then about a half mile away, searchers found 50-year-old marie sanner's body. the mill valley woman had been missing a few hours. both women were down a rocky drainage like this, common in the area. >> it shocked me and worried me, because i also hike around mound tam. >> reporter: hikers say this has upped their safety concerns. they say bright clothing, a whistle for a gps satellite tracker can mean life or death. >> i hope it doesn't deter people. i hope it gives us more of an appreciation of what we have, and to be safe and aware. >> reporter: investigators tell us there was nothing that links these deaths and no obvious signs of foul play. yet they also tell me they have not yet ruled out anything. on mount tamalpais, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a 70-year-old man and a 66- year-old brother will be tried together in a cold case murder committed 25 years ago. a judge entered a not guilty plea for robert zimmer today. this man here we'll show you, david zimmer and his brother, are charged in the death of david's wife kathy. she was found strangled i

the body of 50-year-old marie sanner was discovered on april 17th. she was the second female hiker to die on mount tam in just the past month. kron 4's charles clifford is live tonight in the north bay with details. charles? >> reporter:well monday afternoon, the marin county sheriff's department released a statement saying that at this point they do not believe that foul play was a factor in the death marie sanner >> reporter:sanner, a mill valley resident, was reported missing on april 15th, her car and dog were found in a parking lot near mountain home inn along panoramic highway. search and rescue teams located her body the next day less than a mile from the parking lot. the sheriff's department said on monday that they are waiting for a toxicology report before announcing the exact cause of her death but that at this point they do not suspect foul play. >> reporter:sanner's was the second female hiker to disappear and die on mt tam in less than a month. just a few days prior the body of 33-year-old magdalena glinkowski was discovered along a tra

although the cases are still open.preliminarily the marin county sherriff department believes marie sannerr falling into the ravine where she was eventually discovered. >>ms. sanner's injuries are consistant approximently 60 feet from a trail. >> reporter:the body of the other woman. magdalena glinkowski. did not have obvious signs of injury that would have caused her death. but she did suffer some scrapes. >>t this point there is no evidence that these two deaths are anything more than tragic accidents.because there was no sign of struggle or suspicious activty at either location. but foul play hasn't been completely ruled out. investigators are still following up the many leads coming in from concerned marin residents. >> asking us to follow up on suspicious people here >> reporter: two women dying in such close proximity on mt tam.has some who frequent the trails. flashing back to the early 80's when david carpenter.otherwise known as the trailside killer.terrorized the bay area. he was convicted of shooting seven people in marin and santa cruz.mostly along hiking trails. >> reporter:th

yesterday, a crew found the body mapping the description of 50-year-old marie sanner missing since senators -- since wednesday night. >> the 50-year-old from mill valley was an experienced hiker on mount tamalpais and teams found the body matching her description in a drain average creek 120 yards away from the trail. she was hiking with a male friend on wednesday but left him to go to the car as it got dark. >> she may have possibly fallen 40' or 50'. >> the coroner will determine the cause of death and if foul play was involved but at this point had appears to be nod of anything suspicious and there is no connection to the case of another missing hiker found saturday. teams found the body of 33 -year-old of menlo park magdalena glinkowski away from today's discovery the. >> we have not identified anything criminal in either case that associated one with the other. >> everyone is convince -- not everyone is. people cannot help but wonder. >> riding here for years and to have two people missing if less than a week is strange. >> if they find one more i will think it is year. >> they hope to

the marin county coroner's office have identified her as 50-year-old marie sanner. >> reporter:the milltaught at think college now elementary school in oakland. authorities say sanner's death appears not to be connected to the death of another hiker magdalena glinkowski. >> reporter: found in around the same area. live on mount tamalpais this evening. with a look at the steep trails. hikers face. charles? >> reporter:it is a pretty good drop maybe 50ft below the drop. if someone were to fall it whenwould be dangerous. if you are going to be hiking in this area, take a friend or tell some one beenefore before you go >> pam:a santa clara county judge has ordered for two brothers to stand trial together --- in a 25 year old murder case. the judge entered a not guilty plea for robert zimmer today. who you see here from an earlier court appearance -- are accused of murdering david's estranged wife more than 2 decades ago. found wrapped in a quilt inside her car at san jose mineta airport back in 1989. to consolidate the murder cases against the two suspects. a preliminary hearing is set in m

the marin county sheriff department said it matches the description of marie sanner. and her dog joined a friend on a hike and the two later separated and sanner never made it back to her car. the dog found the car back in the parking lot and sat down next to it. that's when somebody discovered something might be amiss. >> found the dog and saw that the dog had some type of license or i.d. tag on it and called the number on it and wound up speaking to who turned out to be the subject's father. the father knowing that apparently these two are described as what are inseparable knew there was something wrong. >> investigators say that there were no signs of trauma. it is possible that the woman fell down a slick that is about 30 feet wide on the side of a hill. >>> this is the second body to be found in mt. tam in less than a week. the sheriff department is also waiting on toxicology reports to find out how magdalena glinkowski died. at this point, investigators say they are not suspecting foul play. >>> well, let's check your forecast at 6:47. we'll give you a live look

> reporter: police tape marks the approximate location searchers found of body of 50- year-old marie sanner. a family member said she was an athletic hiker and dedicated oakland schoolteacher who moved in with her elderly father to help with his care. last weekend the body of 32- year-old mardi gras glinkowski was found a mile up the trail -- magdalena glinkowski was found a mile up the trail. there was no evidence of foul play. this isn't much of a trail. it's more like a narrow deer path. understandably, if somebody were on this trail and fell, they could get hurt. both women who died were described as strong experienced hikers. the deaths are troubling. >> in 30s my age that's alarming and scary. just sad to hear that news. >> reporter: somebody who went out to do something healthy and good -- >> and active. and does not come back home. sad story. >> reporter: many who come here are not prepared for the challenge. a sheriff's spokesman says there are also daily reports of hikers temporarily lost. there are more than 400 medical rescue calls a year to help some of the thousands who come t

tamalpais is 50-year-old marie sanner. hers is the second body found in that area in less than a week. they found sanner's body in a search yesterday. sanner's father reported her missing on wednesday when she did not return from a hike. sanner's car was found in the parking lot of the mountain park inn. yesterday, a hiker noticed her dog sitting alone next to that car. >> found the dog, saw that the dog had some type of license or i.d. tag on it. called the number on it, and wound up speaking to, who turned out to be the subject's father. the father, knowing that apparently, these two are what he described as inseparable, knew that there was something wrong. >> now, investigators say that there are no signs of obvious trauma. it is possible that the woman fell down a slick 30-foothillside. >>> and the sheriff's department is also waiting on toxicology results to find out magdelana died. at this point, investigators say they are not suspecting foul play. >>> an east bay math teacher has been accused of having a sexual rela

coroner says there was no foul play in the death of a missing hike other mount tamme. 50-year-old marie sanner's body was found saturday, the second hiker to die on the same trail in a week, but investigators say there's no connection. >>> a 26-year-old guy from palo alto who fell 30 feet from yosemite is expected to survive. this is the vertical rock he fell from. it's known as higher cathedral spire. the climber landed on a rock ledge where rescuers got to him and airlifted him to the hospital. >>> we'll take a live look outside tonight. some of us will see a little rain this evening is what we're hearing, right, brian? >> if you emphasize little, yes. there's hardly anything left of this system pressing south through the bay area, but what the heck. let's run the satellite. we have a whisper of a cold front that will spread a few light showers around the bay area, but the kpix5 hi-def doppler is showing just a narrow band of showers. it will move through the bay area after midnight tonight. there's already some scattered light showers, too, mostly in the hills of east san jose. we'll have the

woman that authorities say appears to match the description and clothes of missing 50-year-old marie sanner of mill valley. >> there is no obvious sign of the cause of death. to this person. >> reporter: marie is an avid hiker. he wanted to go home and she wanted to keep hiking. deputies say only the dog made it back to the car. her father reported her missing. a body was found in a drainage ditch off trail. >> she may have possibly fallen 40 or 50 feet down into the drainage which sadly is covered with large rocks and boulders. >> reporter: deputies say the woman's body was found less than a mile from where searchers recovered a menlo park woman's body last weekend. both found in drainage difference with no obvious signs of trauma. >> we haven't identified anything criminal in either of these cases. >> reporter: they seem so similar. why do you believe there is no link? >> i'm basing it based on my experience having been with the sheriff's office here for 30 years, eight years with the search-and-rescue unit. we come up here frequently to assist people who have fallen or become injured her

as marie sanner. sanner went missing on wednesday night. >> pam:authorities say she was hiking with a friend, who planned to stay the night on the mountain. while she decided to head back to her car with her dog. sonner was a beloved teacher in the oakland unified school district. >> pam:she had previously worked at the former hawthorne campus. and for the past several years. she worked as a kindergartn teacher at "think college now" >>".any way they can." >> reporter:teachers and students were notified of sonner's death. grief counselors will be on campus on monday. >> pam:sonner's death follows magdalena glinkowski's death. she went missing on march 30th. police say she left a note saying she was going on a hike. >> pam:she was missing for nearly two- weeks. before her body was found on mount tamappais over the weekend. >> pam:at this time -- authorities say, the deaths do not appear to be related. foul play is *not believed to be involved. . >> reporter:mount tamalpais is very popular with hikers,

marie sanner's body was found thursday. the 50-year-old woman was a teacher from mill valley. according to deputies, it does not look like this case is linked to another female hiker who was found dead on mt. tam last weekend. the bodies were not far from each other and both were down a ravine from a hiking trail. >>> pg&e is scheduled to be arraigned in court tomorrow in connection with its alleged role in the fatal san bruno explosion in september 2010. the utility company faces a 12-count indictment that alleges it knowingly and willfully violated federal regulations that led to the explosion. the fire killed eight people, injured 66, and destroyed 38 homes. pg&e faces up to $6 million in fiennes if convicted on all 12 counts. the utility is expected to enter a plea of not guilty at the arraignment. >>> in a little over a month, california voters will head to the polls to choose their party's representatives. while the election is open to everyone, will the results be representative of the state's ethnic makeup? larry gerston says while whites make up 40% of the state's pop

>> new details of the death of a teacher on mount tamalpais, the coroner says the 50-year-old marie sanner likely died of natural causes but as the investigation is continues after the body was found on thursday when the authorities were notified she failed to return from a hike. there is no link between sanner's death and that of magdalena glinkowski a woman whose body was found a week earlier in the same area. >>> today, president obama departs for the four-country asian tour but he will stop in seattle, first, to survey damage from the deadly mudslide. it killed 41 people and buried dozens of homes in oso. in asia, president obama will try to reassure allies america wants to strengthen economic and security ties with the region after being rescheduled from october when canceled because of the government shut down. >>> the republican trying to unseat governor brown will release education plan. he plans on calling for sending more money to individual schools rather than school districts. he plans on unveiling a plan to offer free college tuition to some students in exchange for part of th

. >> reporter: police take marks the location the searchers found the body of 50-year-old marie sannerly member said she was an athletic hiker and dedicated oakland schoolteacher who had moved in with her elderly father to help with his care. last weekend the body of 32- year-old magdalena glinkowski was found about a mile further up the same trail. investigators say they found no indication of foul play. this isn't much of a trail we're on. it's more like a narrow deer path. understandably, if somebody were on this trail and fell, they could get hurt. both women who died were described as strong experienced hikers. the deaths are troubling to hiker rebecca martinez. >> one of them in their 30s, my age, that's alarming and scary. it's sad news. >> reporter: somebody who went out to do something healthy and good. >> and active. and does not come back home. sad story. >> reporter: many who come here are not prepared for the challenge. a sheriff's spokesman says there are daily reports of hikers temporarily lost. there are more than 400 medical rescue calls a year for thousands who come t

investigators think it is 50-year-old marie sanner who disappeared while on a hike on wednesday.hey are still waiting for a positive identification from the coroner. sanner's car found in the parking lot on the panoramic highway yesterday. that's when a hiker tragically noticed her dog waiting alone by her car. investigators say that the body shows no sign of trauma. it's possible she may have fell down a slick about a 30-foot hillside. also investigators still waiting for toxicology results to find out how magdalena glinkowski's body was found. investigators do not expect foul play. >>> san leandro police trying to figure out how fast an suv was going that crashed into the family in a sedan. the family had been drinking and happened just before 10:30 last night on his perrian boulevard. investigators say the driver of the white suv ran a red light, hit the sedan, the four people in the car, including a 5-year-old and an 8-year-old were taken to the hospital. they should survive. the driver of the suv was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. >>> a san jose man ta

police say no signs of foul play but are planning an autopsy on the woman you see, marie sanner, a 50-year-old kindergarten teacher discovered on thursday it. her father reported her missing when sanner did not come home from a hike. doesn't look like this case is in any way linked to a men lo park woman who disappeared on march 30th. magdalena glinkowski's body was found on saturday not far from where sanner was located. >>> a deadly stabbing attack on a pit bull in san francisco has dog owners on edge this morning. it happened early friday morning while a man was walking his dog in the mission district. police say the two other men accosted and ganged up on him trying to grab his pit bull. the dog owner fought back. he realized his pit bull had been stabbed once the two attackers ran away. the dog died later at an animal hospital. >> i hope they throw the book at them. absolutely. to try to hurt a, you know, defenseless animal, it's like -- it's outrageous as if someone tried to stab a child. >> police haven't found the two men responsible yet but they are facing felony animal cruel

that is according to the marin county coroner. 50-year-old marie sanner's body was found thursday. she is the second female hiker to die on the same trail within a week. but investigators say there is no connection. >>> developing news for your golden state warriors. the team will not build their new arena near the bay bridge in san francisco. mark kelly live in mission bay, the warriors just bought land there for a new stadium a little further away. good morning. >>> reporter: not too far at all. good morning to you, too. they are ditching the plans to build at piers 30 and 32 and instead they are going to be at this site in mission bay. to give you an idea of where we are, we're right off 3rd street. we have ucsf across the street. we're about 8/10ths of a mile from at&t park and right behind me there, that's the 12-acre site where they want to build the new warriors arena. so a spokesman tells kpix 5 the warriors bought this property from salesforce.com just this past weekend. this new site means the arena is now away from the waterfront and that luxury condo element which was a

. >>> ktvu has learned that a body found on mount tam al pius is that of 50-year-old marie christine sanner was identified by fingerprints. the investigation is still on going. she was reported missing yesterday afternoon after heading out on a hike on wednesday. searchers found her body around 4:30 yesterday afternoon. they believe she may have fallen 40 to 50 feet. she was found less than a mile from where 33-year-old magda lee that was found dead. . >> it's unnerving for shoe. i love mount tam and love running and hiking up there. it makes you think twice about heading up there alone for sure. >> sheriff's investigators say even though both women's bodies were found in the same area there doesn't appear to be any connection other than they were both hiking in rugged terrain. >>> a high school math teacher is behind bars and now facing two felony charges. the allegations involving sex with a minor and what caused the school district to start investigating in the first place. >> sunny and slightly cooler. could fog blanket the easter egg hunt this sunday. >> and the unrest in the ukraine c

for a hiker found dead on mount tamalpais last week. 50-year-old marie sanner lived in mill valley. she taught at an elementary school in oakland. she went missing on wednesday. while hiking with a friend. >> pam: she apparently decided to head back down to her car alone -- but never made it. >> pam: and that death was the second in a month on mount tam. magdalena glinkowski was the first. she went missing on police say, she left a note saying she was going on a hike. her body was found about two weeks later. at this time -- authorities say, the deaths do *not appear to be related. >> pam: some changes in the bay area weather this week. starting today. this is a live picture from san francisco. overcast skies. ahead of showers expected lateri am live in the weather center with our chief meterologist jacqueline bennett. to tell us about the april showers headed our way. jacqueline? >> jacqueline: gusty went out there as the system move through and approach the second round. livermore, redwood citya day of remembrance and renewal today in boston. >> this just in to the kron 4 newsroom

coroner says there was no foul play in the death of a missing hiker on mount tam. 50-year-old marie christine sanner's body was found thursday. she is the second female hiker to die on the same trail within a week. but investigators say there is no connection. >>> former san jose mayor janet gray hayes pioneer for american women in politics died. hayes had been the first woman to be mayor of a major u.s. city. leading san jose from 1975 to 1983. one of her favorite stories was her first time at a meeting when another mayor asked her, whose secretary are you, sweetie? she died yesterday from a stroke. she was 87 years old. >>> news from south korea now, more bodies are expected to be pulled out of the sunken ferry this morning. 108 people have been confirmed dead nearly 200 more still missing. as marlie hall reports, investigators now say the ferry did not make a sharp turn before it sank. >>> reporter: as one victim after another is laid to rest, divers continue to search the sea for bodies. but they still don't know what caused the south korean ferry to sink nearly a week ago. authorities say their e

looking into a second hiker death on mount tam say it's likely coincidence. 50-year-old marie chris stain sanner of mill valley was found yesterday. authorities say she was found at the bottom of a ravine. a menlo park woman was found dead in the same area. no sign of foul play. >>> pressure is on san jose city council to take a closer look at the city police department. judge ladoris cordell hand- delivered copies of an audit to the pd yesterday. it highlights two cases where officers lied to cover up sexual misconduct while on duty. those officers were punished but cordell recommends the department fire officers who do lie. >>> a san jose state university panel has released its final recommendations on how to improve racial issues on campus. the task force was created after allegations that a black student was bullied and racially targeted by his white roommates last year. that criminal case still ongoing. the panel will recommend the creation of a new diversity office and a diversity course for its new students. >>> coming up on this friday, new developments in the south korean ferry disaster

the marin county shaeriff says the body does match the description of 50-year-old marie sanner. sanner and her dog joined a friend on a hike on mt. tam and sanner did not make it back to her car but her dog did and that's how they discovered smnsh was wrong. no signs of trauma. it's possible she fell down a slick, 30-foot hillslide. >>> an east bay math teacher is accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. leon chang surrendered to police yesterday. two months after detectives say that they were tipped off that he may have been involved with a san leandro student. the district is now cooperating with police. chang has been placed on mandatory, unpaid leave. >>> this marks the 108th anniversary of the great earthquake of 1906. earlier this morning, you heard this, a lot of sirens there to mark that moment. a lot of people also gathered at a lotta fountain and crews painted that symbolic fire hydrant gold. pretty amazing all these years later, there it is. >>> meteorologist christina loren getting a look at the forecast for good friday. >> great-looking day shaping up

coroner says there was no foul play in the death of a missing hiker on mount tam. 50-year-old marie christine sanner's body was found thursday. she is the second female hiker to die on the very same trail within a week. but investigators say there's absolutely no connection. >>> and developing news for the golden state warriors. the team will not build their new arena near the bay bridge in san francisco. mark kelly live in mission bay this morning. mark, the warriors just bought some land there for a brand-new stadium. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frank. and they are ditching their plan to build on piers 30 and 32 by the bay bridge. let me give you an idea where we are right now so we are right off of 3rd street. we have ucsf right across the street and that's the site right there, that's the 12-acre site where the warriors want to build their new arena. now, a spokesman for the warriors arena tells kpix 5 that they bought this property from salesforce.com just this past weekend. and this new site means the arena is now officially away from the waterfront. that also means the luxury condo