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 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. Its bittersweet. We dont have sierra thats the bittersweet part. There were no witnesses to connect Antolin Garcia torres to sierra lamars 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 defendents d n a. He was arrested two months after her disappearance. And detetctives discovered her d n a and a strand of her hair in his car. That was enough for the jury of of six women and six men. They delivered their verdict after deliberating for just two days. We now move immediately into the next phase, the penalty phase, where the jury will decide whether the defendent gets the Death Penalty or life without parole. That process begins next week. Whatever the outcome, sierras mother says she is glad her killer will streets again. It a family, knowing another child james the family of Antolin Garcia torres was also in court for the verdict. They have long stood behind the 26 year old and his claim that he had nothing to do with sierra lamars disappearance. Kron fours Terisa Estacio was able to get a word with them as they rushed out of the courtroom. Nats Terisa Estacio reporting estacio do you have any comment hudled together family members including antonin Garcia Torres parents left the crowded courthouse steps shortly after the guilty verdict was delivered. Estacio do you think he will tell where the body is now . Seemingly distraught Garcia Torres mother wiped away a tear, but when asked repeatedly to Say Something about her son, she stayed silent as she and others were escorted by sheriffs deputies to a waiting car. Estacio do you believe he is guilty. Another person said to be relative did speak up it is very sad for both of the families, very unfortunate situation. Do you think he is guilty . No. As for garciatorres defense team who argued through the 3 month long trial that sierra was not murdered or missing, but that she was simply a runaway only this estacio are you going to say anything . No, not today. In san jose, te james our coverage of the sierra lamar murder trial continues on kron four dot com. We have a timeline tracking the disappearance from the beginning. We also go indepth with legal analysts about the next steps for the case. And have more reaction from family and friends on the verdict. james the issue of racism and social media again front and center this morning in albany. More than a dozen students were disciplined for their alleged participation in an Instagram Page that racially targeted students and faculty. A lawsuit was filed against the district just last week. Kron fours jr stone reports. Pam it was and that just seems to add to what has already become a very big issue. Big issue. Become a very already to what has seems to add pam it was reports. Pam it was and that just seems to add to what has already become a very big issue. Lerond mallards daughter attends Albany High School and was one of several students believed to have been racially targeted on an Instagram Account earlier this year. Months later and lerond isnt going away. Continuing to make the rounds at the School Board Meeting in hopes that discipline for those students involved is upheld. Sot just last week four students who were suspended and one facing expoltion filed a lawsuit against the district claiming their First Amendment rights were violated because instagram isnt owned or operated by the district. Saying the school doesnt have the right to punish them for something posted on that service. Lerond is in disagreement with that. Sot others we talked to at tuesdays School Board Meeting believe the school board has taken appropriate actions and needs to continue to do so. Sot tuesday night a student presentation was given to the board. Making them aware of certain social media platforms and sites within those platforms used by teens. In total more than a dozen students were suspended after these instagram postings surfaced. Live in albany, j. R. Stone kron 4 news. james a doctor in walnut creek is facing multiple Sexual Assault charges this morning. Rajesh singla is a Family Practice doctor at the john muir outpatient clinic. He was arrested on monday. One of his patients claims she was sexually assaulted during a recent appointment. Doctor singla has been removed from john muir healths website. Investigators are concerned there could be more victims. Crews are searching for a san jose state student who went missing on his way to work. Jacob greene was last seen at 6 00 monday morning when he was picked up by a lyft driver. One of greenes family members tells us he was headed to the school where he broadcasts games for the san jose state radio station. james coming up. A Bay Area College athlete left partially paralyzed during a National Championship game. How his teammates are now honoring him. Plus. Theives target an east bay costco. What they were after and who police are now lookin for. And next. A shocking announcement from the nations capitol after the president fires fbi director james comey. Who he might now pick as a replacement. Next. And heres a live look outside. San mateo bridge who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. Welcome back. Checking in on your morning forecast. 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. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 james fbi director james comey is out of a job this morning. The white house saying comey was fired because he was not able to effectively lead the bureau. Reid binion has more on who President Trump might pick to replace comey. Jeffrey toobin senior legal analyst the fbi is going to answer to the new director. As shock waves rock the political world after the firing of f bi director james comey. Speculation abounds over who will replace him. Former new york mayor Rudy Giuliani would likely be among the president s top choices. But giulianis vocal support for trump during the campaign and his and clear partisan preferences would make Senate Confirmation nearly impossible. Then theres new jersey governor and former republican president ial candidate chris christie. Like giuliani, he previously served as a us prosecutor. But also like giuliani, christie has a clear partisan bent. One person who could possibly get bipartisan support former new York Police Commissioner ray kelly. Who was mentioned as a possibility for fbi director under president bill clinton a democrat. Another bipartisan possibility is john pistole. Who held positions in both democratic and republican administrations. Perhaps one of the easiest picks for trump would be andrew mccabe. Currently working as the acting fbi director. Also in question the future of the fbis investigation into allegations of collusion between russia and the Trump Campaign in the 2016 election. Jeffrey toobin fmr. Federal prosecutor i think it is not at all clear that this investigation will continue. Cnn senior political analyst and former federal prosecutor jeffrey toobin. Speaking to concerns about possible conflicts of interest regarding trumps pick. Toobin it will be someone who is loyal to donald trump. Im reid binion reporting. james we are learning more about a uc berkeley rubgy player this morning who was severely injured during a National Championship game. 20 yearold Robert Paylor is paralyzed below the chest, and has limited motion in his arms due to a spinal injury. Kron fours alecia reid has the story. Robert paylor was a very wellliked student athlete. The entire Cal Community is still trying to process what happened on saturday. Pkgnatsot its really devastating that hes in such a position. Its really hard to imaginewithin the first few minutes of saturdays championship game, starter Robert Paylor sustained an injury. He was treated on the field then rushed to Santa Clara Valley medical center. Teammates later found out the 20 year old sophomore is now paralzed from the chest down, with limited mobility in his arms. Sot everyone in the whole community, friends i have, were all devastated across the board. Everyones trying to figure out how Something Like this could happen to such a great personthe bears took home the championship, and have been visiting paylor in the hospital. Sot such a good guy. A really nice guyback on campus, schoolmates are facing finals and at the same time, hoping hes ok. Sot tensions around campus is already palpable, then to deal with something so life changing is really sad. I hope he gets better. In a statement the paylor family extends their gratitude to the community and the cal rugby family, for all the support theyve been receiving. It says in part we cant find the words that express what that has meant to all of us in this very sad time in our lives. Robert is currently working on stabilizing his condition so he can start rehabilitation. They go on to say the journey will be long and difficult, but that they know his faith and determination will get him as far as he can go in regaining mobility. Sot were all optimistic. I think most people are optimistic about it the head coach of the rugby team says theyre all devastated. And that they intend to be there with their extraordinary teammate, friend and studentathlete during every step of his long recovery. Standupthe family has created a gofund me page for roberts recovery expenses. As of tonight, its raised upwards of 200thousand of the 1 Million Dollar goal. A Prayer Service for robert will be held at cal on thursday evening. The exact location is still being decided. Reporting in berekeley james one person is arrested after a brawl erupts onboard a Southwest Airlines plane in burbank. This happened at the Bob Hope Airport on sunday. The plane was coming from dallas. And was headed to oakland. The fight involved three passengers. Police were called and one passenger was arrested. One person had minor injuries. No word yet on what stared the fight. james bay area baseball. The giants looking to put an end to their 4 game losing streak in new york city. But it was another rough outing for the orange and black. They would only get two hits to score 1 run in the game. The mets win again, 6 to 1. The giants have lost 5 straight. They play at 10 10 this morning. james lets head to the coliseum where warriors star kevin durant is watching the as take on the angels. Albert pujols goes deep in the first. And the as werent able to recover. La wins 7 to 3. They play again this afternoon at 12 35. james still ahead. Major changes to snapchat. The new features that have just been unveiled. Robin. . robin landing and james. Beauty and the beast continues to shatter records. The hollywood minute is next on the kron four morning news. And heres a live look outside. Toll plaza no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. robin landing in entertainment headlines this morning. That tale as old as time is still setting records. And liam neeson is facing bigscreen danger yet again. David daniel explains in this mornings hollywood minute. natmusic if she is the one wholl break the spell. Beauty and the beast keeps breaking records disneys liveaction take on the classic fairy tale has topped 487Million Dollars in domestic ticket sales, surpassing finding dory as the highestgrossing pgrated movie ever in the us. Its still about 90million bucks behind the alltime worldwide pg champ yet another disney pic, frozen. nat at the king arthur legend of the sword premiere this week, Marilyn Manson dropped a royal decree about dropping his next disc the album is called heaven upside down. that comes out september. The single comes out sooner. I start touring in july. reporter heaven upside down in september. You heard it here first. I pulled a quick one on you. laughter you cant just simply actor your way through, you know . Liam neeson is facing big screen danger yet again. The Senior Citizen avenger is set to star in retribution, based on a spanish thriller. Hell play a wall street exec forced to follow a series of orders, or else a bomb in his car will explode. I wouldnt worry after all, neeson has a particular set of skills for such occasions. In hollywood, im david daniel. james still ahead. New details on a disturbing video we brought you only on kron four. What the mother is now saying about other parents at the school. After her child was attacked. And. The search for a missing Yuba City College student is over. What we are learning after aly yeomans body has been found. And heres a live look at the san mateo bridge. Meteorolgist anny hong has a check of the Weather Forecast after the break. Coming up on 430. Here are the big stories were working on for you this morning. Lawyers are set to discuss the penalty phase in the trial of Antolin Garcia torres today. He was found guilty yesterday of murdering morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. 26yearold garciatorres now waits for his punishment life in prison or the Death Penalty. The body of 15yearold sierra lamar has never been found, but dna evidence linked garciatorres to the crime. A doctor in walnut creek is facing multiple Sexual Assault charges this morning. Rajesh singla is a Family Practice doctor at the john muir outpatient clinic. He was arrested on monday. One of his patients claims she was sexually assaulted during a recent appointment. Investigators are concerned there could be more victims. Fbi director james comey is out of a job this morning. The white house saying comey was fired because he was not able to effectively lead the bureau. Comey was leading the investigation into the possible connection between trump advocates and russia during the 2016 election. Democrats in congress are now calling for a special prosecutor to lead the russian investigation. james now lets get a check of weather and traffic. 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. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. james bam video of a vallejo sixth grader getting beaten up during pe class has been making the rounds in her school. This morning, we have an update on the story youll see only on kron four. The video was uploaded on the internet and it continued to haunt the young victim at school. But now it is no longer on youtube. Kron fours Spencer Blake has the latest. nats the unprovoked lashing we showed you on kron fourwhich had been seen more than 600 times on youtubeisnt there anymore. It was taken down by the user, whom we can presume was the student who recorded it during a pe class in early march. The mother of the victim found out the link was brokenjust when she was trying to show it to the School Resource officer as part of a police report. It needed to be seen because at that school theres a lot of bullying going on. But the sixth grader herself says shes glad its down because it will be harder for people to see and share. Since our story aired monday, emma simms says shes realized her daughter isnt the only one facing that type of situation at Solano Middle School. Because im reaching out, people are speaking up and i hope and pray that theyre trying to help their children. One parent who recognized simms from tv stopped her to say that aher daughter was also bullied, and even lost two teeth from it. A mother called the kron four newsroom to tell us that she had to take her daughter aout of the school three years ago when she was bullied so badly that she was attempting suicide. I need for her to be safe and feel safe. Ya know, shes like looking over her shoulder. Im like, whats the matter . shes outside. Can you walk me to class . simms is still working on filling out the complaint form she got from the district. Shes thinking it might be time to transfer her daughter to another school entirely. Whats going on at this school . Whats being done about it . Nothing. A spokeswoman for the Vallejo City Unified School district adid return our calls tuesday and left a message after hours, but we still havent been able to talk about the bullying incident that perhaps isnt that rare. In vallejo, Spencer Blake, kron four news. james the search for missing 20 yearold College Student aly yeoman is over. Her body was found in the Feather River north of sacramento. The Sutter County Sheriffs Office used dental records to identify the body yesterday. Authorities say a fisherman found her body sunday near live oak. Thats just about 10miles from where yeoman was last seen, driving away from a friends house on march 30th. James Yeomans truck and cell phone were found abandoned in an orchard not far from the boat dock where her body was found. Police have not said whether her death is considered suspicious. They are still trying to determine how she died. james in the east bay. Police have arrested a man in connection to a violent robbery at a costco store in danville. But they say two other thieves are still on the run. Police say the thieves entered the costco on fostoria way just after closing time monday night. One of them appeared to act like a look out while the other two went after the jewelry cases inside. james officers later identified the suspect pinned down by employees as 21yearold kesean edwards. He is now in custody as the search for the other two continues. james firefighters have put out a fire at a business in pleasant hill. This is video from the scene. The fire was right behind a Goodwill Store on contra costa boulevard. It broke out around 9 30 last night. There are no reports of any injuries. Firefighters are working this morning to figure out how it started. Food. Water. Internet. We need it to live. But what we dont need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. I see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. You got me, mark. We just want fast internet for one, simple rate. For all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all. For the this. Internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. anny hong starts today with gusty onshore winds and a deepening marine layer. Cooling trend continues into thursday as a cold front moves james state money could be on the way to help pay for a network of surveillance cameras along east bay freeways. Specifically interstate 80 and highway four between richmond and antioch. Both freeways have been the scene of multiple shootings over the past few years. Kron fours Charles Clifford reports. Natsover the past two years, there have been dozens of shootings along interstate 80 and highway 4 between richmond and antioch. 8 people have been killed and Dozens Injured in what is believed to be Gang Violence that has spilled over onto the roadways. Now, the California State Transportation Agency has agreed to help build a Surveillance Network that will hopefully deter the violence. The specifics of the plan are still being worked out but the network will most likely include wireless cameras, license plate readers and possibly shotspotters. Which can detect gunfire. The network would be most likely monitored from a control center which is already up and running in pittsburg. Its now up to a Task Force Made up of the Contra Costa County District Attorneys Office and Law Enforcement agencies from across the county to design the system and submit a funding request to the state. Early estimates have put the cost of the project somewhere between 800 thousand and 2 Million Dollars. Sot dan romero sits on the hercules city council. He and other elected officials from cities along 80 and highway 4 have been asking the state for help from more than a year. Hes thrilled that progress is finally being made. Sot paying . Because somewhere along the line the city of pittsburg has to be reimbursed for manning the station and accepting the data. In the meantime, romero remains cautiously optimistic that this project will be completed. Sot james and heres a live look outside san mateo bridge. Anny hong has a weather check and robin wintson is tracking the conditions on the road. james welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. Here is a look at the major headlines before you head out the door this morning. Crews are searching for a san jose state student who went missing on his way to work. Jacob greene was last seen at 6 00 monday morning when he was picked up by a lyft driver. One of greenes family members tells us he was headed to the school where he broadcasts games for the san jose state radio station. A Santa Cruz County teen who worked at an Afterschool Program and as a babysitter has been arrested for child pornography. According to the fbi, ryan spencer is accused of taking pictures and videos of underage boys and then sharing the images. Parents at Albany High School are speaking out about a lawsuit after their kids were racially targeted on instagram. A School Board Meeting was held last night. More than a dozen students were disciplined for their involvement in the racists posts. The students claim the school violated their First Amendment rights. james here is a live look outside from our Golden Gate Bridge camera. james meteorologist anny hong has what you need to know before heading out the door this morning. 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. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 james theres been a big spike in antimuslim crime across the country. Thats according to the council on americanislamic relations. The group says the number of incidents in 2016 jumped by 57percent compared to 2015. The number of hate crimes also jumped by close to the same amount during that period a number of mosques across the country received hate letters last year. That includes a letter that was sent to a mosque in san jose that last november. james a controversial audit on the university of california system could lead to major changes in state law. One democratic assemblyman is proposing a bill that would make it illegal to intentionally interfere with an audit. The assemblyman says he does not have details on how his bill would be enforced. An auditors report revealed uc administrators hid 175 Million Dollars from the public in a reserve fund. It also found the uc president s office tried to interfere with the audit. Uc president Janet Napolitano has disputed the audits findings. james in the east bay. A mans big rig is hit by a train and now hes sharing what happened. Kron fours Stanley Roberts has the story. In todays people behaving badly. Nats what happened oh i just panicked, i was too close to see the rails come downsay hello to johnny from texas he loooks preety good diespite the fact that he just hit by a train, to prove just how bad the crash was here he is leaning on the rear of his trailer, and if we go around the other side of the train here is the front notice the trailer is still attached nats ambiance the tractor trailer was literally split in half when it was struck, the rear part of the trailer still sits on active tracks while the investigation is under way Union Pacific rail road police and Richmond Police are trying to piece together exactly what happened although they know cutting blvd is a notorious crossing when it comes to train vs vehicles crashes yea it people behaving badly. Stanley roberts according to witnesses, the driver stopped just before the tracks then the arms came down striking the sleeper cab. Johnny tried to push through and was hit by an amtrak train loaded with passengers heading to oaklandi wish i was dead johnny and his two dogs, bubba and sis made it out unscaved, most of the time train crashes end up with someone being killed the amtrack train was only going 45 miles per hour, but experts on the scene tell me if the train had been traveling at its normal speed the entire train could have derailed. And that would have made national news. You are the first person ive meet that was hit by a train and lived to talke about it i dont know if that is good or bad well youre alive right you got insurance yea ok then it good im glad youre ok man. The intresting part is , this entire incident could have been avoided if johnny had done one thing and it has noting to do with the tracks it has to do with a sign that he drove right past it reads. Commercial vehiles over 3 and a half tons prohibited ive said it once and ill say it again; you gotta Pay Attention to the street signs. In richmond Stanley Roberts kron 4 news James Snapchat is making some changes to its messaging app. It wants to make sure you never miss a snap again. There is now an infinity feature that lets users keep photos for as long as they want. Before the update, photos could be sent that would disappear after being viewed. A picture can still be deleted once a person closes the snap. There are a few other changes including a magic eraser to remove items from pictures, a video looping feature and an emoji doodle. james the kron4 morning news wants to send you and a guest to see hamilton keep watching the kron4 morning news and we will give you the secret word of the day. Then go to kron4. Com and enter the word for a chance to win a pair of the hottest tickets in town keep watching every day for a new word and another opportunity to win todays secret word of the day will be revealed in our 8 oclock hour so keep watching and you could win hamilton tickets james still ahead. A brawl erupts on a plane headed towards the bay area. The full video, coming up on the kron four morning news at five, and after the break. An officer is dispatched into a neighborhood. And then ends up hitting the basketball court. Well explain. Next. james and heres a live look outside. San francisco. Who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. robin 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. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 james heres something you dont see everyday. One officer decided to join a group of kids in a game of basketball after receiving a noise complaint from one of their neighbors. This happened in kansas. Officer scott finster went over to their neighborhood after someone complained about the kids playing in the street. Finster decided to use it as an opportunity to teach them about street safety. He then played a game of pig with them. james the video of the officer playing basketball with the kids was posted on facebook. It has more than 10 thousand views this morning. james coming up on the kron four morning news at five. Lawyers are set to discuss the penalty phase in the trial of Antolin Garcia torres. Kron fours will tran is live with the latest. Plus. New details about the disturbing video of a student attacked we brought you only on kron four. Kron fours Lydia Pantazes is live with the latest developments. And the search is on for a missing bay area student. Kron fours averi harper is live at san jose state. Whats happened to snacking . How did it become absentmindedly eating one after the next . We are a creamy cheese that Still Believes in savoring our food. The laughing cow. Reinvent snacking. True radiance comes from within. New radiant toothpaste by colgate optic white. Whitens teeth both inside and out. For a radiant, whiter smile. Be radiant by colgate optic white. Somewhere, inside each of us, theres a pro. Its not always easy to summon your pro. But once youve found it, youll find you can do anything. Antolin Garcia Torres is found guilty of murdering sierra lamar. Now attention turns to the penalty phase. I will have the details about whats next for the convicted killer. lydia a special needs student assaulted on campus. The whole incident caught on camera. Well tell you why the victims mother wants people to see that video. anny President Trump has fired james comey as the fbi director. This morning im following the fallout and what the president is now saying about the firing. darya good morning im darya folsom. mark and im mark danon. Lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic. james the bay area cool down begins today with some inland communities seeing their high temps drop by 15 degrees or more. Lets start by going outside and checking our 4 zone camera network. Its partly cloudy this morning with a deepening marine layer at the coast, so expect to see some fog this morning. Those low clouds will burn off somewhat by mid morning. Temperatures right now are in the 40s and 50s. Expect todays highs to be cooler than yesterday thanks to a strengthening ocean breeze. Look for afternoon highs to be 1015 degrees cooler than yesterday. That will mean upper 50s at the coast, to mid 60s by the bay, and upper 60s inland. Cooling continues thursday with a slight chance of rain for northern napa and sonoma county. Your mothers day forecast looks sunny and cool. 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. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 darya our top story this morning. Antolin garciatorres is now a convicted killer. mark he was found guilty of murdering morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. We first brought the verdict to you live at kron four news at nine yesterday morning. darya 26yearold garciatorres now waits for his punishment life in prison or the Death Penalty. The body of 15yearold sierra lamar has never been found, but dna evidence linked garciatorres to the crime. mark there were audible sighs of relief and gasps in the packed courtroom as the verdict was read. Garciatorres displayed no visible emotion. The jury also found him guilty of attacking and attempting to carjack three other women. Sierras parents say this is the ending they had been torres parents leaving the courthouse shortly after the jury delivered a guilty verdict. His mother would not comment on the verdict as she was escorted by sheriffs deputies. mark and happening today. Lawyers are set to discuss the penalty phase in the trial of Antolin Garcia torres. darya kron 4s will tran is live outside the court house in san jose with more on whats next. Will. will the penalty phase will begin next week. The jury will have to decide life in prison or the Death Penalty. But its been years since the state of california has actually executed a prisoner. California has the largest death row in the nation but it hasnt executed anyone in over a decade. The last man to be put to death here was Clarence Ray Allen in 2006. The executions stopped because a judge put the 3drug lethal injection on hold. Then in november voters approved prop 66 meant to streamline the process and get the Death Penalty moving again. But thats been put on hold by the California Supreme Court to review its constitutionality. If Garcia Torres does get the death sentence he will join the other 728 men on death row right now at san quentin who are awaiting execution. darya thanks will. We will check back with you through out the morning. darya our coverage of the sierra lamar verdict continues on kron four dot com. We have a timeline tracking her disappearance from the beginning. We also go indepth with legal analysts about the next steps for the case. And have more reaction from family and friends on the verdict. mark this morning more parents are coming forward saying their children have been bullied at Solano Middle School in vallejo. darya this comes after video of a girl getting beaten up at the school surfaced on youtube. Kron 4s Lydia Pantazes is at the school this morning with the latest. Lydia. lydia parents are angry and upset. So far, the district has not commented on the bullying. We want to warn you the video is violent. take vo the video posted on youtube shows a student beating up another student during a pe class in early march. The video was watched more than 6hundred times and then taken down. We spoke with emma simms, the mother of the victim. She says her daughter has special needs, and though they live on the other side of town, she transferred to Solano Middle School to have those needs met. Since our story aired monday, simms says shes realized her daughter isnt the only one. One parent who recognized simms from tv stopped her to say that aher daughter was also bullied, and even lost two teeth from it. Another mother called the kron four newsroom to tell us that she had to take her daughter aout of the school three years ago when she was bullied so badly that she was attempting suicide. < because im reaching out, people are speaking up and i hope and pray that theyre trying to help their children. I need for her to be safe and feel safe. Ya know, shes like looking over her shoulder. Im like, whats the matter . shes outside. Can you walk me to class . a spokeswoman for the Vallejo City Unified School district adid return our calls tuesday and left a message after hours, but we still havent been able to talk about the bullying incident. In vallejo, Lydia Pantazes kron4 news. mark thanks yoli. We will check back with you through out the morning. darya a doctor in walnut creek is facing multiple Sexual Assault charges this morning. Rajesh singla is a Family Practice doctor at the john muir outpatient clinic. He was arrested on monday. One of his patients claims she was sexually assaulted during a recent appointment. Doctor singla has been removed from john muir healths website. Investigators are concerned there could be more victims. John muir health released a statement saying doctor singla is currently on leave pending the outcome of the investigation. mark parents at an East Bay High School are speaking out about a lawsuit after their kids were racially targeted on instagram. A School Board Meeting was held last night to discuss the issue at Albany High School. More than a dozen students were disciplined for their involvement in the racists posts. The students now claim the school violated their First Amendment rights. They say the school has no right to punish them because it doesnt own or operate instagram. One father says he agrees with the decision made by the school mark parents say they are going to continue to show up to the School Board Meetings to make sure the discipline for the students involved is upheld. darya breaking news. Fbi director james comey is out of a job this morning after being fired by President Trump. And the reaction has been swift. Anny hong is following the latest from the breaking news desk. Anny. anny the white house saying comey was fired because he was not able to effectively lead the bureau. Comey was leading the investigation into the possible connection between trump advocates and russia during the 2016 election. The president says he acted on the advice of attorney general jeff sessions. The Deputy Attorney general also cited comeys handling of Hillary Clintons email server saying comey did not handle the investigation properly. Democrats in congress are now calling for a special prosecutor to lead the russian investigation. anny california lawmakers are reacting to comeys firing. Senator Dianne Feinstein tweeted in part. the next fbi director must be strong and independent. And will receive a fair hearing in the judiciary committee. And senator Kamala Harris tweeted quote ive said it before and will again we must have a special prosecutor to oversee the fbis russia investigation. This cannot wait. And President Trump has taken to twitter this morning criticizing democrats for being upset that comey was fired saying that democrats have said some of the worst things about james comey. Back to you,. mark still ahead. A baby sitter arrested for crimes against children. What police say he did and why there may be more victims. And later. A brawl breaks out on an airplane. See the video of the fight that landed one person behind bars. And after the break. A u c berkeley athlete is severely injured during a championship game. Well tell how it happened and how you can help with his recovery. james and i will check your bay area forecast coming up robin and i am tracking you commute after the break. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Nosy neighbor with a keen sense of smell. Glad bag, full of trash. What happens next . Nothing. Only glad has febreze to neutralize odors for 5 days. Guaranteed. Even the most perceptive noses wont notice the trash. Be happy. Its glad. Food. Water. Internet. We need it to live. But what we dont need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. I see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. You got me, mark. We just want fast internet for one, simple rate. For all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all. For the this. Internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. darya welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. Lets get a check of the forecast with james fletcher. james the bay area cool down begins today with some inland communities seeing their high temps drop by 15 degrees or more. Lets start by going outside and checking our 4 zone camera network. Its partly cloudy this morning with a deepening marine layer at the coast, so expect to see some fog this morning. Those low clouds will burn off somewhat by mid morning. Temperatures right now are in the 40s and 50s. Expect todays highs to be cooler than yesterday thanks to a strengthening ocean breeze. Look for afternoon highs to be 1015 degrees cooler than yesterday. That will mean upper 50s at the coast, to mid 60s by the bay, and upper 60s inland. Cooling continues thursday with a slight chance of rain for northern napa and sonoma county. Your mothers day forecast looks sunny and cool. 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. darya this morning were learning more about a uc berkeley rugby player who was severely injured over the weekend. 20yearold Robert Paylor was playing in the Rugby Championship game on saturday when he was injured on the field. Paylor was rushed to the hospital. He is now paralyzed below the chest with limited mobility in his arms. The cal bears won the championship and have been visiting paylor in the hospital. darya the paylor family has set up a gofund me page to help with medical bills. We have the link on our website at kronfourdotcom. mark the coast guard rescued two men after their boat capsized near the berkeley marina. It happened yesterday afternoon. aaatriggeraaa a coast guard crew was able to pull both men out of the water a few minutes later. A medical crew took the two men to the hospital. Both were experiencing symptoms of hypothermia. The coast guard is reminding people to always wear a life jacket. mark a Santa Cruz County teen who worked at an Afterschool Program and as a babysitter has been arrested for child pornography. darya anny hong is here with the details. anny according to the fbi, ryan spencer is accused of taking pictures and videos of underage boys and then sharing the images. Officials say he took nude photos of children he was babysitting and would trade them with at least one other person. Spencer was an Afterschool Program director at mar vista elementary school. He was also a Cabrillo College Early Education student. Who observed teachers at valencia elementary school. Classmates and teachers say there were no red flags to indicate he was dangerous. anny spencer is scheduled to appear in federal court in San Francisco next tuesday. Back to you. darya happening today. The San Francisco Police Department will hold a town hall meeting to talk about the recent officer involved shooting. On may 3rd officers shot and killed a man who was stabbing another man outside of a subway restaurant. It happened near 5th and market streets. The stabbing is recovering. Todays meeting will take place at 11 30 at 969 market street. darya one person is arrested after a brawl erupts onboard a Southwest Airlines plane in burbank. This happened at the Bob Hope Airport on sunday. The plane was coming from dallas. And was headed to oakland. The fight involved three passengers. Police were called and one passenger was arrested. One person had minor injuries. mark still ahead. New efforts are being made to make bay area freeways safer. What drivers could soon see that will be keeping a watchful eye. And next. Millions of americans are drinking contaminated water. Find out how california stacks up against the rest of the country. And heres a live look outside. Bay bridge. More people than ever are making the move to nissan. Because of rogue, the best selling suv in america. Titan, with americas best truck warranty. And the most advanced safety features on altima and other best selling models. Thats why were americas fastestgrowing auto brand. Get 0 financing for up to 72 months on 11 models. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Reports of a truck fire eb 80 at 4th sret offramp darya darya 30 million americans have contaminated tap water in their homes. Researchers say every state in the country has violated epa regulations. mark the violations included increased levels of lead. Copper. Arsenic and other cancer causing poisons. This is a map showing the affected areas. The darker the color. The more people affected my contaminated water. darya you can see some of the most impacted areas are in california. The report claims that the people with the greatest risk of having contaminated Drinking Water live in rural darya take a look at this. A black bear takes a stroll through A Los Angeles neighborhood. Police were called after the bear was seen in somebodys yard. But then the bear came across a neighborhood dog who actually started chasing the bear. The bear didnt hurt anybody and there were no reports of property damage. averi coming up. averi averi coming up. A san jose state student is missing. I will the latest on the search effort coming up in a live report. james and here is a look at your current conditions. Your bay area forecast is next. [boy] cannonball [girl] dont. [man] not again [burke] swan drive. Seen it. Covered it. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum shake up your routine with a completely new way to clean. New Colgate Total advanced health mouthwash. Shake to activate a powerful cleaning action that removes twenty four times more bacteria. Improve the health of your mouth with new Colgate Total advanced health mouthwash. Shake to clean. Doesnt happen by accident. darya welcome back to the kron four morning news. Lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic. james the bay area cool down begins today with some inland communities seeing their high temps drop by 15 degrees or more. Lets start by going outside and checking our 4 zone camera network. Its partly cloudy this morning with a deepening marine layer at the coast, so expect to see some fog this morning. Those low clouds will burn off somewhat by mid morning. Temperatures right now are in the 40s and 50s. Expect todays highs to be cooler than yesterday thanks to a strengthening ocean breeze. Look for afternoon highs to be 1015 degrees cooler than yesterday. That will mean upper 50s at the coast, to mid 60s by the bay, and upper 60s inland. Cooling continues thursday with a slight chance of rain for northern napa and sonoma county. Your mothers day forecast looks sunny and cool. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Eb 80 at the 4th street offramp, partialy blocking the ramp mark happening now. Police in the south bay are looking for a san jose state student who went missing on his way to work. darya kron 4s averi harper is live at the university this morning with the latest. Averi. averi happening now. Crews are searching for a san jose state student who went missing on his way to work. Jacob greene was last seen at 6 00 monday morning when he was picked up by a lyft driver. One of greenes family members tells us he was headed to the school where he broadcasts games for the san jose state radio station. darya thanks averi. We will check back with you through out the morning. mark surveillance cameras could finally be coming to freeways in the east bay. Officials say they are getting the money needed to install them. Over the past two years. Dozens of shootings have been happening along highway four and interstate 80 between richmond and antioch. Eight people have been killed and dozens have been injured. The California State Transportation Agency has now agreed to build a Surveillance Network to help deter the violence. The network could have wireless cameras, license plate readers and shot spotters that can detect gun shots. mark the project could cost up to two Million Dollars. darya the search for missing 20yearold College Student aly yeoman is over. Her body was found in the Feather River north of sacramento. The Sutter County Sheriffs Office used dental records to identify the body yesterday. Authorities say a fisherman found her body sunday near live oak. Thats just about 10miles from where yeoman was last seen, driving away from a friends house on march 30th. darya yeomans truck and cell phone were found abandoned in an orchard not far from the boat dock where her body was found. Police are still trying to determine how mark in the east bay. Police have arrested a man in connection to a violent robbery at a costco store in danville. But they say two other thieves are still on the run. Police say the thieves entered the costco on fostoria way just after closing time monday night. One of them appeared to act like a look out while the other two went after the jewelry cases inside. mark officers later identified the suspect pinned down by employees as 21yearold kesean edwards. He is now in custody as the search for the other two continues. mark firefighters have put out a fire at a business in pleasant hill. This is video from the scene. The fire was right behind a Goodwill Store on contra costa boulevard. It broke out around 9 30 last night. There are no reports of any injuries. Firefighters are working this morning to figure out how it darya the white house is insisting their process worked in the firing of National Security adviser michael flynn. This despite a warning by thenacting attorney general sally yates that flynn was at risk of russian blackmail. Yates testified before a Senate Subcommitte that she warned President Trump about flynn. But it took 18 days after the yates warning for flynn to be fired. White house Spokesman Sean Spicer says officials wanted to look at classified materials about flynn before they made a decision. The Administration Says flynn deserved a full review before he was let go what we are supposed to do, the president made ultimately the right decision. darya cnn is reporting this morning that federal prosecutors probing russian interference have obtained grand jury subpoenas for some of flynns associates. mark coming up. The white house says the president S Immigration policy is working. The new numbers that could support the administrations claim. And later. More bad news for the giants. The latest big name player to find himself on the disabled list. And after the break. A School Bus Catches Fire with more than 50 kids on board. Youll see the heroic work of the bus driver. And heres a live look outside. Bay bridge. Businessman 2 weve gone over the numbers several times, and. Businessman 1 yea, yea, yea. You know what im craving right now . Businessman 1 over speaker guacamole and bacon. Audio tech we got a craving go go go music crashing cravings in the crave van. Jacks gonna crash your crave jack hey guys, try my guacamole and bacon chicken sandwich with all white meat chicken, guacamole and pepperjack cheese. Businessman 1 thanks jack. Wait. Were on the 18th floor. How did you get here . Jack hard work. Jack vo you crave it, we serve it. Try my new guacamole and bacon chicken sandwich. Music crave van no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. A truck caught fire in San Francisco on eb 80 on 4th st offramp. No major delays. mark a School Bus Driver is being called a hero after getting every student on her bus off after it caught on fire. Take a look at video of the bus. You can see the flames shooting out of it. The bus was carrying 56 students in duncan, south carolina. School Officials Say two students seated in the back of the bus told the bus driver they smelled smoke thats when the bus driver got all of the students off the bus in less then a minute. mark the bus driver is being recognized for her actions. She has worked as a bus driver for the past 10 years. mark and here are some of the stories we are working on for the kron four morning news at six. An east bay doctor is facing sex crime charges this morning. Now police are concerned there could be more victims. Well show you who police arrested. darya plus. A woman is beaten after a date with a man she met on instigram. Hear her warning to people before they meet someone online. mark and. We are learning more about the uc Berkeley Student athlete paralyzed during the Rugby Championship. See how friends are asking you to help in his recovery. james your bay area forecast is after the break. My sweethearts gone sayonara. This scarf all thats left to rememb. What. She washed this like a month ago the long lasting scent of gain. Now available in matching scents across your entire laundry routine. Were coming up on 5 45. Heres a quick look at the top stories were following this morning. Lawyers are set to discuss the penalty phase in the trial of Antolin Garciatorres today. He was found guilty yesterday of murdering morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. 26yearold garciatorres now waits for his punishment life in prison or the Death Penalty. darya the video of a vallejo sixth grader getting beaten up during pe class has been removed from youtube. The attack happened at Solano Middle School in vallejo. Now more parents at that school say their child has been bullied. The mother of the victim in the video is filling out the complaint form to the School District. mark fbi director james comey is out of a job this morning. The white house saying comey was fired because he was not able to effectively lead the bureau. Comey was leading the investigation into the possible connection between trump advocates and russia during the 2016 election. mark darya robin checking bay area roads before you head out the door. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. Traffic is picking up on wb 4 and sb 680 james the bay area cool down begins today with some inland communities seeing their high temps drop by 15 degrees or more. Lets start by going outside and checking our 4 zone camera network. Its partly cloudy this morning with a deepening marine layer at the coast, so expect to see some fog this morning. Those low clouds will burn off somewhat by mid morning. Temperatures right now are in the 40s and 50s. Expect todays highs to be cooler than yesterday thanks to a strengthening ocean breeze. Look for afternoon highs to be 1015 degrees cooler than yesterday. That will mean upper 50s at the coast, to mid 60s by the bay, and upper 60s inland. Cooling continues thursday with a slight chance of rain for northern napa and sonoma county. Your mothers day forecast looks sunny and cool. mark and cool. Looks sunny forecast mothers day county. Your mothers day forecast looks sunny and cool. mark theres been a big spike in antimuslim crime across the country. Thats according to the council on americanislamic relations. The group says the number of incidents in 2016 jumped by 57percent compared to 2015. The number of hate crimes also jumped by close to the same amount during that period a number of mosques across the country received hate letters last year. That includes a letter that was sent to a mosque in san jose that last november. mark the number of people detained at the us border with mexico hit historic lows last month. The ninepercent drop continues a downward slide since President Trump took office. Customs and Border Protection says the 11 thousand detentions in april is the lowest total in 17 years. That marks three straight months of historic lows. darya a controversial audit on the university of california system could lead to major changes in state law. One democratic assemblyman is proposing a bill that would make it illegal to intentionally interfere with an audit. The assemblyman says he does not have details on how his bill would be enforced. An auditors report revealed uc administrators hid 175 Million Dollars from the public in a reserve fund. It also found the uc president s office tried to interfere with the audit. Uc president Janet Napolitano has disputed the audits findings. darya snapchat is making some changes to its messaging app. It wants to make sure you never miss a snap again. There is now an infinity feature that lets users keep photos for as long as they want. Before the update, photos could be sent that would disappear after being viewed. A picture can still be deleted once a person closes the snap. There are a few other changes including a magic eraser to remove items from pictures, a video looping feature and an emoji doodle. mark now to bay area baseball. The as looking to make it 4 wins in a row. Taking on the angels at the coliseum. darya kevin durant in attendance. But the angels offense was too much for the as. Albert pujols hits the home run in the first inning and the as arent able to recover. The angels win 7 to 3. They play again this afternoon. First pitch is set for 12 35 at the coliseum. mark meanhile. The giants looking to put an end to their 4 game losing streak in new york city. But it was another rough outing for the orange and black. They would only get two hits to score 1 run in the game. The mets win again, 6 to 1. The giants have lost 5 straight. The giants will try and salvage a game in the series. They play again this morning. First pitch is set for 10 10. mark and the giants are hit by the injury bug again. Closer Mark Melancon has been placed on the 10day disabled list with a right forearm strain. The 32yearold was the teams expensive pickup from the off season. He signed a 4year, 62Million Dollar contract. So far he only has six saves on the season. darya the kron4 morning news wants to send you and a guest to see hamilton keep watching the kron4 morning news and we will give you the secret word of the day. Then go to kron4. Com and enter the word for a chance to win a pair of the hottest tickets in town keep watching every day for a new word and opportunity to todays secret word of the day will be revealed in hour so keep you could win hamilton tickets mark coming up on the kron four morning news. A lawsuit against an East Bay High School over how kids are being disciplined. Coming up in the 6 00 hour hear how parents are responding to the lawsuit this morning. And the oakland zoo is getting ready to introduce 3 new baby animals. We will show you the babies after the break. What are you doing . Watching this breath savers protect mint neutralize the plaque acids in my mouth. I cant see anything thats because its working so hard. Hey, what are you guys doing . Karen. Were neutralizing. Maybe i want to neutralize. You ever think of that . No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Traffic is picking up on wb 4 mark happening today. The oakland zoo will debut three north American River otter pups for the first time. Rose gave birth to a male and two females back on february 9th. Zookpers waited to put the pups on display until they became stronger swimmers. They say the pups are still nursing, but starting to eat fish and other meat. The litter will be shown to the media this morning at 10 00. darya a 13anda half baby boy has now returned home after he had some Health Problems shortly after his birth. Baby raymond was born on april 30 but spent a week in the hospital. He was taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit the moment he was born. Raymond was later transferred to a different hospital for a week for jaundice and low calcium and sodium levels. His mom jenna says she has had big babies before but none as big as him. darya baby raymond is now healthy and at home. mark coming up in the next hour on the kron 4 morning news. Antolin Garcia Torres is now a convicted killer. Will tran is live in san jose with more on whats next for the man who killed sierra lamar. Plus. A baby sitter arrested for crimes against children. What police say he did and why there may be more victims. Plus. Reaction pouring in after President Trump fires fbi director james comey. What the president is tweeting about his decision this morning. will Antolin Garcia torres is found guilty of murdering sierra lamar. Now attention turns to the penalty phase. I will have the details about whats next for the convicted killer. lydia a special needs student assaulted on campus. The whole incident caught on camera. Well tell you why the victims mother wants people to see that video. anny this morning im following the fallout after President Trump fires james comey as the head of the fbi. darya good morning im darya folsom. mark and im mark danon. Lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic. james the bay area cool down begins today with some inland communities seeing their high temps drop by 15 degrees or more. Lets start by going outside and checking our 4 zone camera network. Its partly cloudy this morning with a deepening marine layer at the coast, so expect to see some fog this morning. Those low clouds will burn off somewhat by mid morning. Temperatures right now are in the 40s and 50s. Expect todays highs to be cooler than yesterday thanks to a strengthening ocean breeze. Look for afternoon highs to be 1015 degrees cooler than yesterday. That will mean upper 50s at the coast, to mid 60s by the bay, and upper 60s inland. Cooling continues thursday with a slight chance of rain for northern napa and sonoma county. Your mothers day forecast looks sunny and cool. 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. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 darya our top story this morning. Antolin garciatorres is now a convicted killer. mark he was found guilty of murdering morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. We first brought the verdict to you live at kron four news at nine yesterday morning. darya 26yearold garciatorres now waits for his punishment life in prison or the Death Penalty. mark the jury also found him guilty of attacking and attempting to carjack three other women. Jury will have to decide life in prison or the Death Penalty. But its been years since the state of california has actually executed a prisoner. California has the largest death row in the nation but it hasnt executed anyone in over a decade. The last man to be put to death here was Clarence Ray Allen in 2006. The executions stopped because a judge put the 3drug lethal injection on hold. Then in november voters approved prop 66 meant to streamline the process and get the Death Penalty moving again. But thats been put on hold by the California Supreme Court to review its constitutionality. If Garcia Torres does get the death sentence he will join the other 728 men on death row right now at san quentin who are awaiting execution. darya thanks will. We will check back with you through out the morning. darya our coverage of the sierra lamar verdict continues on kron four dot com. We have a timeline tracking her disappearance from the beginning. We also go indepth with legal analysts about the next steps for the case. And have more reaction from family and friends on the verdict. mark this morning more parents are coming forward saying their children have been bullied at Solano Middle School in vallejo. darya this comes after video of a girl getting beaten up at the school surfaced on youtube. Kron 4s Lydia Pantazes is at the school this morning with the latest. Lydia. lydia parents are angry and upset. So far, the district has not commented on the bullying. We want to warn you the video is violent. take vo the video posted on youtube shows a student beating up another student during a pe class in early march. The video was watched more than 6hundred times and then taken down. We spoke with emma simms, the mother of the victim. She says her daughter has special needs, and though they live on the other side of town, she transferred to Solano Middle School to have those needs met. Since our story aired monday, simms says shes realized her daughter isnt the only one. One parent who recognized simms from tv stopped her to say that aher daughter was also bullied, and even lost two teeth from it. Another mother called the kron four newsroom to tell us that she had to take her daughter aout of the school three years ago when she was bullied so badly that she was attempting suicide. < because im reaching out, people are speaking up and i hope and pray that theyre trying to help their children. I need for her to be safe and feel safe. Ya know, shes like looking over her shoulder. Im like, whats the matter . shes outside. Can you walk me to class . a spokeswoman for the Vallejo City Unified School district adid return our calls tuesday and left a message after hours, but we still havent been able to talk about the bullying incident. In vallejo, Lydia Pantazes kron4 news. mark thanks yoli. We will check back with you through out the morning. darya breaking news. Reaction is pouring in after President Trump fbi director james comey. Anny hong is following the latest from the breaking news desk. Anny. anny the white house saying comey was fired because he was not able to effectively lead the bureau. Comey was leading the investigation into the possible connection between trump advocates and russia during the 2016 election. The president says he acted on the advice of attorney general jeff sessions. The Deputy Attorney general also cited comeys handling of the Hillary Clinton email server saying comey did not handle the investigation correctly. Democrats in congress are now calling for a special prosecutor to lead the russian investigation. < Chuck Schumer Senate Minority leader now, with whats happened, it is the only way to go, only way to go to restore the american peoples faith. Are people going to suspect coverup . Absolutely. Kellyanne conway counselor to the president this is nothing to do with the campaign of six months ago. This is everything to do with the performance of the fbi director since the president has been in the white house. He took decisive action. President trump took to twitter earlier this morning saying. Comey lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington, republican and democrat alike. When things calm down, they will be thanking me california lawmakers are reacting to comeys firing. Senator Dianne Feinstein tweeted in part. the next fbi director must be strong and independent. And will receive a fair hearing in the judiciary committee. And senator Kamala Harris tweeted quote ive said it before and will again we must have a special prosecutor to oversee the fbis russia investigation. This cannot wait. And oregon senator ron wyden tweted quote comey should be immediately called to testify in an open hearing about the status of russia trump investigation at the time he was fired. Ill continue to monitor reaction on twitter. Back to you. darya a doctor in walnut creek is facing multiple Sexual Assault charges this morning. Rajesh singla is a Family Practice doctor at the john muir outpatient clinic. He was arrested on monday. One of his patients claims she was sexually assaulted during a recent appointment. Doctor singla has been removed from john muir healths website. Investigators are concerned there could be more victims. John muir health released a statement saying doctor singla is currently on leave pending the outcome of the investigation. darya parents at an East Bay High School are speaking out about a lawsuit after their kids were racially targeted on instagram. A School Board Meeting was held last night to discuss the issue at Albany High School. More than a dozen students were disciplined for their involvement in the racists posts. The students now claim the school violated their First Amendment rights. They say the school has no right to punish them because it doesnt own or operate instagram. One father says he agrees with the decision made by the school darya parents say they are going to continue to show up to the School Board Meetings to make sure the discipline for the students involved is upheld. mark coming up. A woman is beaten while on a date with a man she met on instagram. Well show you the clever way Police Caught him. Plus. A uc Berkeley Student is now paralyzed after playing in a championship game. Well explain how it happened and how you can help. james tracking your forecast. robin im tracking your morning commute. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is welcome back. Lets get a check of weather and traffic this morning. 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. G james the bay area cool down begins today with some inland communities seeing their high temps drop by 15 degrees or more. Lets start by going outside and checking our 4 zone camera network. Its partly cloudy this morning with a deepening marine layer at the coast, so expect to see some fog this morning. Those low clouds will burn off somewhat by mid morning. Temperatures right now are in the 40s and 50s. Expect todays highs to be cooler than yesterday thanks to a strengthening ocean breeze. Look for afternoon highs to be 1015 degrees cooler than yesterday. That will mean upper 50s at the coast, to mid 60s by the bay, and upper 60s inland. Cooling continues thursday with a slight chance of rain for northern napa and sonoma county. Your mothers day forecast looks sunny and cool. mark were learning more about a uc berkeley rugby player who was severely injured over the weekend during a championship game. darya anny hong is here with what his friends are saying about him this morning. Anny. anny land 20yearold Robert Paylor was playing in the Rugby Championship game on saturday when he was injured on the field. Paylor was rushed to the hospital. He is now paralyzed below the chest with limited mobility in his arms. The cal bears won the championship and have been visiting paylor in the hospital. Like this could happen to such a good person. anny land the paylor family has set up a gofund me page to help with medical bills. We have the link on our website at kronfourdotcom. mark the coast guard rescued two men after their boat capsized near the berkeley marina. It happened yesterday afternoon. aaatriggeraaa a coast guard crew was able to pull both men out of the water a few minutes later. A medical crew took the two men to the hospital. Both were experiencing symptoms of hypothermia. The coast guard is reminding people to always wear a life jacket. darya A Los Angeles woman is speaking out for the first time after she is assaulted during a date with a man she met on instagram. Some of the pictures you are about to see are very graphic. India ali went on a date with james baker last july. She posted several videos on instagram of the two out drinking at a restaurant. She says she does not remember leaving the restaurant. Her next memory is waking up at a hotel room with blood on the floor and her cell phone and car keys were gone. She later called police, and was hospitalized with severe head injuries. Ali says she hopes her story will remind others to be cautious with people they meet online. darya police used the find my iphone app to locate baker and her car. He was later arrested and found guilty of felony assault, auto theft and using forged credit cards. Investigators later found out he had prior outofstate convictions and was on bail for using fake credit cards. mark happening today. Ac transit is considering eliminating bus service for students at three schools within the oakland unified School District. The change would affect students at montera middle school, Skyline High School and Community Day school. It would affect nearly 900 students. The change is being considered because the School District says it cant afford the buses. The ac transit board of directors will hear comments from people tonight at five at the agencys offices. mark state officials are warning the governor about the oroville dam. Lawmakers sent a letter to governor jerry brown saying the dam is not reliable enough to provide flood protection for its communities downstream. They are not confident the state would protect them if it fails. This comes after both spillways failed back in february, forcing the evacaution of nearly 200 thousand people. Governor brown and state water officials have not yet commented on the letter. darya police are set to demonstrate how they conduct drugged driving tests near the State Capitol today. This comes after voters approved legalizing recreational pot in november. Police are increasing training to spot drugimpaired drivers. Some agencies are testing portable saliva tests that could one day be used to screen for the recent use of six drugs. Police say testing for drugged driving is difficult as there is no presumed level of intoxication, unlike the pointzeroeight blood level for alcohol. darya the tennessee teacher charged with kidnapping a 15yearold student made his first appearance in federal court. Tad cummins faces a charge of taking a minor across state lines for the purpose of sexual activity. He disappeared back in march with elizabeth thomas. They were found 39 days later outside a cabin near redding. A federal judge told cummins yesterday he faces a minimum of 10 years in prison and could get life. He is expected back in court firday for a preliminary mark firefighters have put out a fire at a business in pleasant hill. This is video from the scene. The fire was right behind a Goodwill Store on contra costa boulevard. It broke out around 9 30 last night. There are no reports of any injuries. Firefighters are working this morning to figure out started. darya coming up. New efforts are being made to make bay area freeways safer. What drivers could soon see that will be keeping a watchful eye. A brawl breaks out on an airplane later heading to oakland. See what sparked the fight coming up after the and heres a live look outside. San mateo bridge. robin no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Sluggish traffic on sb 880. mark one person is arrested after a brawl erupts onboard a Southwest Airlines plane in burbank. darya this happened at the Bob Hope Airport on sunday. The plane was coming from dallas. And was headed to oakland. mark the fight involved three passengers. There is no word on what started the fight. darya one passenger was later arrested. Another person had minor injuries. darya a federal judge is ordering unionized pilots to stop boycotting Spirit Airlines flights. mark this comes after hundreds of angry passengers started a riot at a florida airport on monday after Spirit Airlines canceled nine flights. Police arrested three people at the Fort Lauderdale airport. darya spirit filed a federal lawsuit against the Airline Pilots association. Accusing them of intentionally disrupting the airlines operations. mark the Pilots Association claims it was not conducting a work slow down and is working with the airline to resume normal operations. About 300 spirit flights have been canceled over the past week, impacting about 20thousand passengers. darya coming up. A baby sitter arrested for crimes against children. See what police say he did and why there may be more victims. averi plus. A san jose state student is missing. I will the latest on the search effort coming up in a live report. james and here is a look at your current conditions. Your bay area forecast is next. On wall street, it was the Third Straight day that the nasdaq notched an all time high, but each of those has been by only a marginal amount. Stocks have been stuck in a largely listless trading pattern in recent weeks, as investors see few reasons to make big moves in either direction. mark darya lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic. james the bay area cool down begins today with some inland communities seeing their high temps drop by 15 degrees or more. Lets start by going outside and checking our 4 zone camera network. Its partly cloudy this morning with a deepening marine layer at the coast, so expect to see some fog this morning. Those low clouds will burn off somewhat by mid morning. Temperatures right now are in the 40s and 50s. Expect todays highs to be cooler than yesterday thanks to a strengthening ocean breeze. Look for afternoon highs to be 1015 degrees cooler than yesterday. That will mean upper 50s at the coast, to mid 60s by the bay, and upper 60s inland. Cooling continues thursday with a slight chance of rain for northern napa and sonoma county. Your mothers day forecast looks sunny and cool. No major hot spots. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Slow traffic on sb 880 from 238 to 92. mark happening now. Police in the south bay are looking for a san jose state student who went missing on his way to work. darya kron 4s averi harper is live at the university this morning with the latest. Averi. averi happening now. Crews are searching for a san jose state student who went missing on his way to work. Jacob greene was last seen at 6 00 monday morning when he was picked up by a lyft driver. One of greenes family members tells us he was headed to the school where he broadcasts games for the san jose state radio station. darya thanks averi. We will with you through out mark a Santa Cruz County teen who worked at an Afterschool Program and as a babysitter has been arrested for child pornography. darya anny hong is here with the details. anny according to the fbi, ryan spencer is accused of taking pictures and videos of underage boys and then sharing the images. Officials say he took nude photos of children he was babysitting and would trade them with at least one other person. Spencer was an Afterschool Program director at mar vista elementary school. He was also a Cabrillo College Early Education student. Who observed teachers at valencia elementary school. Classmates and teachers say there were no red flags to indicate he was dangerous. Fingerprinted not only by the parks and rec, but also by ourselves. And he went thru both fbi clearance and there was no indication that he was a danger to any of the children. anny spencer is scheduled to appear in federal court in San Francisco next tuesday. Back to you. darya surveillance cameras could finally be coming to freeways in the east bay. Officials say they are getting the money needed to install them. Over the past two years. Dozens of shootings have been happening along highway four and interstate 80 between richmond and antioch. Eight people have been killed and dozens have been injured. The California State Transportation Agency has now agreed to build a Surveillance Network to help deter the violence. The network could have wireless cameras, license plate readers and shot spotters that can detect gun shots. News but i wont be satisfied until i see the cameras installed. I think the important part for myself and other is that we will be able to travel on interstate 80 and not have to worry. darya the project could cost up to two Million Dollars. mark the white house is insisting their process worked in the firing of National Security adviser michael flynn. This despite a warning by thenacting attorney general sally yates that flynn was at risk of russian blackmail. Yates testified before a Senate Subcommitte that she warned President Trump about flynn. But it took 18 days after the yates warning for flynn to be fired. White house Spokesman Sean Spicer says officials wanted to look at classified materials about flynn before they made a decision. The Administration Says flynn deserved a full review before he was let go mark cnn is reporting this morning that federal prosecutors probing russian interference have obtained grand jury subpoenas for some of flynns associates. mark the search for missing 20yearold College Student aly yeoman is over. Her body was found in the Feather River north of sacramento. The Sutter County Sheriffs Office used dental records to identify the body yesterday. Authorities say a fisherman found her body sunday near live oak. Thats just about 10miles from where yeoman was last seen, driving away from a friends house on march 30th. mark yeomans truck and cell phone were found abandoned in an orchard not far from the boat dock where her body was found. Officials are still trying to determine how she died. darya land nearly a third of new drugs approved by us regulators are later flagged for safety concerns. Researchers looked at all 222 prescription drugs approved by the fda from 2001 to 2010. It found that roughly a third of the drugs required new safety warnings to be printed on their label. Some of those drugs included topsellers for depression, arthritis and blood clots. Critics say the study raises questions about how thoroughly drugs are tested before going on the market. The fda says its reviewing the results. darya over the counter painkillers can increase your chances of getting a heart attack. Thats according to a Study Released this morning. Five common painkillers found over the counter were linked to heart problems including ibuprofen. People who take higher doses are the most at risk. Researchers found taking any dose of these drugs for a week or longer can increase your risk of a heart attack. mark coming up. A School Bus Catches Fire with more than 50 kids on board. See how the bus driver was able to save everyone onboard. And. An east bay costco store is robbed at gunpoint. Hear how they were able to get inside after the store was closed. And heres a live look imagine if the things you bought every day earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. With the united mileageplus explorer card, youll get a free checked bag, 2 united club passes. Priority boarding. And 50,000 bonus miles. Everything you need for an unforgettable vacation. The united mileageplus explorer card. Imagine where it will take you. robin no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. mark in the east bay. Police have arrested a man in connection to a violent robbery at a costco store in danville. But they say two other thieves are still on the run. Police say the thieves entered the costco on fostoria way just after closing time monday night. One of them appeared to act like a look out while the other two went after the jewelry cases inside. mark officers later identified the suspect pinned down by employees as 21yearold kesean edwards. He is now in custody as the search for the other two continues. darya coming up. The white house says the president S Immigration policy is working. The new numbers that could support the Administration James bam and im tracking your morning forecast. What to expect as you head out the door right after the break. Were coming up on 6 45. Heres a quick look at the top stories were following this morning. Lawyers are set to discuss the penalty phase in the trial of Antolin Garciatorres today. He was found guilty yesterday of murdering morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. 26yearold garciatorres now waits for his punishment life in prison or the Death Penalty. darya the video of a vallejo sixth grader getting beaten up during pe class has been removed from youtube. The attack happened at Solano Middle School in vallejo. Now more parents at that school say their child has been bullied. The mother of the victim in the video has filed a formal complaint. mark fbi director james comey is out of a job this morning. The white house saying comey was fired because he was not able to effectively lead the bureau. Comey was leading the investigation into the possible connection between trump advocates and russia during the 2016 election. mark darya welcome back. Lets get a check of weather and traffic. james the bay area cool down begins today with some inland communities seeing their high temps drop by 15 degrees or more. Lets start by going outside and checking our 4 zone camera network. Its partly cloudy this morning with a deepening marine layer at the coast, so expect to see some fog this morning. Those low clouds will burn off somewhat by mid morning. Temperatures right now are in the 40s and 50s. Expect todays highs to be cooler than yesterday thanks to a strengthening ocean breeze. Look for afternoon highs to be 1015 degrees cooler than yesterday. That will mean upper 50s at the coast, to mid 60s by the bay, and upper 60s inland. Cooling continues thursday with a slight chance of rain for northern napa and sonoma county. Your mothers day forecast looks sunny and cool. 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. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. mark the number of people detained at the us border with mexico hit historic lows last month. The nine percent drop continues a downward slide since President Trump took office. Customs and Border Protection says the 11thousand detentions in april is the lowest total in 17 years. That marks three straight months of historic lows. darya happening today. The San Francisco Police Department will hold a town hall meeting to talk about the recent officer involved shooting. On may 3rd officers shot and killed a man who was stabbing another man outside of a subway restaurant. It happened near 5th and market streets. The stabbing is recovering. Todays meeting will take place at 11 30 at 969 market street. mark a controversial audit on the university of california system could lead to major changes in state law. One democratic assemblyman is proposing a bill that would make it illegal to intentionally interfere with an audit. The assemblyman says he does not have details on how his bill would be enforced. An auditors report revealed uc administrators hid 175 Million Dollars from the public in a reserve fund. It also found the uc president s office tried to interfere with the audit. Uc president Janet Napolitano has disputed the audits findings. darya a School Bus Driver saved all the students on her buss after it caught fire in south carolina. Take a look at video of the bus. You can see the flames shooting out of it. The bus was carrying 56 students. School Officials Say two students seated in the back of the bus told the bus driver they smelled smoke thats when the bus driver got all of the students off the bus in less darya the bus driver is being recognized for her actions. She has worked as a bus driver for the past 10 years. Mark Los Angeles olympic organizers are putting their plans on display today in the bid for the 2024 games. Members of the International Olympic committee are in Southern California this week to inspect stadiums and arenas that could become future Olympic Games venues. Los angeles and paris are the only two bidders left for the 2024 games. The ioc is considering a proposal to award the next two olympics in 2024 and 2028 one to each city. That decision will be made at a meeting in september. darya the kron4 morning news wants to send you and a guest to see hamilton keep watching the kron4 morning news and we will give you the secret word of the day. Then go to kron4. Com and enter the word for a chance to win a pair of the hottest tickets in town keep watching every day for a new word and another opportunity to win todays secret word of the day will be revealed in our 8 oclock hour so keep watching and you could win hamilton tickets mark stocks are off to a weak start on wall street after several big u. S. Companies reported disappointing firstquarter results. The Standard Poors 500 index fell 2 points. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 55 points. The nasdaq composite fell 2 points. mark coming up in kron four news at seven. A Bay Area Company is apologizing this morning after racist t shirts were sold on its website. Well show you the designs that the company failed to catch. And. A 17foot python returns home after being missing for two weeks. That story is after the break. Well be back as the kron 4 morning news continues. And heres a live look outside. Live look outside. Embarcadero. More people than ever are making the move to nissan. 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Police were called after the bear was seen in somebodys yard. But then the bear came across a neighborhood dog who actually started chasing the bear. The bear didnt hurt anybody and there were no reports of property damage. mark now to bay area baseball. The as looking to make it 4 wins in a row. Taking on the angels at the coliseum. darya kevin durant in attendance. But the angels offense was too much for the as. Albert pujols hits the home run in the first inning and the as arent able to recover. The angels win 7 to 3. They play again this afternoon. First pitch is set for 12 35 coliseum. mark meanhile. The giants looking to put an end to their 4 game losing streak in new york city. But it was another rough outing for the orange and black. They would only get two hits to score 1 run in the game. The mets win again, 6 to 1. The giants have lost 5 straight. The giants will try and salvage a game in the series. They play again this morning. First pitch is set for 10 10. darya ahead in garys world. The mets missing pitcher has been found. Well tell you where matt harvey was, what he was doing and why he was so sad. And while two texas teams are giving it their best shot, chef curry with the pot, well show you steph in the kitchen. mark plus. Lawyers are discussing the penalty phase in the trial of Antolin Garciatorres. Kron fours will tran is live outside the court house in san jose with more on whats next. And. A student with special needs is assaulted on campus. Hear why the victims mother wants people to see that video. I need the phone thats where i happen to be. To be the one that rings. I need not to be missed phone calls. To not be missed. I need seamless handoff. Canyon software. From reception, to landline, to mobile. I need one number. Not two. Im always moving forward. Because i cant afford to get stuck in the past. Comcast business. Built for business. Torres is found guilty of murdering sierra lamar. Now attention turns to the penalty phase. I will have the details about whats next for the convicted killer. lydia a special needs student assaulted on campus. The whole incident caught on camera. Well tell you why the victims mother wants people to see that video. anny President Trump has fired james comey as the fbi director. Im following the fallout and what the president is now saying this morning about his decision. darya good morning im darya folsom. mark and im mark danon. Lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic. james the bay area cool down begins today cool down the bay area james james the bay area cool down begins today with some inland communities seeing their high temps drop by 15 degrees or more. Lets start by going outside and checking our 4 zone camera network. Its partly cloudy this morning with a deepening marine layer at the coast, so expect to see
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