enough is enough right now. >> call on city leaders to speed up progress of safety improvements that will be paid for with funds passed by propositions a and b. >> last year we had 5 times more people hit with cars than gun violence. we look at this as accidents. they are not accidents. they are preventible. >> reporter: in the last 2-1/2 weeks there have been 5 deadly crashes in san francisco involving pedestrians, all in so-called high injuries injuries corridors that account for the majority of pedestrian deaths and injuries. >> the fact that you are operating a car, you are also operating a weapon. >> reporter: they want to see more visible crosswalks and more visible enforcement stopping pedestrians and drivers, not just after a crash but before the next one happens. >> reporter: san francisco

mayor ed lee campaigned for proposition a, advocates say he shows and is interested in the issues but they want to see action. live in san francisco, noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. the latest figures show sam liccardo with a narrow lead. sam liccardo has 51% of the vote. 2500 votes separate the two. he hasn't conceded the race and said every vote counts. . >> there is still 70,000 votes just in san jose that need to be counted. and a 1% shift in the election changes the outcome. >> he made his comments in front of the san jose police department and pledged to continue to fight for better pay for officers. sam liccardo declared victory yesterday. officials in the south bay are explaining why the results

came out so late following had election on tuesday. santa clara county ranked last in california when it caming to finishing counting ballots on election night. while most posted results by midnight they didn't post till 4:00 a.m. in the morning. officials say that is they don't have electronic scanners. instead the ballots have to be driven to the office, opened, sorted and scanned. official say the system needs to be updated. >> if we buy new systems we will have more option ins terms of better voting systems, better technology and a more advanced system. >> however even if they did have an updated system it wouldn't speed up the process of counting the absentee ballots. it would have only effected the

counting at the precincts. new information in a search for a killer invent crosswalk after someone shot -- in antioch after someone shot a father about noon. ktvu's mike mibach is in antioch now. workers did what they could to help the man as he was dying. >> that's right. strangers towels in hand doing what they could and tonight had hunt for the killer is on. the person who died is a father of a young boy. >> the calls started pouring in to antioch police, the town center the scene of a late morning shooting. >> couple employees run outside. >> reporter: this employee who did not want to be identified followed others to the parking lot on the ground one man hit by fun fire. >> employees covering up the wounds. and after you could see that he

was gone. >> reporter: police say the victim is a 32-year-old man who was shot by someone rolling by in a car. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: officers say the victim was with his brother shopping moments before being hit. >> we are not sure what they were doing when they came out. they were in the mall prior to this. >> he was a good dude. >> reporter: his said the victim is his cousin, a father to a young boy. >> he was well loved. well loved. so, you know, this is -- this is just uncalled for. >> in the last year with money from additional sales tax antioch hired more officers and violent crime is down 10% compared to last year. how are they achieving that -- >> extra patrol. over time, working the violent crime areas. and a police officer left with

a dvd in hand, it is surveillance video from cameras outside the gym that were pointed towards the direction of the shooting scene. they are hoping it leads them to a better description of the car as well as the killer. live in antioch, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. a former sheriff's deputy was convicted of felony assault today in the beating of another man. the 43-year-old is seen here on a story on ktvu channel 2 news before the incident happened. prosecutors say he forced his way into the home of his ex- girlfriend and found her with another man. he beat the man so severely he broke bones in his face. he was fired later for violating a restraining order and he faces 9 years in prison. a man accused of running a underground drug operation appeared in court tonight.

the fbi said the 26-year-old was arrested yesterday by agents in san francisco. he is facing several charges including druggativing and money -- traffic -- drug trafficking and money laundering. he is set to return to court tomorrow to determine if he should be transferred to new york. sentencing for a couple charged with using insider information from a petsmart to burglarize homes. they pleaded no contest to charges including 11 counts of burglary. today the judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison and he received 19 years. today one of the victims gave an emotional account on how she learned her home was burglarized on the day of her daughter's wedding. >> i am at a wedding for my daughter that we have been

planning for a year to attend at 6:00 p.m. [ crying ] >> that day was stolen from me. >> she worked at the store. that gave her access to the home addresses of customer whose boarded their pets so she knew when they were on vacation and that is when they targeted the homes to burglarize. new details tonight in a kidnapping. carlesha freeland-gaither is back at home with family tonight after a terrifying three day ordeal. police say the nursing assistant was grabbed in philadelphia on sunday and found in maryland yesterday. a reporter spoke to the victim's cousin. >> worse is the waiting. how we feel to have her back. >> reporter: she is beyond happy that her cousin carlesha freeland-gaither is safe after being abducted from a street on sunday. the frightening kidnapping all

caught on tape. >> relief. relief. nobody in my family slip the last couple days. -- slept the last couple days. >> reporter: speaking outside the house she says the family knew the clock was ticking and worried about every hour that passed and she was not found. >> came together for our family. everybody was praying for us. we know the first 24 hours is the most crucial. >> reporter: 72 hours later their prayers answered. carlesha freeland-gaither rescued in maryland. her abductor taken into custody. >> she is still shaken up. it is a tough time. a tough time for us. for her. >> reporter: the detective says the family needs time to heal but she did all the right things to stay alive. >> she is a very resilient and tough young woman and she was

smart in what she was doing. >> reporter: she knows everyone was on the look out for her. >> that is all she kept saying, thank you, thank you. >> investigators say a gps tracking device on the suspect's car was key in finding the suspect and carlesha freeland-gaither. the device was put there by the dealership because he had good credit. crews are searching for an f-16 fighter jet that crashed on a routine training mission. it was flying over the gulf of mexico this morning when officials in florida said they lost contact with the pilot. so far no wreckage has been found. they are 64ing the gulf 57 miles south -- scouring the gulf 57 miles south. a new round of stimulus.

the dow rose 69 points. nasdaq gained 17 points and the s&p with a gain of 7 points. ktvu's tom vacar reports it ats up to better retirements for the average investor. >> reporter: 52 millions are counting on their 401(k) retirement aplans. >> i pay -- plans. >> i pay attention to the markets, economic trends. my own and my family's. >> she says it is too good. >> i do worry we might be headed towards another bubble. >> reporter: she did what many advisers told their clients then and now. >> we hung in there and look at now we are hitting highs again. >> the dow all time record close is 11,000 points, 168% higher than the recession low of march 2009. but few invest in the dow only.

back then the average 401(k) held $46,000. today it is $95,000. more than doubled. >> people who stayed invested and didn't get fearful and drop out of the market have actually done very well. >> reporter: there is still room to grow, especially in technology, construction and competition to keep and hire good employees by paying them more. >> most are weighted to u.s. stocks. the u.s. is the strongest kid on the block. >> we need to have a good stock portfolio, even into retirement. which is contrary to what people believe. >> reporter: because the main alternative bonds have been weak for years. >> i hope we are diversified enough and i worry about it being a unsustainable bubble.

>> reporter: many who liquidated during the recession have not caught back up and may never. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. b.a.r.t. says it appear as woman hit and killed this morning had intentionally stepped in front of the train about 9:30 p.m. this morning at the san leandro b.a.r.t. station. she was in her 30s. it prompted b.a.r.t. to stop service between the fruitvale station and oakland. trains were back running by noon but there were delays system wide. not against the law to be mental illness. >> why are police the first ones to tackle the issue? balancing a growing crisis with dwindling resources. >> above average temperatures, the warm november weather and how high temperatures will climb. >> and they built a reputation for being revuls proof but now

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a new warning for apple iphone users. security experts are reviewing a development. hackers created a potentially damaging malware that could infect your phone and your computer. the malware is called wire lurker designed to target apple products. ktvu's john fowler discovered why hackers may have done it and how to protect yourself. john is live tonight. john? >> reporter: thank you. apple has been hack free until now. this malware experts say ushers in a new era and is apple's

biggest threat yet. >> reporter: this bad code may have infected 350,000 iphones. >> someone was bound to do it at some point. matter of figuring out how. wire lurker gets in through apps. the programs we love and appears to have originated in china. >> one thing i have been worried about. >> reporter: he says apps can be risky. >> with this news coming out it makes me hesitant. >> reporter: experts say it is not clear what it is after. it steals address books and takes over phones and computers. >> apple has been pretty good so, you know, one virus isn't the end of the world. >> he says the good news is people who get apps through the

apple store is okay. it spread through a third party app website. >> the people who are likely to hack are probably not the biggest apple fans to start with so it was going to happen. it will keep happening. >> reporter: apple said it is taking steps to block the malware which hackers are still strengthening. they are encouraging to download only from trusted sites. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. republicans plan to carry out the american's people's priorities. speaker of the house john boehner said the republican led congress will work to find common ground with the president but the house will try to undo the president's affordable care act. he warned president obama not to take executive action on

immigration. >> when you play with matches you take had risk of burning yourself and he will burn himself if he continues to go down this path. >> president obama said he is looking forward to seeing what the republicans is to offer for immigration reform and he said he won't wait before taking action. a $500,000,000.50 of art is headed to the los angeles county museum but there sacatch -- is a catch. he says he will donate his private art collection to the museum after he dies. it includes 40 masterpieces, to receive the gift the museum has to build a futurestic $600 million gallery to replace -- futuristic $6 billion to replace the 1960s one. bay area weather drier than we should be for this time of year. let's go now to our chief meteorologist bill martin, you

would like to see one day of rain in the five day. and we are not seeing it? >> not really. we were looking down the road. there is rain coming but not a lot showing up right now, which is concerning. right? we are dry. you know that. the rain stays north. the high pressure is over the top of us. there is the weather system. this is the real deal. it is a ton of subtropical moisture. regular year this would bring us 3, 3-1/2, 4 inches of rain. and a lot of wind. this will impact the northwest portion of the country, away from us. we miss out on another potential big rain producer. the temperatures today are in the 70s. low 70s right now. over night lows down there. hazy air today. i suspect that haze, normally it is the commute but what is going on, they are burning the

rice fields up in the valley, so some of the atmosphere, the smoke, is getting blown out in our direction. air quality was not that great. cooler on friday but we are splitting hairs. a degree or two cooler. mid-70s. storm track stays to the north. the moisture goes over the top and off into the mid-portion of the country and next week those folks, middle of next week, they will get real weather out there. we are missing out on the deal. highs tomorrow like today. lots of mid-70s. lots -- well, upper 70s in livermore. air quality, not horrible. but that smoke is always an issue because with the winds, it gets pulled down the valley here. we are seeing it out there. you know, vacaville, fairfield. we will be watching that for you. tomorrow is another day like

today. patchy coastal fog tonight. and maybe valley fog. and then tomorrow slightly warmer. there you go. looks like last night. no big changes. i hate to be the guy -- i am always half full guy -- [ talking at the same time ] >> it drives me nuts that we are not seeing rain and we are missing out on this throughout the next week and we need it. >> hopefully at some point here. thank you. we know the name of the navy s.e.a.l. who shot and killed osama bin laden, why he decided to go public and a plan to increase tuition at uc schools. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> a kidnapper tracked down by the gps installed in his car, how it works and why more and more dealerships are installing them and buried in the deep,

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they are proposing to increasing it to $10 and doubling the cost of an animal pass to $40. they are asking for public comment right now. there was a spirit of caption at oakland city hall as -- cooperation at oakland city hall as they pledged to work together for a smooth transition of power. mayor jean quan's term ends in february when libby schaaf will be sworn in. the mayor said she wants to help the next mayor as she takes over. libby schaaf's says her first priority is the safety of residents. >> continuing to efforts that mayor jean quan has begun in making our city safer. that is our challenge. to make this city safe, to make it clean and to take better care of its children. >> libby schaaf says she plans to give special attention oeast oakland and improve the quality

of life -- to east oakland and improve the quality of life there and keeping the a's and the raiders in oakland. we are learning the name of the navy seat who killed -- s.e.a.l. who killed osama bin laden. several sources justified him as robert o'neill. his name emerged ahead of his interview with fox news that will air next tuesday and wednesday. the interview will include an account of the raid on osama bin laden's compound. robert o'neill tells the post he decided to go public after being convinced he identity was about to be leaked. facebook says users will soon see an option to donate to three non-profits fighting ebola. this comes on the heels of a $25 million donation by mark zuckerberg and his wife it the cdc to help it fight ebola. mean time the ebola chief of

the united nations says the fight to contain ebola is not even a quarter of the way done but she is hopeful it could end by next year. some students say they will be hit hard by a plan to increase tuition at uc schools and why the plan is facing opposition from the governor. >> a family in hayward left devastated after a boy loses his mother. >> and a remindter is never too late -- reminder it is never too late for the medal of honor and the man who earned it more than a century ago.

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complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. uc students could face another tuition hike. a proposal was unveiled that could raise tuition 5% a year for the next 5 years. the cf "o" -- cfo says that would create stability and ktvu's katy eustis says that is in conflict with the governor's office. >> how are we going to change

this? can we fight this? >> reporter: she is fired up that the system is proposing tuition increases. she is already struggling to pay tuition and make rent. >> i didn't have enough resources to live. i was living on couches. >> the cfo announced the proposal this morning. capping any tuition increases at 5% for each of the next 5 years. the plan is pitched as a stabilizing measure by uc. >> plateauition during your -- flat tuition during your four years or it could have doubled. >> reporter: but any increase goes against an agreement with the governor's house. >> the governor remains opposed to an increase. >> reporter: if approves muppie raised may not -- money raised

may not benefit students exclusive and it may finance retirement plans. >> if the state makes contributions we could keep it flat for a couple years. >> reporter: but he pointed ktvu to a report that says they didn't make contributions for two decades. >> what does this mean? [ laughter ] >> reporter: the proposal goes to the board on november 19 which gives the uc system and the governor some time to discuss the differences in funding and tuition. live in berkeley, katy eustis, ktvu channel 2 news. more details now. residents of california will pay $13,000 -- $13,000 this year to attend the university of california. we wondered how does that compare to other public universities across the country. the university of oregon,

students there pay $10,000 a year. at the university of arizona student pay $10,500. at the university of michigan students pay $14,000 a year. and finally at the university of illinois students pay more than $15,600 per year. tonight 2 investigates looks into a problem and discovers an increase in the number of calls to police for mental health emergency. many police departments say they are seeing more and more of them and that means an extra burden on resources that already are stretched thin. >> allie rasmus reports on what experts say is behind it. >> reporter: thursday night in berkeley -- >> it it is quite often i come across individual whose are suffering from mental illness and they are surviving on the

streets. >> reporter: he knows their faces and names. >> elaine. elaine. [ talking at the same time ] >> i have done the best i can. >> is there anything i could do for you tonight? >> reporter: he is one of 23 officer whose are trained. >> crisis intervention team. >> they received 38 hours of training. >> recognizing the signs and symptoms of mental illness. >> reporter: to handle mental health calls. >> to divert people with mental illness away from the criminal justice system into the mental health system. >> reporter: when it comes to treating the mental illness in the community police are the first responders. >> i think it is a growing portfolio of duties that are required. >> reporter: they will have responded by a thousand calls to help people experience a

mental health emergency. a 25% increase. he says that is a conservative estimate. >> that number doesn't get at all the other calls that we go to that involve a strong mental health component but they weren't dispatched that way. >> responding to the calls takes times and resources. sometimes police respond to the same people over and over again. multiple times in the same day. berkeley isn't the only city, 2 investigates collected the data from 19 police departments across the bay area and dorffed a spike in the -- discovered a spike in the calls. identifying someone allows police to refer them. calls have gone up in the past year in san francisco by 21%. other cities that saw a spike

included napa, 30% growth. vallejo 30%. richmond 15%. and in san jose the number grew by 5%. >> the population has grown so there is more folks with mental illness in the community. >> he is the director of the behavioral health care services. they do the training that officers go through. he says in addition to population growth one of the reasons calls are up by 22% is because they have trained more police to identify mental illness. >> because we are providing training training to law enforcement officers and people are being identified earlier in the community but is a good thing because then again they are being diverted and not incarcerated. >> reporter: when a person is hospitalized they come here. they have just 80 beds for a county of 1.5 million people. >> they are always full.

>> so are hospitals in other counties. berkeley had more resources than in many other cities. >> if they are not a danger, it is not against the law to be mental illness. >> the director says the county is in the process of building a new facility with space for 16 people to stay and get help for 30 days but it won't be commeet till next year. allie rasmus -- complete till next year. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. sometimes even the most extraordinary stories can get lost. >> why a soldier was finally awarded the medal of honor a century late and why the president said this is a reminder for everyone. >> small earthquakes growing stronger near the california state line, an expert opinion on the likelihood a bigger earthquake is on the way. >> mark zuckerberg takes part in a question and answer session, a look at one of the

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a family is left to pick up the pieces after the mother of a child was killed by a drunk driver on interstate 880. right now her son keeps looking for her at home and doesn't understand why he can't find her. ktvu's rob roth with what the family is telling him about what happened. >> reporter: a heartbroken family. a little boy is missing his dead mother. while grandparents are caring for him while grieving for their daughter. >> that was my girl. >> family says she was visiting relatives october 26 and was driving home to san jose with the two-year-old and her boyfriend. they were on 880 near stevensson boulevard when the california highway patrol says a car crashed into them killing her, she was just 25 years old.

he suffered a broken leg and her boyfriend suffered multiple fractures. the california highway patrol arrested a 23-year-old for dwi. [ speaking foreign language ] >> very difficult. i see him looking for his mother. especially at night time. or a car comes up. he quickly looks. >> reporter: they told him she was in heaven. [ speaking foreign language ] >> says mom. >> reporter: now the grandparents must help raise him after burring their daughter. they turned to go fund me for help. >> i was very hurt. but i needed to be strong for them. >> the family has message. [ speaking foreign language ] >> it is not easy to lose a daughter, to lose a family member, because someone got behind the wheel and was drunk.

>> the family is left to put the pieces back together when such a large piece is missing forever. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the case has not yet been presented to the district attorney. >> reporter: san francisco police are investigating two late night shootings that left six people injured in the mission district. someone opened fire at alabama and 23 street at 10:15 p.m. last mouth. four people received wounds. 20 minutes later two people were founded at 15th street. that lead to the closure of highway 101. no arrests have been made in either shooting and at this point police are trying to determine if they are connected. prosecutors in new zealand charged the drummer of the band ac/dc with plotting to kill two men. 60-year-old phil rudd appeared in court today. he is facing several charges including drug possession and trying to hire a hit man. the other members of ac/dc

released a statement saying they only became aware of the arrest when the news broke. big news for star wars fans today. [ music ] >> 10 years after the last movie was released the name of the next movie in the series has been announced. they announced today it will be called the force awakens. photography is finished and it had to be suspended after harrison ford broke his leg. it is due out december of 2015. my first star wars memory, my dad took me to the theater and

covered our eyes during part of the jed eye. he was like this, one daughter on each side. [ talking at the same time ] [ laughter ] >> she was about three -- [ talking at the same time ] [ laughter ] >> i was elementary school. >> 2-1/2? >> '76 -- [ talking at the same time ] >> i don't like the new ones as much. the weather, plenty of weather to talk about. actually, there is not going on. we have fog at the coast. temperatures are flat lining. not bad, though. november, 76 antioch. 81 livermore. i pointed out the air quality in the valley, there is high pressure area but in the valley, i know a lot of burning is going on, the crops and the fields get burned this time of the year and so the smoke is getting stuck out there. i don't think it is from the morning and fran commutes -- afternoon commutes. i think it is burning. here is the system. big system. talking about, stuff going on. the real deal. winds 60 miles per hour. that is an old typhoon falling apart.

british columbia area. northwest seattle. we are missing out on it. that is the one. when i saw it develop i thought if that gets online and phases in with our jet stream it is game on for rainfall. that is what you look for. if you infuse that last week system with moisture from a tufun to it goes to -- typhoon it goes to three inches of rain. when you looking for drought busting rain, that is what you are looking for. what happens with us, the jet stream pushes everything over the top. the high owns us. a warmer weekend in store. the model breaks things down about here. next week, next week. that is how far we got to go. things are breaking down. maybe something -- the models are suggesting rain late in the week next week. but not tayed to a titune --

tied to a typhoon or anything. temperatures tomorrow like today. maybe i think -- maybe cooler in some places. tomorrow morning temperatures -- chilly at my house. over night lows into the 40s in many locations. away from the cities, 30s. wood acre. places like that. warmer for the bay area weekend. dry, dry, dry. this right here, that is when the ridge of high pressure breaks down. clouds move in. temperatures drop down and fingers cross maybe something shows up. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, when i come back we will look again and see if we can pick out better timing. >> thank you. the holiday shopping season is getting earlier and earlier every year. after the break, why you could be missing out if you wait till black friday. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> california scientists mapping a fault and make an

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smoother. the public works department plan to resurface city blocks. most of the funding for the road work is part of a $248 million bond approved by voters in 2011. waking up before dawn for the black friday sales may not be the best way to save money. we spoke with an analyst who says if you are shopping on black friday you missed the biggest deals. >> the holiday shopping count down is on. even when 70 degrees outside, retailers want people to shop earlier than ever and trying to lure them in with the deepest discounts. >> thanksgiving day is the rock bottom of prices. >> reporter: the holiday shopping forecast shows the early bird will save the most, even though so many don't think

about shopping till the day after thanksgiving. >> we have been trained to wait because we believe lower prices appear on that friday so we wait. >> but black first-aid sales have been synonymous with chaos. >> i don't go black friday. [ laughter ] >> if i can avoid it. >> as shoppers spend more online, you would be smart to buy earlier. >> the monday before thanksgiving is when prices drop the most. thanksgiving day you save 24% off, that is the lowest you will see. >> reporter: some already have their shopping in the bag. >> i do it early and get it over with. do it online. it is easiest way to do it. >> reporter: that is what they want, especially when thanksgiving comes so late in the month that it compresses the season and can in turn their profit. >> they will continue to push

us further and further upstream in terms of buying in november before thanksgiving day. >> reporter: again, they project prices online will be lowest on thanksgiving day and while people will spend about the same more will be spend online, the ease of buying through your phone or tablet. google will cover the cost of dna tests for boys and families bat -- employees and families battling cancer. google is one of several companies that is expanding health benefits to recruit new talent. it will be available next january. . new at 6:00 p.m. a comer practice, now a gps tracker led police to a

kidnapper. >> shot and killed while shopping with his brother at a mall. tonight the evidence police are looking into. >> scientists uncover a vessel and they weren't even looking for it, what they are hoping to learn. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> this kidnapping, looking at it right here, caught on surveillance video, it is making national headlines and now we are learning a tool that helped police catch the suspect a common device that could potentially be installed in your car. good evening everyone. hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> by now a lot of people have shown the video. shows the abduction of carlesha freeland-gaither, the philadelphia nursing assistant was walking home when a man grabbed her and forced her into his car. we know that same car became

the dee catching the kidnapper. investigators say a car dealer planted a gps tracking device on the car because he was worried about the owner's credit. once they turned on the gps device police were able to track down the vehicle. and new at 6:00 p.m. ktvu's john sasaki looks now at the practice of installing gps trackers on cars in the bay area. >> yeah. >> reporter: a sunny day was ideal for car shopping. >> i love this. >> some of the cars on this lot could have a tool that is becoming more common. >> in case they cannot locate the car. >> they are for owners with bad credit. buyers must sign this form agreeing to have the device installed. how much could not using them hurt? >> lost about 7 cars.