rob live the prosecutions closing arguments took all day and will continue tomorrow. The defensewill be next. Steven clark expects the jury will need plenty of time to consider the evidence as a group before reaching a verdict. If convicted, Garcia Torres faces the death penalty. Live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news vicki sierra lamars family and their supporters have waited five years for some sort of closure. grant Catherine Heenan is here to take us through the case from the beginning. catherine its been a long, slow search for justice. With no body ever found, investigators had to rely on forensic evidence to link the defendant to sierra lamars disappearance. Natearly morning on a lonely rural road in morgan hillthis is where sierra lamar disappeared on march 16th, 2012 she was headed for the School Bus Stop just a few minutes walk from her home. That evening her mother got an automated call from the school that her daughter was absent. Marlene lamar insists her daughter is no
Button issue. With passionate opinions on both sides. steve the proposed northgate unified School Distrcit would include a 5 schools serving forty two hundred students. vicki tonight Contra Costa County education officials got a chance to hear from the public about the plan. Kron 4s Charles Clifford is live for us tonight in concord with details. Charles. On tuesday evening, those in favor of the proposed Northgate Unified School District and those opposed to it made their cases here before the Contra Costa County board of education. Earlier this year a petition, with more than six thousand signatures, was submitted to the Contra Costa County board of education requesting that a new School District, the Northgate Unified School District, be carved from the existing mount diablo School District. Mount diablo is made up of 56 schools serving more than 32 thousands students. It covers a large portion of the east bay stretching from martinez to walnut creek. Pleasnant hill to clayton. The
Across the district as High Pressure moves across the state. A modest cooling trend will start on thursday as an upper level trough approaches the coast. The cooling trend continues friday into saturday when a slight chance of showers is forecast as an upper low approaches the region. Locally windy conditions can also be expected over the weekend. No major hot weekend. The weekend. 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. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 james breaking news. At least 3 us soldiers are injured and nearly a dozen afghan civilians are dead following a suicide bombing near the us embassy in afghanistan. These are some of the pictures from kabul. The blast hit just before 8 00 in the morning there. Were told the soldiers are expected to survive their injuries. Isis has claimed responsibility for the attack. james a man on an evening walk in the east bay is stab
Bay. One man is dead after an overnight police shooting. The issue started late last night at a home on Mount Frazier drive. Officers recieved a call about a family disturbance. A father and son were arguing with each other. Police say when they got to the home. The 28yearold son came out of the garage and charged at one of the officers with kitchen knives in both hands. Thats when one of the officers fired his gun. Gerry Hernandez neighbor the guy got shot down the street. All i heard were three gunshots. When we came out they put the yellow cones on it. I think there were 8 to 10 cones down the street reporter did you know the man . Gerry Hernandez neighb orno grant the man was rushed to the hospital and into surgery where he later died. Police say the man has a history of drug use, Mental Illness and prior criminal threats. The officer involved in the shooting. Is a 15 year veteran and has been placed on paid administrative leave. The investigation is on going. vicki staying in the
A cooling trend is expected to begin today with the return of a stronger marine influence and onshore flow. Further cooling is expected into the weekend as an upper level trough affects the district. In addition, a slight chance of showers are expected saturday into sunday, yet widespread rainfall is not likely at this time. Locally windy conditions are also expected through the weekend. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is min from the maze to sf. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 james happening today. It has been five long years and now, the trial of the man accused of killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar wil soon be in the hands of the jury. And deliberations could begin by the end of this week. The defense is expected to wrap up its closing arguments today. And the biggest question now being asked is antolin garciatorres the wrong man on trial in the murder of sierra lamar . Lead defense attorney al lopez began his closing arguments by asserting t