and nick bovis' alleged bribe. t it is linda creighton. i spoke with her on the phone, and she told me, quote, her integrity means a lot to her. i also spoke to her attorney, who told me he had no comment. nuru and bovis were each released on $2 million bond. the department of public works says that fbi investigators gathered documents from nuru's office at city hall yesterday afternoon. tonight he is on administrative leave. alleged corruption, bribery, and side deals by one of san francisco's highest ranking employees, director of public works mohammed nuru. restaurateur nick bovis also charged in a criminal complaint with honest services wire fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to bribe a san francisco airport commissioner. the alleged bribe, $5,000 cash and free travel in exchange for the commissioner's assistance to win a bid for the right to run a restaurant at sfo. both men allegedly violated rules requiring a fair competitive bidding process though the scheme was never completed and the bribe never

mohammed nuru and nick bovis? >>> you have to bet the evidence they have. they will turn over the reports. the eavesdropping tapes anything that they have. and the statements of the whistleblower. or the informant. you will get all of that. as an attorney you go through that and sit down your client how do we counter this? what you say to this? they then have that open discussion. if you see that light at the end of the tunnel. and it is a train coming at you you are telling your client let's go in and talk if you're an attorney that does that. some attorneys don't want to do that and say we are not cooperating at all. you have to do what is best for your client. and get the client that opportunity. if you want to lessen your sentence and they have you from everything i can see you better go in and start cooperating and give them somebody up the ladder. >>> in about 10 or 15 seconds it appears as though mohammed nuru was given the opportunity to cooperate. he was arrested last week. he broke the rules and rearrested. all bets are off right? >>> it sounds li

the other is nick bovis who is the owner of lefty o'doul restaurant. both of those men were arrested last night. the allegations surrounding them and what they are charged with is unclear because records are not being released at this point. we know the fbi is planning a 1:30 news conference to release new details. nuru is a longtime city employee. he is arrested on suspicion of public corruption. he took over in 2000 11 and oversees 1600 employees with an operating budget of more than $300 million. nick bovis is the longtime owner of lefty o'doul , the restaurant known for hosting thanks giving meals every year along with an annual toy drive. we reached out to lefty o'doul. we have not heard back from anyone at the public works department either. we did speak with breed and here's what she had to say. >> we don't have the facts are the details of the case, unfortunately until we have that information, i won't be able to provide any in-depth information or to answer questions. i will say that it is, of course, important that we work with the city attor

three of them involving lefty o jules restaurant owner nick bovis, public works director mohammed nuru was first arrested last tuesday and then received an endorsement from governor gavin newsom at an infrastructure summit. >> i want to acknowledge and closing that mohammed nuru is the head of the public department works, no more important powerful agent. seeing him sitting as those folks clean up the streets. solve problems before they become problems. >> the complaint says that mohammed nuru and nick bovis schemes to private an airport condition to drive an airport space. they also tried to have commercial leasing right at the transbay center and manipulate the portable toilet designs to help nick bovis land the bed. >>> tonight some of the biggest names in the game are picking the 49ers to win super bowl liv. these guys know what they are talking about, they have posted the lombardi trophy themselves many times. dennis o'donnell is live in miami with some expert analysis tonight. are we talking bedding here dennis? >> reporter: not all, three days in miami, this is my first super bo

you've seen nick bovis many times here on abc7. here's video from a year ago when his restaurant, lefty o'doul's provided free meals for federal workers furloughed during the government shutdown. and here's video from christmas 2018. bovis has been giving christmas presents to students at a tenderloin school for years. now he's accused of working with nuru to get inside information to gain an unfair advantage in awarding contracts. as this story broke today, we started sending out push alerts through the abc7 news app. download that right now. it is the easiest way to be the first to know what's going on where you live. >>> a lost child discovered alone in a park is back with her family tonight. someone noticed the little girl alone at fremont's crandall creek park this afternoon and called police. officers think she's about 2 years old. they took that little girl on a search for her family in a neighborhood adjacent to the park. they went door to door and spoke with neighbors. police say the girl's mother came to the scene when sh

francisco director of public works, mohammed nuru is alleged to have providing lefty o'dou owner nick bovis an advantage in the awarding of contracts. kate larsen has more. >> reporter: long-term leader of san francisco's department of public works, mohammed nuru is accused of taking part in bribery, kickbacks and side deals according to u.s. attorney david anderson. nick bovis was also charged with wire fraud. >> the complaint alleges corruption pouring into san francisco from around the world. >> it alleges they were involved in a scheme to bribe a san francisco airport commissioner in exchange for the commissioner's assistance to win acontract for a restaurant lease at sfo. abc 7 learned that sfo commissioner is linda craton. according to the complaint, she turned down a $5,000 cash bribe. the city's department of public works needs to be overalled according to some. >> if you give somebody that much power wither they can do whatever they want without oversight, this allows them do this stuff. it's unacceptable. i think he needs to be fired and potentially he's going to spend time in pri

head of san francisco'sdepartment of public works mohammed nuru and thowner of left field tools, nick bovis were both arrested authorities say the 2 men a implicated in 5 separate schemes involving bribery and side als joining us now to break down e developments of this investigation kron four's michelle kiston is here michelle. >>us atorneys david anderson held that press conference today where he told us about those charges they stem from a number of alleged sches from nuru bribing a san francisco airport commission. >>to obtaining free bor from contractors working in n francisco to help him build a vacation home 3 and a half hours outside the city. >>the complaint alleges corruption bribery si deals by one of san francisco's hiest-nking publi employees to san francisco, public works director mohamed calling new rule of president alongside nick bovis the owner of popular sports ba left deal duels federal law. francisco. a right to honest services from there public officials. san francisco has been betrayed as alleged in the complaint. >>at's according to the 75 page complaint nuru is char

. >> mohammed nuru is alleged to have provided lefty o'doul's and gold dust lounge owner nick bovis with inside information to give him an unfair advantage in awarding of contracts. both men appeared in federal court today. >> abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow is in the newsroom with new information tonight. melanie? >> dan and liz, i just learned the name of the sfo commissioner who turned down mohammed nuru and nick bovis' alleged bribe. t it is linda creighton. i spoke with her on the phone, and she told me, quote, her integrity means a lot to her. i also spoke to her attorney, who told me he had no comment. nuru and bovis were each released on $2 million bond. the department of public works says that fbi investigators gathered documents from nuru's office at city hall yesterday afternoon. tonight he is on administrative leave. alleged corruption, bribery, and side deals byne

well known restaurant owner nick bovis is also charged. >> number five, a little bit of fog around livermore pleasanton. the sunol grade. otherwise waking up to increasing high clouds and warmth today. mid 50s at the coast. low to mid 60s for the rest of us. >>> number six, we had such an easy wednesday morning commute. a live look here at the bay bridge. we have our drive time across the screen. from the toll plaza to san francisco, 25 minutes for that drive. >> number seven, the puppy bowl is coming back on this super bowl sunday. animal planet will have the showdown between team ruff and team fluff. nearly 100 puppies from shelters in 26 states will be part of the big game. >> fun. >> aren't they cute? >> they are cute. >> i love that idea. >> i want to be in the middle of that. just come climb all over me. >> looking at those dogs. >> that is -- that is not a puppy. >> i think it is a puppy. >> what? >> a great dane puppy. that's how big they rfrmt >> my goodness, it's like the dau from midda dog from midday. >> we had a big dog during "midday live." it won the best in its category. >> d

. >> san francisco director of public works mohammed nuru and nick bovis are embroiled in the allegations of misconduct and bribery. >> melanie woodrow has been digging into the charges and she is live with the latest developments. >> this is a resignation alert that linda creighton submitted this afternoon. she was the san francisco international airport commissioner that was outlined in those charging documents we had yesterday. she said she's resign go for health reasons. this is a position she had served in for more than 20 years, according to the resignation alert. yesterday she said by phone that her integrity means a lot to her. she did not accept a $5,000 cash bribe and free trip from the department of public works director mohammed nuru and nick bovis in and challenge for granting a bid at sfo. however, the spip questions creighton's outlined words in the criminal complaint during the alleged bribe meeting. >> while it is true that a sitting commissioner didn't take a cash bribe interesting words that were recorded unethical and inappropriate. it is conduct not becoming a city of

it also involves nick bovis. both are accused of bribes in an effort to get an airport restaurant lease. both men are out of gile $2 million bond each. they each face up to 20 years in prison. >> federal law gives the citizens of san francisco a right to honest services from their public that's the. san francisco has been betrayed. >> the supervisor issued a statement saying these charges against the director are hugely distressing and demonstrate the noted for much broader reforms. >> a large sinkhole is now a headache for authorities in santa clara. it is now in the middle of a living room and now the subject of a lawsuit. when a mess. >> reporter: it is indeed. this house is embroiled in a big dispute between owners, a retired couple, and the homeowners association. the engineer said the sinkhole inside is undermining the house. >> it started about 20 months ago when renters could see water through a floor grate. a plumber said wasn't a leaky pipe. four inches of water were discovered under the house and it ke

also implicated, his long-time are friend nick bovis. >> it alleges corruption pouring into san francisco from around the world. san francisco has been betrayed as alleged in the complaint. >> the federal laws is violated, the fbi will pursue the investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice no matter who they are or who they know. >> reporter: both men tried unsuccessfully to bribe an airport commissioner with respect to a restaurant lease without competitive bidding. >> an envelope of cash. a payment of a $5000 bribe and also the provision of travel. >> reporter: also accused of rigging the building permit and inspection process to help a billionaire chinese developer who in return showered him with gifts that he allegedly didn't disclose. >> travel, lodging, high-end liquor. >> reporter: in a ired this scheme, leasing rights at the trans-bay transit center. inside information to help bovis bid for contracts to build homeless shelters and public restrooms. the last scheme involved his personal vacation home. >> contractors doing work for the city ofen san francisco provided nuro a

nuru and nick bovis face up to 20 years in prison on corruption charges. haney will announce this at a press conference today saying he wants to root out any potential corruption in city government. reporting live at sfo, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> the question still remains this morning will new witness testimony be allowed in president trump's impeachment trial. today senator also have another opportunity to question both sides before a possible vote tomorrow. democrats have been pushing to hear from former national security adviser, john bolton. the president's lawyers say if witnesses are allowed, they also have a list of names. >> i'm no fan of john bolton, though i like him a little more than i used to. but you should hear from him. >> i want schiff, i want joe biden. >> while the trial continues on capitol hill, president trump will hold a rally in iowa. >>> sonoma county began clearing people camping on the joe rodota trail now that a federal judge declined to stop it. county workers have been doing outreach telling campers about a temporary sh

>>san francisco, public works director mohamed rouhani rested alongside nick bovis the owner of popular sports bar duels the complaint alleges corruption bribery side deals by one of san francisco's highest-ranking public employees according to the 75 page complaint nuru is charged with one count of wire aud stemming from 5 alleged scheme should the first alleges nuru and bovis bribed an unnamed san francisco airport commissioner with cash and free travel in exchange for the commissioners assistance towin a bid for e right to run a restaurant in the san francisco internatial airport the second scheme claims nuru used his official position to benefit a billionaire in china who is developing a large multimillion dollar mixed use project in san francisco in exchange for travel in gifts, anotheclaiming nuru attempted to use his position of chairman of the transit joint power authority to secure a lease for bh this and the transbay transit center, the 4th scheme accusing nuru of providi bovis with inside information on city projects regarding portable bathroom trailers for the homeless so bo

: today the prosecutors described five different "schemes," three involving his co dedefendant, nick bovis. the complaint says they schemed to bribe an airport commissioner to land a restaurant deal. >> this is the airport scheme. >> reporter: the complaint says the two tried to arrange commercial leasing right at the transbay transit center and manipulate the city's portable toilet designs. nuru is accused of accepting gifts from a billionaire developer from china who was working in the city and obtaining free or dis counted work on his vacation home from contractors doing business with the city. >> as soon as we have more information we will provide that information to you all. that's all i will be able to say at this time. >> reporter: the mayor didn't say much about the allegations but the news was a bombshell at city hall. the man self described as mr. clean holds one of the most profile positions in the city and is powerful. >> it should be an opportunity to look in the mirror and think about a broader restructuring. it's across city government. >> reporter: now the mayor has since i

corruption chars d arrested the head of san francisco, publiworks mohammed nuru and restaurant owner nick bovis kron four's michelle kingston has the latest on this developing stor having obviously a problem getting that story on but stay with kron 4 we're going to continue covering thiscase will have new details plus reaction. ad response from san francisco lawmakers, another big story we are following on kron 4 the death toll is now up to a 170 in china because of the corona virus with more than 7,000 people infected around the world today rld health officials expressed great concern that the virus is starting to spread between an increasing number of people outside of china, australia finland and singapore are among those reporting new cases we have live team verage tonight the corona virus kron four's gayle ong livwith us in the studio with how the outbreak overseas is affecti me businesses here in the city, but first we go to grant lotus who is tracking this fast-spreading disease grant deed panic and the virus is spreading quickly oversees the world health organization. >>is callinfor an

francisco, public works director mohammed nuru was taken into custody along with restaurant owner nick bovis tuesday both were charged with honest services wire fraud and later released on $2 million bond each according to the crinal complaint, one of the 5 schemes included a bridesmaid to an unnamed airport commissioner with $5,000 cash and free tral in exchange for assistance to win a bid for the right to run a restaurant in the airport. the fbi says that. cash and that whole deal was not accepted. a crowd for source tells us the commissioner in question is linda crayton who yesterday submitted a resignation letter to mayor breed citing multiple mecal conditions i turning now to our countdown to the super bowl time talk a little niners tonight for his team coverage from the bay area down in miami yale gets kate rooney, omentarily she's at hard rock stadium, but. >>we first want to head to the south bay and that's where we find kron four's rob fladeboe as the niners are getting ready for the game on sunday rob. what's the vibe. there. >>well the vibe is that a 40 niner fans are quite litera

longtime public works director mohammed nuru has been tried charged it with a prolonged owner nick bovis. base a nuru and bovis scheme to bribe a term -- the complaint alleges corruption, bribery, side deals but an envelope of cash, the scheme involved payment of a $5000 bribe and also provision of travel. >> the complaint also says that the two men tried to arrange commercial leasing rights at the transbay transit center and manipulate the cities portable toilet designs to help bogus land bid and in addition to the federal investigation the city is also conducting its own investigation. meanwhile the city purchaser has been tapped to be the interim public works director. >>> police say they are seeing a rise in robberies and thefts across the bay area especially with chinese new year. >> don't look at your phone and walk. look around. >> police also say try not to walk alone, stay with friends and if you are walking at night walk in a well lit area. >>> apple stock hitting a record high in after-hours trading all because of earnings that showed a banner holiday season for the company. t

it alleges that mohammed new roux and restaurant owner nick bovis attempted to bribe creighton to helpecure a restaurant lease. the complaint says credit creighton did not accept the bribe, but it also alleges she met several times with narrow and bulbous, which would be illegal under california ethics rules. meantime, a push to overhaul the public start as soon as tomorrow. federal authorities say new roux and bulbous engaged in five different schemes involving bribery, kickbacks, and fraudulent contracts. supervisor matt haney plans to call for an independent investigation. >> there is no question he should be fired immediately. this is a behemoth department with hardly any oversight at all. which is a recipe for something like this to happen. >> reporter: maryland and breed is promising a full review of city contracts. >>> capitol hill tonight senate lawmakers headed for a showdown over whether to allow witnesses and the president's impeachment trial. today, house impeachment managers and president donald j. trump's attorneys began taking questions for members of the senate. the ses

francisco director of public works, mohammed nuru is alleged to have providing lefty o'doul's owner nick bovisadvantage in the awarding of contracts. the complaint details an undercover fbi investigation with heavy surveillance. it alleges nuru and bovis were involved in a scheme to bribe an airport official for the winning of a lease at sfo. >> if you give somebody that much power where they can do whatever they want without oversight, it allows them to do this kind of stuff. it's unacceptable. but i think he needs to both be fired and he will spend time in prison. on top of that, we have to reform this department. >> nuru and bovis were both released on $2 million bonds. >>> people 18 and older are automatically tried as adults, but state lawmakers are considering raising that age to 20. a bill proposed yesterday would expand the juvenile justice system to include 18-year-olds and 1-year-o9-year-olds. supporters say young brains are not fully developed until their early to mid 20s. critics are concerned about holding older offenders with younger minors. >>> a bay area company says it has a w

mohammed nuru accused of trying to bribe an airport commissioner on behalf of left o'doul's's owner, nick bovisto get his restaurant into the airport. >> the scheme involved the payment of $5,000 bribe and also the provision of travel. >> investigators say the airport commissioner turned down that bribe, but the offer was the crime. the longtime dpw director is also accused of giving bovis inside information to help him win a contract for speciality port-a-potties on city streets and accepting bribes from a chinese developer in exchange for help getting him building permits. bovis and nuru both face up to 20 years in prison, if convicted. >>> searching for answers, investigators still trying to figure out why a helicopter carrying basketball icon kobe bryant crashed. bryant, his daughter, and seven others died in the crash on sunday. today, federal investigators recovered the wreckage and used drones to recreate part of the helicopter's flight path. they say the chopper was just about 20 to 30 feet from clearing the hill when it crashed into it. investigators plan to release a preliminary repor

employees to safrancisco, public works director ohamed calling new rule of president alongside nick bovis the owner of popular sports bar lefty o'toole's federal law. >>gives the citizens of san francisco. a right to honest services from their public officials. san francisco has been betrayed as alleged in the complaint. >>40 to 75 page complaint nuru is charged with one count of wire fraud stemming from my village schemes the most was listed in the complaint alleges both new rumbo this bribed an unnamed san francisco airport mmissner with cash and free travel in exchange for the commissioners assistance to win a bid for the right to run a restaurant in the san francisco international airport for other schemes were listed in the compint, one claiming new route used his official position to benefit a billionaire in china who was developing a large multimillion dollar xed use project in san francisco in exchange for trav and gifts another cleaning nuru attempted to use his position of chairman of e transit joint powers authority to secure a lease for both this and the transbay transit cente

this comes a day after the san franciscdirector of public works mohammed nuruand restaurant owner nick bovis they were charged with corruptn for a nuer of schemes and one of those schemes. they tempted to brive linda crane to r a restauranat sfo. now according to court documents creighn refused to accept that drive. but at this point she is not being chae. >>so i think probably what will happen is is everybody sort of scurrying around all the peope that are who involved in this who else is involved in th are sort of circling the proverbial wagenen's you know lawyering up as they say and at the same time the federal governent is going to reach out toall of e various many witnesses. who welding and ey will need to prove this up. leer craig says th she's stepping away due to health reasons saying that shwill be taking more me to receive treatment fomultiple medical conditions will keep you updated. well the 40 niners will get in more practice today as they prepareto take on the kansas city chiefs in the g game we're all very excited kron four's kate real caught up with the team during their fir

she met with the two men arrested in this scandal, mohammed nuru and nick bovis. for granting bovis a bid to open a restaurant at the airport. she did not accept the money. she has not been charged with a crime, but san francisco supervisor aaron peskin did not like what he read in the criminal complaint about crayton. >> while it is true that a sitting city commissioner did not take a cash bribe, the words that were recorded are beyond unethical and inappropriate. it is conduct that is not becoming of a city officer, which an airport commissioner is. >> another supervisor, matt haney, will be calling today for the immediate firing of the public works director, mohammed nuru, and will be calling for an internal investigation into that department. nuru and bovis face up to 20 years in prison on corruption charges. nuru's attorney says his lint lo client looks forward to fighting the allegations. back to lia

it'll let us that ahead of the dpw and nick bovis attempted to bribe her to help secure restaurant lease. she did not accept the bribe. city leaders past and present want to see immediate action taken. >> there is no question he should be fire. there is hardly any oversight. that is a recipe for something like this to happen. >> none of this says his name. >> a push to overhaul the public works department could start today. authorities say they engaged in five different schemes involving bribery and kickbacks. there's a lot we don't know about the government's case and where it may go. prosecutors left a lot of important names out. this case could go much further. matt haney we'll talk more about the immediate action he needs to be done later this morning. back to you. >>> the dirt station expands the track and residents could feel the impact. the impacts come with issues for the neighbors. they say the noise and frequent construction are a nuisance and bigger changes are in store as the city plans to add a new google complex across the street. >> i think it is unfair to us who have live

nick bovis engaged in five different schemes involving bribery, kickbacks and fraudulent contracts. >> he should be fired immediately. there is hardly any oversight in this department. it's a recipe for something like this to happen. >>> the mayor says there will be a full review of city contracts. the conference begins at 10 am. >>> the san francisco airport commissioner has resigned. she cites medical reasons. her attorney says she is the unnamed commissioner in one of the indictments. that charge alleges that she attempted to bribe creighton to secure a restaurant lease. she did not accept the bride but it says she met several times with them which would be illegal under the ethics rules. >>> kobe bryant's wife reaches out to millions. she sent a message on instagram with a picture and wrote in part, there are not enough words to describe our pain right now. i take comfort in knowing that they both knew that they were so deeply loved. they were our beautiful blessings taken from us too soon. >> the lakers returned it to practice yesterday for the first time since the death on sunda

. >> well the head of san francisco's public works department >>> nick bovis who owns lefty o'doulls restaurant. they are also accused of conspiring with the person later to be revealed as an undercover agent. also accused of rigging the building permit to help a developer from china. >> the laws violated the fbi will pursue the investigation and bring justice to the perpetrators whatever the decision may be or who they may know. >> the fbi also accuses nero from getting inside information. nero's attorney disputes all of the allegations bovis's attorney declined to comment. mayor london breed released a statement that reads in part. >> our time is now 6:04. growing fears about the corona virus which is still spreading. chieven reports 600 thousand cases doctors are treating a family arriving from china. the uae is a major international travel hub for asia, africa, and europe british airways have now suspended flights to and from china and reportedly the white house is considering all travel. medical screening will be expanded to all travelers coming to the u.s. just at five airplane

specificallying whoing up with nick bovis, always well known san franciscan. >> we do stories every year on his charitable efforts. >> every year at christmas, we're down there with the cameras for the toy drive. we're not sure how the fbi got involved. possibly through an undercover operation and the use of a sting. what we have though is the question about trying on get votes at the airport commission for a restaurant contract for an associate of bovis's. the other is the portable toilets. being given inside information. bovis was given inside information so co-put bids in earlier to get the multimillion-dollar contracts. and also, the transbay terp natural itself. questions about that which mohammed had gone in. another chinese developer who supposedly provided free trips and entertainment for mohammed nuru in china and south america in return for, not necessarily doing anything other than, make sure things move smoothly. they would prefer treatment many other city departments. >> something else that's really, if we touched on at the end of the report. federal officials say there were

stunning allegations of fraud also implicated his friend nick bovis. >> the complaint alleges corruption pouring into san francisco from around the world. san francisco has been betrayed as alleged in the complaint. >> if the federal law is violated, the fbi will pursue the investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice no matter who they are or who they may know. >> reporter: they tried to bribe a commissioner with respect to a restaurant lease without competitive bidding. >> an envelope of cash. the scheme involved the payment of a $5000 bribe and also provision of travel. >> reporter: nuru accused of rigging the building permit and inspection process to help a chinese developer who showered him with gifts that nuru didn't disclose. >> travel, lodging, high-end liquor. >> reporter: nuru helped bovis with leasing rights. the feds said nuru gave bovis inside information to bid contracts to build homeless shelters and public restrooms. >> contractors doing work for the city of san francisco provided nuru as alleged in the complaint with free and discounted labor, materials, and a joh

the fbi says mohammed nuru engaged in fraud with his friend nick bovis who owns lefty o'doul restaurant. the fbi says they tried unsuccessfully to bribe san francisco's airport commissioner and they are accused of conspiring with a person who was later revealed to be an undercover federal agent to get a lease at sfo. lefty o'doul is also accused of bringing the building process to help a developer from china. >> the fbi will pursue the investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice no matter who they are, whatever they are positioned maybe or who they may know. >> the fbi also accuses giving lefty o'doul new information on bidding. nuru disputes all the information. they're both doing federal court next thursday. >>> police in oakland are investigating a hit-and-run that sent one man to the hospital. it happened before 6:00 this morning in the area of seven street. police found a man who would been hit. the person had already driven up. anyone who saw what happened or has information, call oakland police. >>> authorities are searching for the people responsible for a deadly shootin

she did meet with the two men involved in this scandal, mohammed nuru and nick bovis. they offerer eed her a $5,000 and a trip, in exchange for her to grant a license to open a new restaurant in the airport. she did not accept the money. she has not been charged with a crime, but san francisco supervisor aaron peskin did not like what he read in the criminal complaint about crayton. >> while it is true that a sitting city commissioner did not take a cash bribe, the words that were recorded are beyond unethical and inappropriate. it is conduct that is not becoming of a city officer, which an airport commissioner is. another supervisor, matt haney, will be calling today for the immediate firing of the public works director, mohammed nuru, and will be calling for an internal investigation. nuru and bovis face up to 20 years in prison on corruption charges. nuru's attorney says his client looks forward to fighting the allegations. back to linda crayton, she has not been charged with a crime. her attorney says she did nothing wrong. reporting live at sfo, amy hollyfield, ab

resulted in the arrest the head of san francisco, public works mohammed nuru and russian owner nick bovis and tonight airport commissioner linda for source tells us creighton is listed as the unnamed commissioner in the new fbi complaint, although at this time she is not being charged and according to the complaint e did not take any bribes while four's michle kingston joins us live from sfo tonht with the latest on this deveping story, michelle. >>well we know that create and submit that resignation letter to the mayor's office today coming just one day after that complaint was fid which alleges in that complaint tha knew and a bowl this and tried to bribe the commissioner who we now know wasin fact a plate re to get a restaurant bid let here at sfo. that complaint i've mentions a bribe which we now know craig and dinot accept which was $5,000 cash in an envelope again and that complaint says that she did not accept that and she sent a to the yor's office today that said in part it is with a heavy heart that i write to you today to submi my resignation. i have served in this capacityfor

longtime public works director mohammed nuru has been charged in an fbi probe along with nick bovis. the complaint says that nuru and bovis schemed to private airport commissioner to land a restaurant space. >> the complaint alleges corruption, bribery, side deals, there was an envelope of cash, the scheme involved the payment of a $5000 bride. and also provision of travel. >> the complaint also says that the two men try to arrange commercial leasing right at the transbay transit center and manipulate the cities portable toilet designs to help bogus -- bovis lend a bit. in addition to the investigation the city of san francisco is also conducting its own investigation. >>> meanwhile a former purchaser has been tapped to the interim public works director. >>> in the north bay police are set to finish clearing out one of the largest encampments in sonoma county. some 260 people have been camping along the trail in santa rosa took a couple weeks ago the supervisors decided to relocate them to a temporary village in low skills to. the homeless advocates say only 60 people will have a pla

frcisco, public works director mohammenuru was taken into custodalong with city restaurant owner nick bovis on tuesday both charged with honest services wire fraud d later released. 1 $2 million bond each according to the criminal complaint, one of the 5 schemes included a bride made to an unmed airport commissioner with cash and free travel in exchange for assistance to win a bid for the right to run a restaurant in the airporsources tell us the commissioner in question is linda creighton and the fbi says she did not cept a bribe. yesterday though creighton submitted a leer of resignation to mayor breed citing multiple medical conditions. you see berkeley's up bowl hall. >> no more atthe university removed the name from the law school today after learningof people. school officialsay e e process took about 3 years after a berkeley lecturer discovered the racist writings of john henry bolte the law school's buildings have 1911. first in the bowl to emorial hall of law and then with both hal the hall will now simply be knn as the lot building. >>questions are being raised about the safety of

this comes a day after san francisco directorpublic works momed and restaurant owner nick bovis were charged with corruion for a number of schemes and in one othose schemes they apparently atteted to bribe lynn th creighton so that they could run a restaurant at sfo now according to court documents grt refud to accept that bright. atthis time she has not been charged, but again she is resigning. >>so i think probably what will happen is is everybody sort of scurrying around all the people th are who involved in this who else is involved in this are sort of circling the proverbial wagenen's you know lawyering up asthey say and at the same me the federal government is goi to reach out to all of the various many witnesses. who welding anthey will need to prove this up. >>well in her resignation letter craig says that she's stepping away due to health reasons say should be taking more time to receive treatment for multiple medical conditions. >>it's 5.11 and still ahead. it is the lunar new year lot of events are being canceled in the bay ea because of the concern of the corona virus. d

>>san francisco, public works dictor mohamed rouhani breasted alongside nick bovis the owner of popular sports bar duels the complaint alleges corption bribery side deals by one of san francisco's highest-ranking public employees according to the page complaint nuru is charged with one count of wire fraud stemming from 5 alleged scheme should the first alleges nuru and bovis bribed an unnamed san francisco airport commissioner with cash and free tvel in exchange for the commissioners assistance to w a bid for the right to run a restaurant in the san francisco international airport the second scheme claims nurused his official position to benefit a billionaire in china whis developing a large multimillion dollar mixed use project in san francisco in exchange for travel in gifts, another claiming nuru attempted to use his position of chairmaof the transit joint power authority to secure a lease for both this and the transbay transit center, the 4th scheme accusing nuru of providing bovis with inside information on city projects regarding portable bathroom trailers for the homeless so both

this just a day after san francisco dector of public works mohamed d restaurant owner nick bovis were charged with corruptio r alleged schemes one of them. they say they attempted to briblinda eighton to to court documents creightonng refused to accept that drive but she has resigned and this time she's not been charged with anything. >>so i think probably what will happen is is everody sort of scurrying around all the people that are who involved in this who else is involved in this are sort of circling the proverbial genen's you know lawyering up as they say and at thesame time the federal government is going to reach out to all of the various many witnesses. who welding and they will need to prove this up. in a resignation lettereighton says she's stepping away due to health easons saying she's going to be tang more time to receive treatment for multiple metal can to medical conditions. >>to the north bay now where man take a look. he robbed a check and go loan business in santa rosa happened back on january 18th if you recognize him ll santa rosa police officers face was covered u

san francisco, public works director mohaed nuru and lefty o'toole's owner nick bovis are accused ofire fraud. in an alleged scheme to bribe a san ancisco airport commissioner, the 2 are accused using bris to win a bid to run a restaurant at sf the complaint alleges other schemesas well involving buildg project developments transbay transit and homeless shelters. nuru is also accused of using his position to get a vacation home built in colusa county. the complaint alleges corruption bribery side deals by one of san francisco's highest-ranking public employee san francisco has been betrayed. >>as alged in the compint corruptio big or small tears of our democracy. the level of corruptionshould be back in court february 6th if convicted they couldace a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. >>breed says shs soon going as her interim leader for the department of public works and in the meantime supervisor matt haney has been very very ocal about new rules arrest kron four's j r stone has reaction. >>there are many mohammed nuru san francisco, public works director is now facing multipl

investigation, the investigation into an alleged bribery scheme to benefit nuru's longtime friend, nick bovis. in the criminal complaint, the owner of left o'doul's restaurant was supposed to get a concession inside san francisco's international airport. >> the complaint alleges that nuru and bovis schemed to bribe an airport commissioner. >> reporter: the fbi says the commissioner refused the bribe, but the attempted scheme is the crime. the fbi says nuru also tried to get bovis a concession inside the transmit transit center. he allegedly rigged specs on these painted lady port-a-potties that gave bovis an inside track on a deal with the city, and nuru is accused of giving a chinese developer help with building permits in exchange for free hotel stays and expensive liquor. and, the feds say, he got contractors doing business with the city to work for free on his vacation home . today, mayor london breed said she is just learning of the corruption investigation. >> it is, of course, important that we work with our city attorney and our comptroller's office to fully cooperate with the fbi on