Also in san jose, the city needs help fighting its rising crime rate. Today the mayor made a key proposal. Chuck reed wants to restore a dedicated burglary unit within the citys police department. But the plan could face steep opposition, especially from the police itself. Kimberly tere joins us in san jose and why the opposition from the pd . Reporter the residents we talked to said they need more police, period. The previous burglary unit was comprised of several Police Officers, sworn detectives, and it was dismantled in 2012 because of budget cuts. They would use cheaper, including retired police and Community Service officers. They would take the nashl report, but the actual investigation would still need to be done by police. Theres other priorities as well. But i think in the short term, it would bring this unit and restore the unit. We would see the decrease of burglaries. Citizens want a Police Officer to respond to their home. It takes a Police Officer to investigate these type of crimes. Gimmicks like this will not make neighborhoods safe. Reporter san jose saw about a 20 rise in burglaries last year. James gonzalez with the san jose Police Officers association said the city is going in the wrong direction and needs to focus on investing in the police department. He says sending a burglary unit in after the fact does nothing to curb crime. The city council will hold a public hearing on the mayors proposed budget which includes the burglary unit on tuesday. Live in san jose, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. Mayor chuck reed also focused on other Public Safety issues today. He wants the city to spend more on Police Academies to make sure they train the maximum number of recruits. He also proposed improving the Fire DepartmentsResponse Time by changing staffing requirements. Reed wants the department to send two and threeperson squads rather than the required four firefighters to lower priority calls. And he wants to spend more money to repave roads and bridges in the downtown and North San Jose areas. Suicide and cyber bullying, 18 months ago, audrey potts took her own life. They sexually abused her at a party. A bill to prevent this tragedy from ever happening again. More on the new proposal. And why some say it may go too far. Mary ann . Reporter janelle, audrey potts mother talks about how the three boys charged with assaulting her daughter were charged in secrecy and sentenced in secrecy. And she said audreys law would change that. Audrey potts was just 15 years old when she committed suicide a week after she passed out at a party and was sexually assaulted by three Saratoga High School boys. In the days after the assault, photos of her halfnaked body were shared with some of her classmates. Today in saratoga, jim bell introduced a new bill in her name. In general, audreys law creates a new crime for cyber bullying. Reporter the proposed legislation would also make it easier for prosecutors to bring adult charges against juvenile suspects who sexually assault victims who are too intoxicated to fight back. We feel that unconscious or incapacitated Sexual Assault victims are not provided with the appropriate protections under the current law. Allowing juveniles an opportunity to violate additional victims such as what happened in audreys case. Reporter the proposed bill would also allow Public Access to Court Hearings involving crimes like the one committed against audrey. The time has come to pull these predatory perpetrators out of the shadows and make the juvenile Justice System live up to its promise to protect their victims. Reporter while most feel the bill has the right idea, some wonder if it goes too far. You still get back to publicizing a minors name whos accused of a crime, and that can lead to just as much damage on someone whos innocent as to the victim who was abused. Reporter audreys mother said if the identities of juvenile sex offenders are made public, they will be less likely to go back into the community and harm other children. Moving forward, these reforms will require a twothirds vote by legislators. Nbc bay area news. We have some breaking news out of asia right now. Malaysia Airlines Reports that one of its flights has lost contact with air Traffic Control. Its been missing now for more than two hours. The boeing 777 took off from kuala lumpur. Flight 370 was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members. A search and rescue mission is now under way. Of course, were following any developments in this story. Keep it here for new developments into our newsroom. Back here at home, a small earthquake, you might have felt it, it rattled the east bay this afternoon. The quake measuring 2. 8 in terms of magnitude hit at 1 38 this afternoon. You see our map here. Near union city. This is near the hayward fault which runs from San Pablo Bay to fremont. It goes right through berkeley, oakland and hayward. It was a 2. 8 earthquake at 1 38 this afternoon. A narrow escape in hayward. A toddler and his grandparents jumped from their secondfloor apartment to escape a fire. It all started last night just before 11 00 p. M. Flames roared through the Apartment Unit on 7th street in hayward. You see dramatic images here. The toddlers aunt and uncle ran out the front door. The toddler and his grandparents were trapped inside. The only way out, a bedroom window 25 feet from the ground. She heard her saying get the baby. She caught him. The aunt and uncle waiting below did catch the child. He wasnt hurt. But the grandmother broke her hip and the grandfather broke his ankle when the two jumped. Firefighters say the fire started after someone left a boiling pot on the stove. Another fire, this one in the south bay, in san jose. Cell phone video was taken early this morning by a neighbor. You can see san jose firefighters here trying to determine how to respond. You see them standing in front of the house. The problem here, all the doors and windows had security bars on them. A man and woman were critically burned and fire crews say the security bars pre vested the couple from getting out of the house sooner. The fire started just before 4 00 a. M. It took crews about three hours to fight this. Arson is a possible cause. Followup now on the east bay teacher accused of sexual abuse of at least two children under the age of 14. Bail for david was raised to 17 million today. Prosecutors also more than doubled the charges against him which are now at 27, and include kidnapping. He was arrested wednesday at Richmond Vista middle school since hes been teaching since december. Despite the fact that a different Richmond School released him weeks before during a Sexual Misconduct investigation. The west Contra Costa School District is now scrambling to overhaul its hiring protocols. The university of california is beefing up the no tolerance rule. They expanded its policies for all students and employees. This is the first time in eight years uc updated its rules. The changes include new education, training and reporting requirements. Victims will also have more protection. Anyone violating these new policies will face discipline. Theres anger on the streets of the south bay tonight over a new attempt to reinstitute affirmative action at california universities. David trujillo is at one of the schools impacted if the new proposal gets approved. Damian, a lot of protesters going through Great Lengths this evening to kill this bill. Reporter its heating up, raj. They call it a constitutional amendment if approved by the voters, ultimately would repeal some of the provisions of proposition 209. But there is a lot of anger on the streets. And you might be surprised where that anger is coming from. Dozens of angry protesters rallied outside the offices of assemblyman quaun today. Theyre Chinese Americans and they want nothing to do with affirmative action. Its not good for california. Its not good for higher education. Reporter sca 5 would once again allow public universities to make a Mission Decision based on race or ethnicity. Not just academics. Im worried. Im anxious. Im worried about the future of my children. Reporter protesters want prop 209 to remain the law of the land. 209 in california was passed by voters. Reporter the debate is one of the hot topics making the rounds in dr. Michael changs class at the college. Rolling back portions of the 209 as it applies to education. Reporter the proposal to repeal 209 is getting mixed reaction from students. It gives everybody opportunities to go to school. Its not based on, you know it serves everybody. My instinctual reaction as a white student, i dont think its fair to consider race. Reporter a Family Member has never even had a chance to consider the bill yet. The protesters say thats the point. They plan to lobby Assembly Members statewide, demanding the bill be killed before it even hits their desks. Tonight at 6 00, well take a look at what still needs to happen before sca 5 becomes the law of the land. Live on the campus of san jose state, dam yian trujillo. Possibly blindsided, not just taxi drivers who are upset over Ride Sharing Companies if the bay area, like uber. The group who says theyre being snubbed by drivers. And still to come, following up on a white house invite. The muchneeded boost of sending rosy the riveter to washington, d. C. And good afternoon, im meteorologist jeff ran eieri. When the rain returns. I was going to the library to do my homework. It took a lot of juggling to keep it all together. 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So within the last few minutes, the lockdown has been lifted at World Academy on 28th street in oakland. If theres any further updates of the story, well let you know. Well, check out all this water. A broken Sprinkler System sent water gushing from the top of the jpmorgan building today. This is at the corner of market and kearny. A restaurant on the second floor says it didnt impact business, but it did catch a lot of people offguard as they were walking by. All of a sudden i thought it was raining. Water was coming down from the building. Theres a guy just standing there getting drenched. He finally looks up, and he runs across the street. Quite a sight. Like raining in San Francisco by this waterfall. Fortunately no injuries reported. More problems for ondemand car services. Disabled people are now saying the companies are now bordering on discrimination. Stephanie joins us in San Francisco this evening. These are serious claims. Whats the basis here . Reporter good evening, raj. Were talking about a group of people with disabilities. They say there have been times where some of these ondemand drivers have rejected them as passengers purely based on their disability. We spoke with multiple people today about what this really boils down to, and they say its two things. One, people with mobility impairment, some folks in wheelchairs who say they have far less access under these services. The others is members of the blind and Deaf Community who say they arent able to get the same information when they use these Smartphone Apps. Jonathan lyons said uber, for instance, one of the drivers discriminated against him, who didnt want his guide dog in the car. He came back with a response and said, were sorry this happened to you. Heres 20 credit. But you need to understand that each of our drivers are individual contractors, and we cant control what they do. These Transportation Network companies are covered by the americans with disabilities act. So they would serve themselves well to really think about how to provide access with their technology, so that the courts and lawsuits dont have to come as a last resort. Reporter in a statement to nbc bay area today, uber said in part that its taking significant steps to ensure accessibility, including voiceover support for the Smartphone App and partner with hearing impaired drivers to communicate with their passengers. The company also says it maintains a policy that ser vvi animals should be accommodated as required by law. Side car says it has no complaints recorded. And lift never responded to our request for comment. Some of these people with disabilities say this is not the only uphill battle theyre fighting to get a ride in the city. That will be tonight at 6 00. Nbc bay area news. Tessla is spreading its wings. California is out of the running for the battery factory. Teslas main production plant is in fremont. It will build its giga factory this year. But it wont be in the bay area. It would add 6,500 new jobs, providing lithium ion batteries. The state is still in the running for the new factory, including nevada, new mexico, arizona and texas. A Company Became a lot richer today. Coupons. Com went public on the new york stock exchange. The stock price nearly doubled on the first day of trading. Employees celebrated in a sent set up for the celebration. Were so proud to be building a great company. And today is just a great day at coupons. Com. Coupons. Com has been around for 16 years. The website lets users print real coupons, or use digital coupons. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. We should be outside right now. It was incredible. Blue skies across the bay area. Even at the coastline, frogfree conditions. 67 along the embarcadero. In san jose, we also had 67. Were setting up for a heating event. It will last throughout part of your weekend before we get to much larger changes that do include rainfall. Mainly sunny skies here across the bay area. You can see its a little hazy in the east bay as we get more of this stagnant flow in the atmosphere the next 24 hours. Thats also going to help to keep pollen levels up as we head throughout that saturday forecast. Lets go ahead and get you into what we can expect. You can see this weekend the temperature trend as we head throughout saturday and sunday is going to be very different. Well have saturday with 74 degrees for the average inland. By sunday, a little cooler, down to about 70. By monday, temperatures in the upper 60s. So that cooler weather by monday, a sign of our next storm system thats going to be coming our way. Lets get a look at the timing of our storm. You can see mainly on saturday, those sunny skies, best day of the weekend will be saturday. By the evening hours, cloud cover begins to increase, but mainly dry. A slight chance of a shower right up in the north bay. As we head throughout sunday morning, well see a better chance of a few showers near santa rosa. But well likely hold off on some of the heavier consistent rainfall until 8 00 p. M. On sunday. Gradually this will push down to san jose in the overnight hours on monday at this point. About quarter to half inch. Highest totals up in the north bay. Lets take you into the forecast as we head throughout saturday. It looks incredible. San jose with 73 degrees. 76 in morgan hill. Palo alto also at 74. 70 in San Francisco. Marina with upper 60s. Well take you to the north bay, east bay and tri valley. Some of the warmest temperatures tomorrow on the next page. You can see right up here in nap pennsylvan napa degrees. Fremont, 72. Walnut creek 74. For the tri valley, well ride the mid70degree line especially in pleasanton. Expecting 74 degrees. Again, sunny weather on saturday. Then by sunday, cloud cover increases. Temperatures drop to the upper 60s and about 70. And we see the best chance of showers again throughout the day right up into napa at this point with numbers in the upper 60s. Dont forget the time change on sunday. We want to set the clocks ahead one hour. Well be back with more news coming up after the break. [ male announcer ] spring is calling. Save 25 when you buy two scotts fertilizers one to use now and one for later. Save 25 when you buy two scotts fertilizers these are the hands a pediatrician. These are pioneering advances in heart surgery. And these are developing groundbreaking treatments for cancer. Theyre the hands of the nations top doctors. Kaiser permanente doctors. And though they are all different, they Work Together on a Single Mission saving lives. Discover how we are advancing medicine at kp. Org join us, and thrive. We want to get back to the breaking news weve been following out of asia. A Malaysia Airlines flight is missing. We want to show you the companys website. Flight 370, lost contact with air Traffic Control. Its been missing for almost three hours now. The boeing 777 took off from kuala lumpur from malaysia and supposed to land in beijing three hours ago. What youre looking at now is the website for Malaysia Airlines. 227 passengers and 12 crew members were onboard. A search and rescue mission is under way. We have no reports thus far of any sort of terrorism or engine problems. However, that plane has lost contact with air Traffic Control from three hours from now. Well bring ul the latest details as they come in. If you use netflix, a phony website looks like the netflix login page. The directs them to call a Fake Customer Service number. And download software. Once installed, that gives the scammers access to your computer. Rosy the riveter is going to washington, d. C. After all. Actually, five bay area rosies will make the trip in april. The world war ii welders got a personal invite from Vice President joe biden last year. They sent a letter asking for recognition of their wartime contributions. But since the women in their 80s and 90s live on fixed income, they needed some help. 100 donors came through including several unions, kaiser permanente. Back to school. The next generation of writers on the peninsula. Were going to be back in 30 minutes with another update on the breaking news. Malaysia Airlines Flight missing for three hours now. Were also working on a story, the south bay woman at the middle of a national controversy. A popular exercise chain said she had an unfair advantage. Why shes now accusing crossfit of discrimination. The next generation of wrirgs we met with them today on the peninsula. I was invited as a guest speaker for writers week this morning at my alma mater. Its been 25 years for me. Astounding. I found my way back on the campus. Great to see the young faces ready to learn about tv News Business and they had a lot of great questions. Everyone just wanted to know whats janelle like, and jeff ranieri like. Im sure they were excited to see you. Im a proud alum. My gpa didnt quite stack up to janelles and her high school. You dont fo my gpa. We know you. Well, thank you. High numbers on the forecast this time of the year. San jose, 73. Palo alto 74 for your saturday. Rain changes by sunday. More coming up. Thanks for joining us at 5 00. Well see you at 6 00. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. And good friday evening from our studios here in new york. Before we get under way with nightly news, however, we have to begin instead with a breaking news story just in to us wechlts ha. We have a late report on the very latest details. Reporter were getting news out of malaysia that a Malaysian Airlines 777 is missing. This is flight number 370, we are told, flying from kuala lumpur to beijing in the early saturday morning, disappeared over vietnamese airspace roug