kron 4's rob fladeboe is at the scene. the 11- month old girl was found, along with the stolen car. rob -- what do we know about any suspects tonight? >> reporter: the suspect is described as a woman in her 30's. in this neighborhood was on foot. and i can tell you that mother, baby are doing fine. there were at the hospital and were checked out. they are convinced that the mother and the baby will have a reunion with the friends, family sometime this evening. the amber alert out of san jose has now been canceled since the 11-month-old girl helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. here's how it all unfolded. at 6:40 this morning, a white jeep liberty was stolen from the driveway of graciella quintero -- with her baby gabriella inside. quintero says, she stepped away from her car momentarily -- and when she returned, it was gone. hours later at 11:22 a-m-- officers found the stolen jeep, with baby gabriela still in the backseat at an apartment complex near the seven trees community center. the baby appeared to be in good heal

right now, police are asking for your help to track down kron4's rob fladeboe has the latest. >> she was a very nice young lady. >> reporter: john nguyen shared garage space with the victim, who lived with her young son in this apartment on first street and died in the parking lot after being stabbed multiple times by her ex boyfriend with what witnesses described as a butcher knife. >> i did not see this man before i usually just saw her and her son. >> reporter: this was that same parking lot friday evening as heavily-armed police scoured the neighborhood for the killer, who was seen jumping a fence and escaping on foot. video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news shows squads of police, their guns drawn, going door to door in search of a man later identified as 29-year-old juan ramirez whom they say was stalking sandra cruces gonzales, his former girlfriend. >> we determined that this relationship and about two years ago but he was still stalking her.. >> reporter: police say gonzales had obtained a restraining order to keep ramirez away but a friend says he rebuffed her

and rob fladeboe has the latest. >> reporter: the search engines and the scotts valley but it continues elsewhere. his parents held a news conference to announce that he is still missing. >> it is going to be really important to keep his face on the news so we can figure out where he is he may not appear as a troubled guy but he is not himself >> reporter: the search was brought to a halt after deputies received a tip. they say that he was driven to sparks, nev. on thursday. abraham turned out but the sparks gas station the surveillance video they were showing him weather or not he was the loving loved one. >> the was adamant that it was the missing person and he described a multi- colored stuffed animal that he believed that he could have had in his custody. >> reporter: his unpredictable behavior has been blamed on his head behavior. he could not know why he would go to nevada. >> he is it is oriented and not himself. it is a mystery antaeus scared about the whole thing we just want him back. >> reporter: the search will switch to novad banta nv, and he has family in utah. and it will

we have been telling you about this developing story in the san jose rob fladeboe is on the phone with this happened about 3:30 in this parking lot near a restaurant. this is right across the street from the sheriff's department, believe it or not. and the information i have is that there was an argument with a man and woman in a parking lot at the staff for several times. she was rushed to hospital and pronounced dead. there is a manhunt near first avenue. they have police tape on first, second, third street and fourth street. all of these streets are blocked off. yard by yard. a male in his 20s is his description armed with a knife. other than that, i cannot tell you weather or not this man is considered armed or dangerous. that is the status right now and there are helicopters with a lot of police going back and forth. >> catherine: this is our helicopter a partnership with abc 7 if look like there were going door to door going from garage to garage fowith weapons drawn is that correct? >> i would not doubt that. i am about one half block from where all of the action it appears to b

in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news >> homicide detectives said that ramirez may be attempting to fleeco. and is posibly driving a dark green, 1996 toyota t- 100 pickup truck similar to the one you see on your screen. >> marysville raceway is open again. one week after a deadly crash killed two people. saturday. the track hosted the tenth annual great taxi cab open. a race that features stock cars and super stocks equipped with wings, panels and foils that help the cars zip around the track. police say 14-year-old marcus johnson of santa rosa was in the pit area of the race track when his cousin's racecar went off the track and hit marcus and a second person. the family says that the driver. a 17-year old petaluma high school student. was like a brother to the victim. >> a lake county girl who had been missing for the past several days is now safe at a relatives house in santa rosa this morning. jenica fredrick disappeared thursday morning from her home in cobb. she was reportedly upset about some familyy issues before she went missing. many rescue crews -- including some from the bay

kron four's rob fladeboe tells you about the plea entered by deborah gratz.hat prosecutors are saying say about the case. wearing a black jacket over a pink blouse and free on supervised 'own recognizance' since her arrest earlier this month, 59-year-old deborah gratz, of hollister, stood quietly during her brief arraignment at the south county courthouse in morgan hill. the veteran daycare teacher showed no emotion as her attorney entered a plea of not guilty. prosecutors have charged gratz with ten misdemeanor counts of child endangerment and assault. gratz was fired from her job here at the kiddie academy daycare center after her arrest earlier this month for allegedly spiking the sippy-cups of at least five one and 2-year-old children with the over-the-counter sleep aid 'sominex.' the judge ordered gratz to have no unsupervised contact with any unrelated minors until prosecutors would not discuss whether there is evidence of any prior drugging episodes but that kiddie academy parents feel betrayed. >> about the trust they placed in this woman. and i am su

in fremont rob fladeboe kron 4 news ".cheering and bell ringing" >> catherine: tonight-- catholics around the world are celebrating a new pope. thousands gathered in st. peter's square, to see history made. cardinal jorge bergo-leeo of argentina. was selected by a conclave of cardinals. kron four's grant lodes has more on the 76 year old former archbishop of buenos aires.now known as pope francis. on the right. pope francis. over here, the 12th=century saint francis of assisi. he is the patron saint of, among other things, animals, the environment and the city of san francisco. the new pope's choice of his name may be a sign of big changes at the vatican. he is very harmful. everybody knows that. he does not like to be full of himself. he has been outspoken opponent of abortion and same-sex marriage. new at eight, - latin american experts are weighing in on the first pope from that part of the world. as kron four's terisa estacio reports, some say the move is sending some key messages on the future of the church. >> i think this is very >> reporter: professor and director harley shaiken o

kron4's rob fladeboe has the latest. >> issue was a very nice young lady. >> reporter: john nguyen shared garage space with the victim, who lived with her young son in this apartment on first street and died in the parking lot after being stabbed multiple times by her ex boyfriend with what witnesses described as a butcher knife. >> i think that i've seen this guy before. >> reporter: this was that same parking lot friday evening as heavily-armed police scoured the neighborhood for the killer, who was seen jumping a fence and escaping on foot. video from our helicopp with abc 7 nes shows squads of police, their guns drawn, going door to door in search of a man later identified as 29-year-old juan ramirez whom they say was stalking sandra cruces gonzales, his former girlfriend. >> we have determined that their relationship ended about two years ago but he has been stalking her. >> reporter: police say gonzales had obtained a restraining order to keep ramirez away but a friend says he rebuffed her efforts to part ways and that friday was not the first time he had made unwelcome visits to he

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kron four's rob fladeboe talks to parents about the charges. kiddie academy parent bianca flores says the news about what happened made her >> sick. >> reporter: flores says her 2-year-old son caleb suffers from seizures and while he wasn't in deborah gratz' class on friday, when the alleged drugging took place, he has been in her care on many other days. some parents expressed confidence in the kiddie academy, which issued a statement vowing cooperation with police, but others say this is news no parent wants to hear. bianca flores has pulled caleb out of school for now, saying he won't return until he's been checked out by a doctor. >> reporter: in morgan hill rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> the day care facility released this statement today. saying "we take this matter very seriously. ms. gratz was terminated immediately for her actions. we are cooperating fully with authorities." >> the fire at berkeley's famous 'chez panisse' restaurant has done a lot of damage -- and caused big delays in re-opening. the top rated dining spot is still closed

rob fladeboe, kron 4.chez panisse we can see what is supposed to be one of the dining areas. there are no tables. there are no chairs. it is still smells like smoke. several fans are blowing. there is no electricity in some portions. and a limited water. they want to make sure that everything is ready to be up to par when the reservations will resume in three weeks. justin waldman, kron 4. >> reporter: the search continues for this missing woman. they have posted these fliers on every plac hoping that any place will be able to lead informational. to my hope is that she is safe and not harm it and will be coming back today. >> reporter: >> reporter: haazig madyun kron 4 >> reporter: nasa announced that the curiosity mars rover that is exploring this section of mars is that the distant past it could have supported microbial life forms. sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon are the basic chemical building blocks for life. these discoveries mean that life could of existed. however, they have not found any actual si

now at five, as kron4's rob fladeboe reports. the victim been liviing in fear for the last two years of her life. >> reporter: marisela salazar fought back tears as she recalled how her sister was being hounded by her former boyfriend, juan ramierez. >> she broke it off and he did not want it to be broken off. he would follow her. >> reporter: last friday, ramirez death outside her san jose apartment with what witnesses described as a butcher knife, making good on threats he'd made again and again. , he came to her and said if you are not going to be mine, you ar not going to be anybody's. he said that he would kill her and killed himself. >> reporter: sandra cruzes had a restraining order against ramirez, she and her 10-year-old son had moved four times in the past year and she was taking self defense classes and trying to buy a gun. >> she felt so secure that she felt that she needed a gun to protect herself when she was getting out of work because he would be there. she would see him in the parking lot and he would blow up her

as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now -- he entered guilty pleas on all counts. >> reporter: free on bail since his arrest earlier this month, 51-year-old george michael shirakawa marched into department 23 monday and made good on his surprising promise to admit his guilt. with several curt 'yes sir' and 'no sir', replies, shirakawa acknowledged his understanding that he was waving his right to a preliminary hearing and other proceedings that might keep him in the public spotlight for months. and then, for the next seven minutes, one charge at a time, the supervisor and former san jose city councilman entered guilty pleas to 13 felony and misdemeanor charges in connection with his alleged use of thousands of dollars of public funds and campaign contributions to gamble at casinos. in exhange for the guilty pleas, shirakawa received a guarantee of no time in state but he'll have to make full restitution to taxpayers and campaign donors. >> people wrote checks to him they thought that they were supporting his campaign. instead they were supporting his gambling habit that went through th

kron 4's rob fladeboe is live outside the h-p pavillion in san jose with reaction from fans. rob? >> yes. and a local favorite and no. 12 is playing right now against no. 5 university of nevada/las vegas. we are outside the hov pavilion. this is the no. 3 of the for this is the west entrance. it is hosting the n.c.a.a. tournament for the third time. they have been building all day. with some even illegal tailgating and the manager let the march madness began! >> go ducks. >> two words. march madness. fans from across the country converging on hp pavilion for opening round games between local favorite cal and u.n.l.v., new mexico state versus st. louis, oklahoma state up against oregon and montana versus syracuse, whose fans claim to bleed orange. >> the hat, the shorts, the hoodie, the wrist band and the soulful cover and the -- smart phone cover and my socks and my smart phone wallpaper >> reporter: tickets to witness the madness were going for between $25 and $150 bucks a pop. what makes this rite of >> the sun is out it is a beautiful day and we are in san jose at our docks are

but as kron four's rob fladeboe reports - surfers and their supporters risked arrest today as they defied a developer's attempts to keep them away. >> reporter: carrying signs and surfboards, a handful of activists climbed over a locked gate and headed for the beach. the half-mile road to martin's beach used to be open to all, but now a developer is trying to keep it closed. longtime bay area lawmaker and surfrider foundation attorney pete mccloskey says that's not right. >> the issue is that the people of california has a right. this date is not right. >> reporter: five surfers were cited for trespassing last year but sheriff's deputies kept their distance this time. the surfers have filed a lawsuit, alleging that property owner martin's beach l.l.c, led by wealthy silicon valley venture capitalist vernod kholsa, violated the california coastal act by failing to get a permit for that gate and other restrictive measures. >> the entire idea is to of the property owner is required to go to the california coastal commission and to get approval to prevent beach access. >> reporter: prior to i

kron four's rob fladeboe has the story >> reporter: you don't have to drive very far to notice the problem. this is bird avenue between willow and minnesota and as you can see and no doubt feel it's just one pothole after another after another. there are some 375 miles of roads like this in san jose, a quarter of the total said to be in 'poor'condition.' the alameda just north of downtown san jose is a guaranteed coffee-spiller, full of bumpy asphalt patch jobs and this is busy monterey road where the worn out pavement feels like a gravel road. and then there is tiny mills court, near highway 87, arguably the worst and most pot hole filled road in town. right now the city spends about $20 million dollars a year on repairs but it will need five times that much to simply keep the roads from deteriorating any further. next month the city council will consider a range of options from asking voters to approve a sales tax increase or perhaps an outright bond measure to fund repairs with some $339 million needed address the backlog of repairs that have piled up in recent years as a result of budg

reopening this police substation could help response times in san jose rob fladeboe, kron 4. >> pam:d equipped with a vacuum cleaner. it's called the 'honda vac' and it can reach anywhere in your car and works even when the engine isn't running. honda says it's the first of its kind. the automaker has been an innovator in this area. introducing the first van with fold-down rear seats. however -- minivans are falling out of popularity. about 540-thousand minivans were sold last year. compared to more than 1- million in 2002. >> jacqueline: the big weather story is that the weather persists with cloudy skies and to dry pavement. this is not very impressive. rain to the north. cloud coverage and even showers for tomorrow. they look a your extended forecast but dry on friday and a better chance this weekend. light showers for this weekend. >> starting on monday, at 8:00 a.m. or 8:00 p.m. you exclusive kron 4 items it is kind of like frequent- flier miles. just for watching us. kron 4 news at 8:00 a.m. will feature a word on the day. beginning at 8 a.m. or 8:00 p.m. but first, you have to

in an interview with kron 4's rob fladeboe, he shared some of his memories from the front lines. >> ouroices and intelligence analyst under general sanchez before he took over in iraq. the bombs were just starting. we were trying to get the bad guys and and uprise against their troops. >> reporter: to america to some good? >> i think. i think the world is better without some hussein >> reporter: do you feel like a your contribution was that america is grateful for what you did? >> everybody is grateful especially when you get home also trying to remember the lives that were lost over there. >> catherine: sergeant gomez was also a part of operation desert storm. he was among the troops who chased saddam's elite republican guard out of kuwait. he would later serve in the military campaigns in somalia, kosovo and bosnia. >> a scary new development in syria's civil war -- the use of chemical weapons. at least 25 people died and dozens more were injured by shelling with chemical rockets" tuesday. the government and the rebels are both accusing each other of using them. the white house says t

rob fladeboe, kron 4.rt this new black brief z 10 will be released 45 blackberry is mar 22. it is with the new blackberry 10 pre-orders begin tomorrow. gabe slate tech report, kron 4 >> jacqueline: the how big weather story is 70's. with the exception of near the immediate coast. temperatures in the 50s. the golden gate bridge of the fog is returning it is starting to obstruct those towers. what we can expect with that fog sperling to the bay shores. and that means banta near the delta. and it is in full swing into that mean it-band near the b delta. as for temperatures? warm. '70s in the south bay. 72 degrees in the san jose and also for the east bay in the valleys. livermore, pleasanton, keeping it in the '70s for the east bayshore. 57 in ocean beach because of that fog. they look at your extended forecast with warm and the sea breezes will decrease with even the more warmth on wednesday. we will cool back down for the weekend and early next week back into the 60s. >> catherine: women have made huge stri

kron fours rob fladeboe reports more money for public safety could mean the opening of a police substationcoming down soon in a brighter economic outlook. as part of it is spring budget recommendation the mayor is supposed to renewed focus on public safety. that includes a long awaited opening of the substation. >> we are saving money from our retirement reforms that will allow us to restore services. we will focus of efforts on public safety that is our is rewardinhighest priority. hopefully we can open the station and said a lot of time back and forth to the police administration building. that should also mean better response times from the mayor's plan calls for accelerated recruitment, hiring, and the training of officers with the ultimate goal of putting more cops back on the street. >> we're told it could open by this time next year. in san jose robyn flaseboe. >> we are hearing from and 8 year-old girl was shot in the leg with an arrow while on a school field trip. nadiner hairston was outside of lawrence hall of science and berkeley, which was struck by an arrow piercing straight