live, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> thanksgiving came a day early for thousands.here was a long line and a constant flow of people today. since 11:00 a.m. organizers have been feeding 500 people an hour. by buy the end of the day they will have fed 5,000 people. >> food runs out half way through the month and the rest of the month we got to worry about what we will eat. >> the mission in santa rosa organized the meal with the help of 500 volunteers and a similar effort is scheduled for christmas. join ktvu channel 2 news this friday. a number of personalities will be out at these four locations collecting your coats for our coat drive. >>> the shopping surge has already begun online. shoppers have already spent fine $.7 billion since november 1. shopping is expected to increase 15% to $37.6 billion. >>> a tough day on wall street over concerns of european debt. the dow fell 236 points to close at 11,258. the nasdaq fell 61 to 2,460. >>> light showers picked up in the north bay. santa rosa light sprinkles. the main weather system is to the north. you see it up here

let's go to ktvu john sasaki, he is live tonight at the hospital in vallejo where officers tonight are in shock and sorrow, john. >> mike, this is kaiser vallejo where there's been a lot of pain and anguish today because this is where the officer was brought after the shooting in the hours as soon as it happened there's been a steady stream of friends and officers. the dispair they are feeling is clear. lots of hugs and tears. we understand from residents here in vallejo that the officers who's name has not been released was well known in the community for giving back quite a bit. including as a high school basketball coach. and that he was a member of the vallejo police department for some 28 years. someone who's very, very well known in the community and i've talked to officers in other agencies, law enforcement agencies in the bay area who also knew him. who are also devastated by this loss. of course in this situation, just like any time an officer is killed other law enforcement officials even though who don't know him they feel as though they have lost a brother. i've talked to s

in richmond, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> dozens are under arrest in salt lake city as police there clear out the encampment. officers moved into pioneer park earlier today, warning protesters to leave. at least 91 people have been arrested there so far. a man was found dead inside a tend apparently from drugs and carbon monoxide poisoning. they say the protesters can go on, but the camping must stop. >> in denver occupy protesters are being kicked out of their encampment. a traffic camera caught a glimpse of scene. demonstrators have been camping out for more than a month. no word on the number of arrests made. >>> we'll be sure to stay with ktvu channel 2 news for continuing coverage when police do move in on the oakland encamp the. we'll have it for you on-air and on-line at ktvu.com. >>> the reward is grow tonight for information on the drowning of a cat in redwood city. that cat was found in the redwood shores lagoon last week with a 5-pound dumbbell tied around its week. human society announced that new donations bring the reward to more than $12,000. the humane society

ktvu's john sasaki is in the middle of it. john? >> reporter: we are standing outside sproul hall. this is the middle of a heck tick day here outside sproul hall. if you can look right here, you see there are a couple of tents set up here. these tents went up, you can see inside, people enjoying their time therein, this all went up here after an extremely big conflict between these students, a thousand people here protesting the 99% versus 1%, this is "occupy cal" as they call it. i want to tell you, at one point the police officers told the students they could not set up tents so they came in riot gear and told them to remove the tents or they would be removed with force and that's exactly what the police did here. it was 3:45, 4:00 that that went down. students were complaining about police brutality, saying the officers used more force than they needed to. joining me now is peter, a chairman of one of the department. which department? >> dance and performance studies. >> reporter: you witnessed this whole thing? >> half of it. >> reporter: what did you see and what did you see t

. >>> occupy has gained momentum beyond wall street and big cities and john sasaki reports live fromconcord. >> reporter: mr. moneybags character strung crime scene tape along the wells fargo bank in concord this afternoon. >> werls fargo specifically is closing down on my family. i have a foreclosure. >> reporter: it was national move your money day and the protest has spread heartily to the suburbs. >> we're tired of the banks getting bailed out and the people getting sold out. >> reporter: walnut creek had a demonstration that was much more subdued. >> we want it grassroots with respect to the oils of the bank and take our action by moving our money. >> reporter: organizers say most of these protesters were closing their accounts at the big banks. >> i joined first united services credit union and put my money there and found out a lot of things that i was paying for the with the banks i didn't have to do that with the credit company. >> reporter: there was also a protest outside of the big banks. >> we know they are going to continue with their shenanigans and we believe the only

john sasaki. >>> now an election update on two very tight races in the city of vallejo.it appears the mayor's race has been divided. current mayor ozzie davis has widened his lead over his opponent joa in nne schivley. it's a difference of just 900 votes and there's late word that schivley has called davis to concede. measure b has a slight lead pulling ahead by 71 votes. if passed the tax measure would bring in $9.8 million a year for the cash strapped city. >>> the san francisco examiner is getting a new owner. clarity group announce today it is selling the newspaper to a consortium. the examiner was the group's only west coast. >>> a little bit of drizzle out there right now. the live storm tracker 2, picking up that rainfall whatsoever. what i want to point out is the ground is wet. santa rosa 51 degrees. the dewpoint temperatures in the upper 40s. when that temperature drops into the upper 40s, fog is going to form. we're going to see fog in the inland bay valleys. be prepared if -r it -- prepare for it tomorrow morning. around 8:00 it'll clear off. santa rosa, napa

john sasaki tells us about a reunion that spanned nearly 7,500 miles. >> reporter: this is a thanksgivinge no other. the dog and the u.s. marine that saved her or vice versa. >> every time she would start barking in the middle of night it was someone hopping trying to climb over our base. >> reporter: ward van alstine adopted khloe. >> eventually she found out she could live in our tent. so she did. she's queen of the realm. >> reporter: grimly who is staying with his aunt were rescued. >> this little girl was as a puppy being stoned by the afghan police outside the embassy in kabul. >> reporter: embassy staff pulled her to safety. they pulled her life from a dark future. >> the taliban knows that it's so demoralizing when they kill these dogs. so they target them. >> reporter: that's grimlin with the duchess of york. >> now they realize that the suicide rate in afghanistan is just rampant. >> reporter: and bonny is a psycho therapist who knows dogs are life saving. >> there's a quote i know that says, there's no psychiatrist like the warm lick of a puppy on the face. >> reporter: i'm joh

john sasaki tells us about a reunion that spanned nearly 7,500 miles. >> reporter: this is a thanksgivingunion like no other. the dog and the u.s. marine that saved her or vice versa. >> every time she would start barking in the middle of night it was someone hopping trying to climb over our base. >> reporter: ward van alstine adopted khloe. >> eventually she found out she could live in our tent. so she did. she's queen of the realm. >> reporter: grimly who is staying with his aunt were rescued. >> this little girl was as a puppy being stoned by the afghan police outside the embassy in kabul. >> reporter: embassy staff pulled her to safety. they pulled her life from a dark future. >> the taliban knows that it's so demoralizing when they kill these dogs. so they target them. >> reporter: that's grimlin with the duchess of york. >> now they realize that the suicide rate in afghanistan is just rampant. >> reporter: and bonny is a psycho therapist who knows dogs are life saving. >> there's a quote i know that says, there's no psychiatrist like the warm lick of a puppy on the face. >> reporter

john sasaki. >>> now an election update on two very tight races in the city of vallejo. appears the mayor's race has been divided. current mayor ozzie davis has widened his lead over his opponent joa in nne schivley. it's a difference of just 900 votes and there's late word that schivley has called davis to concede. measure b has a slight lead pulling ahead by 71 votes. if passed the tax measure would bring in $9.8 million a year for the cash strapped city. >>> the san francisco examiner is getting a new owner. clarity group announce today it is selling the newspaper to a consortium. the examiner was the group's only west coast. >>> a little bit of drizzle out there right now. the live storm tracker 2, picking up that rainfall whatsoever. what i want to point out is the ground is wet. santa rosa 51 degrees. the dewpoint temperatures in the upper 40s. when that temperature drops into the upper 40s, fog is going to form. we're going to see fog in the inland bay valleys. be prepared if -r it -- prepare for it tomorrow morning. around 8:00 it'll clear off. santa rosa, napa,

. >>> we go straight to ktvu john sasaki who has the very latest from the vallejo officer where that injured officer was taken. >> that is kaiser hospital where this officer was rushed by paramedics after this shooting. in the hours since it happened there's been a steady stream of officers, friends and family coming to the er in many cases the dispair they are feeling is clear. lots of hugs and tears. this afternoon, i've learned that the officer transferred here to vallejo police from the highway patrol so many at chp are devastated. we've also learned he's well known in law enforcement circles. one police officer told me he was a friend. in this situation just like any time an officer is killed all other law enforcement will feel as though they've lost a brother. this is how dangerous being a police officer can be. john sasaki. >> we'll be following if story on our website with any late breaking developments just log on to ktvu.com. >>> it is a cautious celebration tonight for occupy protesters in the bay area with a looming threat of eviction hanging over their heads. our live te

international hotel. 20 years later in 1997 a march marked the anniversary of that day and ktvu's john sasaki was there. >> reporter: thousands joined to remember the elderly who were forced out of international hotel in 1967. san francisco police and sheriff's deputies entered the i hotel to enforce a court order evicting the tenants who were filipino and chinese immigrants. one man talked today about what the protest was like 20 years ago. >> when i was here it was like, it was a human barricade there was a lot of spirit among the people. they were young people, old people, lawyers, attorneys, doctors, all we were all over here forming a human barricade. >> the eviction came after a nine year battle over the fate of the building. the tenants and many supporters had managed to stop the court order. >> it was a steppingstone again to protecting the rights of the poor. protecting the tenants have rights advocates housing for everyone and seniors. >> reporter: eight years after john filing that report, ktvu's rita williams was at the site again this time to cover the opening of a new affordable

kiro-7's john sasaki talked to the demonstrators who blame the bank for the foreclosure practice. >>eporter: dozens of protesters hit the bank of america at mcdonald and san pablo in richmond. >> we're asking them to recognize we're the community. that is our money in the bank, but it's our people, our neighborhoods, our communities -- . >> reporter: they were hear as part of spreading occupy moment devicing decrying economic inequity. >> i am sick and tired the bank taking our money and home. >> reporter: they say the crisis and in turn the banks are doing irreparable home to the neighborhoods, such as this one, where we found a row of five properties, three of which are abandoned and blighted. >> there are about 15 in my neighborhood in a two-block rake foreclosed that are being broken into and when the banks were contact they use loopholes, i don't own it. well, if you didn't own it, why did you foreclose it? >> reporter: protesters want people to take their money out of burbank which they couldn't do because the bank shut down. he returned after going to another branch. >> this i

john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> new information tonight on occupy santa rosa, the city council voted tonighto allow the city manager to lead negotiations with the protesters. the activists set up tents on saturday after two weeks in which they agreed not to camp overnight. under the resolution passed tonight, they will set conditions for the camp and come up when the camp must disband. >>> an investigation is under way in marin county this evening after a woman reported she was sexually assaulted this past sunday night. the 60-year-old woman said she was grabbed while walking in the area of terrace drive in marin city. the woman described her attacker as an african american man between 18 and 25 years old. and about 6'tall. >>> new information tonight about that parolee who crashed a truck after speeding away from police in pittsburgh yesterday. today, he died from his injuries. police identified him as 26- year-old johnson of concord. a woman who was also killed in the truck was identified 47- year-old rita martinez of pittsburgh. two people injured in an suv that was hit are expected to su

john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> new information tonight on occupy santa rosa, the city council voted tonight to allow the city manager to lead negotiations with the protesters. the activists set up tents on saturday after two weeks in which they agreed not to camp overnight. under the resolution passed tonight, they will set conditions for the camp and come up when the camp must disband. >>> an investigation is under way in marin county this evening after a woman reported she was sexually assaulted this past sunday night. the 60-year-old woman said she was grabbed while walking in the area of terrace drive in marin city. the woman described her attacker as an african american man between 18 and 25 years old. and about 6'tall. >>> new information tonight about that parolee who crashed a truck after speeding away from police in pittsburgh yesterday. today, he died from his injuries. police identified him as 26- year-old johnson of concord. a woman who was also killed in the truck was identified 47- year-old rita martinez of pittsburgh. two people injured in an suv that was hit are expected to