this pub this backlash yet the man who actually wrote the sopa bell his name was representative lamar smith of texas. we actually let's remind viewers of how companies were opposed to this bill there was this blackout it was so controversial controversial that companies like wikipedia google rabbit yahoo and facebook took a stand against it you could see there what they did they blacked out their websites for a day in protest and they were that was back in january and today here we are representative lamar smith he just won the republican nomination he said basically guarantees him another term in congress and you know here in america we say that voting is our way of kind of having our voice and our say and things but what happened he was reelected so did americans forget. money is speech in america that can be a good thing i think normally it's a bad thing lamar spritz reelection campaign for his. republican won the republican nomination he could still technically lose to the democrat running against him although there is almost no chance of that happening because it's a very conservative

today is the fact that the lawmaker that actually was behind that bill his name is representative lamar smith he won the republican nomination just last week so he's probably going to get his spot pretty much guaranteed in congress but so many people were opposed to that legislation yet here he is being reelected isn't that you know in a democracy how you voice your concern about something by exercising your right to vote and if you don't like somebody you vote him out but he's been voted back in to the american people forget looks like it doesn't it you know the backlash against representative thomas smith that was so ridiculously called for when it happened he authored and could've killed the internet for so many millions of americans and they didn't forget they put billboards outside of his house reminding the rest of the town in texas do not vote for this guy if you care about your freedoms on the internet and you know even if campaigns went from every web site imaginable all over the internet it still didn't do anything in the end because people. will people like that particular lawmaker

see this backlash as we just were talking about earlier when it came to so it was representative lamar smith he was a representative from texas he was the one that offered this bell but you know it angered many people yet it was just this week that he was essentially reelected so what happens if the american people forget what they were angry about. it's just relentless as soon as one of these bills is gotten rid of something new comes from another direction what is it is it's very different to soper and people in certain respects in that it targets different things its methods and its kind of enforcement regimes are all very different but this so expensive that they always seem to have the same effect which is they threaten constitutional rights for example print people for zero zero constitutional rights as a website to be able to publish what we please and not have to betray our users to the security services whereas sr is more direct and it means the internet service providers like comcast in arisan will be able to share personal information with the security services on request and rob

smith, the sheriff. probable cause, murder and kidnapping of sierra lamar, who's been missing since march 16th. so it's been about ten weeks since that's happened. our chief investigative reporter to tony kovaleski is here with us. >> reporter: telling us several days the sheriff's investigators were very close to making an arrestedselo close on the man w is responsible for the disappearance of sierra lamar. they had home a 24/7 watch. they were getting closer by the day and obviously with it culminatingent to and sheriff's department confirming that in morgan hill they made the arrest of antolin garcia torres the 21-year-old male from morgan hill. we've done background checks and also know that he has addresses in st. martin. disappeared march 16th on the way to her school. series of searches of fields, creeks, local reservoirs not able to find the missing teen. the big raid came last week when the police took possession of that red volkswagen jetta. they made it known to the public, looking for more tips. and the car was seen in surveillance around the neighborhood around the time that lamar

bill: lamar smith is texas republican. he came out with this report. his words were scathing. want to take them one by one here. "fast and furious." failure to provide documents. >> yeah, listen they have only provided a few thousand pages of documents. they're requesting 60,000 pages. we have a dead border patrol agent. eric holder remember gave the testimony in may last year and came back in november and sate it wasn't accurate. that is the testimony where he said i only found out about this just a fuse days ago. we learned he actually knew about it a year before the hearing. if other people did that before am house congressional hearing, you would be in serious legal trouble but the president has stood by hess man on this issue which i have to wonder if it is because eric holder is playing politics with everyone of them because he is taking flak but keeping the left happen --. bill: failure to enforce immigration laws state by state. what is your view there? >> we have all the sanctuary cities, states that aren't complying with federal law, massachusetts, new york, indiana,

authorization but the law is making a difference so please join congressman shuler, judiciary chairman lamar smith and me in supporting this amendment to give state, local and federal law enforcement the resource they need to protect our most vulnerable. thank you, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. wolf: i support the amendment, we accept the amendment. the internet crimes against children program is one of several programs funded under the missing and exploited children activities account. this program helps state and local enforcement agencies develop an effective response to cyberenticement and child pornography cases so i commend the gentlelady and we accept it and yield back. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. fattah: i rise -- the chair: for what purpose does he rise? mr. fattah: i rise to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. fattah: the first visit i made was to the center for missing and exploited children over in virginia. this i

bill: chairman of that committee is lamar smith, republican out of texas. he says doj is now more partisan than ever. he goes on to list several things here. stalling he alleges on "fast and furious." failing to enforce immigration laws and challenging voter i.d. laws in various states. i take it based on your answer you don't disagree withla march smith, do you? >> no. i absolutely agree with the chairman, bill. when you look at it, think about, any businessman across this country, individual, when the justice department goes after them, they leave no stone unturnedded. we hear from the epa they're trying to crucify businessmen. when justice department asks to respond to some of their failures they put down the steel trap and won't give out any of the information and enough is enough. i think we have a responsibility to members of the judiciary committee to do the due diligence and make sure we're getting the american people answers. bill: are you suggesting there is coordination between justice and the white house? >> what i'm suggesting, bill is this. if

santa clara county sheriff lori smith says they are moving forward whether or not lamar's body is found. >> it would help, but more than that, it's important for the family, it's important for us. it's important for closure. >> garcia-torass w officially charged thursday with murder and kidnapping. now, the kidnap charge is considered a special circumstance which makes this case death penalty eligible. garcia-torres is currently being held without bail at the santa clara county main jail due back in court next thursday to enter a plea. >> it is 6:04 right now. and drivers consider yourselves warned. the dumbarton bridge shutting down this weekend for earthquake safety upgrades. bob redell live on that bridge with more on the closure and what you'll need to know to try to work around it. what's happening out there, man? >> hey, good morning to you, jon, as we head westbound on the dumbarton bridge. if you have to commute this morning, it is very windy out here. we're actually seeing white caps

the house judiciary committee is chaired by representative lamar smith of texas. this is just over two hours. >> the judiciary committee will come to order and we welcome everyone, particularly the director of the fbi to this oversight seeing. director, let me say that considering that we will voting until 12:30 a.m. last night, this is a pretty good turnout for this morning. i recognize myself for an opening statement, and then the ranking member and then we will proceed with our questions. again, welcome director mueller to today's oversight hearing of the fbi. when director mueller was just in front of this hearing a year ago, we all believed it would be his last hearing before the house judiciary committee as fbi director, because his tenure term was set to expire on september 4, 2011. but because of the changes of leadership from the department of defense and the central intelligence agency, the president requested and congress pass a law to allow him to be renominated and serve an additional two years. director mueller received his vote of confidence because

pretty well convinced that sierra lamar was kidnapped and murdered and the man responsible is in jail. a sheriff's headquarters, a very emotional news conference. smithere is considerable physical of forensic evidence linking garcia tourists to the murder of sierra lamar. he says the cobwebs of dna on her clothing in bad, it was felt in a field near where she would deceitful. what is more, they say dna from sierra lamar was found on property belonging to see arts -- garcia tourists. he was charged with murder and kidnapping. >> it was the clothing that was instrumental. of for her property in the bag with of dna that from antolin garcia torres. from the time this year reported its eighth there had been no contact with any of her friends. we have no reason to believe that she ran away. we have identified him through dna on her property. these are very difficult cases. it is difficult to prosecute a homicide we do believe she has been murdered. >> detectives believe sierra lamar was not acquainted with garcia thorez added that she was the victim of random kidnapping and murder. legal analysts say a murder committed during a kidnapping represents specia

smith says sierra lamar was apparently targeted at random.e also learned today that investigators found dna from antolin garcia-torres on lamar's clothing which was found not far from her home the following days after her disappearance. the link to the suspect was able to make that link because of a data bank from a prior arrest. garcia-torres has been under constant surveillance since march 28. investigators say they had hoped it would lead them to sierra. >> these are very, very difficult cases. to prosecute a homicide when you have not found the victim, but it has been done and i think that we have adequate facts, in fact, strong facts to believe that she has been murdered. >> end this nightmare for us as a family. i'm not giving up hope. her body hasn't been found. >> court records show garcia-torres was arrested in 2009 for resisting and obstructing an officer. a year later another arrest, this time for two crimes, battery and sexual intercourse with a my are nor. police believe he may be connected to three assaults in 2009 as well. garc

lamar due in court today. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live in san jose where antolin garcia-torres will have formalrges read to him today. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. in just a few hours, he'll make his first court appearance since being arrested on monday. as you said, what will happen is that the judge will read the formal charges against him and prosecutors have said they believe they have enough evidence for a conviction and to send him to prison though there is no body or weapon. the 21-year-old is being held without bail. the santa clara county sheriff said the detectives had gathered direct and circumstantial evidence showing he killed 15-year-old sierra lamar who disappeared on march 16th. the d.a. says details of the exact charges will become clearer today as more facts are laid out. but we also spoke with a legal analyst who says that the case may be tough to prove without a body. >> the defendant may say he dropped sierra lamar off after the kidnapping and he has no idea what happened to her after that. that's why this forensic evidence is key. >> repor

sheriff deputies just ended a news conference about the arrest made last night in the sierra lamar case. sheriff smith appears the suspect, right there, that did the -- did not know the morgan hill teenager. last night officers arrested the suspect outside of a -- outside of a safe way. >>> in five years, the golden gate -- the golden state warriors will become a california sports franchise. in 15 minutes, the warriors will announce the details of their plans to relocate from oakland to san francisco. they are little will -- reportedlily moving in a brand from new neater is up. >>> if this morning, after a deal city city man died in a horrifying crash, and the repairs could take up to 12 hours. they are hoping to bike -- they are hoping to have this fixed by the evening commute. >>> our new "washington post" poll shows the two, president obama and rit momny, are blocked into a dead feet. -- dead feet. most people think that -- >> and when you are president they're of a firm, your job is to figure out how to figure out how every guy in the country has a share buck. >> knit say the argument is going not

. >> well, smith will speak again at a press conference coming up at 8:00. sierra lamar's family expected to be there, as well. and we'll, of course, have more live reports on this developing story coming up a little bit later on. >>> well, this arrest coming off weeks of investigation. and the fact the suspect has already been charged with murder is extremely significant. here's the investigative unit with more on that. >> sources have been telling us for several days the sheriff investigators already close to making an arrest, close to closing in on the man they believed responsible for the disappearance of sierra lamar. sheriff department confirming last night that in morgan hill they arrested antolin garcia-torres, a 21-year-old male from morgan hill after spending several days in a 24/7 surveillance on the man. he also have a known address in san martin. lamar disappeared on march 16th on her way to school. the searches were not able to find the missing teen. the big break came last week when police took possession of that red volkswagen jetta. the car was seen on sur

this hearing is insured by lamar smith of texas. it is just over two hours. this is a good turnout. i recognize myself for an opening statement and then the ranking member will proceed with our questions. again, welcome to the oversight hearing of the fbi. when he was last in front of this committee over a year ago, we all believed it would be his last hearing before the committee as the fbi director because his term was set to expire on september 4, in 2011. because of the changes the department of defense and the intelligence agency, the president requested he be renominated and serve an additional two years. he received this protocol office because he has led the fbi with integrity and skill to some of the most difficult and important here is in america's history. director mueller became the director days before the september 11 terrorist attacks. he led a historic transformation of the agency. he oversaw rapid expansion of the counter-terrorism division and continued in his focus on investigating federal crimes. under his leadership, the fbi has stopped dozens of terrorist plots

i thank chairman lamar smith and subcommittee chairman howard coble for their assistance in moving this bipartisan legislation that should improve the administration of justice in these judicial districts. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. coble: i thank the gentleman from georgia for his generous remarks. mr. speaker, i'm prepared to close and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from georgia. mr. johnson: yes, i would yield to the gentleman from mississippi and the sponsor of this bill as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi is recognized as much time as he shall consume. mr. thompson: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today i rise in support of my bill, h.r. 5512, the divisional realignment act of 2012, which will improve court management for the united states district courts in the northern district of mississippi and the eastern district of missouri. i introduced th

in closing, i would like to extend a personal thanks to chairman lamar smith for his leadership in advancingn and for allowing me to join him during the committee's proceedings. madam speaker, i urge my

dna testing backlog speed of the senate version would provide 36 houser of evidence, including lamar smith, kevin mccarthy, and nearly all the women in the conference have signed on as co- sponsors of the bill which is scheduled for march up tomorrow for action and is expected next week. the house is back after a two- week break today because of the legislative business is -- today. seven legislative items are on the agenda. including bills allowing the capitol grounds to be used for various upcoming events. also a bill to allow for development of the washington, d.c., waterfront. the senate also back today to consider a bill to keep student loan rates from a doubling in july. also, a judicial nominations to the both houses will begin at 2:00 p.m. eastern today. see the senate live on c-span2, and the house, of course, you're not seized and of the budget committee will meet this afternoon to examine a plan to replace automatic spending cuts, with alternative cuts proposed by various committees. c-span3 will have live coverage at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> this week, live from london, the ceremo

reporting live in san jose, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> meantime, the special dive team will search for any trace of sierra lamar. the sheriff's department says the team is using advance sonar equipment to search the waters south of lamar's hometown of morgan hill. the sheriff's department says the search will also expand to other south bay water ways throughout the week. >>> a safeway clerk able to return to work after defending a pregnant woman. after he broke up a domestic dispute at a store near monterey. young says he hit a customer he says was beating a pregnant woman near the meat counter back in late april. safeway has decided to give young his job back plus all back pay and benefits. >>> 5:05, more furlough days and less pay. those are the terms by gilroy teachers. the contract includes 10 unpaid furlough days next year for teachers in the gilroy unified school district. that would mean a 5% pay cut. the furloughs are described as temporary pay, hinges on the november election. if it passes, the furlough days would be restored and teachers have until may 30th to vote on that contract. >>> 5:05 right now

this morning, the man accused of kidnapping and killing 15-year-old sierra lamar heads to court later today. i'm christie smithcoming up here, why one legal analyst believes part of this case may be tough to prove. >>> and temperatures are cool to start, but we are headed towards the 70s this afternoon. you'll need that umbrella

the death penalty but first they will have to talk to sierra lamar's family before making that decision. tonight we spoke with sheriff smith. >> i believe we can. i believe we can. i believe we have strong evidence. >> reporter: santa clara county sheriff lori smith is convinced that the prosecution has enough to convince in the murder of sierra lamar. she says they are moving forward whether or not they find lamar's body. >> it's not critical but it would help. but more than that, it's important for the family. it's important for us. it's important for close sur. >> that's the challenge for district attorney jeff rosen and his office. >> we do it in a way that is fair and in a way that respects everybody's constitutional rights. >> reporter: he did not enter a plea in his brief 90-second appearance in court. hits attorney asked for more time to review documents and was granted that request. steven clark says it's likely the defense will do their own forensic review. >> this case comes down a lot to dna. we don't have a body, a weapon, and there's no murder scene at this point. >> they charged torres with murder and kidnap

smith. they still do not know where sierra lamar's body is located. she is urging the public to continue looking for her. which is what they'll be doing tomorrow during another volunteer search effort. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. >>> and 4:32, this arrest comes weeks after investigation and the fact the suspect has been charged with murder is significant. here's the investigative unit with more on that. >> sources have been telling us for several days the sheriff investigators were close to closing in on the man they believed responsible for the disappearance of sierra lamar. sheriff department confirming last night that in morgan hill they arrested antolin garcia-torres after spending days in a 24/7 surveillance on the man. he has a known address in san martin. local reservoirs, they were not able to find the missing teen. the break came last week when police took possession of that red volkswagen jetta. it was seen on surveillance around the time lamar disappeared. a reliable source told us last week that there was a dna match

smith. back to you. >> for updates anytime on the search and the investigation into lamar's disappearance. logon to our website, nbcbayarea.com. the keywords are sierra lamar. >>> new details in the case of a little boy who vanished more than 30 years ago in new york. a nationally publicized case leading to missing kids' faces on milk cartons. hernandez worked and lived in the soho neighborhood where pates disappeared back in 1979. hernandez's name has come up before, but at this point it's unclear what led to bring him in for questioning this time around. >>> congress may soon begin hearings in the facebook's botched ipo. business and tech reporter scott mcgrew joins us. scott, this almost seems inevitable. >> reporter: it does. it has everything that congress likes. it's newsworthy, it's the common investor versus big banks and it's an election year. both the house and senate are talking about congressional hearings according to the blog "the hill." more likely calling officials from the nasdaq and underwriters from morgan stanley. this is all to find out what went wrong in the first few

even though no body was foumd, sheriff laurie smith says there's a lot of direct and circumstantial evidence that shows sierra lamar was murdered. >> sierra was a very social girl, had a lot of friends, she communicated with her friends all the time through social media outlets, through telephoning. from the time she was reported missing, there was absolutely no contact. there had been no contact with any of her friends. we have no reason to believe she ran away. and i think we have adequate facts, in fact, strong facts to believe that she has been murdered. >> reporter: a notion sierra's family is not willing to accept. marlene lamar, heartbroken, fighting back tears, believes there's still a chance her daughter is alive. >> i'm not giving up hope. her body hasn't been found, and so many people have, you know, record breaking numbers showed up at a search center, thousands of people, and law enforcement, you know, doing it simultaneously, and i believe there's a reason why she wasn't found. so i'm not -- we're not giving up on that. >> reporter: the family of sierra lamar along with investigators are urging the pu

reporting live in pleasanton, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> speaking of sierra lamar, the prosecution says they are confident they do have enough evidence to convict the suspected individual in the kidnapping and murder of 15-year-old sierra lamar. antolin garcia-torres appearing before a judge on thursday. he did not enter a plea before his brief court appearance. but new information shows sierra was very close to her home when she was kidnapped. there are questions about whether the prosecution can win its case without having a body. santa clara county sheriff lori smith says they are moving forward whether or not the teenager's body is found. >> it's not critical, but it would help. but more than that, it's important for the family. it's important for us, it's important for closure. >> garcia-torres was officially charged thursday with murder and kidnapping. now the kidnapping charge is considered a special circumstance which makes this case death penalty eligible. garcia-torres currently being held without bail at the santa clara county main jail, and he's due back in court on thu

lamar. she is now believed to be dead. investigators have not discovered -- investigators have lost sight. sheriff larry smith was asked why he was arrested rather than under surveillance. >>officer: he is very dangerous. we think it's important that is in a catholic. of surveillance is not perfect. we decided to make the arrest in and we believe we have sufficient evidence the only two arrests, but for successful prosecution. >>mark: in just under 50 minutes we will take a look at will trend at the santa clara harass shares are and as we await more information on this case. your it on air coverage and if she's corseted in online at www.kron4.com. >>darya: he sees in acoustic reported missing at yosemite is now failed. he was backpacking with a group of students near a lake in northwest he was absent during a morning had killed. more than 50 volunteers have been searching for him. he was spotted give via helicopter about 5 mi. from the camp site. he has been unharmed in the is in good health. authorities say they do not know why he left of his own. >>darya: water prices could be going up for people in the sou

lamar. >> now to decision 2012. president obama is headed back to the bay area today to fill his campaign coffers again. nbc bay area's christie smith is live in redwood city with more on how the city's getting ready for its first presidential visit in decades. you mentioned his schedule changed a little bit, huh? >> reporter: yeah, you know, it did change from what we understand. let me start by saying there is a real sense of excitement here in redwood city. president obama expected to be here this evening. i want to show you the barricades going up down this street. they are basically every street around the fox theater, where he's coming this evening. word is harper may be playing here. i checked the website, tickets are sold out. the city and businesses had to make quick changes fast. a siris of no parking signs are the first sign that president obama is coming to redwood city. he'll speak at the fox theater next to the offices of ban joe. >> he'll be two doors down but we will not be next to him. we are being asked to leave the building, for obvious reasons, secret service has asked us to leave by 2:00. >> reporter: with his c

smith, abc7 news. >> terry: search efforts for a missing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar continues at 8:00 this morning. volunteers working out of the old burnett elementary school will conduct searches at various times throughout the day until 67:00 this evening. volunteers ever welcome. go on down if you are interested. santa clara county sheriffs investigators continue sorting through tips that came in from last week's episode of america's most wanted that profiled the case. the spokesman said some callers reported having seen the now recovered volkswagen jetta that is tied to her disappearance just over two months ago now. others suggested specific locations for volunteers to search. >>> this morning a bay area attorney is under arrest, suspected in a fatal hit-and-run. spencer freeman smith is charged with vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident. 56-year-old bo hu was killed tuesday while walking with his bike in dublin. police determined the vehicle was a new mercedes, possibly be longing to smith. police say they found smith's mercedes inside his garage with extensive front e

revelation, not just sierra lamar, but more than 60 other teenaged girls have gone missing in santa clara county in the last 17 months, this according to the sheriff, laurie smith. kris sanchez joins us from morgan hill tonight. this is a big number from one county, what's the explanation here? >> reporter: it is a shocking number, raj, but what i found out is that number also includes girls who have chosen to run away from the homes they are supposed to be, it includes girls living with non-custodial parents, and in those cases the law enforcement haven't forced them to go back where they are supposed to be, but in the cases where there's a suspicious disappearance, such as in the case of sierra lamar or the girls are considered at risk, the response is quite different. sierra lamar smiles from flyers posted all around santa clara county, though her's is the face and name we know, there are 63 other girls reported missing since january of 2011. at today's press conference regarding of the arrest of a suspect in sierra's disappearance, sheriff laurie smith spoke of those other girls. >> you wonder if they were abductions also. >> reporter: antolin garcia-torres

smith, "today in the bay." >>> to the south bay and search for sierra. investigators are build tharg case against the man they believe kidnapped and killed sierra lamar. antolin garcia-torres remains behind bars. volunteers will be back out this morning searching for the morgan hill teen. bob redell is live in morgan hill this morning with more on those efforts. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. even law enforcement is convinced sierra lamar is dead, that they believe that she was kidnapped and murdered. her family and many of the volunteer searchers are not convinced and hoping that this new information will not deter people from coming out here later this morning to the search center to help find this missing 15-year-old girl. >> you know, so many people have, you know, record breaking numbers shown up at the search center, thousands of people, law enforcement. i believe that will is a reason why she wasn't found. we are not giving up on that. >> reporter: marlene lamar, that was her yesterday -- yesterday's news conference at the sheriff's office the mother of sierra lamar. the sheriff announced more details about the arrest of antoli

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smith. we're live in santa clara. >> thank you. you can stay with us as developments unfold and check our website. we have a special page dedicated to the missing teenager. just search sierra lamar. >>> we have news of a helicopter over a road where a body has been found. as you can see, the police are there now. part of the road is shut down while they conduct their gchlgs we're covering this story and please keep it here. >>> she's a soap opera star of a real life event. she's telling her side of the story. nbc bay area news anchor jessica aguirre has more on that. >> she's firmly standing by her man even as the drumbeats louder. we want to show you her displaying her bruise where she admits he grabbed her arm in january. he pled guilty to misdemeanor false imprisonment and the mayor has called him unfit to hold office. he told our spanish lang news partner telemundo that his family has lost a lot over the last five months. >> i think he made a mistake and he not only apologized, but he's paying the price. he realized his wrongdoing, and he's paying a political price, he's paying the price in money, he's paying the price for his fami family. he's paying -- he's paying a lot. >

smith has two prior convictions for speeding within the past year. >>> searchers will be back out looking for clues in sierra lamar'sappearance today. she vanished march 16th on her way to school. her story aired on "america's most wanted" last weekend and tips have been pouring in including a volkswagon associated with lamar's disappearance. if you are interested in helping with the search, check-in is between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. at the burnett elementary school in morgan hill. >>> the better bag, the better bag salad. some bagged salads could make you sick. river ranch fresh foods based in solinas recalled some of their products under river ranch farm, farm stand, hy-see and marketside. the company issued the voluntary recall after a routine sampling after inspectors found a bacteria to cause serious inspection. two packages of the ice desk berg lettuce were sold in colorado and california. so far no illnesses have been reported. >>> now checking the weekend weather, so far a chilly weekend. you can see a live look at san francisco. we have mainly clear skies this morning, which by the way helped to drop off o

smith has two prior convictions for speeding within the past year. >>> searchers will be out looking for clues into the disappearance of sierra lamar.yield vanished march 16th on her way to school in morgan hill. her story aired on "america's most wanted" last week. since then tips poured in, including the sighting of a volkswagen associated with lamar's disappearance. if you are interested in helping look for clues, the check-in time is between 8:00 this morning and 1:00 this afternoon at the search center at burnett elementary school in morgan hill. >>> you might want to bag the bagged salad. that's the warning from state health leaders who say some bagged salads could make you sick. river ranch fresh foods based in so leesolinas recalled river ranch, farm stand, hy-see and market side and surefresh salads after routine sampling. they found a bacteria that can cause a serious infection in two packages of shredded iceberg lettuce that were sold in california and in colorado. so far no illnesses have been reported. >>> we still have much more ahead for you on "today in the bay." including one of the most popular runs in the bay area

. >> santa clara county sheriff larry smith is about to reveal more information about the arrest in the kidnapping and murder of sierra lamarose with a news conference is moments away. >> we are actually inside the santa clara county sheriff's office just minutes away from the news conference where we hope to learn more about the suspect. we do know his name is anton garcia torahs are arrested last night at safeway and morgan hill facing charges of kidnapping and murder in the case of sierra lamar. we hope to get some answers when the news conference begins in just a few minutes. >> the news conference is scheduled for 8:00 this morning. ,,,,,, >> we are still following problems out of south san francisco. 101 by oyster point there was a gravel spill. they still have the far right lane block off. speed sensors are super slow all the way down south 101. if you have a flight to catch at sfo you might want to consider 280. in the meantime we also have slowed traffic heading out of downtown san jose. >> partly cloudy skies around the bay area. we will see more sunshine towards the afternoon but the wind will be kicking up outsi

lamar. also was interesting, the santa clara sheriff laurie smith noted that he is also being held in connection but they did positively through dna identify him as being associate with an assault in march of 2009. surveillance has been on-going of mr. garcia torres for some time, partially led to the arrest. >> absolutely. the sheriff pointed out two days after they found sierra's bag, found dna matching garcia torres, since then have been watching him closely, seeing if he would lead them to the body. want to be careful and watch him for safety of the public as well. >> log onto nbcbayarea.com to find out more about the investigation and arrests. crews are covering this live all day. we'll bring you the latest in upcoming local news updates and at 11:00 this morning. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in scols, replacing full-calori

smith, abc7 news. >> terry: search efforts for a missing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar continues at 8:00 this morning. volunteers will conduct searches at various times throughout the day until 6:00 this evening. santa clara county sheriffs investigators continue sorting through tips that came in from last week's episode of america's most wanted that profiled the case. the spokesman said some callers reported having seen the now recovered volkswagen jetta that is tied to her disappears over two months ago. others suggested specific locations for volunteers to search. >>> this morning a bay area attorney is under arrest, suspected in a fatal hit-and-run. spencer free man smith is charged with vehicular man later and leaving the scene of an accident. 56-year-old bo hu was killed tuesday while walking with his bike in dublin. police determined the vehicle was a new mercedes, possibly be long to go smith. police say they found smith's mercedes inside his garage with extensive front end damage. >>> facial recognition cost wear is now being used to track which bars and night clubs are hopping, even display