he life of his teenage son christian who went through three hours of surgery for serious head injuries. >> they say hit him in the head a couple times. and he went down as a result, probably unconscious, hit his head severely on the back of his head. here at the bank of america parking lot, next to the westfield valley fair mall. the 17-year-old was hanging at the mall with his friend at about 6:30 when two young men approached them. >> notice the two males following them, all dressed in black. they tried to ask him what gang they were affiliated with. >> his son answered repeat dpliedly he was not in the gang. and then he and his friend walked out to the parking lot. the assail lantds followed. >> and then, for no apparent reason than other than being at the wrong police station atlace at the wrong time. >> the attackers ran back into the mall. his family doesn't want the

names of the school or the hospital to be released for fear his son's attackers will real yat. we can tell you this christian is a junior and an honor's student at a south bay high school. rjs rjs. police caught the five on monday night. police say the neighbor had has tis xxically icallyically battled gang problems. >> not only is he day nighing what happened, he says the

system dealing with this issue is seriously flawed. live in berkley. >> reporter: he koupdn't say much to us; but he did say he didn't think the university was treating him fairly. meantime, the attorney says this is just the tip of the ice burg with more information to soon become public. >> the 21-year-old appeared in court today. he faces charges for two lewd acts. police say it happened here at alpha epsilon pi next month.

>> we were kind of taken back chlts like the country does. >> the film is centered around the infamous florida state rape case involving a star quarterback. >> most cloj e colleges and universities around the country are not dealing with this. the first impulse is to cover it up. the reason they do that is because they're worried about the reputation. >> the fill 78 has resulted in more victims at berkley and more campuses to speak out. >> the university completely botched my case. >> one victim, one accused. tonight, both sides are calling for their school to protect

their rights in bekrley, janet oaks, abc 7 news. >> a man convicted of 14 racially motivated killings in the 1970s has died. a guard found him dead in his cell just before midnight. simon and three other black men were convicted for killing 14 white men and women. 7 others were injured, including the former mayor. the three other are killers, the zebra killers are still serving life sentences. an autopsy will determine how he died. >> pg&e may have to pay more money. the public utilities commission recommended pg abd e pay $1.6 billion, $200 million more than two judges previously remmed back in september. the 2010 blast killed 8 people and destroyed dozens of homes.

if ewe fillty appealed the prooefgs crime. >> pg abd e spokesperson told abc 7 news that they are reviewing the new proposal saying we have respectfully asked that the company take into consideration actions and investments to promote safety. >> a beloved fire house may be closed. the hunting hill fire house serves luanda. now, more of the controversy. laura laura?

hi, sherl. the proposal is to move just over a laugh yet buyer. some of the neighbors we talked with told us it's not about money. it's a fire station that's been nestled in the north arinda hills for more than 50 years. why they don't get a lot of call call. >> and in would increase the contents by 2 minutes. >> in the past, the distribution

of mutual and automatic key fween con fire was about 2-1. they were coming here about twice as much as we were going there. now, over the last couple years, it's become much more even in its distribution. >> north lafayette has been without a fire station for three years. last year he purchased this lot just over the lafayette border with the intent of building a new station. 4e6 that would serve the needs of both communities. the residents near the honey hill station were removing their fire sfszs even a short distance would come at too high of a price. >> i have a son who, in 20004, had a hemorrhage. and the honey hill station responded immediately. >> the study was commissioned to determine how response time would be impacked. a serious of community workshops are also planned for the spring.

in arinda, lori anthony, abc 7 news. >> health officials have found a dead crow with west nile virus in east bay. it is the earliest detection of the virus on record. west nile is mostly harmful to birds, but it is possible for people to contract the disease from mosquitos that are carrying it. >> a peeping tom trying to force a woman into a home went to the police department to explain himself. he knew he had been caught on surveillance video tuesday night. but, during a lengthy interview officers say he admitted to peeping in several other cars. the victim opened heroin doe and reached in. when she screamed, he ran to a sliding glaz door and, again, tried to get into the house. >> santa clara deputies are revealing their jail security after a suspected child molester

escaped. he's still on the loose. carter was classified as a minimum security inmate. and that means only one deputy was guarding him on that out-of-jail trip. crime stoppers just upped the reward for information leading to his capture and arrest. >> allocations of kick backs at the san francisco police department. >> coming up an iteam investigation. how google maps is playing an important role. >> it's desent, it's christian some of these republican governors should be ashamed of themselves. >> goef nor broub e brown goes to the white house. a lot of firsts for this woman. what was so unpres debited about this swearing in for the bay area native. >> today, we're giving away so

in our house, we do just about everything online. and our old internet just wasn't cutting it. so i switched us from u-verse to xfinity. they have the fastest, most reliable internet. which is perfect for me, because i think everything should just work. works? works. works! works? works. works.

the police officer is now you should e under investigation for allegedly taking kick backs and other crimes. >> the reporter is here with the story you will only see on abc 7 news. >> reporter: cheryl and dan, the officer resigned last month when the sooip visors first confronted him. i'm going to show you how investigators found some important evidence. >> ricky rodriguez is a 32-year veteran. most recently, he was on the captain's desk. the criminal investigation against rodriguez covers two issues. first, accusations that he took kickbacks for steering business to a towing company, after calling several times and getting no response, i called up to rodriguez at his home on the peninsula. >> i need to talk to you. >> i can't. >> no?

>> do you have an attorney i could talk to? >> yeah, okay. >> the president of the poa, the police officers association also declined because it's an active, open investigation. at last night's chief meeting, he retired last month after the 5:00 ewe saix of kickbacks first initiated. >> how serious is it to take an issue like that. >> obviously, anything that affects characterer you know i don't think anybody's missed my comments. but there's no place for the san francisco police department and it shouldn't be in any department, for a dishonest cop. >> form federal prosecutor and abc e7 analyst told me from new york rodriguez could face serious prison time if he's charged and found gld. >> the prescribely stay chut is as many as four years in jail in state prison. >> the second part of the case involves those google cars that take pictures for online maps.

they caught an sfpd undercover car at rodriguez's home where it shouldn't have been. rodriguez kept the car for its personal use since it was assigned in october, 2011 and that he parked it at the grocery store so his fellow officers would not find out. >> want we're hearing is that he hid from others that he had the vehicle. what sort of a crime is that? what is that? >> well, it is a form of embezzlement. it's using property that's owned by his employer for personal purposes. >> the undercover car even shows up at rodriguez's house in this google satellite image. >> how does a guy use an undercover car for four years without anybody knowing about it? >> that's a good question that superiors are going to have to annals, as well. >> the chief tells me he's launching an audit to make sure all department vehicles are being used properly. i've asked the city for tow records that may shed more life on this case.

i'll tell you anything interesting when they come in. coming up tonight i'll return with a follow up of a controversial highway guardrail system. it just passed some key government crash tests. but that's not good enough for the critics. i'll explain why coming up at 6. >> thank you so much. >> well we have some strong words now from governor jerry brown against fellow governors. it's a laut feeled by several states. >> they're taking a stand against a very large group of people who tens of millions of americans identify with and sympathize with. and i would say the republican position at best, is troubled and, at worst, un-christian.

>> current apl ceo aumped the boss some of his liver. they shared a rare blood type so the two were compatible. jobs refused, cooks offered in 200 t. a decision he describes as selfless. jobs told cook i'll never let you do that. cooks says jobs only yelled at me four or five times and this is one of them. jobs eventually received a liver transplant and died in 2011. >> the silicon native valley is the first woman and the first person of kror to hold a job. it was an unpres dented move.

lee said she wants the pa tent office to see whether a patent is unique. there are too few women in tech she says no doubt women in tech face many barriers to entry and success. >> let's move onto some other barriers. if it's not going to rain, we might as well enjoy this weather we're having right? it was perfect outside for the walk at the rose garden. some are already blooming. it was just the right temperature or maybe a walk with your best friend. >> and then there's this. >> a close hch up look at the oex. >> people are enjoying this great weather and why not? >>. >> joining us at the accuweather forecast.

>> it's going to feel like summer across the region. we'll show you we have high clouds pushing in through the west. now, we're dealing with that thin layer of cloud cover overhead. 70 in downtown san francisco. currently 72 in mountain view. will create mild conditions many spots for your saturday. but, sunday, will turn cooler and cloudier. we are watching a very slow-moving front. none of this moisture, unfortunately, will reach us.

just some high clouds and creating record warmth tomorrow. we'll call it a mixture of stars and clouds out there. the clouds will give way to a lot of sunshine on your saturday. i'll call it a mainly summer day with summer warmth on the way. >> the same in liver more. great weather for the st. patrick's day parade. a mild start at 66 degrees at 11:00 in the morning. but, by 3:00 and 5:00, lots of sunshine and temperatures in the mid o e 70s. overnight tonight, we'll see partly cloudy to mainly cloudy skies. 65 in san francis cole. 53 in san jose. dropping to 54 in antioch.

taking a tour around the region tomorrow, 84 loscados, 82 the high in sunnyville. 81 in redwood city. 73 along the coast. we're going to feel the warmth, too. 71 daily city. 74 for downtown, san francisco. the same in napa. 77 the high in san rochelle. 80 oakland, 82 in freemonth. 84 in antioch. 85 warm degrees in livermore. accuweather forecast shows you warmth tomorrow but temperatures still boef normal. it's partly cloudy, dry monday and tuesday for st. patrick's cay. we'll see temperatures still well above normal and no sign of any significant rain the next seven days. >> thanks very much. >> all right well, michael finney has your coverage.

that's up next. >> thank you, david. and a love story. and one of courage. new at 6:00, how a bay area neurosurgeon worked to edge female announcer: you're on the right track to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited time you can choose to save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. or choose $300 in free gifts with sleep train's most popular tempur-pedic mattresses. you can even choose 48 months interest-free

financing on the new tempur-choice with head-to-toe customization. the triple choice sale on now at sleep train. ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪

♪ >> st. patrick's day celebration started early in the bay area. abc 7 was there when the largest irish american club on the west coast held its annual lunch. irish dancers kicked off the celebration of the club. the archbishop joined the mayor,

police and fire chiefs at the event. there was no chicken on the menu today. everyone got a traditional irish meal with concerned beef, irish potatoes and cabbage. >> organizers are putting finishing touches on the float for san francis cole st. patty's day parade tomorrow. the 164th annual parade begins at 2nd and markt streets. >> and abc 7 is a proud sponsor of tomorrow's parade. michael finney will host the parade live at noon. you can also catch it on the go with the abc app. >> you can't show up at the parade and not watch.

they're good. believe me. they're worth it. >> now that we've fed you a little bit, we need to send you out. we're going to do that at cobb's economy club. you're going to receive up to four free tickets to see brian pose at the club. brian e brian is a comedian actor. and he shows up quite a bit. he does his sir cut and he shows up on live tv shows, as well. that's at $23.50 value. it will get you out of your house and back. >> that's a great club. >> so how do you get this good stuff?

>> what a great question. let me show you. you dial that number, 1-800 5467-17777. or any time log onto abcnews.com. >> or any time. >> well, just ahead what would it take for you to shave off all of your hair. >> the cau (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at spam.com

[container door opening] ♪ what makes it an suv is what you can get into it.

♪ [container door closing] what makes it an nx is what you can get out of it. ♪ introducing the first-ever lexus nx turbo and hybrid. once you go beyond utility there's no going back. the abc 7 news room. coming up new at 6:00, think your savings account is secure tonight, how someone stole $8,000 from this woman without her noticing. fire claiming everything they owned last month. it's a story you'll see only on abc 7 news. and the public library of the future. today, you'll see how one bay

area building is back by reinventing itself. it's all k078coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> i hate to bring it up but it is friday the 13th. >> oh, yes, it is. those who are superstitious could be having a rational fear of friday the 13th. you break it down it's easy. >> another special day tomorrow. it is pi day, a celebration of the mathematical constant it is 3-14-15, the first five digits of pi. in honor of pi day, admission is free tomorrow.

i'm going to celebrate pi with a piece of pie. apple, rhubarb, whatever. >> some people are going bare for a childhood cancer research. >> it is the eighth annual fundraiser at ucf children's hospital. >> 200 people have signed up to shave their heads today and tomorrow. they've helped to raise a quarter of a million dollars. but it's more than just the money. >> the simple act of shavinge inging helps these young patients. >> they see their parents and their friends and their doctors and nurses shave their heads: they feel such a connectedness to them. you understand. you understand for just a moment. >> some of the wonderful relatives they do every time. >> they say it's the non-government donor of childhood cancer brands around the world. and that is really a gesture of love. >> good for those people. and they look good, you know. >> that's going to do it for us.

for allover us we appreciate your time, we breaking news this friday night. authorities in ferguson coming before cameras. new clues, the widening manhunt after two police officers are ambushed. and the mayor says i'm not going anywhere. and the landslide caught on camera. >> the power lines! >> families racing from their homes. millions bracing for flooding this weekend. and the american automaker and the major settlement. after faulty inignition switches send cars out of control. our abc news investigation. your money. are iraqi forces paid for by americans using the same brutal techniques as isis? the head of the cia tonight with stern reaction after our report. iron man and the littl