Ive committed these crimes, ive admitted to them but consider my whole life what ive contributed. The judge responding i dont believe i should be lenient. Now, yee had walked in much earlier into the courtroom this morning, but this stems from a federal investigation that went from 2011 to 2014 studying a chinese organized crime ring led by the chinatown gangster raymond chow. It involved bribes in exchange for favors and votes and campaign contributions. A lot of the discussion this morning was talking about yee and part of an illegal firearms deal. The judge did lower the range he was considering, so we do know that much, that he was looking more in terms of maybe six to seven years. Right now the judge is in the middle of his sentencing so were not clear yet on what exactly he has decided. But the u. S. Attorneys office wanted eight years as well as three years of supervised release saying that yee had abused the Publics Trust and this needed to be reflected in the punishment of the crime. We also have video earlier of wellknown political consultant Keith Jackson who also used to be on the San Francisco school board, in fact president at one point, so he is also here as well as his son, brandon jackson, and a former sports agent, marlin sullivan. They are also slated to be sentenced. Once again were standing outside the Federal Building waiting to hear what judge Charles Brier has decided. He was talking about yee and he said what yee has done has longterm implications not just for him, but legislators and the public will be looking at this decision to see if the government and the courts decided on something that was fair. So again well keep you posted as we wait for this decision here in front of the Federal Building. Stephanie chuang, nbc bay area news. Thank you very much, steph. We also have new details on a gun shop burglary that led to an hourslong standoff in milpitas. We now know three of the suspects are minors. Bob redell is live in milpit milpitas. Bob, police did not have to go far to catch these socalled criminals. Reporter no, they did not, kris and scott. Right behind me target masters west, thats the gun shop the burglars broke into overnight. If you look over to your left right next door, that twostory building with the antenna sticking out, that was the Milpitas Police department. No surprise that officers were able to arrive quickly on the scene and eventually take all four suspects into custody. I cant speak for them. They may not have thought that was a Police Department or maybe they thought there was no cops here because it was the Police Department. A sergeant heard the Burglar Alarm going off at target masters. He and his fellow officers immediately detained two of the suspects who tried to escape in a car. A third suspect jumped from the roof where the burglars gained access into the store. Police later arrested him a few blocks from here. The fourth suspect remained in the store unable to escape. My sergeant saw him holding a gun when he came to the glass door. The sergeant gave him commands to drop the gun. He dropped the gun and basically stood at the door looking out at us and couldnt give himself up because the door was locked. Reporter that suspect did try to climb back up into the ceiling and onto the roof but could not get up there so he waited while Law Enforcement surrounded the building, secured the area, made sure he wouldnt try to ambush them with a gun, obviously its a gun store, and then they made access and took him into custody without any resistance. All four suspects were male, one adu adult, the other three juveniles. Police did search nearby train tracks to make sure the one who escaped on foot didnt discard any weapons. Thanks. Now to a developing story. We now know that the Human Remains Found by fishermen in the east bay are the remains of a woman whose head and limbs appeared to be severed. Police found the torso sunday night right at the end of the marshlands road in fremont near the dumbarton bridge. Last night the Alameda County coroner was back in the area. Investigators spent the evening searching the water and levees and under the bridge as well. Without knowing how that womans remains ended up there, police are classifying this case adds a suspicious death at the least. They told everybody to just leave and i left when the policeman told me to leave. Dont go under the bridge. The coroner has not identified the woman yet. If you have any information or you saw anything, you are asked to call the fremont police. A reminder, you can do so anonymously. And we have breaking news for you. As we were mentioning, the sentencing of leland yee. This is file tape of the former state senator. He has been sentenced to five years in prison. Our Stephanie Chuang is following all of that. He agreed to a plea deal in a federal racketeering case, admitting to accepting thousands of dollars in bribes after an organized crime bust that netted more than 20 arrests. Prosecutors were calling for eight years. Yees attorneys were asking for that five so they got what they wanted. Again, a judge sentencing former state senator leland yee to five years in prison. Christie smith is in court as well as our Stephanie Chuang. Christie will have sentencing information and more reporting tonight at 5 00 and 6 00. Meanwhile, this less than an hour, protesters angry over the reinstating of a fired Police Officer plan to gather in san jose. Two weeks ago an independent arbitrator ruled officer philip white must be rehired by the San Jose Police force. Last october the Department Fired white over tweets he made which many people thought he was threatening the black lives matter movement. The decision to reinstate white is resonating all the way to city hall. San jose mayor is considering going to court to refire this officer. The basis for a legal challenge would be focused on whether the arbitrator exceeded their authority or violated some basic public policy. Officer white has been assigned to administrative duties and will not be allowed to patrol the streets. Todays protest is planned for noon at the san jose courthouse. Innocent animals poisoned and now Sonoma County sheriffs investigators are telling anyone who believes their animal fell victim to also come forward. Authorities say a homemade cookie tainted with the poisonous plant oleander killed this dog and horse. It is a fastgrowing bush. Someone left the treats in the yard of the property on kennedy road about two weeks ago where those animals lived. Another horse also ate the treat but survived. Sheriffs Officials Say they do have a person of interest, but they are looking for anyone to come forward with any more information. A followup for you. Last night the school board unanimously approved a plan to offer San Francisco middle School Students condoms if they ask. Parents are not allowed to opt out. The School District says state law allows minors access to pregnancy prevention without parent permission. The program will go into effect next month. Condoms are already available at San Francisco public high schools. Dozens of homeless men and women in San Francisco have three days to find a new place to sleep because the city declared their encampment a health hazard. The Public HealthDepartment Says the area south of market where they have been camping is becoming a public nuisance and potential health threat. City leaders say they need to clear out a growing collection of trash and human waste immediately. Mayor ed lee recently toured a new homeless facility at pier 80 where he says many of the 150 beds that are available are going unused. Well give everybody an opportunity to come here on a voluntary basis, but ultimately we will not have encampments on the street. We all need to Work Together to be able to solve this problem, not just turn a blind eye to it and kick them away. Public Health Workers will we out at the camp directing people into those shelters. A new battle is brewing in San Francisco over a plan to knock down a critical stretch of freeway. Opponents packed a Community Meeting last night. Thats where City Planners got feedback on an idea to tear down the stretch of interstate 280 in San Francisco that ends up near at t park. Replacing that freeway with a boulevard would allow for more access when highspeed rail becomes a reality and create new real estate. Critics, including former mayor, says that stretch of 280 is essential. I280 has become more useful, more valuable today than it ever was when it was first built. I do recall embarcadero freeway that came down after the earthquake. What a god send that was. If thats going to be similar, im in favor of it. By that he means the freeway coming down was a god acceptsen. The final decision is still months away at the earliest. The wins keep on winning for donald trump. How he is tightening his grip on the republican president ial nomination as the candidates head into super tuesday. Plus, we all know steph curry is insanely good, but is he too good to be in a video game . Im meteorologist kari hall taking a live look at sunol on this Beautiful Day as temperatures warm up. Ill have the details of what to expect as we approach some records today. Thats coming up in the microclimate forecast. Lowes presents how to put your foot in your mouth. Man, wish my yard looked like yours. Hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the. Sorry. Now get 20 off stagreen® fertilizer, at lowes. Welcome back. The stock market started on a rough note but things have gotten a lot better. In fact the nasdaq just turned to the positive so it doesnt look as bad as it did earlier this morning. Apple will file papers this week asking the court to hold off in its demand to open that controversial iphone while it takes the issue to congress and asks for a new set of laws. Not only is congress friendlier, that would take a long time as well and both things work in apples favor. Meanwhile people gathered outside apple stores at 30 locations across the u. S. Tuesday evening to show their support for the company. Theyre a minority. A recent Pew Research Poll says a slight majority of americans support the fbi, not apple. I think that our security will not be increased if apple breaks the security features on the iphone. And i think its actually worrisome that Citizens Rights to privacy are sort of being debated between a giant corporation and a very powerful government. Well, expect a rough landing tonight for spacex. Its going to try to land that first stage of an unmanned rocket on a seagoing barge after launching a satellite. Here was its last attempt where it boom, didnt quite work out and we expect tonight will be just as bad because of all the orbital dynamics. The first stage is going to come down faster with less fuel and that is a formula for disaster. Kris, when my kids play video games, they argue over who gets to be the Chicago Blackhawks because if you play as the blackhawks, youre probably going to win. It turns out theres a similar problem with the nba video game because everybody wants to have steph curry on his or her team because youre gonna win. In fact the bay area programmers who maybe nba 2k 16 have a problem modeling steph curry because the real steph curry is so ridiculously good, he hits so many threepointers, its hard to include him in the video game without changing the dynamics and the tempo of the game, which i guess is true of real life as well. Exactly. If he can hit a threepointer from anywhere on the court, then yeah, the game is different. Whether its real life or youre just mashing the a button. I love him. To decision 2016 now. Another impressive win for donald trump. He takes the nevada caucuses for his Third Straight win in the republican president ial race. Heres a look at the results. Trump with 46 of the votes. Senator marco rubio second with 24 followed by senator ted cruz with 21 . Dr. Ben carson and Ohio Governor john kasich both finished in single digits. The candidates are already focused on super tuesday next week where 14 states will be up for grabs, including texas, the home of ted cruz. Marco rubio left nevada early and is already campaigning in michigan. Tuesday could potentially be the final blow in the campaigns of the four candidates trailing behind donald trump as we continues to build momentum. I love you folks very much. Remember, make America Great again. Were going to do it and its going to happen fast. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. More than 600 delegates will be decided on super tuesday, which is half of whats needed to win the nomination. And now to a followup and those new plans for a new santa clara jail facility are coming into focus and its already carrying a higher price tag. Yesterday county supervisors heard updated plans for the new main jail east to replace the dilapidated main jail south. The new facility will not be completed for at least four years, but as for the cost, its already higher by about 40 million. Maybe as high as 280 million. About a third of that money is being covered by a state grant. An Investigative Unit exclusive. A fourmonthlong nbc bay area investigation has discovered a history of questionable treatment of inmates at santa claras jail. The two independent auditors reached similar conclusions in reports delivered to the jails blue ribbon commission. That formed following the beating death of inmate michael taree last november. Senior Investigative Reporter steven stock reveals new allegations of physical abuse never before made public. And he talks to insiders about whats been happening long before taree died. You have to increase your staffing, increase your training base, increasing your bed space, right, and give people the tools to do the job. This extends way back past michael tyrees death. Correct. Our Investigative Unit also breaks down the numbers and talks to the sheriff about whats really been going on at that jail. All tonight at 11 00 on nbc bay area news. If you have a tip for our Investigative Unit, call them at 888996tips or send an email. We have been enjoying some very beautiful springlike weather. It will bring in some cooler temperatures and a chance of rain as we head into the weekend but now it does feel like springtime out there. Looking at the temperatures now, were in the upper 50s in San Francisco, some mid60s now for the south bay as we continue to warm up were heading into the low to mid70s today. A few high clouds have been filtering that sunshine, but still our temperatures warming up. So we could be on track to set some new record highs today. In oakland were looking at the old record of 74 degrees set in 1954. Today were expecting a high of 74. Napa 73 is the record, 74 in the forecast. In san jose well be very close but may not set a new record. Hayward will set a new record with a high of 75 degrees expected today and Moffett Field also will be very close so well be watching those numbers as they continue to go up. Looking at all the microclimates now, san jose and palo alto, a high of 75 degrees. 70 degrees today in the financial district. 76 degrees in santa rosa and also in concord. Danville today looking at 77. So these temperatures a little bit more typical of may and here we are at the end of february. All of this warm weather may be drawing people to the coast to just watch some waves. Well, you want to make sure that you do be aware that we do have a High Surf Advisory in effect. Waves will be anywhere from 11 to 14 feet and we will have the risk of some strong rip currents and also large shore breaks, so keep an eye on everyone around you and just be aware that we may also have some sneaker waves. The next couple of days a couple of weather systems will be moving closer bringing in only some scattered showers. The models have really been backing off on exactly where and how much rain well see with this next system. It looks like well see increasing cloud and cooler temperatures friday and the weekend. It all clears out saturday with another one approaching on sun and hopefully that one will bring us some rain. Looks like we continue on with some dry and warm weather. Highs widespread in the 70s today. Also in the afternoon tomorrow but then we see 50s along the immediate coastline and more 60s widespread inland, which will be a little closer to normal for this time of year. Were going to bring it back down a few degrees in time for saturday with a high of 68 degrees in the peninsula, a mixture of sun and clouds, and well have a slight chance of rain on sunday with a high of 66 degrees in the east bay. So you may be wondering what happened to el nino and will it bring us any chances of rain as we go into the next few weeks. Coming up in my next weather cast, ill talk about that and also something we commonly see during el nino years, which is a spell of dry weather, so thats coming up a little bit later. Where is el nino . Where did we last leave it . All right, thank you. Up next at 11 00, a Security Guard attacked outside a post office, but it is how he fought b