the one he used most was that he was going to build a luxury high-rise condo on a chromium waste dumpcity, and he needed to fast-track the approval process, and that's how he lured the politicians in. >> narrator: dwek's payoffs arrive via fedex envelopes. >> when you saw a fedex envelope come out of solomon's car or out of his jacket, you knew a payoff was about to be made. >> narrator: that spring, dwek is in jersey city looking for approvals and mayors on the take. >> there's a series of elections that are about to occur, springtime elections, in jersey city, in hoboken, and he finally finds himself at a meeting set up by one of the fixers, sitting across from the deputy mayor of jersey city, leona beldini. >> narrator: leona beldini is a well-known jersey city real-estate broker and one of mayor jerry healy's closest confidants. beldini also has a colorful past as the burlesque dancer "hope diamond, the gem of the exotics." the feds hope beldini will pave the way to mayor healy. >> dwek pitched the building on the chromium site and pitched that he wanted to exceed the zoning, and

. >> santa clara officials said contains chromium 6 the cancer causing actor --. >> we usually give our kids water now so i do feel a little better but i'm still concerned. >> officials say it's very very low that the water is safe. >> all our water meets current. >> stricter standard on chromium 6 required by state law before 2004 still isn't ready. >> it's eight years now already and counting. the delay is the reason that we are filing the lawsuit. >> in the lawsuit environmentalists say 31 million californians in 52 of 58 counties are exposed but i learned from a bay area when ingested tok kick chrome 6 is -- to chrome 3. water officials say removing chrome 6 is difficult and expensive and any mu regulation must balance. >> the risk of the cancer risk if there is any, cost us and it's a major thing they are evaluating right now. >> late this afternoon, i got an e-mail from state health officials. they told me they have not yet seen this lawsuit and will have no comment but they added they do follow the law. health and science center john ktvu channel 2 news. >>> hundreds of east bay

the suit claims the department is eight years behind in establishing a drinking water standard for chromium six. tests show it's contaminated thousands of drinking water sources and officials say a compute over whether it was a carcinogen. >> and the twitter account of the daughter of michael dell has been deactivated. the teenager apparently caught oversharing and posting detail as kts of her family whereabouts. security came into question after a picture of zachary dell was posted by his sister taken on a private plane during a trip to fij i. we want to thank people who helped raise thousands of dollars. for every new like we get, $1 is donated to the sleep train dream campaign. >> and there is some special ski deals for you this winter including two of northern california's favorite resorts. this is two free days at each of four destinations including qau valley and there is a health on unlimited lift tickets. this is a great deal. >> that looks like fun. >> find out now. >> there is up to 94 in antioch and there is numbers in places like antioch. check out why as we look from our camera

suit claims the department is eight years behind in establishing a safe drinking water standard for chromium six. the chemical has contaminated thousands of drinking water sources statewide, a dispute over whether the chemical was carcinogenic when ingested in water caused that delay. scientists have confirmed it is. >>> sea lion getting a second chance at life getting shot in the face in santa cruz. the sea lion has been undergoing treatment for six weeks. the gun shot left it blind in both eyes. workers are teaching it to be around humans so it can be placed at a zoo. also made a new friend hanging around with old ray, another sea lion blinded by a gunshot. fishermen have been known to shoot sea lions that get near their catch. >>> a mountain lion in the middle of los angeles. the park is a popular destination a large mountain lion is calling that park home. biologists have photographed the big cat by remote camera. they say it is significant because it is surrounded by nothing but city. they are urging anyone who comes across it to leave the animal alone i would hope people would think th

i've heard about chromium, magnesium being helpful for people with diabetes.ut what is it about the skins even that can be of such value? >> anti-oxidants. radical absorption capabilities. it's over 700 units per gram, which is about nine times higher than blueberries. there are acids in it which are also anti-oxidants. so it's become the new hawaii super fruit. >> and this is all hand picked as well, right? >> everything in kona is hand picked, one-by-one. >> you really dry the -- >> we are drying the coffee in the sun. it's all sun dried. the sun actually puts some of the essence into the beans to make the very best coffee. >> how long does that take? >> about three days in the sun. once it's dry, we bring it to this facility here, which is a dry mill line. all of it goes into the hopper here. the hopper starts the conveying of the line. goes into the huller. it peels the skin. it goes onto the sizer and density classifier. so the coffee here is a lower grault than the coffee here. see? >> yeah. >> and then it's on its way to the color sorter, then off to th

i've heard about chromium, magnesium, in fact helpful for people who have diabetes.hat is it about the skins even in the coffee that can be of such benefit? >> the antioxidents. oxygen radical absorption capabilities. so it's running over 700 units per gram. which is about nine times blue berries. and the health benefits from that, there are several -- all antioxidents. so it's become the new hawaii sur fruit. >> it's worth pointing out this is all hand picked as well right? >> everything is hand picked one by one. >> so this is the -- i mean, you literally dry a -- >> we're drying the coffee in the sun. it's all sun dried. the sun actually puts the -- some of the essence into the bean to make the very best coffee. >> how long does that take? >> about three days in the sun. once it's dry we bring it to this facility here. this is a dry mill line. all of it goes into the hopper here. the hopper starts the conveying of the line. goes into the huller. it peels the skin. it goes on to the sizer. it goes on to the density classifier. so the coffee here is a lower quality

times the chemical in question is cancer causing chromium 6 the same chemical in the movie erin brockovichsney has denied using it. but says it once stored a small amount to clean film processing equipment. >> of course abc7 is a division of disney. >>> you may want to check your cupboards for licorice being recalled. american licorice company of union city makers of red vines has recalled 16 ounce packs of black licorice twist because of elevated levels of lead. they have a date of february 4th, next year. pregnant women and parents of children who may have the candy should cult their physician. >>> scientists discovered now -- to stop nans from rotting. the potential -- stop bananas from rotting, the potential downside you have to cover them with seafood. the coat something derived from shrimp and crab shells apparently it works and can keep bananas fresh for two weeks. >> let's hope it is odor-free. >>> next, chick-fil-a about to become the site of another protest. the newest location minutes from opening. >>> later, michael finney is ahead with whether l.e.d. lightbulbs are a bright id

suit claims the department is eight yars behind in establishing a safe drinking order standard for chromium show the chemical has contaminated thousands of drinking water sources statewide. health officials say a distribute caused the delay, scientists have confirmed. >>> see lieon -- sea lion getting a second chance at lie after getting shot in the face. the sea lion has been undergoing treatment for six weeks the gun shot left it blind in both eyes. workers are teaching it to be around humans so it can be placed at a school. new friend hanging out -- officials say fishermen have been known to shoot sea lions that get near their catch. >>> mountain lion spotted in the middle of los angeles. police have confirmed a large mountain lion is calling the park home. biologists photographed the big cat they say a mountain lion living in the park is significant us what -- because that park is surrounded by city. anyone who comes across it leave the animal alone. it is not a domesticated cat. >>> next, it could be a breakthrough development in an eight-month-old police investigation new video and s