. >> este martes comenzó el juicio contra josé rafael solano landeta, el acusado de decapitar con unaacudió. martín castro es padre de la mujer fallecida y dice que no pasaron ni 30 segundos de que inició la sesión y ya estaba llorando, que estuvo así todo el tiempo. las declaraciones de apertura de juicio se escucharon en el tribunal del condado san mateo frente a un jurado de 8 hombres y 4 mujeres. ellos vieron el cuerpo de karina en fotografías de la escena y al menos 1 se conmovió hasta las lágrimas. estas son imágenes de otra de las audiencias ice. los fiscales aseguran que josé rafael solano landeta envió un mensaje de texto a un amigo referente a la víctima. horas antes de atacarla. además, señalan que habían discutido en las redes sociales el día que se cometió el crimen. también había testigos. 3 de ellos confirmarían ante el juez que vieron la discusión entre el acusado y la víctima y que lo vieron sacar la espada de su vehículo y atacarla. martínez pera que el caso se resuelva. >> we don't eat, we don't we just. >> porque dice que él y su familia no pueden dormir ni comer y

los fiscales aseguran que josé rafael solano landeta envió un mensaje de texto a un amigo referente ado y la víctima y que lo vieron sacar la espada de su vehículo y atacarla. martínez para que el caso se resuelva, we don't eat, we don't we just, porque dice que él y su familia no pueden dormir ni comer y siente como si vivieran una pesadilla y es que además asegura que todas las audiencias previas han sido frustrantes para él. este es un caso claro y sencillo. señala que landeta mató a su hija y que no lo niega y que además se ha confirmado que él no tenía problemas mentales cuando lo hizo. por eso se pregunta qué más se necesita para condenarlo? por su parte, la defensa de landeta dice que su cliente es esquizofrénico y paranoico y asegura que karina no solo lo amenazó con que un pandillero iría tras él, también habría amenazado a su madre y hermano. asimismo, asevera que tenía en su poder 2 cuchillos y ella habría intentado apuñalarlo primero a perfect self-defense would would result in a kettle and it's a question of what what was really going on in his mind. el juicio apenas comi

witnesses testified saying landeta confront castro in front of her home. they say he swung along samurai sword, striking her arm and cutting her hair. then as she fell to the ground, they say he brutally kept swinging the sword, severing her head land as attorneys argue that he. >> guilty. that is what the jury determined in the case of jose len debt. len data showed little emotion as he sat next to his attorneys listening to the verdict, prosecutors have charged the 34 year-old with murder following the gruesome discovery back on september. 8th twenty-twenty 2, they argued landeta had traveled to his ex girlfriend, karina castro, san carlos home in a rage angry with her about social media posts. witnesses testified saying landeta confront castro in front of her home. they say he swung along samurai sword, striking her arm and cutting her hair. then as she fell to the ground, they say he brutally kept swinging the sword, severing her head land as attorneys argue that he acted in self-defense, saying that he had received death threats from castro. they also

witnesses testified seeing landeta confront castro in front of her home. they say he swung along samurai sword, striking her arm and cutting her hair. then as she fell to the ground, they say he brutally kept swinging the sword, severing her head land as attorneys argue that he acted in self-defense, saying that he had received death threats from castro. they also argued lend was a paranoid schizophrenics who was not taking his medication. they told the jury his intent the day of the crime was too de escalate. the situation not harm. castro. for castro's family. the 3 week long trial was incredibly painful. >> very stressful. just glad it's part 3 weeks and to go we finally get trust us. but it's not the we still don't we don't have this. you know, they still get to go visit their site and talk to their but we don't we're not able to do but happy that it's first degree murder because that's what he deserves will was very malicious whole kind. he really we're really, really get some horrific things that the 2 had a young daughter together who was 18 months

witnesses testified saying landeta confront castro in front of her home.y say he swung along samurai sword, striking her arm and cutting her hair. then as she fell to the ground, they say he brutally kept swinging the sword, severing her head land as attorneys argue that he acted in self-defense, saying that he had received death threats from castro. they also argued lend was a paranoid schizophrenics who was not taking his medication. they told the jury his intent the day of the crime was too de escalate. the situation not harm. castro. for castro's family. the 3 week long trial was incredibly painful. very stressful. >> just glad it's part 3 weeks and to go we finally get justice. but it's not the we still don't have we don't have like this. you know, they still get to go visit their site and talk to their but we don't we're not able to do but happy that it's first degree murder because that's what he deserves will was very malicious whole kind. he really we're really, really get some horrific things that the 2 had a young daughter together who was 18 mo

durante el testimonio, fiscales presentaron fotos gráficas de la escena del asesino landeta y su abogado del jueves, según autoridades, los ocupantes de la casa fueron alertados del incendio por un detector de humo en funcionamiento y pudieron salir de manera segura. los bomberos dicen que se cree que el fuego se extendió desde la chimenea hasta el ático y las autoridades se encuentran en alerta tras recibir varios informes sobre llamadas fraudulentas en las que los sospechosos se identifican como agentes de distintas entidades, josué bran habló con la policía de fresno y nos dice cómo están trabajando esto. las agencias. adelante. josué. la sargento, me habla de cómo estas personas se hacen llamar por un nombre propio de un agente de la policía exigiendo dinero y aterrorizar a la comunidad de que pueden ser arrestados, de no ceder a lo que le piden. >> y lo primero que nos pasó es que alguien llegó a tocar la puerta y nos empezaron a decir que querían ver el build de la luz y que querían ver que si la compañía pine nos estaba cobrando más. >> Él es norberto aparicio y dice que a pocos m

la fiscalía dice que josé landeta atacó a karina castro con una espada samurái y la mató.zgado. finalmente, fue autorizado para esto. bueno, los trabajadores ambulantes sobre la calle misión esto en la ciudad de san francisco tienen los días contados para seguir trabajando en las vías públicas. y es que ya hay una fecha cuando entrará en vigor una medida que les prohibirá a estas personas vender su mercancía en el corredor latino más grande de la ciudad. yomara lópez tiene los detalles. >> la preocupación era notable en las caras de estos vendedores ambulantes. algunos han dependido por años de este trabajo. >> de mi negocio dependen mis hijos. de mi negocio depende mi mamá. en octubre, la supervisora ronen, representante del distrito, anunció que en noviembre los vendedores ambulantes no podrían vender sus productos en las calles de la misión. >> de acuerdo a la supervisora y la portavoz del departamento de obras públicas de san francisco, la decisión se tomó luego de que presuntamente varios inspectores de la ciudad fueron golpeados y amenazados por vendedores que venden

we have a picture of jose landeta at a previous court hearing.ng opening statements that the prosecution described a heated online argument between landeta and his former girlfriend, karina castro. just hours before her death, the defense argued that landeta is a paranoid schizophrenics and that he attacked her with a sword out of the fear of self-defense. the trial is set to continue for several days with multiple witnesses expected to testify. >> 7.34 and as you know, because we've been telling you, the apec summit is coming to san francisco next week and it's going cause all kinds of traffic congestion and detours and everything else. but you might not even know what is a pat, what will be ha%pening at the summit. kron four's catherine heenan takes a look at that. francisco be packed with leaders from all over the world, including president biden, china's president. they are expected to meet and talk on the sidelines of some point. >> the city will be the backdrop to talk about economic growth and trade issues. leaders of 21 countries, they ca

pero vamos también a hablar acerca de el abogado del acusado, ya que él dice que josé solano landeta,nos, dice que tenía paranoia, que también el sufría esquizofrenia severa y pues a él le hubiera gustado que california, pues hubiera intentado ayudar a este hombre y a otros hombres que están pasando por una situación similar. pero escuchemos lo que nos dijo sobre el resultado. >> currently deliberating on. further allegations in this case which we just argued still waiting for their. >> bueno, y usted escuchó al abogado diciendo que pues están hablando de alegaciones que todavía hay muchas preguntas por hacer. por ejemplo, si esto fue planeado, sabemos que también ya tenían un historial de violencia entre esta pareja. entonces dice el abogado que estos son unos factores que aún están discutiendo. en este caso, y para recordar este macabro caso, josé solano landeta, pues fue detenido en septiembre del año pasado por presuntamente decapitar a karina castro, de 27 años, en las calles, pues de su vecindario en san carlos. esto, al frente de sus vecinos, 4 testigos más o menos dijeron que

witnesses testified saying landeta confront castro in front of her home.say he swung along samurai sword, striking her arm and cutting her hair. then as she fell to the ground, they say he brutally kept swinging the sword, severing her head land as attorneys argue that he acted in self-defense, saying that he had received death threats from castro. they also argued lend was a paranoid schizophrenics who was not taking his medication. they told the jury his intent the day of the crime was too de escalate. the situation not harm. castro. for castro's family. the 3 week long trial was incredibly painful. hard very stressful. >> just glad it's part 3 weeks and to go we finally get justice, but it's not the we still don't have we don't have like this. you know, they still get to go visit their site and talk to their but we don't. >> we're not able to do but happy that it's first degree murder because that's what he deserves. very malicious whole kind. he really we're really, really get some horrific things that the 2 had a young daughter together who was 18 mon

witnesses testified saying landeta confront castro in front of her home.y he swung along samurai sword, striking her arm and cutting her hair. then as she fell to the ground, they say he brutally kept swinging the sword, severing her head land as attorneys argue that he acted in self-defense, saying that he had received death threats from castro. they also argues lend was a paranoid schizophrenics who was eot taking his medication. they told the jury his intent the day of the crime was too de escalate. the situation not harm. castro. for castro's family. the 3 week long trial was incredibly painful. >> hard very stressful. just glad it's part 3 weeks and to go we finally get justice, but it's not the we still don't have we don't have this. you know, they still get to go visit their site and talk to their but we don't. >> we're not able to do but happy that it's first degree murder because that's what he deserves. very malicious whole kind. he really we're really, get some horrific things that the 2 had a young daughter together who was 18 months old at the

witnesses testified seeing landeta confront castro in front of her home.y say he swung along samurai sword, striking her arm and cutting her hair. then as she fell to the ground, they say he brutally kept swinging the sword, severing her head land as attorneys argue that he acted in self-defense, saying that he had received death threats from castro. they also argued lend was a paranoid schizophrenics who was not taking his medication. they told the jury his intent the day of the crime was too de escalate. the situation not harm. castro. for castro's family. the 3 week long trial was incredibly painful. >> hard very stressful. just glad it's part 3 weeks and to go we finally get justice. but it's not the we still don't we don't havy like this. you know, they still get to go visit their site and talk to their but we don't we're not able to do but happy that it's first degree murder because that's what he deserves will was very malicious whole kind. he really we're really, really get some horrific things that the 2 had a young daughter together who was 18 mo

witnesses testified saying landeta confront castro in front of her home. they say he swung along samurai sword, striking her arm and cutting her hair. then as she fell to the ground, they say he brutally kept swinging the sword, severing her head land as attorneys argue that he acted in self-defense, saying that he had received death thpeats from castro. they also argued lend was a paranoid schizophrenics who was not taking his medication. they told the jury his intent the day of the crime was too de escalate. the situation not harm. castro. for castro's family. the 3 week long trial was incredibly painful. >> hard very stressful. just glad it's part 3 weeks and to go we finally get justice, but it's not the we still don't have we don't have enough this. you know, they still get to go visit their site and talk to their but we don't we're not able to do but happy that it's first degree murder because that's what he deserves. very malicious whole kind. he really we're really, really get some horrific things that the 2 had a young daughter together who was 18

witnesses testified seeing landeta confront castro in front of her home. they say he swung along samurai sword, striking her arm and cutting her hair. then as she fell to the ground, they say he brutally kept swinging the sword, severing her head land as attorneys argue that he acted in selfidefense, saying that he had received death threats from castro. they also argued lend was a paranoid schizophrenics who was not taking his medication. they told the jury his intent the day of the crime was too de escalate. the situation not harm. castro. for castro's family. the 3 week long trial was incredibly painful. >> very stressful. just glad it's part 3 weeks and to go we finally get trust us. but it's not the we still don't we don't have this. you know, they still get to go visit their site and talk to their but we don't we're not able to do but happy that it's first degree murder because that's what he deserves will was very malicious whole kind. he really we're really, really get some horrific things that the 2 had a young daughter together who was 18 months

witnesses testified saying landeta confront castro in front of her home.y he swung along samurai sword, striking her arm and cutting her hair. then as she fell to the ground, they say he brutally kept swinging the sword, severing her head land as attorneys argue that he acted in self-defense, saying that he had received death threats from castro. they also argued blended. it was a paranoid schizophrenics who was not taking his medication. they told the jury his intent the day of the crime was too de escalate. the situation not harm. castro. for castro's family. the 3 week long trial was incredibly painful. >> hard very stressful. just glad it's part 3 weeks and to go we finally get justice, but it's not the we still don't have we don't have this. you know, they still get to go visit their site and talk to their but we don't. >> we're not able to do but happy that it's first degree murder because that's what he deserves. very malicious whole kind. he really we're really, get some horrific things that the 2 had a young daughter together who was 18 months old

witnesses testified saying landeta confront castro in front of her home.y say he swung along samurai sword, striking her arm and cutting her hair. then as she fell to the ground, they say he brutally kept swinging the sword, severing her head land as attorneys argue that he acted in self-defense, saying that he had received death threats from castro. they also argued blended. it was a paranoid schizophrenics who was not taking his medication. they told the jury his intent the day of the crime was too de escalate. the situation not harm. castro. for castro's family. the 3 week long trial was incredibly painful. >> hard very stressful. just glad it's part 3 weeks and to go we finally get justice. but it's not the we still don't have we don't have enough this. you know, they still get to go visit their site and talk to their but we don't we're not able to do but happy that it's first degree murder because that's what he deserves. very malicious whole kind. he really we're really, really get some horrific things that the 2 had a young daughter together who was

. >> well, the defense in this case, jose landeta refused to appear in the courtroom here in redwood city on tuesday. but his murder trial moved forward without him. >> in its opening statement, the prosecution described a heated online argument between jose solano and his former girlfriend karina castro. just hours before her death. they also claim that in an instagram message exchange with a friend lynn dead expressed anger at castro implied that he intended to harm her. prosecutors say that following that exchange, lynn dead at left his work in berkeley drove to his home in hayward, retrieved a sword drove across san francisco bay and confronted castro in front of her apartment building in san carlos. they also allege that following an argument, lynn dead, a swung the sword, a castro and struck her in the arm. she ran away. he continued swinging the sword, cutting off some of her hair. prosecutors say that when she fell to the ground, the dennis struck her repeatedly in the neck and head. she died at the scene. they claim the motive for the attack was vengeance. that landeta was a

murdering the mother of his child is added enhanced months now to their verdict. 34 year old jose landeta was convicted yesterday of murdering karina castro on a suburban street in san carlos last year. today, the same jury found the four aggravating factors in the case to be true, including whether landeta caused great bodily injury. a court spokesperson says those enhancements will be taken into account during sentencing in january. >> tens of millions of people hitting the road and the skies this week. coming up, how bay area airports are handling that holiday rush. plus i want to be celebrating a new congress, a new chapter in the life of the country. >> it all moves on. >> representative anna eschew moving on from the us capitol after the break, we take a look at the legacy she leaves behind. after more than 30 years in office and the 49 ers get ready for thanksgiving in seattle. >> our joe fonzi has the team's take on the quick turnaround later in sports. also coming up tonight, a popular barbecue spot picking up the pieces tonight after it was torched in a fire. but it's not stoppi

investigators claim that back in september landeta attack castro with a sword in broad daylight in thedle of a carlos street. he was taken into custody the same day during wednesday's preliminary hearing, prosecutors laid out their case against they claim that in an instagram message exchange with a friend hours before the attack, lynn dead expressed anger at castro implied that he intended to harm her investigators with the san mateo county sheriff's office also described finding the alleged murder weapon in london. truck, which was parked a few blocks away from the crime scene. all right, back live. now. that's actually the wrong story. that is a previous story. but what happened in court this morning? >> the prosecution basically said that this was a case of engines end. was looking seek revenge upon his ex-girlfriend. karina castro, because she was threatening to put some disparaging post on to social media that he went to san carlos and confronted her with the sword and critically wounded her. and then as she ran away, she fell down and he struck her in the head and neck and that

the prosecution says jose landeta attacked her with a samurai sword, killing her last year. his attorney said today he acted in self-defense. during pretrial hearings, lawyers went back and forth on whether he was mentally fit enough to stand trial. he eventually was cleared to stand trial. our ian cole is in the courtroom and will bring us more on the developments in the courtroom in our evening newscast. >>> an added surveillance measure will soon be up for debate in san francisco. coming up next this midday, the new proposal aimed at cracking down on crime. >>> and a new push to keep the a's in oakland. it's back to the drawing board for opponents trying to halt plans for a las vegas stadium. >>> returning to breaking news in orinda this morning. police are in the middle of an active search for a burglary suspect. >> nbc bay area's jodi hernandez joins us by phone. you just got there to the scene. can you describe what it looks like? >> reporter: i just walked in. i had to hike into the scene. there are numerous police cars here. there's b.a.r.t. police, sheriff's departm

our legal analyst says that what landeta was like in the courtroom will likely play into their decision. >> i think jury is going to evaluate his behavior in terms of how they look at the defense case, particularly his claim of self-defense. when he was catatonic during the trial, nonresponsive to the d.a.'s questioning, i think that's something that the jury's going to carefully look at. >> reporter: so, this is day two of jury deliberations. we don't know how long they are expected to deliberate, but when we reach a decision, we will update you onair and online at nbcbayarea.com. kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> kris, thank you. >>> new at 11:00, san francisco leaders are working to crack down on theft as the holidays approach. mayor london breed announced the city is expanding its retail theft blitz strategy. officers are set up inside retail locations to catch thieves in action. the past year, sfpd has arrested 300 people using this strategy. the operations are funded by a $17 million grant. officers have also cut down on car thefts by 11% using plain clothes officers. >>> the pi

just hours before her death, the defense argued that landeta is a paranoid schizophrenics and that he attacked her with a sword out of self-defense. the trial is set to continue for several days with multiple witnesses expected to testify. >> new at 5 bart has released new data of the agency says proves bart is now safer to ride. they say it's due to more police presence and shorter trains. here's a look at that latest data. according to bart, the number of incidents causing delays has fallen from 374 in may to 295 and october. that's a decline of 21%. the number of trains impacted by incidents declined 39%. and the total train minutes last due to bart police incidents dropped 35% parts as safety will continue to improve in the months ahead as new fare gates are installed. and as the apec summit approaches, bart officials announced they plan to have additional officers patrolling stations next week. they also plan on making their train cars longer as they expect to see higher ridership because of the traffic impacts to downtown san francisco and the bay bridge officials are recommendi

the jury took less than a day to arrive at its verdict in the case of jose rafael landeta. >> that's has been following the story and he joins us now with the details. >> dan? dan and kristine, it was just gruesome. the 34 year old defendant goes by rafa solano. the jury ruling today that he killed the mother of his child in our jailhouse interview. months ago, solano claimed he killed karina castro in self-defense and that she had threatened him over social media. september of last year, on a san carlos street outside her apartment, solano used a samurai sword and slashed repeatedly at the mother of his child, badly cutting her arm and then hitting her neck several times. several witnesses saw what happened. solano initially got away, but then came back to the scene to turn himself in for half the court session last monday. solano spoke in his defense, saying he had no memory of that day, even though he told me something quite different. he denied killing karina castro and even claimed to not recognize her photo. the woman with whom he had a child, he later went silent on the stand

por otro lado, este viernes terminaron los argumentos en el juicio contra josé rafael solano landeta,terminar si es culpable y esto si sucede, podría ser condenado a cadena perpetua sin opción a salir bajo fianza. el padre de la víctima dijo que lo más difícil del proceso ha sido ver las fotos de la escena del crimen. bueno queremos advertirle que el video que va a ver a continuación es bastante explícito. >> muestra un conductor que parece arrollar intencionalmente a 2 personas en un estacionamiento en san josé. las autoridades dijeron que el sospechosos son menores de edad y damián trujillo nos tiene los detalles. >> la policía reveló este video de vigilancia donde se ve como personas huyen de un auto que estaba a punto de atropellarlos. sucedió tras un enfrentamiento adentro de un restaurante en la avenida allenrok. el video que estamos presentando hoy es serio y revela exactamente las acciones que él tomó. >> lo que es más serio de eso es que este joven tiene 16 años de edad. >> la policía dice que es un patrón preocupante y esto es lo que más le preocupa a las autoridades menores

a jury in redwood city returned the verdict against 34 year-old jose landeta. this was yesterday.astro was the 27 year-old mother of then one year-old daughter, a friend of the victim, describes this verdict has been really. >> finally get justice. but it's not the we still don't have we don't have like this. you know, they still get to go visit their site and talk to their but we don't we're not able to do that. we're happy that it's first degree murder because that's what he deserves. very malicious whole kind. he really we're really, really get some horrific things. >> that remains in custody. no bail. he will be sentenced in january in the north bay. an investigation is underway in vallejo after an armed robbery led to a shooting involving police. police say they responded to the armed robbery just before noon yesterday on sonoma boulevard between a redwood street and valley vista avenue leading to a short chase. it ended when the suspect's car crashed into another car near tennessee and sonoma boulevards. a business owner says he saw several people get out of the car and run.

prosecutors say in september of last year, jose landeta used a samurai sword to kill. could karina castro. this was right outside her home in san carlos. castro had a restraining order against landed at the time. you might remember refused to leave his jail cell to come into the courtroom for opening statements. he did appear later when the testimony continues. it. well, the holiday travel season kicking off a bay area airports oakland's airport expecting travel at pre-pandemic levels. it could be one of the busiest days. they say leading up to thanksgiving kron four's philippe djegal reports. frequent and infrequent travelers getting the message before heading to oakland international airport. we left early. >> you know, we gave ourselves plenty of time to get here. the roads are packed and the skies are busy with airlines flying travelers to and from their holiday destinations. school. >> terminals looking shaky but not do. that was pretty was blessed a few simple tips can ease your travels. opting for bart and the shuttle can save time and money. you can do the same

she had a restraining order against live data at the time of her death and landeta refused to attend opening statement but did appear later when testimony continued. >> time now 606. and we've got a story that we're following out of santa cruz where deputies are telling us a 5 year-old stabbed his twin brother and the boy died. the twin boys were fighting in a home on scotts valley in scotts valley. and this was on wednesday afternoon, 5 years old when a little boy's grabbed small kitchen knife and stabbed his twin brother, emergency crews got there this located on tucker road and they took the boy to the hospital where he died. nobody the authorities tell us nobody is going to be charged in this case. santa clara university professor doctor thomas plante says that in these cases it is difficult to place blame. >> truly hard to blame anyone. i mean, children get into fights. for young 5 year-olds don't necessarily fully understand the implications of their behaviors. and every home has kitchen knives. >> so there's an explanation of this tragedy why the district attorney will not be

prosecutors say in september of last year, jose landeta used a samurai sword to kill his ex girlfriend, karina castro outside of her home in san carlos. castro had a restraining order against at the time and refused to really leave his jail cell to attend opening statements. but he did appear later when testimony continued. >> 806. and this is a big story so tragic for a family in santa cruz county, a 5 year-old little boy was in a fight with his twin brother. and he ended up stabbing him and his brother died. the boys fighting like 5 year-olds. do the officials say, you know, this happens in they were in a home in scotts valley wednesday afternoon. and one of the little boys grabs a small kitchen knife. any stab his brother, emergency crews got there. this home is on tucker road. and the little boy was taken to the hospital where he died. authorities say that there will be no charges in this case is just a tragedy for the family. santa clara university, professor of psychology, doctor thomas plante explains why these cases are so difficult and you really can't place blame on a child t

a jury in redwood city returned the verdict against 34 year-old jose solano landeta.t was yesterday. castro was the 27 year-old mother of land. that is one year old daughter, a friend of the victim describes the verdict as a relief. >> kylie get justice, but it's not the we still don't have we don't have enough like this. you know, they still get to go visit their site and talk to their but we don't we're not able to do that. we're happy that it's first degree murder because that's what he deserves. very malicious whole kind. he really we're really, really get some horrific things. >> that remains in custody. no bail. he is going to be sentenced in january in the east bay. the small town of sono has attracted a lot of attention for the school districts, decision to limit the types of flags that can be flown on campus. kron. 4 s charles clifford has an update. >> well, here in a recall effort has been launched against 2 school board members back in september. 2 of 3 members of the sun, oakland unified school district board voted to only allow the american flag and the

we have a picture of jose landeta at a previous court date during opening statements. the prosecution described a heated online argument between and his former girlfriend, karina castro. just hours before her death, the defense argued that is a paranoid schizophrenics and that he attacked her with sort out of self-defense. the trial is set to continue for several days with multiple witnesses expected to testify. >> 6.35 right now. and unless you've been living under a rock, not watching kron 4, you know, now about a packed the big summit that's coming to san francisco next week. of course, you know, and we've been telling you how it's going to snarl traffic and cause detours and everything. but what is it? what is this apec summit? kron four's catherine heenan takes a closer look. francisco be packed with leaders from all over the world, including president biden, china's president. they are expected to meet and talk on the sidelines of some point. the city will be the backdrop to talk about economic growth and trade issues. >> leaders of 21 countries, they call them e

prosecutors say it was in september of last year that jose landeta used a samurai sword to kill his ex girlfriend, karina castro outside of her home in san carlos castro, who you see here had a restraining order against at the time. dana refused to leave his jail cell to attend the opening statements this week. but he did appear later when testimony continued. >> 906. right now we're taking a closer look at what happened in santa cruz county. it's a tragic story for a family. >> a 5 year-old boy stabbed his twin brother and the little brother died. >> these 2 little boys, just 5 years old. they were fighting in a home in scotts valley on wednesday afternoon. and one of the little boys, he grabbed a small kitchen knife and he stabbed his brother when it emergency crews got to the home on tucker road and they took the little boy to the hospital where he died. and authorities say in this case the child is not going to face charges. santa clara university, professor of psychology, doctor thomas plante explains why this is a case where you really can place blame. >> really hard to blame any

prosecutors say it was in september of last year that jose landeta used to summarize sort to kill his ex-girlfriend. karina castro was outside of her home in san carlos. here's castro. she apparently had a restraining order against when dead at the time. dana refused to leave his jail cell to attend opening statements this week. but he did appear later when testimony continued. we'll update you live here on kron 4 and on our website. kron dot com with any developments. >> it's 10, 0, 7. and another big stories out of santa cruz county. and this is so sad for a family. a 5 year-old boy stabbed his twin brother and the brother died. it happened at their home in scotts valley. investigators say that the little boys were fighting on wednesday. and one of the boys small knife from the kitchen and stabbed his brother kron four's. dan thorn has details. >> santa cruz county deputies say the 5 year-old used a small kitchen knife to kill his twin brother. but authorities will not be pursuing any charges in this case because of the boy's age and because of lack of intent. psychology expert says

that landeta was angry at castro for threatening to disparage him on social media during its opening statement, the defense argued that is a paranoid schizophrenics was not taking his medication. they also claim that castro had threatened to and his family killed. they say that lynn believing he was in danger, took the sword with him as a precaution, but that his intent was to confront castro in an attempt to de-escalate the situation. the defense also claims that during their argument in front of the same carlos apartment building, castro tried to stab lynn dead with a small knife and that he attacked her with the sort self-defense. >> all right, back live. now, witness testimony has begun continues this the judge has said that there is a link. the witness list to this trial could go on for some time. but for now in redwood city, charles clifford kron, 4 news. charles, thank you. >> the city of oakland is making one last plea to keep the a's rooted in the city. mayor sheng thao and leaders in the community will be holding a news conference this afternoon to call on major league base

now, that's following an unexpected development yesterday in the trial of jose landeta.ent the jury home early after the defendant appeared to black out on the witness stand. now prosecutors contended that he was putting on an act and insisted that their belief be written into the court record. prosecutors accused landeta of killing his estranged girlfriend with a sword in september of last year. >> our time now, 607. some san francisco supervisors have concerns about a measure to expand police powers that mayor london breed wants to put on the march 2024 ballot. now, according to mission local, the board of supervisor rules committee talked about the mayor's safer san francisco initiative yesterday at their meeting. the mayor's measure would authorize police to use technology like drones and surveillance cameras. it would also allow the police to pursue suspect acts when it is safe to do so. some of the supervisors said the policy changes should be reviewed by the police commission before they're presented to voters as a ballot measure. >> 608 is the time. traffic is a

prosecutors accused landeta of killing his estranged girlfriend with a sword in september of last yearr time right now. time is running out for oakland to keep the a's in the city. major league baseball owners on thursday expected to approve the team's planned move to las vegas. the a's need 75% support to make that happen. one source tells the athletic website they have not heard from anyone who's against the proposal. a report given to owners shows that las vegas is not a great location for a baseball team. but the a's do not have any better alternatives. but the move is far from sealed, as the case could be challenged in the courts by a public vote and the league must still review finance going. >> time now is 808 and we have been talking about the bay bridge and it being very, very slow. we're beginning to see a little bit of a break here as some of the carpool lanes are beginning to loosen up and some of the approaches are beginning to loosen up. i'm looking right up here. i don't know if you can see that on your 80 inch lcd screen at home, but there are fewer cars coming from the

i just want her back. >> landeta now faces 26 years to life in prison. we'll have continuing coverage on this case and more details on today's verdict coming up on the 10:00 news. new at 730, a lawsuit by the city of san francisco is suing the ker of a pular li found in grocery stores and othtailers. d chiu says cards made by incom financial services are sold in insecure packaging that makes it easy for scammers to obtain the card numbers and resalehe package to be sold to an unsuspecting customer. the city attorney alleges the georgia based company has known about the security problems for more than a decade and has refused to make fixes or provide refunds. income would not comment on the suit, but said fraud prevention is a top priority. also new at 730, oakland has a new leader to curb violence in the city. today, mayor singtao announced doctor holly joshi is the new chief of the department o violence prevention. before working for the city of oakland, joshi led glides center for social justice. from 2001 to 2015, she word for the city of oakland, hol

landeta now faces 26 years to life behind bars.and some change years. >> he'll come up for parole if there's no successful appeal or no new trial motion that gets granted. >> now, this case isn't over just yet. the jury still has to decide on special circumstances like premeditation and the type of weapon that was used in this murder. lamonica peters, ktvu, fox two news. >> allight, lamonica, thank you. our time now for 33. over the weekend, thieves targeted a car dealership in the east bay and they did it in a wild fashion. they drove stolen cars straight through the glass doors of that dealership. that surveillance video shows a group of men breaking into city motors on mission boulevard in hayward. they broke open the company's lock box and drove out with cars, including a mercedes suv worth $100,000. alameda county sheriff's deputies rushed to the scene to see the damage and then they left. but not long after the thieves came back and stole a red pontiac right off the showroom floor. the dealership manager says he can't blame i

landeta would pause while he was on the witness stand or freeze up. and just last week, he simply refused to appear in court during closing arguments. now, his attorney says he initially pushed for a not guilty by reason of insanity plea, and he spoke about his client's behavior here as the jury deliberated, they kept saying that he doesn't have delusions or whatever, but he was pretty sure he was going to walk out the front door. >> he thought he was asking, do i walk out the front door after this or do i have to go back to mcguire to be released? i was not as optimistic myself. based on on how the trial went. >> cummings also said that the experts evaluating landeta didn't believe that he was insane at the time of the crime and that ultimately ultimately led to a guilty conviction. now, he also told us that the jury is still considering whether or not premeditation was involved in this case and that the jury, jury will return to this location tomorrow to continue those discussions. mike >> all right. lamonica peter is live tonight with the latest ou