will. ( will ) jurors in the sierra lamar murder trial have reached a verdict, santa clara county superior court officials announced this afternoon. the verdict will be read in court at 9 a.m. on tuesday at san jose's santa clara hall of justice. antolin garcia-torres, 26, pleaded not guilty to the murder of 15-year-old sierra, who has not been seen or heard from since march 16, 2012, and to the attempted kidnappings of three women in safeway parking lots in 2009. if garcia-torres is found guilty, the jurors will weigh the aggravating and mitigating factors and select between death and life without the possibility of parole. both sides would be allowed to present evidence during this phase of the trial. garcia-arrested on may 21, 2012, two months after sierra went missing and after investigators found his dna on her jeans, which were recovered near where she went missing outside morgan hill. sierra's dna found on an interior backseat door handle and on the outside of a pair of work gloves in 1998 red volkswagen jetta. defense attorneys for garcia-torres have alleged cross- contamination du

i'm in north santa clara county. these weeds are very pliable and still green if you have driven around the bay area and seen the green hills. it's beautiful. ait's dangerousthe rain has caused grasses and weeds all around the area to grow taller and thicker than they have been in years. with the weather warming up, it is starting to dry out. >> you have been here 14 years. >> 13. >> 13 years. have you seen the grass this tall ever? >> no, it's very tall right now. >> reporter: he lives across the street from a lot of dried out vegetation and says it's great to see crews out mowing down the dry grass on communication hills this week. there's a ready for wildfire app. it has step by step checklists for creating defensible space and evacuation plans. you can get wildfire alerts specifically for your neighborhood, as well. you can go to the app store and search cal fire. santa clara county firefighters are out preparing their equipment this week. he we'll talk about that in the next half-hour. right now in the hills, an

dr. lisa hernandez is the deputy health officers for santa clara county. she suspects norovirus is probably the culprit.sotshe's concerned that the illness may have spread to santa cruz county and suspects it's probably because of two reasons.sotsince the outbreak began, san jose unified school district and the santa clara county health department have launched an effort to thoroughly clean the impacted schools and educate parents on how to keep the illness from spreading.sotfortunately, the school district says that almost all of those kids who fell ill two weeks ago have been able to return to classes, mainly because this illness doesn't last long, usually less than two days.the health department, however, is asking that anyone who gets sick to actually stay home even after the symptoms have faded.sot <

. >>> also in santa clara county tonight the text messages of three santa clara county jail guards charged with murder took center stage in their trial today. mark sayre is at the jail right now with how the defendants explain the exchange on the stand, mark? >> reporter: well, ken, prosecutors say that these text messages show that the guards derived humor and enjoyment from watching inmates suffer, but the defense says well, they were simply jokes. one of the most contentious issues in the trial of three former santa clara county jail deputies came to the forefront today. a judge had previously ruled jurors would be able to hear about several texts to and from one of the defendants, matthew farris. farris along with rafael rodriguez and jerry ludren are charged with the beating death of inmate michael tyree in june of 2014. >> those who were supposed to protect michael tyree did not. instead they killed him. >> reporter: in a text message guard christian wilson writes to farris i'm going to start pulling people out at 2 a.m. for no reason to twist them up. harris replies, come to the six

so we do research in the community to make sure that we're addressing the right problems in santa clara county. we're the santa clara county community action agency. we receive money from the federal government to fight poverty. and so, what we first do in the research is we ask people in the community what they think is the most important issues in the county. we did surveys with our customers, about 150. we also do focus groups, and we did a survey of other non-profit organizations that serve low-income people. damian: we do--while you talk, we do have some video of your agency and the folks you help there. i'm sorry, go ahead. rachel: so, we do a lot of direct services, but we also do community organizing. and so, the results of our research showed that one of the big issues facing low-income people is being able to pay high rents that we all kind of deal with here in santa clara county, especially when you have rather low wages. and so, one of the ways that we try to combat that is that we understand that's an issue about housing policy, and what kinds of housing get built, about how we pr

santa clara crime lab. so many people involved. the santa clara county sheriff's department for their great work. the search -- the search and rescue with county sheriff's office. and our -- our search team. they gave us so much help. we put 200% effort into finding sierra. and they're still -- still searching. we will still search until we find something. >> closure might be overrated. rated. >> closure, no. , no. there's no closure. but, yeah, look i said, it helps. >> what would you like to say to the jury? >> just they made the right decision. they based it on the facts. yeah. they did a great job. >> what would you like to see next as far as the penalty phase? >> i'm not going to comment on that right now. because that is still pending. so -- but, yeah. we're -- we're staying positive and we hope for a good turnout there. >> just pretty much the same thing they said. we will obviously never get sierra back. so it's not closure. but it is a good first step. and the jury did the right thing. thank you. >> thank you. >> . >> you have been listening to the family of sierra lamar, addressing the

deliberations are underway at the santa clara county courthouse. >> that's where abc7 news reporter david louie joins us live. david? >> reporter: kristen and dan, the jury has been deliberating here at the hall of justice all afternoon and they just decided they're going to reconvene tomorrow morning for more deliberations. now, antolin garcia torres has been accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar and then disposing of her body in such a way that it has never been found. with their work done, the deputy district attorneys left the courthouse as did the defense team, leaving it up to the jury of six women and six men to decide the fate of 26-year-old antolin garcia torres. the father of sierra lamar, the teenager garcia torres is accused of murdering broke his silence after the 13-week trial. >> it's been a long trial, but it's just a blink of an eye compared to how much time we haven't had sierra with us. >> reporter: the dna evidence could be at the center of the jury's deliberations. the prosecutor claims sierra's jeans had traces of his dna and her dna was found in garcia torr

and we've just learned that it s spread to another county santa clara county currently has 424 cases at 18 schools. yolo county has more than one thousand reported cases... and now: young students in vallejo are reporting symptoms of the highly contagious virus. symptoms include extreme diarhea, vomiting, and body aches. (monika trout/vallejo) "tuesday my five-year-old started throwing up and then wednesday she had diarrhea she's complaining still about stomach pain" (dr. george han/santa clara county public health) "we are seeing a significant increase and it's an unusual amount of cases this year" the doctor notes that outbreaks typically hit during colder, winter months. now, public health officials warn sanitizer will not kill the virus. to prevent the spread... you must wash your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water. caltrain riders could end up paying more in fare. the transit agency had record ridership but it stil facing potential budget deficits. that's because only half of caltrain's operating budget comes from fares. the rest comes from partner transit agencies

jose have been affected, and 2 others in santa clara county. nearby alameda county- hacienda middle school has had 88 cases of suspected norovirus. schools are scrubbing down classrooms to reduce exposure to the bug. in yolo county. health department officials say more than 9-hundred students and staff are recovering from the norovirus. there's a total of 952 cases in 32 yolo county schools. authorities say the illness has been spreading at an alarming rate. people are being urged to wash their hands regularly to prevent the spread of the virus. we have a full list of schools affected in the bay area on our website at kron 4.com. pam? (pam) testimony started today in the penalty phase of the trial of convicted killer antolin garcia- torres. the prosecution wasted no time baring the raw emotions from the trial. three of victim- sierra lamarr's classmates - delivering highly emotional testimony about how her murder has affected their lives. claire normoyle/sierra's classmatei just hope the jury sees her though us, i just don't see the world like

dr. lisa hernandez is the deputy health officers for santa clara county. she suspects norovirus is probably the culprit.sotshe's concerned that the illness may have spread to santa cruz county and suspects it's probably because of two reasons.sotsince the outbreak began, san jose unified school district and the santa clara county health department have launched an effort to thoroughly clean the impacted schools and educate parents on how to keep the illness from spreading.sotfortunately, the school district says that almost all of those kids who fell ill two weeks ago have been able to return to classes, mainly because this illness doesn't last long, usually less than two days.the health department, however, is asking that anyone who gets sick to actually stay home even after the symptoms have faded.sot <

( will ) jurors in the sierra lamar murder trial have reached a verdict, santa clara county superiorrt officials announced this afternoon. the verdict will be read in court at 9 a.m. on tuesday at san jose's santa clara hall of justice. antolin garcia-torres, 26, pleaded not guilty to the murder of 15-year-old sierra, who has not been seen or heard from since march 16, 2012, and to the attempted kidnappings of three women in safeway parking lots in 2009. if garcia-torres is found guilty, the jurors will weigh the aggravating and mitigating factors and select between death and life without the possibility of parole. both sides would be allowed to present evidence during this phase of the trial. garcia-torres was arrested on may 21, 2012, two months after sierra went missing and after investigators found his dna on her jeans, which were recovered near where she went missing outside morgan hill. sierra's dna was also found on an interior backseat door handle and on the outside of a pair of work gloves in garcia-torres' 1998 red volkswagen jetta. defense attorneys for garcia-torres have

happening right now, more than 100 students, parents, teachers and elected teachers from santa clara county talking to lawmakers about public education. three full buses left santa clara county early this morning. our cameras were there as everybody was loading up and getting ready. listen to what one student says that he plans to ask lawmakers. >> i want to show lawmakers why it's important for schools to get more funding especially for electives. i feel like while our school has electives like band and choir and art and pbl we can also add more electives like computer science and robotics and language. >> it seems that when the students speak to our legislators they seem to have a little bit more pull, if you will, because it's coming in their heart. it's kind of a civics lesson combined with a mobile town hall meeting. you know, when we go up there, we don't run all over the capital. the legislators come to us in a town hall format. >> that's pretty cool. supervisor dave cortez from the last sound bite. he went as well. this is the 15th year for that trip, and these kids clearly know the

. >>> the race is on in santa clara county tonight to contain an outbreak. hundreds of children getting sick. kpix5's betty yu is in san jose tonight. betty? >> reporter: liz, the hacienda magnet school was the first to report cases on may 4. since then, the district hads been busy notifying parents via calls, letters and e-mails of this outbreak. tonight, cleaning crews are scrubbing down nearly every inch of classrooms and playgrounds at hacienda environmental science magnet school. one of ten in san jose reporting an outbreak of the stomach flu believed to be caused by norovirus. though the virus is common, this is an unusual high number of cases for santa clara county. >> which is also known as winter vomiting disease. some people call it that because that tendings to be the season that it comes around. is when it is colder. and so, for whatever reason, there is more of it now. >> reporter: and it is easily spread. especially among young children. >> after going to the bathroom, if the person doesn't wash their hands with soap and water, vigorously, they

santa clara county accuses the city's first responders of failing to arrive at calls within 7 minutesct. the county is withholding $8 million in payments as a result. the city says it has improved response times and wants the money to continue upgrades. council members are asking staff to look for ways to collect money and improve the services. >>> the future of the maverick surf competition could be as turbulent as the treacherous waves. the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy back in january. it will hold an auction next month in which the minimum opening bid would be $1 million. the harbor district filed a motion yesterday opposing the auction. the district wants to make sure that the winning bidder can meet the district's requirements and conditions such as the ability to financially hold successful events in the future. >>> well, the warriors are off to another nba western conference conference after beating the jazz 121-105. . >> curry dancing. set back three. it is good. steph curry goes splash. >> once again the warriors jumped out quickly and led by 22 points after the 1s

after lanes of highway 17 are closed in santa clara county... the problem: a grass fire just nort >>> traffic alert in the south bay. three southbound lanes of highway 17 are closed in santa clara county right now. the problem is a grass fire. those lanes will be closed until at least 6:00 p.m. we'll keep you updated. >>> new at 5:00, three horses are recovering at a shelter in martinez after being rescued by animal control. kpix 5 reporter juliette goodrich on the effort to track down their owner. >> reporter: those three horses are recovering inside that barn behind me at the shelter. it's two mares and a golding. and the shelter has its own theory why they were roaming around. these three horses are pretty friendly, which means they likely belong to somebody. how did they end up roaming around mount diablo state park? >> due to the weather we've been having and an impact to the fence line, something like that. >> reporter: when the horses were brought here to the shelter, veterinarians immediately checked them out. you can see there's already a bandage on that back leg. this horse

very cool toward parts of the peninsula, santa clara county and along the coast. too much in the way of low clouds and fog. partly sunny and cloudy today and wednesday will be transitioned day with sunshine and warmer temperatures kicking in thursday through saturday. >>> it is 5:49 am. >>> the cycling coming to the bay area with the second leg of the amgen tour of california starting in modesto and ending in san jose. the first leg was washed by tens of thousands of people lining the streets yesterday. vonderbragen won the overall title and georgia bronzini won the women. >> this is an accomplishment for all female cyclist. >>> the women's race wrapped up with more than 100 men competing in the men's race and won by marcel kittel, his first career amgen tour of california victory. >>> the giants won three-game winning streak, beating the cincinnati reds, 8-3. eduardo nunez hits the three run single in the first, and another one in the second and brandon bailed hits his third home run. a big change from last week where the giants only scored five runs and giving u

it's impacting 13 schools in santa clara county. ast 245 kids have been sick at some point over the past two weeks. crews are spraying a bleach solution on just about everything to try and sterilize the affected schools. police are looking for two teens who pulled off dangerous stunts on the golden gate bridge. police say the two teens from wisconsin did not trigger any alarms and went unoticed on the hundreds of security cameras monitoring the bridge. they then climbed all the way to the top of the north tower. they were on the bridge for about ten minutes. since then, they have made mondy by selling the rights to the video online. authorities say they know who the men are, and will pursue trespassing charges against them. new reports reveal that president trump may have asked former f-b-i director james comey to stop the investigation into former national security advisor michael flynn. sources close to comey say that the former f-b-i director wrote a memo following a one on one conversation with the president. this morning the whi

along, the santa clara district attorney's office says this is more than michael tyree's death, the jail inmate who died here, but also about an abuse of power on the part of the santa clara county sheriff's department. jereh lubrin, rafael rodriguez and matthew ferris could face life in prison if they are convicted of beating to death the bipolar inmate, 31-year-old michael tyree, back on august of 2015. it was the night before he was found dead in his cell with a spleen that was ruptured. now the three are also charged with the assault under color of authority, a 48-year-old juan via, a second mentally ill inmate, who was beaten, allegedly, on the same night. now the defense for those three jail guards has claimed that tyree's death was not a homicide but that he died by his own hand, by injuring himself to the point of those internal injuries. some former inmates testified that they saw all three deputies in tyree's cell and that one of the deputies turned off the light which was usually left on. now, the jury has heard both sides of this case and today they will get their instructions so they can be deliberating the fate of these three jail guards. in san jose, kris sanchez,

so we do research in the community to make sure that we're addressing the right problems in santa clara county. we're the santa clara county community action agency. we receive money from the federal government to fight poverty. and so, what we first do in the research is we ask people in the community what they think is the most important issues in the county.

. >> santa clara county is losing jobs according to state labor officials. county lost 2900 jobs in april. it's the third time in four months that santa clara county has seen jobs go away. bucking the trend they added 500 jobs and the san mateo region gained 10500. california is losing 16,000 jobs in april. >>> rents in three bay area cities are going up again. texas research firm axio metrics says san jose and oakland all showed what they called positive rent growth. for san francisco, the average rent was average rent rose 1.5% to just over $2800. oakland's average rent rose just .9%, or $2424, that is per month. occupancy rate remains high above 95%. >> a new effort is now underway to get california to secede from the united states. supporters of a proposed ballot measure gathered today at the state capital to advocate for the establishment of an independent state to be known as the nation of california. they say the federal government is dragging california into a direction its citizens don't want to go. >> the foreign policy, the military adventurism, a

(pam) it involves saturating a city in santa clara county... d it's being done because of a serious increase in crashes and deaths .. when santa clara has a traffic crackdown it's all hands on deck .. traffic officers from all around santa clara county converged on the city of santa clara looking for drivers behaving badly they focused on. speeders nats speed gun around school zones like this uber driver caught driving 42 miles per hour in a 25 mile per hour school zone good morning i see your carrying a passenger this morning huh yes sir 42 in a 25 i didn't see it they also focused on a senior citizen zone in winchester blvd for speeders and crosswalk safety good morning i stopped you for your speed do you have any idea just how fast you were going i have you at 46 today i have you locked in at 45 the looked at carpool violators on san tomas i'm seargent shearer santa clara police department notice you don't have another passenger in the vehicle .. and they looked at pedestrian safety on steven creek blvd wher they have had an uptick in pedestr

santa clara county and the president just keep but tting heads. the president's budget as well as his attempts to get the courts to reconsider his executive order means even more fights ahead. georgina betancourt is concerned how the president's budget will affect programs local, especially for working families trying to make ends meet. >> if they cut the program, it's going to affect my family, had i kids, myself. >> reporter: the county is currently evaluating the president's $4.1 trillion budget and plans a point by point response and possible legal actions. >> it really is a cruel and, you know, vicious attack on those in need in our umbling, stumbling. >> reporter: the county agreed with critics who called new enforcement orders an attempt to punish sanctuary cities. >> when he slips something in like that, it tells us we're not dealing with an administration that's being up front. >> reporter: the county says it's ready to respond to the administration's request for a federal judge to reconsider a ruling blocking the president's executive or

ground level electrified tracks are new in santa clara county. >> it is energized with a thousand volts of electricity so it's extremely dangerous. our project manager put it this way. you can't smell it, you can't see it, but if you touch it, it will be too late. >> reporter: vta team members are visiting 30,000 households in fremont, milpitas and san jose. they are leaving fliers at the door in multiple languages including spanish, vietnamese, chinese, thagalog and hindi. >> we don't have fencing but we want to get the message out it is off limits. >> reporter: it is ahead of schedule and might be open by the end of the year. that is why testing is underway to make sure all systems are working. residents say they are glad to know the third rail is energized. >> oh, i think it's excellent. i mean, we have the right to know about it. so, it's really nice, yeah. >> reporter: vta also plans to do outreach to schools and businesses and to the homeless who might be the most vulnerable population as they seek shelter and might use the right-of-way for shortcuts. in san jose, david louie, abc

the santa clara county d.a.to how san jose state handled the investigation, specifically whether two administrators lied. a former dean and associate dean allegedly told a university investigator they knew of no other formal or informal complaints against the professor. but there was another case against him a 2014 anonymous complaint. the word anonymous is key because chin and mcvay said there weren't any formal or informal complaints. in other words, they didn't technically lie since according to san jose state, an anonymous complaint is not the same. kpixobtained this email from a deputy district attorney who explains to a whistle-blower why the investigation went nowhere:

scoop has partnered with other bay area cities including palo alto, pleasanton and santa clara county>>> it has not been what i would expect after memorial day. >> no. >> i want to be wearing flip flops and not this sweatshirt. >> when you're not wearing this suit. >> when i'm not wearing this dapper suit. >> nice shoutout to greg allman. >> yes. >> the fog is burning off rapidly, much faster than yesterday. clearlake, mostly clear up in clearlake. this is from chloe up there. a high today, that is cool for the end of may for clearlake. upper 70s to near 80. at least they did not get in on the low cloud deck. the sun just came out about an hour ago. there is a cool breeze. and there's been a pretty good breeze or wind most of the morning. i would bank on mostly cloudy tonight for the nationals and the giants tonight. it looks like not -- the low clouds won't be a factor but higher clouds are coming in. you see in the last few frames, there are breaks showing up on the low cloud deck. 50s on most of the temps or low 60s. this is really cool for east bay temps for this time of year. low

scoop has also partner with other cities including pleasanton, san mateo, palo alto and santa clara county. >>> cybersecurity experts are warning about an increase in cyber attacks on social media. according to two recent studies, 30 presented emails containing malicious files were opened last year. when it comes to messages on social media, that rate doubles to 66%. experts warn that malicious files can come in any form. in a recent case, the new times reports that russian hackers managed to gain access to a pentagon official's computer through a twitter post that promised a family vacation. >>> the white house continues to downplay questions swirling around the president's son-in- law and his dealings with russian officials. the latest on the investigations by congress and the fbi. structures of amazon topped $1000 shortly after the market open. that makes amazon one of five american listed companies to have their stock price ever hit four digits. amazon's total value is now at $478 billion. that is twice the value of walmart and 15 times bigger than target. amazon started in 1995 sellin

we spoke with the santa clara county health department. confirm it's foro. 250 kids total have become sick at 12 santa clara county schools including ten within the san jose unified school district which you can see if you want to take a look at your tv screen. the department hasn't confirmed norovirus and they are confident in their diagnosis since the kids have symptoms that act and look like foro. the first case was reported here at hacienda here at may 4th and then appears to have spread from here to other schools. >> we are a magnet school which means we're a lottery so which draw students from all over san jose. we're not a neighborhood school. so kids go back to their neighborhood and they play with their friends, and there are a million ways that it could be spreading throughout our city. >> quite frankly i think they are going a little bit above and beyond what is really necessary, but, you know, the kids are getting sick so they are doing a fantastic job cleaning all the playground equipment, all the balls. yesterday, we couldn't

(steve) tonight -- we are tracking a severe stomach flu outbreak impacting schools in santa clara county. hundreds of students have gotten sick. kron4's j-r stone visited the school hit the hardest so far... hacienda elementary school -- where 88 kids have gotten sick in the last two weeks. san jose workers scrubbing down classrooms just as quickly as they can in an effort to sterilize hacienda elementary school. dozens of students have gotten sick here in the last two weeks. that means spraying a bleach solution on just about everything in site. sot cafeterias play structures bathrooms anywhere where kids are going to be congregating. sot we're doing handrails, we're doing door knobs, going the extra mile just to make sure we're covering all of our bases.county wide more than 245 students have caught a bad stomach bug, possibly norovirus. 13 county schools are affected including 10 schools in the san jose unified district. both public and private schools are affected.sot we're at st. chris in willow glen and about two weeks ago there were a couple incidents were a teacher was sick and t

. >> also changes at the santa clara county jail. the efforts to make sure that there is safety for everyone inside, guards and inmates. >> thick black smoke was abound this morning as a homeless encampment caught fire. >> traffic is getting busier in many areas, this is highway 24, it looks good so far between walnut creek and oakland. >> the fog has lifted and cleared the hills, we will show you the wednesday temperatures coming up >> we have more coming up on ktvu news right after the break . >>> welcome back to ktvu news, all of the news, weather and information you need to know throughout your day. >>> this is mornings on 2. >>> you know, i know this song, but i cannot think of the title. but as we are looking out across the bay area, live pictures, and i still cannot remember it. >> it's mmm bop. by hansen. >> we are looking out at the early morning sky and it's cold outside this morning as we welcome you back to mornings on 2. it's wednesday, may 24th. >> i am pam cook. >> they were a two hit wonder. do you remember hansen? >>

((steve))kron 4's catherine heenan takes us through the emotional moment at the santa clara county courthouse. members of sierra lamar's family crowded into the courtroom.the wept and gasped as the verdict was read. "we are grateful to the jurors for coming up with the right decision." antolin garcia torres sat expressionless as he was found guilty of kidnapping and murder with special circumstances ... a verdict that could put him on death row. "this is a longtime coming. it's bittersweet. we don't have sierra - that's the bittersweet part."there were no witnesses to connect antolin garcia torres to sierra lamar's disappearance from this morgan hill crossroads.no evidence that he knew her.no murder weapon, or evidence of what happened to her body.defense attorneys claimed that she was a runaway and is still alive.prosecutors pinned their hopes on forensic evidence from her phone and purse, found nearby.the purse had her clothes inside ... and there, they found the defendent's d=n=a.he was arrested two months after her

the santa clara county sheriff's office is hosting its animal memorial service honoring those who haveed in the line of duty. it starts at noon today at the sheriff's office. several agencies within the county are planning on participating. >> also today, runway repaving continue at sfo, and it could impact travelers this weekend. the airport is repaving two runways that are mainly used for arriving flights. crews will be installing longer lasting l.e.d. lights and ground markings. it's expected to start before midnight tonight and last through the weekend. flyers should be prepared for delays and cancellations. this happened before and you can get very frustrated. >> today you could be celebrated. today is sirngo demaio. a lot of americans plan to celebrate by enjoying mexican food. taco consumption spikes every year for cinco de mayo. the company says taco consumption goes up by an average of 118%. even though the holiday has been a celebration of the food, it's a celebration over the french. >> tequila, margaritas will be flowing. >> at 6:00 a.m., awaiting a verdict. we're standing

in a 2013 burglary, though he is not a suspect in that case.the man has been booked into the santa clara county jail, and will face three counts of attempted murder of a police officer.in san jose, spencer blake, kron four news. (jr stone) the highly publicized murder trial in the sierra lamar case could come to an end this week in the south bay. the jury deliberations will resume tomorrow in a trial that has lasted more than 13 weeks. you may remember sierra lamar went missing back in march of 2012. her body has never been found but 26 year old antolin garcia-torres is charged with her murder and faces death or life in prison. the defense argues this is a missing persons or runaway case. the prosecution says lamar's dna was found on a pair of work gloves and rope in garcia- torres's trunk. sierra's clothes were also recovered in a field. they had garcia-torre's dna on them as well. there will be continued flaring at the valero benicia refinery while crews work to restore operations of the facility. valero has advised the city that it are switcing the flaring from the south flare to the north f

the santa clara county district attorney declined an on-camera interview but said this: the immigration status was just one park considered and they stand by the plea agreement. >>> b.a.r.t. hitting a lot of bumps lately. trains held hostage by teenage robbers, equipment break downs and smelly stations. but riders don't seem to mind. positive results of our kpix survey. >> reporter: positive and then some questions. we are here at the embark deo station which is the busiest in the b.a.r.t. line. how do they feel about it all? we asked, here's the answer. it's crowded, aging and prone to break downs, but despite all its flaws, b.a.r.t. is still the ticket for getting around the bay area. with 7 out of 10 of the 600 kpi 5 survey poll giving the commuter line a thumbs up. >> for public transportation, i give it a favorable rating. >> reporter: why? >> because it's this and it runs. >> it's cheaper than driving. >> reporter: before we hand out any awards, it should be noted the poll also found a split on the issue of b.a.r.t. cleanliness with 41% saying it needs cleaning. >> definitely they

the santa clara county district attorney's office and the san jose police department's homicide unit are conducting a joint criminal investigation. the case is being monitored by the san jose police department's internal affairs unit, the city attorney's office, and the office of the independent auditor, police said. ( mark ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) this is the second deadly police shooting in san jose in the past two days. a man was shot tuesday night outside a home on mount frazier drive. officers responded to a call about a family disturbance. police say a 28-year-old man came out of the garage and charged at one of the officer's with kitchen knives in both hands. an officer fired his gun. the man was shot and later died. the officer involved in tuesday's shooting is a 15- year veteran. ( mark ) police in san francisco are also investigating a deadly police shooting this ( darya ) rebecca strom is here with the latest. rebecca. ( rebecca ) a san francisco police officer shot and killed a man who stabbed another man. this is cell

. >>> man held in santa clara county jail for dui accused of nearly killing roommate. deputies heard a commotion and found carter beating another inmate. no weapons involved. quickly broke up fight and got the inmate immediate medical treatment. >> seems that individual was brutally attacked by cell mate. wasn't able to move when deputies noticed him. >> carter had been in jail about three days. >>> staying on top of new developments tonight on this, crazy stunt by two teenagers who climbed to the top of the golden gate bridge, no ropes or safety gear. kids took no precautions at all. somersaults to back flips up in the air. live at vista point. staggering. >> reporter: unbelievable stunt raising lots of security questions tonight. four years ago a man arrested for climbing halfway up the north tower. how did two teens make it to the top without being noticed? >> this is incredible to be honest. so beautiful up here. >> reporter: a view most have never seen but two teenage daredevil trespassers from wisconsin made up the another tower. posting on social media. peter sa

santa clara county currently has 424 cases at 18 schools. yolo county has more than 1,000 cases and now, young students in vallejo are sick because of the highly contagious virus. symptoms are extreme diarrhea, vomiting and body aches. [ indiscernible ] >> started throwing up until wednesday then diarrhea. >> we are seeing a significant increase and it's an unusual amount of cases that we have this year. >> it is unusual. the doctor says because norovirus outbreaks typically hit during colder winter months. now public health officials warn sanitizer won't kill the virus. to prevent the spread, you must wash your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water. >>> a new plan to put unused property to work in san jose. "skydrone5" over a lot that is about to be transformed into a community garden. there it is. part of the city's new urban agriculture program. neighbors get fresh veggies, and i property owner gets a tax break. >> what we do is we teach these families how to grow their own organic vegetable gardens so they're growing their own

. >> i think it's very important that the santa clara county district attorney's office responded iny and that the sheriff's department s s think it's a profoundly important case. >> reporter: breaker pointed to evidence the morning after tyree's death. rodriguez had done google searches asking can you die if someone thuds. >> inmate testimony was critical to establish the sort of setting for everything. >> the prosecution also reminded jurors of text messages between they're is and and consistent with a beating, homicide. however, the defense is expected to reiterate during their staple staples. >> in san jose, janine a. >> we learned today the trick imsweitzer died following a shooting which she came up it. >> a juf files maces he lost control and clipped into a hipping containeder. the truck was so badry damaged, first responders had to take the driver out. >> just a half hour ago, danville police made an arrest of a woman who posed as a man to rob the bank. police revealed thee saylor pictures. the robbers identify >> she now faces robbery and new proposal would hike prices by 18

dr. lisa hernandez is the deputy health officers for santa clara county. she suspects norovirus is probably the culprit.sotshe's concerned that the illness may have spread to santa cruz county and suspects it's probably because of two reasons.sotsince the outbreak began, san jose unified school district and the santa clara county health department have launched an effort to thoroughly clean the impacted schools and educate parents on how to keep the illness from spreading.sotfortunately, the school district says that almost all of those kids who fell ill two weeks ago have been able to return to classes, mainly because this illness doesn't last long, usually less than two days.the health department, however, is asking that anyone who gets sick to actually stay home even after the symptoms have faded.sot <

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there's going to be beer, wine, food, also art at the santa clara county fair grounds. temps in the 60s. partly cloudy skies, and all of the proceeds on saturday will go to the silicon valley pet project. as we head back into the extended forecast, you can see for sunday on mother's day, dry weather and maybe a little bit of rainfall coming our way by next tuesday. again, another update on the forecast at 6:48. >> thanks, jeff. >>> also ahead here at 6:00, closed for business. what prompted this local in and out burger to temporarily shut down? -- and what may have caused the spillway to partially >>> happening now. a forensics team has been called in to investigate the oroville dam and why it may have caused the spillway to partially collapse in february. the team found 28 items that could have led to the failure. we have the details on our home page. on our twitter feed, continuing coverage of the firing of fbi director james comey. we have behind the scenes photos of the protests in oakland. an in-n-out burger in the east bay - closed after nine customers got sick -

santa rosa 50. a cold day yesterday for much of sonoma county. 51 for santa clara and saratoga which is cooler than boulder creek, and you don't see that often. santa cruz at 54, gilroy at 53. 32 in truckee, 51 and ukiah, cool and a little bit of rain. i've seen a couple of inches of rain forecasted or eureka and northward over the next 5 to 7 days. unseasonably strong system that is moving in replacing this one low down in southern california and arizona. that is the kicker and it bums it along and picks up whatever is ahead of it. this is a cold and chilly pattern for this time of the year with a cooler powdered into the weekend, cloudy to mostly cloudy with partly sunny for some. the drizzle is possible, breezy. 50s and 60s. we had a full moon yesterday but still possible for some people to see. i think we have a lot of cloud cover, the cool and breezy pattern taking us into next wednesday. there it is, a shot of the moon. >> the natural light shining in the window when you're sleeping from the moon is very nice, nicer than a streetlight. >> the comments on facebook, some saying there dogs are g

it's impacting 13 schools in santa clara county. at least 245 kids have been sick at some point over the past two weeks. this is video as workers scrub down classrooms at hacienda elementary school. that school is one of the hardest hit... with 88 kids getting sick. crews are spraying a bleach solution on just about everything in an effort to sterilize the school. <"it's virtually impossible to be 100% sure we don't get any more cases. we are doing the best we can to respond to it by making sure the kids stay out of school up to 48 hours after they are symptom free. which is standard protocol. and our operations crew is out there everyday wiping down the campuses where we've seen cases.">( will ) county officials believe the stomach bug could be norovirus. most schools are being sterilized twice a day in order to stop the illness from spreading. ( darya ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. (james) breaking news this morning... president trump may have asked former f-b-i director james comey to stop the

santa clara county, the fact we have low clouds is impressive and it's cool with 30s and 40s. low cloud deck is solid toward monterey, lindsay good morning, cloudy start to monterey without drizzle. love the break in the clouds through the view. that's what she's talking about right there. see that shining through the clouds giving it that look. santa cruz low cloud deck, santa clara valley as well. patrick says good morning, steve, warmer in minneapolis than here. the crazy weather train keeps rolling yes. >> 63 degrees can we find 63's here? no 40s, 50s. 53 hayward, oakland, yes, it's a crazy pattern cool weather without a doubt on the west coast big draw out -- low dropping in for unseasonably cool pattern for them low clouds are here and water temperatures continue to be brisk when you get the north west wind upper 40s, low 50s playing into a cool pattern in the coast in the low in san francisco west southwest, delta breeze is there. 45 ukiah phoenix is high tomorrow, 78, 17 degree below average in palm springs, very cool today. maybe 17 degrees below average for this time

the santa clara county sheriff's office says the student's threat was made verbally and overheard by multiple witnesses. it is not clear when the threat was made. the school contacted the sheriff's office yesterday. the student was charged with making a criminal threat and released into the custody of his the parents. >>> a san francisco teacher has been arrested accused of calling in a bomb threat at the la porte school where he works. according to san francisco police the 22-year-old of south san francisco was arrested friday at the school. he is charged with felony threat and misdemeanor false reporting of a bomb. police say the threats were left on the school's voice mail on may 8 and 16th. the school was evacuated and searched. no devices were ever found. there is no word on the motive for the threat. >>> part of highway 1 in big sur is closed after a westbound land slide. it happened saturday night at mud creek. this is video from an airplane that shows how much earth slid down the mountain and across highway one. millions of cubic feet of dirt and rock came crashing on the roa

. >>> still ahead, jury deliberations to start this morning in the case of three santa clara county deputies accused of beating an inmate to death, and we will tell you argument from the defense to prove the innocence. >>> the head of the start of the busy season, the new airport screening procedures that could mean longer lines at some airports. >>> the lines and not too long right now when it comes to the freeways, highway 24 not looking bad heading up to the tunnel. >>> the weather not looking bad and if you want warmer weather the latter half of the holiday weekend not looking bad. >>> this is ktvu mornings on 2. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2 on this thursday morning, may 25, i am dave clark. >> i am allie rasmus. pam cook will be joining us later. >>> it is windy outdoors. >> it was pretty cool. compared to a few days ago inland was 90s and now upper 60s to low 70s. we could see drizzle and low clouds out at the sacramento valley. good morning and fog and low clouds are back. i think i felt a few drops falling from the sky. there has been reports a very light rain at the napa airpor

now, santa clara county firefighters are out preparing their equipment. we'll talk more about that coming up. live in los altos hills, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> right now in contra costa county, authorities are investigating a string of car fires. kpix 5's jessica flores is live in walnut creek with more. >> leroy lane a quiet neighborhood, you can see behind me a car burned-out. this fire breaking out feet from the occupied home. an arson investigator was called to the scene. then another fire started a mile away in lafattwas a white foam put out the fire in both cars. they both started in the driveways of occupied homes. they both started around midnight. they put the fires out. no injuries. there's a question about the two fires. is this a coincidence? is this a work of an arsonist? fire investigators are working to figure it out. it's not just walnut creek and lafayette. several car fires have popped up in recent weeks. another car burned monday in martinez. now, we did talk to the contra costa county fire protection bureau and they work on car fires