deputy say she and roderick clifton went off road after leaving sacramento on thursday to try out the new 4 wheel drive jeep then the storms hit and they got stuck in the snow. he left cart to find help when he didn't return after a few days paula set out on her own. officials search crew could not find them so her brother started looking on his own. >> last night when my brother called i took the call and to hear him say i found her i

it's been a rough haul waiting all those days it or not." >> she did. >> however, her boyfriend roderick clifton did not. maria clifton says her dad's love for off-roading, may have led to his death. >> "honestly, he probably saw some cool spot where you could see the river or something cool like that and he wanted to go over there and he said, 'hey, i'm gonna try my four wheel drive and probably just go stuck in that storm that came through." >> clifton and lane vanished a week ago after leaving clifton's citrus heights home for a trip up highway 50 to nevada. wednesday night, during a search, paula's brother found her crawling along highway 88-89. roderick's body was located close-by -- in the snow. roderick's jeep cherokee got stuck in snow on a side road near highway 88-89. the couple apparently spent the night there before roderick went to get help. >> "he probably said something like, 'hey, you know, it's right up the road, don't worry about it. don't trip. i'll be back." >> but, roderick never returned. >> "he was so far off trail from where everybody was looking. where the search crews w

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. >> reporter: the dispatcher learns that roderick clifton who left the stranded jeep the morning afterit became stuck, did not survive the hike out. >> male? >> the male has passed he's still up at the lake. >> oh my goodness, okay. >> reporter: paula lane would be taken to a hospital in carson city, 36 miles away. doctors say most of her recovery emotional. george warren, abc7 news. >>> tomorrow we are asking you to help make this holiday season brighter for our neighbors in need. kicking off the abc7 share your holiday food drive. tomorrow meet the news team as we broadcast from around the bay area taking donations. for the location nearest you go to abc7news.com. if you with would like to meet kristen or cheryl jennings try coming out. >> heaviest of the rain over by 5:00 tomorrow morning. the longer you can wait to see us, the better off you will be. good morning. coming up on 4:48. embarcadero dry, breezes are light as palm trees are holding still as most flags. doppler is dry, sitting, waiting for that next storm to move in from the northwest, it will get it even when its 150 mil

>>reporter: that the point the dispatcher learns that roderick clifton who left the stranded jep the morning after and became stuck did not survive the hike out for help. >> is there any serious bleeding on either one of them. >> well unfortunately the gentlemen passed away. he's still up at the lake. >> the male. >> the male passed away. he's still up at the lake. >> oh, my goodness okay. >>reporter: paula lane soon taken to hospital in carson city. 36 miles away. she waited by the fire at southernson for the ambulance to arrive. >> if she gets worse in any way call us back medley for further instruction we have help coming to you. >> thank you very much. >> you are welcome. >>reporter: although paula lane was held at the hospital in carson city through the weekend doctors say most of her recovery will be emotional. george warren, abc 7 news. >> l tens of thousands of people have rallied behind a san francisco dog that could be ordered euthanizeed on wednesday. charlie accused of attacking injuring a u.s. park police officer and horse on august 6. animal care seized charlie. they na

>>reporter: that the point the dispatcher learns that roderick clifton who left the stranded jep the morning after and became stuck did not survive the hike out for help. >> is there any serious bleeding on either one of them. >> well unfortunately the gentlemen passed away. he's still up at the lake. >> the male. >> the male passed away. he's still up at the lake. >> oh, my goodness okay. >>reporter: paula lane soon taken to hospital in carson city. 36 miles away. she waited by the fire at southernson for the ambulance to arrive. >> if she gets worse in any way call us back medley for further instruction we have help coming to you. >> thank you very much. >> you are welcome. >>reporter: although paula lane was held at the hospital in carson city through the weekend doctors say most of her recovery will be emotional. george warren, abc 7 news. >> l tens of thousands of people have rallied behind a san francisco dog that could be ordered euthanizeed on wednesday. charlie accused of attacking injuring a u.s. park police officer and horse on august 6. animal care seized charlie. they na

roderick clifton and his girlfriend paula lane were last seen at a 7-eleven in citrus heights before leaving for nevada. lane was found by her brother last night walking outside of a car on the highway but the alpine sheriff's department says clifton was found dead. it appears paula went to look for roderick after he never returned from trying to get help. >> they might have been sightseeing and got stuck in the snow. reports are they may have stayed in the vehicle or slept in the vehicle for at least one night. rodrick left the vehicle to seek help. when he didn't return, paula left to seek help. >>> lane is at the carson tahoe hospital today in stable condition with some mild frostbite. >>> time now 4:35. let's check weather. >> yeah. we're out of the woods a little bit here? >> hard to believe, but it looks like we have dry weather ahead. in fact, we may not see rain until the end of the month. rainfall 100 to 80% of normal. all that rainfall left behind moisture in the atmosphere. we're seeing true fog out there this morning. watch out for that especially in the valleys. you can

. >> reporter: last thursday, paula and her boind, roderick clifton, were on their way back to nevadam citrus heights. their jeep got stuck in the snow. rod went to find help but never returned. a day later, paula went too. rod didn't survive and time was running out for paula. last night, paula's family told her twin sons that their mother may not be coming home. but shortly after that, her brother found paula in the snowy wildness. >> last night i took my brother's call. and to hear him say, i found her, i found her! i can't explain it for you guys. >> reporter: incredibly, paula not only survived but is expected to fully recover from nothing more severe than minor frostbite. >> she was one very lucky person. i don't know what she did. what footwear she had. god's good grace. but she was very lucky. >> reporter: paula is expected to be released from the hospital early next week. her family says she wants to tell her story. in carson city, cbs 5. >>> bay area crabbers are still on strike and say they were not happy today when they spotted an out-of-towner come sailing into the bay wi

deputy say she and roderick clifton went off road after leaving sacramento on thursday to try out the new 4 wheel drive jeep then the storms hit and they got stuck in the snow. he left cart to find help when he didn't return after a few days paula set out on her own. officials search crew could not find them so her brother started looking on his own. >> last night when my brother called i took the call and to hear him say i found her i found her i can't explain it for you guys. >>reporter: paula survived by taking shelter in a hollow tree and eating snow and tomatoes she had in the car. deputy say clifton drove around a locked gate on closed dirt road off highway 89. >> john mcphee is out of a guatemala hospital and back in a detention center awaiting extradition back to belize. earlier guatemala denied mcfee request for asylum and hospitalized with chest pains. the hospital spokesperson told reporters he doesn't think he had a heart attack. mcphee scheduled to be returned to belize for questioning in the murder of american ex patriots greg foul. >> missing clothing in east bay laundr

deputy say she and roderick clifton went off road after leaving sacramento on thursday to try out the new 4 wheel drive jeep then the storms hit and they got stuck in the snow. he left cart to find help when he didn't return after a few days paula set out on her own. officials search crew could not find them so her brother started looking on his own. >> last night when my brother called i took the call and to hear him say i found her i found her i can't explain it for you guys. >>reporter: paula survived by taking shelter in a hollow tree and eating snow and tomatoes she had in the car. deputy say clifton drove around a locked gate on closed dirt road off highway 89. >> john mcphee is out of a guatemala hospital and back in a detention center awaiting extradition back to belize. earlier guatemala denied mcfee request for asylum and hospitalized with chest pains. the hospital spokesperson told reporters he doesn't think he had a heart attack. mcphee scheduled to be returned to belize for questioning in the murder of american ex patriots greg foul. >> missing clothing in east bay laundr

dr ,,,,,,,, paula lane and her boyfrien, roderick clifton disappeared >>> new details tonight about a dramatic story of survival in the sierra. paula lane and her boyfriend rodrick clifton disappeared a week ago having gone off roading in their four-wheel drive car near highway 88. ben sosenko is live with what happened when a snowstorm hit and how the woman managed to survive. ben. >> reporter: elizabeth, amazingly paula lane is expected to survive in the hospital in carson city. her doctors says he is not sure how much longer she would have survived in the snow. [ woman crying ] >> gave her the biggest kiss that i could without hurting her. >> reporter: linda says it's a miracle her sister survived. paula lane spent 6 nights stranded in the elements surviving on snow and tomatoes. >> my sister may be little, but she's mighty. she's a survivor and she loves life. >> reporter: last thursday she and her boyfriend rod were on the way back to nevada from citrus heights. their jeep got stuck in the snow. rod left to find help but never returned. a day later paula went looking, too. >> it'

>>reporter: that the point the dispatcher learns that roderick clifton who left the stranded jep thek did not survive the hike out for help. >> is there any serious bleeding on either one of them. >> well unfortunately the gentlemen passed away. he's still up at the lake. >> the male. >> the male passed away. he's still up at the lake. >> oh, my goodness okay. >>reporter: paula lane soon taken to hospital in carson city. 36 miles away. she waited by the fire at southernson for the ambulance to arrive. >> if she gets worse in any way call us back medley for further instruction we have help coming to you. >> thank you very much. >> you are welcome. >>reporter: although paula lane was held at the hospital in carson city through thed docy weekend doctors say most of her recovery will be emotional. george warren, abc 7 news. >> l tens of thousands of people have rallied behind a san francisco that could be ordered euthanizeed on wednesday. charlie accused of attacking injuring a u.s. park police officer and horse on august 6. animal care seized charlie. they named him too vish to us remai

deputy say she and roderick clifton went off road after leaving sacramento on thursday to try out the new 4 wheel drive jeep then the storms hit and they got stuck in the snow. he left cart to find help when he didn't return after a few days paula set out on her own. officials search crew could not find them so her brother started looking on his own. >> last night when my brother called i took the call and to hear him say i found her i found her i can't explain it for you guys. >>reporter: paula survived by taking shelter in a hollow tree and eating snow and tomatoes she had in the car. deputy say clifton drove around a locked gate on closed dirt road off highway 89. >> john mcphee is out of a guatemala hospital and back in a detention center awaiting extradition back to belize. earlier guatemala denied mcfee request for asylum and hospitalized with chest pains. the hospital spokesperson told reporters he doesn't think he had a heart attack. mcphee scheduled to be returned to belize for questioning in the murder of american ex patriots greg foul. >> missing clothing in east bay laundr

but her boyfriend, roderick clifton did not survive. brian hickey is in carson city right now.ou just talked to the mother of the woman who survived. what did she say? >> reporter: she's relieved that she survived this horrific ordeal and she's listed in stable condition being treated for hypothermia and minor frostbite. i talked to her on the phone and we're learning new details. it was originally reported that she was walking along highway 88 after making their way out of a remote area where they had gone 4-wheel drive site seeing. now we hoe -- sight seeing. her brother, not giving up the search around 8:00 last night, had gone up this remote road and found her walking out in knee deep snow and eventually called for her rescue and got her out of there. we also know as she was coming out from the stranded vehicle, she did pass the body of her deceased boyfriend, who, at some point on thursday, where their jeep became stranded in the sierra, had gone out to get the jeep out before the storms rolled in. he did not make it. the family of paula lane relieved that she's alive. she

she and roderick clifton went off road after leaving sacramento to try out his new jeep. the storms hit and they got stuck in the snow. clifton left the car to find help. when he didn't return after a few days, paula set out on her on. search crews couldn't find them her brother started looking on his own. >> last night, when my brother called, i took the call, and to hear him say, i found her. i can explain it for you. >> paula survived by taking shelter in a hallow tree and snow and tomatoes she had in her car. deputies say clifton drove around a locked gate on a closed dirt road off highway 89. >>> traffic and weather together, next. live look outside right now this is san jose, traffic moving very well on this highway which is 84. >> 87 i think. do you know the way to san jose? >> i do, 101 and 880. meteorologist mike nicco will have full forecast, sue will track traffic on 87. >> sue will check them all. witnesses calling it chaos, an escalator suddenly collapses, aftermath at a >>> live doppler i think you are going like what you see it is dry no radar returns no ra

roderick clifton. set out for help. lane told him that they should stay put and wait out the storm.scued by her brother and a friend on december fifth after six days in the remote hope valley. clifton's body was recovered on the same day. wouldn' >> another victim is is accusing the former voice of elmo of sexual abuse. puppeteer kevin clash is already facing similar allegations in three other cases. the new lawsuit accuses clash of luring a teenage boy to new york from miami in early 19-96 for the purpose of sexual activity. the victim's lawyer talked about the circumstances of his client's meeting with clash. >> my client is a minor, received a ticket from kevin clash, he flew to new york, a car picked him up and then brought him to kevin's apartment. my client then was involved in sexual contact with kevin clash for about 3-to-4 days. >> clash resigned from 'sesame street' last month after 28 years. his voice will be used for elmo through the 20-14 season of "sesame street" -- which has already been filmed. >> penn state university is going to start paying their 60-million-dollar

. >> reporter: lane was driving home with her boyfriend, roderick clifton, when their jeep got stuckthe snow in the sierra nevada mountains, on a road so remote, there's no cell phone service. clifton went searching for help. leaving lane to fend for herself. >> they had gotten some tomatoes. so she sustained herself on tomatoes. >> reporter: tomatoes and snow, her only sustenance for a week. police launched massive manhunt across two states. at times, the weather was so bad, they were unable to send in planes and helicopters. paula lane's older sister had all but given up hope and even prepared paula's 11-year-old twin sons for the worst. >> we sat them down to tell them that their mother may not come back. >> reporter: but she says their brother kept looking, on the route that paula would have taken home. >> i took the call. and to hear him say, i found her, i found her. >> she was apparently hiding out in a hollowed tree, when she realized after she left the truck that she couldn't make it. she had a blanket, with the tomatoes. >> reporter: doctors say lane has a mild case of fros

last thursday, 44-year-old roderick clifton and 45-year- old paula lane set citrus heights to drive throughthe sierra to gardnerville, nevada and family members report they never made it. >>> all right. let's get to tara. >> we have a tree that crashed into a couple of cars in livermore. this is a live look over the area. this is near reed avenue and east stanley boulevard. you can see that it has pinned at least two cars underneath. it looks like two trucks. maybe an suv and a pickup truck right here. it's not really affecting traffic per say. but what a scene here, this huge, huge tree. toppling over on the cars. with all of the storms, we've had, it's no surprise that the grounds become no saturating so the top-heavy trees give way and fall over. we have a look at the maps. can show -- we can show you where the shop vac is. it is creating a traffic hazard. and then we have another incident here, an accident 101 northbound at first street. if we take a live look at the san mateo bridge, you can see that traffic is still very slow going on the right-hand side here. westbound as you make yo

lane and her boyfriend earlier this month, 44-year-old roderick clifton left their home to visit familyuck off the main highway. >> he went forward and the left tire just sunk. i mean, it sunk. we didn't get stuck kind of like you normally do, you know. >> reporter: after spending the night in their vehicle, stranded without any cell phone service and dealing with a massive snow storm, clifton set out to try to find help. >> 9:09 in the morning. i remember looking at my watch. and i said, you know, please just wait. and let's ride this out together and, you know, it's smarter. and he just went like this with his hand, and that was the last i saw of him and walked away. i knew i was never going to see him again. >> reporter: three days after lane last saw her boyfriend there was a break in the storm and she decided to venture out and look for help. after two more wet and freezing nights alone in the wilderness, help came in the form of a familiar face and sound. >> i heard somebody whistle. he goes, that's her and he yelled out, hey, baby, i'm here. we're going to come and get it. >> rep

clifton and lane veteranished a week -- vanished a week ago, heading up highway 50 to nevada. wednesday night during a search, paula's brother found her crawling along highway 88-89. roderick's body was located close by. his jeep got stuck in the snow on a side-road. the couple apparently spent the night there before roderick went to get help. >> he probably said something like it's right up the road, i'll be back. >> reporter: but he never returned. >> he was so far off the trail from where everybody was looking, they were so far away from that, i mean, without paula's brother who found them, there's no way they would have been found soon. >> their cellphones didn't have reception. reason was found malnourished with frost bite. she is being treated near carson, nevada. >>> a man is in serious condition tonight after falling from the upper deck of the oakland coliseum after the first 30 minutes of tonight's raiders game. he fell from the upper deck onto the concrete below. police believe it was an accident. >>> high-end women's shoes worth more than $10,000 altogether were stolen out of a car in san francisco's mission district. the company representative who had the shoes i