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. >>> leland yee faces new charges. lee and raymond chow now face racketeering charges on top of everything else they are accused of. this new indictment suggests they were running a crime syndicate together for years. >> they are changed leland yee into what they contended at first was a politician into toemy soprano. >> now yee's lawyer didn't comment on the new charges. shrimp boy's lawyer called them ludicrous. >>> one of the original charges against yee was gun running. the feds say he talked about getting shoulder fired missiles. is that even possible? one expert tells andria borba all it would take are a few phone calls. >> there you go. i received an e-mail. >> reporter: if you only thought of leland yee as a politician and not an arms dealer, you are not alone. >> senator yee never came up on my radar. >> reporter: kathy lynn austin has been investigating and tracking major arms sellers across the globe two decades. she says the final deal detailed in this after affidavit was a mom and pop deal out of the phili
. >>> leland yee faces new charges. lee and raymond chow now face racketeering charges on top of everything else they are accused of. this new indictment suggests they were running a crime syndicate together for years. >> they are changed leland yee into what they contended at first was a politician into toemy soprano. >> now yee's lawyer didn't comment on the new charges. shrimp boy's lawyer called them ludicrous. >>> one of the original charges against yee was...
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her mother admitted there were eviction procedures. >> reporter: this is linda yee at channel 5 news. >> reporter: when i contacted her by phone, she says she was never convicted. >> i know she looks through craigslist. that is how i posted my ad. and so, i e-mailed all of the craigslist owners in south san francisco. one replied to me says she was going to rent to her. >> reporter: another landlord said she sued and won in small claims court for back rent, but that was more than a year ago and so far, she hasn't seen a dime. in south san francisco, linda yee, kpix5. >> the property manager in this case has lost $8,000 in unpaid rent so far and the eviction from session is ongoing. >>> she is called the banana pants bandit. a woman wearing bright yellow pants is caught on camera getting out of a car in a san jose home and casually stealing a mayor sign. so far, the woman in the video has not been identified. >>> and he may have nearly a quarter of a million likes on facebook, but a stockton judge is not one of them. today, he denied bail for 30- year-old jeremy meeks also known as the
her mother admitted there were eviction procedures. >> reporter: this is linda yee at channel 5 news. >> reporter: when i contacted her by phone, she says she was never convicted. >> i know she looks through craigslist. that is how i posted my ad. and so, i e-mailed all of the craigslist owners in south san francisco. one replied to me says she was going to rent to her. >> reporter: another landlord said she sued and won in small claims court for back rent, but that was...
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>> yes. >> reporter: linda yee, kpix5. >> tichelman is in santa cruz county jail tonight and will be arraigned at the end of the month. >>> an emotional day for theparents of a uc santa barbara student killed in may. george chen's family held an ash ceremony for their son. he was one of six people who died in the killing spree. >> we hope we are the last parents to stand here. and we hope no children will be like george. >> george's parents set up a facebook page in his name and invite the public to leave comments on how to end gun violence. >>> u.s. lawmakers are working on a possible compromise in the immigration debate on capitol hill. republicans want speedier deportations but some key democrats are opposed. meanwhile, more undocumented immigrants arrived in southern california today. the border patrol transferred the group of 32 children and 14 adults from texas to this church in fontana. they crossed the border into texas hoping for a refugee status. >>> thousands of eagles are killed by wind turbines every year and it is punishable by federal law. still ahead, why one northern
>> yes. >> reporter: linda yee, kpix5. >> tichelman is in santa cruz county jail tonight and will be arraigned at the end of the month. >>> an emotional day for theparents of a uc santa barbara student killed in may. george chen's family held an ash ceremony for their son. he was one of six people who died in the killing spree. >> we hope we are the last parents to stand here. and we hope no children will be like george. >> george's parents set up a...
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. >>> tonight, linda yee has a phone call you have got to hear. a san francisco guy calls comcast to make a simple request, but hardly gets a simple answer. >> we would like to disconnect. >> why is it you don't want the faster speed? >> reporter: all ryan block wanted was to cancel his comcast subscription. >> i want to find out what it is you are not liking. >> reporter: block did not want to go on camera. he switched providers but never expected it to be so tough. >> so what is it about this internet provider that is making it so much better than the number one tv service available? >> i don't know. it is totally arbitrary decision. >> so why not keep what you know works? >> reporter: block, a tech journalist recorded and boast the call. so far, more than 2 million hits and most people can't believe it. >> i wanted to cancel it. there is no need to debate anything. >> reporter: the comcast rep was persistent. >> why don't you want the services? >> because i'm not interested in them any longer. >> so you are not interested in the fastest interne
. >>> tonight, linda yee has a phone call you have got to hear. a san francisco guy calls comcast to make a simple request, but hardly gets a simple answer. >> we would like to disconnect. >> why is it you don't want the faster speed? >> reporter: all ryan block wanted was to cancel his comcast subscription. >> i want to find out what it is you are not liking. >> reporter: block did not want to go on camera. he switched providers but never expected it to...
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linda yee, kpix5. >>> a san jose couple got an alert about a break-in at their home. it turned out to be much worse. their home on hamshire place was on fire and it was a firefighter triggering the alarm breaking a window to get in. the homeowners rushed home but it was too late. >> flames coming through our living room and the house next door are pretty much gone. >> no one was hurt, but the house was destroyed along with half of the house next door. firefighters say the cause appear to be accidental. >>> we hear it all the time. not in my backyard. hilton wants to build a new four story hotel in pleasant hill. neighbors hate the idea. andria borba says they have taken a poll of sorts. >> reporter: if by poll, you mean pole, take a look. that is not a trapeze, that is a physical representation of how tall it would be. neighbors say it would disrupt their privacy. on a quiet stretch of ellen wood way, staple guns are in overdrive and there are flags and poles in the air. but this is not a celebration. it's a protest over a new proposed hilton suite off 680. neighbors
linda yee, kpix5. >>> a san jose couple got an alert about a break-in at their home. it turned out to be much worse. their home on hamshire place was on fire and it was a firefighter triggering the alarm breaking a window to get in. the homeowners rushed home but it was too late. >> flames coming through our living room and the house next door are pretty much gone. >> no one was hurt, but the house was destroyed along with half of the house next door. firefighters say the...
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reporting live at sir francis drake boulevard in marin county linda yee, kpix5. >> we have realtime traffic mapping on our website. you can download our iphone and android app and we'll send you an alert when the road is back open. >>> tonight sharon chin shows us why so many people in hayward are asking the city give us some lumps. po ine. (:07 >> reporter: it's a bumpy ride in and out of mark francos hayward street. >> it's like driving over a 4 by 4 or the worst pothole you can imagine. >> reporter: he's complained to the city about several of these rubber speed bumps installed in his neighborhood two years ago. he believes they slow down emergency responders. we're not talking about a speed bump which is 5 inches off the ground or a speed hump which stretches all the way across the street, but a speed lump which is divided into sections. the speed lumps are made of recycled material and are cheaper and easier to remove from the streets. this is what it looked like when our news van drove over them at the recommended 15 miles an hour. bernard debaca asked the city to put them in. >> kids
reporting live at sir francis drake boulevard in marin county linda yee, kpix5. >> we have realtime traffic mapping on our website. you can download our iphone and android app and we'll send you an alert when the road is back open. >>> tonight sharon chin shows us why so many people in hayward are asking the city give us some lumps. po ine. (:07 >> reporter: it's a bumpy ride in and out of mark francos hayward street. >> it's like driving over a 4 by 4 or the worst...