and next:lawyers for the man accused of killing sierra lamar with a stunning defense..they say there is no evidence the missing teen was murdered. tonight: a lawyer for the man accused of killing teenager sierra lamar says, there is no evidence the teen was murdered. that was just part of the dramatic opening statement from the defense attorney representing antolin garcia torres. 15-year-old sierra lamar vanished on her way to school back in 2012. her body was never found. kron-4's rob fladeboe is tracking the trial. ááááááthe conclusion of opening staements on tuesday foretold a case that will focus heavily on forensic evidence. the jury told by the prosecution about a stun gun used in earlier attacks on other women that had the defendant's fingerprint on it, about his dna on sierra lamar's clothing and her dna on a hair found in his car. the defense in turn asserting there's an innocent explanation for the fingerprint, that dna the evidence was cross- contaminated by sloppy handling and lacks blood or other evidence that sierra lamar was killed. former prosecutor stev

plus, the first witness takes the stand in the sierra lamar murder trial. kron four's rob fladeboe will have a live report from san jose on what happened today in court. to the south bay now where it was day two in the long- awaited trial of the man accused in the murder of morgan hill cheer leader sierra lamar. kron four's rob fladeboe has been covering and tweeting about the trial since itstarted and he's standing by live in san jose to bring us up to date on the proceedings. rob? ááááááthe conclusion of opening staements on tuesday foretold a case that will focus heavily on forensic evidence. the jury told by the prosecution about a stun gun used in earlier attacks on other women that had the defendant's fingerprint on it, about his dna on sierra lamar's clothing and her dna on a hair found in his car. the defense in turn asserting there's an innocent explanation for the fingerprint, that dna the evidence was cross- contaminated by sloppy handling and lacks blood or other evidence that sierra lamar was killed. former prosecutor steven clark.sot steven cl

her friends also got choked up saying that sierra lamar would never abandon her friends and family. her friends cried as the prosecution played video of her stepping off a school bus the day before she disappeared. >> no one plans for this, you cannot prepare your kids for losing a friend. >> this woman's daughter is sierra lamar's friend. >> it was hard breaking and its unsettling, especially when it first happens, you hug your kids a little closer. >> reporter: before her friends testified, a santa clara deputy was on the stand. the attorney of antolin garcia- torres questioned the deputy about the evidence. >> the defense brought it's a game when it came to examining the crime scene investigator in the case. >> reporter: he appeared agitated regarding how they collected sierra lamar's belongings. they suggested that the board the evidence was placed on was not wiped down. >> at the end of the day it does not matter because you have to look at the quantum of the evidence. >> reporter: in cross- examination of her friends, the defense are saying she missed her old friends from anot

se despedÍa de la jueza, la madre de sierra lamar declarÓ que el 16 de marzo de 2012 fue al cuarto dendo vieron a sierra por Última vez, quÉ cosas traÍa consigo, para que los objetos pertenecÍan a la menor de 15 aÑos. es que el hombre de 25 aÑos enfrenta cargos de haber acusado, y asesinado de ella, hay material genÉtico de el en la ropa de sierra, otro hallazgo de relevancia es que habÍa cabellos de sierra en una soga dentro del auto del acusado. >> kelly dijo que estÁ orgullosa de marlin lamar, pero que todo es difÍcil de revivir para la madre, se suponÍa que sierra habÍa tomado el bus a la escuela y nunca llegÓ, marlin aviso al padre de la adolescente y alertaron al 911. el acusado podrÍa enfrentar la pena de muerte si lo encuentran culpable. >> la policÍa de oakland ofrece una recompensa para dar con Él o los responsables de un tiroteo de dejÓ a un menor de 15 aÑos en condiciÓn crÍtica, esto en la cuadra en el distrito. un policÍa de richmond vinculado a un escÁndalo de explotaciÓn sexual, este agente recomendÓ el despido, 8 policÍas veshth g investigados. en san josÉ, lanzaron un

sierra lamar's mother is expected to be one of the first witnesses called by the prosecution. the city of san francisco is suing president trump . san francisco's city attorney filed a federal lawsuit against the president yesterday. it takes aim at the executive order he signed on january 25th... which withholds federal money to cities that fail to comply

deciding whether 25-year-old antolin garcia-torres murdered sierra lamar. the prosecutor says garcia-torres' dna was found on sierra's jeans discovered dumped in a bag near her morgan hill home. but it was the defense team's turn today and attorney al lopez said dna protocol was not followed and the bag was contaminated. >> i think the defense did a good job in establishing that the protocols of the dna evidence collection were not followed and the prosecution will now have to shore that up through their own experts. >> reporter: defense attorneys also tore apart the district attorney's assertion that garcia-torres tried to kidnap three women separately in the parking lots of two safeway stores in morgan hill in 2009, three years before sierra lamar disappeared. not one of the three victims could pick out garcia-torres in a photo lineup. garcia-torres continued to look composed as he listened to attorneys talk about him and the evidence that may or may not lead to his conviction.

marlene lamar called 911 and said she was in a state of panic. >> sierra lamar would never runaway withouting goodbye and i think that is going to come out here for this jury and this is going to go along way as to whether the prosecution establishes that sierra lamar is deceased. >> torres is charmed with the murder. he denies involvement but investigation found dna evidence in his car linking him to sierra lamar. defense lawyers suggest sierra was upset over her move from fremont to morgan hill. but there was dna found in torres' car. >>> the nomination is confirmed. >>> the controversial confirmation of an education secretary after mike pence breaks the tie. >>> a pipeline at the center of nationwide protest is one step closer to being completed. >> continuing coverage of the bay area storm. the rains have rivers rising in the north bay. stay with us. fox 2 news at 6:30 is next.

the defense claims lamar was unhappy about the her family moving from fremont to morgan lamar's bodyfound. the trial resumes this morning at this morning... the bart station in hayward is back to normal after the station was closed for several hours because of a suspicious package. the station had to be closed for three hours while police investigated. trains heading into the station were forced to turn around. people trying to take the train were forced to take a-c transit buses to get to their stop. and even after the tracks reopened last night there were still long delays but the trains are now back on schedule this morning. police have not released any details about the package that forced the station to a reminder.. bart has increased it's parking fees at five stations in the east bay. the rise in prices just started yesterday. daily parking fees at the west oakland, coliseum, hayward, concord, and north concord stations will go up by 50 cents. bart officials say the new prices will also affect long-term and monthly reserved parking fees. the agency says money made from parking

the long -awaited trial of sierra lamar's accused killer.ay, defense attorneys told the jury, there is no evidence she was ever murdered. what are you doing up? mom said i could have a midnight snack. it's not even midnight, it's ten forty-three. well, let's have a ten forty-three snack. quietly, though. okay. yeah. mmmm. shhhh. hey i'll share my yoplait custard if you share your yoplait dippers? deal. deal. mmmm. the family favorite. yoplait. there is no evidence she was murdered. that is part of the dramatic opening statement from the defense attorney of antolin garcia torres. he's the man accused of murdering 15 year old sierra lamar. kron-4's rob fladeboe is tracking the trial ...and tells us what happened as opening statements wrapped up ááááááthe conclusion of opening staements on tuesday foretold a case that will focus heavily on forensic evidence. the jury told by the prosecution about a stun gun used in earlier attacks on other women that had the defendant's fingerprint on it, about his dna on sierra lamar's clothing and her dna on

the body of sierra lamar has never been found. the investigator appeared agitated as the defense attack how the deputy collected the belongings of sierra not far from where she vanished. some suggest the board that the evidence was placed on was not properly wiped down. they say the prosecution's strategy is to show that there is not one piece of evidence that leads to antolin garcia torres. >> but at the end of the day you have to look at the quantum of evidence against antolin garcia torres and there are too many coincidences here. >> reporter: the defense is trying to paint a different picture of sierra lamar . they say she was sad since she had just moved and she missed her friends. her friends testified that they had never seen antolin garcia torres before. >>> up next, and emotional plea from a family of a woman killed by a hit and run driver. driver. 1st -- >>> the warriors were missing for players tonight. more on that coming up after the break. >>> carjacking suspects have been put in custody tonight after this chase in o

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plus the man accused of killing sierra lamar is back in court today. what the allgeded killer's defense team is saying this morning. anny... ááadlib weather tzáá .tonight periods of rain and gusty winds will begin to impact the region and likely persist into friday. without much of a break, another system will push toss to weather or traffic .tonight periods of rain and gusty winds will begin to impact the region and likely persist into friday. without much of a break, another system will push inland from sunday into monday and bring additional rainfall to the region. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 the supreme court nomination could influence decades of decisions... including the right for a woman to have an abortion. kron four's spencer blake spoke with pro- life and pro- choice advocates in the bay area. though i spoke to w

the sierra lamar trial continues in san jose.n the morning session testimony focused on how evidence was collected and processed. in the afternoon ....a friend testified saying she had not heard from sierra following her disapperance...even though sierra lamar was active on social media that day. an elderly woman was attacked by a group of purse snatchers and is now in the hospital in serious condition. the attack was captured on surveillance camera. asking anyone with information to come forward. coming up... we have six more weeks of winter... so don't put your umbrellas away just yet... chief meteorologist brittney shipp is here to tell us when we'll see another round of rain... that's after the break... >> dr. stanley: we can understand and realize, it's through the gospel, that you and i can be absolutely assured at what paul said when he said, "absent from the body, present with the lord." we don't have to fear death. it's through the gospel that our whole eternity has been changed. [music] >> lady gaga. will she or won't s

today emotional testimony from one of sierra lamar's classmates.n4's rob fladeboe breaksdown the latest developments in this high profile case. áááááá coming up:thousands of people in the bay area...living in their cars. tonight an inside look at the rising class of "vehicular homeless". then:move over selena gomez... we will show you the new "most-liked-ever" photo on instagram. and next:a grandma becomes the victim of a violent crime in public. it was all caught on camera. the warning her daughter wants you to hear tonight. a bay area grandmother -- out for her daily walk --- seriously injured during a purse snatching. the brutal crime was caught on video in pinole. now the victim's daughter wants to alert the community about what happened. she shares her story exclusively with kron4's haaziq madyun. this surveillance video shows 71-year-old martha monterrosa walking home, when suddenly 2 robbers run up to her from behind, rob her of her purse, one robber snatching the purse in front of her, while the second robber pushes her very hard from behin

sierra lamar's body was never found. still ahead on the kron four morning news... the raiders still trying to leave oakland. hear what roger goodell is saying about the teams potential move to las vegas. and we continue to track the rain falling in the bay area this morning. taking a live look at storm tracker 4 radar. . it's okay to cry, right? no more! we don't want anymore! [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! everyday price and no extra monthly fees, unlike cable. speeds up to 45 megs, for $30 a month. welcome back... before you head out the door this morning here's a look at current conditions. taking a live look at storm tracker 4 radar. jameswill have your full forecast in just about five minutes. despite a setback in funding, the raiders remain determined to move to las vegas... and league commissioner roger goodell has not ruled out relocation. speaking at his annual super bowl week news conference.. goodell says the the league still hasn't determined if las vegas works as an nfl market. but what goodell did make clear... ther

the deputy who responded to the initial call that sierra lamar was missing. and that was nearly five years ago. now, this trial is expected to call 100 witnesses and last anywhere between four and six months. reporting live in san jose. nbc bay area news. >> just getting started. thank you. >>> the search is underway for an inmate who escaped. he was being extradited from kentucky when he bolted from a rental car. this is where the escapee made a run for it. >> that's right. the sheriff's department said they've never seen a situation quite like this. they were they were driving the hand cuffed imagined on 8880 when he managed to get out of car is that take off running. this is the man investigators say bolted while being transported from santa rita to sfo on 880 this morning. >> the ball has fallen into our court to recapture him. >> reporter: the sheriff's deputy say he was being extradited to kentucky for violating probation on a credit card fraud conviction when he jumped out of the car on the freeway as kentucky investigators maneuvered through bay area

from the mother of missing teenager sierra lamar. in the trial of the alleged killer anthony garcia torres. >> the mother testified and said that her disappeared in 2012 as she walked to a bus stop. prosecutors played the 911 call that marlene lamar made to the santa county sheriff's office saying she was in a state of panic and that she knew something happened to her daughter. >> sierra lamar would never just abandon her mother and would never just runaway without ever saying goodbye and i think that is going to come out here for this jury and this is going to go along way as to whether the prosecution establishes that sierra lamar is deceased. garcia torres denies involvement in the death but investigators say they found dna evidence in his car linking him to lamar. torres' says she was upset with her family and ran away from home. we will bring you details as we get them. >>> the biggest draw on the pga tour and see how the wet weather is putting a damper on the festivities at pebble beach. >>> the at&t pebble beach pro am begins

the mother of sierra lamar testified about the day her daughter vanished. she disappeared nearly five years ago in morgan hill. marlene lamar sobbed on the witness stand as she recalled her daughter said, i love you, mom, on the morning she disappeared. marlene talked about the desperate attempts on reach her daughter that afternoon. prosecutors played her frantic 911 call in court today. later marlene was asked to identify her daughter's purse, jeans and sweatshirt that were found in a field near their home. all the testimony coming as antolin garcia torres, the man accused of killing sierra lamar. >> it is acknowledging when the world fell out from under you. when absolutely everything in your life changed. where your homes and dreams were shattered. so how do you face something like that? it is like looking a fellow in the eye and not blinking. >> she was just a teenager on the way to high school. jurors heard from her sister who said sierra never talked about running away. an attempt on derail a defense suggestion that sierra may have wanted to leave ho

the murder trial for sierra lamar continues in just a few minutes.ake the stand first thing this morning. and here's a live look outside... bay bridge áááábreakáááá no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 happening today... the man accused of killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar is back in court. the 15-year-old girl vanished on her way to school back in 20-12. her body was never found. opening statements wrapped up in a san jose courtroom yesterday in the trail of antolin garcia-torres. he is charged with murdering the teenager. prosecutors say garcia-torres' d-n-a was found on lamar's clothing, and her hair was found in his car. the defense says the d-n-a was cross-contaminated by sloppy handling and lacks blood or other evidence. legal analysts say the trial will come down to how the evidence is presented. as many as 100 witnesses are expec

. >> testimony continues in the sierra lamar murder case. yesterday attorneys heard from the ex-girlfriend of lamar's accused killer. they say that she couldn't seem to keep her story straight. in court she claimed on the day lamar disappeared she went to do laundry at her mother's home and torres dropped her off. pres say during the investigation she never told officials she was with torres that morning. torres is charged with the kidnapping and quilling of lamar even though her body has not been found. he is also charged with attempting to kidnap three other women in 2009. >>> a high school is taking steps to calm fears about a tb outbreak. now officials at the high school in fairfield held a meeting last night for parents. that's after a student tested positive for tb more than two weeks ago. that student is now being treated for the very serious lung infection. parents still don't know if their kids could have been exposed. >> my main concern is because we have a daughter here but also three other kids at home. we don't want my daughter

prosecutors brought up lamar's use of exsta si and marijuana. they didn't want the defense going into character assassination tangents. legal experts say the defense could use that information to show lamar had reasons to run away. >> maybe that sierra wasn't as happy as everyone thinks, and since the d.a. opened that door, the defense now wants to show a different picture. >> our marianne favro is inside the courtroom. in fact, she just tweeted sierra lamar's mother listening to the 911 call she herself made on the day that she disappeared. so, sierra lamar's mother marlene will continue to testify today. it is expected to be one of the most emotional moments of the trial and we will bring that to you as it develops. >> thank you, kris. let's talk a little about a story we have been tracking for weeks now that is playing out in our backyard. the world right now watching san francisco today as the 9th circuit court of appeals decides the future of president trump's travel ban. we could be expecting a judgment as early as today. a three-judge pan

. >>> well questions tonight in a south bay courtroom about a link between missing teens, sierra lamar and her accused killer. coming up next the testimony today that suggests the two may have known each other. >>> later in sports, we will hear what nba big man demarcus cousins has been saying about trade that now has him playing in new orleans. >>> plus, details on a rescue today at a popular bay area dog park. you pay, price you see is the prie unlike cable. [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable. >>> san francisco firefighters were called to a dog rescue. these pictures are great. a firefighter was repelled down the cliff to scoop up the dog. rescue crews pulled the dog back up the steep hill. the dog looked like it was doing just fine. it's a popular dog walking area and dog rescues there, well they would become more frequent than you might think. >>> a lead investigator into the sierra lamar case testified today in the antolin garcia torres trial that the defendant and victim had mutual friends. this is a first time any possible link between sie

lamar's mom is among those scheduled to testify this week. >> i'm jeff ranieri. the storm ranger shows rainfall picking up in intensity. we have some moderate to heavier pockets headed right toward west oakland by 5:33. we'll have our highest flooding threat coming up in about eight minutes. also, the fbi is joining the search for two northern california teenagers. the two are friends and disappeared weeks apart. >>> a wild scene on highway 17. an escaped prisoner led authorities on a wild chase. it ended up with the escapee jumping into the fast flowing boulder creek with his hand cuffs on. robert broke the story on twitter and has the latest. >> it was a rescue with a twist. the victim was an escaped prisoner. so right after he was pulled from the rushing waters of boulder creek, he was taken back into custody. we spotted the hand cuffed prisoner out of the water along the shore, ignoring calls to surrender. he jumped back into the water and this time disappeared. >> next thing i know after he comes through yard, he ends up running down cliff and jumped into a

evidence in the sierra lamar murder investigation. in day four of the trial - th >> it's under a microscope the evidence in this murder investigation. day four of the trial the defense spent a lot of time hammering away at how the evidence was collected. nbc bay area's was in court when a key admission came from a witness to the prosecution. he's live at the court house with more. >> reporter: the defense was able to convince one of the investigators to admit that part of his police report was quote, inaccurate and the defense questioned the way he processed that evidence. lawyers are trying to show that the sheriff sergeant collected the evidence in this case made mistakes. they claim he cocontaminated the evidence including sierra lamar's pants and sweater and they questioned why he processed that evidence at the command post rather than at the sheriff's office where it might be more sterile. the. >> the defense definitely brought it's a game when it came to cross examining the main investigator in the case. >> reporter: they told h

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more testimony expected in the high profile murder case can of he sierra lamar. yesterday it was said deputies did not follow protocol, hinting deputies may have tainted it. and no visible hair found in the trunk of garcia's car. lamar's body has never been found so dna evidence will be critical. >> it wasn't properly analyzed, not properly collected. it can undermine a case where there is no crime scene and no body. >> prosecutors called the first witness yesterday. the sheriff's deputy who responded to the first call when sierra lamar disappeared. >>> it will be another busy day on capitol hill. we are now in day 13 of donald trump's presidency. there's on the agenda. ? i think every day will be busy too. more senate confirmations hearings. jeff sessions is expected to be approved by a panel today. >> also happening, david shulkin will face a senate panel. he would be the first nonveteran to lead the agency if approved. >> the white house is launching a major outreach effort to get president trump's supreme court nominee confirmed. the 49-year-old conservative

. >>> sierra lamar's mother took the stand. what her daughter told her the morning she disappeared that had her crying in court. >>> and building the ranks. san jose's aggressive campaign to recruit police officers. to recruit police officers. >>> and cheering on the warriors to recruit police officers. >>> and cheering on the warriors afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. >>> it was an emotional trial in the murder trial regarding the sierra lamar. david louie is live at the hall of justice in san jose. david? >> reporter: well, dan, it was a day of panic when the lamar family realize that he had their daughter, sierra, might have been abducted and was possibly dead. that was what the family had to relive today when sierra's mother, marlene, had to take the stand and as the jury had to piece together puzzle parts of a very complex mu

he is accused of killing 16- year-old sierra lamar.nesses testified that lamar was upset about her family's move. and they said she would return to fremont on weekends attending parties where drug use was common. defense attorneys are arguing that sierra lamar was so distraught over her new surroundings that she ran off and hasn't contacted her family ever since. but legal analysts say that story just doesn't make sense. >> reporter: sierra lamar may have had some issues but she would have never disappeared off the face of the earth. she was connected to her cell phone and social media and basically that stopped on that morning that she was on her way to the bus stop. >> i era lamar disappeared while walking to baas stop on her way to school. some of her belongings were later found but her body has never been discovered. prosecutors say dna evidence prove that torrez killed her but he denies any role. tomorrow sierra lamar's mother will take the stand. >>> coming up, if you haven't checked out your pg&e bill lately, you may want to. we

investigators say that sierra lamar stopped checking they are phone the day after she disappeared.d that heavy rain after she disappeared hampered the search dogs' efforts to find her. they are trying to proof that just because her body has not been found does not mean that she's alive. the defense has been arguing that evidence has been mishandled and that sierra lamar may be a run away. >>> lets check in with the news room. happy friday. >> happy friday. the rain is moving out. also we are following another legal loss for prum after a federal appeals panel rejected another attempt to reinstate his travel ban. we are talking live with the senior political writer of the san francisco chronicle about why the ruling rejects president donald trump's claim business executive power. also charles barky said steph curry is the seventh best player in the nba, but he has said before he is not the biggest warriors fan. what shaq said and how he justified his opinion. >> i am tired of hearing those old retired basketball players trashing the warriors. >>> you guys know matt, right? >> yes. >>

new developments to bring you from the sierra lamar trial.'re learning about the first possible link between the teen and her accused killer. >> all right. we're following a developing story out of iraq. the iraqi military says it has recaptured mosul's airport. it is described as a key victory in the effort to remove isis militants from the final strong hold in iraq. they came under heavy fire as they pushed on to the airport grants and seized the runway. this is part of a major assault that started five days ago. >>> officials in north dakota says they will give the remaining protesters at the dakota access pipeline one more day to leave peacefully. dozens left yesterday. many walked away with their arms linked. ten people were arrested for fighting with police. there are between 25 to 50 people at the camp. >>> there was testimony by the lead investigator in the sierra lamar case yesterday. the investigator revealed that garcia-torres and sierra lamar had mutual friends. this is the first time that we have heard of any possible link betwee

the man accused of killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar is back in court for the second week of his murder trial. garcia-torres is expected in court in just a couple hours. >> "today in the bay" kris sanchez joins us this morning with what we're expecting for court today and what we learned during the trial. good morning, kris. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and sam. as the trial begins at 9:00 in just three hours in the courthouse behind me, we expect that the defense will continue to try to chip away at some of that evidence which is said to be so critical because there is no body we expect they will also continue to try to paint sierra lamar as the kind of teenager who could have just taken off. that is not the portrait that the prosecutors are trying to paint in calling three of sierra lamar's friends to the stand. they are young women but around the same age when she disappeared as a 15-year-old high school sophomore. they sat just yards away from the man accused of killing their friend as they had to recount what she was like and what her last moments might have b

the explosive testimony expected today in the high murder trial of the man accused of killing sierra lamar. >> the patrol car left the scene. the side investigation into the fourth killing of san jose continues this morning. >>> a white supreme sift scheduled to speak tonight stirring up lots of controversy here. i did everything i could to make her party perfect. almost everything. you know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. but for only $7 a month, rid-x helps break down waste. avoid a septic disaster with rid-x. returns.. and this could be just e beginning of a ve w >>> a live look outside this morning at the golden gate bridge on your wednesday. you see the live radar in the corner of your screen there. and some green sit issing off the coast. rain is on the way. this could be the beginning of a very wet couple of days. good morning. thank you for joining us on this wednesday. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura tkpwgarcia-cannon. don't wash the car today? >> no, not at all. >> that was quick. i don't think so. >> unless you want to wash your car in the rain and yo

hear how they say there is no evidence morgan hill teenager sierra lamar is actuallily dead. >> mark davis' plans to move the raiders to los angeles. how the latest group says there is no funding. a big day for the trump administration. elaine chow was sworn in as transportation secretary. she will help president trump live up to promises of a trillion dollar infrastructure plan and there were three others confirmed. governor perry approved as energy second and ryan zinke as interior second and betsy devos that has met with opposition has been advanced for education secretary. all three of the nominations go before the full senate. >>> the city of san francisco filed a lawsuit that promises president trump's executive order that day nice sanctuary cities federal funding if they don't cooperate. this is the first court challenge file by a sanctuary city since president trump signed the order last week. >>> the president's executive order is not conservative unconstitutional but un- american. >> dennis herrera larked out at president trump and his demand to withdraw federal funds inclu

lamar disappeared in 2012. her body has never been found. >>> news happening around the bay area this morning at 6:47. protecting immigrant tenant rights. that's 11:00. plus, black history month officially kicking off at noon today under the san francisco city hall rotunda. in berkeley, the 1951 coffee shop opens today. it provides job training and employment specifically to refuses. who was the big spender during the 2016 election here in november? pharmaceutical companies pushing hard to defeat prop 61. it would have given the state the power to negotiate drug prices. bernie sanders supported the measure. but pharmaceutical companies spent $109 million defeating it. and all that money worked. tobacco companies were next up. they spend $70 million to defeat a cigarette tax but they lost. >>> so far no reaction on today's very solid economic report. >> scott mcgrew is dying to know what he will say about that. tell us why, scott. >> absolutely. he's not been shy, guys, about speaking out about the jobs numbers

prosecutors say dna evidene links antonin garcia-torres to lamar's death. in their opening statements defense attorneys detailed how they believe investigators failed to use proper dna protocols. >> it's going to come down to a battle of the experts and who tells the story about dna in a more comprehensive and lear wcl way. >> garcia-torres could face the death penalty if convicted. >>> more than a million dollars. that's how much a former uc santa cruz student is getting after acougs a former professor of rape. >> for the first time that woman is revealing her identity. abc 7 reporter katie mars yooulo spoke with her tonight and has details from uc santa cruz. >> reporter: in 2015 the dave before luz portio was supposed to graduate from uc santa cruz she says one of her professors invited her to a luncheon and sexually assaulted her. >> this is still a very present problem in my life. something i'm dealing with on a daily basis. >> reporter: she says she spent her graduation day going to the hospital and reporting the attack to police and the university. a

he looked away whenever the prosecutor flashed an image or video of sierra lamar. kendra called herself one of sierra's good friends in morgan hill. she testified today that she hadn't seen or heard from the morgan hill teen since march 15th, 2012, the day before sierra vanished. >> one of the things the d.a. is emphasizing is that things were going well at home, her state of mind was good and positive, she was a happy-go-lucky teenager. she had no reason to run away. >> reporter: but the defense argued that things may not have been going well at home, that sierra hated living in morgan hill and wanted to move back to fremont. sierra's alleged drug use was supposed to be off of the table with the prosecutor saying they didn't want the defense going into the character assassination tangents. but the prosecutor opened up the door in court opening the door for the defense. >> maybe that sierra wasn't as happy as everyone thinks. and since the d.a. opened that door, the defense wants to shoe a different picture. >> reporter: sierra lamar's mother was supposed to testif

tomorrow sierra lamar's mother is set to take the stand. >>> coming up smeerks pg&e customers say their bills have doubled. >> our electricity bill increased. two-thirds of that was the rate increase. >> up next what pg&e says is behind the rate hike. >>> and we're tracking the rain that's falling now, the rain that's coming tomorrow, and further rain as we head towards thursday. . >>> pg&e customers around northern california are suffering from would you might call sticker shock due in part to our cold winter weather. >> as more people turn up the heat to stay warm they're seeing higher bills for natural gas and electricity. ktvu's tom vacar spent the day looking into the reason behind the higher bills. here is what he found out. >> a huge increase. >> reporter: that's how this attorney reacted to his most recent $586 bill, $115 more than the bill that came one year ago. did he say his family did indeed use a little more gas and electricity. >> but that certainly didn't equate to $115 increase. so most of that is the increase in price for electricity and gas, plus the tax increase. >>

of emotional testimony, including from a friend of sierra lamar.d to lay the ground work that sierra was not a run- away. >> reporter: for the first time in the trial, emotion from the witness stand as one of sierra lamar's friends cried as the prosecution played video of sierra stepping off of the school bus the day before she disappeared. the two had exchanged text messages the morning of march 16th, 2012. right before sierra vanished on her way to the bus stop. >> no one plans for this. no one prepares their kids to lose a friend. >> reporter: kristin's daughter is also sierra's friend among those testifying. she says her daughter and sierra were both active on social media. now sierra's accounts are silent. >> it was heart breaking. it is unsetting, help it first happened. everyone hugs their kids a little closer. you think you're safe waiting for the bus. and that didn't turn out to be the case. >> reporter: a santa clara county sheriff's deputy was on the stand before the friends. the defense questioned the deputy about the forensic evidence

she testified that lamar was going to sleep over at her house on the day lamar was abducted to the bus stop in morgan hill. she testified sierra never made it to her home and hasn't seen or heard from her since. they played videos that they made the week prior. the clip shows sierra lip syncing to rap music laughing and making funny faces. forman also testified that sierra was on her phone a lot, that she would, quote, freak out if she lost it or didn't have it. lamar's phone was found in morgan hill in a field less than a week after she disappeared. the prosecution trying to show that, if she did run away, why didn't she take her phone. within the past 15 minutes the defense has begun to cross-examine the best friend. reporting live in san jose, bob redell. >>> damien trujillo will be tweeting live from the courtroom all day. >>> a day after a fremont police officer shot and killed a man we're pushing the pd for details. it happened yesterday. police say the officer first responded to some sort of disturbance in a nearby business center. authorities say, when the officer arrived on th

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senator murphy: it was so strange, because lamar is such a straight shooter. and that committee has been a joy the last two years because it has been one of the few that has truly been functional. we passed reform of the workforce investment act, we passed a major reform and rewrite of the natio rewrite of the nation's elementary and secondary education laws. so it just -- i think one of the reasons that we were so angry in the hearing that we were being shut down in our questioning is that when lamar was doing it, it must have been for a reason, right? and we discovered what that reason was. he had a nominee on his hands who was fundamentally unprepared for that hearing and is fundamentally underprepared to be secretary of education. that came out pretty quickly by that hearing. we found out why he was trying to limit our questioning. i'm not sure that that hearing could have gotten much worse if we had been given a second round of questions. but clearly he was trying to , protect her. and we'll see if he does the same thing for puzder. he claimed that he was

yesterday three of lamar's friends testified in court. questions centered around whether lamar was capable of running away. also the defense cross-examined an investigator who testified that evidence found where sierra was last seen was processed at the scene rather than a crime lab. the defense is trying to claim the evidence is tainted. the defense definitely brought its a-game when it came to cross examining the main crime scene investigator in the case. what they're trying to do is show that the collection of the evidence was flawed at the outset, so when the defense experts testify as to the dna issues, they're going to say it's not reliable because the way the evidence was collected. >> the defense is also suggesting that sierra lamar's dna evidence found in the suspect's car was also jeopardized. 15-year-old lamar disappeared in 2012. her body to this day has not been found. >> some good news out of the sier a. the snow pack is at 173% of average. state officials made the trek through the snow yesterday for a monthly sierra snow pa

prosecutors say garcia torres kidnapped and killed sierra lamar on her way to school back in march of 2012. but her body has never been found. if he is convicted, garcia torres could get the death penalty. >>> officials are cracking down on recent car shootings on east bay freeways. three new surveillance cameras have been installed on interstate 80. police are hoping the cameras will not only help solve shooting but prevent shootings similar to the one that plagued the 80 corridor back in 2015. in those cases the shooters made a quick get away with few witnesses to help solve the crime. >> at speeds of 65 or in excess of 65 it's really hard for witnesses to get accurate descriptions of what occurred or even recall the incident if they were able to witness it. so what these cameras we'll be able to go back and get an accurate vehicle description and accurate important trail of what occurred. >>> the city already has more than 100 surveillance cameras along city streets. they're monitored 24 hours a day. it's identical to pittsburgh. last year the city installed 14 cameras on highway 4

prosecutors say dna evidene links antonin garcia-torres to lamar's death. in their opening statements defense attorneys detailed how they believe investigators failed to use proper dna protocols. >> it's going to come down to a battle of the experts and who tells the story about dna in a more comprehensive and lear wcl way. >> garcia-torres could face the death penalty if convicted. >>> more than a million dollars. that's how much a former uc santa cruz student is getting after acougs a former professor of rape. >> for the first time that woman is revealing her identity. abc 7 reporter katie mars yooulo spoke with her tonight and has details from uc santa cruz. >> reporter: in 2015 the dave before luz portio was supposed to graduate from uc santa cruz she says one of her professors invited her to a luncheon and sexually assaulted her. >> this is still a very present problem in my life. something i'm dealing with on a daily basis. >> reporter: she says she spent her graduation day going to the hospital and reporting the attack to police and the university. a

. >>> tomorrow more explosive testimony expected at the high profile trial of sierra lamar. sheriff's deputies were said to have not followed prospect protocol when getting into the backpack. he said there was no visible hair found on a rope discovered in the trurnk of the suspect's car, contradicting what prosecutors say. lamar's body has never been found so dna is critical. >> if they can suggest the dna is not properly analyzed or collected and if it's reliable that completely undermines a case where there is no crime scene or body. >>> and prosecutors called their first witness today. the sheriff's deputy who responded to the call when lamar went missing on her way to school several years ago. >>> and he could be anywhere. the simple way this inmate broke free in the bay area communities where he escaped. >>> also a school board trustee speaking his mind and some don't like what he has to say. the tweets raising eyebrows at a local school district. >>> i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri, as the storm arrives in the next few days creeks and streams will be running high, russi

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lamar's body had never been found. dna evidence will be critical. >> if they suggest the dna is not properly analyzed, collected. if it's not reliable, it undermines a case where there is no body. >> prosecutors called their first witness yesterday. they responded to the first call when see ra disappeared. more than 100 witnesses are scheduled to testify. >> they have modified an element of the city's rent control program. council members yesterday eliminated a plan allowing landlords to effectively bank the unused portions of rent hikes. the current policy allows rent hikes up to 5% per year. san jose is implementing its new rent controlled program. >> a lot is happening right now with the raiders. that would be an understatement. a live look at their current stomping grounds, oakland coliseum. the road to las vegas just got a whole lot bumpier. sheldon adelson has pulled out of the las vegas project. we knew that yesterday. taking $650 million investment with him. the adelson family releasing a statement they're upse

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