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A rally in San Francisco expressed support for a man shot to death by police, as a civil rights lawsuit gets under way. The parents of Alejandro Alex are suing four officers in federal court for wrongful death and excessive force. A jury will decide whether police acted reasonably when they shot and killed the 28 yearold in march of 2014. Officers were responding to a report of a man with a gun acting erratically. Police say they believe their lives were in danger, as alex nieto pointed a gun with a red laser light at them. It turned out to be a taser, one the man used for a job as a security guard. Alex nieto was struck at least 10 times. [ speaking spanish ] very emotional to see all of these people supporting us here and that they know that alex was such a good young man. A good young man, good student. He always liked to help others. Jury selection in the federal trial is now under way. The trial is expected to take about a week and a half. In the south bay, a preliminary hearing continues today for three Santa Clara County Sheriff Deputies accused of beating to death a mentally ill inmate last august. Another inmate, juan perez, testified this morning that he saw the three defendants go into the cell of 31yearold Michael Tyree the night he died. He said he heard tyree screaming, please stop. Perez says he heard sounds like someone being stomped with boots or feet. This hearing will determine whether there is enough evidence to take the case to trial. Today is super tuesday, the busiest voting day of the primary season. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton are up in the polls, but the other campaigns are fighting hard to catch them. Caroline shively has the latest from washington. Reporter the race has finally gone national. About a dozen states have the power to revive, kill or lock up the campaigns that remain in the race today. Donald trump has a massive lead in National Polls and in most states voting today, and he isnt trying to lower expectations. Were going to win, win, win, win reporter but trump is railing senator ted cruz in texas, which has more than three times the delegates of any other state voting today. And we are entering the phase of the primary where delegates begin to really matter. The first few states, the first few primaries serve a function of winnowing the field. Reporter Hillary Clinton is already looking toward the general election and potential opponent trump. I got to tell you, im looking forward to those debates because at some point, you cant just say whatever pops into your head if you want to be the president of the United States of america [ cheers applause ] reporter vermont senator Bernie Sanders Campaign Announced a recordbreaking 42 million fundraising run in february. But he still trails clinton in most super tuesday states. There is a large voter turnout today across this country. We are going to do well. Reporter lots of pressure for the lower tier candidates to drop out. Governor john kasich says if he doesnt win his home state of ohio in two weeks, hes gone. In washington, caroline shively, fox news. Stay with ktvu for continuing coverage of super tuesday. Later tonight as the numbers come in, well be posting to our media channels, as well as the mobile app. President obama met face to face with the Senate Republican leaders who are vowing to block his nominee to the Supreme Court, whoever it is. The meeting in the oval office, the group discussed the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of justice antonin scalia. President obama has said the senate has a constitutional responsibility to consider the nominee he selects, but following the meeting, reid said the gop leaders adamantly refuse to budge. The director of the fbi and apples top lawyer are in washington to testify on capitol hill in their dispute over access to an iphone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. A Congressional Committee is holding a hearing on the issue at this hour. Apple has refused to create new software to unlock the iphone used by syed farook, saying that would set a dangerous precedent. But the u. S. Attorney general says Tech Companies have helped in other cases. In every single one of those cases, we have gone to court with a narrowly crafted request and said to the court, is this something that we can obtain under the law . And the courts have said yes. Weve then gone to apple and said we need your assistance here. Where they have chosen not to, we would go back to court and say could you please direct them, as you do companies every single day, to work with us. The hearing comes one day after a new york judge ruled the government cannot force apple to unlock an iphone in a brooklyn drug case. Families of the victims in the San Bernardino shooting have mixed opinions on whether apple should be forced to provide access to that iphone. The husband and survivor of the attack last november says he doubts theres any useful information on the phone, which was farooks work phone. But the father of another victim says the phone could contain what he calls critical information if others were involved. Now to new developments today. The u. S. Government has released a new batch of documents seized in the 2011 raid that killed alqaeda leader osama bin laden. Among the documents, his hand written will. Bin laden asks most of his fortune, which he estimates at 29 million, be used for jihad. According to the washington post, its not clear what happened to that money. The will is among some 100 documents released by the director of National Intelligence today. Richmond police are worried about possible retaliation after a 14yearold boy was shot and killed. Family of Xavier Mcclanahan say he was a freshman at kennedy high. He was shot several times yesterday morning while on a bike path near his school. Police say they believe he was targeted, but have not revealed the motive. Family members and friends say he was a funny and good person and that the shooting is a somber reminder of the dangers of living in the iron triangle. Hes not one of those hard heads, oh, i could do this, do that. He was actually a cool soul to be around. Nowadays, youre lucky to see the age of 16, let alone 18 or 21. A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the gunman. In oakland, police are investigating a shooting that sent one woman to the hospital. It happened last night in east oakland. Sky fox was overhead, as emergency crews responded and one person was taken for treatment. At this point, police arent saying much. They tell us no arrests have been made. We do understand the victims injuries are not life threatening. Several state lawmakers introduced bills this morning, calling for tougher gun laws. Surrounded by guns themselves, lawmakers introduced assembly bills, four in all. Each bill is aimed at closing some sort of loophole when it comes to gun purchases or the use of a gun. One bill would change the definition of an assault weapon and the ability for a user to attach a magazine. When you look at the bullet buttons that in particular that just by magnet clip onto the bullet button so it essentially just works like its a part of the gun, you know that they are evading even the strongest laws in the nation. The bills are supported by democrats in sacramento. No republican lawmakers have come out in favor of them. There is no word yet on if governor jerry brown will sign the bill, if approved. Jaycee dugard has written a new memoir freedom, my book of firsts to be out in july. Dugard was kidnapped when just 11 years old and held prisoner near antioch. She bore children before she was rescued in 2009. In a press release, jaycee dugard said, quote, i still believe we each hold the key to our own happiness and you have to grab it where you can in whatever form it might take. Her kidnappers were sentenced to life in prison. The Golden State Warriors are back at home tonight, but could they be without two key players . After the break, we just received updates at the practice facility about steph curry and the other player who might not play tonight. And a slight cooldown around the bay today. Taking a live look outside, Rosemary Orozco is here with the big changes on the way. Plus, the cleanup continues in the city of san carlos after a truck destroys a home and leaves the entire neighborhood without power. The warriors are back at home hosting the Atlanta Hawks tonight, but were still waiting to find out if steph curry will play. He is listed as questionable after injuring his ankle during saturdays game in oklahoma. He missed 6 minutes before returning and later hitting the gamewinning shot in overtime. Curry did not practice yesterday or today. Weve also learned Andre Iguodala also questionable for tonights game because of tightness in his hamstring. And the Golden State Warriors are on the cover of this months edition of sports illustrated, set to hit stands march 7. The article discusses the teams joy ride toward history. We just learned the coast guard is not resuming its search for a man who went missing yesterday in the waters near half moon bay. The coast guard says the man was last seen struggling in the surf at dunes beach about 2 00 yesterday afternoon. Another man jumped in trying to help him, but was not able to. The coast guard sent out two boats and a helicopter to search for the man, but was forced to suspend the search at sunset. In san carlos, work crews are making repairs after a dump truck slammed into a home yesterday afternoon. It happened when the truck failed to stop at an intersection, lost control, then slammed into the home there on windsor drive. Fortunately, no one was inside the home during the accident. The home has now been red tagged. Neighbors say this is not the first time this has happened. They say two years ago, a barrier was built after an suv crashed into the same home. Its terrible. Its just not a safe place to live, you know. Weve always been worried coming down the drive, always joked, what an awful place to have a house. Its just on a really bad corner. The 29yearold truck driver told chp the brakes were not working properly. Officers did come back out this morning to take measurements for their investigation. An overheated shuttle bus, blamed for sparking a fire ball at a San Francisco gas station. That forced an employee to act quickly. Take a look at the intense scene all caught on cell phone video. The shuttle bus was empty except for the driver when it pulled into the chevron station at 9th and howard. As the driver calls the mechanic, the engine begins to smoke and then catches fire. Employees and customers were ordered to leave. They came runningback and said we need to evacuate. The gas station is on fire. So we left the building, heard an explosion and then ran down the street and got out of the way. Saw this big column of black smoke. Officials say the stations assistant manager prevented a major disaster by quickly turning off the gas to the pumps. In all, one firefighter suffered a minor injury. San francisco Officials Say the last of the homeless encampments on division street have been cleared out. This morning, about 50 department of public works crews and Police Officers arrived to move out the homeless there on division street from south venice to 11th. Just days ago, the area was deemed a Public Health nuisance because the amount of garbage, hypodermic needles and human feces. Crews began cleaning up the area just after 4 00 this morning and they say about 90 of the homeless have complied with the order to vacate. Its like my home, you know what i mean . Ive been here a few months. You dont want to think thats going to happen. I dont know where to go now. Down the street . But a group of about five Homeless People refused to leave the encampment on mission and division. They say they should not be punished for something the city forced on them. They say going to the citys homeless shelter there at pier 80 is an unsafe option. This is a situation for the mayor and the manager have brought out of control. This is not our responsibility. We shouldnt be it shouldnt be dumped upon us. We shouldnt be used as scapegoats. Crews set up Police Barricades and signs, warning of no soliciting and no camping along division. Police made no arrests. Some of the homeless say they dont know where they will go. In san jose, cleanup continues today at a homeless camp where more than a dozen people have been ordered to leave. Cal trans crews started dismantling the camp between 880 and highway 87 near rosemary gardens. The mercury news reports health and safety concerns are what sparked this move. More than 20 People Living in the space were given a 72hour notice to leave. The Berkeley Health Department Today trying to track down the source of a flu like outbreak at uc berkeley. According to the Student Newspaper there, some 30 students have reported illnesses with similar symptoms compared to norovirus. Some say they started feeling sick while attending a dance competition at oaklands theater. Some of yosemites iconic landmarks have new names as of today. Park employees started covering up the old signs over the weekend at midnight. The hotel will be known as the majestic yosemite hotel. The lodge at the falls will become Yosemite Valley lodge. Curry village and the Badger Pass Ski Area will be half dome village and yosemite ski and snowboard area. The name changes are part of a legal battle over trademarks. The parks former concessionairre is demanding compensation for the use of the name. We do have minor changes in the weather today. Partly cloudy, temperatures above average. May squeeze out a few showers this afternoon. Ill explain in a moment. First, lets take a look at the golden gate bridge. Isnt that a beautiful one there . We do have partly cloudy, mostly clear skies. Santa rosa, 66 degrees. San francisco, 65. Upper 60s in oakland. Livermore, 68. San jose, 68 as well. The increase in those high clouds having to do with the system thats to the north of us. Here is Storm Tracker 2 right now. You can see just those clouds, no rain to speak of. Its still well to the north, picking up a little bit over areas like crescent city, ukiah, mendocino county, seeing scattered showers. This is the tail end of the system that is way farther north. Getting into the afternoon, its actually going to slip towards the bay area. Unfortunately, its going to fizzle out as it does. Looks like the north bay will get the only chance at seeing a few scattered showers. Here we are at the noon hour. There is your line of rain. By 3 00, 4 00, 5 00, it begins to move through. But notice not a lot showing up in the bay area. Well turn mostly cloudy, especially over the north bay and we may see just a few light showers as we get into the second part of the afternoon, a little closer to sunset. I want to take you into the next possibility of some rain. We are all likely to get in on this one. It comes late tomorrow night over the north bay first while we sleep, shifting into the central and south bay. Thursday morning, we could wake up with scattered showers which could impact the morning drive. Well be tracking it for you. In the way of rainfall amounts, anywhere from half inch or less expected for most areas, which isnt too bad. Of course we want to see more. More is on the way. Looks like it will come in time for your bay area weekend. So more on that in the extended forecast. Afternoon highs for today, upper 60s in novato. 70 in napa. 70 for vallejo. Upper 60s expected for San Francisco. 72 in oakland. These numbers, a few degrees cooler than where we were yesterday afternoon. Widespread mid70s, a few upper 70s monday afternoon. Not that warm, but definitely still above average. 74 in san jose. Los gatos, you will go to 74 as well. Here is a look at your extended forecast. Day by day, again, partly cloudy today. Increasing clouds over the north bay. Maybe a few sprinkles. That will be about it. We get into wednesday. We start out partly cloudy, increasing clouds on wednesday. By wednesday night, thats the first system that moves in. Lingers into thursday. Notice our temperatures begin to drop as well, back into the mid to upper 60s. On friday, we start out cloudy. Rain develops friday night. Saturday looks wet. Sunday looks wet. These systems coming in for the weekend could bring us anywhere from an inch to two inches. That is great news. Looking farther out, looks like the first two weeks of march could be wet. More good news. Ill send it back to you. Great. Thank you. Making up for the past few weeks. Love it. After a warm and mostly dry february, state surveyors returned to the sierra this morning to measure the snow pack at echo summit in the central sierra. It measured at 105 of normal. Our recent warm weather had officials concerned the heat could be melting the above average snow pack. The survey determines how much water the crucial snow pack will hold for use in the spring, summer and fall. That San Francisco das office Just Announced charges in connection with an alleged gladiatorstyle fights in the county jail. The District Attorney gascon says two sheriffs deputies are facing felony and misdemeanor charges and one former deputy is being charged with several felonies. Inmates say they were threatened or denied food if they did not fight each other. The allegations led to an investigation involving the fbi. To my knowledge, they have not yet surrendered themselves into custody. They will do so in the next 48 hours. A court date has not yet been set for the deputies. If you missed out this weekend, theres still another chance to see prince perform right here in the bay area. After the break, well tell you about the announcement of another lastminute show and when you can buy those tickets. Taking a look at stocks, they are rallying. One reason, according to some market analysts, the government reported Construction Spending reach its highest level in eight years. The dow up more than 300 points. Nasdaq, up 119. Taking a look at some of the stocks out there having a good day, apple up nearly 4 . Google, 3 . Netflix is up. Couple stocks not having a great day, twitter down a bit. Tesla down nearly 4 . Today, mobile Payment Company square is rolling out another feature it says is better than good oldfashioned paper money. The San Franciscobased company says cash drawer will allow you to maintain a balance through the app. Instead of depositing money in your bank account, the cash drawer lets you carry that money on the app to use later on. The feature could make square cash more competitive with paypal. Changes are coming for people who have costco credit cards. Starting this june, costco will no longer accept the companys American Express cards, this after American Express struck a deal to sell its branded portfolio to citigroup. Last year, American Express was replaced by citigroup and visa to take over the cards. Customers with the old cards will be sent new ones without having to apply again. Another surprise bay area performance by prince and tickets will go on sale in just a few hours. Prince tweeted the announcement about 9 30 this morning. Prince did a surprise show at oaklands oracle theater sunday night. Tickets to the latest show go on sale at ticket master, 4 00 this afternoon. And in the south bay, the cinequest Film Festival kicks off today. A total of 240 films will be shown at three different theaters in san jose. The festival opens with a thriller called eye in the sky, starring helen miran and the late alan rickman in his final role. C. Cinequest starts today and runs through march 13. Were all watching as the votes are being cast throughout the states on this super tuesday. Thats right. Today on the four on 2, we are tracking the first ballot returns coming in. Plus, well break down the Party Strategy Going Forward as the delegate counts get added up. We have the first debate all the way back last summer and here we are in the biggest primary. Feels like a lifetime ago. Super tuesday is among us. Thats coming up on the four. Thank you for joining us here at noon. Make sure to always stay tuned to ktvu. Com, facebook and twitter and instagram as well. Well see you back here for the four. Today on tmz harvey after decades, Leonardo Dicaprio finally wins an oscar and he almost forgot it at the after party. You see this guy like run out and you see him like holding like the oscar. Hes like do you want this in here with you . Its like he went to the urinal to have a piss and he put it down and forgot it. [laughter] yeah. The worst part about the whole oscars last night, sly getting snubbed. It hit here, man. Harvey he really thought he won. Michael rappaport posted on instagram, a video. Its the funniest thing i have ever seen. What the [bleep] is going on . Love it emmanuel lubezki. He was leaving agos last night