ann notarangelo, kpix5. >> tonight mayor chuck reed called the officer's statement inappropriate and insensitive. >>> only on 5 tonight thieves clean out a san jose home while the owners were out helping the homeless. >> escape from alcatraz, it was supposed to be impossible, but three convicts did it. tonight 50 years later scientists say they have proof those prisoners could still be alive. ,, (vo) nourished. rescued. protected. given new hope. during the subaru "share the love" event, subaru owners feel it, too. because when you take home a new subaru, we donate 250 dollars to helping those in need. we'll have given 50 million dollars over seven years. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. 20 year old aubrey andrews o ne months >>> time is running out to find a missing woman due to give birth any day. 20-year-old aubrey anders of sacramento is nine months pregnant. she left home nine days ago and no one has been able to reach her since. her husband says she left with nothing but the clothes on her back and she left her 3-year- old son behind. >> she had said that mommy's gone.

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ann notarangelo is in the east bay. but first, len ramirez in palo alto where they are sandbagging san fransesquito creek. >> reporter: they don't want a repeat of two years ago when san fransesquito creek flooded east palo alto so workers spent the day building up this wall of sandbags. >> reporter: on the banks of the san fransesquito creek a small army of the california conservation corps worked fast against the oncoming storm. they are building a wall of sandbags and it just may be the only thing standing between east palo alto and a flood. now the creek itself is dry but it's prone to flash flooding. >> we do see within a couple of hours the creek go from, um, a creek of no concern in terms of flooding to real concern. >> reporter: the creek which runs between palo alto and east palo alto last flooded in 2012 at almost this exact spot. the workers are building up the bank on the east palo alto side which is lower than the palo alto side by about 2 feet. >> we don't expect it to flood. we did in the expect it to flo

tonight, police tell ann notarangelo not everyone realizes it is a game and that is the real danger.>> right there next to that pole. >> reporter: renee sanchez was assassinated the first day of his school's elaborate game of tag. >> he got me before i got in the car. i thought this was a safe zone. >> reporter: students buy into the game for $5 and assassinate a classmate by shooting them with a nerf gun or drawing a red marker across the person's throat. this is video of the students in san ramon and danville. the last student playing can make $1,000. this game can last for months. >> neighbors see someone in the dark with what looks like a gun, they may assume it is a gun. i'm afraid the students will get hurt for what they appear to be doing rather than what they are doing. >> reporter: last year, livermore police officers pulled over a car of seniors after a report of a car of guns. >> we point our real guns at them. you order them out of the car and find out it was just a game of assassin. >> reporter: livermore police show us these guns that look fake and are real. >> this gir

ann notarangelo is in lafayette with the trouble trees are causing tonight. anne. >> reporter: here in the east bay we are looking forward to the hills turning green again with all the rain but right now the rain is causing problems in orinda at miner road between camino pablo and don miguel. this tree knocked down power lines and crews are still working there now to restore electricity. police say they responded to a number of calls of fallen trees and even car accidents. in concord at rolling woods way and glen willow, one tree fell and crews try taking down another because they were concerned that it would fall and perhaps hurt someone or damage property. trees right now are vulnerable because of the drought. during a drought they pull all their moisture to the top to promote growth and that makes them top heavy so when you get the rain the trunk loses its stability. people who live in orinda and use miner road they should be aware that druze are going to be out for most of the evening trying to clear up the debris and restoring electricity. they say that r

in livermore, ann notarangelo, kpix 5. >>> authorities in missouri are considering charges against a stepfather of michael brown the young man fatally shot by a ferguson police officer. they are trying to determine if lewis head was trying to incite a riot last month when he yelled, quote, burn this [ censored ] down before a crowd of protestors. the incident happened shortly after the announcement that a grand jury decided not to prosecute the officer who shot brown. >>> and the candlelight vigil for michael brown held yesterday evening at san jose state university a few dozen people gathered at the student union last night. they hope to at least to have a broader discussion on the campus about relations between police and minority groups. >>> in contra costa county, richmond police chief chris magnus has been chosen by the justice department to join a panel of experts looking into the ferguson fallout. the grand jury decision sparked violent protests in many parts of the country including san francisco. chief magnus has reduced violent crime and officer- involved shootings in richm

. >>> kpix 5's ann notarangelo joins us live from the berkeley hills. now, she has been tracking wind damage all over the bay area. ann. >> reporter: yeah. and elizabeth, we came up to skyline boulevard because we had an idea we would probably feel the full effect of the wind and we certainly have been disappointed. we are up here with mobile weather which is telling us that it feels like it's 38 degrees because of the wind even though it's about 44 degrees. and the wind gusts are keeping up to about 20 miles an hour. that's our one hour peak. every once in a while we get a big burst of wind and it feels like it's freezing. but you don't have to come up to a higher elevation to feel the effects of this winds. >> everybody heard the crack. if you look at the car, you can see that the limb that really broke landed right on top of my roof. and that crack we heard. >> reporter: not too far from the airport, roy carlisle's car and suv are trapped by this tree. it was a shock to discover until roy noticed the tree's shallow roots and the fact that it's on a hi

good evening, i'm ann notarangelo.>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. e marching >>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. >> i'm brian hackney. thousands of people are marching through the streets of los angeles tonight to protest police brutality. it's called the millions march

. >>> i'm ann notarangelo, on location with the hit drama "scorion." i'll show you my acting debut. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, . >>> well, cbs new hit drama scorpion is attracting fans from 8 to 80. >> our reporter ann notarangelo is watching the episode and found herself in a fitting role. >> action. >> to be honest, this was never on my bucket list. here i was, on location in malibu with the cast and crew of the cbs drama, "scorpion." i was cast as reporter number one, working for 84 news. which really sounds like a cable access station. never theless, i was called to the scene of a rock slide. scorpion is based on the life of walter o'brien. >> i think it is taxing on the mind. that is what smart people do. >> he is joined by a team of brilliant misfits that sound everything with the unlimited resources of homeland security. >> it is fast paced. we have a lot to tell you in an hour. >> as someone that covers real life drama, i had to remind myself that everything was fake. clearly, out of the norm for me, where the makeup and hair ladies, who would appear when

ann notarangelo is in berkeley tonight. ann? >> reporter: berkeley city officials hope to reschedule the meeting next week when they can find allocation to house the the massive crowd. what they don't know is what is going to happen tonight. berkeley's police chief says though the crowd numbers swelled to 1500 last night, protesters self-policed. >> fewer people got hurt. and a lot of that can be attributed to the fact the crowd was less violent. >> reporter: the massive number of people filling city streets is admittedly overwhelming. >> we had 1,000 to 1500 people which is about ten times the size of our police department. so, it is a huge problem. >> reporter: a huge problem for the chp, hundreds of protesters shutting down freeways over the last three nights. chp officers are wearing blue uniforms that are more flexible with more pockets. more conducive to confronting protesters they expect to encounter again tonight. unlike berkeley police, chp says the protesters are more aggressive. >> the crowds are larger, more hostile

i'm ann notarangelo. our christian hartnett is live outside saint mary's college keley.. where tributes >>> stunned and saddened. a school is mourning the loss of an assistant principal. >> students and alumni have been coming here to lay down candles and flowers and shed tears together. now, the principal here is as the school has lost its right hand man. >> reporter: it is supposed to be winter break and campus is supposed to be empty. but current and former high school students found themselves here to pay their respects to assistant principal and teacher. shunn was biking with 50 to 60 other cyclists on highland road, east of san ramone. an accident with the bicycles in front of the line caused many to try to avoid it, he veered and was hit by a truck and died on the scene. >> at first it just takes your breath away. >> reporter: the principal got the call from his wife saturday night telling him what happened. he says that he taut government and asian history for upon 11 years at the school and set to take over as principal at the high school in napa next year. the s

. >>> our team coverage continues tonight with ann notarangelo in the berkeley hills. she has a firsthand look at wind speeds. ann. >> reporter: we're on skyline boulevard. with mobile weather, it has been showing us that for the last several hours the wind speeds have stayed consistent. mobile weather now telling us that the wind speed is about 3 miles an hour. we are averaging about 4 to 2 miles an hour. with our peak gust of wind in the last hour at 20 miles an hour. as far as the temperature it says it's about 42 degrees and it feels like it. but as we have been hearing in this newscast, it's not the cold, it's the wind that's causing the problem. pier 39's christmas tree was being put to the test today with gusts to 45 miles an hour. we'll find out just how secure those ornaments are in the next several hours. drivers are being warned to be careful on bridges. but the wind is causing problems in areas you would think would be more protected. winds uprooted a huge tree in concord that came crashing down at concord avenue and diamond boulevard clipping a corvette on

kpix 5's ann notarangelo reports, tiburon city officials are tonight watching for potential flooding in several areas. >> reporter: only the birds seem to enjoy the result of last night's flooded marsh. today a tiburon public works crew is out cutting branches and clearing debris from the storm drain hoping to prevent a repeat overflow that drenched the town hall. in downtown intersections were still flooded this morning. business owners were sweeping out the standing water. but people here know what poses the biggest threat. >> landslides are always a concern. our hillsides are saturated with water. so we're keeping an eye on those. but also, the places that are normally flooded. >> reporter: for the second night in a row, public works fire and police will be on standby ready to go in the middle of the night. homeowners who didn't see any flooding last week were filling sandbags after last night's flooding caused maynor damage to basements and garages. they know this could be a long night. in tiburon ann notarangelo, kpix 5. >>> in belvidere crews are keeping an eye on the lagoon th

ning, i'm juliette goodrich, in for ann notarangelo. i'm brian hackney. the phenomenon is called a tide. for the next two days, we'll experience extrs -- very high high >>> becareful around the coast. >> the phenomenal that is called a king tide terror for the next two days we will experience high tides along with very low, low tides. it this morning, it this was the scene as the bay spilled over into this hotel parking lot. flooding blocked a few roads but weekend bike riders were able to get through it without too much trouble. >> no closed trails but we had to go through parking lots to make it back on the trail. >> king tides will peak tomorrow. they will have posted warnings and warnings about rip currents. it makes the shorelines a place to be. >>> a 76-year-old man was hurt when a tree he was cutting fell on him this afternoon. the tree had toppled down in last week's storm. the homeowner was pinned underneath when the structure collapsed. he is expected to be okay. >>> another car erupts in flames. the fifth vehicle torched in the area in the past

but as kpix 5's ann notarangelo shows us, livermore police are warning it could turn into a very real tragedy. >> i got shot right there next to that pole. >> reporter: granada high senior was assassinated the first day of his elaborate game of tag at school. >> he got me before i got in the car. >> reporter: students buy into the game for $5 and assassinate a classmate by either shooting him with a nerf gun or drawing a red marker across the person's throat. this is video students at san ramon high in danville. the last person standing can make about $1,000 and this game can last for months. >> typical mom sensors are out. i -- i don't want anything to happen to them. >> reporter: principal philomena rambo is worried because the game, although it can't be played at school, has few rules and almost no boundaries. >> the kids are crouching behind bushes, if a neighbor sees somebody in the dark with what looks like a gun they have to assume it's a gun and i'm worried the kids are going to get hurt because of what they appear to be doing rather than what they may be really doing. >> repo

. >> kpix 5's ann notarangelo shows us the problems toppled trees are causing in contra costa county.> reporter: here in the east bay we're looking forward to green hills again with the rain but right now that rain is us cag problems in orinda at mine that birder between camino -- at miner between camino real and other streets. police responded to calls of fallen trees and car accidents. in concord at rolling woods way in glen willow one tree fell and crews were taking down another because they were concerned that it would fall and hurt someone or damage property. trees are vulnerable because they are top heavy with growth and when you get rain the truck loses its stability. people who live in orinda and need to use miner road they should be aware that the road will likely be closed until 11 p.m. while they restore electricity and remove the tree. in lafayette ann notarangelo, kpix 5. >>> a chance to towel off right now and take stock in what's going on. we had a great series of storms. i got say. nice job. >> you're welcome, kent. we don't get thunderstorms that often. we did. we don

kpix 5's ann notarangelo is in martinez tonight where one homeowner is going all out to protect his property >> reporter: and ken, joe and his wife lived here for 10 years. he said next time he will be ready. >> we'll have strong winds so i think i have tied that down. >> reporter: joe carmona is not taking any chances. he lives in an area of martinez prone to flooding. all the water wants to go straight into his basements. >> i been flooded before and i just horsed around and thinking, oh, yeah, you know, i'm ready. you're not. >> reporter: there's nothing last minute about preps this time. joe started two days ago cleaning out drains and gutters and raking leaves. all the patio furniture is covered. he even got everything off his garage and basement floors and bought a new pump. >> the water usually if it does flood is going to come up to here. >> reporter: he remembers one particular flood that wiped out his basement. >> had no food, had no water. you know, i thought oh, man, i will never do that again. >> reporter: but his biggest concern is something he can do very little about. >> the

police tell kpix 5's ann notarangelo not everyone realizes it's a game and that's the real danger. >> right next to the pole. >> reporter: granada high senior was assassinated the first day of his school's elaborate game of tag. >> he got me right before i got in the car. i thought it was a safe zone. >> reporter: students buy into the game for $5 and assassinate a classmate by either shooting them with a nerf gun or drawing a red marker across the throat. this is video of students at san ramon high in danville. the last person standing makes $1,000 and this game can last for months. >> the kids are crossing behind bushes, if a neighbor sees someone in the dark with a gun they assume it is and i'm worried kids will get hurt. >> reporter: last year livermore police officers pulled over a car of seniors after reports of people with guns. >> pull them over did a felony car stop which means we point our real guns at them order them out of the car and found out it was a game. >> reporter: kids say they are using nerf guns but livermore police showed us these guns that look fake and are rea

good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. and i'm brian hackney. >>> church leaders use will pole pit to talk pulpit to speak about the shootings in ferguson and new york city. >> reporter: a ral segoing on at 3rd baptist church and we are awaiting michael brown senior to speak right now. brown senior arrived as the rally started at 4:00. it is like the civil rights gatherings of the '60s with references to martin luther king junior and songs like "we shall not be moved." brown is the featured speaker. they are urging the community to unite, to fight for justice, not just in protests on the street but also in making policy changes. many in the standing-room only crowd of 300 people are wearing black to protest the police killings of african-american michael brown junior and garner. he supports protests supporting his son. >> saying thank you to the people of the bay area and when we looked at the television and the amount of people that turned out in the streets to express their disgust at the grand jury decision. >> >> repor

good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. and i'm brian hackney. >>> church leaders use will pole pit to talk pulpit to speak about the shootings in ferguson and new york city. >> reporter: a ral segoing on at 3rd baptist church and we are awaiting michael brown senior to speak right now. brown senior arrived as the rally started at 4:00. it is like the civil rights gatherings of the '60s with references to martin luther king junior and songs like "we shall not be moved." brown is the featured speaker. they are urging th

but kpix-5's ann notarangelo tells us that is balmy compared with other parts of the bay area. >>> here at trinity center at walnut week they help the homeless. tonight, they are inviting people in to sleep where it is warm because of the forecasted lows. >> i cannot imagine, i'm horrified there are people sleeping outdoors when it is so cold. >> donna keeps an eye on the ten day forecast. she knows bitter cold nights are ahead, she opened the emergency shelter at trinity center so homeless people can sleep in sleeping bags on the floor, out of the near freezing temperatures. >> what is it like? >> you can't put enough blankets on to get warm when it is that cold and you are outside. and you don't have heat. >> sue is homeless with her two year old daughter and happily sleeping on a cot in a shelter, rather than freeze outdoors. >> in san francisco's union square, hats and jackets are essential as the temperatures drop, and heads up for anyone planning to ring in the new year on the san francisco waterfront. the advice. >> bundle up. wind gusts and upper 30-degree temps will make it fee

good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. brian hackney is off tonight. [ screaming ] >> a sea of demonstrators moved down pennsylvania avenue in washington, d.c. thousands of people carried banners and shouted slogans to protest the grand jury decisions not to indict the police officers who killed michael brown and eric garner. protestors also cried out against what they say is rampant racial injustice. thousands also marched and rallied in new york demanding more aggressive federal response to deaths caused by police. family members of people killed by new york city police are going back decades were among those in the huge crowd at washington square. 23 people were arrested for disorderly conduct during protests at the boston common and the massachusetts statehouse. otherwise, this demonstration against police brutality was mostly peaceful. several hundred people were there. there are protests in the bay area, as well. demonstrators today in oakland marched from college avenue down broadway to the alameda county courthouse

search is on for who ever is going around torching places ning, i'm juliette goodrich, in for ann notarangelo. i'm brian hackney. the phenomenon is called a tide. for the next two days, we'll experience extrs -- very high high >>> becareful around the coast. >> the

good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. >> i'm brian hackney. thousands of officers from around the country descended on the church in queens to pay their last respects. and wendy gillette has the story about the dignitaries who shared in eulogizing the fallen officer. >> reporter: a heartbreaking exchange outside christ tabernacle church in queens saturday morning. the widow of officer rafael ramos accepted the u.s. flag- draped over his coffin. inside family, fellow officers and politicians including vice president joe biden honored the officer who was assassinated in his police car along with his partner, officer wenjian liu, one week ago. >> when an assassin's bullet targeted two officers, it targeted this city and it touched the soul of the entire nation. >> reporter: new york city mayor bill de blasio got a polite reception in the church. >> new york city has lost a hero. >> reporter: outside hundreds of police officers turned their backs when the mayor spoke siding with union officials who say de blasio fosters an anti- police climate tha

good evening, i'm juliette goodrich, ann notarangelo is off tonight. >> and i'm brian hackney. dennis o'donnell joins us with how the niners had a lead and blew it. >> it is unbelievable. the drama of the season gets better and better or worse and worse. the 49ers are surely out of the playoffs. this marked the second worst blown lead in team history. the last time, 1965. the jim harbaugh era is not ending on a high note. they led san francisco 28-7 at the half. the game went to overtime. the 49ers got the ball firstment he appeared to be on the move. a possible field goal. but quentin patton fumbles the football. one of three turnovers by san francisco. san diego marched right down on the field and set up novak to win it. the chargers and the 49ers, their fourth straight loss. >> i thought it was over. san diego kept fighting. and they go our way. they made plays when they have to make plays. >> not much to say other than keep fighting. get our last regular season win. that will be the goal. but it's a tough one. everybody feels it. >> so jim harbaugh could have just one game

good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. brian hackney is off tonight. at one point, the crowd was estimated in the thousands. as the night wore on, there were a few incidents, but nothing major. christian hartnett shows us how police stayed ahead of the protesters. >> reporter: tonight, it was much calmer than protests of previous weeks. there is no oakland or san francisco chopper overhead. there are no police sirens. you can see some chp officers hanging out just in case something happens. a lot of outside agencies coming in today. and some special tactics have prevented things getting out of hand. as demonstrators marched through oakland yet again, police followed close behind. relatively peaceful protests of thousands of people from earlier today dwindled down to a group of a few hundred as the night wore on. flashing lights filled several downtown streets as the march moved forward. freeways were off limits as police were one step ahead of the protesters. at one point, a group headed to a freeway ramp. before they could get close, police swarmed ar

i'm ann notarangelo. our christian hartnett is live outside saint mary's college keley.. where tributes >>> stunned and saddened. a

i'm ann notarangelo. brian hackney is off. the protestors are part of the nationwide day of demonstrations known as millions march. chopper 5 is tracking a large crowd in oakland. they are at telegraph and west grand. our joe vazquez has been following them all day and says they have been mostly peaceful and it's things like broken windows that have protestors worried the message is being drowned out. joe? >> reporter: ann, you have about 3,000 people right now on the streets of oakland. the overwhelming majority of whom have a peaceful message they want it to remain peaceful but there are things going on that are distracting and rude. [ screaming ] >> reporter: thousands gather in oakland to show solidarity with marches nationwide. >> the message is, no justice, no peace. the message is, solidarity. the message is, listen. >> reporter: but the protestors are getting distracted by a bizarre sight. a cardboard effigy of a black body hanging on the uc-berkeley campus. there were two other effigies on campus today as well with hi

e marching >>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. >> i'm brian hackney. thousands of people are marching through the streets of los angeles tonight to protest police brutality. it's called the millions march and it's one of several demonstrations taking place across the u.s. today. so far the protest has been peaceful. a very different rally was held on the streets of vallejo. our joe vazquez was there as people came out to show their support for police. >> reporter: we want to show the police that we -- > we want to show the police we support them and thank them for keeping us safe. >> reporter: this was unlike the rallies we have seen over the past few months. this one was held to say thank you. >> all lives matter. not just black lives, not just blue lives. not brown not white doesn't matter. they all matter. >> we are dedicating this rally to the memory of the two slain new york city police officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos. >> reporter: the killings of the two police officers sparked the rally. folks wanted to let local officers know they have th

good evening, i'm juliette goodrich in for ann notarangelo. >> and i'm brian hackney. new york city is still in mourning tonight and the police commissioner bill bratton laid a wreath at the site where the officers were killed yesterday. people have been coming by during the day. the gunman announced on social media beforehand he was announcing a retribution attack for the recent unarmed killings of black men. wendy gillette has the response from the mother of one of those men. >> reporter: a flag outside the 84th new york city police precinct is flying at half staff. and it hangs above the front door. the department is mourning two of its own. 40-year-old rafael ramos and 32- year-old wenjian liu ambushed by a gunman identified as 28- year-old ismaaiyl brinsley who then killed himself. he warned online before the shooting he was going to put quote -- wings on pigs. sunday evening, hundreds came together at the intersection of brooklyn where the two officers were killed in their patrol car for a vigil. new york city mayor bill de blasio and police commissioner william

. >> i'm juliette goodrich in for ann notarangelo. our christian hartnett is live where things got out of hand, christian? >> reporter: that's right. right outside the campus intersection of telegraph avenue and bancroft way. right now, as you can see behind me, there is no action right now. there was quite a bit of action maybe just an hour before this time. and over there, you can see the arrests. the alameda county bus they loaded at least several people. we saw them loading in there. we don't exactly have an exact number of arrests that were made, but there were people in the bus and they have cleared out that intersection. earlier today, it was one incident that set off the violence and mayhem. it really only took about ten minutes to start. it happened with the blink of an eye. >> people were throwing crates at it. breaking it. people with mostly covered faces of course. and people started walking up and taking some of the bottles. >> reporter: it didn't start that way, protesters gathered on the edge of the cal campus peacefull

. >> that was ann notarangelo reporting there. >>> all the rain has filled marin county's alpine lake to the brim. it's the first time the gates are opened in two years. the water district reports 4" of rain in the last 24 hours and more is on the way. this is marin's main water supply and is 135% above normal for this time of year. chief meteorologist paul deanno is tracking the latest storm. paul. >> reporter: it makes you shake your head because one month ago today, we were begging for rainfall. we had not seen much so far in november. things have changed. here's a look at kpix 5 hi-def doppler. yet another round of evening heavy rainfall. this is for marin and napa and sonoma all the way down to monterey and santa cruz counties. right in between we find another soaker for you in san jose. it is pouring in woodside, san mateo, burlingame, foster city, union city. the entire area is raining. it's everywhere heavy rain. check the rainfall totals as percentage of average: >> san jose is 7 times the normal rainfall of normal rainfall in december. four times in san francisco and oakland