ktvu channel 2 news' john sasaki joins us from union square. john? >> reporter: it may be pretty now, but san francisco is battered and bruised. a peaceful protest turned into mob scene. it is the season for people to flood san francisco's union square. last night, many shoppers came face to face with many protesters. >> there where a handful with their black masks. >> reporter: karen is a volunteer helping with the animals in the macy's windows. she watched the protests turn ugly. >> i was nervous, i was scared i. wasn't sure the direction they were going to take. it was so random and there was so much anger behind it. >> reporter: they never came near her windows which is good. she would have stopped them. >> i was prepared. they are helpless animals. >> it is scary. >> reporter: at grace jewelry, the protesters tried the get inside breaking several windows instead. >> it is supposed to be a good day. >> it is supposed to be a good day. yes. but yesterday, we lost a lot of money. >> reporter: the worst damage was at creighton barrel where several w

ktvu's john sasaki is there now. big crowds there?now. there is a good crowd. there was a line out earlier. people lined up for several hours. but everybody came in pretty comly. wasn't like the rushes we have seen on black friday's past. perhaps people are in food comas. but there are deals here that people are looking for. one is this one right here, show us what you got there. >> play station 4. it is a bundle. has the bat man lego and the planet three. it is for my son. he will be excited. >> reporter: i hope he is not watching the news. >> i know. i know. >> reporter: you lined up for how long? >> two hours. >> why did you do that on thanksgiving? >> well, the boys wanted to come, my older sons asked can we have thanksgiving, go as a family, have it at 1:00 p.m. and then go as a family to toys r us. i said as long as we are all together i am okay with that. >> reporter: family shopping day. >> exactly. this is the first time. >> very good. this is a happy thanksgiving to you. thank you for joining us. good luck with that. i am su

ktvu's john sasaki looks now at the practice of installing gps trackers on cars in the bay area. >> yeah. >> reporter: a sunny day was ideal for car shopping. >> i love this. >> some of the cars on this lot could have a tool that is becoming more common. >> in case they cannot locate the car. >> they are for owners with bad credit. buyers must sign this form agreeing to have the device installed. how much could not using them hurt? >> lost about 7 cars. >> to people who bought them. >> to people who bought them and we did not have gps. >> reporter: they never made payments and disappeared. this gps is not the kind of upgrade anyone wants. >> i wouldn't do that. >> reporter: why? >> why would you need to know where i am at? >> reporter: the purpose of installing units like these is to protect the investment of the dealers and the banks. police can use these to tract down criminals. the dealer told me it helped him help police track down a car thief. >> the car was stolen by ex- husband. the wife called the police and we tracked him. >> reporter: wow! it wasn't just the husband in the car?

ktvu's john sasaki joins us now. john, several of them are home grown. >> reporter: 35 people received their badges today: five are oakland knaves. all of them are committed to -- natives. all of them are committed to making the streets safe. >> the 170 academy class was sworn in. >> congratulations [ cheers and applause ] >> 35 men and women became the city's newest officers. >> honestly surreal. it is a blessing. >> 24-year-old isaiah thomas is another who grew up in oakland. >> i just know i can relate to the community. knowing that i know how to talk to the community, knowing they can trust someone born and raised here. >> my friends are from mexico. i got to experience how it is to be an immigrant in oakland and how truly blessed i am to be able to speak two language. >> 10 officers live in oakland including 25-year-old ashley blackwell who moved here from new jersey. >> it is a really nice place. i can really do all the police work. 234089 just some of it. >> blackwell's family couldn't be more proud. >> she's n

john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >> wow! >> i love that story.ct do anything that a-- they can do anything that boys can do. that is just awesome. >> a heck of a leg. >>> now to ow bay area weather. the third of three storms. it has been the wettest week in a while. >> it has been. a slow three years by the way. i can't remember a three year period, three in a row where it has been pretty dry. most severe drought we have seen. the rain helped. we got more on the way. 2 inches of rain in the mill valley area. this could bring a inch of rain in the north bay hills. half inch. maybe san francisco, half inch. right now we are seeing light sprinkles. showing up around the area. but nothing significant. all this is -- always a good sign when you get this moisture moving in. advance of the weather system. priming the atmosphere by filling it with moisture. when the true dynamics get here, saturday morning, that is when it could trigger more significant rainfall. maybe an inch. there is 7 a.m. tomorrow morning -- 67:00 a.m. tomorrow morning -- there is 7

ktvu's john sasaki is in the news room. >> reporter: we saw no sign of the visitors from the south. and, of course, we were there -- we were there -- we were downtown in oakland as well. talking to folks at city hall, the mayor, a city counsel member on the coliseum authority and they had a lot to say about this. libby schaaf we talked to her. she will do everything she can to fight to keep the team here and here is what everybody had to say. all right. we are not going to have the tape right now. we will bring it to you later. >> thank you. pg&e pg&e is backing out -- pg&e is backing out of plans for a power plant in contra costa county. it would have been a 586 mega watt facility. they are backing out because of a ruling earlier this year. it annulled the decision to approve the agreement for the plant. >>> powerful display in san francisco today to remember all the pedestrians who had been killed or injured on city streets. >> enough is enough. the time is now. enough is enough. >> the sun of a 78-year-old held a -- the son of a 78-year- old held a chant and spoke following the d

i'm john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> an annual san francisco toy drive kicked off today in front of a popular union square restaurant. >> happy holidays everyone! >> reporter: mayor ed lee was among dozens of people there along with police forces in santa hats and young carolers. they are hoping to help the church reach the goal of 9,000 toys by december 20. well south by sports bay, it says it has had such a good year. it is wanting to do something to help others. people who work at the blue chip in san jose say the giants world series championship provided a big boost in business and now, as ktvu channel 2 news' ann reuben shows us, they are getting ready to host a thanksgiving meal for the homeless. >> reporter: they have been cook all day. hoping for a big turn out. a good year for the giants meant a great year for the blue chips sports bar in san jose. >> everybody knows they won the world series. and also brought a lot of more income to our facility. so, we wanted to give back this year. >> reporter: and so a place that normally does cheese steak will do turkey. >> we are g

in walnut creek john sasaki ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new at 10:00 a special tribute to a sacramento countyast week in the line of duty. we want to to show you a look at tonight's memorial workout for deputy danny oliver. those who took part wore blue to support law enforcement and "do it for dan "t-shirt's deputy oliver's badge number was 714, so they did 714 reps and following the exercises, threheld a candlelight vigil. >> this meant so much to my dad. he loved to work out with each and every one of you know each and every one of you cared about thank you. >> deputy oliver and placer county deputy davis, jr. were killed during a shooting rampage and manhunt that spanned two counties. funeral for deputy oliver is set for monday. >>> questions persist about what caused a tanker truck to overturn and catch fire yesterday in los angeles? the tank he was carrying 4500 gallons of gasoline when the accident happened. the driver was able to escape unharmed. the fire burned a nearby triplex and several vehicles. crews were able to put out the flames before necessity spread to other nearby home. >

in oakland i'm john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and the chp says it recovered multiple firearms after it shut down a large side show near the port of oakland last night. the chp says as many as 200 people were involved in this side show around midnight. officers say they closed off each end of middle harbor road. officers say they detained those inside the perimeter and tried to identify them and determine if they had broken any laws. >> it can be any where from aiding and abetting always way to participating in a speed contest to suspended license, driving without a license, if they have any outstanding warrants. the charges are wide ranging. >>> some of those in the area said the officers were rounding up people who were not involved in the side show. major elect libby shaft said she was grateful for the help. >>> during the holidays our thoughts often go to those less fortunate. but there's a push tonight to get you to think about another vulnerable group. the incentive to bringing a puppy into your home this holiday. >>> and today was a special first that volunteers and thos

john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. back to you guys. >>> we are learning more today about the hit and run death of a woman in napa county. the victim was 57-year-old maria cruz pascual bejar. authorities believe she is from spain and was working at a group home. they haven't been able to contact her family even with help from the consulate. she was hit by a car on sunday. anyone with information is encouraged to call the sheriff's department. >>> in oakland police are investigating a home invasion in the fruitvale neighborhood about 2:00 p.m. this afternoon at a home on the 3100 block of texas street. no one was injured. investigators have not yet told us what was taken and no arrests have been made. >>> san jose police are looking for an armed man who they thought was hold up in a home with children. police received a report last night of an armed man in a house across from a high school. there were 7 children and 2 adults in the house. police surrounded it. s.w.a.t. officers used grenades oclear it but when -- to cle

john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now at 6:00 p.m.> a suspicion, a possession of child pornography. >> a large amount of child pornography and bad images involved. >> reporter: images so bad the case jumped to the top of the to-do list. officers got

john sasaki now with the surveillance video that could help investigators catch the thieves. >> this fremont valero gas station has 16 surveillance cameras which caught two suspicious vehicles here early friday morning. >> they stopped at least 10, 15 times. >> reporter: the owner says when he came in that day he noticed he was short 165- gallons of diesel. when he checked the video he noticed a truck coming and going. >> we did everything we could to really be able to stop them. now they steal from the tanks and nothing i can do. >> reporter: each store's tank has an anti theft mechanism but somehow they beat it. >> they pump it. it's very unusual. it's very difficult to do that. they have to be professionals and they've done it a lot of times. it's very dangerous and it has to be professional. there's a drop, which stops you from doing that. i don't know how they did it. >> reporter: now police are trying to find the perpetrators. >> the anger of the camera did not show license plate or driver description. >> we can see the drivers but they concealed themselves enough and what they

john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> clouds moving into the area from this ridge of high pressure. it's not a wet weather pattern anymore. it's just a ridge here. and this is the fog carrying the moisture over the top. we will see partly cloudy skies through saturday and sunday. saturday will be a lot like today and sunday will have a few more clouds. currently outside we have a little bit of fog right along the coast. a few more clouds over head. there's the coastal fog and a little bit of coastal fog moving in the san anselmo, sausalito area. i do see the fog happening again. if you had it this morning, it'll probably be there in some form tomorrow morning just not as extensive. or expansive as it was this morning. overnight lows mid-40s. the recent rain, the ground is wet. overnight lows are in the 40s. and that's basically when it's clear in the winter months starting about now. valley fog happens a lot because typically we have a moist ground. the forecast for the next couple of days more of the same as high pressure sets us up. clouds coming over the ridge. fog showing up in

ktvu's john sasaki joins us live from the news room.ike she out of office. >> reporter: oakland city counsel woman libby schaff held a news conference. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: oakland city counsel woman libby schaff arrived to her news conference with hugs all around. she beat her opponent by 63% to 37%. >> while we love our city and believe in its greatness we know it could be better. >> reporter: she worked for governor jerry brown and served on the city counsel. >> yes, absolutely. we need more police. we also need better policing. we need to invest in successful intervention and prevention and go after jobs, better wages. >> reporter: mayor jean quan released a statement saying i want to congratulation libby schaaf on be -- congratulate libby schaaf on being next mayor of oakland. he says the win will be an improvement for the city. >> she is one of us who is now moving up stairs. and so, you know, she knows how to communicate with the members of the counsel and not just when you need them to vote on issues. >> reporter

john sasaki. >>> tonight at 10:30 we learn more about oakland's new mayor. libby schaaf is from oakland. what she tells us about her past that prepared her for the job. >>> and a toy drive scrambling to raise $20,000. >>> and next thousands evacuated and businesses disrupted all because of a gas leak. >> shut down, wide open, no sales. >>> the mistake that triggered fear and frustration in downtown san jose. female announcer: through tuesday at sleep train save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic. choose $300 in free gifts with tempur-pedic. even choose 48 months interest-free financing on the new tempur-choice. the triple choice sale ends tuesday, veterans day. ♪shining, shimmering, splendid ♪tell me, princess, now when did♪ ♪you last let your heart decide♪ ♪a whole new world welcome to aulani, travel and leisure winner for top family hotel in the u.s. for special offers, visit disneyaulani.com or call your travel agent. >>> 11 hours after a natural gas leak at a san jose intersection is shut down. right now pg & e is working to fix the gas leak. busine

john sasaki, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> kaiser nurses say they're eager to get back to the bargaining table after the two day strike. 18,000 kaiser permanente nurses picketed at 35 clinics, including oakland yesterday and today. the nurses say they deserve better staffing, better training, and better equipment. the contract expired in july, talks broke off three weeks ago. kaiser says it has responded to all of the nurse's proposals, and isn't sure why the nurses decided to strike now. >>> new at 10:00, a ceremony honoring the heroic actions of san francisco police officers tonight. the department awarded its medal of valor. it is awarded to exceptional bravery in the line of duty. this year, many received the award for their actions in the asiana crash. once there, some rushed inside the burning plane to help free passengers, they were directly involved in rescuing more than 300 people. >> they located themselves immediately out of the burning aircraft. severely damaged rapidly leaking fuel, and on fire. a great risk of explosion and death for all. >> this year, eight officers receiv

john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> we're getting a look at a rare marin creature.es. the monterey bay aquarium posted a picture of the fish to its facebook page. look at the jaw there. it drew such an overwhelming response they made a video about the fish then posted it to you tube. angler fish are also known as the black sea devil. they live in the deep dark waters of the monterey canyon. >>> we're tracking showers into your neighborhood as the bay area weekend gets under way. take a look at what i'm tracking. this is storm system number three. they're right on schedule. this one is a little earlier than anticipated. that means it's going to get out of here earlier as well. most neighborhoods are going to be clear. there are some clouds out there. these clouds are high clouds. not clouds but clouds coming in advance of that weather system. it doesn't get here until 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. i'll slow you the model on that. look for a little patchy fog. it hasn 't been everywhere but look for it in the next hour. maybe a little more in the coastal hills for most o

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now john sasaki joins us now from the news room with more on this controversial system. >> reporter: more states have banned or suspended the use of the controversial design. all this follows numerous deaths and serious injuries allegedly related to the guardrails. pictures are horrifying. from numerous crashes across the country, that one item meant to protect drivers turns into a spear right through the carrings. >> this is an ep plus. >> reporter: joshua harmon says after it was approves, the manufacturer trinity industries changed the decide making it four inches wide rather than five. >> it creates additional restriction inside the head. and when it does that, that is when the guardrail will lock up and impale the vehicles. >> reporter: there are thousands of these guardrails across the state. here is how they are supposed to work. when the vehicle impacts the end treatment, the railing ribbons out to the side. but harmon and his attorneys have been working for years to show the way it was designed is faulty and the federal jury agrees. >> i think it is a great thing for drivers

kutv's john sasaki talked to people who watched those protests unfold. >> reporter: 'tis the season for people to flood san francisco's union square. but last night many shoppers came face-to-face with angry protesters. >> there were a handful with their trademark black masks. >> carib is an spca volunteer who watched the protesters turn ugly. >> i was nervous. i was scared because i wasn't sure where -- what direction they were going take, because it was so random and there was so much anger and frustration behind it. >> they never came near her windows because ch is good because she said she would have stopped them. >> i was prepared because they are helpless animals and it's scary. >> at this jewelry store, workers say that protesters broke several windows. >> not making money. >> it's supposed to be a good day. >> it's supposed to be a good day. but yesterday we lose a lot of money. >> reporter: perhaps the worst damage was at crate and barrel where three huge windows were smashed with protesters trapping people inside. managers took control. >> they made sure they locked the front

john sasaki is live in richmond, john you spoke to one of the friends of one of the victims. >> reporterime of peace and quiet and then violence erupted. the victims all who have died attended richmond high school at one time or other. >> this has been the central issue. education gets pushed to the side. everything gets pushed to the side when young people are spilling blood in the streets. >> reporter: the violence started last tuesday night with two shootings that were one minute apart and that the shootings continued into the weekend. >> we have four 15-year-olds shot and wounded. a 16-year-old shot and wounded. a 21-year-old shot and wounded and a 29-year-old shot and killed. our partners in the county had a 16-year-old shot and killed. >> reporter: a memorial was growing on sixth street for that 29-year-old charles jackson who was shot to death on friday night as he drove down the street. >> he was a father, he was a son. he was a partner to this lovely lady nadia. you know, who made this visual. >> reporter: he leaves behind a 2-year-old daughter and friends who are worried about

john sasaki, we're learning this has happened dozens of times. >> reporter: this is at the valero whereeves accessed all the fuel. this valero gas station has cameras here who caught it on tape. when he came to work that day, he found he was short 700 gallons of deasil. when he checked the video, he found the vehicles coming and going and staying long periods of time. it was clear to him they were taking the fuel. >> we did everything we could to really be able to stop him. now they're stealing from the tanks. there's nothing i can do! >> reporter: this storage tank has an antitheft mechanism. >> they have to be professionals and dung it so many times. it's very dangerous and has to be a professional. there's a drop on those which stops you to doing that. i don't know how they did it. >> reporter: only he and the police are eager to find the perpetrators. >> the angle of the cameras didn't show license plates or driver suspect descriptions. we could see the two vehicles. they parked in a way to conceal themselves and conceal what they were doing. >> reporter: oyalei tells me the same th

in oakland, john sasaki, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> runner up, rebecca kaplan released a statement thisting libby schaaf. her tweet said i'm excited to partner with her on a variety of ways for the city both she and i love. >>> california is the only state on the west coast where rec wational marijuana is not legal. voters in oregon, and alaska, as well as washington, d.c., all passed propositions to legalize marijuana for people 21 and older. a former california police officer who is now an advocate for the cannabis industry was already lobbying to support the recreational use of pot. he says tuesday's election issues, make it a lock for 2016. >> i say, i want it to be legal before my kid is in high school, so it's not being sold in his high school anymore. >> in 2010, california voted against legalizing marijuana. the vote was 53 to 47%. >>> wall street rode the republican victory in congress to another record high today. the dow industrials gained 100 points to close at a new high of 17,484. the nasdaq lost 2. oil prices rebounded a bit after recent declines, and energy stocks were u

ktvu's john sasaki looks now at the practice of installing gps trackers on cars in the bay area. >> yeah this. >> some of the cars on this lot could have a tool that is becoming more common. >> in case they cannot locate the car. >> they are for owners with bad credit. buyers must sign this form agreeing to have the device installed. how much could not using them hurt? >> lost about 7 cars.

john sasaki was inside that station as the protest unfolded and protesters were arrested. >> tell the truth and stop the lies, mike brown didn't have to die. >>> it took just 10 people to bring b.a.r.t.'s transbay service to a standstill. on the eastbound and westbound platforms five people linked themselves together to stop trains on both sides from going any where. >> we're doing a protest on black friday to interact commerce and send a very strong message that black lives matter. >> reporter: one man stood in front of a train and linked with other protesters. >> the reason we chained ourselves it's symbolic. where they're physical or not we have mental chains in which we feel trapped. >> reporter: eventually police brought firefighters who helped disconnect the train to which the lead protester was tied. >> it does feel pretty targeted when the majority of people that the police kill are black and brown. >> i'm feeling good. >> reporter: as he was being led away, that man told us why he did it. >> i didn't want to take this action but i felt someone needed to tell these cops that i

but as john sasaki tells us, no one, including the victim's parents, is happy with the outcome. >> reporter: people poured out of an oakland courtroom, after richard thomas was sentenced. >> the thing that just struck me when he walked in was, my god, he's just a kid. >> reporter: the 17-year-old thomas, seen in this sketch with his attorney, set sasha fleishman's skirt on fire on an ac transit bus. sasha, who identifies as agender, was burned on both legs. thomas was sentenced to seven years. >> five and a half years in the department of juvenile justice. >> reporter: sasha's mother spoke in court. >> we don't hate you. we don't think hate -- hate creates more hate. we want to you come out of prison not being hateful. >> reporter: thomas' attorney says thomas wanted to give a statement, but that he wasn't feeling well. his cousin told us what thomas would have said. >> he wants him to forgive him for what happened and it's just a big misunderstanding and he apologizes. i know i can see it in his eyes that he's genuinely sorry for what he's done. >> reporter: the good news is, sasha is now