leland yee, today we got a look at the indictment targeting leland yee and his 28 co- defendants. ktvu's david stevenson joins us now with the new details on the trial and the judge assigned to the case. >> that judge has a personal tie to the u.s. supreme court and some defendants could be jockeying to cut a deal and avoid trial. >> the trial of california state senator leland yee, former san francisco school board president keith jackson and raymond "shrimp boy" chow is slated to be heard by u.s. district judge who brings his own connections to the court. >> he is from san francisco. he is a local. has a reputation for fair mindedness. >> reporter: they are among 29 defendants in the federal grand jury indictment released today. >> there appeared to be new

defendants in the case. the heart of the allegations is the same. >> i am the man they calls the shot. >> reporter: the investigation targeted raymond chow but soon included keith jackson. >> the key is to have him trust the first under cover agent. once he trusts the agent he introduces him to other people. >> the charges range from bribery to drug and arms dealing and murder for hire. they are free on bond. a bitter disappointment to the district attorney's office. >> every moment they are out and talking is a chance they could make mistakes. they could talk to somebody and that person could get back to the government. >> the defendants are due for a court appearance on tuesday morning. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. campaign reports showed

leland yee used campaign money to the philippines. that is where he tried to import weapons. the reports show leland yee spent $62,000 at a san francisco restaurant. that is the same restaurant the prosecutors say was a venue for many events for a criminal group. the suspension of leland yee and two senators is hurting the democratic party in sacramento. the democrats no longer have a super majority, that is the ability to pass legislation without needing votes from redskins and republicans see an opportunity to -- republican and see republicans see an opportunity. >> brings republicans back in play on issues relating to constitutional amendments, tax increases. those are things that could have been done with one party. >> the senator said the loss may make democrats slow down a bit. he called it a speed bump.

if you have more details on the indictment we have it all on www.ktvu.com, click on hot topics. police officer is behind bars. a story we told you about yesterday. officer matthew switzer made his first court aexperience -- appearance today. he is hidden there. he is charged with burglary, elder abuse and obtaining prescription drugs. his attorney says he has an addiction problem. >> prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing drug problem in the united states. unfortunately it appears officer matthew switzer is another casualty of that trend. >> the judge doubled bail to $480,000. he has done it again. the drug sniffing dog uncovered a stash of illegal drugs and

cash. he works along side agents. he sniffed out 1100 pounds of marijuana, 5 pounds of methamphetamine, with cocaine and heroin. he also led police to $350,000. investigators say the money came from illegal drug sales. we have seen rain today. we want to show you video from 4:30 p.m. this afternoon in oakland. coming down pretty good today. things were rough at times on the roads. here is what it was like driving earlier today. windshield wipers on and people slowing down out there and here was the scene in the south bay earlier today. in san jose near the airport. coming down hard there as well. people trying to hang on to their umbrellas. are we done with the rain? mark tamayo is in the weather center. >> we have a few scattered showers out there. beginning to decrease in coverage and the main event

this morning, and showers pushed into the region this afternoon. you can pick out the totals. the numbers adding up. san francisco, san jose, as far as the time lapse, this was the scene at 4:00 p.m. look at the ran drops. -- rain drops. then the clouds break up a bit and right now we have partly cloudy skies. focus of the showers has been focused in the north bay. sierra picking up snow showers. a closer look at radar. lingering activity. this is the loop over the past one hour in the north bay. this cell beginning to drift to the south. outside of novato, highway 37. not as much coverage on this sector. fremont, pleasanton, scattered showers and the south bay, coverage here. zoom in on this cell closer to

fremont. more development for this part of the bay area. coming up when the rain moves out of town and the weekend you could expect a 10-degree bounce in temperatures. a protest over immigration reform in san francisco stopped traffic and led to arrests today. supporters of immigration reform are calling on president obama to use his authority to stop deportation. protesters blocked a portion of montgomery street this afternoon bringing traffic to a stand still. police made several arrests. they organized the rally today. another rally is planned for tomorrow. it has been rough day for b.a.r.t. and passengers from a mechanical issue dealing with the transbay tube. ktvu's john fowler learned crews left the tube. what is the latest john? >> reporter: right now transbay

trains are running but slower than normal through the tube and they have still not yet fixed the problem. it happened about 9:00 a.m. when electronic train control device failed in the tube. crews could not fix it. some commuters had to change trains, delays stretched over 20 minutes. they t got better through -- it got better through the day. an hour ago b.a.r.t. pulled the crews, running trains on slower manual mode. they will go back in and try fix the equipment later tonight. >> manufacturer that made them no longer makes them. b.a.r.t. is trying to replace the system, it will be hundreds of millions of dollars. >> tells me there is a lot of things messed up with the b.a.r.t. system. it is difficult to deal with. >> the part that failed, you see here, crucial for computer

train control. they failed system wide. a official told me today maintenance is a continuing problem that they really should have been better prepared to deal with the infrastructure. reporting live in oakland, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. happening right now, crowded roads on this friday night. a look. that is because the a's and the warriors are both playing at the same time tonight in oakland. you can see to the right of your screen the parking lot is filling up at the coliseum as fans make their way towards the stadium. video from live storm news chopper 210 minutes ago near the -- 2 10 minutes ago near the coliseum. and it is expected to be a busy weekend in the area all weekend as more events are planned. tomorrow the a's play a day game and a electronic music

concert next door, that begins at 6:00 p.m. and sunday the a's play and the warriors play at 6:00 p.m. if you want avoid traffic you can always take b.a.r.t.  new at 6:00 p.m. illegal, deadly, bath salts that we uncovered with one small change they are still being sold legally in one city. the drug is a new form of bath salts that have dangerous side effects in which some people are using. ktvu's john sasaki reports, one city has been cracking down. >> reporter: who doesn't remember scooby snacks? this so-called popery would upset the creators. >> it has similar effects to pcp. >> new line of bath salts. today we went long with police as he checked out businesses that previously sold the bath

alts openly. they are banned by the federal government and now manufacturers are using loopholes in the mall. >> they change one molecule and that changes the compound. they stay one step ahead. >> it is sold as innocents. -- inscents. police say those are the chemtuals that are outlaw -- chemicals that are outlawed and we weather to smoke stops where bath salts are -- we went to smoke shops where bath salts are sold. nowhere did we find bath salts but he is certain some stores have them hidden away. >> a little more cognizant of the fact we are looking for this stuff. >> reporter: parents need to be

on the look out for these colorful items because it is teens that will buy them. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. captain bush on railroad tracks -- cats on railroad tracks, cats everywhere. one city has a plan to clear out all the cats. but some say it is cruel. >> a big day for the oakland police department, it is graduation day and there are two things that made this class extra special. >> why these play houses are more than just toys. how they are helping the families of soldiers over seas. bulldog: mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money

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investigators say a fire that damaged a building owned by children's hospital is suspicious. the fire started add 2:30 a.m. at the guiling onesh -- building on 52 street. investigators believe it may have been intentionally set because it started on the outside of the building. good news for safety in oakland. there will be more police officers on the streets tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ] >> it was graduation day for 47 new officers today. that is the largest class in oing pd history. -- in oakland history. right now oakland has 612 officers, not counting the new class today. the police chief would like to have 900 officers. signs tonight in a rescue operation off the coast of

medical examiner -- coast of mexico. the coast guard reached a stranded boat and caring for a sick one-year-old girl. the family called for help once the condition didn't improve. they are now caring for the girl till a navy ship arrives to take them back to shore. this morning another crew left to provide back up in case the condition worsens. the plane will help the helicopters refuel. >> due it the distance, getting out to the boat we would not be able to accomplish this without the refueling capability. >> the international guard has a doctor on stand by but paramedics won't leave them till they get safely to shore and to a hospital. the family was headed to new zealand. the city of antioch is

trying to slow down its feral cat population with a new ordinance. it would make feeding cats on public property a misdemeanor. ktvu's cassey oarsmans why -- katy eustis explains why some say it won't work. >> reporter: he describes antioch's feral cats. he works at three star tattoo on second street. >> they back it up. unload. go this way. and they are gone 20 minute and 20 minutes. >> this is one of the feeding locations. you can see the millic and a feeding -- milk and feeding tray. >> trying to ron business -- trying to run a business,ist hard when you have stray cats -- it is hard when you have stray cats.

>> six cats to every person. in an effort to tame them city counsel is considering an ordinance that would prohibit the feeding of cats on public property. >> it is ridiculous. >> reporter: they work with the homeless animal response problem. since january they captured and fixed 100 of the animals. he will continue to feed them even if it passes. >> i am a law abiding citizen but i might have to break a law. i can't leave them to die. >> reporter: he said it falls short of addressing the problem. downtown business owner wants something done. >> it is a big problem. >> reporter: wonders if this idea will work. >> city is so bottlered with other stuffs will they -- bothered with other stuff, will they enforce it? >> reporter: they will vote on it tuesday. katy eustis, ktvu channel 2

news. >> more details on how other cities handles cats. mountain view considered a similar ordinance dut voted -- but voted it down. san francisco uses -- san francisco use as strap, spray and neuter and return. many cities partner to catch the stray cats. >> down pours today across the bay area. stronger than anticipated and we still have rain showers right now on live storm tracker 2. here is the rainfall pattern. this one cell moving to the south, locks like it is approaching richmond. moving the maps to the south. not as much coverage if san francisco, oakland, light showers towards hayward but develop over the past hour,

wood side, palo alto and fremont. more showers here. and pushing to the south. towards the santa cruz mountains, scattered showers and tracking the one cell closer to gilroy. with the clouds, the rain showers and breaks in the clouds we have nice rainbows out there as well. this picture from jim towards the hills. beautiful out there. see all the clouds out there. once you get a few breaks, especially with the rainfall you get nice rainbows. tonight partly cloudy skies partly cloudy skies from the spotty showers. here is our live camera. a breeze and lingering clouds. for this weekend we are expecting a warming trend and dry weather pattern next week. over night lows tomorrow morning, saturday morning, 40s for santa rosa, oakland, san jose, patchy morning fog. skies partly cloudy skies. the over all weather system is

beginning to scoot out of northern california. tonight showers will be ending. high pressure returns this weekend. no rain threat. sunday temperatures a big bounce by sunday, the warmest locations inland in the upper 70s and by mondays thinking lower 80s. here is our forecast model. 8:00, scattered showers. and patchy fog regroups tonight into tomorrow morning. and into the afternoon hours on saturday. increasing sunshine. time of year winds pick up into the afternoon. we could have winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. highs for your saturday will be warmer than today. trending up. san jose 68. gilroy 70. santa cruz 69 degrees. your five-day forecast. there is the big temperature bounce sunday. by monday and tuesday thinking lots of 70s. warmest locations lower 80s. any games this weekend, don't have to worry about rain, just lots of sunshine for saturday and sunday. >> thank you. raising a flag to raise

awareness for people waiting for organ transplants. they gathered today for the ceremony and remembered his sacrifice. the officer was killed in 2012 in a shooting during a traffic stop on highway highway -- highway 680. his organs saved four other people. >> he died giving his life back to the citizens of california. >> 10,000 people in northern california are waiting for organ transplants. >> good thing oo sign up for. -- to sign up for. >> reporter: the biggest first inning every at dodger stadium, how the giants ruined the dodgers opening day. mark ibanez will show us what happened next in sports.

anncr: at jennie-o we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you.

. four play houses have been donated to four military families. bank of america employees volunteers to build them. they assembled the houses this

afternoon and donated them to blue star moms. moms who have family members deployed or are veterans. mark joins us with sports now. >> nothing like ruining a dodger opening day. beat l.a. anytime. the giants were no hit over the last 7 innings of the game. first couple innings 8 runs. vin skully with his 16 grandkids with sandy koufax there. michael morris. matt kemp boots it out in center. two runs in. he gets that bloop to fall in. two more runs score. 5-0. again twoous in the second -- two outs in the second. deep center off of kemp. another run scores. the giants build up an 8-0 lead

and hang on to win 8-4 despite not having a hit over the last 7 innings. if you were out late last night and did not see what happened in the 12th inning. coco crisp beats the mariners with a solo shot. first of his career. afterwards, of course, he got the a's traditional, they like to give you the pie in the face. i don't think he was expecting this. >> too cold for that. way too cold for that. >> it is way too cold for that. and there you go. all right. there is another look at the home run by coco crisp. and the a's wind up as winners. mean time it is the golden state warriors closing in on the end of the regular season. you know what? they have to get healthy fast.

they will be without bogut, lee,s and iguodala, game time decision. they play sacramento tonight. and looking to sweep the series for the first time since the 91- 92 season. that is the sporting life. >> thank you. we are following developing story off the coast of mexico. crews are working to rescue a one-year-old girl who fell ill during a trip with her family. back tonightt at 10:00 p.m. good -- tonight at 10:00 p.m. good night.

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