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KGO ABC7 News 400PM June 5, 2017

Dangerous spaces by failing to maintain safe living conditions. Its an important day for the families of those killed. Reporter attorney Mary Alexander represents 11 of those who lost loved ones in the ghost ships. The families are seeking justice and very pleased there have been criminal charges filed against two of of the people who contributed to the fire. Reporter if convicted they face up to 139 years in prison. In oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. The fire, december 2nd, 2016, killed 36 people making it one of the deadliest fires in oakland history and state history. Two days later the d. A. Launched a criminal investigation into the fire. On january 23rd this year, lawyers for their client should not be held responsible. Coming up at 5 00 we will have reaction of families and at 6 00, we take a closer look at the raid and arrest of deri derickalmena in lake county and exclusively his First Court Appearance. Antolin garciatorres spared Death Penalty in the murder of sierra lamar. Live for todays sentencing and with details. Reporter a jury decided the fate of a child murderer and unanimously they decided to spare his life when they could hve imposed the Death Penalty. It will be life in prison for 26yearold antolin garciatorres convicted of kidnapping 15yearold sierra lamar as she walked to her school bus in morgan hill. Hes also convicted of killing her but her body never found but his dna was found on her jeans near her home and his dna was found in her dna was found in his car. The trial started in january of this year. After four months, he was found guilty by the same jury, now, its life in prison. Sierras mother and father were both in the courtroom. I would be lying if i didnt say i was disappointed in this verdict. Hell be able to live, sierra wont. Hell be able to breathe, sierra doesnt. This jury did not give the Death Penalty however the fact is this defendant will spend the rest of his life in a small cell in prison and die there. Reporter the sheriff called on garciatorres to tell us where sierras body is now and let her come home to her family. No comment by his attorney. They are appealing the conviction. The case will be back in court in september. I can tell you the jury was deliberating on this Death Penalty versus life in prison since last wednesday. The announcement came at 1 30 today. Sierras mother said theyre finally going to plan on a Memorial Service for family and friends and all the friends who helped search for her. Abc7 news. Leslie, thank you. Drivers are still dealing with delays after a fire quickly climbed a hill in lorinda. Flying above the flames east of the caldecott tunnel right after the fire started just after 1 00 this afternoon. Eastbound lanest the right lanes are closed. They called in help to help fight the fire. Were looking at a burning car that sparked the fire and the flames charred about 25 acres. Now we will turn to christian spencer. It looked like it was breezy in a few spots. I was right near the fire at caldecott tunnel. There have been occasional breezes, dash excuse me, i called you by the nickname we call you at the station. Dan. These breezes are not likely to inhibit the conditions. 73 degrees and the wind is under 10 miles an hour. If it stays that way the firefighting effort should not be hampered by weather conditions. Here is an overall look at our doppler image, mainly sunny skies and calm conditions. Its mild, a 24 hour temperature change indicates many inland locations are 79 degrees warmer than they were this time yesterday. Here is blue sky from our mt. Tam camera. 62 degrees in San Francisco, low to mid 70s at oakland. 87 in gilroy. 57 at Half Moon Bay. Looking westward, temperatures are mid 80s in santa rosa and napa. Quite warm in our inland areas and we have a chance of rain developing. I will give you a closer look at that in a few minutes. Thank you, spencer. We now know the identity of a man charged with murdering a tourist visiting San Francisco. 30yearold matthew bay was killed at his hotel. And the defendant will soon answer formal charges. Reporter in San Bernardino county, he has been arrested for the murder of an australian tourist for that beating on friday. The murder of 33yearold australian tourist matthew bate shocked many. Feel very very bad for the young man. Reporter the Police Charged 34yearold david marr rio from california with murder. Bate was visiting San Francisco with three other friends from australia. They were returning to their rooms at the hotel after celebrating the warriors win around 2 00 a. M. Friday morning. Police say bate got into an argument. As he walked away, his family believes he was sucker punched. He hit the ground and died a short time later. Police searched the hotel and detained several suspects. At least four hispanic men were thrown on the ground in front of our room. I watched out for about an hour asking them questions, ended up handcuffing them. Reporter just one of those men was arrested. Matthew bate was an analytic chemist in San Francisco a few days. He played cricket at his home of ocean grove where the local cricket club will hold a memorial. The facebook said matty bate who was taken too soon will be missed. Police wont say how the fight which killed matthew bate began. Abc7 news. Did you get caught into this mornings commute into San Francisco was a grueling ordeal for drivers on the bay bridge. And overturned vehicle blocked two westbound lanes. A viewer shared these photos, the crash involved three cars and this suv ended up on its side. The accident was cleared in about an hour, caused a lengthy backup for drivers, took many people an hour to get from the toll plaza into the city. A man has died after he was hit by caltrans, happening at the watkins avenue this morning. None of the people on the train was hurt and its caltrans third fatality this year. This video was taken inside the immigration building by one of the demonstrators before they were arrested. They want the release of two construction workers detained two months ago. They protested their detention. Today, their lawyer filed a motion to stay their deportation. I want to allow them to stay here despite them not having lawful status in the country. They would be freed from the detention facility but no path to citizenship. Neither of the construction workers is eligible to plead their case before a judge that is because they were deported 15 years ago but came back to the u. S. Half of people know someone who could be deported. The report also finds about half of state residents feel increased state resident enforcement will hurt the economy and the others say it will have a positive impact or none at all. A big week certainly for apple fans. Its great to be back in san jose. Long lines and a lot of crowds as the Apple Developers conference gets under way today. Plus a thorny problem in the south bay, a strange kind of vandalism targeting plants. Warriors are off to cleveland for game three, how you can watch it and the unusual controversy out of last nights game. A live look at our traffic on 101 through san jose. The southbound has a bit of a backup but the right hand lanes are the Energy Conscious whopeople among usle . 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. Apples Worldwide Development conference is taking place this Michelle Obama is expected to speak. Tim cook kicked it off this morning. More on whats happening. It greats to be back in san jose, the heart of Silicon Valley and right down the street from apple and our new campus. Its been 15 years since we held a developer conference in san jose and an awful lot has changed. Reporter san jose is hosting apples worldwide Developers Conference for the First Time Since 2002. These guys got in the front of the line around 7 00 last night. I tried three years to come and finally got accepted through the lottery. It was my dream so many years ago to finally come to an apple keynote. It finally came true. Reporter security is everywhere. San jose police blocked traffic in front of the convention center. An officer told me they started planning for this event three months ago and terrorism is part of the consideration. Attendees have to go through metal detection and security dogs were all around. People from all around the world. Germany. Reporter mobile App Developers are looking for new ideas. Everyone uses mobile banking and no one goes to a branch anymore. Reporter they are happy it moved from San Francisco to the south bay, filling hotels and restaurants. Some attendees are a little disappointed its not being held in this city by the bay. Its okay. Its not San Francisco but its okay. It will still be good and well learn the same things. Reporter expect to see the crowds downtown all week. Coming up at 5 00, the new upgraded feature apple announced today and the first new hardware since the apple watch. The superiority announced today it will hear a major cell phone privacy next term. They will determine if cell phone tower data can be used to locate suspected criminals without a warrant. They have longheld it doesnt apply because customers voluntarily provide Information Cell phone companies. It came after a robbery in detroit when they used cell phones for their investigation. Proving to be a thorny issue for some residents. Vandals have been cutting up valuable plants possibly for profit. Kristen has the details. Heres a look whats happening in san jose. This is a picture from the willow glens facebook page. One woman had 18 branches hacked off and all the cuttings taken away. Other neighbors had similar experiences. Thats not all. A tarp covers another camellia just planted this weekend. She came home to find half of the bushs prize foilage gone. They were stolen from one persons yard, lemon tree foliage. Camellias being hit and theres quite a fair market value for these things. Neighbors believe money may be the motive. This is wedding and graduation season and floral arrangements are in high demand. Some suspect there may be shady florists or desperate bride and grooms hoping to save a few bucks. Flower wholesalers say if thats true, its despicable. A lot of wholesalers available. Morally its not right for anybody to go into people yard and destroy their garden and stuff like that. In case youre wondering, one bundle of camellia branches goes for about 6 wholesale. If you notice any unusual plant or cutting activity in your neighborhood, call them. Thanks a lot. After a 14 million face lift, San Franciscos oldest Recreation Center opened to the public this morning. The news was there with mayor lee when they christened the park. Everything was brand new including a new Basketball Court in a refurbished gym and the playground was redone and a new rock scaling wall the first one ever to be built at a city rec center. Bidding is open for a private power watch, billionaire businessman warren buffet. The annual fundraiser is in its 18th year and raised more than 24 million for the glide system. Last years auction tied the record with a winning bit of 3. 4 million. The current bid stands at a million, bidding ends friday at 7 30 in the evening. You pay 3 million bucks, you ought to be able to call him william. I bet he would like to be a millionaire. A billion dollar day. Sunny skies all across the bay area. Heres a look at live doppler 7, a beautiful presummer early june, sunny skies, a patch of fog forming here to the coastline. This is a view from the sky over the bay looking not still a bright and mild afternoon. And a bright and mild afternoon tomorrow and chance of showers thursday, rather unusual occurrence in june and much cooler by the end of the week. Were looking at temperature readings of 62 degrees in San Francisco. 72 across the bay in oakland and san jose, 83 in san ramon and 83 in napa and santa rosa. Still pretty warm. It will cool down quite a bit across the bay and locally inland. Mostly clear skies and dropping to the upper 40s in santa rosa and morgan hill. Most locations will see overnight lows in the throw mid50s. And tomorrow, highs around 60 at Half Moon Bay with coastal fol lingering, 66 in San Francisco. And it will be cooling from todays levels. 82 at concord, 79 south in san jose and 81 up north at santa rosa. I mentioned some rain, didnt i . Lets dust off the old storm impact scale. We dont use it much in june. Its a 1 impact scale, of light intensity. Its mainly a north bay event. It ranks 1 on the storm impact scale. Starting thursday morning about 11 a. M. Or so, light rain across much of the north bay. Later, 3 00 p. M. , mainly a north bay event although some showers may reach south of the golden gate in San Francisco and finally dissipates thursday evening. Heres a look at the accuweather 7day forecast. Mainly sunny skies tomorrow and wednesday. Getting gradually cooler dropping to the lower 80s by wednesday and cooler thursday under cloudy skies and showery conditions mainly in the north bay. Cool for june just in the high 70 degrees and a warming trend next week. June showers. Dr. Suess, the museum that just opened is not without controversy. Wonder woman at the box office and what it could mean for future blockbusters. This is your eastbound traffic op the two down, two more to go with another nba championship. With kevin durant leading the way, warriors are on their way to cleveland. They ordered their plane at 2 00 this afternoon. At the st. Regis hotel in San Francisco this morning as the cavs headed home. Reporter lebron james strolled out of San Franciscos st. Regis hotel this morning to head to cleveland with two losses following him home. Those who gathered to see him though say he didnt look too worried. He looked like he was in tune, like he was focused, know what im saying not upset about stuff because he can control everything. Do what he can do. Reporter this family came to give him a warm send off with 1yearold wearing his jersey. Theyre big fans and didnt get to see him plan. We wanted to make to it the game but couldnt get tickets but this is the next best thing. Reporter a handful of fans stood outside barricades to watch them board the bus. Autograph seekers didnt get what they were looking for as players walked by but happy to get a glimpse. It was worth it. Was it worth it . Yeah reporter cavs fans think they will turn it around but golden state fans think they are too tough. Steph curry was teaching lebron how to play the ball. Reporter they will be playing in cleveland but fans will be here hosting a watching party here while the team is on the road. Abc7 ernspns coverage will be o wednesday and tip off is at 6 00 p. M. San francisco will provide a broadcast of game three in the Civic Center Plaza on a jumbotron. Mayor lee says he wants to provide an opportunity to keep up momentum. Alcohol will not be sold or permitted, so you cant get any. Come early to secure a spot. They recommend taking muni or b. A. R. T. A quick moment caught on camera has the internet in a frenzy. Steph curry was on the floor with a towel on his head and people accuse the warriors star of being disrespectful, tweets like this calling his conduct into question. The truth is shortly before that moment steph took a knee to the thigh and was limping afterwards and went to the sidelines to receive treatment and was not napping. Weve never seen him do that. Right. New details coming out of london. Police have released the names of the ongoing terror attack and ongoing war of words between the londons mayor and President Trump. And who signed up today. Live where you live, this is abc7 news. The stories making headlines at 4 30, the founder of oaklands ghost ship warehouse have been arrested and charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in connection with last years deadly fire. We had the only camera where almeda made his First Court Appearance about two hours ago. A judge ruled he will be brought to Alameda County to face charges. Tweeting about another big legal decision, the jury recommended that convicted killer garciatorres get life in prison. Donald trump tweeting pathetic excuse by london mayor khan who had to think fast on his no reason to be alarmed statement. Msm is working three attacks on mass terror event, it left seven people dead and 48 wounded. Live from london. Reporter british Prime Minister theresa may says they need more robust policies to combat homegrown extremism as we learn more about the men responsible for saturdays deadly attack. British authorities have released the names of two of the three men shot dead by Police Following saturdays murderous rampage. They are both from east london. A somber back drop honoring the victims, londons mayor leading it. London will never be broke bine terrorism. We will step up the fight against extremism and we will defeat the terrorists. Reporter heartbroken families grieving the loss of their loved ones, Melissa Mcmullen calling her brother an inspiration. There will only ever be one james. Reporter stories of heroism from saturday, police and everyday citizens stepping up to fend off the attackers during the eight minute

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