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 via closed circuit tv from another courtroom. And then, a few moments after 9 a. M. , what has to rank among the more dramatic moments in Santa Clara County criminal court history, began to unfold. You cold hear a pin drop as the jury, having deliberated for just under two days, filed into the courtroom, where no cameras have been permitted. Asked by judge Vanessa Zecher if the jury had in fact reached a verdict. The forman said yes and after it was briefly viewed by the judge, the verdict was read aloud by the court clerk. At the first utterance of the word guilty, there were audible sighs and gasps from the gallery as people passed tissue boxes. I saw sierras father steve fight back tears. I was in the second row and saw no visible emotion from defendant Antolin Garcia torres, seated,to the balifs right, wearing a blue shirt and tie, as the clerk continued reading a verdict that found him guilty on all counts. Nor could i read any emotion on the faces of the Garcia Torres family, seated directly in front of me. Outside the courthouse, pent up feelings were released amid a sense of relief and long delayed justice for the family and friends of the still missing sierra lamar. Steve lamar sierras father i couldnt look up, i just kept looking down and then a huge rush of emotion hit me all at once, it was indescribable. Marlene lamar sierras mother there was a lot of sighing and emotion from sierras friends, it was like they were releasing their pain when the verdict wasannounced. Marlene lamar showed me the bracelet she wore to court. A kind of good luck charm bearing sierras name, as she graciously spoke about how the verdict has eased some of her pain, thanking the jury for doing the right thing. rob live the emotion in that courtroom quickly spilled out into the hallway where some people were openly weeping as they hugged and searched out marlene and steve and their other daugher danielle, to offer their congratulations, only to do so again and again outside the courthouse in a scene that lasted a couple of hours. grant the family of Antolin Garciatorres rushed out of the courtroom this morning after his guilty verdict was read. Terisa can you say anything about your son . Mother nonats of car door slamming. His mother remained silent as reporters questioned her about the verdict. However, another relative of garciatorres briefly spoke to reporters as she was leaving. Saying antolin is innocent. Garciatorres relative its very sad on both families. Very unfortunate situation. Thats all i have to say. Terisa do you believe hes guilty . Garciatorres relative no. The woman did not want reveal her name or say how she was related to Antolin Garciatorres. vicki as we have said Antolin Garciatorres does face the Death Penalty after being found guilty in the kidnapping and murder of sierra lamar. However, its been ayears since the state of california has actually executed a prisoner. Kron fours dan kerman joins is live now outside the San Quentin State Prison with more on this story. Dan . The last execution at californias san quentin prison was in january of 2006 when Clarence Ray Allen was put to death. That same year a federal judge put the 3 drug lethal injection process on hold. And there hasnt been an execution since. Passions on both sides of the issue remain strongcurrently there are 728 men on death row at san quentin prison another 20 women are on death row at Central California womens facility in chowchilla. This past november voters approved prop 66, which was meant to streamline the process and get the Death Penalty going again. But that has been put on hold and its constutionalal ity is set to be reviewed by the California Supreme Court later this year. Year. Supreme court the california reviewed by ity is set to be constutionalaland its put on hold and its constutionalality is set to be reviewed by the California Supreme Court later this year. vicki and dont forget to download the kron four mobile app. We sent out a push alert this morning alerting you about the guilty verdict in the sierra lamar murder trial. We have also posted a poll on our social media sites. We want to know if you think antolin graciatorres deserves the death penatly for the death of sierra lamar. Its all on kron four dot com. grant i am here with criminal defense attorney curtis brigs. Antolin garciatorres, 26, was found guilty by a Santa Clara County superior court jury in san jose today for the firstdegree murder of 15yearold sierra lamar in 2012. Sierra has not been seen or heard from since march 16, 2012, and garciatorres was arrested on may 21, 2012, after investigators found his dna on her jeans, which were recovered near where she went missing outside of morgan hill. Sierras dna was also found on an interior backseat door handle and on the outside of a pair of work gloves in garciatorres vehicle. The jury, which began deliberating thursday morning after a threemonth trial and announced that they had reached a verdict monday afternoon, also convicted garciatorres of the attempted kidnappings of three women in safeway parking lots in 2009. More than 100 members of the public attended this mornings verdict reading, requiring the courthouse to provide a live stream of the proceedings in a second courtroom. Jurors will now select between a sentence of death or life without the possibility of parole, and prosecutors and Defense Attorneys will be allowed to present evidence. vicki we are tracking other breaking news this evening. President trump has vicki we are tracking other breaking news this evening. President trump has fired fbi director james comey. Steve aveson is tracking the latest developments on this story and joins us from the newsroom with more. Steve . Thats right vicki, james comey was in california today when he learned he is out as director. President trump saying comeys firing will mark a new beginning for the fbi. In a statement the Deputy Attorney general, Rod Rosenstein says the former director mishandled the Hillary Clinton email investigation and this move was an effort to regain public and congressional trust. However, leading members of the Intelligence Committee question the timing. The clinton email issue took place last summer and currently the fbi is in the midst of an investigation both into russian meddling in the election and possible connections to the trump campaign. The white house says the search for a new fbi director will begin immediately. Some Democratic Senators are calling for a special prosecutor to continue the russia investigation and now republican senator john mccain has joined in that call. This is all moving very fast, and coming up at six we will have a live report from washington with reaction. Grant, back to you. grant coming up, an east bay doctor arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a patient. And now investigators fear theres more victims. vicki plus, the search for a missing Yuba City College student is over. The body of aly yeoman found. What we are learning about the investigation. grant and next, an update on our top story. The man accused of kidnapping and murdering morgan hill teen sierra lamar found guilty. Well hear from members of that community next. brittney im chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp, ill have your full bay area forecast after the break. [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when theyre smoked. [ rat squeaking ] theyre dangerous long after. Cigarette butts are toxic. They release chemicals that poison our water. And harm wildlife. And millions. Are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] were just grateful and blessed that the jury came up with the verdict that they did, its gonna be a safer world because of them. vicki a jury in san jose has found a man guilty in the 2012 killing of sierra lamar whose body has not been discovered. grant 26yearold Antolin Garciatorres faces the Death Penalty or life in prison for the murder and kidnapping of the 15yearold. Lamar disappeared on march 16, 2012, on her way to a School Bus Stop near her home in morgan hill. Investigators found garcias dna in her handbag and in his car. The sentencing phase starts next tuesday. vicki for more than five years the Morgan Hill Community has shared the pain of sierra lamars loss. Today, word of the guilty verdict spread quickly around town. From sierras Old High School ann sobrato high school. To downtown morgan hill. We spoke with people who have closely followed the case and in some cases even took part in volunteer search efforts. And, theyre happy for sierras family that the verdict came back guilty. Summer davis resident its not easy losing someone you love its very hard, so im glad that the killer was brought to justice. noelle davis resident i cant even imagine what it must be like to lose a child. Um, ive lost my brother and ive also lost my husband, so i know what its like, you know, to lose someone that you really care about and for her, you know, being so young and everything, its just, you know, horrible, you know, that that happened. But at least her family will see justice finally after all this time. vicki and, as weve mentioned this case is still not over. The sentencing phase will begin on may 16th. Garciatorres could face the Death Penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole. grant bart police are looking for a man who punched another rider. In an apparent hate crime attack at the powell street station last night. Officers say the victim was standing on the platform just before midnight when the suspect walked up and called him several gay slurs. Thats when police say the suspect punched him in the face. The victim went to police to report the crime as the suspect boarded a pittsburg bay point train. Officers stopped the train at the Macarthur Bart station but were unable to find their suspect. He is described as a black man, about 5 feet 8 inches tall wearing a black security uniform. vicki another big story we are tracking tonight. A doctor is facing multiple Sexual Assault charges in the east bay. This comes in the wake of one of his patients claiming she was sexually assaulted during a recent doctors appointment. Investigators tell kron4s haaziq madyun. They are concerned more victims could be out there a Family Practice doctor arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting one of his patients with the special victims unit of the Contra Costa CountySheriffs Office say dr. Rajesh singla was arrested monday here at his Doctors Office in the john muir Outpatient Clinic on treat blvd in walnut creek flatering. It is dated march 2017. He earned one star accompanied by a remark that reads. Worst experience ever. Chief meterologist Brittney Shipp. Mostly sunny and warm conditions will persist through the day. Cooling trend begins on wednesday as onshore flow and the marine influence increases. A cold front will then enter the north bay with a slight chance of rain showers on thursday, cooling temperatures there. Continued breezy and unseasonably Cool Conditions are likely friday and into the upcoming weekend. grant coming up, several travelers handcuffed after chaos breaks out at a florida airport. What happened and who is too blame. vicki and next, a fugitive and high risk violent sex offender found right here on a Bay Area College campus. Well show you how he was able to attend classes for nearly a asemester. Without being caught. On september 9, 2010, pg e learned a tragic lesson we can never forget. This gas pipeline ruptured in san bruno. The explosion and fire killed eight people. Pg e was convicted of six felony charges including five violations of the u. S. Pipeline safety act and obstructing an ntsb investigation. Pg e was fined, placed under an outside monitor, given five years of probation, and required to perform 10,000 hours of community service. We are deeply sorry. We failed our customers in san bruno. While an apology alone will never be enough, actions can make pg e safer. And thats why weve replaced hundreds of miles of gas pipeline, adopted new Leak Detection technology that is onethousand times more sensitive, and built a stateoftheart gas operations center. We can never forget what happened in san bruno. Thats why were working every day to make pg e the safest Energy Company in the nation. Youre going to be hanging out in here. So if you need anything, text me. Do you play . Use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. You got next . Chase. Helping you master whats now and whats next. grant Authorities Say a body found in the Feather River in Northern California is missing 20yearold College Student aly yeoman. The Sutter CountySheriffs Office used dental records to identify the body today. A fisherman found the body sunday afternoon near live oak, about 50 miles north of sacramento. Investigators say yeoman was last seen march 30 driving away from a friends home in yuba city. Her truck and cellphone were found near a river levee in live oak. Investigators are still trying to determine how yeoman died. vicki a sex offender is behind bars after using a fake name to attend Santa Rosa Junior College. grant the 41yearold had been attending classes for nearly a decade before he was caught. Kron 4s Lydia Pantazes brings us reaction from students. A parolee and registered sex offender from Orange County was arrested at Santa Rosa Junior College today where he was attending classes using a different name. Daniel jaebok lee, 41, was wanted since october in Orange County for a felony violation of sex offender registration requirements. His past offenses include indecent exposure, child molestation, attempted lewd acts on a child under 14 and assault with intent to commit rape, College Police said. Campus Police Became aware of lee because of reported unusual behavior in one of his classes, police said. After a weeks search, lee was arrested outside a class at emeritus hall around 10 50 a. M. Today. He was booked in the Sonoma County jail and will be extradited to Orange County, police said. grant justice for sierra lamar. A guilty verdict read in the kidnapping and murder of the morgan hill teen. Outside the courthouse there were tears of joy. After the break hear from those who spent countless hours searching for her. vicki plus, police in the east bay asknig for your help. After several people robbed a busy costco store. vicki every since sierra lamar went missing there has been a huge effort to find her. vicki nearly a thousand people have donated their time to search for the missing teen. grant as kron fours Terisa Estacio reports, many of those volunteers were in court as the verdict was announced. With their red shoes, buttons and shirts all in honor of sierra. The volunteers who have poured their heart helping sierra lamars family over the years were right there once again standing in solidarity as this latest chapter unfolded. Mary doering, sierra lamar search volunteer. I have been searching since the beginning. Right now, more then ever elated. Kelli wilkins, sierra lamar search volunteer. I think we are relieved that there is justice, that the jury saw what we knew. Volunteers and family members were asked not to wear pins or anything in court showing their support for sierra so as not to unfairly influence the jury but now that the guilty verdict is in emma spencer, volunteer i figured with the verdict in, today it was fitting to wear buttons to represent her. Konnie bunt, searcher volunteer. I had a different shirt on when i came in over this and i took it off when i got outside. Konnie bunt says she did not know the lamar family when she first heard the news of sierras disappearnace 5 years ago now she says everyone is very close. 25 41 bunt. I volunteered when the Search Center was first opened now we are one big family. And bunt had this to say about antonlin garciatorres. 25 29 bunt, volunteer. Now the coward needs to let us know where she is, the family needs, sierra deserves closure. And that was a common theme among the searches and lamars friends were also searched years for her. 16 46 alex meija, volunteer and school friend. I think we are definitely hopig that, maybe he gets a smaller sentence, it is all we can hope for now, so that we can get the closure we had not had ever. In san jose, te. grant our coverage on todays verdit continues online. There you can find reaction from family, friends, searchers, lawyers. We also want to hear from you we are taking a poll on whether or not you believe garciatorres deserves the Death Penalty. Its all on kron four dot com. vicki a california lawmaker wants to make intentionally interfering with an audit a crime after a controversial audit on the university of california. Democratic assemblyman Al Muratsuchi says he does not yet have details on how his bill would be enforced. An auditors report said 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. vicki police have arrested a man in connection to a violent robbery at a costco store in danville last night. And say two other suspects are still on the run. According to police. Three suspects entered the costco on fostoria way just after closing time. One of them appeared to act like a look out. While the other two went after the jewelry cases inside. Steve SimpkinsDanville Police chief one of them forced it open with a hammer, took some goods, all three of them fled. Two of them got away but one of them was detained by costco employees and held him down until we got there. vicki officers later identified the suspect pinned down by employees as 21yearold kesean edwards. He is now in custody and is being questioned by investigators. Hoping to find leads on the two remaining suspects at large. They got away with an unspecified amount of anchor time now to check on our weather. With chief meterologist Brittney Shipp. Mostly sunny and warm conditions will persist through the day. Cooling trend begins on wednesday as onshore flow and the marine influence increases. A cold front will then enter the north bay with a slight chance of rain showers on thursday, cooling temperatures there. Continued breezy and unseasonably Cool Conditions are likely friday and into the upcoming weekend. glo new developments in the case of Aaron Hernandez. Prosecutors glo new developments in the case of Aaron Hernandez. Prosecutors say they are appealing a ruling that a massachusetts judge announced today. Which throws out former nfl stars 2013 murder conviction. In a Court Hearing today. The judge said the court had no choice. Based on massachusetts law. Which says a conviction is not final until an appeal is heard. Prosecutors argue that hernandez forfeited his right to appeal. When he made a calculated decision to commit suicide last month. Hernandez was found dead in his prison cell. His lawyer says the investigation into his death continues. vicki still ahead, mayhem at the airport. A massive fight breaks out at a florida airport after Spirit Airlines canceled several flights. After the break who the airline says is to blame. grant on wallstreet. It was the Third Straight day that the nasdaq notched an alltime high, but each of those has been by only a marginal amount. Adding about 18 points today. The dow lost 36 points and a half. And the s p dropping nearly 3 points. 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. There was chaos last night at the Spirit Airlines terminal in fort lauderdale, florida. Frustrated passengers began brawling even with sheriffs deputies. Vicki Catherine heenan is here with details including the reaction from a federal judge today. catherine even from a distance you could see something was wrong. People began pullingout their cell phones to take video. And the crowd of onlookers kept growing. A closer look shows just how rough it was getting. People were frustrated by a string of cancelled flights because of a labor dispute at spirit. A mob of angry customers began beating on counters and screaming at the staff. When sheriffs deputies were called in the brawling got even worse. Today a federal judge ordered the Airline Pilots to stop boycotting flights as part ofa labor action. Thats probably not much consolation to the hundreds of people who were stuck at the airport. Passengers they delayed us for 8 hours. Then they cancel last minute which is upsetting because people are sitting there with babies and stuff for 8 hours. Kids are crying. Passenger no name given weve been waiting in line here for almost three and a half hours. Multiple flights have been canceled today, and all of a sudden one particular flight got canceled and a mob ensued in front of everyone else who had been waiting in line. Well, at that point the ticket agents couldnt handle what was going on. Three people were arrested last night and now face charges including inciting a riotand resisting arrest. Deputies say all three were seen threatening the airlines front counter employees. As the suspects were led away. Some people in the crowd began cheering. Beca use theyblamed them for making things even worse. Eleven flights were cancelled yesterday. Over the last week there have been about 300 cancellations. Vicki and grant . grant still ahead, the warriors break out the brooms once more. And sweep the utah jazz. Sports director gary radnich joins on set next with whats ahead for the dubs. vicki a Stunning Development out of washington dc today. Fbi director james comey. Is out. Pam moore is in the newsroom with what we are working on for kron 4 news at six. pam stunning is right vicki. Late this afternoon. The white house anounced that President Trump fired fbi director james comey. Officials say, comey was dismissed over the handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton emails. The firing also comes just days after he testified on capitol hill about the fbis investigation into russias meddling in last novembers election. And possible connections between russia and trumps campaign. There is a lot of reaction coming from both republicans and democrats tonight. We will have it all and a live report from washington, d. C. Tonight at six. Vicki back to you. grant time now to talk some warriors and no surprise here, golden state is back in the western conference finals. vicki the dubs. In the west finals for the third year in a row. After finishing off the utah jazz in four games. Golden state remains undefeated in the postseason. And for more on this run, we turn to kron4 sports director gary radnich. Gary . Warriors will not play untill sunday or next tuesday when you are that good. Thats how it goes down. Emg sot. 4 staright versus port;land. 4 straight versus utah. Mark caprter roports. And the warriors. Lights out once again. Leading from wiretowire. Steph curry. With a gamehigh 30 points. Klay thompson chipped in 21. And Draymond Green with a tripledouble. The golden state defense held utah to 37percent shooting from the field. For a closer look at the victory, we turn to mark carpenter. Before yesterdays game, Draymond Green made headlines. When he basically said, he hasnt been impressed with clevelands playoff opponents so far. That forced the guys at tnt to say they havent seen much from who the warriors are facing either. And their games have been just as boring. Of course, draymond responded accordiingly. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I mean thats not boring, this team continued to fight. I think cleveland has been playing great basketball. I mean you watch them, its been amazing, but then you watch other teams theyre playing against, not so much. So, i like, thats just my opinion though, but whatever who cares. Durant youre not allowed to have an opinion draymond. You just supposed to play basketball alright . Draymond true. Sorry. Hohum another round, another sweep. And last nights closeout game looked a lot like the other matchups in the series. Warriors came out firing, the jazz made a run, and then golden state delivered the killer blow. And it all starts with a suffocating defense. You know we score the ball, but we preach defense every single day. Its not lets just try to outscore our opponents. We gonna try to stop you and then we gonna try to run the score up, but when you got so many guys that you can defend and are smart, that makes for a good defense. That was something that steve wanted me to relay to the team. Pace, pace, pace, pace make or miss. And speaking of steve kerr, its still not known if hell return to the bench at all this postseason. But its clear he has full confidence that mike brown can handle the job. Every step of the way. You know he always ends every conversation with mike, youre there. Im not there. So these are just suggestions. You gotta feel it and you gotta make the decision as to which direction you are gonna go with, with the team and i couldnt ask for anything better. The warriors await the winner of the Houstonsan Antonio series. Depending on when that wraps up, theyll play on either sunday or tuesday. Mark carpenter, kron4 news. Mostly sunny and warm conditions will persist through the day. Cooling trend begins on wednesday as onshore flow and the marine influence increases. A cold front will then enter the north bay with a slight chance of rain showers on thursday, cooling temperatures there. Continued breezy and unseasonably Cool Conditions are likely friday and into the upcoming weekend. grant up next, an officer responds to a complaint call about a couple of kids playing basketball in the streets. But its what he did next that has now gone viral. This story after the break. [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when theyre smoked. [ rat squeaking ] theyre dangerous long after. Cigarette butts are toxic. They release chemicals that poison our water. And harm wildlife. And millions. Are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] grant someone called the police to complain about kids playing in the street in a kansas neighborhood over the weekend. vicki but what officers did when they arrived. Left the kids and the community smiling. Cnn reporter emily younger takes a closer look at this heartwarming story. Natsits a hoopin kind of day for the Gonzalez Brothers in hutchinson. As the boys take turns sinking baskets, theyre greeted by their newest teammate. Nats. Officer scott finster. You see, finster may not be in his hutch pd uniform for todays game. Nats. But over the weekend, he was geared up and raring to go. Natsfinster says he was called to the kids south hutch neighborhood saturday after someone complained about them playing in the street. Instead of punishing the youngsters, finster briefed them on street safety. Then took them on in a game of pig. Officer scott finster, Hutchinson Police dept. its really good to come out and be able to do that with kids and be able to interact with the community especially as a new officer. Natsthat feeling is echoed by the boys mom. Amanda gonzalez, mother oh man, it gave me so much hope. It gave me what i needed, and for my kids to see that theres good in everything. Every situation there can be a positive, you just have to look for it. You dont have to look far here in hutch. Natsbut one very important question still remains about saturdays game of pig. Reporter question who really won that game . Officer scott finster, Hutchinson Police dept. we are going to leave that off the record for now just for the safety of everyone here. Nats vicki that video of the officers saturday hoops game with the game was posted on facebook. By monday afternoon, it had more than 10thousand views. vicki that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. granti steve aveson and pam moore are here with kron 4 news at six. steve grant and vicki thank you. A guilty verdict in the sierra lamar murder trial. Coming up at six. We will have reaction from convicted murderer Antolin Garciatorres family. pam plus. A shocking announcement from the nations capitol. President trump has fired fbi director james comey. We will have a live report on the fallout. Kron 4 news at six is next. Um, justice is served here for us today, justice for sierra. pam five long years. And a jury answers the question who killed sierra lamar. Antolin Garcia Torres is found guilty of murdering the 15year old girl. Bringing some closure to her family. And all the people wondering what happened to her on a march morning, back in 2012, as she headed to school. pam good evening im pam moore. steve and im steve aveson. The jury, after less than two days of deliberations, finding garciatorres guilty on all counts. Kron fours rob fladeboe was in the courtroom when the verdict was handed down and joins us now live from san jose. Rob. Marlene lamar sierras mother nothing will take a way the pain we have been feeling every day and will feel for the rest of our lives but we have been praying for this type of ending,,for justice. Sierra lamars mother marlene is talking about the justice metedout moments earlier tuesday as a jury handed down a verdict that found Antolin Garcia torres guilty in the march 2012 kidnap and murder of her 15 yearold daughter. Steve lamar sierras father i couldnt look up, i just kept looking down and i just felt a flood of emotions. There were audible sighs of relief and gasps in the packed courtroom as the verdict was read. The 26 year old Garcia Torres displayed no visible emotion as the court clerk read further that the jury also found him guilty of attacking and attempting to carjack three other women in what prosecutors told the jury was a prelude to the murder of sierra lamar. David boyd dep. Dist attorney now we begin the next phase where the jury must decide whether to sentence mr Garcia Torres to the Death Penalty of to life in prison. We now move into the penalty phase where the jury must decide whether the defendant will be sentenced to the Death Penalty or serve a sentence of life in prison. The guilty verdict caps a 5 year long saga that saw some 750 peoplefrom across the bay join in weekly searches for sierra lamar. While she is still missing, many said their search for justice for sierra has come to an end. Doug tollas searched for sierra i feel like five eyars of hard work has finally paid off. For all the bee stings and poison oak and all the slipping and falling. Mary doering searched for sierra its a relief. We finally have some justice for this crime and all of the other crimes. Roger nelson searched for sierra i just hope that goes a long way to bring some comfort to the lamar family. rob the jury will get some time off and then they will reconvene for the penalty phase of the trial. That could another two to three weeks. Antolin Garcia Torres, who is now back in the county jail, where he has resided for the past five years, as he has several times previously, turned down my request for a jailhouse interview. steve the family of Antolin Garcia torress was in court today as the verdict was read. They have long stood behind the 26 year old and his claim that he had nothing to do with sierras disappearance. pam as kron fours Terisa Estacio reports, the family quickly left the courtroom after the news broke. 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 pam reaction to this verdict came quickly. Especially online. With numerous posts coming in immediately after it was read. steve this story lit up our website and countless others, becoming the most talked about story in the bay area this morning. Grant lodes is here with some of the reaction. grant this is one of those stories that felt like everybody had their eyes on. It did not take long for people to chime in. The Facebook Page help find sierra lamar has tracked the case ever since her disappearance and served as an organizing place for the volunteer search effort. It kept its reaction simple ending its post with justice served others chimed in. One person posting please tell them where you put her. Give them closure, this is not enough, Death Penalty, why should he get to live. And crying emoji. On twitter it was a similar tone. Guilty now speak up and let her family know what really happened grant a lot of people are echoing the sentiment in their postings. Wanting garciatorrres to reveal where sierras body is. You can weigh in on this case on the kron 4 Facebook Page, twitter feed or online. Do you think garciatorres should get the Death Penalty . Let us know by voting in our poll on kron4. Com. Steve and pam. steve there is one thing about the Death Penalty in california. The state has the largest death row in the nation. But it has not executed anyone in over a decade. pam besides the long Legal Process for inmates, the lethal injection process itself has been under scrutiny. Kron 4s dan kerman is outside san quentin tonight. With where the Death Penalty stands in california. Dan . Right now there are 728 men on death row at san quentin prison 20 women at the Central California womens facility in chowchilla have also received a death sentence. But an execution hasnt been carried out since 2006 when Clarence Ray Allen was put to death. Thats because that same year a federal judge put the 3 drug lethal injection process on hold. Sot marc klaas Death Penalty advocatebut passions remain main strong for opponents as wellsot Aundre HerronDeath Penalty focusthis past november voters approved prop 66, which was meant to streamline the process and get the Death Penalty going again. But that has been put on hold by the California Supreme CourtCalifornia Supreme Co steve there is a lot to digest with this case. So we are going to give you a quick time line of how things unfolded. Sierra lamar disappeared on march 16th of 2012. She was walking to the bus stop in morgan hill. Headed to school. Two months later. Antolin garcetorres is arrested following weeks of surveillance by investigators. It would take more than four years before the case would go to trial. With jury selection beginning in october of 2016. Then today. More than five years after she disappeared. A jury convicted garciatorres of her murder. The penalty phase set to begin next week. Week. Begin next phase set to the penalty garciatorres jury convicted disappeared. A after she than five years today. More then 2016. Week. Begin next phase set to the penalty of her murder. steve there is a lot to digest with this case. So we are going to give you a quick time line of how things unfolded. Sierra lamar disappeared on march 16th of 2012. She was walking to the bus stop in morgan hill. Headed to school. Two months later. Antolin garcetorres is arrested following weeks of surveillance by investigators. It would take more than four years before the case would go to trial. With jury selection beginning in october of 2016. Then today. More than five years after she disappeared. A jury convicted garciatorres of her murder. The penalty phase set to begin next week. pam we have more coverage of the verdict in the sierra lamar murder trial. We will talk to a criminal defense attorney. And get some insight into how this might have played out in the jurys minds. Also. We will look ahead to the penalty phase, where Antolin Garcia torres finds his life is now on the line. That is coming up at 6 30. steve a big breaking story is unfolding right now in washington dc. Late this afternoon President Trump announced he fired fbi director james comey. pam comey was actually in los angeles attending an fbi event when he learned he was fired. That event was canceled. And we just got this video into kron 4. Of the now former fbi director on the tarmac at lax. You can see him shaking hands with some of the law enforcement. Who escorted him to the airport. Before boarding a private jet and presumably heading back to washington dc tonight. The reaction to comeys dismissal has been rapid. And it is raising all kinds of questions. We go now to scott mclean with our partners at cnn. He is in washington with the late details. Scott what have you learned . The white house announced tuesday that fbi director james comey, has been fired. The shocking announcement came less than an hour after the fbi sent a letter to congress, admitting recent claims he made about Hillary Clintons aides emails, were misleading. Senator Richard Blumenthal d Judiciary Committee it certainly is nixonian in its tone to fire someone of this stature. In the midst of an investigation is absolutely unfathomable for the commander in chief of the United States to do in the midst of an investigation. The comments were made last week when comey was testifying about clintons former aide huma abedin, and her practice of forwarding e mails to her husband, former congressman, anthony weiner. James comey fbi director huma abedin appears to have had a regular practice of forwarding emails to him, for him i think to print out for her, so she could then deliver them to the secretary of state. Butt toshe forwarded hundreds and thousands of emails, some of which contained classified information. But, the majority of the thousands of emails reviewed by the fbi actually got to weiners computer via a backup system for abedins phone. Not because she was forwarding them to him. White House Press Secretary sean spicer says President Donald Trump fired comey on the recommendation of the attorney general and the Deputy Attorney general. Comey, was appointed as head of the fbi by president barack obama in 2013. pam we first broke this news through the kron four mobile app this afternoon. If you want to be the first to know about breaking news. You can download our app for free. Be sure to enable the push alert feature. steve a travel warning tonight. Why people are being told to watch out if they are going to texas. pam and a walnut creek doctor. In serious trouble. What he is accused of doing to a patient. That led to his arrest. brittney im chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp. The full forecast is coming up in less than 10 minutes. steve on cam a Family Practice doctor in the John Muir Health network has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a female patient36yearold dr. Rajesh singla of milpitas was arrested monday at his office in the john muir Outpatient Clinic on treat blvd in Contra Costa County. Investigators say this follows a Sexual Assault complaint filed against him earlier this month jimmy lee Contra Costa CountySheriffs Office spokesperson he was booked on numerous charges, two counts of indecent exposure and one count of attempted oral copulation. We believe there may be additional victims out there. We are asking if anybody received treatment from him, who might have felt uncomfortable or are hesitant to come forward, to give us a call, talk to our detectives and lets find out if they were in fact a victim John Muir Health released this statement, which reads in part. We are shocked and saddened by the arrest of dr. Rajesh singla, a Family Medicine physician practicing at our Outpatient Center at 1450 treat. The care and safety of our patients is always our highest priority, dr. Singla is currently on leave pending the outcome of the investigation and the Legal Process. Dr. Rajesh singla was arrested and later released on 130thousand dollars bail pam bart police are looking for a man who punched another rider. In an apparent hate crime attack. At the powell street station last night. Officers say, the victim was standing on the platform just before midnight, when the suspect walked up and called him several gay slurs. Thats when police say, the suspect punched him in the face. The victim went to police to report the crime as the suspect boarded a pittsburg bay point train. Officers stopped the train at the Macarthur Bart station. But were unable to find their suspect. He is described as a black male, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, wearing a black security uniform. steve theres been a big spike in antimuslim incidents according to the group cair. It says the number of incidents in 2016 jumped by 57percent compared to 2015. The number of hate crimes also jumped. Cair says those rose by 44percent during the same period. You may recall a number of mosques receiving hate letters late last year. Including one in san jose. Cair stands for the council on americanislamic relations. pam there has been Fast Reaction to the fact that texas has a new law. Banning sanctuary cities. steve Catherine Heenan is here with details on what the American Civil Liberties union is saying today. catherine the aclu has responded by issuing a warning about traveling to texas. The Texas Governor signed the bill yesterday. It allows officers to ask people about their immigration status during routine stops. They can ask anyone whos under arrest or even detained. The aclu is warning travelers that the law might violate their Constitutional Rights if theyre stopped by police. Republicans reject the argument that the law will lead to racial profiling. Sayin g its needed to keep criminals off the streets. The controversy is far from over. The aclu is also pledging to fight this in court. Monday the Texas Attorney general took the unusual step of asking a federal judge to preemptively declare the law constitutional. Steve and pam . Pam Verde Mesa drive in danville has been blocked off all day. After a tree fell on a electrical pole there. Causing about 500 residents to lose power this morning. Pg e crews have been out there trying to restore power and clean up the mess. It was a massive tree as you can see in the video here. A portion of verde mesa drive is still completely blocked to drivers. Officials are asking residents to avoid the area. Lets take a look outside right now for the Current Conditions in the bay area. pam chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp joins us now with the forecast. Mostly sunny and warm conditions will persist through the day. Cooling trend begins on wednesday as onshore flow and the marine influence increases. A cold front will then enter the north bay with a slight chance of rain showers on thursday, cooling temperatures there. Continued breezy and unseasonably Cool Conditions are likely friday and into the upcoming weekend. pam up next. A pivotal ruling in the Aaron Hernandez case. Why the former football stars murder conviction. Is being tossed out by a judge. And take a look at this. Stunning video of a high school brawl. And what one student is accused of doing to another right in front of huge crowd. 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. A massachusetts judge has thrown out the murder conviction of disgraced former nfl player Aaron Hernandez. The decision is because of a legal technicality. And there is already talk of appealing the ruling. Catherine heenan is here with the latest. catherine this isnt because anyone is arguing that hernandez was innocent. His conviction was thrown out because of a longstanding massachusetts law. Hernandez killed himself in prison last month. The law says that a conviction is not final until a court has decided the merits of a defendants appeal. And he died before that could happen. The judge has now erased his conviction in a 2013 murder when he was prosecuted inthe shooting death of odin lloyd. Judge susan garsh the court has no choice but to abate the proceedings of by vacating hernandezs convictions and dismissing the charges against him and his appeal. Ursula ward odin lloyds mother in our book hes guilty and hes always going to be guilty. Tonight prosecutors say theyll appeal the ruling that erases the 2013 conviction. The Bristol County da says the legal principle of abatement is antiquated and should be changed. Prosecutors had argued unsuccessfully that the conviction should stand becausehernandez made a deliberate choice to apparently take his own life before his appeal. Steve and pam . steve a student. Body slammed in the locker room and left unconscious. Where this happened and the scary revelation about the crowd that saw it happen. pam the giants are already hurting. And now comes another big blow. Sports director gary radnich with how long the team is going to be without its closer. steve plus we are going indepth in the sierra lamar murder trial. We will look at whats next in the case through the eyes of criminal defense attorney. Youre going to be hanging out in here. So if you need anything, text me. Do you play . Use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. You got next . Chase. Helping you master whats now and whats next. Here in san jose the verdict is in. Guilty on all counts. The jury in the long running sierra lamar murder case has found the defendant, 26 year old Antolin Garcia torres, guilty in the march 2012 kidnap and murder of 15 year old sierra lamar. The jury also convicting Garcia Torres of the attacks and attempted carjacking of three women in 2009. The case will now enter the penalty phase in which the jury must decide whether to sentence Garcia Torres to the Death Penalty or to life in prison. In san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news kerman in santa rosa, students at Santa Rosa City college are upset because they werent immediately notified about a sexual predator arrested on campus. Police found out about daniel lee after they received a report of him acting unusual in one of his classes. Police followed up and found out lee wasnt who he claimed to be. He was on the run wanted in Orange County since october for in santa rosa, students at Santa Rosa City college are upset because they werent immediately notified about a sexual predator arrested on campus. Police found out about daniel lee after they received a report of him acting unusual in one of his classes. Police followed up and found out lee wasnt who he claimed to be. He was on the run wanted in Orange County since october for failing to register as a sex offender. His past offenses include indecent exposure, child molestation, attempted lewd acts on a child under fourteen and assault with intent to commit rape. Lee was arrested outside of a class monday morning. He had been attending classes for nearly a semester. In santa rosa, Lydia Pantazes, kron4 news. Investigators here at the Contra Costa CountySheriffs Office in martinez announce the arrest of dr. Rajesh singla, of the John Muir Health group, for allegedly sexually assaulting a female patient at his treat blvd office in walnut creek conditions will persist through the day. Cooling trend begins on wednesday as onshore flow and the marine influence increases. A cold front will then enter the north bay with a slight chance of rain showers on thursday, cooling temperatures there. Continued breezy and unseasonably Cool Conditions are likely friday and into the upcoming weekend. steve . Mostly sunny and warm conditions will persist through the day. Cooling trend begins on wednesday as onshore flow and the marine influence increases. A cold front will then enter the north bay with a slight chance of rain showers on thursday, cooling temperatures there. Continued breezy and Cool Conditions are likely friday and upcoming weekend. Weekend. Upcoming weekend. pam tonight we continue to follow breaking news out of washington where President Trump has fired the director of the fbi. steve the white house says its decision came after the recommendation by the attorney general Jeff Sessions to remove comey from his job. Kron4s washington correspondent Mark Meredith has the late breaking details. President trump fired fbi director james comey in a letter sent late monday. In a statement emailed to reporters the president said quote the fbi is one of our nations most cherished and respected institutions and today will mark a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement, the announcement comes just hours after white House Press Secretary sean spicer appeared to defend comey. Reporter does the president still have confidence, full confidence, in fbi director sean spicer i have no reason to believe i havent asked him. So i dont i have not asked the president time we spoke in the letter president following the n of attorney general Jeff Sessions. Sessions and argued comey mishandled last summers investigation clinton emails. Reaction is pouring in, including on the senate floor where illinois senator dick durbin says continue its investigation into russian the 2016 president ial election. Xxxxx comey was appointed by steve we bring you people behaving badly every night. But this might take it to a whole new level. A violent brawl. Caught on video. And what happened to one of the students. To one of the what happened video. And caught on brawl. A violent level. Whole new take it t [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when theyre smoked. [ rat squeaking ] theyre dangerous long after. Cigarette butts are toxic. They release chemicals that poison our water. And harm wildlife. And millions. Are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] steve a High School Fight is caught on camera and at least one student could face serious charges. pam what is even more disturbing about the video. Other students are heard egging on the brutal beating. This fight took place inside the locker room at an atlanta area school. A 16yearold boy is seen body slamming a 15yearold boy on to the concrete not once. But twice. The 15yearold was left unconscious. According to school officials, the two boys had fought before on campus. And that led to the 16yearold being charged with battery. This second fight could lead to more criminal charges. In sports. The warriors talk about to so called boring playoffs. While kevin durant and Russell Westbrook appear to be friendly again. And the giants. Some bad news before get better. Gary has the giants update. And all the sports. Coming up the warriors just kept rolling last night getting off to a 24point lead weathering a utah jazz comeback then going on a late 3rd quarter run to take back control as they sweep the jazz for a golden state franchiserecord 8th stright playoff winsteph curry led the way with 30 points Draymond Green had a tripledouble Klay Thompson and kevin durant has 21 and 18 respectivelybut with the warriors and cavs mowing teams down in the playoffs with almost all doubledigit wins many are calling these playoffs boring it was a sentiment ecoed by the tnt tevelvision crew last night and answered by draymond after the game sot tnt crew Draymond Green exactly why did we come in tonight . To watch golden state adavance to the barkley ssigns . Western conference final. Worst playoffs ever. Thats not the worst ever. Meanwhile Kendrick Perkins a former teammate of kevin durant and Russell Westbrook said last night on tnt he has helped get them back on speaking termsi texted k. D. The next day he sent me a text and was like, hey man, me and russ had a nice conversation last night. But the media dont even know nothing about it so i just let it be known that theyre back on talking terms. Nothing public has come out between durant and westbrook about this supposed detant perkins added that he wouldnt be surprised if durant eventuall went back to oklahome city to team up again with westbrook Draymond Greenaslo had some fun with a jazz fan after the game coming over to sign the fans signand when the fan turns the sign around it reads draymond flop countit had a tally of 6 draymod flops for the gameso draymond nbot afraid to laugh at himself especially when youve swept you first two playoff series more bad news for an already struggling giants club. Closer Mark Melancon has been placed on the 10day disabled list. With a right forearm strain. The 32yearold. Was the teams pricey pickup from the offseason as he signed a 4year, 62million dollar contract. He is 6for10 on save opportunites this season. And has an era of 2point53. Giants having tough timesin new york citybottom 1st mets go off on jeff samardjizaneil walker send on into left field it gets under eduardo nunezs glove 2 runners score walker into 3rd base scored a triple 20 mets bottom 2nd 40 metst. J. Rivera doubles into the left centerfield gap another run scores 50 Mets Samardzija 7 ip, 10 hits, 6 runs, 9 ks right now 61 mets in the 8th inning pam snapchat is making some big changes. The new features that have just been unveiled. pam facing increasing competition, snapchat is making some changes to its messaging app. steve 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. Last weather and goodbye final look at the weather with chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp. A full hour youre going to be hanging out in here. So if you need anything, text me. Do you play . Use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. You got next . Chase. Helping you master whats now and whats next. The insider, tracking the biggest stories making news today. Number one, American Idol is officially returning. Are you in . Im always going to be a part of American Idol. So, will the original judge dream team reunite . As we break down how abc closed the deal. They actually threw a little bit of shade at fox saying they took it off the air too soon. Im with Bonner Bolten after he got busted. Im so proud of myself. Simone biles clap back goes viral. That is my true self. Number three, why Big Little Lies was one of Nicole Kidmans most intense experiences. I would come home at night with bruises. Plus, your insider bonus. Celines song that made her a household name. And is Michael Fassbender hotter than Tom Huddleston . Why michael started a war of words. I just Say Something and it comes back to bite me in the ass. Now, the insider, tracking hollywood from the inside out. The worst kept secret in hollywood is a secret no more. Tracking at number one, American Idol is officially back, and moving into a new home, debbie. Yes, it is, louie. So just how did abc outfox the rest . And will Ryan Seacrest and the original three judges return . Weve got the inside details of idols resurrection. Abc is bringing American Idol back. There was no mention of the big news today on k