, and the park above the china town station, they call it a park, but no one talks about is it our park or there park and i was wondering if you have thoughts about that this >> commissioner, my thoughts is i've been involved with china town incorporation as they've been talking about their strategy to advocate and coach them and how to negotiate the city bureaucracy around the question of creating a park in china town bfb the central subway stop. the question of the designing construction is still very much in flux, but i think there are some frameworks for piece. for the central subway park which we have no better name for at this particular moment, there are fees that are being thrown off by the terminal project. $9 million advocated for the spaces in china town. and we would allocate $2 million of it to support the master plan and a develop of a capital plan with the other $7 million going into the development of a park above the central subway. i'm not aware of where our -- the current planning is. i know a concept plan was created and that part of the urgency of allocating th

reporting in china town, chase cane. >>> it is a complex case. leland yee's district runs down the peninsula. he was first' elected to represent the district in 2006. leland yee faces more than 100 years in prison if convicted. what happens to his job if convicted? plenty of reaction from colleagues today. what's the inside story? >> reporter: well, raj, the mood here at the state capitol is one of utter shock. senator yee is the third in less than a year whose alleged behavior while holding public office landed him in legal trouble. the democratic senate lawmakers gathered together today to face the media and defend the legislative body reiterating it is not a reflection of what other senators do. due to term limits, yee was in his final term running for secretary of state. the child psychologiest is known for his extra pseudoto violent video games to minors, transparency for an open government and he took on the gun lobby and pushed anti gun legislation. his colleagues called for his immediate resignation and obvious attempt to distance themsel

>> reporter: ken, raymond chow is a notorious china town gangster who extorted money from merchants and gambling partners and threatened to hurt anyone who didn't do what he wanted. raymond shrimp boy chow reveled in his notarity revealing to me eight years ago he was a violent criminal. >> i have hurt people a lot. but those people, i believe they deserve it. >> reporter: he also showed me the ankle bracelet the feds forced him to wear after he got out of prison on gun running charges. he was angry he had to report to immigration weekly and they could track his movements. >> everything raymond chow does is wrong. everything he didn't do ... we are going to put it on him anyway. >> reporter: in today's affidavit, he asked an undercover agent to see if senator yee could help get the ankle monitor removed. for years, shrimp boy insists he has gone legit, now he is a member of a china town social club and hangs out with political leaders. last year, he was with senator yee at a ribbon cutting. he talks about his good news. but the undercover fbi agents who infiltrated him said he was laund

we have a high density of population of people who like to use the china town area and they haven't beenng there. and if we can get more staffing which is not going to happen because i hear through such the consul at the chinese recreation center, so when i look at this, how are we going to get more maintenance in the china town area. if we do get some, we have to replace the trees. the trees weren't watered because they didn't have staff. so now you have the replacement trees necessary, i would like to be able to have mr. -- director operation danny kern have his boys go around and work over at the other park as well. the china park square, but the treats there and have -- some have exposed roots and it requires soil. but that other trees gives me a sign to get you and the commissioner to take a look at it. the trees are dead. they were replaced by trees that were there for years and years so when you go back and look at those trees, how would you collect the planters or upgrades. if you have a drainage system that goes into the ground or part of the ground water system, i would appreci

services, there are more services already existing in china town than the bay view. so that should be factored into the consistency determination. the guideline was expanded to address this issue. the second key issue that was raised was around the cultural of providers. it's really important that our providers serving our low income population has cultural diversity also and ability to serve the population. three guidelines, 3.2 and 3.8 were amended to ensure that competent providers were what we are trying to incentivize. california's medicaid program is called medi-cal. medi-cal has among the lowest reimbursement rate for any care in the state. this is for providers who participate in the program. the rates are sufficient and at least at medicare rates is important to encourage greater provider rates. so guideline 3.9 is amended to reflect this. we also received significant comment on mental health services. there is a discussion significant discussion in the master plan and several commenters so guideline 3.2.1 was expanded to support an integrated approach to in

he has been honored by mayor ed lee, the court documents say chow was the leader of china town street gang with ties to hong kong. >> to hear someone get arrested when they really should be part of the rehabilitation process is disappointing. >> chow was not granted bail. federal attorneys claim he is a flight risk and danger to the community. he is scheduled to be back in court on tuesday. of course stay with nbc bay area for complete continuing coverage of the arrest of state senator leland yee. log on to nbcbayarea.com for the latest updates there you can also find exclusive video of his arrest. >>> new this morning firefighters mopping up in livermore after flames ripped through this apartment complex. one person air lifted to the hospital with serious burns. the red cross now helping 11 others. it happened not far from granada high school. the fire broke out this morning. two apartments were destroyed. >>> an elderly woman is dead after she was hit by a bike on the san jose state campus. the 89-year-old woman was walking on a path with another woman last week when a bicyclist col

china town is the area that yee grew up as a teenager. he worked there a lot as a polishings. democratic leaders have tried for decades to motivate more people to vote. yee's attorney announced yesterday his client has withdrawn from secretary of state. >> it's a very personal choice and so that is the choice he has made without any political implications. it's the personal thing he wanted to do. >> reporter: yee was one of 26 people caught up in a five year federal sting targeting a known china town gangster that has went straight. he was charged wednesday with conspiring to traffic firearms. fbi agents say they each took bribe money in order to pay off a $75 campaign $75,000 campaign fund. live from san francisco i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >> we are also learning more now some of the other 26 people arrested in that same fbi sting. one is sports agent march listen sullivan. the fbi accuses sullivan of plotting with under cover agents with a murder for hire plot, drug trafficking, and sales of credit cards. >> i was shocked, stunned, and saddened for any allegatio

to do that here in china town takes a tremendous effort. take as lot of hard work and takes some real expertise on the part of the undercover agent. >> criminal complaint states after undercover agent gained ciao confidence by laundering money they expanded into drugs and then gun running. that's when agents say ciao introduced him to keith jackson. a former san francisco school board president who brought in leland yee exploratorium mayor says he has looked at the 137 page complaint. >> they are like reading it from some kind of a mystery novel somebody had written. it was this strange to kind of see these allegations but they were verified. >> complaint states during a meeting at san francisco restaurant earlier this year senator yee told them undercover agents that the arms dealer has things that you guys want. senator yee caution that dog business with people like the arms dealer was not easy and told him, one agent, this was not a business for the faint of heart. the senator san francisco home and sacramento office were searched yester

the investigation included raids throughout the bay area, including in china town.s christien kafton is live with why investigators had to call in the fire department to gain access to an antique safe there. >> reporter: that safe was located right here in the building behind me. the mason's building. they had ocall in firefighters and ex-- had to call in firefighters and experts looking for evidence. they opened it and left with bags of evidence and boxes of evidence. >> reporter: san francisco police officers and agents swarmed searching the headquarters of the free masons. raymond "shrimp boy" chow led the organization at one time and investigators wanted paper work about his business dealing. the employee says investigators had a difficult time accessing an antique safe inside. firefighters used every tool to force the safe open. agents carried boxes of evidence. raymond chow was indicted in 1982 and convicted on fire arms charges and sentenced to 25 years but he was released in 2003 and insisted he has gone straight, even posing with political leaders. at 5:30

the if, bi raid included an office in china town. it started with a leader of the chi-tong organizations. he faces seven counts totaling more than 100 years in prison. each of the counts include a $250,000 fine. we're told he will be back in court on monday. christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> state lawmakers faced the media yesterday defending their legislative body and saying this is not a reflection of what other senators do. he was in his final term. his colleagues called for his immediate resignation. >> to see this thing happen is just a total flabbergast to us and to me. >> he will never set foot on the senate floor again unless or until they are acquitted. >> one l.a. senator is facing corruption charges. he has been stripped of his committee chairmanship and other assignments. >> yee immigrated at age three, he started his public service career in 1988 when he was elected to the school board. he was arrested for shoplifting a bottle of suntan lotion in hawaii, and in 1999 he was on the board of supervisors and stopped by

defendants including a guy named raymond shrim boy chow leader of the chee kung tong organization in china town. the fbi raided their offices yesterday as part of their investigation, it focused on chow in the beginning but a link was made to the senator. yee is facing 120 years total for six charges plus five more years for gun trafficking. seven charges in all. the fines about $2 thetw$250,00. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> one we will certainly follow. this is not the first time senator yee has dealt with the fbi. according to the chronicle back in 2007, yee gave information the agency used to help convict former san francisco supervisor ed ju. ju pleaded guilty shaking town tea shop owners seeking permits. he later cooperated with the fed telling them how he learned from local politicians including leland yee. >> yee was the biggest name on the list of 26 arrested, part of a massive fbi operation, other bay area political players and some convicted felons are on the list. peggy bunker joins us with that side of the story. >> good morning. these chara

non-existent right now and they have two children that are twins that both have to attend school in china town, which is also an hour away from where i live and staying with my mom right now because they don't have the means to find a house and they have yet to have the money to find them another place to stay as well. and so 75 percent, i mean, 75 cents for each kid, is too much for them as well. and they are currently only 9 years old and so they are going to need this free program for a long time and so i am seeing that this should be permanent, not just for me but for all of the other kids out there nowadays and that is going to make a long commute to go to school from home and then there is also the problem with just going to school and back home that is not enough, because everybody needs extracurricular activities to be considered to get into a good college and so if they have to pay every time that they leave the house just to attend some extra curriculum activity, it will be too much and it would make it difficult for them to get the life that they deserve and turn them into robots be

he is well known in north beach and china town and central station. he is one of the most favorite officers of my constituents in district 3 and tirelessly worked for the police department in causes that they support such as a make of wish foundation [inaudible] in addition to that, car pain is also a local celebty. in 1983 he performed with hewy lewis & the news and worked with the san francisco sempancy [inaudible] the queen of netherloads. he acomp nnd dianne fine stein to hong cong during san francisco week. you have truly be everywhere and raised the bar for city employees and citizens alike. you have a wit and charm that attracted tor est from all over the globe and i want to thank you for your incredible serve frs the city and thank you for keeping us safe [inaudible] that is when [inaudible] was on time. i want to say on behalf of all on the board of supervisors , thank you for everything. officer car pain >> i would like to say [inaudible] acknowledgment from the board of supervisors. they represent the city and county of san francisco, not j

arrested yesterday is the china town gangster raymond chow who liked to out the as a reformed criminal intent on helping kids. he was arrested on charges of money laundering and trafficking of stolen property. in his suits and ties the fbi says he was living a double life, being photographed with lieutenant governor newsom, also 49er vernon davis, all sorts of people that he was connecting himself with while leading a life of crime. mayor ed lee says she shocked at the affiliation with senator yee. >> to hear someone get arrested when they really should be part of the rehabilitation process is disappointing. >> he was talking about chow. the fbi also allegations that keith jackson was the link between senator yee and chow. he was arrested in yesterday's raid as well accused of being involved in a murder-for-hire scheme and also gun trafficking conspiracies. jackson is a former member of the san francisco board of education be, his son was arrested on charges in the state of connecticut. most recently jackson was lists on the website in the business of providing public relations and cri

a man is reportedly holding six former colleagues of his work place hostage in the china town area of los angeles. we'll follow it as news warrants. >> the national labour relations board ruled that college football players from north western university are ability unionize, essentially saying they are employees that should be paid. michael eaves explains how that affects the earnings of a school. >> the biggest conference, the scc, the big 12, big 10, the a.c.c. and packed 12 have national television deals words $200 million. the top tier college system pays schools $18 million, and the n.c.a. basketball tournament, the 14 year tournament with c.b.c. and turner sports is worth nearly $11 billion. numbers that suggest major college programs are more like fortune 14 companies than schools. >> the only people that don't treat it as a business is the free workers, what are prohibited from getting paid. >> attorney jeffrey kessler who represented the players when they won free agency filed a suit against the n.c.a.a. saying it capped player compensation at the value of a scholarship. here

more details now, raymond chow is a former member of the china town street gang. he was convicted on federal charges of attempted murder, robbery, gun trafficking and racketeering. he was released from prison in 2003 after cutting a deal with the government to testify against a associate. and as we mentioned he is the head of the free masons. >> here are the three main players in the fbi's case. california state senator leland yee represents san francisco. he started on the san francisco school board, served as a supervisor and in the state assembly. raymond "shrimp boy" chow was also among those arrested today and the fbi raided the office of his free masons organization. and college of -- keith jackson. >>> tonight 2 investigates the 3 figures and the case against them. ktvu's eric rasmussen has been going through the indictments and she here now. >> the 137 page indictment accuses california state senator leland yee of offering favors to an undercover agent in exchange for campaign donations. >> reporter: agents say california state senator leland yee and keith

. >> new york china town history project. >> my apologies. >> it's hard to remember. [laughter] >> i remember it when it was down on -- >> east broadaway and then -- >> yeah. >> and then in the school building. >> yeah. a very rich history of now almost 35 years. he is also the founding director of the asian-pacific american studies program and institute at nyu and founding faculty member of the department of social and cultural analysis. jack has just completed a critical archival study of images and essays, "yellow peril," the subject of the discussion this evening. he's also the senior historian on the chinese exclusive period for the new york historical society, and his next book will be published alongside the the exhibition. to jack's right is dylan yeats, doctoral candidate in history at nyu. he specializes in united states history with a focus on the political demonology and structures of authority. he writes and teaches about american politics, asian-american history and islam phobia. he's also a public historian and a sight-seeing guide who is licensed to gi

guy taking money from the china town boss in san francisco. black mayor of charlotte. there's another politically correct reason to step over their real identification as democrats. >> of course, it was a republican congressman, trey radel of florida, who resigned this year after pleading guilty to cocaine possession, and new jersey governor chris christie is still fending off questions about bridgegate. >> they have the christie caveat running in the background, but certainly national republicans are going to be attempting to make the argument that, look, this is a cascade of indictments. it's caught only democrats. >> in the case of mayor cannon in charlotte and fbi agent swore in an aft that he at one point boasted he would use an upcoming meeting with president obama to deal with a project he was dealing with. >> thanks. >> apparently flipper is now working for vladimir putin. >>> and is this a scene of a $40 million crime? the grapevine is next. ♪ ♪ ♪ they lived ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (anno

this includes a china town gang leader, and others.heryl hurd joins us from the sunset district this evening at the home of senator yee. cheryl? >> reporter: it's been very quiet in the neighborhood tonight, but earlier today, there was a food delivery at the senator's home. while all eyes are on the home, his connections are far reaching. >> he saw himself as someone who had escaped a lot of the perils and maladies that affected a lot of people he grew up with. >> reporter: and now his name is in a complaint with 26 other people, accused of being a part of a murder for hire conspiracy. gun and drug trafficking and selling fraudulent credit cards. >> they say sometimes people involved in certain things, they don't show it to the closest people. >> reporter: sullivan interred at wright's sports management agency five years ago. wright said he read the fbi complaint and is familiar with the details. >> when they eventually knock on your door, they usually have good evidence. >> reporter: the fbi says it has a lot of evidence against keit

that includes a former china town ganister with alleged ties to the senator. he remains in custody and walked into court in a yellow jailhouse jumpsuit and gave a slight smile to attorneys as he entered the room. also in court today keith jackson, the former school board member accused of taking part in a murder-for-hire plot. now, some of the co-defendants are not in custody in this case. we did see one of them, george nay, an alleged associate, walking out of court following the hearing. his attorney spoke after the hearing, and he said while the charges in this case are very serious, people should withhold judgment. >> people should not make up their mind about the charges. if the charges read like something out of a big crime movie, there's a lot they say happened, i say they meaning the government, and i wouldn't be surprised if it's typical that when you get to the facts it's not exactly as portrayed. >>reporter: the senator did not appear in federal reported to. he remains out of custody on bond. none of the attorneys would talk about how their clients

court documents say chow was the leader of the dragonhead of a china town street gang with ties to hong kong. >> to hear someone get arrested when they really should be part of the rehabilitation process is disappointing. >> chow was not granted bail. attorneys claim he's a flight risk and danger to the community. he's scheduled to be back in court tuesday. the legal fight for senator yee will be lengthy. many people want him to resign. nanette miranda joins us now from sacramento. >> reporter: this shakes the power circles to the core. if the senator is out, the democratic vote in the legislature shrinks even more and the race for secretary of state has one less candidate. the dark cloud hanging over the state capital just won't go away. for the third time in months, a democratic senator gets into legal trouble. this time it's senator yee. >> he's the chairman of the human services committee. to see this thing happen is just a total flabber gast to us and to me. >> reporter: to distance themselves from the scandal, democrats called on yee to resign and stripped him of all committees. >

they could serve as a connecter for pacific heights to downtown china town. another comment i'd like to make it regarding the 27. i live on washington street, honestly my family could use that route especially my mom who rides the 27 to work, although the good point is velejo don't have service, they'll benefit from it and they'll be encouraged to ride the bus and my block as should had children -- i grew up on that block and i like the bus coming down my block since i was a kid so it did not endanger me. i'm still here. for the 19 -- i'm going to into the things i'm concerned about and that's of the 19 especially in the bay view. a lot of those in live if the bay view, they need a way to get downtown in case the tep don't work. they hope they maintain the service down into the bay view. and i think that's all my comments. >> at this time, members of the board, to pleasure -- we're not taking action. we're suggesting direction to this staff. vice chair. >> my understanding on the timing of this in the next steps are this is going to policy and goverance and b

i understand if you're addressing why you want to extend the bulk in china town where there's lots of retail spaces, you want it do that but here it's not an issue and secondly the bus stops without the extension of the bulb is long enough to -- for three buses to gather behind one another. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please >> evelyn followed by betsy and lilly king. >> good afternoon. >> hello, i'm evelyn and i live at 121 miguel street and i want to talk about the rerouting of the 35 and down miguel street. i totally support saving the loop that goes around the row income in our neighborhood but i think it would be disaster. i've lived there for 32 years and i've reached an increase in traffic coming up miguel and down miguel street has become a through way from mission to diamond and at rush hour, it's jammed with cars and because of the growth of neighbors in the community, parking has now taken place along that street as well. i've observed the experimental ride of that rerouting, and the bus was stalled for quite a while and couldn't make the turn. it was difficult. t

the eu trade chief agreed control and prodded into and ten points telecom equipment imported from china town to a correct this has that's because you're nice to see much more to attract chinese investment and thus some harsh criticism on china's move on it's way cool with him and vines foliage describing the conditions most chinese people live in a court date the group also accuses beijing of clamping down on press freedom. not that at one and in investor and financial commentary tangible just as europe has its cooked tonight. the money into bailing out a lot of people don't eat you want to maintain your standard of living. it would be nice to people with money in your sector of the chinese to be cheap rna. they come in and bail and you're about to make a lot of info on it they don't get the info and they're not going to do it what happened to me that they make the long beirut everything but at least a joke. a lot more power a lot more. they have the money we don't nobody has that great i need you to deploy in it you need to china but china open in europe china. tracy looked through your. it

. >> customers of the muse travel in san francisco's china town are not amused. they put a synod the business calling it shameless, saying the company tyke their money but never purchased their airline tickets. >> it is a terrible situation. >> consumer action representative says his group has received numerous complaints about the travel company and three others operate bid the same ownerrere under different names. >> these tickets were tickets to hong kong, china or oh places in asia. >> they say most customers were required to pay cash so they didn't have credit card protection. >> in california, there is something called the travel consumer restitution corporation. >> the organization is supposed to issue refund to california consumers whose travel agents two belly up, close up shop or just don't live up to their end of the par gain. a ray of hope for these disappointed -- bargain. a ray of hope for these disputed customers. >> reporter: we reached out to the president of these now closed travel agencies and received no response. but judging the signs posted

. >> somehow those two are linked to yee as is a notorious china town criminal raymond chow. our own christie smith is in sacramento monitoring the developments. she'll have a live report. and any time we're not on the air you can find our latest developments on nbcbayarea.com. >> the former richmond teacher accused of sexual misconduct with a student will be back in court. he was arrested last month right in his classroom. he is accused of sexually abusing a student when he worked at a different school, making waves academy also in richmond. the west contra costa school district voted to implement new hiring policies after gunta was hired while still being investigated by police. now all new hires have to go through background checks. >> at 4:36, pg&e says it expects to face federal charges for the explosion that killed eight people in san bruno. they have been meeting in hopes of reaching a resolution to the investigation into the blast. but now officials expect criminal charges. if the charges are filed they would allege pg&e's operating practices at the time of the blast

for example, in china town, the key issue is crowding. and customers really struggling to get on crowded vehicles. it the bay view the key issue is travel time and having to transfer to make routes, so investments for example, that improve connections which is one of the key recommendations in the tp can really help improve that. this data is also being used for the service equity analysis in the tp which will be included in your packet for march 28th. and findings confirm, over half of those investments will benefit minorities and low income customers. so just to summarize some of the key findings. over half of our customers don't have access to vehicles and 60 percent have low household income. and in san francisco is $70,000. work is under way to incorporate this to make service decisions and helping you to better understand how our services is performing overtime as well as being used to evaluate the equity of all of the proposals that you're considering under the budget. that's the presentation. >> good. why don't we go to the next o

with the budget process to support the neighborhood-based programs like next sf in north beach china town and in the neighborhood centers and then non-neighborhood based ones and the different models to support and help the people stay in their homes as long as possible to remain the valuable members of the community as well. >> that is correct. all of those are excellent programs that really serve our really diverse community, yes. >> if you looked in at the next slide it just gives you an idea of what were the kinds of programs that we believe. and that the council and this design committee and the work groups believe are crucial long term care services and supports and it is a variety of things and it is pretty ininclusive and i would say. and then we go on to the next recommendations, you will see number nine talks about alzheimer's and demen dementia and the resources that they will need regarding that quality assurance and going back to the community living fund and the deversion integration and both of those have quality assurance components to them and we want to be sure that the

an organization in san francisco's china town. because of his criminal past, the fbi believes "shrimp boy" has connections to organized crime. the undercover agent became part of shrimp boy's group. >> reporter:and through there, the complaint says was introduced to other defendants and able to launder money, deal drugs, and engage in murder-for- hire schemes. >> reporter:and then the agent meet yee's close political consultant. keith jackson. from there. the undercover agent, yee and jackson discuss arranging the weapons deals. >> reporter:in the criminal complaint, now disgraced state senator leland yee attributed his long career in public office to being careful and cautious. but the fbi used satellite, wire taping and undercover agents to catch the now disgraced state senator. >> reporter:according to the complaint, in august 2013.leland yee's campaign consultant, keith jackson, told an undercover fbi agent. that yee had a contact with "an internatoinal arms dealer. who was shipping large stockpiles of weapons to a foreign cou

with the budget process to support the neighborhood-based programs like next sf in north beach china town and in the neighborhood centers and then non-neighborhood based ones and the different models to support and help the people stay in their homes as long as possible to remain the valuable members of the community as well. >> that is correct. all of those e

now a few weeks ago, chow was profiled in a national geographic documentary called china town mafia. >> who can tell me something i cannot do? nobody. >> in recent years, chow has promoted himself as a businessman who has put his violent past behind him. but in federal court he was denied bail, being declared a danger to the public and a flight risk. we'd like you to stay with us for continuing coverage of this developing story. we have it on air and online at nbcbayarea.com. you'll find exclusive video and photos and details. >>> another big headline. a surprise announcement for many people especially on the peninsula. pg&e could face new charges stemming from the 2010 pipeline explosion in san bruno. we're live in san bruno with this developing story. what does this all mean today? >> reporter: well, we won't know exactly what it means until and if the charges are filed. but city leaders here at city hall have been fighting for nearly four years to have pg&e held accountable. and today there is an indication that they may face criminal charges for that deadly blast that killed 8 pe

s china town and the clowns are waiting for you. >> well, i know it is spring, i tell you it is coldoss portions of the midwest and into the northeast tracking into tonight and tomorrow, the temperatures 20, 30 degrees below where they should be for this time of the year. temperatures in minneapolis only 24 degrees. typically at this time of the year 47, back to billings, cold air as well, 28 degrees. over the next several days this cold air is continuing to travel to south and towards the east coast, new york, roughly 20 degrees cooler than we were this time yesterday. across the southeast, a little bit of rain across portions of the i-10 corridor and now looking at the northern tier of the front and pushing across the mid atlantic and virginia and north carolina. be careful out there along i-95, the temperatures are policemenetting and tomorrow you are going to feel the difference. currently, you are feeling the chill in charlotte. now, as i said, the cold arctic air is continuing to work, the temperatures roughly 15-20 degrees, some areas even 30 degrees factoring in the windchill

they included former china town gangster raymond shrimp boy ciao and ask board president jackson who is now represented by james a lawyer known for high profile cases. one man not surprised by yee arrest is lawyer stew hand lon. >> ed was brought in to by leland. >> he's talking about the client. disgraced former san francisco supervisor ed jew just released from federal prison after serving 5 years for extortion bribery conviction. jew says state senator yee has been guilty of the same financial crimes for which he was convicted. >> taught him how to do things and how to raise money which was red envelope and putting pressure on people to give you money. >>reporter: hand lon says he sat in on the meetings with federal authorities after his client was arrested. meetings during which jew voluntarily agreed to tell all about yee. >> before he was sentenced he greed to cooperate with the government and mostly i think it was about activities with yee. u.s. attorney handling the case decided they weren't interested. and i wonder what they would think now. >>reporter: hand lon says jew wen

yee is one of 26 people involved in a five-year federal sting targeting a known china town gangster who claims to have gone straight. yee was charged with con conspiracy of firearms. yee's attorney announced yesterday his client has withdrawn from the race for secretary of state. >> this was a very personal decision on the part of the senator. this is what he wanted to do in relation to that election for office. given the circumstances of the federal case. >> reporter: according to cam tape documents, yee raised $800,000 for the secretary of state race. and spent all but $134,000. and that money can be used for his legal defense. and it's interesting to note if yee were to resign, he would not be paid for that. it's probably why he doesn't want to resign just yet. coming up we will tell you in a little bit more details about where the illegal weapons yee was trafficking were heading to. live from san francisco i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >> now california senator dianne feinstein released a statement about the allegations against yee. she says and i'm quoting it has been clea

this is bush street heading down the hill toward the china town area.ight -- this right here is the sutter stockton garage. just give yourself plenty of extra time. the fire department is on the scene. they are gonna try to chop this thing up. but the traffic is affected on bush street. one of the major routes downtown. let's get to the bay bridge toll plaza. it's going to be slow. the traffic is busy as you head nd with. 45 -- westbound. 45 minutes to an hour delay. i would like to go out to the maps. i neglected to mention something important in san francisco. that would be a mud and dirt supply on the onramp to southbound 280. caltrans has been called. the freeway is a mess. the freeway on 101 is a mess. several fender-benders in san francisco. san jose in the south bay, 101 is moderately heavy. it's been busy as your way to mountain view. just remember, i can't say everything that's going on. almost every freeway in the bay area is slower than norm a there are a lot of fender- benders. another update coming up. >>> we're following breaking news righ