commissioner torres: why contra costa? why contra costa? >> in terms of intakes, there are a number of considerations. we got it down to three possible sites. one was contra costa county. it has the lowest level of salinity, so it had the lowest cost of desalination itself. working within the existing water rights is possible. it is near the bay bridge. surprise. how do you get water out from there? you have to a large transmission system. you cannot just dribble it around to other people. third, sharing for us, particularly the ocean. that did not work. i explained to folks -- having santa clara take more water from the hetch hetchy water system did not seem like something san francisco would embrace. on the other hand, i think the project does merit further consideration at some point. but that is why contra costa. commissioner torres: proposition 50, the analysis provides $495,000, correct? >> correct. commissioner torres: so why? >> that was a pilot project. commissioner torres: in contra costa county. so that money is gone? >> yes. com

the contra costa county district attorney's office has scheduled a 2:00 news conference for tomorrow afternoon. >> the district attorney's office won't share with me what their press conference is going to be tomorrow. >> reporter: commander wielsch's attorney michael cardoza says he has not heard yet what new charges his client might face when it goes federal. wielsch, the commander of the contra costa narcotics task force was arrested in february along with his private investigator friend chris butler. two other cops have also been arrested, all for a series of scandals ranging from selling confiscated drugs to dirty duis. butler even claims he and wielsch were running a brothel in a pleasant hill office park. >> what i would think is they are looking at the public corruption aspect of this and that's what they're investigating. >> reporter: cardoza hopes the fact that his client has confessed will eventually help him spend less time behind bars. >> as you all know, my client on the day of his arrest had a cathartic conversation with law enforcement and the d.a.'s office and admitt

contra costa fire say the boy leaned across the screen and fell through head first. the boy was awake and able to answer questions when they arrived. >>> still no verdict in the chauncey bailey trial. jurors did not deliberate on friday. they are trying to decide if bay ordered the murder of the men. >>> this morning, oakland detectives are busy investigating three separate weekend shootings. now, a man from vallejo is in critical condition after he and three others were shot. around 2:00 sunday morning. just before that, a 52-year-old man was injured in a separate shooting on 90th avenue in east oakland. in the meantime, saturday, a 51-year-old was shot and killed, leading to the arrest of those shooters. oakland city leaders are taking action. mayor jean kwon will be on hand at highland hospital. it will make it easier for police to communicate during emergencies. several times during the past year, police units had to use their cell phones instead of radios because of a glitch in the system. >>> how firefighters responding to a drowning say they never asked for he

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the contra costa water district would basically be intake. the utility district's system is the one that would then be the most key to actually allowing water into their system, whereby they could potentially use the water, or they could wheel that water to other areas. we could potentially share water lily of the water district, as well, so there are a lot of different options for moving water around, and there is also the possibility to use delta water, for those who use delta water. we reported previously there was a pilot project conducted at that site in 2009 to give us information on the physical characteristics of the plant that might be necessary, so what we are looking at here are four things to be determined. one is hydraulic modeling of a system to see how it would actually work, and the slide shows the dark land across the talked -- top, which is the aqueduct. they would share water into the other systems, ultimately getting to how much it would cost. the water for other parties would be one of the key points. the second with the

dugard also talked about her 18 years of captivity and sexual abuse in contra costa county. she gave birth twice while in captivity. she cited her daughters as a reason she didn't try to escape. she said, "i didn't know what to do. i couldn't leave. i have the girls. i didn't know where to go. what would i do for money or anything? i didn't have anything." dugard has a memoir due out in july. it's entitled, "a stolen life." >>> 5:06. the fbi today set to take over an investigation into alleged police corruption in contra costa county. that's what sources have told cbs 5 as the district attorney's office plans to announce a major development this afternoon. the criminal charges are against the former concord private investigator and former law enforcement officers from the state department of justice and the danville and san ramon police departments. >> as you all know, my client on the day of his arrest had a cathartic conversation with law enforcement and the d.a.'s office and admitted his responsibility. in federal law, early acceptance of responsibility is one of the thin

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east bay mud and contra costa are tied together. and part of this is the institutional arrangements. i think this provides us with enough information for this body to sometime in the future make a collective decision on do you want to do a project like this? commissioner caen: i mean, 10 years from now a lot is going to change and if we do a study now. what i've heard about decell, especially from an energy perspective, is it takes a huge amount of energy right now. from the climate and state mandates we're trying to apply and we might be bringing a project online in the next one to three years that would be a huge energy user and that we might be making an initial investment right now knowing that's the state of the technology is a little worrisome. that's one comment. it also seems like there are a lot of other projects that have been tried and tested out there. would this study collect all that data as well? what's happening with the salt from some of these other projects? i do see some value in being able to -- even in the lette

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>> reporter: by 2:30 this afternoon here at contra costa regional medical center they had already treated eight cases of heat exhaustion, one case of heat stroke, and most of these patients are children. >>> reporter: this is where you want to be when the thermometer flirts with triple digits. but this is where some kids were instead, at a concord tennis camp. >> we started playing, i had lots of energy. like at the end of the day it feels like just sitting on the couch and dying. >> really, really, really really, really hot outside. >> it's so hot! >> reporter: they all had different ways of coping. >> actually drink some water. >> reporter: drink lots of water. all day long. on the court it was 120 degrees. in the shade, 95 which is why tennis coach shane farley had a game plan for the heat. >> you can tell that they definitely are more tired. that just means we take more water breaks, make sure they get water and we sit in the shade as much as possible. we still like to play our games. they get through it as long as we step up the amount of water an rest. >> reporter: signs of these ex

contra costa, bay bridge -- >> yes. >> i'm sorry to take the time but i really feel it's important the public know what's in your staff memo. yes, i've read it. yes, i understand it but i think it's important for the rate pairs to understand what we read and the basis upon which we make a decision or at least on which i make a decision. the prop approved by the voters. for almost a million for a study to contra. following the testing, the study demonstrated the technical feasibility of di val nation at this location. so the $200,000 grant that we are being asked to approve today is the next step after these previous steps. >> that's right. >> and that step is, which is why some people are concerned is that we're actually going to being -- looking at hydraulics and other variables and what i'm concerned about is that within this $200,000 grant, none of it deals with outreach to the public. >> that's because we're not hiring people to do that. that will be done by agency staff from the five agencies. >> i understand that but i think the public is owed some type of hearing before we appro

all four men former law enforcement officers with contra costa county.face very serious charges this morning. and today the men are expected in front of a judge right here at superior court. we're live in walnut creek this morning. prosecutors say they have evidence detailing the scandal showing play tent disregard of the law. setting up dui stings, embezzling and bribing, and that's not all. the four men implied includes one man who used to head the contra costa county drug enforcement team. now the men face a 38 count felony complaint. they are expected to appear before a judge in two hours at 8:30 this morning here at court. three of the men worked for law enforcement agencies while the other was a private investigator. a note in this case federal authorities have taken it over and the district attorney's stand as they do until the federal investigation is complete. also ore alleged illegal activities surrounding these men a marijuana grow operation and prostitution. as i mentioned earlier the attorney representing the former head of the county's narc

just a few weeks ago shots were offered to children in contra costa county. walgreens also has a vaccine. the price is $63.99. are. >> in the east bay former and current students honored a man they consider a second father last night. the superintendent hank klopping retired from the school for the deaf in fremont. he served as the school superintendent since 19735. students learn american sign language, they take standard high school courses and participate in a variety of cultural and athletic activities. the school for the deaf is more than 150 years old. congratulations to dr. klopping. now here is lisa with a preview of the accuweather forecast. >> we have a lot of clouds. >> winds have died back. san jose in the mid-50s. we will look for temperatures to still be below normal, but we've been talking about a warming trend. i'll explain coming up. >> all right. also ahead the bay area city vegan activists are targeting to promote their treatment for diabetes. >> welcome back. this is a look at santa cruz and the beach there. it's probably a good day to tak

the contra costa county district attorney's office has scheduled a 2:00 news conference for tomorrow afternoon. >> the district attorney's office won't share with me what their press conference is going to be tomorrow. >> reporter: commander wielsch's attorney michael cardoza says he has not heard yet what new charges his client might face when it goes federal. wielsch, the commander of the contra costa narcotics task force was arrested in february along with his private investigator friend chris butler. two other cops have also been arrested, all for a series of scandals ranging from selling confiscated drugs to dirty duis. butler even claims he and wielsch were running a brothel in a pleasant hill office park. >> what i would think is they are looking at the public corruption aspect of this and that's what they're investigating. >> reporter: cardoza hopes the fact that his client has confessed will eventually help him spend less time behind bars. >> as you all know, my client on the day of his arrest had a cathartic conversation with law enforcement and the d.a.'s office and admitt

you can sea it barely clips parts of contra costa county. tomorrow about 4:00 right in the evening hours, you can see the rain lowering in and hanging around through saturday morning. then another wave is going to hang in there saturday afternoon. saturday plans may be washed out. once that passes, scattered showers sunday and monday and see a significant warming trend by wednesday and thursday of next week. >>> roads are still pretty quiet these headlights moving southbound. there is road work by caltrans that could block some of the off and on-ramps until about 6:00 this morning but they haven't specified which ones will be closed but any of the on and off ramps down to the frietas parkway and all way down to walnut creek, looking good toward highway 24 if you are heading to the caldecott tunnel or down to san ramon valley. and south bay, very light traffic. mass transit systems reporting no delays but don't forget, cable cars aren't running because of improvement work. get the latest information by going to our website at abc7news.com. >>

dugard also talked about her 18 years of captivity and sexual abuse at the garridos' home in contra costa county. dugard gave birth twice while in captivity. she said she didn't try to escape fearing what might happen to her young daughters. >> chilling details coming out. she has a memoir coming out next month. >> unbelievable. it's a gripping and very disturbing story. you know? unbelievable. >> it is 6:06. let's check traffic and weather again. erika martin in for lawrence this morning. erika, good morning. >> good morning. yes, this is for today -- well, a little bit cooler and certainly a little bit more wet that we are going to see this morning. here's a good look at the low that's working into the region here. now, meteorologists always love this. it's an atmosphere of action going on here. here's that low dipping on down rotating bringing all that moisture right into the forecast region. we can expect those showers here by early this afternoon. holding steady until monday. now, temperatures not faring that much better. we can see conditions still trending below average. 60s and hi

now, contra costa health center has also told us that the air- conditioner is the best way to beat the heat but, of course, if you are cost conscious right now as many of us are and don't want to spend the money on the air conditioners, there is always a movie theater or library as a cool escape. back to you. >>> mother nature's air- conditioning starting to kick in. we are seeing the sea breeze and the low clouds and fog but it's going to take some time to work its way into the valleys so yeah, it will be hot there once again. toward the coastline though we have some patchy fog right now. some of that dense right at the surface near the beaches. numbers right now you have 50s and foggy into pacifica. san francisco you have some partly cloudy skies with some fog especially in the south san francisco area. but clear inland and the warm temperatures in the livermore valley, you have 67 degrees. now, by this afternoon, again, many places moving up into the 90s in the interior spots. 95 one of the hotter spots into fairfield. about 93 into concord and livermore. inside the bay cooler tempe

the contra costa county d.a. says it's just so complicated and widespread. the allegations involving commander norman wielsch, private eye chris butler and two other officers from contra costa county involve everything from reselling confiscated drugs to committing dirty dui arrests, crimes which crossed jurisdictions and in some cases state lines. >> we're not relinquishing our entire case. we are not dismissing our charges. we could in fact in cooperation with the federal government -- they could file their federal charges, we could file in addition state charges. >> reporter: budgetary constraints are also a major issue. the d.a.'s office only has 20 investigators checking into 15,000 cases countywide every year. and this one huge case has produced so many allegations, some of which they haven't even gotten to yet, including the confession by butler that he and wielsch were running a brothel in pleasant hill. right now, the four defendants are out on bail. they will be re-arrested soon by the feds, although the u.s. attorneys office says no charges have b

a contra costa county spokesperson says the 58-year- old woman was booked into jail late yesterday. she's scheduled to appear in court at 1:30 in mars -- martinez. >>> hayward police say they are following several new leads in the case of a missing nursing student. police say they've identified some persons of interest in michelle le's disappearance and they have served at least four search warrants. le was last seen on friday at kaiser permanente hospital in hayward. police say they are using all available resources to find her. surveillance video shows le's the streak leaving. but the -- the vehicle leaving but the camera angle makes it difficult to see who was in the vehicle. >>> ahead -- federal government is about to get tougher on a dangerous practice aimed at airplanes. >>> why the photo of a certain man is being passioned around in a bay area neighborhood. >>> meteorologist, mark tamayo, is back in a few minutes with more details and how much rain you can expect in your neighborhood. >>> and the father and daughter who got a lot of attention because of something he did at a

we watched as the contra costa county marine patrol units brought the jet skiers back to shore after they had been strand the and stuck on a single jet ski for nearly eight hours. they launched from the marina about 5:30. they got stuck and the grass plugged up the pumps and knocked out the jet ski engines. one of the jet skis sank. the men didn't have their cell phones or any way to contact anyone on shore. >> we're trying to make it to -- to -- toite i -- to the island. we were kind of pushing the jet ski. >> reporter: did i have cell phones. >> no. this could have been prevented. a lot of this water near the island is two feet deep with heavy grass. a lot of people don't know that. >> reporter: now, the khost guard helicopter spotted the men from the air but the water was too shallow and the sheriffs brought their boat out. the two jet skiers were fine and they didn't need to go to the hospital. deputies say what saved them, it was about 70 degrees overnight. usually during these water rescues, they say, the people involved are suffering from hypothermia. doubts say if you plan on

. >>> new video out of contra costa county where firefighters fought flames. the fence did catch fire but crews were able to put it out within 30 minutes. the chief on the scene says neighbors reported seeing five kids running from the area where the fire started. in all about an acre burned. >>> the alameda city council approved a new contract for city city firefighters. in that incident firefighters did not go into the water to save a man because they said they had not been trained. many residents did not accept that. >> we hear the city council me negotiated in good fate, but i personally don't think they worked in good fate on may 30th on the beach. >> the council voted 4-1 on the new three year contract. it freezes wages and firefighters agreed to concessions for their health and retirement benefits. the future of alameda's animal shelter also on tonight's city council agenda. the city has signed a memorandum. currently the alameda police department runs it and transferring it to the nonprofit could save $100,000. >>> state controller chung says lawmakers

we began at the department of weight and measure in contra costa county.a 50 pound bag of sand. put it in a care on. now we are taking away sand until the total weight is exactly 50 pounds. then it is off to the airport. at the san jose international airport we checked more than a dozen scales. this one reads exactly 50 pounds. and the one next to it exactly 50 pounds too. different airlines. different scales. the exact same weight. time and again. now we thought this one was under weighing for a moment but no. 50 pounds. >> awesome. that's good. you would think that there might try and swindle you a little bit. >>reporter: it was the same at sfo. every scale we tested weighed in at exactly 50 pound pounds. over in oak land the scales by and large read 50 pounds. but this one under weighed by almost half pound. this one also under weighed by 1/10th of a pound. finally an over weight but when we manufactured the luggage around it settled in at exactly 50 pounds. are you sprays that had the scales are all this accurate. >> l i hope it would be. >>reporter: w

i talked to contra costa county fire dispatchers. they were unable to tell me what may have started the fire or potential cause. the contra costa county fire district says there were no injuries. the red cross helped four adults and a child with a place to stay. the man living in the unit loaded several weapons in his truck before leaving. the contractor also says the man had a burn on his hand down to the bone but didn't seek medical tension right away. we are still trying to contact the other tenants of this apartment building and see if we can get further details of this fire. reporting live in pleasant hill, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 5:03. well, today hayward police still searching for missing nursing student michelle le will focus on cell phone calls. now there's evidence someone was making calls on le's cell phone the day after she disappeared. the 26-year-old nursing student was last seen friday evening walking to a parking garage at the hospital in hayward. police found her honda suv locked a couple of bl

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coming up, with the warmer weather ahead the contra costa fire department trying to do everything to make sure your kids are safe around the pool. it's years in the planning. now it looks like a b.a.r.t. extension has a formal green light. >> and definitely green cars along the current b.a.r.t. corridor past the coliseum. we have road work getting a little bit of improvement through oakland but really that's not causing a problem. i'll show you where we expect slowdowns coming up.ee >> this morning in the east bay officials are making an effort to keep your pool safe. the contra costa fire protection district says in five years they responded to drowning incidents that resulted in ten deaths. they have meetings that will focus on drowning education. the first will be today at the pruitt family water park from antioch. >> let's check in with laura. laura, a thought on that drowning story. i have covered a dozen of those as a reporter. best way to keep your kid from drowning in the backyard pool is not have a back yard pool. >> exactly. even the small kiddie pools. you have to remember

the contra costa county says the victim was 97-year-old beatrice graina. they say the fire may have been sparked by candles that fell over inside a religious shrine. >>> there is a new twist in the search for a nursing student michelle le. we reported that calls were made from her cell phone after her disappearance last month. jade hernandez says that's not necessarily the case so what are they saying now? yoo with no new arrests the information that came out of a san diego television station seemed to give this investigation hope but, today, hayward police and the le family are disputing those claims and that is not all. in fact, it was reported two calls came from the michelle le cell phone after she disappeared, one from reno nevada but they say that isn't true. they did receive calls from across state lines but they did not come from her cell phone after her disappearance. >> is the answer to what answered to michelle lying across state lines? no, we don't believe that's the case. >> reporter: investigators did travel to arizona, though, to speak to a

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. >>> new video out of contra costa county where firefighters fought flames. the fence did catch fire but crews were able to put it out within 30 minutes. the chief on the scene says neighbors reported seeing five kids running from the area where the fire started. in all about an acre burned. >>> the alameda city council approved a new contract for city city firefighters. in that incident firefighters did not go into the water to save a man because they said they had not been trained. many residents did not accept that. >> we hear the city council me negotiated in good fate, but i personally don't think they worked in good fate on may 30th on the beach. >> the council voted 4-1 on the new three year contract. it freezes wages and firefighters agreed to concessions for their health and retirement benefits. the future of alameda's animal shelter also on tonight's city council agenda. the city has signed a memorandum. currently the alameda police department runs it and transferring it to the nonprofit could save $100,000. >>> state controller chung says lawmakers

commander norman welch, private eye chris butler and two other officers from contra costa county facerges in a case that keeps expanding. yesterday, the district attorney announced the fbi will be taking over this investigation. >>> the former criminal technician at the heart of the san francisco crime lab scandal has pleaded guilty to drugs possession. 61-year-old debra madden allegedly stole drug evidence from the police department back in 2009, forcing prosecutors to drop hundreds of cases and close the crime lab. >>> closing the storm door, unfortunately is not in the schedule. >> i would like to shut it. >> that old credence clearwater revival song comes to mind. >> not this week, but maybe next. showers across the bay today. we are looking for a break, as things will taper off through the day. the bulk of the rain came ashore through the wee hours of the morning. half an inch along the coastal plains. more than that in the highcountry, equating to wet streets, bridges, as the highways and biways are definitely saturated this morning and again, we'll look for the rain to continue

contra costa county animal control has been around. we'll talk more about that as well, as well as try to talk to the neighbor who these people believe might be behind this all. reporting live in brentwood, kraig debro, ktvu news. >>> today is the first day of summer and spare of air day. air officials say the air could be especially bad in eastern and central contra costa county. poor air quality could cause breeting problems for children and people with asthma. you're asked to avoid driving and put away the charcoal barbecues and gas-powered garden tools. >>> this morning san francisco police say they had to use pepper spray to help break up an out-of-control fight. it happened at about 9:15 last night on third and newcomb in the bayview district. officers say they arrived on the scene to help break up a fight between about 14 girls, but that when the girls wouldn't stop, officers used pepper spray. that's when more people showed up and started throwing bottles. officers arrested one person. >>> this morning oakland police are invest

contra costa fire protection district got the call around 10:30 last night when they arrived an apartment on the second floor was covered with flames. the situation made more dangerous when bullets owned by the renter started going off. >> i heard like rounds going off inside there. >> reporter: when bullets heat up and aren't projected by the hammer of a firearm, the shell pops off. police call it a cookoff. but it is not deadly dangerous. but the scene did scare residents. >> i was scared because you know the fire came ran all over so fast. and i take the kids and my nephews, they live upstairs. >> reporter: one of the two units hit by flames is gutted. the renter's property is in a pile covered by a blue tarp to protect against the june rain of all things. the cause of the fire was an electrical problem. in pleasant hill, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> mitt romney made it official this morning. >> i'm mitt romney. i believe in america. and i'm running for president. [ cheering and applause ] >> the former massachusetts governor made his announcement in new hampshire, a state tha

dugard also talked about her 18 years of captivity and sexual abuse at the their home in contra costa county. dugard gave birth twice while in captivity. she cited her daughters as a reason she didn't try to escape. "i didn't know what to do. i couldn't leave. i had the girls. i didn't know where to go, what i would do for money or anything. i didn't have anything." dugard has a memoir due out in july entitled "a stolen life." >>> tonight at 5:00 the family of that missing nursing student will hold a candlelight vigil in hayward near where she was last seen a week ago. 26-year-old michelle le disappeared last friday after leaving a class at the kaiser medical center in hayward. police say le's phone was transmitting signals until midday on saturday. investigators have issued several search warrants and have interviewed at least 15 people. >>> it is 4:39. let's get another quick look at traffic and weather. erica standing by to tell us more about what we can expect and keep the umbrella handy, right? >> yes. certainly keep the umbrella handy for today and the next couple of days becaus

and at the contra costa county fair, much like at the art and wine festival, people just tried to keep the rain from dampening their spirits. >> it's wet. we're usually in shorts and sandals, and today we're not. >> reporter: both the art and wine festival and contra costa county fair will continue on tomorrow. vendors and those who want to go say that they are hoping for better weather tomorrow, but they know that that's probably not realistic. live in walnut creek, kimberly tere, bay area news. >> thanks. >>> we'll have more on the unusual weather, including the complete forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. and you can check the weather online at any time at nbcbayarea.com. >>> a bit of progress to report in the first homicide case in milpitas in two years. a suspect is under arrest for the shooting death of a man earlier this week. police are not releasing the suspect's name just yet but we are told he or she is in custody on an unrelated charge. 43-year-old alfredo rodriguez was found shot on douth main street just before 4:00 on monday morning. he later died at the hospital.