Distribution of the settlement money from the volkswagen emissions cheating scandal that, of course, was a case out of the federal court based here in San Francisco. He was to be in charge of the handling of the takata airbag settlement as well. No word what will happen to that responsibility now, but muller has always been viewed as a settlement expert and someone viewed as a most credible Law Enforcement official by both democrats and republicans. Larry and alma . All right, thank you so much, kristen. And we broke this news about mullers appointment to overseas russia investigation through the abc7 news app. Download the arp to get breaking news on your phone or tablet. New developments today in the child mole estation case. Doctor and nurse michelle. Abc7 news matt keller has the latest of the reporter the doctor looked out of sorts for his first appearance in the Santa Cruz County courtroom. He was known for his brain surgery in Dominican Hospital and suter Emergency Center in santa cruz. According to the District Attorneys Office he was hiding a dark and disturbing secret. Today prosecutors revealed they filed ten separate child mole est asian charges against him involving three different victims. It involves multiple children on different dates. Of the ten charges six of them involved specific sex acts committed on children under the age of 10. Reporter michelle brandon, a nurse at Dominican Hospital and Emory Stevens of arizona were also arrested on several charges for child mole est asian, one count of manufacturing child pornography. If convicted all three could face life in prison. Prosecutors would not say if any victims were patients. The charges against cohut brandon and stevens are all connected but would not get into any details. Cohuts attorney told us the allegations against his client are not true. Dr. Cohut has spent his lifesaving peoples lives. He is a renowned brain surgeon. This is not conduct that he would participate in. And i think at the end of the day the evidence will show it is not true. Reporter Emily Stevens is being held in an arizona jail. She is fighting extradition to Santa Cruz County. As for dr. James cohut, his next Court Appearance is may 26. In santa cruz, matt keller, abc7 news. Sheriff investigators say there is no threat to the public after a man and woman were found shot to death inside a novato home this morning. Family members discovered the victims inside a house on bugia leeann just before 8 30. Sheriffs investigators describe the victims as an older couple. Their identities have not been released. Deputies believe there is no risk to public safety. The Animal Rescue group is trying to settle an animal cruelty. They are offering 10,000 for information about a mass grave discovered in february with 12 dogs inside it. The Napa Valley Group hopes the money will moat vaet it public to come forward. Meanwhile investigators say a dead goat found in the same area yesterday is not related to the dog case. A San Francisco family is making a desperate plea to find a missing man. Abc7 news was in balboa park as kim posted a missing person flyer on a light post. Her husband disappeared on mothers day. He is an uber driver. His wife is worried because a passenger recently left a phone this his car. She fears it may have gotten her husband tangled up in some sort of trouble. He told me that the phone left inside the car and he even said that, oh, its mazing that they managed to find where im at. But the phone is in my car. San Francisco Police are having a hard time tracking him. His cell phone was turned off, the go gps on his mercedes suv is not working either. His family says uber wants a court order to track his phone or identify his passengers. A computer problem caused unusually long waits at dmv offices statewide. People were lined up outside without knowing when processing will resume. Dmv says the computer outage was caused by connectivity issue. Dmv workers say the outage started around noon and prevented them from processing drver licenses and vehicle registration. Hundreds of local and federal Law Enforcement officers found out all across los angeles today arresting members of the notorious street gang known as ms 13. Federal prosecutors have charged 44 members and associates of the gang with a variety of crimes, many of them felonies. Threes e three are accused of murder, locations throughout l. A. It was a spec spak ltacular be outdoors. Take a look at this. Perfect flying weather and conditions outside are going to get even better. Certainly a lot hotter, of. Spencer christian now the heat wave is coming. That was a beautiful view. Live doppler 7 showing sunny skies all across the area. Check out the 24hour temperature change. It is 12 degrees warmer in fairfield right now than at this hour yesterday. Concord, livermore and palo alto are all ten degrees warmer than at this time yesterday. Lets take a closer look at current temperatures as we look westward from our east bay hills camera. 63 degrees in San Francisco. Upper 60s in oakland and mountain view, 71, san jose, 57 at half moon bay. This is the view, calm blue skies over the bay from our mount tam camera. 74 degrees now in santa rosa, napa, 72 novato, 75 apiece in fair feed and concord. Livermore checks in at 72 degrees. Overnight this is what will happen with the temperature trend. Temperatures in the low to mid 50s in most locations, few in the 40s. By midday noon tomorrow, well see temperatures i should say in the mid 70s inland, rising up to about 80 by 4 00 p. M. , and how much higher will temperatures rise in the next few days . Ill show you shortly. Larry . All right, thank you, spencer. See you in a few minutes. What a great day to do some whale watching and you didnt have to head out into a boat on the pacific to do it. Sky 7 captures these shots of whales swimming around the golden gate bridge. This is all seen live during abc7 mornings. Holly field has a story youll see only on 7. Reporter theyre back and theyre beautiful. When chris heard this morning the whales had returned to the bay, he grabbed his camera and headed to the bridge. Last year i took a lot of photos of the whales out here. Hoping to see them again. Reporter it is their second year to venture into our bay. Marine biologists say it is their feeding season so they will probably chasing food like kril and an choechl is. They arent sure why now, why these last two years. Maybe just some smart enterprising whales have figured out this is a yummy place to be. Were going to be very much on the look out this year to see if some of the same whales that kept coming in on a regular basis last year are the same ones coming in this year. So, its a newly learned behavior. Reporter it could also be that the hump back whale population has grown because they are getting creative where they have to look for food. Whatever the case, they are here and have motivated some bad Human Behavior experts want to discourage. Weve seen kite borders actually jump them. So, they were obstacles and weve seen wind sufferers unfortunately go in repeatedly getting closer and closer to the whales. Reporter experts say dont hesitate to come out and see them. Just do it from a safe distance. The fact that there are whales back here now is really exciting for me as kind of the kid inside of me. Reporter we might have to coexist with them for a while. Last year they stayed through august. So, experts have set up a working group to discuss how to protect them from all the ships that come through here. If you do come out to see them, bring your binoculars. Its a beautiful sight. In San Francisco, amy holly field, abc7 news. We just love that whale video. You can see more of it on our abc7 News Facebook page and be sure to share with your friends to show them how perfect it is where you live. B. A. R. T. Officials today are promising riders theyll have working emergency lights at every station in the event of power outages. The agency is promising the upgrades and inspections after two recent pg e outages, but stations in San Francisco and richmond in the dark. This is what it looked like at the montgomery station on the april 21st when the major black out left parts of San Francisco without electricity. Emergency lights were supposed to come on, but they didnt. We immediately launched an investigation. Test every single system at every single station. And what we found was 14 stations didnt have working emergency back up power. The agency says it has since installed temporary generators at those affected stations until a permanent fix is in place. So, was it racial profiling or maybe a deputy who was just doing his job . Up next a show of support from advocates of an east bay fruit vendor who is being detained by the Alameda County sheriff. And. No day off for warriors star kevin durant. How hes giving back to some of his biggest fans right here in the bay area. No fans of traffic right now on the skyway in downtown San Francisco. It is bunched up in both directions. A giants dodgers game letting out a little while ago. That is no doubt adding to the congestion. In both directions its basically stop and go. Back the sunll come out for people with Heart Failure, tomorrow is not a given. But entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. Tomorrow, tomorrow. I love ya, tomorrow in the largest Heart Failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low Blood Pressure. Kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow i love ya, tomorrow ask your heart doctor about entresto. And help make tomorrow possible. Youre only a day away. A big budget problem looming in Sonoma County, proposed cuts that range from 3 to 6 . The the Sheriffs Department today said those cuts could have a huge impact on investigations. Abc7 News ReporterWayne Freedman is live with the details. Wayne . Reporter well, budget cuts always have a sense of being political, especially when were talking about City Government or county government. Thats the case in Sonoma County where the board of supervisors is asking every department for a cut of between 3 and 6 as you said. That includes the Sheriffs Department, and this is where things get interesting. It began with an item on the board of supervisors agenda which they didnt expect or maybe did expect a possible budget cuts of 6. 5 million by reducing supervisors and some substations, cutting back on graffiti removal, perhaps also cutting back on detective investigations or dispatch. There are some 19 cuts in all at least proposed. The department does not want to cut service, but the president of the police union is worried about that as well. Were at bare minimums now. Any time somebody calls in sick, we have to call other people in from work or home, other locations, have them work extra hours. Theyre working 12 hour shifts already and were barely able to keep up. Meantime, supervisor shirley zaine says cuts are necessary due to pay raises and better benefits. Theyre not cuts she says more like asking departments to work within their means. We asked her if there is any wiggle room. Of course theres wiggle room. But i dont think that we want to make a budget using scare tactics with the public. Thats the point. Reporter do you think they are . I think that was the reaction that the sheriffs got from the board yesterday unfortunately. Reporter we should add that the Sheriffs Department budget is in excess of 180 million. In short, all of this youre looking at here is a negotiation, apparently a public negotiation, and maybe even a premature public negotiation. Live in Sonoma County, Wayne Freedman, abc7 news. All right, thank you, wayne. Well, new at 4 00, hundreds of kids in oakland got to play basketball with a warriors superstar this afternoon. What fun. Kevin durant showed up in newly renovated parks in chinatown. He helped pay for. Reporter eric thomas is live in lincoln park with the story. Hey, eric. Reporter hi, guys. They officially dedicated these kurtz a couple hours ago. As you can see kids are still playing on them right now. If you think these kids are excite today meet the former league mvp they stay undefeated this season, youre exactly right. The Charity Foundation along with warriors and several other groups paid to transform both the inside and outside courts at lincoln park with state of the art serve stices and new hoops nets. He wants kids to have a safe place to play neighborhood ball the kind he wish he had growing up in washington, d. C. Its obvious he loves giving back and interacting with the kids and they love having new courts to play on. They were really old and the courts were like they had cracks in them, they were always slippery and whatnot. Reporter what do you think of them now . Its new. [ laughter ] anybody that lives in this community, you know, its going to impact kids. I just try to do my part and use my platform, but i think a lot of people are out there doing groundwork every single day. Reporter katie stuck around, played ball with them. The courts are lighted so young people will be able to play well into the evening. As every parent knows, kids have somewhere to go and something constructive to do. We are all better off. Coming up at 6 00, live in oakland, eric thomas, abc7 news. All right, eric, thank you. And the warriors and k. D. Both do a great job giving back to the community. Welcome face will be with the dubs. They fly to san antonio. Steve kerr well enough to travel with the team to texas for games three and four of their playoff series, but the spurs, kerr is recovering from a may 5th procedure to repair a spinal fluid leak. This following two other back procedures. Hes been attending practices once again addressing the team in the locker room while watching games behind the scenes. Assistant coach mike brown is the head coach in his place until he gets better. Hopefully soon. Now there is a special event in downtown San Francisco today to celebrate National Salvation army week. Members of the Salvation Army band performed on the corner of davis and pine streets today while volunteers passed along information as well as some food to the homeless. Specifically today we are talking about our services to the homeless, the Salvation Army suite, over 500 people every night just in the city of San Francisco. And provide meals to over 24,000 people who live on the streets. Lieutenant colonel foley said the Salvation Army helps 56 Million People worldwide and 500,000 in the bay area. You may not know his name but you know his work. A new exhibit is opening on the artist who provided the disney sleeping beauty. Ivan was a background painter when he caught the eye of walt disney. Walt himself, he was selected lead stylist for the disney classic. He wanted to give the movie a medieval work. He based it on persian and japanese works. Elongated characters and really embellished landscapes with patterns so it looks more like a tapestry. The retrospective includes more than 250 works of art. They range from early sketches to vivid landscapes later in his life. Awakening beauty opens tomorrow at the walt disney family museum. That looks like a lot of fun. Absolutely. All right. Well, its going to be good weather to get out and do anything really hotter weather. Spencer christian is here now. Tonight warm weather, there will be music in the air at levi stadium, many more than music. U2 concert, joshua tree tour and the weather will be terrific. In the early evening hours temperatures will be in the 60s after 9 00 or so drop into the upper 50s. So, i think its great weather. Perhaps you, too, will agree. On we go. Maybe not. Here is a look at live doppler 7. We have sunny skies across the bay area right now in this sunny pattern will continue on onto the weekend and perhaps beyond. This is the view from sutro tower looking northward toward the golden gate. These are forecast futures. The warming trend will start revving up tomorrow. Summer like heat will be with us this weekend but a cooler pattern will settle in early next week. Right now were looking at temperatures ranging from upper 50s at the coast to mainly mid 60s, some upper 60s as well right around the bay and mid 60s in our inland area. So, its mild now but warmer days are on the way. 70s. Overnight skies will remain clear skpand breezy at the coas. Mid and upper 40s inland to 50 on the bay and near the coast. Tomorrows high, 64 will be the high at half moon bay. 68 here in San Francisco. Up in the north bay 82 at santa rosa 83 at napa, over into the inland east bacon corresponded 82, livermore 82 down in the south bay well see highs of 79. In san jose and 80 at morgan hill. And it is only going to get warmer as we approach the weekend. Friday the warming continues. Saturday and sunday look for inland highs in the low to mid 90s. Mid to upper 80s right around the bay