a homeless guy in san jose versus the city's largest, preeminent luxury hotel, the fairmont. homeless gentlemen armed only with a vague recollection of the facts of the deal between the city and the fairmont but that was enough to tip the scales in his favor. after being turned away when he tried to use the restaurant, he marched down to city hall and up to the city attorney's office. >> i mentioned there was an agreement between the fairmont and the city of san jose. they said they had never heard of it so i went to the city attorney's office. >> looking for proof, for paperwork and he got it. >> he asked my staff if there was a document or restriction that required the fairmont to allow access and we gave him the document. this paperwork lays out the deal with the fairmont, which was built in part with public money from the redevelopment agency. city keep in $20.2 million when the hotel was first built and another 9.5 million when they added a second tower in 2002. in exchange the public got quote axis two and the right to use the bathrooms, bar area and restaurants on the

because i know they don't want me in there. >> reporter: overbey says it's not just the fairmont . a cold reception, anytime he tries to use the bathroom around here. the city managers at the hotel can into the reasonable restrictions on think you might want to bring in, but they cannot bar anyone using the first four restrooms , and the city can go to superior court to force compliance. in downtown san jose, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> pg&e is seeking a judge's approval to pay $235 million in bonuses to their employees despite the fact that they filed for bankruptcy. pg&e says the bonus money is an incentive for thousands of workers. pg&e file for bankruptcy in january, saying they are facing billions of dollars in potential liability some deadly wildfires in california for you. the company's executives say they won't distribute that bonus money if pg&e fails to meet its safety and financial goals this year. >>> coming up, a retired veteran and postal worker now in a legal battle with the city of berkeley over his home. how the community is stepping in to try to help. >> what

advocatepoverty. >> of course they are not wanted in the fairmont. that is where the big cheeses stay, but it's unfortunate it has to come to that, that people are looking to use the restroom and have nowhere to go. >> reporter: fairmont managers declined an on camera interview and instead emailed a statement which reads in part, our hotel has a covenant with the city, and we are proud to honor this agreement. we work hard to ensure our hotel remains a place where locals and guests can feel welcome. >> we had to remind the fairmont from time to time of the covenant. >> reporter: back in cesar chavez park across the hotel, robert overbey says knowing the law will likely change behavior. >> you think maybe you will give it a try? >> know because i know they don't want me in there. >> reporter: overbey says it's not just the fairmont. he gets contraception anytime he tries to go and use the bathroom anywhere. the city manager said the hotel can't institute freezable restrictions on things you can bring it, but they cannot bar anyone from going in and us

section 4 pertaining to the fairmont's first floor reads members of the general public shall be allowedccess to and the right to use on a nonexclusive basis. >> they have to allow members of the public and that includes homeless to be able to use the bathroom. >> reporter: san jose's homeless problem has been well documented be over 4300 residents will have permanent housing. advocates say that bathroom issue jessica poses the city's wealth and poverty. >> of course they are not wanted in the fairmont. that is what the big cheeses stay, but it's unfortunate that it had to come to that, the people say they are looking to use a restroom and have nowhere to go. >> reporter: thermogenesis the claimant on camera interview and said the email estimate which reads in part our hotel had a covenant with the city, and we are proud to honor this agreement. we worked hard to ensure our hotel remains a place where locals and guests can feel welcome. >> we had to remind the fairmont from time to time of the covenant. >> reporter: back in cesar chavez park across from the hotel, robert overbey says kno

the fairmont hotel in downtown was built in part with public money from the redevelopment agency.n exchange the public gets access to, and the right to use the bathrooms, the bar and the restaurant on the first floor. he was turned away from using the restroom and marched straight to the city attorney's office. >> he asked my staff if there was a document or restriction that required the fairmont to provide or allow access and we gave him the document. >> the general manager released a statement saying they are now proud to honor the formal agreement. it lasts for 75 years until 2071. >>> what are you having for dinner tonight? how about a side of charcoal. >> that the same charcoal you use when barbecuing, but the latest food craze. activated charcoal, used in medicine, showing up in everything from ice cream to drinks. but is it safe? >> so trendy right now you see other people doing it you want to try it too. >> watch the original report tomorrow night here at 7:00. >>> paul is back with more, exciting news for skiers. >> kind of knew it was coming but always cool to say it. sk

i mean, you say the fairmont and you've said it all. bottom line is who's going to benefit in the long run by your donation to that cause? this year, we've--this year, we went up to five scholarships from the cesar chavez, and then we added an additional stem, so now we're working with other groups to really take this to a whole different level. so, we'll be giving away six scholarships this year, which for the last couple years we've done four, about three to four scholarships. so, now we want to really take it to the next level. we've even increased the amounts, so it's really--it's not about us or the people that go to the breakfast. it's about us raising the funds to give back to the community and to give back to the students. damian: i know that phoenix, arizona brags a lot about having one of the biggest cesar chavez celebrations, breakfasts, or whatnot in the country. but i think we're giving them a run for their money. mauricio: yeah, well, we're going to--we want to definitely--well, we appreciate that. we welcome everyone that

the fairmont is moving the homeless from its lobby and bathrooms and the city says that's illegal. but the reason why might surprise you. nbc bay area's marianne favro joins us from san jose with more. marianne. >> reporter: well, this all has to do with money the city put in years ago to help get this hotel built. and i checked. and if you want to spend the night here in this hotel tonight in a standard king room, it will cost you $579. but that price doesn't make the hotel exclusive. from rock stars to president obama, a long list of celebrities have stayed at the famont hotel in downtown san jose. what you may not know is that when the city kicked in mor than $28 million in redevelopment money to subsidize the development of the hotel, the cash came with a catch. as part of the deal, the fairmont can't stop the public from using its lobby, restaurants and ground floor rest rooms. recently, some homeless people have said hotel employees have asked them to leave as they are heading in to use the rest room. hotel general manager dan mcgowan issued this statement saying, in part, ou

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50s to low to mid 60s so a little bit below average for this time of year. 61 in oakland, 63 in fairmont. vallejo coming in at 63. 64 for concord. we are talking 70s for our weekend. showers return late monday into tuesday. enjoy this nice break from the rain. >> i live in the east bay so 70s. >>> a military officer found dead with a gunshot wound to the head. authorities rolled it a suicide but his widow says he never would've killed himself. >> the evidence shows! there is no way he could have done what they said he did. >> peter van sant looks into the investigation to find evidence that the kernels that with the a homicide. an email sent saying, sorry about what you are about to find out. >> the window sent this note to a linguist to analyze this and the linguist concluded it was not a suicide note. >> you can watch 48 hours tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. right here. >>> concerns for a growing group of college athletes. to simone, i leave the van gogh. to harrison, the wine collection. to craig, this rock. the redwoods to the redheads. the rainbows to the proud. i leave these things to

. >>> hundreds of giants fans filled the fairmont hotel for the play ball lunch.ith players, coaches, and broadcasters. an annual benefit for the giants community fun. the new gm shared his sense of optimism and also joked he still getting to know the longtime manager. >> he's got the most intimidating blank stare i've ever been around. >> i have seen it many times. when i walk in there and say something and i get that, my heart still skips a beat. he's taking it easy on me. >> blue shield of california put on today's fundraiser. tonight their scheduled to play against the a's at oracle part. the regular season begins on thursday. >>> i'm so honored to be here with you guys. thank you so much for having me. >> a chance to say thank you >>> students and donors gathered together at the ritz carton hotel to celebrate students rising above. it was an opportunity for scholars to say thank you for everything the organization has done. >> for this fullback eddie williams, tonight is a homecoming. he's about to deliver the keynote address for the gala at the ritz carlton

out west they did see up to 6 inches of snow, fairmont, frostbefros frostburg. delays, i won't rule that out. we have slick slush on the ground still and as far as montgomery, howard ty co i'm highlighting this primarily for northern ermontgomery, nor loudoun and northern howard county. could see delays. for the rest of us, temperatures in the low 30s. it will be cold. y will be bre but it will be dry. all right. let's talk about road conditions rrtomorrow. to morning counts north and especially ones under a nter storm warni are going to see ice and snow on the roads. d.c. metro, a few icy spots north of the beltway. northern maryland w looking and slick through tomorrow morning. as far as the numbers go for your monday, a cold one. temperatures in the 30s. on around we'll see temperatures in the upper 30s. so it's going to be breezy. it will feel colder tomorrow. stormeam 4's 10-day outlook shows plentf sunshine at the top of the week but take a look at those numbers, specifically wednesday morning and thursday morning 10 to 11 degrees farther north. we'll be t

heat island and it gets evencolder. 19 now in wind chester in front royal, 18 in martinsburg. 10 in fairmont. with the wind blowg, wind chills are now between 5 and 15 degrees everywhere. bund up, kids on your way out to school this morning waiting for those bus stops. 2mperatures in the lows and again wind chills in the single numbers early this morning. temperatures later in thda above freezing but not for long. and the wind will be with us all day long as well. you'll need your puffy coat and hat with the tie downs on it. your scarf and sunglasses. don't need themblla until friday. it snowed down to myrtle beac yesterday. that is all now gone. morrow, another reasonably nice day. late tomorrow, clouds thicken ck up and we're tracking a chance for what could be a little rn, mostly rain for the d.c. metro area and rain snow mix in thehendoah valley. the timing of it during the daylight hours i think it willt mostly je rain. i don't see much of accumulation threat. now over the weekend, s lurday stilks to be the drieralf of the weekend. sunday close to 60 but raining. good morning, melissa.

. >>> and happening now, there are claims that san jose's fairmont hotel is removing homeless peoples lobby and bathrooms. the city says that's illegal. san francisco kicked in millions of dollars in redevelopment money to the hotel, but the cash came with a catch. as part of the deal the fair montd cannot stop the public from using its lobby, restaurants, and restrooms. popu. "jeopardy!" host alex trebek has cancer. >>> a stunning admission from a popular tv game show host. "jeopardy" host alex trebek has cancer. trebek disclosed his diagnosis in a video the 78-year-old host says he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is very serious but that he plans to fight it. >> with the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also i plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease. >> trebek went on to say with a joke that he had to beat the cancer because his contract calls for him to host "jeopardy" for three more years. by the way, he's been hosting the quiz show since 1984, and he says he's going to keep working as he fights his cancer. >>> n

there was a special gathering last night at fairmont san francisco with several guests -- our own vicki álondon breed.á she is also in this video. áwillie browná is now 85 years old. his exact birthday was wednesday, march 20th. (grant) (grant) a group of friends who áintimately know the river were the ones who found áthisá body on wednesday. 5-year-old ámatilda ortizá her dad on sunday when she slipped into water -- kicking off a frantic and desperate four day search. spoke to the friends who helped bring grieving family. the crew with river journey adventures are not only friends they're family... brothers who protect each other especially when in the dangerous stanislaus river (upbeat rock music) (sirens blaring) (sirens blaring) - we're going to a reported 211 that involved a gun. we got three, looks like younger aged males that entered the chevron in town center and put a gun,

march 20.no cause was released.the sacramento county coroner is conducting an autopsy (catherine) a fairmont family is considering legal action against their school district and the students they accuse of making a racist threat. edward russell junior posted this video on his facebook. he says there was a swastika spray-painted at vanden high school earlier this month and his 17-year-old son was named in the graffiti. the sign has been mostly cleaned up - but if you look carefully, you can make it out. he says -- he was disappointed to learn the students responsible were not expelled...and that the school did ánotá treat the case as a hate crime. "we wanted those criminals removed from the school, because they still had access to our son. they said they could not do that. they were suspended for five days for vandalism."(catherine) the n-double-a-c-p is now involved. the agency and the family say there's a culture of racism at the school and the travis unified school district... our calls and messages to the school and school district were not answered. (ken) also at vanden high school -- po

. >>> he asked if there was a document or some kind of restriction that required the fairmont to provide. and we gave him the document. >>> did general manager released a statement saying they're proud to honor the formal agreement and it last for 75 years until 2071. >>> is 5:55 am and coming up the next half hour, a man stops in traffic and gets out to confront another driver. the question this morning, what was he holding? >>> sonoma county health officials declared a public emergency following incredible flooding that we saw here last week. to simone, i leave the van gogh. to harrison, the wine collection. to craig, this rock. the redwoods to the redheads. the rainbows to the proud. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything in your power to preserve and protect them. with love, california. >>> there is a flood emergency and sonoma county. now we see with the officials are going to do about this. a special meeting called to sort it all out. >>> a stanford employee accused of stabbing his girlfriend, the victim says lsd made him d

(grant) a fairmont family is considering legal action against their school district and the studentsthey accuse of making a racist threat. edward russell junior posted this video on his facebook. he says there was a swastika spray-painted at vanden high school earlier this month... and his 17-year-old son was named in the graffiti. the sign has been mostly cleaned up - but if you look carefully, you can make it out. he says -- he was disappointed to learn the students responsible were not expelled...and that the school did ánotá treat the case as a hate crime. "we wanted those criminals removed from the school, because they slld access tohey said they could not do that. they were suspended for five days for vandalism."(grant) the n-double-a-c-p is now involved. the agency and the family say there's a culture of racism at the school and the travis unified school district... our calls and messages to the school and school district were not answered. (vicki) also at vanden high school -- police are investigating another report of racist trheat. the school was closed today out of what sc

abc 7's kristen sze is emceeing the event at the fairmont in san francisco at 10:00 this morning. >>>today, great america opens for the 2019 season in santa clara. a lot of teenagers excited about that. during the off-season, the park updated the front entrance, walkways and signs. some new games have been added to the arcade and the first 2,000 guests today will get a free limited edition poster showcasing the iconic great america fountain and carousel. there will also be an interactive scavenger hunt for collectible pins. the park opens at 10:00 this morning. lisa, it was very wet last night and this morning. a little drier on those rides today? >> yeah. it's going to take some time to dry out but the rain is ending this morning and we're looking at sunshine, a few clouds mixed in. mt. tam, the rain ended at about 3:00 this morning. amounts anywhere from 2 to 3 inches in the higher hills. redwood city, you picked up a half inch. about 0.4 in livermore. we'll talk about the rest of the weekend and more rain for the week ahead coming up. >> thanks, lisa. >>> also next, the a's return

kristen sze is emceeing the event at the fairmont in san francisco at 10:00 this morning. >>> also happeningr the 2019 season in santa clara. a lot of happy teenagers today. during the off-season the park updated the front entrance, walkways and sign. some new games have been added to the arcade. the first 2,000 guests will get a free limited edition poster showcasing the great america fountain and carousel. there will be an interactive scavenger hunt for collectible pins. the park opens at 10:00 this morning. lisa argen is here with our forecast. lisa, is it going to be dry at the park or still wet? >> no, it's certainly going to be dry. you'll see some of that blue sky out there for a change. here's live doppler 7. the storm system quickly exiting out of the bay area. maybe a few leftover sprinkles and clouds. as this system exits, we have a nice break before the next comma shape heads our way. that's rain sunday night. 40s, 50s, even a few low 60s this morning. 48 in novato and increasing sun. a mild start this morning. we'll call it partly cloudy, and looking at temperatures in the low 5

abc 7's kristen sze is emceeing the event at the fairmont in san francisco at 10:00 this morning. >>>g today, great america opens for the 2019 season in santa clara. during the off-season, the park updated the front entrance, walkways and signs. some new games have been added to the arcade and the first 2,000 guests today will get a free limited edition poster showcasing the iconic great america fountain and carousel. there will also be an interactive scavenger hunt for collectible pins. the park opens at 10:00 this morning. of course a lot of thrill seekers excited about that. lisa, it was kind of rainy last night. will the rides be dry or still wet? >> we've got some sun out there right now working to dry things out. we'll have a dry couple of days, day and a half, before we get to, yes, more rain. from our roof camera we're lookg at a little breezy time of it in san francisco. 51 degrees. it's 52 in san jose. about a day and a half break before we wake up to more rain for the workweek. i'll have your accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. >> thanks, lisa. >>> also next, the a's

kristen sze is the emcee at the fairmont in san francisco this morning. >>> also happening today, greata opens for the 2019 season in santa clara. a lot of teenagers excited about that. during the off-season, the park updated the front entrance, walkways and signs. some new games have been added to the arcade and the first 2,000 guests today will get a free limited edition poster showcasing the iconic great america fountain and carousel. there will also be an interactive scavenger hunt for collectible pins. the park opens at 10:00 this morning. lisa, what will the weather be like at the park? >> you know what, things of going to g just according to plan. we'll see the rain end throughout the morning hours. already seeing that in the north bay. a live look outside from san jose. not the case here in livermore, fremont and san jose. still a rainy start to your weekend. temperatures are mild, though, 50s and 60s. we'll talk about the sunnier day over the weekend. you're going to have to count up the rainy days for the week ahead. remember, just the messenger here. we'll see you in a few mi

frederick county, maryland, sheriff's office investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting in fairmont. look for theatest on news 4 midday. alexandria will kick off potholepa blitzes in a year. it's seen a number of pothole complaints triple. get to a loo at our first4traffic this morning. dave, good morning. >> good imorning. its pothole season. the big crash of the hour is southbound on 395 near edsall road. crashes 59 northbound on the shoulders princewilliam, north of fairfax county, volume delays in the district, north capital, rockford the crash with only o lane getti by. that's the latest. back to you. >> thanks, dave. new tonight, you probably don't think much about your adcar's ght but they are an important safety feature. >> consumer reporter will have tips on m ntaining your headlights. a check on your forecast after this. >>> i'm meteorologist lauryn ricketts. we're not looking too morning out there. we've got tempetures in the 30s and 40s right now, 50s in hagerstown. if you're headed out to nats park, temperatures in the upper 50s as first pitch gets under way, .5:05 we w