Morning giving way to a clear and warm weekend. Another round of offshore winds possible monday morning otherwise continued seasonably warm and dry through wednesday. Cooling trend may start around thursday. No major hot spots. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Min from 880 less then 30 at park james an hours long standoff with a murder suspect in the east bay continues this morning. Its happening right now in martinez. An armed man is holed up in a car near the corner of howe and old orchard roads. Swat teams surrounded him yesterday evening. And theyre still there. Police say hes suspected of shooting and killing a woman in walnut creek. That shooting happened yesterday afternoon near larkey park and the lindsey wildlife museum. Investigators say the gunman and the victim knew each other. We will continue to monitor this situation and bring you updates as soon as they come into the newsroom. Kron4s avery harper is on the way and will bring us a live report as soon as
Outcome, sierras mother says she is glad her fdaughters killer will never walk the streets again. It gives us peace as a family, knowing that this wont happen to another child and that you cant get away with Something Like this catherine in addition to murder and kidnapping the jury also found garciatorres guilty of attempted carjacking. Prosecutors say he targeted women at Safeway Stores around morgan hill in a series of failed abductions before he kidnapped sierra lamar. Vicki and grant . vicki todays verdict was five years in the making and the bay area has followed this case every step of the way. grant and kron fours rob fladboe has been there since the beginning. He joins us live now from san jose. And rob, you were in the court room this morning when the verdict was read. What was the reaction like . rob live people started lining up outside the courthouse hours before the verdict was to be handed down. Every seat was taken in department 40 and dozens more people were watching v
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
I spoke to rashandas family prior to the arrest and they were really nervous about mcbride still being on the loose. I saw her family shortly after he was arrested and there was a noticeable sense of relief that the man suspected of killing her was in custody. Back to you in the studio vicki a go fund me account has been set up to help with rashandas funeral expenses and to help her children. You can find a link to it on our website at kronfour dot com. grant another big story we are tracking tonight at five. Snatched from her mothers arms at a Mountain View motel. A 3month old baby girl is safe and sound tonight. grant the alleged kidnapping by her father touched off an amber alert that ended just before noon in livermore. vicki the infants father, however is still at large, still on the run, and being hunted by police on both sides of the bay. Police are searching for this man 45 yearold Michael Wallin. Who is the father of the child. Kron fours rob fladeboe is live in Mountain View
grant thanks jr. Well check back in as soon as you get some new information. pam another big story the man suspected of shooting and killing a woman in front of her own children, is in custody. grant tonight we are learning more about the suspects previous runins with the law. Lawyer mcbride was taken into custody in sacramento today. Police say he is the estranged boyfriend of the victim rashanda franklin. pam kron4s alecia reid is live in richmond tonight. How did this arrest happen . This was the true definition of community policing. There were multiple tips that came in from people that believed they saw lawyer mcbride. One from sacramento was the one that landed him i jail. Pkg sure enough, there he was caught at a Fast Food Restaurant hours away from the crime scene. Us marshalls and richmond detectives made their way to sacramento as soon as they got that call. This is such a great example that with everybodys help we can all come together and really make a differencethe manhun