Arguments in the trial of antonin Garcia Torres of killing sierra lamar, five years ago near morgan hill. As details of the case are laid out one last time, emotions are running very high. Abc7 News Reporter david lui has been at the courthouse all day. Reporter in a matter of days, a jury at this courthouse will decide whether or not antonin Garcia Torres is guilty or not of killing sierra lamar, even though sierra disappeared five years ago, jurors were reaching for tissues as they heard the details of 24 troubling case. This is the last time for the prosecutor and the Defense Attorneys to convince the jury of antonin Garcia Torres innocence or guilt. The evidence is based on circumstance because sierra lamars body has not been found. Sierras father steve maintained a daily presence in court, her mother marlene took the witness stand early in the trial. In court they sat just a few feet from the man accused of killing sierra separated by just a few feet. They know this is the highest
Button issue. With passionate opinions on both sides. steve the proposed northgate unified School Distrcit would include a 5 schools serving forty two hundred students. vicki tonight Contra Costa County education officials got a chance to hear from the public about the plan. Kron 4s Charles Clifford is live for us tonight in concord with details. Charles. On tuesday evening, those in favor of the proposed Northgate Unified School District and those opposed to it made their cases here before the Contra Costa County board of education. Earlier this year a petition, with more than six thousand signatures, was submitted to the Contra Costa County board of education requesting that a new School District, the Northgate Unified School District, be carved from the existing mount diablo School District. Mount diablo is made up of 56 schools serving more than 32 thousands students. It covers a large portion of the east bay stretching from martinez to walnut creek. Pleasnant hill to clayton. The
Your help in catching him. This is a sketch of the man who police say stabbed another man who was out walking his dog near John Hinkel Park in north berkeley. Now officers need your help in identifying the assailant who they believe acted on a random impulse. Suspect and victim werent known to each other. It was unprovoked. It was not a robbery gone array. No words were exchanged. For some unknown reason the suspect cut the victim. A cut to the stomach that was so bad the victim had to be transported to the hospital. Those out walking their dogs on tuesday night said they hadnt heard about the case and are quite surprised by it. Sot never heard it before you know its pretty random like how a person got stabbed walking the dog. The stabbing happened just before 8 pm last friday night. The suspect is described as white, five foot ten to six feet tall, at least 160 pounds with sandy colored hair and facial hair. Sot i dont recall at least seeing himsot oh well glad you gave me a heads up
Morning commute. Out the door we are tracking slowdowns on 580 and 680. Very busy out there. Crash clearing on 580 approaching 680. Headlights westbound. Just south of there, we are tracking some big delays due to an accident southbound 680 right at sunol boulevard crash blocking the middle lane. Cruising speed as you approach the scene of the crash just about 45 Miles Per Hour. Traffic is inching closer to 580 that backup. A Police Standoff in contra unty is fina hats a check of your traffic; over to you. Jaclyn, i want you to finish this line for me here. Igot sunshine. On a cloudy day nice. All the clouds are out except for a swath of clouds along the san mateo coast. This is the beginning of an offshore flow. Its 43 degrees in santa rosa. 53 in oakland. The winds have been calm all morning for the most part. Under 10 Miles Per Hour. Eastnortheast in oakland at 5. We are starting to see the setup of the offshore flow. Westsouthwest still in the fairfield area. Winds will become abou
You can see there is a lot of destruction to the backside of this property. The fire started outside and encroached onto the property and started burning into the kitchen. The resident was able to get his family out the front door. Reporter outside the house i heard some popping noises and when i saw the smoke i started calling everybody to go out of the house. Reporter this is a live look from chopper 2 which is over the scene, or skyfox i should say, which is over the scene. The streets around summer court and summer street are blocked with Fire Department and First Responder personnel and equipment. They are slowly but surely starting to move some of that out of the way. Pg e is on the scene as well is the water department. The cause of the fire is unknown. The origin, point of the fire is unknown and is still being investigated. When we hear more we will let you know. Jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. Wear also following a story in the south bay. A middle school is now open in the last