Overrated. Sleep is a beautiful thing. Thank you. Topping our news now, sfo is the least secure airport in the country when it comes to perimeter breaches according to an investigation from the Associated Press based on incidents over the past decade. Descriptions of the incidents range from driver inadvertently took a rental car through a gate to secure area, to unspecified Perimeter Security breach. That phrase was common in the San Francisco data. Congressman Eric Swalwell says all airports need to incorporate new perimeter technology. Were vulnerable to people wandering around the airport grounds before they are confronted. Fifth on the list is Mineta International airport in san jose which has had a few high profile breaches over the past year. The man in charge of the state puc is asking whether pg e is just too big to operate safely. Cpuc chief Michael Picker will raise that issue at a meeting today where regulators will vote on a 1. 6 billion penalty for the deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno. Picker is concerned pg e makes so much money, the utility can just shrug off the fine. He now wants to reexamine all aspects of how gas and electricity are delivered here in california. Next year california will have tough new restrictions on toilets and faucets because of the drought. On january 1 all new toilets will have to useless than 1. 28 gallons of water per flush. Bathroom faucets will be limited to 1. 2 gallons a minute and kitchen faucets no more than 1. 8 gallons a minute. Consumers are going to save a lot money on their water bill, which is probably bigger than energy bill. New standards are expected to save 100 billion gallons of water a year. Roberta has weather with a good day. The next shot of rain showers next tuesday. Right now its a slim possibility but there is an area of low pressure and the computer models have it tracking toward the bay area. Until then High Pressure builds in. Good morning, everybody. Stepping out the door, we have clear skies. We have right now the bay bridge. And temperatures in San Francisco and oakland pretty much uniform in the low 50s. 10 degrees cooler to the north in santa rosa at 41 to the south in san jose its 46 degrees and good morning concord at 45 degrees. Winds have dialed back pretty much under 10 Miles Per Hour through all reporting stations. Hey, were at eastnortheast at 7. Otherwise, 6mileperhour winds in oakland and 5 in napa. These winds will increase today northwest to 15. Clear swatch right there, a little bit of stratus off the coast thats about it. Temperatures today 50s beaches 60s bayside. Upper 60s around the peninsula. Were talking about temperatures above average in throughout the Santa Clara Valley in the low 70s. 71 degrees in throughout the trivalley. Liza, its a clear start out the door, but hows traffic . Traffic also looking nice and clear with no big accidents on the big board and the chp tells us there are no wind advisories this morning as roberta mentioned. Westbound traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza looking good. Wide open at the pay gates. There is the same roadwork youre going to run into on the bay bridge as you head across the span. The golden gate commute southbound 101 moving well leaving southern marin heading into San Francisco. There are no delays so far this morning. Just keep in mind for west 92 at the san mateo bridge, there is roadwork between clawiter and hayward all the way across the span to foster city boulevard. Traffic doing well getting through construction. Altamont pass so far, so good. Just a little blip of yellow there for west 580 only as you approach and pass the 205 interchange. Heading for the 580 680 interchange, still room on the freeway westbound 580 looks good heading down the dublin grade and bart is on time so its a nice start to your thursday commute. Thats your kcbs traffic. Now to frank. 4 35. A bill that would force most parents to vaccinate their children has cleared its first hurdle. Passions were running high at the capital yesterday during the Senate Health committee hearing. People wary of the side effects of vaccinations rallied outside with robert f. Kennedy, jr. , as one of the vocal leaders. That we ought to have policies that encourage full vaccination full coverage but thats not going to happen until we have safe vaccines. The only child exempt from the law would be those that might have health problems. The bill still has to pass two more Committee Votes before heading off to the assembly. Time now 4 35. An accused child molester is going to be extradited to santa clara county. Johnell carter was caught at an apartment in mississippi. He got way from a sheriffs deputy during a medical appointment near valley medical center. Investigators say his brother then drove him to reno, where carter caught a Greyhound Bus to mississippi. Theres no indication that the escape was preplanned at this time. It appears that he was waiting for an opportunity and took it. Johnell carter is awaiting extradition back to california. The secret service another scandal. The Washington Post says the female employee at the agency accused a supervisor of assault. She told investigators the supervisors made sexual advances and then grabbed her arm when she resisted. She says they struggled before a supervisor gave up. He is now on administrative leave and his security clearance is suspended. Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will learn next week whether he will live or die. He was found guilty yesterday on dozens of charges. Cbs news don champion explains how the defense will try to sway jurors away from the death penalty. Reporter it is now up to a federal jury to decide the appropriate punishment for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. On wednesday, the 12 men and women found tsarnaev guilty of 30 counts connected to the 2013 bombing. Now the Defense Attorneys will present new evidence and call on experts to try to save tsarnaevs life. We may also hear from relatives, from friends, who can talk about his change. He was a normal teenager. How did he become the person who allowed himself to do this terrible act . Reporter from the beginning, defense attorney judy clark conceded tsarnaev was pressured into carrying out the attacks by his older brother tamerlan, who later died in a shootout with police. Prosecutors are expected to call on more victims as they make their case for the death penalty. Rebecca gregory lost her leg in the bombing. I believe the true judgment comes after he dies anyway so its not my judgment to make. Reporter many our survivors hope for closure. I dont know how anyone could have done what he did and just dont care. Reporter for this woman, the image of tsarnaev leaving a bomb behind the youngest victim is forever etched in her memory. I saw that picture on tv today and i broke down and cried. Reporter if the jury does not unanimously vote for the death penalty, tsarnaev will get life in prison without parole. Don champion, cbs news boston. The South Carolina Police Officer seen on video has been fired. This isnt the first time he has been accused of crossing the line. [ eight gunshots ] cell phone video shows walter scott running away as officer Michael Slager fires eight shots. He is charged with murder. He had pulled scott over for a broken taillight earlier and after a brief struggle slager claimed he feared for his life. Thats why he started shooting. Scotts family doesnt believe those claims. I just pretty much lost it because i couldnt believe that a traffic stop could lead go from air stop to a taser to a shot, being killed. I just couldnt believe it. A lawyer for the family is vowing to file a federal civil rights lawsuit. The mayor of North Charleston says he has now ordered enough body cameras for every street cop. And this morning an Excessive Force complaint was filed against slager in 2009. The alleged victims in that case say the department never followed up on the complaint. It is 4 39 on this thursday. Bay area Police Officers are accused of sending racist and homophobic Text Messages and now the chief is apologizing. Whats cool about your school . Email your nominations to us at coolschools kpix. Com. We may come and feature your school on the show. Time 4 41. After a distinguished career at cbs news, Bob Schieffer is retiring. He broke the news last night at his alma mater, texas christian university. Because that was where it all started for me, i wanted this to be the place and i wanted you all to be the first to know that, um, this summer im going to retire. Oh, no schieffer got his first job in fort worth where tcu is based. The 78yearold currently anchors face the nation and is also the networks chief washington correspondent. Capt. Bob previously anchored the cbs evening news. San franciscos police chief apologizing for the conduct of officers who sent racist and homophobic Text Messages. And he says he wants them off the force. Christin ayers was at last nights Police Commission meeting. Reporter even as San Francisco police chief greg suhr said he was sorry i apologize to the community. Reporter the community did not hold back. I hope yall fire every one of those seven Police Officers. All right now and give them no benefits they dont have the right, they dont deserve to be on this police force. Commissioners terminate those officers on recommendation of chief suhr and do it now. [ applause ] reporter this meeting, the first step in a process that could end in termination for a group of San Francisco Police Officers caught sending racist and homophobic Text Messages. This San Francisco officer reminded them of some of the words. Silver backs, n words, monkey. My dedication and loyalty to this city is not respected. Reporter chief suhr says two of the eight officers have already resigned a third has promised to. The others are all suspended and chief suhr recommended termination. Many of the speakers said that these officers never should have been Police Officers. And i agree. So part of what were doing is going back and trying to find out what if anything in their background we should have noticed. Reporter the chief headed back inside for a closed session that will ultimately determine the officers fate. An attorney for one of the officers told the San Francisco chronicle today that the Text Messages were sent years ago and that the statute of limitations has expired. I asked chief suhr about that. He said he thinks things were handled expeditiously. In San Francisco, christin ayers, kpix 5. The chief said he and some of his top brass completed a bias training class last week. He expects more officers to have training in the next few weeks. President obama is in jamaica kicking off a threeday trip to the caribbean and central america. He is expected to address Energy Security in a region eager to ease its dependence on foreign oil. Today the president meets with leaders in the 15member caribbean community. Tomorrow and saturday, the president attends the summit of the americas in panama. Some massive storms slamming into eastern missouri. Take a look at a funnel cloud that ripped off this roof sent debris flying last night. Rainwater flooded streets more storms are expected later today. So Mother Nature continues to do her thing in the midwest and the east coast. I get a little nervous about that. My son is flying out of Oklahoma City today. And that is Tornado Alley and from that point all the way lifting up towards chicago today, do we have the chance of severe weather, a good chance of severe weather. So well keep a watchful eye on the midwest today. Locally were settling down. Our low pressure 48 hours ago is racing across the central portion of the united states. As we head on out, take a look at this. Its the bay bridge and what you cannot see is that we have clear skies. 41 degrees in santa rosa. 42 in livermore. Temperatures in the 50s in San Francisco. Otherwise everybody has settled into the 40s. The winds are relatively under 10 Miles Per Hour. Well increase today out of the northwest up to 15. So its a clear cool start. Were going to have fullon sunshine today. And then the next opportunity for rain to move into the bay area will be on tuesday april 14, albeit a slight chance. We have the possibility. This is a ridge of High Pressure. This dome is building in over the eastern pacific. It continues to nudge its way east. It diverts the storm track. Next week well see this area of low pressure upstream deflect off that ridge of High Pressure and move that jet stream closer and thats when we will see cooling and chance of rain. Meanwhile across the state today, we have sunshine in the central valley. We are at 23 going up to 54 in the greater lake tahoe area. Sunshine for monterey bay all the way into carmel. Sunup at 6 43. Sundown a minute later tonight at 7 40. In between temperatures into the 60s and low 70s. A northwest breeze in concord up to 15 late day at 70. These numbers are averaging slightly above normal. So heres your extended forecast cloudy next tuesday, full sunshine on wednesday. Heres liza with traffic. Good morning, everybody. Were going to kick off kcbs traffic with our first accident of the thursday commute. This problem is along westbound 80 approaching pinole valley road. Heads up for this accident possibly blocking one lane of traffic. Chp is working to clear it up. Were going to move on to the bay bridge toll plaza where its looking good. It is wide open at the toll plaza. Its early yet so the metering lights are still off. Traffic continues light across the span heading into the city. And if you plan on making the commute to the golden gate bridge, south 101 still looking okay approaching San Francisco. We dont have any roadwork or traffic delays for all of marin county. Now, we do have roadwork on the san mateo bridge. Its in the westbound direction all the way across the span for about the next 15 minutes or so multiple lanes are shut down for west 92 but you can see from these live pictures traffic is moving along just fine. So despite the accident that we have in the east bay its looking okay. The peninsula drive north 101 at whipple, chp is checking on reports of a gravel spill. So this may cause some problems later in the commute. So far sensors along 101 are showing us a traffic doing okay moving at 65 Miles Per Hour there. Mass transitwise still in good shape no delays for bart, ferries or ace. Thank you. 4 48. Restaurants across the bay area are serving up meals made with weeds this week. Its true. Plant gardeners would pull out are being used at restaurants. They harvest wild plants and serve them in professionally prepared meals. But uc professor phillip stark has a warning for those wanting to try this at home. Any caution about this for someone who doesnt know what theyre doing . If you dont what youre doing, dont eat it. Chez panisse is also serving weeds for wild food week. So enjoy. Ha ha. A battery breakthrough from Stanford University could be a game changer for smartphones. Researchers have developed a High Performance aluminum battery that charges in a minute. Unlike other aluminum batteries this wont explode or catch fire even if you drill through it. The battery is quite flexible. Right now its lighting up l. E. D. Lights. And you can bend it and still you can see the l. E. D. Light is still on while you bend it. Theres no word when this battery may be available to the public. The Research Team says it was cheap to make as the main components are aluminum and graphite. The first reviews are in for the new apple watch and betty yu has reaction from people who have seen it. Reporter thats kind of how it was sold on the first iphone. I had my doubts and i actually held it and i fell in love. Reporter this apple fan will get a chance to see if theres a connection with the apple watch in Stores Starting friday. A lucky few including our partners at cnet are already testing it out. Its one of the most featurepacked ambitious smartwatches. But its doing it at the expense of elements like price and battery life. Reporter the battery life only lasts a day. And it might be a tough sell to the average person. I think 17,000 for a, um, first time apple watch is pretty extreme. But, um, you know, 350, its certainly more than i paid for my watch. Reporter the watch works with newer iphones and keeps you connected. You can track your fitness, play music, and use apple pay and apps. Its easy to send texts, audio messages, use a speaker phone. Ill wait to see what the market is and the reaction of people to the watch and then judge whether the bang is worth the buck. Reporter a lot of people are debating whether to buy it now or next year because the next generation apple watch is bound to be faster, thinner and sleeker. The apple watch is due out on the 24th. In los gatos, betty yu, kpix 5. All right. Preorders of the watches begin tomorrow and the devices arrive on april 24. Time now 4 51. Still ahead, calls for safety on the rails. Trains carrying explosive crude oil are already rolling through the bay area. The new push to prevent fiery accidents like this. Good morning. Time check for you. 4 53 on this thursday. Average high in San Francisco 63. Instead, today 60 degrees. Temperatures in the 50s along the coast today. Mid and high 60s will be common around the peninsula. And as we swing around to the eastern portion of our bay area, northwest breeze 10 to 15 with temperatures approaching the low 70s. Otherwise north of your golden gate bridge, 6 2 stinson beach. Good morning novato clear skies at 65 degrees. Lake county, napa and sonoma with highs today in the 60s. 4 54. A bay area congressman is pushing for legislation to prevent a disaster on bay area railroads. Congressman John Garamendi and the head of the federal Railroad Administration want tougher rules on bakken crude. Two years ago, a train carrying crude exploded and killed 47 people in canada. And this past february in west virginia, railcars carrying the same crude are passing through the bay area communities. Were not going to shut down the transport of crude oil but, by god, that crude oil is not going to be explosive if my legislation is adopted. Reporter congressman garamendi and the head of the federal Railroad Administration are pushing for legislation and garamendi says the solution is removing explosive vapors and volatile materials before the bakken crude is shipped from the oilfields in south dakota. City of san jose unveiled its newest plan to combat traffic and take a look. Its a new Transportation Management center. It begins in 10 it brings in, rather, 10,000 sensors and 250 Traffic Cameras all in real time. The biggest deal here, the ability to control every one of san joses traffic signals. In the past, what we would have to do is have a technician go out to the field and actually manage a traffic signal through the computer that is located at each intersection. And what we have today is the ability to do that through advance Communication Technology within the comfort and the centralization of a single location right here next to San Jose City hall. The 10 million Transportation Center was funded mostly through federal grants. Bryan stow is losing a major part of his settlement. Bloomberg reports stow has yet to see a dime since he was beaten by two men in 2011 outside Dodger Stadium in los angeles. Eventually stow will get less than 6 million from his 14 million jury settlement. Thats because a law allows his Insurance Company to take part of the award to recoup its costs for stows treatment. Stows medical expenses are expected to cost 30 million over his lifetime. It is 4 56. Up next, a new report exposes security concerns at a big bay area airport. The technology that could fix the problem. Coming up. Reporter its judgment day for pg e 4. 5 years after the san bruno pipeline explosion. This morning good morning. Its thursday april 9. Im juliette goodrich. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. Nearly 5 00 on this thursday. Is pg e too big to operate safely . The state puc is preparing to vote on a penalty for the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. Anne makovec live at puc headquarters with more on the commissions president s concerns. Reporter the Public Utilities commission is set to vote here today in San Francisco. Questions this morning about the culture of safety and basically the way pg e does business. It is the states largest utility and now there is the possibility of the Company Facing a 1. 6 billion fine that is a record fine stemming from this 4. 5 years ago the pipeline explosion in san bruno which killed 8, injured 66 and destroyed dozens of homes. The ntsb cited repeated safety failures by pg e as well as lax regulations by the puc itself in this blast. There are two possible fines on the table today. 1. 4billion and 1. 6 billion. We believe this historic penalty sends the right message that gross negligence, corruption and profits over safety will no longer be tolerated. We do believe that a penalty is appropriate. Reporter a pg e Spokesman Says the utility has
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