And whats more, that prosecutor went on to say in his email that his investigation was hampered because of a lawyer at the university who objected to witnesses being recorded. He said in his 23year career, he had never heard of an attorney objecting to that. By the way, aptikar is on paid leave which means he is not teaching here at the university but he is still getting paid. Veronica . All right. Maria, i do understand that you were able to reach out to the university for comment here. What did they have to say . Reporter so a spokesman initially said she would do an interview and then a few minutes later she said they were not going to do an interview because that 2014 case against aptikar is still ongoing. She did admit that this was the not the best moment in history for the university and that they have learned from this and they have made a few changes. Back to you. Thank you. Kpix 5s maria medina, live in san jose, state, maria, we appreciate it, thank you. A development involv
Of the season. The area most aversely affected will be east of the bay due to the diablo range. The pollutants get trapped close to the surface so you will see haze today. Meanwhile, numbers from the 70s to 90s. The full forecast including a cooldown is coming up. Jaclyn . Good morning. Happy wednesday. Heres a live look at the golden gate bridge. You can see traffic flowing freely in both directions. No delays making your way into the city from that span. Heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. About 17 minutes along the eastshore freeway from the carquinez bridge to the maze. In just a few hours, attorneys for the man accused of killing sierra lamar will make their final attempt to win over the jury. After 13 weeks of testimony, prosecutors presented their closing arguments in the high profile trial yesterday. They say antolin garciatorres kidnapped and killed the morgan hill teen five years ago. Prosecutors spent most of the closing arguments highlighting forensic evidence.
Peninsula. The state department pushing back against claims President Trumps remarks were unaccepted by those outside his immediate team. The United States and some of you may disagree with us, but the United States is on the same page, whether its the white house, the state department, the department of defense, we are speaking with one voice. And the world is in fact speaking with one voice. Reporter meanwhile the communist nation is also releasing a statement of its own pledging to make the u. S. Pay dearly for all the heinous crimes it commits against the state and people of this interest. Whether thats conventional, whether theyre nuclear or whether theyre special forces, the message is very clear, dont test this white house. When asked if he had any advice for those concerned over the increased rhetoric, secretary of state Rex Tillerson said firmly, no, that americans should sleep well tonight and that they should know america will defend itself if needed. Live tonight in washing
Up in northeast california, shasta. That is a big event with that circulation yesterday which helps to enhance the fog and trigger afternoon thunderstorms. I think this will stay in mendocino and lake county. West southwest at 21 and already cloudy so i doubt these temperatures change much. 57 and 59 with that low cloud deck solid, 40s in the mountains, 60s and 50s else where. If you enjoyed yesterday you will like today but if you didnt it will eventually change but not today. 60s, 70s and below average inland. It is 4 31 am and sal will get down on it with the traffic. Yesterday some of that fog did not clear. That is true. It was definitely overcast for some people the entire day, but that is fine with me. Lets take a look at 80 westbound at vacaville and fairfield with westbound traffic okay. Eastbound 80 at midway we had a crash that has been moved out of the way about one hour ago so the traffic never really became thick eastbound because it was so early. As we look at the traffi
Coast. Now, the thunderstorm activity pops up. So this low is parked over us from Mendocino County and lake county. Also shaded with the low, rotating energy in. Getting good lift as well over the mountains and comes right back in and enhancing the fog and gives us drizzle. So i dont think that anything is changing here. I dont buy in any warmup on the temps. I dont see how it will happen. An on shore breeze in the 50s and 60s. 60 redwood city, atherton, belmont, over to fremont. It is close for los altos and closer to san mateo and pacifica is 55. We are persistent on these temps. The low clouds. We take yesterdays weather and carry it over to today. which means not much change. The fog hugs the coast for most. Not all. But for some, it is a tough order to get some sun. All right, sal. 7 01. And traffic is doing what . Well, we do have busy traffic in some areas. Reward had a crash we had a crash on 580. So people coming in from the Altamont Pass will see that traffic is very slow,