Nobody no average citizen is going to buy them. Once they have the facts in front of the jury, there is no way that the citizens are going to make some kind of connection between my client, what leland yee was doing. Reporter yees attorneys have not returned call for comment but legal analysts say making the senator a racketeer ups the ante for the jury. That makes him appear to be a very nefarious evil character, much beyond just some politician who has to get caught taking money that he shouldnt have taken. A third major player in the case is consultant Keith Jackson who was a fundraiser for yee campaign for his secretary of state run. The government says during the campaign, they engaged in criminal activity together including extortion and money laundering. Linda yee, kpix 5. Senator yee, raymond chow and Keith Jackson with 27 other defendants are due back in court august 7 for pretrial motions. A rise in homicides and increased Gang Activity has more high risk inmates heading to jail from the south bay. Only on 5, betty yu shows us the challenges for the people who work there. Reporter inside the main jail the cells are rarely empty. Were over capacity on the number of beds. Reporter there are more maximum security inmates than maximum security beds. So the worst of the worst could be sent to less secure areas of the jail. We are looking at fortifying those areas to make them maximum security. Reporter the chief of correction says he needs at least 600 more beds for the most violent inmates. Were talking about men like blanco arrested for running a major Mexican Cartel in Silicon Valley and the sereno gang members charged with the Campbell Park murder. The jampacked lockup is seeing more violence and its the deputies trying to keep order who are paying the price. Assaults on staff are up 20 since 2011. Last year alone, there were 181 attacks. Anything that happens, you know, uhm, arguments. Reporter Ricardo Sanchez spent a year in a crowded cell on an assault charge. Although he never got violent with staff, he knows that bunking with five other guys can get rough and thats when guards can get hurt. Is there a problem with space at this point . Yes and no. Were able to manage it now. With you i would always but i would always like more room. Reporter the captain manages the jail population at the countys two jails. This is the only active area. Now the entire facility is reopened. Reporter the jump in violent women inmates forced him to reopen parts of the elmwood correctional facility in milpitas a few months ago. But there is still pressure on the system. Inmates at both jails are constantly shuffled around based on behavior, gang ties and notoriety. Think about it as a hotel. If you have a 100 occupancy and this person wants doesnt like his room, if you move that person, what happens . That person gets the place. Then theres a chain of theft. Reporter the chief says there is no simple or cheap solution to the overcrowding problem. The county, though, is doing a study on what exactly this jail needs and will present it the next time grants to revamp jails become available. In san jose, betty yu, kpix 5. The captain says he recently received some money from the county. That allowed him to retrofit 150 cells reinforcing the doors to accommodate higher security inmates. Bart is getting 17 million to help guard against terrorist attacks. That money from the federal government goes to add security to protect the transbay tube. Several bay area legislators secured that money in a coordinated letter to congress. Lake county has seen residents of a subdivision that began sinking last year. Several homes in lakeport were damaged when the ground gave way. Homeowners sued the county saying a leaking Public Water System was the cause. Now the county is firing back saying the Homeowners Association is responsible because it failed to maintain the landscaping. An attorney for the county says homeowners irrigation lines had a number of leaks. A live look at our dublin cam tonight. What you cant see is the heat rising right there. This is one of the places where it is really getting warm tonight. Hm. Paul deanno now with mobile weather in antioch, another inland hot spot. Still scorching. Paul . Reporter yup. Whats the weather . Reporter its pretty toasty. Sometimes you got to do a little Detailed Analysis and use all this technical jargon. Heres the deal tonight. We dont think [ signal breakup ] its hot. Its hot everywhere away from the water. Record high in San Francisco. [ signal breakup ] still [ indiscernible ] at night it is 102 degrees. Coming off a high of 104. One of the hottest days of the year. And this will be the longest hot stretch away from the water coming up this year as we approach the weekend. Lets talk about where we are right now. Still close to 100 in fairfield, concord, livermore 98. Santa rosa in the 90s. Well into the 80s for both oakland and Mountain View. A little bit of a sea breeze has cooled you off in pacifica and Half Moon Bay in San Francisco. But a record high in the city today 85 degrees. We were warmer here than los angeles l. A. Hit 84. Mountain view 93. Palo alto 100. Kentfield, yeah, kentfield 101. Pleasanton 102. And Pleasant Hill 104 degrees. So we have certainly established the fact that its hot today. Well talk about how hot its going to be for this weekend and how long this heat wave will last especially away from the water. Thats coming up in about 10 minutes. But hang on and stay cool. Back to you. Thank you. Well, when it comes to cooling off, folks in berkeley had the right idea. We spotted dozens sailing at the marina and cooling off in the breeze. In the south bay, temperatures were about 15 degrees warmer. Kpix 5s mark sayre is live for us in gilroy. Mark. Reporter well, veronica, it has been a very hot day here in the south bay and in gilroy our high here today 102 peaking at 2 30 this afternoon. People are doing everything they can to stay cool. The found taste at Plaza De Cesar Chavez in downtown san jose are always popular to beat the heat. Barbara wilson is here with her three grandchildren. Were going to play here a while, have lunch and go home and take a nap. Reporter hide out for the hottest hours, huh . Amen reporter a half south down highway 101 crowds are packing the gilroy garlic festivals where temperatures hit the triple digits. You probably have the hottest job here. It can be. We have the coverage here so its not too bad. Reporter with thousands of people descending on gilroy for the annual threeday celebration of all things garlic, temperatures are soaring and people are finding ways to cope. Diandra evans is using a bag as a makeshift fan. This is not makeshift. This is real, people. [ laughter ] this is real. This is the bottom of the bag that they donated. So, yeah, it is. Reporter is it helping . Yeah. Were on the way home now. Reporter her sister is visiting from colorado. They said it was going to be hot and he went online, they said bring your misters. But, uhm, yeah, i wasnt expecting its a piercing hot. Piercing heat. Reporter one sure way to beat the heat is to visit the rain tent. Cool you down . Oh, yes. Yes. It feels fantastic. We are going from one rain room to the next. Reporter now, Santa Clara CountyHealth Officials say heat waves at least from the health standpoint get worse the longer they go on. But they point out that even one day of heat can have a lot of detrimental effects on certain groups including young children. Mark sayre, kpix 5. It is smoking out there. From heat to drought, some new Research Shows california in fact the Southwestern United States is in far worse shape than previously thought. And the problem is right under our feet. Elizabeth cook is here to explain. Reporter kenny, were talking about ground water. Its a vital resource that, in a normal year, provides about 40 of californias water supply. Well, with this drought, were pumping it dry. Californias snowpack has essentially melted. Ten of the states 12 major reservoirs are less than half full. Now a big new worry. Californias ground water is dramatically disappearing. We didnt really expect that the ground water losses would be that great. Reporter ucirvine and nasa scientists found how, in just five years, the underground stores of water in the Colorado River basin dropped by 40 millionacre feet. Thats enough water to Service Every home in the bay area for 15 years. There are definitely some warning flags on the horizon. Reporter professor buzz thompson is a water expert at stanford university. He says in some parts of california, were using too much ground water. What were doing is still pumping the ground water out faster than nature is replenishing it and as a result, were drawing down on our accounts in both dry years and wet years. And thats not sustainable. You cant buy any water. Reporter complicating the situation, while the state of california regulates surface water usage and quality, there is no statewide management of ground water. People assume that california has more regulation on everything than anybody else. And in the case of ground water, that just is not the case. Reporter there are calls in sacramento to change that as rivers and streams dry up. And more wells get drilled. Now, most of the states ground water is used in the Central Valley and southern california. But that doesnt mean the bay area is exempt. Ground water levels from napa to northern Monterey County are also at historic lows. You think we need a little rain . A little. Wow. Okay. Liz, thank you for that. Well, bay area water agencies are getting creative in finding ways to get people to save water. We talked about this before. The Santa Clara ValleyWater District is telling customers, brown is the new green. In a new campaign, this time of year, water use more than doubles. People try to keep their lawns from dying. The Water District says it is hurting badly and it needs help. We have very little imported water allocations. Our local reservoirs are very low. Some of them are almost empty and our ground water levels which are really important in this area are beginning to drop. Its landscaping most notely lawns. They suck up the water. It can take 18,000 gallons of water a year just to keep a small lawn green. If you are looking for ways to cut back and you want free water collection buckets, you can go to our website, kpix. Com, click on links and numbers. It was an extremely, extremely close call. Coming up an suv comes barreling through nearly missing a child in a stroller. Your route starts out green but can change in minutes. How realtime traffic apps are getting more accurate and giving you a better picture before you get behind the wheel. And levis stadium is offering all sorts of food and drinks for fans. Today we found out just how much youll spend on it all. ,, we love this kitchen whats next . Great do you have measurements . Yeah, i paced it off. Its about twenty by twelve of these. So, we can measure, plan and install it for you. Yea, lets do that ikea. Professional Kitchen Services at a low price. Television announcer mattress discounters 197 mattress sale 197 mattress sale is ending soon. Bulldog mattress discounters 197 mattress Sale Television announcer right now, you can get a serta mattress, any size, for just 197 each piece when you buy the complete set. Bulldog any size mattress twin, full, queen, or king for one low price and theyll deliver it free. Television announcer the 197 mattress sale. Bulldog oh boy Television Announcer . Is ending soon. Mattress discounters woah, this kitchen is beautiful give him the tour. Let me show you softclose drawers, farm sink wheres my room . We had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. Because your kitchen dreams can be big. Ikea has it all. Deo closely. A wom a close call in San Francisco this morning. Watch the upper right corner. This Surveillance Video shows a woman pushing a baby in a stroller and then suddenly an suv comes in and just misses her by inches. The suv collided with the car at the intersection of third and harrison and knocked it right into those stairways there and almost hit the woman and the baby. They got away okay. The driver of a 24foot stretch limo is safe after it went on fire this morning. The engine was overheating. He pulled over near the Solano County fairgrounds. I felt oil and, you know, like raised the hood and all of a sudden it just the flames were just coming out from the back of the engine. I tried my little fire extinguisher but it wouldnt put it out. No passengers in the limo. The driver says he was getting it ready for a job tomorrow. Police say a man shot at a repo agent towing his car in west oakland this morning. The suspect then went into an apartment at 7th and filbert streets. Police surrounded the building with their rifles aimed at the unit. They say the gunman fired at least four shots at the repo agent. The agent was not hurt. But bullets shattered the window of a nearby parked car and the tow truck. I was sleeping. I hear the shots. I just figured it was another day. He should be 5150, he can be suicidal, you know, im a little scared for that. The suspects godmother says the young man is mentally unstable. The 3. 5hour standoff ended when the suspect walked out with both hands in the air. The drivers in marin county will soon have less bumpy commutes this week. County supervisors awarded four Million Dollars in contracts for road improvement projects. The goal is to fill potholes and chip away at about 50 miles in needed street repairs. Work will reportedly touch every corner of the county including mill valley, kentfield, point reyes and muir beach. You used to have to estimate how long it would take you to get from place to place. These days, realtime mapping apps can give you a pretty accurate picture. Only on 5, kiet do explains why these apps keep getting better. Reporter have you noticed how good those realtime traffic apps on the phone have gotten . I mean, they are really, really good. Why is that . First, lets check out the Google Maps App which shows this backup turning green and clearing up right at a walmart. Heres that same walmart in real life and heres that traffic clearing up. How it all got this good is a blend of old and new methods of gathering and analyzing data. It starts in the asphalt itself. Caltrans has embedded thousands of these sensors in more than 1500 lanes of road. The batteryoperated devices are spaced 20 feet apart and detect a change in pressure as vehicles pass over. The data is then transmitted to local caltrans headquarters in oakland where Tech Companies can download it. When youre stuck in traffic, youre losing productivity. So as long as we keep things moving, thats money in the bank for everyone. Reporter 511. Org, the metropolitan Transportation Commissions realtime traffic website, contracts with washingtonbased inrix. These days the biggest source of traffic data, mobile phones with anonymous gps tracking blend in reports on construction and accidents and drivers are empowered to pick faster routes. If those decisions multiplied many, many thousands, hundreds of thousands of times, if people are making smart decisions, then the whole system works better. Report heavy traffic. Reporter then there is Mountain Viewbased wave which is crowdsourcing traffic reports with 60 million users. They proactively report incidents using the mobile app often as they drive by. That data is fed to waves Parent Company google so you not only know where the backup is but also whats causing it. It can shave minutes off a trip. You apply that to 50 million users and suddenly start to see really large global differences in the amount of overall time saved and emissions conserved and money conserved. Thats something big. Reporter kiet do, kpix 5. The metropolitan Transportation Commission believes that with these emerging technologies, it will be possible to squeeze another 20 of efficiency out of bay area freeways. So interesting. Well, if you are hungry and thirsty prepare to pay up at the 49ers new stadium. We have a preview earlier this month of the gourmet menu and today we found out what those items are actually going to cost you. The cheapest beer, 10. 25. Thats 50 cents higher than candlestick park. The soda is 5. 25. The hot dog is 6. 25. But the word hot dog is banned from levis stadium. Well post this list of food and drink prices on kpix. Com and for a guide to the full fan experience, make sure you join us for our special, inside levis stadium, that is tomorrow night at 7 00 right here on kpix 5. Ought to be good. Im hearing that water, bottled water, 5. 25. Paul, even out there in antioch, i think you would be going thirsty tonight . I would pay 20 for a bottle of water right now. The water just closed because the park is closing. You need to stay hydrated in weather like this. It is warm. Were used to it. We do this every summer especially in places like antioch. 104, they kind of just, oh, okay its hot. But this is going to be a prolonged heat wave away from the water. We are talking temperatures well above normal for four or five Straight Days making that water that much more inviting. The luckiest guy in Contra Costa County might be that lifeguard there cleaning out the pool because he gets to stay in the water, which is 32 degrees colder than the air surrounding it. Still 102 in antioch. How hot do we get today . Livermore hit 102. One of the