charges. hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> today's hearing for richard hastings offered new insight in the case. he may have misused his authority when investigators approached him. now ktvu's cristina rendon listened to his past and his role in a police shooting. >> reporter: richard hastings is on the other side of the law, sporting a jail jump suit. richard hastings was with a 15- year-old boy last august trying to get the teen to have sex in a car. it was the 10th time he met the teen on the street corner till police showed up because the boy was out past curfew. >> don't worry, i am a police officer. we are fine. he is trying to get out of the trouble. >> reporter: richard hastings' attorney said the relationship was consensual.

they met through a dating website. she showed up to see richard hastings in court because he received a medal of val or in the -- valor in a shooting death. >> to know the same officer is charged with child molestation and child pornography is just -- just ridiculous. >> judge reduced bail to $100,000. >> i think this is a fair amount. >> reporter: do you think he will get out? >> i hope he will. >> reporter: the district attorney feels he is a threat to the public. children are taught to trust officers and officers shouldn't violate their oath. richard hastings maintains he is not guilty. despite the evidence they found. he will be back in court march

7. cristina rendon, ktvu channel 2 news. b.a.r.t.'s police chief announced policy changes today in the wake of a shooting of a b.a.r.t. police officer. officers who conduct a probation search will need written approval. sergeant tom smith was mistakenly shot by his fellow officer while on a probation search. >> just another layer of supervision by getting the written approval that they are aware of what is going on. >> he says he asked the department -- department of justice to review policies on officers use of force and reporting use of force and use of cameras and procedures used to search people and residents. a funeral for sergeant tom smith is set for wednesday. a viewing is scheduled tomorrow night. the family of a six-year- old girl who was struck by a

car file audiles against the driver -- allays against the driver -- a lawsuit against the driver of uber. the lawsuit cames he was logged on to the uber app and appearing as a uber driver available for service. >> he was on their app, available for people to pick him as a driver when is the essence of uber's business. without them having empty cars uber has no business. >> experts say the lawsuit could be a test case for the gray area of ride share liability. new at 6:00 p.m. police are searching for three masked gunman who pistol whipped employees at a restaurant last night in a busy shopping center. ktvu's claudine wong is live with what happened and how

video could help solve the case. >> reporter: those employees are recovering tonight after they were pistol whipped by the robbers. it happened right behind me here. you can see it is busy now. when this happened most of the stores were closed and the robbers they came in through the back. >> reporter: right now police are reviewing video and say they are not ready to release it yet. but ktvu learned more about what that video shows. sources tell us last night after 10:00 p.m. one of the employees came outside to take out the trash. the restaurant had closed minutes before. sources say the vid joe shows three male suspects -- video shows three male suspects making their way on foot. walking up the street and straight into the backdoor of the restaurant. four employees were pistol whips and they did not fight back and were still hit.

>> lots of sympathy for those people. >> they are nice bunch of folk in there. employees are really nice. >> reporter: once the ronners got the cash they took off. video shows them running across the street and jumping into a waiting tan colored car. that car took off back under that same over pass. people had yet to her about the robbery but they think the restaurant was likely targeted because of its location. >> it is easy to get on the freeway. easy on and off. that is what they are looking for. >> reporter: police say the robbers wore dark clothes and sweat shirts to hide their faces. employees told us co-workers are doing better although they are all shaken up.

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco police are looking for a 32-year-old university of san francisco student who may need a mental health evaluation. he was last seen in fresno on january 8 and bear valley on january 13. he was scene wearing dirty clothes and may appear homeless. his family lives in kentucky and they are concerned. he is 6 feet tall with several tattoos. details were released outlining california's strategy for increasing water supplies. the plan includes educating people to make conservation a way of life in california. and recommends increasing self- relicense. expanding water storage and improving ground water monitors. officials spent the day dealing with the drought. ktvu's robert handa is live where the district is trying to

figure out how to make conservation appealing to people who live there. >> reporter: we are at the santa clara valley water district. the agents has a long list of -- agency has a long list here. >> reporter: sometimes you have to spend money to save water. >> they already offers free equipment to help the public conserve water but tomorrow they will hold a meeting on the drought and offer expanded programs including doubling rebeats. >> any conservation measures we get the public to adopted will be ongoing. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> that's correct.

>> they can get rebates. >> reporter: today the board held a special session on the plan to restore the delta which provides half of the south bay's water supply. they have to decide how much they will commit to the project. >> this huge project is costly. but we need water and we can't rely on the ground water forever. >> reporter: some people say conserving more than they do now will be difficult. >> it is hard to cut down on the water because then your plants die and you need water. >> reporter: board members say adding rebates will be a big part of the new program. the meeting is tomorrow here at the headquarters starting at 6:00 p.m. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. the chinese company that provided bolts for the bridge

sent the wrong side. a report says the company sent 250,000 of the wrong bolts. they are remade but the mistake nearly ended in disaster. that company also provided the problem bolts on the new bay bridge. they found hundreds of cracks in the welts. california college students saying text books are hurting their education. they surveyed 2,000 students and it found students spend $1,200 a year on text books. publishers keep coming out with new additions to sell more books. >> students are ready for alternatives, online additions, open source text books they will be free and available to everyone. >> some students don't take certain classes because of the

cost of the books and others take class but don't buy the books. both hurt the quality of the student's education. san jose city counsel will discuss a proposal it will alter the living wage ordinance. businesses are required to pay employees $15.78 an hour. a motion will be heard to exemp businesses that don't have direct service contracts with the city. if approved they will be allowed to pay minimum wage. crews shut down a busy road tareconfigure an intersection. -- to reconfigure an intersection. it was closed today, the north bound lanes will be closed in a few days. this is the area behind the theater. crews plan to add a traffic signal and two stop signs. there is a stop sign but

watch this. these drivers barely tapping the breaks as they roll through. the problem is so bad neighbors are filming drivers one after another. the pressure they hope will apply on city hall. >> a bay area teen possessing a weapon of mass destruction. >> after the break, a time line for this week's rain that shows up in the five-day forecast. see you back here. [uncle]this is hopscotch,okay?

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[uncle]yeah? tonight 2 investigates a problem, speeding drivers blowing through stop signs, putting people at risk and all is caught on camera. the problem is so common neighbors started documenting

the worse of the worse on video, which they shared with ktvu's eric rasmussen. >> reporter: a neighborhood with nice houses, expensive cars and stop signs that seem to be optional. take another look at that black suv. going so fast. this ups driver barely tapped the breaks. he has been recording drivers blowing stop signs. >> i heard her scream and i saw her go flying. >> reporter: december 15 his two-year-old dog was hit and killed. just outside his house. >> she flew through the air and she skidded on the ground. she got hit hard. >> reporter: the driver one of

his neighbors and mayoral candidate. he insists he stopped and wasn't speeding. he wrote an off leash dog ran out in front of my dog. i was driving within the speed limit and the dog was struck by my car. i immediately pulled over. i am sadden by the loss and extended my sympathies to the owner. 2 investigates came back with our own camera and recorded car after car. >> look at that. look at that. at&t through it. >> reporter: it even happened while we were talking to him. >> i can tell you if my son was hit, the liability will be significant. >> reporter: neighbors say they have been pleading with the city to do something for years. more police, speed bumps or other changes to the street like this round about at this

intersection. >> shocking that people ignore a stop sign. >> reporter: she says her office received complaints from neighbors. the city is looking at repanding the road parkings and -- repainting the road markings. engineers will reevaluate this intersection. the key changing driver's attitude. >> we need to set an example. you might get a ticket. >> reporter: neighbors have beening for changes for years -- been asking for changes for years. eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >> if there is a problem in your neighborhood, you think we should look at, e-mail us. and eric will investigate them and start looking into it.

new information that an kwan-year-old college dash 18- year-old college student experimented with explosives before his arrest for possessing a weapon of mass destruction. no one at the family home would talk about the arrest. the student at penn state is still being held on half million dollars bail. ktvu channel 2 news obtained the complaint against him. he told officers he was going to blow up things. police say they discovered he had powered, magnesium and potassium perchlorate. police acknowledged the teen said he did not intend oo blow up anything. he experimented with a flash powder near his california home and plan to go somewhere remote and set it off but too afraid to do so. temperatures today were cooler than they have been.

we had a lot of clouds out there. encouraging sign. we are seeing -- well, seeing them come off the pacific. 63 concord. 67 livermore. 64 san jose. the pattern shifted. you will see it here. a much more progressive pattern. and before -- remember the jet stream was up here. for a long time. now when you look that cloud cover, you can see it moving through northern california. that will deliver more moisture, more storm potential to our door steps. there is showers showing up right now, chico. towards the orville area. that is good news. this is just the beginning. the moisture streams in. we can look forward to rain showing up in the bay area into your bay area wednesday night and thursday -- wednesday night into thursday morning. the forecast for cloud cover, cloudy now.

tomorrow, watch this, around 6:00 a.m. tomorrow we might see a few light scattered showers, concord, antioch, livermore. light stuff. all that moisture off the pacific, it will perhaps moisten up the atmosphere to give us sprinkles. forecast is for the jet stream to drift south, and a cooler pattern and wet pattern. it will stick around. good news. potential to be wet. wednesday morning, showers. wednesday evening. and then over night wednesday into thursday. right there. that is what we are focusing on. snow in the mountains. fingers crossed. we need rain and anything at this point will be good news.

68 danville. valley upper 60s. cooler than -- no. same as today. right? yeah. same as today. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view it will be nice to get rain. roads will be slick. maybe the pattern stays moist next week as well. >> not much but at this point -- [ talking at the same time ] >> thank you. a plan to make condoms available to california inmates. he authored the bill as a way to reduce the spread of hiv and other diseases in prisons. modeled after a pilot program where inmates had access to free conddoms for a year. -- condoms for a year. >> the average cost for patients with high school is more than $25,000 per year. however providing condoms will

cost $1.39 to implement. >> the proposal would make them available in five prisons by 2015 and all 33 by 2020. the bill goes to the senate. familiar faces could wind up with a super bowl ring. sports is next with a couple of former bay area players preparing to take the field on super bowl sunday. >> now a time to check in with gasia mikaelian for what we are working on for bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. >> the only city that helps those without shelter is considering changes, why some on the inside say they believe the plan will not change a thing. join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36.

mark is here now with sports. sounds like maybe more warriors could be going to the all-star game. >> steph curry is an all star, proved that last night but david lee will find out thursday whether or not he makes it as a reserve. he is putting up great numbers. and portland held last night to 88 points. lee best defensive performance

of the season. held aldridge to 10 points on 2- 14 shooting and she battling -- he is battling a shoulder injury. >> part of the nba season is finding a way to be consistent. on the nights you don't have it. that is what i try to do. consistency is one of the most difficult things to have in the league. i try to bring that every night. >> reporter: are you getting shoes like steph curries? >> no. he had -- curry's. >> no. he had the grammy shoes on. >> those were great shoes. wear them every night. why not? mean time, bittersweet to talk about the super bowl but it is on. make no doubt about it. sunday in new york, the weather will be an issue. a shot of met life stadium. clear and cold today and we have a couple of former bay

area products involved. michael robinson, special teams expert with the 9ers, now with the seahawks. touchdown here. and tomorrow will be media day. everybody will be spoken to. even the special teams guys. not used to that attention. >> excited to be here but kind of live nerve-wracking. look at all the people to interview us. nobody interviewed me during the season and now everybody is here. >> i have confidence in our offense and when we are playing well, you know, we look really good. >> zach miller formerly with the raiders, now in seattle. tonight big one for the sharks. they take on the kings. highlights at 10:00 p.m. that is the sporting life for right now. >> thank you. you can watch the super

bowl right here on ktvu, the seattle seahawks and the denver broncos in new jersey, kickoff 3:30 p.m. sunday afternoon. and gasia mikaelian is headed to new jersey to cover all the excitement. super bowl fun. reporting live on wednesday night. follow her on twitter or on facebook. coming up tonight at 10:00 p.m. cars broken in to, the target thieves are after. that story and much more tonight on the 10:00 p.m. news. >> have a great evening everyone. good night. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek.

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