Reporter minimum wage workers in richmond one step closer to a happier paycheck. With the Economy Today and the prices of food and people doing transportation, its very important. Reporter in a 61 vote tuesday night, Richmond City council gave the thumbs up to boost minimum wage to 12. 30 an hour. The ordinance is still one vote away from becoming a done deal. In a city where 18 of the population lives below the poverty line, residents call this much needed if not overdo. Hardly any opportunity around here. So opportunity, everything will balance out. Everything is going up pricewise. You look at if you have children, what you have to buy for the children. Nothing is cheap anymore. Increase to 12. 30 is perfect but we need to increase the amount of Home Ownership because we need folks to own their own homes so theyre not vulnerable to displacement. Reporter if approved, the hike will be phased in over the next three years. City Council Members are hoping it will give residents the boost they need to help build a better economy but critics are afraid it will force out smaller businesses. Hard or Small Businesses because we have to pay the bills and the workers and then you have to see what you have left over for yourself. Reporter city leaders say there is relief for Small Businesses. The hike exempts businesses with less than 10 employees and those operating less than two years with fewer than 26 workers. The Richmond Chamber of commerce conducted a small poll of their businesses and for the most part they were in favor of the minimum wage hike. However, there were some concerns this could be a job killer for those businesses on the 10 or 26 employee cutoffs. In richmond, cate caugiran, kpix 5. Caltrain is back to normal after a power outage caused major delays systemwide this morning. The outage happened around 8 30 at caltrain san jose dispatching center. It caused the Computer System to fail forcing the agency to halt all trains. It took an hour to get the system back online. We eventually when we got service up and running again, had to go to an all local Service Schedule just so we could get people on and off the trains because we were so backed up. Caltrain was unable to switch to a backup generator during the outage because a battery failed. That generator is running now and will run throughout the day just in case theres another outage. Some developing news down in san jose. The search for suspects continues now in the citys 10th homicide of the year and as kiet do reports, the victim a man was found stabbed to death near the vta tracks in downtown. Reporter quite a scene here in downtown san jose as San Jose Police investigates their second homicide of the week. This began just around 3 a. M. This morning when a passerby spotted a man laying on the ground called 911, paramedics found the man to be unresponsive and then declared him dead on the scene shortly thereafter. There was a lot of blood here because investigators say the man was stabbed at least once. Investigators say there was some kind of fight just before. We believe that there might have been somebody who saw some sort of altercation, disturbance or exchange between subjects in the area around 2 a. M. To 2 30 a. M. This morning. Reporter there is a Homeless Population across the street from the crime scene. Dont know if any of this is related to the homicide from overnight. Also, this is the second homicide of the week. Detectives are spread thin but they are saying that they are able to manage. In downtown san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. Just within the last 10 minutes, police say all streets are reopened. New details today in the stabbing death of a 16yearold from san jose. Police just released the man they believe killed him. 24yearold is suspected of a 16yearold boy. The Santa Clara CountyDistrict Attorneys Office decided not to file charges after evidence backed the suspects claim of selfdefense. It happened in campbell. He said he was attacked by diaz and at least two other people. After tharpe was knocked to the ground he swung at his attackers. Diaz died monday from his injuries. Firefighters had to cut through this garage door to put out a fire in san jose this morning and when they arrived at the home, firefighters say smoke was pouring out of the garage there. They discovered it was a grow house. They found plants and Drug Paraphernalia inside. They believe the fire started from electrical wiring. Nobody was home. Happening today the man accused of setting more than a dozen fires near downtown san jose will be in court in an hour to enter a plea. Police say 48yearold Patrick Brennan has admitted setting 13 fires back in january. Damages totaled more than 6 million. He is also accused of setting a massive fire fivealarm fire at a warehouse. Brennans record as a registered arsonist and sex offender stretches back to 1999. If convicted for the fires in san jose, he could spend the rest of his life in jail. Water restrictions may be on the horizon for another bay area county. Tonight, the Contra Costa CountyWater 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. Well, the feds have settled at 1. 2 billion lawsuit with point but thats not all. The automaker is still facing a federal criminal charge. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec joins us with the accusations that the company defrauded some customers. Reporter this is the largest fine ever imposed by the u. S. On an automaker levied for misleading statements toyota allegedly made about toyotas and lexus vehicles. Toyotas conduct was shameful. Reporter this morning, attorney general eric holder announced the 1. 2 billion settlement ending a fouryear criminal investigation into toyotas disclosure of major problems with its vehicles. Today, we can say for certain that toyota intentionally concealed information and misled the public about the safety issues behind these recalls. Reporter the Justice Department says it found toyota made misleading statements about safety issues like sudden accessation. In 2010, congress grilled toyota for not addressing the problem quickly enough. We have to fix the process so these things dont happen again. I dont know whats behind the curtain. Reporter toyota sent us a statement saying, its cooperated with the u. S. Attorneys office on this matter for more than 4 years and have made fundamental changes to become a more responsive and customerfocused organization. Toyota confronted a Public Safety emergency as if it was simply a Public Relations problem. Reporter more than 10 million vehicles were recalled starting in 2009 for various problems including the issue of unintended acceleration. Five years ago, it gained National Attention when a family was killed after their car accelerated out of control. A 911 call recorded the fathers frantic efforts to stop. Our accelerator is stuck were on 125 and no brakes northbound 15. Where are you passing . Were passing what are we passing . Were going 120, Mission Gorge were in trouble. Theres no brakes reporter the criminal charge is wire fraud. But if toyota abides by the terms of its settlement that could be deferred. An independent monitor will monitor the companys policies, practices and procedures in the meantime. Yeah. How about the investigation with the ntsb . Reporter the National Transportation safety board has been looking into a lot of things including possible defects in the electronics or software in toyota cars. And they didnt find anything. So that is still a bit of a mystery. Okay, anne makovec, thank you. The crisis in ukraine is escalating. Russian flags were raised above a naval base in crimea after pro Russian Forces took control. A new russian sign was put up outside crimeas parliament. Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with crimean leaders and they plan to make the incorporation official by the end of the week. Vice President Joe Biden is wrapping up a trip to the region. He is there to reassure the leaders of lithuania and poland they have u. S. Support. I want to make it clear we stand resolutely with our baltic allies in support of ukraine and against russian aggression. Britain also warned russian if it takes any further steps it could be expelled from the g8. Ukraine has put its troops on high alert and are conducting drills near russians border. Its a tool used to help pilots fly and it may be what helped pilots of that missing jet fly off the radar. New clues found on a home computer coming up. North dakota is trying to make a case for you to live there. Before you dismiss it, well tell you what its offering that one group is clawing to get. Hi, im meteorologist Lawrence Karnow in the kpix 5 weather center. Say it isnt so this is the last full day of winter oh, what about all that rain . Well talk about that up coming up. ,,,,,,,, stormed a press conference screaming and demanding ans about the missing flight. Ar the investigation officiale trying to re in malaysia, angry families stormed a News Conference screaming and demanding answers about the missing flight. As for the investigation, officials are trying to recover deleted files from the flights simulator found at one of the pilots homes. Seth doane reports. Reporter a chinese woman a relative of a passenger was removed from the Briefing Room just before along with other relatives holding up a banner accusing malaysias government of withholding information. The acting transport minister addressed the chaos at the briefing. One of our [ indiscernible ] is also how to manage emotions and how to appease the families. Reporter today malaysian authorities said data had been deleted back in february from the Flight Simulator confiscated during the search of the pilots house. Some data has been deleted from the simulator and forensic work to retrieve this data is ongoing. Reporter but sources say that an initial review of the pilot and copilots seized personal computers and emails revealed no evidence of any hijacking plans or plots. You can feel those tensions rising. Of course earlier in the week, family members of passengers threatened a Hunger Strike in bay bridge and earlier of course there were those scenes of chaos here all underlying the familys search and need for answers. Seth doane, cbs news, kuala lumpur, malaysia. Australian officials said today they cut their search area in the southern indian ocean by half using new analysis of the planes likely fuel consumption. Some new details this noon. Surprise testimony from Osama Bin Ladens soninlaw today after he unexpectedly took the stand at his own terrorism trial. The courtroom sketches show the defendant at his trial for conspiring to kill americans. He recounted the night of the september 11th attacks saying Osama Bin Laden asked him to rally terrorists around the world against america. 48yearold defendant has pleaded not guilty. If you are looking for a job, head to north dakota. Thanks to the oil boom, the state has about 20,000 Job Vacancies including everything from Truck Drivers to engineers to receptionists. North dakota will roll out a Recruitment Campaign in may. I wonder if they have an opening for a meteorologist. Somebody likes a lot of cold weather. There you go. Frosty the snowman. See, north dakota. Its unbelievably cold up there. They should pay those people well. Well, something to think about. Something to be thinking about. Hey, guys, im sad today. This is the last full day of winter. We have heard this all morning. Youre going to see a grown man cry tomorrow because that will be it for winter. We havent had much this year. Out the door we go. We have a lot of sunshine right now working on a beautiful afternoon as we have had High Pressure and offshore winds to clear out your skies very nicely. Temperature 67 degrees in livermore. 65 in san francisco. And 65 degrees in san jose. Throughout the afternoon, should be a Beautiful Day all the way to the coastline skies staying clear. High clouds creeping in and maybe a couple of patches of fog right along the coastline. Then spring officially beginning 9 47 p. M. On thursday evening. High pressure in control for now couple of clouds off the coastline will start to filter into our skies later on tonight so enjoy the day. It will be a nice warm end for the last full day of winter. Around the state youre looking at 75 degrees in sacramento. 68 and sunny into monterey bay about 80 degrees today in fresno. High country 53 degrees and sunny in lake tahoe. Computer models showing you skies staying mostly clear then high clouds move in tonight and tomorrow morning. So well see a couple of those for your sunrise tomorrow and patchy fog too. Today 77 in morgan hill. 76 in san jose. Plan on 67 in pacifica. 78 in brentwood. 76 in pleasanton. Inside the bay a lot of temperatures running in the 60s and 70s. Looks like over the next couple of days, we are going to see a return to some patchy fog to the coastline and then theres a slight chance of some showers as we look toward tuesday of next week. Thats a look at the weather, guys. Back to you. Oh, yeah. Crocodile tears. [ laughter ] thank you, lawrence. A big night in downtown san jose last night for a sharks fan who has gone through tough times. There you see him shown on the jumbotron as the whole crowd gave him an ovation. Randy andrew, i know were the guys that are supposed to have he was born with a serious heart condition. Yesterday through the Makea Wish Foundation he was signed to a oneday contract with the sharks. He practiced with the team, hung out in the dressing room before last nights game against florida. You were taking some shootout chances, any success . Yeah, i did a spinarama. And then a couple times. You see the smile. Its just like theres a universal language in our business. You know when somebody real loves something, its how you make them feel. He also took part in the traditional skated through the shark head. The sharks lost ending the six game winning streak. I dont think sam worried about the game. The pregame and afterwards, happy guy. Well, the drought is drying up our pocketbooks. Prices at the Grocery Store are increasing. Well explain why it could change the quality of what you buy. And its march madness time. Dont forget our cbs local bracket challenge. Play against us and others across the country. Go to our website for details. Well be right back. ,,,,,,,,,, tuna salad can be healthy and delicious and you dont need mayonnaise. Thats so much theres so much nutrition in tuna. You have beautiful tuna. That was in water. Yes. Not oil. Thats important to remember. Then add in olives. Tiny bit of salt. And then we are going to put in scallions and some chopped parsley. A little more parsley. We have hummus. We mixed in some olive oil. You keep going with the olive oil and mix it until its emulsified and put that on top. Mix that together, fold in the hummus and if you need a little more, you might need some more. A little more. There we get. Tomatoes. Cherry tomatoes, a little bit of salt to bring out the juices beforehand. A little lemon in there. There we go. Tuna salad, simple to make, and very healthy. Im going to eat it right from the spoon. Time to eat. Ciao. Everybody. Keeping the food theme going. If you have been to the Grocery Store lately you noticed probably that prices are through the roof. Kpix 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts explains its the drought thats running our wallets dry and the higher prices may not be the only change in store. Reporter have you noticed changes at the register lately . I noticed the higher prices. The price of meat has gone up. Mill something really expensive, too, and tomatoes are ridiculously expensive now. Reporter no matter where you shop, it seems the price for everything from meat to milk to veggies is on its way up. Federal forecasters estimate as much as a 3. 5 price hike this year due in large part to the drought. From cattle whose feed is getting more expensive to fruits, vegetables and grains hit hard by the drought, food prices are on track for their largest increase in three years. And that means retailers and manufacturers will be looking for ways to save while still making you feel like youre getting a good deal. Theres a lot of ways to deal with increased prices. One of them is to make serving sizes smaller. Another is to change the ingredients to less expensive ones. Reporter author and consumer psychologist kit yarrow says in addition to prices increasing, be on the lookout for shrinking products a popular tactic during previous periods of grocery inflation. She says thanks to social media and blog posts like these, about shrinking products, this time around, retailers would be smart to alter their approach a bit. Today in an era of social media, theres no way that this will go unnoticed. So they dont think theyll try to hide it the way they did in 2008. Reporter she says expect to see a variety of sizes and prices but be on the lookout for cheaper ingredients although at the end of the day, a gallon of milk is still a gallon of milk and for a product that cant be shrunk or substituted, be prepared to simply pay more. Julie watts, kpix 5. A reminder if you have a Consumer Problem or question, call our hotline. , 8885helpsu. Volunteers are there right now. ,,,,,,,,, but before you rush to the house. You mi