pattern, this type of pattern, scattered showers here. heavy rain here. right? north and east of martinez. 680. these cells are going to be powerful at times and then backed off as you see over here. richmond, novato. heavier showers. afternoon commute is messy. as you would expect. funny after last week's deal, which was a big, big storm, everybody is dealing with this better. this isn't a 10 out of 10. this is a 7 or 8. there is another one out there. it will have a big impact into the commute tomorrow. we will talk about it. i will see you back here with the updates. now to new developments in oakland where protesters started the day by chaining themselves to the doors at oakland police headquarters and traffic was delayed for hours before police finally brought out the bolt cutters and cleared the scene and they made

25 arrests. another protest is just getting underway in oakland. ktvu's paul chambers is there. what is going on right now? >> reporter: people are starting to gather here. 20 so people just got here. getting ready for another protest today. organizers say they will walk around a lake to remind people that black lives matter. >> reporter: police officers deja vu. dozens of people cameitute protest what they are call -- came out protesting what they call inequality by law enforcement. 200 people shut down downtown oakland. as protesters stat in the street blocking traffic, one man sat high atop a pellagpole at the police department and

others -- flag pole atop the police department and others formed chains. angry and heated, the protest never turned violent. >> stepping up to be a part of the fight. this isn't a matter of policing and black, it is policing and the community. >> reporter: police separated the protesters and arrested 200. this is taking a toll on the officers and the community. >> we are entering our fourth week with protests. you have to say services in other areas of the city can and have been impacted. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00 p.m. what police are doing to secure other areas and how they are working around the protests. you can see there are people gathering here. we will bring you the latest as

it develops. frank? >> thank you. paul chambers live at lake merritt tonight. it is not a familiar place for the 49ers. for the first time in a while they are not in the playoffs after yesterday's loss and that is raising more questions about jim harbaugh's future. mark ibanez is here now with what jim harbaugh had to say today. >> jim harbaugh hasn't been open about it. even said he had a recessive gene with regard to talking about his future. this is the first time in his tenure that the 49ers will not be in the playoffs after they lose for a fourth connective time in seattle to the big rival of the team and jim harbaugh's rival as coach, pete carroll. today jim harbaugh was humble as he talked about what the 49ers could make out of the last couple games of their season. >> we have a lot to play for. play next two games like our

lives depend on it. so -- play for a winning season. playing for each other. playing for the team. playing for the honor of the game. >> the honor of the game. but the 49ers have two more games left to play and against tough teams. it will be san diego playing this saturday and arizona cardinals the week following. the 49ers won't be in the playoffs and they have a 7-7 record which, of course, in his tenure that is their worse record. they seem it be going in the opposite direction. super bowl, then had championship game and this -- the championship game and this year not to be in the playoffs. >> if not jim harbaugh, then what names are you hearing?

>> a lot of names. one of their defensive coordinators. been around the team and coached for one game when mike was let go. there is a lot of huge egos in the 49ers front office. i will bet you whoever they select they will go with somebody we haven't even hurt of. a guy that is not -- heard of. a guy that is not huge name and a guy they could control better. people don't like the way jim harbaugh would stand up to them and demand power. >> colin kaepernick is jim harbaugh's guy. if they get a new coach what might that mean for colin kaepernick? the thing i noticed he is missing receivers that are wide open. >> it has been a very inconsistent, the worse year so

far for colin kaepernick. and he is missing receivers. a lot of aspects of his game not coming together. disappointing for the team, him personally. jim harbaugh hand picked, sent alex smith out of town and picked colin kaepernick. you would think the next coach will be more objective and have a shorter leash on colin kaepernick and not have him be his guy. >> see you at 6:00 p.m. with more. thank you. we are one step closer to getting a statewide earthquake system in california. $5million from washington to pay for rolling out the system next year. it is included in the spedding -- spending bill. president obama is expected to sign it. efforts to install it has been hampered by money problems. it measures ground movement and provide seconds of warning time

that an earthquake is happening. more about a hostage situation over 16 hours at a cafe in sydney, australia. three people are dead. including a gunman who was known to law enforcement. >> reporter: a dramatting ending in -- dramatic ending in sydney, australia. armed police storming the building. and medics taking away people on stretchers. >> a number of gun shots that were heard that caused officers to move straight to an emergency action plan and that caused them oo enter -- to enter. >> reporter: no stranger to police. sentenced to 500 hours of community service for writing offensive letters to the families of soldiers killed in afghanistan. he also is facing charges of

sexual assault and murder. >> do not let this bring about loss of confidence about visiting. >> hostages holding up a black flag during the ordeal, raising fears of terror related attack. raising their alert level do to a threat from isis. >> we will do everything possible to ensure we do not see it happen again. >> reporter: in september an isis spokesman mentioned australia. police in pennsylvania are searching for a man suspected of going on a shooting rampage killing six family members. it happened in three different locations in philadelphia. police say the 35-year-old first broke into his ex-wife's

apartment. he shot and killed her and took their two girls. a neighbor said she spoke to him just moments after hearing gunfire. >> heard gun shots and heard the kids yelling mommy. he said let's go. we got to go. >> police say stone went to two nearby community wheres he killed -- communities where he killed five other people. no word on what motivated the shootings. a south bay police officer under investigation after posting controversial tweets. the comments that sparked an outcry and how the department is responding. >> the timing of light and heavy down pours tonight and what to expect for your morning commute. >> a sudden crash. >> we knew something fell. >> the situation that forced people to evacuate and how it could have been much worse.

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crews were out in napa cutting up a tree that crashed down. it happened this afternoon. you see the tree roots and all came out of the saturated earth. they will be looking that home to decide whether or not it has to be red tagged. we are seeing problemalize around the bay area. flooding. in san francisco, ktvu's cristina rendon reports. . >> reporter: they just finished up cleaning up the rock slide in telegraph hill. it was caused by today's rain. but thankfully not as bad as it was last week. >> reporter: another day of rain is needed but not the problems that come along with

it. >> reporter: early this morning trees started falling like this 75-foot tree that came down. in the peninsula storm drains were met with streams of water. cars made a slash getting on to 280. but it was all work in redwood city. >> i am going to pump this stuff out. >> reporter: he is pumping out water at the mobile home park where he lives. she worried about the canal. >> even if it worked, if that over flows won't do any good. water comes over right here. this low spot. >> reporter: a mix of damage belongings took over the dumpsters. >> it is hard to replace all my stuff i lost. it is sad. it is really bad. >> reporter: it is enough to keep her awake at night. >> i am stressed. i am not going to get much

sleep. >> reporter: especially since she and everyone else knows more rain is on the way. along with the possibility of more flooding, more rock slides and more toppled trees. >> a couple more days of that it will be the same story all over again. >> live look now. you can see the barricades here where the rock slide happened. public works said they did that in case anymore rocks fall. it is always a possibility with more rain that is headed our way. >> this is a rough time of the year. anytime is hard. especially this time of the year, holidays, kids getting out of school. a busy time. for this to happen and your home, that is hard. >> reporter: yeah. it is very hard for the residents. especially in redwood city. they have all their personal items in the dumpsters. they have to replace that. >> thank you so much. the storm is causing delays of 90 minutes on average at san

francisco international airport. they report 145 canceled flights. weather prompts sfo to implement a ground delay program. san jose and oakland say flights are on time today. pg&e is out at a mobile home park after two power poles fell on top of a couple homes. ktvu's noelle walker has been there all day. how did this happen? >> reporter: pg&e is trying to make sure it doesn't happen again. the sky is clear right now. that was not the case this morning. it was windy and raining and that proved too much for two power poles that fell like dominoes. >> reporter: pg&e crews doing a high wire dance with 50-foot 1,000-pound power poles after two power poles snapped.

>> they were like wires. the lessened learned for anybody, treat them as live wire. >> one pole fell on a roof, the other over a car port. >> weather related. the winds this morning and appears it was storm related. >> reporter: in the middle of his morning routine -- >> now power. emergency. another one. >> reporter: he relied on his emergency back up supply. >> that is the emergency radio. >> cleaning up after the flooding. >> reporter: pressed into storm service. >> we have another on the other side that the bracing is off of it. >> reporter: pg&e will be working over night to pull out the old poles, bring in the new ones, restore power and get people back in their homes.

this could have been much worse. >> got very lucky. >> the people in the mobile homes were evacuated before police and fire got here. they are lucky they weren't electrocuted. what you should do is stay in your house or if you are in a car, because they act as grounding. wait for the all clear and it is stife leave. noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. >> scary moments. thank you. back now to our chief meteorologist bill martin. so many had a long, wet ride it work but tomorrow morning -- [ talking at the same time ] >> tomorrow will be better. tomorrow afternoon's commute will be sketchy. we get more rain coming up. great. this week is no exception.

the next system is in here. gets here tomorrow afternoon. we will see showers tomorrow. the real rain looks like it is coming in the afternoon. radar. you see what is happening. lower snow levels. snow in the mountains. we have rain right now showing up throughout the region. mostly in the three corners area, san san ramon, hayward. towards lucas valley. right? widely scattered. san bruno showers. showers will be off and on and spotty all night. tomorrow afternoon they will come together and be more of a unified front. right now it is widely scattered showers. this is tuesday. that is tomorrow. it shows up later on in the day. it sets us up for a heavy rain

in the afternoon. which will have a big impact on the afternoon commute. morning shoesers a possibility. -- showers are a responsibility. it will be damp on the morning commute. afternoon commute could have problems. into monday evening, tonight, scattered showers. heavy rain up here. after the 10:00 p.m. news tonight. and then morning hours on tuesday. tuesday morning. right -- what we will see is valley fog. right? it is wet and cold. patchy valley fog. scattered sprinkles and past lunchtime. there it is. 4:00 p.m. starts to show up. that is good rain. wind with this. a nice looking weather system. what we saw last week was a 10. now everything seems mellow. right?

after half foot of rain we saw, everything is in perspective again. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, a wet one. and it is -- yeah. it will be good. good week for rain. mountains are loving this. getting ready for christmas break. a week away. and so they will have more snow up there. which is great. couldn't be happier. >> we haven't seen this in a year. >> been a while. yeah. -- >> how much of advenes is it making -- difference is it making? >> not much of a difference. but if we continue with this momentum, next year have a big momentum -- i have seen years like this. we power up the rain and it shuts off. i have seen it do that. [ talking at the same time ] >> thank you. look at the evening commute

now. wow! that is interstate 80 in berkeley. backed up in both directions. now down a oakland. this is 880. the headlights are heading towards oracle arena. heavy in that direction. the commute direction. now across the bay to san francisco. all those headlights are headed to the bay bridge. it is backed up tonight. looks like it is slow going in the other direction too. >> practically standing still. a hack at sony. the warning sony gave and the script that was leaked. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up after weeks of protesters filling the streets and clashing with police, we sit down with new officers in a climate of controversy and scrutiny. >> i believe it is a higher calling. people want to help others. >> the challenges ahead as they put on their badges and head out on patrol.

also call it the case of bad santa. the crime that happened. hundreds strong in san francisco this weekend. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

a cyber attack at university of california at berkeley but information of some employees at risk. the information compromised included social security numbers and credit card numbers. they have begun to notify 1600 current and former campus employees that their

information may have been hacked. officials say it was done by someone who gained access to servers in their real estate division. there is no evidence they used any of the information. sony is warning news outlets to destroy all information stolen during a cyber attack. over the weekend a script for the new james bond movie. sony says companies that publics is that information will face legal action but experts say any lawsuits would run counter to freedom of the press. 9 families involved in the sandy hook elementary school shooting two years ago filed lawsuits today. the lawsuit filed against manufacturer, distributor and seller of the rifle used in the shooting. claims the rifle should not have been made publicly

available because it is a military weapon. 26 were killed in the shooting. the despite between minnesota vikings star running back adrian peterson and the nfl has landed in federal court. the nfl players association filed a lawsuit today on adrian peterson's behalf. it is asking thedurate vacate a decision last friday which upheld the league's suspension of adrian peterson over child abuse charges. the players association says the suspension is longer than what is allowed by the collective-bargaining agreement with the league. adrian peterson pleaded no contest to mistled assault charges for using a switch to discipline his son. the death of a rhinoceros brought it closer to extinction. the typical life span is 45 years. this one lived to be 44. the zoo says he died of natural

causes. there are only 5 left in the world. the san diego zoo has one other rhinoceros. a frustrated police officer in san jose takes to twitter and now he is off the job. what he wrote using #cops lives matter and why it is creating controversy. >> keeping the bay clear of hazards after storms. 1500 tons of debris every year. >> and this storm is headed to the sierra. how much more snow they could see in the mountains. q

. complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. a san jose police officer tweeted this. threaten me or my family and i will given by god given right to kill you. ops lives matter. now that officer is off the job. he has been put on leave after tweets about protests in the bay area. ktvu's allie rasmus is live at police headquarters to explain how the officer's actions are now the focus of an investigation. >> reporter: the san jose police department has guidelines about how officers

are supposed to behave on social media so that investigation will look at whether phillip white violated the policy because of that tweet and another one. >> reporter: when demonstrators took to streets to protest grand jury decisions, san jose police officer phillip white took to twitter to voice frustration. ops live matter he wrote athleten me or my family and i will use my god given right to kill you. by the way if anyone feels they can't breathe or their lives matter i'll be at the movies tonight, off duty, carrying my gun. this is video of phillip white earlier this year at a elementary school where he used to work in an anti-gang program. >> reporter: he is no longer involved in that program or on

patrol. he is on paid administrative leave. the police chief said in a statement it is important for the communities to know the comments made on his account do not reflect the thoughts or feels of the men and women that san jose police department. nor do we condone this behavior. the police officers association is not coming to his defense. >> we condemn these comments. >> reporter: the vice president could not answer questions but recited part of the statement. >> offensive, disrespectful or inappropriate social media comments have no place in the public discourse surrounding the tragic loss of lives. >> reporter: san jose police department said there is no time 39 complete the -- line to complete the investigation and wouldn't talk about punishment.

>> in the tweet his handle, he coaches basketball. what is happening there? >> he was an assistant coach at men low college, we talked to the college this afternoon who told us as of this morning she no longer an assistant coach there. they decided to terminate him from that position because of the controversy surrounding the tweets. >> thank you. the san jose mayor put out a statement, he said the statements are inappropriate, insensitive and do not meet the standers of the police department. protest is a right and essential to the democracy. the comment dos not reflect the values of san jose. at 6:00 p.m. we will talk with new recruits about the challenges of joining the police source. to say the postal service busy would be an under statement. this is their busiest day of the year. handling 600 million pieces of

mail today. ktvu's alex savage shows us how they are doing it and the absolute, absolute last day to mail packages. >> reporter: workers fired up the fork lifts this morning, filling up delivery trucks. a sign the holidays are here. today crews at this facility will handle a million more pieces of mail than they do an on average day. >> 350 to 400 people just to help us through the holidays. >> reporter: this is the busiest day of the year for the postal service. 10 days before christmas when people start to feel the pressure to get the presidents and cards in the mail. >> they will be mailed out today. for sure. i just -- you know, i wantt to make sure they get there on time. >> reporter: he is shipping gifts for a good cause and he was that post office early. >> there is a friend of mine

that own as homeless shelter in stockton. we are sending out gifts to them. >> reporter: you don't have to worry, you can mail a pactage on december 23 and still get it there by christmas although it will cost extra. across the country 640 million pieces of mail will pass through the hands of united states postal service workers today. >> it is second nature to us. >> reporter: to get it on time they will be delivering on sundays this holiday season and dropping off packages on christmas day as well. in san jose, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. >> itturns out today is the biggest day of the year for fedex. you can see from these shots all of the boxes spread out all

over the roadway. authorities say the driver swerved to avoid a tire in the road. he was treated for minor injuries. fedex sent teams to reload the packages so there wouldn't be delays. thanking troops for years of service. >> america's war in afghanistan will come to a responsible end. >> why the president chose this place to make his announcement and how elvis presley is linked to the announcement. >> the first line of defense. on board one of the boats responsible for keeping debris out of the bay after a storm. >> new rooms for rent in san francisco. serving people who probably have no other options for staying in the marina. every day is a new opportunity to help make life better right here in san francisco.

whether it's helping local businesses like the fruitguys grow and prosper, supporting nonprofits like juma ventures as they fulfill their mission or helping neighborhoods like the tenderloin become vibrant communities. if there's a way to help the people of san francisco thrive and succeed, we'll find it. that's the power of local connections. that's bank of america.

in oakland high school students walked out of class today for a rally against police violence. students gathered outside the b.a.r.t. station. that is the same station where oscar grant was shot and killed by police officer in 2009. b.a.r.t. says the station was closed today because of the protest. the mother of a boy who was shot and killed by a police officer in cleveland said her son never had a chance. here is the surveillance video

when officers responded for reports of someone with a gun. the 12-year-old failed to raise his hands when he was told a do so. the mother said her son wasn't give an chance to follow orders. from the time the police car arrived was less than two seconds. >> my son was a baby. you know? innocent. too young to understand what was going on. just a baby. >> the gun was an air soft gun. you will see the gun didn't have the bright orange plastic tip they put on replicas. president obama thanked troops for their service today and said they should be proud of their efforts in afghanistan. >> this month after more than 13 years our combat mission in afghanistan will be over.

>> the president spoke today in new jersey. that base has been a launching point for deployments to afghanistan. u.s. and nato troops closed their operational command there last week. >> your generation, the 9/11 generation met every mission that has been given to you. you helped decimate the core al- qaeda leadership and deliver justs to osama bin laden. >> the president praised men and women for protecting our safety, freedom and security and wished every soldier could come home to a king's greeting and limo, in reference to when elvis presley returned to that base. hearing impaired and she never heard her baby before but she got to hear him cry for the first time. >> how would you like to be a ferry if it ran into this trouble? the reason it doesn't.

coming up. >> rain to talk about. it will impact your commute this and he think tomorrow afternoon. the details after the break. o?oowq

new at 5:00 p.m. last week's storm caused damage and left a lot of debris on the bay. the u.s. army corps of engineers is playing catch up to collect all the debris. the weather was so bad they had

to stay docked. ktvu's tom vacar was out on the bay today see what storm water tossed type shipping lanes. >> reporter: the u.s. army corps of engineers takes to the shipping lanes, netting and towing 12-1500-ton as year. because of currents and winds most debris collects at the center bay. this is the busiest part of the bay. >> we had one of the largest tree trunks we have ever seen here. 100-foot ship camel. 22-tons. >> reporter: 22ten piece of debris -- 22-ton piece of debris could do damage. this was found in the richmond interharbor where ships transit

every day. >> passenger fairies might have -- ferries might have drills and they are ready but you rarely hear about it because we are out here picking up debris. >> reporter: 45-tons of debris today collected on saturday saturday. it will sit here for months till it is bone dry and they haul it away. >> we threat dry out before we move it. >> reporter: at peer 39 pilings, pellets and a huge fish box accumulated. they responded to an urgent call for its removal. here at the ferry lanes a piling needed removal at the request of the u.s. coast card. most debris is storm driven, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news.

>> really interesting. i knew there was debris but i didn't think there was that much. our chief meteorologist bill martin now. more rain on the way? >> yeah. think about the stuff that comes out of the delta. the trees -- [ talking at the same time ] >> big tree that -- the piling -- >> yeah. they get stuff in the bay for sure. rainfall around here, impressive. oakland, san francisco, san jose. 191% in oakland. san jose, really great to see that. really is. we have not been seeing that kind of rainfall the last few years. in terms of the total rain, though. big picture. to date. this is how much rain, 20.81 is what oakland needs for the year. they are gift% of the -- 50% of

the rainfall. san francisco 50%. san jose, 50%. that the what we need. we will see more. that is where we are headed right now. more showers right now. that was today. i showed you rainfall accumulations. inch and a half, two inches of rain. right now showers in richmond. showers in the santa cruz mountains. storm number -- well 2, comes in tuesday morning. starts to increase the clouds. tuesday afternoon it is raining. here we are tonight. scattered showers left in the forecast over night tonight. you saw that. nothing organized. early morning commute, or 7 a.m. commute tuesday. mountain travel plans, you know what is going on. snowing. chaining up. and then a break for the morning and here is your

afternoon commute. a back edge to it. nothing like last time. that is wet. tomorrow afternoon, that is the story. we will talk talking about the afternoon commute. wednesday morning. mountains are still getting snow. wednesday morning, scattered showers. i think that will be fine. scattered showers in the area. more scattered showers wednesday p.m. not a big deal. thursday, you see a few showers. nice dynamic pattern that we have. it will stay with us through thursday. again, i think tomorrow is the big hit. after that this morning was a big hit. tomorrow afternoon will be good. maybe an inch and a half in some places. half inch for most. after that it will be nuisance showers. mountains should get significant snow from this. wet week ahead. roads are slick. go slow. a lot of room between you and

the car in front of you. [ talking at the same time ] >> thank you. the rain here means snow in the sierras. right now chains are required on interstate 80. our report from blue canyon. >> reporter: caltrans patrolled around the summit and pushed mushy snow off the edges but chain controls needed around 6,000-foot level. he hoped to get further without chains given the late snow that melted as it hit the pavement. >> hoping to beat it. i was hoping to beat it. >> reporter: for those who make their living on the road it is the price of doing business. >> get over to reno and get back. >> reporter: installing chains in the snow is tough but those who -- for those who are here

infrequently. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: others were happy they had chains at all. >> brand new out of the package. >> reporter: he had to deliver a generator. a backup unit for black outs. >> stand by generator. >> reporter: he had new chains installed because he had to get to illinois. >> snow stopping us. as long as the car keeps running we will keep going. >> reporter: chain installers didn't work at all last week, an top of a light snow season. >> last few years have been horrible. drought. everybody got hurt. our whole economy is based on snow. >> chain controls were lifted after 1:00 p.m. and they left traffic over the summit -- led traffic over the

summit. it is a start. >> and once again that was lonny wong reporting from blue canyon. governor jerry brown was at climate change conference today in oakland and said it is difficult to call attention to climate change because it is happening gradually. governor jerry brown was the speaker today at the forum. the governor said california has done a lot to reduce harmful emissions. >> we are doing everything we can here in the state. we are making progress but the progress we have made relative to what is left to prevent catastrophic change means we have just taken a baby step. >> about a dozen protesters rallying outside want governor jerry brown to ban the practice of fracking or pumping water to fracture rocks. he did not address fracking and

didn't take questions. hotel is renting rooms in san francisco. why the people who are staying there say it helped open up a new life. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> they have taken the oath to protect and serve in the middle of protests against police officers. >> tough. challenging. but the challenge is what motivates me. >> two officer whose were just sworn in tell us why they signed up and a tagger is a target. the official whose declared waroon graffiti artist. jewel -- war on a graffiti artist. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

most parents could do without the sound of a crying baby but for a woman from sacramento it is the most beautiful sound in the world. >> that woman has never heard her son cry till today. she is the mother of six. she lost her hearing and she was one of a dozen people who received a hearing aid from a hearing aid center free of charge. >> thanks to this lady they gave me my hearing, my life back. thank you so much. >> new day. >> every year for the last 5

years that hearing aid center gave the gift of hearing to those who couldn't afford it. san francisco bed and breakfast has a new clientele. it is giving teens and other homeless people a place to stay. ktvu's david stevenson is live in san francisco where they say having a home changed their life. >> reporter: the building has been given a new coat of paint and remodeled and they say it has given them a new lease on life. >> reporter: he is finally home after 9 years in foster care and 8 years of sleeping on streets and parks. >> i would be woken up all the time. you are getting a camping ticket. i don't have anywhere else to go. >> he is a formerly homeless young man renting rooms. >> i feel normal. i can be on time to

appointments. i can -- i can look nice. for interviews. i can -- i can feel good about myself. >> it still has touches dating back to 1914 but it reopened last month. there is a kitchen and private bath, along with case management workers to help. >> you look at these young people and having this intervention, being housed, having case management is going to make all the difference in their lives. there are 900 -- >> reporter: there are 914 homeless young people between 18-24. he said this faced strong neighborhood opposition. >> i think people can see this is a wonderful, beautiful place that young people who were unstably housed or homeless are able to live and go to school and go to work. >> now i have a place to stay

while i am going to city college. it makes me more stable. >> reporter: having a place to call home is his first step towards obtaining a masters masters degree. >> if you work hard enough you can overcome. >> reporter: the project was paid for and developed through city agencies, private social agencies and other groups. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. now at 6:00 p.m. a day of protests and reflection. the steps being taken to secure east bay cities and allow for peaceful demonstrations. [ music ] >> a serious crime committed under the cover of a san francisco holiday tradition. we will tell you what one man dressed up as santa got away

with. >> and a tagger becams target, why this draft prompted a declaration of war by a city official. omplete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> a day of protests tries their patience and pushes the limits of police resources. this time they are trading in chains for candles. hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> protesters chained themselves together and blocked streets and now they are gathering for a candlelight vigil. ktvu's paul chambers is live with what they have planned for tonight. paul? >> reporter: i can tell you it has been a day of protests. started at 7:30 a.m. this morning with chains and now there are people out here with candles. they want to circle and get a