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good evening, everyone. the family of an east bay man gunned down by police will get their day in court after all. >> that's right. a complete 180 from the judge who reverses her own decision to allow the wrongful death case to move forward against cops now caught up in a growing east bay scandal. >> abc7's leslie brinkly is here to explain why. >> it is a complicated scenario questioning the credibility of officers who were part of the contra costa narcotic enforcement team. and the starting point of the story is with a mother who lost her son. >> it has been an emotional journey, p...

workday. on this bike to work thursday morning. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. top story, new lelgsz that the former head of the contra costa drug task force. in addition to charges of selling drugs, he now has been accused of running a brothel out of a business park. terry mcsweeney is there live. >> reporter: it appears private investigator chris butler is rolling over on his former friend. together they ran a brothel in this business park. name of operation, miami divine skin. enough said. 34-page report coming out of chris butler. what he is saying that he and former ...

where you get drugs from a big-time dope dealer and ultimately get those drugs back and make money from them. >> prosecutors say the officers made a habit of stealing and resealing the drugs. >> we understand that the credibility would be at issue. >> the attorney admits his client welch was wrong on some but not this one. >> to say they are lying in the mitchell case doesn't make sense. they didn't go out and commit crime in every piece of law enforcement work they did. >> my issue is and always has been that we did not have the real story about how this young man was killed. >> cal...

>>. >> topping our news this half-hour there are new allegations involving the embattled head of a task force. first he is accused of stealing drugs from a police locker and now he is accused of running a broth. >> well according to the private investigator this is where the brothel was operated. it's on gregory lane and apparently it wasn't a well kept secret. butler has written a 34-page statement that he and former narcotics officer norman wielsch ran the brothel. they have been charged with stealing drugs taken from the police evidence room. the attorney says he is lying. >> he w...

wednesday march 30th i'm pam cook. steve paulson is here with the forecast. how does it look? >> it's in the 50s for most right now. did you enjoy yesterday? just rack it up about 5-10 degrees on the highs. that is an 82 in santa rosa. 80 in antioch. and in morgan hill. 78 redwood city. here is sal. steve, right now traffic is okay on highway 24 getting up to the caldecott tunnel. the traffic will be okay also on interstate 880 east 580 though as you drive near 150th avenue there is a problem with lanes closed. they are picking them up. we'll have a complete update in a traffic rep...