today. >> people here in this neighborhood are talking about their neighbor and we spoke to one person who knocked on the door back there. he said he came here in support of the senator because of the good things he did for the city. but a former supervisor says knows the senator's dark side. another figure was arrested. marlon sullivan. a well-known sports agent, taken into custody, charged with drug, and weapons trafficking and murder for hire. senator yee left his home this afternoon, in a car driven by his son he was released wednesday after making bond. he had no court hearing today, half a dozen others made appearances including former chinatown gang stir raymond

shrimp boy chow and keith jackson, . one man not surprised is lawyer stew handlynn. >> that was ed's manhattanor. ed was brought in to mentor by leland he is talking about ed jew. he was just released from prison after serving nearly five years for extortion and bribery convictions jew says state senator yee has been guilty of the same financial crimes for which he was convicted. >> he taught him how to raise money. a red envelope. putting pressure on people to give you money. he says he sat in on the meet g meetings >> about sentenced' agreed toñi cooperate with the government.

and u.s. attorney decided they weren't interested. >> impression i got is that public service included a way to get money. they gave you money, you helped them. that is what he learned from yee >> jew served his sentence, he faces more time in jail on his state conviction. for lying about where he lived he was arrested and booked on char charges vic lee, abc7 news >> state senate responded by voting to suspend him along with two other senators facing

charges. the vote voet was overwhelming but not unanimous abc7 news is at the state capitol with that part of the story. laura? >> today's action means senators will not be allowed to perform official duties but they will still collect their $95,000 per year salaries. senators here say that is as far as they can go until actions are om mreet. >> aye, 28, no, one >> it's the first time in the history of the california senate lawmakers have voted to suspend one of their own, much less three in one day. >> it establishes with no doubt that only this body may allow them back. only if exonerated.

>> we're not taking this serious view >> president pro tem ak nonled he'd opposed spending embattled senators but this week's arrest of leland yee was the tipping point. >> the fact there is now been a third incident, made me reconsider that position. >> this is a black mark on the institution >> republican leader told reporters he's satisfied. >> it's saying on us, the senate and the institution which people are caught up in situations that are counter to law and certainly ethics that we're all trained in. >> today, senator yee's attorney issued a statement about action here, quote, suspension is the right step for now, property in a sigs tim preserving innocence of the accused now, steinberg proposed a

constitutional amendment which in the future would allow the senate to suspend members without pay if it passes here, it could appear on the ballot as soon as november. laura anthony, abc7 news. >> yee received another call from one of the top democrats. nancy pelosi representing many of the sap people yee represented in sacramento. pelosi spoke in san francisco sunset district. >> it's the show stunned i thought could there be someone else with the same name? it's sad it's sad for the family. but people of san francisco and this area have treated him with great respect. i think out that have respect, he should step aside. >> congress woman pelosi joined two u.s. senators in demanding that yee resign. >> leland yee had been written

out of the legislature two years ago by the independent commission in charge of redrawing district boundary lines here is a look at the 8th stat district that includes about half of san francisco and much of the peninsula. here is a map of the new 8th district from the suburbs of sacramento, to death valley a new line takes affect after this november's election. now, our coverage of the corruption arrests will continue on air and online follow us on twitter on abc7 news bay area for breaking developments >> san francisco 9ers corner back has been released from jail tonight. abc7 news shot this video outside of the jail right after he was released on bail just a short time ago. you can see him getting into a white van. he is being charged with hit and run and felony possession of brass knuckles. police say he hit a bicyclist

then took off. he is also accused of hitting a witness's car after that driver tried to stop him from leaving the scene the team released a statement saying the 49ers organization is aware of the recent matter. we'll remain in contact with chris and local authorities as we continue to gather facts. >> next wave of weather due to arrive in the bay area has been slow getting here but it's on the way. here is a live picture on the bay. clear skies for now. rain clouds are coming. abc7 is here with the rain. >> that storm, as mentioned is not in a hur kwee to get here. many of you are sleeping it will begin to move n right now actually tracking a few sprinkles around santa rosa. nothing measuring at this point. you can see moisture up into the clouds i do want to show you time line here. tonight at 7:00 if you're

stepping out, you're fine. by 1:00 a.m north bay starting to get rain. at 4:00 a.m shifting south and east. by the time we head into the morning you'll see rain at 8:00 a.m . at 2:00 p.m still rain in the south bay. i'll let you know how much rain and how long you'll need to hang on to gain gear this weekend >> thank you. >> a suicide bombing attack in afghanistan today struck a bay area nonprofit. we've covered here on abc7 news. we have details and you spoke with the founder of roots of peace today >> i did. she and the staff are shaken but also, relieved. the attack was deadly but all of the americans made it out alive thanks to afghan stormy. >> it was evening in cabul. the panicked calls came pouring in. >> there is an tack going on

now. >> roots of peace founder and her husband just waking up. >> we didn't know we prayed for the best. >> they learned a team of suicide bombers had blown up a car, killing two passers by >> our staff was hunkered down in closets are on the roof. one staff member jumped to a tree. >> two security guards kept attackers at bay the army arrived to take them on. >> it's a miracle no personnel was killed >> it's the third in a string of attacks leading up to an election in afghanistan >> it's a terrorist in nature going for news. >> roots of peace moved workers to a safe location but one told us he's still worried >> not feeling safe here. so you know, ways just i thinking to send my family

somewhere. >> when they took credit they claimed roots of peace was a church. >> that is why i'm afraid now. tall hi ban is thinking our office was, you know, changing peoples relations >> roots of peace is not a religious organization. they're a charity clearing dangerous mine fields and teaches local farmers to grow crops like grasp. it's a mission they say they'll continue. and as afghan election draws near they hope you'll show support for peace there. >> prps we may call upon the world to join us. take a photo, a tweet, a picture, send it not to us, but afghan people. >> as for americans they have left kabul, hoping to return after the election. in the newsroom abc7 news. >> thank you, jonathan. >> still ahead here tonight an east bay teacher facing charges

of molesting students. you're going to hear about the 12-year-old boy. >> and big changes coming to san francisco muni system the decision today that will affect half of the city's bus routes >> a man finds he was overcharged for electricity over and over again for seven years i'm michael finney ahead on seven on your side how this can happen to you, too. >> and later tonight a young new golfer from stanford on the tail of tiger tonight. a lot more to bring you. stay with us.

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six months after a patient seemingly vanished, then was found dead inside san francisco general hospital administration received results of a security review the 57-year-old disappeared from her room in september, she was found dead in a stairwell several weeks later. neighboring hospital did a thorough review, offering suggestions on how to make it safer including installing new surveillance camera asks reviewing 911 calling systems. >> it's going to improve the future of our services and i think provide a more secure facility and i think it's security system. >> the review noted several

improvements already implemented >> the attorney for a richmond teacher accused of molesting students said his client is prepared to defend itself against charges ron gino faces a dozen charges including 11 acts of lewd acts on a child. his attorney asked for more time to review the evidence against his client. prosecutors say that he took 11 and 12-year-old boys from making waves academy on overnight field trips where he molested them. six victims have come forward the brother of one boy says it's had a devastating affect on the family. >> it's frustrating us all. we're angry, hurt. i mean parents me, cool. this affected everybody. >> gino will be back in court in may. >> police are on the trail of a sexual assault suspect releasing surveillance videos of the man. he's 25 to 35 years old, 160

pounds and less than five and a half feet tall. police say he grabbed a woman tuesday afternoon and began dragging her away, taching her inappropriately. the woman struggled but there is now a reward out for this man. >> fbi has arrested a man dubbed bad beard bandit. so named because of the poor quality costume beard he wore in eight robberies he's been identified as a 28-year-old ger regardo lopez of half moon bay. dating back to november. >> muni bus routes are getting an overhaul. today san francisco agency approved a plan that increases how frequently buses pass by and reduces travel times for riders half of the eight # routes will be affected by changes and these include adding more buss and

trains throughout the system. >> we're widening our driving lanes to ensure muni can use these faster. >> other changes include adjusting traffic signals to increase speeds of buss and vehicles, implementing the plan going to cost more than $44 million. >> time to check on weather. sun, clouds today. >> yes. sandhya patel is in for spencer christian. more rain coming. >> that is right. most of it going to fall in the morning so we'll see steady rainfall in the morning hours. right now a few showers showing up around yuk kaia and sprinkles. so here is a look from our camera, clouds stacked up.

it was a milder day. temperatures up into low 60s to low 70s and we're still hanging on to comfortable weather. 64 oakland 68 san jose. here is our view looking out towards the bay. great day for sailing. that is what some people are doing. 62 fairfield. taking a look at the pacific satellite picture there is a storm saturday. there is another one behind it. at least two more storms. might possibly see another one late next week. rain arrives with this system here the cold front at 7:00 p.m just clouds, maybe sprinkles here. we'll see rain moving into the north bay at 1:00 a.m then starts to move south ward by 7:00 a.m wide spread rain.

11:00 mainly south, east bay. around monterey bay cold front goes through. scattered showers continue for saturday. so saturday might be a good time to do plans. sunday, things change. after a few showers it's dry. sunday is a good day. and taking a look at rainfall projections lower elevations looking at a quarter to three quarters of an inch lieu sunday morning. rainfall projections keep going down just wanted to let you know that. winter storm warning runs until 5:00 a.m sunday. expecting gusty winds and snow. two feet possible, so make sure you pack patience ask carry chain pz you're going to go up there. a good idea to get out now if you're thinking about it. tomorrow morning starting out with wet one, you'll need umbrellas low to mid-50s so mild tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon, cooler day we're looking at temperatures into low to mid-60s.

rain shifting south as afternoon going on. sunday, sunny breaks showing up. cooler pattern monday, tuesday, temperatures into 50s, rain, monday. hours tuesday morning. a dry mid week, another chance of rain on friday. we need it. >> yes. >> we'll take the storms. >> yes. >> coming up next research in the redwoods. >> a look into what is going on at the top of the world's tallest tree whoa, what's that? umm...a flatizza. it's new from subway. what's a flatizza? tom, i'm patching you in. the latest invention from subway, the new flatizza.

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the national transportation safety board closed its its investigation into tesla's electric car battery fires because tesla motors says it will install additional shielding. this morning announcing the company has been outfitting since march 6 with a triple shield. >> it's a pretty thick sheet of aluminium but that is going to push things out of the way.

>> musk stated the shields are not needed. >> it was a rare trip into some of the state's most-rarified air. sign scientists got a chance to explore the stop of muir woods. there they're looking for plants and animal that's will add to the list and unravel the bio diversity a bit more. there is a lot of stuff going on on turning that into wood. >> what sets of circumstances give problems? when do they crank? >> today, researchers took core samples some of the redwoods believed

be a thousand years old. please go. >> yes >> just ahead a contest going to get a lot of scrutiny. >> and search for survivors in

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challenger surfaced this week. it's the kind of exposure he needs. mike honda as been seen in the vikt with the president, vice president biden, and at nasa. he received campaign contributions from a who's two who among high-tech ceos. >> i was involved in helping numi. >> when you talk about technology, you talk about national security and being prepared for the world. >> we asked them to tell us what

is hooded on their smart phones. >> no you can pick out that helps me go door to door >> holy bible. transportation, translations of different languages viper, turbo scan. tech, google. google search. >> if both aim at two top spots they'll face off in november. >> we might see again rational this is video on her web site.

and the other is joel van landingham officials in washington state expect to update the death toll from last month's mudslide 90 people still listed as missing. teams faced more challenges finding victims today because of the rainy weather. the stories of survivor are beginning to emerge. a heroic month. an infant pulled from the where heingage. >> i was just the right guy there. >> saturday, just minutes after this hill collapsed on a community bee will he. cody rushed into the disaster zone after hearing cries for

help. i can see the baby's face. he wasn't breathing and wasn't moving. >> the mother, also trapped in the mud and severely injured >> she said his name is duke i asked if i can take him out she said yes. >> cody scooped up the 6-month-old and ran to rescuers who just arrived. >> there is this ripped up roof on the mud there. laid the baby on that and ripped off my jacket and wrapped him in that. >> baby duke and his mother are survivors. but not all stories have a happy outcome. 150 rescue workers and volunteers up against mother nature, mud, tons of trees, and scraps of scattered zane's days of digging led him

to his sister >> we're removing steering wheels, she was in the drive's seat. i waped my arms around her >> closure for steven's family the 52-year-old plummer identified among deceased. >> we melted. i dropped the phone and screamed a little bit. >> now, the daunting task of moving forward >> we skwuft can't think of life without him. >> well, word miracle gets thrown around these days but no one faulting a 61-year-old man for laying claim to one today you're hooking at damage to a new honda

the owner walked away. >> first i heard big explosion then, maybe 0 seconds, i didn't believe it was his car. i was in shock. he was just relaxing. >> just incredible. an angel flying i'd say. that damage is stunning. >> interesting insurance call. >> coming up next pg&e's big mistake. >>

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ticket you might have had your card exposed. fandango settled a gft complaint the companies say they fixed the problem last year that no information was stolen. >> well, an east bay man was happy pg&e told him he'd been paying too much for electricity and getting his money back but not all that he was oweked, was he getting back. it went on quite a while. >> david nelson's condo had all electric appliances and expected a electric bill but not this high the condo has all electric appliances the stove, oven, even heaters, still, he suspected his electric bills were a bit too high. >> we just always assumed something was wrong. but they can never tell us what. he was paying $190 per month.

he says he kept asking pg&e about it the utility kept saying bills were correct. went on for years, one day, david got a surprise. >> there is no payment due. and there was a credit of about $1199 >> after charges, pg&e giving him $1200 back he asked why, pg&e said indeed, it had been overcharging him all of those years. >> their audit department discovered that charge was wrong. so that generated a credit for three years. >> it was fantastic except pg&e only reimbursed for three years. david had been overcharged seven years. he figured pg&e oweked him $1600 more the utility says it does not have to correct bills more than three years old . >> i said i can get 07 on your side involved.

>> we contacted pg&e. it agreed to give just $500 turns out the case is bigger hahn just david. >> there is a billing error impacting mr. nelson, and the entire complex. >> pg&e spokesperson says everybody had been overcharged all of these years. not just david, all residents. in all 85 units will be getting money back, too. >> we want our customers to have a good experience. in this case we fell short and do apologize. >> all units have permanent electric heating it means they get to yous more electricity before their rates jump to a higher tier. somehow, everyone there had been listed gas users they were getting bumped to higher rates. >> something we're investigating. we don't see these kinds of billing issues often. >> after our inquiry, fg and e

says everyone will get reimbursed for all years. david expecting another $1300. >> thank you. i don't think i would have got it without you. >> if you have a permanent electrical heating system you're entitled to more electricity at lower rate than gas heaters check your bill. look for the segment. make sure it's correct. i posted helpful links on abc7 news.com. main key here is that it's got to be built in. so not like a plug in heater. >> good information. >> thank you. >> coming up next remembering ceasar chaf yoz.

the movie about the life of cesar chavez opened in theaters today. leanne melendez talked to some

of the people closest to him. >> reporter: for some it's a history lesson about how, in the 60s farm workers fought to secure fair living wages leading that struggle was cesar chavez. the actor bears some resemblance to the real chavez. >> we're hungry and frightened. >> it relives the struggles he went through when founding the united farm workers union. few can forget the strikes marchs and the times he fasted. one nearly killed him. dolores was at a school today and spoke to students about never giving

diana remembers how the organization grew. >> so sow seeds for change in this country. it's kind of that worrysome ivy that won't quit. >> neither had seen the movie. the movie opened today in the bay area. . >> i believe it's educational. more people should see it. >> latino culture needs to know what is going on. a lot of young people don't know too much about cesar chavez >> chavez died in 1993 coining the phrase "yes, we can". >> monday is a state holiday and banks and offices and post office will be open. >> i think monday will bring

rain. >> yes. >> we do have rain for monday. but we have rain coming in this weekend as well. right now, some sprinkles up in the north bay. so do count a possibility of sprinkles into morning. continuing into afternoon hours. if going to exhibition game make sure you have an umbrella. temperatures upper 50s to low 60s. accu-weather forecast going dry sunday, we'll see some more rain monday into tuesday. cooler weather, 50s there. we'll bring back nerj possibility of rain. >> thank you. >> there is a lot of

baseball-basketball to talk b but also, raiders news. >> we've known for quite a long time, raiders host a former dela sal star. and why eagles decided to part ways with one of the best players. and a standout chasing and hoping to catch, tiger. sports is coming up next.

yesterday, reported jaguars running back maurice jones drew meeting with oakland raiders a day later a proud member of raider nation. signing a deal for three years and both have injuries in reese yents years. mjd rushed for 853 yards. now, look former cals star released by eagles under strange conditions.

so why let him go, right? he there is suspicion of potential link to gang members in l.a. he posted a rye spons saying he has not and never been part of my gang. with 11 games left playoff picture remains unclear. warrior was a chance to move up and into fifth spot. but so does their opt tonight, memphis. a five day break should help warriors as will expected return of andre. >> just toughing it up. just play through it. like i said, before, trying to

treat it as best as possible. >> he'll play, david lee will not moving on. before tiger woods became tiger woods he honed his game where he won 11 tournaments it's a cardinal record that stands to this day. >> to do what he has done is hard to replicate in any form. >> he knows a teammate of tiger's for two years. almost 20 years later he's coaching. patrick rogers has eight tournament wins meaning the mark is attainable. >> with five events have to go chase that record. >> he ascended to number one playing on two teams on

stanford, hung with the best on the pga tour. and finished tied for 15. with tour experience and massive success he made the decision he willing foro his senior season. >> i think the person you're referring to had a nice sit down with andrew luck this spring. advice gave me nice insight into professional sports. >> this was a decision rogers hoped he'd be able to make when in 6th grade he wrote a paragraph lifting future goals . >> i wanted to be the best player on my high school golf team. do. that here we are. i wanted to be the best player on my college team, then play on pga tour. so far i got two of the three checked off.

it's exciting to pursue the third. >> he's on his way to number nine. cardinals team have a three-stroke lead on st. mary's. >> pretty good. >> i know. >> thank you. >> well, join me on cable channel 13 tesla, hacked. that is at 9:00 >> the idea that has some calling this 14-year-old a genius. >> it last man standing followed by the neighbors. >> finally tonight thoughts about what really matters public trust. california politics being rocked

by a shameful scandal. san francisco state senator leland yee arrested for a long list of charges. his colleagues in sacramento voted today to suspend him from the state senate effective immediately. so very telling is how quickly colleagues have condemned him. fellow democrats have gone out of their way to rebuke him in strongest terms. that suggests one, the case is solid two, he is possibly not very well liked by his fellow lawmakers. politicians who betray people they serve dishonor all of us and damage our democracy. as destructive as the mistrust

is, what matters is that we never being willing to stand for it. let me know what you think. that is our report. i'm dan ashley. >> our coverage continues on abc # news bay area. >> from all of us here, we appreciate your time see you at 9:00 and 11:00.

this is "jeopardy!" introducing today's contestants -- an attorney from los angeles, california... a fertilizer market manager from roanoke, virginia... and our returning champion, an aspiring student from bettendorf, iowa... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thanks, john. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. just a note that whoever wins today will go on the sidelines, if you will, for a little over a week, because next week got the third segment of our tournament of the decades with some of your favorite champions from the 2000s.

amy, good to have you back with us. douglas and julia, welcome aboard. let's go to work. here are the categories for this first round today. next, we want you to name the tv show. we'll give you the tv title pairs. each correct response will begin with a "t," end with a "t," and there will be an "n" somewhere in there. not necessarily in the middle. alex: amy, start. tv title pairs for $200. julia. who are will and grace? yes. tv title pairs for $400. julia again. who are beavis and butthead? that's it. tv title pairs for $600. julia. who are mike and molly?