president before christmas. the city of san francisco is continuing to mourn the loss of mayor ed lee. this memorial outside city hall has been growing since lee's shuted death yesterday morning. candles on the building steps burned through the night. people have been leaving flowers and notes and all flags across san francisco will fly at half-staff for the next 30 days. city hall has not released information yet about funeral arrangements. acting mayor london breed has a full day while she and colleagues mourn. anne makovec explains how she is going about the difficult task. >> reporter: mayor breed is set to speak about gun violence at 1:30 this afternoon and in the meantime, the tribute to her predecessor grows outside san francisco city hall. >> our city values have never been more important and in the months ahead, let's carry on in mayor lee's honor. >> reporter: mayor london breed

who is also the board of supervisors president is working on issues of housing and neighborhood violence, proposals she was already engaged in since she joined the board of supervisors in 2013. but today, she holds a great deal more power as mayor. this afternoon, she will make an announcement on a gun buy- back event similar to this one recently held in san francisco. breed is scheduled to make a joint appearance with the san francisco chief of police and in a city hall where flags will fly at half-staff for 29 more days, the supervisors are holding their regularly scheduled meetings. >> and i ask for your patience, and i ask for your support, and i ask for your prayers. >> reporter: there will be a mayoral election on june 5th of next year. and mayor breed will remain mayor until that point unless the board of supervisors decides to appoint a different interim mayor. no indication yet on whether or not that might happen. in san francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5.

going back to the gop tax bill, president trump is making his first remarks regarding that possible tax deal. let's listen in. >> president trump: -- cut for christmas. when i say giant, i mean giant. [ applause ] >> as we speak, congress has reached an agreement on tax legislation that will deliver more jobs, higher wages, and massive tax relief for american families and for american companies. the typical family of four earning $75,000 will see an income tax cut of more than $2,000, slashing their tax bill in half. it's going to be a lot of money. going to have an extra $2,000

but there are many more things than that. our plan expands the child tax credit for working families. you will hear the numbers very soon. but they are even larger than anticipated. it nearly doubles the amount of income taxed at the rate of 0. i don't know if any of you are paying zero. i hope you're not. i hope you're paying above that. but a lot of people who are having it a little bit tough are going to be paying zero. it closes special interest loopholes. it lowers tax rates for families. and our plan also cuts taxes on businesses which is expected to raise income by an average of more than $4,000. so your income goes up. it's like having a $4,000 increase, which isn't bad. which isn't bad. it's a lot of money to spend. a lot of jobs are going to be created with the money that you spend. very special. and it makes america competitive again so we can

bring back that simple but beautiful phrase, you've heard it before, made in the usa, right? i don't know if they have heard of it but you have. [ applause ] >> our current tax code is burdensome, complex and profoundly unfair. it has exported our jobs, closed our factories and left millions of parents worried that their children might be the first generation to have less opportunity than the last. our factories have left so many of them gone. but they're all coming back and you see it even before we do this. they are starting to come back. our country is starting to do really well again. and as a country, we're being respected again. we're being respected again. i'm here today to tell you that we will never let bad things

happen with respect to the economy of our country. we're not going to lose our businesses again like has happened over the last number of decades. america is coming back bigger and better and stronger than ever before. they will see it. they will see the result. america is not content just by getting by. america is about getting ahead, about finding the best in ourselves and in each other. we're reclaiming our destiny. >> you just heard from the president who is announcing that congress reached an agreement on the tax bill. the house and senate passed their versions. a joint committee ironed out the differences and the president saying today that congress reached an agreement we felt have the latest online at cbssf.com and the very latest 5 p.m. on kpix 5. all right. this is video that just came

into our newsroom of a two- alarm house fire in san jose. according to fire officials, the blaze started this morning at a two-story home in the 200 block of clearpark circle. the fire quickly burned through the second floor of the home forcing firefighters to exit and fight the fire from the outside. you can see the thick smoke as crews try to battle the flames. no word on injuries or the cause. a judge could decide today whether to men arrested in the ghost ship warehouse fire could go to trial. the hearing resumed this morning. yesterday a survivor of the warehouse fire described the inferno as something out of a horror movie. tenants derick almena and max harris are each facing 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count for each person killed in the fire. right now oakland is cleaning out one of the city's biggest homeless encampments and as kpix 5 reporter jessica flores explains, so far, it's been relatively peaceful. >> reporter: now that the

strike is over, the first major project for public works employees is cleaning up homeless encampments around 6 and brush street. the city's goal is to get people off the streets into "tuff sheds" a few feet away. the dump trucks rolled in. and workers shoveled away piles of trash. the stuff now headed to landfills was what once made up part of the homeless encampment spilling onto oakland public streets. >> we have been outreaching with this community for the past four to six weeks to let them know this was coming so it was imminent. >> reporter: the city of oakland put up notices informing the homeless to leave. but clean-up efforts stalled as workers went on strike. now that city employees are back on the job, everything left on 6th street between brush and castro is considered waste. those living in the encampments can move into "tuff sheds," 20 of them, that the city set up in a vacant lot equipped with cots and bathrooms.

>> that was our commitment was that as we moved people in we would create a no camping zone around the site. that's in progress today. >> reporter: for those who don't want to go, they could be forced to go. >> sometimes we'll ask people to move out of the way so the public works crews can do their jobs. we have had the police have to, you know, escort people across the street because they refused to move. i have seen that happen twice in the past year. >> reporter: city workers say after cleaning up the "tuff shed" community perimeter, they will work on removing encampments in the surrounding blocks. in oakland, jessica flores, kpix 5. >> former apprentice star omarosa newman who followed president trump to the white house is now leaving her post. white house press secretary sarah sanders says that omarosa resigned yesterday to pursue other opportunities. she has been serving since january as the top communication official for the white house office public liaison. she is expected to step down on january 20th. she became a reality tv star

during the first season of the apprentice show. a stunning upset in ruby red alabama. democrat doug jones rode to victory becoming the state's first democratic senator in a quarter century. kpix 5's jackie ward is live in the newsroom with more. >> reporter: it was reportedly going to be a narrow race and it was. what may have turned the race was the strong support for jones among blacks, women and young voters. alabama elected the state's first democratic senator in 25 years. >> i think that i have been waiting all my life and now i just don't know what the hell to say. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: doug jones squeaked to victory by about 1.5%. republican roy moore blamed his defeat on allegations of sexual misconduct with teenaged girls. >> part of the problem with this campaign is we been painted in an unfavorable and unfaithful light. >> reporter: moore has so far

refused to concede on the hopes of a recount. president trump won alabama by nearly 30 points but his endorsement failed to give moore the boost he needed and even the state's other republican senator withheld his support. >> i'll tell you, i didn't vote for him. >> reporter: tennessee republican bob corker said he is proud of alabama's voters. >> i know that i'm supposed to only cheer for people on my side of the aisle, but, um, i thought the people of alabama, um, did a great thing for our country last night. >> reporter: the alabama results bring the senate's republican majority to 51-49 going into next year's midterm elections. that will make it even harder for president trump to push his agenda through congress. this morning, president trump tweeted: worked hard but the deck was stacked against him!" former governor of arkansas huckabee also weighing in on er writing: "roy moore won't concede; says will wait on god to speak. god wasn't registered to vote in oted >> former governor of arkansas

said: recount." al 's secretary of state says 'll certify this electi sometime between decem and january 3rd. that gives licans back ngton time to pass tax >> alabama secretary of state says he will certify the election sometime between december 27th and january 3rd. that gives republicans back in washington time to pass tax reform before doug jones takes his seat. in the newsroom, jackie ward, kpix 5. still ahead on the broadcast, the new technology that could be a life saving tool for detecting breast cancer that's found right here in california. >> we are live here at whole foods market, 365, this is the first store of its kind in northern california and today all these people who are check out at the register 5% of what they spend here goes to the food bank. there's a lot of ways people can help including four eight students we are going to be talking to and their contribution, all that coming up next.

technology that may help doctors detect breast cancer in women. more than 40 percent of women in our healthwatch we're learning about a life-saving technology that may help doctors detect breast cancer in women. more than 40% of women in the u.s. have dense breast tissue which makes screening for breast cancer challenging. now researchers at usc are testing a new 3 dimensional ultrasound called soft view. doctors say it may help them more accurately identify cancer tissue. in two to four minutes the machine makes a full scan with sound waves. >> there's no radiation and there's no concussion.

you want to be as close to 100% as possible. >> researchers are comparing patients mammography results to the softview scans. if the technology is proven to be effective, it could eventually be used in addition to annual mammograms. time for a check of our weather. net neutrality is live at whole foods market in concord this afternoon. >> this brand-new whole foods market 365 store opening day today, and today 5% of every dollar that's spent here is going to the food bank so it's a great cause. let's get into your forecast. we are not going to see a change in the forecast until next week. and we are under a "spare the air" alert again today. temperatures now in the 50s for most of us. 60 degrees in livermore. our day definitely started out very cool with below freezing conditions for a lot of people. and our air quality today

unhealthy for sensitive groups across the north bay valleys and again that will be the case tomorrow as well making for a total of 7 "spare the air" alert days in a row. so here's why we are dealing with the stagnant air. there's that high pressure system right over northern california that's not moved and a low to the south near baja, california, battling it out and neither one is going anywhere so that's what's keeping us sunny but keeping us dry and no moisture in sight. high temperatures are feeling good in the mid- to upper 60s for your afternoon highs today. so great occasion to get out for a walk or maybe walk on over to the stores, go grocery shopping here in concord. temperatures in concord eight degrees above average. we should be in the 50s. at sunset it cools down. sunset tonight at 4:50 p.m. sunrise at 7:17 a.m.

tomorrow morning. here's a look at the seven-day forecast now. friday into saturday, we could get gusty winds. it could be 40 miles per hour in the hills. wind advisory may be put into place this weekend. it's also going to stay dry. that's a concern. cloud coverage will be entering our scene this coming weekend through monday but temperatures are staying in the 60s. now, i do want to talk about why we are here today. of course, it's all about the food bank during the holidays. the need is there and we have students who have done a lot to help contribute to the food bank with the 4h so let's start with you. what's your contribution? >> we knew we couldn't make as much of an impact as large companies financially. so we decided to start and do community outreach. so we got members from leadership classes from two high schools and our local 4h clubs and got them to volunteer. we put on a successful event. almost doubled our revenue. >> reporter: okay.

olivia, you're sharing these bowls but let's talk about that. what's inspired you to volunteer and be part of all this? >> my 4h club we volunteer at the food bank all the time and we bag produce and we sort cans and so one of the volunteers at one of the sites told us about empty bowls so the message behind this event is that everybody, um, in our community has an empty bowl that needs to be filled and so, um, we wanted to capitalize upon that message because it's so, so powerful and so we wanted to help the food bank by providing our support so we raised a lot of money creating meals for people. >> reporter: i love that. there's so much students can do. it doesn't necessarily have to be financial contributions but volunteering. you can make a difference that way. how important is it to have 4h members involved? >> it was amazing. they ran an event and did a great job doubling the revenue we got from it and we so much depend on the community and they are a great example to help us make a difference. >> reporter: let's talk about the need. how important is it this time

of year? >> it's really serious this time of year more so. but we are feeding 182,000 people each month. so the kind of support this 4h club gave us helps us feed people in need. >> reporter: nice job students inspiring other people to also give and we are at this brand- new store which we also want to talk about. that's coming up after the break.

te at any whol welcome back. i feel really honored to be in this store for its first opening day. this is amazing. steph trent is joining us with whole foods market with the brand-new 365 store here in concord. you have a huge goal of contributing to the food bank. and let's talk about the goal first. it's important. >> sure. we have a goal of $425,000 which we're well on the way to meeting. we feel really good about it. really happy to be here in our brand-new 365 whole foods market 365. >> it's huge in here! >> yeah. it's really cool. we have been open a week. things are going great. this is a great day to come in and check it out if you have never seen one before because today only, 5% from all of our sales will go to benefit the contra costa and solano county food banks. >> so just by shopping, people are contributing. >> exactly. >> great. it's not just in cash donations

that you were asking at all the whole foods markets but people can also buy healthy food from the 365 brand and donate that as well, right? >> yes. donating is really easy. you can bring in your nonperishables, toilet paper, peanut butter, tuna. you can leave them in the bin. while you're hearing shopping today, 5% again of all proceeds today will go to the contra costa and solano county foods banks. >> i love it. it's a great thing you're doing and they are open until 10 p.m. so come here and check it out here in concord. there's also other ways you can help if this is not local to you. we have a list of all the whole foods markets on our website, cbssf.com. we'll be right back. best

beautiful is next. ken and liz will see you at five. have a great afternoon. that's it for kpix 5 news at noon. >> we're done. >> lunchtime. >> all right. let's go eat. >> enjoy your afternoon.

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