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KRON KRON 4 Evening News May 20, 2014

Catherine a santa rosa mother trying to defend her daughter from a bully might have gone after the wrong boy. And. The words that have been banned by General Motors. The news is next. male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Catherine new at five. The father of missing teenager sierra lamar is reacting to a Major Development in the case. Santa clara countys da will ask for the Death Penalty for the man accused of her murder. Good evening, im catherine heenan. The 15yearold morgan hill cheerleader vanished more than two years ago. Her body has not been found. Kron4s rob fladeboe talked to her father about the case. Reporter the decision by prosecutors to seek the Death Penalty against Antolin Garcia torres, shown here in court in february as he was indicted by a grand jury for the kidnapping and murder of sierra la mar comes as welcome news for sierras father steve la mar. . Its been shown that hes guilty of this, hes taken a life and we feel he doesnt deserve to continue living life, even if its in a prison cell. reporter 15 year old sierra lamar vanished on her way to school in morgan hill in march of 2012. Despite official and volunteer search efforts, which continue even now. Sierras body has not been found. Legal analysts say the defense will claim sierra lamar is a missing person but steve lamar says prosecutors know what they doing. . I am confidant and have faith in the d. A. s office, they did not take take this lightly and i dont think they would have pursued it this far otherwise so no, i am not concerned about that. reporter steve lamar reminds us there is d. N. A. Evidence linking his daughter with garciatorres, who is also charged in the attempted kidnapping of three other women and although he has not been to any of the previous Garcia Torres court hearings, sierras father says he plans to be there every day when the trial begins. . I cant hardly stand to look at it, so its going to be really hard for me when i start going to court, its going to be very hard but i am just not going to let it me. reporter even as he holds out hope alive, steve lamar says his entire family was consulted and support the d. As decision to pursue the Death Penalty and in his words. justice for sierra. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news catherine the santa rosa woman accused of assaulting a child she suspected was bullying her daughter, might have been catherine thats according to the Sonoma County sheriffs office. 30yearold delia garcia bratcher was arrested friday after being accused of putting her hands around the neck of a 12yearold boy athe had been pointed out to her as someone whod been harassing her daughter. The Sheriffs Department says it hasnt found any evidence of that. As for the 12yearold boy photos taken by School Staffers show red marks on his neck. A relative of the suspect says the woman has 6 children and would never hurt a child. Shes got a good heart, she would never do that she says they are making me sound like a monster, shes thrown catherine the woman was arrested on suspicion of inflicting injury to a child. Catherine her access to the school is being limited by a protective order, which also prevents her from contacting the victim. Her Attorney Says she adamantly denies touching the boy. Catherine a San Francisco Catholic High School is now apologizing for a policy that created a campus wide controversy. A senior at Sacred Heart Cathedral prep named Jessica Urbina took her yearbook photo in a tux. Most people didnt think it was a big deal but it violated School Policy and the photo was not included in the yearbook. Today kron four learned that the photo will be pasted into the yearbook which will be handed out to seniors this week. And in a reprint available in june jessicas photo will be included in the senior portrait section. The school is now apologizing to the community in an open letter. Saying it deeply regrets the pain caused by its original decision. Catherine the school says that while it believes shc is a safe and supportive place. The situation is a reminder it has much growth to achieve. Catherine new tonight. Catherine a walgreens store in San Francisco has re opened after being shut down by the Health Department. Reporter a source told kron4 it was closed because of rodent droppings. The store is at van ness avenue and eddy street. This is at least the second time a San Francisco walgreens has been shut down by the Health Department this year reporter in San Diego County right now they are mopping up after the first major widlfires least a half dr fires erupted beginning last wednesday, the two biggest on the Camp Pendleton marine base. Reporter charred remains of a week long battle over 25,000 acres burned the flames now nearly contained after thousands of firefighters and the military banded together reporter one firefighters selfie showing his crew exhausted in san marcos went viral thousands of residents returned to homes they were forced to abandon last week right as we finished packing our suitcases we heard a helicopter overhead saying get out, get out now and you could see a plume of smoke and flames coming down the corridor. There was just smoke coming up over the wall. We grabbed the computer and dogs and took off. To see my home, oh, it was such a relief. I feel so bad for the ones who lost, lost everything. Reporter the fires destroyed dozens of homes, many of them in the Escondido Community of Harmony Grove its all gone. I have my dog and my family and friends still and thats most important. Three men are now in custody. Two teens, 19year old isaiah silva, and a 17 yearold arrested after Police Say Witnesses reported seeing two people set small fires in escondido. Reporter in oceanside, one 57yearold man now charged for setting off a smaller hundred acre fire pleading not guilty, facing up to seven years in prison. All arrests were unrelated to the major blazes reporter in the past eleven years San Diego County has suffered from three major fire outbreaks. 2003 and 2007 were far worse in terms of fatalities and property loss. Reporter firefighters say they have learned a lot since then about coordination and ordering early evacuations. And they credit new laws expanding the defensible area around homes from 30 to 1 hundred feet. Reporter here in the bay area. There are fire concerns that are focused on high winds and possible lightning strikes. This is video from this morning in the north bay. Catherine im here now in the kron4 Weather Center with our chief meteorolgist Jacqueline Bennett. Reporter jacqueline will talk more about that and in regards to the timing in which you can expect more and the broadcast. Catherine theres new concern about the spread of mers or middle east respiratory syndrome. A third case of the catherine potentially deadly virus has now been confirmed in the us. Unlike the first two cases, Health Officials say this one was transmitted on us soil through a meeting and a handshake. Senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen has this story. Catherine the first two cases in the United States were from people who got infected in saudi arabia and then got on a plane and came here. Those cases were reported in indiana and florida. Reporter now, Health Officials say an illinois man who had a business meeting with the indiana patient has also tested positive for mers. This potential person that is maybe the third case that was transmitted had just basically business transaction with this individual, so no unique travel history of their own and then no travel history since. Reporter the cdc says during the april 25th meeting, the two men were sitting within sixfeet of each other talking. Reporter the only physical contact they had was by shaking hands. The next day, they had another shorter meeting. This was a week before the indiana patient was confirmed to have mers. Reporter a cdc doctor says the illinois man was never really sick, but now the cdc wants to test people he came in contact with, because even without symptoms, its possible he could have spread the deadly mers virus. Catherine coming up at 5 15. A new reason for parents to be on high alert when their teenagers are behind the catherine wheel. Then at 5 30. Has a plan to cut down on bay bridge traffic backfired . Catherine and next. 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Reporter the former baywatch star says she was molested by a sixyearsold. She says was raped when she was 12 by the 25yearold brother of a friends boyfriend. Her comments came at the launch of her Animal Rights charity the Pamela Anderson foundation at the Cannes Film Festival in france. Reporter the 46yearold anderson says her love for animals saved her. Anderson started her career as a playboy centerfold. She appeared on 13 covers of the magazine starting in 1989. She also appeared on dancing with the stars. Catherine . Catherine still ahead. Catherine the punishment a man is facing for kicking a woman while she was down. Then. How police say theyve cracked the case of a bay area fender bender turned deadly. If i eat this super creamy and delicious Tillamook Marionberry pie ice cream right now ill explode into creamy happiness. Wha . Oh. Tillamook ice cream, tastes better because its made better. Bulldog yosometimes, all it takes is a warm heart and a cold nose. 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Asyouroctoaboubro for pd. Rst escrtionree mybr. Com catherine more teenagers are willing to smoke marijuana and drive than get behind the wheel after drinking. Thats according to a new study from the univeristy of massachusetts and the university of washington. They looked at around 400 freshmen students who had used marijuana in the past month. Catherine they say the underage boys were far more likely to get in a car after using marijuana than after theyd been drinking. In fact it was double the rate. Researchers say a misconception that marijuana use is safe. Could be contributing to the problem. Catherine a man wanted for shooting an jacqueline right now the 20 mi. An hour sustained winds in oakland and concord. 26 and vallejo 28 in fairfield. Dust and the 30 mi. An hour raid in a couple of places, mainly near the delta. Everyone else generally same wind gust in the teens. Bouncing alike as to the camera with a wind gust right now. Another concern is lighting and storm incoming to the north and east of us. The looks like it will stay in the general direction. And really to skirt the bay area as we move into tomorrow. Possible as it could attack a look right now concede the area of pressure in the center going down the coast line. Generally going in that direction. So, possible thunderstorms 10 a. M. To 1 00 p. M. A slight chance elsewhere. Down in the south bay through the east that the biggest impact with this is dry lightning. But critiqued isolated as we move into tomorrow morning. We do have a big warm up in store. To purchase it a little cooler like to died. 90 in land and their 80. Catherine and man wanted for shooting and killing killing a 23yearold woman. After a minor car accident. Has been arrested. Catherine Michael Green was tracked down in florida and taken into custody. On suspicion of murder and attempted murder. Catherine in november of last year. Melquiesha warren and a friend were leaving a parking lot at sixth and jesse streets. They got into a minor car accident. After being out with friends at a nearby nightclub. Catherine the situation escalated. Police say green had a gun. And shot at the women. Warren who is from sacramento died. Her passenger was injured. Catherine obviously a horrendous homicide where the people that. The women actually got out of the car and and she apologize for being responsible for the car collision. And he ends up just shooting the passenger and driver more times than you can count. 24 year old Michael Green is from san mateo. Police expect him to be extradited back to San Francisco in a couple of days. Catherine in oakland, a man was shot near a motel this morning. This is video from our helicopter partnership with abc7 news. This was the scene at broadway and west macarthur. Near a kaiser building. Catherine the shooting happened just before 8 30 am. Close to the westwind lodge. Theres no word yet on the identity of the victim or how that person is doing. The gunman has not been arrested. Catherine new tonight. Catherine a man whose body was found at near a popular hiking spot has been identified as a 22yearold concord resident. Catherine his body was discovered by a hiker yesterday afternoon at the base of grizzly peak. Thats a 100 foot cliff on uc berkeley property. Police say they have found no signs of foul play. Six years behind bars. For a vicious attack during San Franciscos gay pride celebration. Reporter police say 23 yearold Christopher Porter bailey robbed the woman. Then reared back and kicked her in the head while she was on the ground. Reporter this happened last june. The woman was kocked out. Suffering a concussion and other injuries. A jury convicted Porter Bailey of robbery, and assault and battery with serious injury. A judge sentenced the oakland resident to six years in prison. Reporter the District Attorney wanted eight years. Porterbailey was on felony probation at the time of the incident. Reporter us prosecutors are in the middle of a series of cyber crime crackdowns. So far theyve arrested more than 90 people after two separate hacking operations were shut down. One involved chinese officers spying on us companies. Polo sandoval has the details. Reporter its a milestone in the fight to stop cyber espionage. Attorney general eric holder announced charges against five chinese officials for hacking into American Companies to steal trade secrets. Reporter the hackers are believed to be officers of the Peoples Liberation army in china. These pla officers maintained unauthorized access to victims computers to steal info from these entities that would be useful to their competitors in china, including state owned enterprises. Reporter china quickly responded, saying that china is itself a victim of u. S. Cyber spying. Calling the accusations purely fictitious and extremely absurd. Reporter holder still hopes to extradite the accused hackers to face prosecution in the us. Reporter the Justice Department is also working with Police Agencies in 17 countries around the world for a separate cybercrime crackdown. Reporter more than 90 people are already in custody. Theyre accused of using blackshades. A Malicious Software used by hackers. Reporter about 700,000 people around the world have been prey to its silent computer snooping reporter og] rry . Arrylarr [annncera hethy g is ayfudog. s coriemartnd ttes veggs. Sclalickod. Y,s reporter its not unusual for a couple of buds to toss back a beer. Only in this case its some famous guys who tossed a can of beer over the balcony. Heres brad pitt throwing a cold one to matthew mcconaughey. Check it out. Oh yeah, brad oh yeah reporter bot

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