we begin with ktvu's david stevenson in san francisco with more details about the charges that came to light as leland yee appeared in court this afternoon. p david? >> reporter: frank, you can see the camera crews that are waiting for leland yee to leave the building. in court today he sat listening to the charges and shared a laugh with his attorney, even though the charges he is facing is serious, including wide fraud. federal agents arrested leland yee home early this morning. here is leland yee arriving after 9:00 a.m. in handcuffs. he did not answer questions questions questions and appeared in court this afternoon. the compliant adjudged starting in 2012 he solicited thousands of dollars for his failed campaign and his run for secretary of state, from undercover fbi agents. he solicited a donation to put them in touch with a arms dealer through lee. it details meetings with the agents discussing specific types of weapons that could be brought in to the country. agents allege lee orders him to take $11,000 in cash during a hotel meeting, to bribe lee to push flew medical marijuan

ktvu's david stevenson is on campus with more on what could happen next. >> the meeting today began at 4:00 p.m. students last week were pepper sprayed and a number were arrested during thursday's ocpassion of the hall. they say a payment policy requiring students to pay fees in full discriminates against low income people. six police police officers received minor injuries. students met this afternoon, we learned about the school's planned response to the violence and spoke to one of the students about his injuries from thursday afternoon. >> they told me i may be in danger of having two fractured wrists. that is not confirmed. i need a better x-ray. >> there will be a review from an outside agency. there will be an internal review. we have a campus crisis management team looking at all the facts. >> reporter: we are told the challengeler of city college of san francisco plans forums. we were escorted from the meeting as it began but we were told they are concerned about student safety and student rights in the wake of what happened and they want violence to come to an end. reporting

ktvu's david stevenson tells us, the hope is to keep them out of the hands of minors. david? >> reporter: san francisco advocates say ecigarettes like this one are being marketed to minors and by restricting where they could be used they are hoping to restrict who can use them. >> reporter: ecigarettes sellers can't keep them in stock. >> we opened last april and it tripled in sales. hard to keep a full selection of them. >> reporter: he says the draw for customers is ecigarettes emit vapor, not smoke, allowing them to smoke almost anywhere. that could change with a ordinance to restrict ecigarettes users to the same areas as tobacco smokers. the law would also protect children. >> i have a 13-year-old daughter and she says kids are right now smoking in the classrooms when teachers turn their backs. >> reporter: critics say they are designed to appeal to minors. >> bubble gum, gummy bears. everything imaginable. >> reporter: she says local stores sold her ecigarettes no questions asked. >> i was able to do this experiment, not being i.ded. >> reporter: agreement with 46 state

ktvu's david stevenson is near the scene and says neighbors say something has to be done here. david? >> reporter: police reopened this intersection 2-1/2 hours ago but the hit and run death brought out a lot of emotion about the safety of the crosswalk. >> reporter: police responded at 11:15 p.m. to the intersection. investigators say the driver ran over and killed a woman in the crosswalk and continued 100 feet up the street. >> the driver made a u-turn and drove southbound on bay shore, slowly driving by as he passed the victim. >> the suspect is a hispanic or african american man. police are checking surveillance cameras for clues. cause for concern among law enforcement. >> we have had more vehicles versus pedestrian deaths than homicides in san francisco this year. >> they don't watch. just cross like i am going. >> reporter: neighbors say pedestrians and drivers ignore the dangers here. >> people don't slow down. they don't give you the right of way. >> reporter: they said they did not know the elderly victim but worry about crossing here. >> they don't want this to happe

reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. the fbi says a raid at a home in san mateo is also connected to the arrest of say senator yee leland yee. it happened after 9:00 a.m. on 32nd avenue. agents did not say how the home was connected but they were seen removing boxes and loading them into a vehicle. the fbi is planning to release more details later this afternoon. let's go to alex savidge who is in the city's chinatown where fbi agents are still looking for evidence at one of the raid sites but there's one thing slowing down the process. alex? >> reporter: well, good afternoon, tori. this is one of the spots raided by the fbi this morning. this building behind me along an alleyway in chinatown. it belongs to the chinese free mace -- chinese free mason. they are trying to cut open an antique safe as they search for ifd. it sounds like they -- for evidence. it sounds like they are having trouble. the fire department was called in to help open the safe. agents served a search warrant here at this location as part of this wid

we talked how that area, china basin has changed in the past 10 or 15 years, david stevenson has been reporting on the ground. you're talking to people that live near the area. >> i'm close to the scene. i'm standing with sean garcia and david moyes. they live across from the scene. tell me what happened this afternoon. >> looks like we lost david stevenson. if we can go back to the picture of the smoke. there's something interesting here. there's smoke burning, there's smoke coming from a couple blocks away from this fire. i hope that's not another fire. i can't quite tell. maybe we will get back to the pictures. we saw news chopper 2 panning over there. we'll try to get information. it struck me, it was odd. there it is. you see the smoke coming, i don't know if that's normal smoke or if that's a separate fire. >> you're talking about the larger picture on the left on the right-hand side. >> wow, we're getting information into our ears that people are calling from the building below, i'm assuming what we're showing reports of fires being sparked from ash from the main fire from the

ktvu david stevenson was there and he spoke to one of their attorneys who is hinting act how he plans to defend his clients against some very serious charges. >>reporter: led by the head of the san francisco police officer's association, officers ed and richard left the federal courthouse this morning. they are two of six current and former police officers who have been indicted on grand jury charges. >> harold working officers, dedicate today this department, the citizens this city. >>reporter: 2011 investigation into a series of raids at residential hotels by plain clothes officers. the charges rage from theft and extortion to drug distribution . >> they were out there doing very, very serious work, and dealing with some people that have no regard for the law. >>reporter: defense attorney michael rain says the indict ments -- doing similar work. rain says informments who aid the investigation are not reliable witnesses. >> i know that one of those informants, for instance, attempted to extort one of these officers. >>reporter: attorney eric sapphire represents one of those witnesses

ktvu's david stevenson has the latest on the investigation and the suspect's pasts. david? >> reporter: the police say the bullet is key to the case and as they search for it we learned a lot about the suspect in the case. >> reporter: more surgery was scheduled today for san francisco police officer adam shaw. the 28-year-old suffered a wound to his shoulder saturday. in a confrontation involving a driver stopped in the mission district. >> young, strong guy. and he should make a full recovery. >> reporter: investigators are trying to get a full picture of what happened. >> three quick shots and a pause and two or three more shots followed. >> reporter: neighbors described hearing the shots but police haven't found bullet. investigators say the suspect jeffery ruano was arrested in san jose sunday with 38 caliber rounds but no gun. >> that doesn't mean it is impossible there was another gun. means right now we have no evidence of that. >> ktvu learned about his crimmial record. -- criminal record, hit and run and felony assault and possession of a controlled substance. she

ktvu's david stevenson looked in to what it means and why critics say this doesn't go far enough. david? the policy is meant for uber drivers and it will provide peace of mind but a family gave it a hostile reception today. >> reporter: uber announced it will offer insurance for drivers who haven't picked up passengers. a shift in the strategy. >> we want to make sure the drivers could feel confident getting in the car, working with uber and the time between trips knowing that they have coverage. >> coverage of $50,000 for bodily injury if there is no passenger inside. the change comes after the collision in san francisco. the company claimed uber driver was not covered by their insurance because he did not have a passenger. >> the personal insurance of the driver has already offered to pay up to the limit on that personal insurance policy. >> just a sham. uber is trying a pr move. >> they are sewering and the attorney says it helps them skirt a state law requiring companies to have a million dollars liability policy per incident. >> to say someone's life is worth $50,000 when they

in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details now. cross fit is the company that sponsors the cross put it games. they are also the name for a work out designed by the company. it was launched in santa cruz in 1990s but the company is now headquartered in washington, d.c. it has about 7,000 fulfills gyms. >>> a statewide sting with head turning results. how a tap on the shoulder and a $10 bill has hundreds of people headed to court. >> mild temperatures in the 70s but the wind is blowing. the parts of the bay area that will see the strongest gusts. >> coming up next, an attack so startling some people are having a hard time believing it happened. >> the charges a father accused of biting off part of his baby's nose faced in court today. >>> the father who is accused of biting off the nose of his son made his first appearance in court this afternoon. ktvu's rob roth was in the courtroom and spoke with friends of the father and rob is live now in fairfield. rob? >> reporter: frank, friends and family of joshua cooper, the father were in

. >> david stevenson has been following had story since tuesday night. you spoke with neighbors who still aren't allowed back in to their apartments. >> reporter: that's right. a different scene than even yesterday. we have seen a small amount of smoke coming out of the fire scene. but we also saw crews burrowing in as neighbors tried to get back to normal -- >> reporter: engineers got a look at the charred wood, medal and peace metal and cheat -- metal and sheet rock. teams took down the last corner of the apartment complex. enabling firefighters to hunt for hot spots and begin digging for the cause of the fire. >> it took forever to put the fire out and we have floors and floors and floors of building that is crushed down. >> the cause centered on welding equipment. firefighters have a sense of the origin and are receiving video and photographs to help them pinpoint where it began. >> in san francisco you have a lot of people are electronic devices. people have been forth coming. >> reporter: residents across the street struggle to resume normal life.

reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the fbi conducted raids in a number of bay area locations this morning as part of the criminal investigation. one of them was in san francisco bay view district at a building on davidson avenue. another raid took place in the city. agents entered a home on 7th avenue. the fbi tells us this raid is also connected to the arrests of leland yee and 24 other people. it happened after 9:00 a.m. you see here we got pictures of agents removing boxes of evidence. >>> our team coverage continues with ktvu's ken pritchett live in sacramento. ken, fair to say lawmakers were stunned? >> reporter: that is true. many may know leland yee for his efforts on violent video games or gun control but he ozalso knowns -- also known as someone who wanted to spread sunshine on state government, anti-corruption efforts and it is safe to say most of the lawmakers today were blind sided by this news. you should be seeing video now of fbi agents leaving the office of california state senator leland yee, his capital office, carting away pot

david stevenson is there, and people who knew him are saying he had never been in trouble before. >> reporter: that's right, yes. and behind me is where nieto was shot. police say nieto pointed a weapon on him and he was pronounced dead at the scene. people who had just spoken said he was licensed to carry a taser. family members declined to speak to us but others who knew him describe him as someone who avoided trouble. we are learning that nieto was the subject of a retraining order after attacking a man with a taser in front of his family. >> we want justice, we want answers and we want to make sure this isn't covered up. because a lot of times in situations like these get covered up. >> we want to make sure the public understands why we took the actions we take. this incident is no different so we've scheduled a town hall meeting for tomorrow. >> reporter: and that town hall is scheduled for tomorrow. a number of the people who are here as you can see mourning nieto tell us they will be there tomorrow with questions for san francisco police chief greg suhr. reporting live in san

ktvu's david stevenson there now with why what the driver did before leaving the scene is especially troubling. >> reporter: yeah. police say the driver actually did a u-turn and drove back by the victim he ran over in this intersection. one witness said it didn't sound like the driver was in a hurry to leave the scene. >> reporter: san francisco police swarmed the intersection minutes after a woman was killed by a hit-and-run driver after 11:00 a.m. >> all of our officers are on the look out for the vehicle. >> the driver is a hispanic or black male, with a white dodge with a ski rack. the victim a asian woman in her 60s. the driver turned left and ran over the woman in the crosswalk. police say he then drove 100 feet, made a u-turn and drove past the victim before fleeing south. >> it is surprising but again, that shows it negligence. >> investigators hope surveillance cameras caught the license plate number. he was working outside 100 feet away at the time of the collision. [ speaking foreign language ] [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: this is san francisco's 6th pedestrian fatality

david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> what are ecigarettes? strong cigarettes -- electronic cigarettes. it is liquid so it could be inhailed. the vapor usually contains nicotine. although they don't involve smoke they can still cause lung damage. . >>> new information about the investigation into the attack of a woman. there has now been an arrest. police say the 57-year-old cindy lynn burleigh has admitted she attacked her mother yesterday with a hammer. she was taken into custody after a s.w.a.t. team surrounded the house. police say she faces several charges, including attempted murder and elder abuse. her mother suffered several skull fractures and listed in critical condition. >>> four-year-old girl is also in critical condition after a head on crash in fremont and making matters worse police think her mother was driving under the influence when she drifted into traffic and hit a car head on. the mother is also in critical condition. police say the girl was in a car seat but it was not properly installed. >> it does not look like a car se

we begin with ktvu's david stevenson where the remains of the building must now be torn down. go right now and look at how the demilation on the building picked up -- demolition on the building picked up. it is getting taken down piece by piece by that large piece of construction equipment. we are seeing it tumble bit by bit on to the street as construction crews watch. it wasn't just the fire in the area that sent smoke into the clouds and threatened the environment but also the water that was used to fight the fire that weakened the building and washed talkens down the drains. -- toxins down the trains. >> reporter: crews began tearing tain the retains this afternoon -- down the remains this afternoon. >> right now we have a perimeter set up to keep everybody out of the area. >> the building began burning at 5:00 p.m. tuesday afternoon. investigators said welding work may have sparked the fire that could be seen for miles. the water system kept other buildings from burning down. >> if the water pressure wasn't there we could have seen a worse fear which was the fire would ju

and david stevenson looks at how they're getting that money back, sometimes from the vandals themselves>> reporter: the city is hoping an overhall will scare away taggers. san francisco abation workers scrubbed and repainted graffiti. it costs taxpayers $19 million each year. >> they tag it, we abate. it's like a game of cat and mouse. >> reporter: supervisor announced a new plan to fix the problem. banning the tools of the trade on munni buses and city parks. >> we're going to revise the park code to top ban the instruments of tagging at city parks. >> reporter: the city attorney can sue taggers for the damage. >> now we can actually go after the perpetrators rather than the victims themselves. >> it's a continuous problem. >> reporter: matthews says he spent $15,000 cleaning his three buildings last year. >> what is it like for you to clean it up and see it come back? >> it's frustrating as hell. >> reporter: the police department abatememt officer says the new law may become a huge deterrent. >> it's a huge deterrent because it's hitting people's pocketbooks. >> reporter: reporting l

david stevenson, we're waiting to get david on the phone. he's close to fire.'m expecting he will tell us how it feels. i understand he will be close to what's happening. >> looking at this. i guess down in san jose we had the big mall. we had a big fire. it burned almost to the ground. fire suppression techniques are very good. perhaps they are not in place. you don't have to sheet rock. >> it looks like a big triangle, when we started it was on one section. now the smoke and flames have spread throughout the entire building. the flames are roaring through this. you're right, you don't have that suppression system inside. now they are trying to protect the building across the street. this is a dense area, buildings on 2 out of the three sides of the building very close. let's bring in dave i'd stevenson live at the scene. >> what can you see. >> left side, it's a huge plume of smoke, quite a bit of construction as you can see from chopper 2 in this area here. i was speaking to a firefighter on the scene, sean o'connor who's head of the san francisco firefighte

ktvu's david stevenson is in the city where they had a taste test to prove their point. >> these are the type of bottles the city hopes to phase out. that will require a lot of people to make major adjustments. >> this tap water? >> san francisco put its watt tore a taste test today, inviting residents to tell the difference between bottled water and tap water. >> i picked the one i thought was tap water, but it's bottled water. it's a big surprise. >> the taste test came on a day where city supervisors stopped the sale of bottled water on city property. the goal is to cut plastic waste. more drinking fountains and refillable bottle stations be built. >> there are many options other than from a wasteful plastic water bottle experience. >> they say bottled water is unnecessary. it creates waste. >> in this cartoon, the international bottled water association says most people won't carry refillable containers and that bans encourage consumers to turn to drinks high in calories. >> norman bought drinks that were available, sugary drinks, also packaged in plastic. >> it's not very conven

. >>> david stevenson join us now with the warnings and new training parkgoers are undergoing now that it's coyote season. >> the latest estimate was there were 20 coyotes in the county, but dog owners say they're seeing the wild animals pop up more frequently. >> reporter: dog walkers kept an eye on their animal and watched for coyotes. >> industry been startled a couple time, yeah. >> they don't look that unfed. they're not hunting around, they're just out more than usual. >> reporter: sightings are steadily rising. wildlife groups are concerned, because this is the season for coyotes to give birth. >> this is the time when we encourage people to be more vigilant about recognizing that coyotes might be more protective of their young. >> reporter: is the hope is to avoid confrontations such as this one. the animal department says this off-leash dog is harassing 2 coyotes. cell phone video shows another coyote chasing a man and his dog in golden gate park. pork workers took lessons on how to control the situation. >> not leaving trash out, staying away from animal ref yums. >> if you f

reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the fire is costing the developer of the project a lot of time and money. ktvu's eric rasmussen has been digging into the developer and he is in the news room with the other projects that are in the works. the developer says the building that burned in san francisco was one of four projects under construction, worth $725 million and we found there might be more in the pipeline. we can show you aerials. construction is still going on a $97,000,000.254 unit apartment development. a source tells me it is business as usual at that sight and others -- site and others today. we found bre has developments planned or under construction in lensten and emeryville and redwood city and san francisco. that is the one you see in the fire from yesterday. in a statement they told ktvu yesterday's fire purged one of -- burned one of two buildings. a second site with 188 units was not effected. the project was supposed to be finished in the next few months. they already have 16 properties in the bay area. it sin the middle of -- is in

david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a highway closure could cause some traffic in the north bayal transsays it's planning to close lanes of highway 101 at the old highway interchange in petaluma saturday night through sunday morning. the closure will allow crews to demolish the old bridge at petaluma boulevard north as part of a project to rebuild the interchange. a new bridge spanning the highway recently opened to drivers. >>> the blogger who first exposed target's massive credit card breach might soon be the subject of a hollywood thriller. brian crebbs detected the breach and reported it. his blog has made him a target for hackers. >>> the tune is catchy and now disney is asking people to make videos for its global small world sing along. it's a small world with its theme song opened at disneyland in 1966, but two years before that it opened at the 1964 world's fair in new york city. to mark the 50th anniversary disney is inviting the public to go to its website and submit videos of themselves singing the song. i remember going to disneyland and i was singing that darn tune

. >>> back now to our breaking news in san francisco, a deadly hit-and-run accident, ktvu's david stevenson just arrived on the scene and joins us live on the phone. >> reporter: tori we have been gathering information since we arrived here, still an active scene, at least a dozen police vehicles and the body is still at the scene and the police are talking to the witnesses trying to see if anybody saw what happened just an hour ago at this intersection, police say it is a hit-and-run, the suspect was driving a white truck, there are a number of cameras in the area we noticed, nothing pointed toward the intersection, we have been talking to people along the corridor who expressed their concern about this intersection, namely people who want to ride some of the public transit vehicles have to cross into that intersection where the victim was struck an hour ago, we are told this woman was in her 60s and the suspect drove out in what was described as a white truck, we are waiting for a spokesperson to arrive to brief us too and we want to get a since of where the vehicles are out to get a sens

san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel news. >> for an opportunity to celebrate young people who work hard to help others. 16,000 students expected to fill the oracle arena for tomorrow's we do celebration. getting a free ticket after blejing to make a difference -- pledging to make a difference. orlando bloom, selena gomez are set to be there. ktvu.com, watch it streaming. a lot of people coming, i hope they bring their umbrellas, it will be cold and getting wet getting in there. >> you're right, give yourself some extra time as well, the commute tomorrow morning will be painful for some, let me give you a lookout what we have for today, the rainfall amount, not too impressive. but we have more to go, so this is some good news here, most of us picking up less than a tenth of an inch of rain, oakland and san francisco picking up the most at least when you compare to napa, fairfield and concord, picking up more in morgan, we do have light rain falling in areas right along morgan hill, highway 101 south of san jose, most of this falling over the diablo range, maybe mount hamilton,

assist, it's a fluent situation, continuing into the night of the reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, hand -- >>> bill martin back into the conversation, he is in our weather center now, tell us about the wind conditions no night and how that impact the effort. reporter: winds today are north, northeast, wind advisory for basically all of the by area, as you look at the smoke plume it's an unusual wind direction for this time of year, it's usually westerly winds, this is anestly equipped in in the winds weren't whipping this direction is notify roble for winds in this way, the winds actually helped the firefighters out quite a bit as this plume was rise high into the sky and winds were blowing in a correct direction. wind ends at 8:00 tomorrow morning it's basically for everybody. look at the wind gusts, oakland hills up to 40 miles an hour, 44 in fairfield, winds are strongest say 2, 3 in the morning. something taped winds of 92 miles an hour in fairfield, these are sustained winds now, 10 milan hour at san francisco airport. we have a wind advisory up in the next hour, windiest in

as david stevenson reports their attorneys hinted at their possible defense arguments if this case goesial. >> reporter: lead by the head of the san francisco police officers association, the officers left the federal courthouse this morning, two of six current and former officers indited on grand jury charges. >> they are all hard working officers, dedicated to this department and citizens of this city. >> reporter: the offshoot of a 2011 investigation into a series of raids at residential hotels, by plain closed officers. theft and extortion to drug distribution. >> they were out there, doing very very serious work, and dealing with some people that have no regard for the law. >> reporter: defense attorney id the federal inditements will have a chilling effect on officers doing similar work. informants who aided the investigation are not reliable witnesses. >> one of those informants attempted to extort an officer. >> from what he tells me he provided actual evidence in the form of fingerprints and other types of hard evidence that was given to the federal investigators. >> reporter:

david stevenson ktvu channel 2 news. >>> after months of controversy a 7 eleven is shutting its doorsomplained when it opened last year saying it drew crime and traffic to their community. city officials also ruled the property was not legally zoned for a store. today they announced $150,000 settlement to shut it down its last day of business is tuesday. >>> a little cooler today and right now the fog regrouping offshore and pushing locally into the bay. forecast tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m., patchy fog around the bay. overcast near the immediate shore line. afternoon, clouds will gather back near the shore line. 7:00 p.m., patchy fog, 40 to 50 degrees, by lunchtime coastal fog, 55 to 62, tomorrow will be warmer than today here is the eventual temperature range 60 to 72 winds pick up, 10 to 20 miles an hour. forecast highs for saturday, san francis owe 64, santa rosa 71, liver more, 72 degrees. the warmest day of the weekend and when rain chances resurface on the 5 day forecast. >>> coming up, a new school offering a leg up when it comes to a careers in technology. in our next half hour

david stevenson ktvu channel 2 news. >>> after months of controversy a 7 eleven is shutting its doorsghbors complained when it opened last year saying it drew crime and traffic to their community. city officials also ruled the property was not legally zoned for a store. today they announced $150,000 settlement to shut it down its last day of business is tuesday. >>> a little cooler today and right now the fog regrouping offshore and pushing locally into the bay. forecast tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m., patchy fog around the bay. overcast near the immediate shore line. afternoon, clouds will gather back near the shore line. 7:00 p.m., patchy fog, 40 to 50 degrees, by lunchtime coastal fog, 55 to 62, tomorrow will be warmer than today here is the eventual temperature range 60 to 72 winds pick up, 10 to 20 miles an hour. forecast highs for saturday, san francis owe 64, santa rosa 71, liver more, 72 degrees. the warmest day of the weekend and when rain chances resurface on the 5 day forecast. >>> coming up, a new school offering a leg up when it comes to a careers in technology. in our next h

in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> prosecutors have decided not the pursue childmolestation charges against a san jose firefighters accused of selling drug. mario enrique is facing three counts for the sale of meth. during an investigation allegations surfaced that queses had sexual relations with a 17-year-old boy and had given him meth. the district attorney did not explain why he will not be charged in connection with that allegation. >>> the fbi is making a new push to capture one of his 10 most wanted terrorist suspects. a man wanted for crimes that happened here in the bay area. milborn featuring andrea santiago are going up in seven other states. it's also possible that san diego is living now outside of the country. he is suspected of two bombings in 2003 at the shakley corporation officers and the former kiro corporation. the fbi is offering a $250,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest and prosecution. >>> the medical examiner in new york city said today that phillip seymore hoffman was killed by more than an overdose. he actually died after

in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> ktvu investigates hundreds of gallons ofng wasted. investigators say saving that water doesn't make sense. even during this drought. >> and a controversy over flying another >>>2 investigates millions of the gallons of water that is going to waste in santa clara and it's not the first time. the customers are questioning why now. why in the midst of a record breaking drought when every drop of water is considered precious. ktvu's robert handa explains what's behind the water dumping move. >> reporter: santa clara in the midst of dumping 3 million- gallons of water. about a million gallons a day every day. the county clear it is water due to concern of contamination. we first discovered the city dumping 1 million-gallons a week ago and now more is being dumped. >> at my home we're watching the water. >> from the financial standpoint it wouldn't make sense. these are very separatic discharges. that only occur once in a very, very long time. >> reporter: but some say that's the point. these are not normal times. >> in the middle

in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> ktvu investigates hundreds of gallons of water being wasted. investigators say saving that water doesn't make sense. even during this drought. >> and a controversy over flying another country's flag. >> you can get ktvu's news to go. click on the live icon and you can watch all of our newscasts live on your mobile device. [ intercom ] drivers, to your marks. go! [ male announcer ] it's chaos out there. but the m-class sees in your blind spot... ♪ pulls you back into your lane... ♪ even brakes all by itself. it's almost like it couldn't crash... even if it tried. the 2014 m-class. see your authorized dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. >>>2 investigates millions of the gallons of water that is going to waste in santa clara and it's not the first time. the customers are questioning why now. why in the midst of a record breaking drought when every drop of water is considered precious. ktvu's robert handa explains what's behind the water dumping move. >> reporter: santa clara in the midst of d

coming up at 6, david stevenson will tell us why coyote groups especially concerned about this time of year. >>> let's go to bill martin. it feels like we've been at spring for months. >> it feels like we've been there for years outside right now, you have the clouds coming in. you see the tower in the disfans the clouds will increase, and we'll see mostly to partly proud cloudy conditions tomorrow. i think there will be a few more complowppedz here's where they're coming from. they're working their way up from the south. is it rain? no. it's just clouds over the top of us. 75 in livermore, those are the temperatures right now. san francisco will go into tomorrow. despite the cloud cover, you will see the clouds come in here. still a nice day. beautiful shot downtown. a look at san jose, the winds are lighter. we're slitting hairs, it will be a nice-looking thursday. friday is looking good. these are the forbes overnight lows. 39 in nappa. temperatures are getting down there. we've been seeing frost. this 239 in nappa, you go up there and east, you will get yourself a 35 and 36. temper

in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> now, to the south bay, where san jose voters will soon be asked to decide to renew a tax to fund the stie libraries. it is set to expire next year. the city council asked voters to renew tax. it raises about $8 million a year. >>> president obama unveiled his 2015 budget today. it calls for $3.9 trillion in spending. the president went to an elementary school in washington, d.c. to highlight his plans for increased spending in education. it also includes money for public works, and end certain tax breaks for the wealthy. republicans don't like it. more details on what's included for california. it calls for $37 million to help restore san francisco bay, and the delta. more than $300 million to expand two major border crossings with mexico, but it would cut community block services grants to $30 million from $60 million. >>> new at 10:00, the family of the woman who disappeared from san francisco general hospital has filed a legal claim against the city. lynne spalding was found dead in a seldom used stairwell, more than two week

. >> reporter: david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>>. it's windy out there tonight. it's going to get cold. less wind, clear skies overnight lows are going to get down there. it's already chilly in santa rosa 48. 59 in napa. overnight lows in the north bay valleys like last night are going to get down to the mid- 30s in the coldest spots. there's some overnight low forecast. lots of upper 30s and low 40s. and going into the inner bay valleys and into the nook and crannies you're going to find 40s. we could see it again tomorrow morning. daytime highs tomorrow are going to be warmer. it's going to be the warmest day of the week. when i come back we will tell you exactly how warm it'll be in your neighborhood. and looking for that opportunity for some rain. we'll see you back here. >>> some positive news right now to report on california's drought. water officials say february's rainstorms boosted california's water supply as a result the state water resources control board plan allows more water to come from the san joaquin delta. who get it is extra water is up to th

in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> prosecutors have decided not the pursue childolestation charges against a san jose firefighters accused of selling drug. mario enrique is facing three counts for the sale of meth. during an investigation allegations surfaced that queses had sexual relations with a 17-year-old boy and had given him meth. the district attorney did not explain why he will not be charged in connection with that allegation. >>> the fbi is making a new push to capture one of his 10 most wanted terrorist suspects. a man wanted for crimes that happened here in the bay area. milborn featuring andrea santiago are going up in seven other states. it's also possible that san diego is living now outside of the country. he is suspected of two bombings in 2003 at the shakley corporation officers and the former kiro corporation. the fbi is offering a $250,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest and prosecution. >>> the medical examiner in new york city said today that phillip seymore hoffman was killed by more than an overdose. he actually died after

. >> reporter: david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>>. it's windy out there tonight. it's going to get cold. less wind, clear skies overnight lows are going to get down there. it's already chilly in santa rosa 48. 59 in napa. overnight lows in the north bay valleys like last night are going to get down to the mid- 30s in the coldest spots. there's some overnight low forecast. lots of upper 30s and low 40s. and going into the inner bay valleys and into the nook and crannies you're going to find 40s. we could see it again tomorrow morning. daytime highs tomorrow are going to be warmer. it's going to be the warmest day of the week. when i come back we will tell you exactly how warm it'll be in your neighborhood. and looking for that opportunity for some rain. we'll see you back here. >>> some positive news right now to report on california's drought. water officials say february's rainstorms boosted california's water supply as a result the state water resources control board plan allows more water to come from the san joaquin delta. who get it is extra water is up to th

in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> now, to the south bay, where san jose voters will soon be asked to decide to renew a tax to fund the stie libraries. it is set to expire next year. the city council asked voters to renew tax. it raises about $8 million a year. >>> president obama unveiled his 2015 budget today. it calls for $3.9 trillion in spending. the president went to an elementary school in washington, d.c. to highlight his plans for increased spending in education. it also includes money for public works, and end certain tax breaks for the wealthy. republicans don't like it. more details on what's included for california. it calls for $37 million to help restore san francisco bay, and the delta. more than $300 million to expand two major border crossings with mexico, but it would cut community block services grants to $30 million from $60 million. >>> new at 10:00, the family of the woman who disappeared from san francisco general hospital has filed a legal claim against the city. lynne spalding was found dead in a seldom used stairwell, more than two week

stevenson is on the set right now with a push to keep filmmakers here in the bay area. david can san francisco's film commission hopes to keep productions like this one from packing up after they shoot just a few days on the streets. hollywood came to san francisco's hall of justice today as fake cops and fake reporters swarmed actor james cromwell. >> something else was going on. it was a big trial. >>reporter: tnt's new san francisco based crime show, murder in the first, is shooting five days in the city and getting a lot of attention from regs. >> apparently the show is going to be premiering in june, so i'll be tuning in to see what they say. >> san francisco's film commission says film per approximate mitt revenues jump between 2012 and 2013 and impart from series such as mtv's the real world explosion and hbo's looking which is set to film here again this fall. more visibility means more tourist dollars. >> and free advertising for the city every time a san francisco. and give me the idea of wow, looking at a credible place i wanted to see it. >> a new terminator movie

there's david stevenson from ktvu right there. senator leland yee could be gearing up for a lock, league battle. he's expected to appear in court in about an hour from now. now, brian flores is also there live this morning. brian will be back with us in just a minute telling us what to -- telling us what could happen in court. i'm dave clark. a lot it to tell you about -- a lot to tell you about. >>> reports of a little bit of rain sonoma, glen ellen, oakmont, two reports, joe one, bruce another one. kentwood. there you go. and petaluma. if you want to take the dogs out for a walk, go now. go. if you are south, you are all right. but north things are beginning to pick up. the rain will start to increase in intensity here. this is a very strong front already up into mendocino county, lake county things are beginning to show as far as the radar picking up in intensity. not everything. very light rain in petaluma. you can see the line and over parts of the city there is a little bit of blue sky. i don't think it will last much longer

. >> reporter: david steveson, ktvu -- stevenson, ktvu. >>> millions of salmon out of the water. >> tonight san francisco's police chief says the man shot and killed by officers did not have a gun. he tries to explain what happened to an angry crowd. >>> new information tonight about a police shooting in san francisco last friday that killed a 28-year-old man. tonight at a heated town hall meeting to address the community, police chief greg suhr said for the first time that the man who was killed by officers was not armed with an actual gun. but he was armed with a stun gun. ktvu's amber lee is at that meeting and is live now to tell us what happened. >> reporter: the meeting took place behind me at leonard flynn elementary school. the mood was tense as the chief tried to explain what happened as the officers approached the man shortly before the shooting. >> mr. nieto he had his hands behind him. they asked him to show his hands. mr.nieto by profession is a security guard but for mental health reasons -- >> [yelling] >> reporter: the man who yelled out is a friend of alejandro nieto who wa

. >> reporter: david steveson, ktvu -- stevenson, ktvu. >>> millions of salmon out of the water. >> >>> new information tonight about a police shooting in san francisco last friday that killed a 28-year-old man. tonight at a heated town hall meeting to address the community, police chief greg suhr said for the first time that the man who was killed by officers was not armed with an actual gun. but he was armed with a stun gun. ktvu's amber lee is at that meeting and is live now to tell us what happened. >> reporter: the meeting took place behind me at leonard flynn elementary school. the mood was tense as the chief tried to explain what happened as the officers approached the man shortly before the shooting. >> mr. nieto he had his hands behind him. they asked him to show his hands. mr.nieto by profession is a security guard but for mental health reasons -- >> [yelling] >> reporter: the man who yelled out is a friend of alejandro nieto who was shot and killed by officers. nieto's father also sat in the front door. he was among those who packed the hearing. >> he did not have a gun he

also david, david rosenberg, chief strategist at gluskin sheff. willg up, betsey stevensonore on the jobs report. ♪ >> we just learned that the economy added 175,000 jobs last month. much better than what the economist had estimated despite the weather of fact. for more, we are joined by betsey stevenson, a member of a president obama's council of economic advisers, who is with us from the white house. professor, thank you for joining us. there are a couple of issues here that we want to tackle first. number one, there are still millions of people who are without their jobless benefits. they failed to have been extended at the beginning of this year. does the fact that this report came in better than expected -- it looks like despite the weather, more people got jobs than we originally thought, does that make that issue even harder to bring to congress? >> well, what we are focused on is the longer running trend. when we see a recovery that is continuing, but one that is not happening fast enough or many americans, including the 2 million americans who have lost their exten

david rosenberg on. memberl be analyzing -- of the white house canceled advisors to give the government take. >> dr. stevensonomberg view as well. what is this on? russia? >> boudin and the president spoke for 90 minutes. >> and 60 minutes last night. >> they still have not come any closer. who justified his invasion of crimea by claiming the region's russians were under threat. it may have more to do with vanity and fear. the deputy editor of the putin'ss week on foo ambitions and crimea. this traces back to his former career as a kgb fighter. >> we have a tendency in the west to see everything he does as somehow perfectly rational. this notion that he is a chess player and we are playing marbles. an attempt foras him to exert russian influence over what he sees as his natural backyard. anthe same time, there is amount of improvisation here. what happens in ukraine was really a blow to his whole self image. he wasn't going to take that lying down. hat explains what he has done here. he is leveraging his influence to try to change -- jaggedthe stereotypes of wires and leopards. what did you learn about who th