The casino for a party. You could get almost anything you wanted. Reporter folks leaving river rock this afternoon says it was empty inside the tent like structure. There were three cars in the parking lot when we got here and you could virtually not see anyone else playing. Reporter river rock declined to talk to us but its gaming chairman commissioner says revenue is down at least 30 . Some say more like 45 . A tenyear bus driver for river rock invites me on the bulls. He says people used to fight over these seats. Now he is lucky if the bus is 10 full. A huge drop in employees and a huge major drop it customers. Reporter in fact, about 100 workers have left river rock to go work at graton. A slots supervisor at river rock says many of those workers live closer to the new casino. Theres a lot of options for people to go other places so, you know, graton has impacted us a little bit. A hit. Reporter many people say its hard for river rock and other smaller casinos to compete. They are going to have to just make it a better place to come to. Right now, its not going to make it. Graton has a lot more to offer, great food, a lot more machines. Reporter things are so bad over at river rock that some workers say some smaller projects have either been delayed or canceled some of those expansion projects. Live here at rohnert park, im da lin, kpix 5. Casino wars. River rock was doing well before graton opened up last year. Last time it publicly reported its revenue was in 2010 and it made 124 million that year. An update tonight on the petaluma slaughterhouse a story we have been following here at kpix 5. Federal officials have just dealt a financial blow to some of the bay areas top Grassfed Beef ranchers ordering a complete ban on the sale of their meat. Our betty yu has the story and youll only see it right here on kpix 5. Reporter we just got word from federal officials in washington, d. C. Late this afternoon and its not good news for Grassfed Beef ranchers caught in the middle of this massive beef recall. Bill nye man got a letter today from the usda. He has been ordered not to sell at least 300,000 worth of high end Grassfed Beef. That meat has been on hold for months since Rancho Feeding Corporation shut down its petaluma processing plant. That plant is now under criminal investigation because of charges it processed diseased animals. Come, cattle reporter he and a number of other organic beach ranchers process their meat at the same slaughterhouse. He says he has the paperwork to prove his meat is safe. But the usdas letter says it cannot ensure his product wasnt contaminated. The impact of that is something we probably wont survive. Reporter some of the bay areas top organic beef ranchers were caught up in the recall of millions of pounds of meat processed at the petaluma plant. The usdas letter says it does not have the authority to offer any sort of compensation. They say this is discouraging and they may sue the usda. Betty yu, kpix 5. The neimanns say Rancho Feeding Corporation cant afford to reimburse them. Marin sun farms a popular producer of Grassfed Beef products is purchasing the now shuttered petaluma slaughterhouse. New at 6 00 trains rolling into the bay area carrying highly explosive fracked oil. We have been telling you about this for weeks. And it looks like the state is coming up short when it comes to backup safety plans in case something goes wrong. Kpix 5 reporter phil matier was at a sacramento hearing today asking our lawmakers those hard questions. Phil . Reporter thats right. And now were in rodeo with a refinery in our backdrop. Before we used to get our oil over the ocean in big tankers. Now its coming in by rail with an estimated 200,000 carloads expected to be coming into the state by 2016. Question is, are we ready for it . Take a listen. Are we prepared. No. We have a lot of work to do. Reporter that was the reaction of bay area lawmakers after a 2. 5hour hearing on the growing safety concerns that have been brought on by the surge in rail shipments of crude oil to local refineries. Contra costa county has nine Oil Refineries in it according to the information at this hearing, theyre already unloading crude oil from trains in richmond. Reporter the question is whether the current regulations are Strong Enough to prevent the disaster like the train explosion in quebec that killed 47 people in july or the derailments in alabama and north dakota. So those are questions that have to be answered at the federal level. And were not just sitting by idly. Reporter the good news, overall safety records of u. S. Railways are pretty good. We move a lot of Hazardous Materials not only in california but around the country. So well over 99 of the time, those shipments arrive without any incident. Reporter but if something does go wrong it could be real trouble. For example, the oil spill from the cosco busan was deal with 1. 5 tankers of crude oil. A full crude oil train could carry 2. 7 million gallons. If that were to spill or catch fire im very concerned by the charts that you gave us on preparedness. Reporter it could be especially tough for local Fire Departments who would be the first to respond. Fire departments have either closed fire stations, bonded them out, reduced the number of personnel on ship. Theres a potential for a very serious problem and disastrous problem. Reporter now, one solution they are looking at is the idea of putting a fee on the crude as it comes into the refineries as a way to get the money for better backup but ken, as you know, when it comes to fees or taxes on gasoline, California Public can be very, very skeptical about that and thats going to be a tough one for the lawmakers to call. For sure, phil. And the thing that bothers me the most about this story is when i hear people say, no offense to the woman there, you know, its a federal problem. Well, they cant do anything about it. Its a federal problem. But it is not a federal problem when something happens. Then it becomes a local issue and a local emergency maybe. Reporter and thats exactly what the hearing was today about, the question is, we know who has the responsibility. But who has to do the work and as you said its going to be whoever has to respond to that 911 call whenever something happens and that is the locals. You got that right. All right, phil matier in rodeo, thank you, phil. Its being called the granddaddy of Office Projects in san jose. Now the mystery is who is moving in. The city approved the complex which will go right near the airport at the intersection of 101 and 880. Len ramirez on just how big this development is going to be. Reporter this is the land here in North San Jose 20 acres enough for 10 seven story buildings double the size of facebooks campus and large enough for 10,000 workers but which Mystery Company will be moving in . Mayor chuck reed knows but isnt saying. I cant tell you who the company x is but there is a Company Behind the project thats not a spec building. Its 2 million feet of office space the largest deal we have done in san jose since the internet boom went bust and one of the largest in the history of the city. Reporter the developer isnt saying either. The property has been owned for years by piri ariing aga the Development Deal already approved by the city council. Expect a big announcement soon. In san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. Just lethal injection showed up for todays Hewlett Packard shareholders Jesse Jackson showed up four todays hewlettpackard shareholders meetings. A civil rights heavy hitter showed up for hewlettpackards Shareholder Meeting today demanding diversity. Jesse jackson led a delegation of the rainbowpush coalition. The group says hp has a poor track record when it comes to hiring minorities. Jackson says the issue goes far beyond just hp when it comes to tech companies. To address the gap between the rich and poor. We looked at the records and the too many zeros around board of directors and employees. Well, hp is countering that saying about half its Leadership Team and board of directors are minorities and women and its ceo is meg whitman. Another bay area county could soon be asked to cut back on water use. In about half hour, the contra costa Water District board will consider a voluntary 15 cut. It would affect 250,000 customers in central contra costa county. The board will also consider a ban on watering lawns during the day. Hundreds of farm workers rallied outside Fresno City Hall today voicing concerns about water allotments. Farmers will get no Irrigation Water delivered from federal or state water projects this year. They are calling for changes in federal environmental laws and construction of new reservoirs. The house of Natural Resources committee was meeting inside the capital about the states drought prices. Why california faces a severe shortage of doctors. How wikipedia could get 21st century students to do some old school homework. Good evening to you. The 6 10 sailing of the golden gate ferry is just about to head back to San Francisco. Can the weather get any nicer . 73 degrees in sausalito. Do we stay warm . Do we stay sunny . Do we stay dry . Or is rain in the forecast . Ill answer those things for you coming up in about 8 minutes. And how dangerous wildfires can be sparked by golf clubs. ,, bulldog look at that 300 off serta perfect sleeper and sealy posturepedic. Plus, free delivery. The red tag means you save more green during mattress discounters red tag sale. Mattress discounters emerged as a Castro Valley n was charged with killing his wife. Feng m new tonight, grisly details emerged as a Castro Valley man was charged with killing his wife. He was arraigned on a murder charge there afternoon. He is in a jumpsuit standing up there. The Alameda CountyDistrict Attorneys Office says his wifes body was found in a bedroom closet. She had been shot twice. The Sheriffs Department says it had been to the couples home several times for Domestic Violence calls. San francisco moving forward with its expanded ban on electronic cigarettes. The citys board of supervisors unanimously voted today to ban the use of ecigarettes at all bars, restaurants and businesses. Additionally, sellers will have to get a special permit. And the products cannot be sold at pharmacies or other places where Tobacco Sales are banned. City leaders say the goal is to limit childrens use of the product. This friday is not just march madness. Its match day. Its when graduating medical students find out where they will do their residency training. But linda yee says theres a problem when it comes to the doctors the most in demand. Primary care physicians. Reporter ucsf medical student elyse taylor doesnt look like a linebacker, but she is about to get drafted. Im feeling a little bit nervous about friday but also really excited about it. Reporter on friday, taylor finds out what Medical Center picked her for residency training. Her interest, primary care. I am just absolutely so excited to be able to go take care of patients out in the community. Reporter taylor wants to stay in california and thats good news. Residents who train here are more likely to stay here. But theres a huge problem. We have a crisis in california in the nation. Reporter the doctor says theres a severe shortage. More students want to be higher paid specialists and there are fewer residency programs for primary care physicians. We havent done say was a nation and as a state have as to invest in where the need is greatest and right now that is clearly in primary care. Reporter only 34 of physicians practice primary care in california. And with obamacare, unless changes are made the situation is expected to worsen. Taylor already sees a shortage where doctors are stretched very thin. Even now working in clinics very often we have 15 or 20 minute appointments and thats just not enough time to be able to give patients the care that they need and deserve. Reporter federal, state and private funds pay for residencies but funding has been frozen for years. Thats got to change. So that we actually create more training positions in primary care instead of just continually adding more specialists. Reporter taylor knows she is competing with other students for a very small number of spots. Surprising. Reporter linda yee, kpix 5. State lawmakers are now considering a bill that will boost that number and funding for primary care residency spots. Its sponsored by the california medical association. Want to get out to paul deanno who is, well, you know, got the sort of prime assignment today. Out there in sausalito got the city over his shoulder. I dont know whats in the righthand side. Reporter is that San Francisco . I never knew. Oh. Tell you what, sometimes you draw the short stick and you get sent out in the rain which ive done many times in my career and sometimes on a sunny day in the mid70s you say lets do the weather from sausalito and heres the reason why. People from all around the world visit here to take a look at a view that we here in the bay area could enjoy any day we want and some lucky folks call sausalito home and get to look at this view just about every day. Its fantastic although as a weatherman i enjoy watching that finger of fog come right through the golden gate and kind of separate us from San Francisco. But nonetheless, it is a gorgeous day outside. This is san jose in the background and san jose, you were the warm spot today at 76 degrees. Fremont 76. Oakland 75. San bruno you hit 73. San rafael 73. San francisco 72 degrees. It doesnt feel like were switching from winter to spring. It has felt like spring all winter long but officially, spring begins tomorrow at 9 57 a. M. Local time just before 10 00. We say goodbye winter and hello spring. Springlike weather is with us because that big ridge of High Pressure sitting off to our west takes the jet stream, sends it up to the north. Thats been a problem for seattle. They have had too much range. Portland, too. We could use some of that rainfall but with the ridge not moving our weather is not going to be changing. Well get cloudier tomorrow so high, thin cloud cover that moved through today. Well be dry because the ridge wont be moving for several days. Highs tomorrow close to today. Fremont 74. Livermore 75. Oakland 73, Mountain View 73, and San Francisco tomorrow 6 degrees. Extended forecast, we are cooler friday and through the weekend but still really nice weather to get outside, kids maybe have baseball practice over the weekend or maybe their first game. Aokay weatherwise. We cloud up on monday and then on tuesday, we are looking at highs in the mid60s with showers finally moving back to the forecast. They will be here next tuesday. Maybe you have been out to sausalito and seen this gentleman and his dog . They have been here for 30 years. I have seen them several times of. Thats the diamond dog getting a pet from a visitor right now. Just another one of those beautiful sights an eclectic but gorgeous sausalito on a sunny 73degree day. Its so nice i cant even talk. Well have more on the forecast at 6 45. Were speechless. Just gorgeous. Thank you. Reporter it is nice, yeah. Tonight the big man on campus at ucberkeley says he is having to turn down media requests from across the land because he simply cant handle them all. This is him. Kevin gorman, 22 years old. And a recent ucberkeley grad. More importantly, he is the schools new wikipedian in residence. He is helping other students wiki. Believe it or not, it could mean sending students back to basics. Its very common now for undergraduates to write an entire term paper without ever setting foot in a physical library. Reporter if you grew up using the card catalog or maybe a set of encyclopedias, where do you think you would start now if you had to write a history paper . Wikipedia and go to the source cited at the end of the wikipedia page. Reporter but before we talk 21st century education, lets skip back a few hundred years to what you might call wikipedia in beta. The 18th century imagined they could produce a compilation of all human knowledge. Thats what the great people in the enlightenment thought they could do. Now the wikipedia is stunning. Increasingly academia along with other parts of the culture sector are realizing that wikipedia is simply too big and too widely used to ignore. Reporter as wick median in residence, his job isnt to get students reading the site but creating it. So instead of a traditional paper, students are asked to ar authorize a pick media article. To author a wikipedia article. That would be going to the library, finding sources and mastering a subject. [ very low whispering ] reporter and theres another benefit to producing work thats not on a stack of printed pages. Instead of writing for an audience to themselves and whoever grades their paper, they are writing for an audience of perhaps 200 or 200,000. Reporter another sign that academic times are changing and so are attitudes or crowd sourced information. Gut reaction as wikipedia, oh, no, is definitely something that has been fading significantly over time. Just like were learning more about privacy and plagiarism. We are just having to rethink these kind of issues in this new world but well get there. Wikipedian in residence. What was a cell phone when i was in college . 550million people use wikipedia every month. Gormans position is grant funded through 2015. Practically barren instead of bustling. How the notion of if build it they will come never happened at some bay area transit villages. And how golf clubs could actually ignite wildfires. ,,,, female announcer what will you get with your new sleep train mattress .