. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. david was there and someone else was there and we don't really know, but somebody knows who did this. >> a $00,000 reward and two persons of interest. tonight authorities are trying to solve the killing of a rhomnent bay area educator and author. good evening i'm ken wayne. the victim was gunned down an east bay hiking trial trail. new at 10:00 ktvu's debora villalon has been talking to those who knew ruins yell best. >> they say ruenzels with a teacher, write and family man gave so much in 60 years and

they are heartbroken his life has been taken. >> i feel lucky and honored to have been his friend. brad met dave ruenzel when he with moved from r his family tolbay area 20 years ago. >> nationally known educational writer and he and i would go hiking a lot. >> reporter: a hike is the last place anyone thought ruenzel would be in danger, but tuesday afternoon he was found shot dade on a park trail in the huckle berry preserve, part of the bay area regional bay system. >> witnesses described two men on the trail before the gunshots, and have released these composite sketches. they believe rob we was motive, but those who know ruenzel sid say at most he had a phone and wallet on him and rarely carried cash. >> he was jump a warm, gregarious guy, every time i think of him i smile. >> i just broken down in his

wife's arms. so he was -- he another long time friend who often walked with ruenzel points to the facebook page full of remembrances from ruenzel's former students describing him as quirkry, inspiring and brilliantment he spent a decade teaching newspaper partner journalism in danville and after leaving the classroom wrote for national publications and the gates foundation. >> he was if a great place many his life, turning 60 and looking forward to handing out with his wife and came home and went for a walk in the park and didn't come home. >> it's been a nightmarish weak week for those close to dave ruenzel and hope the sketches and the $10,000 reward will bring tips and justice for a man who will be missed by many. >> basically it's so much pain for people, they don't realize the pain they have created for family and friends. it's just a shock. just simple confidence going on a hike. >> somebody has got to know

who did this and if it's $10,000, we can find that, and it's just a start. >> another look now at the sketches. one man with dreadlocks, high- cheekbones and narrow face, the other described as out of shape, with short hair. he carried a black backpack, knowledge wore dark clothing of david ruenzel was a father and grandfather and his memorial two weeks from today will no doubt be full of grateful students as well. ken. >> thank you, deb. now to our weather and light rain falling throughout the bay area this afternoon. here is a live look at the christmas tree and ice skaters at union square in san francisco and more rain is on the way. mark tamayo is in the weather center, mark, how much more are we expecting. >> conference least p-25 to .5" and we're adding to the much-needed rainfall here in the bay area and right now, in

fact, the secondary impulse approaching our coastline right now. as far as the rainfall totals over the past 24 hours, really adding up for one part of the bay area. we had some enhancement along the front, .07, and those numbers not as impressive, but santa rosa .36" in the north bare. live stormtracker 2, hard to ignore all of the rainfall showing up offshore. rainshowers in the north bay. nothing too major, scattered showers around the bay, but look at what is developing offshore. six hours you can see some development to our south and west and this is our next system approaching our coastline. so for the next few hours, late tonight into tomorrow we're tracking increasing rainfall rates. in gusty winds around 25 miles per hour and more sierra snow. here is our forecast model in the short-term, the rainfall increases in coverage overnight, a secondary batch of moisture moving onshore tomorrow at 10:00 and scattered showers could be heavy at times as we head into the sunday

forecast. i'm fracking another system, a much stronger one in the five- day forecast. i have more on that coming up in a little bit. >> thank you mark. new details on the crisis in ferguson, missouri. officer darren wilson resigned today from the ferguson police department write in his letter that he hopes his leave willing alout community to heal. officer wilson shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown last august. the move follows the grand jury's diagnose not to pursue criminal charges against wilson for the shooting of the he told jurorred he feared for his life during the confrontation with brun. today in ferguson they reacted. >> he got away with murder. he is free and going on to live his life and doing whatever he wants to do. >> i figured it was a given. there is no way you can work with law enforcement again. >> amid protests a reminder of the power of human kindness.

this picture was taken during a ferguson protest in portland. the little boy with tiers in r in his eyes, devonte hart was wearing a "free hugs" sign and the officer took advantage of that sign. here in the bay area, things turned violent in san francisco last night as protesters damaged union square businesses. several police officers were injured. kutv's john sasaki talked to people who watched those protests unfold. >> reporter: 'tis the season for people to flood san francisco's union square. but last night many shoppers came face-to-face with angry protesters. >> there were a handful with their trademark black masks. >> carib is an spca volunteer who watched the protesters turn ugly. >> i was nervous. i was scared because i wasn't

sure where -- what direction they were going take, because it was so random and there was so much anger and frustration behind it. >> they never came near her windows because ch is good because she said she would have stopped them. >> i was prepared because they are helpless animals and it's scary. >> at this jewelry store, workers say that protesters broke several windows. >> not making money. >> it's supposed to be a good day. >> it's supposed to be a good day. but yesterday we lose a lot of money. >> reporter: perhaps the worst damage was at crate and barrel where three huge windows were smashed with protesters trapping people inside. managers took control. >> they made sure they locked the front doors and got all of the field associates and customers to a safe place, back of house. and they welcome worked with the boiling security to choose an alternative exit. >> at westfield mall was

locked down to keep protesters out. more video from youtube show police officers being hit with a thrown traffic barricade. >> 78 people got arrested last night. >> and among those were some juveniles as well? >> i think six juveniles. >> there was also damage in the mission district to a bank of america, a radioshack and origin businesses. six officers were hurt, the most serious suffered a deep gash to the face, when he was hit with a bottle through through his window. today in oakland demonstrators set their sight on wal-mart and say they are angry about low bathes and the recent events in ferguson. protesters are asking for a continued boycott of wal-mart. they say the discount giant keeps employees under the poverty line, which in turn leads to crimes of poverty and acts of aggression. >> wal-mart pays a large sum of money out of its annual $14 billion budget to support

police terrorism, to support policing agencies, police athletic leagues and such. >> protests he are asking people to shop locally or at lehman brothers retailers that support intercity communities. new at 10. >> a marin county wock accused of stabbing her boyfriend in the head has come forward to police. 47-year-old glenda bernardini turned herself in today. she had been on the run since wednesday. investigators say the victim and bernidini got into an argument and she plunged a 12" knife into victim's head. the blade penetrated his skull by about two inches. the victim was taken to the hospital. he is in serious condition with uncertain long-term affect from that injury. a tearful reunion in georgia, where a 13 wild-card boy saw his mother again for the first time in four years. police say the boy was found hidden behind a wall. >> the room was quitt, except for the sounds of a mother

crying. she held her son tight, rocking the child who had grown to a teenager. the last time she held him he was just 9 years old, sent to visit his father, from when he never returned. witnesses say the family moved to this quitt street about six months ago and nothing seemed out of ordinary. >> police say the boy down loaded a cell phone app and texted his mother saying he was being beaten abused. police were sent to the home, but a the father denied the boy was there. several hours later the police urn ared and had time finding the boy hidden behind a wall panel in a linen closet. i saw him and asked him to come forward and he was horrified. he was frozen with fear. >> he just couldn't thank us enough and kept saying thank you, thank you, thank you, just overjoyed we had found him. >> neighbors say they nude the boy lived there, but say the woman who claimed he was his

mother claimed he was homeschooled. she say he was aloud outside and sometimes he played and often he did chores. >> the young man -- you never know behind closed doors. >> police say the five people who were in the home where the would i were found are facing charges of false imprisonment and cruelty to children. police say the mother who lives in florida had reported the boy was missing to welfare horts, but did not call police until now because as an immigrant, she was apparently unfamiliar with how to handle the situation. president obama stayed in washington for the handing you with a big task on his plate to pick the next defense secretary. secretary chuck hagel announced this week he stepping down after apparent pressure to resign. but replacing him is turning out to be pretty tough. two candidates reportedly said no even before being offered the job. and whoever becomes secretary are have to fulfill the president's strategy against

isis and approach that is under fire by republicans. >> they are going to have to send more over there, they have to have four air controllersing "and have special forces people. we're going to have to have trainers. >> new leadership should take over at the pentagon and for the last to two years of the president's term and that is what is going to happen. >> the other controversy is proceeding with the transfers of detainees out of guantanamo bay. congressional sources told fox news that hagel's slow response to emptying the terrorist jail caused some tension between the pentagon and the white house. there is a world-record for just about everything now, but this is one you have to see and hear to believe. why the family that set the record is act, like they have been there before. small business saturday is more than just a slogan. the numbers to back up the impact buying local has on the economy. and month by month, the view of the old bay bridge changes as it's taken apart

piece by piece and the plan to keep parts of it together and why a multi-million dollar decision has to be made soon. the 10:00 news continues in 90 seconds.

. bay area transportation officials are contemplating a plan to leave parts of the old eastern span of the bay bridge in place. ktvu's catie u evidence is live and tell us that the plan may save money and maybe even become a visitor's destination. >> ken, the old pan of the bay

bridge is now in the shadows of the new span, but there is an effort underway to make how far it's not forgotten and that plan as you mentioned could save a lot of money piece by piece, and month-by-month, the skyline over the bay change as the old eastern span of the bridge is demolished. but should crews leave some of it behind? >> the idea is to leave some, you know, ruin or relic there -- the old j.d. to make it look nice. >> reporter: the metropolitan transportation commission is considering leaving some of the old peers near the old oakland shoreline as seen in the renderings of a gateway park proposal. piers could be repurposed. >> we would need to get permission to do had.

currently the dem the peers it could save millions. >> probably $so million or so, or maybe more, depending on how many of them. >> reporter: the idea to leave a piece of history in the water has float adround for years, but contracts for continued demolition work are going to bid soon, so a decision must be made. if the the demthe mtc says that a plan would have to be in place for what to do with the piers once they stay in the waters and that plan would have to be signed off by other agencies as well ken. >> katie, we know the work has

been sometimes halted because of the birds that are nesting on the old span. so what latest is on that? >> reporter: well ken caltrans is exasperately trying to get those birds to move to their new habitat that was created on the new span and they are up against a deadline, if the birds lay eggs in february, all work on the eastern span of the old bay bridge will have to stop. waiting for thed byes to get the memo from caltrans. thank you, katie. a stunning reversal today in cairo as former president hosni mubarak was acquitted for the deaths of 239 protesters during the 2011 uprising that forced him out of office. the announcement prompted violence in the streets. egyptian police used tear gas and water canons against protesters. today's acquittal comes foiling the retrial for mubarak and several of his officials.

in the first trial in 2012 mubarak was sentenced to life in prison and that verdict was ore turned on appeals. there are properties that several protesters were killed today in clashes are police and several mystery officers were killed in apparent drive-by shootings. three bombs in a gunfight at a mosquito in nigeria claimed the lives of people, followed by gunfire outside of mosque. the emir recently called for people to arm themselves against boko haram, that is the militarrant islamist group. so far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. a bbc reporter on the scene said an angry mob beat to death three gunmen finishing at worshippers. soccer legend peli remains in intensive care in sao paulo, but the hospital says his

condition is improving. the 74-year-old superstar was admitted to the hospital for a urinary tract infection. pelle had one kidney removed during his days as a player. in 2000, peli along with another play he we are named co- players of the century by fifa. >> shoppers serving for extra service got their bay as they explored local stores for small business saturday. main street stores offer perks, such as free giftwrap ainge advice on the best gift or perfect shoe. >> people should shop local because of our excellent customer service, our huge variety of european and american shoes. they are comfort and style. >> according to an industry survey last year shoppers sent a lot more than small change at local stop shoppes on small

business saturday forking over l5.7 billion. spending lined by about $200 million from 2012. shoppers in oakland don't have to worry about paying for parking on saturdays. that because the city is offering free parking every saturday between thanksgiving and new year's day. the idea is to encourage consumers to shop at local outlets in oakland's commercial districts instead of going chain stores. while parking may be free on saturday, time limits will still be enforced at the meters, lots and garages. black friday is gone and holiday shoppers now have their sights set on cyber monday. there are some deals out there, if travel is part of your holiday plans? hotels are offering discounted rates for purchases booked between friday, november 29th and monday, december 1st. if you are looking to stay closer to home, there are deals there as well of the experts say when shopping for travel deal it's important to read the fine print, because there may be some restrictions. young kids can often feel invincible. two cousins had a different

thought over thanksgiving. . >> i was thinking that me and my brother were going to die. >> amazing rescue after getting buried in snow and what these two young boys are asking for now. . and from celebration to tragedy, the excellent that left a bay area family mourning on what was supposed to be a special night. . and in weather, our next storm racing towards the coastline, coming up we'll track the rain in your stunned forecast and also one day we could have somewhat of a break and the timing of the strongest storm in the series with the updated five-day forecast.

demolition. the two young new york cousins who were rescued after being buried under 5' of snow for hours this thanksgiving said they thought they were going to die. >> we got scared. there was a big block of ice on my chest, so i couldn't move. >> i tried to punch it to break it, but if i punched it once and it was about to fall

and he said -- it was going to land on his face. >> 11-year-old elijah martinez and his counce were boyding a snowfort when the plow piled pfeifer more feet of snow. after an exhaustive search-and- rescue effort police were and to free the boys after seven hours. >> i felt so happy, like everything that we went through, like fell right off my back. >> when asked what they wanted to do to celebrate their rescue, the younger boy said eat, but the older was pushing for a trip to disney world. a new york family is celebrating for winning the record for the most christmas lights for the second time. they are lit up by more than 600,000 lights put together by. [ music ]. the family won in 2012 and lost to australians this year and this weekend

received official word of again earning the begines title. father and son are thrilled to take that record back. >> we estimate total man hours to do the. [ music ] and set the whole display up, 2,000 hours. >> we have the most fun putting it up together. >> it's a great experience. >> australia is still on top as far as commercial property lights of a shopping center won this year's record for a stunning display, featuring almost $1.2 million led lights strong together with 75 miles of wire. firefighters are known for rescuing cats so this next story may not supervise you too much. the pleasantton fire department was called to respond to the cat stuck inside the narrowest portion of an uninstalled light pole in a storage area. the cat was so cramped it was unable to move its legs. ryan,ers cut the pole and able to free the little kitty. the animal did not have a collar or id and is now cared

for by the east county animal shelter. the night started with twin brothers celebrating their birthday and it ended in tragedy. the change that they are looking for after a deadly accident. plus, screams of delight in the sierra today, the conditions that you can expect if you are heading to the slopes this weekend.

my nai'm a lineman for pg&e out of the concord service center. i have lived here pretty much my whole life. i have been married for twelve years. i have 3 kids. i love living here and i love working in my hometown. at pg&e we are always working to upgrade reliability to meet the demands of the customers. i'm there to do the safest job possible - not only for them, but everybody, myself included

that lives in the community. i'm very proud to do the work that i do and say that i am a lineman for pg&e because it's my hometown. it's a rewarding feeling. . well, that looks like fun, families heading into the sierra got a chance it ply in the snow today. after lounging on the koich and then long trip in the car there is nothing like breaking open with a snowball fight. it's a special thrill for children from sacramento and he the bay area. >> the kids were so excited to see snow. we came out and they have been throwing snowballs atduce -- we just got hit [ laughter ]. >> we were just looking for a

place to play. a lot of sled placed weren't open and this is my daughter's first time. >> besides making snow angels, there is an opportunity to take the perfect picture for season greeted greatings. it didn't take long for the cold to sink in and provide a pretty good excuse to get some hot chocolate someplace. driving over the sierra has been sluggish as rain turned to snow. it's been difficult for holiday travelers, but others are spending their time on the slopes. doug johnson went to boreal, where the conditions changed throughout the day. >> if you want too beat the snow rush, beat the chains and all the traffic, now is a good time. >> had you to go pretty high up interstate 80 to see it. >> it did take a while and when i called they said would be 3-4", but we didn't see any notre dame the last ten minutes. >> caltrans only briefly required chains and i-70 had mostly rain into the night.

caltrans said the heavy snow didn't come last night until 1:00 snowboards described the snow as? >> it's wet. >> wet and cold. >> they say they prefer in spite skiing at boreal as the cool air turns the rain to snow lower down the slope. >> it's definitely sticking more than it was earlier today. now it's a lot more snow/powder. >> they say conditions are not perfect. >> in some parts it's icy. >> still lift lines are short and tickets cheaper. >>$34 for a night ticket. >> boreal says it has gotten enough snow it can downturn off newits snowmaking equipment. >> right now we're definitely relying on the snowed goads and mother nature. >> here night ski is from 3:30 to 9:00 p.m. >> the holiday weekend took a tragic turn for a family in

benicia. kutv's 39 cristina rendon said he was celebrating a special day with his twin brother when the accident happened. >> he is my best friend in the whole world. twin brothers arlen and damian ingles shared a special bond. >> they were together last night in benicia with friends. >> we were celebrating our you birthday. >> damian says they were walking to his house when the celebrations end adbruptly. arlen was hit by a car on east 5th street and rushed to the hospital. >> when i got there, it was already tool. >> arlen's wife melissa and a his two daughters are just devastated. >> he was such a caring man. he loved his brother and i and our children and his mom and my family. we were all very close. >> arlen and damian were glazers in san francisco u-

installing glass on high-rise buildings. the brothers had plans to retire together. >> when i heard it, i knew something was wrong and i could see him and i ran down there and held him and told him i loved him. >> the family says an accident happened in an area where they see many people who cross the street despite the sign. the driver stopped and is cooperating with police. >> i feel for her a little bit, too. you know, it just happened to work out that way. >> the family hoped that lights or a crosswalk can be installed to spare another family. >> i would hate for someone else to get hit there. >> reporter: they find comp knowing that arlen lived a good live in 39 years. >> he was just in the wrong place at the wrong dime. it's just a great loss. >> reporter: in benicia, cristina rememberedon, ktvu channel 2 news. benicia police are investigating and says it's too soon to know if speed or alcohol were factors in the accident. >> a mother is pleading for information that will lead to her son's killer on this, the 6

th-year anniversary of his death. since her son was killed in 2008, she has made it her mission to wring his killer to just. >> if you know something, you can stay anonymous. come forward, just please help me solve this. and let me have some some closure. >> 20-year-old brandon evans was shot in the back in golden gate park and died on the way to the hospital. every november evans drives from san diego and hires an airplane to pull a banner over the park reading "justice for brandon." cutting-edge improvements are underway. five cigrars have been upgraded with solar powered signals. each has amber colored leds. public works officials say the new technology will increase reliability and reduce overall maintenance costs while at same

time, keeping pedestrians safer. a north california circus animal sanctuary is mourning the loss of annie. this is annie at the paws sanctuary in calaveras county. the paws founder told the sacramento bee today that annie was given a last meal of frosted flakes, alfalfa and hay. a sweet treat, the annual unveiling of the gingerbread house in the city. more rain on the way and what you should expect as we head into sunday.

. a really sweet treat was unveiled at fairmont hotel in san francisco today, an enormous two-story grinninger bread house is now on display there. for more that i a century a new grinninger bread house has been constructed and this year the sweet structure stand there are than 22' height and 23' wide. also includes thousands of home- baked gingerbread bricks. more than 1500 pounds of icing to hold it all together. >> we have got a lot to be grateful for and this is just another way to show the appreciation, share the festivities and it's really part of the city's tradition. the gingerbread house will be on displace in the mayormont

hotel lobby through january 1st. >> at ktvu we're taking donation as part of our anna nicole smith coat drive called "one warm coat." last night ktvu meteorologist bill martin was at the dropoff location in walnut creek taking in gently-used winter coats of those coats will be given to help people in need stay warm this winter. more than 2,000 coats were collected just at the walnut creek site. the drive runs through the end of year and you can make donations at four different locations? san francisco at the ferry building emeryville at bay street and imville. because the rainfall already picking up with the second system. we have been talking about a series of storms approaching the coastline and rainfall rates picking up. you get the idea of the direction moving in from the south and west. you can see on live stormtracker 2, the radar loop over the past three hours and the coverage increasing in the

north bay, towards santa rosa and novato and around san francisco and mill valley. in fact, let's look at the rainfall offshore, an estimate of .61" an hour. a rainfall rate associated with that cell. coming in closer, southern marin county, closer to san francisco, the rf has been picking up in coverage, extending across the bay bridge. just touching to the east bay towards berkeley. not much out towards the in and of itself east bay, but that will be changing overnight and pushing the machs to the south. closer to redwood city and half moon bay. more coverage offshore with heavier downpours to the west of half moon bay. outside right now, looking out towards the bay bridge, rain showers pushing in from the west and heading to the east. as far as the forecast headlines, rain increasing right now. more rain for tomorrow and there is yet a stronger storm we're tracking next week. so the key headline over past few days a rainy pattern

developing. tomorrow for your sunday, another rain cloud. monday, somewhat of a break. there is still a chance of showers, but not much in the way of significant rainfall on monday. but things ramp up into tuesday and possibly into against. these numbers really adding up, issuely for the coastal hills. we could have amounts 3-" in the urban areas 1.5-3" easily. a cloudy monday with the chance of showers. and then the strongest storm set to move into the region on tuesday. derek jeters with the first season moving onshore right now, we're expecting rainfall rates on the order of .25" to 1", maybe 1.25". so rain develops overnight. periods of rain expected for tomorrow. you will see that in the forecast model coming up in a little bit. these are waves moisture moving in from the south and west. another wave pushes onshore by midmorning sunday and possibly isolatedded heavier downpours throughout the afternoon hours. more breaks in the action for your sunday afternoon. this will be a snow-producedder

in the sierras. the winter weather advisory in place until 7:00 sunday. forecast highs for tomorrow, mainly in the upper 50s to the 60s. it's going to be a wet day especially for the morning hours. more breaks throughout date, but still keep the umbrella nearby, because will you need it into your sunday afternoon. more clouds into monday. a chance of showers and the one impressing us the most ons if you with possibly heavier rain and possibly a thunderstorm or two or scattered showers later tuesday into wednesday. so we used to make a big deal about .1" and .25", it's nice to measure the rainfall in inches and that will be the case. >> bring it, we need it. >> we need a lot more than that, too. >> thank you, mark. coming up, the cal bears have their bowl-hopes on the line, as they take on byu and from the hospital to the ice,

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. good evening everyone and welcome to this saturday night edition of sportan. the san josi sharks take aim at one of the teams ahead of them in the pacific division at home tonight. logan couture was in the hospital this morning, suffering from flu symptoms and had a does it he did? goes out and scores first two shark goals against anaheim. he throws the rebund offer the black of patrick marleau's shot. couture breaks away after the

ducks mishanded the power-play, 2-1. the sharks led 3-1 after one. then in the 2nd, the sharks go up by four goals. shepherd forces the loose puck, collected by tomas hertl, 5-1, san josi. but you knew this would end up being a close game. getzlaf skates in on niemi. the sharks fans thinking that we have seen this ending before, but this siam san josi closes it out. sharks win 6-4 and pick up a couple of much-needed point, but stay in 5th play in the pacific position. bowl eligibility hang in position for the cal bears against byu. sonny dykes team needed a win. watson takes the hand-off in the 3rd quarter. watson scored the touchdown that put cal in front, 28-21. cougars tied it. now