abc 7 news reporter david louie is live with a very emotional day, david? >> emotional indeed. this was the day of loss for the johnson family. a day of loss for the san jose community who considered officer johnson one of the good guys who knew when to be a warrior, and when to be compassionate. >> this was an opportunity for fellow officers to display how law enforcement is one large family. the grief of one department is shared by all. residents of san jose also felt compelled to attend. >> it was hard to hear that one of our men in blue got killed. it's heartbreaking. >> police are sensing a change in attitude for the officers. officer johnson may be a reason why. a woman told chief escovel last week how a woman counseled her son who was heading in the wrong direction. >> it was that talk that changed her son for the better. she became interested in school was no longer defy an the. his attitude changed 180 degrees. >> the johnson family -- johnson's sister recalled playing cops and robbers when they were kids. >> he always insisted on being the cop, i always had to be the

at moffitt field david louie abc 7 news. >> researchers believe that late dinners or late-night snacks could increase the woman's risk of developing breast cancer. san diego school of medicine researchers say that women who usually did not eat between evening hours and morning had much lower blood sugar levels. snacking between meals causes a spike in risk and studies have found that blood sugar feeds cancer and keeping it stable can greatly reduce the risk of hormonal cancers like breast cancer. >> the federal government proposed removing most of the world's humpback whale population under the species list. it wants to reclassify humpk bahs into the 14 populations. it has led to an increase in humpbacks in many areas. humpbacks were listed as endangered in 1907. >> all right. we want to look at the forecast. stunning all weekend and a stunning start to the week. >> low clouds lingering and cooler weather here in the bay area. >> it's very pleasant. >> just hang on to the sweater or the jacket. all right, as we take a look at live doppler 7 hd and it's a summerlike stratus pattern and

abc 7 news reporter, david louie. >> there is a certain pageantry when there is a visit. atrocities perpetrated by the imperial forces during world war i. among them the taking of an estimated 200,000 women as sex slaves and they've been referred to as comfort women. mike honda has been the most vocal that it's time for japan to apologize much the way germany has done. >> he has a chance to take leadership on the issue of violence against women and sexual slavery by taking the responsibility and apologizing and to take his place in this world because where there's conflict -- >> how are you, at the white house abe did not apologize. >> reporter: a reporter asked if he would apologize and mr. abe said, quote, throughout the history of the 20th century women's dignity and basic human rights have often been infringed upon during wars. we expect to make the 21st century a world with no human rights violations against women. he made a $20 million contribution last year and 22 million for an international campaign to eliminate sexual violence. here in the bay area they assemble

abc 7 news reporter david louie has more from uc santa cruz with this tail tale of two campuses. >> some students admit they take five to ten-minute showers and as part of earth day, students were asked to cut their showers by 60 seconds left. they cast aside modesty to demonstrate a water-saving navy shower. students were asked to sign a pledge banner. >> once they sign it they get to take home a wristband they could be wearing in the shower and it will prompt them to remember, take the 60 secondses less off your shower. the shower demonstration was a good way to bring attention to the drought to students who don't get a monthly bill and monitor their usage and it's all about awareness and knowing how long you're showering and it's raising awareness to people. >> technicians are installing devices that will give students and faculty their water use on a daily basis delivered right to their smartphone and computer screen. it represents a $48,000 investment on the water use cutback. the device sends usage data by sell signals before the data was compiled monthly. >> by providing informati

abc 7 news reporter david louie is live in san jose how residents will achieve a 35% reduction, david. that's significant. >> it is significant, dan. the state water board has been deluged with letters and emails like this one complaining about the city by city mandated goals from 20 to 35%. morgan hills expected to drop its usage by 35% and it's hoping a change in the formula will reduce it by at least 10%. but in the meantime it is facing the toughest cutback in all of santa clara county. morgan hill residents already have achieved a 29% reduction in water use. outdoor watering is restricted to twice a week and only at night. the state water board is demanding oort 14% cut and residents are scratching their heads over how to achieve that. >> what more can you do? >> i'm not quite sure. i know a lot of people will be putting buckets in their showers and collecting it that way and watering the plants. maybe we're coming into summer but maybe cutting back on gardening. >> kirt recently bought this house and is redoing the landscape to save water. he's not worried about meeting the 35%

in los altos hills, david louie abc 7 news. >>> governor brun has a new goal for the state in its effort to go green. in an executive order today governor brown set a new target of reducing carbon emissions to 40% below the 1990 levels by the year 2030. he says it's the most aggressive goal enacted nationwide. he's ordered specifics, but state water officials say it will require accelerated development of renewable energy and alternative fuel sources and getting more electric cars and heavy duty trucks on the road. >> unexpected opposition has turned up to the warriors' plans to build a new arena in san francisco. the coalition of opponents says the the arena has the potential door hospitals in mission bay. carolyn tyler is live on 3rd and 16th streets with the story. carolyn? >> reporter: dan this is very sudden. a warrior spokesperson says he's as shocked as anybody about this turn of events and this attempt to block the warriors arena scheduled to be built right here. >> the $1 billion privately financed warriors arena seemed to be moving ahead as rapidly as the team itself and an 180

in san jose, david louie abc 7 news. >>> coming up, the video we showed you of a bart officer arrestingan for public intoxication intoxication. >> new pictures from a body camera later that evening. plus -- >> this is my waste of money and my education. >> i'm angry and surprised. >>> dozens of college campuses closed. thousands of students looking for somewhere else to go. >>> the chp crackdown. the highway patrol is targeting cell phone users and we'll tell you what they found. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel and the warmest spot near just can't seem to escape... another sneeze attack... you may be muddling through allergies. don't get caught off guard. try zyrtec® dissolve tabs. powerful allergy relief, now in a tablet that starts dissolving instantly. zyrtec® dissolve tabs. muddle no more™. >>> covering santa clara san francisco, east bay and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. >>> anÑi update nowÑi on the breaking news in baltimore maryland where rioters have looted and burned businesses. the mayor who spoke minutes ago has set a curfew for tonight 10:00 p.m. local time. polic

in morgan hill david louie, abc 7 news. >>> demonstrators gathered at the state capital in support for health care for undo you wantedcumented immigrants. >> the group supports a bill called health care for all that would expand health care access to more than 1 million undocumented immigrants in the state. >> my dad works in construction. he has suffered major physical injuries and because of our status a lot of those injuries have not been treated in the hospital and those that have we've had to wait hours in the emergency room just to get someone to look at him. >> the health care legislation is one of ten bills and the controversial immigrant shape america package recently introduced by state democrats. the package also includes efforts to extend legal rights and business protections. >> the country's last residential program for teens with alcohol and drug problems is in danger of closing and today staff and former clients. the staff demonstrated outside the center which treats 250 teens a year and they're trying to convince the senator to keep the treatment center open. thunder r

in san jose david louie, abc 7 news. >>> coming up next appealing for health. today's rally in san jose brought a lot of people far from home. >>> and some alarming news tonight about whales and polar bears. the details next. >>> and to the rescue. how california lawmakers barbara boxer and nancy pelosi saved another congressperson from an embarrassing situation. plus -- >> so maybe this will become the new thing in sports. >> show and tell day at at&t park. giants fans, find out how your gameday experience is about to chan around here, we're all about fast. that's why xfinity is perfect for me. with millions of wifi hotspots all over the place including one right here at the shop now we can stream all things fast and furious. you've done it again, carlos! with the fastest in-home wifi and millions of hotspots xfinity is perfect for people who love fast. don't miss furious 7 in theaters april 3rd. >>> tomorrow hundreds of people will gather for a memorial service for san jose police officer michael johnson, who was killed in the line of duty last week. there ar

in santa cruz, david louie, abc 7 news. >> actually a lot of little things we can do to save water. if you can fight that burger craving, you could actually conserve up to 1,000 gallons. that number comes from calculating things like the amount of water the cow uses and how much water it takes to produce the wheat for the hamburger bun. now a glass of oj that takes 45 gallons. washing your dishes by hand takes about 20 gallons. assuming you're turning the faucet off and on. you'll use about half of that if you wait until the dishwasher is full and then run it. that leaky faucet, well that one wastes more than 2,600 gallons of water a year. that's more than 150 showers. we have more information on how to conserve at abc7news.com. >> 45 gallons for a glass of oj. that's astonishing. >>> governor brown will be talking about the drought on this week with george stephanopoulos. you can catch this show sunday at 8:00 a.m. here on abc 7 right after the abc 7 sunday morning news. >>> rain is heading to the bay area this weekend. alleluia. sandy is here with that. >> hi larry. about time and

abc 7 news reporter david louie talks about the recommended changes. >> reporter: dan, we are talking about bias into police officers. this comes from the independent police audit over the past five years. there were a number of issues, but the number of bias stood out. san jose police get a b plus for the work. it is the job of the auditor, a retired superior court judge to look for deficiencies. in the latest analysis, san jose police are criticized for not recognizing biases as it serves a community 2/3 minority. >> we don't need to put our heads in the sand. look at the numbers. >> reporter: these are the numbers. 192 allegations of bias by police over the past five years. every single one of them was dismissed. a key recommendation is revise how san jose police conducts the internal investigations which are not released to the public under state law. the judge would like to see deeper questioning of the officer and coworkers to detect bias. >> this is what i hope. leadership and officers in san jose have the courage to say there is bias and let's figure out. >> reporter: and the

david louie, abc 7 news. >> the hearse was officer johnson's casket inside left the funeral home justafter 10:00 this morning. 700 people were there silently watching and paying their respects for the fallen officer. a little girl wore the same badge her grandfather had worn when he was on the force. we must continue our live team coverage, chris winn talked with people who showed up today to pay their respects and gratitude for officer johnson. chris? >> most of the people out here today were law enforcement personnel, many of them didn't know officer johnson on a personal level. that didn't stop them from calling him a brother. >> at winchester the procession travelled through. darren preshoda among those who were there to say thank you. >> the officers who were injured, we're there it help them. it's like a big family. when this happened it's a deep effect on all of us. >> as people gathered to pay their final respects, workers gravitated toward the crowd. >> hopefully they're taken care of hopefully they saw everyone out here today. >> at the sap center downtown. >> we're trying t

we're live at stanford, david louie louie, abc 7 news. >>> police have detained two men. they're looking for a third this afternoon after they say the trio robbed and shot at police as they chased them. in menlo park yesterday. authorities later arrested two of them. they have not been able to locate the third. no officers were injured in the chase or the following search. >>> a massive fire in fresno burned more than eight hours today. broke out just before 4:00 this morning. firefighters say it took them a long time to contain the fire partly because there were only two hydrants in the area. there were some health concerns because the power poles were coated with a wood preservative that could make the smoke dangerous to breathe. fortunately the fire was in a remote area. no word on how it started. >>> and in oakland firefighters looking into what caused this warehouse fire. it broke out around 2:00 in the morning in the area of 89th avenue and g street. that's east of the coliseum. it was a marijuana grow operation inside that warehouse. nobody was there when crews arr

in santa clara, david louie abc 7 news. >>> if you're looking for a way to monitor how much water you in the shower, there are a few products out there. this one shows water consumption, energy efficiency. it generates its own energy from the water flow. there's a number of products like that. >>> drew tuma is here with the forecast. unfortunately, we're not going to get significant rain. but we might get a little. >> a little bit. just in time for the weekend. we'll start out damp and round it out. talk about the timing. live doppler right now we have dry skies. but earlier today just off to the east we had thunder showers around placerville. the showers are falling apart at this hour. a spring-like day in the bay area. sfo and san jose coming exactly spot-on in the 60s and 70s. oakland, one better than the average high 65. with an average of 66 degrees. a live outside exploratorium camera. pointed at the embarcadero in san francisco. decked out on top in blue and gold, to celebrate the warriors in evening. and underneath a partly-cloudy sky. the forecast calls for sunshine on the wa

david louie abc 7 news. >>> here's tips on how you can save water in your home. rinse your fruits and vegetables in a pot of water instead of putting under the tab and running it. when you're done use that water to water your plants. you can install an airerator in your fosaucets don't use water to scrape off leftover food. >>> governor brown talking about the drought this week with george stephanopoulos you can catch the show right after the abc 7 sunday morning news. >>> today a lot of reaction. >>> provide a transsexual inmate with a controversial surgery. the judge said denying gender reassignment surgery to michelle violates her constitutional right saying it's basic medical needs. she was born as jeffrey norsworsy. the surgery could cost taxpayers nearly $100,000. nbc 7 news reporter katie will have more on this at 5:00. >>> the parents of a student who committed suicide settled their wrongful death case in court today. audrey paut hanged herself after she was sexually assaulted at a party and nude photos surfaced at school afterward. the two students agree

abc 7 news reporter david louie live with the details. >> reporter: larry, the city council is meetingd the ordinance they're considering is a tough one. if passed it would require residents and the average resident in san joss toe more than double the amount they saved in the past year. the mayor is seeking a much tougher goal of saving 30% rather than the 20% the state has set for san jose. residents in the past year saved at about 13% so conservation would have to more than double. for us to reach a little deeper enables us to have some cushion to avoid a very serious financial penalty that the city faces and we'd rather be spending our money on libraries, police officers and street repaving rather than paying penalties to the state. >> it will impose a daily fine of $10,000 for cities that failed to reach their target cutback. in turn cities can fbi residents for wasting water. a big question remains and who will enforce the cutback and crack down on water wasters. he won't use police officers and he is using overtime to patrol the streets. the real issue is how we get information

in san jose, david louie abc 7 news. >> time for one last check of our weather.let's get to drew. >> hi. we are busy this hour tracking light moisture spreading across the region. heaviest ought rain falling right around petaluma. east washington street and adobe road and track the moisture over the next couple hours or over the next couple hours or.so the lit rain right around vallejo at 11:00 o'clock. 11 vallejo at 11:00 o'clock. 11:30 here an moving into san jose shortly after 1:00 a.m. early tomorrow morning. most of the rain will fall while many of us are sleeping. saturday morning march of dimes has tell these in and out many location with the march of dimes. do notice dry sky but mainly cloudy conditions an temperatures in the upper 50's to lower 60's. for the event. accu-weather 7 day forecast show you the showers early on tomorrow. by sunday we are dry sunny and warling up the sunday is the dryer of the 2 day as. monday warm-up significantly with little change in the forecast into early next week. so how do the umbrella early on tomorrow afternoon then d

in san jose david louie abc 7 news. >> now top water agency say rule to strike down a tiered billingtem will not affect the rates here in the bay area. the state appeals court says that sap juan capistrano violent add law by charminging more per gallon once they used more than the alopted amount. east bay mud, marin municipal water district and public utility commission has rate struck few but theirs is legal because it cost more to buy the extra water so they can charge more for it. cocoa water district has different rate structure and san jose water company a private company so it is not affected by this ruling. >> santa clare county board of supervisors has agreed to explore desalt the process of removing salt from ocean water. it's generally considered one of the most expensive way of generating drinking water but the supervisor voted unanimously to form a working group to look into it. >> san francisco police are lacking for 2 thieves who broke into 16-year-old car and stole her cello. happened saturday evening when the car was parked in the parking garage near union squaivrment

in san jose david louie abc 7 news. >> crew responding to fire in mountain view had to deal with explodingunition inside. abc 7 news was there at 4 this morning shortly after flames started. man died in the fire. he spent time as marks man and taking part in shooting competition. >> one minute sleeping and next minute you are trying to save a guy's life. it was just like we were yelling as loud as we could. >> there was too much smoke for neighbors to try to enter the house the later while firefighters were inside the home live wire came down making it even worse. that couple with the exploding ammunition made for extremely dangerous scene. we can tell now firefighters were injured. >> forest bay athlete accused of pulling off neighborhood drug hold up are still facing those charges. 4 students were in court today to hear the charges against them they have been in custody since the arrest last movement and lee ann has more on the story. >>reporter: courtroom martinez was full of supporters. parents. relatives. classmates all came outlooking disstrut. this was an arraignment where all 4 tee

goes into sdichbingtive purple pipe for lapped escaping and industrial yuchlt in san jose david louie abc >> of course we really need rain. >> yes but it was warm today. hot even in some spots. we have what's going on in weather today. >> we definitely had a warm day but we have changes coming starting tomorrow. here's why live doppler 7hd showing you the fog. it is solid along the coast already pushing in over the bay and so tomorrow morning you start out with the fog. if doing some traveling 71 in tahoe up to 91 in 40's no. pretty warm in los angeles as well. 85 degrees sun shining. 97 in palm springs. down right hot there. here in the bay area temperatures will fall. not just the fog but the seabreeze that will help cool us off. today high that we are in the upper dwroys low 90's out of there. up to 82 in santa i don't care for the warm spot. 75 san jose. oakland 75 santa rosa 64 in san francisco. lingering fog along the coast well in the afternoon and as you take a look at the temperature trend for san jose 72 the average tomorrow above average we really soar thursday then coming down

in santa cruz david louie abc 7 news. >> governor brown will be talking about the drought on this week with george stephanopolous. catch the show sunday at 8:00 a.m. right hear after the abc 7 sunday morning news over on channel 7. >> all right it is time to get a full check on the accu-weather forecast and rain coming our way. >> drew is here. a lot of rain. the first storm no. going to prime atmosphere a little bit. second one monday to tuesday could be a soaker in some spots. >> how much you can expect where you live. we show you a beautiful end to the work week today. we had mostly clear sky that you do notice. clouds to the north. start to sink south on saturday so cloud up the atmosphere first then rain arrives on sunday. live outside on roof top camera pointed at the full moon tonight. this time of the year gets labeled full pink moon reason why? the never herd of it most common flower to bloom first in the spring season. we talk much more about the lunar eclipse headed our way in just a little bit. talk temperatures right now step outside on the friday night. 53 in downtown san

at san jose international david louie abc 7 news. >> cable car conductor in intensive care with internal injuries after hit bay vehicle yesterday in chin a town. he suffered a fractured leg, rib and breeding to liver. accident happened at spot along powell street where the cable car cop ducktor needs to get off in the middle of the street to pull a switch. >>> it's not an authorized stop but people get off cable cars frequently in between. so the job of the conductor is to get off there to move the switch as well as to look out for any passengers who get off. >> after accident the municipal transportation agency issued reminder for employee to use the safety vest and to pay close attention to traffic. >>>esan francisco board of supervisors today voted unanimously to prohibit city tour bus operators from narrating and driving at the same time. this comes after last october deadly pedestrian accident by tour bus hit and killed 60-year-old city provide in crosswalk outside city hall. supervisor say this rule is needed to prevent pedestrians death. mayor lee must still find the legislation b

in san jose, david louie abc 7 news. >>> what a great story. 8:47 is the time.plans this weekend, lisa. many of them happy the rain fell overnight. >> i wish there was more. it happened when you were sleeping. rainfall amounts .25 inches to an inch. still snow falling in the sierra nevada. we're looking at fog beginning to lift. live doppler 7 hd looking at the rain line rapidly pushing into the san joaquin valley. you can see rain around fresno and really around the bay area. we have partly cloudy skies. we have clouds and rain around reno and blue canyon. but it's snowing still in south lake. the next couple of hours, it will be winding down. look at the winds kicking up from the east bay where the winds have been gusting to 25 miles an hour. rainfall totals really did vary widely across the bay. over an inch in mill valley. over an inch at ben low manned. orinda, a couple of places beat that with .9 around davenport. a third of an inch concord. third of an inch in san jose with about a half inch in santa rosa. little less in san francisco. you can see the sno

progress and have a better environment for us, for the fish and frogs. >> in los altos hills, david louie, abc 7 news. [ laughter ] >>> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, tears of joy. a california family gets the news from nepal they've been waiting for all week. >>> and japan's prime minister addresses the joint session of congress and the reason a south bay congressman is calling this visit shocking and shameful. >> and we're just two days away from possible may daydemonstrations across the bay area. new at 4:30, the plans for protesters and the police. 7 on your side's michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook and he'll answer them live later and just search for michael fin owe facebook and twitter to ask him. >>> checking the macarthur maze on your traffic, on the left hand side that is your 80 eastbound and it is not moving anywhere at this point and just inching along on the right hand side and that curve coming around to head out to the bay bridge and into san francisco moving >>> covering venetia san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. [ la

in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >>> in el cerrito, b.a.r.t. service is back to normal. officials found a person dead under a train. the station was closed until just before 1:00 this afternoon. police are trying to sort out exactly how this person died. >>> former florida governor jeb bush is in the middle of a two-day fund-raising visit to the bay area. according to the "chronicle" the republican is planning some private meet-and-greets to raise money for his right to rise super pac as he gets ready for a run at the white house next year. today bush attended a lunch at the four seasons in palo alto. tomorrow he's scheduled for a luncheon and discuss at the mandarin oriental hotel. >>> stay with us still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, the mystery deepens around the death of an oil heir from a famed san francisco family. new information on andrew getty that we're getting today. >>> and the south's violent past of racial intolerance re-emerging? the symbol of hate appearing on a college campus. >> new at 4:their30 saying good-bye to a fallen officer. the preparations before

in san jose david louie, abc 7 news. >> amazing. >>> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00.arry beil and abc 7 news begins with cheryl and dan. [ screaming ] >> a woman arrested for public intoxication is now suing bart for excessive force. >> he used some kind of hold against me and took me down. >> it's a story you'll see only on abc 7 news. >>> four times in the back and once in the back of the head. >> a family says san francisco police killed their son and what they're doing to try to get a measure of justice. >> i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel, and we'll tell you how it will impact your weekend plans. >>> live from the kgo broadcast center this is abc 7 news. >>> don't touch me like that! >>> you just saw five seconds that changed the life of a bay area woman. she says a bart police officer got out of hand during an arrest. >> i don't know why he did it. i don't know why he broke four bones in my face. >> good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. a bartender who also works as a model is suing bart and oakland police chargin

in san jose, david louie abc 7 news. >>> three, two, one. and liftoff. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00, success and failure. what went right and what went wrong during today's space launch in florida. >>> and security scheme, psa agents are accused of targeting the passengers they're supposed to protect. >> new at 4:30 showdown on the peninsula and neighbors try to save their mobile home park and get ready for what could be their last stand. >> taking a live look outside and this is sky 7 hd and live over protesters marching through the streets of oakland and they got on to 880 and now they're marching through the streets. we'll keep you up-to-date on the te >>> covering los amounts s onaltos, antioch petaluma, abc 7 news. >> and the falcon soars from its perch to the international space station. >> a space x nearly pulled off history today. the falcon 9 rocketed toward the international space station packed with food and supplies including an italianes espresso maker. space x tried to land the falcon 9's rocket on a foot and platform. ce

the van has been recovered thanks to an alert abc 7 news viewer. david louie is joining us now. >> we're sitting inside the van that has been recovered. it was stolen monday evening from the thomas family. from their driveway at free monday. it's now here in heyward. we have a happy couple grateful for a very alert abc 7 news viewer. this underscores how a news story has incredible reach because a man living about two and a half miles away saw her story on our midday news. >> he walks out of his house and looks at the license plate and immediately called the police. if it wasn't for the news segment this morning, we would have never found the car. >> the $65,000 van especially equipped for his wife kay. ch police told thomas it appears the van may have been used to transport stolen goods from a burglary. the inside is a bit trashed. there are remnants of a fast food burger bun in the back and plastic bags they don't recognize. the wheelchair lift appears to be broken. he says his insurance carrier should cover the repairs. police did not identify the man who f

shinzo abe is at the white house for a state dinner in his honor and here in san francisco abc san francisco david louie says protesters are demanding an apology for using so-called comfort women during world war ii. david will have a full report at 5:00. >>> only on abc 7 news could san francisco's fire chief be moving abroad? >> our vic lee has learned that a recruiter for the london fire department approached his wife to become chief there. vic lee is in the newsroom with the story. >> this is a total surprise. abc 7 news has learned that longtime san francisco fire chief joanne hayes white is being courted to apply for the london fire department chief's position. only a few people knew about this, but now she's ready to make it public. the question is will she take the job if it's offered to her? >> when i got the phone call i was a bit surprised and very intrigued. >> the call to fire chief joanne hayes white came from london. you heard right. london england. would the chief consider apply a soon to be vacant position chief of the fire london department or commissioner of the fire london brigade. h

abc 7 news reporter david louie will show us exactly how these students are committing to conserve watero coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. there was a lot of talk and some celebration about new stadium details for the raiders in southern california and what's the situation in oakland? what's the reality here? abc 7 news reporter laura anthony live from the oakland coliseum with more. laura? >> reporter: hi larry. the realities are certainly competing when it comes to new stadiums for both the as and the raiders. carson in southern california seems to think they will get the raiders and stadium planners here in oakland are undaunted. >> football is coming to carson. >> reporter: raider football to hear carson city officials and southern california fans tell it after the carson council voted to move ahead with the joint stadium project for the san diego chargers and the raiders. >> bring them back! bring them back! >> it doesn't really change our position or our game plan whatsoever. >> coliseum, authority executive director scott mcgiven says what happens in carson doesn't affect what goe

position was filed with the high court today after san jose lost in lower courts and abc 7 news reporty david louie the proposed stadium site in san francisco. david? >> larry and ama, most requests of the supreme court to review cases are turned down, a decision should be made by this fall whether or not the high court will hear this case. it is a high-stakes case for san jose as well as for oakland as the oakland hierarchy tries to hold on to the as and the raiders. >> major league baseball has been exempt from antitrust laws granted in 1922 by the supreme court. san jose is asking the high court whether that exemption applies to relocating a franchise. they have an exclusive franchise that includes san jose. up to this point lower courts have ruled against san jose and they're representing san jose at no expense think the court may take it up because two of its justices have articulated positions. one of them was justice sonia sotomayor who ruled in favor of players during the baseball strike in 1995. at that time she wrote an opinion who said baseball was a monopoly. also justice samuel alito i

abc 7 news. >> 5 years ago several south bay high schools included artificial turf in project to upgrade athletic field. it was a wise decision as david louie tells from us fremont high in sunnyvale. >> field of dreams at free mont high school inform longer grass. the grass has been replaced with artificial turf on the football field. footprint over 1.6 acresment one baseball field also has art official turf and another half grass half artificial. same has been done at the district 4 other high schools creating a major savings in water use. >> it's a big savings for our district and community. it's a nearly 42 percent decrease in the amount of water our district uses and that's over 300,000 gallons of water per year. >>reporter: players say the transition to artificial turf was easy. freshman baseball outfielder about discovered another water saving benefit. spill over effect that isn't obvious at first. >> doesn't mess up the clothes as much. doesn't it doesn't just feel weird. it's saving water time. yes. also saves a lot of water because it's not even actual grass. >>reporter: the women softball field still grass. brown spots give it awa

abc 7 with our coverage beginning at noon tomorrow. >>> morgan hill residents have been asked by the state to cut their water use by 35%. reporter david louieo, a perfect example of how bad the drought is. the pile of sand is usually there for people to fill bags in case of flooding and that's gone unused so far this year. >>> san francisco police officers accused of sending racist texts may be immune to being fired. vic lee tweeted today turns out a federal judge's order did not prevent sfpd from investigating racist texts two years ago which may jeopardize disciplinary actions and vic joins us from the newsroom to explain exactly what that manies. >> reporter: larry what this means is that the lawyers for the cops who faced discipline will use the officer's bill of rights limitations statute as self-defense and while the legal fighting has been going on and abc 7 news has learned that the police department will begin giving cases in which these officers were involved to the d.a. for review. >> it raises questions about whether or not these officers have credibility when they say this person did this or that. >> that could be hundreds, if