dead three days, crewing scombrer warner stored her body in a suitcase and then, placed the body in a freezer. they appeared in court this afternoon. >> when sarah krueger stood before a judge she looked to be on the breaking point. saturday, police found her 3-year-old daughter dead and apparently beaten in an apartment sarah shared with her boyfriend. today, the district attorney charged both with two counts, murder and assault on a child causing death >>. evidence is still pending in terms of testing and so we cannot base charges on. that we don't know what will develop until it's, you know, those are analyzed. >> there were distressing details about the death the report states after krueger and warner were arrested in a

bart station, they told of stuffing the body in a suitcase and storing knit a >> we believe the cause was a result of actions by the defendants. >> the looming question how could she be murdered in a small apartment complex filled with neighbors? how did they never know about a little girl residents say were using drugs in an apartment police visited just days before. >> if responding they see a child bruised or find parents intoxicated and they'd call. we asked if the system failed... >> we have a child who died. i don't know. everything i know at this point in time tells me that

there is nothing done incorrectly. that doesn't mean the system didn't fail. >> pretty strong statement right there. >> we have a dead child. >> neither defendant entered a plea today. with public defenders. >> the city of san bruno is suing california public utilities commission in hopes of getting access to sensitive documents that the city says the cpuc is hiding from the public. abc7 news is live tonight for us with the story. vic. >> this lawsuit says cpuc refused to turn those records over to the city saying their staffers are too busy and also says that the documents they want may expose improprieties in the oversight of pg&e.

>> we believe records may provide evidence of improper contact and cozy relationship was pacific gas and electric company threaten the integrity of the penalty proceedings. >> the explosion and fire ripped through this neighborhood, destroying 38 homes and damaging many more. eight people were killed. more than 60, injured three and a half years later city officials say they're trying to get important and possibly damaging documents from california public utilities commission. the city wants e mails that the cpuc director may have sent to law judges >> the executive director appears to have tried to order judges to rule in favor of pg&e, against the public. >> the city believes e mails will show he asked a judge to consider counting billions, which pg&e claims to have spent on improvements towards ultimate

fine the lawsuit wants e mails and other communications the commission president may have had with wall street analysts regarding market reaction to any large fines against pg&e. >> commissioners are not allowed to have contacts with wall street analysts because they're considered interested persons and it could affect the outcome of the decision. >> the cpuc responded saying we have already replied to several records requests by the city of san bruno z will continue to utilize our resources to evaluate and complete, our responses. vic lee, abc7 news. >> reporter: san jose fire department lost cash today because cruise are taking too long to respond to medical emergencies officials voted to take 700,$000 with the agency. that contact calls for crews to arrive in medical emergencies within eight

minutes of being called, 90% of the time. the fire department can get the money back if it meets the standard for three months the union says restore a dozen or so positions lost to cuts. >> police have arrested a man for a fatal stabbing in west oakland this morning. investigators say a man was stabbed just after 11:00 a.m on 31 street near martin luther king junior way. police found the body on the front steps of a home. they have not released the name of the suspect. investigators have been combing the neighborhood looking for witnesses and whether the stabbing was captured by anyone on surveillance cameras in the neighborhood oochl another pedestrian hit and kill by the a car in san francisco today. it happened at the same time transportation officials were meeting to discuss an increase in pedestrian deaths. this is the scene of that deadly accident. a man crossing sunset district when a car struck him. the impact was so great the man

penetrated the windshield. injuries are described as nonlife threatening. police have not yet determined if he was in the crosswalk. >> staying in the city for just a moment. police have locked down a san francisco neighborhood this afternoon for several hours. they search for a man who tried to run over a cop. sky 7 hd was overhead. officers searched several buildings near dakota street and 25th. when officers approached he ak sell rated. >> the officer did discharge a firearm to protect themselves we don't know whether the suspect was shot. >> police found the stolen car in nearby pa trero hill. >> this time tomorrow night it's

likely to be raining in the bay area. when can we expect it? >> well, it's closing in on us now. as you've pointed out probably won't be wet until tomorrow afternoon or evening. clouds thickening now and let's start our forecast at 10:00 in the morning we'll see clouds continuing to thicken in the morning by 1:00 showers will be just off shore. just off the coast of the north bay by 4:00 in the afternoon around rush hour, we'll see showers beginning to push onshore. that will be the beginning of a wet pattern that may carry us throughout the weekend. a much-needed wet pattern. i'll show how much you can expect and how long we think it will last. >> the federal government is offering a drought lifeline to california farmers. agriculture department today said it will provide $20 million in aid to farmers and ranchers priority will be those whose water allocations have been cut by 85% or more. the first round

will pay for irrigation upgrades reducing erosion from unplanted fields and finding ways to raise livestock. >> and later tonight looking at water projects in california why many farmers blame congress for creating the drought. a garbage war is brewing in the bay area tonight and abc7 news is in walnut creek. there is a meeting on this issue, tonight. >> reporter: families separating food waste and putting it in a separate bucket for composting. >> we make efforts to separate everything. and we're the consumer. and maybe it's not

being separated. >> so this shows residential curbside green waste collection. >> the authority contracts with arizona-based republic services. >> the california compost coalition found the vast majority in walnut creek is actually not being composted but sent to landfills. >> according to waste authorities reports to the tate for the green waste collected, 0 was sent for composting. the coalition provides us with this photo. they say it shows a truck collecting green and food waste dumping it, unprocessed into the landfill.

>> their allegation is it's food waste and green waste. >> the director of the central contra costa solid waste authority released a document showing 75% of the green waste goes to three different composting facilities. >> when we great, our reports indicate they're goth correct place. >> in walnut creek, abc7 news. >> still to come here charges of exploitation by two oakland raiders cheerleaders one says it's not so bad. >> growing pains tonight in silicon valley. how in ways it's become a victim of its own economic success. >> coming up we're going to

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disputing the claim. >> those cheerleaders say they do it because of the perks. if anything the lawsuit is bringing atension to what cheer leaders are really getting paid. sarah dwchlt is the latest raiderett to be named in the suit. she joined in 2010. she and the first plaintiff say what they pay them doesn't cover hours put in. >> to be a raiderett doesn't just mean you show up on game day and work and go home we put in a lot of practice hours. >> this is a video of lacy t. both are still on the raiders web site. >> these girls works hard >> they get paid for performing and nothing for hours spent rehearsing. take other

cheerleaders. the their cheerleaders $75 per game and they get two tickets and a parking pass. ravens, 100s sxdz he have to attend training camp in june. dallas cowboys, >> it's not legal to pay people nine months after they begin working. it's not legal to skip meal and rest breaks. >> i understood the contract. >> marie told us most women join because they know it will boost their career. she says there are other ways to get paid >> we have paid promotional events. those promotional events were very generous.

>> more of us are out there in the end i want everybody to be treated fairly. >> the contract states the raiderett cannot sue the organization. >> in san francisco today five of the city 11 supervisors introduced a measure to have to put a soda tax on the november ballot. the money dedicated to programs aimed at fighting obesity and other affects of sugary drinks. arguing it will raise grocery prices and meet two thirds voter approval. similar proceed your defeated in

2010. >> the city council approved a project to build a soft ball complex across quimby road and will be paid for with money from measure p. and san jose council approved new electronic parking meters to replace current coin only meters. the cost is more than $1 million meaning rates are likely to double from $one now to $two an hour. >> all right. a daily city family rying to make the record books by having the biggest baby ever born. you can see at one day old he's almost too big for his bassinett. at birth he weighed 16 pounds. one more than

the previous record. he is five months now. wearing clothes for a 2-year-old. >> i can't even hold him anymore. very to put him in a car seat or walker just to feed him. if i give him a bottle i have to put him on the couch. >> he's so big, he outgrew a baby tub. mom says he's about to outgrow the kitchen sink, too. they have a bigger problem, he's close to outgrowing biggest diapers sold in stores. big young man. he is. >> paul bunyan. >> sign him now to nfl. right? >> we need rainfall. >> we do. >> rain is on the way. my throat getting scratchy. i apologize looks like a period of wet weather may last for a while. good news. here is a will being at live doppler 7 hd. increasing clouds now. that has been the

case you can see along embarcadero readings in san jose los gatos, 48 now. looking over san francisco, under partly cloudy skies, upper 40s in napa and fairfield. and one more live view of the post sunset sky. partly to mostly cloudy overnight. showers tomorrow and continuing into thursday. we'll have more rain coming our way this weekend. this is one of the wetter patterns we've seen. showers arrive first in the north bay then begin spreading in. and by 1:00 showers push

farther south ward and eastward. making for some wet spots during afternoon evening and commute. then showers covering the bay area by 7:00 tomorrow morning and continuing into thursday with periods of showers thursday. and showers winding down by thursday evening how much rainfall do we expect to have accumulated? say about 4 to 8 tenths of an nifrjt north bay. up to about a quarter inch in the south bay. that is not drenching but it's a nice soaking of rainfall for one day. overnight partly cloudy skies low temperatures inland on the chilly side. gold on north bay valleys. 29 inform napa. mid 30s inland. and right around the bay

we'll see low temperatures about 40 degrees or so on the coast as well about upper 30s to 40. then tomorrow into south bay, high temperatures climbing into mid to upper 50s in the north bay. a similar range. low to mid-50s on the coast. here is the accu-weather forecast. so rain thursday, then maybe lingering showers then rain again, saturday more rain sunday showers linger into monday. and tuesday a night wet pattern. >> every day, more rain not at once. >> yes. >> spencer, thanks. >> coming up,

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a strain on housing and freeways. david louie is live in downtown san jose tonight to run down the problems for us. david? >> no one is complaining about jobs being created, however, silicon valley leaders are concerned tho one is working hard enough to figure out a plan to house them. >> it's hard to miss all of the new apartment complexes going up are come plated in silicon valley. 7400 housing units were approved in the past year. far short to meet the needs of the people who moved here to take jobs. saying region created 32,000 jobs last year the shortage put pressure on home prices and rents. more

people working means more traffic congestion >> it grew 26%. and people like the service. so that is news. >> index says pay stagnated. >> we have three children. my husband works full time i believe it's like god's grace we're able to make ends meet. you know? >> would you say it's a struggle? >> i would say it's getting harder. >> nearly half of the households earn over is down. >> we could no longer say they're going to get benefits, it hasn't happened. >> keeping saup challenge.

>> shopping at walmart finding bargains. >> is it tough to make ends meet? >> i think yes. >> two days before the sochi olympics, the call was sent to moscow to reset america's relationship with russia but fell short of the goal. he plans to stay throughout the olympics before returning home. >> a bay area man has been indicted in new york on charges of running a web site for buying and selling illegal drugs. believed to be behind the webbite sooit used for trafficking drugs using bit

coins. >> tonight reports out of southern california say actor paul walker's daughter is the lone beneficiary of his estate the star died in november in a car accident in northern los angeles county. court records show he named his mother to be the guardian for his 15-year-old daughter meadow the value comes from unspecified property and $10 million value of his home. >> the government today estimated obamacare will reduce the u.s. work force but not because they will be laid off. according to the congressional budget office which. many will choose to leave jobs or reduce hours because they'll be able to get subsidized health coverage.

>> president obama claiming progress in plans to connect more students to high speed internet. this president says businesses pledged to help close technology gap in america's schools. that is sending ipads to students. >> we want to make sure our young people have the same advantages some kind in south korea has now. where we expect free wi-fi with coffee, we should demand it in our schools. >> the president bor yoed an ipad from a student to take a video. but there is one problem, he did not press the "record" button. >> if you've driven through san

joaquin valley you've seen signs that say congress created dust bowl. >> it's not the delta considered ultimate solution to california's water supply problems. there are plans to build a series of reservoirs and dam as long the state's north coast to fill the need. >> one attorney who represents the central delta water agency says they never followed through. >> not only did the state not continue to build facilities in the north but uneven thus yachl for funding it on the part of the people went away. they started out trying to develop north cove. >> now, looking south to another

factor, crops grow where water barely exists. growers counted on deliveries and rainfall and snow melt can be irregular. >> there is no water sometimes. so the motion is that they'll plan a crop which is a permanent water demand is insane. >> john herric doesn't blame the farmers. >> i blame it on leaders. i believe they're representatives and leaders and managers are leading them to >> one reason is because of the affects. >> drought may dry up a key source of cheap electricity in

california. electricity generated through fast rivers usually accounts for 15% of the state water supply. this year it's likely to be less than that because of the drought. many utilities may have to turn to gas fired plants. >> coming up next understanding the human brain. >> yes. a lesson for local middle schoolers on a brainy day

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>> there are human brains... and animal brains if you thought you smelled a rat >> those two balls in the front are used just for smelling. >> our brains to fish brains to rat brains they get to see differences and what makes us different. >> brain day isn't out of the blue. students spent three weeks studying the big words that go along with it. >> there is a bunch of fibers. >> affects decision making. >> frontal lobe? >> yes. >> i'm amazed at information they knew coming into it and level of attention. >> they know seeing and holding a human brain is a rare privilege. >> i didn't think it would look like it did in cartoons or movies. >> but it does. we can't show

you all because stanford asked us not to out of respect for families and seeing is nothing compared to touching. >> feels heavy. >> it's cool. >> surprise leads to profound understanding. >> everything is within this this three pounds of fat in the head. >> it's possible the rest were still trying to get gloves off. >> i didn't expect that. >> it's fascinating. >> coming up, michael finney. >> yes. why you may be eligible to breeze through airport security free of charge

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>> join us for tips on get together front of the lines. it's like winning bot lottery. >> yes. >> nice. >> i'll take the cash. >> let's update the forecast, finally. we've been waiting to talk about rain. >> thicken. rain arrives tomorrow, here is a will being at projections for rainfall totals from these next two storms. beginning with showers and continuing through rainfall arriving over the weekend. from tomorrow to monday we may see 4 to 6 inches of rain now. moving to bay area, we can see 1 to 2 inches of rain z south bay less.

tomorrow, cloudy conditions including the bay area high temperatures into mid to upper 50s here is the accu-weather forecast. showers tomorrow, continuing through thursday. maybe lingering into friday morning. saturday, showers and rain developing again continuing through sunday lingering into monday morning. so a nice wet pattern coming our way. >> yes. >> thank you. >> you knew it's going to rain because pebble beach national pro am. >> there you go. >> it's still cold down there. alex smith back with 4ers? how could that be? the annual

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with 49ers? >> needed me to fill n yes. >> this is xet tichlt you want to win and beat nervous. nobody stant standing in front of me. >> local charities are the reason. >> we get to do something like this and play golf. it's awesome. you know? >> this is only time they'll be able to compete. right? >> there is no way they can hit one over the fence. but maybe

catch a touchdown, right? right? how hard to catch a sfwhil >> sitting around for an hour? you know, you can seal the athlete six s. >>ing. i got to tell you it's amazing to me. >> the giants even out this series but real beneficiaries are the charities. >> after getting crushed broncos quarterback playing this week. the broncos bosses trying to figure out how it ended in

disaster. >> we'll get through this disappointment right now. and will be able to reflect back and appreciate the season more than we're able to appreciate it now. and will take us a while. it was a great season. we accomplished a lot the team went through a lot. you know, i noi noe there is disappointment. will take a while owing to go away. at the end of the day it was successful. >> 49ers linebacker posted this photo on instagram only his acl needed to be replaced. and tomorrow night in berkeley cal took a beating coming off a huge win saturday night. taking down

arizona but cal lost prior to saturday's game. and >> if you're going to be ncaa team then you're going to have to compete. and that is something kids have to learn. >> on to the next opponent, you know? this is good across the board. >> jt joe snoe's dad was a famous nfl receiver. >> yes. >> in that case. >> i love this. >> join me tonight at cable channel 136789 a police officer helps a heart broken dog owner. how he got him home.

>> then at 11:00 michael fin gee back with tips on parking. how to get around those annoying baggage fees. >> and that is this edition of abc7 news. >> from all of under the circumstances here at abc7 news, have a good evening.

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this is the "jeopardy!" battle of the decades. introducing today's former champions from our first decade. he was a high-school student from atlanta when he won the teen tournament in 1991. now he's a sports-business writer living in charlotte, north carolina. your votes named him the fan favorite contestant for this decade. so please give a warm welcome to andrew westney. [ cheers and applause ] he was a material scientist living in phoenix when he won the tournament of champions in 1992. he's now a self-described shovel bum living in flagstaff in a house he bought with his "jeopardy!" winnings. please welcome leszek pawlowicz. and she was a spanish teacher with at cal state-haywardings. when she became a five-day champion. now she's retired and still living in hayward, california.

please welcome leslie frates. and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. and welcome to the second of our contests in this first round of the battle of the decades. andrew voted as the fan favorite. you're also the youngest competitor this week on "jeopardy!" leszek and leslie, nice to have you back with us. let's go to work. here comes the "jeopardy!" round. and here come the categories. we start off today with... alex: leslie, you start. how about this is the end -- $200. leslie. what is last? yes. end, $400.