san francisco turn into gotham city. >> yes this, was the scene today just one of four areas featuring bat kid's exciting adventures. >> going now to ama daetz live at city hall. >> to see crowds of people that gathered for miles today, also known as bat kid, it was just emotional. it was overwhelming and spectacular to seechlt and -- sxee bat kid, people were worried but he performed like a real super hero today. >> bat kid to the rescue. san francisco became gotham city to make a wish come true for 5-year-old miles. now in remission after battling leukemia his parents managed to

keep it a secret. >> this is too much. i don't know what to say. to think, robin? >> bat kid thought it was pretty darn cool he hop into theed bat mobile. they were off to rescue a damsel distress. not a moment to spare. bat kid arrived to foil the attempted bank robbery. a busy morning for bat kid with more still to come. so a pit stop was in order. even super heros have to eat. the break won't last long. a flash mob signalled giants mascot lucille had been kidnapped by the evil penguin. bat kid chased down the penguin, rescuing lucille. it was a typical day for a super hero like bat kid ending with a rally

in front of gotham city hall. mayor lee presented mim with a key to the city. and to think that miles just thought he's getting a costume. he was so excited for that. no idea what is in store today. the day ended but the family will be here for a couple more days they're going to see the city now that it has turned back to san francisco and no longer gotham city. >> thank you. >> who could morgue yet the song? lucille taken through union square. >> so 1, 1 social media celebrity is the penguin, whose

twitter feed penguinsf gave us sinister perspective he found out about the justice department indictment, the penguin responded yiekz, this seems unnecessary. bellwell, minutes later the penguin kip accepted with a shout out to ama daetz. looks like ama has the brave story of sf bat kid covered until we meet again, sf bat kid. >> well, ama all over the story. check out the pictures she tweeted of the penguin. things didn't look too good for lucille but bat kid came through. and a digital producer for abc7 news embedded with friends and family. she got great pictures. here, you can see the survey of the domain from the window of ma

macy's. if you wonder what super heros eat, burgers and fries no other tv station had this access pictures on our twitter feed. and everybody got in on the fun, even the president. >> way to go, miles, way to save gotham. >> the president made a video and tweeted this photo with caption "follow friday retweet sf wish. here he comes, sf bat kid. it's been fun. hundreds of people behind the scenes helped make the wish to be a super hero come true today. putting the caper together took a year of coordination by countless make a wish volunteers many declined to talk on camera saying this is miles' day. keith veramonte told us what it meant to him.. >> i feel for him. i'm glad make a wish did this for him. >> and as the wish went viral, tens of thousands of bystanders came and added to the excitement

of the big wish. >> 5-year-old miles spent time with batman today just who is he? wow, he's a man of many talents. good job. he's a senior software engineer and worked as an engineer at nasa. a stuntman, actor, flying trapeze instructor, also married. in fact his wife, sue played damsel in distress. >> they did a great job. >> adventures courtesy of make a wish. and so many people logged on that it crashed. that is what you can see here f you'd like to help more wishes come true we have a link to the web site of the bay area chapter of the make a wish foundation. go there when you have a chance. our coverage continues at 6:00. coming up,

how bat kid turned into a social media phenomenon today. >> a special meeting right now of the bart board of directors. a major contract error that was overlooked. what happens now? >> they're in closed session they went in to closed session at 4:00. bart saying it's an error the unions dispute that. there is about hafl hour of public comment before going into closed session, mostly union leadership. the provision has to do with fmla. provision signed in july gives union workers six weeks of paid leave under fmla

from the old contract where bart did not pay for any portion of up the up to 12 week as will you loued. bart says it was signed in error included in a stack of agreements and actually rejected in writing before being signed today unions urged bart to stand behind their signatures. >> now? all you got is buyers remorse. you bought it. now, you don't want it. don't want to pay for it you want to return it. guess what? there is no returning here. you must stand by what have you done. >> we know a mistake was made we caught it before the bart board ratified the contract. we're able to disclose the issue

to the board today we hope we'll be able to resolve this so we can move on.. >> i think everybody that rides bart should find permanent solutions. >> whatever the outcome of the closed session here in oakland, whatever the outcome of the meeting the board is scheduled to meet on thursday. >> thank you very much. san jose police investigating whether a motorcycle officer was injured responding to an emergency or something else. police say the officer was ride whth collision took place. that was near the corner of 4th and empire streets. and are reminding drivers to move right when an emergency vehicle approaches

with its sirens on. >> a lot of smokers in san rafael can no longer light up at home the ordinance bans smoking inside of residence that's share a common wall with another home. this is part of a broader law that bans smoking in many outdoor spaces like patios, parks and bus stops. >> some scary moems for american airlines passengers today. the jetliner hit a bird. the jetliner hit the bird about 6:20 this morning. >> you heard a bang. you can tell engine went down.

>> the plane went slowly after that. and the right reassured us. >> there is no screaming. >> passengers made it into the terminal before they landed >> bay area management district investigating an incident in a refinery that left black smoke billowing into the air this morning. officials say a power outage cause aid build up of gas. and it calls for a level two warning to stay out of the area or closed windows and stay inside until this clears. >> coming up next

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customers in menlo park were shocked to see social security numbers right there on a pad of scratch paper. >> reporter: a postal service spokesman told thus could have

been a careless example of recycling thing that's should have been shredded but they're launching an investigation to see if the breech was wide spread or just isolated to this one. but i can tell you this. the scratch pads with personal information were found not just on one day but on two separate days here so this was not just a one time mistake. >> then, i saw the partial social security card. >> jan was shocked when she saw the pad including poeto copies of personal information. copies of social security cards, licenses and other information that shouldn't be out for anyone to see. >> reporter: what reaction did you have? >> this promotes identity theft.

it's right there for anyone to pick up. >> this week, jan went to the post office and noticed the photo copies cut into quarters being used as scratch paper. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: we saw alisa a copy of the work badge. she applied for a passport and never thought a post office would compromise security. >> you think information will be safe. going there to get id. you can phone shally have id stolen from you. >> reporter: we asked to see the manager we waited a couple providing personal information for a child's passport. >> horrendous. >> reporter: they overheard our conversation. >> none of this would show up on a scratch pad. >> reporter: we showed the branch supervisor what we've found. >> this is a risk of identity theft. >> we agree. yes. a agree with

you. >> reporter: how did this happen? >> i don't know. i will have to game. >> reporter: we'll let you know what they find. >> bay area doctors and nurses head together fill yil yip peens to help victims. a team left last night and tonight a group of doctors is meeting to coordinate a trip to that area so ravaged by the storm. the death toll has grown to 3600. some encouraging news, international aid is arriving to the philippines. >> well, drug smuggling along pacific coast continues to rise. authorities asking for help to stop it. smugglers using boats to speed up the coast from mexico. sky seven shows one boat cap sized in september. it had 80 pounds of marijuana on board. today the coast guard ask the public to report suspicious

boats on the water. >> wait is almost over. the fourth bore of the caldecott tunnel set to open within hours a ribbon cutting held this afternoon. officials say everything is a go for an opening tonight and two tunnels >> it's such an exciting day for the east bay and people that use this every day during the week and on the weekend. going to make a huge difference work cost $417 billion officials don't want to reveal exact time because they don't want drivers lining up for the first to go through but it's very exciting. >> coming up at 6:00 laura anthony on road games people

play. >> so join us for that. but now, let's focus on weekend weather. sandhya, are you on the roof? >> i am. and there is so much happening this weekend. rain chances not happening this weekend. it's crisp out here. checking out live doppler seven hd, weather could not have been better for miles sf bat kid. really clear skies other than high clouds san jose cooling off to 52. stepping out tonight heading out to grab dinner or movie check out this gorgeous shot. it's 56

degrees in napa. low 60s for concord and fairfield temperatures into mid-50s to low 70s to nice day. golden gate bridge camera, it's dry out there mix of sun and crowds for scombeekd a chance of rain by mid week. you may need umbrellas. this is going to bring us clouds but we're not expecting more than mid and high level clouds with this system. tonight, cloud cover increasing. moisture doesn't make to it our area. so we'll go with partly cloudy weekend and cool afternoon. tuesday, changes by afternoon, evening, rain chance enters picture in the north bay.

a chance of rain continues the front doesn't look like it's going to cold together well. rainfall looking like over an inch possible up in the far northern end of sonoma county this, is according to california-never never river forecast center. tomorrow morning game for kids making sure you bundle up. upper 30s to 40s breezy out there for afternoon, 63 in the south bay. peninsula, low 60s in mountain sxru redwood city. breezy same thing for daily city. 61 downtown. north bay, clover dale as you check out what's happening in the skies, saturday night best viewing between midnight and dawn. look east.

weather not going to be a problem but full moon interferes. if you want to check out shooting stars it's a cooler than normal weekend, but dry. then we'll start to see on the accu-weather forecast rain chances tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. so... you might want to start looking for umbrellas and dusting off. get ready for a change. dan? cheryl? >> thank you so much. >> we have breaking news sky seven hd is live. a car went off the road trapping two people inside. you can see they pulled a car getting ready to tow it away. we do not know at this time this f.they've survived

follow us on twitter. you can see traffic mess. >> the traffic jam is terrible. we're going to continue to follow that. now we're going to talk about fungus and dry rot. >> how to ge

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how far this went. plus, bay area principal fired for claiming to be a navy s.e.a.l. he tells the i team why he did it and the parents ex-poetsing this case of stolen valor z countdown to thanksgiving can you sdpoekt pay more for your holiday meal this year? its dmum a half hour. now back to dan and cheryl. >> thank you. >> cirque du soliel's new know shoe is running through january 12th. we'll take you inside of the big top for a look at how they get ready. our special back stage airs tomorrow at 10:00 p.m . >> but what about this? bay area companies got into the bat kid spirit today. this complete with a bat signal over the golden gate bridge today oochl that is cool. this has been an amazing day in san francisco also known as gotham city today

for bat kid. >> thousands erupted in cheers as the 5-year-old miles scott calls himself batman just seconds after mayor ed lee handed over the key to the city. >> check out the signs. there is a banner pro claiming wishes do come true. >> the little boy next to him between his dad and, that is his little brother dressed as robin and joking along with the police chief which is a wish come true. >> great day for a child and the city that came together to give not only one kid a special day. >> it restores your page in people to see so many kuchling out. everybody so happy today everybody around the country is feeling this. >> around the world yes. >> we thought he might be scared but he loved being a super hero.

>> probably taking a nap now. >> welcome to world news tonight. breaking news. outbreak, a meningitis scare at a famous university, thousands of students at risk, and emergency vaccine may be rushed to campus. sink hole alley, neighborhood homes swallowed. now other families are worried they are going to be next. bat kid to the rescue, saving a woman tied to the tracks. foiling a bank robbery. >> are we going for a ride? how one american city and an act of kindness made a five-year-old boy's wish come true. batman for the day. and a good evening to you on friday night. we begin with a developing story a health crisis at an ivy league school, princeton university.