at drawbridge, devin fehely, kpix 5 news. >> we want to emphasize drawbridge is off limits. it's illegal and unsafe to go there. you have to worry about trains, tied and the conditions of the buildings which are falling further and further into disrepair. >>> and beautiful job, devin fehely, that's very nice. as we have a look at the weather around the bay area tonight, it is chilly. going to get windy tomorrow, we'll show you that in a minute, right now we look at the city, beautifully lit up and the peak winds today, didn't seem that windy and mount diablo we mentioned it because this is going to be the big weather story for the next couple days, winds picking up, advisories posted from late tonight through tuesday morning, gusts could reach 70 miles per hour, atop mount diablo by the time all is said and done. look at futurecast, you can see the bright red colors, this is monday morning at 6:00 a.m., higher elevations winds begin to blow down below not so much, but let's go onward, from tomorrow morning at 6:00 and watch again the red colors blossom as we head into new ye

but kpix 5 devin fehely says the district is warning them to think twice. >> there is more than 1,600 students and 90 teachers. they expect the overwhelming majority of the ranks to participate as they want to pay attention to the contract negotiations that are not going well and to what they describe is the district's mismanaged money and misplaced priorities. the tesay they are hitting the picket line because they are underpaid and underappreciated. >> what brought us to this point is the district is not paying us enough money to live in the community where we teach. >> reporter: working without a contract since 2017, teachers say negotiations with the district have stalled. the district has offered them a 5% raise. the teachers countered with a 12% raise spread over three years. >> and we want to call attention to the mismanagement of the funds in oakland. we know we have three and a half times the average of other districts for consultants. we know they have the lowest paid in the area. >> reporter: the teachers gave them advanced warnings of the sickout. an action that was not or

. >> kpix 5 devin fehely shows us the scene as shoppers made their final walk throughs. >> reporter: for 157 years, this was an inpa of the beloved holiday tradition. gunks opened their doors as a group of loyal customers opened outside the store on post street downtown san francisco. >> everything in there was just beautiful. we always came at christmas. >> reporter: sophia had to come as she said the store was like a thread. woven into the fabric of her fondest memories of christmas and her wedding. >> i've been married for 54 years and my bridesmaids gave me this beautiful tall pitcher and these tall lemonade glasses. >> it was san francisco's oldest department store founded in 1861. customers say it is sad it won't be there to share with future generations of her family. >> and to tell them about these things, but they're not here anymore. we used saand pick one day and daddy and mom would bring us here. and we would go to all the stores. >> reporter: it was known for high-end luxury items, crystal vases, fancy dinnerware, you get the picture. recently it had fallen on hard times

kpix5's devin fehely is live at that willow glen complex where it happened on meridian avenue. devin? >> reporter: yeah. liz, you can see the damage behind me to this apartment and that is only from one of the two cars that struck this building overnight. the family that was asleep on the other side of that wall says they are thankful tonight that it was enough to cushion the blow of these careening cars. >> it was shaking our building. >> reporter: the two cars slammed into the front and side of the apartment like two cymbals crashing together waking up everyone asleep inside. >> i was sleeping here next to the window. i hear the crash, the car, and last thing i hear, two more bumps. >> reporter: san jose police say 32-year-old s ble on meridi causing it to careen into reyes' apartment. atwagoing on couldn't make it outside because a second car, the one responsible for all the damage, was wedged right here. >> when i tried to get out of my apartment to go receive at g can't walk car is there by my l room, too. >> reporter: investigators say paramedics took quintana and a passen

kpix5's devin fehely is following the investigation. >> reporter: for neighbors living at the driftwood manor apartments in south san jose emotions have run the gamut today. at first it was a surge of adrenaline. their apartment was on fire and they needed to icgive way into shock and sadness. >> they're reporting a smoke detector sounding and smoke coming from apartment 14. >> reporter: it wasn't until after firefighters put out the blaze and got inside the apartment that they realized the flames and choking smoke damaged far more than just the building. >> they opened the doors to the apartment. there was major fire that occurred. they put the fire out. while they were doing their search they found a person inside the fire apartment. >> reporter: firefighters pulled the victim from the burnt out apartment and for 20 minutes in the courtyard at the heart of the complex they tried to restart his heart. >> they were giving him cpr. they were chest compressions really hard trying to get him going. it was disturbing, upsetting especially because i knew him. >> reporter: the fire department

at the stanford campus, devin fehely, kpix5. >>> a brand-new hospital in the south bay will soon be enits do veterans and their families. take a look. the va san jose community-based outreach clinic officially opens tomorrow. the three-story 95,000 square foot hospital was designed to provide top quality care in a holistic and healing environment. the cost? $40million. >>> the nation's first biometric airport terminal launches tomorrow in atlanta. delta passengers will only need to show their faces to check in for flights and get through security. it's had privacy concerns come up. >> it's a massive threat and i don't say that lightly. what the program is doing is making it commonplace to use your face as a digital id. >> next delta is rolling out the new system in detroit. the airline says it does save the photographs and customs holds those photos of u.s. citizens about 12 hours before they are deleted. >>> it had been dry so long, now we had rain this previous week, then this coming weekend, then m tuesy, then on friday. by the time all is said and done, you'll feel that we need a brea

kpix5's devin fehely is live with what could be some of the largest swells in years along our coast. devin? >> reporter: yeah. we didn't get the big waves just yet. we have had a cold, drizzling rain much of the afternoon, but a lot of people still came out to get a preview of what mother nature had to offer. at mavericks the weather was windy and the ocean angry. >> this is choppy. this is what i would call real choppy. the waves aren't breaking right. they aren't rolling in. >> reporter: in other words, it's not good surf, which is likely why we found more pelicans riding waves this afternoon than surfers. >> the surfers will want the wind to die down, but for the storms that are coming in to push a bigger swell. >> reporter: even from sky drove 5 we found no sign of the monster waves for which mavericks is known. organizers of the annual surf competition say big waves are expected sunday into next week. conditions monday, however, have been ruled out as too dangerous and less than ideal. in the meantime the promise of big waves brought the curious to the coast even if they had to s

devin fehely, kpix5. >>> brand-new bicycles making christmas brighter for survivors of the camp fire.mall idea that led to an overwhelming response. >>> a live look from the camera right now where the holiday travel rush is on. airport officials expect 2 million passengers to come through from now until the new year. in san jose they are expecting a 9% increase from last year. >>> a traveling nightmare across the pond, drones have shut down london's gatwick airport. tens of thousands of travelers stranded after police say drones spotted hovering near the airport this morning. nearly 8000 flights had to be delayed or canceled. police are looking for whomever is operating these drones. they believe the suspects are deliberately causing this chaos. >> we are working closely with the police to take the drone out of the sky or address the operator of the drone. >> authorities are reluctant to shoot down the drones because of the danger of stray bullets. it is illegal in the uk, punishable by up to five years in prison. >>> paul has been keeping his eye on the holiday forecast. >> tracking

released a statement saying we will not be running the maverick challenge this week, kpix 5's devin fehely hype surrounding the situation. >> reporter: at mavericks, we've seen a lot more wind than we have big waves anticipated for several days. that is expected to change later today into early next week. the organizers of the surf competition say they are expecting some of the biggest waves in a decade. >> we are talking in this case 50-foot seas are pushing right towards the california coast. >> reporter: even for a competition that consistently dances on the razor's edge between daring and downright dangerous, the organizers of mavericks said early on the massive walls of water expected to pound the coast monday were too big to surf safely. >> it's a gladiator pit. i mean, giant waves that most people would want nothing to do with and then you get this group of guys that not only do they want to surf with style and grace and do all that sort of thing, it's like dancing on water. >> reporter: the promised spectacle drew cao -- grew crowds hoping for some of the biggest waves of the annua

kpix5's devin fehely is live in mountain view where that car of the future is closer to reality and drivers do have some questions about it. devin? >> reporter: yeah. imagine if i told you five or 10 years ago that you would soon be sharing the road with cars that might not have a human driver behind the wheel or maybe not anywhere inside of that vehicle. well, that time is soon becoming a reality and if that idea still makes you a little bit nervous, you are not alone. >> i would feel a little leery until it's been on the road a while. >> reporter: waymo got permission in late october to roll out a fleet of 30 self- driving cars in five peninsula steps include mountain view, sunnyvale, los altos and los altos hill. the company is holding a series of public meetings for people who question if the technology is truly road ready. >> like anything with technology getting out the glitches at the beginning, my concern is what if anything major happens in the beginning that causes accidents? >> reporter: according to the dmv, waymo's self-driving fleet can travel up to 65 miles per hour and opera

as devin fehely explains the dea is taking steps to make the probe as fair as possible. >> reporter: the dea is given the scrutiny swirling around in this case they have decided to bring in an outside expert to help them evaluate the evidence. it is news that the victim's family says they are optimistic about. >> i have a little brother who was murdered. we are people like anybody else. >> reporter: we spoke via skype, she says she is heartbroken by the death of her brother who died after being tased repeatedly by sheriff deputies in october. >> there was no reason for him to use a taser. he was not a threat, he was not violent. >> reporter: she says she was allowed to review the video of the incident. she does not however believe it supports the official story. that her brother was acting erratically, running in and out of traffic before attacking a deputy. she made her case on social media. >> if there was a reason for him to be stopped, certainly, there is no reason for someone to be taser to death. >> reporter: her pleas were heard by this reverend to organize religious leaders a

good morning thanks for joining us i am devin fehely. >> high surf advisory in effect. the concern is waves and currents that could sweep swimmers out to sea. >> these waves are going to be so severe our rescue workers may not be able to enter the water to affect a rescue

good morning thanks for joining us i am devin fehely in a i am melissa caen. >> we have a few low clouds this morning. and it is chilly. once again in fact look outside. temperatures in the 30s for most folks with the exception of san francisco and oakland. mid-40s to start off your day. we do have a wind advisory in effect tonight through tuesday. so that's through new year's day. winds at 20 to 35 miles per hour gust upwards of 70 miles per hour in the higher elevations. it could be a windy new year's eve celebration for you. speaking of which, let's look ahead. your new year's forecast first. around dinner time on new year eve temperatures in the low 50s at least by the bay. and by midnight, we will be down into the upper 40s. clear and cool for those fireworks celebrations in san francisco. and elsewhere, though, we are looking at temperatures in the upper 40s's long coast and inland new year's eve midnight forecast low 40s chilly and breezy if you plan to be outdoors at mid knight. ful forecast coming up in bit. and today is going to be be a cool once again kevin -- devin over to yo

good morning thanks for joining us i am devin fehely in a i am melissa caen. >> we have a few low clouds this morning. and it is chilly. once again in fact look outside. temperatures in the 30s for most folks with the exception of san francisco

let's get you right to kpix5's devin fehely who is live in san jose. >> reporter: one of the core values of law enforcement is supposed to be honesty and integrity. it's a profession where your words matter and this is a story in its heart about lies allegedly told by one of the sheriff's department's own for the purpose of fraud. she was supposed to be off the job on workers' comp hobbled by an injury that hindered her from reporting for duty at the santa clara county sheriff's office, but the sheriff's office had suspicions and dispatched detectives to las vegas where they saw lieutenant mandy henderson engaging in "strenuous workouts," butler miraculous recovery was not cause for celebration. instead it landed the law enforcement veteran in handcuffs and in jail arrested by las vegas police for fraud for allegedly faking the extent of her injuries while cashing those checks from workers' comp. back in san jose her boss, the sheriff, was not pleased releasing a statement that read in part, "if these allegations are true it, is a violation of the public trust, sullies the standards of o

good morning thanks for joining us i am devin fehely. >> high surf advisory in effect. the concern is waves and currents that could sweep swimmers out to sea. >> these waves are going to be so severe our rescue workers may not be able to enter the water to affect a rescue of you. >> to find out what else is in store for us this weekend let's go over to julie trking the >> high surf advisory in effect continuing through 9 p.m. on monday. we are talking the highest sur inform almost two years folks and officials say you need to stay off the beach. waves will be so big they will likely come crashing down and certainly we will see those waves come across the beach. they are saying listen watch from a distance, stay on the sidewalk and get off the sand. that's the safest place if you are heading to the coach, just stay away from the beach today. high def doppler showing how the storm will affect most of us. this is where the rain is. it's moving inth and this is the system churning up the ocean and giving us the high surf advisory. moderate rainfall moving inland over the no