deputy who gave it to him but his social media post -- >> there were a variety of threats, specific threats involving wanting to kill the deputy. wanting to hurt deputies in general, blowing people up. >> reporter: one post mentioned planting a bomb on the squad car. a citizen hurted authorities to the threat -- alerted authorities to the threat. >> we have seen we can't laugh these things off anymore. very often they do prove to be credible. >> the sheriff's department sprung into action, serving a search warrant to his home and taking him into custody for the threats. neighbors understand why authorities are taking this seriously. >> i would too. >> sounded serious. that is serious in my book. >> the deputy barely remembered the encounter and didn't think a ticket would

generate this kind of response. authorities say they are grateful to the person who saw the post on social media and brought them to their attention. >> we appreciate them looking out for us the way we look out for them every day. >> reporter: he was booked into the correctional facility. bail is $50,000. >> ann rubin, thank you. a community meeting is underway in west oakland to discuss safety following a shooting that killed a mother of three. one of the suspects, anthony sims, appeared in court. after the hearing his mother issued an emotional appall edge to the family of chyemil pierce. >> i pray for her family and everything. i give them my condolence and for her children, i have grandchildren and everything. and children myself.

so i apologize. >> prosecutors say anthony sims admitted to being involved is in the shoot out that killed her last week but he did not enter a plea. they are still gathering information. >> all i can say is it is our belief that he was not the shooter. >> police also arrested jerry harbin and shelton mcdaniels in connection with the case. billion dollars plan to deal with california's drought. governor jerry brown prosed it today and ktvu's tom vacar is at the reservoir with why this billion dollars plan may be a drop in a very dry bucket. >> reporter: indeed. the bill will help. >> increase the -- >> reporter: the bill has many goals and put on the fast track. money for emergency drinking water for communities facing

shortages and economic aid tohard hit communities, including -- to hard hit communities including farm relief. since this is state money expect fights as others will see what might be in it for their customers. >> we are hoping there will be opportunities for us. >> the legislation also provides funds for shovel ready water and flood projects, fish and wildlife protections, more aggressive ground water management and funds farm equipment upgrades. >> this isn't enough. >> reporter: he says politicians aren't very forth right. >> an element of denial. i think they could do more. to tell people how bad the situation is. >> reporter: the other player

legislators fear. >> we need to deal with the grurilla in the room. 80% of the water goes to agricultural. as the drought continues we will have to move towards severe cut backs. >> reporter: we need a comprehensive plan now. >> we need changes in the way we use water. we need new infrastructure to help us reuse water. more money for conversation that will help us save water now. >> reporter: the bill goes on the floor this week. reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >> is there any opposition and is it likely it will be changed by lawmakers or will they pass it in the form the governor proposed? >> reporter: that is a very important question. this is a big, big bill. i suspect a lot of groups are looking at it right now and

while it looks like everybody is -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: it may be there are fights and we will learn about that once everybody has a chance to read the bill. >> tom vacar, thank you. the state's largest watt farm organization is forecasting -- water -- farm organization is forecasting to make difficult choices about what crops they plant this year. many will have to buy water at inflated prices and we will all notice a change. >> your melons, cantaloupes, sweet corn, all the melons, summer time fruits and vegetables that we enjoy, they are not going to be planted this year. >> he says farmers will save their water for permanent crops like fruit and nut trees and

grapes. reservoirs are well off their averages right now. officials say lake shasta is 75%. lake orrville 68%. folsome lake is 97%. new developments tonight involving a fiery big rig crash in pittsburg. the driver died after he slammed into a building. we know the trucking company has a history of violations, including faulty breaks and steering. according it records the company was due for a reinspection. ktvu's melanie woodrow with what else we learned about the company's record. >> reporter: over weight trucks, faulty steering and failing breaks. just some of the most severe roby trucking company violations chp identified during inspections. 2 investigates obtained reports that show the violations were

so numerous chp was keeping tabs on the company every 120 days. instead of every two years. it was in between inspections during one of the 120 day periods roby trucking company was given to fix violations that this crash occurred. witnesses say it appears the driver lost control of his vehicle and was honking and flashing lights in an attempt owarn others in his path. he crashed into an empty restaurant and died. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> it is our policy to do that. by law we have to give them due process to fix the issues we identify. this could have been avoided if the company made sure their vehicle was properly maintained. >> chp doesn't know if the truck was sited. the reports say the company did

not have a preventative maintenance program. chp has seized and frozen the trucking company's records so no changes could be made to them. >> we want to make sure to ensure there is compliance. >> melanie woodrow, ktvu fox 2 news. authorities today identified the mother who is in critical condition along with her son after being hit in a crosswalk about 7:00 p.m. last night on an on ramp to north bound 880. the chp says she was pugging her son in a stroller when an suv hit them inside the crosswalk. the driver was a 23-year-old woman. drugs or alcohol were not factors and excessive speed wasn't either. >> sounds like the driver at the time based on initial statements was possibly taking the ramp at a safe speed. >> there are no traffic signals

that ramp and folks say it could be scary when traffic is heavy. the crosswalk falls under caltrans but they won't comment while the investigation is underway. a helicopter medic is facing child pornography charges. police officers arrested him last week. they told us he has been suspended from his duties in the helicopter unit. he was a paramedic licensed. and was a den leader for the cub scouts. the boy scouts of america says it has severed ties with him and there is no information to indicate scots were involved in the case. caltrans announced the winning bid for demolishing the old eastern span of the bay bridge. they submitted the lowest bid,

$69.5 million. that is 25% cheaper than they estimated. they plan to save money by lowering the bridge on to barges and scrapping them elsewhere. work will start this summer and finish in three years. san francisco and new organizers have three months to prepare for the pink saturday. how something happening thousands of miles away this summer could make it the biggest pink saturday in 25 years. >> reporter: city of richmond is looking at a new way to battle blight in the neighborhood. you be the judge. >> after the break, tracking warm temperatures that we had today and a change in the weather. a chance of a sprinkle. we will see you back here. >> here right now is a live look that thursday night commute. north across the golden gate bridge, things are flowing well. >> highway 24. walnut creek. eastbound traffic coming at the

camera. you can see it is busy right now. this is close to the intersection with 680 and 24.

>> this is expected to be one of the largest pink saturdays. that is because the supreme court ruling whether to legal lies same-sex marriage is expected in june and that will boost turn out. also in san francisco a gun buy back will be held in the fill more western area saturday. he announced the event today along with police and other representatives. folks can turn over their guns, no questions asked in exchange

for gift cards. it takes place at the community center from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. >> in december 2014 we got 101 guns off the street. 101 guns. so this saturday we are looking forward to get as many guns as possible off the streets. >> $100 gift cards will be given for hand guns. $200 grift cards for assault weapons. time to check our weather. another warm day. back to bill for a look at the warm forecast. >> it felt like 80s. 82 antioch. 82 livermore. warmest day of the week. temperatures trend down a little bit. there are the numbers, 82 antioch.

82 livermore. highs tomorrow, take 5-7 degrees off. cooler. towards the wind mills in the delta area. pittsburghler -- pittsburgh pittsburghler -- pittsburg area. that means we will see just the tail end -- see the clouds. that is our weather. as the clouds move in tonight into tomorrow, we end up in the next 3, 4 days partly cloudy skies with a chance of sprinkles. the current temperatures, warm. still hitting 78 concord. 78 walnut creek. warm. 80s in the central valley. mid-80s in the warmer spots. south and east. san francisco tomorrow, 68 degrees. note the differences. clouds come in. today was a lot of sunshine. tomorrow partly cloudy skies. that is the way it goes. dry. the clouds filter the sunshine and keep temperatures down a

little bit. 75 tomorrow in san jose. cloudy. partly cloudy skies. here is the forecast model. 9:00 a.m. tomorrow, partly cloudy skies. not a thick cloud cover. tomorrow afternoon, showers north. into saturday morning. maybe, maybe. our best shot. saturday morning. partly cloudy skies. saturday afternoon. right? cloudy in the mountains. this is de9 stuff. 8:00 a.m. sunday. something here. this could impact us on monday. sunday afternoon, closer. we will track that. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. the chance tomorrow night. chance again on monday. but these aren't enough to make the big hit that we would like to see. mid-70s. and cooler into next week. over night lows in the 40. nice looking five-day forecast.

tree pollens are bugging me. funny, everybody has a different level. do you get allergies? >> i do. but i haven't noticed it. >> the trees are going nuts. >> we have a blip coming up but -- >> not enough to do anything. >> going up to the seattle area? >> not going to hit them. going over the top and into the east coast. they are getting hit again this weekend. 6 inches of snow. they are getting hammered. >> thank you. all right. didn't take long for march madness match-ups to mess up the office pools. upsets today and a questionable call that will be talked about all tournament long. our sports director m -- mark ibanez up next. >> now to the news room, gasia mikaelian with a look at what we are working on for ktvu fox 2 news at 7:00 p.m. >> coming up, a lawsuit claims some wines in northern

california contain arsenic. how the industry is respond tonight. tmz tells us how a star of a hit show empire won't be around for season two. we are working on these stories and more coming up tonight at 7:00 p.m. on tv 36.

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talk about sports and -- sorry. my mind was wandering. >> it is okay because you are the birthday boy. >> what is going on? >> here is my strategy. everybody is thinking about march madness, change it up. they are watching the games anyway. pro basketball. talk golden state warriors last night. fans still buzzing over last night's win over the hawks. they took care of them in a big way. made you think what is the oracle going to be like come post season. practice today. they didn't need klay thompson. you see the busy work from barnes. came through with 25 points. iguodala, 21 points. they smoke atlanta. steph curry talking today about the guys coming through to pick up the slack. >> going into every nba sees

you know there will be a -- season you know there will be a injury, it does help to boost the confidence of other guys to get extra minutes and opportunity. >> stepped up last night. mean time the madness is underway. every year upsets and controversy. this is the game everybody will be talking about. ucla will move on. 13 seconds left. smu led by two. a shot for three. he missed but he called for gold tending. ridiculous call. no way it will go in but it stands and ucla will take the lead. seconds left. smu had a couple shots for the game winner, can't get it to go and ucla by the skin of their teeth and the benefit of what looks to be a bad call, a 60-59

winner. also number 14, georgia state against number 3 seed baylor. watch hunter, his dad and coach, working the sideline in a rolling chair buzz he sustained a torn achilles a week ago. celebrates, falls out of his chair. why not. that is what dads do. georgia state the upset victor over baylor. that is just the first day of play. good stuff happen. we will have more tonight at 10:00 p.m. as the games roll on. never fails, there is always controversy. the sharks, you are the birthday guy, hockey is your favorite sport, they are up. >> they are in danger of not making the playoffs in 10 years -- >> 2002. >> we looked that up. i am going with villanova. my wife's brother is the head coach. >> i think they won today.

>> tune in at 10:00 p.m. [ talking at the same time ] >> lafayette -- >> better get up to date -- >> ia. >> -- thank you. >> at 10:00 p.m. a growing homeless problem, why a small city is attractions attention from transients across the nation. thank you for making ktvu channel 2 news your choice for news. we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com and you can follow us on twitter and facebook. see you later. >> thank you for joining us. good night.

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