Their system. 2012 pg e paid 70 million to the city of san bruno. Pg e also settled most lawsuits against it and a massive 2. 5 billion penalty that includes a 300 million fine. Our Team Coverage continues with ktvu channel 2 news Paul Chambers in san bernardino, she live in san bruno, he is live with reaction. Reporter it has been rocking the community for three years. If the indictment is true it is a step in the right direction. A look at video. You may respect september 2010 when a remember september 2010 when a pipeline failed which caused an explosion. Since then people in the area have been spending three years rebuilding and trying trying to move forward. Today some say it could bring closure to the community. Nothing can bring back the lives that were lost. The the the ruin that occurred. If pg e is is if the u. S. Attorney determines criminal negligence, criminal charges should be miled. The mayor gave us a statement and says the commotion of the prosecution will hopefully bring closure and hold pg e accountable and responsible for the devastating tragedy created by the negligent of pg e. At 6 00 p. M. We will head to the community that was effected by the explosion, talk to people there and bring back their reaction at 6 00 p. M. Live in san bruno, Paul Chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. Our coverage continues online as well. Go a www. Ktvu. Com. We put up a special san bruno section. A new sign that california state senator leland yee career could be over. He is bowing out of the race for sec of state. And now there are secretary of state and now there are more calls for him to resign. We have Team Coverage beginning with ktvus eric rasmussen. Reporter california state senator leland yee made the announcement through his attorney around noon. She withdrawing from the race he is withdrawing from the race from sec of secretary of state. California state senator leland yee quickly exited without a word a night before his attorney faced cameras again today. Within the last 20 minutes we have relayed a written request to the secretary of state. The letter signed by leland yee one line. I here by withdrawal high candidacy effective immediately. Prosecutors say they solicited donations from under cover fbi agents. Leland yee faces 20 years in prison if convicted. His Attorney Says the decision was a personal one. We have conveyed the decision regarding the secretary of state election. Any other issues will come in due time. Reporter at Leland Leland yees office the door was locked. The days newspaper still sitting outside. Do you think he should resign from the senate . I think it would be a good idea. Reporter he says he voted for leland yee but buries the worries the senator will be a lame duck the rest of his term. At least. At least a lame duck if not finished all together. Reporter he introduced a resolution calling for leland yees suspension and there could be a vote tomorrow. We are also sorting out the other Major Players arrested in the case, including some on their way back to the bay area. Eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. Ktvus john sasaki joins us live from San Francisco with the reaction being felt across the bay area. John . Reporter leland yees office is here in the state building but across the state in the courthouse he will be spending a lot of time. Charges that have shaken the city. Reporter he was mopped by the media asking about leland yee. Every once in a while something goes crazy. There is no understanding this. No rational. It is just not a sane situation. Leland yees charges of corruption and gun trafficking hit him hard because of his history with leland yee on the board of supervisors and then in the legislator. What is your personal reaction in this situation . I am disappointed. I am frosterated and ang frustrated and angry. Reporter he alluded to a situation in which he was threatened by raymond chow. I have had some run ins that were not pleasant and the news yesterday was not surprising. Reporter he says leland yee was a hypocritical gun control advocate. He was creating the market for the illegitimate ones. Reporter in downtown San Francisco voters including one of leland yees constituents. I cant say i was shocked. I was disappointed and sad. Anytime you hear Something Like this you will be shocked and surprised. I hope it doesnt effect the citizens. The politicians said this is not indicative of a larger problem in politics. The voters said they hope not. Live, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. More details now, any moment now the secretary of States Office will release the list of candidates and despite leland yees withdrawal from the race his name will appear on the list. Tomorrow is the deadline set for leland yee to resign from the state senate or fellow senators will be forced to suspend leland yee. On monday he will be back in federal court. Stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. We are always here for you on www. Ktvu. Com where we have a special section set up. You can find stories and read the 137 page complaint and follow us on twitter and facebook for updates. New develops involving the mudslide in washington state. Two satellite images shows the extent of the slide. This picture was taken one day after the slide. You see that here. The area is a rural region. 55 miles northeast of seattle. The death toll is now at 16. 9 other bodies have been found but they are not included in the official count. We are not going to count recovered victims until had medical examiner has done their difficult work. What you will see in the next 48 hours as the medical Examiners Office catches up with the work they have to do you will see the numberinize crease. Numbers increase. 90 people are still unaccounted for. That is down from more than 170. Searchers say muddy conditions in the area of the slide make it impossible to bring in heavy equipment. The earth is slowing the search efforts. You have clay balls the size of ambulances that rolled off the hill and smashed everything that they have come in contact with. As they have come down the hill. There is so much muck and mud and debris. Searchers say they are exhausted but they are pressing on because the work is so important. One dog handler said his dog is so tired and frustrated from not finding anyone alive. He is giving the dog a break. We had a large crash. Her car was smashed in a hit and run, learn about the bizarre after math. Light rain today. Tracking the path of another strong storm. The timing. And after the break a stunning increase in autism, the same day a graduate returns for a remarkable event. Bulldog look at that 300 off serta perfect sleeper, and Sealy Posturepedic plus, free delivery dont wait to save more green. Mattress discounters red tag sale ends soon. Mattress discounters 168 children have some form of autism according to the centers for Disease Control and prevention. The numbers show a 30 increase from two years ago. Ktvus john fowler went to menlow park today to meet a young man who said it is important to remember the children are more than just numbers. Reporter he and his mom came back to the class. He graduated four years ago and had something to say. When you have autism you interpret the World Literary because of this we missed out on the spoken information. Reporter diagnosed at three. Now that i am older, because i dont have as much as my language, it might seem like i am more aspergers. Reporter autism rates are sky rocketing. Double in 10 years. He said he thought about that. More people are more aware of it. And more people are diagnosed. She says the new numbers suggest something other than just awareness. There is probably environmental changes that have shifting because it is a steep growth. Stunning how dramatic the rate increases. Reporter she hopes it will mean increased services. Every person with autism is different and supports and services that work for one individual are not going to work for another. Reporter his old teacher says he learned a lot from this young man. He taught me a lot of patience. To not look at everyone the same because we are not all the same. Reporter he is graduating with agry in communication with a degree in communication. He continues to plan to speak up. John fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. The Transportation Security Administration wants Armed SecurityPolice Officers at airport check points during peak hours according to a report in response to the deadly shooting at lax. The tsa employee was killed in november when a armed man stormed the Security Check point. The tsa issued a dozen recommendations in the wake of the tragedy. Some of the other recommendations include increased security at ticket counters and mandatory training on how to respond to a shooting. God forbid we are in this situation again. The tsa can make recommendations but each airport is in charge of developing its own security plan which is then suggest to a subject to approval. The head of the tsa will testify tomorrow to review the recommendations. Police arrested six baggage handlers at lax accused of stealing thousands of dollars of items. Investigators questioned 8 other baggage handlers. The handlers are accused of stealing and selling them on craigslist. Police expect to make more arrests. The 62yearold woman who has been busted three times for trying to sneak on flights has been arrested again. Marilyn hartman was taken into custody yesterday after being spotted in the airports baggage claim area. Although police say she didnt try to board a plane just being at the airport is a violation of the court order for her to stay away. New developments in a story about a slaughterhouse shut down in the bake of a wake of a beef recall. Regulators have approved plans to reopen under new ownership. They plan to have it running again by next month. The previous owner recalled almost 9 Million Pounds of beef last month ask currently and currently under investigation for skirting inspection rules. Bank of america agreed to settle a mortgage security lawsuit. They are one of 18 institutions sued over the sale of mortgage securities. The lawsuits claim they falsery recommended the loans behind the securities which led to the collapse of the housing bubble. The bank of america deal include Cash Payments of 6. 3 billion. The National Weather service confirmed a tornado touchdown down in a roseville neighborhood yesterday. The Weather Service classified it as a ef0. This is cell phone video. It had winds of 85 Miles Per Hour and damaged the roofs of a dozen homes. Today homeowners were adding up the damage. The fire marshal said they will have to pull all of the stucco off and he said with the windows and everything probably between 25 to 30,000. Tornadoes also touched down in glen and butte counties. Our chief meteorologist bill martin talked to us about those after it happened on ktvu. Bill, it sounds strange, how rare is Something Like that . It is you know, we get them every spring in the valley. This time of year you see them. We see them a lot. What is happening in the valley you have more People Living up there and more people are seeing them. We probably see a couple a year. Maybe not verified tornado but lots of funnel clouds. Funnel cloud touches the ground and then a tornado. Outside weather is unstable. There is the weather system i am tracking. You can see it to the north. Sheer the co here is the clouds. This system impacts us into your bay area late friday night into saturday. Here is the cloud cover outside right now. Clouds throughout the bay area. Clouds in vacaville, fairfield. Showers around lake tahoe. Snow flurries. Rain showers. Most showers ended for now. Good news but we will see more showers in the bay area forecast. Partly cloudy skies tonight. Temperatures tonight chilly out there. Mostly cloudy with north bay showers tomorrow night. There is the current picture. The clouds out there. Tomorrow is like today. Ballpark tonight, beautiful, 7 15 p. M. Giants versus the as. 56 degrees. Chilly. If you have a friend out there, take a jacket. Partly cloudy skies. Southwest winds light. Chilly night at the park. That time of year. As we look at the High Pressure center that is heading to the north, it will keep rain showers north of the area as we head into friday. But into friday night and saturday we will see a weather system drop down and that weather system is basically going to set us up with heavy rain, maybe an inch and a half in the coastal hills late saturday night, friday night, saturday morning. 10 00 a. M. Winter storm watch could turn into a wanter storm warning. Winter storm warning. Cute model. Cute models bring showers computer modelsbris showers. Clouds, drizzle up here. Models bring showers. Clouds, drizzle up here. The system wants todrop down as to drop down as we head into saturday morning. Santa rosa, you will notice showers up there. Maybe around 5 00, 6 00 but the showers work their way south friday night, saturday morning. There is the fiveday forecast with your bay area weekend in view. The next storm look goods. Like i say, inch and a half of rain. Maybe two inches. Mountain a foot of snow. Just what we need. Exactly what we need. Storm number three on monday. More about that when i come back. Thank you. Gearing up for baseball. Live in San Francisco tonight as the bay bridge series sets to get underway in two hours. Julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6 00 p. M. Some of the bay area cities are topping a list no one wants to be on. I get complaints all the time about no parking here. The double whammy that makes them the worse places to park in the country. Plus these tiny clams are sliding in the drought. Why is that bad for fish and wildlife. These stories and much more coming up new at 6 00 p. M. Happening now the oakland as and San Francisco giants are warming up for the first game in the bay bridge series. Ktvus fred inglis is live outside of at t park in San Francisco where the first of three starts in two hours. Reporter it is breezy but it is sunny here. Fans lining up entering into the at t park. It is bogged down because this is where they are starting to use the metal detecters and it is slowing the process down a little bit but they expect a sell out tonight anyway after this is just an exhibition game and the giants took the field worse. They worked on defense and offense, of course. Both teams come up from arizona with injury issues. And some expectations. As won 20 more games than San Francisco last year and made the playoffs but one fan expects his team it return to the playoff run. We got the chemistry. You see how we are doing it in spring spring training spring training. We are taking it. Three. Coming. Three. 5 years. We have a lot of dinannic pieces offensively. We dynamic pieces offensely. We dont have huge offensely. We dont have huge guys but as a whole we work good as a whole. A lot of guys depend on guys to come through. For us it could be anybody any night. Reporter both teams will start pitchers who were not on the squad last night. Again, this is just the first of three bay area series games. The second one will be here tomorrow, saturday wind up in oakland before the real thing on monday with the as starting at home and the giants starting back down in arizona once again. As we said, should be a good night for a ball game. Hope to see excitement here at at t park. Fred inglis, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. Turns out at t park has been named the third best park in the country. It is based on the stadiums skullture and the sculpture and the 61ing views stunning views. Coming up here, a hitand run crash that had a bizarre ending. Morgan hill police are conducting a train death investigation. The strange events that led to the death of the driver. Helping employees do their part, the program that pays their commuters to leave cars at home. And on the washington mall, what each flag represents and how they are a real sign of a growing crisis in the military. I gotta go deposit a check, transfer some money. 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Reporter it was a strange series of events that lead to the crash. It started with a possible hit hit and run and ended with a young womans death. Reporter the wemmage of the wreckage of the ford is what is left after a deadly collision with a train last night. She was driving her mothers suv when it was hit by a train just off central avenue. The young woman died at the hospital. I have known her for all her life. Whole 20 years. It is just tragic to see this. It breaks my heart. Reporter police say unexplained events led to her death. Ktvu obtained this surveillance video. It shows her driving away seconds after side swiping the parked car. She headed away from the damaged car but the street is a dead end and she had to turn back. The video shows her speeding, almost hitting another vehicle, forcing it to swerve away as she drives off. She was panicked and made a uturn. Reporter she hit another dead end jumped a curve, drove through a channel and got stuck on the tracks with a train coming. Looks like her wheels were spinning. Reporter cal fire says th