. >> ayers and ruth brown his attorney said they are involved in a scheme to avoid paying up. >> they paid for the police officers to go through bankruptcy to try to duck their obligation to pay. glrg according to brown, cities yux indemnify the police officers. the cleveland police union contract even says the city must pay at least $1 million of financial judgments against an officer.but brown says the city instead paid for the police officers to file for bankruptcy in an attempt to avoid paying a thing. >> in order to take this maneuver, the city of cleveland had to do plenty. >> the city of cleveland would not talk to al jazeera citing on ongoing litigation, but did not satisfy the qualifications for indemnification. >> that is really sad, the city needs to take a look at themselves and get things nod. >> shauna smith sued a police officer for wrongfully shooting and killing her son kenny, an aspiring rapper. >> the thing that really bothers me is that -- normally, i would always call him a lot throughout the day. and people were telling me quit treating him like a baby because he

. >> ayres and his attorney, ruth brown, say he's now stuck in a scheme devised by the city to avoid paying up. >> after the judgment, the city of cleveland engaged in a tactic that to our knowledge is unprecedented across the country, and that is that they paid for the police officers to go through bankruptcy to try to duck their obligation to pay. >> according to brown, cities usually indemnify officers in civil cases. that means they pay the bill when a jury awards a financial judgment to someone. the cleveland police union contract even says the city must pay at least a million dollars of financial judgments against an officer, but brown said the city instead paid for the police officers to file for bankruptcy in an attempt to avoid paying a thing. >> in order to carry out this maneuver, the city of cleveland has to violate a lot of laws. it's clear that you're not allowed to spend taxpayer money on the personal bankruptcy of an employee. >> the city of cleveland would not speak to al jazeera, citing on going litigation. it has argued that the officers did not satisfactory the qu

jeffrey brown recently helped ruth reichl prepare a meal in her new york city kitchen. 's an encore look. >> brown: spicy tuscan kale, pork and tomatillo stew, and, yes, cake that cures everything, just some of the recipes that ruth reichl says saved her life and are now collected in her new book, part cookbook, part memoir, titled "my kitchen year." that year came in 2009, when" gourmet," the nation's oldest food and wine magazine, was suddenly shut down by its publisher, conde nast, and reichl's ten-year reign as editor abruptly ended. she'd been one of the country's most prominent food writers since the 1970s, as a critic at the "los angeles times" and "new york times," and in her bestselling memoirs. now suddenly jobless, what to do? she hunkered down, started whipping up recipes, and tweets about them, and gained a large new following. in her new york apartment recently, we talked about life changes and the simple pleasuren of cooking. so, i'm getting the tuscan kaleg that's what you picked? >> you are-- that's what i picked. you sound like a vegetable guy to me.u (

governor brown's office has not commented on the report. >>> weekend bart riders are adjusting their ruths as crews work on stretches in the east bay. because of a mystery problem causing train to short circuit. and, it is the first weekend for maintenance work between the bay fair and san leandro stations on the fremont line. >>> a free bus bridge is being offered there while crews work on much needed track repairs. they are replacing 2,000 feet of worn rail. 950 wooden ties and other track components. five more weekend closures are scheduled. >>> and in san jose, there is no light rail service right now between the civic center and saint james station. crews are repairing a cracked rail. a bus bridge is available there. the repairs should be finished by tomorrow. >>> there is a catch in the crab season. not the kind that makes people happy. crabbers were allowed to start going out on boats after midnight, but no prices have been agreed on. crab season was put on hold because of a toxic algae bloom. >>> bernie sanders. democrats in three states made their picks and a majority of them felt