jodi hernandez is life in oakland with all of the fans. >> reporter: excitement is right. fans are streaming in for tonight's home playoff game. you is see the team has also ruled out the blue carpet. there are plenty of balloons out here for people to wait for the doors to open for the big event. >> tonight is going to be one of the biggest games ever seen on television. >> reporter: that's how warriors fans are feeling as the team prepares to hit the court for game flee of the nba playoffs. all across ohm land golden state warriors cry is on full display. restaurants have created special tails to show their support in honor of the team. >> we with can get players and warriors garls in here so we wanted to make sure we had something to help them celebrate. >> there won't be an empty seat inside the arena tonight. they hope all the love faps are showing will convince the team to scrap plans to move to san francisco. >> we hope the warriors ho ownership will see the fan support they've had in oakland since 1971 and they'll realize that this is the best play for them. >> rep

nbc bay area jodi hernandez has more. >> reporter: raj, the lafayette police chief says as far as he knows, this is the first officer-involved shooting. they say they are looking into what took place in this building that ultimately led to gunfire from police. >> it sounded like you know, bang, bang, bang, i heard like three or four gunshots. and then i heard women or girls scre screaming. >> reporter: that is what folks who live in this lafayette neighborhood woke up to this morning, after they say police shot a knife-wielding man. the police went to the house after getting a series of hang-up calls from the home this morning. several windows were shattered. the scene of an apparent confrontation. >> they approached the resident, the subject came out of the home with a knife. the officers ordered him to drop the knife, several minutes later, shots came from the officers. >> reporter: a 28-year-old resident was taken to the hospital where he had surgery this morning. he is expected to recover. but neighbors are stunned. they say the people who live there, a couple and three grown chi

reporting live in lafayette, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> now to an nbc bay area followup, cal trans is investigating the company which may be apparently faulty for the bolts on the bay area bridge. the company made more than 200 massive bolts used in the work on the new eastern span. several of the bolts have snapped. at least 14 other parts have failed quality tests, that is more than any other supplier on the contract. fixing the bolt problem will cost an estimated $1 million. >>> elected officials buying pricey tickets to fundraisers and putting it on the public's tab. city policy says it is legal but is it right. jenna went through the records. >> city council members can't spend public money on alcohol but can spend it to tickets to events like wine tastings. the city also pays for their dates. tonight we ask, is it really about supporting organizations or is the public supporting social lives of politicians? some dancing and a dee jay. >> we give you a cocktail and say have fun. >> reporter: to an evening of wine tasting. even a lobster dance party. san jose city co

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez is live in martinez. jodi, you spoke with friends of the family? >> reporter: i did, janelle. everyone here is stunned and heart broken about what happened to this little boy. aaron and his family are well known here in martinez. his father is a high school football coach here, his mother is the former manager of the county's emergency alert system. their trip to boston was supposed to be a family adventure. instead it's turned into a nightmare. >> it's hard for me to wrap around this, to be truthful. >> reporter: katherine hern says the past day has been a whirlwind. her 11-year-old grandson, aaron, remains in intensive care in boston after getting hit by shrapnel yesterday as he waited to see his mother cross the finish line. >> they're just kind of stabilizing him and will go back in tomorrow and finish taking care of the shrapnel injury. >> she says hearn, his sister and parents traveled to boston for what was supposed to be a fun family trip, centered around rooting on aaron's mom accomplishing a lifetime goal. he was just six feet away from o

nbc's jodi hernandez has the video, see what you think. >> i believe a teacher who needs some help inanaging classroom behavior. a teacher who doesn't set a very good example for the students who are under her control. >> reporter: but whether what is seen in the cell phone video rises to the level of abuse is what school officials and concord police are trying to determine. the video posted on facebook shows an oak grove middle school teacher waving around some kind of object in class. now police are trying to find out if she used the object to hit students. >> priority is always school and students' safety. >> reporter: the principal says that concerned students came to her on monday after seeing the video, which was recorded in class on march 28th. she says she immediately talked to the teacher who was placed on administrative leave. she also contacted the police. >> and we were talking about a personnel issue. it is a confidential matter and a very serious one. and the school and district are taking it very, very seriously. >> the video is of such poor quality it is difficult to m

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez has more. >> reporter: students at contra costa college are reeling after learning as many as 40 people may have made off with tens of thousands of dollars in financial aid without ever attending class. >> as soon as they get the check, they disappear. they never go to class or they withdraw from classes. >> reporter: deputy d.a. calls the scam pell grant running and he says this woman, 45-year-old yvette hummel was the ring leader. >> she ran it like a business. she produced flyers and contracts and advertised saying i can get you free money from the college district. this is free public money. >> reporter: hummel and five others have pleaded guilty to grant theft. seven more are due in court next week, while investigators are still looking for eight other suspects. the prosecutor says one woman, a 78-year-old, got federal aid but only signed up for basketball. and though she didn't attend, she somehow got an "a." >> the investigators are asking how is it you were going to go to this class if you're 78 years old? we asked her. we have no intention of going

i'm jodi hernandez. i'll have a live report coming up. >>> happening now, something we have been waiting for since 2007. >> we don't get to do this very off. after o games on the road the warriors are back at home for a playoff game. they continue their playoff series, game three against the denver nuggets. we bring in jodi hernandez who joins us in oakland with about 40,000 of your new best friends? >> reporter: there's a lot of people out here, raj. fans are fired up. you can see some flooding into oracle arena as we speak. oakland fans couldn't be happier their team is back on the map. >> we think oakland is the best place to have the warriors. >> reporter: they are passing out fliers at tonight's warriors playoff game hoping to tap in on fans' excitement to help convince them to scrap plans to move to san francisco. since 1971 they've been on this side of the bay. and they'll realize this is the best place for them here in oakland. >> the warriors are going to take the championship this year. >> repo

jodi hernandez tells us the scam took place last school year but the search is still on for suspects. >> it makes me angry, upset, mad because i could be using that money to pay for books. >> reporter: he is not the only one angry that tens of thousands of dollars in federal student aid went to as many as 40 people who investigators say posed as contra costa college students but never attended class. >> they took the money knowing they were never going to go to classes. >> reporter: deputy d.a. calls the scam a case of pelgrant running and says this woman was one of the ring leaders. he says she made flyers to recruit people to join the scam which netted more than $80,000. >> she had a contract with these people. i will do this for you but you have to pay me 25% or approximately $675 of ever check you get from the college. >> reporter: she and five others have pleaded guilty to felony grand theft. seven more are due in court next week while investigators are still looking for eight other suspects. the prosecutor says one woman, a 78-year-old got federal aid but only signed up for bask

jodi hernandez is live at oakland city hall. governor brown made the announcement and gave a lot of credit to oakland's mayor. >> reporter: we understand oakland's mayor was instrumental in making this happen. she has made cultivating relations with china a priority and it appears to have paid off. >> adding this additional park in phase two. >> reporter: big plans to redevelop oakland's water front are about to become a reality thanks to a major investment by the chinese. governor jerry brown has announced a $1.5 billion investment partnership between california based signature development and a beijing based investment group. >> five, seven, 11 story structures and tree lined streets. >> mayor gesays she has been working hard to woo chinese investors by traveling to china. she introduced the investor to the developer early this year. >> we have three or four projects like this that we are working on but this is the first one to come through. >> reporter: the project includes 31,000 housing units, 200 square feet of retail, two

jodi hernandez joins us in san francisco with more. >> reporter: this story has touched the heart strings of so many especially those in the football community. you can see members of the high school football team are out here tonight. they are here to pay their respects to the college football player whose spring break visit ended so tragically. this isn't the only team to offer the family much needed support. >> everything about him was football. he had football jerseys, helmet. you look through baby pictures there are so many pictures of him in niners jerseys. >> reporter: it is the support that he loved so much that is bringing his family comfort. lewis and clark college football player was gunned down last weekend in front of a san francisco mission district home where he was spending spring break after police say he was mistaken for a gang member. >> i don't understand what people get out of this. i really don't understand. this kid never had -- did anything wrong. i really don't understand. >> reporter: his friends and family deal with grief are getting words of support from his fa

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez is now in oakland. >> the chp says it plans to amp up efforts after the almeida county sheriff's department put the brakes on the patrols here. the sheriff says patrolling oakland is risky business and they are simply not getting paid enough to cover their costs. almeida county sheriff's deputies spent the time behind the wheel. they might not be putting the skills on the streets of oakland any longer. >> we are simply trying to renegotiate better terms for the county cht. >> reporter: the sheriff's deputy ended the patrol of oakland on saturday after failing to come to an agreement with the city to extend the contract. the city says the wounding of a deputy made them realize the short term agreement didn't cover long term expenses. >> we are doing this on overtime. >> i'm upset that we weren't able to work out the dispute on the payments without interrupting the important services. >> reporter: oakland city council member who co authored the proposal said she was stunned to learn deputies had halted their oakland patrols but the city announced the califo

nbc's jodi hernandez is live outside the ballpark. and really, earlier is better. >> reporter: that is right, jessica. the giants will play at home tomorrow since the bombing took place. they want to do everything they can to make sure the ballpark is safe. now, they say what happened in boston is a huge reminder that safety comes first. >> obviously, in light of what happened in boston earlier this week, that is heavy on all of our hearts. and it reminds all of us to take a look at our security procedures. >> reporter: that is why the san francisco giants are ramping up their efforts to keep fans safe. starting tomorrow, fans will notice extra security measures that are normally reserved for playoff games at at&t park. what they saw in the post season and the world baseball classics just last month here, fans will be wanded as they can into the park and their bags will be inspected. >> reporter: security has been stepped up throughout the city. the san francisco police say they're paying extra attention to areas where tourists congre

i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> now to the east bay. an east bay preschool is at the center of a child abuse investigation. two employees, nazila sharaf and lida are accused of wrapping children too tightly while they napped. the department of social services shut down the facility last month. it was formally called sunny side infant and preschool. the department cited multiple violations. the detectives say the swaddling restricted the ability to move and breathe comfortably. police say it is such a negligent act that it could have caused great bodily injury. >>> a baseball coach is fighting the charges. joel kaufman has pleaded not guilty to charges that he molested some of his teenage players. the 52 year old is facing multiple felonies and misdemeanors including molesting a teenage boy and secretly filming another boy in the bathroom. he is currently on house arrest after posting bail last month. >>> a new warning from governor brown. he says those who oppose his plan to the funding system are going to face the battle of their lives

reporting live in berkeley, i'm jody hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> jodi, thank you. a notable piece of bay area history has been stolen. the plaque honoring barry bonds at at&t park is missing tonight. now, this is where that plaque used to hang beyond right center field on that brick wall there. the memorial marked the spot where bonds hit his record setting, 756th home run. you see it's simply gone from the wall. it was taken sometime within the last week. the giants say they're in the process of replacing it. but are not involving police in the investigation. they say it would be "waste of taxpayers money." . the team is planning to look at a week's worth of security video. >>> not just any company, it's apple and it impacts millions of consumers and investors. the cupertino company announced the -- scott bud man, it's been a roller coaster ride for apple. >> very much, raj. and investors. they have been waiting for a while. watching apple shares tumble for the last three months. today, apple delivering mostly soothing news. sales were strong, the company says it

jodi hernandez continues our coverage. she has been a sounding board for a long time. >> reporter: she sure has. judge terry jackson calls her nephew a role model and a leader. she says he wanted to come out while he was still an active basketball player and felt this was the right time to do it. and she says his family is behind him all the way. >> i think jason can do whatever he wanted to do. he is a grown very intelligent man. whenever he decided to get the pros and cons i had his back. >> reporter: and jason collins' aunt said she couldn't be prouder of the huge step her nephew has taken. while the nba player has come out to the world he confided in her first a few years ago. >> he came out and i said i have known for years. and then we went on about our business. i guess whatever barrier he felt comfortable and relaxed and i am happy that i was there to be somebody he can talk to. >> reporter: photos of jason collins and his twin brother line the shelves of judge jackson's office. she is a bit surprised at how much m

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez is live in martinez where she spoke with friends of the family. >> we're just trying to get through this. >> reporter: katherine hern is just trying to keep it together as her 11-year-old grandson, aaron, remains in intensive care in boston. aaron was hit by shrapnel monday as he waited for his mother to cross the boston marathon finish line. >> they are just kind of stabilizing him and will go back in tomorrow and finish taking care of the shrapnel injury. >> reporter: aaron was just six feet away from one of the blasts. his grandmother says he was so close, his hair was singed, and things were so chaotic, the ambulance took him away before his parents could process what had happened. >> after all that 26 miles, katherine ran, they had to walk from hospital to hospital to try to find aaron because they didn't know where he was. >> reporter: tonight aaron's classmates and teachers at martinez junior high school are heart broken and worried. students have started a collection to help the family pay for expenses. >> i'd like aaron to know that we miss him an

jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> pge is trying to figure out how a squirrel caused a serious gasleak at 9:30 this morning after a squirrel election tror itself and then caused a gas leak. >> when we first took our readings inside, i can't give you the exact readings but they are close to explosive levels. >> the gas leak was contained by noon. >>> on agreement in washington tonight, a big impact on our farming industry. the immigration standoff between farm worker unions and growers appears to finally be over. senators, including dianne feinstein, has been stuck for nearly a month now on how to resolve pay scales for foreign workers. the issue is a major stumbling block in a comprehensive immigration overhaul system designed to put 11.5 million immigrants on the path to citizenship. >>> not just farming but technology. the silicon valley has a lot at stake when it comes to immigration and the immigration policy. right now facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is joining the fight. he and other leaders have formally launched a political group called forward u.s. tech leaders, such as reed

jodi hernandez joins us. those fellow employees might also be in legal trouble. >> reporter: it is called the mandatory reporting law and it requires people who work with or come in contact with children to report suspected abuse to police right away. tonight several employees connected to the leisure center for the arts are under the microscope and face possible criminal charges. >> it is the job of the institutions to be incredibly vigilant to protect our children. >> reporter: tonight there are questions whether those who run the center for the arts did all they could to protect children from an alleged child molester. in february prosecutors charged jason pedroza with two counts of child abuse. now there are investigations to determine whether as many as four employees knew about the alleged abuse. >> when they know they have to report. >> reporter: legal analyst explains that by law certain employees who come in contact with children are required to report suspected abuse. the city confirms they put four

let's bring in nbc bay's jodi hernandez with the story. >> reporter: raj, parents are devastated by what allegedly took place inside this antioch school. attorneys representing several of the parents say special needs kindergartners who were punished with unthinkable abuse. >> it is shocking, there is no other word for it. >> reporter: the attorney said what special needs kindergartners at antioch's m & o grant elementary school allegedly endured at the hands of their teacher was unimaginable. he said that the teacher used techniques that were not called for and were abusive. >> this is a teacher who pinched children hard enough to leave bruises to control them.

reporting live in oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc news. >>> thank you. >>> the investigation into the boston bombing included new york city. they tell nbc news following the boston bombings, dzhokhar and his brother were headed to new york city but made a spur of the moment to create more violence. >> new york city was next on their list of targets. he told the fbi that he and his brother intended to drive to new york and designate additional explosives in times square. >> this picture shows dzhokhar last year. police are talking to those who know him. >>> police arrested a juvenile who has been calling in bomb threats to schools. classes were disrupted every day this week because of the threats. calls were made to antioch high school, too. the juvenile admitted to making the threats. they are not releasing the person's age or gender. >>> a threatened lawsuit. civil rights attorneys and groups promoting black and hispanic contractors complain that no minority owned companies have been hired to work on the billion dollar project. they sent a letter threatening to file a lawsuit to the city, t

we begin with jodi hernandez in fremont with the local connection to the bomb material. >> unsettling development for this fremont battery development. the folks at tenergy are very upset to hear that their battery may have been used for the bomb. a far cry from what the batteries are designed to be used for. tenergy says it is widely used for hobbiests mainly remote control cars and trucks and sold at hundreds of mom and pop hobby shops and sold online. the company's vice president of technology says they are horrified to find out their batteries can be used in such an act. >> horrified, appalled, shocked. batteries used for toys, rc cars and trucks and to see it used in such a way is

let's bring in jodi hernandez from oakland city hall. this could be huge for the entire east bay. what are the details? >> reporter: it could have a huge impact for the entire bay area, raj. the mayor and developer released details of that waterfront plan here at city hall this afternoon. the mayor says at a time when u.s. banks simply aren't lending money for development, chinese dollars are welcome. >> right now, it's fairly rundown. there's been little attention paid to it over the years. >> reporter: that's all about to change. this 65-acre stretch of oakland waterfront will soon undergo a major transformation. thanks in the part to a big investment by the chinese. >> we have maybe three or four projects like this that we're working on. but this is the first one to come through and it was very quick. >> reporter: mayor jean quan says she's been working hard to court chinese investors, hosting chinese visitors, traveling to china and her hard work appears to be paying off. governor jerry brown, in china himself right now, has announced a $1.5 billion investment partnership betw

i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, jodi. let's bring you up to date. no suspect has been arrested yet. earlier today some news outlets mistakenly reported there had been an arrest. nbc news did not. an 8-year-old girl was friends with the youngest victim of monday's bombing. that must have been a tough day for that little girl. >> reporter: it really was. this was personal. 8-year-oldava grelish lost a friend this week. 8-year-old martin richard was there with his family and he was killed. >> he was very nice and generous. >> reporter:ava tells me tag was their favorite game. this 8 year old texted her father saying she wanted to be there to see the person suspected of being her buddy. >> what kind of feelings were you having? >> mad and scared. >> reporter: explain that to me. >> when i first heard i was mad at him. i don't know who would do that. i don't know what he was thinking at the time but it is really heartbreaking. >> reporter: when you say scared, explain that. >> i was actually shaking and crying at the same time. i was texting my friend an

reporting live in walnut creek i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> new details about a bizarre attack at a south bay wal-mart. new video is giving us a closer look at the chaos after a man drove his car through the front door and began attacking employees and customers on easter sunday. more on what the suspect's family is saying about the attack. >> reporter: haamid zaid is the suspect. his mother says the violence that her son is accused of doesn't make sense. she says he has no prior record and has never been known to use drugs. one of the witnesses said it was very traumatic. >> my heart was beating fast. >> reporter: raymond raborar was at the pharmacy on easter sunday when the car smashed through the front and the driver started assaulting customers and employees. >> at first i thought something fell or a earthquake or a terrorist attack. >> reporter: in raborar's video you see an injured customer and customers and employees holding down haamid zaid as police cuff him. san jose police booked haamid zaid on four counts of assault with a deadly weapon and being under the in

report i reporting live in antioch, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> and a teen was shot in the face after a police officer thought he was a suspect. it turns out the teen had nothing to do with the crime. the officer-involved shooting happened near bay. >> reporter: police say an officer investigating a robbery shot a 16-year-old boy in the jaw. that boy is doing okay. but now, internal affairs is investigating whether that shooting was justified. the manager of the establishment in downtown oakland says when a manager finished her shift here in the parking lot, she was robbed. >> she was walking to the car right here in the parking lot. two gentlemen on bikes crossed the street here, approached her, one behind her, one in front of her. one jumped off the bike to snatch her bag. >> reporter: they also pushed her down. the restaurant manager said he helped the employee call police and translated for her. police say they received a report that the woman was robbed at knife point, with three young men wearing hoodies. during the investigation, they spotted the men that matched