. an oakland man trying to rescue his family is killed in yemen. his bay area relatives say the u.s. government let him down. a former richmond police officer files suit against the department, and the police chief. the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 starts now. >> good evening, i'm david stevenson in for ken wayne. >> hello everyone, i'm heather holmes. the friend as you family of an oakland man killed this week in yemen are gathering right now for a vigil. jamal al-labani was in yemen to rescue his wife and young daughter from the violence when

he was killed in a probably mortar attack. live in hayward, where we learn had he left behind three children and a baby on the way. >> reporter: heather, that is the hardest part for those who knew al- labani and many have gathered here and just finished the prayer service and they are here pomourn together. al-labani is the first american killed in yemen, arriving in united states 20 years ago and lived in oakland and he was a quiet, family man who will be missed. >> it's really sad, the community here are still shocked and people, his customers, even the warehouse he used to grab groceries from, they are all really surprised. >> reporter: tears were in his eyes when he looked at his cousin's three children, knowing that they will grow up without a father. his cousin has another child on the way he will never meet. >> he was a solid, quiet guy, always tried to stay away from

problems and he doesn't get in anybody's produce. labani had traveled to yemen to visit his wife and 2-year-old daughter. last tuesday the oakland gas station owner was walking home in aden when he and his 14-year- old nephew were hit by mortars. both died. shi'ite rebels are thought to be responsible for the strive. al-labani feels that the u.s. government abandoned his cousin. >> i don't know yemeni- americans are considered real american citizens. >> reporter: the bay area council on american-islamic relations is call for the evacuation of all u.s. citizens in yemen and wants u.s. government to open up its diplomatic channels. they launched this website "stuck in yemen.com for trapped citizen and so far have received a hundred complaints. bev the largest military in the

world and to see that smaller, let stable countries are able to get their citizens out and the u.s. government is saying it's impossible is difficult to believe and very disappointing. >> reporter: hopes that the u.s. government takes more action as he fears the lives of more yepeni- americans will be olost. >> if we don't act, things will get worse and worse. u.s. state department recordedly has travel advisories in yemen, but said it can only offer limited assistance since it is now closed u.s. ambassy there. >> such a sad time for that family. thank you very much. a former richmond police officer has filed a federal lawsuit claiming he was wrongfully fired after police chief magnus allegedly made unwanted sexual advances to him. the san francisco chronicle reports that the chief touched him unappropriately and made

unwanted calls to his phone. he claims that magnus, who is gay fired him in retaliation and hodge child's purchase of unregistered guns. the chief call it "a new low and a desperate attempt to intimidate him," and man found badly injured has died. officers found that man suffering from traumatic injuries on martin luther king, jr. way and west grand avenue just before 12:30 this morning. investigators haven't yet said how that man was injured. in san josi a man was struck and killed early this morning as hes with was trying to walk across highway 101 in san josi. it happened about 3:30 in morning in the southbound lanes north of the 280 interchange. driver of the car that struck the man was not hurt, but a passenger inside suffered minor injuries. the accident closed two lanes of 101 until 10:00 this morning. investigators haven't yet said why that was man walking on the highway. demonstrators marched in

san francisco's mission district to draw attention to the disappearance of 43 college students in mexico. >> the marchers want to know what happened to the students who went missing last september? mexican authorities have said it appears that the teacher- trainees were kidnapped by corrupt police who hand-held over to drug gangs who killed them. others want more complete answers. organizers are calling for the u.s. to suspend military aid to the mexican government. >> internationally, it's reverberated with a lot of people who are parents who have their college-aged student goes missing at the hands of a government, a government that our taxpayers contribute to. >> on-hand today a caravan, including parents of some of the missing student on their way to washington, d.c. to talk to u.s. lawmakers. well, it was a mostly sunny

day across the bay area, but that is about to change and ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo is here with details on rain heading our way for easter, mark. >> that is right, david and, in fact, a changing weather pattern already probably noticed the clouds increasing over the past few hours. here can you pick out of overall weather pattern. the cold front approaching the area tonight will be the source of rain showers for former and the central of the countriation, the stronger part of the storm moves into the region. first system is for easter sunday and keep that many mind for the easter-egg hunt and stronger storm on thursday could that could produce heavier rain and gusty winds. here is latest right now on live stormtracker 2, can you see the clouds marching into parts of state and you will notice a few rain showers and spottily is light showers approaching parts of mendocino county. the coverage will be on increase over the next 12

hours. here is our forecast model, 6:00 tomorrow morning, rainbands approaching the region. then we'll have more coverage by 10:00 and 11:00. by the afternoon hours, the focus will be in parts of south bay and east bay. looks like towards the end of the afternoon into the evening hours we could scale back on the shower chances, but this will open up the door for that stronger part of the storm to move into the region on tuesday. we'll have much more on that and more snow? the sierra and talking about a winter weather advisory coming up in a little bit. >> thank you, mark. we'll see you then. indiana in the spotlight again this weekend as the ncaa final 4 tournament gets underway in indianapolis, but a cloud is hanging over those festivities as the debate over that state's laws continue. as they tell us lgbt athletes spoke out today against that measure. >> indianapolis is in the spotlight this weekend as the ncaa final 4 tournament gets underway. but for some, a cloud hangs

over the festivities as the debate over indianas religious freedom laws continues. lgbt athletes and their supporters gathering before the game and calling for indiana's sports community to lead the way against discrimination. >> today the threat of the religious discrimination law has been lessened because of the voice of lgbt community and sports community and community leaders, but the fight is not over. >> jason collins, the first activity professional sports player to come up out as gay also speak. >> athletes, coaches, athletic institutions and sports sponsors from across the country took an historic stand on the right side of history, unin a great time of made it kneed. >> controversial erupted after indianan governor pence signed the law into law, and he fine an amendment barring discrimination based on

religious, and sexual orientation. >> a church was given pastoral candidate and say one is gay and say our religious beliefs don't count for gay pastors. >> the religious freedom controversy boiling over in arkansas, where last week governor hustinson signed a version of the bill mirroring the bill signed by bill clinton. authorities in philadelphia have arrested a woman who was accused of wanting to work with the islamic state in the syria with the intention of becoming a martyr. in the fbi hant served a search warrant at her home, she would have been in the middle east by now. her next country appearance is set for wednesday. thomas faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. >> & somalia extremists are

warning of more attacks in kenya, similar to the attack at garrisa college that left 148 people dead. the medical staff found another survivor of the killings on campus, two days after the attack. officials say the person had been hiding in a cupboard at the college since thursday. the attackers essex portered is christians attackers separated christians muslims and killed the clients. soarings say an airbus 320 jet went down with such force they could only find body part and not a single body was found intact. the 150 victim will be identified through the analysis of dna found at the site. prosecutors believe german co- pilot andreas lubitz deliberately flew the plane into the mountainside after locking his co-pilot out of cockpit. new information revealed that lubitz suffered from depression and hid it from employers, even destroying a

doctors a note proclaiming he was unfit for work. signs of improvement for pay 17-year-old beaten near a bay area mall. i think three or four steps he did inside his icu room. >> the teen's mother shares more about her son's recovery and what he remembers about the brutal attack. >> in case you weren't up in the wee hours this morning, we'll give you a look at lunar eclipse and tell you what makes this one different from the rest? for over 60,000 california foster children a pair of new shoes is a small but important gift. to help, sleep train is collecting new shoes of all sizes. bring your gift to any sleep train and they'll be given to a local foster child in need.

. a 17-year-old milpitas honor student who underwent meth brain surgery after he was attacked at a south bay mall is making what doctors call remarkable progress. >> he was able to stand up two days ago, i think with the help of two physical therapists. i think three or four steps he did inside his icu room.

so i think that was pretty good. >> maria rasner say doctors tell her that her son 17-year- old christian rasner ising did well each and every spending two weeks in a medically- induced coma. he was with friends at the mall when he was attacked by two men and suffered a fracture skull. his mother said she was shocked and saddend when christian said he remembered the accident. >> he said mom, i was in an accident. i heard one of my friends making the clicking sound and somebody jumped at me and hurt me. he was fighting me -- those were his words. as a mother, i was like, i don't want him to remember, you know, the event of what happened. >> last week san josi police arrested a 25-year-old in connection with the incident. he is facing feloniy batter charges. mary rasner says even though

christian remembers what happens he is easily and often confused and she must remind him he is in the hospital. he says he keeps begging to go ohm. >> friends and survivors of violence took to the street of the bayview- hunters point neighborhood. organize say they want to see an end to the soiled violence in their neighborhoods and improvements in the educational and justice system and are concerned about rising rents and home prices pushing african- american and other minorities out of city. >> there are so much history, black history in bayview and in san francisco. we should be able to be here and see the fruits of our labor and not be pushed out only to come back here to work. it shouldn't be like that. >> according to the census african-americans made 13% of san francisco in 1970 and latest numbers from the census finds a steep drop by 2013 when

african-americans made up 6% of the city's population. the san mateo county sheriff's offices is warning residents of a mountain lion sight, the they are were spotted last night near woodside road and kings mountain flood woodside. people who live in the area should keep an eye out for the animal. expert say it's important to never approach a mountain lion, especially one with offspring and advise you pick up small children and throw rocks or other objects and appear larger by waving your arms. >> the easter bunny paid a visit to the east bay to the delight of children in oakland. mayor libby schaffstarted the campaign. >> kids love it, man. this is a way of giving back

and it's something that ask no violence and it's always a good time and it's a family-oriented thing and the diversity of oakland that shows where a lot of people out here. >> this is the 10th year for the big easter-egg hunt sponsored by the city of oakland, pge and the organization and bay area motorcycle and social club. clear skies in parts of western ult meant early-risers had a great view of this morning's total lunar eclipse. these pictures s from the griffith observatory in los angeles. it only lasted about five minutes though and astronomers say it makes today's eclipse the shortest of the 21st century. >> pretty cool, let's check in with meteorologist mark tamayo, pretty nice out there. a little windy and mark, i guess that is sort of a preclude of what is to come. >> these are the big setups for the big weather change and get ready for the easter-egg

hunts. you will need umbrellas rain showers making a come back. we started the day with mostly sunny skies and heather talked about the wind. you can see the wind chopping up the bay waters and high clouds well. rainfall makes a comeback and over the next five days we're not talking about major accumulations, but still we'll take any crop in the point. rainfall up towards cape mendocino, 2.5". the rf in the bay area will rain between .5" to 1.5" and even some more snow in the sierra. right now on live stormtracker 2, you can see the setsup with lots of clouds moving into the north parts of the state. not much in terms of rain coverage yet on the radar but the rainfall coverage will be on the increase after midnight into early sunday morning. now as far as the winds, you can see the winds up there

fairfield, sfo, look at this observation from the west 30, gusting to 40 miles per hour at last chick at sfo. this is the word i'm not used to using in a long time -- rain -- rain likely into your sunday forecast with temperatures in the 40s. so here is the easter forecast. i will step out of way to show you the easter bunny and as you can see for tomorrow, scattered showers at 7:00. and even at 12:00 with the coverage should be on the decrease somewhat, especially by mid-to late-afternoon wftv some more sunbreaks out there. first system is for tomorrow and we have been talking about this with the rain showers, the system one moves into the area. temperatures only near 60 degrees for afternoon highs. monday we're going go with the chance of showers, but monday into tuesday, the stronger part of the storm will sweep into the region. with that heavier rain, the

possibilities of thunderstorms and some sierra snow. in fact, it's going to be cold enough nofor snow levels down to 3500'. maybe even a little lower as we head into the tuesday forecast. definitely snow in the sierra, winter weather advisory also set for tomorrow. snowfall totals will be 4-8" and snow level comes down to 3000'. i think that will get reissued into the tuesday forecast. tomorrow more scattered showers and the focus will be the southern portions of the region by the afternoon hours. by monday night we'll bump up the rain chances and here we go with the heavier rainfall early tuesday morning and throughout the afternoon hours. we could still have pop up thunderstorms as well. so tuesday could be pretty activity in the bay area. one minute you have sunshine and then the clouds and then you get a thunderstorm out. there san josi61 degrees and

the look ahead, your five-day forecast. look at all of these changes as you can see the rain cloud for sunday. a chance for monday, especially by monday night. morning rain and scattered showers from tuesday, a chance of shower into wednesday and partly sunny skies into thursday. so heather and dave, i remember talking about sunny skies, a lot of talk about in five-day forecast. >> yes, certainly need this rain. so it's a welcomed sight. >> definitely. >> thank you. well, visitors to seoya and kings canyon national parkway are being asked to leave because of a wildfire. the park spokespersons is that the fire started near a campground and has burned about one square mile. there are no reports of injuries and no structures that are threatened. a park ranger said because of the holiday weekend and spring- break, they have drawn a lot more visitors to the park than usual and that these evacuations are a precaution. no order won what started the fire. when president obama made a visit to kentucky his motorcade tied up traffic and the delay meant one woman didn't have time to get to the hospital to

have her babity. >> two gentlemen were out of their car on their cell phones pace. >> the nurse said it was clear there wasn't something right as she waited in gridlock traffic on thursday. she got out of her car and found the mother stuck in the same traffic about to have her baby. >> i have attended a lot of deliveries and i have never delivered a baby on my own and i certainly have never delivered the baby in the middle of the internet. interstate. the baby arrived safely. boy, good thing she was. a big roster move to tell you about for the oakland ar's. we have an update on bary zito. could the spartans keep this run going? we have highlights as michigan state takes on duke. sports is next

. about city officials have started a contest to name the flee falcon chicksnisting on top of city hall. thed by the mother clara has been nesting there since 2012 and the naming contest is open

to youngsters between 5-18 who either live or go to school in san josi. a panel of judges will select a finalist and the public has an opportunity opportunity to vote on-line. indicatedline is friday, april 24th. pretty cute. >> joe joins with us some final 4 action. >> started with 68 and down to 3, two college basketball heavyweights represented by two heavyweight coaches, duke's mike kryzie and michigan state's tom izzo. 12-2 as okafor went for 18 points. this time cook with the

pretty pass to winslow, leading duke with 19. allen misses the 3 and no one blocks him off the offensive board. blue devils win by 20, 81-61 and meet either kentucky or wisconsin in the championship game, those two teams just underway. >> the baseball preseason is over for the giant and a's who met this afternoon at the oakland clums before they start to play for real on monday. this game had much more of a regular season feel for both teams. justin maxwell with the shot. bust yes posey scores from 2nd. barry zito strikes out jackson williams. amp the game, zito accepted an assignment to triple-a nashville. butler with the blooper and blanco gets to it, making the

sliding catch the the giants get five shutout innings from tim hudson and help from five other pitchers in 2-1 win. warriors with dallas we'll have for you tonight on 10. >> thank you, joe. coming up toilt tonight on the 10:00 news a bay area company turns the hassle of getting through airport security into a breeze. >> yeah, look at the redesigned belts with a catchy name that is making your travel a little easier. one more quick check of the forecast, a will the of people planning easter. >> keep the umbrellas on standby, we're saying for the egg hunts tomorrow because we're expecting rain showers and the activity could be backing up by the afternoon and another system fore tuesday, stronger. >> thank you, mark and thanks for watching. we'll see you back here tonight at 10:00 everybody. >> good night ♪

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