torrez was arrested at the safeway store where he works on tenth avenue in morgan hill. investigators questioned him for several hours. they seized the red vw early this month. t has been just more than two months since 15-year-old sierra la mar van issued after leaving her home for school in morgan hill. past two days they sorted through tips that came in last week ep sotd of america most wanted that featured her case. now a sheriff's spokesman says some you will kaingers reported seeing the read volkswagen back live santa clara county sheriff smith is hear right now. filling news with information. i'll take of and we'll jump in here. >> can you talk to us about that. >> as far as dna and other physical evidence we'll talk about that tomorrow. rate now i think it's just important that we let you know that we have made an arrest the person booked into jail. >> why did you make the move this evening? why this evening? is. >> he was arrested today because this is how we thought the arrest should be done and public safety is our main concern. we don't want anyone else hurt.

they arrested him last night at a safeway in morgan hill.am coverage of the arrest continues. we'll have more coming up in just minutes at 6:30. >>> and new this morning, eight people right now recovering from a shooting that happened just after that lakers/thunder nba playoffs game last night. and this was a scene last night blocks away from the thunder arena. police say a group of men opened fire on a group of women they were arguing with. one victim remains in critical condition. >>> time now to check that forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good-looking day shaping up, good looking week overall. we are going to take your temperatures down toward the week's end and maybe bring in a few showers up in the north bay. overall this morning, the biggest factor is some thick fog up in santa rosa. elsewhere, we've got five miles or better of visibility. and your temperatures are comfortable enough to walk out that front door without the jacket, especially in the south bay, we're in the upper 50s right now headed toward the 70s at noon

grew up in fremont and morgan hill.ar-old male man is in custody tonight, one count murder and one count kidnapping. >> we'll be there at the news conference tomorrow morning 8:a.m. sierra's family is expected to be there as well. tonight we offer our condolences to the lamar family. >> nbc celebrates 20 years with jay leno. thanks for making them so great. >> announcer: it's "the tonight show with jay leno," featuring rickey minor and "the tonight show" band. tonight, jay welcomes -- kevin costner.

torrez was arrested at the safeway store where he works on tenth avenue in morgan hill. investigators questioned him for several hours. they seized the red vw early this month. it has been just more than two months since 15-year-old sierra la mar van issued after leaving her home for school in morgan hill. past two days they sorted through tips that came in last week ep sotd of america most wanted that featured her case. now a sheriff's spokesman says some you will kaingers reported seeing the read volkswagen back live santa clara county sheriff smith is hear right now. filling news with information. i'll take of and we'll jump in here. >> can you talk to us about that. >> as far as dna and other physical evidence we'll talk about that tomorrow. rate now i think it's just important that we let you know that we have made an arrest the person booked into jail. >> why did you make the move this evening? why this evening? is. >> he was arrested today because this is how we thought the arrest should be done and public safety is our main concern. we don't want anyone else hurt

torrez was arrested at the safeway store where he works on tenth avenue in morgan hill.uestioned him for several hours. they seized the red vw early this month. early thihas been just more than two months since 15-year-old sierra la mar van issued after leaving her home for school in morgan hill. past two days they sorted through tips that came in last week ep sotd ofmerica most wanted that featured her case. now a sheriff's spokesman says some you will kaingers reported seeing the read volkswagen back live santa clara county sheriff smith is hear right now. filling news with information. i'll take of and we'll jump in here. >> can you talk to us about that. >> as far as dna and other physical evidence we'll talk about that tomorrow. rate now i think it's just important that we let you know that we have made an arrest the person booked into jail. >> why did you make the move this evening? why this evening? is. >> he was arrested today because this is how we thought the arrest should be done and public safety is our main concern. we don't want anyone else hurt. we don't w

live this morning in morgan hill alex savidge. >>> time is 6:03. the man accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar is due to be arraigned if court tomorrow. tara moriarty is here from san jose with new details about what led up to his arrest. >> reporter: antolin garcia torres says he does not nosey era and his family is standing behind him. in speaking with garcia torres' mother she says her son is innocent. she spoke to him by phone at the jail where he is being held without bail. he was held monday night and charged with one count of murder and kidnapping. security is now very tight at the trailer park where he lives with his mother, wife, and one- year-old daughter. the sheriff says the 21-year- old suspect had been under surveillance since march 28th when his dna was founded on sierra's discarded clothing. his mother said she spoke to her son and said he was worried about his family especially his wife. >> if i go down who is going to take care of my kids? i need you to take care of emily. be behind emily. >> reporter: we have learned tha

a safeway in morgan hill for the kidnapping and murder of sierra lamar, the morgan hill teenager who had been missing since march 16th. she was last seen heading towards the bus stop. the sheriff said that the red volkswagen that investigators believe was connected to our disappearance belong to the suspect. >> i'm really proud of the dedication and hard work are investigators have done. we have had 24 hour day operations on many things. i'm really proud of them >> cirrus family is expected to be at that news conference this morning. the sheriff said that they have been communicating through out the investigation keeping them updated on what was going on. the sheriff would say, would not say what evidence they have that supports murder but investigators say that garcia torres had been under surveillance for a significant amount of time. there are a lot of unanswered questions including if the suspect new sierra lamar. we're also hoping to find out if they know where her body is. there were several searches in the days following her disappearance. there were searches infields and rese

garcia-torres lived in this morgan hill rv park with his wife and child.is mother says he denied any involvement with lamar's disappearance. >> i don't think so for him doing something that is my son, police say one of the kids doing something wrong. >> investigators have been keeping an eye on garcia-torres for months. the family says they found fracking -- tracking devices on their cars, deputies even searched the mobile home where the family lived. stay with abc7 news and abc7news.com for continuing coverage of the sierra lamar investigation. we'll bring you any new developments as we get them. >>> we are following developing news in santa rosa. police are looking for the driver of a pick-up truck that slammed into an apartment building and then the truck took off. the driver sped off after crashing into a corner bedroom of this building on sunset avenue. the man inside the bedroom at the time was not hurt. there were also two other adults and three children in adjacent rooms, all okay and getting assistance from the red cross while police look for the

morgan hill. >>> but first and new this morning, an nba victory celebration turns violent. the mass shooting minutes after the oklahoma city thunder defeated the l.a. lakers. >>> club cocktails and conversation. the silicon valley party that could be the next big start- . >>> good morning. gorgeous view of the transamerica building enshrouded in fog that must be the -- enshrouded in going that must be the bofa bidding. when is the fog going to lift and cooler days ahead. meteorologist mike nicco tracking the fog. -- >>> he's also following delays at sfo more on that as well. >>> police in oklahoma city say eight people were wounded in a shooting following the nba playoff game between the thunder and the los angeles lakers. the shootings happened late last night during a victory celebration in the downtown area. police say someone opened fire and thousands of fans crowded on to the streets one victim is in critical. the other seven have less serious injuries. two people in police custody. >>> doing

it's in morgan hill, dan kerman. >>grant: i want to point out some key locations in morgan hill. they believe sierra lamar went missing when she walked from her home to the bus stop back in march in a the the very next day, her fault was found about 1 mi. from her home, the day after that, her purse with our underwear in clothing neatly folded was found about 2 mi. from home. fox the suspect arrested yesterday lived about 8 mi., a straight shot down monterey. maureen kelly reports from nearby where today, search teams were back out of the water looking for the body of sierra lamar. >> here, you concede members of the underwater search team. they're using sonar technology. this device looks like a torpedo into this drags behind those capturing images like this one. this one shows a car approximately 50 ft. below the surface. the team will be out here for the rest of the league's getting the two of 88 a. of the reservoir. it sounds labor intensive. >>caller: who plan on putting divers out by the end of the week to get a closer look at things below. after two days of searching they

morgan hill police then came forward with that information about the 2009 case. and from that information there were able to match the dna from the 2009 case to the suspects present day cases, and so that is now positively tying him. there were two other cases involved in that area and incidentally the reason that they started asking local law enforcement is that was a tip from the fbi, the crime laboratory from the fbi were here early on in the case. they basically told the sheriffs department not to put too much attention on the sex crimes data base people but to look for other attempted kidnappings or assaults of young women and that is exactly what they did. so they are able to strengthen their case now as a result of that investigation. we have also warned that the suspect in this case who was questioned for about two hours here last night, is now invoking his constitutional right to remain silent. he is at the santa clara county jail. >> he has been under surveillance for nearly two months. why now? why did this decide to act last night? >> very interesting

keeping numbers in the upper 70s to low 80s near morgan hill and gilroy.atchy fog, maybe a little bit of drizzle and the wind goes nowhere for wednesday. in fact, with the pattern setting up the jet stream over northern california and another weak cold front moving in the next 48 hours, the wind will be staying in place. it's going to get gusty not only at the coastline but for the lower elevations. if you thought it was windy today, it will be worse in the east bay and the peninsula. by thursday you will have that cooling weather returning. a small craft advisory for the entire coastline if you're heading out there, not an experienced voter. it's very rough right now. 52 in los ga it tos. 51 in san francisco. upper 40s and low 50s. we updated you on this depression. now strengthened to a tropical storm. it's tropical storm bud. right now winds near 40 miles an hour. it looks to stay a tropical storm with the potential landfall on sunday. tracks more to the north. possibly with a landfall this weekend. 74 in los gatos. that's right where we should be this

bob redell live in morgan hill at the meeting place. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you. even though law enforcement is convinced that sierra lamar is dead, she was kidnappeded and murdered, her family and the people who run the volunteer search center in burnett elementary in morgan hill are not convinced. they hope people will still show up later this morning to help find this missing 15-year-old girl. >> you know, so many people have, you know, record-breaking numbers showed up at the search center, thousands of people, law enforcement, you know. and i believe there is a reason why she wasn't found. i'm not -- we are not giving up on that. >> reporter: that was marlene lamar, sierra's mom. the sheriff announced more details about the arrest of antolin garcia-torres. he's the 21 year owed man from morgan hill. accused of kidnapping and murdering sierra lamar. the sheriff says it was his dna found on sierra's abandoned bag. the motive they are not sure but believe this was purely random, a stranger abduction. the two n

nbc bay area joins us from morgan hill. you have been covering the story from the beginning and as painful as it has been, her parents have been strong throughout. >> they have been strong. it translates to the volunteers and the searcher who is have been searching every day since siary disappeared on march 16th. no matter who you talk with, everyone believes sierra is somewhere out there waiting to be found. they took a break to thank everyone for working so hard. >> sierra's family gave out hugs and smiles. after an emotional week that ended with a murder charge, the family wanted to spend time with the volunteer who is continued to search for sierra. >> all the support from everyone helps and being out there at the search center and at these events. you feel focused on finding sierra. >> doing better. monday night and tuesday when it all began it was a whirl wind and really, really hard times. >> despite prosecutors, sierra's body has not been found. that gives the family and supporters the deliver of hope. sierra may st

he worked at the safeway in morgan hill.t know if he was still an employee at the dime of his arrest -- employee at the time of -- at the time of his arrest. >> i'm -- i'm saddened for the family. the were it's shocking he worked at safeway. i'm always there. >> i'm glad they found him and he can lead where she may be. >> reporter: antolin garcia- torres lives in san martin, about a 20-minute drive away. we went by there last last night. the -- the owner said -- the owner said antolin garcia- torres used to live there but does not live there anymore. since sierra lamar went missing, volunteers have searched and searched for her. there is another search planned for tomorrow. live in morgan hill, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> let's talk about the time like in the case. 16-year-old sierra lamar was last seen march 16th before she left home to go to school. now, the very next day, apatiently i can't swing this just right -- the very next day her cell phone was found. a day later, authorities found her purse with some nea

he is from morgan hill. he is accused of murdering sierra lamar that's been missing since march 16th. she was last seen heading to our schools bus stop. the red volkswagen jet the longest to the suspect. >>> i'm really proud of the dedication of our investigators have done. we've had a 24 hour a day operations on many evenings. i'm really proud of them. >>> since your lamar's disappearance volunteers have coordinated search, of meeting at the bernadette's elementary school. are hurt purse was the on fall in the days of her disappearance. she says that they have sufficient evidence that she believes only warrants the arrests but a successful prosecution as well. seeress family is expected to be here at the news conference that it o'clock this morning. >>> the rest came as a surprise to some people. >>> it was like 530, we just saw a bunch of cops around. we could not see anyone else but the cops and that gun drawn and they took someone this way. >>> dino who there were connected to do? >>> no i had no idea. d

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 is linked to a 2009 attempted stun-gun assault i

he is a 21 year-old man from morgan hill and works at the safeway store their his name is incident garcia thorez he was booked into santa clara county jail facing charges of murder and kidnapping. we are expecting a news conference in just moments again sierra lamar's police believe that they had arrested her killer. new speaker we have a check now with robert lyles who was at the shares department as we speak and has the very latest on this case. >>> let's get right to share florissant she's actively giving updates on the arrests. this car is connected the red car is connected. that is a car that belongs to anton garcia. can you tell us who is in custody he was booked earlier this evening and we're continuing the investigation. willie disinformation tomorrow what we have because we do want to the un on everything we can solicit the four small but we have a physical evidence that the next that two. >>> part of that is elevenses apparently this 1990's red volkswagen jeddah you tell us more about that and who with the registrar of the vehicle is? >>> he is the registered owner and we're loo

the morgan hill teenager who went missing nine weeks ago did not know the 21 year-old man who police say kidnapped and killed her. kron4's kate thompson is live in morgan hill tonight with the latest. >> reporter: right now antolin garcia torres is sitting in jail without bail. police say they have spoke to him. but so far he has not revealed the location of sierra lamar's body. police had 21 year-old morgan hill resident antolin torres under 24 hour surviles for two months -- surveillance for two months before they arrested him where he worked. dna evidence linked him to the abduction and murder of sierra lamar who was last seen before she was headed to school on march 16th. >> it's my belief this is purely random. it was an absolute strange absuction. there's no -- abduction. there's no information that we have of any type that the two know each other. we believe this is the worst kind. a crime. >> reporter: police hoped while torres was under surveillance, he would lead them to the body. sierra's km was discovered -- dna was discovered. police have not find a weapon or blood. >> t

we are live in morgan hill alex savidge. >>> time is 6:07. now we know why authorities are saying the man that is right at the heart of the foiled al qaeda plot to blow up a plane he is not a threat. he is an intelligence agent from saudi arabia. he was working with the cia. coming up at 6:15 why u.s. intelligence officials are not happy this story leaked out. >>> uc berkeley is considering legal action against occupy the farm protestors. protestors are refusing to leave unless the university agrees to give them continued access to the ten acre plot along with other demands. they took over that to protest their development. berkeley says the encampment must be cleared by mid may. >>> 6:08. the number of people using the car pool lanes on bay area bridges keeps dropping. the trend started almost two years ago when car pools had to pay $2.50 toll. within that car poolers dropped 26%. and this year is down almost 10%. the number of cars crossing the seven toll bridges is up about 1.5%. >>> 6:08 sal knows those car pool lanes can save you a lot o

another volunteer search scheduled for tomorrow in morgan hill. we are told that last report going to be going on as scheduled volunteer search organizers say they are going to keep searching until that body is located. again, much more information coming up at 8:00 this morning at the sheriff's office. investigators will be here and sierra lamar's mother, father expected to be here as well. we'll carry that for you on abc7 news and abc7news.com. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> the search for sierra lamar had been a community effort with dozens volunteering each week to try to bring her home. amy hollyfield is live at the morgan hill safeway where the suspect worked and was arrested. >> reporter: i asked one of the employees this morning about the arrest he just shook his head and said it is a crazy world. there does seem to be a lot of shock here at this safeway that the accused killer was found here. police came in to this safeway 6:00 last night with guns drawn. they got him without problems. witnesses say it was scary to way >> i was at work a

the next search is tomorrow from burnett elementary in morgan hill. stay with nbc bay area as developments unfold in this case. we will have team coverage at 5:00 and 6:00 tonight. for updates, log onto nbcbayarea.com any time. >>> new at 11:00, it is official. golden state warriors on the move, heading across the bay. san francisco mayor ed lee and officials with the warriors wrapping up a news conference. they confirm plans to build a new arena on san francisco waterfront on pier 30 and 32, near the foot of the bay bridge. they will have it ready for 2017 season. the mayor says the project will put thousands to work. >> this new sports and entertainment facility will create thousands of new jobs for bay area residents, will generate tens of millions in economic growth each year, games and events will bring people from all over the region, and the money they spend will benefit our local economy and our local businesses. >> we can tell you the arena will be privately financed. the city will be providing the land. >> you can see from that shot in san f

and will certainly have more to mission at a news conference tomorrow morning live in morgan hill juliet could receive as five. of course will keep you updated on the story through the evening if anything breaks and also on cbs sf dhaka, we reporter in the bay area crime wave has been going on for awhile thieves stealing people's mark bonds but in all those stories we never heard it something like this. the berkeley police chief ordered a number of his officers to work overtime to find one teenagers still in iphone is the cut tells us that teenagers was the chief's son. this and want to give police the benefit of the doubt we would hope it would be such an effective administrator it is a came from outside of berkeley but when she learns that he ordered for detectives to track down his sons missing cellphone and worked two hours of overtime on the taxpayers' dime saw the body seems to be bringing with him it is a the practice of privilege. that he is the chief he's got the power is going to do whatever he wants according to the berkeley police department officers regularly search f

"today in the bay's" marla tellez is live in morgan hill.

y ademas revelaron que en 2009, el sospechoso agredi a otra mujer en morgan hill...enemos evidencia de propiedad de garcía-torres de dna de sierra y tambien del otro lado, tenemos este dna conectando sierra a propiedad de garcia". el acusado es el dueÑo del volkswagen jetta rojo que fue confiscado por la polica y fue dentro de este auto donde encontraron rastros de la adolescente aunque no revelaron que tipo. emma spencer - voluntaria "no dijeron sangre, no dijeron que hayaron un navaja, nada, no hayaron nada so en mi mente voy a todavia pensar y creer que todavia está viva". sin embargo, la policia asegura que aunque no encontraron un arma, hay suficientes pruebas para determinar que sierra fue asesinada .. "garcía-torres no ha dado información a los detectives a cerca de donde podría estar sierra lamar". marlene lamar - madre de sierra lamar "we continue to pray until she's found, our search still is not gonna end". por su parte, la familia de la victima dice que seguir rezando porque creen que sierra todavia est viva mientras las autoridades anunciaron que quieren

>> he is a resident of the city of morgan hill.s no connections in was a stranger about that the team. >> based on the investigation so far we place them in the area. he is a place in the area march 16th. >>will: and the mother she says she has to leave that stare is still alive. why did you make the statement that she is no longer alive. >> we have to go by the evidence and the statements. we found the items the issue is wearing that day. we know that she is a social person. she did have some. of these are indicators of forensic evidence that the forensic from him and the items in it used to beg him what we have in the vehicle places her in the be a call indicates to us that there was well play. there is substantial circumstantial evidence to show that she is not alive. >>will: did you fight him because he was in the data base? pierre >> as he was in the national data base where people are arrested for felonies purines in is put into the data base. that is heavier version came up with the intimation that with the match to his dna

but arrest last night at a morgan hill safeway parking lot should have come as no surprise to the 21-year-old. it was a culmination of months of investigation and surveillance by sheriff investigators. the suspect's mother says they put a tracking device in cars. >> and i found one in my car, too. that is why they know where he's going and everything. >> torres talked to her son last night and says he spoke about his child, emily. >> i need your help. i need you taking care my kid. they, emily. don't let emily alone. >> sheriff deputies searched this mobile home where torres, his wife, their 19-month-old child and his mother live. we spoke with his sister who told us he had been cooperating with investigators. >> you would think that he would, i don't know, go away, try to run away or something. he's been nothing but compliant with police. >> police tell us that his arrest has now reopened three assault cases at the two safeways in morgan hill treated and released years ago. in one incident the suspect used a stun gun. in another, he used a knife. police say torres's dna links him to

live in morgan hill tonight, lisa abc 7 news. >> thanks very much. now finding sierra la mar is of course important to her family but legal analyst dean johnson reminds us that it's also critical to investigators. >> this is a critical time in a homicide investigation because the suspect apparently is still talking to the police. and those police want an answer to one question. where is sierra la mar. if the suspect can give a truthful answer to that question, may very well save himself from the death penalty. >> now the man arrested for sierra murder has lived in morgan hill most of his life. in a a addddddioioiotototo m m d kidnapping he's suspect entered safeway parking lot assault three years ago. he was convicted and arrested for but never charged with having sex with a minor in 2010. but nonetheless his family claims he did not kill sierra. 7 news reporter vick lee with that part of the story. >>reporter: garcia torrez her son last night after his arrest defer tell you that he was involved with any of this. >> no. e.t. say that he wasn't surpri

in morgan hill for the kidnapping and murder of sierra lamar, the teenager who had been missing since march 16th. the sheriff said last night that the of the red volkswagen that investigators believe was connected to her disappearance belongs to the suspect. >> the red one is his car, we have had his car, we still are waiting for people to tell us where have you seen the suspect it? where did you see the car? we need information, we have credible information now but we have we need more >> spears family is expected to be at that news conference this morning. the sheriff said they have been communicating with the family throughout the investigation and keeping them updated. the sheriff did not say what evidence supports murder but investigators have said that garcia torres has been under surveillance for a significant amount of time. there are a lot of unanswered questions in the case including if the suspect new sierra and where her body maybe. there were searches in the ponds and reservoirs' and several fields in the south of santa clara county. we will need to get more information a

kate thompson is live in morgan hill where the mother of sierra lamar made an emotional plea to the alleged killer to to cover the location of her daughter's body to. >> antolin garcia torres is currently being held without bail at santa clara county jail. it has been to and a half months of wonder what happened to sierra lamar. the mother made an emotional plea: re what happened. police believe this was a random of nsc europe was murdered. , was arrested monday night at the safeway supermarket where he worked. yet it's vividly be abducted and killed zero lamar. his dna of was found on a purse belongs this year lamar. >> it is my belief that this was purely random. this is the worst kind of crime, a stranger abduction of a young girl. >> police were hoping that he would lead them to the body. police to seize a car in early april. >> we do have the physical evidence linking syria to his vehicle. >> the mother, father and sister of sierra lamar attended the announcement of the rest thinking all the volunteers who have helped search for her. >> please give the information to lead us to sierra

a grocery store in morgan hill. he's been booked on kidnapping and murder charges. santa clara county investigators not releasing the exact sequence of events leading to arrest. but they are confident he is the person. right now they believe the only suspect in the kidnapping and murder of 15-year-old sierra lamar who disappeared march 16th, on her way to the school bus stop. her body has yet to be found. the key piece of evidence that volkswagen jetta found this month. garcia-torres is the owner. the sheriffs talked about it last evening. >> there's significant evidence associated with the jetta. we have had had jetta. we were looking for people to tell us where they've seen the jetta before the crime, the day of the crime and after the crime. we wanted to see if there are more people that know where he goes, what his habits are to add additional information to our investigation. >> reporter: the sheriff saying this case is far from over. she asking the public to still come forward with any information about the wh

our team coverage continues in morgan hill. >> she will be here. she will be here. all of these people here will be here. >> hope foresee yarr raw lamar -- for sierra lamar fills this search center. searchers sign up and they are ready for tomorrow's search. they and so many in this community believe see sierra lamar is still alive. >> as a mother i still am hopeful because her body has not been found, and that gives me hope. >> we have adequate facts, in fact strong facts. >> but according to the evidence, the -- according to the sheriff, the evidence speaks volumes. it starts with garcia torres and ends with sierra's death. >> it is an absolute stranger abduction. there is no information we have that the two know each other, have had any contact. we believe this is the worst kind of a crime. >> garcia torres is the only suspect. detectives focus owed him days after the march 16th disappearance when they discovered sierra's dna and his dna on her discarded clothes found two days after her disappearance. evidence was also found in his red jetta. >> there is no weapo

that will take place in morgan hill. could be changed to san jose. however, we will keep you posted. live from san jose i'm tara moriarty. >> make sure you stay right here with ktvu channel 2 morning news all morning long. we will bring you team coverage of the new developments. >>> facebook stock is at the center of an investigation this morning as regulators look into morgan stanley handling of the social media giant debut. noelle walker joins us now from menlo park with allegations that triggered an investigation. >> reporter: the question this morning is can facebook stay safe? it's not so much a thumbs up like the trademark iconic sign. but a lot of finger pointing this morning going on about what went wrong with the stalk with the social media giants ipo. the stock has plunged nearly 18%. today under writer morgan stanley is in the hot seat of its pricing of facebook shares. the state of massachusetts has issued a subpoena to morgan stanley. wanting to know more what analysts told elite investors. morgan stanley said it followed the same as it

our team coverage continues in morgan hill. >> she will be here. she will be here. here will be here. >> hope foresee yarr raw lamar -- for sierra lamar fills this search center. searchers sign up and they are ready for tomorrow's search. they and so many in this community believe see sierra lamar is still alive. >> as a mother i still am hopeful because her body has not been found, and that gives me hope. >> we have adequate facts, in fact strong facts. >> but according to the evidence, the -- according to the sheriff, the evidence speaks volumes. it starts with garcia torres and ends with sierra's death. >> it is an absolute stranger abduction. there is no information we have that the two know each other, have had any contact. we believe this is the worst kind of a crime. >> garcia torres is the only suspect. detectives focus owed him days after the march 16th disappearance when they discovered sierra's dna and his dna on her discarded clothes found two days after her disappearance. evidence was also found in his red jetta. >> there is no weapon. they did they did

we were at this safeway store in morgan hill at around 6:00 p.m. when detectives took a store employee into custody. he would turn out to be a suspect in the case. we followed the detectives to the sheriff's headquarters and were outside at around 9:30 tonight when detectives took the 21-year-old to the county main jail where sources say officials plan to charge him with murder and kidnapping. sources say that detectives questioned him for go hours about the missing teen trying to find her location but were quiet when we tried to get details. is he associated with the case? >> i'm sorry i can't make any comment. >> reporter: here are what sources close to the investigation told me tonight. it they say he is the owner of the red jetta vehicle that investigators took earlier this month and say is associated with the lamar disappearance. sources say there is dna evidence links him to the clothing found in her backpack. we have been told he has been under surveillance since he was identified including at his job and home. the sheriff's office declined

during the day here in morgan hill, temperature hovered around 90 degrees. that didn't stop about 120 volunteers from showing up here to search for the missing 15-year-old. he said he is hooked, committed to finding missing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. >> i want to help however i can. i believe we'll get her back. >> reporter: he's been on at least 15 searches for her over the last two months since she disappeared. he refuses to cut off the bracelets the volunteers get when they break up into search team. >> people what is all that? this lets me tell them. there are case got a boost of momentum last week. >> sierra was last seen in santa clara county. >> reporter: after being seen on america's most wanted. it capped off a week that also brought a possible break in the case. >> it made us feel like we're getting somewhere. >> reporter: after asking the public for help, they located a mid 1990s red four door jetta with a black hood. that car was spotted in multiple surveillance videos the morning of march 16th. the last time sierra was seen. >> it brings

our team coverage continues in morgan hill. >> she will be here. she will be here. all of these people here will be here. >> hope foresee yarr raw lamar -- for sierra lamar fills this search center. searchers sign up and they are ready for tomorrow's search. they and so many in this community believe see sierra lamar is still alive. >> as a mother i still am hopeful because her body has not been found, and that gives me hope. >> we have adequate facts, in fact strong facts. >> but according to the evidence, the -- according to the sheriff, the evidence speaks volumes. it starts with garcia torres and ends with sierra's death. >> it is an absolute stranger abduction. there is no information we have that the two know each other, have had any contact. we believe this is the worst kind of a crime. >> garcia torres is the only suspect. detectives focus owed him days after the march 16th disappearance when they discovered sierra's dna and his dna on her discarded clothes found two days after her disappearance. evidence was also found in his red jetta. >> there is no weapo

we were at this safeway store in morgan hill at around 6:00 p.m. when detectives took a store employee into custody. he would turn out to be a suspect in the case. we followed the detectives to the sheriff's headquarters and were outside at around 9:30 tonight when detectives took the 21-year-old to the county main jail where sources say officials plan to charge him with murder and kidnapping. sources say that detectives questioned him for go hours about the missing teen trying to find her location but were quiet when we tried to get details. is he associated with the case? >> i'm sorry i can't make any comment. >> reporter: here are what sources close to the investigation told me tonight. it they say he is the owner of the red jetta vehicle that investigators took earlier this month and say is associated with the lamar disappearance. sources say there is dna evidence links him to the clothing found in her backpack. we have been told he has been under surveillance since he was identified including at his job and home. the sheriff's office declined

registration begins at burnett elementary in morgan hill at 8:00 this morning.ive in morgan hill, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> search for sierra get national attention this provide. the case will be front and centered featured on "america's most wanted." stay with us for tall latest developments. >>> across the bay area this morning, police are on the lookout for a white toyota highland their may be linked to a homicide in the north bay. a 66-year-old woman was found dead inside of her roanoke park home tuesday. detectives don't know when she was killed but they say that there was a violent struggle. the woman's white toyota highlander is missing. here's the license plate. 5sg c869. information is on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> a skateboarding accident in livermore taking a tragic turn. a 13-year-old boy killed when he ran into a pickup truck. the teen was transported to a hospital where he was sadly later pronounced dead. >>> one person is in custody this morning in connection with a four-alarm fire at a hire warehouse in the east bay. the flames q

laura anthony is live in morgan hill for us. laura? >> this morning the principle made a campus wide announcement, urging students to try to stay positive. we talked with several who told us they're trying to do that. one girl told us she came nearly face-to-face with the suspect seconds before he was arrested. despite latest developments in this case, the miller family of morgan hill has no plans to remove the messages from the suv. >> i'm not ready to quit. my heart and mind, every fiber says we're going to keep looking until we find her. >> she says her family has her mother to blame. maddy miller is a teammate of her miller and shows competing in a tournament. >> and until we know you can't say anything different. >> and her zoom mate happened to witness the arrest of the suspect at a morgan hill safeway monday night. >> the guy walked past my window. like two inches from it. then all of a sudden all of the under cover cops came and stuff. and they're like get on the ground! >> her friends say they're trying to stay positive despit

the 33rd morgan hill mushroom mardi gras festival.s the garlic but morgan hill has mushrooms as their predominant local crop. highlighting local food, local wines and local traffic. this festival raises funds for local educational scholarships. now, with a source like that, everyone can take a liking to this event. and as you venture out of your cave this saturday, the dumbarton bridge is still close ed today in the bay. >>> well, what may be the party of this memorial day weekend will be in san francisco as the beautiful city celebrates the 75th anniversary of the golden gate bridge. here's nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: if you really can leave your heart in san francisco, chances are it's on the golden gate bridge. >> the bridge has a personality, it has a life, it has a feeling to it. it beckons people. >> it's a long way. >> reporter: on its 75th anniversary, the golden gate is still a wonder. >> it's one of the things you need to see in the world. >> reporter: not just for its beauty, but for the sheer fact it was built at

tara moriarity is live at the courthouse in morgan hill with new information on the story >> reporter: that's right, mike. about 20 minutes ago we heard from the d.a. and initially the arraignment was supposed to happen here at the courthouse in morgan hill but instead we've learned it will happen in san jose, tomorrow afternoon. antolin garcia torres awaits arraignment after being arrested on one count every kidnapping and one count of murder for sierra lamar. detectives found her dna in the suspect's red jetta, and they were keeping him on surveillance in the hopes he would leave them to the body >> but it speaks to somebody messed up there in letting him know that. >> garcia torres' muss told cute she spoke had her son and he said he never met sierra. law enforcement has linked him to at least one of three attacks on women in safeway parking lots where he worked in march of 2009. >> why didn't you arrest him before for that? >> this attorney says police shouldn't jump to conclusions about the suspect. >> i just know what they use that for and that's an emotional button to push, and

the sheriff said there were three assaults against him in morgan hill three years ago.ne happened in this safeway parking lot where the suspect once worked and where he was arrested this one involved a stun gun. the sheriff believes he's attached to one of those assaults but didn't say which one. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> many of sierra lamar's neighbors spent weeks hoping for her safe return now they are feeling loss and frustration after learning investigators believe she was murdered. some have tied pink ribbons to their mail bob'ses as a sign they are not giving up -- mailboxes as a sign they are not giving up on finding her alive >> i feel this killed this area. this terrible news. >> it is really sad. we prayed for her all these days she has been missing. so it is really -- that it is almost coming to an 's the good part if we find her that would be the best part. >> wow. legal analyst dean johnson is here with some analysis. you hear the charges and the family of the suspect and the family of the victim, we don't know if sierra is alive, investigators say sh

live in morgan hill, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >>> 5:03. our legal expert steven clark has been working with us on this case. he says a lot is still unknown, but antolin garcia-torres could face the death penalty. clark talked about the challenges of the case if a body is never found. >> there are prosecutions without bodies and i think that's why they will continue to investigate the case and they will continue to see whether anyone else may have been involved in this case. but clearly they believe at this point that the forensic evidence is such they can tie this defendant to her kidnapping and the fact that she has not come home that she's not the type of person to run away that they can infer she must be dead and i think that's why they're going with murder now. >> clark adds part of the surveillance was to see if he was to make any mistakes to aid the investigation. >> we can tell you that the sheriff's department and sierra lamar's family expected to speak out publicly this morning. stay with us throughout the morning for the latest u

the sheriff said there were three assaults against him in morgan hill three years ago. one happened in this safeway parking lot where the suspect once worked and where he was arrested this one involved a stun gun. the sheriff believes he's attached to one of those assaults but didn't say which one. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> many of sierra lamar's neighbors spent weeks hoping for her safe return now they are feeling loss and frustration after learning investigators believe she was murdered. some have tied pink ribbons to their mail bob'ses as a sign they are not giving up -- mailboxes as a sign they are not giving up on finding her alive >> i feel this killed this area. this terrible news. >> it is really sad. we prayed for her all these days she has been missing. so it is really -- that it is almost coming to an 's the good part if we find her that would be the best part. >> wow. legal analyst dean johnson is here with some analysis. you hear the charges and the family of the suspect and the family of the victim, we don't know if sierra is alive, investigators say

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 antolin garcia-torres. he is a 21-year-old man from morgan hill. accused of kidnapping and murdering sierra lamar. the sheriff's deputy said dna found on sierra's abandoned bag of clothes that led to h

marla tellez live in morgan hill now.latest about what they are saying about the potential new clue. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. investigators are not saying when they found this car or even where. at this point they are not mentioning any word of a suspect. still they are wanting for you, you at home to take a good look at the images that show this red four-door jetta. it has a black hood. if you recall seeing.cykykyub i sierra disappeared on march 16 or on the days before or following, they would like to áryou. sheriff's detectives say they know 3é) they also have a license plate ÷ number. that's about all they are saying. even sierra's father says what ñ da limited. >> even without all,÷ii the de, limited. >> even without all,÷ii the de, i feel know, they are doing their job and i don't want tomv@y disturb that. >> reporter: the search continues on two fronts today.ly divers will becwy searching the &háhp &hc& and it is wednesday, this means it is the weekly volunteer search. you just need to register wh

morgan hill police say there will likely be a future criminal charges. it turns out they found physical evidence that links him to at least one of three attacks in women into safeway parking lots in 2009. police say in one of those cases he jumped into the backseat of a woman's car and zap her with a stun gun >> we have a 100 percent match. >> police say they will be circling back with the victims in these random attacks. all of them got away but it has morgan hill police wondering if he got bowl by virtue of having committed allegedly these past crimes here and then went on to a much more serious crime with sierra lamar. >> investigators are still missing a grim but critical piece of evidence, her body. investigators were back at you this reservoir scanning the lake bottom for any unusual objects. volunteers also plan on continuing their own search on foot. they say news of the arrest is made the more determined than ever to find her >> i was angry but excited and confuse all at the same time but i have not slept because i was so excited to get back her

sierra and her mother had moved in fremont before moving to morgan hill. friends of teenager's old school are coping even adds they hold out hope sirra will be found alive. her father was asking for volunteers to continue their search. >> i'm kind of in a serial shock state. >> reporter: support from friends has been overwhelming. ha yesterday was the first time investigators told him they believe his daughter is no longer alive. >> it's tough to hear. we're still hoping, you know, somehow they're wrong. >> it has been more than 9 weeks since sierra lamar went missing. >> missing her like crazy. hoping, you know, i'm still hoping she's there and we're going to bring her back alive. >> at washington high in fremont where sirra went to school last year, friends too are clinging to a sliver of hope. >> i believe she's alive and told her there's -- until the body is found i think she's out this and nothing nobody can tell me otherwise. >> sierra's best friend told us a matching bracelet the two got at disny land just a year ago. >> her says her name and i got

how's that in morgan hill? 78 for you. 77 in ever green. 76 in san jose. 72 in the castro valley. 78 in concord. and back for hay ward and alameda, staying in the 60s. 64 in san francisco. 60 in pacifica. and close to 80 degrees in sandt the to rosa. on your three-day forecast, major changes by friday. numbers crashing to the upper 60s inland. fog and drizzle. at the coastline, in the 50s. if you're headed to the sierra on friday, potential for rain/snow mix. so, be prepared for potentially wintry conditions. it's not going to last long. by saturday and sunday, things will clear out just in time for good, old g.g.b., who is going to be turning 75. sounds like a relative, right? >> sounds like you're going to a party. what can you get for g.g.b.? >> it will be a big party. >> yes, it will. >> all right, jeff. >>> is it a power play? the warriors might not be the only team. [ male announcer ] it would be easy for u.s. olympian meb keflezighi to deposit checks at the nearest citibank branch. ♪ like this one. ♪ or