>> reporter: 9-year-old jayden and his 8-year-old sister sapphire got the star treatment at the sweet shop today. >> i thought it would be a little bit of candy. >> reporter: in fact, the company gave the two more than $1000 worth of treats. >> powell's is really, really community-oriented and it's important to me that we help out when there's issues, especially ones that we can. >> reporter: sapphire was robbed of $42 she earned this month, selling candy. >> i i guess sad because they stole it from my sister. >> reporter: 40-year-old ladonna christian was arrested. police say the surveillance video shows her moments before she twisted sapphire's arm and took the cash. >> being a police officer, also a parent, we're appalled by this. >> i cried really, really hard. and i said please, god, help me. >> one, two, three! [ laughter ] >> yeah! >> reporter: the children haven't had it easy. their mom says they were placed in 14 foster homes before she adopted them and that their biological mother taught them to steal. therapy includes the children earning their own spending money. sapphire

the two kids- who are being called safire and jayden to protect their identities - were robbed whileelling candy. today, the powell's sweet shoppe company gave them a check covering the money that was stolen. they also gave the kids one thousand dollars worth of candy to sell. the woman who robbed them is in jail facing charges of robbery and child endangerment. coming up. looking for thrilling weekend activities? how about running with bulls? we'll show you where it's happening. police searching for two people involved in a hit and run crash on the san mateo bridge. tonight.investigators say one of the suspects may be armed. coming up a little later in this broadcast the giants and the dodgers. when sales rep steve hatfield books at laquinta.com, he gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. so he knows exactly when he can prep for his presentation. and when steve is perfectly prepped, ya know what he brings? and that's how you'll increase market share. any questions? can i get an "a", steve? yes! three a's! amazing sales! he brings his a-game! la quinta inns and suite

the only thing is it didn't have jayden smith in a white batman costumes flitting around. >> let's god 9 -- the table. if you had to choose a theme wedding -- and i know jo, you will never get married. but in this off chance what kind of theme would it be? tv show? movie? >> it would be napa. >> the auto parts store? >> no, no, no. it would be wine and, like, you know, i'm on the countryside and there is wine. >> snooze. >> sam? >> a prenup-themed wedding. >> that's pretty good. andy? >> it would have to be an "entourage" theme. >> all of your bros and show up in a nice car with suicide doors. exactly. >> that would be rad. >> who would be turtle? i would be your turtle. >> it wouldn't be the first time. >> i was thinking maybe rock the charles gutten show. he was a garbage man from baltimore. there is so much color and culture in that. >> he was a murderer. >> i am just winging it. i am already married. >> i would have done a titan a nick theme -- titanic theme, but not tell anybody. where are we? do we prefer a certain fur? shelter workers say black dogs are not adopted as quick as

powell's sweet shop gave sapphire, and her 9-year-old brother jayden more than $1000 worth of candy.mom says their biological mother taught them to steal to get what they want. she says selling candy has been a form of therapy to teach them how to earn their own spending money. sapphire says she was saving up for a cell phone. >> sometimes i always get lost. i have to use other phones, public phones. >> sapphire and her brother were in 14 foster homes before they were adopted. their new mom says they are adapting well. police have arrested the woman accused of stealing from sapphire. >>> a $5000 reward is being offered for information related to a shooting that injured a teenager at a park in oakland. it happened thursday night just after 7:00 at brooke dale park, which is off high street. police say someone in a car exchanged as many as 20 shots with another group in the park. a 17-year-old playing basketball was wounded. police say he was not the intended target. >> my grandkids that bicycle up and down the street or scooter, or even play across the street in a park on their scoote

we have three toddlers here, stella, jeb and jayden. do you see what's on tv? what is that? trying to do something about a burned out restaurant along a busy street. the city now considers this flames restaurant in hillsdale a blight, according to the "mercury news." the charred-out remains are behind a chained link fence, but some of it's covered in graffiti and there's trash all around as well. the city is now telling the property owners to do something or face fines. back in january, a kitchen fire caused more than $1 million in damage to that diner. >>> and now let's take a look at your traffic situation. hopefully it's not a disaster. >> you know, not a disaster, but it was very, very slow, kris. you know, there was no damage reported by this, but glass reported all over lanes at 23rd, downtown oakland. now, look at the volume of traffic here past the coliseum. both sides are very filled with traffic now, much different than a half hour ago. traffic recovering after they had finally cleared the glass debris. southbound 880 jammed before you get to 7th. also, southbound

when jayden was a little younger, to get her to eat things i had to say there were treasures in the pastae cheese sticks to the pasta. >> it's like the glue. >> you're doing good. >> keep tossing? >> yeah. >> okay. >> over here i just sauteed some mushrooms. >> any kind you like? >> yes. we're adding tuna. you got great tuna this weekend, right? >> i did. >> but i'm using canned tuna. this just makes it easier. what i love about these pastas, i'm going to add the rest. two whole garlic cloves. i leave them whole so i can take them out. some tomato paste and a bit of chicken broth to create a bit of a sauce. this only cooks for two or three minutes just to soften the tuna. >> will that go down well for the average child? i know your daughter has a sophisticated palate. >> she loves olives and capers. just add whatever you want. make sure this tosses together. what we're going food here is add this in here. what i love about this is all of these you can eat hot or room temperature. >> and the we remove the whole cloves of garlic out. >> or if you like them leave them in. >> this is the pira