symbol of peace. >> reporter: it equated to vandalism at jack london square. they targeted the christmas tree even. ♪ >> reporter: the christmas spirit still glistens in jack london square. >> beautiful! >> isn't it beautiful? >> reporter: even as contractors sort through a web of broken lights. and cracked ornaments, as if the grinch paid a visit. >> not good. >> reporter: a protest in oakland christmas night turned destructive. video posted to the ktvu facebook page shows vandals ripping apart the christmas tree in jack london square. >> the christmas tree is symbolic of all that's good, so they had to go and damage it. i'm mad. >> reporter: the vandals hit this restaurant, shattering 25 windows. the manager got a call from the alarm company during his christmas dinner. >> they said, hey, we have multiple window breakage alarms going off. they told me how many and i thought maybe it's a system error. it can't be that many broken windows at once. >> reporter: those broken windows, now boarded, the store opening delayed as the cleanup stretched into this after

symbol of peace. >> reporter: it equated to vandalism at jack london square.orter: the christmas spirit still glistens in jack london square. >> beautiful! >> isn't it beautiful? >> reporter: even as contractors sort through a web of broken lights. and cracked ornaments, as if the grinch paid a visit. >> not good. >> reporter: a protest in oakland christmas night turned destructive. video posted to the ktvu facebook page shows vandals ripping apart the christmas tree in jack london square. >> the christmas tree is symbolic of all that's good, so they had to go and

. >> reporter: within an hour marchers were taking a detour through jack london square using rocks and skateboards to bash in 30 windows at a bevmo! and subway some even stealing bottles of liquor. within about an hour and a half, the protest had already become violent. you can see protestors ripped the ornaments and lights off of the christmas tree in jack london square. decorative balls left strewn on the ground among a tangle of lights. oakland's assistant police chief and a few other officers helped clean up. are there enough police officers to deal with it? >> we have extra staff on tonight. we were monitoring the crowd. >> reporter: but we have learned there were less than 40 oakland officers on hand to deal with the demonstrations despite the fact that the protest had been in the works for days. >> we felt we had enough for tonight. >> reporter: the officers took a hands off approach trailing the crowd even as protestors wrought havoc. in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5. >> the hashtag no time off is trending on twitter. "occupy" oakland tweeted if no time off march's goal was t

the 55-foot christmas tree on jack london was also damaged.ssistant police chief and others cleaned it up. >> we had extra staff on tonight monitoring the crowd. >> reporter: the police presence at this march seemed smaller compared to other protests. we learned there were fewer than 40 oakland police officers on hand monitoring the protest even though it had been in the works for days. so a hand off approach for oakland pd at this point we don't know if police arrested anyone last night. live in the newsroom, christian hartnett, kpix 5. >>> mourners will gather at a new york church today to pay tribute to a police officer killed in the line of duty. the family of officer rafael ramos visited a growing memorial carrying blue roses in break loot nice. he and wenjian liu were shot an

>> reporter: there was a fair amount of damage here in the jack london square area.dals broke away from the group and did some damage. and at the same time they came here to the christmas tree that sits on the plaza and trashed it. this is video that was posted to facebook last night that shows people hurling objects at the tree and pulling down the lights. this followed a mostly peaceful demonstration that got started in downtown oakland at 5:00 last night and wound its way through the streets of oakland. there were dozens of people taking part and marching. after the christmas tree was vandalized near the end of the march. firefighters and some police officers moved in to help with the cleanup. they swept up broken ornaments and repaired the fence around the tree that was broken as well. and nearby workers were forced to sweep up shattered glass from the sidewalk after lewders used chunks of concrete. broken bottles littered the tsunami remember it. >> reporter: it has been ten years since a powerful tsunami devastated the coast of indonesia. it is one of the deadl

today businesses near oakland's jack london square are cleaning up after a christmas night demonstration that got out of hand. as ktvu's alex savage explains vandals took aim at a treasured holiday tradition. >> reporter: the giant christmas tree is surrounded by crime scene tape, ornaments smashed, fence destroyed after a demonstration that turned destructive. it was hardly a silent night in oakland, this video on facebook shows vandals tearing down lights and trashing the tree during a christmas night protest about police brutality. afterward, firefighters and police officers stepped in to help clean up the mess and this morning, neighbors were shaking their heads. >> i am disappointed that, excuse me, but some idiots damaged it. it has nothing to do with any cause. it's something to be enjoyed by the community. >> reporter: at this nearby bevmo store workers swept broken glass from sidewalks after vandals busted almost every window here. they used chunks of concrete and even some of the merchandise. >> dropped some bottles of wine, started throwing wine through the windows. >> reporte

protesters ripping the lights and ornaments after the 30-foot tree in jack london square. children can be heard crying. one protester yelled at their parent. the video, disappointing even to people who support the movement. >> there are obviously a few rogues making a mess. i know it has been happening. that is too bad. >> reporter: we talked to supporters says the mayhem is destroying the message. >> it is about quality and the value of life. but why should they destroy trees and businesses? >> what does that have to do with destroying a tree? >> reporter: today business owners were left cleaning up the mess sweeping shards of glass left behind after vandals used rocks and skateboards to break 30 windows in jack london square. by nightfall, the windows were boarded up. the protesters did this time represents a new low. in a statement, i'm discussed that a small group of anarchists continues to vandalize our small businesses. people who live here told me they would like to see the city do more. >> nobody is stopping them. the police are at the sidelines stopping them. >> r

. >> reporter: within an hour, marchers were taking a detour through jack london square using rocks andskateboards to bash in 30 windows. some stealing bottles of liquor. >> the protests became violent. you can see they ripped the ornaments and the lights off of the christmas tree here in jack london square. >> reporter: decorative balls left strewn on the ground. the oakland police chief and a few helpers cleaned up. >> there are few officers out to deal with this? >> we are monitoring the crowd. >> reporter: we learned less than 40 oakland officers are on hand to deal with the demonstration despite the fact the protests have been in the works for days. >> we thought we had enough for tonight. >> reporter: tonight, officers took a hands off approach. trailing the crowd even as they caused havoc. christin ayers, kpix5. >>> #notimeoff is trended on twitter. if it was to make police mobilize on christmas, it is quite successful. they are saying shutting down businesses sand freeways is one thing. destroys christmas trees is ludicrous. get it together. >>> a sign honoring four oakland poli

jack london square. >> beautiful. >> isn't it beautiful. >> reporter: everyone as contractors swarm through broken lights. it's like if the grinch paid a visit. a protest in oakland christmas night turned destructive. video posted to the ktvu facebook page showing vandals ripping apart the christmas tree in jack london square. >> i mean the christmas tree is symbolic of all that's good. so they had to go and damage it. i'm mad. >> reporter: the vandals hit bez mo too. the manager got a call from the alarm company during his christmas dinner. >> they said we have multiple window breakage alarms going off. they told me how many, i thought maybe it's, system error there can't be that many broken windows all at once. >> reporter: those store windows are now boarded. the clean upstretched into the afternoon. >> they keep us pretty busy. not that i enjoy this kind of work. >> reporter: today many are shaking their head. >> why? it's wanton destruction. why would you do it. >> reporter: we don't know of any arrests from christmas night. the goal is to get the lights on the bottom of the tr

and after the jack london square christmas tree was vandalized last night, firefighters and police officers moved in to help with the clean up. they swept up the broken ornaments and also helped to repair that fence. >>> and nearby, there was more damage as well. workers swept hundred shattered glass from the sidewalk after vandals used chunks of concrete to not all. we expect to see the deepest discounts. we are live in walnut creek. back to you. >> and thatter woman that you talked to in the interview is talking about how crazy the malls used to be. i wonder if the popularity of online slopping is taking some people out of the stores. >> and i definitely the so. they have web buster deals. a lot of folks did a lot of their shopping way in advance, especially those black friday deals. they really took advantage of those as well. yes, you are definitely seeing less of people crowding the stores which overly make for a more pleasant slopping experience overall. >> speaking of shopping. >> and the wallet is out. >> the expresso maker. i don't know. that is what i tell people anyway. >> deal.

they show windows smashed at a "bevmo" in jack london square. we'll continue to monitor the situation in oakland tonight. >>jacqueline bennett: it is cold and will get even colder look at the numbers add. female announcer: save up to 35% on a huge selection of clearance mattresses. get two years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. sleep train's inventory clearance sale is on now! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>grant lodes: we continue to follow breaking news and oakland fallen not occupy oakland movement. they tore apart a giant christmas tree and are trying to get as many police officers as they can to not spend time at their families through. you see pictures of the tree in the dumpster fire. they are using their rallying cry no time off to force police officers away from their families. oakland police have not released a statement. neither have the stores to which have sustained damage. the salvation army spent the morning delivering thousands of meals to people who can't leave their homes this christmas. a team of volunteer

ahead tonight on kron-4 news: demonstrators at jack london square rip apart a christmas tree, burn a dumpster and smash in store windows. tonight: police try to regain control of the streets. is this money did the crew o restocking fee -- and some electronic returns will come with a re=packaging fee. buying gifts online is becoming more popular -- so its good to know online store policies too -- that way you know who pays for shipping and *where the item should be returned. we've also posted these tips on the front page of our website -- kron4-dot-com. happening today -- the comedy and controversial movie, "the interview" hit hundreds of theaters across the u-s today. the screenings come after sony scrapped plans to premiere the controversial flick. following a hack into the company's servers. and terror threats on theaters showing the movie. and as kron4's annie anderson reports -- some movie--goers say watching the film in theaters is for more than just a few laughs.they're there to support free speech. elmwood theater in berkeley as people waited to see the controversial movie the

also want to mention that amtrak's services have been disrupted in a dissent to bart oakland's jack london and berkeley station capital order stations have been halted train 54654529551 impacted this is the of last i will potestas ron a pedestrian bridge here is a video, a line city hall because processor to councilmembers actually spoken processors the consummating said of the 7:00 to my was canceled because their mission is announce their intentions to this room tonight meeting one of the councilmen i'm there's assizes in the city council meeting was cancelled 11 showing you some video from last night to recap my we shut down it is once again amtrak is in fact it was a waxing people on interstate surly berkeley police with chp working to make sure in mr. is not be repeated will be updating the drop the shell >> reporter: 39 as a protest afraid blocked dozens of businesses vandalized at least the 20 officers her in 13 arrest made so far with more processed in the works the city of berkeley addressing the issues to the afternoon amid officers things made chronic them ice pick breaks metal

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one of them gather at the christmas tree lighting ceremony at jack london square and walked up broader wait a minute other group marched down telegraph until the two combine and shut down the intersection of telegraph and west grand. that's when more than 500 protestors again marching towards the police station and the jail and this is where we are at right now. it looks as though the police are starting to clear some of the protestors off the interstate but still both tells westbound lanes of 8 80 are shut down. i'm alan reporting live in oakland back to you. >> thanks very much. we'll come back to you as need be as we watch the protest live from sky 7 hd. both direction of 8 80 near market street shut down for a time causing significant traffic back up as you can immanuel at 9:00 o'clock at night on a friday but south bound lane reopened some protestors taken off the highway. >> we'll continue to follow this throughout the newscast and always on twitter at 7 news bay area. but the other big story tonight the weather. more rain. >> more rain which we do need. here's a look from the em

station on embarcadero west are smashed and lights and ornaments were torn off the christmas tree at jack london square. protests cop planed the media focus on the damage and not the message. they are part of same story. the oakland was one of several held to remember understand just the black people who died but the police officer shot and killed in a disturbing act of let try bush administration. here is the latest. calling the march "month time off, protesters out again on christmas night from the st. louis suburb of berkeley, missouri. they are all determined to help in the name of justice. >> everyone shoulden part of some type of action to raise awareness. >> in brooklyn a show of support for new york city police officers killed in the line of daughter last saturday. >> this event organized by reverend sharpton who has been at the forefront of the national movement against police brutality following the deaths of eric garner and michael brown. on this day, sharpton is offering a message of unity as they prepare to bury officer ramos. >> we are against the shedding of any innocent blood. we

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they attacked a christmas tree at jack london square and set a dumpster on fire.an angry statement they said, quote, holding a protest for the sole reason of trying to deny a day off represents a new low. >>> protesters sang out for social justice. the group played music to play money for the my will cay -- my will cal od brown we love our sons and daughters foundation. it was named after the unarmed black teenager shot and killed by a police officer. >> people in hillsboro are on high alert after a mountain lion killed a deer in a family neighborhood. they heard screeching coming from their home on el cerrito avenue. when officers checked it out they found a deer caucus. jay we heard a large thump on our roof and then we heard the loud screechy screech. it was shattering. >> it was a mauling of sorts and we could hear something was in pearl. >> animal control and wildlife officials have been notified and they are looking into it. >> a sea of blue is expected for one of the officers in new york city. >> and gas prices plummeting to historic lows. what you can expe

it happened christmas night in jack london square. protestors watched and encouraged the vandals by chanting, shut it down! shut it down! [ screaming ] >> reporter: as oakland police closed in, someone in the crowd yelled out to the vandals to come back so police couldn't single them out for arrest. and just like that, they came back together and began marching toward downtown oakland leaving police to survey the damage. some people are calling them the grinch. >> who did that to this --no, because the grinch actually had a message. >> reporter: vandals broke about 30 windows at this bevmo! and a subway store causing tens of thousands of dollars in damage. some even ran off with bottles of wine. business owners and neighbors are beyond fed up. >> i think it dilutes the message. and it makes other people angry. >> reporter: some witnesses say there weren't enough cops monitoring this mob. we only saw about 8 police cars following a block or two behind the protest. >> you have a protest going and you have some fools, somebody needs to s

they tore the lights and ornaments off of the jack london square christmas tree and broke windows atway on embarcadero west. there was a dumpster fire or two. there were no reports of injuries. it because called "no time off," the idea was that although it was christmas not to take time off from keeping the emergency alive. it lasted an hour and a half. no arrests were made. today, another protest is being called for in union square. they want the emergency that black lives matter starting at noon until 3:00 p.m. and are asking for the protesters to keep it peaceful. they do not want to see vandalism. they want to interrupt what they are calling the post christmas consumerism. they want did keep the emergency alive and keep the movement and momentum >>> in missouri, 75 people marched in a peaceful protest in the town of berkeley demonstrating over the shooting death of a black teen by a white police officer. berkeley is not far from ferguson where michael brown was killed in august. some black elected officials are drawing a distinction between the two shootings saying in berkeley th

demonstrators vandalized the christmas tree at jack london square. >> the protest was meant to bring attention to police. protesters broke dozens of windows and threw bottles. some of the bottles hit a chronicle photographer injuring her hand. >>> sony's the interview was seen at theaters right on schedule. and across the area tonight, people are lining up to watch it. happening now ktvu's debora villalon is live in berkeley where a final showing of the night is under way. debora. >> reporter: ken, five showings here at the elm wood. it's a 580 seat independent theater and all five shows were sold out hours early. >> it's a very, very silly movie. a very, very silly movie. >> moviegoers got the spoof they expected. >> the cia would love it if you two could take him out. >> huh? take him out? >> take him out like for drinks? >> reporter: they came away with a graph of why a real dictator and regime is not in on the joke. >> spoiler alert, by kim jung- un dies so i can't imagine what the fluff was. >> freedom of speech. you need to be here and support. >> reporter: people bought ticket

. >> restaurant in oakland jack london square open the doors to those in need on christmas day. the center of hope church team one chicken and waffle to serve between 2 and 300 meals. the church took care of the food. leaders work with different restaurant each year to host the holiday meal. >>> well there were a lot of toys to go around after lefty last minute christmas eve toy drive in downtown san francisco. the union square area restaurant collected more than 15,000 toys for needy kid kids. that's well over the goal of 10,000 and more than last year total of 11 200. they did just grit because of the generosity of so many people. christmas concert before 3000 toy were his distributed. at the community center. >> really great to offer some hope to folks who are often impacted by crime and violence you and give them the sense of being able to change the community and i think one toy if it keeps one child from living in poverty or i hope expires that hope of change then that's why we do it. >> volunteers sorted toy to hand out to the kids along with fad for their family. san fra

most of the damage last night was done in jack london square. a small group broke away from other demonstrators and smashed windows at a bevmo! store and smashed ornaments on the city's christmas tree. it was promoted as the no time off march as protestors said they wanted to keep pressure on police even on christmas. >>> a san francisco sheriff's deputy will be in court this afternoon. according to court documents 33- year-old michael lewelling said a patient at san francisco general hospital tried to hit him with a wooden cane. but investigators say that surveillance video shows lewelling was the aggressor and he assaulted the patient. lewelling is free on bail. >>> room rights groups are closely watching the -- human rights groups are closely watching the investigation into why a man died after being shot with a taser at the border near san diego. the 40-year-old man jumped over a desk and attacked two officers on christmas eve. he had been taken to a security office because agents say the man was carrying illegal drugs. >> in the past, we ha

they attacked a christmas tree at jack london square and set a dumpster on fire. in an angry statement they said, quote, holding a protest for the sole reason of trying to deny a day off represents a new low. >>> protesters sang out for social justice. the group played music to play money for the my wi cay -- my will cal od brown we love our sons and daughters foundation. it was named after the unarmed black teenager shot and killed by a police officer. >> people in hillsboro are on high alert after a mountain lion killed a deer in a family neighborhood. they heard screeching coming from their home on el cerrito avenue. when officers checked it out they found a deer caucus. jay we heard a large thump on our roof and then we heard the loud screechy screech. it was shattering. >> it was a mauling of sorts and we could hear something was in pearl. >> animal control and wildlife officials have been notified and they are looking into it. >> a sea of blue is expected for one of the officers in new york city. >> and gas prices plummeting to historic lows. what you can ex

they attacked a christmas tree at jack london square and set a dumpster on fire. in an angry statement they said, quote, holding a protest for the sole reason of trying to deny a day off represents a new low. >>> protesters sang out for social justice. the group played music to play money for the my will cay -- my will cal od brown we love our sons and daughters foundation. it was named after the unarmed black teenager shot and killed by a police officer. >> people in hillsboro are on high alert after a mountain lion killed a deer in a family neighborhood. they heard screeching coming from their home on el cerrito avenue. when officers checked it out they found a deer caucus. jay we heard a large thump on our roof and then we heard the loud screechy screech. it was shattering. >> it was a mauling of sorts and we could hear something was in pearl. >> animal control and wildlife officials have been notified and they are looking into it. >> a sea of blue is expected for one of the officers in new york city. >> and gas prices plummeting to historic lows. what you can

the lights and ornaments were torn off the christmas tree in jack london square and windows were broken on impair -- empire dark west. a dumpster was set on fire. the protest did not last as long as we have seen in the past, an hour and a half. it wasn't as large. however, it left its mark. today the land is to meet in young square at noon and protest until 3:00 and they want to get in the first of what they call post christmas consumerism and they are calling for it to be peaceful. they want construction done to the shops and they want to get people's attention. reporting in san francisco this is amy hollyfield. >> in missouri, 75 percent matched in a peaceful protest in the sound of berkeley, demonstrating over the shooting death of a black teen by a white police officer. berkeley is not far from ferguson where michael drown was killed in august. some black elected officials draw a distinction between the two shootings saying in berkeley the teen supposedly drew a gun on the officer. >> a san jose owner will turn over surveillance video to police showing a man accused of stealing a pa

now amtrak suspended service for some eastbound trains running through jack london square in oakland, emeryville and berkeley. the downtown berkeley bart and macarthur station in oakland were also temporarily shutdown. alan wang in oakland, abc7 news. >> thanks very much. with a couple of under h protesters outside city hall, concern began to grow inside at the city council meeting which was in progress. >> the meeting in my opinion needs to be recessed. if you can't agree on a time, a time certain. but our first obligation is public safety and to make sure that you who are in here are safe and can leave her safely. >> eventually the protesters moved on and the council meeting continued. when protesters shutdown interstate 80 last night there was one passenger more than inconvenienced. a pregnant woman went into labor while trapped in traffic and tonight she spoke to us about or ordeal. how the new mother and baby are doing, that story in 10 minutes. >> and we are keeping an eye on the protests going on on air and on-line. abc news is devoting a full week of programming to report on

windows were smashed and a christmas tree at jack london square was damaged.ice officers were there. >>> a san francisco sheriff's deputy will be in court today. investigators say surveillance video shows michael lewelling beating a patient at sf general hospital. he is free on bail. >>> resort in truckee tahoe area, this is video from northstar. good news, it should be sunny through the weekend with new powder. traffic and weather in one minute. ,, ,,,,,, >>> welcome back. i'm gianna franco in the traffic center. checking the roads now if you want to use mass transit everything is on time no delays for bart, caltrain. ace train no service today. ferries on a holiday schedule so make sure you check before you head out the door. bay bridge is really not busy no problems. just a little windy. wind advisory in effect as you work your way across the span. no delays on the lower deck of the bay bridge. all approaches are clear. here's brian. >>> and a good friday morning as we get started off with a chilly temperature but we'll recover to the upper 50s today and he

the tree lighting in jack london square came with a different christmas carol tonight. protesters again showing up in force to voice their displeasure with the recent grand jury decisions in new york and missouri. as the group faced off with opd in the skirmish line. before briefly taking over i- 880 leading to a few arrests. in san francisco, protesters headed to powell and market street. marching into a bart station chanting. capped off with another symbolic die-in. now the 880 shutdown happened around 8:00 p.m., but the officers were able to clear the freeway in a few minutes. in the news room, andria borba, kpix5. >> more protests are planned over the weekend. >>> don't put the umbrellas away just let. it was pouring in pleasant hill earlier tonight. paul, there is more headed our way? >> there is more in the short term and the long term. not as widespread and as intense as what we had earlier in the week, but more is on the way. a couple of hot spots like in napa. it is now lifting to the northeast heading to the central valley. we are drying out in vallejo. one sh

fan fires were with during demonstrations on christmas the into please process targeted to the jack london square christmas tree as the sea lies rep up on a for crest process of letting out by all with the slogan this time no time off to one estimate to the police officers for busy on christmas day and not allow the tech the day off multiple businesses also damaged images from the chronicles even saros the there was a subway store that was meant less as well take a look at them so set on fire in a report in your rest were all this the demonstrations were come to two days after an armed 18 year-old black male was shot and killed by police officers in missouri the controversy, and the interview is selling out to coast-to-coast the film is about an assassination plot against later song reverse his decision not to release the film and decided to let it out on christmas day which it did some tear it is patterned after security as a possible that not been any problems. >> reporter: their long lines around them with their and berkeley people waited to see the counselor to the interview with james

now amtrak suspended service for some eastbound trains running through jack london square in oakland, emeryville and berkeley. the downtown berkeley bart and macarthur station in oakland were also temporarily shutdown. alan wang in oakland, abc7 news. >> thanks very much. with a couple of under h protesters outside city hall, concern began to grow inside at the city council meeting which was in progress. >> the meeting in my opinion needs to be recessed. if you can't agree on a time, a time certain. but our first obligation is public safety and to make sure that you who are in here are safe and can leave her safely. >> eventually the protesters moved on and the council meeting continued. when protesters shutdown interstate 80 last night there was one passenger more than inconvenienced. a pregnant woman went into labor while trapped in traffic and tonight she spoke to us about or ordeal. how the new mother and baby are doing, that story in 10 minutes. >> and we are keeping an eye on the protests going on on air and on-line. abc news is devoting a full week of programming to report on

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. >> restaurant in oakland jack london square open the doors to those in need on christmas day.he center of hope church team one chicken and waffle to serve between 2 and 300 meals. the church took care of the food. leaders work with different restaurant each year to host the holiday meal. >>> well there were a lot of toys to go around after lefty last minute christmas eve toy drive in downtown san francisco. the union square area restaurant collected more than 15,000 toys for needy kid kids. that's well over the goal of 10,000 and more than last year total of 11 200. they did just grit because of the generosity of so many people. christmas concert before 3000 toy were his distributed. at the community center. >> really great to offer some hope to folks who are often impacted by crime and violence you and give them the sense of being able to change the community and i think one toy if it keeps one child from living in poverty or i hope expires that hope of change then that's why we do it. >> volunteers sorted toy to hand out to the kids along with fad for their family. san franc

. >>> a restaurant in oakland's jack london square opened its doors to serve meals to those in need onhristmas day. >> merry christmas! >> they gave thanks for the food and a welcoming place to go for the holiday. the center of hope search teamed up with the home of chicken and waffles to serve between 200 and 300 meals. the restaurant's owner says his reward is giving back to the community. >> joy. nothing but joy. you see me smile all day. it's very, very nice. the beauty is that this is christmas. the least we can do is bless someone with a meal. so he's providing the space and we provide the food. it's a divine intervention. >> isn't that wonderful? the church leaders work with a different restaurant each year to host this holiday meal. ♪ >>> if you don't celebrate christmas, saul's restaurant and dellni berkeley offers an alternative, one of the few businesses open on christmas day with live music and dancing as well as menty of deli food. wait times though can be as much as an hour. but the customers, they don't mind. >> every year we say, are we going to do this again? but we ha

pages to some of the most ferociously independent voices in american letters, from mark twain, jack london and herman melville to william styron, joyce carol oates and david foster wallace. as the president and publisher of "harper's" for the last 31 years,john r. "rick" macarthur has been as ferocious a champion of democracy and journalism as any of those illustrious bylines that have appeared in its pages. i've never known him to pull his punches, whether he's writing in harper's, or in his newspaper columns, or in such books as "the selling of free trade," an expose of bipartisan collusion to enact nafta, the north american free trade agreement, and this one, "the outrageous barriers to democracy in america." macarthur's fierce arrows of outrage are aimed at both political parties, but recently he's been especially incensed by democrats for abandoning their progressive roots to serve wall street, k street, and crony capitalists. rick macarthur, welcome. >> thank you for having me, bill. >> you have opposed these so-called free trade agreements for as long as i have known you. why isn't

now amtrak suspended service for some eastbound trains running through jack london square in oakland,meryville and berkeley. the downtown berkeley bart and macarthur station in oakland were also temporarily shutdown. alan wang in oakland, abc7 news. >> thanks very much. with a couple of under h protesters outside city hall, concern began to grow inside at the city council meeting which was in progress. >> the meeting in my opinion needs to be recessed. if you can't agree on a time, a time certain. but our first obligation is public safety and to make sure that you who are in here are safe and can leave her safely. >> eventually the protesters moved on and the council meeting continued. when protesters shutdown interstate 80 last night there was one passenger more than inconvenienced. a pregnant woman went into labor while trapped in traffic and tonight she spoke to us about or ordeal. how the new mother and baby are doing, that story in 10 minutes. >> and we are keeping an eye on the protests going on on air and on-line. abc news is devoting a full week of programming to report on ra

. >> restaurant in oakland jack london square open the doors to those in need on christmas day. the center of hope church team one chicken and waffle to serve between 2 and 300 meals. the church took care of the food. leaders work with different restaurant each year to host the holiday meal. >>> well there were a lot of toys to go around after lefty last minute christmas eve toy drive in downtown san francisco. the union square area restaurant collected more than 15,000 toys for needy kid kids. that's well over the goal of 10,000 and more than last year total of 11 200. they did just grit because of the generosity of so many people. christmas concert before 3000 toy were his distributed. at the community center. >> really great to offer some hope to folks who are often impacted by crime and violence you and give them the sense of being able to change the community and i think one toy if it keeps one child from living in poverty or i hope expires that hope of change then that's why we do it. >> volunteers sorted toy to hand out to the kids along with fad for their family. san fra

this is in jack london square early this afternoon. union pacific and amtrak trains were stalled for over an hour because of a mess of power lines near the track. again, that all happened because of the wind and we talked to one woman who saw it happen. >> i was standing in my loft and i heard rattling. so i looked out of the window and i felt a tree moving and it started to fall. it snapped the power line and there was a spark and then bam, straight down and i could hear the asphalt peeling up. >> and as if all of that weren't enough, ferry passengers, some of them were out of luck. ferry service was canceled this afternoon because of the high winds and made it too dangerous for those boats to come across. so, they had to transport people back and forth using buses as well. so didn't matter if you were taking bart on the road, in a ferry, on the rail lines, this high winds were definitely having an impact on people trying to get around the bay area. frank, back to you. >> i don't think i would want to be on a ferry right now. ali rasm

the lights and ornaments were torn off the christmas tree in jack london square and windows were brokenir -- empire dark west. a dumpster was set on fire. the protest did not last as long as we have seen in the past, an hour and a half. it wasn't as large. however, it left its mark. today the land is to meet in young square at noon and protest until 3:00 and they want to get in the first of what they call post christmas consumerism and they are calling for it to be peaceful. they want construction done to the shops and they want to get people's attention. reporting in san francisco this is amy hollyfield. >> in missouri, 75 percent matched in a peaceful protest in

. >>> a restaurant in oakland's jack london square opened its doors to serve meals to those in need onhristmas day. >> merry christmas! >> they gave thanks for the food and a welcoming place to go for the holiday. the center of hope search teamed up with the home of chicken and waffles to serve between 200 and 300 meals. the restaurant's owner says his reward is giving back to the community. >> joy. nothing but joy. you see me smile all day. it's very, very nice. the beauty is that this is christmas. the least we can do is bless someone with a meal. so he's providing the space and we provide the food. it's a divine intervention. >> isn't that wonderful? the church leaders work with a different restaurant each year to host this holiday meal. ♪ >>> if you don't celebrate christmas, saul's restaurant and dellni berkeley offers an alternative, one of the few businesses open on christmas day with live music and dancing as well as menty of deli food. wait times though can be as much as an hour. but the customers, they don't mind. >> every year we say, are we going to do this again? but we ha

pages to some of the most ferociously independent voices in american letters, from mark twain, jack london and herman melville to william styron, joyce carol oates and david foster wallace. as the president and publisher of "harper's" for the last 31 years,john r. "rick" macarthur has been as ferocious a champion of democracy and journalism as any of those illustrious bylines that have appeared in its pages. i've never known him to pull his punches, whether he's writing in harper's, or in his newspaper columns, or in such books as "the selling of free trade," an expose of bipartisan collusion to enact nafta, the north american free trade agreement, and this one, "the outrageous barriers to democracy in america." macarthur's fierce arrows of outrage are aimed at both political parties, but recently he's been especially incensed by democrats for abandoning their progressive roots to serve wall street, k street, and crony capitalists. rick macarthur, welcome. >> thank you for having me, bill. >> you have opposed these so-called free trade agreements for as long as i have known you. why isn't

cellphone video capture these images of anti please protesters that delights in the holiday tree and jack london square christmas night. workers spent the day after cleaning up the mess left behind the site of the damage was disappointing to some visitors. >> reporter: the tore down the lights across the ornaments protesters also battle eyes more than two dozen windows at a subway stop in another business about a block away surveillance video is out of the at of the incident is being reviewed by police. >> reporter: the lights are back on and on am and 1 north bay community p g and east as power was restored to residents on lucas valley road in grant county just before 6 this morning. powerful winds knocked a tree on some power lines to a wednesday afternoon that stretch of road was closed for several hours while crews worked to repair the outage. >> reporter: on the a look out after a potentially violent crisp chromate on this day out of jail. we have a frost advisory covered much of the bay area women and temperatures in the 30's. >> reporter: peeled a look out for this date in may he broke ou

. >> reporter: the christmas tree at jack london square now comes with a mote in a drought it's the perfect holiday gift. for anyone who got out of town for the thanksgiving holiday today was commute time. that commute home could have been slowed a bit than your average sunday. wet roads and in some places rainy conditions. in american canyon. noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> let's take a live look at bay area traffic from our traffic computer. you can see right now most of the freeways are showing green although there's a little bit of yellow on the bay bridge in both directions. and you can see some yellow on southbound 101 and a little bit on 280 in san francisco. we're also getting word of flooding on the off ramp of southbound 101 at cesar chavez boulevard. but other than that it looks like most of the areas are moving pretty well. >> let's check in now and see if it's the same situation in the east bay. our camera on interstate 80 and emoryville looks to be going in the same direction. >> taking a look at the nimitz freeway. the taillights heading northbound seem to be moving r