>> if the courts were willing to transfer to san bruno, that is a whole systemic question. it is not just the people housing, but the people being sent since we are not the ones doing the prosecuting and sentencing. there is also pretrial; already made the people near the court that are able to have greater access to the system here. >> supervisor avalos: has there been any cost analysis? >> it is significant. by the sheriff department and by consultants outside, i believe about 17 dollars. >> supervisor avalos: on an annual basis, transportation back and forth to san bruno. >> that's right. we don't have the space anyway. we would not be able to be able to maximize all space in san bruno in lieu of not having space here at the hall of justice. >> supervisor avalos: thank you isn't it true that the public safety bond that we have a couple of years ago the original version actually had to rebuild of - -- and it was taken off because it was deemed politically unfeasible for the voters to support a bond that would actually -- >> i believe that was the case. i forgot what year

. >> in the shadow of san bruno, do you think it's appropriate for mr. peevey to receive this kind of award from your organization? >> absolutely. >> union lobbyist scott wech hosted the reception. >> does an award like this compromise his objectivity? >> i don't believe so. >> you're trying to buy influence, right? >> no, not at all. >> this is a slap in the face. this is humiliation for the death of my daughter. and it hurts. breaks my heart to know that he's going to be recognized for safety. >> mr. peevey, a couple more questions. >> thank you very much. >> following the reception, mr. peevey was escorted out a side door, apparently trying to avoid our camera and questions. >> mother who lost a daughter in san bruno says you accepting that helmet and award is a slap in her face. what do you say to her?

green and miss brown who live at the residence on san bruno avenue. there are a lot of habit ability issues; leaks and problems with the windows. the windows are bolted down so if there were a fire or emergency, the fire department would have problems getting in, getting access. miss brown who is a resident there has some very significant health issues. she's a disabled elder who is trying to age in place. she has a care provider, but the health issues that she has, the habit ability issues in the residence makes it a difficult situation for her. the temperature going to either extremely cold to extremely hot, the moisture coming in through various leaks, leaky refrigerator, the windows that can't open, there is problem with the windows and wiring. from what i understand, there has been on going problems with the property owner and other properties. there is a seven page article about this on going problem with this particular management ownership company that has this property that it's a long going thing. i think there is something like 300 cases th

. >> and i was thinking about the horrible situation in san bruno.overed by insurance. s that insurers will take a look at typical risk do. all the math and they come up what is and isn't covered. an explosion is covered. you have pg&e who is responsible for that whole process going through and finding where the money is going to come to rebuild those homes. >> cheryl: renters, there are millions of renters and not that many people think to get renters insurance? >> they assume, i don't have that much. i don't need insurance. when you start adding up all your contents, your belongings you realize how much money is in those contents. so one of the things you want to do is look into renter's insurance, you are looking at120 policy. that covers the contents. now if something does happen to the apartment you are living in or rental home, if it is damaged your contents coverage will be covered. the property for landlord will cover the structure. >> so for everybody, write it down, keep receipts, video? >> conduct a home inventory. it can be low-tech, take

that just doesn't sit well with at least one san bruno resident. >>. >> a special presentation will be made to michael peavy, president of the california public utility commission. >> renee morales daughter jessica was one of the eight people killed in the san bruno explosion. >> in his tireless work on systems rye liability and safety. >> she's reading the formal invitation, a reception for legislators honoring the safety record of puc president michael peeve ee. >> i find it appalling that he's receiving an award for anything relating to safety. >> in fact, this confidential internal document first reported by nbc bay area earlier this year found high ranking cpuc employees questioning the agency's commitment to safety under peevey. >> kovaleski, do you have a moment? just a couple questions. >> monday evening in the basement of the capitol, the coalition of california utility employees, the union representing pg and e workers, hosted the reception. >> do you think it's appropriate to be here accepting an award for safety in light of the fact you're about to decide on pg and e's pena

does that mean san bruno might have been prevented? >> i think everyone wants to know what would have happened had that money been spent. >> reporter: kelly teaches business at san francisco state and she wouldn't teach her students to hold funds mandated for safety ever. but especially a public utility. >> if you want to know that the money that has been earmarked for a particular use is being spent for that use, especially when it's something as important in the $50 million case. >> reporter: she says other audits show the company had trouble knowing where money was going for other purposes too. >> pg&e has strongly disagrees with the findings. >> reporter: the company's spokesman says the safety money the report investigated was meant for a different type of gas line than blew up in san bruno. critics say it shows how poorly past management worked. >> new leadership in place who encourages the safety culture. >> reporter: although the report also said the utility hasn't changed enough since san bruno to make up for the bad job it di

>> he is scheduled to vote on the size and impact of pg&e's role in the san bruno disaster.he lobbiest says that his employees have supported significant penalties for pg&e. i'm tony kovaleski, nbc bay area news. >> if you have a tip for the investigative unit give us a call at 888-996-tips or send an e-mail to theunit @nbcbayjr..com. >>> the judge has ruled that prosecution experts will not be allowed to testify against a key 911 call on the night that treyvon martin was killed. it will be played in court. a jury of six women will decide george zimmerman's fate. he has pleaded to not guilty in the second degree murder in the death of martin. bobby blue band died at his home in memphis tonight. this is bland performing in his signature style. he often recorded with arrangements to accompany his smooth vocals. he was inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame in 1992. he made huge hits like "turn on your love light." he was 83 years of age. >>> the winner of this year's boston marathon returned today to bear a gift with significant mining. he presented his winning medal to

president, i just have a question for the general manager in response to the san bruno avenue question. >> okay. >> could we get some kind of written response as to how we try to manage disruption in commercial areas like that and it's not uncommon to limit how many blocks you have open at the same time and what kind of consideration we're giving to that? >> yes. i will follow-up, but typically, there is a process that you go through, through the process where you coordinate with other utility companies. you also work with the merchants to minimize the impact. so i will follow-up and see exactly what has been going on. >> thank you. >> so mr. allen, i am thinking july. >> pardon me? >> i am thinking july for the issues that you raised. >> thank you very much. >> i'm sorry it's taken to long, but things require time. any other public comments? all right, we'll move to "communications." any public comments on "communications?" there being none we'll move on to "other commission business." is there none? we'll move on to the report of the general manager. >> so first, i would like to ment

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deadly san bruno pipeline explosion.yers responded to the california p-u-c'se be fined two-and - a quarter billion dollars. san bruno officials said the c-p-u-c's terms allow the company to deduct part of the penalty from its taxes, which lets the utility "off the hook." p-g-and-e called the fine excessive and said its shareholders have paid more than two billion dollars in system upgrades. diablo view middle school officials in clayton are this morning. >> friday was a normal school day without incident. but earlier in the week, up the school. it was written on a wall in the girls' bathroom. routeas a precaution, administrators notified parents, students and staff. they also hired private security and took student handwriting samples. however, school officials have not yet identified the person responsible for writing the threat. lunch with billionaire warren buffeett isn't cheap. an anonymous bidder is paying over one-million dollars to dine with the successful investor and philanthropist. but that price is a bargain c

. ♪ inatrole in the san bruno pipeline explosion.tvu's mike mibach has more. >> reporter: we got to talk about the timing because tomorrow is the deadline to submit arguments in regards to how much pg&e should be fined. here we are talking about how four attorneys are no longer assigned to the case. three years later residents continue to try to rebuild. >> reporter: the signs are here. new back splash. new landscape. new homes. san bruno is rebuilding and the politics tied to the explosion that brought it down is resurfacing. the city manager. >> what we know is that there is massive turmoil inside of the p.u.c. >> four california public utilities commission attorneys investigating the san bruno pipeline explosion asked to be reassigned. >> they saw the ethical part of their job as attorneys, they have an obligation to abide by standards and they held to that. >> at issue the proposal penalty against pg&e. >> there is no fine attached to this and then they get the tax benefit as well. >> reporter: one of the four attorneys explained

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does that mean san bruno might have been prevented? >> i think everyone wants to know what would have happened had that money been spent. >> reporter: kelly teaches business at san francisco state and she wouldn't teach her students to hold funds mandated for safety ever but especially a public utility. >> you want to know that the money that has been earmarked for a particular use is being spent for that use especially when it's something as important in the $50 million case. >> reporter: she says other audits showed the company had trouble showing where the money went for other purposes, too. >> pg&e strongly disagrees with the findings. >> reporter: the company says the safety money the report investigated was meant for a different type of gas line than blew up in san bruno, although critics say it shows how poorly past management worked. >> new leadership in place who encourages the safety culture. >> reporter: although the report also said the utility has not changed enough since san bruno to make up for the bad job it did before

i will give you an example: it's been two months now that the streets of san bruno avenue have been torn up, and people on both sides cannot use the space for parking. san bruno avenue has contributed millions of dollars to the city and while the merchants are quiet, unlike say, geary or the potrero drive area, the city is taking advantage of it in many ways. our streets are not cleaned, potholes, millions of dollars are taken from our merchants and yet, how does >> we were wondering with that might be calendared also? i have two more questions and maybe you are aware of this, but the $2 million rec and park department and puc boathouse partnership at lake merced is behind schedule and it's $400,000 overbudget now. area and we're just wondering who is going to be paying for this $400,000 overrun? and finally, under the public utilities commission real estate division and this report was dated february 8th, 2012 and was brought here before the commission several months ago. under section 20 you land use, this caught my attention. it says and this is quoted, "through its watershed manageme

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that mean sam bruno may have been prevented. >> had that money been spent. >> teaches business at san francisco state and she wouldn't teach her students to hold funds mandated for safety. >> if you want to know that the money that has been earmarked for particular use is being spent for that use, especially when it is something of importance in the $50 million case. >> she says other audits show they have trouble knowing where money is going. >> pg and e disagrows with the findings. >> the safety money the report investigated was meant for a different type of gas line and blew up in san bruno. the critics say it shows how poorly management worked. >> encourages the safety culture. >> the report also said the utility has not changed enough to make up for the bad job it did before then. kpix5. >> the audit also found pg and e profits exceeded authorized levels by 12% in the years leading up to san bruno. >> well, it's a spring-time ritual. kids going to senior prom, but what if their designated ride to the dance is a dangerous one? julie watts on a party bus nightmare that the chp says

for the deadly san bruno explosion. he just accepted a safety award for the union's representing pg and e employees. tony kovaleski was in sacramento for the awards presentation. this has been ongoing and mr. peavy's objectivity. >> yes, it has, raj. it certainly raises more questions. the president has faced accusations of getting too cozy with utilities he regulates. now, a safety award. that just doesn't sit well with at least one san bruno resident. >>. >> a special presentation will be made to michael peavy, president of the california public utility commission. >> renee morales daughter jessica was one of the eight people killed in the san bruno explosion. >> in his tireless work on systems rye liability and safety. >> she's reading the formal invitation, a reception for legislators honoring the safety record of puc president michael peeve ee. >> i find it appalling that he's receiving an award for anything relating to safety. >> in fact, this confidential internal document first reported by nbc bay area earlier t

. >>> more controversy surrounding the extensive san bruno pipeline investigation. pg&e has been fined but no one is happy. some say the penalties seem to be more of a friendly deal. kpix 5's linda yee on why people are so upset. what's going on? >> reporter: julie, after a two- year-long investigation, the state public utilities commission said it is time to throw the book at pg&e for what happened out here but victims of the pipeline explosion say that book reads more like a love story. >> certainly not a book and you could call it even a piece of paper. there's not much you're hitting them with. >> reporter: it was a deadly pg&e gas pipeline explosion. after a 2.5-year investigation, the puc ordered the utility to pay $2.25 billion in fines and penalties. but it turns out, pg&e is actually getting a deal. instead of paying out, the puc is letting the utility deduct from the fine the billions already spent fixing the pipeline system and making it safe. and they get a tax credit for all that money spent. an apparent violation of state law that requires penalties go

the city manager here in san bruno, connie jackson, wants to find out why. why would they resign now? >>> we don't know. that's what we want to know. the disarray inside the puck troubles us greatly. we are gravely concerned that a reasonable, fair and just outcome can be obtained at this point. >> reporter: do you think they're under pressure, something's going on, where would that come from that kind of influence? >> again, we don't know. i wouldn't want to speculate except to say that throughout the course of the last three years, we have become concerned about what actually is going on inside of the puc, who is making the decisions and how is that being done, is it being done if the best interests of the citizens of the state of california? >> reporter: yeah. something is going on. what's going on? she can't tell me. nobody can tell me. we have put calls into the state attorney general's office, have not received any word from them. the cpuc will say only that these lead investigators have taken themselves off the case, but won't offer any explanation. n

i'm here in front of san bruno city hall. i just finished speaking with the city manager, connie jackson. she says her office found out last night that the four attorneys, the four experts, the people who have been gathering all the information about that gas pipeline explosion in september 2010, they all took themselves off the case. and there's no explanation for this. and she says she is extremely concerned. why would they resign now? >> we don't know why. that's what we want to know. the disarray inside of the puc troubles us greatly. we've gravely concerned that a reasonable, fair and just outcome can be obtained at this point. >> reporter: do you think they are under pressure? something's going on? somebody up above, i mean, where would that come from, that kind of influence? >> again, we don't know. i wouldn't want to speculate except to say that throughout the course of these last three years, we have become concerned about what actually is going on inside of the puc, who is making the decisions and how is that being

and you will notice some slowdowns there as you make your way into san bruno. 280 by the way is moving at the limit. for silicon valley commuters, 880 and westbound 237, so far no delay leaving milpitas towards sunnyvale. and here's that right coming out of the altamont pass so it's 18 minutes or so in the clear still through the livermore valley so that's off to a great start. your most popular drive times for the east bay are looking good if you are traveling the nimitz, even with that roadwork there, and down the eastshore freeway. 19 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. that is a check of traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> america's most powerful military leaders were summoned to capitol hill to answer for the epidemic of sexual assaults in the ranks. cbs reporter david martin on how the top brass handled or didn't handle the scandal. >> reporter: with one exception the senior officers who marched into the committee room were all men. and they all objected to legislation to take the decision to prosecute sexual assault away from commanders in the field. but comm

as mike mibach reports, the mayor of san bruno reports that the plan is in disarray. >> reporter: san bruno's crest view neighborhood is rebuilding and the explosion that brought it down is resurfacing. >> we're outraged. >> reporter: connie jackson. >> what we know is that there's massive turmoil inside of the puc. >> reporter: four california public utility commission attorneys speculate that attorneys have asked to be reassigned. state senator jerry hill. >> they saw the ethical part of their job as attorneys they have a professional obligation to abide by certain ethical standards and they held to that. >> reporter: at issue the $2.25 million proposed penalty against the cpuc. >> so there's no real fine attached to this then they get the tax benefit. >> reporter: one of the four attorneys who asked to be reassigned explained why he did so in an e-mail. saying recommendations that were to be made were unlawful and contrary to what our team had hoped to accomplish. >> for the eight people who lost their lives in san bruno right here there's no justice in this. >> reporter: a spokesp

as mike mibach reports, the mayor of san bruno reports that the plan is in disarray. >> reporter: san view neighborhood is rebuilding and the explosion that brought it down is resurfacing. >> we're outraged. >> reporter: connie jackson. >> what we know is that there's massive turmoil inside of the puc. >> reporter: four california public utility commission attorneys speculate that attorneys have asked to be reassigned. state senator jerry hill. >> they saw the ethical part of their job as attorneys they have a professional obligation to abide by certain ethical standards and they held to that. >> reporter: at issue the $2.25 million proposed penalty against the cpuc. >> so there's no real fine attached to this then they get the tax benefit. >> reporter: one of the four attorneys who asked to be reassigned explained why he did so in an e-mail. saying recommendations that were to be made were unlawful and contrary to what our team had hoped to accomplish. >> for the eight people who lost their lives in san bruno right here there's no justice in this. >> reporter: a spokesperson in cpuc

. >>> new information in the investigation into the deadly -- san bruno pipeline explosion. part of the legal team looking into pg&e resigned. four cpuc lawyers removed themselves from the case and they want the attorney general find out why. they were main exports on the blast -- exports on the blast. -- experts on the blast. they spent two years investigating that blast in 2010 that killed 8 and destroyed 38 homes. san bruno city manager sent a letter asking them to investigation. >>> prosecutors say a dna hit from a stamp helped them solve a smear campaign and led to a new charge against disgraced former santa clara county supervisor george shirakawa. in 2010 the district attorney says someone sent out unemployers from another candidate. flyers from another candidate. she wound up losing by 20 votes. the break came when george shirakawa was booked on charges of misusing public funds and his dna was entered into the state database. >> the dna matched from the stamp matched george shirakawa. this broke the case open. >> george shirakawa turned himself in this morning. >>> t

case no. 6774. 3554 san bruno avenue. owner of record and appellant. richard thomas environment and land management. the appellant is requesting that the abatement appeals board grant jurisdiction. >> the case is the same. we request that you not do so on this case. >> just for clarification, there has not been an order of abatement on this item, is that correct? >> with respect to the legal use, no. there has not. >> david berry, my comments from before should apply equally to this. if you have any questions i would like to answer them. >> if your client would like to speak, he can do so now on your three minutes. >> thank you very much. when i found this notice, i did show good cause. i was basically being penalized by allegedly having this phantom unit among the one building in question and that building is at 3556 through 3564 san bruno avenue. it's that old building that we have a handout that was part of the san born marp that it was in existence in 1990. after checking the record myself i found it was hooked up to gas the first 1265 is mentioned

according to san bruno city officials, four california publictiliti commission lawyers quit. they were the commisisons main experts on the 2010 blast that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. >> pam: calling on the state attorney general to examine the reasons behind the resignations. this news comes as the agency was to decide a fine for p-g-and- e. which owns the pipeline. driving again. >> pam: the loss angeles times report that it was a wider probe into corporate corruption. the fbi had to search warrants one for calderon office in sacramento and the other for the officer of the latino legislative office in which water mark is a member. >> pam: the not so sweet sound of an economic recovery. traffic backed up and april was up in april up to 10 percent nationwide 22% in san francisco and 24 by% in san jose. the seventh most most congested roads in the country. the average driver is stopped in traffic nearly three hours each month 33 hours each year proved the city is third in the country behind los angeles and honolulu and tent and the world. san francisco waste mor

in the peninsula, we will see 70s in places like san bruno.ite a range for the east shores as well. low 70s in richmond and alameda. 89 in union city. for the east bay inland valleys. temperatures in the triple budgets. 100 debris in brentwood. 97 down in pleasantton. for south bay, we are looking at conditions in the 90s as well. 91 in campbell. 86 in mountainview. in the north bay, upper 80s in luw 90s in santa rosa. but the bottom line is it is going to be hot out there tomorrow. temperatures five to 15 degrees warmer than today. as we head into saturday, staying on the hot size. but then monday, temperatures drop dramatically. much closer to average this time a year. below where we should be. that is where we will stay into early next week. >> well sorry about my throat trying to close up here. the cloak is ticking for students with government school loans. today, senators failed to keep interest rates on student loans from doubling. it is set to take place on july 1. proposals came from democrats and republicans, but they could not agree

. >>> there are more changes adds the agency decides punishment for the san bruno gas line disaster. the chief attorney who was once a pge lawyer was criticized after determining the proposed fine was far too high. that angered a lot of consumer advocates. >> we're concern had the the internal disputes within the cpuc is going to divert resources and the focus they need. >> the chief attorney recused himself. the new attorney in charge of the case said while there are some internal understands, they're committed to bringing justice to san bruno residents. >>> a woman is believed to have escaped a car fire. witnesses say the car burst into flames after the driver hit a wall on 880 in oakland. a highway patrol officer broke the window to look inside to ski if anybody was in there. the fire was put out. they believe the woman got out of the car and was picked up by something else. >>> dozens of weapons were seized last month. the sheriff's department partners with other agencies to reduce violent crimes especially ones related to fire arms. >> the significance with this see which you ar

>> reporter: well, it's been almost three years and the people who live here in san bruno examine allinformation related to that deadly explosion and this particular audit is not exception. the audit findings show that pg&e failed to spend some $50 million that was supposed to be used to prevent a pipe line disaster like this one. the report leads people to wonder where did the money go. the auditor could not say exactly where the money was spent but blamed ineffective executive management and listed several areas with pg&e failed to maintain even its own standards. pg&e acknowledged the report but said the utility company is focused on moving forward. >> this is a report about past practices. 2011 and 2012 are good examples of how we've put money back in our system to the tune of $400 million. >> reporter: marc co-any is the executive director to have the unit network. he says he is not convinced that pg&e is putting safety first. >> the biggest problem with the audit is that it documents that pg&e underspent on pipe line safety and overspent on corporate profits. >> reporter: pg&e h

we have this sig alert, southbound 101 out of san francisco at san bruno avenue. ke a look at this. bumper-to-bumper traffic. outside we go, live look, san mateo bridge, gorgeous shot, clear conditions, few more cars slowing us down from hayward into foster city. time to announce today's winner of the gas giveaway. you have won $700 in free gas cards from shell. we still have three winners to go. you still have a chance to get in on the action. click the like button on our facebook page. you still need to fill out that page on facebook page and announce another winner right here. >>> every day this week. you could be next. >> seven things to know before you go. >>> live look at the golden gate bridge, a gorgeous shot in terms of blue skies. tiny bit of fog and low clouds, traffic moving well. one final check on weather and traffic in a minute. >> here are seven things to know. number one, union city police are expected to release more information about a boy that was mauled to death by a dog. attack happened on elizabeth way yesterday. the dog that attacked the chi

according to san bruno city officials for california public utilities commission's lawyers quit. there were the commission's man's expert on the 2010 blast that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. several city officials are now calling on said attorney-general to of the reasons behind the resignation. this news comes as an agency was to decide a fine for pg&e which owns the pipeline. eight investigators a recall for pg&e to be fined 2.2 $5 billion. >> police say crime for oakland continued to spill into the city of san leandro. but recently investigators tell kron fours phillipe djgeal that an emphasis on getting a step ahead kron was leading to a reduction crime pric. >> police are giving prince intensifier to pass along to their neighbors \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / >> s f p d released a statement which it did not directly address the is a study which was a 2001 to 2010-- >> and newly released nationwide aclu report says african-americans are more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession that caucasians. the aclu says that in 2010190 to african- americ

the areas that are getting a few sprinkles and near the airport, south san francisco, headed to san bruno back to colma and daly city, a few sprinkles are falling with the light showers moving from east to west. notice when the storm came from livermore it did have lightning with it but have not seen any on our tracking but we are getting tweets reporting we had lightning in union city. they are calming down and it looks like the best chance of light showers will continue mainly around the bay area in the extreme north bay. leyla gulen? >> we have good conditions out there throughout the bay area at 6:30 1 and we are tracking this, lights out at the tunnel as you move from orinda to 13, we are reporting there are lights out in the tunnel and that could be potentially dangerous. be came. >> on the waze app we are tracking this as we look at our drive across the bay area, inch by inch our commute time is ranching up and we see heavy traffic and it will take 16 minutes to go from oakland to san francisco and you can track your own traffic with the abc7 news exclusive app at apple app and goo

at ktvu.com, we have posted the letter from the city of san bruno. it near the top of the home page. >>> firefighters in southern california say they finally have the upper hand in a 50 square mile powerhouse fire. a spokesperson says there has been moke, but no open flames seen -- smoke, but no open flames seen today. it started last week in the angeles national forest near palmdale, and destroyed 24 homes. >>> in news of the world tonight, in turkey, protesters burned barricades in a park as part of their ongoing protest against the government. turkish people are turning against the government, many accuse the prime minister of acting like a dictator. in syria, government forces and hezbollah fighters from lebanon captured a strategic city after seven weeks of falling. it is considered a major defeat for the rebels trying to overthrow president assad. the rebels managed to hold off assad forces until the hezbollah forces joined in the battle. in russia, police arrested more than 200 undocumented migrants. most of them came from asia. they had a caf

we got you from our san bruno cam. that is a live look over san francisco. can see low hanging clouds as the heat gets ready to roll in on this friday eve, also

. >> san bruno officials are asking the california attorney general to look into why lawyers have quit the investigation into pg&e, at least four california public utility lawyers working on the penalties that pg&e would face for the 2010 pipeline explosion and fire are no long we on the case. city officials say that raises questions of the integrity of the investigation. they claim the lawyers asked to be reassigned. and pg&e faces $2.25 billion penalty which the utility calls excessive. >> a superior court in alameda will decide whether three charter schools in oakland can remain open. today, it is supposed to be the final day for the american indian public charter school which rank among the top in the nation. the oakland unified school district revoked their charter in march after finding a number offing regulators. parented and administration have allied for a temporary restraining order appealing to the board of education. the three schools want to re-open june 20 for the extended summer program but cannot without a decision from the board. >> are you ready for the warm-up? >>gue

website to just general access to finding somebody who might be incarcerated in our san francisco or san bruno jail system. that initiative has been underway and we are confident that the results will be well received. and then on -- i believe that on the next slide in the overtime expenditure, the ability to go ahead and tackle the overtime i think hurdle that has faced the department for some years since it has been out of the last 10 years there have been five of those 10 where the sheriff's department is sought a supplement driven by overtime needs, our ability to bring in new sworn members into the department and our ability to put in an internal alarm system that helps the three divisions to track potential overtime, and our cfo being able to help really supervise that system, that we i think will make a significant dent in what is long overdue. and lastly, in the last slide, to some of the questions that have been posed and that i've heard asked to other departments such as in a culturally appropriate programming, that is something that our department, as i said, is really legendary for

san bruno wants pg&e to pay penalties amounting to almost $4 billion and also recommends the utility be fined. pg&e says both proposed penalties are excessive. >> a judge today sentenced a father to three years in jail for kidnapping his two children from their home and stealing a yablgt from an alameda marina. the 43-year-old will likely just spend nine months behind bars he surrendered near santa cruz. he believes his his attorney says he had no idea what he did. >> california's more lok closely. and nannette miranda has the story now on the fight over $3 million. >> the state's foster children are el j jibl until age 21 for coverage under medical. a program for low income californians. they lose insurance after that. >> i don't have. >> i safety net. >> that is what happened to this stanford grad who has a painful chronic illness is uninsured. >> they limit it and try to tough it out and take whatever tylenol you can and maybe spend a day in bed or something like that. or front the cost governoring to the emergency room. >> in 2014 former foster youth will be required under the fe