>> well, things started getting more active now just hours ago, most rain moving down into the south bay and peninsula and mainly light. but we've got pockets of rainfall into the north bay. so right now, pockets of heavy rain from guerneville to santa rosa. let's take a look around winsor. and shifting our focus south ward, you can see we do have wet weather spreading across the peninsula this, is light at the moment but expected to intensify later. we have just very light snow in higher elevations but do expect it to pick up there overnight. we have a winter weather advisory in effect for this area of the sierra snow levels above 7,000. back to the bay area, by

9:00 we'll see heavier outbreak of rain pushing into south bay and santa cruz mountains, it's wet. we'll have more a little bit later. >> before the next wave of wet weather hits be sure to get the weather app. you can follow doppler seven hd and get a forecast for your neighborhood and down load it for no charge. >> and a neighborhood uprising over a plea of police brutality. police say they this man tried to runway from an officer trying to cite him. three other people were arrested when the crowd turned hostile, claiming police used more force thannessry. a demonstration over this is

underway. >> they can't stay very long so, they've been walking around the block. now this is in response to the altercation. police say the 20-year-old walk wade and tried to enter his apartment, police grabbed him. police say he then bit an officer and, things again got ugly. let's show you from sky seven hd, that protest which has grown now. police are now asking people to get off the streets and on to sidewalk. >> they overabused their pou yes, they hurt him. of course his family is going to help.

that is family >> the rule is that they can use whatever force necessary to to ov overcome >> the district attorney is pending a further investigation. i would say 100 protestors are gathered here in front of the mission police station so far. it's a peaceful demonstration. that side of the street is closed. where i am now it's not but i'm sure things will change here shortly. they'll probably ask them to move. police talked with a man who saw a missing woman lying in a stairwell in san francisco general hospital. and he was

spotted two weeks after she went missing and reported it. but no one followed up. vic lee is in the newsroom now. that is the stunning part. no one followed up. >> you're right. many other other questions remain unanswered now, maybe, there will be more answers. abc7 news learned the witness police are looking for is a doctor. >> a nurse heard a man knocking on the door of an emergency stairwell on the 5th floor of a building. he was trying to get out on to the hospital floor. >> and she let him in. and he said wrong stairwell. thank you for letting me in. and then said looks like there is someone further down maybe asleep or not

sure. but looks like there is someone down there. >> the man then left quickly. the person he referred to presumably lynn spalding was laying on the stairs the nursing supervisor notify aid sheriff's dispatcher. he said he would check it out the sheriff said his deputies never check that had stairwell. spalding's body found four days later in that location. investigators began looking for him, hoping he can provide answers. abc # news learned the mystery man is a visiting doctor from india now working at ucsf in san francisco general. police have questioned him. >> it's just another element of astonishment. to me. >> this is a spalding family lawyer. >> here we are, 19th of november, now, someone comes forward, a doctor says i was the one that saw her and did nothing

more than say so to someone that let him in out of a locked door? i can't fathom the thinking. >> reporter: san francisco general issued a statement after we aired our story confirming that the person is a researcher working at the hospital. our sources say he apparently saw a flyer sent out by police and realized he must be the one investigators were looking for. that is why he came forward. >> at least they found him, vic, thank you. we're learning more information about what may have provoked a man to kick a homeless woman sleeping on the street in san francisco this, is video of the attack. you can see the man stomp his foot on the woman's head. this afternoon prosecutors charged the 28-year-old timothy chase with two counts of felony assault. he told investigators he kicked the woman because he was annoyed by the smell in the area the victim is having trouble remembering what happened.

>> we have a video that showed her but she can't remember some of the things. it's possible she was hurt and having memory problems >> and prosecutors say he thought he killed the woman with the kicks. the judge issued a protective order to keep the man from approaching the victim. a body discovered last week has been identified as that of a missing college student the 20-year-old last seen november 7th. he went to catch a bus to go to school. his body discovered in the water friday morning. the coroner is now working to determine how he died. 25 years ago today a man abducted 9-year-old michaela garecht in hayward today her mother joined family sdprindz to remember her, tieing yellow ribbons around a tree outside of a market where she was kidnapped. her mother says

it was a rough 12 months. last winter they tested bones to see if the dna matched michaela's. >> it's hard to describe the devastating impact that whole episode had on us. to spend several months you know, contemplating whether or not we're going to find out she was no longer arrive. and who that would mean z you know, what that could feel like. >> authorities determined the bones belonged to a victim two of serial killers. michaela's mother remains hopeful. a judge said no to university of california attempt to block a one day strike. medical technicians at uc nine campuses and five medical centers planned to walk off their jobs tomorrow as they did in may, to call attention to what is claimed a staffing cries yichls however, the judge did

order workers to remain on the job. not to picket. in san jose, police officers are getting a raise. a tentative agreement to restore a 10% raise over three years. cops taking a pay cut was blamed as the reason 69 officers have resigned in san jose this year. many as david louie explains, taking better paying jobs elsewhere. the first indication came when we saw police officers association board emerge from a meeting where they voted to recommend its members vote for the deal. the mayor and council members were optimistic. >> i'm cautiously optimistic. we'd like to give our police officers a raise it could wo be good news for them and the city. iet calls for a 4% raise and a lump sum payment. 23.3% raises coming in the second and third year of the

deal >> we've got to ensure everyone is on board. requiring a vote of the police union. >> officers will vote on tuesday, if ratified then city council will vote the process will take about two weeks the police union president says this will bring pay back to 2009 levels. that is not likely to stop officers from transferring to other cities >> i fear it won't stem the tide of officers leaving. remember, july of 2015 our officers will be making what they made in 2009. and they're seeing their peers going to other agencies making $2,000 more per month. >> i know i can't afford to give 10% at once we want to give 10% to everybody. just a question of how long it takes and how much

we can afford to do. >> in san jose, abc7 news. >> we'll continue to monitor live doppler seven hd for you throughout the newscast. spencer christian will be back to update the accu-weather forecast for the bay area. >> officials take action on a controversial plan to dramatically increase the number of disabled spaces in san francisco. >> and what a sweet deal the governor will be getting when it opens a new patent office. >> and which

diane disney miller, oldest daughter of walt disney died in her home in napa. she lived in napa since 1980s. miller was a co-founder of the disney family mu sxeem spaerheadeded idea of the walt disney concert hall. disney ceo said, quote, diane will have a special place in our company's legacy and hearts of fans. miller's family foundation is not affiliated with walt disney company, which is the parent company of abc7. >> san francisco is now just one resolution closer to a major increase in disabled parking spaces as well as other changes impacting the use of those blue

handicapped parking placards. >> reporter: this afternoon, up on the 4th floor here, mta board approved a resolution supporting a variety of changes to the program. with an amendment to give a discount to low income placard holders should the proposal to start paying at meters actually come to fruition. in order for the package to come to be will require a lot of work at the state level so now, the fight moves from here to city hall, to sacramento. blue places are located with slots next to them. saying there is not enough of them and there is not enough turnover. they allow free parking with no time limits at blue spaces and regular meters. it leads to rampant misuse. numbers tell the story a cording

to the committee there are 500,000 placards in the bay area but only 29,regular meters and 700 blue spaces in san francisco. the recommendations include increasing the number of blue spaces by at least 470 and working on getting legislation for improved management at dmv, could cut down on fraud. >> now there is no way to track whether a clinic certifies 50 per week, 500 a week, one per month. they're operating system is still dos. >> if the committee gets changes it wants from the state, then, it will come back for the local laws. >> if the state passed this authorizing legislation, it would start to come back to any city that wanted to consider it for their own local decision making process. >> recommendation as will you

ina.will youing time limits and paying meters to go with them at disabled spaces. >> tour buss will not be allowed near alamo square park in san francisco. today, it was voted to ban all tour buss from the area. neighbors complained to the city about too much traffic, especially noise and exhaust emit ed from the tour buss >> rain made an appearance today. we welcome the rain we get. here is a look at the skyline. you can see clear skies that brought us rain. wayne freedman traveled to the north bay, is live tonight in novato. wayne? >> reporter: we're in grant avenue in novato. we spent the

day looking for ram ficks of the rain. we looked. we found it. make note of this. your rainy season first known video of a person with an umbrella. not that it rained as much as he'd hoped. >> it was spattering. >> it's a drizzle. >> but enough to slicken highways and for chp to dust off the warning about water, tires and slippery residue on the pavement. >> takes about a week or so. >> longer for a week for other issues to rectify. lake mendocino at 30% capacity. the water level as low as it's ever been this time of the year. >> we're happy to see this rain. we can use a lot more of it. >> pam jean, assistant general

manager of the water agency says she we need eight inches. this morning they tallied 1/100ths of an inch. jeff says it's too early to worry. >> it's happened before. it's going to happen again. we're still here. >> until then, every umbrella and exercise in optimism from. north bay, abc7 news >> we got some. >> yes. a lot of us are worried. >> yes, but we're not in a drought situation. the storm is soaking some areas now. not going to give us enough to erase the deficit let's get into it. here is live doppler seven hd. it's wet. likely to get wetter into later evening hours. you can see wide spread rain now. and notice it's new batch of moderate to heavy rain. let me give you a look

here, you can see pockets of rain over near santa rosa. some over at guerneville earlier. right down highway 101. so the north bay is getting another dose of substantial rainfall. all over the south bay, we're still seeing pockets of light rain. it's expected to intensify there later in the evening hours. rainfall totals for last 24 hours so far reflect what i just showed you. only trace amounts on the peninsula and south bay. 2/100ths on the east bay at hayward. look at the north bay. nearly a third inch at santa rosa. nearly half an inch in mount st. helena. one tenth of an inch in napa. the night isn't over yet a live view from our camera looking back across downtown san francisco, temperatures mainly upper 50s in san francisco. oakland and redwood city. 57 los gatos. 60s in san jose right

now. you can see clouds not much appears to be falling in this area in terms of rainfall now. temperatures mid to upper 50s from santa rosa to novato. and one more live view along the bay bridge. here in downtown san francisco, forecast features are these. more periods of rain expected tonight and into overnight hours. scattered showers tomorrow. looks like morning commute may not be hampered too much by rainfall we expect pockets of showers at this point. sunny, mild into the weekend. satellite shows a slowly sagging frontal system. it's bringing us rainfall. so getting to our forecast animation at 7:00 this evening during next few hours, we should see rain intensifying and becoming more wide spread. and then, front sweeps through z 5:00 in the morning, there will be pockets of rain and not so well organized as we've seen now. scattered showers and more

widely scattered showers later into afternoon tomorrow giving way to partial to mainly clear skies. so thursday a clearing trend will lead us into the weekend. rainfall totals by 11:00 tomorrow night up to an inch perhaps. quarter to half an inch through most areas of the central part of the bay area. overnight tonight, low temperatures mainly low to mid-50s. will be mild overnight. tomorrow's highs not very high. low to mid-60s around the bay and inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. look at forecast after that. friday through next tuesday, sunny skies and mild. temperatures climbing back to up 70 degrees by tuesday. so we don't see another rainfall event coming our way in next seven days let's hope for some. we need it. >> we do. thank you. >> coming up next a new adventure of bat kid. >> police chief adds up the

u.s. government and city of san jose are making it easier to file patents. the commerce department has been looking for a location in silicon valley which generates more patent

applications than anywhere in the country. >> this brings an industry of engineers and we're thrilled to see it happen. >> the office is expected to open by the end of 2014. about a dozen judges will be employed there. >> bat kid day did not cost san francisco a cent in police overtime. the chief tells abc7 news the officers were already scheduled for duty. the make a wish foundation organized a day to grant the wish of little miles. >> not one penny of overtime spent by the san francisco police department on the event on friday. it would not be fair to all of the other tremendously worth while charities around if that was the case.

>> reaction has been overwhelmingly pog pos tiff some questioned it's extravagance. one was wondering how many low income children could have been fed with the money spent on bat kid. >> the ceo of tesla tries to extinguish the hype over three model s car fires. >> trayvon martin's killer goes to court over domestic violence charges. >> what kind of impact your

tonight the government's auto safety agency is launching an investigation into the tesla model s three of them have caught fire. abc7 news reporter explains he's convinced that the investigation will prove his cars are safe. >> reporter: this dramatic video of a tesla model s going

up in flames the ceo is trying to extinguish the hype. a auto safety watch dog is trying to figure out if there is a problem. there have been three fires one after a crash, two after cars pierced the tesla's under body. that is where the national transportation safety board comes in. they want to know if it is vulnerable to fire. investigators will look at 13,000 cars. in a pointed blog post elan musk says hundreds of thousands of gasoline powered cars have caught fire since last year but tesla fires receive disproportionate play in the media. he goes owe on to say he believes this highly unlikely officials will find a problem with the cars but if something is discovered that would result in a material improvement in

fire safety, we will immediately apply that change to new cars and offer a free retro fit to existing cars. musk says fire damage will be covered under the warranty, even if it's due to driver error. as for the investigation, it could lead to a recall but a decision on that is likely months away. in the newsroom, abc7 news. >> well, an attempted murder suicide involving a prominent virginia political figure is sending shock waves through political circles. the 24-year-old gus deeds was evaluated in a mental hospital yesterday. health officials said no bed was available sow was released to his family. police say the two men got into a type of argument before today's attack. senator deeds is expected to recover. >> george zimmerman is a free man again tonight, out on bail on charges of assault and

battery. this time his girlfriend claims he pointed a shotgun at her yesterday. zimmerman sat in jail, his estranged wife served him with divorce papers the man acquitted of the trayvon martin posted $9,000 bail. zimmerman in the allowed to contact his girlfriend and not allowed to possess weapons or ammunition during release. >> long road to recovery in cities flattened by dozens of tornadoes. two days after the storms, crews are still working to restore power in michigan, illinois and indiana. many of those who lost homes returned to rekwhaufr they could. >> it is sad. very sad. just you know coming back to salvage what you can. mainly pictures and family memories it's devastating to look at your old property, your house you worked hard for and everything

in it just gone. >> a risk management firm estimates cost could top $1 billion. >> officials say five americans are among the dead from super typhoon hayan in the philippines. 5,000 people are either dead or missing and 4 million have been displaced there is a major international relief effort underway to help survivors. a nurse from kaiser fremont has been in manila. >> it was shocking to see how december prit victims were. >> a special thanks to abc7 news

viewers. abc7 teamed up for a 12 and a half hour marathon relief drive. just under $105,000 was raised. >> that will go a long way in the philippines to provide food, water medicine and life saving needs. now, you can still donate to help with relief efforts. you can find a link on abc7 news.com under see it on tv. >> tonight's money matters wall street misses a mark, again, after trading above 16,000 the dow lost nine points today. best buy slumped after warning competition could cut into profit margins and campbell soup dropped after reporting a plunge in saechls a jury today asked a judge for some calculate years in determining how much samsung owes apple the jury began deliberations this afternoon. united airlines announced a

plan to use less fuel, make workers more productive and plan to offer more flights to europe and fewer to asia. and pier to pier taxi service uber is now accepting payments through pay pal. it should help uber expand overseas. >> it's the monster at mosconi. a huge technology conference underway. how it's different from others. >> we're keeping an eye on live doppler seven hd for you. spencer is next with an updated forecast

when ifor your business..curity tyco integrated security. we'll do a security review of your business to understand your needs, customize an integrated solution that meets your specific challenges. and deliver it all with responsive local service, and a personal passion to help you protect your business. we'll even give you the power to manage it all... right from the palm of your hand. call us for a free security review.

thousands of dreamers or converging in san francisco the stage where they're playing tonight is a benefit at ucsf >> the ben factor is hosting dream force conference.

>> it's like i think you should design for extra user. people don't he kwalt with simplicity. you should provide products that are fast to learn so this days to weeks, you can be an >> never mind earnings figures and product launches dream force began with rock and roll. when the sales force ceo took the stage first order of business wasn't selling. >> there is no better feeling than giving. everyone knows. that i like to say the best drug i took was philanthropy. >> sales force is giving away

services to help recovery in haiti, a country whose prime minister came to the key note >> because of people such as yourselves haiti will be a better place. >> he was the first surprise guest after sean penn showed up and meg whitman. >> is this not the most exciting time to be in technology? >> there were special affects. and oh, yeah. there was also a product launch. sales force taking business mobile. and now, they have reworked tools for phones and wearable devices. >> we can run tests for in google glass. >> this is a largest force in north america. another one is ora cell, open world for years the biggest conference. some

that is because it's more fun. >> it feels like a movement. >> from desk top is to clouds. 27 dj sxaes live bands. >> we've raised over $6.5 million. >> sales force just reported a billion dollars in quarterly earnings. >> companies used to say i don't want to be first in the cloud now, they don't want to be last. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. >> what a line up. >> black friday just more than a week away. >> why deals you'll find won't necessarily be the best ones.

so yso you can happily let the grlife get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. so you can finish the great american novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want

chase. so you can holiday shopping is underway. catalogs are arriving in the mail. >> feem like you want to know when is the best time to find

bargains? deals and steals for the holidays. >> you know holiday push seems early because thanksgiving and christmas are close together. black friday traditionally kicks off the holiday season. you'll find deals then, but not necessarily the best deal. retailers are being forced to up their game. camera gafney says there are six fewer days between thanksgiving and christmas. >> that could translate to $1.5 billion in lost sales for retailers online so. they're going to be anxious to get you out of the door and shopping on thanksgiving day. >> and that is in part why, thanksgiving thursday is becoming new black friday. mark mccastro says black friday is

more of a time period than an actual day. >> black friday is the friday after thanksgiving but sales happen pretty much all week long. again, we analyze black friday sales for q four for 2011 and 2012. >> and what they find are deals that are better before and after black friday. >> the best deals happen on thanksgiving. the second best day is the sunday before cyber monday. >> for thanksgiving thursday, sales are looking up a doeby predicting sales to increase by 25%. often, our online shopping will take place when we're in a store. >> if you think back to last time you had such a short season, 2002, we had aol, using netscape browser. different world. today we have the bargain hunters weapon of choice our mobile phone. >> so we'll be multi tasking

looking not just at prices but availability. and sales people will use phones to help shoppers. >> they also may get deals sent to their phones while in the store. it's going to be different than anything seen before. >> really? honestly different? >> onnestly different. >> sign for up alerts and read web sites then grab deals as they pop up now we have researchers to help with you shopping just go to our web site abc7 news.com. and tonight price tack r trackers you know apps promising to alert to you best deals? well, we'll show which ones worked best for us. >> looking forward, thank you. >> let's return our attention to weather and rain that has arrived. >> yes. spencer christian is

back. >> yes. it's wet and getting wetter. a look at live doppler seven hd now. wide spread rain, most of this through south and east is just light. but up in the north bay pockets of rainfall and into nef vatto up north of san rafael. near petaluma. so around the north bay look at this area, just east of santa rosa. pushing eastward towards glenn ellen. we're seeing light rain but do expect that area to get more intense activity tonight. tomorrow's highs under skaz. into low to mid-60s. here is the accu-weather forecast. so rain overnight. giving way to showers. scattered showers. and

friday, sunny skies and mild. sunny, mild yes. >>

to those who've been waiting welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage, and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll today at coveredca.com.

good evening, tomorrow night warriors holding steph curry bobbel head night but he won't be playing because his actual head still hurts he hit his head, 240 pound marvin williams landed on top of him. he is feeling better today than last night. as a precaution he won't go tomorrow against memphis. day-to-day after. that in video head coach jackson talked about the injury. >> he seemed fine. even last night. somewhat fine. watching monday night football finish.

then on the plane. you know? his usual self. but we want to be smart. >> sharks forward was involved in a car accident today in san jose. marlo driving a mercedes-benz suv. looked like it t boned another car. edition of the big game held saturday night in stanford a crushing loss to usc, cardinals saw their rose bowl hopes go out of the window. they were upset by troejans on saturday what better way to get refocussed? walk no a rivalry game with cal. >> they good a good job of keeping them energized because they love playing for them. offensively they're exciteed and guys are running around. and i

think it's going to pay off. >> biggest game of the year for kachlt a chance to get a conference win but to prove to the bay area that the program is on the rise. cal defense will have a huge test against stanford. >> stanford tests you up front. so should be a big challenge for the guys you know, we've at times this year have brought effective in stopping the run. so if we can limit plays we can tackle better. >> stanford favored by 31 and a half. on sunday, a penalty call on niners ahmad brooks last night pat fritz trits and panthers . the refs threw a flag

for pass interference. instead they huddleed and said, i'm not, let's pick it up. game over. the nfl stated the ball was not catchable. >> the call is a rule. i know. i didn't see it i wish it won't have come down to that. there were plenty of plays we could have made but it did. and we can play better than that. >> brutal calls. abc7 sports brought to you by orchard supply hardware. one of the worser. which is worse? >> thanks larry >> join me tonight at 9:001 ski resort open. the rest hanging on to hope for more snow tonight.

and at 9:00 taking a look at what resorts are saying about a delayed season. >> then at 11:007 on your side's michael finney takes a look at web sites and ads that claim they can help you save a bundle. >> but that is this edition of abc7 news at 6:00. our coverage continues now on twitter. i'm dan ashley. >> from all of us here, have a good evening. thanks for joi

this is the "jeopardy!" teachers tournament. here is our second group of semi-finalists -- a seventh-grade social-studies teacher from martinez, georgia... a kindergarten french teacher from ypsilanti, michigan... and an elementary music teacher from huntington, new york... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. welcome, everyone. i'm still trying to get over yesterday's match. i don't think we've had an important game like that be decided by just $500 to $0 for the two people who lost the game. but john pearson is standing by, ready to find out who he gets to face in the finals later this week.

so, patrick, anne, and becky, good luck. here we go. and the categories now in play... alex: and, patrick, you select first. i'll do movies with structure for $200. patrick. what is "castle"? yes. movies for $400. becky. what is "building"? correct. movies for $600. anne. what is "mansion"? good. movies with structure, $800. becky. what is "cabin"? you got it. movies for $1,000.