and they're devastated. >>reporter: greg says he has no reason why his son was targeted. he should worry about his son's college tuition, not weather he has brain damage. a trip to the mall ended up in the hospital. he's in a drug induced coma with a serious head injury. >> it's difficult seeing him like this. it's not what you remember your son as. he has tubes and machines beeping. >> his friend says he was attacked by two strangers. it happened wednesday night when he and a friend were at the valley fair mall. the friend says two men approached them inside asking if they were in a gang and although they said no the two followed them outside of the bank of america. >> they caught up to them in the parking garage and confronted them who they're affiliated with and the answer was still we're not affiliated with any gang and they jumped him.

>> he was punched twice falling to the ground. >> it's not a simple, kids are kids. these are two thugs who thought nothing beating up a kid who had nothing to do with them. >> the attack wasn't captured on camera, san jose police said the mall provided video of the suspect. >> they were asian mid-20s or so. there was some surveillance video camera from the mall entrance and we did go ahead and collect that. >> razner's family is hoping the men can be caught quickly to keep this from happening again. >> i would be deadly hurt if i found out that these two did it to someone else. >> doctors plan to bring christian out of his coma slowly and assess the severity of his injury. >> it's all prayers and hope. >> the mall put out a statement late today saying they're cooperating with police in the

incident that took place nearby. authorities say they would like to speak to everyone who witnessed the attack around 8:00 p.m. on wednesday night. >> he was a tag. they didn't take anything. this was an attack. >> correct. it sounds like he was ambushed and the attack was made more severe by christian's head hitting the ground so hard. his friend thankfully was uninjured and able to call 911. >> thank you so much, ann. about a half hour ago the all clear was given at three schools after a bomb threat. this morning classes were cancelled in cardinal newman high school and rose land prep off of santa rosa. the sheriff's departments said someone made two calls around 11:00 this morning saying it was a bomb on campus. the students were evacuated to a nearby

field. a bomb sniffing dog team was sent from san francisco. although the threat was made to cardinal high school, all schools were evacuated because they're close to together. >> they share a lot of the same driveways so any parents we can't isolate one spot and we take bomb threats seriously. >> the sonoma sheriff's department said there's no information on the person who made the bomb threat. the calendar says march, but it feels like summer. it's going to get worst. bill has a look at -- >> it's ironic you say that because it has cooled off and you probably see my hair moving around a little bit and you see a little wind on the bay too. what's going on is the winds have shifted a little bit most westerly. more like what you find in the spring months so

temperatures in oakland and alameda, the temperatures dropped five or ten degrees. let's look at the current temperatures. they're impressive out there. the numbers are going to -- 75 in concord. 76 in walnut creek and 75 in sunset. warm, even at ssf and oakland it's 76 degrees. temperatures are going to be warmer tomorrow and that's the story we're talking about. tomorrow temperatures are going to peek. some temperatures up into the mid-80s. look behind me, and if you look up, i don't know if you can pick this up can you pick up the clouds there? when you're looking at it you're seeing moisture dripping out of these clouds. this weak cloud front moves through, there's a chance for sprinkles weekend. tomorrow is going to be a warm one with that chance of a sprinkle on sunday and i'll tie it all together when i see you after a couple of breaks. >> okay. have those plans set tomorrow.

thanks bill. in a south bay, agents and officer s s raided a home that was a source for pirated music. john pirated music is a serious problem that has a huge impact on the economy. >>reporter: pirate music causes a hit to the economy every year. it's unclear what agencies in today's raid, the music and entertainment industry hopes it took a bite out of the trade. it happened on the 1300 block of san jose. agents from the association of america along with the fbi the chp raided the home searching for a music pirating -- they loaded box after box. it included a big pile of boxes rapped in sella feign. we spoke to those about this ongoing problem.

>> you can see electronic copies being distributed and the penalties are reserved for those who are making commercial operation out of copying and distributing this on a wide scare basis. >> here are some surprising numbers and shows piracy impacts. it cost $12.5 million. it translated to $75,000 loss jobs, jobs of pro ducers and song writers and the list goes on. it's clear that piracy is just a few downloads of your favorite songs. john in our news room. thank you. there's work from san quinn ton that the zebra killers is dead. jcx simon was found dead in his prison cell. the cause

of death is not known. in '73 and '74 left dozens dead. simon was among four men convicted in the racially motivated crimes and he was serving a life sentence. the other three are serving life sentences. in san francisco a woman is hospitalized after an accident that sent a car slamming into a funeral home. police say the accident happened at the busy intersection of gary boulevard at 9:45 this morning. the white chevy hit a sedan. the 75-year-old woman was taken to the hospital. we don't know the extend of her injuries. a firefighter was injured fighting a fire in san francisco. it broke out on broad and capital street in the ocean view neighborhood. very close to the border with daily city. cell phone video here shows flames coming through the

doorway of the church and those say that transients has used that door -- a witness said he saw a homeless woman trying to put the fire out. >> she was trying to stop it, and all she had was a piece of cardboard, so she took off and that was it. >> we're told that one firefighter slipped and fell off the roof. teenagers protested in support of shuttle buses. hundreds of bus drivers have voted to unionize. 665 is try to go get drivers with intelligent transport a wage increase of $6 an hour and better work conditions. they're employed by bus companies and not the tech company. >> the tech companies are really -- they're a third party and they often times stay out of it

and watch this process stay out. >> the teamss -- team sters -- fox's dug has more now on the growing tension in that city. and the search for the gunman. >> we believe in freedom. >> singing a candle light vigil and calls for peace in ferguson. a marked contrast from the night before when shots rang out. >> the two police officers were hit late wednesday. both hospitalized and later released and president obama sat with jimmy kimmel and said there's no excuse >> whoever fired the shots shouldn't detract from the issue. they're criminals and need to be arrested. >> police searched this house as the hunt continued for the gunman but while some were

questioned there were no named suspects. after a half dozen officials have lost their job in the shooting death of michael brown by police officer darren wilson, the police department says it's getting difficult to maintain the peace. >> when you look at the tenner of some of the people, it can be very troubling. >> while many here express sympathy for the officers shot, others saw it as an expected outcome. >> if you give violence, you have to expect it to come back to you. >> i think it was a sets up. i think it was a set up of members from the police return as i call it, i think they operate leak the kkk. >> the president of the fraternal -- think say it should be described as hate crimes.

fox news. more details coming to light about an accident at the white house involving secret surrender vants. they-- they drove through an active bomb investigation. according to the washington post, 10:25 on march 4th, a woman placed an object near the entrance of the white house which she claims was a bomb and she drove off. and shortly after that, the cigarette service agency returned. surveillance video shows the agents driving right next to the suspicious package. explosive's team determined it wasn't a bomb. a system designed on keep a shooter out of a classroom. >> there's a problem inside the room and immediate assistance is needed. the teacher can communicate a red condition. >> the local start up giving teachers high tech tools to protect their students. san francisco has a well

known problem with public urination. the special paint that officials will help defend city sidewalks. next, a legal -- the ripple effect this could have on other on demand services.

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in less than an hour, the golden state warriors face off against the denver nuggets but they'll be without their key players. curry, andre, and andrew boget will be on the bench. the team is doing well in standings that their coach is giving them a rest. also missing will be santa marie space due to a run in with the law. the nba announced this morning he's being suspended for one game. he pleaded no contest on monday for reckless driving in tampa florida.

he was arrested back in august and he was charged with driving under the influence. the highway is investigating the death of pedestrian as a hit-and-run. the victim was walking on highway 24 in oakland when he was struck. it's unclear why the man was on the freeway. investigators say he was hit several times by passing vehicles but the vehicle who first hit him fled the area and investigators are asking anyone with information with this case to contact the chp. two federal judges in san francisco ruled that jurors will have to decide if uber and lift drivers are independent contractors. tom vacar looks at how it could cost you for the ride. >>reporter: their riders believes that taxes are too expensive and less reliable. officially sanction cabs are

mandated requirements and costs. it's easier, cheaper and less bureaucratic for those who are uber drivers. some uber drivers sued the company claiming they're employees entitled to employee based benefits. writer opinion is certainly divided. >> i would say an employee. i have a friend who works for uber. >> the contractor's pay is lower and because we're drivers hours are flexibility. >> i think it's a combination of the two that the drivers using his or her own car or own vehicle, but employed by uber in the sense they've checked this person out and that credential. >> golden gate law school says six standards apply. >> what they boil down to is the degree of control that the employer has over the work and conduct of the workers. >> such things is requirements

placed on the drivers such as the permissible vehicles, dress insurance requirements, maintenance and schedules will help guide the juror. >> a standard here in distinguishing between employees entitled to certain protection under federal law and independent contractors who don't have the same protections is a really close call. >> how this caseworks out is important to you because it will effect ultimately the number of vehicles out there and how much you pay for your rides. if the services cost rise, so will your fare especially if some drivers quit the business and this could effect many other things such as grocery shopping delivery service and restaurant delivery companies and dry cleaning, pick up delivery and a host of other application driven services that if today's contractors become tomorrow's employees could increase the prices of all of them. tom baker fox 2 news.

the spring like nature has mother nature thinking it's time for flowers to bloom. that's what they're doing. one of the most interesting flowers to bloom there. the garden is the blue pua. and they bristle and spikes all over. if you like to see those plants in full bloom now is the time. officials tell us that peek bloom should last another few weeks. >> it's beautiful out there. the other thing i noticed it was muggy. >> that's right frank. we were looking at the clouds, lower deck on the cloud bottoms and we're finding moisture and increasing humidity, bringing us cloud cover and a little bit of rain that evaporates before it hits the ground. this layer floated through. let's take a look. the first thing you'll notice there's rain, but it's going to miss us. that's good stuff. it's focused on the bay area. that's a big dose of

rain but it's not happening. it's focused the wrong place. certainly not the right place for us. what you're experiencing out there you're seeing the areas. it's just rain falling, but evaporating. it's a low level moisture into the area. it showed up this afternoon as this system to the north of us, they back it out a little bit. the system to the north slides through there. you can see a back edge on this. a little by the drizzle and moes tour. look for that to continue through tonight but tomorrow is a warm day. these highs tomorrow i'll have those after the break for you, the actual highs, but these are the right now temperatures which you've seen. tomorrow morning you see the clouds clear out so tomorrow you wake up partly sunny and then partly sunny partly sunny and look at the oranges, those are 80s. forecast highs in some places in the east bay in the south bay we're talking about low 80s. so that's not bad.

the 70s there's a lot of mid-70s and upper 70s along the coast that's what we're looking for. so san francisco [indiscernible] must have put that on there. [laughing]. >> 73 -- a little -- 76 degrees. a nice looking day in oakland tomorrow. san jose, forecast high warmer. they're going to be 82 degrees for a daytime high and a nice day. it will be clouds partly cloudy but warm, like today. he's tomorrow then, right, 78 in clear lake. here come 80s in the east bay. and santa clara, 80. nice weather along the coast. there you go. mid-60s, upper 60s, like pacifica and five-day forecast in the bay weekend view. if i

was markey, i would have put the leper con right there. >> i know what it is. it's the parade here because i had the san francisco graphic up. it's the saint patty's day parade which is going to be stunning. no rain in this 5-day. no massive rain event coming. maybe sprinkles on sunday, but that's it. we'll talk more about that. >> if we're not outside making the most of this gorgeous weather. >> we've had such a run. we're numb to this. it's not like we've been inside cold and wet. >> thank you, bill. tonight the 1941 film citizen cane is being played at a special viewing at hearse castle. hearse castle once known was william hearst. hearst was not too happy about that and tried to derail the movie. but his family has sense embraced the film as a fictional

account of the laft publisher's life. tonight's screen is apart of the film festival. it's -- coming up the pope marks two years since his election. why he may not last in that position and he'll tell you what he misses most about private life. now to julie and what we're working on at 6:00. two officers accused of bias behavior. >> this is not conducive with being an officer. >> the investigation under way and how the fbi got involved. also caught on camera, the efforts to save what could be a century old surgeon. these stories and more coming up at 6:00.

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jail officials in santa clara county are reviewing video after a child mow less tore. he escaped one week today after being transported to valley health care center for a medical appointment. only one sheriff's deputy was assigned to him. that deputy was over powered by carter. a warning about a phone scam. they're preying on those by -- >> you have miss calculated your tax. >> how much.

>> the amount outstanding is $4,550.95. >> oh, my god. what do i do? >> that's a call that a victim recorded and posted on you tube because she wants to make other people aware of what's going on. the scammer threatens arrests or in some case deportation if the victims don't make a payment. the thieves can even manipulate caller id to appear that they're calling from an irs number and they may know the last four digits of the tax payer's number. and tax payers have lost more than $15 million. >> i feel vulnerable. >> federal officials say real irs agents contact by mail and they never demand payment by debit or wire transfer. so far there has been two arrest, but this scam is so wide arrest, they believe it's more than one

scam artist. stock markets fell again. nasdaq fell 21. the potential of higher interest rates and those falling oil prices. pope francis marked his second anniversary. he was appointed to succeed -- he was the first pope to do so in 600 years. with a mexican interview, pope francis said he'll be four or five years. he went to say he misses his inity and misses getting pizza undetected. coming together after a loss. what a family is doing after an oakland mother of three children was gun down, killed by a stray bullet in front of her

house. making it easier for students to take their exit exam what lawmakers can do to reduce the number of people who start smoking.

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children left behind after a mother was killed by a stray bullet in west oakland. they knew her well and ktvu kristina is here to tell us what she did for the school and how the school is trying to help her family. kristina. >>reporter: neighbors say that pierce youngest child was at a daycare at the time of the -- she picked up her kids from the school and that school is helping the family. >> vincent academy is in the heart of west oakland. they want to give every child a great education regardless of their economic circumstances. kate nickels say that pierce was a dedicated volunteer and all the students knew her. >> she was here all time and always smiles. >> staff and students are grieving expressing their feels on a memory wall. >> if you read the notes of the kids, it's expressions of love,

and support. >> michelle grant teaches one of pierce's students and is a close family friend. >> it has been a difficult week, but we have to keep going because ultimately i know that shameel wanted her children to be well educated and to move through life and have something in their lives. >> on the academy's website, the public can donate to the shameel memorial home and the money goes to pierce's family. oakland's hospital has donated as well. >> there's been an out pouring of love in the west oakland community and throughout the city and it's just, for that part the family has told me they're incredibly grateful. in honor of pierce, they want to -- they want to restore peace in west oakland. >> we were one way before this happened and we're going to be a different way after this happened, and i think we'll grow stronger as a community but it's hard to have that happen.

>> and members of pierce's family requested their privacy during this difficult time, but we know they'll be a celebration of her life tomorrow at oakland hall and the public is welcomed. >> do we know where her children are? >> we don't know exactly where they are but we know they're stave with their loved ones. kristin in our news room. thank you. a scientist says this state was dry our state has one year of water left in its reservoir. a water scientist writes in the national times it's not just reservoirs that's low. he said that farmers are pumping that -- he said that the state should have water rationing and he says our state needs to focus on long term strategies to manage water resources in case of a prolong drought. state senator is introducing

a bill - it would waive homeless use to take the exam. the fees can be out of reach for many of them. he says without a diploma, work options are limited and youth can go down the wrong path. >> an individual has a 7 times greater likely hood of finding their way into our criminal justice system and 70% of our inmates are high school drop outs. >> leonard hopes the bill should pass easily. and says it shouldn't be too costly. it's being the most significant religious -- it's aimed at bringing the community together. cladia wong shows us how the idea is to reclaim neighborhoods claimed by -- >> my grandson got killed on that corner, so i can't step on that corner. >>reporter: it happened down the

street from prescott elementary school across from the neighborhood church. >> our kids were out here playing at 5:30 and the shooting happened right there where the white truck is at. >> when it was over, two men were dead including 22-year-old donald ward junior, washington's oldest grandson. >> they took a piece of my heart, and i cried every morning, and i cried every night because i was supposed to be his protector. >> his case remains unsolved, but washington says more than ever it showed her the deep divide within this west oakland community. >> when this happened to my grandson i'm going to put that out, not one person came and gave me a hug. not one person. i'm tired of this violence. i want it to stop. >> when you look out here, what do you see?

>> you know, i see a great and upcoming neighborhood. >> pastor cummings say that people need to reclaim this neighborhood and he hopes that safe will help them do that. >> the city wide revival is the most significance religious revival we have going on since the 1950s. >> they're preparing for the revival on march 21st. it's a week of pray and hope of what can be. >> there is hope, there is the support system and we want to be apart of that. >> washington is trying to be apart of that. she says she has to be apart of it. >> my church and all the pastors are trying, but they can't do it by themselves. it take the community to do it. >> these days, she puts on a brave face at the school. >> i think you all. this is what i do. >> and with the young children,

her grandson left behind. >> his kids, grandma i ain't going to see my daddy no more? no son. all you have to do is go to sleep, and dream of him. you going to see him in your dream. >> she's tired and she is hurting, and yet she prays her pain sends a message. >> i hope they see this, and understand what they did to me. i got stabbed in my chest. that's how hard it hurts. i loved donald. to death do us part and death is doing us part. it feel like i'm dying inside. and i am. i don't want this to kill me. so i need peace. i need that. >> in oakland, cladine wong.

>> gosh, listening to her is heart breaking. the 59th annual revival church and services every morning and night for a week. students taking a stand against bullying. what these middle kids do to protect a cheerleader with down syndrome. there's a new school security system aimed at keeping students and staff safe if a shooter comes on campus. we're going to show it how it works. what researchers are saying will really cut down on smoking.

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>> i got to tell you i'm so proud of the boys. the cheerleaders desire, the students and staff here and so on. it truly does take a village to do great things. >> in fact, after that game, the school renamed the gym these house after de. the father says the support of the classmates has been a god sent and he tried to tell the players personally, but he can't because he breaks down crying. the high tech system giving teachers the power to defend students with a push of a button. >> theoretically they can run down the hallway and see the conditions of the classrooms and focus their attentions on where it's needed. checking in on area bay area weekend. we had 80 degrees in morgan hill and it's going to be

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♪ mattress discounters ♪ there's always concern these days about the possibility of an armed person coming onto a school's campus. >> a bay area start up came up with a practical way to keep children safe if a shooter appears. we have a school that has a test campus for the new security system. >>reporter: the numbers are staggering, according to stoptheshootings.org, there's been -- from the 33 students

killed at virginia tech, to 15 at columbine and 15 at sandy hook elementary, it seems no campus is safe from the threat. >> if there's a problem in the school and assistance is needed, a teacher can communicate a red condition. mike developed a system called safe schools and a teacher can press a button that can lock a door and it has 1200 pounds of resistance and it has colored lights and green means the door is locked and red means there's trouble and help is needed. >> they can see the condition of each classroom. >> that's not the way the classrooms respond because it can be difficult to find the threat. >> emergency your own high school and going from one end of that high school to the other end of the high school checking every classroom and closet and

every hiding spot for a person and you can imagine how long that's going to take. >> the system could also are linked to classroom video cameras. >> officers can log into our into our password protected software and they can see in the classroom and see what's happening. >> safety is the number one issue. >> the system is being tested at the church school of private pre-k and after school system in san jose. >> we have children and we have parents who entrust their children with us and we care from the safety of our children and our staff and our parents and whoever steps on this property. >> this parent was picking up her grand children. >> it gives me a peace of mind. >> no system is perfect and there's a chance a teacher could panic or a shooter could gain control of the clicker but -- >> anything that helps law

enforcement and faculty in the situation of someone with a firearm on school campus is a help for us. >> it should start at $50,000 depending on the number of classrooms and the company says it should be available starting this summer. in oakland ken wayne, ktvu fox news. we have new video that's getting attention online. it shows after robert downy junior helping to make one child in need feel like the real life iron man. >> iron man. [laughter] >> what's his name? >> robert. >> great. >> robert downy junior, it is. a 7-year-old alex pring was born with a partially developed right arm. robert downy junior lifted his star power to present the florida boy with his new bionic prosthetic arm. >> it's right in the mind

because at least -- the light works. it's a marriage of robotic's technology. >> a little hand hug. >> the grad students and a non profit group teamed to design the group. the group limb it lift solutions is seeking to make 3-d printing affordable for those who need prosthetic. that arm that little boy got cost $350,000. compare that to $40,000. >> that's unbelievable. that was just priceless, seeing the look on his face. let's talk about our weather now. bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin. the weekend is almost here and it's looking pretty good. >> temperatures got up there. we had 80 in fairfield. and 80 degrees in morgan hill and so

yeah, it's not very -- i've been around here for a long time and march is typically a pretty cool -- can be a cool and wet month and that's not how it's panning out thus far. it looks like it will continue with this warm weather into the well, for seeable future. i want to show you something here. i always talk about the jet stream. i'm going to draw it in. it's up and over and there's a ridge out here. here's the winds in the upper atmosphere. it's a river -- it's 30,000 feet, 20,000 feet. depends. it depends on the type of year. see in this area it's the fair weather area in the ridge and here in the trough is the fowl weather area. as long as we remain in the -- it has produced heavy rain today and yesterday texas parts of texas and oklahoma, they've seen four five, six inches of rain. boy could we use that. the jet stream pattern goes -- there's a northern and southern jet and it

goes around the entire globe so that ridge trough pattern rolls around the entire in the earn hemisphere and you get maybe five or six of those ridges, five or six troughs and you get all the way around and they progress. they circulate around the globe because they move to the right. what am i saying? we're all connected. what's going on in the philippines and what's going on in china impacts us because that weather flows downstream and that shifts according to has happening. our jet stream here is forcing that jet stream to dive down west. 65 in heyward. right now it's warm. forecast tomorrow will be slightly warmer. start off with a few clouds, mostly sunny and partly sunny. oranges is 80s. you're going to see pretty of warmth high. saint patty's day

parade 68 around lunch time. as you head into oakland tomorrow you're looking at 76 degrees for a daytime high. we'll check out san jose, final stop on the map. 82 on your bay area saturday. so pretty darn warm out there. more cities have plenty of temperatures around the bay area that are going to be well above average tomorrow. the 5-day forecast, there's a slight chance of sprinkles on sunday and it's gone. here's the deal. don't change your sunday's plan. sunday, we have a few clouds kind of like it is now and warmer as we head into monday and just more of the same. this pattern persists. and let's enjoy it while it last. we can't change it right now and i can't be the gloomy weather guy. the weather has been stunning. we'll get rain in here eventually but not this week. >> it's funny, for the last month or so, we're hearing you say, we may get sprinkles. thanks bill. it's a problem that the city

of san francisco has been dealing with. we're looking the fight against public urination. julie with new at what we have next. bay area police officers accused of biased behavior. >> any bias like this has no place in the san francisco police department. the evidence against them and why the fbi got involved. if you thought gas prices are high. a bay area gas station charging almost $8 an hour. what the owner says when we asked him why. these stories and more coming up at 6:00.

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it's a pretty disgusting. people who do it in san francisco may be in a surprise. >> it's a paint code capable of giving back what it receives and rob ross has an idea tried in -- >>reporter: it's good that these walls can't talk, but they're getting help as the city struggles to keep those from using building walls as bathrooms. here in this alley near 6th street, today a city worker was cleaning up after those who use this area to relieve themselves. >> when you're walking by, you

smell it. >> it's a problem that san francisco -- germany fits the problem -- they have made their way on germany international news. it's a coating put onto a wall. a liquid to strong, liquid bounces off it. >> when people urinate it bounces back and hits them on their pants and get them wet. hopefully that will discourage them. >> the city says it will test out to 10 walls and evaluate how effective it is. >> we'll put a sign to give them a little heads up. >> this homeless man is skeptical that the idea will work. >> it will -- you have people walking around smelling like you're urine. >> i think it's bad that have you to put a paint on the buildings to repel urine, but if

it helps it should be embraced. >> the city is hoping to install more public toilets throughout this city. this new program should get going in a month. frank. >> interesting rob ross in san francisco, tonight. thank you. the ktvu fox news at 6:00 start s s now. >> san francisco police conducting an internal investigation after several officers are accused of being extremely biased. >> any bias like this has no place in the san francisco police department. >> good evening, i'm julie hainer. >> and i'm frank somerville. new at 6:00, david stevenson live at the city's hall of justice and david you've learned all of this stem from another investigation by the fbi last year. >>reporter: frank that's right. we learned this investigation

began last december with the conviction in federal court of a former police officer and the release of evidence in that case to the san francisco police department. at -- four officers have been reassigned from dealing with the public. >> the department is conducting an investigation into officers showing extreme bias and this is biased not conducive with being a police officer. >> it's unclear whether the public was the target of that alleged biased behavior, but we're told the four were reassigned after ian was convicted in december on corruption charges and ktvu learned that investigators turned over evidence that includes transcripts of text messages from the four officers. an investigation is under way. >> when it occurred on or off duty, no bias has a place on the