an event that paid tribute to the nineteen year old alyssa. those who attended the event sere encouraged to wear pink. >> she told me one time she wanted her funeral to be a party with all her favorite things so with all of this pink it's absolutely amazing. >> reporter: the preliminary investigation into her death has lead investigators to believe alyssa made a

south lake tahoe last week. >> familiar my friends of alyssa byrnes came to the memorial service at the high school. many of them wore her favorite color, pink. they shared their memories of the 19-year-old. >> she was a happy person. she wouldn't like to us be sad right now. she would want us to be partying, like being crazy. that's the kind of person she was. >> ama: ahis sill sa will be laid to rest privately. toxicology results to determine a cause of death will take up to six weeks. >> car wash fundraisers in san jose are hing a family who lost three members in an apartment building fire. the december 29th fire killed two people and their four-year-old granddaughter. investigators are working on what caused the blaze which forced 56 residents from the apartments. proceeds from car washes today and tomorrow will help pay funeral costs. >>> ahead, another landing scare today at a bay area airport. coming up, problems, nerves are shaken when a small aircraft makes a belly landing. >>> after years of denials. former cycling great lance armstrong will come clean about doping allegations

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investigators found byrne's body along the road in lake tahoe where they suspect she died while walking back to her hotel from a new year's eve concert. police do not suspect foul play. >> they've been, from my observations, are brave in my opinion. certainly nobody could understand fully what you're going through with the loss of a sib inge or child. >> alyssa's brother works at the restaurant. the family asked donations be made in alyssa's name to missing and exploited children. >>> a 54-year-old man is in critical condition after he was hit in a crosswalk by a drag racing car that looks like the one on your screen. it's a 1996 to 2000 black two-door honda civic. it has damage to the front passenger side because of the collision. a man was hit in the crosswalk. the man is fighting for his life. police say both drivers took off without stopping. police were able to find one of the two drivers on christmas day. he was released. anyone with information is asked to call the vallejo police department. >>> much more ahead for you on "today in the bay." back to work for the president as he w

it is an activity. 003. >> law enforcement officials from reno are scanning lake tahoe and the shore ine and canine units are sechg wooded areas and parked cars looking for a sign of the the missing 19-year-old she was attending the snow globe event in tahoe new year's eve. but left party and took a shuttle back to the hotel. no one has seen her since. her friends looked but did not see her and took her zmingz bent back home with her items. sheriff deputies tell us the search will end at undown but will resume in the morning. they're saying every resource available sk used to find alisa burn. >> the search to find alisa burn happens to fall on what would have been the 32 birthday for a little girl named polly klaus murdered nearly 20 years ago. coming up in 12 minutes the technology unveiled of her birthday to help protect children from predator autos latest suspect arrested in the murder of a south bay millionaire made a court appearance today, deangelo martin arrested on saturday in qex a high profl yil killing of robby kumra. martin is the fourth suspect to be taken into custody. h

the teenager who graduated in 2011 disappeared in south lake tahoe where she was with friends for new year's. >> she was the kind of person that just lit up the room right when she walked in, it breaks my heart to see it gone. >> you see it on tv all the time, you never think it will happen to your family. when it does you get a hole in your heart. you can't replace family. >> byrne was known for her love of sports especially lacrosse, which she played at high school. after graduation she coached a youth team and many of her youth players and their parents were at the vigil as well. byrne's family says alyssa taught them to live life to the fullest and not take anything for granted. they say she would have been humbled by the outpouring and support in her hometown of petaluma. >>> several restaurants in petaluma were planning fund-raisers to help support the serve effort. the money will go to the family for funeral costs and other expenses. pongo's is donating 15% of its sales. petaluma is a close-knit community. her kids know alyssa and wanted to do something to help. >> this is my w

. >>> bad luck for south lake tahoe casinos. the mess they are cleaning up this morning. what the cold weather had to do with it. >>> armed men storm a home depot store. what they got away with. >>> southbound 680 sunol grade traffic off to a good start. >>> good morning. it's clear out. temperatures 20s and 30s and 40s. we'll end up with temperatures 50 to near 60. >>> the cold weather caused a mess at some south lake tahoe casinos. the record low temperatures caused pipes and sprinkler heads to burst at four casinos. harrahs was the hardest hit. firefighters have since reinstalled all of the casinos. >>> house of representatives approved a $50 billion measure to help victims of super storm sandy despite opposition from some republicans. conservative republicans wanted to offset the cost of aid with spending cuts. others say it's important to pass the bill as is in order to avoid further delays. the measure goes to the senate where it's expected to pass early next week opinion >>> an officer was shot and killed while responding to a burglary report. 35-year-old kevin ton