they detained and questioned this man, randy alana, a few days ago. ontinue to call him a person of interest. alana and coke dated about 20 years ago. he is considered a high risk sex offender who has been in and out of jail. police say he recently contacted coke for help and was the last person seen with her. >> the body is of a female. we are waiting official confirmation on the identity of the body. >> very sad. it is easy exit, easy entrance to the freeway. >> reporter: and this is a very remote area very few people come to this area. crime scene investigators say they will remain here until dark. they have a large area to process. now, oakland police don't -- they don't intend to identify the body tonight. they say it's going to be a few more days before they ca id the body and release that information. >> so randy alana is a person of interest. they have had him in custody. any indication charges are coming or that they are looking at anybody else? >> reporter: uhm, it sounds like they're only looking at him right now. and i had a phone call with

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police gained some new information from parolee randy alana pointing them in that direction. erson of interest in her disappearance. detectives spent much of the night searching the solano county fairgrounds and lake chabot in vallejo. they will research the search in about an hour. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec has the latest. >> reporter: there's a planned post set up here at the solano county fairgrounds. it's a large area including land and lakes and they are going to be back at it searching this morning at 8 a.m. we don't know exactly why investigators are focused on this area, but we do know that this man, randy alana, an ex- boyfriend of sandra coke, is a person of interest in this case. now, he also goes by the alias of anthony frigalana. we found and address for that name here in vallejo. we know he has a long criminal history as a sex offender and he dated sandra coke 20 years ago but had recently contacted her. they were seen together the night she went missing last sunday night. the search here began at around 8:00 last night. >> every minute that goes by in a missi

kron 4's justine waldman is here now with the jailhouse randy alana. aggressive, approachable and desperate for approvale. he is at the santa rita jail on a parole violation. for contacting coke when he wasn't allowed to. a piece of glass seperated us.and we spoke over thei could only take notes. no during the interview. he got angry, wept and constantly deined he did anything to harm. the woman he called his "gem" and "jewel." but coke's family tells me. randy alana.has a 30-year his one criminal history. his record includes rape, kidnapping and a manslaughter conviction for killing a fellow inmate in during our jailhouse interview. alana told me. >>"people change. i have changed. i am not who i was 35 years ago." alana would ramble about his his treatment behind bars. whenever we spoke about sandra coke. he would cry. telling me. "why would i love?" planned to marry. they meet 20 years ago. while she interviewed him on a case she worked on. alana remembered how coke would hide his criminal past from her family and friends. it bothered him he says. th

oakland police have 56-year-old randy alana in custody. he has prior convictions for kidnap and rape. he's being held on a parole violation. coke's friend said she dated alana recently. at this point police are calling alana a person of interest. crews on scene did not find anything. however they will pick up that search again this morning at 8:00 a.m.. that search may include divers because there are several lakes near this property. live at the air grounds katie utehs ktvu channel 2 news. >>> sandra coke's sister tonya is pleading with the public to help find her. >> we are begging anybody with information about my sister's whereabouts or anyone with information who may have seen her in the last several days to please come forward immediately. >> panelly members announced a $-- family members announced a $100,000 reward for anything that helps police find her. >>> the mother of a baby boy shot to death in oakland is planning her son's funeral. yesterday alicia jackson joined family members and friends. the little boy and father was -- jac

randy alana due in court at 9 a.m. tomorrow. >>> checking bay area headlines, hayward police are investigating a deadly officer- involved shooting. officers were called to a home on west tennyson road last night by a 12-year-old girl who said her father was threatening her mother with a knife. officers say the man came toward them and one fired killing the man. two children and their mother in the home were not hurt. >>> security has been stepped up at san jose's silver creek high school after a student was pistol-whipped on campus. police say the 17-year-old boy was coming to the aid of a female student who was being robbed yesterday afternoon. the boy was treated and released from the hospital. the girl was not hurt. the attacker got away. >>> and a prestigious peninsula private school is in hot water with its neighbors. it's accused of exceeding its enrollment cap. the all girls school is limited to 415 students. a community meeting is under way right now to talk about problems with parking and traffic. the city is

and that person is randy alana. >> reporter: nbc bay area has learned that alana is a sex offender, with a violent past. he's being held on a parole violation and is being questioned in the case. alana and coke know one another. in fact, police say they dated more than 20 years ago. and they have information that puts the two of them together on the day coke was reported missing. >> randy alana and sandra coke were seen later that evening, sunday, august 4th. we're asking from the media and the public, if anyone saw the two of them together. >> reporter: police could not say what led them to the fairgrounds. but tonight, law enforcement along with the fbi, are all here looking for her. >> it's an above-ground search. and we're searching as much area as we can. it's just begun. we just deployed two or three teams out right now. there's a lot of area to be searched. they want to be thorough. >> reporter: family and friends remain hopeful. >> sandra's a very positive person. i hope they're going out there to find her alive. >> reporter: there is a $100,000 reward in the case. family and fri

you spent the day trying to uncover more about randy alana, his history and how he knew sandra coke. >> reporter: that is true. we spent the entire day digging into his past. we first told you at 10 last night, a police source told ktvu that randy alana was seen pumping gas at a gas station using her gas card and we believe that station is behind me. he's considered a person of interest in the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend sandra cook. the 56-year-old randy alana is in santa rita jail, a place he knows well. >> i tried him for murder and back in the '80s. >> reporter: after two trials, he was acquitted. according to a former district attorney in alameda county, he said alana was a member of the black guerilla family prison gang and while awaiting trial for the death, he was charged with helping to kill an inmate. >> eventually, he -- involuntary manslaughter. >> reporter: they asked the corrections not to release any information on him. besides the two murder charges, we heard he has two rape convicts and served time for several robberies. >> he was actually a three- striker. fo

randy alana appeared in court today on parole violations. this is the man who police have called a, quote, person of interest in coke's death. here's where it gets interesting. in court today, we learned part of alana's parole condition was he could not have contact with sandra coke. that was specific to her. now, the judge said according to the parole agent, alana violated a number of conditions including not charging his required gps device, resisting arrest, absconding -- and we're now learning, having, quote, numerous contacts with sandra coke. >> the parole agent, i'm sorry, has alleged that that's a violation that that was the term and condition of his parole not to have contact with her and that he did according to parole agent. >> reporter: now, this latest bit of information brings about more questions. how did they know the two were in contact? and more importantly, why was he banned from contacting her in the first place? sandra coke was reported missing august 4. her body was found about a week ago today. the judge revoked alana'

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randy solana. he is considered a person of interest in the case. >> land did i alana is known -- randy alana is known to sandra coke. they have dated. >> reporter: coke is an investigator with the federal public defender's office in sacramento. she disappeared sunday after 8:30 p.m. leaving her 15-year-old daughter at home. >> she left the house to go to the drugstore on her daughter's behalf and hours later when she didn't come back, her daughter called me frightened. that is unusual. >> information during this investigation was developed that randy alana and sandra coke were seen later that evening. >> reporter: police found her car monday about two miles from her house. they found two cell phones, one near emeryville, another off i- 80 in richmond. this comes as family and friends announce a $100,000 reward for information about her disappearance. >> my sister is an incredibly devoted mother. [ crying ] >> and sister and friend and coworker, which is why there are so many people here today supporting us, trying to find her and her safe return home. >> reporter: linda yee, kpix 5. >> 4:32 now. and

randy alana this morning. when he arrived by bus from the santa rita jail. no video was allowed inside the high security courtroom. where he appeared for a parole hearing. >> the parole agent has filed a petition alleging that he has violated certain terms and conditions of his parole. >> reporter: among those violations, not charging the gps tracking device he was required to wear as a registered high risk sex offender. absconding from parole and resisting arrest. but while alana has not been charged in connection to sandra coke's death, we now know that one condition of his parole specifically involved the murdered federal investigator. >> the parole agent has alleged that that's a violation, that he was -- that was a term and condition of his parole not to have contact with her. >> reporter: in fact, the judge described it as numerous contacts which only adds to a growing list of questions. why did alana's parole guidelines specifically involve coke? what was the nature of their contacts prior to her disapp

sandra coke. >> reporter: behind bars, 56- year-old randy alana told me, i loved sandra more than life itself. when i asked him how she was killed, he told me, i would never lay a hand on her. alana is behind bars on a parole violation. but he is a person of interest in her murder. he says he and sandra talked about getting married numerous times. he says, she wanted to move to montgomery, alabama. she told me, if i changed my environment, i would change my bad habits. alana told me she went against her family and her job to be with me. it was always her biggest fear her family and our daughter would find out about my criminal past and have her committed. he said, she was always making up stories to her family about me. she told them, i own a cleaning business. another time she told them i lived in arizona. i was in arizona but in ja ." alana has been in and out of prisons. criminal history include manslaughter, kidnapping with intent to commit a sexual offense, rape and numerous parole violations. alana said sandra had a heart of gold. when he was released from jail august 1 of this m

police named a person of interest, a high-risk sex offender named randy alana. >>> b.a.r.t.ion negotiators meet again today to try and reach a deal for a new contract. the union says if it does not make considerable progress today, it will issue a 48-hour strike notice. even if they issue that strike notice, the governor can still step in and order a 60-day cooling off period. if, in fact, they do strike on monday, our news starts at 4:00 a.m. >> we'll keep our fingers crossed. also keeping our fingers crossed to get this settled. a big mess at stanford, water gushing onto the streets. you can see a car apparently hit a fire hydrant, knocked it off its base. that's when the fireworks and sprinkler system went nuts. crews cleaning up that mess. no word on what may have caused the crash to happen. speaking of water, let's take you to the water right now, america's cup semifinals continuing. italy's luna rossa taking on artemis. luna rossa already won two of the head-to-head battles, two in a row. so far it needs now two more to advance in the finals to take on the emirates new

randy alana has a 30 year criminal history. rape, kidnapping and a manslaughter conviction. ur interview he said people change, i have changed. i have not who i was 35 years ago. alana would ramble about his past and angry about his dream behind bars. when we spoke about sandra coke he cried. why would i grieve for someone i distribute love. they planned to get married. they met 20 years ago. alana remember how coke would hide his criminal past. it bothered him coke was embarrassed by him. alana was the last person seen with coke on august 4th. when i asked if he hurt sandra coke his answer "absolutely not" no physically but sometimes love hurts. she hurt me and i hurt her. he would not elaborate. when i asked who do you think would want to harm her. his answer through tears that police need to stop looking at me. coke's family are grieving their loss and a spokesperson said "why would we or anyone else believe what he has to say." >>> walnut creek police believe that as many as half a dozen people may have been involved in the burglary at tiff annise a week and a half ago --

more of the forr boyfriend being called a person of interest in coke's disappearance. 56-year-old randy alana is a frequent visitor to coke's house, he's being held in jail. the district attorney tells us alana is acquitted of murder in 1980s. while he was waiting for trial, he was charged in death of an inmate. he also served time for robbery. >>> the father of a 6 month old of alameda is now behind bars. robert the third is being held without bonn tonight. he's responsible for a head injuries that sent the child to intensive careless than two weeks ago, the baby died in the hospital. authorities say the injuries were extensive. >> a broken few mur and we believe that it is partially to do with shaken violently. >> court's documents described the injuriesed and the baby has been abused before. >>> the man accused of fatally shooting of a young nurse student in san jose. he's facing one count of murder with a gun enhancement. 19-year-old kimberly chico was in a car when she was struck by gunfire, she was a student at san jose state, her funeral is set for tomorrow. >>> millionaire chahal is f

convicted rapist of randy alana is a person of interest of this case. investigators say he was seen with coke of the night she appeared. the 52-year-old is now being held of parole violation. >> randy alana is still considered a person of interest. >> >> investigators are not revealing any details of the case including how coke died. >>> coke's family is devastated by the loss of the be loved sandra, the statement goes on saying all of us will miss the beautiful sandra coke and the family also asked for time to mourn the loss. >>> doctors will work to repair the injuries from sunday's attack. it is unclear of where the child will be treated. he was air lifted in sacramento following the attack, because of insurance concerns, the child maybe transfer to a computerized ser affiliated hospital. >>> 48-year-old richard was arrested last night in redwood city. while in jail he made statements that led investigators to the arpt of -- inside was a body of a 47-year-old woman. she worked as counsellor. >> she was a loving person. >> all she did was cared about

her family says none of that is true. >> randy alana remains a suspect in the disappears of sandra coke. he is in jail or charges of not charging his gps, resisting arrest and having contact with coke. alana has a long and violent criminal history. he even had a stay-away order to keep him from seeing coke but he said the two were in a relationship and, quote, we recently talk about getting married. coke's family denies the two had any involvement since they dated more than 20 years ago. her sister, tanya, released a statement that reads in part: he was the last person seen with my sister, but claims he has nothing to do with her disappearance and killing. why would we or anyone else believe what he has to say? >>> but allan a na claims when we wasn't in jail over the course of the last year, he was living with coke, sharing her north oakland home. when i showed his photo to neighbors neighbors neighbors who didn't want to go on camera, other few said they had seen alana on their street. >> see him right there. no doubt. that's him. and it's kind of bad. real bad. >> did see him walking

was developed that randy alana and sandra coke were seen later that evening which would be sunday august 4th. >> the night sandra disappeared. >> we know that person over 20 years ago dated sandra coke briefly and reappeared in the bay area rather recently and reached out to sandra for help. >> two days later coke's mini cooper was found in a, paing lot not far from her home. two cell phones were found, one in emeryville and the other tossed the out near the ramp near i-80 in it richmond. >> we are desperate to see her returned home safely. we are asking anybody with information about my sister, sandra coke to please, please come forward. >> today the family announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to sandra's return. this search is just getting into full swing. the oakland police department said they will be here all night long and hope that sandra coke is alive, but they believe this search could determine whether or not foul play is involved. reporting live at the solano county fairgrounds in vallejo, abc 7 news. >> if there any developments during this newscast, we will br

there is foul play involved. >> reporter: police also confirmed they've identified 56- year-old randy alana as a person of interest. alana who has prior convictions of kidnap and rape was picked up a few days ago. he had recently contacted alana. tonight police revealed alana had been seen with coke the night of the disappearance. >> i can't share with you where, if they were in a vehicle, a commercial establishment or at a private residence. >> reporter: alana was seen on surveillance video using coke's credit card putting gas in her car. coke's mini cooper was found in oakland earlier this week even as detectives with opd major crime's homicide unit left for vallejo. a friend of coke tried to remain hopeful. >> reporter: -- >> sandra is a very positive person. so i hope they're going out there to find her alive. >> reporter: we're told as many as 50 maybe even more could be involve in this search that is expected to go on as long as it takes they say. possibly all night tonight. i just heard from an officer out here who told me, they may be able to give us a briefing. if we get any new in

there is foul play involved. >> reporter: police also confirmed they've identified 56- year-old randy alana as a person of interest. alana who has prior convictions of kidnap and rape was picked up a few days ago. he had recently contacted alana. tonight police revealed alana had been seen with coke the night of the disappearance. >> i can't share with you where, if they were in a vehicle, a commercial establishment or at a private residence. >> reporter: alana was seen on surveillance video using coke's credit card putting gas in her car. coke's mini cooper was found in oakland earlier this week even as detectives with opd major crime's homicide unit left for vallejo. a friend of coke tried to remain hopeful. >> reporter: -- >> sandra is a very positive person. so i hope they're going out there to find her alive. >> reporter: we're told as many as 50 maybe even more could be involve in this search that is expected to go on as long as it takes they say. possibly all night tonight. i just heard from an officer out here who told me, they may be able to give us a briefing. if we get any new in

randy alana was seen with coke the night she disappeared. >> what we will say is randy alana is still considered a person of interest. >> in a statement released by coke's relatives they say -- >> coke's co workers issued a statement. it reads in part -- >>> the santa clara county coroner has identified the woman struck and killed by construction machinery yesterday at san jose city college. 49-year-old maga gonzalez died at the hospital while she was hit. katie utehs is live where students are questioning their own safety. >> reporter: good afternoon. i spoke with two women who are students on campus. they were walking in that same spot about ten minutes before the deadly collision yesterday. this whole campus appears to be surrounded by construction. if you take a look over my shoulder, there's really -- it's unclear where the construction area begins and where it is safe to walk. that's some of the concerns that people are having. the women i spoke to, they don't recall any construction tape blocking off the area. around 11:00 yesterday morning, five dispatchers responded to report

was developed that randy alana and sandra coke were seen later that evening which would be sunday august>> the night sandra disappeared. >> we know that person over 20 years ago dated sandra coke briefly and reappeared in the bay area rather recently and reached out to sandra for help. >> two days later coke's mini cooper was found in a, paing lot not far from her home. two cell phones were found, one in emeryville and the other tossed the out near the ramp near i-80 in it richmond. >> we are desperate to see her returned home safely. we are asking anybody with information about my sister, sandra cok to please, please come forward. >> today the family announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to sandra's return. this search is just getting into full swing. the oakland police department said they will be here all night long and hope that sandra coke is alive, but they believe this search could determine whether or not foul play is involved. reporting live at the solano county fairgrounds in vallejo, abc 7 news. >> if there any developments during this newscast, we will bring the

behind bars, 56-year-old randy alana told me i loved sandra more than life itself. when i asked him how she was killed, he said i would never lay a hand on her. alana is behind bars on a parole violation, but he is a person of interest in her murder. he said they talked about getting married. he said she said she wanted to move to montgomery, alabama. he said it was always her biggest fear that the family would find out about me. she told them i own a cleaning business. another time, she told them i lived in arizona. i was in arizona, but in jail. alana has been in and out of jail for rape, manslaughter, parole violations. alana said sandra had a heart of gold. when he was released august 1, she picked him up and took him home. he told me she recently said this time when you get out of jail, we will get married so you can be on my health plan, but three days after his release, sandra went missing. her body found august 9 near a park in vacaville. i asked alana if he didn't kill sandra, who did, he said he didn't know, but it wasn't him. keep in mind, he is behind bar

police have identified randy alana as a person of interest in this case. several hours ago crews resumeed their search of a three square mile area in vallejo, mike nemack joins us with that. >> reporter: we will get to that in just a bit. we want to get you up to speed on a new development. 10 minutes ago i saw a sheriff's boat being pulled out of the water here so i called him. i said hey what is happening. why are you pulling them out. he said there has been a new development. i said did you find a body. he said i can't confirm that, all i can say is we are expanding to a new area, we will get more on that later he said possibly 30 minutes. meantime we got new video we shot 30 minutes here north of us shows search and rescue crews pulling and poking at a comforter along the shore and also found an old white boat they left alone but definitely checked out. i would say in all 70 search and rescuers are looking for one missing woman. they are on foot, they are on the water. this is the search for oakland's sandra koch. >> we are also going to use dogs. they

was developed that randy alana and sandra coke were seen later that evening which would be sunday august 4th. >> the night sandra disappeared. >> we know that person over 20 years ago dated sandra coke briefly and reappeared in the bay area rather recently and reached out to sandra for help. >> two days later coke's mini cooper was found in a, paing lot not far from her home. two cell phones were found, one in emeryville and the other tossed the out near the ramp near i-80 in it richmond. >> we are desperate to see her returned home safely. we are asking anybody with information about my sister, sandra coke to please, please come forward. >> today the family announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to sandra's return. this search is just getting into full swing. the oakland police department said they will be here all night long and hope that sandra coke is alive, but they believe this search could determine whether or not foul play is involved. reporting live at the solano county fairgrounds in vallejo, abc 7 news. >> if there any developments during this newscast, we will br

it is randy alana, behind bars. sources tell us that alana had a relationship with coke more than 20 years ago. we understand he recently came back into town, and she was trying to help him turn his life around. reporting live in berkeley, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, jodi. >>> we're also following developing news out of san jose tonight. police have arrested a man for a shooting saturday that left a san jose state university student dead. investigators say an officer arrested 23-year-old johnny lozano for violating his parole by carrying a loaded weapon. after officer checked the description of the shooter in saturday's murder this, man was charged for that killing. 19-year-old nursing student kimberly chico was shot to death while in the passenger seat of a car in downtown san jose early saturday morning. she was planning to return to classes later this month. her killing marks san jose's 30th homicide of the year. >>> it's been a tense day in the quiet suburbs of sunnyvale. a neighborhood was

randy alana is a "person of interest" and is held on parole violation. >> a 10-year old is recovering from a pit bull attack. these are pictures of the boy from the hospital bed if sacramento after undergoing surgery after being attacked on sunday. hunter was run up the stairs when the pit bull mauled him. his mother said he suffered major injuries. >> on his face the dog get him from here down to here and all the way across his ear and half the ear is off. >> his mother claims the two dogs attacked their son but police say only one appears to have been involved in the dog now being quarantined while authorities decide its fate. >> 21-year-old fairfield man is held without bail for drowning a dog. several people witnesses the man holding a dog under water after the pond in front of city hall. thing do belonged to his father. authorities trying to figure out if a woman caught embarrassnating a before impersonating a nurse pulled the same stunt at other hospitals and was arrested on friday. she work scrubs, a stethoscope and a hospital badge. she bragged on facebook about working had an

. >> reporter: police say coke's former boyfriend, parolee randy alana, remains a person of interest in the case. tonight we're learning more about alana's violent past. not only is he a high-risk sex offender convicted of kidnapping and rape, he was also charged with two murders in the 80s. according to court documents, one alleged victim was found with a claw hammer protruding from the back of her head. while the jury deadlocked on that case, he later pled guilty to manslaughter in the killing of a fellow jail inmate. >> what we will say at this time is that randy alana is still considering a person of interest. >> reporter: meanwhile, friends, family and neighbors are trying to deal with the reality, coke's not coming home. >> i just can't believe it. she's a nice person. took care of her place, her kids, friendly. >> reporter: her family issued a statement saying "the coke family is devastated by the loss of our beloved sandra. she was a loving mother, daughter, sister and aunty and a shining light in our family." coke's co-workers also released a statement today saying she dedic

police arrested this man, 56- year-old randy alana, on an unrelated parole violation. but at this point he hasn't been charged in coke's death. alana reportedly dated coke 20 years ago and he was seen with her on the night she disappeared. >> what we will say at this time is that randy alana is still considered a person of interest. >> reporter: in a statement, the coke family says, "the coke family is devastated by the loss of our beloved sandra. she was a loving mother, daughter, sister and auntie, and a shining light in our family. her good cheer, easy laugh and generous hugs will be missed" > it's a sad thing. >> reporter: coke's neighbor ernestine pittman was sat to learn the news. >> she was a good person. and i just don't understand what's going on. >> reporter: and darrell cross has this wish for coke. >> all i can say is rest in peace. that's all i can say, rest in peace. >> reporter: sandra coke worked as an investigator with the federal defender's office in sacramento. this afternoon, that office released a statement calling her a loved and respected coworke

[crying] trying to find her and her safe return home. >> reporter: randy alana is in custody tonight but the police say he has not been charged in this case yet. meantime, kpix-5 don knapp is where the search going on, don? >> reporter: that is right, linda. >>> quite a massive search or building up to be a massive search. take a look behind us. we are at the fairgrounds t is three miles of land here that is also including a lake or a couple of lakes, even, discovery kingdom, a residential area here at highway 80 and 37. what we are looking at is an area, staging area. not many people because what happens a lot of people come in and get their intersections and go out into the darkness to begin searching. this began about 8:30 this evening. the numbers are growing, including people from the sheriff's office, contra costa county, napa county as well as oakland police and the f.b.i. >> at this point it is an above ground search and we are searching as much area as we can. it has just begun. we just deployed, i believe, two or three teams out right now. there is a lot of area to be searc

it follows the arrest of a man police are calling a person of interest, randy alana is being held on ations. he has previous convictions for kidnapping and rape. she dated alana twenty years ago. lawmaker officials have surveillance video of putting gas in coke's car using her credit card. had spokesperson plans to be here in the next 15 or 20 20 minutes or so. and again today, they were out all night, did not find anything. but daylight may help them. this will be the first opportunity crews will have to look at this ground daylight. live at the solano county fairgrounds, katie utehs ktvu channel 2 news. >>> sonoma county deputies are searching for an inmate who walked away from a work crew. the crew was working late wednesday night. 38-year-old michael edward green was at a minimum security part of the county jail. he'd been convicted on drug, burglary and theft charges. >>> new this morning, police are investigating a shooting of three people at an apartment complex this morning. ktvu's janine de la vega is at the scene with the latest on the search for a suspect. good morning. >>

randy alana, a paroled sex offender. and according to our media partner was acquitted of murder in 1983 while waiting for trial accused of stabbing another inmate pleading no contest. >> breaking news in the bart talks. the governor announced he'll pick a court order for a 60 day cooling off period. two sides seem far part on the negotiate yigss. laura anthony is live with the latest. >> two sides have been here negotiating and still up stairs in a building behind me, talking. this is a big relief to bay area commuter who's will not face a possibility of a strike monday. but unions came down just a short time ago to tell us they're not happy with the governor's decision and they wish he'd waited longer. >> it's really the only guarantee to make sure we have train service. >> now governor indicated he will seek a court ordered cooling off period to keep trains running focus will be on getting a deal done. >> we're talking about the economic proposals and hoping to see movement on their part. >> we wish the governor had no

we don't know why investigators are focused on this area, but we do know that this man randy alana an ex-boyfriend of sandra coke is a person of interest in this case. he also goes by the name of anthony frigalana. we found an address for that name in vallejo. alana has a long criminal history as a sex offender and he dated 50-year-old sandra coke 20 years ago but it recently contacted her. they were seen together the night she went missing after leaving her oakland home last sunday. the search began around 8 p.m. >> every minute that goes by in a missing persons case makes it that much more challenging so we are going to take advantage of every option, resource and opportunity that we have to continue to move this case forward. >> reporter: alana hasn't been charged in this case. he is being held in jail though on a parole violation. he has already done time for kidnapping and rape. a murder charge for which he was acquitted. and he made a no contest plea in a jailhouse stabbing. at this point the police won't say whether or not they believe sandra coke is alive or if they are lookin

randy alana, a paroled sex offender. and according to our media partner was acquitted of murder in 1983 while waiting for trial accused of stabbing another inmate pleading no contest. >> breaking news in the bart talks. the governor announced he'll pick a court order for a 60 day cooling off period. two sides seem far part on the negotiate yigss. laura anthony is live with the latest. >> two sides have been here negotiating and still up stairs in a building behind me, talking. this is a big relief to bay area commuter who's will not face a possibility of a strike monday. but unions came down just a short time ago to tell us they're not happy with the governor's decision and they wish he'd waited longer. >> it's really the only guarantee to make sure we have train service. >> now governor indicated he will seek a court ordered cooling off period to keep trains running focus will be on getting a deal done. >> we're talking about the economic proposals and hoping to see movement on their part. >> we wish the governor had no

our sources said randy alana is not talking. life in the news room, erick rassmussen. >>> they have arrested a suspect in the firing death of a nurse who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. kimberly chico was in a car. . >> it is tragic this lady was murdered. that could have been anybody driving down the street and catching a stray bullet. >> her death was the 30th homicide this year. >>> now to sunny valley where a man called to say he killed someone. police were in a stand off. [ bullets ] the men refused to surrender. that's when officers opened fire. a woman's body was found inside. there was previous domestic violence disputes. >>> she is preparing for a funeral next week. >> do not come with violence. i will be the one to put you out. >> she was lighting candles to remember drew jackson. they slept in their home near the coliseum. we checked with police about the investigation. there is nothing new to report. >>> two men posing at utility workers tied up a family of three and robbed their home. the men wore hard hat

identificado hasta una semana pero se sospecha que es sandra hood que desapareció , fue vista con randy alana peligroso . >> a un mes de la bebe daphe en okland familiares repartieron volantes para encontrarla. >> la familia se ha concentrado en alameda beach. >> funcionarios del sheriff de sandiego informaron que el sospechoso de rapatar a hanna se encuentra muerto, lo ubicaron desde el aire , pero la policía declino discutir los detalles de su muerte, la menor será evaluada en un hospital. >> en richmod se demanda a la ciudad por el programa que brinda a apoyo a deudores de viviendas, el programa sirve para refinanciar la deuda . >> el domingo once adolescentes caminaran en favor de la reforma migratoria , son inmigrantes que a pesar de no tener documentos han decidido dar la cara. >> yo no se si pueden detener a mi mamá. >> si los quiere ayudar mañana un autobús saldrá de san francisco a sacramento y aún hay cupos para más información llamen al número en pantalla . >> los 9 dreamers que permanecieron detenidos dijeron ver abusos , carla gomez nos tiene los detalles. >> 80 personas están en

. >> las autoridades indicaron que fue vista la tarde del domingo con randy alana y es un criminal con oakland después determinará los pasos a seguir. >> hasta que la autopsia no sdetermine que es de sandra coke, las autoridades todavía continúan con la búsqueda de una persona desaprecida. >> el este de san josé fue otra vez escenario de un tiroteo, una mujer y un hombre recibieron balazos, la policía llego al lugar y no había víctimas. >> el presidente barack obama confia en que la reforma migratoria recibira los votos necesarios para ser aprobada. >> el mandatario se refirio al tema y dijo que si este proyecto fuera sometido a la cámara de representantes sería aprobado y además los llamo a resolver las diferencias. >> les cuento también que la bancarrota de los supermercados la banca, hay problemas para los pagosd de los empleados. >> ese cheque era úpara la renta, soy soltera tengo cuatro niños. >>los empleados si van a cobrar sus cheques, dicen sino que la empresa se declaró en bancarrota. >> vamos a reemplazar los cheques muy pronto-. >> los oficiales de la compañía dijo que el pr

alana is a convicted rapist and former boyfriend of cokes. >> what we will say at this time is randy alanaill considered a person of interest. >> sandra coke's relatives did not mention alana in a statement they released. imsea they said the folk family is -- all of this will miss sandra -- that are are a devoted single mother an she dedicate head work and life. if >>>ment cooing i more details of a deadly crash. the identity of a man killed when a party have core recented. >>> more about the very unusual circumstances that led police to the victim's body. z good morning. the traffic is getting a little busier now. we do have a spot in the bay area where there is a crash blocking the lane. right here we are looking at highway 24 and that is moderate. >>> a little bit more fog today. so does that mean cooler for some or warm to hot again? we'll have the forecast and extrended. ♪ [ female announcer ] wherever morning brings you, bring the energy you need. new nature valley soft-baked oatmeal squares. softly-baked, made with hearty oatmeal and a drizzle of cinnamon. they're nature valley's br

it's quite a large search area. >> reporter: oakland police do have 56-year-old randy alana in dutschke. he has prior convictions for kidnap and rape. he's being held on parole violations. coke's friends say she dated alana some time ago. at this point police are calling alana a person of interest and have not said if he pointed them to the current search area. there is also several lakes nearby so a dive team may be brought in this morning and search crews planning to resume their search at 8:00 a.m.. katie utehs ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there is a major new development in the brutal killing last year of a teenage girl in sacramento. prosecutors announced they arrested the suspect of a brutal killing of jessica funk haslam. her body was found in a baseball dugout. dna led to a break in the case 17 months after the killing. >> dna i'm confident that jessica's murder would not have been solved. >> the suspect identified as 23- year-old ryan douglas robert. he's a dishwasher at a sacramento steak house. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the bart labor dispute and the threat of another

yet, a law enforcement source tells ktvu, it was randy alana's cell phone information, and not a gps signal that led officers to search in solano county, where they discovered a woman's body. family friends say she recently dated alana. and he recently reached out to her again, asking for help in getting his life back together. a law enforcement official says they have alana on video putting gas in her car. investigators came here last week to look at video recorded by these cameras. tonight, a spokesperson for sandra's family say they still had no official word on the identity of the body that's here. but they said they do expect some kind of an announcement tomorrow. live in oakland, eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> 16-year-old girl kidnapped victim, hannah anderson is back home tonight, surroundedly family and friends. a sign on the back of a friend's van welcomes hannah home. the teen only learned the death of her mother, and brother ethan after she was rescued saturday in the idaho wilderness. james dimaggio killed the pair. today, hanna's father asked for privacy. >> fo

yet, a law enforcement source tells ktvu, it was randy alana's cell phone information, and not a gps signal that led officers to search in solano county, where they discovered a woman's body. family friends say she recently dated alana. and he recently reached out to her again, asking for help in getting his life back together. a law enforcement official says they have alana on video putting gas in her car. investigators came here last week to look at video recorded by these cameras. tonight, a spokesperson for sandra's family say they still had no official word on the identity of the body that's here. but they said they do expect some kind of an announcement tomorrow. live in oakland, eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> 16-year-old girl kidnapped victim, hannah anderson is back home tonight, surroundedly family and friends. a sign on the back of a friend's van welcomes hannah home. the teen only learned the death of her mother, and brother ethan after she was rescued saturday in the idaho wilderness. james dimaggio killed the pair. today, hanna's father asked for privacy. >> fo

randy alana is a career criminal.he most dangerous inmates at the santa rita jail. during our 30 minutes aggressive, quickly agitated.yet approachable. he looked very similar to this other mug shot. he had a mustache and glasses. and wore the red prison jump suit. which indicates he needs higher security. alana is only allowed out of his cell for 1-hour a day. and is kept away from other inmates. his criminal history inclues rape, kidnapping and manslaughter.for killing a fellow jail inmate in the 80s. alana also told me.that he and sandra loved each other. and they wanted to get married. coke dissapeared from her oakland home on august 4th. her body was found in vacaville on august 9th. police took alana in. as a person of interest. in the case. alana is being held in the santa rita jail. on a parole violation. and police have made no alana told me he understands why police consider him a "person of intersest.". but that police need to look somewhere else to find his girlfriends killer. that part of the story is comi

---de acuerdo a las autoridades "randy alana" de 56 aÑos, podria tener informacion que ayude a la investigacion la busqueda de la mujer. ---al parecer alana y coke se conocieron hace unos 20 aÑos y el hombre habria reaparecido en la vida de la mujer para solicitarle ayuda personal. take vo #2 ---el sujeto tiene un historial criminal que incluye violacion, secuestro y asesinato. ---coke ...desaparecio el lunes pasado y hoy la familia anuncio una recompensa de 100 mil dolares para quien de informacion que lleve a las autoridades a dar con el paradero de la mujer. cesar ---esta noche, un hombre de san jose se encuentra tras las rejas, acusado de disparar una bala que le quito la vida a una joven el pasado sabado take vo ---johnny lozano, de 23 aÑos de edad, fue detenido en el sur de san jose y tenia un arma de fuego en su poder ---la victima, "kimberly chico", de 19 aÑos de edad y estudiante de la universidad estatal de san jose, viajaba en un auto en una calle del centro cuando fue impactada por una bala... take sot "at this point, we've determined that she was a completely innocent victim. she h

on the day she disappeared she was seen with randy alana with a long criminal history. coke and alana dated 20 years ago. alana behind bars tonight, he was arrested last week on a parole violation. officers found the bus about 11:00 last night on interstate 280. the passengers still strapped in the seat belt was dead. officers could not driver but did spot a man walking near by. >>> a seasons teen tells us struggling of losing a two long time friends after they died in the car crash. lopez was the passenger of the car accident. 16-year-old hernandez, the passenger and the driver 19-year-old perez were killed. >> k they're gone, it sucks because it is like i grew up with them, it is not going to be the same. >> lopez says he and his friends were drinking before their car hit a tree on saturday night, the crash was a single car accident. friends of the teens were driving in another car and the driver in his car swerved to avoid hitting another vehicle. >>> u.s. attorneys general holder appeared in san francisco to announce big changes and how prosecutors handle non violen

la polica dice que un ex- novio de coke de nombre randy alana, quien es un delincuente sexual convictopto, y quien est vinculado a dos homicidios, es una persona de inters en el caso.. una fuente nos dijo que una cmara de seguridad capt el carro de coke cruzando el puente cartinez, otra cmara de seguridad capt a alana echndole gasolina con su tarjeta de dbito. s.o.t. johnna watson/portavoz, policía de san josé 1:25:00 at this time in the investigation he is only a person of interest because they were known to each other, we also have information that they were seen together sunday evening, la portavoz de la polica dijo en la maÑana que alana es una persona de inters porque fue visto con coke el da de su desaparicin. el se encuentra detenido por una violancin a su libertad condicional.. la bsqueda de sandra coke empez hoy en los terrenos de la feria del condado de solano en vallejo, y pas a vacaville en la tarde.. una fuente inform que las autoridades rastrearon el celular de coce al condado de solano, y que su hija utiliz la aplicacin localizar mi iphone para dar con el telfono su mam.

we have learned new information of this person, his name is randy alana, he's criminal past, charges of kidnapping and just to name a field. search of what they're calling of the credible. we learned from oakland police randy and coke were last seen together on sunday. >> they were seen together last sunday which is august 4th. >> it is a concrete lead and more than what we had more than 48 hours to work on that he had not been in her life until recently in the last several months when he had come back here. the family here is hopeful that finally there may be a real lead for more information as to her where abouts. >> reporter: the last video there of close friend of sandra coke. the person of interest is in custody at this hour is not a suspect. we need to be clear of that, he's considered as a person of interest, he's arrested earlier today of an unrelated charge of parol violation. police are looking whether or not he has anymore knowledge of sandra coke and at this hour many questions remained unanswered. we'll be bringing you more information as we have it, reporting from vallej