submitted to the superior court of contra costa county, an accusation accusing district attorney mark peterson of willful or corrupt misconduct in office. >> reporter: peterson, credited with helping target violent crimes, has acknowledged the mistakes, repaid the campaign fund and hefty fine of $45,000. the recommendation will go before a contra costa county superior court judge and they can appoint a special prosecutor or a sign a district attorney from a neighboring county. of it goes to trial, jersey -- a jury would decide and no criminal charges have been filed. if found guilty, he would be removed from office. sandra osborne in the newsroom. >>> jury selection for bill cosby is sexual assault trial gets under way in pennsylvania. there is new video arriving to the courthouse and attorneys for the prosecution and the defense have to agree on 12 jurors and six alternates to hear the case. the actor is accused of aggravated indecent assault in the case of a former employee. she claims the actor drugged and assaulted her back in his home in 2004 and cosby faces up to 10 years in prison if co

first, a civil grand jury, and then, prosecutors and mark peterson's own office said he should resign. now, contra costa residents are speaking out. kiet po with the results of our exclusive poll. >> reporter: this has been a tough couple of days for the d.a. and isn't getting any better. we've got the results of this poll this is a vast majority of the people in contra costa county who have been following the drama says the d.a. must go. we polled 800 people, 316 of them had been following the news, 45% of those folks say that he broke the law. 35% say he made errors but committed no crime and 15% say the d.a. did nothing wrong. we asked what they think peterson should do. a whopping 70% say resign, 22% said remain in office. last week, a civil grand jury accused him of willful misconduct in office for misappropriating money from his campaign and spending it on travel, hotels, restaurants and movie tickets. on friday, board members of the district attorney's association voted unanimously to recommend a vote of no-confidence. yesterday, a large majority issued a vote of no confidence

. >> their reports recommend mark peterson be removed from office.live with a look at how rare that request is, kate? >> reporter: the jury foreperson whom you're going to hear from, says he doesn't believe another case exists like this in contra costa county. a prosecutor says he told marks peterson to his face that his employees have lost confidence in him. but he's still showing up here and still planning to run for re-election next year. a contra costa grand jury accused the district attorney of will testimony or corrupt conduct, recommending that he be removed from office. >> reporter: jim milla said -- in december, peterson admitted to spending 66,000 dlrsz in campaign funds on personal items including meals and

contra costa county district attorney mark peterson already agreed to pay a fine for spending his campaignal expenses. >> over 600 instances of converting campaign funds to personal use. >> reporter: in total, the california fair political practices committee found that the d.a. spent more than $66,000 of campaign contributions on personal travel, hotels, restaurants and movie tickets. he admitted guilt and repaid his campaign and paid an additional $45,000 fine to the commission. but his troubles are far from over. >> the contra costa county grand jury submitted to

(steve) we are talking about contra costa district attorney mark peterson. week a civil grand jury recommended that peterson be removed from his position because of corruption. he is accused of illegally spending 66-thousand dollars from his political campaign account on personal items. peterson said he considered the money to be loans and that he was paying the campaign fund back. now a group inside the d.a.'s office are asking for a no confidence vote. we will have that story and more on kron 4 news at six. grant back to you. (vicki) could the raiders be hanging around oakland a little longer?(grant) raiders fans might hope so... sports director gary radnich joining us now on set - with what's the hold up in vegas. there is a chance the raoiders will not be leaving for las vegas untill 2021eng vo the team and the vegas pub;lic entity have alittle over a week to get a lease agreement which would allow the stadium to be ready in 2020. the warriors and sanm antonoi will go off sundayu 12:30..right in the middle if mothers day.eng vo...the irs tuesday before m

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. >> their reports recommend mark peterson be removed from office. kate larsen is live with a look at how rare that request is, kate? >> reporter: the jury foreperson whom you're going to hear from, says he doesn't believe another case exists like this in contra costa county. a prosecutor says he told marks peterson to his face that his employees have lost confidence in him. but he's still showing up here and still planning to run for re-election next year. a contra costa grand jury accused the district attorney of will testimony or corrupt conduct, recommending that he be removed from office. >> reporter: jim millander said -- in december, peterson admitted to spending 66,000 dlrsz in campaign funds on personal items including meals and theater tickets. peterson later apologized and reimbursed the money. >> it's all well and good to apologize, but obviously the repercussions continue. >> reporter: aaron defer rarry said that they take a no vote in peterson. >> they hold individuals accountable who have broken the law, having the head of a law enforc

the contra colony -- contra costa grand jury submitted an accusation accusing district attorney mark peterson of willful or corrupt misconduct in office. >> reporter: peterson, credited with helping target violent gangs and cutting down crime in richmond acknowledged the mistakes and repaid the campaign fund and a hefty fine of $45,000. what is next? the recommendation from the grand jury decision goes before the contra costa superior court judge and they can appoint a special prosecutor or assign a district attorney from a neighboring county and any potential trial could take well over a year. a vote from the union could affirm the decision to symbolically show thoughts and put pressure on the da to potentially step down. in the newsroom, sandra osborne, kpix5. >>> jury selection gets under way in the bill cosby sexual assault trial. the 79-year-old comedian is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his montgomery county, pennsylvania, home in 2004. cosby's lawyers pushed to have jurors selected from a county 300 miles away. they argued the diverse makeup would fine jurors wh

as for mark peterson he has denied comment. pam, steve? (steve ) an in-n-out restaurant in livermore is back open tonight after being shutdown for several days. the burger restaurant was closed after several players from a college softball team reported feeling sick after eating there. but health officials say it appears players on team had symptoms of the stomach flu a week before they ate there. meanwhile the restaurant has been sanitzed. and employees are being screened for symptoms before they return to work. (pam) new tonight, the oakland raiders are facing an important deadline in their move to las vegas.(steve) the team is hoping to have their new vegas stadium built in time to for the 2020 season but if they fail to secure a lease agreement later this month, the move could be delayed by a full year. kron 4's charles clifford is live for us tonight in oakland with details and reaction from an oakland city leader who says he won't support letting the raiders extend their stay at the coliseum.(steve) right now, raider's management and

. >> contra costa district attorney mark peterson avoided our cameras today. and amid calls for the top cop's firing. >> the grand jury investigated certain actions of mr. peterson and concluded that there is enough evidence that it should be brought to trial. >> the foreman of the civil grand jury says a lot of work went in the accusation filed with the court this week calling for peterson's removal from office. peterson admitted to the fair political practice commission last year he used more than $66,000 in campaign funds from 2011 through 2015 for personal items such as meals, clothing and movie tickets. but had called it a loan. saying he had planned to pay it back. >> his actions constitute willful or intention almisconduct and news warrants removal. >> prosecutor with the d. a. association board added their voice to the mix approving a plan for a no confidence vote. >> these do not represent the values we have at criminal prosecutor in contra costa. >> while peterson stays silent criticism is mounting south bay prosecutor patrick veneer is running for th

contra costa county district attorney mark peterson already agreed to pay a fine for spending his campaign money on personal expenses. >> over 600 instances of converting campaign funds to personal use. >> reporter: in total, the california fair political practices committee found that the d.a. spent more than $66,000 of campaign contributions on personal travel, hotels, restaurants and movie tickets. he admitted guilt and repaid his campaign and paid an additional $45,000 fine to the commission. but his troubles are far from over. >> the contra costa county grand jury submitted to the superior court of contra costa county an accusation accusing district attorney mark peterson of willful or corrupt misconduct in office. >> reporter: jim is the foreman of the contra costa county civil grand jury. the complaint he filed yesterday calls for the district attorney to be removed from office. >> he has agreed to various violations. >> reporter: not only is the d.a. in trouble for the thousands of dollars he took from his campaign, but also for lying on his campaign filings which are signed under

.>>> there are new problems tonight, district attorney mark peterson, a grand jury recommending he be removed from office for willful or corrupt misconduct. now his own deputy attorneys speaking out against them. christien captain has the latest from martinez.>> reporter: members of the deputy district attorney's union board voted no-confidence in the district attorney this morning and other asking members to do the same. district attorney mark peterson admitted in december he'd spent more than $66,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses. in january who is fine $45,000 by the state, yesterday a grand jury recommended he be removed from office and other leaders of the contra costa he district attorney's association -- association says morel is at an all-time low in is difficult to conduct the business of upholding justice with a criminal at the helm of the das office. >>'s actions affect ongoing trials. jurors read the paper and jurors have brought up in her jury selection, that has happened since this -- since this occurred, what's going on with mr. peterson, that's important, that

. >> it was a vote of no confidence for mark peterson. he said he spent $66,000 in campaign funds for personal use. he claims it was a loan. the jury said he should be removed from office. 88 rank and file members at the district attorney's association said they have no confidence in their boss. he will continue with his work. he has also said he will seek reelection. >>> golden state warriors back in the finals. winning the first 12 games. 129-115 against the spurs. it is the warriors third consecutive conference championship. the team has a 9-day wait before the finals. mark will have more coming up later in sports. >>> coming up the investigation in a frightening case of botulism killing one man from antioch. >> it is hard for everybody. >> new information from england about the explosion at an ariana grande concert. >>> we have a cool down. changes continuing tomorrow and the rest of the week. did you know 90% of couples disagree on mattress firmness? enter sleep number she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. you can both adjust t

the grand jury already recommended ousting mark peterson and the district attorney association voted unanimously it had no confidence in him. now it's up to the entire union membership weather or not he'll stay in his position. >>> a san jose state university football player in the hospital after being stabbed early sunday morning. few details have been released so far that we are told someone flagged down police about the stabbing around 1:00 a.m. that's where miller was found suffering from at least one stab wound. police have not identified any suspects. miller is expected to recover. >>> no sign yet of a missing voter in pittsburgh. the 59- year-old man from fail field reportedly fishing off the pittsburgh marina saturday when his son fell in the water initially. he jumped in after him and got the child to safety but the man did not get back to the boat. >> we found that as the search continued on that they were found to be safe. they were treated and trties for further evaluation and we are currently in an active search for the fourth boulder. >> the man and his son were not wea

. >> reporter: this morning he admits he broke the law just as attorney mark peterson secretly took more than $66,000 of campaign money and spent it on himself over a five-year period. he used it for travel, hotels, restaurants, and movie tickets on top of that failing to report the spending on campaign finance disclosure forms according to the grand jury. that is why it is calling for peterson's removal. in december he issued this statement saying: he agreed to pay $45,000 in fines to the fair political practices commission. at that time, peterson also said he considered the money to be loans and that he was paying the campaign funds back. the district attorney's office says they have no comment at this time. jackie ward, kpix 5. >> do we know what the d.a.'s office is doing in response to the grand jury report? >> reporter: all we know right now is that there is an emergency meeting today that's happening at 8 a.m. to discuss what actions their office will take after hearing the grand jury's recommendation of removal. back to you. >> thank you. >>> today union city bart riders will see

yesterday a grand jury announcing that mark peterson in its opinion should be ousted for misconduct. jurors determined that peterson has spent $66,000 in campaign money on himself over the course of several years. back in december, peterson admitted to spending the money on meals, clothing and movie tickets among other things when he was serving as treasurer for his reelection campaign. >>> a high school that's reportedly seen a surge in racist behavior is planning to take steps to combat that problem. the chron. >> caller: reports that a handful of piedmont students have been suspended, it annilprompted a student assembly. the student is planning an action plan, including a hotline allowing students to easily report abuse and bullying but anonymously. >>> after-school programs are going to start hitting the pocketbooks of families. it is reported that they plan to charge kids for enrowling in after-school and summer programs. those programs were fully federally funt funded, but the district still fashions a, so those fees may cost $5 0 to $50. >>> we'll bring you up to speed on a te

. >>> a vote of no confidence for mark peterson by a seven member panel. this comes one day after grand jury recommended that he be removed from office. he admitted in december that he spent more than $66,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses. they find him $45,000. he faces no criminal charges and the office said that they have no comment at this time. >>> the fallout continues of the present firing of james comey and today president trump went on twitter escalating the drama. he seemed to warn james comey to be careful of what he says to the media.>> reporter: in the middle of a tweet storm a remarkable shot across to james comey. he warned james comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. he was referring to three occasions on which he claims james comey said he is not being investigated with russia. >> he said it twice during phone calls. >> reporter: erase questions as to whether president donald trump was recording his conversations. sean spicer refused to elaborate.>> he has nothing furt

kate. >> reporter: alma, larry, one of the prosecutors in this office told me they have told mark peterson to his face that his employees have lost confidence this him and yet i'm told he continues to show up to work here and actually plans to run for reelection next year. we also spoke to the grand jury foreperson who explains just how unusual these cases removing someone, an elected official from office, really are. >> very infrequent. i do not know of another case in contra costa county. >> reporter: foreperson jim said he and the grand jury did a lot of research before accusing contra costa district attorney peterson of willful misconduct recommending he be removed from office. >> this is based on that there is enough evidence that it should be brought to trial. >> reporter: in december peterson admitted to spending $66,000 in campaign funds on personal items including male clothes and movie tickets between 2011 and 2015. peterson later apologized and reimbursed the money. >> it's all well and good to apologize, but obviously the repercussions continue. >> reporter: president of the co

district attorney mark peterson. he used it for travel, hotels, restaurants and movies over five years and he failed to report the spending on campaign finance disclosure forms. in december, peterson issued this statement saying that he regrets and acknowledges the mistakes he made regarding his campaign financing account. he also agreed to pay a $45,000 fine. >>> in wine country, the search is on for a gunman following another freeway shooting. the latest happened yesterday along highway 101 in healdsburg. investigators say it all started when two men got into a fight with some other men outside a food truck. they got into the same car and drove off. a few minutes later the suspects drove up in a truck and shot inside the victims' honda. the passenger and driver were rushed to the hospital in serious condition. it's unclear if they knew the suspects who shot them. for now there's no suspect description. >>> president trump blasting the media on twitter today after reports claim that he contradicted his own administr

statement that he has a deep understanding of the community and that he can make a difference, and mark peterson is under fire and a jury recommended he be removed from office due to misconduct. he admitted to spending over $66,000 of campaign funds for personal use, and prosecutors in the das office have scheduled to hold a no- confidence vote about peterson on monday. >>> it is 4:03 am. >>> a woman in antioch is being charged with murder after deadly crash on sunday, amy fiasconaro was trying to get away from the police when she crashed the suv she was driving into a tree on myrtle drive and the passenger maria gaglione died from the injuries in the crash and the suv had been stolen a few days earlier in oakland. earlier this month amy fiasconaro was released from jail on probation after being convicted of assaulting a police officer and a stolen car in 2009. >>> a pittsburg man accused of setting cars on fire is in court today, and officials are calling james bishop iii one of the worst arsons in the history of contra costa county, and his father is insisting he is innocent. >> the task force

. >> contra costa district attorney mark peterson avoided our cameras today. and amid calls for the top cop's firing. >> the grand jury investigated certain actions of mr. peterson and concluded that there is enough evidence that it should be brought to trial. >> the foreman of the civil grand jury says a lot of work went in the accusation filed with the court this week calling for peterson's removal from office. peterson admitted to the fair political practice commission last year he used more than $66,000 in campaign funds from 2011 through 2015 for personal items such as meals, clothing and movie

. >>> more problems for contra costa district attorney mark peterson after grand jury recommend he be removed from office his own deputies speaking against him. he admitted in december he had spent more than $66,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses. end of january he was fined $45,000, today a seven-member panel of the deputy da association issued a vote of no- confidence, and want the rest of the union to follow suit. a deputy da said peterson's problems are making it difficult to function in and out of the courtroom. >> his actions affect ongoing trials, jurors read the paper and they have brought up, in our jury selection that is happened since this occurred, what is going on with mr. peterson. obviously that's important, that matters, our credibility as attorneys is important. >> he faces no criminal charges, we've reached out to him for his response but have not heard back. >>> restriction work has been rescheduled to accommodate fans heading to the warriors playoff game, they host the spurs at oracle at 12:30 pm sunday in the nba western conference finals, heart plan to cl

under pressure to resign in an exclusive kpix/surveyusa poll found 70% of county residents say mark peterson should resign. 22% said he should stay. last week it was found he appropriated $66,000 from his campaign spending it on personal items. he called the money a loan that he intended to repay. this week a majority of the prosecutors in his own office issued a vote of no confidence. peterson responded to our poll calling the matter humbling and embarrassing. he said, quote, i have admitted my mistakes, taken responsibility for them and have paid the price for my errors in judgment. >>> the wife of an alameda county deputy is pleading not guilty for a deadly crash that killed a 3-year-old boy. yarenit liliana malihan is facing up to11 years in prison on the accident in september in san ramon. she was on drugs when her suv hit another car the child was in. >> the case is currently still under investigation and we are making sure we're making the right charging decisions. >> her bail is $3 million. she will be back in court next month. >>> a former football player from de la salle high schoo

. >> mark peterson secretly spent more than $66,000 of campaign money on himself including travel, hotelsstaurants, and movie tickets over a five- year period. according to the grand juror findings the 30-year prosecutor should lose his job because of quote willful or corrupt misconduct in office. he issued this statement saying he regrets and acknowledges the mistakes he made regarding the financing account. he agreed to pay a $45,000 fine to the fair political practices commission. tonight the da's office told us it has no comment at this time. in response to the grand jury's report the district attorney's union president called for an emergency union meeting tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. betty yu kpix 5. >>> tonight the mormon church is breaking up with the boy scouts of america. starting january 1st the church will end sponsorship for older boys in the varsity adventuring programs. it will affect as many as 185,000 teenagers. younger kids will remain in the scouts. in the past the church has said it is troubled by the boy scouts acceptance of lgbt troop leaders. the two organizations have had

district attorney mark peterson is accused of misappropriating tens of thousands of dollars in campaign money. back in december, peterson reportedly admitted he spent more than $66,000 in campaign funds on clothing. movie tickets and other personal expenses between 2011 and 2015. he was the treasurer of the reelection campaign at the time. the grand jury will deliver their report to a superior court judge who will decide what happens next. >>> and washington, the fallout continues over president trump's firing of former fbi director james comey. comey, and the president has now given a new reason for taking the action. in an interview, the president now says he had planned to fire comey all along. regardless of recommendations from the justice department. jackie your binder has more from new york. >>> the white house continues to flip-flop on reasons it fired now former fbi director james comey.>>now it is completely undermined when the president said he would do it anyway. so, you know, do we believe -- nobody.>>they push back on the fact that he was going to fire him anyway.>>why woul

in district attorney mark peterson. >> we are unanimous in our recommendation to our association members to vote no confidence in mr. peterson. >> the move comes just one day after the county's civil grand jury filed an accusation with the court. calling for peterson's removal from office. peterson admitted to the fair political pr practices commission last year that he used more than $66,000 in campaign funds from 2011 through 2015 for personal items. such as meals, clothing and movie tickets. >> the actions constitute williams or willful misconduct. >> mr. peterson. >> peterson refused to talk to us today avoiding the cameras. but plents of folks are sounding off including a south bay prosecutor who has announced he is running for peterson's position next year. >> i think it's unconscionable that someone swoern to uphold the law willfully violated the law. >> now, the d. a. association hopes to hold the no confidence vote in ten days. meanwhile we understand it will be up to a superior court judge to decide how to proceed on that grand jury call for the d. a.'s firing. reporting live i

the vote came against mark peterson. yesterday a grand jury found he used campaign funds to pay for dinners, movies and a host host of other personal things. he said he borrowed the money and planned to pay it back. grand jurorers want peterson ousted. >>> govern or brown is on an international mission to promote one of his signature issues. the governor will travel to china next month as part of a week long mission to promote green energy. once there, he will intend the international energy conference and tour areas of china that pledged to limit global warming. china is now outpacing the united states in transitioning to cleaner energy sources. >>> when you are buying a house, you pay a home inspector to give you an unbiased opinion. but is anyone checking their credentials? >> i'm chris gomorrah, nbc bay area responds next. >>> i'm meteorologist jeff ran erie. clear and 53 in fran. increasing winds for the weekend. also a new change to the mother's day forecast and what could be moving closer to the bay area. i'll tel

grand jury findings out tonight accused district attorney mark peterson, a willful or construct misconduct in office. in december peterson admitted having spent more than $66,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses. the superior court judge will now decide whether to hand the matter over to the d.a.'s or appoint a prosecutor. >>> two san francisco men, one of them a ucsf psychiatrist are charged with up loading child pornography. they were arrested on tuesday after allegedly finding more than 1200 files of child pornography on various devices inside their home on gwen a vista terrace. investigators say dr. lock heart seen here in a photo from ucsf website was using the university's wi-fi, internet to up load graphic images of children. ucsf says it placed dr. lock hot on leave and is fully cooperating with the investigation. >> a legal battle between uber and the city of san francisco is intensifying. city attorney dennis herera went to court today to compel uber to provide the names and addresses of local drivers. this so san francisco can inform drivers of their need to pay a $91 annu

mark peterson had misappropriated campaign money. having spent $66,000 on clothe and other expenses. the grand jury's report will be delivered to a superior court judge for the next move in the case. >>> president trump's firing of james comey, the new acting fbi director is continuing the agency's investigation is possible linked to the trump campaign. >> the president changed his tone and supports a full investigation. jana has some of the remaining questions. >> reporter: investigating the russian meddling, no advanced notice blasting the director. >> he is a showboat, a grandstander. >> reporter: president trump had harsh words. previous statements said the firing was due to a recommendation from rod rosenstine. comey lost the president and agent's confidence. testifying before the intelligence committee said that was not so. >> director comey enjoyed broad support in the fbi and still does to this day. >> reporter: there are adequate resources for tampering. >> there has been no efforts to impede our investigation. you can't sto

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peterson first took office in 20-10... and won re-election in 20-14. back to you. (marklice are still looking for a gunman who shot two men on highway 101 in healdsburg. it happened yesterday afternoon just past the dry creek road exit. the two victims were at a food truck when they were involved with some sort of altercation with another man. then two miles down the road... a car drove up next to the men and opened fire. <"this is a crime occurring between two moving vehicles at freeway speeds so you could have evidence stretching for quite a ways so we shut it down until we were sure we processed the scene for every piece of evidence we can. "> (mark) both victims are in serious condition... but are expected to be okay. police don't have a description of the gunman and they are still looking for him this morning. ( darya ) happening now... police are searching for a bank robber in antioch. it happened just before 1:00 wednesday afternoon. (ááátriggerááá) the robbery was in the wells fargo bank that is inside the safeway on deer valley road. police say the robber demand

mark peterson $45,000 after the d.a.tted to using $66,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses violating the government code. now after it's own investigation contra costa county's civil grand jury is calling for peterson's removal from the office of contra costa county district attorney for "willful or corrupt misconduct in office"sot jim mellander/foreperson, civil grand jury 28-38mr peterson in over 600 instapnces has converted campaign funds to personal use, the second charge is he failed to report these on his campaign reporting forms.civil grand jury foreperson jim mellander says peterson is also accused of making misrepresentations under penalty of perjury on fppc campaign reporting forms. sotas far as we're concerned it's not something we find acceptabledeputy da aron deferrari who also serves as president of the union representing the deputy da's in peterson's office says the unions 7 member board has reviewed the civil grand jury accusation, and is now recommending the full association issue a no confidence v

peterson first took office in 20-10... and won re-election in 20-14. back to you. ( markrussia investigation has not and will not be hindered by the firing of former director james comey. andrew mccabe testified yesterday on capitol hill... telling members of the senate that he will inform them if there is any tampering with the investigation. meanwhile questions are still looming around why the president fired director comey. the president tried to explain his reasons during a recent interview. ( mark ) sources close to the president say he is frustrated by the russia probe, and leaks about its status because of the way it often overshadows his agenda. the white house says it believes that comey's firing will help bring the russia investigation to an end much quicker. ( darya ) happening now... police

. >>> there are new troubles for mark peterson. a grand jury is removing -- recommended that he be removed from office. >> members of the district attorney board voted no- confidence. and they are asking their members to do the same. >> reporter: district attorney peterson said he spent campaign funds on personal expenses. he was five $45,000 by the state. it is now being recommended that he be removed from office. they said that morale is at an all-time low with a criminal at the head of the das office. >> jurors read the papers. and they have brought up in our jury selection since this is occurred what is going on with mr. peterson. that is important. that matters. our credibility as attorneys matters. >>> we reached out to the district attorney and they said they had no statement at this time. more on this story later in the hour. >>> president donald trump stirred up more controversy regarding fired x fbi director james comey. he said that he had better hope that there are no tapes of our conversation before he starts leaking t

.>> mark peterson faces no criminal charges. we reach out to him for response and the das office said that they have no comment at this time. >>> new information in a homicide case on treasure island. they now identified the victim as cash they say he was found by his roommate at the duplex around 5:30. he had been shot and there's no word on an arrest. >>> ymca official said your camp has reopened after an outbreak of a virus. it happened on tuesday near boulder creek. several children and so does a were attending the camp with a got said. symptoms included vomiting and diarrhea. a spokeswoman says the camp had a thorough cleaning and has been cleared by the health department to reopen.>>> part is turning on electricity to new stretch of track and they want officials to know that it can be deadly. the stretch runs from the recently opened station in fremont south to san jose which is set to open next year. the tracks are humming right now with 1000 v of electricity. they want to make sure people understand that even though trai

. >> accused the county's district attorney, mark peterson, of willful or corrupt misconduct recommending he be removed from office. >> there is enough evidence it should be brought to trial. >> he said the last time he knows of a bay area official ousted from office in this manner was 15 years ago. >> a city council person was removed via grand jury akization. >> peterson admitted to spending $66,000 in campaign funds on personal items including nails, clothes and movie tickets. peterson later apologized and reimbursed the money. >> it is all well and good to apologize but the repercussions continue. >> announced today that the board voted unanimously that their members take a vote of no confidence in peterson. >> we stand in front of people and ask that they hold individuals accountable who have broken the law. having the head of a law enforcement agency let alone the head of d.a.'s office having broken the law, those two things are fundamentally contradictory. >> to bring the case forward. if it comes to trial there will be a jury trial. >> reporter: if convicted he would not face a cr

a prosecutor says he told marks peterson to his face that his employees have lost confidence in him. but he's still showing up here and still planning to run for re-election next year. a contra costa grand jury accused the district attorney of will testimony or corrupt conduct, recommending that he be removed from office. >> reporter: jim milla said -- in december, peterson admitted to spending 66,000 dlrsz in campaign funds on personal items including meals and theater tickets. peterson later apologized and reimbursed the money. >> it's all well and good to apologize, but obviously the repercussions continue. >> reporter: aaron defer said that they take a no vote in peterson. >> they hold individuals accountable who have broken the law, having the head of a law enforcement agency, let alone the head of a contra costa county da's office having broken the law. those two statements are contradictory. >> it is my understanding that the court will appoint a special prosecutor, or a district attorney from an adjoining county to bring the case forward a, and if it comes to trial, there wil

there yesterday it was announced mark peterson should be ousted for personal misconduct. in december peterson admitted to spending that money on meals, clothing and movie tickets when he was serve as treasurer for the reelection campaign. >>> this morning b.a.r.t. is trying to figure out why there's more complaints from riders and fewer people are using the transit cement. system. as they try to figure out why people are abandoning b.a.r.t. pete? >> reporter: good morning, kris. this is according to a report in the sfgate that says the overall atmosphere is a concern for some passengers, at least at some b.a.r.t. stations. as a result you're seeing an overall dip as far as riders taking b.a.r.t. during the week. the current numbers the about 432,000 people using b.a.r.t. when it comes to the ridership, but that's a 3% drop from the last fiscal year. some of those complaints include overcrowded trains, but one of the top concerns is the homeless problem that we're seeing at the downtown san francisco stations. b.a.r.t. is working with sfmta as well as homeless outreach gro

yesterday a grand jury announced that mark peterson should be ousted for misconduct. jurors dpermd that he spends campaign money on himself over 1e6r8 years. he admitted to miles, clothing, movie tickets and such when he was serving as the treasurer of his own reelection campaign. >>> an east bay high school that's reportedly seen a recent surge in racism is taking steps to combat the property. the chronicle reporting that a handful of piedmont students have been suspended recently. it apparently prompted a student assembly. the school is developing an action plan for the next year, include a on -- >>> also in our schools, after-school programs will start costing san francisco families. the examiner reports that san francisco unified skewed district plans to charge parents for enrolling kids in after-school and summer programs. those programs were before federally funded, but the district faces a 3.3 million $loss in funds. those fees will cost families between 50 to $500 based on their income. >>> oakland homeowners charged for fire inspections they never actually re

mark peterson $45,000 after the d.a. admitted to using $66,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses violating the government code. now after it's own investigation contra costa county's civil grand jury is calling for peterson's removal from the office of contra costa county district attorney for "willful or corrupt misconduct in office"sot jim mellander/foreperson, civil grand jury 28-38mr peterson in over 600 instapnces has converted campaign funds to personal use, the second charge is he failed to report these on his campaign reporting forms.civil grand jury foreperson jim mellander says peterson is also accused of making misrepresentations under penalty of perjury on fppc campaign reporting forms. sotas far as we're concerned it's not something we find acceptabledeputy da aron deferrari who also serves as president of the union representing the deputy da's in peterson's office says the unions 7 member board has reviewed the civil grand jury accusation, and is now recommending the full association issue a no confide

district attorney mark peterson secretly took more than $66,000 of his campaign money and spent it on himself over five years. he used it for travel, hotels, restaurants, movie tickets. on top of that, he failed to report the spending on campaign finance disclosure forms according to the grand jury. that is why it is calling for peterson's removal. in december, peterson issued this statement saying he regrets and acknowledges the mistakes he made regarding his campaign financing account. he also agreed to pay $45,000 in fines to the fair political practices commission. at that time, peterson also said he considered the money to be loans and that he was paying the campaign funds back. the district attorney's office says they have no comment at this time. in the newsroom, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> president trump's attempt to set the record straight on why he fired james comey is fueling more questions. members of his administration have maintained that the decision had nothing do with russia and was recommended by key members of the justice department. in an interview, president trump t

graves is issued a statement saying he has a deep understanding and can make a difference, but mark peterson is under fire and it was recommended he be removed from the office due to misconduct after admitting to spending $66,000 of campaign funds for his personal use. they said there is a no- confidence vote to be held on monday on peterson there >>> fixing the problem with the emergency lighting system of bart, supposed to be turned on during outages. that is so that passengers can safely evacuate during a powder outage but recently that system failed and passengers at the montgomery station were left in the dark and it happened again at the richmond station. after the systemwide inspection the officials found the emergency lighting not working at 14 of the 46 stations. >> we started replacing the batteries so that the permit systems are working, and we have done a complete overall into the process -- overhaul into the process of the maintenance, audit. >>> and in the north bay no firm date on when the long- awaited muni trains will pick up the passengers but smart trains will make 34 trip

saying he has a deep understanding of the community and can make a difference, and the current da, mark peterson, under fire and it was recommended he be removed from office due to misconduct and admitted using $66,000 of campaign funds for personal use, and the prosecutors in the das office have scheduled to hold a no-confidence vote on monday about peterson. >>> a woman in antioch is charged with murder after deadly crash on sunday and conquered. the 32-year-old amy s pinero is trying -- was trying to get away from place when she crashed her suv into a tree on myrtle drive and the passenger was 24-year-old maria gaglione who died from the injuries in the crash, and the suv had been stolen a few days earlier in oakland. and earlier this month amy fiasconaro had been released from jail on probation and was convicted of assaulting a police officer in another stolen car and police chase incident in 2009. >>> the san francisco police are asking for help from the public after a stabbing in dolores park. a man was attacked by group of juveniles in the park shortly before 5:30 pm described as 5 to 6 p

mark peterson is under fire.fice because of misconduct. he spent $166,000 in campaign funds for personal use. prosecutors in the district attorney's office will schedule a no confidence vote on peterson next monday. >>> the san francisco sheriff's department will release a proposal for removing inmates out of the jail that will soon close. this proposal comes more than a year after plans to build a new $80 million jail were rejected by city. the details of the sheriff's plans are not yet known but will be presented to the board of supervisors june 13th. >>> new figures show a dramatic jump in those arrested by immigration agents since trump took office. they are up 40% compared to last year. the number of immigrants deported is down 12% compared to this time last year. >>> cal osha is expected to approve the toughest standards in the country for refineries. the health board will hold a hearing on the new regulations a little late they are morning in oakland. the new rules will overhaul the current safety regulati

a civil grand jury recommended firing mark peterson who is facing allegations of corruption. >>> presidenthinking about the russia investigation when he made the decision. the official administration line has been that russia had nothing to do with comey's removal. >>> if you are looking for warmer weather, you will not like this graphic. it's going to be colder today than yesterday, up to ten degrees below average. this cool weather and the breezes that will develop this afternoon hang around through mother's day. and we have 80s in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >>> it's a friday light commute, and the only red i could find on our traffic maps here, no surprise there. down to 32 miles per hour before you get to altamont pass. that's not too bad, so enjoy it. >>> if you are a chase bank customer, breathe easy. can you access your accounts again. chase ban sbg trying to figure out what caused a nationwide outage yesterday that kept customers from checking their balances or make payments. >>> and then fans encouraged to place the flag on their car today to support the dubs. if you are not

make a formal announcement in the coming days after the grand jury recommended the removal of mark peterson. last december, peterson admitted he spent $60,000 in campaign funds for his personal use. >>> a young man is credited with preventing a firey gasoline attack inside a denny's restaurant in hayward this morning. the man's mother and her son were eating at the dennies when they heard a commotion. five or six people had been doused with what smell like gasoline. the mother says she saw the suspect struggling with a lighter and her son jumped into action. >> that is when my son threw the chair and hit him so he could drop everything and startle him. with enough time to get the fire extinguisher and shoot him in the face. she pushed him out. >> reporter: the woman says her son pushed the man out of the restaurant and employees locked the door. >>> a picture posted on a facebook page has touched off angry protests against the alameda county sheriff's department. rob roth says it shows the arrest of a man who was selling fruit on a sidewalk without a proper permit. >> this image has sparked

on thursday grand jurors found mark peterson used campaign funds to pay for dinners, movies and a hostf other personal things. during an emergency meeting yesterday morning, fellow prosecutors with the contra costa county district attorney's association board gave a no confidence vote against him. heed always mitted to the claims last year but said he borrowed the money and meant to pay it back. grand jurors want peterson ousted. >>> a proposal to provide more help for homeless children in san francisco. mayor ed lee announced yesterday that he wants to expand a current program that provides child care services for homeless families. the biggest change under the mayor's proposal is that children under the age of 5 would be eligible. right now it only serves children under the age of 3. it's a costly proposal, a $2.1 million expansion that mayor lee says is necessary. >> children of homeless families who we know have even a harder time even have a stable life to be able to succeed in education. >> the mayor's office says the proposal is the city's latest investment to eliminate homeless

district attorney mark peterson secretly spent more than $66,000 of his campaign money on himself over five-year period. he agreed to pay a $45,000 fine late last year saying he regretted the mistakes. the civil grand jury said today he should also lose his job because of, quote, willful or corrupt misconduct in office. no comment from the d.a.'s office tonight. the case is now going to be turned over to an appointed prosecutor or district attorney in another county. >>> after months of negotiations, a deal has just been reached between oakland unified and ac transit. the agreement will save 17 bus routes to community day, montera middle school and skyline high. about 1600 students take those buses to get to school. the dispute started in january. that's when oakland unified notified ac transit that it would no longer pay $2.5 million for bus service. ac transit then threatened to cancel service to three schools. >>> new at 6:00, city college of san francisco made college free for everyone starting next semester. all it wanted from students is they maintain a c average. now ccsf has dr