going. >> we were feeding, housing, sleeping there. that's like saying you don't -- you can't exist. >> it's hard not to have sympathy. >> reporter: kelly and her three kids live next to the empty lot. she supports the movement but worries about what may happen if place police break it up. >> what bothers me is the confrontation because then that is when it's not safe. >> reporter: a spokeswoman for the mayor said she was out of town on official business and not able to talk to us about the proposal. >> there is a rule of law and pretape longs to the redevelopment agency. republican business owners say they have met with the deputy administrator to talk about the issue. >> he has given us assurance that the police department and the other agencies are prepared to deal with the problem. >> reporter: coming up at six we will be here to see what happens at the start of the meeting and will bring you the

update then. ktvu. >> in sack jose police are enforcing a no structures rule outside city hall. that means no tents, no chairs and no tables at city hall plaza. the camp is gone and there were few people there today. it was a different story last night when hundreds of protesters rallied and marched in downtown, some even put a tent on top of a car to get around the city camping laws. they said today the movement is not over. >> we are in this for the long hall. this will go through the election and possibly beyond. i'm here for my ten and 13-year- old's. they are the next generation to get this. >> reporter: others are still sending food up to a young man on top of a wall throughout the movement. >> homelessness is part of the wall street message but with a growing number of homeless people are they helping or hurts the movement? at 5:30 rob roth will tell us what people from both sides are saying tonight.

>> tonight a community is in mourning offer the shooting death of a police officer after a bank robbery. we have live coverage live in vallejo after going to the suspect's home. >> reporter: the police station here has been turned in to a memorial. heart breaking outpouring of emotion. thehe autopsy results for the officer were released today subpoena show and show he died of one gun shot wound. this man, henry albert smith junior is the only suspect in the killing of the officer. no responded to our knocks on the door of his home. when police knocked on the backyard neighbor's home they knew something was wrong. >> police officers came to our door and they went to our backyard. they said to stay to the front of the house. >> reporter: nobody we talked to on this street seemed to know anything about their

neighbor on the corner. >> they were to themselves. >> reporter: a man who walks his kids down the street and whose yard is filled with children's toys is a contrast to the suspect who allegedly robbed a bank and shot an officer. today we are learning police have video evidence of the moments leading up to the shot. the officer activated a camera on his dashboard. >> doesn't show the shooting, it does show the pursuit and the foot pursuit. >> reporter: the three mile pursuit started just after 1:30 when smith allegedly robbed bank of america. >> ridiculous. >> reporter: workers and customers worry about the direction vallejo is going. >> hard to just go outside at night. >> reporter: from fear in the community to flags at half staff to police with heavy hearts. >> we had this ten years ago. >> reporter: >> reporter: the silence speaks

louder than words. there is just one suspect and he is in the county jail in fairfield tonight. reporting live. . >> tonight we are also learning more about what kind of perp the officer was when he was off duty. mike tells you all you have to do is go to vallejo high saint luis to find out everything you need to know. >> reporter: and the principal here say that the officer was a champion, a man really never to be forgotten for both his work on and off the court. inside the high school gem there are memories of a coach a man who brought home a championship banner. >> pride is forever and i took that with me. >> reporter: she wore number 32 during the run and on this day she put it on the steps of the pd in honor of her coach. >> he helped me, you know to -- never give up on myself.

basketball was the only reason why i continued going to school. >> he is a legend here. >> reporter: and the principal said not because he won, but because he reached out to children throughout the community. a community now in mourning, a community his wife grew up in and where he once lived. >> he was a good friend to me and my family. >> reporter: randy smith said he acted as a father figure after his own far passed away. >> he was an outstanding man. he tried to help people. it was just a shock that some second rate hood could take the life of a decorated officer that everybody appreciates. >> reporter: everybody dressed in blue especially. >> he came to work every day. smile on his face. enjoyed what he did, enjoyed life, enjoyed his family. >> reporter: a wife, three daughters now without a husband and father. last night his coffin and today american flags across the city

are at half staff for a man now known. >> as a true american hero. >> reporter: the police officers association has create a memorial fund for his wife and three daughters. for more on how you can contribute just log on to the website and click on web links. live in city of vallejo. the. >> firefighters are still working to control a raging fire that drove thousands of people near reno to evacuation shelters. it started just after midnight on the southwest side of the city with gusts of wind up to 60 miles an hour it raised through pine forested hills and threatened a community of 4,000 homes. 9500 people were jolted out of their beds to evacuate. one man died of a heart attack as he was leaving. 16 people were injured, 25 homes virginia been damaged and two thousand acres have burned before firefighters surrounded the fire. >> we have stopped the forward

progress of the fire. want to caution everybody, this does not mean it's under control. >> earlier the nevada governor declared a state of emergency. snow fall is now helping that firefighting effort and residents have been told they should be able to return home at noon tomorrow. this point the cause still under investigation but the reno mayor said it could be because of downed power lines. >> i have been hearing a lot say how can you have a fire in reno with a winter advisory in the sierra, for the answer let's go to bill martin. >> right ahead of this front a little high pressure ridge and we got down sloping winds in the reno area. let's look at the graphic and what you will see. the wins coming off the area and those are down developing. the air gets funneled warms up and drying up. that's what happened late in the reno area. wind gusts overnight were in the mid70a mile an hour range. at 10:00 a.m. it's 60 miles an hour.

right now winds are about 39- miles an hour. things are changing for the better. the winds have been cut in half in this area. it's still windy but not as windy. latest check, firefighters have the fire contained. less wind and moisture conditions, things are only getting better. those overnight wins like what we ged here in the oakland hills with the off shore winds. we come back and i show you the snow and wind. that will impact us this weekend. i will see you back in a little bit. >> california's jobless rate dipped last month. it fell from 11.9% in september to 11.7% in october but the total of 25, 7hundred jobs added. the new figures show a healthy improvement from the same time last year when it was 12.5%. not of 12.5%. employees at some of the biggest banks facing the threat

of pink slips. bank of america is reportedly laying off people in investment banking. the ubs said it would let go 400 people after announcing 1600 layoffs in august. in all some 75,000 workers are expected to be laid off at various financial institutions over the next few weeks. >> it was immixed day on wall street as investors reacted to positive and negative news about the economy. the conference boards index of leading caters rose more than analysts predicted. it's a sight the economy may be picking up. there is still a lot of concern that the super committee won't agree on a plan to cut the deficit before next week's deadline and if there is no plan it could have dire consequences. here are today's closing numbers, the dow gained more than 25 points closing at 11, 791, the nasdaq fell 15 and a half points. >> wild car chase ended with a

suspected parolee in custody. it happened in grand avenue and mcarthur. that's where a driver failed to stop. he kept driving causing two crashes, before getting out of the car with a gun. he then forced a family out of their car and drove away in it. >> look at the car. protected by all kinds air bags. he seemed to be in great shape to run and get people out of their cars. >> police finally caught him. they say he was a suspected parolee at large. at least three people including the suspect were taken to the hospital, all have minor injuries. >> just a couple hours ago firefighters rescued two workers who fell into an underground tank at a chemical treatment plant. it's believed one of the men fell down the tank's 40-foot shaft after being overcome by fumes and the second fell in trying to help him.

about 70 people worked to rescue the two. they were finally pulled to safety. act 2:30 this arch. both are in their 20s and were taken to the hospital. in antioch a demolition worker was burned on 50% of his body this morning when he came in contact with a 60,000 volt power line. he was in a lift bucket at the time working on the demolition of the abandoned six story antioch glass company. witnesses say a gust of wind blew the basket in to the line. the man was taken to a hospital, tonight we have no word on his condition. >> sad news tonight about a bay area soldier. >> and a south bay soldier stationed in iraq came home today just in time for the holidays. coming up the welcome he got from family and friends and talk to the young man himself. ok, you guys wanted a space for entertaining your friends,

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killed in afghanistan. the department of defense said the 21-year-old was killed on wednesday. he served with the california national guard and he started his one year deployment to figuring in in december of last year. his parents flew to dover air force base in delaware to go with their son's body home to the bay area. >> in the south bay it's the opposite end, right now there is a party for a young army soldier who left for iraq the day after christmas last year and has just returned home. robert honda is live to show us his return and also his very grateful family. >> reporter: we are outside of a restaurant wherein side a very warm and touching welcome home party is going on inside. it has been quite a day for the south bay army specialist, who arrived at san jose airport this afternoon after spending the past year helping to run aviation operations in an area

of iraq just north of baghdad. his family was there to greet him and escort him to the party before going home to another celebration at their home. he said is he proud to have served his country and i had to ask them the question he has been hearing all day. what's it like to be home? >> great. i'm really relieved. traveling from iraq is actually one of the more stressful parts because it takes a long time tophet home. >> reporter: what's the first thing you will do? >> i said pizza and beer but i think it's another one of my favorite foods, i think sushi and beer. >> reporter: what's it like? >> it mazing. it's surreal, not seeing him for a year and then seeing him and listening to him, it's surreal. it's wonderful. >> the country cares that you are over there defending our freedom. >> reporter: and the patriot guard riders gave him an award. they have many plans including

trying to find him a job. we will have more on the reunion and his trip home tonight at tenement. >> a captain is speaking out about criticism over his question about gays in the military at a republican presidential debate. steven hill was booed in september after he asked candidates if they would reinstate the don't ask don't tell policy banning openly gay troops. hill who just came back from deployment said he wasn't trying to score political points by asking the question. he said he asked because he was worried about his own relationship with his husband. >> the court of appeals in san francisco today said it wants new briefs now in the proposition eight case. the case rule that proper eight supporters have the right to defend the measure that would ban same sex measure because the governor and attorney general both refused to take up the appeal. today the court of appeals asked both side to file papers

saying what they want to do next. the deadline is december 2nd. >> university of california officials have rozelled a meeting that was canceled. they will meet on monday. it was first scheduled for wednesday and thursday of this week but it was canceled after law warned demonstrations planned at the meeting could turn violent. >> passengers facing major delays at los angeles international. their wait time is three hours on average, reportedly because there aren't enough federal customs and border protection inspectors. in a letter to officials, an official said the airport is staffing only 20 of the 60 federal inspection booths during peak arrival times. a spokesperson wouldn't comment on the report. >> scattered showers today to the tune of about a tenth of an inch, umbrellas out.

afternoon driving conditions on the roadway, for your get away it's slow going outside. i know a lot of people get away for next week. many have it off. we have snow, shower around here. like storm tracker two, here is what's happening outside right now. the live doppler radar sweep and as you head out to san francisco, bay bridge mainly you have showers, heavier showers in san francisco downtown. live radar sweep but you get the feel for what's happening. over here in richmond not a lot of activity, in these areas a little bit of drizzle so there is a glaze on the roadway. concord and did not danville. that's the way it goes for the next few hours. if you go to lake tahoe it's a mess. they chaining up on 50, on 80 and that -- if you go to the website and check the traffic you will see a big red line running south from -- running west from blue canyon.

you may want to reconsider or check the roadways before you head to the mountains. snow levels are low. act 3500 feet. as we head toward the bay area weekend more showers in the forecast. we are getting them out. we talked about it last night. showers come in, widely scattered sun came out. few more showers, the showers we see now are the last ones we will see for a while. it'll start to die down. what happens then, it gets cold. the cold air is in place. moisture at the ground. overnight lows in the 30s. we are going to see valley fog in the inland bay valleys and it could be dense. tomorrow morning and i stress this because it's a holiday week. a lot of people -- in these north bay and east bay valleys, out toward clayton, livermore, morgan hill and gillroy the fog will be easier to drive through in the morning but if you leave

at five or six think about that. in the mountains the cold air. the reno fire impacted. that helps the winds have died down. there goes the cool system sweeping through. in the next weather system coming our way. right up in here. there it is right there. in that system will drop right down the coast. it'll impact on the weekend and on some of the football games, back here in a bit i will update that. >> holiday shopping in palo alto got less stressful. parking limits at garages have increase from two to four hours through new year's day. officials say they want people to shop without worrying about getting tickets. surface lots will still have two hour restrictions. >> really starting to look like the holidays very soon. and how the investigation into the death of natalie wood is being reopened. who investigators late this morning said is definitely not a suspect. >> and the former governor taking a spill.

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>> natalie wood drowned back in 1981. her death happened during a night of drinking on board a yacht with her husband robert wagner and christopher watkin. at the time it was ruled accident halt but now authorities are reopening the case. the captain who was piloting the yacht that night said today the three stars had been drinking arguing. . >> he smashed a win bottle and said are you trying to blank my wife? >> reporter: a spokesperson said today that robert wagner isn't a suspect in the death but he did say detectives will be contacting the family during the investigation. he said he hopes this new information is credible and not just someone trying to profit from the 30th anniversary of her death. >> arnold is updating fans on his latest movie through

twitter. the former governor and movie star announced he got banged up yet on the set of his movie the last stand and here city photograph to prove it. we thanked the medical staff and posted this picture of a bloody cut down the center of his forehead. he didn't give details on what happened but it appears he is okay. he was back onset an hour later movement jack london square getting in to the hollywood spirit. the 5 5'' silver tipped fir is in the middle of the square. the company delivered it this morning after a six hour drive from mount shasta. the ceremony is set for friday december 2nd. that will feature live reindeer, music and a talent show. san francisco city skyline is about to get brighter. the buildings will be lit in the 25th lighting ceremony. 17,000 fight also light up the

four buildings. they will be turned on at six. we will bring that to you. >> occupy san francisco to some it's a political movement. others it's a homeless camp. why some say the mess aim age is getting lost. >> i may call is a cancer surgery, remove the tumor and get treatment at once.

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people are occupying the plaza who will there because they have nowhere else to go. a struggle that's happening with the camp. >> it's drizzling, but it hasn't hurt the camp. many say it's the best way to keep the occupy movement in the public eye. others just see a public eye sore. this man is an architect downtown and a big supporter of occupy. he said the camp is becoming more about the issue surrounding homelessness and less about making a political statement. >> the face of the movement and it's -- not the proper face of the movement. it's not what the movement is about. >> reporter: we found this man who said up until recently he slept in an alli. now he sleeps here. >> friends started moving in and they basically accept me

the way i am. >> reporter: this afternoon members of the public health department toured the camp. the main concerns about health and sleeping in the plaza can't go on forever. >> if we move without a long term idea you just get occupation back and get stronger add attitudes. >> reporter: many say homelessness is an emblem of the message. >> it's a problem for the city why don't they help us? the homeless want to be helped rather than condemned. >> they have to be cared for but the movement isn't a movement to provide services to homeless people. that's no what it's about. >> reporter: the city thinks about 25 to 35% of those camping here are homeless. reporting live in san francisco, rob roth. >> a special education teacher

in san francisco is a pealing to the school district for help to avoid being deported. they stood in support of the teacher at a news conference. she had been working for the school district for nine years now on a work visa but it expires on december 2nd. a supervisor is asking the district to submit a petition on her behalf for permanent residence. >> the fact we have an amazing teacher with in our midst teaching our next generation for year social fors is something we need to cherish. >> reporter: she has helped almost a thousand special education children who have little knowledge of knowledge of english. >> protesters have taken over a large empty bank building. a dozen from the occupy london group used ladders to gain access to the complex over flight and they claim the building with banners and say

it'll be used as a meeting place but not for residential purposes. ubs own itself and said it's preparing to take appropriate action. >> herman cain spoke out about his new secret service detail. he is the first candidate to ask to and receive secret service protection. today he would not say if he has received any specific threats. >> it's just that it was time because of the popularity of my campaign, just time to go to that next step and i'm just glad that you know we were given that opportunity. >> in june his campaign office in georgia reported receiving a call from someone who claimed to be a member of the kkk that caller said cain shouldn't run for president. >> rick perry blamed washington's failures for violence on the united states border with mexico. he spoke today at the federal

law enforcement lunch. the texas governor said border agents doing the best they can with the resources they have but said mexican drug cartels have made the border a war zone. >> more than 35,000 people have been killed in that country's drug war in the past five-years alone. yet the president says that the border is safer than ever. >> he said if he is elected he will strengthen the border security. >> the house of representatives came up 23 votes short of passes a balanced budget. in a vote mostly along party lines 211 house members voted in favor of it but it required a two thirds majority of 284. 164 voted against it. >> breast cancer usually happens with a course of treatment including chemo. now patients trying a new

technique offered at a hospital. as john fowler reports, it cuts down on radiation treatment while promising the same effect. >> six weeks ago donna got the shock of her life. >> jumped out of the shower i caught a glimpse of something and i saw a shadow. >> reporter: it was a tiny lump in her breast. a week later her doctor confirmed cancer. u. i read enough to think they will do a masec, omy and that's it. >> reporter: doctors say she found it early enough to qualify for a new procedure, removing the tumor it was like this one, smaller than act your fingertip. >> we tried to get it all. sometimes we have small things that is more extensive than you would expect. >> reporter: the cells often grow again. >> if you have some type of radiation after the surgery

then the it's low. >> reporter: that's where the new procedure comes in, this is an a during surgery xray seconding a lose dose of radiation. >> about half of what's delivered with external, and it's -- very local. that's the big key. >> reporter: doctors say the advantage is it can send the therapy immediately and directly to the cavity where the lump was removed. >> external it could affect surrounding tissue. here it's just around the tumor bed and the breast. >> reporter: for safety we left the or. doctors monitor patients behind the shielding. this single therapy while a parent is out has fewer side effects and is just as effective as a month of daily treatment. >> the biggest advantage is convenience that they don't have to come back and forth for multiple weeks. >> i was done in two hours.

i am going to be a survivor. >> reporter: they she was able to keep her breast and said she is grateful for early detection and the latest medical technology. john fowler. >> trouble continues to pile up for penn state coach joe paterno. today his family said the 84- year-old was a treatable form of lung cancer. he found he had it last week during a follow up visit. the family said he is under going treatment and the doctors are optimistic he will make a full recovery. he was fired in the middle of a child sex abuse scandal. >> why mcdonalds looking for new eggs. and after 12 years this sign is coming down. how much it'll cost to put your message here. >> and why some say there is more to the story behind of the firing of two south bay hotel workers and how the employees

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according to the ranking by cold well banker real estate in bay area college towns remains of of reach for many. berkeley was number six, san jose was number nine. >> the fda revoked the approval of avastin for breast cancer. they said there is no proof it extends the lives of patients and said its causing dangerous said effects. they said the decision cast made after new data showed it wasn't preforming as well as it did in initial testing. it'll stay on the market for certain other tumors. the fda approved a new high tech device for treating chronic pain. it treats pain with electric impulses to the spine and adjusts those levels

automatically according to a person's position. it works by interrupting pain signals before they get to the brain. . > mcdonalds said its looking for a new egg supplier after an animal rights group released a video that is said showed that the company that was supplying the chickens was mistreating the birds. the group said it secretly shot this video. on the video you can see a worker swinging a chicken around by its feet. mcdonalds called it disturbing completely not acceptable. >> a popular park hit by violence and vandals. the toll it took on wildlife. >> and ever changing bay area weekend forecast is coming up. i have the latest and will show you which day on the weekends will be the dryest.

. its been 30 years since the jones town massacre and now family and friends gather to mark the anniversary of that tragedy. >> jones -- something that shouldn't be forgotten. >> the doctor lost 27 members of her family at jones town. back in 1978 peoples temple founder jim jones led 918 people in a mass murder and

suicide. today the families and friends held a memorial at oakland's evergreen memorial cemetery. hundreds of unclaimed convicts of the tragedy are buried there. >> they never had the opportunity to live their full god given destiny because of jim jones, the lunatic. >> the cemetery is also the site of a jones town memorial that came under intense criticism for including jim jones name with the victims. it was done. four slabs of granite. a memorial to the jones town victims also has been set up at the site of the mass suicide and murder but membership of the former people's temple complex has been reclaimed now by the jungle. >> concord police looking for the person who shot and killed eight ducks and geese at a city park earlier this month. investigators say it happened during the night of tuesday november 8th or morning of

november 9th. city workers found the dead birds when they arrived to work on that wednesday morning. several light around the park had been shot out. they don't have any suspects. tonight bay area crab fishermen and whole sellers remain in a deadlock. crab season opened on tuesday but the two sites can't agree on a price. buyers offering two dollars a pound, fishermen wouldn't $2.50. a spokesman for the fish man said if they don't get started by next week there will be no crab for the holiday. >> a british adventure ear headed to isn't antartica. she wants to ski from one side to the other bringing 180 pound pounds of food and gear. the trip would taker her across the mountains and would take more than two months.

if she does it she would be the first person to cross antartica on human muscle power alone. >> its going to be a cold, windy and snowy weekend in tahoe. let's give you a live look at what's happening. not a lot of traffic. it's moving really slow. take a look at that right. a lot of snow in the area. we spoke to bill martin. he said there is even more snow in the forecast. skiers took to the trails, lifts opened at 8:30. many other resorts in the sierra open next week. >> for more on the snow in the sierra let's go to bill. >> definitely more on the way and the weekend will see more weather as well. a footnote to that it, king vail picture we just saw, 80s backed up. they had real problems going westbound. there is snow at lowell vacations, chaining up and a lot of people heading that way. just check -- go to the website

and check the traffic page and you will see -- may try to leave at a time when the red line isn't so red. here is the rain off shore. over danville and southern oakland andal media. daily city the live radar sweep swinging by. that's from the davis area and here is the next one. you can see it updating, join swings by. showers on the afternoon drive. rainfall has been right. as we talked about last night not a well organized system. look at this neat shot here. time l aps e over the last few minutes, you saw that wind shear in the upper atmosphere. that indicates, some very unsettled weather. here comes the widely scattered showers, look at the rainfall accumulation. santa rosa got most. you might find something like that. really a nonevent in terms of rainfall.

not a nonevent if terms of the mountain snow. they could see another six inches of snow. midnight -- you have that winter weather advisory and chains on 50 and 80. snow levels down around 3500 feet. this system bumps into the coast tomorrow. this is the next one. saturday your best day. shouldn't we wet. the morning fog. monday the system goes down the coast. its right there. scattered showers likely in the bay area but not much. nothing toward fairfield or vacaville. computer model. saturday, tonight or -- lunchtime tomorrow you see its clear, some clouds and then the system down the coast. watch what it does. it shoots down. goes south. it'll drag through the bay area, about 8:00 tomorrow morning. them a little lingers in the afternoon hours and then gone. then we get fog and low cloud into monday morning. bottom line is saturday with the best day on the weekend.

forecast highs stay cool. snow in the mountains, ski resorts love it and that mean, very, very cold mornings as we head into next week and more weather into wednesday and thursday. >> lot of stuff going on. >> toys for tots holiday drive got a boost because of a favorite children's toy. families and other volunteers joined in a lego builda thon today. they put together a star wars themed santa. the finished product was a yoda character dressed as santa. >> a 500-dollar reward, spca looking for who is responsible in a case of puppy dumping. . >> this was a hot number model when san francisco held it's first show in the 350's. what is new for 2012 and

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november is shaping up to be the best auto sales month of 2011. 10% higher than last november. tom joined us live in san francisco for a sneak peek. >> reporter: take a look down here. that piece of powerful poetry is a 300,000-dollar mclaren. it starts tomorrow for a nine day go. the international auto show. there is plenty to do and lots to see. everything on wheels a to z. 17 are electrics, or take alternate fuel, some are expensive, others just cool. nissan's leaf will be one star of the show but a lot of people say i would like to give it a go. this year an indoor track races the bar. >> drive around.

get an idea. >> reporter: this was chevy's big offering during the first big show in san francisco in the mid50s. that was then. this is now. the chevy volt. power and gas, high technologies, world class all the way. >> the new lexus hybrid is beautiful but expensive while others stretch your dollars real far. the i-car is the cheapest on the all electric side. even bmw has annual electric ride. lincoln has would models both really keen, not available right now but for 2013. you're sure to be tempted we. l. >> people need your cars. particular apply in california. >> reporter: whether humble like a fiat or fit for wall street czars. >> we are thinking about 600 cars. >> reporter: so you can see the future or dwell on the past,

take your pick of the litter the choices are vastful the price to get in is nine dollars. >> all right. coming up in just 90 seconds a safety alert for parents in the south bay. the trend health officials say they are seeing when it comes to where babies sleeping. and the holiday kickoff happening right now in san francisco and the shadow some say is being cast overt.

. monitoring the wet weather. the neighborhoods getting hit and where the rain is headed next. >> and and occupy preparing to move in. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is k tvu. >> good evening. >> at this hour occupy oakland is gathering to decide whether to pitch their tents again. this time in a different spot in the city. we are live at the plaza where they are meeting tonight while their potential new neighbors