>> it's almost like an act of defiance, they're not going to let this stop our lives. >> 11:00, a night of dancing turns into a scene of terror, how the local lgbtq community is banding together after a shooting rampage at a nightclub in colorado. i'm sara donchey, tonight the denver city building is all lit up in pride colors, and that's to honor the victims of the horrific colorado nightclub shooting. the violence has left the community shaken all across the country, three customers and two bartenders were killed saturday night when a gunman started shooting inside of club q. 17 others were shot. the club was known as a safe space for the community, and tonight, an army veteran is being called a hero for disarming the gunmen. richard fierro said he went into combat mode, tackling the shooter and hitting him repeatedly with his own gun.

>> this whole thing was a lot. my daughter and wife should have never experienced combat. in colorado springs. everybody in that building experienced combat that night, not to their own accord but because they were forced to. >> i'm not a hero. i'm a guy that wanted to protect his kids and his wife. >> a lot of people would say that man is a hero and tonight san francisco's lgbtq community got together a four bowling night, i know you were there, it looks like people showed up and this was top of mind for everybody. >> definitely, as the evening went on we saw more and more people come through those doors, it really was a lighthearted and family-friendly event, but many as you mentioned had their minds on this tragedy over the weekend. >> reporter: longtime san francisco resident gonzales said she was feeling emotional on bowling night. she brought her partner and 9-year-old jj,

to place she considered a safe space. >> which is why i think we are out tonight is to continue to reclaim and show our child that and trans people get to be out in the world and claim our space. and take the risk. i feel like that's what we've always done and i'm going to try not to cry right now. >> the fundraiser followed the tragic weekend in colorado springs, and transgender day of remembrance. >> it's so sad. the first thing that went through my mind was orlando, and this flashback to what's been happening, and we work within the lgbtq industry, we make children's books, so, but hate that's been rolling around, we've experienced ourselves. >> reporter: my and her partner run reflection press which publishes gender inclusive children's books. >> having lived in castro and being for 28 years you are bound to have some kind of

experience. this year has been the worst, we've gotten more online harassment than we've ever received. when we see this sort of thing happening in the clubs, again, in a way it makes me want to buckle down and be like, we need to teach our kids that we belong and this is our home and we can feel safe here. >> reporter: donations for monday's event will benefit the nonprofit bay area american indian two spirits. the safety that the san francisco community offers is not lost on keith pence, whose family members spent time in colorado springs. >> i visited colorado springs once before, and i felt uneasy. it certainly a more conservative place, i came out when i was 18, i know that's not everyone's experience. >> reporter: gonzales says there's a lot to grieve in this moment but she knows the tragedy won't take down her

community. >> there's the heartbreak inside, and there's the courage that keeps us going, and that's what the community is about. >> reporter: earlier we showed you video of the army veteran who tackled the colorado gunmen. it turns out he did get help from a drag queen who started stomping the suspect with her high heels, and that night, the club also featured a drag divas show. >> it shouldn't have to come to that, the shooting was horrific but as soon as i saw that headline i knew that people were going to come to the castro and turn up, and say is enough is enough and that's what happened. you were there, right? >> there was a tremendous turnout in the castro last night, i met sister roma, there, she's a drag activist, she's worked and advocated for this community for more than 35 years, and she told me that this incident made her want to fight back in her own way. >> i do a lot of really big

public events, i'm on the main stage at san francisco the bac your mind, i wonder if anything crazy is going to happen. but we can't let the terrorists, that's what these people are, from being are authentic and true selves. i got up today and i did this to say, to these people. >> she said when she got up, she thought, what can i do? i can stay in bed but in aac cour to put on this fabulous drag and carry-on, and she ended up handing out thanksgiving meals to the homeless which was part of her plan for the day. >> interesting to see that the heartfelt reaction to all of this, thank you for telling us this story. the colorado shooting is now putting red flags back in the spotlight again tonight. a year and a half before saturday's nightclub shooting the suspect apparently threatened his own mother with a bomb. police had to evacuate the entire neighborhood until he surrendered. in spite of that, there is no record showing police or relatives tried to trigger colorado's red flag

law. that would have allowed authorities to take away the suspects weapons d ammunition, since he was at that time considered to be a risk of harming himself or others. we spoke with u.s. have professor james taylor who says some of these legislatures are used by gun rights activists in the same way we use sanctuary city around immigration. >> conservative judges in jurisdictions and sheriffs in many instances, they support giving people who might otherwise be subject to a red flag protection, so they give sanctuary to people that might be high risk. >> the violence in colorado is being treated as a hate crime, it was the deadliest attack on the lgbtq community since the 2016 pulse nightclub shooting in orlando. we know that the world cup is going on right now, and qatar is coming under scrutiny first strict anti-gay laws. threatening to penalize teams that wear these one love armbands to promote inclusion.

ahead of the u.s. wales game, a popular journalist, grant wall, said he was barred from entering the stadium in qatar for wearing a shirt with botter he ur an ths go more d later the showrs nirs making inteiol news tonight, they had their game in mexico city, a big turnout. >> absolutely. we talk about american football and the invasion in mexico, this game was so one-sided, they polled the starters with over seven minutes in the game. that's how it went tonight, the 49ers, ponderosa. mexico city, that was the reaction and what jimmy garoppolo called their most complete game of the season. let's give you the spanking of the arizona cardinals. george kittle, [ indiscernible. ] even got a mask from him, took a while but jimmy garoppolo unmasked arizona's defense, hit brandon aiyuk for a

second-quarter score, and the 49ers engine was just getting warmed, 7-3 lead. next possession, garoppolo escaped pressure, blood this one to george kittle, no stopping him on his 39 yard play, set up by a turnover, it was 17-10 at the half, the second half is where san francisco really shines. third quarter, oh, my gosh, rivers sweep for samuel, what happens when every thing goes right? this. samuel's longest rushing touchdown, 39 yards, niners piled up 154 yards, ran 28 times, later in the third garoppolo and i you again, jimmy g, 20 of 29, a career-high tying four touchdowns, fourth quarter george kittle, so popular in mexico, why not give them a show? watch the yards after catch. he scored twice. and the defense for the third straight game held its opponents scoreless in the second half.

38-10 final and hello share of first place in the nfc west, unbeaten in the division. >> howdy. how are we doing tonight? i saw the game in germany, and those vans were just so happy for football to be there. coming down here, i know it was mostly niners fans, i knew the fans were going to show out, the reception we got at the hotel was incredible. the fans here tonight were fantastic, they had a completely different energy and you can tell how much it meant to every fan that was there. >> the cardinals were the home team. 82% of the stadium were 49er fans. they had a 24 hour rule, they can enjoy this one, fly back tomorrow, they have to get ready for the new orleans saints, 8 1/2 point favorites to win that game. a lot of fun and games tonight. and more later, in sports in about 10

minutes. >> that's a cool stadium, i've been there, and the energy is unmatched. >> watching it there is one thing, covering it as a journalist, there's some issues, there. >> i did both. i got out after the game, thank you so much. still ahead tonight, two weeks after the election and finally someone declares victory in the oakland mayoral race. will you have local dungeness crab on your table this thanksgiving? the verdict on the commercial fishing season. getting closer to thanksgiving holiday and one of the busiest travel days of the year, but mother nature looking cooperative for wednesday, all the major hubs connecting out of san francisco, looks like calm weather across most of the country. we will talk about a shower chance headed our way late thanksgiving weekend coming up in th

palo alto police are looking into a drive-by shooting at the stanford shopping center. police say someone fired two rounds before 4:30 this evening, shattering the front window of fleming's prime steakhouse and hitting a parked car. people were eating in the restaurant, but nobody got hurt. a witness saw the suspect holding a handgun out of the window of a car, it was a black chevy camaro, as it was driving along el camino royale in front of the restaurant officers found two shell casings along the roadway but have not made an arrest as of yet. tonight, declaring victory in the oakland mayoral race, the latest batch of results came out just this evening, and now leading with 50.3% of the vote over lauren taylor. towel released a statement saying i've never felt more hopeful about oakland's future overdetermined to lead the fight for it. we know that lauren taylor has called for a

morning news conference in oakland. bad news, if you eat crab on the holidays, we will not have local dungeness crab on the table this thanksgiving. the local commercial fishing season is delayed again for a few more weeks. it's all to protect endangered whales, fish and wildlife will decide september 7th whether to reopen the season. people will be gathering for thanksgiving with this triple threat of respiratory viruses that are straining bay area hospitals. we are seeing an uptick of rsv covid and the flu, we've been talking about that for a few weeks and doctors are saying you want to get your flu shots and covid booster if you are eligible. >> is ridiculous not to believe that it's for real and dangerous. and the only way to get rid of it is follow the protocol. >> you've heard it before but doctors are saying it again, if you feel sick, stay home, tell your boss you can't come in, take caution during the holidays if you are high risk. these images from the dark side of the moon, nasa's

artemis one mission currently orbiting earth's celestial companion, the farthest a spacecraft designed for humans has ever been from earth. it has nobody on board but artemis two will have people on board, artemis three will aim to land them on the moon's surface for the first time since 1972. >> pretty cool pictures. here we are. that little dot. >> just us hanging out. getting ready to eat turkey. >> exactly, >> not local dungeness crab. >> that would be on my menu anyway, since i'm allergic. >> i always forget and i'm like let me bring you some shellfish. >> here's a seafood recommendation, trying to kill me. [ laughter ] the weather looks cooperative, you will be traveling nationally, for the break if you're going to be sticking around the bay area, traveling around the state, whether also looking good, as we get close to the holiday, we will stay dry through thanksgiving, like through through most of the weekend, with above normal high temperatures for the next

several days, but a rain chance late in the weekend, mostly after folks are back home from the holiday, the best rain chance will hold off until sunday night, continuing into monday of next week, it's a 50 to 60% rain chance at this point, not a guarantee it's going to happen but looking favorable, we will hope that it continues to look favorable because by the time this rolls our way it will have been three weeks since we've seen measurable rainfall, and the most likely scenario at this point looks like between a 10th of an inch on the low-end to half an inch on the high-end, not a heavy rainfall event but a good soaking rainfall which we definitely need, after that three-week stretch of dry weather, and it would mark the beginning of an unsettled pattern that should carry us through the end of november and into early december. right now temperatures cooling off, 39 degrees in livermore, most temperatures in the 40s, holding onto 52 degrees in san francisco, it will be chilly tomorrow morning for inland parts of the bay area with lows in the upper 30s to around 40

degrees, low to mid 40s around the bay and along the coast. temperatures will warm up to a few degrees above average and most spots tomorrow afternoon, most of us topping out in the 60s, temperatures around 60 degrees along the coast, mid to upper 60s down the peninsula in the south end of the bay, mostly upper 60s in the santa clara valley, some of the warm spots near 70, inland in the east bay, mid to upper 60s, warm spots approaching 70, falling just short. low 60s in san francisco with mid 60s for oakland in the east bay, closer to 70 degrees, a light offshore wind to warm up a little bit more, spotting 70 if not exceed 70 degrees, for northern sonoma and napa counties. looking ahead thanksgiving looks like it will be the warmest day of the week, thursdays temperatures will start cool for all the turkey trots, whatever they are branded as thursday morning, temperatures will warm up quickly to the low 70s inland with mid 60s around the bend, low 60s along the

coast, nice weather for the holiday, sticking around into friday, gradual increase in cloud cover over the weekend but we stay dry through the daylight hours on sunday and the next chance of showers heads our way for the beginning of the next workweek, we will keep you updated on that as the rain chance gets closer, for now it's the last day of the seven day forecast, and could use some rain, hoping that we can deliver it for us. >> straightahead in sports, 49ers, we gave you that route, early in the show. but we've got more, warriors, shorthanded in the big easy, san jose sharks made some noise, why was aaron judge at sfo? and usa men's soccer

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as it relates to the off season in baseball, it pays to snoop, apparently. >> things, aaron judge, i know that you know that aaron judge is the biggest free agent out there, the giants are coveting him, he grew up a giants fan, so, sfo, he all of a sudden appe d henked at the camera and asked why he was here, he grinned and said, i'm

here to visit family. judge grew up 90 minutes from oracle park, he's the biggest free agent out there. we will see. cutter, usa fans in the red white and blue waited eight years to watch their teams compete of the world cup, 36th minute usa in white, christian pulisic against whales, found the back of the net, put the americans up 1-0. then a 180 degree change in the second half, a mistake here, defender walker zimmerman took down garrett bail in the box, that's a penalty. a yellow card, wales fans fired up, as bail, watch the laser focus as he lined up this penalty kick. this guy couldn't watch, as bail drilled the equalizer. the country's all-time lead scorer struck again, the match ended in a 1-1 tie, they will face england on friday, the brits beat iran, final 6-2, in their opening

match. mba steph curry in street clothes, four warriors o em, jord up ato this. a schoolyard right here, for jones, the big slam, up by 21. the warriors let the kids play, no thompson, no green, no weekends. and watch jonathan coming to, follow jordan poole. he hit his head on the backboard. fourth quarter, this was a game to forget for golden state, great pass from devontae graham, i had for jos÷ alvarado, and we are done. elegance had a cake walk, 128-83, the warriors host the clippers on wednesday. in san jose, between the pipes against ottawa, sharks went off in the second period, they took 21 shots. this for timo meier who

followcarlson's shot, sharks put five on the board, they won 5-1, you don't see too many offensive explosions like that. from the san jose sharks. so we have the big four tonight, we had the nhl, the mlb, we had nfl, we had nba, and the world cup. a complete night. >> up next, a south bay musician finds a new audience after being nearly silenced by the pandemic. how his music is breathing new life into local businesses. >> we're talking merrick garland appointing a

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monday nights are looking a little more like friday nights in some downtown palo alto restaurants. they are very busy, thanks in part to

something that was missing before the pandemic. live music. kpix 5 max darrow talked to a musician who has found new purpose. >> reporter: this is what passion looks and feels like. and this is mike up. doing what he loves. [ music ] >> is so special. >> reporter: up until the pandemic he was a touring musician. now, this low-key set up on palo alto avenue is his main stage. it's the place you'll find them on monday and thursday nights. and he doesn't take a second of it for granted. >> this has made a big difference in my life, in my career. >> reporter: like so many of us have at some point over the last year, he lost his rhythm. when covid, he wondered if he would have to give up his passion. >> i was scared because this is

all i knew. >> reporter: and it almost happened. but, his passion led him to purpose, and mica who owns the restaurants on california avenue. >> everything happens for a reason. >> reporter: they needed help. the musician himself thought outdoor live music could provide that, and he would be the special ingredient. well, about two years later, it turns out he was right. >> the numbers on monday night are very close to friday night. >> reporter: he says this year, they are doing around 40% better than in 2019. >> there is no doubt that music brings business up. >> reporter: another business on the block followed his lead, so you'll find live music on monday, thursday, and friday nights on california avenue, bringing muchly needed life to the neighborhood. >> during the day you see empty streets, at night, you see what has been my dream for many

years. replicating what happens in europe. >> reporter: he has scaled down from loading up for big gigs, to setting up his own makeshift stage. but, the change of venue allowed him to find his rhythm. >> it's really special. >> reporter: he's found new purpose in converting to the community. >> when businesses tell me that they appreciate it, or that it's helping the business grow, and it's helping the community have joy and some great experiences, that's what keeps me coming back. >> reporter: a major change that no one could have seen coming. but, he's thrilled with how the notes played out. >> i feel like i'm in the right spot. >> reporter: in palo alto, max darrow. kpix 5. >> that is michael in the house. next, they might be considered hard-core layoffs, how much of the twitter st

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if you thought there weren't enough twitter employees left to run it, let alone to cut more, think again. elon musk laid off more workers this sunday, this time in the sales department. limburg reports less than a month ago the company had 7500 employees, now it's down to 2700 people. kanye west is back on twitter after he was banned for anti-semitic remarks, and he is apparently launching another presidential campaign. he ran as an independent in 2020, oddly he showed up as a vice presidential candidate on the california ballot, even though he promised he was running for president. so, a lot happening. a lot has happened. it's just been a couple of years. >> and maybe just wasn't a real high impact campaign. i don't remember that it even occurred. >> thank you so much for

watching, the late show with stephen colbert is next, the news continues streaming on cbs news captioning sponsored by cbs >> the highly anticipated fifa world cup kicked off this weekend in qatar. qatar spent billions on infrastructure ahead of the tournament, but human rights groups say thousands of workers died in the process, and bed beg openly gay in qatar is illegal. >> the italian swiss fifa president, gianni infantino, lashed out in a lengthy defense on the eve of the tournament. >> it was, i've got to say, a pretty strange press conference. ( sung to "i feel pretty" )