. >> i'm julie haener. a showdown is taking place right now at uc berkely. hundreds of students are trying to start their own occupy encampment. earlier, the university told the students they are free to protest, but not with tents. when campus police and sheriff deputies pulled down tents, it led toes arrests of seven people. authorities moved in, and took some of the tents down as well. developing news right now. ken wayne is live at the birth place of the free speech movement where both sides are bracing for another confrontation. >> reporter: in front of sprowl hall, there's probably 50 officers lining the steps in front of the hall, and several

. >> i'm julie haener. a showdown is taking place right now at uc berkely. hundreds of students are trying to start their own occupy encampment. earlier, the university told the students they are free to protest, but not with tents. when campus police and sheriff deputies pulled down tents, it led toes arrests of seven people. authorities moved in, and took some of the tents down as well. developing news right now. ken wayne is live at the birth place of the free speech movement where both sides are bracing for another confrontation. >> reporter: in front of sprowl hall, there's probably 50 officers lining the steps in front of the hall, and several

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good evening everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener.snap is settling over the area. robert handa is at mount hamilton where there was some snow flurries. >> it's not nearly as cold as it was this morning when the early winter weather in the form of snow dropped in

. >>> all right i have my voice back i apologize for what happened a moment ago, julie haener in the news room with the stories we're working on at 6:00. >>> and frank, san francisco's law enforcement officers are divided tonight. new at 6:00. the act sixes of racism and the lack of loyalty clouding the race. also ahead, a simple act can cause stress for newborns, tonight, how far how it can add a lasting impact, more on the strike coming up. >>> we turn now to our chief meteorologist bill martin for big changes. >>> changes in the forecast, showers our way, a big cooldown. computer model, tomorrow afternoon, the scattered showers, mid-morning, early afternoon, they will be a little wet on the afternoon commute, maybe on the morning commute. not a big, big rainstorm, but what is happening is the cooler air comes behind it. temperatures as much as ten or 15 degrees cooler tomorrow. here is the five-day forecast, you can see it is an unsettled weather period coming up. even in the bay area, what you will notice tomorrow, big time cooler, i'll see you back here in a bit with an updated

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. today the occupiers háeld a meeting to try to decide whether to accept the city's officers -- occupiers held a meeting. >> reporter: frank that general assembly lasted almost four hours. it's now just wrapping up. and the vote has been made. the occupy sf encampment. the people here have voted to reject the city's officer to move them to mission street. so it appears the clock is ticking on how much longer this encampment will remain here at the foot of market street. >> we will stay here and defend our first amendment right. >> reporter: there was enpassioned compassion. the city the giving the group until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow to see if they will accept the offer to relocate. if occupy refuses to accept the city's deal. >> what if city has said inequivocally is that we won't be able to stay at herman plaza. >> reporter: no animals, alcohol, or stoves. no minors, pan handling or furniture. and no loud music between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. >> i've seen this space, i personally love thi

. >> and i'm julie haener. we have team coverage tonight on the special meeting and the violent confrontation that took place overnight. we begin at city hall with eric rasmussen and the fireworks inside the council chambers. >> reporter: i just stepped out of the meeting up here in the third floor at city hall. a few moments ago as you said the focus ob this camp -- focus on the camp and the protests that had happened. about 250 people signed up to talk, and it's still going on right now. some arguing for peace, some people not wanting to give up peacefully. >> somebody call the police officers, you are all under citizen's arrest. >> i'm going to speak now. >> no you're not. your time is up unless somebody wants to give up their time. >> reporter: this man had to be taken out by police. but others took police to task for injuring a army vet. >> i would like to see the city bankrupt and when you are, i know a nice park where you can park your tent. >> the situation we find ourselves in is absolutely unacceptabl

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. today the occupiers háeld a meeting to try to decide whether to accept the city's officers -- occupiers held a meeting. >> reporter: frank that general assembly lasted almost four hours. it's now just wrapping up. and the vote has been made. the occupy sf encampment. the people here have voted to reject the city's officer to move them to mission street. so it appears the clock is ticking on how much longer this encampment will remain here at the foot of market street. >> we will stay here and defend our first amendment right. >> reporter: there was enpassioned compassion. the city the giving the group until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow to see if they will accept the offer to relocate. if occupy refuses to accept the city's deal. >> what if city has said inequivocally is that we won't be able to stay at herman plaza. >> reporter: no animals, alcohol, or stoves. no minors, pan handling or furniture. and no loud music between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. >> i've seen this space, i personally love thi

i am julie haener. >> i am frank somerville. former member of the black liberation army is set to surrender 40 years later. >> rita williams is live with more. >> reporter: tomorrow morning a man who has alluded police for 40 years says he

. >> and i'm julie haener. oakland major jean quan says it is time for the occupy encampment to end. the final straw, tonight's fatal shooting. we start with eric rasmussen on the fatal shooting and the mayor's call for protesters to clear out. >> reporter: she is asking for demonstrators to clear out. the police tape finally came down. witnesses tell us this young man was shot just past these porta-potty's and our cameras were there shortly after it happened. as the shots rang out on frank ogawa plaza there were hundreds of witnesses just steps away all part of the occupy oakland camp. several told ktvu it started with a fight just before 5:00 p.m. involving four men attacking another man. >> the guy got free and ran. he just ran down here. and then i heard you know we heard the pops, pop pop, pop. >> reporter: john lucas a volunteer medic at the camp started the first response. as police got there, some people were fighting the crowd. other witnesses tell ktvu the victim was not from occupy oakland but might

. >> and i'm julie haener. oakland major jean quan says it is time for the occupy encampment to end. the final straw, tonight's fatal shooting. we start with eric rasmussen on the fatal shooting and the mayor's call for protesters to clear out. >> reporter: she is asking for demonstrators to clear out. the police tape finally came down. witnesses tell us this young man was shot just past these porta-potty's and our cameras were there shortly after it happened. as the shots rang out on frank ogawa plaza there were hundreds of witnesses just steps away all part of the occupy oakland camp. several told ktvu it started with a fight just before 5:00 p.m. involving four men attacking another man. >> the guy got free and ran. he just ran down here. and then i heard you know we heard the pops, pop pop, pop. >> reporter: john lucas a volunteer medic at the camp started the first response. as police got there, some people were fighting the crowd. other witnesses tell ktvu the victim was not from occupy oakland but might

good evening, i am julie haener. >> i am frank somerville.oad side bomb took part of his leg but his family rallied behind him and welcomed him home in time for thanksgiving. ktvu's robert handa was there as he walked into their arms. >> reporter: two hours ago we saw a special home coming here. for this

. >> i am julie haener. back to breaking news in downtown oakland. live pictures from news chopper 2. it is dark. there is a couple hundred people out here. the "occupy oakland" protesters in front of city hall, frank ogawa plaza. there are a couple hundred people down there. they have ben regrouping. they started this afternoon. they met that library in oakland and started to march. they have now gathered in front of city hall on the steps there. there is live music. speaking. what is different tonight, no tents. leaders and law enforcement are telling them you will be able ta

. >> and i'm julie haener. right now all of the protesters are gone. but police are warning camping will not be tolerated. also tonight late word from city hall, oakland's price tag for responding to occupy has ballooned now to $2.4 million. happening now team coverage from frank ogawa plaza. noelle walker tell us how one protester avoided being evicted. but we continue with the next move and a look at what's going on right now with amber lee. >> reporter: we want to show you what frank ogawa plaza looks like right now. it's peaceful and no confrontations right now. >> reporter: the tents are gone from frank ogawa plaza. but protesters have returned after police dismantled their encampment early this morning. protesters tell us their movement is as strong as ever. >> reporter: protestest held a general assembly and decided the next move is to join students on the uc berkeley campus tomorrow afternoon for a general strike. >> the main goal of tonight was to come back here, show that we're still, we still have a will the of support. this is a still a mas

. >> and i'm julie haener. we have team coverage tonight on the special meeting and the violent confrontation that took place overnight. we begin at city hall with eric rasmussen and the fireworks inside the council chambers. >> reporter: i just stepped out of the meeting up here in the third floor at city hall. a few moments ago as you said the focus ob this camp -- focus on the camp and the protests that had happened. about 250 people signed up to talk, and it's still going on right now. some arguing for peace, some people not wanting to give up peacefully. >> somebody call the police officers, you are all under citizen's arrest. >> i'm going to speak now. >> no you're not. your time is up unless somebody wants to give up their time. >> reporter: this man had to be taken out by police. but others took police to task for injuring a army vet. >> i would like to see the city bankrupt and when you are, i know a nice park where you can park your tent. >> the situation we find ourselves in is absolutely unacceptabl

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm mike mibach in tonight for frank somerville. there's a small but growing memorial tonight outside vallejo police headquarters following the death of a veteran officer. james capoot was married with three daughters. capoot once served with the marines and had been on the vallejo police force for the last 19 years. we begin tonight with amber lee and tonight's outpouring of sadness and grief, amber. >> reporter: mike people have been stopping here at police headquarters all night leaving flowers, candles and a balloon to pay tribute to the fallen officer. we've learned that officer jim capoot loved people in this community and reached out to them in a way that makes this loss deeply painful. around 6:30 tonight at kaiser hospital in vallejo, the body of officer capoot was taken away in a flag draped casket. a somber salute to a man who served the police department for 19 years. y ears. fellow officered were lined up and tried to console each other over this devastating loss. not far from the hospital, students at vallejo hospital

. >> i'm julie haener. police in san francisco arrested 95 people in a noisy, but peaceful demonstration against banks and the high cost of education. california street was shut down for hours to accommodate the protest, and police response. >> reporter: julie, occupy protesters are celebrating a victory tonight after they successfully took over this bank of america branch right in the middle of the city's financial district. protesters swarmed the lobby of the building at 50 california street around 2:45 this afternoon, after a group split off from a larger crowd, marching through the city. protesters scuffled with police. police say bottles were hurled and it could have gotten more dangerous. >> grabbed the handgun of some of the officers and tried to remove their batons from them. >> reporter: once inside the bank, protesters started chanting, and writing graffiti. police warned protesters to leave or face arrest, but dozens chose to remain inside. protesters said they wanted to highlight the role big ba

. >> i'm julie haener. police in san francisco arrested 95 people in a noisy, but peaceful demonstration against banks and the high cost of education. california street was shut down for hours to accommodate the protest, and police response. >> reporter: julie, occupy protesters are celebrating a victory tonight after they successfully took over this bank of america branch right in the middle of the city's financial district. protesters swarmed the lobby of the building at 50 california street around 2:45 this afternoon, after a group split off from a larger crowd, marching through the city. protesters scuffled with police. police say bottles were hurled and it could have gotten more dangerous. >> grabbed the handgun of some of the officers and tried to remove their batons from them. >> reporter: once inside the bank, protesters started chanting, and writing graffiti. police warned protesters to leave or face arrest, but dozens chose to remain inside. protesters said they wanted to highlight the role big ba

i am julie haener. >> i am frank somerville. right now at university of california at berkeley, "occupy kansas -- occupy cal protesters. the group will grow and they will stay overnight. they are not going to pitch tents, they are going to camp --

. >> i am julie haener.ornia at davis campus went on strike after hundreds of students and faculty left to protest tuition hikes. students are still gathering. >> reporter: things

. >> and i'm julie haener. hundreds of well wishers filled a park in danville tonight to offer their support to the family of joshua corral. amber lee was there for tonight's vigil and tells us about this evening's tribute. >> reporter: we're at oak hill park where hundreds of people crowded into this area to honor the fallen marine and to comfort his family in their hour of grief. >> a friend of marine corporal corral sang amazing grace. tonight's vigil brought together those who knew the marine from childhood to a marine. >> he laid down his life for others. >> reporter: chochy's family attended today's vigil. his brother became overwhelmed. >> [crying ] >> how hard is this, the holidays now. just empty now, gone, missing. that feeling won't be there anymore. >> reporter: mothers with sons in the marines came to the vigil. >> it hits us close to home. we're all hurting. they're all our kids. it's not just our kids serving. >> reporter: chochy joined the marines with a group of classmates. the loss may provide

julie haener has the night off. >> and i'm frank somerville.a 911 ends with a fatal shooting. >> reporter: as you mentioned this all started with a 911 call from a woman who lives here at the redwood grove apartment around 1: 11:30 this morning. police are still out here with a lot of work to do. police say the woman was calling to report her ex- boyfriend banging on her back door. a sebastopol officer arrived here. the sebastapol officer shot and

. >> and i'm julie haener. hundreds of well wishers filled a park in danville tonight to offer their support to the family of joshua corral. amber lee was there for tonight's vigil and tells us about this evening's tribute. >> reporter: we're at oak hill park where hundreds of people crowded into this area to honor the fallen marine and to comfort his family in their hour of grief. >> a friend of marine corporal corral sang amazing grace. tonight's vigil brought together those who knew the marine from childhood to a marine. >> he laid down his life for others. >> reporter: chochy's family attended today's vigil. his brother became overwhelmed. >> [crying ] >> how hard is this, the holidays now. just empty now, gone, missing. that feeling won't be there anymore. >> reporter: mothers with sons in the marines came to the vigil. >> it hits us close to home. we're all hurting. they're all our kids. it's not just our kids serving. >> reporter: chochy joined the marines with a group of classmates. the loss may provide

. >> and i'm julie haener. tension is growing as occupy oakland prepares for a general strike. some say the occupy protesters are hurting the city's bottom line, ken pritchett has the story. >> reporter: occupy oakland has made their message clear, shut down the city. but that's leaving some business owners with a tough decision. clorox is here but many of the businesses are small mom and pop operations like uncle willie's bar-be-que. >> we support the cause but we have a family we need to feed, we need the business. >> reporter: this vietnamese restaurant plans to close but this burrito stand will stay open. >> if you're part of the 99% which i think most of us are, you're hurting the others. >> reporter: the movement is blamed for killing three oakland business deals. >> one with 38,000 square feet pulled out of a deal. one with 100 employees pulled out of a deal another with 15,000 square foot pulled out of a deal. >> reporter: the oakland port is one of the most busy and also on the list of a blockade. >> of our piers we heard from one of them that they have decided to shut

. >> and i'm julie haener. the violence broke out possibly while a rap video was being shot. we begin with debra villalon. >> reporter: take a look first of all at all the bullet markers. we have counted at least 50. this was a blizzard of gunfire. and police say it started over here with dozens of people in this parking lot drinking and shooting a music video just after dark. police say the wounded were gone before they even arrived. driven to emergency rooms in private vehicles. even the child caught in the cross fire. >> we're aware of a 1-year-old boy who was shot, possibly in the head. is in critical condition right now. >> reporter: at least six people were firing guns in a crowd of 20 to 30. and it started in the parking lot of state liquor. about a block from the campbell housing projects. >> a lot of times it's a lot of people acting stupid over there. >> reporter: the lower neighborhood gets its share of police calls but nobody remembers anything like this gun battle. beforehand as the crowd grew getting louder, residents were worried. >> my husband called opd a cou

. >> i'm julie haener. a showdown is taking place right now at uc berkely. hundreds of students are trying to start their own occupy encampment. earlier, the university told the students they are free to protest, but not with tents. when campus police and sheriff deputies pulled down tents, it led toes arrests of seven people. authorities moved in, and took some of the tents down as well. developing news right now. ken wayne is live at the birth place of the free speech movement where both sides are bracing for another confrontation. >> reporter: in front of sprowl hall, there's probably 50 officers lining the steps in front of the hall, and several hundred demonstrators out here. about 20 minutes ago, police moved in and took about a half dozen tents where you see a tree near the building. we're showing you pictures of what happened a short time ago, this is all within the last 15 or 0 minutes. police in riot gear with batons moved in, and started punching with their batons to form a human chain. trying to protect the half dozen tents that had been set up e

. >> and i'm julie haener. the violence broke out possibly while a rap video was being shot. we begin with debra villalon. >> reporter: take a look first of all at all the bullet markers. we have counted at least 50. this was a blizzard of gunfire. and police say it started over here with dozens of people in this parking lot drinking and shooting a music video just after dark. police say the wounded were gone before they even arrived. driven to emergency rooms in private vehicles. even the child caught in the cross fire. >> we're aware of a 1-year-old boy who was shot, possibly in the head. is in critical condition right now. >> reporter: at least six people were firing guns in a crowd of 20 to 30. and it started in the parking lot of state liquor. about a block from the campbell housing projects. >> a lot of times it's a lot of people acting stupid over there. >> reporter: the lower neighborhood gets its share of police calls but nobody remembers anything like this gun battle. beforehand as the crowd grew getting louder, residents were worried. >> my husband called opd a cou

. >> i'm julie haener. a showdown is taking place right now at uc berkely. hundreds of students are trying to start their own occupy encampment. earlier, the university told the students they are free to protest, but not with tents. when campus police and sheriff deputies pulled down tents, it led toes arrests of seven people. authorities moved in, and took some of the tents down as well. developing news right now. ken wayne is live at the birth place of the free speech movement where both sides are bracing for another confrontation. >> reporter: in front of sprowl hall, there's probably 50 officers lining the steps in front of the hall, and several hundred demonstrators out here. about 20 minutes ago, police moved in and took about a half dozen tents where you see a tree near the building. we're showing you pictures of what happened a short time ago, this is all within the last 15 or 0 minutes. police in riot gear with batons moved in, and started punching with their batons to form a human chain. trying to protect the half dozen tents that had been set up e

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. firefighters were called to the home of lucas to fire a chimney fire at his ranch. amber lee is standing just down the road to tell us what happened. >> reporter: we're on lucas valley road and sky walker ranch is just up this way. i just got off the phone with batallion chief, he told me he received the call at around 54:00 this afternoon -- 5:34 this afternoon. from sky high chopper 4 we can see how beautiful the ranch is with different buildings. the fire appeared to have started from the area of a fireplace on the first floor. sky walker ranch firefighters responded first. that's the latest from here reporting live in san rafael, amber lee ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now to tonight's election coverage. first to san francisco where the race for mayor feature as little bit of everything include -- features a little bit of everything featuring 16 candidates and rank choice voting system. ed lee leads with votes followed by john avalos then dennis herr era. it does not appear lee will ha

. >> and i'm julie haener. tension is growing as occupy oakland prepares for a general strike. some say the occupy protesters are hurting the city's bottom line, ken pritchett has the story. >> reporter: occupy oakland has made their message clear, shut down the city. but that's leaving some business owners with a tough decision. clorox is here but many of the businesses are small mom and pop operations like uncle willie's bar-be-que. >> we support the cause but we have a family we need to feed, we need the business. >> reporter: this vietnamese restaurant plans to close but this burrito stand will stay open. >> if you're part of the 99% which i think most of us are, you're hurting the others. >> reporter: the movement is blamed for killing three oakland business deals. >> one with 38,000 square feet pulled out of a deal. one with 100 employees pulled out of a deal another with 15,000 square foot pulled out of a deal. >> reporter: the oakland port is one of the most busy and also on the list of a blockade. >> of our piers we heard from one of them that they have decided to shut

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. a huge rally just wrapped up at uc berkeley where as many as 5,000 protesters gathered tonight and defied campus authority by pitching tents on campus. we have team coverage on this developing story. ken wayne is on campus to show us what's been happening as the occupy movement tonight paid homage to the free speech movement. >> reporter: occupy oakland is back. there's a few tents that went up. the at -- the tents will likely stay here all night long. we want to show you a view of the crowd here. we had an early estimate of 5,000 people. i just talked to sheriff deputies that put the crowd more like 5,000 and there are still several thousand people here gathered at the plaza. no matter what the number and the actual turn out. the turn out here tonight has been impressive. >> this is the largest turn out that uc berkeley has had in decades. >> reporter: it's certainly the largest occupy demonstration on the berkeley campus. while other occupy protests focused on wall street bail outs,

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm mike mibach in tonight for frank somerville. there's a small but growing memorial tonight outside vallejo police headquarters following the death of a veteran officer. james capoot was married with three daughters. capoot once served with the marines and had been on the vallejo police force for the last 19 years. we begin tonight with amber lee and tonight's outpouring of sadness and grief, amber. >> reporter: mike people have been stopping here at police headquarters all night leaving flowers, candles and a balloon to pay tribute to the fallen officer. we've learned that officer jim capoot loved people in this community and reached out to them in a way that makes this loss deeply painful. around 6:30 tonight at kaiser hospital in vallejo, the body of officer capoot was taken away in a flag draped casket. a somber salute to a man who served the police department for 19 years. y ears. fellow officered were lined up and tried to console each other over this devastating loss. not far from the hospital, students at vallejo hospital

. >> and i'm julie haener. right now all of the protesters are gone. but police are warning camping will not be tolerated. also tonight late word from city hall, oakland's price tag for responding to occupy has ballooned now to $2.4 million. happening now team coverage from frank ogawa plaza. noelle walker tell us how one protester avoided being evicted. but we continue with the next move and a look at what's going on right now with amber lee. >> reporter: we want to show you what frank ogawa plaza looks like right now. it's peaceful and no confrontations right now. >> reporter: the tents are gone from frank ogawa plaza. but protesters have returned after police dismantled their encampment early this morning. protesters tell us their movement is as strong as ever. >> reporter: protestest held a general assembly and decided the next move is to join students on the uc berkeley campus tomorrow afternoon for a general strike. >> the main goal of tonight was to come back here, show that we're still, we still have a will the of support. this is a still a mas

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. a huge rally just wrapped up at uc berkeley where as many as 5,000 protesters gathered tonight and defied campus authority by pitching tents on campus. we have team coverage on this developing story. ken wayne is on campus to show us what's been happening as the occupy movement tonight paid homage to the free speech movement. >> reporter: occupy oakland is back. there's a few tents that went up. the at -- the tents will likely stay here all night long. we want to show you a view of the crowd here. we had an early estimate of 5,000 people. i just talked to sheriff deputies that put the crowd more like 5,000 and there are still several thousand people here gathered at the plaza. no matter what the number and the actual turn out. the turn out here tonight has been impressive. >> this is the largest turn out that uc berkeley has had in decades. >> reporter: it's certainly the largest occupy demonstration on the berkeley campus. while other occupy protests focused on wall street bail outs,

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville.efighters were called to the home of lucas to fire a chimney fire at his ranch. amber lee is standing just down the road to tell us what happened. >> reporter: we're on lucas valley road and sky walker ranch is just up this way. i just got off the phone with batallion chief, he told me he received the call at around 54:00 this afternoon -- 5:34 this afternoon. from sky high chopper 4 we can see how beautiful the ranch is with different buildings. the fire appeared to have started from the area of a fireplace on the first floor. sky walker ranch firefighters responded first. that's the latest from here reporting live in san rafael, amber lee ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now to tonight's election coverage. first to san francisco where the race for mayor feature as little bit of everything include -- features a little bit of everything featuring 16 candidates and rank choice voting system. ed lee leads with votes followed by john avalos then dennis herr era. it does not appear lee will have t

. >>> good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville.shots were fired on the cal campus and students were in the area. ken pritchett has what he heard and saw. >> reporter: we're at the cal building where that shooting took place. when we arrived on seen, right now there's not much to see it's pretty quiet. but when we arrived there were students and faculty outside of the hass school of business with police on the steps. they had been evacuated from the building. the students we talked to they heard what happened, they didn't see what happened, one of them gave us a diagram of that classroom, that third floor computer lab where it happened. the state of -- the students we talked to said most of them were in the computer lab where they were. this is the entrance from the ha

and i'm julie haener. we are following two major stories happening right now in the bay area.the left you are looking at a live picture of the occupy san francisco camp where a celebration is under way this evening of the movement even as the threat of eviction hangs over the protesters heads tonight. we are also waiting for a press conference to begin any minute now in vallejo where we will learn more about the shooting death of a veteran police officer who is responding to a bank robbery this afternoon. >>> while we wait for that

. >>> good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. are concerned about retaliation tonight after a toddler was caught right in the middle of a shoot out in west oakland. ktvu's eric rasmussen with what's being done to keep more violence from breaking out. >> reporter: police couldn't tell us how many shots were fired last night but they say there were a lot and there's plenty of evidence right here on the side of this building. just look at these bullet

. >>> good evening, i'm gasia mikaelian, and julie haener is off tonight. >>> and i'm frank somerville. happening now, news chopper 2 over ahead at the bank of america at the 101 california building in downtown san francisco. protesters have been inside that building for hours, demanding more financial help for higher education. >> and arrests have been going on now for the past couple of hours. ktvu's ken wayne live on the ground for us, with the very latest on the situation there. ken? >> reporter: well, gasia mikaelian, i should clarify it is not the 101 california building, it is across the street from the 101 california building, at the corner of davis and california streets. good news as you see

. >>> good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville.e have breaking news of this developing story. janine was right there when the gunfire broke out. take us through those moments. >> reporter: we're here at frank ogawa plaza. i was sitting in the live truck with my photographer when suddenly we heard about three or four gunshots like pow, pow, pow. then we jumped out of the truck and then we looked over around here, and right where you're looking, i don't know if you can see a b.a.r.t.