domestic violence classes and 100 hours of community service and he waved his right to an appeal and an apology to the neighbor who called police. >> the district attorney's thanks all the witnesses that were willing to step forward and we wish the victim and her family closure. >> has justice been done? >> i believe it has. >> reporter: legal analysts say prosecutors may have been concerned about getting a jury conviction about eliana lopez's testimony. >> i think the biggest surprise is the district attorney backed off on a plea to domestic violence and accepted a flee to false imprisonment. the sentence is the same. >> reporter: coming up, how the sheriff's wife reacted to the plea deal. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> let's go to rob roth for

reaction on today's developments. >> reporter: san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi may have pleaded guilty but he at city hall the case appears to be far from over. >> reporter: even though san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi did not plead guilty to domestic violence they are pleased with his sentence, especially the counseling, parenting classes and his apology. >> given it has all these attachments, elements attached to the false imprisonment it feels appropriate. >> reporter: but she says mayor ed lee should begin the process of removing him from office. >> the justice system did its job. >> questionable whether or not that is within the category of official misconduct and whether it is the city's interest to proceed. >> reporter: the case would be

decided by the board of supervisors. >> we have to act in a judicial capacity. >> reporter: some may be mounting a recall campaign. perhaps the mayor is leaning in that direction. >> it is a public held office so the voters have choices as well. >> reporter: many wouldn't hesitate tovote him from office. -- to vote him from office. >> i would like to see someone new. >> reporter: some are willing to give him a second chance. >> does his continuing to be a better person to his wife and child. >> reporter: ross mirkarimi said he will not be resigning. reporting live in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >> now that he pleaded guilty here is what is next for san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. he will be sentenced monday and

100 hours of museum service. he will have to take domestic violence and parenting classes. he can't have contact with his wife because of a protective order against him but once he starts attending classes he can petition to have the order lifted. he can not resume carrying his weapon till the order is lifted. go to www.ktvu.com for more on this story, including more video with statements. we got clouds moving in over marin county. weather headed our way. one of the more significant weather events we have seen this year. here are the clouds right now. as the clouds increase we have rain in the forecast for the next 7 days on and off. here is how it model laze out the potential for rainfall over

the next few days. sunday, tuesday through sunday, half foot of rain. rain in the bay area forecast and it will impact your morning and afternoon commutes. we will stay on that. i will be back here and then we will roll it through tomorrow because tomorrow morning's commute a wet one. afternoon commute, a wet one. the city of san bruno announced a marijuana settlement with pg&e. $70million from the deadly gas pipeline explosion in 2010. 346 ken pritchett is here to explain why the money is not intendedtended for the victims but all of the city's residents. . >> reporter: you can see where the pavement is new and where it meets the old pavement. that is where the crater was located. the money is not intended to make repairs for infrastructure, it is intended

to mend the scars on the community. >> reporter: new homes have been built, more construction is underway. but some things haven't changed. the memorial remains for the eight lost when a pg&e gas pipeline exploded. >> a giant hole still exists in the community. >> reporter: burt today san bruno mayor announced a $70 million settlement with pg&e, punitive damages for the explosion. >> we believe it is unprecedented. we as a city have been harmed too. we are victims in this. >> reporter: the city will decide how the money will be spent. pg&e's president said the company will continue to work with the victims and the community as a whole to address

their needs. the city urged pg&e to come to terms with homeowners sueing the utility. jackie spear called today's settlement an act of good faith. >> let me say this for, all the things they have done wrong before the explosion, they have taken full responsibility. >> reporter: as part of the settlement the money, the $70 million will not come from increased rate or from pg&e's insurance, we will tell you how or why the city could be seeing more money soon. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. officialspologized aftera u.s. soldier massacred 16 afghan civilians, including several children. >> this is not who we are. the united states is committed to seeing that those responsibility are held accountable. >> it happened yesterday.

most of the victims were women and children. and the incident raised tensions that are already high after the burning of qur'ans at the military base but the white house says the mission will not be detrailed. >> the strategy is focused on defeating al-qaeda. >> the suspect is a army staff sergeant. this was his first deployment to afghanistan after three tours in iraq. some villagers claim more than one solder took part but nato says he acted alone. the taliban vowed revenge. they are horrified over the shootings here in the bay area. >> time for the afghan people to stand up. how long can we take this war? there is no progress being made. >> coming up, ktvu's janine de

la vega talks with afghan- americans. why some say u.s. forces should leave now. woman may face charges after causing a bomb scare on board a flight. the fbi says a woman called authorities to say a passenger might pose a bomb threat. a female passenger was questioned. the plane was searched and all passengers were checked. nothing ended up being found. autopsy to determine what killed a inmate waiting on an appeal. he was 68 years old. he died sunday while watching tv. there is no indication of overdose or foul play. he was convicted in 1989 in connection with a murder. his appeal has been pending for almost 4 years.

police told ktvu they have no new information on the shooting of a 13-year-old girl this morning. she was hit in the arm and expected to be okay. police found her 2:30 this morning. police say she wasn't shot at that location and now investigators are trying to figure out where the shooting happened. they have not made embarrasses. unions are calling for transparency in the redevelopment project in san francisco. the city redevelopment agency was dissolved last month. workers are represented by service employees international union they are not sure if they will lose their jobs because of the transition and claim major projects could suffer by

tarring oversight to new comers. they presented their case today. >> not fair that we care more about the physical plans than about the future of the workers that put in decades to the city. >> the workers say the project includes the terminal, the ship yard and mission bay development. today the republican presidential hopefuls did campaigning in two southern states. rick santorum spoke in mississippi. he said energy is the most important issue of the race and he promises to campaign against president obama's failed energy policies. >> we have to have somebody who stood tall when it was tough, can draw the contrasts necessary, open up alaska, off

shore federal lands. >> rick santorum visited with people in a restaurant. voters head to the polls in mississippi and alabama tomorrow. newt gingrich spoke at that summit and plasted president obama's policies -- blasted president obama's policy. >> he believes in expensive energy, get away from fossil fuels, but he is faced with americans who drive trucks and cars. >> he pushed for construction of a pipeline. he said that would boost america's oil production and create jobs. >> one candidate celebrated his birthday in alabama today, the milestone mitt romney is marking later. the average price of gas has gone up a penny in the past 24 hours. according to aaa. puts the price today at $3.80 a

gallon. that is 4 sents higher than a -- cents higher than a week ago. in the bay area, san francisco $4.41. oakland and san jose $4.34. today a long awaited deal to bring bart to san jose was cause to celebrate. >> this is a celebration. >> federal, state and local officials marked the arrival of $900 million in federal funding to extend bart to san jose. ground breaking takes place in a month and should be finished by 2016. coming up, ktvu's robert handa will have a live report on how it will progress and what is next. actions by berkeley police officers have them talking about outrage. and look at this. commute chaos after a train

slammed into a truck today in the south bay.

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. a collision involving a dump truck and a suv caused a traffic back up. it happened around 1:00 on interstate 680, where it splits. both vehicles flipped over. there were only minor injuries. it took an hour to clear up the roadway and reopen all lanes. amtrak is investigating a crash involving a train and a truck stuck on the tracks. happened at palm avenue and monterey. amtrak shares the tracks with caltrain. it disrupted service this afternoon. officials say the suv was pulling a trailer when it got stuck on the tracks because of the weight of the trailer. the train hit the truck while

traveling 70 miles per hour. the suv was launched 200 feet. the driver was rushed to the hospital. no word on the condition of the person . in berkeley the controversy over the police chief. ktvu's paul chambers tells us, the is one group that is outraged and embarrassed. >> reporter: i can tell you i have been trying to contact all the players involved, they are in meetings. look at this. you can see how he feels about the chief, he says it is time for him to go. >> reporter: he is upset by the action of berkeley police chief. he is a member of occupy berkeley and says he was arrested last year. >> he gone after people's right to free speech, to assembly and

now the press itself. he needs to quit. >> reporter: last week the chief says emotions ran high about the death of a resident last month. friday morning, he sent the chargent to a home of a reporter. >> the police association, the members are outraged, embarrassed by the actions. >> it is not standard practice. so it would be interesting to find out more. the chief apologized for his actions. saying it won't happen again. some feel the damage is already there and hard to repair. >> we want this to effect the trust the community has in our officers. >> reporter: we have not heard back from any official about what, if anything, will happen to the police.

the police association will continue meeting with city counsel on the issue. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the actions have been a hot topic on facebook. kevin writes in, would it be okay to sand an armed questioner to the chief's house to ask about his decisions? jim said, everyone makes mistakes. he was trying to ensure the story was told right. go to ktvu facebook page to weigh in. marine missing for over a week. his car was found. 10 days ago joseph mchenry said he was going to go camping. the coast guard and park service-conducted a search of the water, beaches and cliffs but haven't found him.

one of four fisherman who died when their boat capsizeicide still missing. -- capsized is still missing. the southern california men were on board a fishing boat when it overturned. a 2.3 earthquake hit near the same east bay location as two last week. this morning's quake was near the golf and country club in the hills at 7:55 this morning. no word if it was an aftershock. earthquakes measuring 3.5 and 4.0 struck last monday. to the bay area weather, big changes coming according to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> big changes. return to winter. we got used to the summerlike weather. we head into a pattern that will be as wet as any pattern

we have had. rain in northern california. north it has been wet into seattle. here is the rain line right now. this drops south and we get into the rain mix tomorrow. so as early as tomorrow morning, you will have showers showing up. and the showers will raise heck with your commute and afternoon commute. rain all day on tuesday. these guys are lined up out there, kind of coming together. the timing will change, especially wednesday, thursday and friday and saturday. tomorrow, the timing is solid. overnight lows in the 40s. 47 in concord. showers in the north bay after midnight. and light showers into the area. first storm isn't huge but half

inch of rain. that is significant. we will see wind as well. in the pacific, it is all coming together. a lot of cold air, tropical moisture. they sync up and develop. the first one that developed is up front here. that is the one we are tracking. as it moves in, we will see the winds increase and another one on wednesday and thursday. if we look at the model, we will time it out for tomorrow morning. here we are, tonight at midnight. showers stay north. this model is keeping it north. here we go, tuesday morning, 5:00 a.m. rain in the north bay. they will track the morning commute on tuesday. check out 9:00 a.m. hitting on the morning commute. little bit of wind. then tuesday afternoon.

right? look how slow it is moving. whether they move slow it could deposit more rain than anticipated. 6:00, afternoon commute, wet showers as well and 10:00. that is your day tomorrow. there is more. when i come back, we will track those, look at temperatures and the five-day forecast with your weekend in view. >> thank you. the new interest in the oakland a's, the buyers and why they are trying to buy the team. what they have planned for the a's. >> and the electric car revolution. what it is and where it is happening. sweetheart. we need to talk.

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two lawmakers said san francisco is the leader of the electric car revolution. . >> i am on my fourth hybrid right now and i have been waiting to get one to save money on gas. >> she helped show case san francisco's vehicle charging stay. they announced san francisco has 49 charging stations. >> i do believe that to the extend we must use vehicles, some of us have to get around, that we would do so in the most environmentally supportive way. >> mayor ed lee still embracing

transit first policy but the electric cars are the cars of the future. the city with the most stations in california. regulators are looking into a accelerator problem of the ford taurus. the national transportation safety board is investigating complaints the gas pedals in 2005 and 6 tauruses could become jammed open. some said they had to shut off the een to stop the car. no crashes have been reported and no recall has been ordered. march madness is here. that was reaction from the gaels when they found out they were one of the 68 teams selected to play in the ncaa tournament. the gaels are number 7 seed. they face 10 seed purdue on

friday. if last year is any indication, 2.5 million workers will spend thursday and friday monitoring brackets, pools and watching broadcast. all that march madness cost $107 million in diminished productivity. a ground breaking for the bart to san jose first link will take place here but today it was time to celebrate because now they can pay for it. >> a former ktvu reporter may be change her plans to travel to afghanistan. how it is having an impact here in the bay area.

. complete bay area news coverage continues, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. they were popping champagne today as the long awaited bart to san jose extension is a reality. the check is no longer in the mail. it arrived. leaders signed a deal bringing millions to the bart to san jose project. the money funds the first 10 miles from fremont to north san jose. ktvu's robert handa is in north san jose where ground break is not far off. >> reporter: we are along railroad traction where in less than a month construction will begin. but today was the time to celebrate. >> impressive. >> reporter: a party decades in the making. officials celebrated the $900 million from the federal

government that funds the 10 miles from fremont to north san jose. >> that is the silicon valley way. >> reporter: speakers corrected public officials and gave special thanks to behind the scenes workers. >> we did a lot of work, talking to voters, phone calls. all that stuff. >> reporter: not forgotson the next link -- for gotten is the next link. >> include in the $150 million. that is the target we have to go after next year. >> reporter: officials they the immediate benefit, jobs. 7400 permanent jobs and expansion. >> the kind of investment makes it possible to build and grow

an economy. >> reporter: finally it was time to make it a done deal. >> exciting to see this happen and the federal dollars starting to flow. wonderful to ride the first train to san jose. >> reporter: how soon for the first ride? the leadership group hopes to have it done by 20s 16. robert -- 2016. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. the american public transportation association says use of transportation rose 2.3% last year. the surge coincide with higher gas prices and more people returning to work. and claims no smartphone apps make it easier for people to ride. they are set to vote on a funding plan tomorrow. afghans americans are calling the massacre of the women and children in afghanistan horrific and made worse by the fact it was done

by a u.s. soldier. ktvu's janine de la vega tells us how this is effecting people here. >> reporter: for an a prayer service began here at this mosque for people in afghanistan. a former ktvu reporter was audible to travel to the country but now rethinking her plans. >> reporter: she was a few days away from traveling to afghanistan to help train professors there, but that is on hold now after a soldier went on a killing spree. >> we are going to wait and see before canceling the trip that we planned. >> reporter: after a decade of u.s. troops in afghanistan, the septment has been building. >> heels of the qur'an burning incident. it is injury and insult over

and over again. >> reporter: the director of care is concerned the taliban could use the incident to recruit extremists. a large population of afghan americans live in fremont and thinks forces should leave. >> time for the afghan people to stand up. how long can we take this war? there is no progress. >> reporter: he forged many friendship with the people she teaches. >> they realize our hearts are in the right place so our work will continue. but it is going to be a really hard sell to overcome the bad american image. >> reporter: while prayer is going on here, there will be two vigils tonight, one in oakland and one otuniversity of california at berkeley at 7:00 to -- one at university of

california at berkeley at 7:00. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. mitt romney celebrated his birthday today on the trail. he picked up an endorsement from jeff foxworthy. he says it doesn't bother him that mitt romney is a yankee. the two barn stormed through alabama and mississippi. >> i think washington is a mess. i think three years ago we sents to washington a message and it is time to send a president to washington to fix this country. >> a policy poll shows mitt romney is in a tie with newt gingrich in mississippi and alabama. both states hold their primaries tomorrow. >> mitt romney is still leading by 5 percentage points.

mitt romney has support from 34% of u.s. republican voters. rick santorum 29%. newt gingrich 14%. ron paul 11%. homeowners in california are objecting to a $150 fire protection fee. governor jerry brown prosed the fee in part because of the increasing number of people moving to wild land areas. it is expected to produce $85 million to help support fire prevention services. critics argue rural homeowners are being penalized. the occupy protesters back. the reason they picked up signs again in san francisco today and who is interested in buying the oakland a's. vegetables at their peak.

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two groups are interested in buying the a's and keeping the team in oakland. one of the groups is headed by financial service executive in los angeles and the other by a executive, neither wanted to be named. a's owner talked about moving the team to the south bay and says the a's are not for sale. members of the occupy movement demonstrated today in san francisco to protest foreclosures.

they are fed up with the theft of people's homes. they are asking recorders across the state to conduct independent oughts of foreclosures over the past 5 years. >> for thus this is a crime scene and there has been an attack on our communities. we have tremendous pain and suffering because people -- >> similar protests were held across the state. netflix announced its release of netflix just for kids on play station three. it is designed designed for children. netflix says it is adding because they have watched $1 million just for kids programming. telling children is difficult could raise their

level of success. when children are afraid of failure the learning process is disrupted and when they are told failure is a normal part of learning they push ahead with confident. circle scission may reduce the risk of prostate cancer. they saw a 15% decreased risk. doctors say it helps reduce infections. for many the suffering of animals is too high a price for the safety of cause metsics -- cosmetics. tracking rain in northern california and it is headed our way. i will let you know exactly when it gets here.

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the obama administration issued rules for state run insurance exchanges. the law requires states to have exchanges up and running by 2014. many states are waiting for the outcome of the supreme court. people who support animal rights say testing for cosmetics is cruel and tortures the animals. ktvu's john fowler tells us a big step was taken today.

john? >> reporter: i am on market street in san francisco and the cosmetics industry is a world wide industry and the concern for animals is also global. >> reporter: people tell us it is appalling and many say they only buy cosmetics that are not tested on animals. >> cruelty to animals for something that is a superficial thing. >> i don't think they should be tested on animals. >> reporter: big news today that national meeting of toxicologist in san francisco. >> we stopped animal testing. >> reporter: lorial announcing it is giving the epa $1.2 million to test 20 ingredients with their robot forecaster. it can replace animals.

but europe next year banned sales of animal tested products while requiring testing of new ingredients. >> the problem is the only possibility is to do it on animal models. >> the reason they are doing it is because the european union is requiring it. >> reporter: the machine can discover if a chemical causes health problems. >> they are a bilogical tests that allows us to see how it interacts with human cells. >> reporter: results are expected in a few months. congress is bogged down now on chemical safety so today may point to a scientific solution to that political problem. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. the largest senior community will be the site of a huge protest this week.

3,000 people signed puditions against building a new event center. it would create traffic and parking problems and strip the club house of its lawn and trees. it begins at 10:30 on wednesday morning. a peru pub is about to move. the lease on the brewery is up next month and an agreement couldn't be reached so they will be finding a new home. authorities in hawaii recovered the body of a hawker who was swepted into had ocean over the weekend. sansan sheng was trying trying to cross a stream when she was swept away. she was traveling alone. the coast guard and police search for her but it was a tour boat that spotted her body

yesterday. a couple days to catch one of the best shows of the year. venus is jupiter will be 3 degrees apart in the western sky tonight and tomorrow night. twilight is the best time to see them. they will separate as the week goes on and appear together in the eastern sky in the morning in july. an attempt to control weeds may have consequences for an endangered butterfly. the times report as study by washington state university found fewer larva are surviving because of exposure to chemicals. officials are looking for alternative urb sides. a lot to talk about when it comes to the weather. over to our chief meteorologist. we are getting rain? >> yeah. a series of storms all week.

wet week coming your way. roads will be wet for the commutes through the weekend. wet pattern. here is the rain. line is here. heading south. very slowly. as it moves in to the area, rainfall picks up. accumulations 3-6 inches. that is not a ton of rain when you are going through sunday. 6 inches of rain over the course of 5 days, it is good but we have seen 6 inches of rain the north bay over night. we got rain coming. looks like moderate rainfall. it will evolve as it gets closer to us. next one coming tomorrow morning is the one we have the best handle on and the timing involves wet for the morning commute, wet in the afternoon commute. the systems are organizing right now. tomorrow at 4:00 a.m.

north bay commute. wet. here comes 7:00 a.m., oakland, light showers. morning commute 7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. hanging up there, isn't it? wet roadways, 9:00 a.m. and later in the afternoon, lunchtime, and 5:00 p.m. it is wet and you will find slow going tomorrow morning. 4:30 a.m., morning show, they will be talking about this. any rain on the morning commute slows you down. wednesday morning, showers and more rain wednesday afternoon. forecast highs for tomorrow, upper 50s, 60s. storms are mild weather storms, warmer. snow levels will be up. towards the weekend, snow levels drop. next 3-4 days, snow levels 5,000 feet, something like

that. there is your five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. it has rain stand up out there through the bay area weekend. what we need to get some -- put a dent in how far behind we are. >> this is the most significant rain we have seen. >> yeah. they are lined up in the pacific. as they organize, we could see, you want, real reduction in the rain issues. >> thank you. look at this. a shark feeding frenzy that was caught on camera. the sharks, some more than 7 feet long digging into a school of tuna. this is common but you rarely see them close to shore. red carpet time, the hunger game prepares in just 10 minutes in los angeles. the movie is based on a best

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university of california at berkeley researchers tapping inning to the brains of children to make -- thine brains of children to make computers smarters. a young woman is in washington competing with a group of talented teen scientists and hoping her efforts can help improve the lives of a lot of americans.

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public apology. and the city of san bruno is getting a $70 million settlement from pg&e. why that is just a drop in the bucket. complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. good evening. i am frank somerville. >> i am julie haener. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi public apology came today hours after a plea deal was reached with prosecutors. ktvu's david stevenson joins us live in san francisco where eliana lopez hopes to bring her family back together now. >> reporter: ktvu was first to report on the plea deal which was finalized last night. >> this plea deal allows us to move forward. >> reporter: san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi pleaded guilty today to false imprisonment. >> for the last two months this case has caused my