and repair of substandard pipelines. that it adopted new technology to find and fix leaks as quickly as it can respond, underground, on the ground or from the air. that it is upped its training programs to field better technicians and it created the world's most high tech monitoring control system. one person familiar with the case says the company only the company, not individuals will be indicted. more at 6:00 p.m., tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the time line of events began with the explosion and fire in 2010. in 2011 pg&e was blamed for multiple failures, pg&e also unveiled a plan to modernize

their system. 2012 pg&e paid $70 million to the city of san bruno. pg&e also settled most lawsuits against it and a massive $2.5 billion penalty that includes a $300 million fine. our team coverage continues with ktvu channel 2 news paul chambers in san bernardino, she live -- in san bruno, he is live with reaction. >> reporter: it has been rocking the community for three years. if the indictment is true it is a step in the right direction. a look at video. you may respect september 2010 when a -- remember september 2010 when a pipeline failed which caused an explosion. since then people in the area have been spending three years

rebuilding and trying trying to move forward. today some say it could bring closure to the community. >> nothing can bring back the lives that were lost. the -- the -- the ruin that occurred. if pg&e is -- is -- if the u.s. attorney determines criminal negligence, criminal charges should be miled. >> the mayor gave us a statement and says the commotion of the prosecution will hopefully bring closure and hold pg&e accountable and responsible for the devastating tragedy created by the negligent of pg&e. at 6:00 p.m. we will head to the community that was effected by the explosion, talk to people there and bring back their reaction at 6:00 p.m. live in san bruno, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> our coverage continues online as well. go a www.ktvu.com. we put up a special san bruno

section. a new sign that california state senator leland yee career could be over. he is bowing out of the race for sec of state. and now there are -- secretary of state and now there are more calls for him to resign. we have team coverage beginning with ktvu's eric rasmussen. >> reporter: california state senator leland yee made the announcement through his attorney around noon. she withdrawing from the race -- he is withdrawing from the race from sec of -- secretary of state. >> california state senator leland yee quickly exited without a word a night before his attorney faced cameras again today. >> within the last 20 minutes we have relayed a written request to the secretary of state. the letter signed by leland yee

one line. i here by withdrawal high candidacy effective immediately. prosecutors say they solicited donations from under cover fbi agents. leland yee faces 20 years in prison if convicted. his attorney says the decision was a personal one. >> we have conveyed the decision regarding the secretary of state election. any other issues will come in due time. >> reporter: at leland leland yee's office the door was locked. the day's newspaper still sitting outside. do you think he should resign from the senate? >> i think it would be a good idea. >> reporter: he says he voted for leland yee but buries the -- worries the senator will be a lame duck the rest of his

term. >> at least. at least a lame duck if not finished all together. >> reporter: he introduced a resolution calling for leland yee's suspension and there could be a vote tomorrow. we are also sorting out the other major players arrested in the case, including some on their way back to the bay area. eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. ktvu's john sasaki joins us live from san francisco with the reaction being felt across the bay area. john? >> reporter: leland yee's office is here in the state building but across the state in the courthouse he will be spending a lot of time. charges that have shaken the city. >> reporter: he was mopped by the media asking about leland yee. >> every once in a while

something goes crazy. there is no understanding this. no rational. it is just not a sane situation. >> leland yee's charges of corruption and gun trafficking hit him hard because of his history with leland yee on the board of supervisors and then in the legislator. >> what is your personal reaction in this situation? >> i am disappointed. i am frosterated and ang -- frustrated and angry. >> reporter: he alluded to a situation in which he was threatened by raymond chow. >> i have had some run ins that were not pleasant and the news yesterday was not surprising. >> reporter: he says leland yee was a hypocritical gun control advocate. >> he was creating the market

for the illegitimate ones. >> reporter: in downtown san francisco voters including one of leland yee's constituents. >> i can't say i was shocked. i was disappointed and sad. >> anytime you hear something like this you will be shocked and surprised. i hope it doesn't effect the citizens. >> the politicians said this is not indicative of a larger problem in politics. the voters said they hope not. live, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details now, any moment now the secretary of state's office will release the list of candidates and despite leland yee's withdrawal from the race his name will appear on the list. tomorrow is the deadline set for leland yee to resign from the state senate or fellow senators will be forced to suspend leland yee.

on monday he will be back in federal court. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com where we have a special section set up. you can find stories and read the 137 page complaint and follow us on twitter and facebook for updates. new develops involving the mudslide in washington state. two satellite images shows the extent of the slide. this picture was taken one day after the slide. you see that here. the area is a rural region. 55 miles northeast of seattle. the death toll is now at 16. 9 other bodies have been found but they are not included in the official count. >> we are not going to count recovered victims until had medical examiner has done their difficult work. what you will see in the next

48 hours as the medical examiner's office catches up with the work they have to do you will see the numberinize crease. -- numbers increase. >> 90 people are still unaccounted for. that is down from more than 170. searchers say muddy conditions in the area of the slide make it impossible to bring in heavy equipment. the earth is slowing the search efforts. >> you have clay balls the size of ambulances that rolled off the hill and smashed everything that they have come in contact with. as they have come down the hill. there is so much muck and mud and debris. >> searchers say they are exhausted but they are pressing on because the work is so important. one dog handler said his dog is so tired and frustrated from not finding anyone alive. he is giving the dog a break. we had a large crash. >> her car was smashed in a hit and run, learn about the

bizarre after math. >> light rain today. tracking the path of another strong storm. the timing. >> and after the break -- >> a stunning increase in autism, the same day a graduate returns for a remarkable event. bulldog: look at that!

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1-68 children have some form of autism according to the centers for disease control and prevention. the numbers show a 30% increase from two years ago. ktvu's john fowler went to menlow park today to meet a young man who said it is important to remember the children are more than just numbers. >> reporter: he and his mom

came back to the class. he graduated four years ago and had something to say. >> when you have autism you interpret the world literary because of this we missed out on the spoken information. >> reporter: diagnosed at three. >> now that i am older, because i don't have as much as my language, it might seem like i am more aspergers. >> reporter: autism rates are sky rocketing. double in 10 years. he said he thought about that. >> more people are more aware of it. and more people are diagnosed. >> she says the new numbers suggest something other than just awareness. >> there is probably environmental changes that have shifting because -- it is a steep growth. >> stunning how dramatic the rate increases. >> reporter: she hopes it will

mean increased services. >> every person with autism is different and supports and services that work for one individual are not going to work for another. >> reporter: his old teacher says he learned a lot from this young man. >> he taught me a lot of patience. to not look at everyone the same because we are not all the same. >> reporter: he is graduating with agry in communication -- with a degree in communication. he continues to plan to speak up. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. the transportation security administration wants armed security police officers at airport check points during peak hours according to a report in response to the deadly shooting at lax. the tsa employee was killed in november when a armed man stormed the security check point. the tsa issued a dozen recommendations in the wake of the tragedy.

some of the other recommendations include increased security at ticket counters and mandatory training on how to respond to a shooting. >> god forbid we are in this situation again. >> the tsa can make recommendations but each airport is in charge of developing its own security plan which is then suggest to a- - subject to approval. the head of the tsa will testify tomorrow to review the recommendations. police arrested six baggage handlers at lax accused of stealing thousands of dollars of items. investigators questioned 8 other baggage handlers. the handlers are accused of stealing and selling them on craigslist. police expect to make more arrests. the 62-year-old woman who has been busted three times for

trying to sneak on flights has been arrested again. marilyn hartman was taken into custody yesterday after being spotted in the airport's baggage claim area. although police say she didn't try to board a plane just being at the airport is a violation of the court order for her to stay away. new developments in a story about a slaughterhouse shut down in the bake of a -- wake of a beef recall. regulators have approved plans to reopen under new ownership. they plan to have it running again by next month. the previous owner recalled almost 9 million pounds of beef last month ask currently -- and currently under investigation for skirting inspection rules. bank of america agreed to settle a mortgage security lawsuit. they are one of 18 institutions sued over the sale of mortgage

securities. the lawsuits claim they falsery recommended the loans behind the securities which led to the collapse of the housing bubble. the bank of america deal include cash payments of $6.3 billion. the national weather service confirmed a tornado touchdown down in a roseville neighborhood yesterday. the weather service classified it as a ef-0. this is cell phone video. it had winds of 85 miles per hour and damaged the roofs of a dozen homes. today homeowners were adding up the damage. >> the fire marshal said they will have to pull all of the stucco off and he said with the windows and everything probably between 25 to $30,000. >> tornadoes also touched down in glen and butte counties. our chief meteorologist bill martin talked to us about those after it happened on ktvu. bill, it sounds strange, how

rare is something like that? >> it is -- you know, we get them every spring in the valley. this time of year you see them. we see them a lot. what is happening in the valley you have more people living up there and more people are seeing them. we probably see a couple a year. maybe not verified tornado but lots of funnel clouds. funnel cloud touches the ground and then a tornado. outside weather is unstable. there is the weather system i am tracking. you can see it to the north. sheer the co-- here is the clouds. this system impacts us into your bay area late friday night into saturday. here is the cloud cover outside right now. clouds throughout the bay area. clouds in vacaville, fairfield. showers around lake tahoe. snow flurries. rain showers. most showers ended for now. good news but we will see more showers in the bay area

forecast. partly cloudy skies tonight. temperatures tonight chilly out there. mostly cloudy with north bay showers tomorrow night. there is the current picture. the clouds out there. tomorrow is like today. ballpark tonight, beautiful, 7:15 p.m. giants versus the a's. 56 degrees. chilly. if you have a friend out there, take a jacket. partly cloudy skies. southwest winds light. chilly night at the park. that time of year. as we look at the high pressure center that is heading to the north, it will keep rain showers north of the area as we head into friday. but into friday night and saturday we will see a weather system drop down and that weather system is basically going to set us up with heavy rain, maybe an inch and a half in the coastal hills late saturday night, friday night, saturday morning. 10:00 a.m. winter storm watch could turn into a wanter storm warning.

-- winter storm warning. cute model. -- cute models bring showers -- computer modelsbris showers. clouds, drizzle up here. -- models bring showers. clouds, drizzle up here. the system wants todrop down as -- to drop down as we head into saturday morning. santa rosa, you will notice showers up there. maybe around 5:00, 6:00 but the showers work their way south friday night, saturday morning. there is the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. the next storm look goods. like i say, inch and a half of rain. maybe two inches. mountain a foot of snow. just what we need. exactly what we need. storm number three on monday. more about that when i come back. >> thank you. gearing up for baseball. live in san francisco tonight as the bay bridge series sets

to get underway in two hours. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> some of the bay area cities are topping a list no one wants to be on. >> i get complaints all the time about no parking here. >> the double whammy that makes them the worse places to park in the country. plus -- >> these tiny clams are sliding in the drought. why is that bad for fish and wildlife. >> these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

happening now the oakland a's and san francisco giants are warming up for the first game in the bay bridge series. ktvu's fred inglis is live outside of at&t park in san francisco where the first of three starts in two hours. >> reporter: it is breezy but it is sunny here. fans lining up entering into the at&t park. it is bogged down because this is where they are starting to use the metal detecters and it is slowing the process down a little bit but they expect a sell out tonight anyway after this is just an exhibition game and the giants took the field worse. they worked on defense and offense, of course. both teams come up from arizona with injury issues. and some expectations. a's won 20 more games than san francisco last year and made the playoffs but one fan expects his team it return to the playoff run.

>> we got the chemistry. you see how we are doing it in spring spring training -- spring training. we are taking it. three. coming. three. 5 years. >> we have a lot of dinannic pieces offensively. we -- dynamic pieces offensely. we don't have huge -- offensely. we don't have huge guys but as a whole we work good as a whole. a lot of guys depend on guys to come through. for us it could be anybody any night. >> reporter: both teams will start pitchers who were not on the squad last night. again, this is just the first of three bay area series games. the second one will be here tomorrow, saturday wind up in oakland before the real thing on monday with the a's starting at home and the giants starting back down in arizona once again. as we said, should be a good

night for a ball game. hope to see excitement here at at&t park. fred inglis, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. turns out at&t park has been named the third best park in the country. it is based on the stadium's skullture and the -- sculpture and the 61ing views -- stunning views. coming up here, a hit-and- run crash that had a bizarre ending. >> morgan hill police are conducting a train death investigation. the strange events that led to the death of the driver. >> helping employees do their part, the program that pays their commuters to leave cars at home. >> and on the washington mall, what each flag represents and how they are a real sign of a growing crisis in the military.

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complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. a young woman involved in a hit and run is killed but it wasn't the accident. the woman was killed when the

suv she was driving was struck by a oncoming train in morgan hill. mese say she end -- police say she ended up on thetric track -- on the tracks where she was hit. ktvu's robert handa has more. >> reporter: it was a strange series of events that lead to the crash. it started with a possible hit hit and run and ended with a young woman's death. >> reporter: the wemmage of -- the wreckage of the ford is what is left after a deadly collision with a train last night. she was driving her mother's suv when it was hit by a train just off central avenue. the young woman died at the hospital. >> i have known her for all her life. whole 20 years. it is just tragic to see this. it breaks my heart. >> reporter: police say

unexplained events led to her death. ktvu obtained this surveillance video. it shows her driving away seconds after side swiping the parked car. she headed away from the damaged car but the street is a dead end and she had to turn back. the video shows her speeding, almost hitting another vehicle, forcing it to swerve away as she drives off. >> she was panicked and made a u-turn. >> reporter: she hit another dead end jumped a curve, drove through a channel and got stuck on the tracks with a train coming. >> looks like her wheels were spinning. >> reporter: cal fire says the train operator slowed the train down to 40 miles per hour but it still crushed the suv and pushed it half a mile down the

tracks. >> she knew her name, her age and it decreased from that point on. >> reporter: police investigators are waiting for lab results to see if drugs or alcohol was a factor. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. fire investigators have determined an apartment fire this morning was started accidentally by a man who was smoking smoking and drinking heavily. the fire broke out just after 1:00 a.m. this morning. firefighters say two units were badly burned and the chief says the man in the unit where the fire started was seriously injured. >> has burns on his hands, face and concerned about respiratory burns and he was flown to a burn center. >> we have no update on the man's condition. the red cross is helping to assist the 11 people who were displaced by the fire. damage is estimated to be $100,000. a man has been arrested

accused of stealing two puppies. he was arrested yesterday after a woman reported two puppies were stolen from her home last week. police say the woman found her puppies listed on craigslist. they say she set up a meeting with the suspect and when she confronted him he ran away. police arrested him. investigators recovered both puppies. the dog were unharmed and returned to their owner. it is estimated an average of 22 milliary veterans die every day from suicide. every day. this week veterans all lobby -- are lobbying urging them to do something about the problem. today on the washington mall, jacqueline felt talked to a bay area veteran.

>> reporter: each flag is one veteran, one life, ended by suicide. it was an emotional display for many on the national mall. it was personal for a bay area veteran. >> two veterans this year that took their lives. >> reporter: she severed in iraq as part of the national guard. now she is watching veterans struggle with ptsd. >> we are seeing problems. >> reporter: these flags represent veterans who committed suicides. 1,892 vettians since january 1 -- veterans since january 1. he unveiled legislation that would reform the care veterans receive. it is hard to track suicides because many aren't enrolled in

the va systems. they say the save act offers new hope. >> this will tackle access, a shortage of providers, it is a big shot at getting congress together. >> reporter: it is not about political parties, it is about saving lives. >> we are losing 22 veteran as day to suicide. that needs to stop. >> reporter: jacqueline felt, ktvu channel 2 news. the deadline to enroll for health insurance is days away. officials tell us they have seen a flood of applications in recent days. >> in the first three days of this week over 50,000 californians signed up and got enrolled for coverage. that is almost double that enrolled in the month of october. >> officials stress the deadline has not been extended

for covered california but people who begun the process of signing up will have till april 15 to complete enrollment. for people who don't have coverage it will result in a fine. more californians are planning to sign up in the next 5 days. according to a poll 75% of most uninsured californians say they plan to enrole. 74% of -- 75% of latinos plan to enroll and 75% of younger californians will enroll before the deadline. 6million americans signed up for obama care. that puts the obama administration ahead of projections. they estimated 6 million people would sign up during the six month enrollment period. a well known diet drug

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suchers have new clues as they -- searchers have new clues as they look for the missing malaysia airlines jet liner. officials say the satellite images show 300 objection in the indian ocean. a japanese satellite spotted 10 more pieces of possible debris. crews had to cancel yesterday's search due to rough weather. today's search resumed two hours ago but after a week of searching crews have not recovered a single piece of evidence from the jet liner that was carrying 239 people. it has been a very difficult mission. >> flying 200 nots as slow as we like to go. you get little time to identify objection.

>> investigators haven't found any incriminating evidence against the pilot. one theory is he may have taken the plane oba suicide -- on a suicide mission. a law firm hired by chris cribbing -- governor chris christie released findings that clears him of any involvement in the scandal. it included lane closures and led to grid lock near the george washington bridge. >> governor chris christie had no knowledge before hand of the george washington bridge idea and that he played no role whatsoever in that decision or the implementation of it. >> key figures in the incident refused to cooperate with the investigation which was funded by taxpayers. the democratic national committee called it an expensive sham. concerns of possible

tampering are prompting a recall of ally. the manufacturer says customers reported finding tablets in capsules of varying shapes and colors. the company says it also received complaints some bottles -- complaints that some bottles were missing labels. how the drought is leading to a mini gold rush. but first -- >> family and friends keeping watch over memorial right now for a marine who police say was killed in a hit and run. we will have more on this tribute being planned for the victim. >> helping employees to go green. the new program that pays commuters to leave their cars at home. >> after the break i will talk about the storm number three, how that will impact the bay area weekend. we will see you back here. bulldog: look at that!

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♪ mattress discounters the man accused of hitting and killing a marine was arraigned today. ktvu's cara liu is at the site of a growing memorial to a young man who survived serving in afghanistan. >> reporter: 30 people are here right now to honor him, including his wife, fellow marines and family and friends. relatives tell me he was back from afghanistan for a little more than a month and you can see how many flowers and

candles are here. there is a flag from a veteran. i talked to his father earlier today. he told me he loved his family and took care of them. >> the suspect in the case faced a judge today but did not enter a plea. he is facing murder, voluntary manslaughter and hit and run in a deadly crash tuesday morning. police records show he admitted he had four whiskeys at two local bars in the hours before investigators say he ran a red light and slammed into a motorcycle rider. a memorial continues to grow for the marine. family says it is hard. >> it is dangerous over the. he comes back here.

-- over there. he comes back here, supposed to be safe, one person make as dumb mistake and this happens. >> reporter: dui charges could be added. the family did not have any comment as they left the courthouse. he is due back in court tuesday morning. >> reporter: family and friends are planning a tribute and fundraiser saturday morning. motorcyclers and runners plan -- motorcycle riders and runners plan to make the trek. they plan to put together a facebook page for the event so people could have more information. cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. closing arguments got underway today in a case challenging state law that provides job protection for tenured teachers. attorneys representing 9 students say laws make it all but impossible to fire incompetent teachers in california and they are preventing students from

getting a decent education. an attorney says the laws is needed to protect teachers and doing away with them would leave them vulnerable. a poll indicates californians are doing something to deal with the drought. 92% said they cut back on their water use. 55% said they think it is a problem and that is a record high. 20% say it is somewhat of a problem. 23% not a problem at all. people said the drought led to a mini gold rush. because of the low water levels, they are able to dig in areas that have been under water. many first timers are trying their hands at striking it rich. new snow in the sierra with more on the way. today brought 4 inches to some

areas. this is video from north star, they received six inches over night and ten inches in two days. a winter storm warning expired this morning but there are flurries across the region and more snow is on the way. >> chatterings about heading up to the sierra. let's go to our chief meteorologist and see what he has to say about it. >> more snow. more snow friday into saturday. maybe a foot and a half and two feet and more beyond that in the five-day forecast. here is the system that will impact you friday and early saturday. you see it out there. the main impact is north bay till saturday 3:00 a.m., 4:00 a.m. when the rain moves south. cloudy right now. you see the clouds north of oakland and san francisco. cloudy in vacaville. scattered showers. different than last noith. remember last -- last night. remember last night, tornado warnings, now we have scattered showers out there. tomorrow night they will show

green just to the north of us. as we move forward here you will see temperatures in the forecast that will be about where they were today. 58 in san francisco right now. 62 in san jose. so tomorrow like today. saturday nothing like saturday. saturday is wet. tomorrow, friday showers stay north. late in the day the showers slip south into the santa rosa area. we could see showers in the santa rosa area in the evening hours tomorrow and heavy rain moves toileted friday into saturday morning -- in late friday into saturday morning. saturday morning skies clear out. friday 5:00. that is tomorrow afternoon. here comes -- this is the system we are tracking. here we are friday at 11:00 p.m. see, friday evening getting rain in the north bay and over night, 5:00 a.m. you have rain going through bay area. 5:00 a.m., 6:00 a.m. and clears out. 10:00 a.m.

a break. scattered showers by saturday afternoon. basically the way it looks, the event is before noon an saturday. afternoon on saturday, not half bad. sunday partly cloudy skies and monday another weather system out there. the highs tomorrow, 69 fairfield. 69 brentwood. more sunshine tomorrow. a warmer day. i don't think we will see showers but we will see late in the day the clouds increeding. maybe a few -- increasing. maybe a few -- maybe a few sprinkles. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. setting us up with unsettled weather friday night, saturday. saturday afternoon through sunday look goods. monday storm system number three. three brings rain as well. this is good news. pollen sufferers love it. good for the reservoirs. >> plants love it. we are all happy.

thank you. hundreds learn about the life of cisar chavez. plus getting green for going green. the new incentive to get people to leave their cars at home. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> california state senator leland yee isn't the only name big name caught up in the fbi investigation. at six p.m. in charges against a well known sports figure and his connection to the senator plus -- >> talking is tough. in fact 2-10 worse parking cities in the country are in the bay area. >> these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

president obama was at the vatican today where he met with pope francis and the two men had gifts for each other. the president offered seeds, symbolizing a fresh start. and president obama received a book from the pope. the president said the meeting included discussions on income and conflicted around the world. the vatican said it focused on abortion and copt ruception. celebrating the life of

cisar chavez. students from 11 schools attended the assembly in san jose. it was proceeded by march. this is the 21 year that school district played tribute it cisar chavez. they say it is important for students to understand how cisar chavez improved working conditions for migrant farm workers. >> cisar chavez started the struggle to improve the conditions and thanks to him things are better nowadays. >> cisar chavez's brother and daughters attended the march. the officials holiday isy. 31 -- is march 31. extra money if you use public transic or company vans -- transit or company vans. ktvu's cristina rendon is live in oakland where some workers are taking advantage of it. >> reporter: that's right. here at alta bates medical center the hospital had a

commuter benefit program for years but soon other companies may have to do the same if they have 50 employees or more and it is a win-win situation. >> reporter: james always starts his day walking. >> 15 minute walk to the bus stop. >> reporter: to get on public transportation. he lives in fair field but works in oakland. >> b.a.r.t. station. >> he walks up four flights of stairs to his office. >> good morning. >> reporter: the holiday provides a subsidy to reduce costs for employees. >> huge savings. i don't have to worry about gas, parking, tow. the transportation commission and the bay area air quality management district are larging a program -- launching a

program -- launching a program to offer commuter benefits. one option would allow employees to exclude 130 bucks a month of expenses from taxes. putting more dollars in their pay check. >> this is similar to a fexable spending account. -- flexible spending account. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: depending on your tax bracket it could save you $650 a year in transit costs. in addition to the pre-tax benefits employers could provide their own transit or choose an alternative benefit. >> reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and providing financial saving to the bay area -- savings to the bay area. >> reporter: he seems to benefit from using public transportation. >> the benefits on the environment are really good. >> reporter: this program is a result of a bill signed into

law two years ago and companies that are subject to it have till september 30 to create the program for their employees. for more information go to www.ktvu.com and click on web links. live in oakland, cristina rendon, ktvu channel 2 news. now at 6:00 p.m. following two major stories tonight. pg&e may face federal criminal charges for the san bruno pipeline explosion. the reason pg&e is making the announcement before the u.s. attorney takes action. and california state senator leland yee is bowing out of the race for secretary of state. the fall out he is facing one day after being arrested on corruption, briberary and gun charges -- bribery and gun charges. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> the huge natural gas explosion in san bruno claimed 8 lives and leveled a

neighborhood and tonight pg&e says it could face criminal penalties for failing to prevent that explosion in 2010 from happening. good evening. hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> we have live team coverage tonight. ktvu's paul chambers is in san bruno where residents and leaders are getting the word but we begin with tom vacar and what he learned about the criminal complaint expected to be filed. >> reporter: experts said this would be coming. tonight not officially filed we are seeing the dimensions of the indictment. the indictments for the 2010 san bruno pipeline explosion, the blast killed 8, injured scores more, destroyed 38 homes and damaged more. pg&e ceo issued a statement saying san bruno was a tragic accident that caused a great deal of pain for many people. we are accountable for that and make no