The 10 00 news on ktvu fox 2 starts now. For a second time in as many years San FranciscoPolice Officers are facing disciplinary action for sending racist and homophobic Text Messages. As soon as we became aware of these Text Messages, four officers were immediately suspended. San franciscos police check says he feels betrayed. Good evening. Im julie haener. And im ken wayne. Frank somerville is off tonight. More problems for sfpd. Four officers are accused of exchanging bigoted Text Messages at a time when the department is trying to repair a broken relationship with the africanamerican community. We get the new development from ktvus amber lee live at Police Headquarters in the city with more on this emerging scandal. Amber . Reporter cann, pa George Gascon tells me the latest scandal calls into question hundreds if not thousands of criminal cases. In the meantime police chief greg suhr says he acted swiftly suspending all the officers involved immediately. The police chief says a criminal investigation of officer jason lai for unrelated accusations led to the latest revelations that at least three other officers exchanged Text Messages with racial and homophobic slurs. Its disgusting. As it was when i found out about them. Reporter this comes on the heels of another text message scandal a year ago involving 14 other officers. The District Attorneys Office says in this current case the officers used the nword and used a derogatory term when referring to lesbian officers on the force. D. A. George gascon says the officers referred to the previous scandal in their text. You can tell they are almost mocking whats going on. Reporter the d. A. Is now contacting Defense Attorneys because the officers behavior could impact criminal cases in which they played a role. We dont know how many cases are going to be impacted, whether they are former or current case. So its a real mess. Officers dont believe they will ever be found out. If you dont believe you will be found out, what else could they be doing . Reporter curry Theresa Sparks is former commission president. A lot has to do with culture. We need to change the culture of the department to being more of a protector or a guardian. Reporter 36yearold jamaal says hes been targeted by police because he is African American and is used to the bias that comes with racial profiling. Done to us so much to where it becomes normal. Like you dont get offended. I cant say you dont get offended. You accept it. Reporter the chief says the officers behavior is a betrayal to the public and their brothers and sisters in blue. Racism and intolerance. I wont have it. Reporter theres an undercurrent of disagreement between the d. A. And the police department. The d. A. Tells me he only learned of the Text Messages recently and the police chief says the d. A. Staff was made aware of them last september or october. Amber lee live in the city, amber, thank you. Now to sacramento where a bill on the governors desk would give California Workers the highest minimum wage in the nation at 15 an hour. The measure passes. [ applause ] reporter there was applause inside and outside the state capital when the legislation passed both the assembly and state senate. Most democrats voted for the bill saying it helps the working poor. Republicans opposed it saying its a job killer. Governor brown says he plans to sign it monday in los angeles. The first increases set to come next january with a boost from 10 10 50. 2018 brings another . 50 increase to 11. The minimum wage goes up one dollar each year after that until it reaches 15 in 2022. Thousands of bay area workers rallied today in support for the higher wages. Has ktvus ann rubin reports, the Union Workers say theres more that needs to be done. [ yelling ] reporter marching today janitors, security guards and fast food workers. Among them, she has been cleaning buildings for 20 years. We need a raise. In silicon valley, we cannot live without you know, were making a little bit of money. And the Big Companies are making millions and millions. Reporter she wants those companies to Pay Attention to work to improve conditions and pay. She says today was a good day, the state moved forward with a plan to raise californias minimum wage to 15 an hour by 2022. Its a huge impact on workers who for years, talking about decades, havent seen any kind of wage increase, stuck, you know in this downward spiral. Because there arent any other jobs. Reporter minimum wage hike is great news for janitor jesus ortiz though truthfully he says it wont be enough. Everything, especially the rent. Reporter a San Jose City councilmember says more needs to be done. 50 an hour is great. Its going to take five or six years to get there. What else should we be doing the meantime to make sure that our workers are taking care of . Also cesar chavez day, a chance to celebrate workers solidarity. Union members have a contract up at the end of april so they say, really, the wage battles are just beginning. Going so high, we feel low. So theres no rights. Reporter the janitorial Workers Union has another march and rally set for april 14. In san jose, ann rubin, ktvu fox 2 news. Also rallied in support of the new legislation in the east bay, workers with lowwage jobs were out in oakland to show what the pay raise would mean for them. The rally in the bay area was peaceful with no reports of damage or arrest. New at 10, teslas big unveiling, the palo alto electric car Company Revealed its latest model tonight, in an extravagant production. [ cheering ] the model three made its debut in front of invited guests at teslas Design Studio in los angeles. Company founder elon musk said the new car is fast, some models faster than others. And safe. As for range, he said 215 miles at the minimum. Tesla became taking a tesla became taking 1000 deposit today, even though the model three wont be sold until late next year. The price starts at 35,000 and then goes up depending on options buyers choose. This is kind of crazy but i just was told that the total number of orders for the model three in the past 24 hours has now passed 115,000. [ cheering ] many of those orders came from the people who stood in long lines today outside teslas showrooms around the world. Others waited until tonight and made their reservations online. Major changes tonight at kgo radio. Most of the new staff was reportedly fired today. The website says the next generation is coming tuesday morning. The station is owned by tumulus media of atlanta. There has been talk of plans to eliminate local news programming and replace it with syndicated talk shows. Similar changes are expected at k fog. They were fired when they reported to work today. Reports say between 20 and 30 people have been let go. Baseball is back in the bay area. Tonight the oakland as took on the San Francisco giants in game one of this years bay bridge series. The traditional if not official start of the new baseball season. And fans are excited. Ktvus Debora Villalon at at t park where thousands of people attended tonights game. Deborah . Reporter julie, about 40,000 fans, you can see ive got my bases covered. Some fans dont buy it but its possible to root for both. Its an exhibition game, doesnt count. But you wouldnt know it by the enthusiasm exhibited here at at t. Ive been waiting six months for the boys of summer to come on back. Now theyre here. Reporter fans came for the sights and sounds. A homecoming for all the staff too. 17 season at this ballpark. Our fans are coming in droves. We have broken all the Major League Records for attendance. Cant be nothing but happy. Reporter both teams returned with rebuilt pitching rosters. Although the giants spent substantially more for theirs. The fans have been for so great. We want to make sure we plug whatever holes we might have. Reporter with world series wins in 2010, 2012 and 2014, superstition suggests something about 2016. Were going into an art year, i thought the same thing was a bunch of bunk. Now that we are going into an even year, lets believe it. Sure, why not . Reporter magic seeps into every moment here. A season is a new slate in a game full of history. Right here. Baseball. As and giants. Im getting paid to do this. How many years have you been here . Since 1963. Time to retire. You cant leave baseball. No. I cant leave baseball. Thats right. Reporter for celebrations and competition. Families where one member programs. Why did you switch to the giants . Broke ranks. I guess i go against what they wanted at first and stuck with it. Rebel child. I guess so. [ laughter ] reporter finally back in the big park, they are having fun too. Wouldnt it be nice to have this park on the other side of the bay . Its too cold here. If the wind is blowing, 30 mile an hour winds, not really. Reporter showing some love for the coliseum. After tomorrows game here, the series goes to oakland on saturday. Openingday of course is monday. The as at home, the giants at milwaukee. Giant fans dont get their home opener until thursday. Debora villalon live at at t, boy, were glad to have baseball back. Mark will have highlights coming up later on in sports. Even year magic. Thank you. It didnt seem real. To be honest, that never happens in this neighborhood. Messages of hate plastered on a bay area mans car. At 10 30, why he was targeted and the investigation now under way. Already tracking some areas of fog for tonight. Wear that fog will be for the morning commute and the temperature change you can expect in your friday forecast. New at 10, state corrections officials are preparing to release a high risk sex offender to the city of petaluma. Police are notifying residents that 23 will Jonathan Hopper will be residing at a hotel within city limits starting tomorrow. Hoeppner was accused of groping a teenager last july while on parole from a previous incident. He has been convicted of Sexual Battery seven times in three years. Police say they want the community to be aware of his arrival as a registered sex offender. The treasurer of a Youth Football League in east bay has been arrested after he allegedly embezzled money from the league. Police put the figure at 200,000. Ktvus Christina Rendon tells us police were alerted by two Board Members noticed discrepancies. Reporter while children in the east bay pay to play football, Police Say One man took some of the money for himself. Lynwood burruss peyton is accused of embezzling more than 200,000 from the diablo valley youth Football Conference. Tonight, he is in jail. There were several incidents where there were direct transfers from the youth Football Conferences Checking Account into mr. Paytons personal account. During 2010, to 2014, peyton served as treasurer for the conference using the leagues debit card and falsifying records to cover his tracks. Police say during that time he spent more than 22,000 at grocery stores, more than 21,000 at Home Furnishing and improvement stores, 20,000 from what was then the infinium raceway in sonoma, 10 grand for personal insurance and four grand on cable bills and three grand on flights. He was using so much of this money that he was causing Overdraft Fees on the youth Football ConferenceChecking Account. Those Overdraft Fees over a fiveyear period totaled over 4000. Reporter it was massive covering 18 east bay cities across three counties. Police say peyton lied about how much money was needed for the leagues insurance costs when the real amount was much lower. Investigators arrested him in the parking lot at a san ramon apartment, where he had recently been evicted. These were membership fees paid by the parents so they could participate in these leaks. He took that money and used it for his own personal use. Reporter Justina Rendon in san ramon, ktvu fox 2 news. A three person team from the National Institute of corrections launched an investigation into the Santa Clara County jail. Jail has been rocked with scandals starting with the beating death of Michael Tyree last year. Three former deputies are charged with his murder. There was also a person brought this month caught on surveillance cameras that the sheriff herself purchased just a day before. Critics content deputies should have sensed tensions and segregated the inmates before that fight began. Today sheriff laurie smith said she is not stepping down from her post despite calls to do so. I know that we know whats right, were going to get people out of the business that dont belong wearing a badge. The sheriff is pushing for sweeping changes in the department, she wants greater scrutiny of an applicants background and increase in educational requirements and screening for bullying tendencies. Smith says she believes she should stay in office to make sure the changes happen even if it means another term in office. Campbell police say theyve arrested two men on suspicion of stealing highend bicycles. Its a story we told you about last week. Police identified the man as 37 yearold brian smith of san jose and 27yearold stephen fox, a transient. Smith was identified based on tips from the public. This is the Surveillance Video of two men entering a locked storage area at the revere apartment comp lex last month. Campbell Police Released the video last week. The thieves stole four bicycles. They are still trying to locate those. At least one of the bikes was worth about 3000. The town of moraga has asked for state disaster aid in fixing damage from a single ear town officials sent a letter to Governor Brown requesting assistance to pay for the estimated 3. 5 million in repairs. That sinkhole damaged storm drains, a sidewalk, curb, pedestrian, ramp and cover. Its far beyond what the town can afford. The sinkhole opened up during heavy rains on march 13 at grand boulevard in Center Street and a main thoroughfare remains closed. There has been a bit of a break in the rain over the past few days. Right now we have the typical low clouds and fog developing. The closest store is way out here in the pacific and all the energy is heading up to our north. A closer look at the fog returning near the coast and right around the bay, pretty steady onshore breeze, winds around 10 to 15 miles an hour. So pretty chilly out there, feels like summertime night across the bay area. Some out towards the sunset, daly city as well. Here is our light camera toward the bay bridge, San Francisco out there in the distance as well, so the clouds will gradually expanding coverage for the overnight hours and that will set the stage for somewhat of a cloudy start first thing friday morning. Near the coast, right around the bay, temperatures definitely want to grab the sweater or jacket, those readings starting of the day in the 40s to right around 50 degrees out toward oakland, san jose forecast low of 49. So heres the plan, 6 00 a. M. , clouds near San Francisco, san mateo, oakland, hayward, fremont and then San Francisco, 7 00 a. M. , sky cash showing you this. Low clouds, 52 degrees. Into the lunchtime hour, 12 00, patchy fog, 59 and then as we wrap up the afternoon, partly sunny and breezy. 61 degrees. Tomorrow will be a little bit warmer than today. A closer look at your forecast highs and also highlight the changes you can expect in the upcoming weekend. Five of the biggest names in womens soccer filed a lawsuit today accusing the u. S. Soccer federation of wage discrimination. The lawsuit alleges women players earn as little as 40 of the money made by male counterparts even though the women have won more championships. The National Team is a three time world cup winner. Its victory in the World Cup Final last summer was the most watched soccer game of all time in the u. S. One player said male players are paid far more just to show up than the women are paid for winning. U. S. Soccer Federation Said it was committed to a new contract that addresses compensation. A bay area family scammed. It hurt. Its not fun. Talking to someone like that and saying, im taking your car. How a great deal on a used car turned out to be good too good to be true. The fan favorite with the giants, but Pablo Sandoval has lost his starting job in boston. New developments tonight in a 2 investigates report, a group of squatters facing felony charges after attempting to use a littleknown law to take ownership of an abandoned property. Introduced you to one squatter last year when he successfully used an adverse possession law to take ownership of a home in west oakland. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama joins us now. Hes been teaching others to do the same . Reporter ken and julie, this group is a housing activist group. The District Attorney