only, this would not be the first time dennis herrera's office has investigated mohammed nuru. there was 2004 when he was implicated in a voting fraud scheme involving public works employees. dennis herrera produced a scathing report to mohammed nuru's boss at the time. >> i want the investigation to be completed as soon as possible. we are in full cooperation. two of these accusations are accurate, people should be held accountable. >> reporter: newly appointed mohammed nuru in 2011, a move herrera criticized in a statement he said "mohammed nuru does not belong to be in charge of a city department with a $129 million annual budget. he also said the employment cronyism politics and poor judgment." >> this is the responsibility of the district attorney of the city and county of san francisco. >> reporter: retired judge quinton recently quit the san francisco ethics commission. he says the mohammed nuru case exposes the city's lack of seriousness in exposing public corruption. >> you have this spectacle of the u.s. attorney performing the responsibility of city and county offici

mohammed nuru welcomes the looks forward to addressing the charges in court. >>> mohammed nuru was arrested a week ago. he was arrested again yesterday for allegedly lying to the fbi he falsely claimed he didn't talk about the investigation with others. nick bovis's attorney declined to comment. they are both free on $2 million bond each. they will be back in court february 6. >>> troubling case indeed. >>> for more on the case we are joined in the studio by illegal analysts michael cardoso. always good of you to come in here. a lot to get to with these charges that have been revealed at the feds. from what you hear about the evidence how strong a case they have>>> having done a lot of federal cases i know when the fbi or the feds ramp it up in this case the u.s. attorney. when they ramp it up and they go arrest people they've got a rocksolid case. we are talking wiretaps informants. whistleblowers. they have in my opinion a ton of evidence to prove this. they don't want against officials and against high- profile people too embarrassed down. because if they haven't done their homework and

san francisco's public works director mohammed nuru arrested on corruption charges today. prosecutors described what they called five different "schemes." three of them involving lefty o jules restaurant owner nick bovis, public works director mohammed nuru was first arrested last tuesday and then received an endorsement from governor gavin newsom at an infrastructure summit. >> i want to acknowledge and closing that mohammed nuru is the head of the public department works, no more important powerful agent. seeing him sitting as those folks clean up the streets. solve problems before they become problems. >> the complaint says that mohammed nuru and nick bovis schemes to private an airport condition to drive an airport space. they also tried to have commercial leasing right at the transbay center and manipulate the portable toilet designs to help nick bovis land the bed. >>> tonight some of the biggest names in the game are picking the 49ers to win super bowl liv. these guys know what they are talking about, they have posted the lombardi trophy themselves many times. denni

the shock of mohammed nuru's arrest is starting to wear off and now there is a call for action. three of san francisco's supervisors stood on the steps of city hall calling for an investigation to look into mohammed nuru, the department of public works, and anywhere the investigation leads. >> the special investigator will be tasked to study the extent of corruption. >> reporter: following the call for that outside investigation, the mayor's office said an independent investigation is already underway by the controller and city attorney who is in the painted position. the supervisor is backing off calls to fire nuru immediately instead saying the director should take action himself and resign. he says he is working on legislation to break up the department, saying too much power resides with one person at the head of the department. >> i have spoken out about the need for restructuring for the department of public works and that is something we'll be coming forward with proposals around in the near future. >> reporter: as leaders debate about what to do with the department of pu

, and side deals by one of san francisco's highest ranking employees, director of public works mohammed nuru. restaurateur nick bovis also charged in a criminal complaint with honest services wire fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to bribe a san francisco airport commissioner. the alleged bribe, $5,000 cash and free travel in exchange for the commissioner's assistance to win a bid for the right to run a restaurant at sfo. both men allegedly violated rules requiring a fair competitive bidding process though the scheme was never completed and the bribe never

one of those is mohammed nuru, the director of the public works department in san francisco. the other is nick bovis who is the owner of lefty o'doul restaurant. both of those men were arrested last night. the allegations surrounding them and what they are charged with is unclear because records are not being released at this point. we know the fbi is planning a 1:30 news conference to release new details. nuru is a longtime city employee. he is arrested on suspicion of public corruption. he took over in 2000 11 and oversees 1600 employees with an operating budget of more than $300 million. nick bovis is the longtime owner of lefty o'doul , the restaurant known for hosting thanks giving meals every year along with an annual toy drive. we reached out to lefty o'doul. we have not heard back from anyone at the public works department either. we did speak with breed and here's what she had to say. >> we don't have the facts are the details of the case, unfortunately until we have that information, i won't be able to provide any in-depth information or to answer questions. i will

mohammed nuru, 30 years with the department of public works, worked his way up. he is known for the guy cleaning the streets of the city, building the navigation centers, taking the transbay terminal, which was way overdue to be built. you hand it to mohammed, he will cut through the red tape or bhafr it takes and get the job done. this time, however, he appears to have carried that over into his personal life and cut corners that could get him i trouble, specifically hooking up with nick bovis, who is also very well known san franciscan. >> he certainly is. you've seen nick bovis many times here on abc7. here's video from a year ago when his restaurant, lefty o'doul's provided free meals for federal workers furloughed during the government shutdown. and here's video from christmas 2018. bovis has been giving christmas presents to students at a tenderloin school for years. now he's accused of working with nuru to get inside information to gain an unfair advantage in awarding contracts. as this story broke today, we started sending out push alerts through the abc7

today supervisor matt haney will be calling for the immediate firing of public works director mohammed nuru, nuru is accused of taking part of bribery and inside deals. >>> number four, vanessa bryant says her family is completely devastated since the helicopter crash that killed nine people including her husband, kobe bryant and her 13-year-old daughter. >>> number five, tracking coastal fog, coastal valleys, even petaluma and san francisco we have some fog this morning. you can see that on the golden gate. milder tomorrow, 46 to 35 >>> number six, tracking a new crash now in danville involving multiple cars blocking three lanes. this is southbound 680 at road. >>> let's take you live to match my. here's a look at hard rock stadium, the site of super bowl liv. look at those blue skies. of course security is stepped up for the game but officials say there are no specific or credible threats. the countdown is three days away. >> all right. >> that means we have one more day of live julian in miami. >> yes. >> bringing us the sights and sounds from the water, from everywhere. >> he says he wi

. >>> director mohammed nuru's behavior did not happen in a vacuum. >> the fallout of the corruption scandal rattling city hall. >>> a well-known bay area high school votes to end a 70 year tradition. the possible impact on learning. >> at first i was very opposed to it. >> they can get lost and confused. >>> live look at the miami skyline on the kpix 5 news at 7 and streaming on cbsn bay area. good evening i'm ken bastida. >> i'm elizabeth cook. a little while ago jim agee held his final press conference before super bowl sunday. dennis o'donnell is life for us in miami. >> reporter: i love the super bowl. everybody starts to roll in. fans from the bay area, fans from kansas city. the 49ers though, radio silence. done talking with the media for the firm final time today. >> we don't get a ton of downtime, we came from practice, sorry about being late. >> spent little time with my brothers, hang out with them. >> have you chosen which jordan's you are going to the super bowl? >> i haven't decided, but these are probably up there. >> reporter: jimmy garoppolo and the 49ers practice at

mohammed nuru, 30 years with public works. worked his way up. he is known for cleaning the streets of the city. building the navigation centers taking the transbay center, hand to it mohammed. he will cut through red tape and get job done. this time it appears he cut corner that's could get him in trouble. specificallying whoing up with nick bovis, always well known san franciscan. >> we do stories every year on his charitable efforts. >> every year at christmas, we're down there with the cameras for the toy drive. we're not sure how the fbi got involved. possibly through an undercover operation and the use of a sting. what we have though is the question about trying on get votes at the airport commission for a restaurant contract for an associate of bovis's. the other is the portable toilets. being given inside information. bovis was given inside information so co-put bids in earlier to get the multimillion-dollar contracts. and also, the transbay terp natural itself. questions about that which mohammed had gone in. another chinese developer who

san francisco director of public works, mohammed nuru is alleged to have providing lefty o'dou owner nick bovis an advantage in the awarding of contracts. kate larsen has more. >> reporter: long-term leader of san francisco's department of public works, mohammed nuru is accused of taking part in bribery, kickbacks and side deals according to u.s. attorney david anderson. nick bovis was also charged with wire fraud. >> the complaint alleges corruption pouring into san francisco from around the world. >> it alleges they were involved in a scheme to bribe a san francisco airport commissioner in exchange for the commissioner's assistance to win acontract for a restaurant lease at sfo. abc 7 learned that sfo commissioner is linda craton. according to the complaint, she turned down a $5,000 cash bribe. the city's department of public works needs to be overalled according to some. >> if you give somebody that much power wither they can do whatever they want without oversight, this allows them do this stuff. it's unacceptable. i think he needs to be fired and potentially he's going to spend

in a public corruption andal in san francisco that led to the arrest of the head ofublic works mohammed nuru thks for joining us is 00:06pm tonight, i'm ken yne and i pale more and now this development happening within t last hour and a half airport commissioner, linda creighton has resigned toght, a crime for source tells us the creighton is listed as th unnamed commissioner in the new le fbi rruption complat, although she is not ing charged with on or does she take any arrives heris the letter at creating submitted to yor london breed it says in part. >>it is with a heavy heart that i write you today to submit my sisnation i have served in this capacity for more than 20 ears and it would have been an honor and pleasure to continue to serve the city creighn goes on to ay that she has been struggling with several medical conditions which she says have gotten worse over time. >>this all comes on theheels of that rruption scandal involving the public works director mohammed nuru and th owner of left field deal up the left-fie was rathernick both this according to a 75 page complaintnew rule is

it says in part these allegations against mohammed nuru are extremely serious and we will fully cooperate with any investigation breed also confirmed nuru has been placed on administrative leave effective last night and she will soon be announcing an interim leadership strategy for the department of public works street also says that to she's asking the city attorneys to conduct a thorough review of any implicated city contracts or other decisions. >>and to investigate any suspected violations of the law. our coverage of this developing story continues on our website to read the full criminal complaint. visit kron 4 dot com. >>the big story tonight and another day fortunately brings no new evidence the corona virus has spread to the bay area. yes thankfully, but it is a concern does grow so do efforts to keep the public informed. >>about what's happening offers rob fladeboe joins us now live with an update from santa clara county in the health department there rob. >>that's right vicki and ran to health officials here reiterating the fact that there is still no evidence that that corona v

legations of corruption bribery side deals and the arrest of longtime director of public works mohammed nuru. >>it is both neceary and appropriate to identify a completely an independent investigator we absolutely can not rely on the executive branch of government in the city and county of san francisco to investigate itself. the people of san francisco deserve accountability transparency and honesty think it's really unfortunate that the supervisor spends a lot of time chasing headlines instead of doing his homework to get the facts as for independent investigation into the new rule public works scandal. the fact ithe city attorney's office is a independent lee elecd city attorney ernie. >>and i asked him to do an investigation 3 days ago mayor london breed asked both the city attorney ernie and the city controller to review the federal charging documents and he implicated could tracks to make sure that they comply with city law she asked that they make recommendations on how to strength in contracting procedures the san francisco supervisors insist hiring an outside investigator is the bes

supervisor, matt haney, will be calling today for the immediate firing of the public works director, mohammed nuruion into that department. nuru and bovis face up to 20 years in prison on corruption charges. nuru's attorney says his lint lo client looks forward to fighting the allegations. back to lia

>> dan and liz, i just learned the name of the sfo commissioner who turned down mohammed nuru and nick bovis' alleged bribe. t it is linda creighton. i spoke with her on the phone, and she told me, quote, her integrity means a lot to her. i also spoke to her attorney, who told me he had no comment. nuru and bovis were each released on $2 million bond. the department of public works says that fbi investigators gathered documents from nuru's office at city hall yesterday afternoon. tonight he is on administrative leave. alleged corruption, bribery, and side deals byne

. >> reporter: today's change was exactly the kind of event mohammed nuru would've been in the middle of. >> there's no question that he should be fired immediately. this is a department with hardly any oversight at all which is a recipe for something like this to happen. >> reporter: in many respects his power was unique. he was appointed the head of public works by a man who was a former head of public works as mayor. he famously respected those bureaucratic territory lines. he was running up the department that was central to the biggest challenges in san francisco. >> notice that none of this says deadly. >> 80% of the encampments have been cleaned up. >> reporter: he was indispensable for a string of mayors but prosecutors say was exactly that influence that led to impropriety. >> with a little bit of dignity you can erase a lot of humiliation. >> reporter: that is his codefendant talking about the public bathrooms that are part of the fbi investigation. >>, shelter and public restroom schemes. >> reporter: there is still a lot that we do not know about the case because prosecuto

plans to restore public trust. >> reporter: the shock of the department of public works director mohammed nuru's arrest is starting to wear off and now a plan to action. a dpw interim director trying to restore his faith in the department and met with public department employees to seek their advice going forward and is looking for changes immediately. >> we are bringing transparency to the bidding process. that is really how do you it. there is no magic trick. there is no silver bullet. we will bring the transparency back to the contract. >> reporter: the news conference on the steps of is the city hall, calling for an outside investigation into nuru, the department of public works and anywhere the investigation leads. >> the special investor will be tasked to discover the extent of the corruption within the department of public work, the department of public works and any implicated city departments in the executive branch. >> reporter: the mayor is saying the supervisor's calls for an additional invests are unfortunate and she reiterated she called for an independent investigation from the ou

san francisco director of public works, mohammed nuru is alleged to have provided lefty o'doul's ownerk bovis an advantage in the awarding of contracts. the complaint details an undercover fbi investigation with heavy surveillance. it alleges nuru and bovis were involved in a scheme to bribe a san francisco airport commissioner in exchange for that commission's assistance to win a contract for a restaurant lease at sfo. matt haney says the city's department of public works needs to be overalled. nuru and bovis were released on $2 million bonds. >>> new at 6:00, car seat safety. the one thing parents should never do when buckling their kids in. >>> and let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange, the big board is showing us we're up 172 points. >>> plus the sights and sounds of miami as super bowl fever takes over the city. our own julian glover is giving us a tour off the beaten path. >> he's really immersed himself. >> he's living. >> he is. he's calling it working. but he's living. >> it's nice and warm there, we'll get a little bit warmer but not that warm. >> we're not ge

. >> san francisco director of public works mohammed nuru and nick bovis are embroiled in the allegations of misconduct and bribery. >> melanie woodrow has been digging into the charges and she is live with the latest developments. >> this is a resignation alert that linda creighton submitted this afternoon. she was the san francisco international airport commissioner that was outlined in those charging documents we had yesterday. she said she's resign go for health reasons. this is a position she had served in for more than 20 years, according to the resignation alert. yesterday she said by phone that her integrity means a lot to her. she did not accept a $5,000 cash bribe and free trip from the department of public works director mohammed nuru and nick bovis in and challenge for granting a bid at sfo. however, the spip questions creighton's outlined words in the criminal complaint during the alleged bribe meeting. >> while it is true that a sitting commissioner didn't take a cash bribe interesting words that were recorded unethical and inappropriate. it is conduct not becoming a city of

a department that has been shaken since the arrest of mohamed nuru. now the city is working ongoing developing plans going forward. the shock of the department of public works director mohamed nuru's arrest is wearing off and now a call to action with the dpw interim director looking for a reinstatement of faith working with the department of employees looking to seek changes going forward immediately. >> we are bringing transparency in the bidding process. that is really how do you it. there is no magic trick. there is no hiding or silver bullet. we will bring that transparency back to the contracting process piece. >> reporter: the future of the contract was at the steps of city hall with three san francisco supervisors looking for an outside investigation looking into nuru, the department of public works and anywhere else the investigation leads. >> we will be tasked to uncover the extended of the department of public works, public health, transport and other departments in the executive branch. >> reporter: the mayor is saying the supervisor's cal

three city supervisors want an outside investigation to look into mohammed nuru and the dpw and otherity departments. this comes as the interim dpw director says he's putting measures together to restore faith in the department by bringing more transparency to the departments contract process. >> we are going to bring transparency into the bidding process. and that really is the way you do it. there is no hiding a silver bullet. we're going to bring that transparency back in the contracting process. >> mayor london breed says it's unfortunate the supervisors are calling for an investigation and that the independent probe is already underway by the controller and city attorney. >>> the oakland city council is considering new legislation that will give tenants their first right to buy their home if the owner puts it up for sale. the tenant opportunity to purchase act was introduced this morning by councilmember nikki fortunato basked in the groups for housing. they said it will protect residents and give them the ability to stay in their homes. >> more families are living in their vehic

the fbi says mohammed nuru engaged in fraud with his friend nick bovis who owns lefty o'doul restaurant. the fbi says they tried unsuccessfully to bribe san francisco's airport commissioner and they are accused of conspiring with a person who was later revealed to be an undercover federal agent to get a lease at sfo. lefty o'doul is also accused of bringing the building process to help a developer from china. >> the fbi will pursue the investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice no matter who they are, whatever they are positioned maybe or who they may know. >> the fbi also accuses giving lefty o'doul new information on bidding. nuru disputes all the information. they're both doing federal court next thursday. >>> police in oakland are investigating a hit-and-run that sent one man to the hospital. it happened before 6:00 this morning in the area of seven street. police found a man who would been hit. the person had already driven up. anyone who saw what happened or has information, call oakland police. >>> authorities are searching for the people responsible for a deadly shootin

to today's developments, matt haney is planning to call for the firing of public works director mohammed nuru today and he wants an investigation into the public works department. nuru and nick bovis face up to 20 years in prison on corruption charges. haney will announce this at a press conference today saying he wants to root out any potential corruption in city government. reporting live at sfo, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> the question still remains this morning will new witness testimony be allowed in president trump's impeachment trial. today senator also have another opportunity to question both sides before a possible vote tomorrow. democrats have been pushing to hear from former national security adviser, john bolton. the president's lawyers say if witnesses are allowed, they also have a list of names. >> i'm no fan of john bolton, though i like him a little more than i used to. but you should hear from him. >> i want schiff, i want joe biden. >> while the trial continues on capitol hill, president trump will hold a rally in iowa. >>> sonoma county began clearing people camping on

one day after news broke of mohammed nuru's arrest, san francisco's mayor is talking about being blind sided. >> i will say that surprised and of course very disappointed. >> reporter: the mayor saying she's ordered a top-down review. >> the plan is to continue to work with the city attorney's office and the controller's office to really look into a number of the contracts within the department to determine whether or not there were issues with those contracts. >> reporter: the city attorney's office not commenting on an on going investigation. but some city leaders are saying that's not enough. >> you can't only have an executive branch that has had a number of issues around this sort of corrupt behavior investigate itself. >> reporter: the department of public works with its half billion dollar annual budget is simply too big and there's too little accountability and that one person has too much power. supervisor haney was working on legislation to reform the department before nuru's arrest and has been vocal in calling for nuru to be fired and overha department. >> we need independe

longtime public works director mohammed nuru has been charged in fbi probe along with lefty bovis. the complaint says that nuru and bovis scheme to private airport commissioner to land a restaurant space. >> the complaint alleges corruption, bribery, side deals, there was an envelope of cash, the scheme involved the payment of a $5000 bribe and also provision of travel. >> the complaint also alleges that the two men try to arrange commercial leasing rights at the transbay transit center and manipulate the cities portable toilet designs to help bovis lend a bid. in addition to the investigation the city is also conducting its own investigation. >>> new this morning east palo alto police investigating the city's first homicide of the year. they got reports of shots being fired last night after 8:00 on circle. when they got there they found a person who had been shot and call paramedics but it was too late. no arrests have been may. >>> the santa cruz county sheriff's office is releasing some new details into the murder case. this is tech executive who was kidnapped from his home and

mohammed nuru was charged today in an alleged kickback scheme. it also involves nick bovis. both are accused of bribes in an effort to get an airport restaurant lease. both men are out of gile $2 million bond each. they each face up to 20 years in prison. >> federal law gives the citizens of san francisco a right to honest services from their public that's the. san francisco has been betrayed. >> the supervisor issued a statement saying these charges against the director are hugely distressing and demonstrate the noted for much broader reforms. >> a large sinkhole is now a headache for authorities in santa clara. it is now in the middle of a living room and now the subject of a lawsuit. when a mess. >> reporter: it is indeed. this house is embroiled in a big dispute between owners, a retired couple, and the homeowners association. the engineer said the sinkhole inside is undermining the house. >> it started about 20 months ago when renters could see water through a floor grate. a plumber said wasn't a leaky pipe. four inches of water were discovered under the house and it ke

evening, i'm ken wayne and i'm pam moore, the head of san francisco's department of public works mohammed nuru and the owner of left the old rules have been charged with public corruption. we have live team coverage tonight from the details of the charges to reaction from around the bay area community let's begin with kron four's michelle kingston live in san francisco to break down the developments of the investigation, michelle. >>well the fbi says they used surveillance and wiretapping to conduct this investigation that they say it is still ongoing. >>san francisco has been betrayed as alleged in the complaint. >>san francisco, public works director mohamed rouhani rested alongside nick bovis the owner of popular sports bar duels the complaint alleges corruption bribery side deals by one of san francisco's highest-ranking public employees according to the 75 page complaint nuru is charged with one count of wire aud stemming from 5 alleged scheme should the first alleges nuru and bovis bribed an unnamed san francisco airport commissioner with cash and free travel in exchange for the commissi

. >> reporter: on friday afternoon i was here at city halton third floor in the office of mohammed nuru. we were talking about the changes in traffic patterns on market street. little did i know at the time that he had already been arrested and knew that this corruption investigation was underway. we did not know, no one knew, but as of today everyone is aware of this and it is a very big deal. >> the complaint alleges corruption, bribery, side deal, by one of san francisco's highest ranking public employees. >> reporter: muhammad nuru was first arrested last tuesday on corruption charges. they say he agreed to cooperate in secret but was arrested again yesterday after breaking the agreement. >> yesterday he interviewed, falsely denied discloseing the investigation's cooperation with the investigation and he was taken back into custody yesterday. >> reporter: today the prosecutors described five different "schemes," three involving his co dedefendant, nick bovis. the complaint says they schemed to bribe an airport commissioner to land a restaurant deal. >> this is the airport scheme. >>

in a public corruption andal in san francisco that led to the arrest of the head ofublic works mohammed nuru thks for joining us is 00:06pm tonight, i'm ken yne and i pale more and now this development happening within t last hour and a half airport commissioner, linda creighton has resigned toght, a crime for source tells

the fbi arrested mohammed nuru and the owner of west field restaurant in connection with a series of alleged corruption schemes. he allegedly tried to bribe commissioner craton with $5,000 to security a restaurant lease at sfo. authority says she refused. the mayor says she's ordered a top-down review of public works. >>> a problem along part of the new border wall. what's being blamed for one section falling over. >> an attack on a man in a wheelchair. america isn't just sick of donald trump, america's getting sicker. there are one million more uninsured americans every year under trump. and he's repeatedly tried to repeal obamacare. mike bloomberg will make sure everyone without health coverage can get it, and everyone who likes theirs, keep it. while capping fees to lower costs. as mayor, he helped expand coverage to seven hundred thousand more people. and championed women's reproductive health. as president, he'll give access to everyone. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. >>> a confrontation at a target storened with one man throwing another out of his wheelchair. th

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has developed a story tonight in san francisco ju days after the city's public works director mohammed nuru was arrested for alleged rruption. >>several cip supervisors are now calling foan independent force has the lead young reports. >>it is th necessary and appropriate to identify a completely an independent investigator we absolutely can not rely on the execuve branch of government in the city and county of san francisco tinvestigate itself. the people of san francisco deserve accountabittransparency and honesty these 3 san francisco supervisors are joining together to turn up e heat on mayor london breed to select an dependent investigor outside of ty hall to handle the department of public works scandal, which nvolves allegations of corptn bribery side deals and the arrest of longtime director of public works mohammed nuru. >>the director of public works serves at the will ofthe mayor and the city administrat. i'm not i'm going to in any way interfere in the mayor or the city administrators decision-making power for anyone who was in a situation like this it seems clear that they shou

yesterday, the fbi revealed the corruption chars d arrested the head of san francisco, publiworks mohammed nuru and restaurant owner nick bovis kron four's michelle kingston has the latest on this developing stor having obviously a problem getting that story on but stay with kron 4 we're going to continue covering thiscase will have new details plus reaction. ad response from san francisco lawmakers, another big story we are following on kron 4 the death toll is now up to a 170 in china because of the corona virus with more than 7,000 people infected around the world today rld health officials expressed great concern that the virus is starting to spread between an increasing number of people outside of china, australia finland and singapore are among those reporting new cases we have live team verage tonight the corona virus kron four's gayle ong livwith us in the studio with how the outbreak overseas is affecti me businesses here in the city, but first we go to grant lotus who is tracking this fast-spreading disease grant deed panic and the virus is spreading quickly oversees the world health

allegations of corrupon bribery side deals and the arrest of longtime director of public works mohammed nuru. >>the director of public works serves at the will of the mayor and the city administrator. i'm not i'm going to in any

but it is not the first time that mohammed nuru has been under the microscope. red flags raised were there years ago. >> reporter: >>> buildings in downtown san jose are filling up, renter spiking, was behind the surge, and how long can it continue? >>> the big change coming to a vulnerable bay area high school after 70 years, how it is getting ready for the girls. our top story on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, this has business booming in downtown san jose. that evening i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm ken bastida. >>> it is waking up what some say was a sleepy downtown area. len ramirez is in san jose with the real estate deals that are causing prices to surge. >> reporter: take a look at all the downtown buildings behind me. that is where the renter spiking. and vacancies are an all-time low. you can see on the sidewalks. more people, more building activity, and more downtown building supporting high-tech logos than ever. >> i think we are facing an unprecedented amount of growth. >> reporter: the latest sign of that is white right here, the second of two

supervisor matt haney says after the fbi charged public works director mohammed nuru with wire fraud, his office fielded several calls from dpw employees, alleging ongoing corruption within the department. haney is among three supervisors not calling for an independent investigation outside the city attorney's office. >>> tonight, a popular contra costa county music venue is facing last call. >> kpix 5's andrea nakano is in downtown martinez where armando's was served an eviction notice. >> reporter: armadas pack the house every single night, but soon it will have to shut its doors. many say this is the heart of the community, and it is being taken away because of the landlord dispute. from classic country to rock armando's has been the go to venue for bay area musicians. >> i sometimes will get more nervous playing hear them playing for 60,000 people because people are here to listen. >> reporter: 16 years ago, roy jeans opened this place. at first come he held small private parties, but that word got out about how special this place is. >> it's just not cookie shouter. reminds me of

supervisor, matt haney, will be calling today for the immediate firing of the public works director, mohammed nuru, and will be calling for an internal investigation into that department. nuru and bovis face up to 20 years in prison on corruption charges. nuru's attorney says his lint lo client looks forward to fighting the allegations. back to linda crayton, she has not been charged with a crime. her attorney says she did nothing wrong. reporting live at sfo, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> it's 4:30. if you're just waking up to us, good morning. >> we'll get a quick update of weather starting with mike. >> here's where the fog is thickest, along the coast, down through half moon bay. visibility down to a mile at the airport there. >> that's the only fog in town. that's keeping our temperatures milder. this is a look from the exploratorium camera, back towards the salesforce tower. here's a look at the day planner, 48 to 52, milder this morning. already 60 by noon. our inland and bay neighborhoods, that's just a few degrees above average. we have a couple hours of warming that will p

>>in a written statement, the mayor calls the allegations against mohammed nuru extremely serious and sa that the city will cooperate fully with any investigation in the meantime supervisor matt haney has been very vocal about new rules arrest. >>we have some of the filthiest rates in the country and we have a director who's spending his time on self-dealing and worrying about his own pockets as opposed to how to clean the streets of the tenderloin and you know when you have that kind of situation i think it led to a lot of the failures e've seen in terms filled the streets, ah but also sadly it has potential for corruption. >>supervisor matt haney has introduced new legislation that will put more oversight on the department of public works. well on to national news now the senate impeachment trial of president trump will continue this afternoon kron four's washington correspondent trevor shirley joins us live this morning following the latest thank you for joining us this morning, trevor. now that the president's defense team has is yeah, thank you so now that the president's rested

attorney's office revealed allegations of pay to play schemes involving city public works chief mohammed nuru. he said his office has received calls from many work here's deri rpa corruption. others are backing the call for an outside investigator. >> so i don't think anyone can read this complaint and not think there is far more there than what has come to light, and that we cannot trust the branch of government in which this is happening to investigate itself. >> mayor london breed has asked the city attorney's office and the controller's office to investigate. the mayor's office says an outside investigation would be redunldant, saying both those entities. >> every year the nfl presents one of its most prestigious awards to a player in honor of his volunteer charity work as well as his excellence on the field. the 49ers cornerback richard sheryl an is the team's nominee for the walter peyton award. now he's launching a new initiative to help young adults with financial literacy. chris nguyen has a sneak peek. >> reporter: as the 49ers prepare for super bowl liv -- >> this is your lesson. >

longtime public works director mohammed nuru has been tried charged it with a prolonged owner nick bovis. base a nuru and bovis scheme to bribe a term -- the complaint alleges corruption, bribery, side deals but an envelope of cash, the scheme involved payment of a $5000 bribe and also provision of travel. >> the complaint also says that the two men tried to arrange commercial leasing rights at the transbay transit center and manipulate the cities portable toilet designs to help bogus land bid and in addition to the federal investigation the city is also conducting its own investigation. meanwhile the city purchaser has been tapped to be the interim public works director. >>> police say they are seeing a rise in robberies and thefts across the bay area especially with chinese new year. >> don't look at your phone and walk. look around. >> police also say try not to walk alone, stay with friends and if you are walking at night walk in a well lit area. >>> apple stock hitting a record high in after-hours trading all because of earnings that showed a banner holiday season for the company. t

department had mohammed nuru is accused of engaging in five different schemes involving bribery, kickbacks and fraudulent contracts at city hall. city hall today, supervisors gordon mark, dean preston and matt heady said it was all going on while they were asking for help. >> we asked the director to take action, to add bathrooms and trash cans and pressure washing, the answer was no. now we know at the very time that the conditions on our streaks street worsened the director is accused of spending the time highlighting his own pockets. she coming up tonight and 6, wilson walker is leaving digging deeper into past controversies and frustration over why it took the feds stepping in to stop it. >>> issued an investigation in san jose and police are asking for help in finding the suspect. the shooting happened just after 1 a.m. today on the avenue south of san jose city college. officers arrived to find a man alone in a car suffering from a gunshot wound. he was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. officers believe the victim was driving when the shots were fired. >> our assa

. >>> mohammed nuru is accused of trying to bribe an sfo airport commissioner to get a popular local restaurant into the airport. one of the many illegal schemes he's accused of initiating. his job puts him in charge of a half billion dollar annual budget for san francisco. now he faces charges on what's being called honest services fraud. nuru is due back in court next week. >>> pinch a grinch. that's what police dubbed the case that landed three sisters in jail right before christmas. police say the sisters treated themselves to some $300,000 worth of goods from stores all across the bay area. nbc bay area's sharon katsuda joins us in hayward to tell us more about this alleged scheme. >> reporter: that's right, jessica. police say most of the grab and runs happened here around christmas here at the southland mall. and take a look at what police say the suspects did with all the merchandise. >> this crime was very bold. >> reporter: police video here shows it's as if the suspects created their own north pole. racks and racks of new clothes, warm jackets, sweatshirts, appliances, eve

the head of san francisco'sdepartment of public works mohammed nuru and thowner of left field tools, nick bovis were both arrested authorities say the 2 men a implicated in 5 separate schemes involving bribery and side als joining us now to break down e developments of this investigation kron four's michelle kiston is here michelle. >>us atorneys david anderson held that press conference today where he told us about those charges they stem from a number of alleged sches from nuru bribing a san francisco airport commission. >>to obtaining free bor from contractors working in n francisco to help him build a vacation home 3 and a half hours outside the city. >>the complaint alleges corruption bribery si deals by one of san francisco's hiest-nking publi employees to san francisco, public works director mohamed calling new rule of president alongside nick bovis the owner of popular sports ba left deal duels federal law. francisco. a right to honest services from there public officials. san francisco has been betrayed as alleged in the complaint. >>at's according to the 75 page complaint n

. >>> director mohammed nuru's behavior did not happen in a vacuum. >> the fallout of the corruptionl-known bay area high school votes to end a 70

allegations of corrupon bribery side deals and the arrest of longtime director of public works mohammed nuru. >>the director of public works serves at the will of the mayor and the city administrator. i'm not i'm going to in any way interfere administrators decision-making power for anyone who was in a situation like this it seems clear that they should resign. well i think 's really unfortunate that the supervisor spends a lot of time chasing headlines instead of doing his homework to get the facts infact the mayor's office says it's against a law the terminated employees solely for being arrested as a result of an alleged crime yet to be adjudicated in a court of law as for an indendent investigation into the new rule public works scandal. the fact is the city attorney's office is a independent lee elected city attorney ernie. >>and i asked him to do an investigation 3 days ago mayor london breed asked both the city attorney ernie and the city controller to review the federal charging documents and implicated could tracks to make sure that they comply with city law did she ask that they ma

supervisor matt haney says after the fbi charge public works director mohammed nuru with wire fraud, his office yielded several calls from dpw employees alleging ongoing corruption with another department. he is among three supervisors now calling for an independent investigation outside of the city attorney's office. >>> as we take a live look to capitol hill, the impeachment trial against president trump has reached a turning point. the senate will decide whether to hear from witnesses today. if they don't, they could vote whether or not to remove president trump from office tonight. gop senator susan collins and mitt romney already indicating their support to hear more testimony and witnesses. alaska republican senator lisa murkowski said she will decide later today. democrats need cooperation from at least four republicans to call witnesses to the stand. >> shifting and turning in his bed, sweating like a dog, how am i going to get it? he didn't do anything wrong, how my going to get him. >> the trial should have witnesses. >> if witnesses are called, president trump's defense te

mohammed nuru accused of trying to bribe an airport commissioner on behalf of left o'doul's's owner,ick bovis, to get his restaurant into the airport. >> the scheme involved the payment of $5,000 bribe and also the provision of travel. >> investigators say the airport commissioner turned down that bribe, but the offer was the crime. the longtime dpw director is also accused of giving bovis inside information to help him win a contract for speciality port-a-potties on city streets and accepting bribes from a chinese developer in exchange for help getting him building permits. bovis and nuru both face up to 20 years in prison, if convicted. >>> searching for answers, investigators still trying to figure out why a helicopter carrying basketball icon kobe bryant crashed. bryant, his daughter, and seven others died in the crash on sunday. today, federal investigators recovered the wreckage and used drones to recreate part of the helicopter's flight path. they say the chopper was just about 20 to 30 feet from clearing the hill when it crashed into it. investigators plan to release a prelim

the criminal complaint against mohammed nuru and a friend of his says creighton refused a bribe. san francisco mayor london breed says the city is now reviewing all aspects of nuru's job. >>> are you ready to rumble miami style? we're now another day and night closer to the super bowl. and speaking of the night, nightlife in miami, or sobe, as we like to call it, is buzzing. >> you know about that. >> i do. >> raj mathai knows about it too. he's in south beach where fans are partying and players finally practiced. >> this place never sleep. restaurants and bars stay open and serve until 5:00 in the morning here in this part of town. it is pretty amazing. you want to see it? take a look. ♪ so this is it. this is the glitz and glamour of miami you that hear about. if you haven't visit, this is where you need to be. if you want to stay out late, see all the pretty people, see all the pretty cars, and all the big drinks and really all the buzz in the air. okay. as for the business at hand, the 49ers and the chiefs, the 49ers practiced today. there was a little issue recently. the 49e