Kron 4 news starts now. Catherine now at 8 catherine major developments as pg e anticipates federal criminal charges connected to the deadly 2010 san bruno explosion. Today, the company filed paperwork, indicating it expects the federal government will bring charges against it. Catherine kron 4s scott rates is live in san bruno. Scott. What are people saying about this. . Reporter no one knows that better than Michael Castro who house was destroyed. I am happy to see the theyre finally getting their due. Reporter a blast that killed eight people and heard dozens more. Hurt reporter quite obviously this neighborhood has gone through some very difficult times over the past four years and now theyre hoping that this latest development will help them move on. I am happy made that the federal government will be able to step up and do that. It all works together to finalize all of this and put it in a chapter and place it on the shuffling and it is done. Reporter san brunos mayor jim ruane released a statement. He says in part that he hopes the completion of the criminal prosecution will bring closure and hold pg e accountable. He referred to the devastating tragedy created by the gross negligence of pg e. Safety must always come first and we have more work to do. This is a good first step that will likely be brought against pg and he but nothing will bring back the eight lives that were lost here. Developing tonight. Catherine developing tonight. Were learning more about the arrest of state senator leland yee. Yee. The target of a federal sting. Is out on bail. Today he withdrew his candidacy for secretary of state. Catherine hes facing charges of wire fraud and arms smuggling. Leaving his fellow lawmakers stunned. Also arrested well known political consultant Keith Jackson. And a notorious chinese gang member, known as shrimp boy. Catherine our Team Coverage begins with kron 4s dan kerman. Senator yees San Francisco home. Reporter the fallout from the federal corruption allegations against state senator leland yee has begun with this letter to secretary of state debra bowen Paul Demeester yee . S attorney 0918 yee . S attorney announced his client . S departure from the race at a noon News Conference . But had no comment about whether yee will resign from the state senate any other issues will come and do time. Reporter state Senate LeaderDarrell Steinberg is already on record calling on yee to resign and steinberg is not alone . U. S. Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer have both issued statements calling for yee to resign. As it stands now the senate is set to suspend yee friday morning . We will be voting on the floor to mount to suspend them. Him. If the senate to resign as he will no longer collect the 95,000 salary however if he is suspended he can. Catherine kron 4s Justine Waldman has been digging deeer into 137page criminal complaint. She joins us now. With what shes learned about the players involved in the biggest Corruption Case to hit the bay area. Reporter from reading the documents. It would appear that the state senator was not the fbis orginial target. The fbi got to state senator leland yee through. Raymond shrimp boy chow. He is the leader or the dragonhead of the chee kong tong. An organization in San Franciscos china town. Because of his criminal past, the fbi believes shrimp boy has connections to organized crime. The undercover agent became part of shrimp boys group. Reporter and through there, the complaint says was introduced to other defendants and able to launder money, deal drugs, and engage in murderfor hire schemes. Reporter and then the agent meet yees close political consultant. Keith jackson. From there. The undercover agent, yee and jackson discuss arranging the weapons deals. Reporter in the criminal complaint, now disgraced state senator leland yee attributed his long career in Public Office to being careful and cautious. But the fbi used satellite, wire taping and undercover agents to catch the now disgraced state senator. Reporter according to the complaint, in august 2013. Leland yees campaign consultant, Keith Jackson, told an undercover fbi agent. That yee had a contact with an internatoinal arms dealer. Who was shipping large stockpiles of weapons to a foreign country. Reporter fast forward to january 2014, reporter the agent, jackson and yee meet at a coffee shop in San Francisco. The agent tells jackson. He gave 5,000 to yee for the sole purpose of meeting the arms dealer. Yee allegedly assures the agent, the opportunity to purchase weapons from the dealer was the real deal. Saying quote i know what he could do, i have seen what he has done in the past on other products and this guy has the relationships. Reporter according to yee, the arms dealer has contacts in russia, ukriane, boston and southern california. Yee tells the agent, reporter do i think we can make some money . I think we can make some money. Do i think we can get the goods . I think we can get the goods. The agent then asks for shoulder fired missiles and automatic weapons. Worth 500thousand to 2. 5 million dollars. With yee ending the conversation. He wanted the agent and jackson to make all the money because he didnt want to do to jail. Reporter while the investigation started 5years ago. Reporter the document says. Just two weeks ago. Yee met with jackson and the undercover agent and openly discussed how they would break up any Cash Payments into ligitimate campagin donation. Reporter at that meeting, the agent was ready to give yee 68hundred dollars in cash. Campaign donations can only be 500 dollars. Catherine new tonight at 8 catherine a former colleague of senator yee and Keith Jackson is speaking out about the corruption scandal. Kron four talked to mary hernandez. Shes a former School Board Member who served on the board with jackson. And she was closely affiliated with yee politically. She calls the charges against both men appalling. Absolute shocki started to read the news about keith and lealand and i was shocked. The keith i knew on the school board cared deeply about the citys most disadvantaged kids. I remember speaking with him about education equity, about bridging the achievement gap for African American and latino students, and, so, i remember him as a person who was trying to serve his community, so, with that in mind, i was very disappointed. And, lealand was someone who had the reputation that he was the go to person if you needed someone who was coragious who would stand up for the underdog. Catherine she says shes heartbroken by the news. Ans says the scandal has diluted all the good things that both of them did. Catherine stay with us. As our coverage continues. Senator yees alleged connection to gun running came as a particular shock to the people who knew him as tighter gun control. Thats at 8 30. Reporter the ducks went missing in livermore last week she said she checked craigslist and found them for sale. The two puppies were located and the police got their man by tricking him and to meeting with them. Both adults were unharmed and reunited with the owner. Catherine happening now. Catherine underway between the giants and the as. Theyre battling it out tonight at atandt park. Kron 4s jr stone is there. Catherine and jr were hearing about some changes to the park. . Reporter the ballpark, the fans and even the rest. Theyre ready theres something down a speakeasy entertainment club. Its called gotham club. This reporter is the game room portion of the club. Were you will find pictures of the oldtimers all over the place. Of course a bowling alley. Will find a pool table and all school video games. This gives our Ticket Holders another element to enjoy when coming to the park. Reporter you would need to save a cure monicas as it goes is not cheap. These tickets start at 2,500 with annual fee of 1,200 a year depending on what package you purchase. It reporter all here live at at t part as for the actual game one to nothing. Live in San Francisco j. R. Stone kron 4 news. Catherine still ahead. Catherine the as are a step closer to a new ballpark. But on what side of the bay . Details on tonights vote. And we hear from one of the survivors of the Washington State landslide. And next a plan to remove hundreds of trees in the east bay is put on hold. Female announcer what will you get with your new sleep train mattress . 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Hurry in and get a 1,000 fuel reward card and 0. 9 apr for 60 months on tdi models. Catherine pg e is holding off on a plan to remove hundreds of trees from public and private property. Kron4s Haaziq Madyun says the initial plan to chope them down was part of the pipeline pathways project. Reporter just imagine this entire row of trees and vegetation along the iron horse regional trial in concordgone. That very proposal is part of pg es pipeleine pathways project. 730 trees in total throughout the city of concord reporter not on his watch says concord mayor tim grayson, and uh according to the proposal from pge we will loose 100trees just in this park alone reporter the proposal is part of pg es statewide safety improvemnet program maintaining the area above pipelines to ensure ready access reporter in response grayson and mayors in 7 other cities throughout contra costa and alameda counties sent a letter to the Utility Company asserting their rights to determine what happens to the trees in their cities pg e needs to understand that our local ordainances are what will stand and hold reporter but the mayors maybe in for a fight because according to a statement i received from the California Public utilities commision. They say safety is our number one priority and the cpuc has Broad Authority to ensure the safe operation of utility services, equipment, and physical property. Reporter however residence have mixed feeling about the idea i dunno you got to get to the pipes thats important but id have some serious reservations reporter after hearing the mayors concerns pg e spokesperson told me the Utility Company will not remove the trees until a shared solution is reached. Mayor grayson we are happy to hear that they are putting it on hold reporter stay tuned to kron4 to see how this one plays outin concord haaizqmadyun kron4news catherine one step closer to a new ballpark. Today, the port of oakland voted to approve an agreement with a group that wants to build a ballpark at the Howard Terminal. Catherine that means the group can Gather Community support and put a plan together. Members hope the new park will someday be home to the as and maybe the raiders. As fans who showed up at the meeting say they hope their team stays in town. As a whole. Catherine this is the Howard Terminal as it looks today. The group will give the port a 100thousand dollar deposit. About half will be spent on things like appraisals and site surveys. If the project doesnt move forward the other half will be refunded. Police have arrested a woman catherine they say keeps showing up at sfo trying to sneak onto planes without a ticket. For a fourth time they say she has violated a restraining order. The 62yearold woman was banned by a judge last month pam catherine from going near the airport unless she has a legal boarding pass. Thats because Marilyn Hartman was caught trying to sneak onto planes headed to hawaii. Just yesterday she was found in a baggage catherine claim area without a ticket. Hartman was jailed in San Mateo County on 75hundred dollars bail. Catherine police say more arrests are expected in a baggage theft ring discovered at lax. In a police raid last night there were arrests for luggage theft at an airport cargo facility. It was the result of an investigation into stolen baggage. Some of the things stolen include a 15thousand dollar camera. Gucci bags. And jewelrey. Jacqueline we are seeing dry conditions here locally the snow is really winding down. Storm well off shore. Here is the tail end of it. Bringing us showers. Overnight will be mostly cloudy with mild temperatures friday. Saturday is when the rain will return. But it will try out by sun that. Not a whole lot going on as we head into the overnight. Even some clear skies spirit during moving well to the north the bus and that is when the sun will break. And its going to slide down to the south. More widespread rain. It will be a lot warmer because we apply to have more sunshine. As for the sierra winding down right now. Snow levels starting at several thousand feet. And were going to pick up anywhere from 6 in. Of snow and 1 and 2 ft. Of fresh snow. Jacqueline saturday as when the next big storm is coming through the morning with a brick sunday. 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Reporter and this was before word came that he was charged its all about killing. Its all about murdering large reporter senator yees outspoken campaign against assault weapons put him in the crosshairs of groups like gun owners of america. Antigun senator leland yee of San Francisco is at it again reporter last year he sponsored a bill to ban so called bullet buttons, enabling shooters to quickly replace empty ammunition clips. Ifthis legislation along with assault weapons laws on the california lawbooks are unconstitutional on all fronts reporter the bill never passed, even as yees commitment to gun control brought hate mail like this racist letter. You cant allow this kind of hateful message to hurt you. Reporter yee kept up his Twitter Campaign against guns. Right up to his arrest on suspicion of illegal arms trafficking. Yees arrest also made headlines in the video game world. He was a vocal opponent of violent video games, and sponsored legislation restricting their sales to minors. Reporter if youd like to see the entire criminal complaint. It is more than 100 pages. Weve posted it on kron4. Com. Catherine still ahead the six things you could be doing. That are considered just as bad as smoking. That story at the end of this newscast. Catherine and next a reward being offered. To catching whatever or whoever south bay. Catherine that visit included a gift from the president with the back of seats in fresh start from the administration and the catholic church. There has been a lot of disagreement in regards to birth control, samesex marriage but the to define the Common Ground. They did find Common Ground not simply thinking in terms of on our own narrow self interest. Catherine poolside state that it was significant but brief. 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