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KNTV Today In The Bay May 8, 2017

Rises, a lot of oranges and pinks. As you step out, its 52 degrees. It is cool. We have lower 50s all around the bay area with highs this afternoon reaching into the low 70s. For San Francisco and some low 80s for inland spots like concord andmore. Well take a look at the complete microclimate forecast in eight minutes. Mike has an alert for south bay transit riders. Look to the bottom of the screen right here, talking about the line as youre heading down in the southbound direction. Thats out of service. There were staffing issues and they werent able to fully staff the line. The rest of the lines are moving well and so are the rest of the transit systems. A pretty typical pattern, the trivalley has slowing. I want to take you, not to 680, but a car fire reported on westbound 580. A report of flames seen from the car, but then nothing further from that. Wait until chp gives us more detail, but no slowing showing up in the last ten minutes. Thank you. 6 01. Happening today, the first full day of jury deliberations in the sierra lamar murder case. We could get a vict soon. Bob redell joins us to break down the case thats now in the hands of the jury. Good morning, bob. Reporter good morning to you, laura. Youll recall that the jury didnt get the case until late last thursday morning. Friday was a half day, so your correct, today will be the first full day of deliberations here at the hall of justice in downtown san jose. Youll recall this trial of Antolin Garcia torres lasted three months, which means the panel of six men and six women potentially have a lot of information, a lot of evidence to consider in trying to decide whether or not to convict Garcia Torres of the kidnapping and murder of 15yearold sierra lamar, who disappeared on the hill in march of 2012. The question is, are they going to go with the prosecution, which has presented evidence that shows that his dna, Garcia Torress dna was found on lamars clothes and at lamars clothes was found in his xdcar. Or are they going to go with the defense, which has questioned whether lamar is actually still alive given that her body has not been found. Their argument is that she has run away. Santa clara law professor we spoke with last week says the jury could take quite some time to come back with a. Well talk a matter of several days at a minimum, thats her opinion. If the jury does convict Garcia Torres, they have to decide whether or not to sentence him to death. If they find him not guilty, he could not be tried again in the case, even if there were new evidence. In san jose, bob redell, today in the bay. Thank you very much for following that for us. 6 03 on your monday. New this morning, firefighters looking into what caused this duplex fire in san bruno. Fire started about 11 00 last night. Not too far away from the b. A. R. T. Station there. And its not clear at this point if there are any injuries or even if anyone was inside the home when the fire broke out. Were still waiting for more details from fire officials. Happening today, expectingv o learn new information on a violent murder in the east bay. Investigatorsing a News Conference just a few hours from now to update us on a Castro Valley woman who was tortured and then killed and her home set on fire. Her body was found after someone deliberately set that house on fire. Pete suratos is live at the Alameda County Sheriffs Office to explain what were learning about this case. Good morning, pete. Reporter good morning to you, laura and sam. That News Conference will take place here at 10 00 a. M. We can report that the Alameda County d. A. s office has filed charges against a stockton man in relation to this crime. That man was already inuvjail fr an unrelated crime. I want to show you that scene back in december, following the house fire. When firefighters found the body of that victim. According to the San Francisco gate, the suspect has been identified as 36yearold lucky duquesny, who allegedly tortured and killed that 59yearold  woman before setting her home on fire. Now, after that incident back in december, a Homicide Investigation was launched by the Alameda County Sheriffs Office, and while that was take place, Stockton Police arrested february, and when he was booked, thats when he confessed to the murder of andrea st. John. That information was turned over to Alameda County Sheriffs Office last tuesday, and we know st. John was a widow at the time of the murder and was described as a sweet and caring woman by neighbors. She leaves behind two daughters. We expect to get more details on the case in the News Conference by the alameda Sheriffs Office at 10 00 a. M. Live in dublin, pete suratos. Well have the latest for our midday show at 11 00. Thank you very much. S in this case were spot on. Fresh off a resounding victory in france election,xl emanuel macron steps out with francois hollande. They commemorated the victory over the nazis in world war ii. History. Laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. Yesterday, macron, a centrist, defeated the far right andxl populist candidate marine le pen, 66 to 33 . Macron is a proeuropean union, imdpiz, and globalization candidate. Former president barack obama endorsed macron,g trump praised le pen. Macron is set to be inaugurated next thursday. Investigating two prowler incidents outside a residence hall. Both happened at robl hall. In both cases, students inside the hall saw someone at their window. One time the suspect was holding a chain. The other time, the suspect was seen prying a window screenu open. In each case, thee  person or people outside took off when they were seen. Stanford police also investigating a violent incident outside a party over the weekend. A student trying to kick out one uninvited guest from a uty got punched in the face. Palo alto weekly cites police who say the aggressor wore a Cleveland Cavaliers jersey. A smart Train Service in the north bay starts to gear up in the coming weeks. Theres a growing push to silence blaring train horns. Ij reporting several communities are calling for socalled quiet zones. Stretches of track where trains dont sound their horns at crossings, but added safety measured would have to be put in place first. San rafael coul d get its appre opponents say it could put people in danger. Happening today, preliminary work is set to begin for whats going to be a major renovation project on the peninsula. The willow road interchange right there at 101 in menlo park. This is a preliminary phase toivate the main connection to facebook headquarters. The entire renovation is expected to take about two years. 6 08, as you make plans for the day, were taking a live look over mt. Hamilton, through the south bay where we see all clear skies to start out this day. If youre heading out to some of the hiking trails, we are going to enjoy a beautiful sunrise and a nice cool start. By 10 00, were seeing the temperatures make it to the upper 50s, and this afternoon into the low to mid 70s. Even up to 76 by 2 00. Temperatures will be peaking and then going back down. Looking at the allergy count, a lot of tree and grass pollen. Well tell you what to expect as you enjoy your time, but mike has an update on the reporting in Castro Valley. Reports of a car fire in Castro Valley, and that will be the issue for west 580. The activity at least, but not the fire. As we take a broad look at the bay area, a smooth flow of traffic. Sunol, pleasanton, sticking around there, the issue at westbound 580, again, no fire reported by chp, but there is a vehicle over on the shoulder. No injuries there. And were looking down the east shore freeway, 24 minutes from highway 4 to the bay bridge toll plaza, which is still 24 minutes not a bad drive. Back toia. Thank you very much, mike. 6 9 right now. W coming up in three minutes, crediting for decreasing the number of crimes on San Franciscos muni system. And democracy on the lookout for fake news and election hacks. Well tell you about it when today in the bay continues. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats over 6 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 250 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Its 6 12. As you get ready to head out, a beautiful sunrise to start out this work week. Looking live over san jose right now. And in willow glen, we will be at 64 degrees at 10 00. Your lunchtime temperature, 72. Youll wand to take it outside. Well be in the upper 70s throughout the afternoon. Windows down, and we can keep the air conditioners off for now. But we may be cranking it up tomorrow, as temperatures warm up. Ill talk about that and the cooldown all coming up in six minutes. And a smooth drive here. Were looking at 680 southbound. 26 minutes from 580 down to and an earlier slowdown through the area but Holding Steady now. Good news at 6 13. Crime on San Franciscos muni system is at its lowest level in five years. Thats the conclusion from a recent mta study which found in february a little under four reported crimes for every 100,000 miles traveled. In 2013, that number hovered about 12 per 100,000. The mta credits better policing and advancements in video technology. 6 13 right now. Going to the south bay, news there, tenants Rights Groups gather ahead of an Important Group tomorrow in san jose. Council members are weighing new restrictions nocause evictions. The number of evictions have beening at an alarming rate in recent years. Supporters are holding a News Conference where theyre promising to release new figures that they say support their claims. It is a headline gabbingy out of San Francisco from this weekend. A nonprofit called the Tipping Point is donating 100 million to cut homelessness by 50 in San Francisco in five years. The sfbased company said that donation is the largest raised for homelessness in the citys history. Its going to go to new housing, criminal8n justice, and mental health. Bay area leaders will meet in San Francisco to discuss trends in california development. Its organized by cals top school of business. The conference will be focused on president trumps policies how they may affect real estate trends. John chiang is todays keynote speaker. Hackers tried but failed to derail the election in france this weekend. Now all eyes turn to the next t election in Great Britain. Many in the western world convinced theres a conspiracy against democratic elections. Equally convinced russia is behind it. Well hear testimony today aboutas interference with the american elections and its connection to the Current Administration in the senate later this morning. In france, hackers dumped emails both legal and fake, just moments before the campaign blackout. Just moments before law said the candidates could not speak out against them or defend themselves. Now, its not just hacks. There are fake twitter accounts, fake news, all trying to swing elections all over the place. Facebook said it deleted more than 30,000 fake accounts in france ahead of the election. And the Silicon Valley company is looking ahead to the parliamentary election in Great Britain in june. Warning brit voters in a newspaper ad, they have a top ten ways to spot fake news. Here in america, fake news was a huge problem, in some cases, the Trump Campaign repeated that fake news on the campaign trail. News items from places like the denver guardian, there is no such denver guardian. Wall street wanted emanuel macron to win the french elections and he did. We dont think the markets will move too much because those results were pretty much expected. But the nasdaq and s p did close at record highs on friday. Moments ago, Sinclair Broadcasting announced it entered a deal to buy Tribune Media for almost 40 million. They own fox sporting in sacramento, this means sinclair will have local television stations in 38 of the american market. And that secret space plane operated by the air force landed safely in florida after 700plus days in space. This launched in 2015. Looks like a little space shuttle. Now, its unmanned. Floridian s heard a sonic boom. We dont know hot it does. Obviously, spy something. Its always spy something or they would tell us. Very secretive. Definitely boom, we know that. For sure. Thanks, scott. So trying to go back home of you were let out of home . Well explain the story. An adorable sea lion. Heavy rainfall in southern california, we were talking about this, watch washes the sea lion ashore. You see him wandering the streets there, was one of seven sea lion pups that was just released from sea world into the ocean the day before. She was the only one that returned. Sea world says theyll be taking care of her for a little longer before then trying to release her back into the wild again. She didnt get too far under the sea. Teach your dogs the same trick to keep them running away from home. That dog. Crazy anchor lady running around dressed like this. Oh, my goodness. Good day for walking the dogs on a leash. On a leash. Keep them close by. We will have beautiful weather and theyll wand to go out and frolic in the grass and enjoy this beautiful sunshine. As we start out the day, were getting a live look outside over san jose. And this makes it easy to get out of bed at 6 18, as you see this nice sunrise and you know its going to be a beautiful day. Its cool. Its going to be up to 72 degrees. And then as we start out in the 50s, its all clear around the bay area. It will be slightly warmer than yesterday. And then the rest of the week, we will see the temperatures peaking tomorrow and then going back down. It will be slightly warmer. As you get ready to head out now, were taking a live look outside at the peninsula camera at palo alto. 53 degrees. 52 in the east bay, looking at dublin and in San Francisco with 49 degrees. And some mist dropping down to 45 now in the north bay. Highs this afternoon in the mid to upper 70s, and even some low 80s for the trivalley as well as the north bay. As we go throughout the day in oakland, well be in the upper 50s at 8 00, and then up to 67 degrees at lunchtime, and as you get ready to head home, well be in the low 70s. If youre going to santa cruz, nice and comfortable, but cool to start, and then the temperatures making it to the low 70s today. The sevenday forecast in San Francisco, bright and sunny today, and also tomorrow, too, with highs in the low 70s. On wednesday, the onshore flow kicks in. On thursday, it will be breezy with temperatures staying right at about average for this time of year. Inland areas go from the upper breezy winds on thursday, and then a slight chance of rain in the forecast for the north bay. Well be keeping an eye on that. Mike has an update on the transit issue for san jose. I wish it was a pleasant one, but we still have problems repo reported. Heading down to almaden. Staffing issues continue, so they have not brought that particular part of the line back on service. But the rest of it does move well and so does the rest of the transit agencies. The roadways are notc moving poorly either. Well talk pkbout slowing in th trivalley and the east bay, but through fremont, southbound 880, a newxd crash just reported. Well track that as chp gives us more details and more details on waze. We talk about the trivalley slowing for 680 and also the build for the Castro Valley y. Were comparing three routes, or waze is. Ivel through the Castro Valley y, but an hour and two minutes if you go thru pleasanton and through the auto mall parkway. You see the choice and make the choice on your phone, wherever youre leaving from in the morning, any time of day. Make sure you stick with our team. Go to your profile and select nbc bay area wazers. And well help each other around the bay. Thats a good option for you, folks. Back to you. Sounds great. Thanks. We have a big weekend aheadno for us. Mothers day right around the corner. Thats right. After the break in two minutes, tips to help you find the perfect gift for your mom before this mothers day weekend. Hes done with the membership, but he cant get the company canceled. Im chris chmura. Nbc bay area responds, next. It is 6 23 right now on your monday morning. Big weekend ahead. Mothers day is coming up this sunday, and if you havent already, now would be the time to start brainstorming good gift ideas. If your mom has a tendency to misplace things, you may want to look into this tiny bluetooth tracker device. Its also an app called tile. If youre looking for something more creative, check out etsy. Com, and some moms just want to be wined and dined. Retail me not surveyed moms, what do you want. That includes a nice meal out and a gift card to go out, spend her money as she pleases. Yeah. Spend some time on mom, maybe a spa gift card might be nice, or hair. The survey also priblthed 10 increase in mothers day spending from last year. People plan on shopping in stores rather than online, mom. There we go. Do you know all your rights when it comes to eye exams . A law known as the eyeglass rule insures you have the right to comparison shop for prescription eyeglasses. It requires your doctor to give you your presc

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