illegal, but that didn't stop most of the teachers from staging a walkout today. >> thanks for joining us. those teachers had been working without a contract since july 2017. >> laura anthony has the story. >> reporter: more than 70 teachers and dozens more students and supporters marched from oakland high to city hall to demand higher pay and smaller class sizes. >> we certainly do not want to strike, but our school is very prepared. we wanted to show that we're serious. >> this was an illegal and unauthorized labor actions. this co work in ola when the rent is mo.>>eporter:maro ooit hall to meet with mayor libby schaaf. instead, they were greeted by the education policy director david silver. >> the amount of money the district has is not what it

needs to be. >> i hoped we would be able to meet with the mayor. but meeting with david was also productive and i hope that our message will get passed on. >> make you proud? >> yeah, that's the word i feel today is very proud of them. and supported. >> reporter: the starting salary for an oakland teacher is $46,000 per year. the district is offering a 5% raise over three years, while the teachers want 12% over the same period. the rally at city hall left oakland high with a handful of teachers and administrators to manage the several hundred students who did show up for class. the oakland high walkout was not sanctioned by the oakland education association, but tuesday afternoon, the union is sponsoring a much larger demonstration after school. at five locations around the city. in oakland, laura anthony, "abc7 news." and while we're talking

about then administrationdemont health workers walked off the job at kaiser permanente. they call mental health the civil rights issue of our time. kaiser health say they've hired 30% more workers in the past number of years. the hospital says the offices will remain open. in a statement, kaiser says this, "we value our therapists and are calling on them to talk to their union leadership and urge them to bargain constructively and stop putting our patients in the middle of their contract demands." a sonoma county man accused of running a student loan debt relief scam appeared in court. melanie woodrow is live in the newsroom with the latest.

>> reporter: he will be on h is a misunderstanding, but government prosecutors say that his former employees implicated him. his twitter posts are filled about success and entrepreneurship. but the financial ceo was running a fraudulent student loan debt relief scheme from 2014 to 2018. they collected more than $28 million in fees from clients, in exchange for submitting documents to loan repayment plans. commission filed a civil complaint for falsely promising consumers those monthly payments would go towards paying off their student loans. this past wednesday, authorities arrested him on a wire fraud charge at sfo. as he boarded a flight to mexico. according to the criminal complaint,

personal accounts, often before material developments in the civil it willizatiolitigation. >> there are a lot of issues in this case that are going to come out. >> reporter: his attorney says he went to the ftc in december of 2016 about the student loan business to make sure what he was doing was legit and got no response. wl b ouse arrestit that mit sar release, the judge said he has to surrender 25 weapons that he owns. he also can't open up any new

bank accounts. he'll be back in court in two weeks. melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." >> melanie, thank you very much. new at 5:00, a worker was killed during the construction of a building on a small bay area building. this accident happened on east marin island, located in san rafael bay. the sheriff's department says it appears that a rock wall fell and crushed a person working on the building. the structure appears to be made of stone. the island is south of the yacht harbor, part of the marin harbor wildlife national refuge. we're getting a closer look at a deadly struggle between a napa police officer and a man who got his hands on the officer's rifle and managed to fire several rounds. police released body camera footage of what happened last wednesday. it shows the man police shot, david molina. he started running from officers who were responding to a call about molina flashing a gun. that chase turned deadly when molina grabbed the officer's

rifle while the officer tried to handcuff him. ises the subject was able to reach around and get ahold of the rifle, and to discharge those rounds at that time. throughout the course of the investigation, we learned that the gun went dry -- not dry but malfunctioned. >> moments later, the officer regained his grip and shot and killed molina. investigators sound a gun at the scene they believe molina had been carrying. the oakland raiders are shaking things up. the team announced that it's releasing the general manager reggie mckenzie, spent seven seasons with the raiders, winning executive of the year in 2016, after cleaning you have a lawsuit marred by salary cap issues. >> just want to wish him the best. he's a good friend of mine, he's always going to be a raider. we're going to have to rebuild

this football team without him, but i will share with the fans, we'll do everything we can to find the right replacement. he left some big shoes to fill. just want to wish him the best. >> head coach jon gruden, who signed a ten-year, $100 million contract last off-season, figures to be the main decision maker going forward. one interesting point, in the official release, the raiders said they will "look for a new front office executive." clearly, choosing not to use the phrase general manager. the mayor of san francisco wants to do something about those vacant store fronts across the city. and the key is relaxing some rules and regulations that kept small businesses from moving in or expanding. lyanne melendez is live with more on what that might look like. >> reporter: well, it may look like that a restaurant now wants to open a takeout window or a

bookstore now wants to sell tea and crumpets. for each one of those, you need a permit. what city hall is saying, let's relax these rules a little bit. heartfelt is a small gift score in san francisco. this time of year, it's known for its decorative displays. the owner has been in the neighborhood for more than 20 years, which is truly an accomplishment. >> it's an expensive city, we all know that. yet the bureaucracy makes it more difficult to open small business here. >> reporter: the president of the san francisco sma aha t bmr va kabcant store fronts across francisco. >> i'm hearing to get a permit that it takes six months to three years to get a permit for a space. >> reporter: they will introduce

legislation with the purpose of speeding up the permit process to get more businesses to open their doors. >> the permitting process, the layers of taxes, the complicated mixed messages between departments has to stop. >> reporter: when the city found out that the owner of heartfelt had a sales table outside the store, they asked her to pay for a $300 permit. >> i was told i was getting a citation for that table, because that i didn't have a permit for it. >> reporter: in the meantime, the office of economic workforce and development is now working with business owners to assist them with the permitting process. and city hall is also looking into the possibility of allowing more pop-ups to, of course, pop-up in your neighborhood. so a lot of ideas coming out of city hall.

lyanne melendez, "abc7 news." >> thank you. stay with us. google plus already had the kiss of death, but now it's shutting down a lot earlier than planned. we'll explain why, next. the dog who guarded his family's burned house for weeks after the camp fire. why he's such a resilient animal. i'm meteorologist drew tuma. clouds have moved out, leading to a beautiful sunset. i'm tracking two storms on the horizon. the details, ahead. die bettic, low fat, vegan, the kitchen challenge being

-- and some golden gate transit lines, as well. "abc7 news" was there a short time ago. you can see the street is closed. police tape is up and police are keeping people away from the area until the bomb squad arrives and determines whether that package is safe. google is shutting down its plus service earlier than planned. this comes after google faced repeated challenges to protect user's personal information. a glitch exposed the personal data of more than 52 million users last month, and that spawned -- or swayed google to close plus in april rather thank august. google lunched plus as a social network to compete against facebook, but it is going out of business. google's ceo will testify on capitol hill tomorrow, and a top republican is raising concerns about what mlawmakers might hea. house majority kevin mccarthy tweeted the free world depends

on a free internet and concluded with the #stopthebias. google's ceo worked with him earlier this year to arrange the hearing. they planned it after google had accusations that it stifled the voices of conservatives on its online platforms. customers of a major power company may be footing the bill for improvements to reduce wildfire risks. southern california edison filed a proposal with the california public utilities commission in september. the proposal includes a rate increase that will cost the average customer about $15 a year. if the plan is edison's coverage area includes the woolsey fire that destroyed 1600 homes. now a little about dog psychology. the good kind. there's been so much buzz about

madison, the dog who never left his burned home in paradise, that we wanted to know more. where does such loyalty come from? wayne freedman talked with an expert to find out. >> you are the best dog. >> reporter: by now, many of urs heard the story of madison, the shepherd who lost his home in the camp fire, yet guarded the property for weeks, awaiting the return of the owner. >> imagine the loyalty through the worst of circumstances. >> reporter: have you ever wondered about the how and the why? >> some dogs have been known t . >> reporter: we caught up with trish king today. trish is a canine behavio consultant, making a house call on buddy hoffman's terrier named rocket. >> we're trying to teach him some manners. >> reporter: buddy heard the story how after the fire, her brother, miguel, turned up in a shelter miles away and madison kept returning. that behavior fits the shepherd

breed, trish told us. >> this particular breed is about making sure that what is theirs stays theirs. >> reporter: it's only more complex. losing a house in a fire is traumatic, but we process them differently. humans tend to analyze their emotions. dogs live in the moment. >> in this case, the dog is going to go to its home, recognized some of the stuff around the home, and because the people were obviously wonderful people who loved him or her, just stayed there and wait. >> reporter: man's best friend and vice versa let no fire put asunder. wayne freedman, "abc7 news." >> isn't that something? this year's fires are prompting a local fire agency to try something it's never attempted before. on saturday, the fire department wll conduct an evacuation exercise to get people out of an

area in moraga. the temperature has had an evacuation plan for a while but never tested it. but they need volunteers to help with traffic control. if interested, contact the fire department. san francisco has insanely high rents, but a large percentage of residents seem to think they've got it pretty good. an annual rent report found that 69% of those surveyed in san francisco thought they were getting a good deal on their rent. while there was no definition of what a good deal is,esat60% of franciscoens live in rent controlled apartments. in the same survey, 33% say buying a home is no longer part of the american people. get ready for big waves at ocean beach in san francisco. surf line says that waves could be as high as 40 feet. that could be a record. we preached out to mavericks to see if they had any plans to take advantage of the high surf.

they told us, we are monitoring the swell very closely. back-to-back storms left more than twice the snow pack. take a look at this. that's compared to the same time last year. they opened the entire mountain on saturday. heavenly and northstar also opened slopes. the official start to winter is still about two weeks away, but a good start for the ski resorts. >> gat srt today. weather has m. live doppler 7 giving that active sweet, showing you that the showers are out of here. in its wake, it's a beautiful night. a live look from sutro tower. we have clearing skies, plenty of stars later on tonight, and

that's going to lead to good radiational cooling. so we look at the forecast features. chilly overnight tonight, coldest spots dropping into the 30s. so you need the winter jacket first thing out the door tomorrow morning. the afternoon tomorrow, mainly sunny skies. so a bright start to the day and a bright finish tomorrow. so net weather through thursday. but by friday, showers do return to the forecast to end the new week around here. rainfall today, where we did see the showers very light in nature, ending up with less than a tenth of anmoisture. you can see from redwood city over to concord and points to the south, you did not find any showers. it was just cloud cover and the clouds are breaking dowise, we d off into the 50s for the most part. 54 in san francisco, about 53 in san jose. 51 in fremont, about 47 right now in napa. overnight, we see the clear

skies, it will be chilly in the north bay, mid 30s there, similar setup. 38 for concord. 41 in oakland. you can see the early morning sprinkles, the clouds are breaking down. and we're watching for high pressure off the coast, moving over california tomorrow, and it will sit there for the next couple of days, bringing a dry weather pattern back to many of us. tuesday, chilly start around here, 7:00 in the morning, dry skies throughout the afternoon. onin, you'll cloudti to me highs on your tuesday, if you like today's temperature, you'll like tomorrow. 62 in concord. 59 in san mateo. 60 degrees nor s s for san jose. friday, the next chance of

showers. another level one system. light to moderate showers to finish out the week and rainfall will be very light across the region. so we'll show you future weather, get you into friday afternoon. it's more the timing of the system coming friday night when a lot of us will be out and about. the showers will slowly sink south by 8:00, 9:00, and then it's out of here. that will lead the way to a dry start to the upcoming weekend. here's the seven-day forecast. mostly sunny tomorrow, try through thursday. the there's the chance of evening showers on friday. the weekend, 50-50 right now. 1 wo saturday is dry, a level two on the storm impact scale. thanks, drew.ances of storms it's a journey that's more than four decades old. that story is next. and at 5:30 -- >> the deadly winter storm paralyzing several winter

states. two major fires, children thrown from an upper floor. and the search for a missing mother. investigators pointed to the freshly baked cinnamon rolls that had gone cold. and this bear has plenty of reasons to be happy. chec this little home of mine, ♪ i'm gonna let it shine. ♪ it's energy saving time, ♪ i'm gonna reduce mine. ♪ californians all align ♪ to let our great state shine. ♪ let it shine, ♪ the power's ours to let it shine! ♪

if you like to drive with your dog in your car, here's a video you have to see. pay close attention to the bottom of your screen. what you see there is a wet dog sliding on the pavement. it had just jumped out of the owner's car. there's a happy ending there, but this happened at a tunnel near melbourne, australia. authorities say drivers should close their windows to keep their dogs from jumping out. they say cats have nine lives. a nasa aircraft has hit the final frontier.

the voyager two spacecraft has passed the sun's influence and into interstellar space. it was launched 40 years ago and is now 11 billion miles from earth. even seo, it's still technicall in our solar system. >> that is remarkable. now to pizza, what some say is everyone's favorite food. there could be a reason for sa. here's jeremy. >> reporter: from the cobbled roads of italy, to the streets of new york, people all over the world love to indulge in a slice or two. according to a recent study, pizza was ranked as the food most associated with indicators of addiction. what makes us want to reach for it? according to experts, there are

a few reasons. first, it's the mixture of ingredients, the bread with to t all complement each other. one points out even the color combinations that you find on a classic pizza are sensory pleasing. then there's the smell. one scientist says the sense of warm pizza can trigger addiction, because there's nothing offensive about it. and if you want to get to the nitty gritty, they have fats, carbs, and salt, linked to behave ral end indications of addiction. i'm jeremy ross. i'm hungry for pizza now. >> hand-to-hand, the big operation to serve thousands every day. >> but first, we want to thank brian for this picture. share your pictures with us.

i'm ama daetz. comingnother local city is thinking small when it comes to helping the homeless. at 6:00, you ole see how this tiny house plan differs from some of the other ones around here. also -- >> absolutely. better father, better man, better me. >> it's a program that changed his life. at 6:00, meet the woman whose vision and dedication is transforming a community and a law enforcement agency. all that, plus much more, coming up on "abc7 news" at 6:00. dan, krissen? >> thanks, ama. having a holiday meal with friends and family can bring so much happiness. >> but sometimes dropping in on strangers can bring a special joy of its own. >> that's the situation i found myself in today at a holiday brunch served by project open hand in san francisco. this group is really unique.

>> they not only feed thousands of clients, but provide miles tailored specifically to their health issues. anything from diabetes to heart conditions to hiv. >> and the staff considers it a labor of love. i spoke with the chef, too. >> you want to make sure the meals are not only healthy, they look good, they're appetizing and nutritious and appealing. so getting fresh vegetables every day, seven days a week can be a challenge sometimes. >> i had the chance to mingle t surely did.she ms is food eqs they just do remarkable work. >> they know they are cared for and loved. "world news tonight" with david muir is next. i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley.

we'll see you again in half an hour tonight, states of emergency. the deadly winter storm paralyzing several states. drivers stranded in their cars. the national guard called in. the storm knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, and tonight, the new system already, starting in the west, then moving east again. also tonight, the nypd under fire. >> they're hurting my son! they're hurting my son! >> video showing officers wrestling a 1-year-old baby from his mother. tonight, authorities acknowledging the video is, quote, troubling. two major fires tonight. the children, a baby and a 4-year-old, thrown from an upper floor into firefighters' arms. and the other fire, five children dying inside the home just weeks before christmas. their mother could not get to them, jumping from an upstairs window.