,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, opening fire on two south san francisco police officers an attorney for ronald stanley bridgeforth says his client plans to plead guilty to "assault with a deadly an attorney for ronald stanley bridgeforth says his client plans to plead guilty to assault with a deadly weapon for opening fire on south san francisco police officers in 1968. he plans to fight charges that have been pending against him in the 1971 slaying of a san francisco police officer. bridgeforth is now 67 with a wife and two grown sons. last week he resigned from his teaching job. >>> there is no free lunch but there's what's been going on for years in the state senate in sacramento. the "l.a. times" reports the state senate was spending more than 10 grand in taxpayer funds a year to stock the coffee room and cover meal expenses when sessions extended into lunch or dinner hours. last year during the budget standoff, the senate spent $23,000 for food, another $2,900 a month spent on granola, yogurt, fruit and sweet snacks. a committee compared meal spending to double dipping because senators get $143 a day for mea

he may go in tomorrow and not get out again for quite a while. >> there was a time when ronald stanley bridgeforth's mug shot was plastered across the bay area. he was living under a false identity on the east coast. paul harris says only bridgeforth's wife knew that he was wanted in connection with the murder of a san francisco police officer and a shootout with a pair of south san francisco officers more than 40 years later, he has decided it's time to turn himself in to authorities. >> it's been weighing him down like a cross. he wanted to be an example for his sons on how a man stands up and takes the consequences of a wrong act. >> but bridgeforth will only be pleading guilty to one wrong act. harris says in 1968 at the age of 23, bridgeforth and two others were at a store in san francisco using stolen credit cards to buy clothes and toys for local kids when police spotted them. harris says bridgeforth admits that he pulled out a gun and shot a police officer. one of the officers shot him in the knee and arrest ed him. he jumped bail, fleeing to africa, later returning to the united states. >>

an attorney for ronald stanley bridgeforth says his client plans to plead guilty to assault with a deadly weapon for opening fire on south san francisco police officers way back in 1968. but he plans to fight charges that have been pending against him in the 1971 slaying of a san francisco police officer. bridgeforth is now 67 years old with a wife and two grown sons. last week he resigned from his teaching job. >>> the interim mayor of san francisco is declaring victory in his first election bid. >> in the new ranked choice runoff system, ed lee has 61 to 39% lead over supervisor john avalos. it took 11 elimination rounds for lee it get the needed ma -- to get the needed majority and avalos was the only remaining candidate. 32,000 late-arriving ballots need to be counted before a winner is officially declared but lee is confident he is the one. >> the numbers are fairly accurate right now and i'm confident that that we can use the word victory right now. >> if the numbers hold up lee would become the first asian- american mayor elected in the bay area's second largest city. he was appoin

an attorney for ronald stanley bridgeforth says his client plans to plead guilty to assault with a deadly weapon from 1968. those officers were not wounded but bridgeforth plans to fight other charges for his alleged role in the 1971 murder of a police sergeant in san francisco. >> he is innocent of that case. he was not even in san francisco the day that that took place. >> bridgeforth is now 67 years old and resigned from a teaching job just last week. >>> for the third time in five days a vehicle has struck and killed a bicyclist or pedestrian in san jose. now, the latest incident happened last night around 6:30 in east san jose. a 67-year-old woman was struck and killed by a driver while walking in a crosswalk at jackson avenue at alexian drive. so far there have been four serious crashes during the evening rush hour in three workdays since clocks were setback an hour over the weekend. >>> 6:06. let's take a look at traffic and weather. kick it over to lawrence karnow, who says today is going to be not all that bad, i guess. >> yeah. today is going to be a decent day. temperatures are

francisco police officers just turned himself in after 40 years on the run. 67-year-old ronald stanley bridgeforth surrendered to authorities at the san mateo county superior court this morning. his lawyer says his client plans to plead guilty to assault with a deadly weapon charge back in 1968. >> well, this seems to be the right thing to do. and in the end it's always about family. >> his lawyer wouldn't let him elaborate on that comment today but said his client wanted his sons to be proud of him. >>> it has been an explosive few days on the campus of penn state university. >> yeah. i guess so. a child sex assault case has led to the firing of legendary football coach and the university's president which triggered a massive student protest overnight. manuel gallegus has the latest now from state college, pennsylvania. manuel. >> reporter: well, frank and grace, it's quiet here today on the campus, but the board of trustees here at penn state is definitely trying to do some damage control. they have let go long serving university president and also joe paterno. he will not be at the big game thi

vic lee has learned that ronald stanley bridgeforth will surrender for a department store shootout with san francisco officers in 1968. he has been described as a member of the violent offshoot of the black panthers. spent a year in africa after jumping bail. he's also wanted in connection with the murder in 1971 shooting death of san francisco police sergeant john young. there is a murder warrant out for him. word is that bridgeforth plans to fight that charge. >>> it is what concord residents didn't want to hear that rotten egg smell lingering may get worse before it gets better. the odor coming from a crude oil leak. it has produced such a foul smell people are getting sick. conoco phillips crews discovered the leak monday night. county health officials say the air is safe but the stench may get worse as crews begin removing the contaminated soil today. >>> 46:08. let's hope some of that rain we get friday washes that snell out of the air and get that nice -- you are laughing. -- maybe not, maybe so? >> i would hope so. i haven't had the privilege of smelling it. have you? >> you sho

now attorney paul harris says his climbed 67-year-old ronald stanley bridgeforth is going to turn himself in to police. >> he said paul i want my life to be who i really am. i did something wrong. and reckless. i know i'm facing prison. i want you to surrender me. >> reporter: but there's a catch. bridgeforth is accused of two crimes but he is only admitting to the less serious one a 1968 shootout with redwood city police in which he was the only one injured. but he says he is not guilty of killing a san francisco police officer. authorities say members of the black liberation army shot and killed officer john young at the ingleside station back in 1971. in 2007, eight men were arrested but charges were later dropped against all but two and they pled guilty. authorities have long believed bridgeforth was the getaway driver. >> he is innocent of that case. he was not even in san francisco the day that that took place. >> reporter: harris says bridgeforth escaped to africa spent a year there, returned to the u.s. and married his commonlaw wife whose photo also was posted by the fbi. >> sinc

on the run for 40 years and it all ends today for one bay area fugitive, ronald stanley bridgeforth hasut with a pair of south san francisco officers. his lawyer says bridgeforth will only plead guilty to the shoot-out insisting he is innocent in the sister's death. the attorney general will decide if he will face charges in that case. >>> apple getting more competition today in the south bay. microsoft launching a new store just across from the apple store in valley fair mall. the new store taking some of its cues from apple and why not. table setup with microsoft products in a hands-on setting. pcs, xbox, windows phones, all on display here. the store holding its grand opening ceremony this morning starting at 9:30 and they're bringing out the stars. joe montana will be at the ribbon cutting ceremony and joe jonas will be at the mall this weekend as part of the grand op. >>> we'll have a check on your weather and traffic right after this break. welcome back. we have a lot of sunshine for now. everything is going to change as we head through tomorrow morning. enjoy. 70s and sunshine fo

ronald stanley is expected to surrender this morning. he's wanted in connection with the murders of police sergeant john young. his lawyers says bridgeforth will only plead guilty to the shootout and insist that his client is innocent in the officer's death. >> it is time to check in with meteorologist christina loren with a look at the forecast for today. >> good morning to you. it's a cold start. we're going to see sunshine for the first part of the day. clouds increasing as a cut-off low is closer to us. capable of producing significant rainfall at the coast. especially areas to the south of ma rin county as we wake up tomorrow morning we'll be in the thick of it. we have mostly clear skies overhead. we picked up a few clouds yesterday. high clouds snuck into the bay area. ma makes for warmer conditions. three to five degrees warmer than this time yesterday. take a look at what's head this way. this is just not moving. however, through the next 24 hours we are expecting it to take a turn. not only to the south, but to the east. enough so to where this band of moisture sits over the coast. potentially and dumps rain on us. that's what w