that was 96 vic dems in the air force 96 vic dems. that encouraged and emboldened them to get through that process and to feel less free victimized by that process and they've got care to explain why things are happening the way they are. so, i believe there's multiple reasons our surveys have shown why people do not report. we know that one of them is the belief this is a difficult process to get through. that's not the only reason. i think i would turn it over to major general patton to let you know what the survey revealed and told us among the various reasons people don't report. >> lieutenant general chipman. >> senator, to follow on what general harding said, these are the most difficult kinds of allegations to share with anyone. these are the intimate details of personal lives, bodily integrity. this masher over that thayer, a great desire for privacy on the part of the terms to avoid general knowledge among unit members, the community of the kinds of things inflicted upon them. finally, what is different about military service

vic lee is live at the school headquarters tonight with the story. vic? >> well, hoover elementary school is scheduled to open in the 2014 academic year but it's not a done deal. a group calling itself alliance for responsible neighborhood planning filedded this lawsuit to stop the opening saying that they want a more thorough traffic impact study. >> hoover school was built in 19 30s and shut doors in 1970s, it became a buddhist temple. the school district bought back the old campus. >> we need the space. we're busting out of the scenes here and there are people moving here. >> it's straddles the border. a group of paibs whose homes face the school filed a lawsuit saying they want a study before the school opens. >> safety is the issue. >> joe and diane say they're not against the school reopening but say they're concerned about the safety of the children who walk to school. >> three burlingame roads that lead to the school are narrow. >> there is not even one street or road for a kid to walk on safely without being intolerable danger doing so. >> not on

vic lee joins us live with the story you'll see only on abc 7 news. vic? >> well this, is the intersection of el cam yeeno and edgewood. i won't they've crossing now. today two dozen motorcycle cops from around the peninsula converged in redwood city to send a message to drivers. >> for the unit it's like shooting nish a barrel. nabbing drivers failing to yield to pedestrians. police decoy was in the streets. this was one of the 11 locations targeted in today's traffic enforcement operation. the locations identified with the traffic collision data and by citizen complaints or business complaints. >> it seemed police decoys were taking their lives into their hands. >> kind of scary. >> check out the cars, speeding by this decoy. a 9-year-old knew the perils here. >> if people here stop for which when they have to cross, it's dangerous some wanted to, well, remain anonymous. others saw futility of arguing. >> i stopped but what can i say? you know? he said i didn't. i said i did. you know? what can i do? and i'm not going to contest this? >> no. menlo park n

johnny williams spoke to vic lee. vic? >> johnny williams is now 38 years old. he considers this a new window in his life. he wants to go to school, he wants to find a skrob, wants to spend more time with his family. we spoke to him today here at the offices of the innocence project. >> i feel blessed. >> johnny williams kept his hope as live n 1998, williams was arrested for sexual assaulting a 9-year-old girl when she was walking to school in east oakland. the girl told her mother she heard her attacker say his name was johnny. >> the family knew johnny from the neighborhood. they heard the name, they jumped to a conclusion that it was johnny williams. >> during trial the girl testified williams was the attacker. he was sent to prison in san diego. the 14 years there, he said was a living hell. his spirit dmot be defeated. >> i read my books. >> reality was innocence. one day, learned about the innocence project. >> i say i'm going to take this chance. >> this was the letter in 2006 that touched a staff at the innocence project. he says he was innocent, please

abc 7 news vic lee is live at the scene tonight. vic? >> dan this, is indeed a tragedy.t a family. we're told the patriarch of the family died just last year and now, his wife, and their two sons. they're coming down. you can tell. look? that is not 25. they're speeding. >> neighbors who live along eastmore avenue watch a parade of speeding cars. they're convinced speed was partially to blame. tatiana dropped by the tribute to the three victims of the collision. she knew the family. tatiana grew up with the 14-year-old. >> really good at soccer and really smart. had honor classes and tried his best. he wanted to go to college. >> the accident happened after 8:00 saturday night here on the 100 block of eastmore avenue. police aren't giving out much information just that two cars were involved. one that carry themd was apparently broadsided by another vehicle. he, his older brother and her mother died at the scene. amato's girlfriend was injured and taken to the hospital. the car police say struck their vehicle was driven by dennis macedo of sunnyvale. he was not injured.

vic? >> this is a letter from the group. they say they're against tasers because they're afraid they'll be used on certain classes of people. a drug abusers, mentally disabled and minorities. >> an overwhelming number of them come from our community. they're arrested it seems to be a majority rate in san francisco. >> every time there is a high profile officer involved shooting the taser rears it's head again. the latest debate triggered last year, officers shot and killed after he assaulted a co-worker on the embarcadero. the chief told the police commission then he believes tasers could save skplifs to start with, he wanted to arm certain officers with tasers. asking officers there are 74 of them now. >> the public information officer said it would be a way to test. >> we're saving lives it can be proven as a viable tool for officers to use. >> the police commission held public hearings and response to the chief request. it may vote next month. so, this letter from the officers for justice is timely. a leading opponent wit

vic lee is live tonight with the exclusive details of the arrest. vic?engthy investigation. the agent, gilbert lamb was caught by san jose police officer as signed to the task force on internet crime against children. he lived in san francisco, they turned this case over to police here in that is where wr our story begins. police arrested gilbert lamb for exchanging child porn on the internet. investigators found more than 85 images and videos. the inspector tells abc 7 news he was stunned at computer set up. >> it was quite elaborate. resources and electronics expert ease he had. i remember he had a down closet and like his own independent server, computers and hard drives. storage devices. >> lamb is a homeland security agent. working in customs and border protection. prosecutors say he worked at san francisco international airport security check point for passengers from overseas flights. homeland security launched its own investigation of lamb. the agency gave the findings to the u.s. attorney for prosecution. >> came back to us and felt it would be

vic lee abc 7 news. >> vic, thank you. >> city college will know if n.a few months if it has to close. the college had until today to come up with a plan to fix many problems. now, it's up to acrediting commission. leanne? >> well, the college officials presented three documents today. the main one is 343 pages long, e mailed this afternoon to the committee. the reported is said to be as good as it gets. john rizzo says he's satisfied. >> prob are probably thousands of hours of work by hundreds of people. >> main document is outlining what college of san francisco has done to address 14 deficiencies bound by the commission for community and junior colleges. among them, city college told it had to find ways to become stable. so far, the college has lowered teacher salaries and cut back on the number of classes offered. much to the dissatisfaction of teachers and stud yentsz. >> trying to make our classrooms more crowded. people here earn too little. we have opposition but we're pulling together as best we can. >> still, college's financial outlook appears uncertain. labor contracts hav

vic lee is live with the latest. vic? >> this was the rise and fall of a popular politician.ounty supervisor took over his father's seat when he died. his gamble addiction got the better of him. tonight, today, his nightmare ended here at this court house. the disgraced former supervisor made no statements in court, never showed emotion, appearing with just his lawyer. no entourage. he stood before the judge as he read list of charges against him, he pled guilty to each of the counts. he also pleaded guilty for seven misdemeanors. the 58-year-old is accused of using taxpayer mb money and donations as a personal piggy bank. prosecutors say he used a county card to pay pay for gambling expenses to vegas. hotel suites. part of the deal, he resigned from the board of supervisors and could have received eight years for his crimes but prosecuters only asking for a year in county jail. he owes the state $50,000. he's paid back 7,000. he left the court house without saying anything. >> the prosecutor explained why she only asked for a year in jail rather than a long prison sentence.

vic lee was there. >> gilbert lamb did not enter a plea.ocused on the evidence against the 38-year-old agent. lamb was first arrested almost a year and a half ago on charges of exchanging child porn on the internet. investigators say they found 83 egg images at his home. >> reaction of this defendant given it was a homeland security agent are deplorable. >> u.s. attorney turned the case over to the da which decided to prosecute lamb. he was rearrested and held on $250,000 bail. lamb's lawyer lucy mcallister asked the judge to release him on his own recognizance and says her client was in the a flight right after this expect was free on bail during the initial investigation, he did not escape. >> potential for further investigation was not only high, it was true. owe went to work every day, like form normal, innocent until proven guilty. >> mcallister challenged prosecutor charges that lamb actually shared the files reportedly containing child porn. >> she indicated she does not have evidence and doesn't vefdz of locations where files were a

vic lee, abc 7 news. >> this is so sad vic, thank you. the family of an east bay woman is asking for help in locating her. she had been missing since last thursday. laura? >> yes. hi, cheryl. the family told us she had a big week planned including a trip to go see her brother in texas. so they don't think she was left on her own. she can barely imagine other possibilities. >> gloria torres is pleading for help for information lead together safe return of her 31-year-old daughter erica. >> you don't want to think those thoughts but it's -- getting you know, been days now. and we haven't heard from her. >> this video shows a woman the family believes is mascaleres walking past a bakery. the owner is distributing copies of the video in efforts to help locate the woman. >> what is your hope? >> i hope that she's found. and i hope she's not hurt. sunday, friends and family held a vigil distributing flyers around the neighborhood. >> supposed to fly out friday morning. >> her brother fly out saying his sister was supposed to visit him but she d

abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live with this new development. vic?ners apparently made up their minds after this violence saturday morning. they came over here to city hall today to tell officials of the entertainment commission of their decision. >> they have surrendered their entertainment permit to us meaning it will never be 330 rich again. >> the executive director of the commission told abc 7 news she met with owners of the club this morning. they told her they're shutting down after gunfire erupted at the nightclub saturday morning. three patrons were shot. one sent to the hospital in critical condition. witnesses said it apparently started inside after two men were arguing. dozens of shots fire bid gunmen. shell casings found not only inside of the club but up the alley to a parking lot on brannon street. police say this was the worst case of violence in entertainment venues since a man was killed and four others wounded in the suede nightclub shooting three years ago. supervisor hsu sponsored number russ bils we thought numbers were going do

threats reportedly against vic for running a dog fighting ring.we hear stories they were also threatened. the quarterback was scheduled to sign copies of an auto pie og fee in georgia, new jersey and pennsylvania. vic served 18 months in prison for the dog fighting ring. patti ann? >> heather, a lot can happen in a year. parps pile up, important documents go missing, your budget gets outdated so while you were spring cleaning why not clean up your finances while you are at it. here with tips is personal finance expert vera gibbons. >> i don't have my broom. sorry. step number one clean out your wallet. >> you have all sorts of stuff receipts business cards the whole nine yards. you can scan your receipts and business cards easy to store them and find them. paper iou's paper checks why not do away with those and do a social payment service. you can actually send money receive money from your bank accounts to any one you know your baby-sitter nanny family members friends. you need their cell phone number e-mail address simple as that no paper clutte

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what happens to this case, i am always going to be scared that somebody knows so much about me. >> vic abc7 news. >> the easter bunny won't come for a few more weeks, but some folks got an early start in burlingame. the peninsula humane society reduced rabbit adoption fees from $40 to $20 for people who want to give a new rabbit a home. there are tips on how to feed and care for the bunnies. about 150 to 200 rabbits are adopted every year at the humane society. leigh glaser has our forecast. >> we had highs in the upper 60s across the bay area. we are dry right now. live doppler 7hd is showing no returns at all. if you are traveling tomorrow, we are going to see snow through minneapolis and fargo. and that's where the coldest temperatures will be from st. louis to new orleans. that's where the rain will break sout. new orleans is 69 and 82 for dallas and denver may be a few flurries and seattle is dry tomorrow, but you can see the cold front off the coast. that will bring them rain on tuesday. here is a look at our state travel map. you will see los angeles tomorrow 68 and plenty of su

what happens to this case, i am always going to be scared that somebody knows so much about me. >> viclee, abc7 news. >> the easter bunny won't come for a few more weeks, but some folks got an early start in burlingame. the peninsula humane society reduced rabbit adoption fees from $40 to $20 for people who want to give a new rabbit a home. there are tips on how to feed and care for the bunnies. about 150 to 200 rabbits are adopted every year at the humane society. leigh glaser has our forecast. >> we had highs in the upper 60s across the bay area. we are dry right now. live doppler 7hd is showing no returns at all. if you are traveling tomorrow, we are going to see snow through minneapolis and fargo. and that's where the coldest temperatures will be from st. louis to new orleans. that's where the rain will break sout. new orleans is 69 and 82 for dallas and denver may be a few flurries and seattle is dry tomorrow, but you can see the cold front off the coast. that will bring them rain on tuesday. here is a look at our state travel map. you will see los angeles tomorrow 68 and plenty o

vic lee with the story that you will see only on abc 7 news. >> reporter: go to traffic school and get the ticket removed from your record. >> reporter: for the motorcycle unit it was like shooting fish in a barrel. they were nabbing drivers who pedestrians at to pa december cross walks. a police decoy crosses the street and the car goes by anyway. this was one of the locations targeted in today's traffic enforcement operation. the locations are identified with traffic collision data. they are also identified by citizens complaints or business complaints. >> reporter: many times it seemed as if the police decoys were taking their lives in their own hands. >> kind of scary. >> reporter: have you almost been run over at all? >> not yet, thank goodness. almost. >> reporter: check out the car speeding by the decoy. even 9-year-old sidney hoover knew the perils here. >> if people don't stop when the pede is strians had to stop it is dangerous. >> some wanted to remain anonymous. others simply saw the few are gowing with a man in blue. >> he says i didn't and i say i did. what can i do. i'm

vic? >> this local initiative is part of a ngsal campaign to ban the sale of disposable water bottles and national parks around the country. >> their campaign called think outside of the bottle. the group is now targeting the area and yosemite saying disposable water bottles are destructive. grand canyon reduced waste stream by 20% after going bottled water free. >> supervisors announced their support and hsu says he's set to introduce a bill in san francisco. >> i will be introducing legislation to for bid, prohibit the sale of single use plastic water bottles on city properties. >> the coalition says coca coalar using money and power fight them. >> though contribute to our national park system. >> american beverage association counters by saying they're a driving force behind efforts to increase recycling. >> consumers should be able to choose when and what they want to drunk. and so having bat watter in a bottle is important. >> most we spoke with said it would be a good idea to promote

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. >>> gone are the days of the old crown vic. there is a new police cruiser rolling into town. the upsides and downsides of the new ride. >> oh!! >> two! >> they are some of the chp's most wanted. why the highway patrol is specifically targeting women. >>> today was certainly warmer than yesterday. but still, the day that will hit near or record warmth. we'll pinpoint that day as the news continues right here on kpix 5. hey. they're coming. yeah. british. later. sorry. ok...four words... scarecrow in the wind... a baboon... monkey? hot stew saturday!? ronny: hey jimmy, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? jimmy: happier than paul revere with a cell phone. ronny: why not? anncr: get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. like this? the kind of years. but getting into the academy.. and graduating.. are two very d >>> the chp is hiring cadets for the first time in three years. but getting into the academy and graduating are two very different things. the only female cadet from her class to make it shows tony lopez

ford is discontinuing the crown vic because the times they are changing. >> what is different about this vehicle is it is more compact. >> lieutenant peter is showing off pleasant hill's newest police car. it's called a police intercepter, but looks more like a ford taurus. it has front wheel drive and a more fuel efficient engine and designed to handle all the modern communications equipment. >> this car was built with all the electronics in mind. so it's more efficient and you don't have to worry about dead batteries and things like that. >> demand for leaner cars has caused exeans like ford, gm, and dodge to retool their offerings, but these vehicles are the work space for patrol officers and they'll have to get used to less spacious surroundings. >> officers nowadays, many more are much more physically fit and they can sit in a vehicle a lot better. >> the tighter quarters will be noticeable for those who end up in the backseat as well. >> i don't think it would be a comfortable fit. fortunately, pleasant hill isn't that large of a city. so the trip from anywhere, some person got arr

. >>> they are going to get away from the crown vic? when it's unmark it's like an unmarked police car. >> i hope we don't see them in our rear view mirror >> you know what the red light means. it's all the same. "cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: tonight, the cur stain going up on the papal election. the next time these doors open on st. peter's square we'll meet the new leader of the world's catholics. mark phillips reports on one the world's catholics. mark phillips reports on one crisis that will be waiting on his desk. a "60 minutes" investigation finds high-risk drugs sold without f.d.a. then, you can't tell us sitting here now that every drug being used in the united states is safe and effective. >> no, i -- i really cannot. >> pelley: and a new generation of americans takes up the joys and challenges of a 2,000-year- old faith. >> personally i was very much reluctant to follow the call because of celibacy. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cb

to die during the war ninety two year old vic bashford served in the royal air force as an electrical engineer am he was part of a secret operation that traveled on board the first stock to convoy to russia back in one thousand nine hundred forty one. urging mr drouet you to start a second ago but. into we're into prague to relieve the pressure on the russians mr churchill so we will thorough new some airplanes and we'll soon you're going to fly them well so near the moon to the buying time and. by i will treat you and we will show new swaroop lines so that's how we came to to be in the in russia during world war two british ships transported around four million tons of supplies food and munitions for the soviet union more than three thousand sailors didn't survive the journey west subzero temperatures and german air raids were a fact of life on earth. on the rigging on the royals on the deck and you got this crash. on the frogs and of course you got the die after die out of there so you can be a bit frightening last year the british government came under fire for blocking veterans fr

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vic lee abc 7 news. >> two bay area scientists have been charged with defrauding two government agencies of over a million dollars. a 52-year-old and 40-year-old decided today on wire fraud. prosecutor says they used their company to get grants from nasa and national science foundation for the same project. still to come at 6:00 outlook for finding a job in california is improving. one place where they've been looking for new recruits. >> dry conditions over the bay area nouchl but the weekend rain maker headed our way. i'll show you the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a moment. >> after nine repairs a woman is told to use her hair cry drier to deice her new refrigerator. are they serious? we'll find out. >> latest trend in mind and body relaxation. now, you >>> well, he's the national league most valuable player now, being rewarded for it. buster posey being resigned by san francisco giants how does a nine year, $167 million contract sound to you? abc 7 news is live from the giants ballpark. the giants play a's tonight what. a big deal. >> this is a huge deal, dan. the a's takin

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>> vic, thank you. another man working in a position of trust rn faces charges tonight. police arrested this man. nathan at the school where he teaches in seaside near monterey. a search of the home in east san jose turned up a thousand video clips and children who appear to be from 5 to 9 years old. >> the way sit right now, there are so many suspects out there that are sharing child important yog graphy. we have to pick the worse of the worse. >> the school district notified parents about at rest. he worked from 2008 until just weeks ago. the district is asking parents to speak with their children to make sure none of them had improper contact with him. >> we're learning about how a registered sex offender ended up on a school bus with high school students. a parent who uses a wheel skmair her friend got a ride home from andrew hill high at deanza college. the friend turned out to be a registered sex offender. >> the policies are set up so this doesn't hachl i understand the situation our staff showed for this volunteer who is wheelchair bound but the parent was not sc

dug vic capital city of iraq and archly we started seeing the small action baghdad when the car bomb charred the neighboring city in baghdad and more than a dozens of car bomb targeting the city of baghdad and doors are people killed were there is a hundreds of people wanted in all over baghdad become a bit of iraq. well thank you very much for that i just want to just to get an idea of what's been the see do these happen quite regularly and how do people there take what's happening in terms of all these what's the mood like it is a ten years of the rock u.s. led invasion the what's the mood like the. actually. if the current situation here in baghdad it is all the people here know invalid this is the very tan adversity of the u.s. led invasion to go to iraq and all the this situation her is a critical because as we heard before a while that the green zone in iraq he was a character ages blocked. all the roads the bridge from there to reversal by the back door of the cab or to being a block because this is the street. there is so critical and because of dozens of people are being kil

and forth to die during the war ninety two year old vic bashford served in the royal air force as an electrical engineer him he was part of a secret operation that traveled on board the first optic convoy to russia back in one thousand nine hundred forty one stalin was urging mr jewett you to start a second front to go back into into prague to relieve the pressure. on the russians mr. we will certainly use some airplanes and we'll send you a brain to fly them well so near the moon too so buying time and. by will treat you and we will finish war o'briens so that's why we kind of you to be in the in russia during world war two british ships transported around four million tons of supplies food and missions for the soviet union more than three thousand sailors didn't survive the journey west subzero temperatures and german air raids were a fact of life on earth. on the rig on the royals. crash. of. the month produce and die after they're out of their soup can be a bit frightening last year the british government came under fire for blocking veterans from receiving a special commemorativ

vic, and store employes, faced threats because of his role in running a dog fighting ring.erved 18 months in federal prison for his role in that. he was set to sign copies of his autobiography finally free, as stores in atlanta, new jersey and pennsylvania. the book publisher said that they cannot knowingly put anyone in harm's way, and therefore must announce the cancellation of his book signing appearances. the threats of violence have been reported to police. threats of violence have been reported to police. >> thyou eat less...ing weiyou lose weight.et. it's a great plan... until you get hungry. that's the time to take slimful. one tasty 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water satisfies hunger for hours making it easier to eat smaller meals, and resist snacking. your friends might think you found the secret to losing weight. but it's no secret... it's slimful. eating less is a beautiful thing. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show

abc 7 news reporter vic lee was in court today. >> larry after a preliminary hearing that lasted almost a month, a judge ruled today that this murder case, which became known as vigilante killing, will go to trial. this is more than parents getting upset about their daughter is being abused and losing it, killing someone. >> district attorney gascone says this was premeditated. >> people thought about this and put a plan together. and then, that led to the murder. >> 22-year-old calvin snead is the victim. the man reportedly pimping the 17-year-old daughter two of defendants. police say he had just brought the girl back to their home in the bay view on june 3. the next day, snead was shot to death in his parked car as he waited to bring the girl back to los angeles where he lived. prosecutors have surveillance video taken by federal agents staking out another case. they say it shows a father, barry guilton and two other defendants meeting on grove street and shows all three men getting into the car. the d.a.says that video is damning. >> you can see the weapon, the vehicle leaving, the

abc 7 news reporter vic lee has the story. 22-year-old calvin snead is a victim. the man reportedly pimping the 17-year-old daughter two of defendants. police say he had just brought the girl back to their home in the bay view on june 3. the next day snead was shot to death in his car. he waited to bring the girl back to los angeles. >> this is a case where people really thought about this carefully. they put a plan together. >> prosecutors had surveillance video staking out another case. they say it shows the father meeting on grove street. and that the video shows all three men getting into the car. the da says it's damning. >> you can see the weapon and vehicle, leaving. you see the vehicle coming back after the shooting. >> prosecutors will argue three men drove to the bay view and guilton shot and killed snead. >> when ever you have parents that have a minor daughter being pimped and prostituted there is just going to be a lot of emotions but that doesn't necessarily mean it's leading to murder. >> gascone says the defendants have a violent past. >> these peo

vic? its got all of the makings of a novel, perhaps a movie. a ring of conartists making off with millions, money laundering condos, a fugitive on the and murder. the mastermind of the ring of thieves dubbed a dark prince. he may never be tried in this case, he's spending a life jents for murdering a 74-year-old palm springs man when he tried to steal his estate. his two accomplices appeared today to face their fate here. telecommunications executives and this tennis inspector were convicted for defrauding vips out of millions in real estate. today, the judge passed sentence. therefore mr. shaw sentenced to owe 20 years. >> the judge ordered shaw to pay a fine of $14 million. the co-defendant got 13 years prison in a four and a half million dollar fine. >> mr. shaw masterminded a scheme of fraud and false identity. it showed a high degree of callousness. >> the biggest victim, shirley wong. they stole three condos from her. shaw and lum forged deeds then took out millions of dollars of loans on the properties. the day of the conviction in septe

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vic lee abc 7 news. >> another case of mistaken identity and an accountant is suing after he was wrongly named one of oakland's most-wanted criminals. he went to police totem them it was a mistake only to get thrown in jail. van says he stayed on the most-wanted list for six months. >> i was fighting for my life at that moment and it changed my life. like i was going on with my daily life. work. suddenly, you know i was putd on all over the tv, the internet. and i was scared and nervous. >> neither police nor city attorney would give us a comment today. >> just when san jose finally has its budget in order a state agency may throw out the public employee pension reform many credit for the balanced budget. voters approve measure b last june. abc 7 news reporter david louie has the story. >> the first battle was at the ballot box should san jose impose pension reform on workers. it pass bid 70% of the vote last june but tho now an agency issued a complaint against a city that it didn't bargain in good faith before putting issue on the ballot. >> it will be a trial. there will be witnesses

vic lee abc 7. >> tonight at 6:00 a marin county thaer may have been leaking for months. what is being done now to repair it. >> in san jose, a 2000 year old ritual to highlight the need for immigration reform, more coming up. >> and also ahead researchers hope to unlock mysteries of park wrin son's disease by >>> religious leaders are yugsing both passover and easter to highlight the need for immigration reform with the help of a ritual to make the point. abc news is live for news san jose with the story. thomas? >> we're here at san jose city hall. behind me there is a celebration and a flag raising for cesar chavez a champion for social justice this, was meant to highlight the need to give undocumented immigrants the justice they need. the council held a news conference in front of the san jose building. the reverend says there is a need for immigration reform. >> we're behind immigration reform, we're behind people, rights of people in need and zront a voice themselves. that is what it's all about. >> the group comprised of clergy sang, walking the plaza to perform an

vic lee abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. a different part of the bay in an effort to get a handle on a violent crime problem, the police chief has a new strategy tonight. laura anthon lee is live to explain. laura? >> hi, dan, neighborhood policing has been tried before here but this time the chief told us he thinks that it will work despite having many fewer officers than last time they tried it. this is a model in many cities. >> the police chief announced a new neighborhood policing plan for a city. he believes will not only take a bite out of crime but strengthens ties between officer asks the community. >> captains will be charged of a smaller area gives us best opportunities to do that. >> area two ran from fruit veil to the san leandro border encompassing three districts. in the new plan the same area is broken into two districts, four, five, each with its own captain he will be held accountable for identitying and implementing neighborhood-specific crime reduction strategies. >> a component would involve each distric

more on the story from vic lee. >>> hoover elementary school was built in the 1930s and shut its door in the late '70s and eventually became a buddhist temple. they bought it back about three years ago. >> we need the space. we are busting out of the seams here. >> summit drive is street that fronts the school. it straddles the border. a group of neighbors whose homes face the school say they wanted a as a rule environmental impact stood study. >> safety is the absolute issue. >> joe and diane say they are not against the school reopening but they say they are concerned about the safety of the children who walk to school. >> the three burlingame roads that lead to the school are very narrow. >> there really is not even one street street or road to walk safely without danger in doing so. >> not only are the roads narrow. there are blind curves on the roads where there are no sidewalks. >> being an orthopedic surgeon i have seen horrible things happen to children versus recogy trucks going too fast going around blind curves. >> she welcomes an elementary school where her two children ca

vic lee will l with the story. >> an overwhelming majority of the people that we deal with come from minority community. they are arrested and seems to to at a majority rate. >> every time there is a high profile officer-involved shooting, taser rears its head again. the debate was triggered last year when an officer shot and killed a man with a box cutter after he assaulted a co-worker. the chief told the commission then, he believes tasers could save lives and he wanted to arm certain officers with tasers. >> i'm asking for intervention, officers, 74 of them right now. >> the chief was out of town today but public information officer said it would be a way to test the weapon. >> we are saving lives. it can be proven as a viable tool for all of our officers to use. >> police commission has held public hearings in response to the request. may vote on the controversial issue next month. so this letter from the officers for just is timely. a leading opponent with the coalition on homelessness. she is excited. >> they can be lethal but in california we have had 173 deaths and lots of la

we first broke the story and vic lee has new developments that you'll see only on "abc 7 news". >> reporter: communications executive jay shaw and winston lum were convicted last fall for defrayed go their victims out of millions of dollars in real estate. a judge passed sentence. >> mr. shaw, sentenced to state prison to serve the term of 20 years. >> judge also ordered shaw to pay a fine of $14 million. codefendant got 13 years prison and $4.5 million fine. >> mr. shaw masterminded a scheme of fraud, lies and false identity. >> the biggest victim, shirley wong, they stole three condos from her. lum forged the deeds and transferred them to a shell corporation and took out millions of dollars of loans on the properties. date of his conviction he was out on bail of a million dollars. next day, he disappeared. shaw was later arrested in watsonville. >> there were serious criminals and were very sophisticated in what they did. this is almost good for a movie script. >> reporter: with the judge sentencing shaw to 20 years in state prison, this turned out to be the biggest white collar crime cas

. >> the ames ace is perhaps the most graph vic visible example of the need to make structural changestelligence community. >> glickman as i understand it has gone to work to represent the movie industry which is more appropriate to his talents because of the unreality of glickman. >> ames was directly responsible for at least 10 of our human assets. >> it is their story that should be told. >> ames showed no row mores for the executions no remorse for the actions. he justified them. he decided it was all a game. >> ames pleaded guilty and received a life sentence. he is serving it in the allenwood penitentiary in pennsylvania. >> look the cia called me a benedict arnold. i am worse than a benedict arnold. the russians consider me a hero. one country's traitor is another country's hero. it all depends on how you look at it. >> his wife ross sar yo received five years. >> i asked her when did you find out rick was a spy. she demured and said i never really found it out, which was total nonsense. the fbi had tapes of her talking about be careful don't do this wrong. there was a telephone

vic lee has the story you will only see on "abc 7 news." >> the problems voluntary surrounding the police radios were magnified last july the day that president obama appeared at oakland's fox theater. a large contingent of police were outside to handle protestors. many of the officers said they had trouble communicating on their two way radios. there have been numerous complaints before about the glitches of new radio system that had been installed the year before. it had been riddled with interference and glitches right from the start. barry heads the police officers association. >> they basically use the mic and it doesn't work for a variety of reasons. >> reporter: this report confirms what an internal investigation found a month ago after the president's visit. cell sites were affecting the radio system that their systems were bleeding into radio channels. 43 cell sites have been tested and have of them were resolved. most were at&t's towers. he says communications may have improved but the officers still have no confidence in the system. there was another failure wednesday night. >>

we have a pope now who helps the poor, he washes the feet of aids vic patients, he is actually lettingons speak and preach. do we expect to see more of that in the church? >> i certainly hope so. by all indications last night the fact that he presented himself to his own people in rome asked for their blessing. i think that is a major step forward. it's a signal of pig change in the papacy. he will be asking priests to be more involved in this direct ministry of the poor. that is echoing the great message of the second vatican council which was a bit muted in the last few years. i think will be something that will be on the scope of the whole church. >> many say that is the point of the church. >> i think that is a message the cardinals are trying to send. this is a church they would like to see in many ways a return to the second vatican council. the idea of engagement with culture working with those who are most in need of the ministry of the church in some ways. so i think it's a very exciting time for the church. >> how is he different than pope benedict xvi. what were the cardinal