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Contractor tim peterson tells kpix 5, there were braces. And he is not sure what happened to them. But he wouldnt answer any other questions. The city is investigating whether he had the right permit. What we need to explore is whether other work was done without the proper permits that may have contributed to the collapse. Reporter part of the collapsed house is resting on Michael Davies house shifting it. The city redtagged his house. The contractor of the collapsed house offered to fix it. He was saying, well, look like im gonna be fixing yo house next. I say i dont know, not the way yours falling down. Reporter call osha is investigating because a homeless man was sleeping inside during the collapse. That man says he was guarding the house for the contractor. So that makes him a worker now. Live in west oakland, im da lin, kpix 5. The citys planning and building inspector should finish the investigation next week. Any violations could lead to some hefty fines. The San Francisco police chief wants eight of his officers fired in the wake of a scandal involving racist and homophobic text messages. Kpix 5s maria medina on how the police chief is doing damage control trying to restore public trust. Reporter and the police chief held a News Conference today for about an hour. He announced in light of the texting scandal, he will be randomly selecting Police Officers to check to see if they missed any red flags in their background checks. It just makes me sick to even talk about it. Reporter San Francisco police chief greg suhr says the eight officers including a captain caught exchanging racist and homophobic texts do not belong in his department. I have suspended them and they have been referred to the Police Commission with a recommendation of only termination. Reporter but his afternoon announcement was just one of several scandals he addressed including the investigation into a Crime Lab Analyst and supervisor accused of failing to tell investigators if suspects dna matched criminal profiles in a federal database. There could well be suspects that we should have gotten identified that we should be conducting investigations on. I find it repulsive. In my entire 30yearplus career in law enforcement, this is some of the worst allegations that i have seen. Reporter the District Attorney created a task force to look into all these allegations. As public defender jeff adachi threatens to bring back at least 1,000 cases in the last 10 years back to court. Because the evidence of these racist texts, um, affect the credibility of the officers, any case where a question was raised as to whether the officer was telling the truth has to be looked at again. Reporter the chief says he is well aware of how his department appears to the public right now but insists his mission is to repair its image. The trust in our Police Department is not lost on me that its taken a major hit and well do everything we can to rebuild that trust. Reporter as far as those Crime Lab Workers they were off the job when they failed a basic exam. Police are looking at the 1400 cases they handled. There were 14 officers involved in that texting scandal but you said the chief only wants eight of them fired . What about the snores. Reporter two officers he said are on admin duty at this point. Four others officers did not send racist texts. But violated other policies and those officers will be disciplined by him. All right. Maria medina, thank you. An ultra light plane spiraled out of the sky in petaluma killing the only pilot on board. Emergency crews rushed to the crash finding this mangled mess. Witnesses say it looked like a wing folded. These types of planes have small engines made of lightweight materials. Authorities say multiple people called 911 saying they saw the plane go down. The ntsb is investigating. The pilot was declared dead at the scene. It happened about 12 30 today near adobe creek golf country club. An apology and confession today from two teenagers accused in the death of audrie pott. The saratoga teen took her own life days after passing out at a house party and was sexual assaulted. Her attackers drew on her body and took cell phone photos and were shared with classmates at saratoga high. Her parents filed a wrongful death suit going to trial next week. Instead the parents of the two boys will pay 950,000 to settle the case. But the two teenagers will have to do more. They will be required to take part in a documentary about the case and speak honestly about what happened. Also, each will have to go on a public speaking tour going to 10 high schools talking about drinking, sexting and sharing nude photos. The third teenaged boy involved reached a separate settlement with audries parents last month. Tonight a new pitch to use technology to prevent tragedies along the caltrain tracks. Its where desperate teenagers are too often resorting to suicide. New at 6 00 kpix 5s Christian Hartnett live in palo alto with details. Christian. Reporter a lot of people here say changes need to come quickly. About 70 of teen suicides on caltrain tracks since 2009 have happened in palo alto. Parents and students arent sure security cameras will do the trick. But its a start. [ horn ] reporter there is a sense of urgency in our community about making these improvements as quickly as we can. Palo altos spokesman Claudia Keith says one of those safety improvements along caltrain tracks could be hightech cameras. The cameras would be able to see farther than a human eye and would alert police the moment someone steps on the tracks. It might provide better visibility and perhaps depending on how the technology works, just a little more time to to notify all the personnel needed to either stop the train or get the person off the tracks. Reporter guards have been patrolling crossings for years. But palo alto and caltrain are looking to do more. The city has worked closely with the School District to put an end to what the district calls a Public Health crisis as 40 students at Palo Alto High School and Gunn High School have been hospitalized for suicidal thoughts in just past year and a half. Just this week, the school board voted to hire two full Time Mental Health therapists right away. Thats scary because you would think that a kids thats 15, 16, 17, still has his whole life ahead of him. Reporter some students we spoke with today say security cameras are a good idea but theres more to do. Change the mindset. Change the atmosphere at school i think. Thats the best way. Reporter the city of palo alto will meet with caltrain and the developer of these security cameras next week. If all goes well, a test program at the Meadow Crossing could be up and running in a matter of months. Live in palo alto, Christian Hartnett, kpix 5. A fundraiser in honor of officer Michael Johnson has already raised 25,000 for his family. The event was held yesterday the same day as the san jose officers funeral. It was sponsored by the britannia arms, a bar owner who says the 25,000 total will probably increase though once proceeds from auctions are finalized. The San Jose Earthquakes are also collecting donations for officer johnsons family at the match on sunday. The Guardian Angels are about to set up a chapter in san jose known for its red berets saying people reached out two months ago asking for patrols because of a spike in crime. Um, groups of men and women that love their community and, you know, it pains them whenever they see violence happening and that really is our main goal is to see if we cant do something about the violence going on in san jose. The group is holding a recruitment meeting tonight at 8 00 san pedro square. They are already Guardian Angels chapters in oakland and San Francisco. Still ahead, fireworks in the courtroom. As a disgraced former county leader faces his punishment from a judge. Im mark sayre in the Central Valley where no matter how much rain we get this year, it could still be a rough year for agriculture. Ill have that story just ahead. Mobile weather live in San Francisco. The boys of summer are back in town. We have the as and giants playing some exhibition baseball tonight. But forget about summer it is winterlike weather that returns as soon as this weekend. Your forecast is coming up. And it may sound a little weird. A contraption called a toilet sink. See how it works and take a look at these pictures of the california screaming roller coaster stuck on the tracks at economist land. About 100 people got the ride of their lives but not the kind they were expecting. They were stuck at the top when the ride broke down this afternoon. They had to climb down to safety. No one was hurt. Disneyland blames the problem on a minor mechanical issue. And this is all thats left of a minivan nearly cut in half by a traffic pole. It happened in hawthorne in l. A. County. The driver was killed in the crash. Police say he was on his way to work when he ran into that pole police say they have caught the man behind a vicious beating of a San Francisco homeless person. Surveillance video shows the alleged suspect Arthur Lee Jones walking up to the victim taking a full swing at him with that pipe. He knocked the homeless man over and walked away. One officer saw the footage and minutes later saw jones in person. The 36yearold is now behind bars facing attempted murder charges. A construction companys ceo is back in the bay area from china to stand trial for a wall collapse that left a worker dead. He made his First Court Appearance today. He was arrested earlier this week after flying from china to San Francisco. His lawyer says it was so he could depend himself against Involuntary Manslaughter charges. The defense argues the subcontractor is to blame. The worker was killed in january 2012 when a massive dirt wall at the site in milpitas fell on top of him. At the time, the ceo was living and working in china but prosecutors say he was making decisions every day about the project and failed to get the required permit. More signs things at the port of oakland are getting back to normal. The backlog of cargo is cleared brought on by months of labor trouble. That ended when the union and operators reached a tentative fiveyear agreement in february. Things are still backed up in l. A. However. And muni riders will soon see some big changes. The San Francisco Transit Agency is rolling out a rapid bus network, Service Increases and a new system map. The changes start at the end of the month as part of the muni forward program. Its the first day of a 19 month closure of a highway overcrossing in alameda county. The 29th avenue overcrossing provides access across 880 between oakland and alameda. Crews are taking down the old roadway and building a new one right in its place. The project will also cause frequent nighttime and full freeway closures in that area. The overcrossing will reopen in october of 2016. Well, even with some rain expected in the coming days, it may not make much of a difference for ohio valleyly farm Central Valley farmers. Four months into the year, they are already in trouble and at what it means to you. Mark sayre reports. Reporter here at the bowles farm outside of los banos, the ground is being lifted. A tractor is churning up the soil and creating fertile rows for future crops. Im extremely concerned about 2015. Yeah, i think its going to be another hard year. Reporter michael is president of the farm. He says the fear of more water cutbacks means perhaps 15 of his land will be left fallow. It also means a lastminute change of plans for this 350 acre plot which was all set for cotton. So we went back and undid what we had done already for the cotton and went back and put in the preparations for tomato planting. Reporter despite all the rain in december, and no matter what happens for the rest of the rainy season this year, the farming season is already in trouble. Thats because farms have to plan for the worst and many of those decisions have already been made. A lot of guys have already made their decisions about if they think they could even plant any tomatoes or if they could plant any melons or corn. A lot of people have moved away from those crops. Reporter there are impacts you will never see as a consumer. This is alfalfa. It will be cut this year only six times instead of seven. That means that the price to Dairy Farmers who buy this will be higher and that could be passed on to you in the price of a gallon of milk. It goes back to supply and demand. Reporter he says the price of hay is up by at least a third over the past year. Everybody has been affected. And, um, you know, you take acres out of production, and what acres are farming, the price goes up. Reporter in order to stretch the existing water, bowles farming is installing underground Irrigation Systems that it improve watering efficiency by bush that improve watering efficiency by about 40 but even the latest technology only goes so far what rain comes to the lakes and reservoirs. Mark sayre, kpix 5. Many Central Valley farmers get their water from lake shasta which is currently at 59 capacity. The drought has some people taking extreme measures to save water. One Northern California woman is using what she calls a toilet sink. Reporter Lemoore Abrams says it may not sound clean but it conserves water. Reporter they say you can learn a lot about a woman from her garden. At this home the bathroom tells the story. Its clean water and im washing my hands. Reporter robin wells has a toilet and sink in one. A toilet sink. Just buy this top converter. Reporter she ordered it from japan for 100. Now its called sink positive. Reporter some say it sinks to a new low. But she says it sometimes saves ten gallons of water or more a day. The average person uses the bathroom what, at least five times a day. So thats five gallons a day. That adds up. Reporter despite what you may think, its quite sanitary. You see, the water is routed from a separate pipe. Just like any sink has a water source, there is the water source from the city water. Reporter when you flush, freshwater comes out of the small faucet and you wash your hands with it. Or were washing our hands and reusing that water. Reporter that soapy water drains into the bowl for the next flush hence the term greywater. Greywater because its soapy. Reporter california has long had a law on the books permitting home water recycling. But now year 4 of an unprecedented drought. I think we have to completely change how were living. Reporter in sacramento, Lemoore Abrams, kpix 5. [ laughter ] your face was like mine at first what . Seems like a good idea. Maybe it is. Another popular way to reuse water is set up the gray water system allowing people to tap into their washing machine and water their gardens from there. We have some water heading our way, right, paul . A little bit of rain in the forecast . Finally, yes. What we need in april is not going to be a drought buster but enough rain to turn off the irrigation. Thats the desire this month when it comes to Mother Nature over the next couple of days. Were not talking about springtime. Were talking about summer. As we look at second and king, its bustling because what we have going on is baseball. As and giants tonight. 7 05 your first pitch. Its a little breezy and cool but its a pleasant friday evening in San Francisco. Highs today it was warm away from the water. Concord 75. Livermore 77. Napa 74. Fremont 71. And san jose 73. San francisco one of the few spots that did not hit 70 degrees today. Weather watchers got to show you this great picture from one of our weather watchers, frank keenan. All the birds in his backyard he captured a pick of one of them. There are birds everywhere and flowers blooming. It has been so dry, and also so warm. Its been springtime basically since january. Tonight at at t park, 58 degrees, same two teams different location tomorrow o. Co across the bay in oakland, 1 05 the first pitch mixture of sun and clouds. And it will be cooler. Afternoon temperatures only in the low 60s. If you are traveling tomorrow ukiah 65. Yosemite sunny, 68. Redding partly sunny 6 the degrees. High pressure is moving out. Low pressure will be allowed to move in. Something that was not allowed in january most of february and all of march. But now it is going to come here. And i mean some changes this weekend rain is in the forecast for easter. And we may see a soaker on tuesday. Tomorrow 57 in pacifica. San jose tomorrow 66. Cloudy in napa 67. And Mountain View 65 degrees. Sevenday forecast, Easter Sunday rain most of the day spent in the 50s. Cooler, cloudier, breezy, wet. Monday rain moves back in. Monday night. Tuesday could be soggy to the tune of a half inch of rain in the north bay. And well dry out on wednesday and then thursday and friday back to the 70s inland. The flags are flying in the outfield. Notice the years, new york giants won three titles. We have won three in San Francisco over the past five years. Its been a nice run for the giants 2010, 2012, 2014. The giants exhibition baseball with the as tonight at at t park. Live from Michael Davies<\/a> house shifting it. The city redtagged his house. The contractor of the collapsed house offered to fix it. He was saying, well, look like im gonna be fixing yo house next. I say i dont know, not the way yours falling down. Reporter call osha is investigating because a homeless man was sleeping inside during the collapse. That man says he was guarding the house for the contractor. So that makes him a worker now. Live in west oakland, im da lin, kpix 5. The citys planning and building inspector should finish the investigation next week. Any violations could lead to some hefty fines. The San Francisco<\/a> police chief wants eight of his officers fired in the wake of a scandal involving racist and homophobic text messages. Kpix 5s maria medina on how the police chief is doing damage control trying to restore public trust. Reporter and the police chief held a News Conference<\/a> today for about an hour. He announced in light of the texting scandal, he will be randomly selecting Police Officers<\/a> to check to see if they missed any red flags in their background checks. It just makes me sick to even talk about it. Reporter San Francisco<\/a> police chief greg suhr says the eight officers including a captain caught exchanging racist and homophobic texts do not belong in his department. I have suspended them and they have been referred to the Police Commission<\/a> with a recommendation of only termination. Reporter but his afternoon announcement was just one of several scandals he addressed including the investigation into a Crime Lab Analyst<\/a> and supervisor accused of failing to tell investigators if suspects dna matched criminal profiles in a federal database. There could well be suspects that we should have gotten identified that we should be conducting investigations on. I find it repulsive. In my entire 30yearplus career in law enforcement, this is some of the worst allegations that i have seen. Reporter the District Attorney<\/a> created a task force to look into all these allegations. As public defender jeff adachi threatens to bring back at least 1,000 cases in the last 10 years back to court. Because the evidence of these racist texts, um, affect the credibility of the officers, any case where a question was raised as to whether the officer was telling the truth has to be looked at again. Reporter the chief says he is well aware of how his department appears to the public right now but insists his mission is to repair its image. The trust in our Police Department<\/a> is not lost on me that its taken a major hit and well do everything we can to rebuild that trust. Reporter as far as those Crime Lab Workers<\/a> they were off the job when they failed a basic exam. Police are looking at the 1400 cases they handled. There were 14 officers involved in that texting scandal but you said the chief only wants eight of them fired . What about the snores. Reporter two officers he said are on admin duty at this point. Four others officers did not send racist texts. But violated other policies and those officers will be disciplined by him. All right. Maria medina, thank you. An ultra light plane spiraled out of the sky in petaluma killing the only pilot on board. Emergency crews rushed to the crash finding this mangled mess. Witnesses say it looked like a wing folded. These types of planes have small engines made of lightweight materials. Authorities say multiple people called 911 saying they saw the plane go down. The ntsb is investigating. The pilot was declared dead at the scene. It happened about 12 30 today near adobe creek golf country club. An apology and confession today from two teenagers accused in the death of audrie pott. The saratoga teen took her own life days after passing out at a house party and was sexual assaulted. Her attackers drew on her body and took cell phone photos and were shared with classmates at saratoga high. Her parents filed a wrongful death suit going to trial next week. Instead the parents of the two boys will pay 950,000 to settle the case. But the two teenagers will have to do more. They will be required to take part in a documentary about the case and speak honestly about what happened. Also, each will have to go on a public speaking tour going to 10 high schools talking about drinking, sexting and sharing nude photos. The third teenaged boy involved reached a separate settlement with audries parents last month. Tonight a new pitch to use technology to prevent tragedies along the caltrain tracks. Its where desperate teenagers are too often resorting to suicide. New at 6 00 kpix 5s Christian Hartnett<\/a> live in palo alto with details. Christian. Reporter a lot of people here say changes need to come quickly. About 70 of teen suicides on caltrain tracks since 2009 have happened in palo alto. Parents and students arent sure security cameras will do the trick. But its a start. [ horn ] reporter there is a sense of urgency in our community about making these improvements as quickly as we can. Palo altos spokesman Claudia Keith<\/a> says one of those safety improvements along caltrain tracks could be hightech cameras. The cameras would be able to see farther than a human eye and would alert police the moment someone steps on the tracks. It might provide better visibility and perhaps depending on how the technology works, just a little more time to to notify all the personnel needed to either stop the train or get the person off the tracks. Reporter guards have been patrolling crossings for years. But palo alto and caltrain are looking to do more. The city has worked closely with the School District<\/a> to put an end to what the district calls a Public Health<\/a> crisis as 40 students at Palo Alto High School<\/a> and Gunn High School<\/a> have been hospitalized for suicidal thoughts in just past year and a half. Just this week, the school board voted to hire two full Time Mental Health<\/a> therapists right away. Thats scary because you would think that a kids thats 15, 16, 17, still has his whole life ahead of him. Reporter some students we spoke with today say security cameras are a good idea but theres more to do. Change the mindset. Change the atmosphere at school i think. Thats the best way. Reporter the city of palo alto will meet with caltrain and the developer of these security cameras next week. If all goes well, a test program at the Meadow Crossing<\/a> could be up and running in a matter of months. Live in palo alto, Christian Hartnett<\/a>, kpix 5. A fundraiser in honor of officer Michael Johnson<\/a> has already raised 25,000 for his family. The event was held yesterday the same day as the san jose officers funeral. It was sponsored by the britannia arms, a bar owner who says the 25,000 total will probably increase though once proceeds from auctions are finalized. The San Jose Earthquakes<\/a> are also collecting donations for officer johnsons family at the match on sunday. The Guardian Angels<\/a> are about to set up a chapter in san jose known for its red berets saying people reached out two months ago asking for patrols because of a spike in crime. Um, groups of men and women that love their community and, you know, it pains them whenever they see violence happening and that really is our main goal is to see if we cant do something about the violence going on in san jose. The group is holding a recruitment meeting tonight at 8 00 san pedro square. They are already Guardian Angels<\/a> chapters in oakland and San Francisco<\/a>. Still ahead, fireworks in the courtroom. As a disgraced former county leader faces his punishment from a judge. Im mark sayre in the Central Valley<\/a> where no matter how much rain we get this year, it could still be a rough year for agriculture. Ill have that story just ahead. Mobile weather live in San Francisco<\/a>. The boys of summer are back in town. We have the as and giants playing some exhibition baseball tonight. But forget about summer it is winterlike weather that returns as soon as this weekend. Your forecast is coming up. And it may sound a little weird. A contraption called a toilet sink. See how it works and take a look at these pictures of the california screaming roller coaster stuck on the tracks at economist land. About 100 people got the ride of their lives but not the kind they were expecting. They were stuck at the top when the ride broke down this afternoon. They had to climb down to safety. No one was hurt. Disneyland blames the problem on a minor mechanical issue. And this is all thats left of a minivan nearly cut in half by a traffic pole. It happened in hawthorne in l. A. County. The driver was killed in the crash. Police say he was on his way to work when he ran into that pole police say they have caught the man behind a vicious beating of a San Francisco<\/a> homeless person. Surveillance video shows the alleged suspect Arthur Lee Jones<\/a> walking up to the victim taking a full swing at him with that pipe. He knocked the homeless man over and walked away. One officer saw the footage and minutes later saw jones in person. The 36yearold is now behind bars facing attempted murder charges. A construction companys ceo is back in the bay area from china to stand trial for a wall collapse that left a worker dead. He made his First Court Appearance<\/a> today. He was arrested earlier this week after flying from china to San Francisco<\/a>. His lawyer says it was so he could depend himself against Involuntary Manslaughter<\/a> charges. The defense argues the subcontractor is to blame. The worker was killed in january 2012 when a massive dirt wall at the site in milpitas fell on top of him. At the time, the ceo was living and working in china but prosecutors say he was making decisions every day about the project and failed to get the required permit. More signs things at the port of oakland are getting back to normal. The backlog of cargo is cleared brought on by months of labor trouble. That ended when the union and operators reached a tentative fiveyear agreement in february. Things are still backed up in l. A. However. And muni riders will soon see some big changes. The San Francisco<\/a> Transit Agency<\/a> is rolling out a rapid bus network, Service Increases<\/a> and a new system map. The changes start at the end of the month as part of the muni forward program. Its the first day of a 19 month closure of a highway overcrossing in alameda county. The 29th avenue overcrossing provides access across 880 between oakland and alameda. Crews are taking down the old roadway and building a new one right in its place. The project will also cause frequent nighttime and full freeway closures in that area. The overcrossing will reopen in october of 2016. Well, even with some rain expected in the coming days, it may not make much of a difference for ohio valleyly farm Central Valley<\/a> farmers. Four months into the year, they are already in trouble and at what it means to you. Mark sayre reports. Reporter here at the bowles farm outside of los banos, the ground is being lifted. A tractor is churning up the soil and creating fertile rows for future crops. Im extremely concerned about 2015. Yeah, i think its going to be another hard year. Reporter michael is president of the farm. He says the fear of more water cutbacks means perhaps 15 of his land will be left fallow. It also means a lastminute change of plans for this 350 acre plot which was all set for cotton. So we went back and undid what we had done already for the cotton and went back and put in the preparations for tomato planting. Reporter despite all the rain in december, and no matter what happens for the rest of the rainy season this year, the farming season is already in trouble. Thats because farms have to plan for the worst and many of those decisions have already been made. A lot of guys have already made their decisions about if they think they could even plant any tomatoes or if they could plant any melons or corn. A lot of people have moved away from those crops. Reporter there are impacts you will never see as a consumer. This is alfalfa. It will be cut this year only six times instead of seven. That means that the price to Dairy Farmers<\/a> who buy this will be higher and that could be passed on to you in the price of a gallon of milk. It goes back to supply and demand. Reporter he says the price of hay is up by at least a third over the past year. Everybody has been affected. And, um, you know, you take acres out of production, and what acres are farming, the price goes up. Reporter in order to stretch the existing water, bowles farming is installing underground Irrigation Systems<\/a> that it improve watering efficiency by bush that improve watering efficiency by about 40 but even the latest technology only goes so far what rain comes to the lakes and reservoirs. Mark sayre, kpix 5. Many Central Valley<\/a> farmers get their water from lake shasta which is currently at 59 capacity. The drought has some people taking extreme measures to save water. One Northern California<\/a> woman is using what she calls a toilet sink. Reporter Lemoore Abrams<\/a> says it may not sound clean but it conserves water. Reporter they say you can learn a lot about a woman from her garden. At this home the bathroom tells the story. Its clean water and im washing my hands. Reporter robin wells has a toilet and sink in one. A toilet sink. Just buy this top converter. Reporter she ordered it from japan for 100. Now its called sink positive. Reporter some say it sinks to a new low. But she says it sometimes saves ten gallons of water or more a day. The average person uses the bathroom what, at least five times a day. So thats five gallons a day. That adds up. Reporter despite what you may think, its quite sanitary. You see, the water is routed from a separate pipe. Just like any sink has a water source, there is the water source from the city water. Reporter when you flush, freshwater comes out of the small faucet and you wash your hands with it. Or were washing our hands and reusing that water. Reporter that soapy water drains into the bowl for the next flush hence the term greywater. Greywater because its soapy. Reporter california has long had a law on the books permitting home water recycling. But now year 4 of an unprecedented drought. I think we have to completely change how were living. Reporter in sacramento, Lemoore Abrams<\/a>, kpix 5. [ laughter ] your face was like mine at first what . Seems like a good idea. Maybe it is. Another popular way to reuse water is set up the gray water system allowing people to tap into their washing machine and water their gardens from there. We have some water heading our way, right, paul . A little bit of rain in the forecast . Finally, yes. What we need in april is not going to be a drought buster but enough rain to turn off the irrigation. Thats the desire this month when it comes to Mother Nature<\/a> over the next couple of days. Were not talking about springtime. Were talking about summer. As we look at second and king, its bustling because what we have going on is baseball. As and giants tonight. 7 05 your first pitch. Its a little breezy and cool but its a pleasant friday evening in San Francisco<\/a>. Highs today it was warm away from the water. Concord 75. Livermore 77. Napa 74. Fremont 71. And san jose 73. San francisco one of the few spots that did not hit 70 degrees today. Weather watchers got to show you this great picture from one of our weather watchers, frank keenan. All the birds in his backyard he captured a pick of one of them. There are birds everywhere and flowers blooming. It has been so dry, and also so warm. Its been springtime basically since january. Tonight at at t park, 58 degrees, same two teams different location tomorrow o. Co across the bay in oakland, 1 05 the first pitch mixture of sun and clouds. And it will be cooler. Afternoon temperatures only in the low 60s. If you are traveling tomorrow ukiah 65. Yosemite sunny, 68. Redding partly sunny 6 the degrees. High pressure is moving out. Low pressure will be allowed to move in. Something that was not allowed in january most of february and all of march. But now it is going to come here. And i mean some changes this weekend rain is in the forecast for easter. And we may see a soaker on tuesday. Tomorrow 57 in pacifica. San jose tomorrow 66. Cloudy in napa 67. And Mountain View<\/a> 65 degrees. Sevenday forecast, Easter Sunday<\/a> rain most of the day spent in the 50s. Cooler, cloudier, breezy, wet. Monday rain moves back in. Monday night. Tuesday could be soggy to the tune of a half inch of rain in the north bay. And well dry out on wednesday and then thursday and friday back to the 70s inland. The flags are flying in the outfield. Notice the years, new york giants won three titles. We have won three in San Francisco<\/a> over the past five years. Its been a nice run for the giants 2010, 2012, 2014. The giants exhibition baseball with the as tonight at at t park. Live from San Francisco<\/a>, back to you in the studio. Paul pinch hitting. I was say you can do double duty for us tonight as a sportscaster stay at the game. Reporter allen, you have the sports thing covered. They are paying me to not do sports, believe me. [ laughter ] paul, thanks. Is that what it is now . Yes. Dont to, heres an extra thing in your paycheck. Well, the stars have aligned this weekend for a rare total Lunar Eclipse<\/a>. As long as it stays clear, we should be able to see it in the bay area. But you will need to get up early or stay up late because its going to start around 3 a. M. Tomorrow. The moon will turn a reddish orange or what some refer to as blood moon. The timing is also steeped in religious lore as its between good friday and Easter Sunday<\/a>. I dont know, 3 a. M. , your daughter sleeps through the night, right . I wont be up. [ laughter ] all right. Still ahead, they are among the best in the game. I sat down with two of the toughest chess players in the country. Oh, they just happen to be from around here, too. Nice. And this selfdriving car made it from San Francisco<\/a> to new york. But not without a hitch. The le chess great Bobby Fischer<\/a> once said there are tough players, nice guys and im a tough player. A couple of days ago i mets a couple of nice guys who also happen to be two of the toughest chess players in the world. And they are both from the bay area. And they are two of only 12 players invited to the u. S. Chess championship thats happening right now. Sam and daniel have faced off across the chess board more times than they can count. I took my first chess class at an Elementary School<\/a> and i played my first tournament when i was 11. Reporter sam calls himself a late bloomer. At 6, daniel started playing and getting steam rolled by his dad and older brother, as he put it. Even though i lost, i was absolutely hooked. I just felt this electricity if you will. Reporter the very next year, daniel played in and won his first tournament. Knowing sam once played a 7 hour game we asked them to play a speed match for us as part of our interview. They are now both grandmassters. Sam is 23, daniel 19. They are in the elite dozen players invited to compete in this years u. S. Chess championships. It would be an enormous honor to win at such an event, it would be a dream come true to be declared the best in the country. It would be simply amazing. Reporter make no mistake. The two have sacrificed to achieve their goals. I really think the [ indiscernible ] reporter as for that seven hour game sam once played . I fought my heart out the whole time. When do you that for seven hours and still lose, you just you the last thing you want to do is play another game starting in 20 minutes but thats what i had to do because i had that much time before the next round started. Reporter he played that next round and won. This game was a draw. Sam has a degree in economics from brandeis. He now teaches chess. Daniel headed to stanford in the fall. Now, at the tournament today, they faced off against each other. They played to a draw. Of course they did. Of course. Well, coming up in the next halfhour, out of excuses. A former county supervisor admits to dirty politics and faces his punishment. Plus, a fast start to the year. New numbers giving bay area with Kaiser Permanente<\/a> youll connect with your doctor any time anywhere. Another way care and coverage together makes life easier. Become a member of Kaiser Permanente<\/a>. Because together, we thrive. Welcome back. Your top stories the 6 0. San franciscos police chief wants to fire eight officers because they sent racist homophobic text messages. They are already suspended and six others involved are still under review. In oakland a contractor could be facing some big fines for this house collapse. The home was being remodeled. It had been lifted off the foundation. It crumbled yesterday and a man staying inside barely got out. Experts say the home may not have been properly braced. The city the palo alto and caltrain want to key a sharp eye on the tracks to stop teen suicide. They are considering putting in hightech cameras to alert police the moment someone steps on the tracks. Tonight a disgraced former south bay supervisor has dodged jail time. But its the end of the line for his political career. Kpix 5s len ramirez on sentencing day for George Shirakawa<\/a>. Reporter disgraced former supervisor George Shirakawa<\/a> was out of excuses and denials and stood before a judge to receive his due punishment. Your honor, i failed to protect and serve my community. For that i apologize and i accept whatever punishment you give. Reporter shirakawa admitted to cooking up a Malicious Campaign<\/a> flyer in the 2010 City Council Primary<\/a> between Magdalena Carrasco<\/a> and javier campos. Shirakawas former aide. The flyer falsely said it was from carrasco and that she was a communist. It showed her next to the communist flag of vietnam, a highly offensive symbol to vietnameseamerican voters. Carrasco was narrowly defeated but came back to defeat campos last year. [ indiscernible ] i created that fryer. I created that flyer. Reporter he was caught only because he licked the stamps before sending the flyers to voters. This was a very serious case. It had it affected the democratic process. Reporter the District Attorney<\/a> argued that shirakawa should get a year behind bars but the judge called that absurd and silly and said that the d. A. Should get real. He sentenced shirakawa to 45 days of Community Service<\/a> and three years probation plus fines. Shirakawa will also never be allowed to hold Public Office<\/a> again. City Council Member<\/a> Magdalena Carrasco<\/a> said in a statement today, she hopes that shirakawa learned his lesson but she doubts that he acted alone. She said its time for East San Jose<\/a> to move on and move ahead. She did doubts he acted alone. In san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. In just 30 minutes, a vigil is going to be held in concord for 35yearold mother who was stabbed to death by her husband. Michelle davis graduated from concord high but she was killed at her home in arizona in front of 7 of her 8 children. Her husband john davis stabbed her 13 times. A funeral for michelle was held today in arizona. Theres mixed reaction today from around the world regarding a tenthtive deal that could alter tentative deal that could alter the future of Irans Nuclear<\/a> program. Irans president vows to keep the promises but many are skeptical. Reporter cheering crowds greeted the iran foreign minister as he returned from switzerland where he with other World Leaders<\/a> agreed. We have managed to protect our Nuclear Rights<\/a> and at the same time, we have taken steps for the lifting of sanctions. Reporter he said iran will stick to its promises if other parties involved in the deal do the same. The agreement outlines major points that will get fleshed out in a final deal by the end of june. Among the key points, over the next 15 years, iran will have to reduce its number of centrifuges, reduce its current stockpile of enriched uranium and stop enriching uranium at one of its Biggest Nuclear<\/a> reactors. U. N. Inspectors will have complete access and if they find iran in compliance, crippling economic sanctions against iran will be lifted in phases. The white house is now on the offense selling the deal to congress but it has work to do with israel. The israeli Prime Minister<\/a> Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> said the framework poses a grave threat to the world. Such a deal does not block irans path to the bomb. Such a deal paves irans path to the bomb. Reporter joining in the chorus of criticism, the republicans likely to run for president next year. At least five have spoken out so far united in their opposition to the plan. That was mary malone reporting. Negotiators have until june 30 to hammer out the details. Tesla is off to a fast start this year reporting record sales for the first the months. The palo alto for the first three months. They sold more than 10,000 of the model s but didnt say where they were sold. But auto data which tracks sales says about 3500 were sold in the united states. Speaking of fancy cars, some interesting lessons for a company that just took their selfdriving car on a Cross Country<\/a> trip. The car drove itself 99 of the time from San Francisco<\/a> to new york primarily on highways. The one thing it did better than humans . Follow the speed limit. Delphi which outfitted the car says it never once went over the limit but that did result in more than a few hand gestures from angry drivers. The car got skittish when it was next to trucks moving as far away as possible and did not do so well in construction zones not able to handle the temporary detours. Still ahead, new gadgets without the risk. A San Francisco<\/a> startup is letting you try before you buy so Governor Brown<\/a> just told us all to let our lawns die. But did you know you can keep your gardens green and you dont have to pay for water . That story on bay area nightbeat at 10 00 on our sister station, kbcw 44 cable 12. I want to know how to do that. You have to tune in. New gadgets always sound so cool. Dont they . But sometimes you shell out all the money and youre only disappointed. More often than not i think. Now a Bay Area Company<\/a> is letting you take them for a test drive first. The Fitness Instructor<\/a> is in the market for wearable tech. Heart rate and gps. Reporter but while it may look like she went on a shopping spree, darby is actually renting these gadgets for a few dollars a day from a San Francisco<\/a> startup called lumoid. Its a great way to see what was for you. Customers can try different items and test drive them before they commit to buying them. Reporter the try before you buy business is being used by Companies Like<\/a> stitch fix to sell clothes and glasses. But lumoid also lets customers rent gadgets like a gopro for a wedding or vacation. Catering as to this whole new generation of people who want access rather than owner shep. Reporter thousands are on the wait list to try out the new apple watch when its released this month and darby plans to take each of her gadgets for a test run. Theres probably one after i try them all that has everything i need. Reporter she is hoping to find the right one now to avoid buyers remorcellater. Now, lumoid started with photography gear and after so much demand they expanded to wearable devices and even drones. Coming up, the odds were stacked against him. Coming from a family of generations of us with struggles and challenges i was supposed to be homeless. I was supposed to be poor. But he fought and won from homeless to coll hes come a very long way from growing up homeless in the south bay to now fighting for justice as a new york lawyer. Coming up in a few minutes, how students rising above helped put one man on the right path. First our chief meteorologist paul deanno is at at t park pregame tonight. Reporter yeah. The energy is building. Who is going to win tonight . Giants reporter the giants fans think that the giants are going to win. Green outside at t park. We are at second and king. Isnt game night fun . All these people converging on the stadium people going in, the smell of all the food being cooked around here in the air. Its game night. Its exhibition baseball. But its the as and giants. They will do it again for real in september but we have exhibition baseball in San Francisco<\/a> tonight in oakland coming up tomorrow. The as and giants play tomorrow. We are cooling off. San bruno 59. Livermore 68. San francisco 60. San jose 64. Santa rosa 71. Another chilly one tonight. Isolated upper 30s away from the water north bay east bay 42 Livermore Napa<\/a> 42. Warmer in San Francisco<\/a>. Weve Lunar Eclipse<\/a> coming up tonight. Totality tonight 4 58 to 5 03 a. M. Way late at night but a total Lunar Eclipse<\/a> viewable in the bay area with some patchy fog along the coastline. Thats coming up tonight. Whats also coming up is High Pressure<\/a> giving way. Its moving out. We couldnt get this all winter long. Now we will. And with High Pressure<\/a> out, low pressure is dropping in. That makes changes for the weekend. We are talking about temperatures dropping into the 50s. Rain falling from the sky and guess what . Tuesday the snow level is going to be 4,000 feet. Couldnt say that all winter. We are now. Futurecast stopping the clock for you after saturday. We are cloudy but dry. Sunday morning 8 a. M. , its going to be raining. Once it gets here, well have three days with a chance of rain sunday, monday and tuesday. Were foggy chilly overnight tonight. Cooling begins on saturday. Cloudy, too. But no rain tomorrow. Clouds will be likely a breeze will be likely and showers are likely especially on easter morning. Highs tomorrow, not the 70s. 50s and 60s Half Moon Bay<\/a> only 57. Campbell 68. Milpitas 65. Walnut creek tomorrow 66. Vallejo 65. Pleasanton 67. Santa rosa your high for a saturday 66. San francisco 62. Novato 65. Cloverdale 67. And clearlake 64 degrees tomorrow. So were cloudy and cooler tomorrow. Sunday showers for easter not an allday washout. Dont cancel your plans but be advised your plans may have to temporarily change because of the rain. Late on monday rain moves back in. Tuesday soggy. We could get a half inch of rain in the north bay with a dropping snow level. Were dry wednesday, thursday, friday. Friday night, its the weekend its baseball. Its the as. Its the giants. Its a great time to be in San Francisco<\/a>. Baseball first pitch 7 15. Guys, back to you in the studio. It is a festive atmosphere at second and king. A lot of green out here, too. Surprised how many as fans. A lot of green. That guy certainly was enthusiastic. Reporter yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, theres always one. Theres always one. Usually they pop on when were on live. Hes the one. Okay. 50 50 here. Thanks, paul. Well, one of the most gratifying parts of reporting on students who rise above is following them over the years to see already they end up. Absolutely. Tonight wendy tokuda catches up with a student she first met in 2003. Reporter yes. And even when he was 17, he said that he had a goal to help as many people as he could. You dont hear that very often from a teenager. But even more rarely do we see a person deliver the way this young man has. [ applause ] reporter he was in high school when we met him. But Patrick Armstrong<\/a> is a lawyer in new york now. And this year, he was the keynote speaker for the students rising above gala. Coming from a family where generations of us struggled and had challenges, physically speaking i was supposed to be homeless. I was supposed to be poor. Reporter patrick had already decided he was going to change that trajectory when we profiled him in 2003. A senior on scholarship at bell lar Minute College<\/a> prep in san jose. School was a prime focus, something that was a big deal that in order to get out of this type of lifestyle get out of living this way for our children we knew that working hard in school to get somewhere in life would definitely be the way to go. I look at this young man. I scratch my head. Im amazed. Im pleased. He is a wonder. Reporter growing up, his family lived in the barbershop where his parents worked for a time because they had no place to stay. Later, they lived in a shelter. Patrick helped raise his little sister as their father moved in and out of their lives and his mother worked two jobs. But at last not all oh, no that is not all. Reporter patrick became the first in his family to go to college. Thats when students rising above stepped in. They were there for me every step of the way. And sometimes when i didnt want to be, too. [ laughter ] no matter what happens, they would reach out and send me a little email or a text message and say, hey, patrick, where you at, just checking on you. Reporter he graduated from cal and later from nyu law school. And now he is an attorney with the Justice Center<\/a> working to make the criminal Justice System<\/a> more fair. You should definitely be held accountable. You want to make sure the punishments are appropriate. You want to make sure that if people are caught up in the system because of Substance Abuse<\/a> issues that they have treatment so they can get back on their feet and you can keep families together. Reporter something that will tell you a lot about patrick while he was at cal he was a walkon for the Basketball Team<\/a> but he was cut three years in a row. He didnt give up, though. And in his senior year he finally got to play. There was theres anything that sra has taught me is we are not bound by a past. We can all accomplish more than we think if we believe in ourselves and given a chance to succeed. [ applause and cheers ] to help more young people like patrick go to college and graduate, consider a donation to students rising above. And if you wanted to find out more about to cbssf. Com sra and you can see more of the kids that sra is helping to send to college. What a young man. Patrick is incredible. He is. Yeah. Thanks, wendy. Its really great. Yeah baseball up top. Three world series titles in five seasons, this was destined to happen. Press conference today, skipper bruce bochy far right received a contract extension that will keep him in a giants uniform through the 2019 season. Bochy is running the club since 2007 and sabean got a contract extension new gig too Vice President<\/a> of baseball operations. His extension also runs through 2019. He was the longest tenured general manager in the game. 1997 his first year and his longtime assistant bobby evans gets to assemble the team as general manager. We have put a lot of skin into this. Theres been a lot of blood, sweat and tears. We dont take vacations. We are not golfers. We dont take time away from the game. That may or may not be healthy but thats how were plugged into this. Brandon belt is one of the homegrown players the giants have developed. He was drafted by sabean and evans in 2009. When i saw him today, it came up. Bobby evans now, the new general manager. You probably go back with him from the very beginning, huh . Absolutely. We talked to bobby ever since the beginning and i know the front office they put a lot of hard work into everything they do just like the players and it shows. Its paid off with a few world series championships. So all the promotions and all the extensions very well deserved. Golf. Out of the top 100 for the First Time Since<\/a> 1996, tiger woods is going to make a run at it at augusta national. Woods announced today that he will play in the masters next week. Woods took a leave of absence from tournament play in february to work on his game after playing just two tournaments this season. He is currently ranked 104th in the world. Free agent wide receiver Michael Crabtree<\/a> is reported to visit the raiders next week. Thats according to yahoo sports. Crabtree may be the biggest free agent left in the league. Regardless of where he signs, he is not expected to return to the 49ers. Hey, Michigan State<\/a> getting ready for tomorrows final four game against duke. Five to 5 1 2 point underdogs for the 7th final four trip for the spartans. Safe to say head coach tom izzo wont be spending anytime tonight on facebook or twitter. I dont think the social media is helpful to any human being on the planet. Hows that . And i mean that from the bottom of my heart. So if somebody wants to rip me for it or rip recruiting for it, what good is it that you, um, that this freedom to criticize people and, um, i never worry about what my players tweet. Never. I can control some of that. But i challenge every human being in this room if they Start Talking<\/a> about your son, your daughter, on the social media like they do players, there will be some fistfighting going on. You cant go eye to eye with somebody and tell them what your problems are, then you dont belong talking to me or my players. So sorry. Im not a fan. Some emotion behind the coach. I dont think tom izzo is the kind of guy who will go please go to my Facebook Page<\/a> and please like it. Not so much. No. Not like us. Not at all. We do that every night. 5 1 2 point favorites to beat wisconsin. How about the whole thing . They are going to win the whole thing. You heard it right here. Thats the only thing i got left in my bracket. [ laughter ] all right. For news throughout the evening, the latest news and weather are always on our website, kpix. Com. And join us for nightbeat at 10 00 on our sister station, kbcw 44 cable 12. Joey fatone its time to play family feud give it up for steve harvey [cheering and applause] steve welcome to the show. [theme music playing] come on, danny. Come on, danny. How are yall . How is everybody . I appreciate you now. Thank yall very much. Appreciate you. Thank yall. I do. I appreciate it, everybody. Well, welcome to family feud, everybody. Im your man steve harvey. Weve got a good one for you today, folks. Weve got a family here returning for their fifth and final day, with a total of 41,630 bucks, from san diego, california its the champs its the circuit family [cheering and applause] and from richmond, virginia, its the Willis Family<\/a> [cheering and applause] everybodys here trying to win a lot of cash, and remember, folks, today if the circuit family wins todays game theyre driving out of here in a brandnew, headturning Ford Fusion Hybrid<\/a> right there. Give me courtney. Give me stacy. [theme music playing] good luck. Steve ladies, top 5 answers on the board. We asked 100 single women name something your man must agree to get before youll marry him. Courtney. A ring. Steve got to get a ring. [applause] stacy. Not for steve courtney, pass or play . Were gonna play. Steve theyre gonna play. [cheering and applause] hey, courtney. Hi, steve. Steve how you doing, darling . Im doing great. Steve so, what do you do . 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