23 year vet who already resigned. He understands that the texts are incompatible with continuing his work as a San Francisco police officer. Now chief suhr says the texts sent by his other officers, including one Police Sergeant dont warrant immediate firing. On potential discipline. At 6 00, well talk about the measures being called for today to weed out alleged racist cops in the department. Frank, gasia. We heard chief suhr say he is sick about what happened. What has to happen before they are off the force . He cannot fire the officers. Their cases have to be referred to the Police Commission. A number of these offices are being represented by lawyers, either found for the association or on their own. It has to go through a hearing process. We expect a couple cases to appear before the Police Commission next week. In San Francisco tonight, thank you. San Francisco Police police chief said today that the departments crime lab, he spoke about the departments crime lab where allegations of misconduct are prompting the review of hundreds of cases. The lab has come under intense scrutiny for alleged errors including dunbar and her supervisor. They are accused of violating testing standards on dna analysis in a case involving a child molestation suspect. Today, chief suhr said they flunked a proficiency exam and have been on personal leave. He assured the public that few, if any convictions are in jeopardy because of the alleged misconduct, and he promised a thorough review. Our dna crime lab is sound. Our proficiency tests work. They are meant to catch deficiencies. People acted immediately to unplug people who are deficient. The latest scandal comes following an investigation five years ago. New developments tonight, an arrest after we showed you the startling video of what police say is an unprovoked attack. That attack happened wednesday night. Homeless man was sitting in his usual spot on larkin street. Live from the hall of justice. John, the injury here was devastating. Reporter gasia, the victim is now in Critical Condition with a wound that needed more than 50 stitches to close. This video from wednesday night is very disturbing. You can see on the video, the homeless man sitting on the left side as the attacker walks by, pulls something out like a metal pipe, winds up and hits the man in the side of the head and fell to the ground unconscious. He was quickly taken to the hospital where his condition is unstable. Arthur lee jones was arrested last night for the attack on the same corner where it happened. Police spokesman was personally affected by this case. I know the victim personally. I dealt with the victim. We used to work out there and he is not the kind of person that would be aggressive or violent in any way. He usually keeps to himself. He is very quiet, but if you say hi, hell be happy to say hi back, and to see such a heinous crime like this take place where somebody struck him in the head like that is uncalled for. Im glad we are able to apprehend him. The suspect, arthur lee jones, is facing two counts. One of attempted murder and one of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Back to you, gasia. John, did police give you any indication of any motive in this case . At this point, they dont know exactly what motivated him, but we do understand that this did appear to be a preplanned event. As if he was casing that area, watching the man perhaps and plannedded to do this. Okay, all right, john, thank you. A crash in the north bay today killed a person who was flying an ultra light airplane. It happened about 12 30 this afternoon near the petaluma municipal airport. A spokesperson for the Sheriffs Department said the ntsb will investigate the crash. The pilot was the only person on board, the quick silver mxl2. Theres no word yet on the pilots name or what may have caused the crash. There could be rain ahead for the holiday weekend. For that, lets bring in our meteorologist for our chief, bill martin. What are we expecting . Gasia, the first system wont be a strong one, but enough to remind us what rain looks like. Maybe a tenth of an inch to a quarter of an inch across the region. Clear skies over San Francisco bay, but by tomorrow afternoon, that will be changing. You can see a few high clouds dropping into the northern parts of the state. But fairly quiet right now, but look at all this cold air developing up into the pacific here, up to the north and west. This will be approaching the bay area. So beginning tomorrow, a drop off in temperatures. Big drop off in the readings as we head into the weekend. Especially for the morning hour and a stronger storm that will pass through and some heavy rains and gusty winds and possibly a winter storm watch in the sierra. That will be on tuesday, so that will be the headliner storm over the next few days. Heres our forecast model for your saturday. Partly cloudy skies. In fact, well thicken up the clouds throughout the day on saturday. Look what happens. First thing sunday morning for easter. The first wave of rain moves into the region. It will be light to a moderate. But then the pattern changes for the afternoon hours. Well take a closer look at your easter forecast. That shows up in our fiveday forecast. Mark, thank you. This week the governor ordered historic cutbacks for the entire state. And for people looking to garden the spring, that leaves an awful lot of questions. Tonight, ktvus tom vacar looks at where state water policy is looking. Tis the season to be planting. Gardening, and landscaping. Before you dig, dig this. Here at the mcdonald nursery and Gardening Centers everywhere else, easter weekend is the time of year people really get into spring gardening in a big way. They are coming in saying, i love my garden, i want to do something. What can i do . Here, experts assess the customers current water use. A lot of people are over watering generally. You can get by with 2 to 3 times a week generally speaking. Water for longer periods of time, but not every day. You want that water to get deeper. New plants should be drought tolerant. Things such as parenials and shrubs. Other drought resisters is they have had time to figure out their strategies. People are coming to that a lot for the lowest use of water. You can let them dry out inbetween waterings and they are easy care. But, there are no guarantees. I live out in concorde and it is really hot, and even the moderate to low water plants really need more water than we ever thought they would. This is going to be a very hard, long summer. East bay mud offers this assessment. Your established trees and shrubs can withstand this drought two times a week watering. The newer plants, probably arent going to make it. Its not a good year to be planting new things and that grass is not going to be as green this year. Looking at my front lawn and deciding how much i will let go. For many californians, brown will be the new green. Reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. Tom, thank you. A new report is suggesting that Climate Change poses a Major Economic risk to farms and coastal businesses in california. The study was commissioned by a group called the Risky Business project. It says without immediate action to deal with Climate Change, increasing temperatures will drive up energy costs and take a tremendous toll on real estate along the coast and bays. California is looking at, of our current coastal property, were looking at, you know, up to 10 billion of the current property being under water by mid century. An additional 10 billion at high tide. The Risky Business project is led by former new york major, michael bloomberg, and paul who lives here in the bay area. Former santa clara supervisor avoided jail time today after he admitted that he was responsible for campaign mail fraud. He was sentenced to 360 hours of community service. He admitted creating a campaign flier to help a friend who was running for a City Council Seat in san jose. That flier insinuated that the opponent was a communist sympathizer. Today, he apologized in court. I apologize and i regret. I should be protecting my community, and i didnt do that. So, for that i apologize and i accept whatever punishment you give me. This was his second conviction. Last year he served seven months in jail for separate Corruption Case for misusing public money. As part of that case, he agreed to give up his seat on the board of supervisors. Now the woman targeted in the Fake Campaign flier, carosco sent us this statement. She said im hopeful he learned his lesson. As a benefit to the community, he will never be able to hold Public Office again. He is now a member of the San Jose City council. Hes a little puppy. He was found tortured here in the east bay and tonight we have his story of survival and the hunt for the person who did this. Plus, a transportation transformation. It is sustainable and its affordable. The huge expansion of a program that can help you trade four wheels for two. And next, an update on the firefighter after falling through the roof of a burning home. The touching way people are coming together to help him and his family. Bulldog you dont need superpowers to help someone. Sometimes, all it takes is a warm heart and a cold nose. Thats why mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money to Train Service dogs for people with disabilities. I would never imagine a life without an assistance dog ever again. I relied on people a lot. He helps me live a more independent life. Bulldog we need your help to do more. Give at mattressdiscountersdogs. Com, or any mattress discounters. Mattress discounters good deed dogs helping dogs help people a veteran firefighter injuredded in a horrifying fall is in Critical Condition tonight. Captain pete duran was walking along the roof in fresno last weekend. And youll see what happens. He fell right inside. There it is right there. The fire chief in fresno said that duran was burned over 70 of his body and most of those burns are serious enough that they will require skin grafts. He is set to have more surgery on monday. An online fund raising page has raised 90,000 so far. Their original goal was 2,000. And we do have a link to that page on our website, ktvu. Com. 35 new Police Officers are heading to the streets of oakland. After today, Police Academy graduation. You hear friends and family cheering at the ceremony. Family members are very proud to see their loved ones join the force. When i found out he was coming to the academy to go into oakland, i thought oh my gosh. The worst of the worst. But, he can handle it. You know, hes done four years in the service and he went through his boot camps. So, hes going to be fine. This is oaklands 171st Police Academy. The new officers will begin training. The Oakland PoliceDepartment Said boosts the number of sworn offices to 724. Big news today involving the San Francisco giants, the team said today the general manager brian sabian is being promoted. Ktvus sports director is here now. What do you think of sabean being promoted . One of the things about the giants, you can list 50 things about their success in the last five years with three world championships. Continuity and stability. And they want to make sure that formula for winning and hopefully bringing home championships continues. A little footage of the annual chamber of commerce. They hope the formula continues with the same people and place, while at the same time, acknowledging the great accomplishment. Bruce bochy, for instance, is under contract to manage the team until 2019. He can barely basically call his own shots, which is rare for a big league man. Brian sabean, who is the longest tenured general manager is promoted to a newly titled position of executive Vice President of baseball operations. While bobby evans has been with the Organization Going into his 22nd season in many different capacities is now the teams general manager. Think on balance, what im excited about, is that bobby is more than ready. Weve continually put more and more on his plate as the years have progressed and he has come through with flying colors with every assignment. And you know, hes more than ready to be there. I said it on a number of occasions. I am extremely proud that i can pass the torch. All right, so all in all, the giants remain in tact and good news all the way around. They improved their play on the field, that we have seen so far in the exhibition season. They will be placing the as and giants today. How unusual is it to create this position for someone like brian sabean and what will he do now . Its basically a new position for the giants. But what were seeing is a will the of big market teams, they are creating this position and what it does is it frees up brian sabean to travel the world. It has become a global game. The giants have been short in signs players from cuba and south america and what he is going to do is travel and take care of Quality Control within the entire organization. And youre seeing a lot of the big teams do this and right now, its just part of the growing of the game itself. You have to get global or youre going to get left behind and what he said today, we want to find out if were keeping up with the jones or we are the jones. We are the jones. Flex a little muscle. Thanks, well see you coming up at 6 00 as well. A favorite 1980s and 90s sitcom could be making a comeback. Whatever happened uncle jesse, netflix is close to offering a 13 episode spinoff of full house called fuller house. The original full house ran for eight seasons. Candace cameron will be the eldest daughter, you see right there, d. J. Andrea barber will be back as kimy gibbler. They could be making some guest appearances. Getting the gang back together. As far as our weather today, we have mostly clear skies across the region. But get ready, you heard about the change we talked about. Some rain showers making a comeback. You can see right now on live Storm Tracker 2, you can pick out a few clouds in parts of mendocino county. Its knocking on the door of yukia. You see the clouds there, the scattered cloud nature. That cold air will be moving into the bare area over the weekend. Current numbers right now are in the 70s. Livermore, 73 degrees. San jose 68. San francisco in the upper 50s and santa rosa 72. Winds up there as well around 15 to 20 miles an hour. Once again, a cooler pattern developing. The first system set to move into the region on sunday and then a stronger storm, that moves into the area on tuesday. Talk about that in a little bit. As far as the overnight lows, first thing tomorrow morning, want to bundle up again, were talking about 30s for santa rosa and napa. Widespread 40s. Heres our forecast headlines right now. We do have this with the fair skies for this evening. A few high clouds will be approaching late tonight. Tomorrow, partly cloudy and cooler and then on sunday, cloudy and some rain showers. If you want to wake up early saturday morning, you can see were going to have a total Lunar Eclipse in the partial eclipse begins at 3 16. The total eclipse, 4 58, only running until 5 03. I think were going to have a few clouds leading up to this around midnight, but hopefully the clouds will gradually clear out. Beautiful sight to be seen if you want to head out early saturday morning. Definitely want to bundle up. No big changes for tomorrow. Just a few extra clouds out there. Then on sunday, the first front moves on shore. A system rain showers likely possibly for the Easter Egg Hunt first thing sunday morning and definitely cooling off. And then monday, it will be a chance of a shower by tuesday. Heres the deal. This area of low pressure drops down the coast. Could be tracking moderate to heavy rain fall. I have not talked about that in quite some time. Sierra snow and possibly we could have a dusting in the bay area hills. So get ready for that big change. Heres our forecast model. These numbers will change quite a bit. You can see numbers adding up. So welcome rain fall through tuesday, 5 00 p. M. Looks like the bulls eye will be along the north coast. Heres our forecast model. Tomorrow, just partly cloudy skies and then well take this into sunday morning for easter. You can see some scattered rain showers paying us a visit. It could be moderate at times and still the chance of a few showers, but scale back on the coverage and the chances out there for sunday afternoon. Temperatures for tomorrow, mainly in the 60s for afternoon highs. The cooldown will begin saturday, but it really drops off sunday and into monday. Well keep an eye on that tuesday storm. Tuesday could be act i have. Thunderstorms, possibly a dusting, some gusty winds and afternoon highs on tuesday, only 54 degrees. So a sharp change in the weather pattern. Now the snow you mentioned up in the sierra, enough to ski on or make a snowball . A good 5 to 10 inches from the system. So possibly chain controls on 80 and 50. Wow, a little late, but well take it. Thanks, mark. A big upgrade for oakland as fans. Plus i was praying to god, please protect me. How a sailor survived more than two months at sea after his boat capsized. And now to julie haener in the newsroom with what we are working on new at 6 00. Many drivers, fast track is a convenient way to pay bridge tolls without having to carry cash. But coming up at 6 00, the clerical error that forced one woman to transfer her cars title to her friends name and cost her hundreds of dollars in fines. Also, it is that time of year for exceptional whale watching along the california coast. How the changing environment is creating even better viewing this year. These stories and more are coming up at 6 00. Around here, were all about fast. Thats why xfinity is perfect for me. With millions of wifi hotspots all over the place including one right here at the shop now we can stream all things fas