And and the hand hit the, um, the button. Reporter that turned off the camera. In another case, the camera seems to have changed the course of the police stop. At some point in time i told him that he was video recording his actions and then all of a sudden i had almost immediate compliance with the subject. Reporter police dont have to tell us when they are recording the interactions but they can turn off these cameras when they have discretion when they are talking to a victim in respect for privacy. The video will be restored from one to three years in most cases. Video from a homicide or Sexual Assault case will be kept indefinitely. [ singing ] tonight, these santa clara youth soccer players are taking on the San Francisco 49ers in a turf war. The kids made that music video to protest the teams plan to buy the citys soccer complex. The 9ers want the field tore levis Stadium Parking. Kpix 5s len ramirez is at Santa Clara City Hall where the plan is up for debate tonight. Len. Reporter juliette, the santa clara youth soccer community has really turned out in force here for this meeting tonight of the city council. You can see that families and kids an overflow crowd here tonight as they debate the future of this, many families injected themselves into this heated political debate. In soccer the field is known as the pitch. But these fields in the shadow of levis stadium are now a battleground pitting the 49ers who want them for a vip parking lot against a Youth Soccer League who wants to keep them as they are. Jed york came promised us that he wouldnt touch soccer park so we do feel like the rug has been taken out from under us and again we just want the right thing done for the kids. Things have changed since 2009 in the sense that we have a 250acre Development North of our building. Reporter that very many of office buildings, restaurants and nightclubs will be built on the golf course land the 49ers have been using for parking so the team needs more space in the next two years and the youth soccer park is the target. The councilmembers have agreed thats probably a better place to put the youth soccer park so we are listening to the community. Reporter the 49ers are going to pay 15 million for the land and give santa clara unified another 3 million to upgrade fields at School Property but the critics say its valued at 70 million. If they need more parking solve that problem not on anyone elses back. A gift of public funds, i didnt see a notice we were having a fire sale. Reporter so there will be a long night here in santa clara as person after person takes his turn speaking before the city council. Unclear whether or not the city council will make a decision on this very heated issue tonight. They will be taking a lot of testimony, then there will be a private discussion on the real estate deal. We dont know when there will be a final decision on this. Live in santa clara, len ramirez, kpix 5. San joses police chief says he was just doing his job when he tackled a murder suspect. This happened yesterday when the suspect slipped out of a holding cell door. He flipped his handcuffs in front of him and then scaled a barbed wire fence. When he ran across the parking lot, chief Larry Esquivel happened to be arriving to work. Knowing that obviously he is handcuffed and there was something wrong, i told him to stop and he saw the male in the suit and he eventually just muttered something that no, im not going to. It was very brief as he ran past me. Well, the chief ran past him, tackled him. They both fell down ripping a few holes in the chiefs shirt but suspect got up and kept running. Chief esquivel eventually chased the suspect down again took him back into custody. 26yearold hector arias is behind bars tonight with some scrapes and bruises of his own. He is suspected in the 2009 murder of a san jose man. The Oakland City Council is set to take a final vote tonight on a hotly debated high rise project. The developer plans to put up a 24 Story Building on a one acre plot of public land near lake merritt. The apartments would rent for an average o 3,100 a month. They are threatening to close for years and they finally closed today on an east bay hospital. Kpix 5s anne makovec reports, people at Doctors Medical center had been preparing for this day for quite some time. Reporter the last patient was discharged from Doctors Medical center at 7 10 a. M. As employees gathered outside. Its just sad, this Community Needs this hospital. Reporter the icu is eerily quiet. No names on the patient board. Empty beds left behind. Its hard to clean out the hospital, take down all the bedside curtains. Reporter dmc has been struggling financially for years. 80 of its patients were low income or uninsured. People arent going to know where to go or who to turn to. And its just sad for the community. Reporter the hospital limped along with a 20 million a year deficit and stopgap funding over the last several years. There was no way to keep the hospital open, you know, another day. Reporter this urgent care facility just opened up right across the street open between noon and 8 p. M. And serves 48 people per day. The e. R. At the hospital served 80. Ambulances are being rerouted to other bay area hospitals as this building goes up for sale and the workers who stuck it out to the bitter end move on. I have worked with these people for 35 years. Its like losing afamily. Reporter in san pablo, anne makovec, kpix 5. We are getting the first glimpse at plans for a massive super bowl bash on the streets of San Francisco. Justin herman plaza will look different. These are a few pictures of whats in store for an eight day celebration. They are calling it super bowl city. As Media Partners [ indiscernible ] ken bastida emceed the event this morning. Its a fan village bigger than any other super bowl. Kpix 5s Mike Sugerman on the logistics of planning such a huge street party. A lot of folks visiting the city that week, mike. Reporter kenny, you tell me. You emceed the thing. You did a great job. You did a fantastic job. So what do we have . 290 days until the big game . Great excitement. Huge mess. Which one . Maybe both. Its all going to be centered right here. They will play the game in santa clara. They will have most of the fun in San Francisco. I want to welcome you all officially to the super bowl city of San Francisco. Reporter super bowl city is what they are calling the fan village that will be put on. For eight days prior to the game at the foot of Market StreetJustin Herman plaza. There will be a lot of activities, corporate sponsors creating really interesting exhibits and engagements, food and beverage areas, opportunities for fans and kids to set up and enjoy an amazing day that celebrates the super bowl. Reporter its free. And it will be the only chance for most of the bay area to attend any type of super bowl event. So there will be crowds, big crowds. They expect a Million People to come by. Crowd control a big issue. One of the reasons we have opened super bowl city earlier than any super bowl has opened to fan village is for local residents have an opportunity to come and see it before all the outoftowners arrive. So whether you have 10 or 20 or 30,000 people at any time flowing through the village we are not compressing that into three days. Reporter and, of course, traffic and transportation will keep planners up at night. Congestion of getting people in and out are always going to be the things that are on our mind and encouraging people to make sure that they arrive at the routes that we anticipate for them. Because of the Justin Herman plazas location on the embarcadero, we are going to reroute traffic in different ways in which people can accommodate their use of Public Transit as much as they can. Reporter no matter what, moving around the city that week will be very, very tough. All right. 40million is all privately raised. They are going to give 25 of that to charity. The mayor today said no public money. And well see how hes talking on february 8 the day after the super bowl. Ken . I think whats really cool, too, mike, and you mentioned it, this whole thing is free. So people who dont have a ticket its tough to get a ticket to the super bowl. Its expensive and hard to get. You can go to this thing and hang out for eight days and hang out with all the actors. Reporter throw footballs, ride a bike, it will be fun. If you are watching this program, youre not going to the game, i guarantee. I dont know who you are, but locals dont go. [ simultaneous speakers ] 70,000 tickets. The nfl takes most of them. Right. Out of town big shots. Right. If you are watching this newscast, youre a local, im guessing youre not going. Thats okay because you can stay at home and watch it on kpix 5. Were covering it. Reporter its on channel 5, right. Heres your alternative, mike. Between 291 days away from watching the big game right here on kpix 5. Coming up, a city installs turf to save water but the sprinklers are still going. Whats the deal . Experts join students for a highflying experiment. Lots and lots of cloud cover. The view from 4,000 feet the top of Mount Hamilton looking down on the blanket Mother Nature put on top of us. Didnt keep us warm. It kept us chilly. Live peek outdoors this evening. We have more cloud cover. Well talk about when the sunshine is going to come back. Thats in your sevenday forecast. And coming up at 6 30, it was a violent attack. Suspects go after a Jewelry Store worker while he is in cardiac arrest. Only on 5 with no end to the drought in sight, Santa Clara County is looking to the Pacific Ocean for help. Today, the board of supervisors approved a plan to study the idea of building a desalinization plant. Dave cortese is to provide water to 180,000 people, 10 of the population. Sounds like a nobrainer san carlos installed artificial it your off to save water so neighbors are now asking why the fake grass is still being wateredded. Devin fehely reports. Reporter we talked to parents who didnt have a clue and had many questions like we did like why in the world would you water artificial turf . The reason they put this in bass lack of water. Its a surprise theres waters going on. Reporter anthony wasnt alone in his surprise or disappointment when he learned that san carlos routinely waters the arficial turf at the ball field. I wouldnt think about turf required water but i guess baking in the sun all day it might dry out. Reporter the city unstalled the artificial turf in 2010 touting what was supposed to be a low maintenance and low to no water alternative to grass. But the director of public works says because its made out of organic materials like coconut husks it requires periodic watering. The city claims that the turf uses significantly less water compared to grass. Some parents however arent sure. If you are paying for all the water that has to go in here, then why not be able to keep it up as a regular grass field . I think we would prefer to have grass fields if we could. Reporter the city says the turf uses a tenth of the water of a grass field. And its considering installing turf at more parks and field but no end in sight to the drought. The city says that it costs roughly 2 million to install the turf and they say while there is watering going on, they emphasize, it is significantly less than it would be if that was a natural grass field. In san consider lows, devin fehely, kpix 5. Flaring at chevrons richmond advisory prompted a Health Advisory today. The warning was for people with respiratory problems. People could have high, skin or throat irritation. Hazmat was on scene as a precaution. The flaring happened as the equipment was being depressurized. It finished by 11 a. M. Yahoos latest Earnings Report didnt leave investors with much to yodel about. They missed earnings and revenue forecasts for the 1st quarter. In fact, revenues fell by 4 . Yahoo is still struggling to turn things around three years into Marissa Mayers tenure as the ceo. It was a mixed finish for the markets today. Dow down 85 to close below 18,000 but nasdaq was up 20 and the s p was down 3. A new look at millennials and their money. Usa today and bank of america study finds that young adults are three times as likely to say they got financial help from their parents. Analysts say its partly becauser in having a tougher time because they are having a tougher time to find affordable housing. Other factors include higher percentage of millennials carrying huge student loan debt. Im still thinking about this fan village and super bowl city. Already throwing the footballs with the kids in a live shots next january. Im ready. Bring it, yeah. It is one of the most exciting weeks. Lived in miami when they had the super bowl there. It is so fun. You know . This is something that is just going to be so fun to look forward to and its on our air. Thats the best part. That could be fun. The whole thing is up on channel 5. A lot of people very excited about that. Right here on channel 5. But we all get to enjoy. I have no idea what the weather is it going to be that week in january. Just going to throw it out there. We dont have this in yet ill tell but today. Cant tell you if its going to rain next january. Nobody can. Danville the exception to the rule, you did hit 70 with afternoon sunshine. Check out novato 56. San francisco 55. There is a lot of rainfall now over the hire terrain with low pressure off to the south off the Orange County coastline. Storms are moving east to west across the sierra from nevada into california. This is wonderful news. Well take water in any way, shape or form and it is raining heavily in the Higher Elevations of california right now. Concord, 84 on friday. Weekend you were around 80. Yesterday the onshore flow began. Turned on the fan from the ocean. 70. Todays high only 64 degrees. The onshore flow pushed the marine area to the delta. Showers and thunderstorms over california and nevada. We have showers and thunderstorms for utah and Northern Arizona because of this low. There is another low that will bring rainfall to the pacific northwest. So the story for the entire west coast is rain. For us close but no cigar. One low scoots by north the other stays to the south. Well be the exception to the rule when it comes to rate. Most of the western half of the country will get wet. We will not unless you count the drizzle the next couple of days which well have that. Thats about it. Concord warmer tomorrow 71 degrees. The sun will come out earlier for you. San jose 72. So not as chilly. But still near or below average. San francisco widespread morning fog and drizzle 63 your high tomorrow. Morning clouds, afternoon sunshine well do it again thursday and friday. Warmest days sunniest days good timing saturday and sunday outdoor plans weather should be pleasant and next week well cool off a few degrees. This is a summerlike pattern in april. The problem with the summer like pattern is it doesnt rain here in the summer so its going to look ominous but really the widespread rain isnt happening. Thank you, paul. Today is officially declared john muir day. California governor jerry brown issued the declaration and this comes at the 150th anniversary of his birth. Throughout muirs life, he was instrumental in the creation of the National Park system. His name already graces many landmarks including muir woods in marin county. South bay museum has won one of the nations highest honors. The tech museum of innovation in san jose made the announcement today. Its being honored for its service to the community and inspiring the innovator in everyone. That Award Ceremony will be next month in washington, d. C. Up, up and away. But this is no ordinary balloon. What its carrying thousands into whats that thing . I moved our old Security System out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. Why dont you switch to xfinity home . I get live video monitoring and 24 7 professional monitoring that i can arm and disarm from anywhere. Hear ye the awkward, teenaged one has arrived. Switch to modern security. Add xfinity home for 29. 95 a month and lock in your rate for 2 years. Plus save up to 20 on your home owners insurance. Call 1800xfinity today. A handful of california schools are experimenting with new science standards. Tom torlakson visited a middle school in galt today to see the new program in action. Its one of 10 early implementation areas that will serving as models for the rest of the state. The new standards will emphasize handson experiments and critical thinking. A lot of that came from teachers themselves who realize the world is changing and to prepare the students for the work world, they needed to go to a higher level more challenging work. Here in the bay area oakland unified and aspire schools are also rolling out the program early. The new standards will be implemented statewide starting next year. East bay students are getting their own handson learning experience. New at 6 00, kpix 5s don ford shows us how a group of Berkeley Students took learning to new heights. Tighten these down. Reporter ted is helping the 8th grade science class at Longfellow Middle School. They are launching a High Altitude balloon that will carry two small devices the company is donating. Students have been learning about slighting and about the atmosphere. And we actually have a small satellite that fits inside a soda can. Reporter they wont get into space. But they will get pretty close. Hitting an altitude of about 100,000 feet recording the temperature, humidity and even the earth