environment has improved. >> 17-year-old iris wong is a senior at the brand-new school that when it comes to safety, has all the bells and whistles. >> we have all these amazing security here and surveillance cameras, so i feel safe. >> the district sites the 132 cameras, fencing and other security measures installed there and at other schools as steps the district took after the 2009 gang rape of a student that led to national headlines. that led to an investigation about the department of education's office for civil rights which cited evidence of sexual assaults, demands for sexual favors and more all creating a hostile environment. >> the west contra costa unified takes these allegations seriously. >> the district has spent millions of dollar on security systems, the superintendent says

student lessons have been focused on sexual harassment issues. >> we want to let them know we've done training for our teachers and staff and community. >> we've become the model for good behavior and how to take a tragedy and a horrible situation and make sure we learn from it. >> reporter: the district will be under the microscope for years to come, but it says it is already seen progress with fewer expulsions related to sexual harassment issues. channel 2 news. more details now on the richmond high school rape case. 7 men were charged outside of the home coming dance. two of them accepted plea deals and were sentenced to 27 and 32 years respectively. two other men went to trial and were convicted.

they are serving almost 30 years and the three remaining defendants are waiting trial and the victim settled her lawsuit with the west contra costa school district for $4 million. and a former san jose police officer plead guilty to getting photos from a teenage girl. he was working for the sexual assault investigations unit when the crime happened. he's resigned from the force. the deputy district attorney says he's lost his job, his reputation, and will be incarcerated like the criminals he used to investigate. he will be sentenced on february 21st. he faces six months in jail and 500 hours of community service. teenager accused of setting a young man on fire is now being charged with a hate crime. ktvu's john sasaki spoke with the mother. >> reporter: today was the first court appearance for the suspect

and his family's admitting he committed the crime basically. 16-year-old richard thomas a is facing felony charges of aggravated mayhem and great bodily injury for allegedly setting fire to another teenager on a bus. both charges carry hate crime enhancements. >> he didn't know it was going to be that bad. he's a very good kid. he was with his friends joking around. >> reporter: today outside the oakland courtroom where his arraignment was continued, his family defended him. his mother who identified herself as ms. jackson and spoke off camera told me that she's very sorry for my son's actions. did i not raise my son that way. as for the hate crime allegations jackson said no way. we have transgender first cousins in the family. >> thomas's arresting officer wrote thomas stated that he did it because he's homophobic. the victim in this case

identifies as neither male nor female. . >> there's certainly a lot of out pouring of support for sasha. >> she's a senior where crowley is the school director. two years ago just came out as gender queer to my parents. i don't identify as male or female. >> fun to talk to, a wonderful member of our community. >> reporter: we tried to repeatedly to reach the family but have been unsuccessful. thomas has no bail and will be back in court on tuesday. live in oakland, channel 2 news. a mother from sunnyvale is reportedly on her way on arizona to reunite with her newborn son found with his father. mexican authorities arrested the father, 22-year-old gular after discovering there was a warrant out for his arrest.

they have since transferred him into u.s. custody. the amber alert was issued on tuesday when he took his 2-year-old baby named henry to run some errands and refused the bring the baby back. 2 investigates the criminal activity popping up on san jose streets even as the department is shoveling resources so it can keep fighting crime. we've been talking about the changes. robert handa heard more today. drugs and prosecution are never investigated. we are in an area of san jose plagued with prosecution and cuts in police say it's worse than what the public hears. >> the san jose police department said due to benefit cuts and people leaving it has gone from 1,400 officers to about 900 now so it has to

spread out jobs handled by special units. officers say actually crime such as narcotics, vice, burglary and ought shgs auto theft are ignored. >> and the burglar unit has been whittled so far even with surveillance video of suspects such as this one it can't make arrests. officers say sky rocketing auto thefts, 6,200 so far this year, is handled by one officer who doesn't investigate, only processes victim reports. cops from the now disbanded vice squad say there is a rise in prostitution, something people see. >> now it's more prevalent even in the daytime. i mean it's getting bad with the cut backs and everything. i mean, it doesn't make sense. >> do you see much police action down here? >> i don't even patrols. >> i would like for them to be removed from the area and we tried to clean up the area and have a nice neighborhood, but we

cannot do it without the police. >> some officers say it's ironic to see recruiting commercials showing drug busts, san jose's been known as a place to do business. >> were you abandon those type of investigations when you don't have undercover officers infiltrating those fet dwroshgs those networks. >> reporter: police officials admit it's a patchwork system and want to restore those units but it will take at least 200 officers before that can happen. live in san jose, robert hand a ktvu channel 2 news. and we'd like to hear from you if there's a story you'd like us to investigate, e-mail us your idea at 2 investigates at ktvu.com. concord police are planning saturate city streets tomorrow night looking for drunk drivers. it begins friday night at 9:00 with high frequencies of dui collisions and arrests. the department is using money

from a state grant to fund the crack down. they plan to conduct such acts through the winder. and the use of pepper operation against mentally ill inmates includes videos showing pepper spray on screaming inmates who refuse to leave their cell. it violates the inmates civil rights. the defense says there was no evidence to suggest there was a system wide problem with correctional officers using pepper spray. and continuing coverage now on the new bay bridge. the project to repair those faulty bolts on the new eastern span is taking longer than expected. cal trans says the saddles are not going to be available until january 8th. they were supposed to be in place by december 10th. earlier this year, the labor day

opening was almost delayed, as well. and california's department of veteran affairs to help get vets back to work, the two agencies signed a deal to give a percentage of high speed rail contracts to small businesses owned by disabled veterans. >> those who have committed early on to a mission that's much greater than themselves are important for our project. >> today's announcement comes a week after a statement audit showed the employment development department is not doing enough to find work for veterans. and twitter's ipo received a warm welcome on wall street today, also chance of protest on market street. affordable housing supporters okayed like they were dead and surrounded coffins. they say high-tech giants such as twitter are pushing up home costs and can no longer afford the rent the stock closed the

day at $44.90. >> and city leaders helped welcome a new high-tech company to oakland. mayor jean quan cut the ceremonial ribbon. the companies there were self reasons to relocate to oakland, specifically its central location and its proximity to bart. >> that's sort of the theme of why are we in oakland. you want to be somewhere where you feel appreciated and you can do good things. >> the new building in downtown oakland doubles its frint footprint. coming up next a grandmother feeling terrorized inside her own home. every window was broke expect for this one.

>> what she says has triggered a barrage of frightening attacks. >> and the drop in temperatures in store for your neighborhood. >> a magnet for crime, the controversial cafe the city is planning cutdown. [son]hi! [mom screams]

new at 6:00, she says the situation is so bad, it is forcing her to move. a grandmother in antioch says she's being harassed and fears for her life. neighbors say that we talked with, say she's not the only victim. ktvu's mike mabach explain why police are doing anything about this, even though they're a block away. >> just inside this front door, a tearful jacquelyn powell who

lives with her 17-year-old grandson. >> i'm responsible for him and i don't want him hurt. >> they've been terrorizing us. >> she says it's for her congestive heart failure, and the move she and her grandson hope to make. it goes to my bedroom. her windows are being smashed with bottles one at a time for the last two months, and the 64-year-old says she just can't take it anymore. we went to a motel not last night but the night before to get -- just to get a peaceful night of rest. couldn't take my oxygen or nothing with me. they just finally broke the window out of my car the other day. >> and stephanie harvey is her neighbor and says she, too has been a target. she showed us her security video. with harvey and powell say other neighbors are to blame. >> the more that goes on and the more it allows to happen, the worse it gets. >> powell says it has.

>> outside in the front they came in and wrote die, old [ bleep ]. >> tonight, all these asking for. >> is just peace. >> and the antioch police headquarters. she says she's filed a number of police reports and officers tell her there's not really much they can do. they say there's no proof. a spokesperson for the department has not yet returned our call. there was a contentious meeting over bart safety at the forefront of the discussion, the deaths of shepherd and daniels. both killed while inspecting tracks in walnut creek during the strike. today one bart union called for crime fal charges. union -- criminal charges. they say it's obsessed with on time performance and cost cutting while managers insist safety is a priority. >> not taking the safety in account and trying to make the worker or the passenger the

person at fault. >> all open safety notices are reviewed and tracked until they're completed and closed. >> we have a safety culture, yes, we do. >> at one point, committee member said he was disappointed in bart for failing to provide records. >> and in the san carlos pipeline investigation, ceo is called for the internal investigation to see if there was flawed or dishonest record keep nothing handling disclosures -- keeping handling of disclosure records. the probe stems from questions raised by a pg&e engineer when she was questioning the safety of the san carlos pipeline. they're facing a $17 million fine in that case. and at the leafy along the sacramento -- levey along the sacramento -- a team from the water department of resources

and the california conservation core teamed up to build a muscle wall protecting the levy if the water ever gets too high. >> it's a technique we can use to very quickly raise the height of a levy in case we don't have time for a normal construction or normal sandbag walls we can install this very quickly. >> the state's aging levy system was held for funding for repairs. experts say there are still underlying structure problems for levies around the state. the last time a flood hit the region was back in 2006. scientists say because of the way the rivers come together it's one of the most flood prone regions in the nation. a major specific storm such as

dubbed the pineapple express could happen if they merge. and about the same as yesterday, some places were just slightly warmer. 76 in antioch. beautiful sunset this evening. we've showed you that at 5:00. clouds out there now gradually clearing. of course the clouds give you that you really great sunset and lower atmosphere. temperatures are dropping pretty quick. overnight lows well be on the cool side. you'll get your upper 30s, low 40s. winds are light and we're seeing a little bit of an on shore wind. a little cooler tomorrow and that means coastal fog will show up tomorrow morning along the great highway in san francisco. we haven't seen that in a while. so visibility, it won't be a visibility as much as it's going to be a cooling down much, especially out in the outer sunset in richmond. >> overnight, 48 in antioch, 46 in livermore as the kids head

off to school. jacket this is time of year. the ridge of high pressure, the jet stream keeping it up there, weakening very slightly and it just pushes the jet stream slightly closer and that makes it cooler. in that nudge just the fog back along the coast. that's sort of just pushes up that cooler moisture marine air and piles it up against the head land says and you get a coastal fog and we'll see that tomorrow morning. it should burn off tomorrow afternoon. you'll get daytime highs 70 in napa, 73 in fairfield and vacaville. plenty of sunshine tomorrow. a few clouds but less than this morning. just a really nice day. we've been talking about this opportunity for rain. even last week we were pointing to sunday night and monday. clouds increase. sunday, monday, and then monday, tuesday, in here, a chance for showers. the models are going back and forth on how much rain or even

if it will rain. so it's pretty far out there. we know these days are pretty much dry. we'll be watching it for you. tonight at 10:00, the late computer model update. dry forecast, partly sunny and kind of a nice one. the warmest day will be sunday. theirs that five-day forecast -- there's that five-day forecast. i feel like a cheerleader rooting on the rain. we've had a couple dry winters. this is a really important season for rainfall. san francisco city attorney is suing an internet cafe that he claims is really an illegal gambling operation. the civil complaints says net stop has computerized slot machines that violate state and local law and also claims that

they draw more criminal activity and creating a neighborhood nuisance. the lawsuit is asking the court to declare net stop to be a public nuisance and shut it down for one year. wells fargo paid $335 million to settle a lawsuit over risky mortgage back securities. the san francisco bank outlined the payout if a regulatory filing. the money results claims that wells fargo misled fannie mae and others about mortgages. and smith will take the field some sunday, he's face the star quarterback cam newton. and now gasia is in the news room with a look on what's coming up on tv 36. tonight we've been looking into what experts say is a long term increase in the number of vehicle fires. just last week, a car fire forced drivers to abandon their cars. now beef learned some of the choices you make may be putting you at risk. join us for a live report coming

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everyone took a deep breath when curry walked off the court

last night. how's he doing? health is obviously so important and curry has been pretty fragile. watch him clutch his knee in the collision there with rubio. an mri reveals it's a bone bruise on his left ankle. he had two surgeries on his right ankle. he says he's probably going to play tomorrow night against san antonio. warriors are listing him as day-to-day. in just a couple days, the 49ers will be back on the field after the by week. of course everybody building the game against carolina at candle stick heart against cam newton. there, of course the two quarterbacks never face off against each other. they're never on the field at the same time. cam newton talked about the match up, but he's obviously a

whole lot more concerned about the guys he'll be facing on defense. >> as far as me studying him, i leave that to the defense to do that right now. my main focus is trying to contain or worry about patrick willis, novaro, glen. rogers. you know, that's a handful in itself, you know, with aldon being active this week, so my hands are full. >> he's on a pretty much first name basis with the niners defense. and the voting is complete for our high school game of the week up in santa rosa. it's a battle of north bay titans. casa grande will take on cardinal new man. and we'll have all the highlights on the 6:00 and 10:00 newscast. stanford 7, oregon 0. and highlights and interviews

tonight at 10:00 with regard to that game. >> good way for stanford to get on the board first. recalled and expired tires, just how easy it is to buy dangerous tires and we'll tell you one simple step you can take to protect yourself. >> and we're always here for you at ktvu.com on facebook and twitter, as well. thanks for joining us. have a good evening, everyone. >> good night.

cameron: good night, sweet pea. good night, honey. mitchell! there's a stranger in our hot tub! mitchell: who is it?! you do know what "stranger" means, don't you? oh, my g-- oh, my god! how long has he been there? i saw him exactly one second before you. you know everything i know. okay, i'm -- i'm calling 911. i'm getting my bat. [ water splashing ] maybe we're overreacting. yeah, he could have a very good reason for be-- we should at least say hello. it's only polite. okay.