brian mendoza mendoza is the brother of a photographer. >>> you may remember the driver of the car smashed into a car in oakland. he was trying to cross tracks just as the crossing arms were coming down and the driver said his wife was telling him to go then not go and he got confused. the impact sent the car 20 feet off the tracks but nobody on board the car or train was hurt. >>> san jose police after getting arrested on charges that he wrote bogus tickets to settle a vendetta, but the santa clara office said george chavez used a police computer to issue a speeding violation to a man who sued chavez years ago following a traffic accident. that case was settled out of court. he then gave two tickets to the attorneys who went against him in this case and he's now out of jail. >>> he recently lost his wife to cancer. then the basketball game in walnut creek featured students in alumni and his four adopted children frommette yep -- ethiopia, they spend some time together. >> i am thankful we have a church that loves us and cares for us. he shared with us a photo of this family and his trip t

brian mendoza had just finished his bar tending shift after a car slammed into him. to break for a second and took off. >> i just remember him hitting me and then my back and head hit the windshield and i remember glass flying in front of my eyes. >> reporter: incredible. >>> mendoza will not be able to walk for months. this accident hits close to home, brian mendoza is the brother of one of our photographer. >>> andand a police officer was arrested for writing bogus tickets. he issued tickets to a man who sued him five years ago following a traffic accident. that case was settled out of court and he wrote two parking tickets and now he is out of jail and out on $60,000 bond. >> patrol car, it just started about a half hour ago and they are marching right towards our cameras too. >>> officials waited until the last minute to decide if the balloons would fly and they were concerned it woulden -- would be too windy for the balloons to fly safety. is that a balloon headed our way? >> yes, i think so. >> the high today is only expected to be about 34 degrees. >>> meantim

it was around 2:00 sunday morning. 32-year-old brian mendoza was leaving shadow ultra lounge, where he works as a bartender. security video shows him crossing 13th street, watch as a dark colored suv barrels down the street and slams right into him. the driver appears to brake for a second, and then takes off. mendoza was rushed to highland hospital. >> i never experienced so much pain. >> reporter: he's at home now recovering. >> they stuck a rod inside of my femur. i remember seeing glass flying in front of my eyes. >> reporter: a second camera saw the driver approaching 14th street. you can see the driver taking it fast and wide. >> shoot, you hit somebody, you at least stop to see if they're okay. these people didn't pore -- bother to get out of the car. >> reporter: mendoza says he feels robbed. he was suppose today start a new job next week. but doctors told him it will be at least three months before he's up and walking. >>> luke sasha fleishman is back home tonight, in time for thanksgiving. sasha was released from the hospital three weeks after the 18-year-old's skirt was set

it was around 2:00 sunday morning. 32-year-old brian mendoza was leaving shadow ultra lounge, where he works as a bartender. security video shows him crossing 13th street, watch as a dark colored suv barrels down the street and slams right into him. the driver appears to brake for a second, and then takes off. mendoza was rushed to highland hospital. >> i never experienced so much pain. >> reporter: he's at home now recovering. >> they stuck a rod inside of my femur. i remember seeing glass flying in front of my eyes. >> reporter: a second camera saw the driver approaching 14th street. you can see the driver taking it fast and wide. >> shoot, you hit somebody, you at least stop to see if they're okay. these people didn't pore -- bother to get out of the car. >> reporter: mendoza says he feels robbed. he was suppose today start a new job next week. but doctors told him it will be at least three months before he's up and walking. >>> luke sasha fleishman is back home tonight, in time for thanksgiving. sasha was released from the hospital three weeks after the 18-year-old's skirt was set

should at least stop and find out if he is okay. >> mendoza will not be able to walk for three months. and this hits close to all of us here at home brianhe -- mendoza is the brother of one of our photographer. >>> he is accused of hitting a curb an opinioning those 6-year- old boys on the wall of walgreens. he spent 5.5 weeks in the hospital and they are seeking 55,000 dollars in damages. >>> they are searching for three suspects in a home invasion. it happened at a home near the capital expressway. they assaulted and tied up at least two people in the home and stole several items in the car. >> i don't want to see this neighborhood. it has always been such is safe place but i have i have never been this nervous about her. >> now the victims were not seriously hurt and police say they may have known their attackers and one of the suspects may have previously lived in that home. >>> coming up a veteran san jose police officer was put on administrative leave after they heard he wrote fake tickets. he served a ticket to a man who sued him five years ago after a traffic accident. the case was settled out of car and he's accused of writing