>>reporter: san jose fire union president admits he is shocked by the allegations.known quest for years. but the task force which includes the department of justice has been investigating quest for months. d oj spokesperson tells me a tip led them to quest who later allegedly sold drugs to undercover agents. today they seized checked his work computer while quest was taken away to san jose police headquarters for questioning. >> we are held to hire standard and at any time there's any kind of news that may violate the public trust or anything like that is correct i think it's a cause for pause and it's really disturbing to all of us. >>reporter: investigators don't think any of the illegal activity happened on company time but they do think quest used his position as firefighters to gain the children trust. fire department spokesperson released this statement late tonight saying quote we are surprised this event has happen. we are not jumping to conclusions and we are not prosecuting him. this is an ongoing investigation. until 6 months ago quest worked at station 1

. >> san jose fire union president admits he is shocked bit allegations. he has known mario cuestas for years. the task force which includes the department of justice has been investigating mario cuestas for months. a spokesman said that a tip led them to cuestas who allegedly sold drugs to undercover agents. they seized and check the work computer while he was taken away to san jose headquarters for questioning. >> we are held to a higher standard and when there is any kind of news that may violate the public trust it is a cause for pause. it is disturbing to all us. >> investigators do not think any of the illegal activity happened on company time. they do think mario cuestas used his position as a firefighter to gain the children's trust. a fire department spokesman released this at the same time saying and i quote, "we're surprised this event has happened. we are pa not jumping to conclusions. we are not prosecuting him. this is an ongoing investigation o until six months ago he worked from station one downtown but was hurt and shifted to a new positio

>>reporter: san jose fire union president admits he is shocked by the allegations. he's known quest for years. but the task force which includes the department of justice has been investigating quest for months. d oj spokesperson tells me a tip led them to quest who later allegedly sold drugs to undercover agents. today they seized checked his work computer while quest was taken away to san jose police headquarters for questioning. >> we are held to hire standard and at any time there's any kind of news that may violate the public trust or anything like that is correct i think it's a cause for pause and it's really disturbing to all of us. >>reporter: investigators don't think any of the illegal activity happened on company time but they do think quest used his position as firefighters to gain the children trust. fire department spokesperson released this statement late tonight saying quote we are surprised this event has happen. we are not jumping to conclusions and we are not prosecuting him. this is an ongoing investigation. until 6 months ago quest worked at sta

>>reporter: san jose fire union president admits he is shocked by the allegations. he's known quest for years. but the task force which includes the department of justice has been investigating quests. d oj spokesperson tells me a tip led them to quest who later allegedly sold drugs to undercover agents. today they seized checked his work computer while quest was taken away to san jose police headquarters for questioning. >> we are held to hire standard and at any time there's any kind of news that may violate the public trust or anything like that is correct i think it's a cause for pause and it's really disturbing to all of us. >>reporter: investigators don't think any of the illegal activity happened on company time but they do think quest used his position as firefighters to gain the children trust. fire department spokesperson released this statement late tonight saying quote we are surprised this event has happen. were not jumping to conclusions and we are not prosecuting him. this is an ongoing investigation. until 6 months ago quest worked at station 1 downt

. >> san jose fire union president admits he is shocked bit allegations.rio cuestas for years. the task force which includes the department of justice has been investigating mario cuestas for months. a spokesman said that a tip led them to cuestas who allegedly sold drugs to undercover agents. they seized and check the work computer while he was taken away to san jose headquarters for questioning. >> we are held to a higher standard and when there is any

the san jose fire department union president telling us this is upsetting for everyone. >> any time aember of the fire department is involved in something that is not consistent with what we are here to do it is disturbing. every person in the fire department is going to be deeply touched by any bad news like that. >> the san jose fire department said "we are surprised this event happened. we are not jumping to connectses and not prosecuting him." the investigation includes the department of just has been going on for months and it started with a tip and at some point mario cuestas sold drugs to undercover officers. >>> we broke the story on twitter and that is where you can get the updates as it breaks at abc7 news bay area. >> bart passengers and uc berkeley communities warned to look out for symptoms of a highly contagious disease after a california student may have exposed thousands to measles. >> people are feeling nervous and vulnerable. this is where the student caught the train last week, tuesday through friday, here and took it to uc berkeley. officials say that means thousan

san jose. police and fire unions blame it for the rising crime rate. he is expected to keep pushing for more financial stability for the city. >> we created a solid foundation. we made the tough decisions. the next council will have it easier but still many big challenges. he says there's still concern about the next ten years being marred by a rising retirement cost and what that will entail. >> well, someone out there just got very rich. it's not silicon valley rich. it's lotto rich. one single winner bought the golden ticket at a south bay gas station. we still don't know who the winner is, but today the state lottery worker said he bought the ticket at a milpitas gas station. the station gets a million bucks for selling the ticket. kimberly is in milpitas. the big question now is who is the winner and what happens to the station? >> reporter: we are still waiting to find that out. the station already got their reward. this is it. you're looking at it. it's a chevron gas station and convenience store located on dixon landing road. it's now talk of t

san jose fire department. >> reporter: on cuestas's facebook page it lists his home as san lorenzo and that he's a singer for the catholic diocese. more charges could be coming depending upon what they discover. the union disappointed. firefighters are supposed to help people, not hurt them. jag, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> the huge storms across the country are having a devastating effect on the economy as a whole and one industry in particular. pam cook is live in the studio with the reason the weather is wreaking havoc on this holiday. >> the weather will keep delivery trucks in the garage. valentine's day the busiest day of the year for most flower industry and business owners. but in many places drivers will not be able to get through the snow. one flower storeowner in virginia says 80% of valentine's day business occurs on valentine's day and the day before. but they had to cut off orders and deliveries a couple of days ago. >> we had to start making decisions of what we're gone do. we decided we are gonna cut off delivery for the 13th and 14th. that's a major piece of florist business. >> now, the massive amount of snow also affecting the economy as a whole. some economists now loweri