Intimidate officer. Kensington police chief kevin hart says the case is now headed to the District Attorneys Office. Why would you need to submit an assault with the District Attorneys Office rather than just charge them yourself with the police chief. Normally we would do that but there were some he said he said situation there may be video obtained and were trying to obtain the video so were getting at the District Attorney and attorneys office. Ragan is a Vice President of the larger sci you which is 2 million members. He is known in union circles for known as a sometime combative behavior. In 2008 he was in a labor meeting in michigan that erupted into violence. In 1995 place in ohio arrested him for this really unruly conduct. Lay today his attorney emailed me a statement saying there are zero grounds for charges against ragan end quote this is an outrageous attempt of intimidation by the California Hospital Association and the process server tried to intimidate is to ragan and his 9yearold daughter and refused to leave the home when asked. When i talk to the attorney late this afternoon about any further information regarding of the potential of this being a crime that he will be charged with the attorney didnt want to take any further although we did say no arrest no crime but we will see if that holds up in the next few weeks when the District Attorney its the case. I did also ask the attorney for a oneonone interview with mr. Reagan ive yet to hear back on that but i could not find mr. Reagan anywhere today and i did try and track him down at work and at home. The death of an inmate in California State Prison in sacramento is being considered a homicide. The 53yearold man was found unresponsive in his cell last night he is not been identified until his family can be notified but he was serving a life sentence for murder in marin county. His cellmate was serving time for assault. In at the wake of three former officials are being charged for Money Laundering and taking bribes the das office is launching a task force to work with the fbi to catch politicians and city officials up to no good. The good old boys the pay to play system that has worked in San Francisco so well for so long has to end and we believe this is the beginning of that process. The fbi says this new corruption investigation is one of its top priorities. Strong words from president obama about how we will handle the death of Justice Scalia. The president says he will do the job he was elected to do. The constitution is pretty clear about what is supposed to happen now when there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court the president of the United States is a two nominate someone. Republicans are promising to block anyone who is nominated no matter who it is. Their argument its an Election Year and the vacancy should be filled by the next president. With the battle lines are drawn it appears we are headed for a showdown and who will blink first and who might the present pick. Reporter a a lot of names being thought to be the next justice including californias on attorney general. I am not putting my name out there. Im going to take that off the floor right now. Its an honor but thats not where im headed. At a San Jose Campaign stop in her race for senate Pamela Harris made her intentions clear but what if the president actually calls. Im not putting my name into consideration i do not wish to be considered im running for the United States senate. Who would like to see. He hasnt called me yet. Ever since Justice Scalia died over the weekend there has been many questions who is next. Will he or she be right or left. A person of color the Senate Majority leader declared republicans would block any obama nomination. May he rest in peace. Some peace he was an advocate for was honoring the constitution of the United States. Nancy pelosi the House Minority leader says the constitution allows the president to fill the vacancy. When won the republican say it wont happen and that they wont go there. They are just saying that they dont intend to honor the responsibility in the Supreme Court. While not overtly suggesting race is a factor congresswoman anna issue added this comment adding historical racial language. Our constitution at one time tell us that negroes were three fifths of a person now thankfully it has changed but nowhere in the constitution does it say that a president s term can only be served out three quarters of that term. Obviously she used the term there that is while not a racial slur is not entirely appropriate in this day in age and clearly the context there was he was referring to lingers that she believed was in the constitution but strangely we checks and actually the language that she used that term is not in that clause. A Justice Scalias chair and the bench in front of a cedar draped in black tonight. The memorial a Supreme Court tradition that dates back to 1873. The courtroom doors also draped in black. Students say it is not the first hate crime on it uc davis campus. What to the school is doing about it. Im shocked it happened here. It uc davis junior lives in the apartment complex where police are investigating a hate crime. I think it was a targeted assault. Officers were called out to the west Village Apartments around 3 00 a. M. Monday by a female student reporting an assault. The suspect in this case through items at the victim at the same time harassing her with the racial slurs. Police were able to find the suspect is still in the area and made three arrests. 22yearold jake lee and 20 24yearold lonnie doily of sacramento were charged with public intoxication and two were charged with assault and hate crimes. Taylor award also lives in the complex. It definitely surprises me. I havent experienced anything like that personally. She applauds Campus Police for the quick action but like other a map africanamerican students we spoke to know that this kind of hate crime still occurs. You for going to be honest its not that surprising in the scheme of things. California now part of a bigger effort to reduce greenhouse gases. They joined the 17 state Alliance Working together on Clean Energy Policy and planning. Priorities include transportation and the electrical grid. They will meet soon to put together a game plan how to meet their goals. Rising level of mercury in our food chain. A scientist found the amount of mercury in rain is increasing in the western and central part of the u. S. Researchers say it is likely being caused emissions from coal burning power in asia. The pollution traveled here and then can wind up in seafood. Stop mercury is a neurotoxin that affects the brain. Predatory fish such as tuna and swordfish have the highest level of mercury. Looking outside another beautiful evening. Easy to forget we are were in the middle of february. The bay area enjoying another day of warmth. Stop the Cherry Blossoms are confused and in full bloom now. Several cities record high today. This is the last day of heat we switch things up. Reporter i hope soak folks got outside today because where im standing at the Berkeley Rose regarding this time tomorrow it is going to be raining it will be windy we will see wind gust in the Higher Elevation about 40 Miles Per Hour. Forget to the 80s forget to the 70s we will be in the low to mid 60s at this time tomorrow. So a weather change were going back from summer returning to winter 24 hours from now. That said another very warm day today we shattered on record at San FranciscoInternational Airport 72 oakland 82 degrees at breaking the old record by seven seven. San jose you hit a record high with a temperature of 80 degrees this afternoon and Mountain View 78 for high. Look at what will happen tomorrow were talking about rain and cooler weather and the one thing youll notice tomorrow morning will continue saturday is the went. About 4 00 tomorrow afternoon we will look at wind gust in excess of 30 Miles Per Hour and napa and it certainly also in the Berkeley Hills. Weather changes coming we will talk about how long they will last and how much rain we will receive its coming up in a few minutes right now its a gorgeous tuesday evening in the beautiful Berkeley Hills. A bay area house party gets out of control. A man brutally beaten a suspect on the run tonight whats complicated the investigation and how it could change the rules for home rentals. A pharmacy handing out free drugs to be area patients. Stop the lifesaving idea thats been ten years in the making. A bay area firefighter knows how to bring the heat in the kitchen. Stop now hes cashing in on a hit recipe. Wait till you hear how hes doing some serious good in the process. ,,,,,,,, it happened over the weekend outside a short term rentale in orinda. A man of fighting for his life after brutal beating. It happened on the weekend outside a shortterm rental home in orinda. Take a look because this grainy cell phone image is the only thing police have to identify their suspect. Investigators are reports of trying to track him down. How the incident couldnt change the rules on a shortterm rental. This shortterm rental turned into a crime scene and what cities like orinda and others in danville and throughout the east bay want to do to regulate these shortterm rental facilities specifically air he envies. This to milliondollar five bedroom home was listed as a shortterm rental. 875 a night. The owner advertised it as being used for filming even hosted music stars. When the owner rented it out friday night it was to someone claiming to be having a family gettogether and barbecue. But thats not what neighbors in this quiet area heard and saw it late at night and into the morning. What i drove out in the morning i saw the police. This neighbor saw more and didnt want to be identified. There was crime scene tape of blood in the parking lot. We learned the rental transaction was never made through air be and be. Instead the renter offered cash to the owner claiming her credit card wasnt working. A party spilled out onto the street were a fight broke out police say this man captured on a cell phone video severely beat another man from florida who is now in the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. Police are now actively searching for the suspect. As you can imagine when officers arrived there were many people coming and going so there were some confusion as two who was who but we tended to the injuries first. We should have a system of registration or the city at least knows where that is a possibility so police are making their rounds on any given night there aware this activity could go on at this location. That issue of regulating the shortterm rentals would be addressed at tonight Orinda City Council meeting and in danville as well on that same issue. As for the suspect the suspect is still at large and the victim is in the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. Town leaders in danville expected to make a decision tonight on the shortterm rentals you see residents are really complaining about the influx of strangers they bring in. The town council may decide to impose a strict regulations or could abandon shortterm rentals altogether. A political consultant has changed his plea to guilty for possessing a deadly toxin. Ryan chamberlin was a suspect of a three day at nationwide manhunt in 2014 after authorities found biological toxins a homemade bomb and a gun in his apartment. He was arrested. In exchange for the plea agreement other charges were dropped. He faces ten years in prison. Taxing medical marijuana just got closer to reality. Mike mcguire introduced a bill today that would tack on a 15 tax. The money would go to local Law Enforcement neighborhood improvement programs as well as drug and ill call treatment programs. They say they already pay for a sales tax. Mcguire says his official tax would generate 100 million annually for marin county. A new pharmacy in san jose is handing out free medications and two those with prescriptions who cant afford to pay for them. They call it the Better Health pharmacy. The meds that come from Nursing Homes or hospitals were patients have changed medicines or have died. Before surplus was legally mandated to destroy even if it was unused. This medicine was good enough to go to the patients at the Health Facility why cannot be reused at a safety net pharmacy like this one. 5 billion worth of prescription drugs are thrown every year. Tonight a move to make a powerful coastal transmission more transparent. Warren county Assembly Member mark levine is one of three people introducing a bill to hold the commission more accountable. It would require lobbyists to report to the workforce their pay and there insurance with the commission. We cant just walk away after what happened last week and not continue to be engaged. This legislation and their continued effort working with commissioners will help protect the coastal acts in californias coast. Last week hundreds of people from across the state flooded a meeting in morro bay to defend charles wester. The Commission Still voted to fire him. A move a supporter state was influenced by lobbyists and developers. Crab a season wont open this weekend. State Officials Say crabs caught the south of south ray is safe to eat. They are worried people may get sick from a toxic asset thats already delayed the season by three months. The earliest commercial crab season could start is late next week. It could be el nino has created an unprecedented surge of people buying Flood Insurance in california. More than 55,000 policies have been purchased an increase of 25 . Fema has changed its maps to include more properties in the flood zones but fema says it hasnt seen this kind of increase in the national Flood Insurance program which started in 1968. Will be getting more rain. There is some rain in the forecast right paul. Yes we will see a big change here in the Berkeley Hills at this time tomorrow it will be in the 70s it wont be clear it will be the most Beautiful Day to get outside although we need the rainfall. Stop we will see rain well see wind we will see much cooler weather coming up tomorrow. Lets enjoy the beautiful view from the book the rose garden looking down toward the city lights in San Francisco bay. It is always a magical view regardless of the weather we are coming off of a high of 82 degrees in oakland. So many folks out and about in midfebruary enjoying sunshine and abnormally warm weather. Were talking 20 degrees warmer than average. Eightytwo at morgan hill redwood city in the 80s napa almost at 80 fremonts 79 concord a 76 San Francisco 74 degrees for high today. The radar is clear for now but we are expecting a change at this time tomorrow with a band of heavy rainfall impacting the evening compete commute. We need every drop of rainfall and we will receive some tomorrow. As a matter of fact the mountains where we need the snow to fall with the snowpack is now below average for the First Time Since late november there is a winter storm warning in effect were talking about the snow level dropping 5,000 feet and eight to 18 inches of fresh power. Above 7,000 feet elevation this is all wonderful news. The ridge of High Pressure that gave us the heat is moving out of low pressure is on approach and temperatures will be markedly cooler tomorrow. No 80s on this map no 70s on this map. Sixtysix for a high in concorde tomorrow. Pacifica 63 livermore 68 fremont 67 it will be windy it will be cooler will be west by tomorrow evening. Your extended forecast even cooler thursday and friday still unsettled part showers possible we will see rain and by saturday and sunday and then monday were back to where we have been which is sunny and dry. The beautiful view in the Berkeley Hills will be beautiful for a different reason tomorrow. Rain returns with some wind and cooler weather all 24 hours from now. It started with some extra peppers in the backyard and now bay area firefighter has a hit on his hand. Coming to a target store the store near you a change in the shopping card could make a world of difference for some parents. ,,,, international regulations, security breaches, lost revenue lost respect. Well crafted solutions for todays problems in commerce. Pitney bowes, the craftsmen of commerce. Thats kind of what a firefighter did except wh something much hotter. Kpix 5s john ram you know the saying when life makes leavened drink emanate. A bay area original recipe helping kids through college. The garden it doesnt look like much but in 1995 when he was a firefighter the garden he planted behind palo altos station five was another story. It exploded i had way too many peppers and i wasnt sure what to do