fired on the teenager as he walked along the roadway. police claimed he refused to drop a knife. he was hit with 16 shots and autopsies showed he was wounded twice in the back. police fought for several months to keep the video from going public. >> city leaders fear the video will stir up tempers. they are urging people to protest peacefully. good evening, i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. tonight, a dramatic burst of violence from an accused killer in an oakland courtroom. carolyn tyler has more on this man. >> reporter: you can see the 21-year-old marquis holloway hyper vent

scream. he is accused of killing a 27-year-old, ramos was working on a peace mural. investigators say it was sparked by an argument after holloway made a move on ramos' canvas. >> he was taking pictures of the mural. >> reporter: oakland officials say holloway was tracked to his mother's house, he's charged with several street crimes, including an attempted robbery earlier in the morning ramos was killed and one robbery in which a tv crew camera were taken. investigators say this surveillance photo after the murder helped lead to the arrest. the mayor expressed condolences to the family. an incredible, beautiful,

brave family that is enduring so much grief. >> reporter: as for holloway's family and friends, they left the courtroom in anger, shattering a glass case in the holway. according to documents he admits shooting but says it was an accident. highs due back in court november 30th. now, to today's storm. drought, wind, and rain proved to be too much for this 300 year old oak. the tree crashed down, tearing up the edge of this house. and that is the sound of a down pour. the storm brought rain to the bay area. >> it happened during a king tide. the high tide sent water onto the san francisco embarcadero. the coast guard warns it's bringing dangerous rip currents to some beaches. and king tides made for

treacherous driving along highway 1. the storm hit just as the tide reached its peak. the flood in the roadway. the chp posted off access as a precaution. >> we do have live team coverage with snow in the sierra. >> let's begin with spencer christian. >> you can see there is not much rainfall occurring at the moment. a batch of showers moving down into marin county. and winter storm warning for much of the sierra until noon, tomorrow, most locations received a tenth of an inch up to almost three tenths in hayward. and there is more scattered showers moving into our

direction. getting into later evening we'll see pockets of showers moving into the bay area and should be over by tomorrow. the thanksgiving forecast will be coming up later. chris nguyen continues our coverage in morgan hill. chris? >> reporter: that problem came in the form of a giant oak tree. if you take a look, you can see damage done to the right side of the house. in downtown morgan hill, deb jensen thought an earthquake had struck. >> i noticed tree branchs coming into the living room. >> reporter: that came from a heritage oak tree, part had fallen onto the section of her house. >> we'd just been watering a little bit, trying to take care of it. it was just the time, i guess. >> they moved in nearly three

decades ago, partly because of a tree, which is more than 300 years old. >> we have a looming hazard of the tree falling once. it's under stress. >> reporter: just months ago, a branch broke off the same tree and fell on a fence. >> an arborist said the tree is stressed but the more cutting you do, the worse it would be for the tree. >> reporter: police say this serves as a wake up call. >> we want people to make sure their gutters are clean. and maybe check to see if it's dry or rotting. >> reporter: the power has been turned off as they clean up the home. >> my husband says these things can be fixed. >> reporter: family and friends are relieved no one was hurt.

and a good reminder to down load the abc7 weather app. this feature is free to down load from the app store. >> thank you, chris. another oakland snapped and came down on to a house, taking power lines down with it. gusty winds are partly responsible for the tree falling. if you're planning to go to the sierra, go prepared. this is what it looked like this afternoon at donner summit, a real mess. traffic is moving but it was crawling and stopped, actually, much of the day because of the icy conditions.

looks like tough going today. >> it took us five and a half hours to get here to donner summit. it was a tough day of traveling thanks to a steady snowfall cold temperatures. to most people, this early in the season, seemed to be taking it in stride. >> just going to keep at it here until i have major success. >> reporter: for eastbound travellers, the back up began well below the snow level and just flat where caltrans and chp were holding traffic. >> we're sitting and sitting and waiting. it's taking a long time to get

up here. controls went up at nieack. first time for many of these folks. those who didn't want to do it hired one of the chain installers lined up along the road. >> i feel like it was money well spent to have them put it on for me. i've never done it so it's a tutorial now. >> reporter: the hassle is worth it to many, thanks to the prospect of spending a snowy thanksgiving at the end of the row. >> it's good. we need the snow. >> this is just the beginning of what is supposed to be a heavy season. i'm looking forward to it. >> reporter: this is a live look at interstate 80. you can see traffic moving and hear the click clack of the chains. going about the speed limit

here, be warned snow levels are expected to drop to under 3,000 feet so chain controls will likely begin miles down the road. >> good to know. laura, thank you very much. if you see storms take a photo or video using #abc7 news. we'll use your photos on air or abc7.com. the may 21 vandalism of an inflatable dam that left at least 50 million gallons of water. the police say the four trespassed and punctured the inflatable dam overnight. 49,000 gallons of water leaked from the creek. the warriors could make history tonight at oracle arena.

>> reporter: we're here live at oracle. you can feel the energy. steph curry shooting deep and let's talk to a fan here, can they do it tonight? >> of course, go, warriors. >> why is the team so special? >> let's go, warriors. >> your boyfriend is a lakers fan. how did that happen? >> this is the night. i came in from the lakers. >> can they do it? >> they can do it. >> here is riley. and what are you suspect

something. >> warriors all the way. >> this is awesome and i'm excited to be here now. >> we have one more here. did you come to the wrong game? >> i don't know. >> with giants, if they win i'm getting a jacket. >> it's so, as you can see, a little sampling of the fans here are so excited. this is something special. we'll have more coming up at 11:00. i find it very inconvenience to those in the program. still ahead, the closure of a san jose preschool program. what families are doing to try to save it.

plus... willy howard mays junior. >> white house honors. the personal influence the president says the kid had on him. a man orders a stove he sees in a tv ad but it never arrives. 7 on your side tracks it down. behind the scenes at pixar for a look at the special magic that went into making the last

a popular early learning center is set to close next week but will not shut down without a fight.

now, parents are getting help from a labor union. >> reporter: et a very confusioning time for sharon and alex and their four kids. a letter from the community child care counsel says the center is operating at a large deficit due to low enrollment. however, parents say the time is too short to find other facilities. the low cost center enabled parents to work and kids to learn. >> they're comfortable with us. i've been here eight years so they can better themselves and getting the better job, going to school.. and improving their family lives and right now, it's making it hard for them. >> reporter: she believes a successful campaign to unionize is behind the closure and local 521 is failing an unfair labor practices complaint. the child care council is closed this week and we were unable to

get their remarks. >> my priority is my children. >> this 9-year-old participates in the after school program, which will stay open. >> they're helping me with home work and i am learning, my teacher is teaching a little bit of division. >> reporter: next week, her younger siblings will have to go someplace else. four california lawmakers are urging california lawmakers to urge for a disaster for crab. lawmakers say a closure would

impact coastal communities in central and northern california as well as the state economy. a paper problem in solano county has been resolved. the county recorder announced it's received bank note paper and resumed issuing birth, death, and marriage certificates. we told you about a paper shortage in september when a company that printed the paper went out of business. the recorder's office expects to re-sox the backlog within two weeks time. there was a moving contributit for a san francisco giants legend, willie mays. he was presented with the presidential medal of freedom. the personal story brought the loudest ovation of the day. >> a few years ago willy rode with me on air force 1. i told him then what i will tell you now. it's because of giants like willy that someone like me could

even think about running for president. >> among recipients, director steven spielberg, barbara streisand and singer james taylor. you can see the list on our website, abc7news.com. remarkable group of people. yes. great story. onto the weather forecast, big storm moved through. >> that is right, but it cleared up a little bit, spencer? >> it cleared up and we have pockets of showers coming at us again. it's chilly out there, too. partly cloudy skies and you'll notice in the north bay, pockets of showers moving through marin county now. you can see around novato we have a couple areas of moisture there. some is evaporating but there are wet spots up there. looking west over the bay it's above 50 degrees in most

locations. 51 in san francisco and 52 in mountain view and looking at the man in the moon peeking through the clouds there. it's 48 in napa and novato. here is a live view from our sutro tower camera, scattered showers continuing to fall overnight. we'll have a cold, dry pattern through the weekend and a chance of rain early next week. a sweeping cold front with more showers moving to our north tonight. let's take a look at our forecast animation at 7:00 this evening. we'll see pockets of showers drifting down from our north by

10:00 or so. through san francisco, we'll see that moving south ward and eastward and clearing out tomorrow morning. cold air will follow that passage of the showers. speaking of cold air, in the sierra, there will be more snow, maybe more inches during overnight hours as snow levels drop down to 2500 feet. about 1 to 2 inches over the grapevine. speaking of cold, next few mornings are going to be very cold. low temperatures around freezing mark thursday morning, friday morning means we're going to have a cold thanksgiving morning and this night, a couple showers, inland areas will be dry, we think, and cold. highs under mainly dry

conditions and mid-50s from coast to inland. will be bright and cold thanksgiving day, chilly for shoppers on friday. frosty mornings saturday. and a little bit milder and a chance of rain next week. >> thank you, spencer very much. >> up next, rewarded for kindness. the surprise this boy got after emptying his piggy bank to help someone else. >> celebrating thanksgiving in a different way. an explanation teachers gave to an explanation teachers gave to recent immigrants ono off-days, or downtime.ason. opportunity is everything you make of it. this winter, take advantage of our season's best offers on the latest generation of cadillacs. the 2016 cadillac srx.

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. a 7-year-old texas boy who donated piggy bank money to a vandalized mosque was rewarded. he was saving money in the form of pennies to buy an ipad. the story got the attention of international human rights lawyer who mailed an ipad to jack yesterday. you can see jack is very happy. he says he was touched by jack's kindness and the mosque says the $20 is worth $20 million to them. very nice. students in a san francisco school celebrated thanksgiving with a twist.

these are students at chinese education center singing in their native language. the kids are recent immigrants. they celebrated by dressing up as pilgrims. the bonnets needed explanation from the principal. >> in chinese culture wearing white on your head is not very lucky. and we had to explain the significance of the white bon t bonnet. >> abc7 news was there when they tried their first thanksgiving dinner. isn't that sweet? >> so sweet. and breaking news in chicago as video is released of a black -- white officer shooting a black

. breaking news on a case of a

man accused of killing a muralist. the gun used to shoot that man had been stolen from a federal agent. the 20-year-old made his first court appearance today. he began to curse and scream as the judge read charges against him and was removed from the court after that outburst. he was tracked to his mother's house in stockton and arrested on friday. the man he's accused of killing was painting a community mural at the i-580 overpass when shot to death almost two months ago. police say the shooter was eyeing a camera ramos had. he was also accused in a series of robberies over two months. more breaking news. this, out of chicago, protestors are rallying following release of a video showing the deadly shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer.

this is a live look at the group there. the leaders are appealing for calm, expecting outrage when police saw the dash cam video. the officer shot and killed him in october of last year. police say mcdonald refused orders to drop a knife. the officer continued to shoot 16 times and two rounds shot mcdonald in the back. prosecutors charged the officer with first degree murder. the mastermind behind the attacks in paris had been planning a second wave of suicide bombings before being killed by police. he was killed days before he can carry them out. belgian officials charged another suspect and an international arrest warrant has

been issued for this person and the president says the u.s. and france will go after isis, insisting the u.s. will not go in fear. russian president putin called the downing of a war plane was a shot in the back. turkey says the plane repeatedly violated turkey's air space and ignored ten warnings to leave. putin said his plane was in syria, only and warns there will be serious consequences for the incident. nato convened a emergency meeting to discuss the situation. the state department issued a new travel alert translating into longer lines, especially during the busy thanksgiving travel period. some sfo passengers escaped the delays created by this morning's raid. >> no delays, no time. >> once inside, travellers met

up with additional layers of security and a busy holiday period. >> we recommend 90 minutes for demeftic flights and two hours for international departures. >> reporter: the state department issued a world wide travel alert, warning isis, al qaeda and boko haram continue to plan terrorist attacks in multiple regions. >> heightened vigilance, awareness, if you see something, say something. that is good advice. >> reporter: the paris attacks and mid air explosion of a russian plane over egypt forced the stapt department to extend this alert until february 24th. investigators believe an airport worker may have put a bomb on the russian plane, killing everyone on board. here in the u.s., the transportation security administration has been looking into way to address threats.

>> tsa is big here. >> i feel like they're going to take care of us. >> 1.4 million passengers will be traveling in and out of sfo during the thanksgiving holiday period. cyclists who ride mount diablo says state officials are taking too long to fix a serious problem. >> that is right. dan noyes is here with the investigation. this is what i enjoy about this job. identifying something that needs to be fixed and an important safety issue in this case, and pushing public officials to get it done. the answer here seems simple enough. mount diablo has 369 curves. biking fast could be dangerous enough but especially if a car crashes into your lane. >> as they came around, in an

instant a moment there is a car in my lane and i knew there is nothing i can do. >> it would have been worse. the impact left shannon with road rash and broken bones. california public records act requests to the chp and state department of parks and recreation confirm how big of a problem it is. >> a car had taken the turn too sharp and was in my lane. >> between 2010 and 2014 there were 116 collisions. >> with 70% of accidents around blind curves. >> i was over my handle bars. >> collision reports back it up. vehicles crashed a single yellow line into another lane where the driver did not have a clear view. the cyclists pay the price. >> i needed surgery and it took

six months to get full range of motion. >> reporter: 25% of the crashes were bikes versus cars. and sometimes it's a cyclist speeding. they tell me another major call is having to swerve to avoid cars that swerved into their lane. >> i have a near miss around every third ride. >> reporter: they launched a group called mount diblo cyclists to attack the problem. they wanted to find out how their mountain compares to a similar situation in marin, mount tamalpais. the results were stunning. mount tam had just 28 collisions in those four years, mount diablo had 116. the guys believe they know why. >> one would be install solid double yellow lines.

>> mount tam has double yellows on blind curves. makes sense. but in mount diablo, all have broken yellow lines, indicating it's okay to pass. i took the issue to the top. >> to me it just seems obvious you have to have a double yellow on a blind curve. >> it does, but sometimes there are things that we don't know. that is why we're leaving it to experts. >> reporter: she says she needs a $60,000 study to figure out what to do but the state senator who contains mount diblo says time's up. >> they need to act more quickly wex need to double stripe those lines around the curves right away. >> reporter: take a look at this. the i team obtained a report from 1991 that found over 90% of the vehicles crossed over the center line to negotiate the curve. identifying conflicts between sight seeing, and bicycling

vehicles as a major issue. it took a report to conclude the roadways don't present opportunities to allow for vehicular passing and the entire length will need to be striped with double yellow striping. >> this is a serious situation. and we press them to take corrective actions right away to make it better. looks like it will take ten months, but not soon enough for cyclists so be careful out there. >> thank you, dan, very much. >> would you take steps to prevent wrinkles if you knew where they will appear? tonight we'll talk to a bay area plastic surgeon about the test that can predict future wrinkles. >> and one bay area man gets

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they said we're going to send it back but there is a $59 shipping charge. >> reporter: reuben didn't want to pay and said he cancelled the order, however, he says new wave still charged the credit card. >> they took the money and i never received nothing from them. >> reporter: he says the company kept telling him it was sending the stove. it never came. we contacted new wave. within days he got his money back. new wave said we're glad this was brought to our attention so we can issue a refund and set things right. >> i felt relief. if you have problems, call channel 7. >> reporter: ruben says he wants it but plans to buy it in a store where he'll get his hands on the item. >> thank you, michael. >> sure. >> coming up on abc7 news at 6:00, behind the scenes at

what if the meteor that wiped out dinosaurs missed the earth? >> that is the question posed by

"the good dinosaur" that opens in some theaters tonight. >> jonathan bloom took a peek inside of pixar studios where the magic was made. >> reporter: there is something in the air about 18 feet tall, those he's only a baby. his name is arlo. >> i begin right here. >> reporter: it's a big budget movie. >> i like la. i miss being in the northern california. >> reporter: brin grew up in sacramento. on the new movie "the good sign saur" she's the shader act director. >> it applies textures to characters and sets. you have to limit the amount of hairy monsters because its just very expensive thing. >> reporter: now, spot's hair is

about as real as it gets. >> we got a wig with dirt and leaves in it. >> reporter: the process of getting there installs pencils and clay. these early concepts were skrul pted by hand based on the director's drawings. >> it was oil based clay to work on it forever. once, once finished it is cast. >> what is the difference between young dinosaurs and older? >> reporter: family trees can change. >> mama. arlo. this was -- >> arlo had a brother that didn't make it into the movie. for emma, this is a far cry from painting alone in a studio. art is teamwork. >> since everyone contributes it turns out a lot better than we ever imagined.

>> so cool. this is great. >> thank you. >> teamwork and incredibly complicated. >> yes. absolutely. time to check in on weather again. >> yes. spencer christian is tracking the storm. >> it is mainly dry but we have pockets of moisture off shore moving into our direction, areas of showers just pass through lower parts of marin county and fizzling out. there may be more on the way later tonight. king tides are still with us and will be for the week. these tides at the golden gate produced areas of cooling or localized flooding along highway 101 in mill valley. here is a look at the golden gate. we take a look at our travel weather for tomorrow, here in the bay area, partly cloudy skies and good driving 1 to 2 inches of snow possible

tonight. in the bay area, sunny skies and cool, high temperatures into mid-50s and here is the accu-weather forecast. cold mornings throughout sunday, then cloudier and milder weather monday, and tuesday and maybe a chance of rain. >> thank you, spencer. >> oracle is where the magic happens tonight. >> yes. hairy beal is here with the latest on the warriors. >> are you ready for history? >> we're ready. >> and optimistic? >> it's going to happen. no doubt at this point. they're getting set to make history. steph curry and company going for 16-0. mike shumann will join us

. good evening, warriors starting for the best start in nba history tonight. this is a delightful twist because they host the lakers. for two decades, the lakers were the glamour team and the warriors, just tearible. now, the roles are beautifully reversed. lakers are 2 and 11. on hand was mike shumann. shu? >> reporter: energy here is unbelievable.

there is no nba championship with the warriors. now it's a cliche to say take it one game at a time but that is what the warriors have done. with a win, they'll be 16-0, something no team has ever done. dramon green says they took this attitude because the team doesn't want to talk about it until just a few games ago. once a game was in reach, saying when the team decided to go full speed, and they can make history tonight. >> everybody is like oh, ah. but all of a sudden you are sitting there you're like all right. 13, 14. right. now, it's time to talk about it. early on, it's just speculation, like can they do it? you have to take it one game.

it's one game. we can talk about it. >> reporter: his college alma matter will be honored today. jason richardson at michigan state, green wears 23 in part as a tribute to richardson. jason retired just before the start of the season after a 14 year career, a big part of the we believe team and never won an nbc title but won a championship in college. this team's start is surprising richardson. >> most of the time coming off a hangover from it, you have a hangover from it. but the way everybody is coming back better players. you know, this team wants to

continue to win championships. i'm a little surprised but at the same time, i'm not because they want the team to continue to win. >> jay rich will be honored at half time. he's impressed, i'm impressed and fans are impressed and i've got a feeling warriors already 16-0 after tonight. abc7 sports, larry? >> enjoy, it's going to be fun. also, collin kaepernick on injured reserve, ending a season and likely his career with san francisco. his injury probably happened during the packer's game october 4th when thrown around by various defenders and the question is can kaep recover before april 1st? or are the niners guaranteed for his salary? that is $11.9 million. giants legend will yes m --

willie mays honored by president obama today. he was drafted and served two years in the army. the medal of freedom goes to individuals who made great contributions to society in their lives. he received the honor 42 years after playing his last major league game in 1973. the say hey kid. so remarkable. >> age 84, willie mays walks in the room and everybody is like he's the man. >> he is the man. >> sweet. >> join us tonight at 9:00 on coffee tv 20, the early christmas surprise found in nativity. how it got there. and a big boost gas prices are expected to have on the economy this holiday season. >> tonight at 8:00 it's charlie

brown thanksgiving, then, find out who will take on the mirror ball trophy on abc7 news at 11:00. >> that is it for this edition of abc7 news. thanks for joining us tonight, i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. from all of us, we'll see you again at 9:00 and 11:00. imagine a world where the holidays were about people again. where doorbusters referred to loved ones pouring through the front door.

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