factor. he is remembering how he lived. >> he was the nicest guy. he would just il everyone would be in the best mood. tough to put into words. everyone loved him. >> reporter: and although he was not a university of california at berkeley student nor a member of the fraternity the chapter said their thoughts and prayers go out to the family. frank? >> thank you. cristina rendon live in berkeley tonight. ktvu channel 2 news learned the mayor is conceding to sam liccardo. he holds 3600 vote lead with 51% of the vote compared to 49%. dave cortese just released a statement thanking supporters. he says there has been speculation about the handling

of ballots in the election. i have full faith in the abilities of the reg star of voters who has called for an audit to ensure the integrity of the process. san francisco 49ers defensive tackle ray mcdonald is not going to be charged with felony domestic violence. the district attorney said no charges will be filed against him. ktvu's as meths is -- azenith smith is in san jose with more. >> reporter: the biggest reason was the fiance. he is relieved. just imagine if he went to trial, what a media circus that would be. >> reporter: lack of eyewitnesses and a lack of cooperation from his fiance are reasons why charges against the 49ers player was dismissed.

the district attorney said it was a scuffle that lead to the rest at a san jose home in august. >> both parties agree that jane doe struck him first and her minoriaries are consistent with re-- minor injuries are consistent with restraint rather than an attack. >> reporter: he did not answer his door though he met with his attorney. he issued a statement that said i appreciate the seriousness of the situation and understand and respect that law enforcement had a job to do. i am relieved they have decided not to file charges. >> he told me the truth. you know, i felt from the very beginning that, you know, this -- this -- if this was something he was telling the truth on, and we weren't there. >> jim harbaugh said he respected due process. he says what complicated the case, the presence of off duty

police sergeant at the party and a may incident where the fiance fired a gun at his home. yet the biggest issue was her unwillingness to talk. >> the reason they are doing this is because they couldn't prove their case in court. not because it didn't happen, because it wasn't triable. >> reporter: it is hard to prove a case when there is no hard evidence like a video that proved helpful in another domestic violence case involving former baltimore ravens running back ray rice and the 49ers say there will be no changes to his status with the team. >> he will remain in the line up sunday. azenith smith live in san jose tonight. thank you. the family of a missing san francisco engineer is in the bay area to help with search efforts. more posters went up yesterday about the search. today police told family members they have no new clues. he was last seen leaves his

apartment halloween night. his roommates say he didn't come home. another event is set for friday at 8:00 p.m. and a search sunday at 1:00 p.m. both in san francisco. we learned a grandfather and his granddaughter were killed in a plane crash in gilroy. the coroner identified the victims as a 69-year-old, john dennis and an 18-year-old. officials say the small plane took off from a private air field on saturday. the wreckage was found yesterday morning. the crash site is in a rural area accessible only by foot. the ntsb arrived today to begin investigating the cause. thousands of nurses at kaiser are preparing to walk off the job tomorrow as part of a 2 day strike. 18,000 nurses are expected to strike throughout northern california.

kaiser said it hired replacement nurses and it will be open for business tomorrow and wednesday. >> we have nurses that we have spent a tremendous amount of time making sure that they are well trained to be able to come in and provide care to our patients and to our members. >> the nurses who have been without a contract since july say they are striking because of concerns of standard and ebola safety parole call. managers say they are willing to do what it takes. two san francisco police officers went on trial today on corruption charges. they are accused of stealing money and other items during searches. ktvu's david stevenson with the allegations that were layed out on the first day of testimony. >> reporter: the officers stole marijuana and handed it over to informants for them to sell but the u.s. attorney say the use

of a gift card shows how far they went over the course of the investigation. >> reporter: federal prosecutors called it corruption with a badge. but the crimes committed by san francisco police officers first came to light in 2011 with the release of surveillance videos. residents claim officers conducted raids and stole items including computers, money and alcohol and never booked the items into evidence. he has now pleaded guilty to four felony charges in exchange for testimony against suspended offenses. >> the credibility will be the whole case. >> the most of the charges date back 5 years. the former girlfriend of a drug dealer testified the officers asked about her boyfriend's bank account and offered to split the money with her. they stole two apple gift cards

from the room. receipts trace the cards to the union scare apple store where they used them. prosecutors say while assisting a dea search he dug up $30,000 in cash from the backyard and split it with the two other officers. >> that is the largest sum of money i have heard here. it was penty-ante-- petty-ante. >> reporter: the testimony stands in contrast to the convicted criminals or drug users the prosecution plans to call. >> you can have someone say i had property seed and i never saw it -- seized and i never saw it again. >> reporter: defense attorneys called him evil and said he is trying to save his own skin by testifying against the two other officers. he was fired from the police

force two years ago and the defense attorneys here say their plan to bring up their credibility over the course of the trial. >> david, what is the status of the officer whose went on trial today? >> reporter: at this point they are suspended without pay, their guns were taken away. at the time the charges were announced in february the police chief said the indictments have shaken the police department and i should note there are three other officers facing charnels from the federal authorities. they will go to trial in january. friends and family are mourning the loss of a scene- year-old who was killed on friday. last night the teen was remembered. on wednesday his basketball teammates plan to meet to call for an tend to violence. he was found dead in front of a home on market avenue friday night. police say a dozen shots were

fired. the san francisco office of emergency management is trying to figure out what set off emergency sierances twice. -- sirens twice. that is what they sound like every tuesday at noon. they went off unexpectedly saturday night and again early yesterday morning. but there was no emergency and no tests were scheduled. a spokesperson said they are looking at the hardware and the software and they asked the vender to review the system. maust field will -- moffett field will soon have a new tenet. nasa agreed to a lease. they plan to invest $200 million in capital improvements. according to a official they plan to use it to develop robots, space and aviation

projects. more people are working in the bay area. in fact according to new data the bay area is nearing record levels when it comes to employment. in september 3.57 million jobs. the surge was led by the healthcare, hospitality and leisure industries. >> you see all the cranes you think, all the stuff every morning, all -- you know, all the stuff every morning, all the freeways are busy. it is good for us. >> the data shows san francisco has already posted record highs in recent months and the east bay is close to its best ever employment numbers. a young gorilla killed that san francisco zoo, why a spokesperson is questioning how the animal's death is being

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a mother is making progress to include characters with special needs in its movies. the pustition closing in on 67 -- petition is closing in on 67,000. her daughter has down syndrome. she loves the movie frozen but sees no one like herself in the movie as a role model. she plans to deliver the signatures to disney in a few weeks. we haven't seen a response yet from disney.

today it was announced major changes are coming to the department of veterans affairs and they could heed to a thousand layoffs and the biggest reorganization in the department's history. >> this will be largest reorganization of the department of veterans affairs. we are calling it my va. >> the secretary of veterans affairs will spear head the reorganization. tens of thousands of them waited for medical care and some staff are accused of falsifying records to cover up the delays. he says disciplinary action including fires will be taken against up to 5600 workers. >> we are taking disciplinary

action. our values are respected in i-c- a-r. i is integrity. >> the vs facing a shortage of doctors and nurses. he says they need to hire 28,000 medical workers to give quality care faster and easier. new at 5:00 p.m. three veterans were sworn in as citizens today. ktvu's john fowler was there and tells us why in this ceremony it was the first of its kind. >> reporter: that's right. and on this eve of veterans day there was a very moving and meaningful ceremony aboard the coast guard cutter. [ singing the national anthem ] >> the ceremony aboard a coast guard vessel for member of the military family. >> honor today not only to call you our brothers and sisters in

arms but to call you our fellow americans. >> i take this obligation freely. without any mental ressersivation. >> reporter: -- reservation. >> reporter: he immigrated from the philippines as a child and joined the marines at 19. he served two combat tours in iraq and afghanistan. >> that is me right now there afghan kids. i felt like i was doing exactly what i signed up to do. >> he is still serving. he is a recruiter. another new citizen from mexico also a marine corps veteran who served in afghanistan. >> this country did so much for me i needed to do something for it. >> today the 239th birthday. one these veterans will long

cherish. >> it feels really good. >> reporter: his wife and child are already citizens. >> he defended his country. served his country. i am proud of him. >> reporter: military service during conflict is now an immediate path to citizenship but they said they volunteered to do the right thing for their country. >> john, sooth they will tell you they are doing -- so often they tell you they are doing the most patriotic thing for their country. it may be the beginning of november but the weather in the mid-west looks and feels like it middle of january. this is what it looked like in minnesota. slippery roads led to pile ups. several inches of snow fell across the dakotas. the blast could produce a foot of snow by tonight and

temperatures below zero. back home to a much more bay area scene and thick fog. we will show you a time lapse video. heavy fog at 11:00 a.m. this morning. in one hour this is what you see, that fog burns off slowly revealing the bridge. i used to work in minneapolis, i got there in october, by january 80 below. it is hard to describe how cold that is. it cuts right through you. >> once you get 10 below it is all ugly. >> just hurts. >> i lived in minneapolis for six weeks once. outlet of college. -- out of college. >> how was the weather? >> nice. it was summer. mosquitoes as big as birds though. here is the deal with the

weather. rain coming this week. wet pattern next week. that is the headlines. the fog off the coast right now is there. the weather system in the pacific is starting to make more of a b line for a southern latitude. includes us. you can see the fog right there. time lapse loop of the fog. the fog is moving in through the golden gate bridge. it will be there tomorrow morning again. temperatures right now, you know, with the time change, right? big difference. 71 degrees in fairfield. temperatures are trending down as the weather, you know, starts to look more unsettled. that is what we want to see this time of year. over night lows upper 30s. mid-40s in the cool spots. you know, that is standard for this time of year. maybe drizzle along the coast. the fog forecast for the morning hours. there it is. a big fog foot print. fog and low clouds. it will get into the concord

area. delta as well. that is your morning fog. 6:00 a.m. now this fog -- what is difference, last few mornings it has been dense. this is over the hills. you shouldn't have poor visibilities like we have been seeing on the golden gate bridge, bay bridge, this will be higher. hence the push inland. when it is down lower you are not getting the big pushes. the visibilities will be less than tomorrow. we are cooling down. temperatures tomorrow, these are the highs. 60s. right? green. and yellows are 70s. they are far east. as we look at the forecast. patchy fog along the coast and inland now. and things change around. this low-pressure system drops in. rain is in the forecast. we will see rain. you will see in the 5 day. the models are selecting rain to roll in wednesday night into thursday. and i think we will see rain now. models are going back and forth on this. not aggressive but it is

showing measurable rain. beyond that, highs for tomorrow, beyond that, we are going to see more rain coming. as the pattern weakens, more of a wet weather pattern. long range, thanksgivings looks wet. 60 pacifica. 62 daly city. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view i get that call a lot -- i always -- [ talking at the same time ] >> i stand -- stand in front of the north bay more than i should. >> thank you. an investigation underway after gorilla was killed at san francisco zoo, the concerns from former spokesperson that the zoo isn't handling the case like it should. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> rafrightening home -- a frightening home invasion, the

suspect crashes into a tree during the chase, what may be luring criminals into the neighborhood and which hospitals santa cruz received outstanding marks -- received outstanding marks. >> these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. ♪

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complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. san francisco zoo opened to visitors this morning after the death of a gorilla. it was raised by zoo workers who bottle fedder and she had been -- fed her and she had been thriving. she was crushed by a hydraulic door. ktvu's ken wayne is live at the zoo. you just got new information from the zoo? >> reporter: we just got an update from officials. after the gorilla was crushed it was taken to the hospital and then the body was taken back to the zoo so the other animals could look that dead

gorilla. -- look at the dead gorilla, this is part of the closure for the gorillas, they are in mourning right now and they are being monitored but they are keeping an eye on them. officials said little, in fact, nothing at all, not talking on camera about what happened here. >> reporter: the security is everywhere and officials continue a refuse talk about the gorilla's death. while the zoo banned news camera it allowed cell phone pictures of fresh flowers this morning. it is where we found visitors upset over what happened. >> i think it could be prevented. i feel like that is a mistake. >> very sad. sound like its negligence. they have to be more careful. >> unfortunately when an institution closes its doors like this it gives people the

impression they are trying to hide something when it may not be the case. >> he was a spokesman in 2007. he says the zoo needs to be more forth coming. >> enjoyed to do the question -- the idea is to do the investigation quickly. >> he is a critic who says management is more concerned about themselves than the animals. >> accidents happen. we understand but feeling for the keepers and for the gorilla family. >> reporter: we received an e- mail from a group called sf zoo staff that said employees are upset at management and think changes need to be made. when asked if they would like to talk on camera about their

concerns, they said they were fearful of losing their jobs. live in san francisco, ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we are getting more details on changes in protocol. thank you. in an hour, san francisco police chief is expected to hold a town hall meeting to discuss a police shooting last week. the shooting happened last thursday on connecticut street. officers say they were trying to question a group of men who were acting suspicious and the officer opened fire affone of -- after one of the men pulled out a gun. the victim is expected to survive. the meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. every vote counts holds true in alameda. 127 vote separate the two candidates for mayor there. ktvu's rob roth joins us live where the ballots are still

being counted. >> reporter: that's right. it should be later tonight when we find out who won the race to become alameda's next mayor. >> reporter: six days after the election and the reg star of voters still have ballots to count. >> down to the final 14,000 votes. >> reporter: but here in the uncounted ballots lies the answer to the race for mayor. >> this is just another thing you wait for. >> the challenger held just a 127 vote lead over the incumbent out of 20,000 votes cast. she declined our offer to comment. >> i think it is a huge victory. >> reporter: some voters say

enough already. >> too long. i think they should have had that done by three days. >> what is one week or two weeks? it is going to last for two years, four years. >> reporter: so what is taking so long? >> we had 82,000 votes by mail votes dropped off on election day. they all have to be sorted and signatures checked. >> reporter: we just spoke with the office, the plan is to count all the ballots well into the night so the suspense should end this evening. there is always a challenge the losing side will ask for a recreant. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news -- recount. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. protecting endangered species, the video of drones in action and why it is not just as simple as flying a drone over head to catch poachers in action. >> and gas prices are dropping

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massive cyber attack on the u.s. postal service that put employees and customer's information at risk. the information includes social security numbers, addresses and emergency contact. no word on how many people have bib effected -- been effected. the hackers may work for the chinese government. >> we have seen china go after different government inties. -- entities. they are trying trying to learn our government, our structure. >> it tarted customer whose targeted customers who cause -- targets customer whose wassed the call centers. they -- who used the call centers. a new video from last year's wildfire in arizona that killed 19 firefighters. arizona state officials released 2 dozen new video clips. this show as wall of flames and

smoke. it was taken the day the granite mountain hot shots were killed. they became trapped when the fire shifted. only one member of the 20 person team survived. president obama today made a major announcement regarding the united states relationship with chine expo the viability of lease -- china and the visas. they will grant 10 year business visas and short term tourist visas. student visas will be made valid for five years. they will increase tourism and business. police believe fog may have been a factor in an accident that injured a man this

morning. he suffered life threatening injuries. it happened about 3:30 a.m. it was going east as the truck turned. the emergency respond had to free the driver. we are learning about the damage after the giants won the world series. news chopper 2 flew over the vandalism on october 29. muni say 28 buses and street cars were damaged. a new bus had more than $14,000 in damage. to prevent more damage muni rerouted some lines around the area wheres the rowdy fan were celebrating. new way to use drones, how one company is using drones protect endangered species. >> a plan to get rid of weeds clogging the path to a port in northern california.

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new at 5:00 p.m. deploying drones to protect endangered species from poachers. an idea that is getting support from google which is donated millions of dollars.

ktvu's tom vacar reports the eyes in the sky could become the latest tool to stop poachers in their tracks. >> reporter: white rhinos and all endangered species are sitting ducks and easy prey for poachers looking for ways to make money. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: now more and more drone makers are seeing an opportunity for their endangered -- for them oo parole -- to parole, protect and preserve. . >> these are vast rangers that they are trying to protect. any help that we can get from the skies, from eyes in the skies is appreciated. >> reporter: drones can observe animal movements, it -- with

censors drones can see poachers in the dead of the night when they are most active. >> that data collecticide one thing and then -- collected is one thing and then it has to be transmitted to a team that could act on it quickly. . >> reporter: it is important they don't disturb or alter animal behavior. silent drones won't tip-off proachers. -- poachers. >> in the early years trying to determine how best to put eyes in the sky. scan vast areas. you know, know what they are looking at on the ground, get the data, make use of the data. >> reporter: tom vacar, ktvu

channel 2 news. gas prices are dropping substantial across the country. the average cost of regular gas fell 13 cents over the past two weeks and 78 cents from may. all of this due to a decline in the price of crude oil. the national average is $2.94 a gallon. however, san francisco stills the highest average for -- still has the highest average for gas, $3.27 a gallon. memphis has the cheapest $2.65. new e-mails are shedding lights on when gm became aware of the ignition switches problems. e-mail exchanges show they ordered half a million replacement switches on december 18, 2013. two months before the company

told regulators about the ignition switches. in all 30 deaths are blamed on the ignition switches and millions of vehicles have been received. researchers are lawing a sugar science initiative to -- launching a sugar science initiative. already research shows strong evidence of links between the added sugar and diseases like diabetes, heart disease and liver disease. the goal is to take findings and highlight key findings for the public. 2 investigates uncovers complaints from angry customer whose say solar panels are catching fire and putting their homes in danger. homeowners say panels made by dp started going bad, burning well within the warrant period. now the company is facing a lawsuit. it claims they knew about the problems in 2005 but continued

to sell them systems for another 5 years till it quit the solar business. >> these panels will fail. we don't know their date of death but all you have to do is observe them over a period of time and they continue to fail again and again and again. >> tonight at 10:00 p.m. why many customers are stuck with defective panels because the warrant is no good. weather now, our chief meteorologist bill martin. that was serious fog this morning. >> it was. we got a little bit the last week. that changes tonight and tomorrow the fog, it comes off the deck. fog further inland. low clouds. fog. shouldn't be dense stuff. might see coastal drizzle tomorrow as well. highs from today, as warm as they will get for the week.

it will cool off as we head into the week as weather systems begin to impact us. now, this opening round shows up on wednesday night, thursday. i will show you that on the computer model. behind that, a strongerworth system, taking aim -- stronger weather system taking aim thanksgiving week. things are -- you know, they are breaking loose a little bit. fog and low clouds today. tomorrow, see how it -- it is along the coast. tomorrow it comes up. over the hills. you will see all that white right in here. low clouds. that drops temperatures. it is getting cooler around here. it is getting darker too. 71 fairfield right now. with the time change, you know, we were seeing 60s, you are seeing 50s.

tomorrow morning, there it is. right? low clouds. here is the potential drizzle showing up along the coast. there is a low-pressure system right here. moves closer to us wednesday. here is tuesday afternoon. temperatures in the 60s. and then here we go. boom. wednesday 11:00 p.m. wednesday night, that look goods. showers showing up. over night wednesday into thursday morning. 3:00 a.m. the timing. the amount, we are far out but you get the idea. something is coming in. looks like it is wednesday night, thursday morning. thursday morning's commute, 3:00 a.m., the roads should be wet. this will be quarter inch of rain if we are lucky. the morning commute, 7:00 a.m., there is still wet. drop snow. drop rain. there you go. good sign. behind that, you won't see it in the five-day forecast, we

have a stronger system, more energy, more cold air. a couple days of weather around thanksgiving. 67 san jose. promoting rain. the more you look at this deal, we need big storms and we need a lot of them just to get us -- we don't do it. even if we have a great year. we are still behind. but we can not afford to be less than average. we need rain. >> even thanksgiving could be wet? >> yeah. might be. >> thank you. one california mayor says man tees are the solution -- manatees are theclusion to weed problems. the -- the solution to weed problems. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up. it was meant to encourage donations to a food bank but now it is coming down.

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a slemoving -- slow moving flow of lava destroyed a home

today in hawaii. today a finger of lava broke free and pushed into a home. the people living there already evacuated and the home burned quickly. lava has been oozing and burning its way towards the town since june. what started as a day hike turned into a all night ordeal for a group from pasadena. the helicopter pulled 15 people to safety this morning. they ranged from 14 to 36. they started off yesterday and the group was well equipped and plans to rappel down a water fall but they lost track of time. they got wet. they got cold. it got dark and they hunkered down. they were scared and because they were scared they called 911. >> rescuers reached reached the

group this morning. one of the hikers injured her ankle during the airlift. the mayor of stockton proposed bringing in manatees to get rid of a plant that is over running the port of stockton. experts say there are several reasons why the idea just won't work. >> reporter: with no clear way to see in the port of stockton -- >> my job is to figure out every possible solution. >> the mayor is working to find possible creative solutions like repurposing the planned -- repurposing the planned as furniture. or one that is getting the most attention, bringing manatees to the central valley. >> few people talked about the animals that teat. >> reporter: -- that teat. >> reporter: there are some

limitations. >> manatees would probably be killed by the propellers from the boaters like they are in florida. they don't eat enough. even if you have 2,000 and brought them here. >> reporter: they are endangered. there are only 5,000 left in florida and the water may be fatal. >> these are just possible ideas. there is a warning about the danger that laundry deterrent pods pose to young children. today they published a new stead a. the laundry deterrent pods sent one child per day oo hospitals across -- to hospitals across the country. many children are drawn to them because they look like candy and not enough is being done to

keep children away. now at 6:00 p.m. prosecute declined to charge san francisco 49ers defensive tackle ray mcdonald in a domestic violence dispute. what they said about the decision. >> a home invasion, why authorities say similar break ins are on the rise and the common demominater -- denommater -- denominator. ktvu channel 2 news starts right now with breaking news. >> good evening. hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> breaking news the church ended for a -- search ended for a child. a woman called 911 saying her four-year-old son fell off of a cliff and couldn't see the boy. the fire department found the boy and are now trying to bring him up. we don't know the condition of the child. ktvu channel 2 news a crew on the way and we will update you

as soon as we get new information. to the case of san francisco 49ers defensive tackle ray mcdonald. prosecutors will not charge him with domestic violence. ktvu's as meths -- azenith smith has more. >> reporter: his fiance unwillessness to talk after the initial call. when ktvu channel 2 news interviewed san francisco 49ers defensive tackle ray mcdonald following his domestic violence arrest he said -- >> truth will come out. you know? i can't say too much right now. truth will come out. >> reporter: the district attorney announced it will not file charges. >> because of conflicting accounts, the lack of eyewitnesses and the lack of cooperation by jane doe.