Relief. Reporter joining them sierras older sister danielle with tears in her eyes. Obviously not going to see sierra back, so its not closure but it is a good first step. And the jury did the right thing. Reporter Antolin Garcia torres was convicted of kidnap and murder even though the body wasnt found. It was on dna evidence. In 13 weeks of testimony its difficult to say what is most compelling. Its the whole package. Reporter the jury will convene next week to start the penalty phase. Garcia torres could face life in prison without the possibility of parole, or the Death Penalty. In san jose, david louie, abc7 news. Todays verdict came as a huge relief to the hundreds of volunteers who searched for the teenager. Abc7 News Reporter jeannine de la vega join us from morgan hill where sierra attended high school before disappearing. Jeannine . Reporter well, nearly everybody here knows the name sierra lamar even though they dont personally know her or knew of her family. In a sense, she
anny hong significant cooling trend starts today with gusty onshore winds and a deepening marine layer. Cooling trend continues into thursday as a cold front moves into the north bay with a slight chance of showers. Breezy and unseasonably cool pattern will persist friday and into the weekend with some moderation by sunday. Long range pattern calls for continued below normal temperatures. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james bam justice for the family of sierra lamar. A guilty verdict for Antolin Garcia torres in the murder of the 15 yearold girl back in 2012. We brought you the verdict live on the kron 4 morning news yesterday. Lawyers are set to discuss the penalty phase in the trial today. Kron fours Catherine Heenan takes us through the emotional moments that played out at the Santa Clara County courthouse. Members of sierra lamars family crowded into the courtroom. The wept and gasped
Trumps firing of fbi director james comey. Our question of the day do you agree with President Trumps decision to fire director comey . Go to wjla. Com votenow and let us know. Janai norman has more. Social media is exploding with comey firing. Sam sweeney is down in the newsroom with more on that sam . Adlib tagboard, toss back to anchors we are staying on top of this we will bring you all the latest information here onair and at wjladotcom. Happening now dc police, investigating two shootings that left six people hurt. Among those victims three boys playing in a park around six last night. Several shell casings were found on a baksetball court on franklin street northeast. All three boys were taken to the hospital. Then about three hours later in southeast another shooting leaving three men hurt. This happened on benning road right on the dc Prince Georges County line. Still no word on the conditions of any of the vicitms. Seven on your side is looking into skyrocketing prices on the
Paper. Theyre going to show up one day and hand that to me, im positive. [laughter] jefferson was in charge as he was away, and he was moving from a smaller property to the bigger house in 1799. [inaudible] [laughter] that is a good point. I will go home and do that. Thank you very much. [applause] youre watching American History tv. Follow us on twitter for our schedule and to give up on the latest history news. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1970 nine, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies. It is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Next on American History tv, cr gives highlights the achievements of several africanamerican women of the civil war. , focusing on individuals he says have been overlooked. Stories of black women who worked as soldiers and spies as well as women who were abolitionist on the underground railroad. This hourlong event took place at the africanamerican civil or thatrial and it was organized b
Operations put on hold. Hackers demanding ransom for hijacked files. The worldwide response this morning. And stealing the show. Will ferrells hilarious commencement speech to California College students. All of you have excelled in various courses of study except for four students. His message and why he ended up breaking into song. Will always love you kind of wish i had will ferrell speaking at my graduation. Me too. I think we had bob dole. Not quite really, bob dole, will ferrell. Any time we can have will ferrell on the show its a good saturday. Absolutely. Absolutely. A good laugh. Thats right. We do want to start here with pretty serious news heading into another busy day on whats been even by trump standards one of the most extraordinary weeks of his Young Administration after the firing of fbi chief james comey. This morning, the search for a new fbi director begins with the first round of candidates arriving at the Justice Department for job interviews. These interviews on t