No major hot spots. Bay less then 30 min from the mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james a fiveyear saga for a bay area family is finally coming to an end. A verdict will be announced in the murder trial of sierra lamars accused killer today. The teen went missing near morgan hill back in 2012. Her body has never been found. Antolin Garcia Torres is charged with her murder. His lawyers claim sierra lamar is not dead, just missing. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. Kron fours Ella Sogomonian spoke with a legal expert who is closely monitoring this case. Obviously the threshold question for this jury that needed to be decided was, is it possible that sierra lamar still be alive . one of many challenges a jury has had to face before making their decision in the kidnapping and murder trial of morgan hill teen sierra lamar. The fifteen year old went missing five years ago as she was walking to a bus stop to get to school. But because her body was never recovered, there wasnt a crime scene and a weapon wasnt found the jury could possibly find defendant antolin Garcia Torres innocent of murder. Steven clark, legal analyst and former prosecutor and that could explain why this jury came back quickly if they dont believe the prosecution was able to prove that sierra lamar is dead then they really wouldnt reach a verdict on a homicide. The defense however has pointed to dna evidence found on Garcia Torres s property like a rope in his car. What they were able to show with the forensic evidence and the defendants own statement is that he had the opportunity to commit this crime and there was never a definite explanation for that dna transfer. And although 11 hours of deliberation may sound like a long time to the average person the analyst says that is pretty quick for a decision in a trial that started back in january. There was competing evidence on virtually every aspect in the case. From the forensic evidence to the defendants statements to the issues of sierra lamar being a runaway. Im surprised the jury was able to condense that and come to a verdict so quickly. james and stick with the kron 4 morning news all morning as we wait for the verdict. We will bring it to you as soon as it is read at 9 00 this morning. We will also have a criminal defense attorney on set to discuss the jurys decision. And if you are away from your tv make sure you download the kron 4 mobile app. We will send out a breaking as the verdict is announced. james a violent and high risk predator. Thats what police are calling a man they arrested in santa rosa. Investigators say daniel lee used an alias to attend Santa Rosa Junior College as a student. The 41yearold transient was wanted out of Southern California where he was on parole and failed to register as a sex offender. Police became aware of lee because of reported unusual behavior in one of his classes. He was listed on the megans law website. He has committed a number of sex crimes including indecent exposure, child molestation and assault with the intent to commit rape. james this morning we are hearing from a victim of the bart mob attack last month. Rusty stapp and his family are now suing bart for three Million Dollars. They were returning from a Birthday Dinner in San Francisco when the mob began pounding on the train as it pulled into the coliseum station. Stapp and his family claim bart did nothing to prevent the attack and robbery. They say the person driving the train should have realized people were pounding on the doors and never opened them. james stapps Attorney Says bart must answer for its lack of security at fare gates. Bart now has 45 days to respond to the claim. Kron fours jr stone spoke with the acting bart police chief about the attack. Acting bart police chief Jeffery Jennings defending his Police Department monday saying that bart Police Officers were working extra hours before the mob attack at the Oakland Coliseum station and continue to work extra hours. Sot this past weekend i dont know if they are juveniles or adults we arrested 16 people with my extra staffing which thwarted a lot of activity. At this point jennings says only one juvenile is still being directly linked to the mob attack. Bart doesnt plan on releasing video of the incident. Saying it would be against state law. However, former bart police chief gary gee says while that may be correct hes talked with several experts who say they could also use the law to release the video to help identify the suspects. Sot what bart could have done and who knows maybe they did go to the District Attorneys Office or go to the Juvenile Court try to seek an order to release it. As to preventing the attack. Monday this victim and his lawyer claimed the conductor didnt have to open the doors of the train because people were pounding on them. Activing chief jennings says the conductor did not know what was going on. Sot if you rode bart youd see how loud bart is and so were relying on the train operator to decide what theyre gonna adjust but they didnt have that information so theres no way that the train could have not stoppeddoors shut . Well if we knew before hand and we had prior information that there were problems on the platform. The chief reminded folks today that all of this happened in less than 4 minutes. He says his departments Response Time was very good but no one forsaw this happening. As of right now. No plans to release video images of believed to be juveniles. james the Golden State Warriors are heading to the western conference finals for a third year in a row. After a commanding 3 to nothing series lead over the utah jazz, the dubs dominated them last night to seal the deal. They sweep the 4 game series after a 121 to 95 win in game 4. Steph curry led the way with 30 points. Klay thompson scored 21, kevin durant added 18. And Draymond Green had a triple double. The warriors will now play the winner of the houston rockets, San Antonio Spurs series which is currently tied, 2 to 2. james coming up. A mother is outraged after her daughter is attacked at school. What shes now saying about the video of the was posted online. And. An east bay woman is murdered then set on fire. What police say led up to the suspects arrest. And after the break. The proposed plan to charge drivers on a busy bay area highway. What you need to know. 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. james welcome back. Checking in on your morning forecast. anny hong . Mostly sunny and warm inland today. Cooling trend starts wednesday as gusty southwest winds will usher cooler air over the region. On thursday a cold front will enter the north bay with a slight chance of light rain. Continued breezy and unseasonably cool friday and saturday. Partly cloudy, dry and seasonable sunday and monday. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 james happening now. There is a proposal to turn highway 37 into a toll road. Kron fours Charles Clifford breaks down the potential plan and the reaction from commuters. Well, 40 thousands cars use highway 37 every day. It connects marin, sonoma, napa and solano counties. But the traffic backups and frequent flooding have become a problem here. Recent estimates have suggested it could take billions of dollars to fix thos issues. At this point, charging commuters a toll to address those problems is just an idea but one that is being seriously considered. For the past few years, a committee of elected officials from across the north bay has been working on finding ways to reduce congestion on highway 37 and address the flooding problems. Under normal circumstances, it could take caltrans years or decades to secure the necessary funding and fix the roadway but the Committee Says that charging tolls could be a way to speed up the process. Maybe getting the work done in less than a decade. Sotwe are at the beginning of this processmarin county supervisor Damon Connolly sits on the committee. He says that so far there are no specifics on how much the tolls would be or how that money would be collected. Sotwhat we are seeing is some sort of Public PrivatePartnership Potentially and tolling could be a part of it. Monday afternoon, i asked several people in novato what they thought of the idea of paying a toll on 37. Amanda drives that way almost every day. She would be ok with a toll as long as the highway gets an upgrade. Sotsure, if they ad another lane. Sotvic barlogio runs a business in marin. He worries that paying tolls could impact his companys bottom line. Sotpersonally, it would be an excessive expense for me because we use that road frequently. At this point, the idea of charging commuters a toll is just that. An idea. Connolly says that if it happens at all, tolling on highway 37 is still years away. In marin county, Charles Clifford kron 4 news. james we are learning how much it is going to cost to fix some of the roads damaged during the winter storms. 37Million Dollars is needed to fix highway 35 in Santa Clara County. Highway 35 washed out in the Santa Cruz Mountains in february. Caltrans says it will need to build a retaining wall to get the road repaired and back open. According to caltrans, this road will cost the most to fix than any other road damaged by the winter storms. James A Vallejo mother is dealing with the shock of finding out not aonlya was her sixth grade daughter attacked at school. But that someone recorded the whole attack then posted it online. Shes demanding answers this morning. Spencer blake has the story you will only see on kron four. pkg looklive at Solano Middle School, plenty of students have seen the video that somebody uploaded of a sixth grader getting pummeled during pe. This is that video. It starts with the victim seated in her spot, ready for pe. If you listen, you can hear taunting from others. She said, hello and i was sittin there ignoring her and she just started beating on me. The girl came home that day in early march with some knots on her head. Someone in the School Office called her mother, emma simms. But simms says the administrator only said her daughter was upset. had i known that my daughter was beat up like that, i wouldve been here quick and in a hurry. The sixth grader did tell her mother what happened, but when the video got posted on youtube she kept that to herself. People wont stop talking about it. Who . Everyone at school . Everyone in my class. Simms didnt know the video existed until sunday. She says her daughteris fearful, scared to come to school, she wants me with her. A teacher at Solano Middle School told me she too had seen it. She called it assault, and said she already had to discipline other students for having it or passing it around. The teacher also told me the attacker had been suspended for multiple daysbut ashe feels it wasnt enough. Now simms is trying to bring the avideo to the attention of the school and the district. I dont want her to be one of those thats trying to commit suicide. By law, the district has 15 days to acknowledge receipt of the complaint form simms is filling outand another 60 days to investigate it. In vallejo, Spencer Blake, kron four news. james the marin county coroner accused of sexually assaulting a young girl makes his first court appearance. Prosecutors say Darrel Alan Harris started sexually assaulting a girl in 2008 and then assaulted her again when she was older. Harris was arrested in eureka and brought back to marin county. He is now in jail on 750thousand dollars bail. Harris attorney and family believe he is innocent. Million to fund repairs. Complete repairs are expected to take up two years james the kron4 morning news wants to send you and a guest to see hamilton keep watching the kron4 morning news and we will give you the secret word of the day. Then go to kron4. Com and enter the word for a chance to win a pair of the hottest tickets in town keep watching every day for a new word and another opportunity to win todays secret word of the day will be revealed in our 8 oclock hour so keep watching and you could win hamilton tickets james still ahead. A suspicous fire at a south bay church. Why worshippers there are fearful this morning. Robin. . robin landing james, another way the legacy of titanic lives on. Plus a new movie trailer you wont want to miss. The hollywood minute is next on the kron for morning news. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. robin landing in entertainment headlines this morning. The new trailer for blade has people talking all over the internet. And its been two decades since titanic. But celine dion is making sure the legacy goes on and on. David daniel explains in this mornings hollywood minute. nat the key to the future is finally unearthed. Bring it to me. natgunshots the latest trailer to turn the internet inside out is blade runner 2049, with ryan gosling, jared leto, and the original blade runner, harrison ford. The action adventure scifi sequel hits theaters october sixth. singing a little voice told me its all wrong, another voice told me its all right. Jeff bridges won an oscar as a guitarplaying singersongwriter in crazy heart. Now hes switching instruments. Bridges is set to star in a currentlyuntitled movie as a selfobsessed violinist faced with a life threatening illness, which causes him to reassess his relationships. Diane lane plays his estranged wife. Shooting is scheduled for october in boston. singing every night in my dreams, i see you, i feel you. Its been 20 years since titanic hit theaters, and we first heard celine dion sing my heart will go on. To mark the milestone, dion will perform the oscarwinning hit yet again, at the billboar music awards on may 21st. Its clear this song will go on. And on. In hollywood, im david daniel. james still ahead on the kron four morning news. An east bay woman is murdered then set on fire. What police say led up to the suspects arrest. And. A teen attacks an elderly woman and throws her into a pool. Its all caught on camera. Well show the video. And next. A verdict today in the murder trial of sierra lamars accused killer. Kron fours will tran has a live report after the break. Food. Water. Internet. We need it to live. But what we dont need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. I see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. You got me, mark. We just want fast internet for one, simple rate. For all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all. For the this. Internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. james were coming up on 430. Here are the big stories were working on for you this morning. Jurors in the murder trial of sierra lamars accused killer have reached a verdict. It be read in court at 9 00 this morning. Antolin garciatorres, 26, pleaded not guilty to the murder of 15 yearold sierra. Kron fours will tran is live in san jose and has a full report in just a few minutes. Police have arrested a sex offedner on parole who was using a fake name to attend Santa Rosa Junior College. 41yearold daniel lee is accused of violating sex offender registration requirements. A teacher reported lee to police after he was causing a disturbance in class last week. During the investigation, police discovered that lee was using an alias and there was a warrant out for his arrest in Orange County. The Golden State Warriors are heading to the western conference finals for a third year in a row. After a commading 3 to nothing series lead over the utah jazz, the dubs dominated them last night 121 to 95. Steph curry led the way with 30 points. The warriors will now play the winner of the houston rockets, San Antonio Spurs series which is currerntly tied, 2 to 2. james now lets get a check of weather and traffic. anny hong . Mostly sunny and warm inland today. Cooling trend starts wednesday as gusty southwest winds will usher cooler air over the region. On thursday a cold front will enter the north bay with a slight chance of light rain. Continued breezy and unseasonably cool friday and saturday. Partly cloudy, dry and seasonable sunday and monday. No major hot anny hong . Mostly sunny and warm inland today. Cooling trend starts wednesday as gusty southwest winds will usher cooler air over the region. On thursday a cold front will enter the north bay with a slight chance of light rain. Continued breezy and unseasonably cool friday and saturday. Partly cloudy, dry and seasonable sunday and monday. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Golden gate bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. james in just a matter of hours we will learn the fate of the man accused of killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. A jury is set to announce their verdict at 9 00 this morning. Kron 4s will tran is live outside the court house in san jose this morning with the details. Will . will jurors in the sierra lamar murder trial have reached