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Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At Noon 20140408

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And frank, its a perfect day out there. Reporter i guess so. Lawrence really delivered. It is a gorgeous day for baseball. Its a good day to play hooky. 41,000plus stuffed into at t park today all getting ready for the big home owners of the giants. At t park is waking from its winter summer will 189 days of baseball hibernation washed away. The buntings are draped. Banners are hung. Willie is ready. Its time to play ball. Wonderful, exciting, the best that could happy guess for a giants fan. Its just so special. The weather is awesome. Its amazing. This kicks off the season and its festive, fun and a great family day. Reporter in a ballpark with new perks, would you believe a working organic garden in center field . New venues for big outings and a few new faces like todays starter 38yearold tim hudson pitching in a ballpark that is sold out for the 247th consecutive game. We think our players really feed off the energy in this ballpark. And we hear it from other teams and other players who come in and visit at t park and theyre blown away by the atmosphere. Reporter a new season means new gear, like an opening day t shirt or maybe this new Giants Dugout jacket. These jerseys are new, too. Warning, though, bring your checkbooks. Did you rob a bank to get out of here . Not yet. But im looking for one. Reporter i guess. The new orange jerseys go fo 225. I didnt look. Reporter its not cheap being a giants fan. No, but its definitely fun. Reporter in the home opener, the giants have won 63 of the games dating back to the 1800s. They have won the last 5 in a row and at at t, 11 winners in 14 games. I kind of like their chances today against the dbacks. The new guy but he is the old guy the former a will be on the mound tim hudson 38 years old. He beat Trevor Cahill for the diamondbacks in the last game. Michelle . It looks like all the fans are filing in behind you. How about the pregame . Reporter the gates open at 11, you have to be in your receives by 1 00. Last year because of the sequester they didnt do the flyover but you will see that after the National Anthem probably. The National Anthem will be sung by Capital Cities an indy band out of l. A. We dont know who will throw out the first pitch. But since they are honoring candlestick later in the week, you may see old giants and 49ers out on the mound for pre game pitch. You mentioned this earlier. This is the 247th consecutive sellout . It is. Its remarkable. Whoo reporter they are ready. 250 by the weekend. This place will be packed. They are fired up even the little ones. So is this your first game . No. Its not. She went to two last year. Reporter two last year . But is this her first home opener . Yes, it is. Reporter very special. Its her brothers first. Reporter does that shirt see the light of day outside of opening day . It was very deep in storage. I have to admit that. I got it out from under the bed. Reporter what is it about the home opener that is just so special . You have been waiting, you know . Youre sad when its over. And theyre back you to just say welcome, lets start all over. Reporter the fans are looking good, the players are ready. How about the weather . The home run forecast, lets check in with lawrence. What a lucky day to be out there on opening day and the weather looking fantastic. In fact, for the game forecast, the weather is going to be very, very nice. Grab the sunscreen and the shades. Youll need them today. Plenty of sun. And these temperatures up into the mid70s this afternoon. So looking like a great day, a little sea breeze kicking in late in the day to cool you down so by the end of the game in the upper 60s. All in all looking like a very nice day out at the park. Thank you. A parade of defendants in federal court it morning. State senator leland yee and 20 codefendants entering pleas to corruption and gun running charges. Kpix 5s mark kelly joins us live from outside the courthouse in San Francisco. Mark. Reporter michelle, it was a packed courtroom this morning. 21 defendants in all and their attorneys all packed into one room but all eyes were on three of those defendants suspended state senator leland yee, former San Francisco School Board President keith jackson, both of them pled not guilty. And, of course, Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow, in the end he did not enter a plea but his defense attorney did speak to the media afterwards. He is quite well known and quite vocal. Raymond shrimp boy chow is being represented by legendary defense attorney tony serra a colorful attorney hollywood made courtroom movies out of serra says in this case, he will be putting the government on trial for their creation of what he calls criminal activity and entrapment of his client. The government created the crime, the government financed the crime, and the government ensnared my client by their affirmative acts. Reporter this morning was serras First Court Appearance with his client, affording chow the opportunity to delay and not enter a plea. Suspended state senator leland yee also attempted to not enter a plea. But the u. S. Magistrate did not allow it. Yee pled not guilty. His attorney gave no comment. Kpix 5 political analyst melissa griffincaen says attorneys delaying the plea is interesting. A plea deal in the works or Something Else that they are considering before they enter an official plea. Reporter the indictment handed down friday includes evidence from an undercover fbi agent saying as recently as march 11, the defendants met to discuss purchasing weapons from the philippines to import into the u. S. In the accused middleman of all this former San Francisco board of education president keith jackson, who pled not guilty this morning and could turn snitch. He can pull the whole thing together and its in his interests to do it to make a light deal for himself. Reporter sarah vows this will be a jury trial. It will be political. And law enforcement, he says, created this crime. Understand that this investigation took five years. Understand that they tempted my client in every fashion to commit a substantive crime. Understand that in no occasion did he participate in any crime. Reporter tony serra, of course, very well known for his dislike of government intrusion so make sense that he would be chosen as defense attorney here in a case where the issue of entrapment as a defense has been swirling since the very beginning since these arrests. Serra also says theres issues of racism here with his client Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow and he is ready to fight the government. Live in the federal courthouse, mark kelly, kpix 5. Jackson, yee and chow will be in court friday at 11 a. M. When a judge is expected to start taking a look at evidence. Happening today, Concord Police officer Matthew Switzer is due in court on drug and burglary charges. Switzer surrendered to authorities after an investigation began in february. Investigators say they were tipped by a resident of a concord seniors apartment complex that switzer was stealing their prescription medication. He was on administrative leave until last friday when he resigned towards the today investigators will release a report on how a massive fire started at an Apartment Building under construction in San Francisco. Last months fire destroyed the sixstory building in the mission bay neighborhood. There were no major injuries, but the fire chief called it the biggest fire in San Francisco in years. And fire crews are still on the scene of a fire that destroyed one house and damaged two others in west san jose. Several cars also burned on mossbrook circle. The fire started yesterday afternoon at at one point flames shot 50 feet into the air. A broken gas line made it more difficult to put out. Investigators say the homes eichler open air design helped feed the flames. The cause is under investigation. Going beyond minimum wage when it comes to pay. What the president did today to bring gender equality into the picture. Pass or fail when it comes to safety. The latest findings in crash tests of midsized suvs. And a baby facing criminal charges. Why Pakistan Police took the unusual step. P. L. A. N. ,,,,,,,, addresses the pay gap betwe men checking wall street, the dow is down about 14 points. New at noon, president obama addresses the pay gap between men and women. Mr. Obama signing two executive orders this morning. One allows federal contract workers to discuss salaries pout being punished. The second requires federal contractors to report salary data by gender and race. The president also declared today national equal payday. Equal payday means that a woman has to work about this far into 2014 to earn what a man earns in 2013. Critics call the president hypocritical citing evidence that women who work at his own white house earn less than men. But his press secretary says any gaps are only due to differences in experience, education and hours, not gender. New details about a laptop theft caught on time. San Francisco Police say the woman in the striped shirt in this video has been arrested. She was captured by surveillance cameras sipping coffee, getting up and taking the computer and phone left unattended, and walking out. Authorities arrested a 32year old man at another coffee shop yesterday afternoon. She had already had an outstanding warrant for her arrest. People are being warned to keep an eye on their atm activity. Tech experts say the machines may be more vulnerable to hackers starting today because most banks use microsoft xp to operate those machines and as of today microsoft is not supporting xp or offering security updates. Large banks have made deals to continue support but not small banks or credit unions. A 9monthold baby in pakistan is in hiding this noon after being charged with a crime. This photo of little [ non english language ] being finger printed has been circulated in some international newspapers. The baby was arrested last week with his father and grandfather who allegedly attacked a Police Officer during a protest. He has been charged with attempted murder and released on bail. The family says the arrest is a reflection of corruption and dysfunction in pakistans criminal Justice System and they moved the child to an undisclosed location they say to protect him. New details now on the latest automobile crash test by the insurance institute. Several popular midsized suvs have flunked. The two models that didtoyota highlander got the second best acceptable rating. Several others got marginal ratings. The sorento, mazda cx9 and honda pilot were rated poor. Ratings are on an overlap crash when the front corner collides with another vehicle or an object like a utility pole. Not good to hear. I have a honda pilot. What about those with a smart car, what about a special test for that for car tipping . What . Exactly what i said. [ laughter ] we have a lot of sunshine in the bay area today in most spots. A couple of patches of fog along the coastline and it looks like the temperatures going to be cooler out toward the beaches. But how about this . Getting out to the ballpark, a great day to do it at at t park. Should see lots of sunshine and very nice weather. You can almost smell the garlic fries and hot dogs. Makes me hungry just thinking about it. Still, we have changes in the works. A couple of high clouds drifting overhead and some patchy fog developing out toward the coastline. Going to see more of that as we head in toward the next couple of days. High clouds overhead but a beautiful afternoon on tap for the bay area most spots. 78 now in livermore, 69 in San Francisco and 76 degrees in san jose. The afternoon looking at a lot of sunshine, a couple of patches of coastal fog and tonight that fog going to start to surge back onshore some of that making its way into the bay. Cooler temperatures tomorrow through the week. For today its going to be a great day, lots of sunshine coming our way with some warm weather outside not only here but around the state. 80s and 90s into the central valley. About 63 and sunny and bright in lake tahoe and 72 degrees, patchy fog into monterey bay. As we head in toward the evening hours a few high clouds and then that patchy fog going to redevelop along the coastline and surge inside the golden gate overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. So that will help to cool you down but for today, these temperatures going to stay warm especially inside the bay. 85 degrees in morgan hill. 81 in milpitas. About 8 1 mountain view. Mid80s in the valleys. Inside the bay 60s an 70s. Sunrise tomorrow 6 43. Over the next couple of days, looks like we are going to see plenty of sunshine after some patchy fog in the morning, very mild temperatures toward the weekend and right now no rain in sight. Thats just a tip for ya. Nice and dry. Just a tip. Yeah. I like it. I like seeing all the sunshine. Nice time of year. I know. Its great. Today Roberta Gonzales is in our mobile weather lab. She is getting a look at a teen recycling project at Mount Eden High School in hayward. Hi, roberta. Reporter hi, michelle. Yes, mobile weather rolled on up here to Mount Eden High School where currently it is 74 degrees but let me tell you it feels a lot hotter than that because things are heating up on this plaza. Take a look at the students here. You want to say hi, everybody . Hi reporter this is a great team. They are collaborating with earth team. They are actually getting realistic practical handson experience with recycle. To tell us more about that we have joel pena . How are you doing . Im from Case Industries and this is my alma mater. Whoo reporter we are happy to be here. were happy to be here. Reporter what are you learning from this experience . Seeing what Hazardous Waste can do to our environment and community. And weve been writing down trying to reduce reuse and recycle. How can you use this at home . By separating the trash and recycling and help our environment. Reporter so not only are they learning how to separate trash, but theyre also learning how to take out the trash at home, too, right, guys . Yeah. Reporter reporting from Mount Eden High School in hayward, Roberta Gonzales, kpix 5. A new hightech shopping system. How amazon is getting into the Delivery Business beyond books. And back out to the ballpark where the first pitch is just about an hour away. Well go back live for a preview. ,,,,,,,,,, its called dash, and it s amazon is offering a new device to help you shop for groceries. Its called dash and available for customers of amazons fresh, the companys grocery delivery service. Dash lets the customer scan bar codes of products they want and those products will be put on the order list. Customers pay an annual fee and dash comes with it. Tony tantillo has variety. Reporter well, todays tip of the day is going to be is spring mix. Right now the quality is great and spring mix is just a collection of different baby leaf lettuces thrown in in a pile. You have different varieties. Look at the color of the display. The more color you see the morva rights there are going more varieties there will be. A lot of times they are on a refrigerated rack and get water on them and they will decay. So bring them home, wash them before you enjoy them but not before you store them. When you buy them, the morva right, the more color, the better they are going to be. One pound is a lot of salad. Mix it with ice lettuce or romaine. Im tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. And always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. This is a healthy display. Back to the ballpark after the break where frank is getting fan feedback on opening day. ,,,,,,,,,, says a comcast mistake costm their condo. The bill that came back to haunt coming up at 5 00, a bay area couple says a comcast mistake cost them their condo. The bill that came back to haunt them and the simple action that could have prevented it. That story and more at 5 00. All right. A final check with frank, who is outside at t park. Whoo getting ready for the giants home opener. You found some friends, frank. Reporter i did. Its amazing. You got a camera, you got a microphone and look what i found here. [ screaming ] reporter they didnt know each over. They show up and look what happened. Amazing. Reporter they found each other, right . Yeah. Good things follow. Absolutely. Reporter where did you which all this stuff . Piece it together over a long time going to games, being a fan of the giants ready to have a good time today on home opener. Its an even year. We do it in the even years. There you go. Whoo whoo. Reporter youre quiet back there. Keeping up with her . This is a hard acted to follow. [ screaming ] reporter whos going to win . Giants, whoo [ screaming ] thats it. The giants are going to win. Back to you guys. Frank, have you had any garlic fries yet . Reporter no. I havent been in the park yet but were on our way. All right. Opening day. Reporter im going in with you guys. Having a great time. Thats it for kpix 5 news at noon. Have a great afternoon. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com , katie this is definitely the best part of our day ending it right here with you our own little world where nobody can touch us. Ridge they cant touch us anywhere. Katie [ chuckles ] katie are you sure . Forces are gathering. Ridge so let them gather. Wont effect what we have together. Katie good, because i dont want things to change. Ridge sometimes change is good. Katie i cant really imagine it getting any better than this. Ridge you aint seen nothing yet. Katie [ chuckles ]

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