Relief. Reporter joining them sierras older sister danielle with tears in her eyes. Obviously not going to see sierra back, so its not closure but it is a good first step. And the jury did the right thing. Reporter Antolin Garcia torres was convicted of kidnap and murder even though the body wasnt found. It was on dna evidence. In 13 weeks of testimony its difficult to say what is most compelling. Its the whole package. Reporter the jury will convene next week to start the penalty phase. Garcia torres could face life in prison without the possibility of parole, or the Death Penalty. In san jose, david louie, abc7 news. Todays verdict came as a huge relief to the hundreds of volunteers who searched for the teenager. Abc7 News Reporter jeannine de la vega join us from morgan hill where sierra attended high school before disappearing. Jeannine . Reporter well, nearly everybody here knows the name sierra lamar even though they dont personally know her or knew of her family. In a sense, she really became everyones daughter and thats why todays verdict really hit home. As people filed out of the main courthouse in san jose, there were many hugs. This man in particular, doug tul he is, was overcome with emotion after he heard Antolin Garcia torres was found guilty of murdering morgan hill teen sierra lamar. We were all holding our hands inside there. God answered the questions and answered our wishes and our prayers. Reporter he and many other volunteers spent countless weekends searching for sierras remains in the last five years. Many didnt know the lamar fraem but felt they needed to do something. More than 1100 searches were conducted. To have a guilty verdict . It was a combination of thrill and relief. Just hearing the stories from day one and feeling, being a dad myself and having a daughter and all of those emotions come out in you and you just hope that the jury comes to the right conclusion which i believe they did. Reporter sierras disappearance shook morgan hill. Her photograph was plastered all over the city. While those are gone, no one here has forgotten. Im glad they brought him to justice. Im glad they found him. I was worried they werent going to and that the family wouldnt have any closure. Reporter volunteers say they wont stop searching. They plan on using the information they learned from the trial to go back out and look for sierras remains. In morgan hill, jeannine de la vega, abc7 news. Take a look at a nearly five year time line. Sierra lamar disappeared on her way to a morgan hill bus stop on march 16 of 2012. Her phone was found the next day a few blocks away. May 21st, 2012, sheriffs deputies arrested Garcia Torres. Fast forward nearly two years to february 2014 he pleaded not guilty to murdering sierra lamar. On january 30 of this year, the trial finally got underway, closing arguments wrapped up last week and it took the jury only two days to reach todays guilty verdict. At same jury that convicted Garcia Torres will decide whether he should be sentenced to death or given life in parole. Theyll now have to regroup. This is especially important for the defense because they have been claiming throughout the whole time that since theres no evidence that a murder had been committed at all, because we dont have the body, the person cant be found guilty. Now the person is a convicted murderer, they have to change tactics and focus more on the person because now the jury is faced with the choice between death and life without parole. Jurors will begin hearing evidence in the penalty phase of the trial a week from today. We sent out a post alert on the abc7 news app. Download the app to get the latest news including the sentencing which is expected to happen next week. Now to our breaking news in the big story nationally, embattled fbi director james comey has been fired. In a statement President Trump said it will mark a new beginning for the fbi. Abc7 News Reporter lan a zach has the latest on this breaking story. Reporter it is a stunning turn of events here in washington, d. C. That led to the late night firing of fbi secretary or fbi director james comey. He has been terminated and removed according to a white house statement that was just released. They say, 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, according to President Trump, also according to the statement, we understand that the president was acting on the recommendation of his attorney general jeff sessions. You know, the fbi director has been plagued with controversy, both with his most recent controversy having to explain today why he overstated grossly the amount of emails forwarded by huma the former secretary of state clinton. Releasing a statement to try to clarify that, but falling short of an apology. And this also follows after his testimony recently in front of congress in which he said that he felt nauseated at the thought that he may have affected the election. Remember, it was just general et he made it clear, key members of congress, that he was reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton, and those private emails that she held. This also followed after another controversy by james comey when he dismissed the charges against Hillary Clinton for that private email server and the allegations that she may have acted improperly with confidential and secret information. He dismissed all charges, but in so doing, if she is such a damning condemnation of the former secretary of state, that critics were left baffled, how he could say that he was not pursuing any charges and that no reasonable person would bring charges according to him, after saying such forceful language about the former secretary of state. So, we are still going through all of this new information, but again, the white house has just confirmed that they have asked for the resignation and have fired the fbi director james comey. Im abc7s lan a zach reporting live from washington. All right, lana, thank you. Comeys deputy is now the acting director and interim director is expected to be named in the next few days. Police in the east bay are on the look out for two brazen thieves who robbed the costco store last night and made off with jewelry. One suspect was caught thanks to quick thinking employees. Abc7 News ReporterCornell Bernard live in danville. Cornell . Reporter its been more than a year since danville actually had a robbery. Thats what makes last nights crime all the more shocking. Employees here nabbed one crook and police are now checking if another dramatic heist could be related. Nothing but cardboard now covers an empty jewelry case inside the danville costco store. The case smashed monday night by brazen robbers who made off with a loot. Thats just insane. And im shocked that this store was robbed. Im just appalled. Reporter Danville Police say three men wearing hoodies, one with a ski mask entered the store around closing time. One of them acted as a look out, and another two went to the counter that contains jewelry and broke open the counter with a hammer. Reporter two of the suspects got away, but one man was tackled by costco employees. Police say a risky move. The point is that the costco employees detained somebody and were able to hold onto him until we got there. Going out for the call of duty there, they should probably get a raise. Reporter cops arrested 21yearold key sean edwards of oakland. Crime similar to this robbery at a walnut creek watch store last month. Three men matching the same description, dressed as construction workers pepper sprayed the owner until the owner pulled the gun and chased the crooks away. They are investigating whether the two crimes are connected. In danville, Cornell Bernard, abc7 news. All right. Turning now to the weather we have a live look from our emeryville camera. Warm today but changes are coming. Yes, they are. Spencer christian is here with whats ahead. Spencer. Big changes coming. As you pointed out it is warm. Here is doppler 7. Sunny skies across the bay area and temperatures have reached close to 90 degrees in some spots. Uh we look out over the bay from the rooftop camera, 65 here in San Francisco. Not very warm. We have low to mid 70s in oakland, mountain view, and gilroy 84. Sutro tower looking northward, 77 in santa rosa, 77 in napa, 84 in novato, 88 in concord, 85 in livermore. That is all about to change big time because a spring chill is on the way brought to us by this advancing cold front moving down from the gulf of alaska. Temperatures will drop sharply tomorrow and were going to have quite a cool spell or quite a spell. Ill show you how long its going to last in just a few minutes. Larry . Thank you, spencer. Well see you in just a spell. A power pole and downed lines strewn across danville. An oak tree came crashing down near green valley road. The good news is the tree fell into the street. No homes or cars were damaged. Bad news is 2900 pg e customers were left without power. The tree is gone and now the power is back for all but 40 customers. The hills are still pretty green in the golden state, but not for long. There was a show of force by cal fire and bay area Fire Fighters today to make everyone aware that were finally drying out and there is fire danger ahead. Abc7 news was in orinda as they made a stand in front of a grove of eucalyptus trees where the grass this year is very high and already creating concerns. Thats the kindling. Thats whats going to carry the fire into the bigger heavier vegetation. In the bay area, east bay hills in particular, this grass is lee and 4 feet tall. Much of it is starting to dry down and become flammable. Officials say fire season is now year round. There have already been 400 wild fires this year in california and cal fire is asking us all to create a defensive space around our homes. Our cal rugby player now paralyzed after a freak accident on the field. Its tough for all of us. It casts a shadow on the victory. New at 4 00, the efforts to raise money for his rehabilitation. Plus. It wasnt like hiding it or anything. I was giving my id to people and making copies of my id. This Bright College graduate was nearly hired to teach in San Francisco. Why the job fell through. Also ahead, a record year for wine. The new generation changing the way we drink. And taking a live look at ata traffic, crawling on both directions. Heading south, to the r has crazy low prices. Do you know how we do it . How . Bargainomics say, if california has a bumper crop and produces too many oranges. Or a winemaker in sonoma suddenly has 1000 bottles too many. Weve got namebrand, topquality groceries priced 4070 off every day. Bargainomics. Thats our Business Model. And our Business Model is. Delicious. Grocery outlet bargain market the devastating news for the cal rugby team. One of their players was injured saturday during a mass. From sacramento he was left paralyzed. Lyanne melendez with live in berkeley with details. Lyanne . Reporter well, we all know this is a rough sport, but its not often that this happens. Now let me read you a quick statement coming from the head coach, the legendary jack clark. Taylors challenges will be severe, long in duration, and difficult beyond measure. Our team, he goes on to say, intends to be there with him every bit of the way. This picture was taken by Robert Taylors family. The cal rugby player is in a santa clara hospital after he landed on his head while playing in a championship finals. The injury left him paralyzed. His family issued a statement. Robert is currently working on stabilizing his condition so he can start rehabilitation. The injury paralyzed his lower body with limited motion in his arms. Its tough for all of us. It casts a shadow on the victory. Its not right. Reporter nathan becker, also a rugby player, is his house mate. The injury occurred just three minutes into the match. Taylor, a sophomore at cal, had surgery that evening which doctors hope will give him a greater chance of regaining movement. Because he will need a lot of rehabilitation, a go fund me page has been set up to cover his future medical bills. The goal was set at 1 million. Becker says his teammates spirits are good. Great man of god, prays every night, prays before every meal, and goes to church on sunday. Great heart, nice he fest manua meet. Reporter prayers begin on campus sunday at 8 00 p. M. The entire Cal Community is welcomed. At u. C. Berkeley, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. Bill for bicyclists to roll through stop signs is off the table till next year. The idaho stop faced heavy opposition in its First Committee hearing yesterday. The bills authors including self assemblyman fill teng said theyll keep working on this. It is safer for cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs when there is no oncoming traffic. Law enforcement and automobile organizations oppose the bill. Happening tonight, the Advisory Committee for Elementary School in alameda will present a report to the school board about how the building can be fixed. Last week the School District said unstable soil under the school puts it at risk of collapsing during an earthquake. The Committee Says more testing is needed before the school is closed. The meeting will be held at 6 30 tonight at alameda city hall. How young is too young to be a teacher . Thats the question facing the San Francisco unified School District. Theyre grappling with it after a teenager applied for a job. Abc7 news anchor kristen sze is here with the story of an unusual kid with an unusual goal. Kristen. Yes, alma and larry, meet sage ryan. Hes a u. C. Berkeley glad who wants to be ape substitute teacher for San Francisco unified. He met all the districts requirements. After initially offering the job in this email, the district rescinded its offer. They told me on the phone, they told me that it was because i was 17, and that they were uncomfortable with that and then wrik of course they denied that was the reason. Sage was home schooled by his mother who is a teacher for s. F. Unified. He face timed us today from los angeles where he is pursuing an acting career. He says being a substitute teacher pays well, offers flexibility, and there is no minimum age requirement. Sage says its crushing for him to lose the job now after spending months waiting for s. F. Unified to process his application and sponsor his state credentials. You know, i wasnt like hiding it or anything. I was giving my i. D. To people, making copies of my i. D. , signing things, putting down my birth date. San francisco unified tells abc7 news they cannot do a thorough criminal background check on a minor and maturity may be an issue. But the young man with two brothers, two younger brothers insists hes meant to mentor kids and has now applied with a position with l. A. Unified. Larry and alma . What a story. How do you graduate from u. C. At age 17 . He has to be crazy smart. Absolutely. From one child prodigy to another. Thank you very much. From one child prodigy to another child. Lets look at our weather. Lovely day, dont you think . Gorgeous skies, mild conditions. Heres a look at doppler 7 and it will remain this way for a couple hours. We have a much cooler pattern coming our way starting tomorrow. Lets enjoy what we have now. This is a view from our east bay hills camera looking at the western sky which is almost cloud free and these are our forecast features. Well see much cooler weather tomorrow. A chance of some sprinkles on thursday although we dont expect rainfall totals to amount to merrill lynch. And well have gusty wind by the end of the week. Really gusty. Right now were looking at a temperature range of 61 at Half Moon Bay to 81 in concord. A pretty wide range, our usual summer spread coming in spring. Heres whats coming our way this evening. Forecast animation 5rk this afternoon, notice the fog from the coast surges across the bay. By 5 00 tomorrow morning at the start of the morning commute well see widespread fog not only at the coast, but locally inland and across the bay. That means reduced visibility for commuters. Bear that in mind. You may want to give yourselves extra time if youre a morning commuter. Overnight lows in those Morning Hours will drop into the low 50s in many locations, low 50s and upper 40s in some of the cooler spots inland. That takes us to tomorrow afternoon. Under bright, mostly sunny skies tomorrow, much cooler weather than we had today. Highs will range from mid to upper 50s at the coast to mid 60s a right around the bay and upper 60s in most of the inland locations, although one or two spots might hit 70 degrees. Midnight tomorrow night or 12 00 a. M. Thursday, this is the approaching system that may bring us some sprinkles. Notice theyll start pushing down into Northern California early thursday and into the afternoon well see it breaking up. But a sprinkle or two could hit the bay area if it maintains structure and energy. Well see what happens there. Meanwhile our animation for rainfall totals suggests well see only a couple of inch of rain. Thursday will be the day that brings us the cloudy est skies. It will only be partly cloudy. Breezy and cool. Windy pattern friday and saturday with winds gusting over 40 miles per hour. Mothers day looks nice and sunny. Cooler than average, certainly pleasant. A chance of showers on monday and tuesday of next week. Things are changing and not looking very spring like for a while. Its mild. As long as mothers day is fine. We dont have any storms coming. Thats good. Thanks, spencer. American idol is back, but there is something a little different about it this time around. Well tell you whats changing. And in honor of Asian PacificAmerican Heritage month, were using the instagram feed to celebrate where you live. Were recognizing