army veteran jake larson, one of the last remaining survivors of the greatest generation. met up with him this past june at celebrations marking 80 years since the d-day landings in normandy. jake was among the allied forces who stormed the beaches of france on june 6th, 1944, to kick fascism out of europe every one of us was prepared to give our life to kick hitler's out of europe. >> i don't think i was a hero. i was just like anybody else. we were all in this together. uh, i'm not a i'm not a hero. >> i'm a. >> people keep calling me a hero. i changed that word. i took the o off of a hero. i added a t o there. and people say, well, what's your here.to? i says, i'm here to tell you that heroes are up there. they gave their life. they gave their life so that i could make it. my god, i had it. i got a wife, i got children, i got two boys and a girl. i got nine grandchildren. i got 11 great grandchildren. i've got a grandson that's a grandfather. and i'm still going. crazy. >> will you come back again? >> oh, god. yes, i'd come back again. just to honor all those who gave th

jake larson rose to fame on tiktok as papa jake, sharing his many stories from his past and experiencesduring the war. his birthday is this coming friday. happy early birthday to you, jake. you're watching the 11:00 news on ktvu. we're back a beloved oakland bakery will be closing its broadway location this week. the owners of firebrand artisan breads making the announcement on social media saying the decision was due to their ten year lease coming to an end. the owners say it was a tough decision after facing several issues over the years, including an electrical fire, the pandemic, multiple break ins, increased thefts and assaults. but the bakery will live on. owners say the business will consolidate to its alameda location, which opened up last summer. the popular bay bridge lights are set to return in just a few months now, but an organization is suing the nonprofit, working to reinstall those dazzling lights, citing a neurologic hazard. the group, known as the soft light foundation, wants to stop the led lights from being turned back on. according to the lawsuit, the group claims t

jake larson is a tiktok star with more than 842,000 followers. ebrated his birthday at the fuddruckers in concord. papa jake tells ktvu he's grateful to be here today, but even more grateful for all the men who died storming omaha beach with him. >> i can't believe it. i feel like i should be about 6065. those guys gave their life for me. they're up there. they're up there and looking down right now. so i got to make a good impression. >> happy birthday, papa jake. we asked him what his birthday wish is this year. he said he can't ask for any more than he's already been blessed with. all right. there was no jackpot winner tonight for the mega millions lottery draw. as the top prize nears $1 billion. the jackpot, now $944 million. five people did match five of the numbers, claiming $1 million each. i was not one of those. those were in arkansas, illinois, pennsylvania and two in indiana. tonight's winning numbers two, 20, 51, 56 and 67 with a gold mega ball of 19. and the mega plier was two. the next drawing will be tuesday, christmas eve at 8 p.m.

. >> jake larson is celebrating another lap around the sun. the world war, 2 veteran is now 102 years young. happy family and friends gathered for his birthday party friday night in concord. you've had many celebrations. how does it feel? i it. it's hard to describe because i don't think i deserve all this pop of jake staying humble, despite having nearly 900,000 followers on tiktok, he went viral back in 2020 after his grand daughter mckayla started posting videos. people quickly fell in love with his stories. it went viral and next thing we know people are wanting papa jake. we want videos to pop a j. the love that he receives every >> amount of it. he truly deserves it's crazy. those like what i >> and i like what i do and the internet fame has led papa jake to a lot of opportunities in the last 4 years. a meeting to presidents. i think that's pretty amazing. seeing him experience disneyland for the first time was brought through tiktok on papa jakes. 99th birthday. mckayla started asking social media followers to send him birthday cards an

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. >> top of jake larson is celebrating another lap around the sun. now 102 years young. happy family and friends gathered for his birthday party friday night in concord. you've had many celebrations. how does it feel? i it. it's hard to describe because i don't think i deserve all this pop of jake staying humble, despite having nearly 900,000 followers on tiktok, he went viral back in 2020 after his grand daughter mckayla started posting videos. people quickly fell in love with his stories. it went viral and next thing we know people are wanting papa jake. we want videos pop a j. the love that he receives every >> amount of it. he truly deserves it's crazy. those like what i >> and i like what i do and the internet fame has led papa jake to a lot of opportunities in the last 4 years. a meeting to presidents. i think that's pretty amazing. seeing him experience disneyland for the first time was brought through tiktok on papa jakes. 99th birthday. mckayla started asking social media followers to send him birthday cards and people rode him from all over

jake larson is a tiktok star with over 842,000 followers. while storming omaha beach with him. >> i can't believe it. i feel like i should be about 6065. those guys gave their life for me. they're up there. they're up there looking down right now. so i got to make a good impression. >> now, we asked papa jake what his birthday wish is this year, and he said he can't ask for any more than he has already been blessed with. >> 102 my goodness. and a great guy. a chance to become a multi-millionaire just in time for christmas. nobody won the jackpot for the mega millions lottery draw last night, so now the top prize $944 million. almost a billion bucks. five people matched five of the numbers. so they each got a million bucks apiece. and those were in arkansas illinois pennsylvania. two lucky people in indiana. last night's winning numbers two, 20, 51, 56, 67 and the mega ball number 19. the next drawing. christmas eve night at 8:00. good luck. >> that'd be quite a present under the tree. all right, i'm buying. well, a film set in the bay area is