sunol-pleasanton border. it's one of the two areas police traced cell phone activity from michelle le and giselle esteban following le's disappearance may 27th from the kaiser hospital in hayward. the body was so badly decomposed the gender couldn't be determined. last night we learned that it was michelle le. we spoke with a legal analyst who says the development means giselle esteban's defense needs an immediate kick-start. he adds her pregnancy will play another huge role in the trial. >> giselle esteban's medical condition will be relevant to whether she could have committed this crime by herself but, two, whether she will be available to come to court. >> reporter: giselle esteban met her court appointed attorney yesterday and that attorney is still determining whether she will be able to represent the woman. the le family issued statement saying: they are now turning their attention to preparing a memorial for michelle. meantime giselle esteban is due back in court next wednesday when she may enter a pl

sunol canyon near the sunol/pleasanton border is one of the specific areas police traced both le's andctivity after le disappeared may 27. the remains were so badly decomposed that investigators could not determine the gender. the coroner's office will try to make an i.d. using dna tests and dental records. that could take a week. police arrested esteban at her union city home about a week and a half ago after they found physical evidence including some that showed she had been in le's vehicle, and also the discovery of le's dna on the bottom of one of her shoes. now, esteban who is pregnant with her second child, has been held at the sant rita jail in dublin without bail and she is expected to be in court this morning at 9:00. guys? >> thanks, stephanie. >>> 6:57. in the meantime, federal investigators say they have found key evidence in the plane crash during the reno air race. nine people including the pilot were killed in the accident. and several others are in critical condition. ntsb investigators say the plane had a video camera on board. and they have found memory cards at the

volunteers found the body near the sunol-pleasanton border over the weekend. stephanie chuang is in hayward with how they identified the remains so quickly. steph, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you know, we were told the whole process could take up to a week. a source, though, tells cbs 5 that dental records were the key in helping the coroner's office make such a quick identification. the question of course remains, though, how did michelle le die? and forensic experts are work on that. it was during a saturday morning search in the sunol canyon area when a volunteer found human remains just off of a dirt path. it is one of the specific areas police traced cell phone activity from both michelle le and giselle esteban, the prime suspect, following le's disappearance may 27 from the kaiser hospital in hayward. the body was so badly decomposed that investigators couldn't make an identification on gender. last night we learned though the coroner's office made that id michelle le. a legal analyst says the development means giselle esteban's defense need

sunol canyon near the sunol pleasanton border is one of the areas where police traced le's and esteban'sty after le disappeared in may. the gender of the remains which are badly decomposed are still unknown. the coroner's office will try to make an identification using dna test and dental records. that could take a week. >> the pathology will examine the remains and make a determination on gender and the real nuts and bolts of trying to find out who the person is will begin. >> police arrested 27-year-old esteban at her union city home on september 7. they found le's dna on the bottom of one of esteban's shoes. they found physical evidence that she had been in le's vehicle. and surveillance footage from the kaiser hospital parking garage caught esteban there before and after le disappeared on may 27. now, michelle le's family did make a statement saturday night, saying they have no specific comments on the discovery of the remains saturday morning but added they will continue to hold searches for michelle until she is home. guys? >> got to be a tough week for the family. thanks. >>> 5:33

they conducted the search in the sunol canyon areas and we have been told investigators are present at every one of the searches. to give you a better area where we are, we're not far from the pleasanton and sunol golf clubs joining us this evening is the sergeant from the alameda county sheriff's offices and thank you, sergeant for joining us. you have been back to the area where the remains were found. can you describe how difficult it is to get back there? >> this area is of a lightly- traveled dirt road. it's got the heavy brush in the area and again, it's just not traveled very often. >> reporter: not traveled very often and we're talking about is it accessible by vehicle? >> potentially it could be. it's not the easiest road to go down, but yes, you could get there by car. >> reporter: this is a dual investigation. we have the hayward police department ability alameda county sheriff's office, can you describe what this investigation where it's going tonight? >> right now it's a dual investigation with hayward police and the alameda county sheriff's office. right now, the alameda

the remains were found at pleasanton sunol road and verona road around 10-30 this morning. ¤ this was the eighth search by volunteers of the niles can this is the eighth search of the niles canyon- sunol canyon area since michelle le disappeared six months ago. kcbs reporter tim ryan is live at the scene with the latest. tim. tim ryan, thank you. the number of dead from that horrific crash at the air races dead from that horrific crash at the air races in reno -- has gone up. reno police say nine people died -- when that world war two-era plane crashed into the v-i-p seats at the "national championship air races." seven people, including the pilot, killed on impact on the tarmac. >>> police say 9 people died when the airplane crashed into the seats at the air races. several people killed on impact. two others died in the hospital. in all, 54 people were treated at area hospitals. 24 have been allowed to go home. the crash happened about 4:30 yesterday afternoon just north of reno. joe is there for us now. >> as we speak investigators are holding a news conference review --

. >>> topping our news we could find out whether the body discovered over the weekend in the sunole area is a man or woman. as ktvu channel 2 news' allie rasmus tells us from heyward, the body turned up after a search of missing nursing student michelle le, allie? >> reporter: there could be some legal developments. the woman arrested giselle esteban is due back in court in heyward. 27-year-old giselle esteban was a former high school friend of michelle le's and police say she blamed michelle le for ruining her relationship with an ex-boyfriend. at her hearing she could be assigned a public defender and may end terrible a plea to the murder charge against her. that plea comes as they investigate possible developments in the michelle le case. a volunteer with the search group found a body off the side of a dirt road and that was located in foot hill road in an unincorporated part of pleasantton. they were not able to tell whether or not it belonged to a man or woman but a spokesperson said the medical examiner may be able to answer that question the gender of that body as early as today.

the body was found in a remote area near sunol.hile family and friends were searching for the missing 26-year-old. leslie brinkley reports. >>> it was like an archaeological dig. people on hands and knees and digging around the remains. they are going to do the best they can to pull the remains out as one hole movement. >> the alameda county sheriff's office and hayward police swarmed into this remote canyon near interstate 680 and sunol at 10:30 saturday morning after volunteer searcher reported a body had been found. >> one of the search party members did discover remains. right now, that is all we know. there is nothing that indicates gender with the remains. the body is decomposed. >> it could be weeks before the body is identified with dna testing. alameda crime slab processing all the evidence. this was the eighth time the family of missing nursing student michelle le mounted an independent search for her. brad dennis was in charge of the team that found the remains. >> we had law enforcement on the search and secured the are

a body was found during the search near sunol canyon.gators are on the scene searching for more clues, allie rasmus has more. >> reporter: the body was found a quarter mile up this dirt road behind us, but the area around t the roads that lead up -- it, the roads that lead up to this dirt path isn't that remote. off to our right is a pedestrian bridge, on the other side is foothill road and all morning we have seen people going by and jogging and on bikes. we can't take you up to the area where this body was found because it is part of the crime scene but news chopper 2 was overhead yesterday as investigators continued their search through the brushy trail where these remains were found. now, this morning there are about a half a dozen police cars still in that area making sure the crime scene there remains secure. the alameda county coroner removed the body that was found there yesterday night and investigators say because that body was pretty badly decomposed, they can't determine whether it belongs to a man or woman, however, the alam

michelle le found the remains on saturday in a wooded area near sunol. stephanie chuang has more on why it may take a week to identify the remains and why le's accuser was in court today. >> reporter: giselle esteban walked into court just before 11:00 this morning for a quick five-minute appearance. the court appointed the 27-year-old an oakland-based attorney, who said she just met esteban and three family members today. asked how her new client is doing, the attorney replied she is coping. the judge decided to continue the arraignment until wednesday, the 28th so she could do her investigation before coming into the case. and former prosecutor and legal analyst steve part says the discovery of what could be michelle le's body will force esteban's defense to kick start immediately starting with an evaluation of her mental health. >> whether she is competent to stand trial at this point in light of her physical condition and in light of the mental issues that are alluded to in those restraining orders. all of that is critical for the defense, and it nee

the body was found in a remote area near sunol while family and friends were searching for the 26-year-old. leslie brinkley reports. >> i would equate it to like an archeological dig. we have people on their hands and knees with brushes and they are digging around the remains and they are going to do the best they can to pull the remains out one hole movement. >> the alameda county sheriff's office and police swarmed into the remote canyon near interstate 680 and sunol at 10:30 saturday morning after a volunteer searching reported a body had been found. >> one of the search members did discover remains. right now that's all we know. there is nothing that indicates gender with the remains. the body is decomposed. >> it could be weeks before the body is positively identified if dna testing is required. alameda county's crime lab is processing all the evidence. this was the eighth time the family of missing nursing student michelle le mounted an independent search for her. brad dennis was in charge of the team that found the human remains. >> we actually had law enforcement on the search and

the remains were discovered near sunol on saturday.lle was last seen at kaiser hospital in hayward. friends and family say they are awaiting the results of the autopsy and will continue the search until she is found. meanwhile a former friend of machel has been found charged with her murder. she will be in court and 30 minutes and expected to be assigned an attorney and enter a plea. 8:37 a.m.. a lot looked outside at sentences the from the roof of a van ness ave. the skies are clear in the loop. everyone will see to as the temperatures today. if we will be right back. >> >> are kept president broad obama just unveiled his at three trillion dollar plan to shrink the nation's debt. half of that money coming from tax increases all the americans if and corporations. career is a part of what he had to say. >> is i am proposing is serious cuts in spending. when you include the one trillion in cuts that i have already signed into law, these would be among the biggest cuts if in spending in our history but they have to be part of a larger pla

her body was discovered just over a week ago in a remote area near sunol.le esteban is charged with her murder. she is expected to be in court this morning to possibly enter a plea and finalize for legal representation. >> bay area weather and traffic. we are concerned about traffic to the north. >> the accident was clear to the lands quickly, but sitting on the shoulder is still garners attention in this was the southbound ride that is back of beyond a role in heading through navato. 58 minute drive time. we will continue a big check--bridge check. it is much slower on the bay bridge than the san mateo bridge where you'll find it easier trip and a better drive time. 15 minutes to get from hayward over to foster city. it is slow on 92 heading down towards 101 from foster city blvd.. 92 remains heavy as to head west of the bayshore freeway. the golden gate bridge ride, as you saw, is move commute. we are going to pick up some more slowdown's as we track the east bay and south bay rights. heavy on 680 into the san ramon valley and out of walnut creek. the 680

it's 84 just west of sunol road. so we put up this map to show you it is a little bit sluggish in that area. out towards the bay bridge, everything is still nice and quiet here no delay this morning heading into san francisco. and checking out the ride on highway 4 so far no brake lights past hillcrest antinoro jock bridge traffic like usual moving fine this morning. it looks like a nice smooth commute towards pittsburg and concord. for silicon valley commuters westbound 237 looks great right there by the 880 interchange. quick trip towards san jose. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:06. bart officers have a new crime- fighting tool. coming up, how it could really help protect the cops. >>> plus, why a bay area teacher says he punished his student for saying "bless you" after someone sneezed. >>> and do you need a little jolt of java to get your day going? it's national coffee day. where you can grab a cup of coffee and it's free. tell you about that -- well, that gives it away, maybe a little -- >>> we'll be right ba

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and a look at the sunole grade traffic is moving along just fine. >>> you will see a big change, a busy computer hub will get a much needed makeover. live to tell us more about the changes that will be more than just cosmetic. >>> and transit is located near the shopping center which goes to the other end and it is about 100 yards long. the district says the changes will improve lighting and visibility. this is the secondmost popular in the county and it may also be the most dangerous. during a span of a few weeks this summer, there were five attempted robberies at or near the area. they could do little to improve security. >> reporter: unlike the other hub, it is on district property and they hired a private security company for that hub. they are given a half million and in addition to lighting and visibility, they will have bike racks and lockers and also better signs. five bus routes will have temporary areas for transportation and others will be affected. as you can see it is to start tomorrow and will last about six weeks or so but i want to show you where the new temporary hub wi

sunole grade there are no cars out on the roadway. 4:30 let's head back to the desk. >>> topping our news, it is our last day for a family that runs concessions at the lake. alley is there with some of the changes that are taking place. good morning allie rasmus. >> reporter: good morning, they are shutting down operations at the end of the day today. it comes after a long fight between recreation and the boat house operators and the lease for the current operators has run out and now the park is bringing in a new operator a company based out of new mexico. they will still offer row boat rentals and they will also have a cafe with snacks but they say some of the old character and history of the old boat house will be lost once it changes hands. >> it will take a lot of the authenticity out of it which could be anywhere. >> people have also been able to rent bikes and that's changing too. the new company will not be offering bikes and this is the last time they will be able to rent bikes. allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the agency is asking congress to step in and help straighte

an accident that occurred overnight in sunol has shut down the calaveras on-ramp.n the meantime, time it doesn't affect your drive along 680. speeds are still moving at the limit in both directions. check in with mass transit, bart caltrain, muni and checking in problem free. for the latest traffic go to abc7news.com and click on the bay area traffic link. >>> danielle, thank you very much. >> three minutes into muni's fiscal year the transit agency is project ago $23 million deficit. more than $14 million will come from salaries and benefits despite some savings from muni's new contract with transit operators. fines and parking meter fees are down but the new chief says riders are no mood for fare increases so that option for dealing with the short fall is off the table. >> if you are a child of babyboomers don't count on getting inheritance. they are spending it. they are surprised only half say it's important to leave money to their children. one-quarter say they fear their kids will be lazy. they also believe after years of hard work, they should treat themselv

this morning's commute looks fine if you are driving on the sunole grade all the way to san jose. traffic looks good driving to 237 and in the south bay, there is a crash on the right shoulder but there is not much of a back up at this point and you can see the indicater at the bottom right of your screen and no major problems. this is a look at the peninsular and highway 101 looks good from san mateo down to red wood city. 4:53 let's go to steve. >>> we have some thick fog but it is not the coverage we have had the last couple of mornings and fog is reported from san jose to santa rosa and high pressure is building in from southern california and we will have a rapid warmup and we will have a few high inland temperatures 3 to 5 by the coast and there is a lot of fog as the rain has moved off. the rain in southern california had measurable amounts and it has not pushed off to the east. red wood city and 52 in oakland, that is cool. napa and santa fe, sea breeze not really, can't hold a candle and lost the higher elevations are already in the mid-70s. that is a sign a high is build

the body was found in a remote area near sunol while family and friends were searching for the 26-year-old. leslie brinkley reports. >> i would equate it to like an archeological dig. we have people on their hands and knees with brushes and they are digging around the remains and they are going to do the best they can to pull the remains out one hole movement. >> the alameda county sheriff's office and police swarmed into the remote canyon near interstate 680 and sunol6:30 saturday morning after a volunteer searching reported a body had been found. >> one of the search members did discover remains. right now that's all we know. there is nothing that indicates gender with the remains. the body is decomposed. >> it could be weeks before the body is positively identified if dna testing is required. alameda county's crime lab is processing all the evidence. this was the eighth time the family of missing nursing student michelle le mounted an independent search for her. brad dennis was in charge of the team that found the human remains. >> we actually had law enforcement on the search and they

she found the remains in a wooded area near sunol. juliette goodrich is in hayward with more on the emotional search for michelle le. >> reporter: it is quite an emotional search. this mother and volunteer knows firsthand what the les have endured. her daughter was murdered in southern california making headlines. her body was found a year later. so this mother formed a team, came up here with her dog and helped find the remains. michelle le's remains found saturday by carrie mcgonigle, a mother whose daughter was murdered two years ago in escondido. with her search dog, she named after her daughter, amber. she told cbs 5 she wants to give the le family time to grieve before she talks publicly on camera. dental records confirmed the remains were those of michelle le. how she died is not known. forensic tests are ongoing. >> they will be going over whatever was recovered there where michelle was recovered trying to determine cause of death. >> reporter: michelle le's remains were found in a remote area of the sunol canyon where gps tra

volunteer searchers found human remains near the sunol pleasanton border where police think michele lei's body was potentially dumped. one of the searchers was in court today. >> there is a lot of mixed emotions now because there are people that put hours and hours and hours behind the scenes doing this type of thing. the people that were involved, it's very emotional for them to discover somebody deceased. >> reporter: the alameda county sheriff's office is trying to do a positive identification on the skeletal remains. investigators say they're calling on a forensic pathologist and forensic dentist. the hayward police department wants that dentist to compare michele lei's dental records with the remains found over the weekend. >> if you are comparing it to a specific person, then it can go quicker than if it's just you have dental bones and teeth it, can take a long, long time obviously. >> reporter: michele lei disappeared in may. the nursing student last seen leaving kaiser hospital in hayward. the alameda county sheriff says they'll potentially be performing that dental match on the

this is a look at the sunole grade. some of the road work in this area has also been picked up. it is a good time to do it, westbound looks good all the way over to sunnyville, 454, let's go to steve. >>> there is no fog out there, no wind, history tells me the city is sitting at 60 degrees and you warm it up fast, clear on the coast except around the monterey bay. tomorrow the fog returns it will have a tough time much cooler by the weekend and it looks like high pressure system will slowly erode and until then it is not going anywhere. coast could go anywhere from 60s to 70s, 80s and 90s. it is a spare the air day. mainly clear, a few thunderstorms popping up over the sierra nevada. 50s and 60s how can you not be hot when it is already sitting at 60s. the days are getting shorter and nights are getting longer but at this point no delta breeze. the system is working closer towards us and now fog can form in a moment's notice but everything looks good with sunshine and hot conditions as we get that high pressure a loft some are already 80 degrees. sunny warm to hot clear by the

her dog led authorities to le's remains in niles canyon near sunol. mcgonigle's 14-year-old daughter amber disappeared in 2009. it took search crews more than a year to find her remains. >> every morning she would wake me up before she left for school and give me a kiss and tell me she loved me. >> family and friends are planning a public memorial service for le. the only suspect arrested in the homicide investigation, giselle esteban, remains in jail. she will be back in court next week. >>> break out the shorts, break out the tank tops. >> that's right. because lawrence is here with another stellar day in the bay area. >> do we really want to expose those white legs again? >> how else can we find? you [ laughter ] >> that's true. they glow in the dark! we have more sunshine coming our way. it will be hot in the valleys but we are seeing some changes at the coastline. some of that patchy fog showing up at the beaches and it's thick at the coastline. probably seeing cooler temperatures at the coast and inside the bay. plan on 59 right now concord, 62

talking about the 680 express lane through sunol. more drivers are using it through rush hour. the average number of drivers using it each day is up to 1700. carpoolers used the 14 mile stretch from pleasanton to milpitas free from home to work and a fee changes due to the volume of traffic at that time. >> we learned people will choose to use the lane when they want to. they won't use it every day. people use it about twice a month. it's there when people need. >> it their own version of dynamic pricing. tollbooths collect up to $30,000 a week in revenue. it's free, in case you're wondering, on week nights after 8:00 and any time on weekends. >> have you started ire christmas shopping yet? >> it's 95 degrees. no. what would you like, though? >> mos ptepl haven't but we will show you hot christmas items coming up next. en >>> during commercial break, we were all figuring out what we want for christmas. >> i want a tablet. >> does it cost $40 or less? no. >> the calendar may say september but it's never too early to start thinking about it. it it's 90 degrees outside. >> elmo le

. >> reporter: four days ago, she may have found her meaning on this desolate dirt path inside sunol> i know i have a purpose to serve the community and help other families. >> reporter: it was here that she and her 1-year-old yell labrador discovered the -- yellow labrador discovered the missing remains of michelle le. >> i didn't know i found her. i continued on with my job and that was to continue to search. >> reporter: but she's new to the search field, following the kidnapping and murder of her daughter amber two years ago. so she didn't immediately turn heartache into hunting for the missing with a search and rescue dog. >> i was actually looking for someone to train her and i was going to donate her. >> reporter: but the labrador stole her heart. she even named her amber after the daughter she lost. so the two entered the canyon with several groups of searchers. >> amber suddenly pelted down the trail. i called for her to return several times but she did not. i bent to reattach her lead and noticed what could possibly be some remains. >> reporter: skeletal remains, a heartbre

le's body was found by volunteers saturday in niles canyon in sunol. they picked up signals in that area from le's cell phone and from the suspect's cell phone after le disappeared. that was back in may. that suspect is le's former classmate, giselle esteban at the santa rita jail right now with no bail. the discovery of the body will change the case against esteban. >> this will be critical to their case. you no longer have the issue, is michelle still alive. big hurdle that the prosecution may have gotten over. now you have to look at how did michelle die? >> of course how michelle le died is still not known. meantime, le's family posted a picture of michelle and a statement about the tragedy on the family website. they say they are planning a public vigil with details to come soon. >>> east bay cop already accused of stealing drugs and selling them back out on the streets is now facing new charges. this time, domestic battery. former san ramon police officer luis lombardi is in county jail on $1 million bail. he is accused of threatening and batteri

. >>> chp is dealing with an accident that occurred overnight in sunol to southbound 680.ying it will be a couple of hours before they have that reopened. chp opening to have it opened by 8:00 this morning. 4 lone tree way to 242, 12 minutes. westbound 580 out to the dublin interchange and northbound 880 up to the maze, a quick 12 minutes. live look east shore freeway where traffic is flowing freely in both directions. go to abc7news.com. >>> could be the bay area's mess yest festival yet. tomato hurling is coming to pleasanton. massive tomato fight is coming to the fairgrounds on october 1st with beer and battle of the bands, organizers of the tomato battle say they were inspired by the tomatino festival in spain. it's expected to include thousands of pounds of tomatoes. >> that is video of the spanish competition fight? okay, that the same group, all right. very cool. >> what would you do with a dirty diamond. you would try to sell it. u.s. marshal service is selling this gem they confiscated. it's flawless and about the size of a 50 cent piece. it goes on an auction blo

. >>> they're trying to determine whether the remains found near sunol are those of michelle le, theursing student miss forg more than three months. police arrested her former roommate a week and a half ago. there's more on the case in hayward where the suspect is expected to enter a plea in court tomorrow. >> less than 30 hours since the remains were found, it's been of interest to police. search and rescue crews returned to the area where the body was found, skoucouring the brush fo any additional evidence. saturday morning a team of volunteers found the human remainse off the deer trail cle to the country club in pleasa pleasanton. the 26-year-old was last seen at kaiser medical center. mark klaas, whose daughter was kidnapped in may 1993, is helping them with the search. one of the areas had been searched numerous times since michelle's cell phone pinged there soon after her disappearance. her class said if it does turn out to be michelle le's body, at least the family would get closure, despite the heartache. >> it certainly strodestroys an hope they have of recovering her alive

several kron4 of your support of the shaking across the east bay as far as sunol.es after that and other smaller quakes struck off the coast. it 2.3 magnitude centered 6 mi. northwest of the day the city. so far there are no reports of injuries. an investigation is underway into the death of a cancer patient early saturday morning he was given a fatal dose of medication. maureen kelly explains how a labor dispute between hospital and its nurses may aptly a part. >> i felt like perhaps i could have prevented it, if i was there. >> this oncology reward owners with 27 years of the jobs as she was not at her post when the team a cancer patient died. it was not a choice. >> a could not protect this patient. it was a great loss and i feel for the family. i wish i would have been there. felicia says that she and other union nurses were locked out because they took part in this strike thursday. that is when an estimated 27,000 nurses picketed in front of 34 hospitals including summit center in oakland. they were protesting staffing cuts and management issues. the day after

. >> reporter: michelle le's remains were found in a remote area of the sunol canyon where gps tracking showed cell phones of both le and her suspected killer giselle esteban. a total of 15 searches were conducted by investigators and the le family, a family determined to never give up until they found michelle. >> their perseverance in continuing their efforts to do searches and through those efforts she was found. >> reporter: giselle esteban is seven months pregnant. she appeared in court yesterday but didn't enter a plea. investigators say as for a motive for murder and how le died, it may only be known by esteban right now. the le family is now in the process of planning a memorial. they weren't going to start to even plan or think about a memorial until they had michelle home and now they do. carrie is down in escondido. i talked to her by phone today. she plans to hold a news conference tomorrow to talk about saturday's discovery. >> thank you. >>> oakland police are looking for a missing 15-year-old girl. she hasn't been seen since she left for school on august 21. police say sh

loved ones are anxiously waiting for the coroner to identify the human remains found by searchers in sunol canyon over the weekend, the very area where police say esteban's cell phone records show she traveled after le disappeared. >> if this is michelle le, this is a huge break for the prosecution because they have gutted the defense case of saying that michelle le may still be alive. >> reporter: legal analyst steve clark says if the body is indeed le, it's the missing piece of the puzzle that should reveal the answers to so many questions and potentially give prosecutors the ammunition they need to throw the book at esteban. >> it also is going to give a lot of clues to the prosecution as to how michelle le died. was there a skull fracture or some other trauma to the body. it's going to be critical in their case. >> reporter: for those who have searched tirelessly for le for months and who have been holding out hope she's perhaps still alive, the discovery has been tough. >> that's pretty much all i have to say, i have mixed emotions. >> we want closure at some point. i don't know if th

they were found over the weekend near sunol. amy hollyfield is live at the courthouse near hayward where the prime suspect in her disappearance and probable murder will appear in court today. >> esteban is due in court. the case would get stronger if they had a body. they removed remains found saturday night in remote part of alameda county near niles canyon. investigators returned to the scene yesterday to gather more evidence. but they say it will take some time to process all of it. volunteers who were out on saturday looking for michelle le found the remains. police say it could take days for them to figure out who they found. they say there is no indication that the body, or isn't the body of michelle le. >> there is nothing that was with the body that says it's one person or another. no jewelry found, not a tattoo to find. we have dental remains to compare with. if we have to go to dna that takes longer than dental. >> esteban is charged with le's murder and expected to enter a plea in court today. esteban told abc7 news s

her dog actually led authorities to le's remains in niles canyon near sunol. this morning she spoke with the media saying she is grateful that she was able to help. >> i have a tremendous amount of sadness not only reliving my own tragedy but also for the le family. this experience has made me come to terms with my own fears, the fear that i would not be capable of handling an experience like this. i know now that god, my daughter and amber and michelle needed me. >> mcgonigle's 14-year-old daughter amber disappeared in 2009. it took search crews more than a year to find her remains. >>> san francisco's bayview neighborhood has seen violence before. but the shooting of a 5-year- old child in broad daylight is too much to bear. as anne makovec reports, it's got a neighborhood on edge. >> i'm afraid to come out sometime because all this killing, all this killing going around. >> reporter: shootings in san francisco's bayview are already too common. but yesterday, a 5-year-old girl was caught in the crossfire. today, this neighbor holds his 4-year-old daughter an

investigators have confirmed the human remains found near sunol are those of michelle le. volunteers searching for le made the discovery on saturday. they scoured the location off a dirt path near foothill road based on a trace of le's last cell phone signal. while the alameda county coroner's office confirmed the identity, they still have not determined the cause of death. forensic tests are ongoing. hayward police department are commending le's family for the persistence in finding her body. >> what does feel good and this really is an applaud to the le family is their perseverance in continuing their efforts to do searches. and it is through those efforts that michelle was ultimately found. >> 27-year-old giselle esteban has been charged with le's murder. le's former friend made a brief court appearance yesterday, no plea entered. esteban will appear again next week in court. >>> san francisco's police chief is depending the actions of an officer who accident his shot two tourist in north beach. last night the chief held a community meeting near saturday night's crime s

part of alameda county and a volunteer on one of the searches on saturday found the remains in the sunol canyon. police said that le's cell phone and the phone of his suspected killer traveled on a similar path in that area. finding the body definitely helped prosecutors' case. it would be stronger if they figure out how she died. >> part of what they'll do is detailed analysis of the corpse and the body to see if there is a head trauma, skull fracture to explain how did the death occur. >> reporter: giselle esteban was in court yesterday. she is charged in the murder. she was assigned an torn at a brief court appearance and scheduled to enter a plea next week. le's family released a written statement saying we ask for privacy and respect in the difficult time. was we are grieving and preparing a memorial service for her, a proper goodboy. they thanked the community for all the support they received and they asked for more support and continued prayers as they begin the journey to ensure justice for michelle. live in hayward, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you very much. >>> 4:33 no

they discovered remains in the sunol canyon.hone signal and the signal of her accused killer had traveled in that area. they identified the remains late last night. michelle le's family released a statement asking for privacy and space. as the family members deal with their grief. they did thank the hayward police department and all of the volunteers and say they are now planning for a public memorial service. the other top story is the falt of hikers in iran. terry mcsweeney is tracking that for us. >> the word is the two u.c. berkeley students held in prison for two years are going to have to wait one more day for the freedom. they spent the day waiting for the vacationing judge to report to get his signature but he never show up. fattal and bauer were arrested in 2009 along the iran/iraq border charged with spying. they were charged to eight years in prison but then were we told the sentence could be canceled soon. a third american arrested with them sarah shourd was released after a similar bail payment. and iran accused all

. >>> welcome back time now 6:53 later today we may find out if that body found near sunole is a mann. a woman searching for missing nursing student michelle le found the body and they say it may take weeks before they are able to identify the body. >>> suspects in a double shooting two teens were wounded. the condition of the victims is not known. >>> and in the next hour, president barack obama will talk about his deficit reduction plan. republicans are already attacking it, criticizing, it includes $1.5 trillion in new taxes. >>> the prime suspect in a violent south bay crime spree is in jail. police tracked him to the south bay valley. live in san jose where the manhunt first started, alex? >>> behind bars this morning, he was questioned and has been the focus of a manhunt this since friday afternoon. he is behind a string of crimes including a murder. castillo on friday kidnapped and murdered a woman he came across in the san jose shopping center and they say that was a woman he targeted at random. before that castillo also shot a man he was trying to rob at a gas station. that

sunole grade this traffic is moving along nicely there is a crash on the peninsular southbound 101 atreet but we will give you details and how to get around that. >>> a strike by california nurses is about to begin why hundreds of nurses will walk off the job and how patients will cope. >>> facebook looks different this morning but do the 750 million users like it? >> good morning, cooler for all, well some but not all, we will have details coming up. . >>> thousands of nurses are set to walk the picket lines why the majority are working with contracts. >>> the federal government could shut down in less than a week, the measure that has to pass to prevent that from happening. >>> plus new details coming out about the failed giant solyndra what company officials allegedly did, ktvu

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southbound 680 typically have the leading towards sunol. to 80 has not begun to back up at all. we want to apprise you of the closure of university avenue of the dumbarton bridge, still a potential hot spot. we have not seen any backups on to the dumbarton but that possibility exists. a fatal crash has university shut down. you'll have to use willow road instead. the rest of the peninsula commute looks good. the 92 interchange is clear and 280 looks good along the peninsula. >> a man dead after a shooting at an east oakland motorcycle club. jackie sissel is live at police headquarters with details. >> investigators and the detectives from the oakland police department are investigating a shooting that left one man dead. a well-known east bay motorcycle club, let's take a look at the video. this began around 9:45 p.m. when the oakland police to par received a call to the 8800 block of international. it is the east bay dragons motorcycle club. once there, they discovered that one victim had been shot in a back crotch area. one person was transported to highland hospital. he was pr

it led to the area of sunole pleasantton area. the search area and it was her dog who found the missing nursing student's body. the 14-year-old honor student was stabbed to death near san diego two years ago and her child's body was not found for a year. >> i believe there is such thing as some type of closure but you never completely get closure. >> the coroner used dental records to identify her and they tried to figure out how she was killed. giselle esteban is accused in her murder. >>> you should know thousands of nurses are getting ready to walk off the job in oakland. they are planning a one day strike tomorrow. thousand will take park. both hospitals have hired replacement nurses. >>> muny is getting readied to replace -- ready to replace cables. muny should become more reliable in the coming months. work began to replace the cable loop which is the auto mated cable loop that fits the rails. those cables play a crucial role in guarding muny's entire underground system. >>> sal, is traffic taking a toll on the toll plaza? >

. >>> there have been six searches so far in the hills near niles canyon and sunol and seventh taking place on saturday. the motive for all this could be jealousy. esteban has a history of violence and mental illness. resented her friendship of le's former boyfriend. she said she hated le. she didn't have anything to do w anything to disappearance but she hated le with the relationship. where is the former boyfriend? he got a restraining order eggs at the ban three days before le's disappearance. today esteban in court at 2:00. >>> parents and students that attended two schools in west contra costa got a welcome surprise. they learned the schools will not be closing next year. last night the board voted to pay off an $8 million loan and because of that the board took lake elementary and san pablo and shannon elementary off the closure list for the fall of 2012. >> i'm really, really happy. >> this is what we have been waiting for close to four years. i'm really happy. >> the city of san pablo has been funding lake elementary for the past three years. now, the school district will keep

. >> reporter: the family has organized numerous searches in the hills near niles canyon and sunol. nothing has turned up yet but they do want closure. possible motive. there is speculation that esteban had a history of violence and mental illness resented her friendship with es at the ban's former boyfriend. esteban called abc7 shortly after the disappearance she had nothing to do with the disappearance but she did hate her for that relationship. esteban is expected in court at 2:00 this afternoon. >>> it's a thursday, not a monday but today is the day bart protestors are threatening to force the closure of a downtown station. they are demanding that the bart police department be disbanded. amy hollyfield is live at the powell street station. >> reporter: the location has changed. it's going to be the powell street station, not the civic center. the flyer doesn't say why they changed location but they are very specific. the group organizing today's protest is no justice, no bart. this is not the anonymous group in the past. this planned the first protest that got quite rowdy. today

sunole grade watch for some activity on the right shoulders which went off the side back on the road. let's go back to the desk. >>> police are worried three stories of scaffolding may collapse. >> plus away area home is destroyed buyout of control flames, -- by out of control flames, what neighbors are doing this morning.

the body has still not been found despite searches around niles and sunol. >> concord police are on the hunted for a parolee wanted in a wild chase and carjacking. they say the highway patrol begin chasing a vehicle driven by dustin edward cooper. it ended when he ditched the vehicle on highway 242 in concord. police say cooper carjacked a vehicle nearby. he was spotted driving erratically through the city striking several cars and some fences. officers found the carjacked vehicle abandoned in the 4800 block of myrtle drive. he should be considered armed and dangerous. >> another bart protest could materialize in san francisco today. the computer hacking group anonymous indicated in a tweet they will be a gathering at the powell street embarcadero and civic center stations today. they had planned to protest every monday since bart temporarily shut down cellphone service last month to avoid a protest over the killing of champions hill in july. there was a protest on thursday by another group no justice no bart shut down the powell street station and ended with the arrest of more than 2 d

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september 17th, her body was discovered on a dirt road in an unincorporated area between pleasanton and sunol. she would have graduated here in oakland in december. she was a nursing student at the program here. and friends say she was looking forward to her future. family, friends, including her sorority sisters, even strangers, all are here tonight remembering michelle. >> this is probably the hardest thing that i've ever done and experienced. >> reporter: how do you want her remembered? >> michelle was just always so giving and caring and she had the biggest heart. >> michelle is just like my daughter. it's kind of hard. but at least we have closure. and for the family, we just keep praying to give us strength and support. i love her dearly and these girls are like wonderful. >> reporter: authorities have charged le's former high school friend, gisele esteban in her murder. this vigil, which is open to the public will be going on until 8:00 this evening. there will also be a private memorial service for michelle later at some other date. for now, we're live in oakland. >>> we have a follow

on the sunole grade we don't have any slow traffic here and traffic continues to move along relativelyin the south bay even getting to it but they had road work picking up in east bay and south bay areas. let's move along and take a look at the commute if you are driving on interstate 880 and that traffic is moving along very nicely with no major problems. this morning's commute is looking good if you are driving at the bay bridge toll plaza and they have picked up the road work on the eastbound freeways and here it is 5:30 most of the lanes have now been reopened. let's go to steve. >>> good morning everybody, by the way if you are getting any drizzle or strong winds you can always tweet me and give me weather information. great stuff coming in, it really does help especially if you are getting any mist out. there are a lot of low clouds around. coastal fog and making a surge, it will peel back to the coast and it might even get chewed up as some cooler air moves in. it is picking up 20 - 30 miles per hour so it will be a cool blustery day and another area of low pressure on the south