david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> right now david is speaking to kevin san's family and getting their reaction. he is putting that part of the story together for us for the 6:00 p.m. news. >>> police say they believe they know how a man was killed while riding a scooterane parking lot. -- scooter in a parking lot. the body was found at 4:30 a.m. this morning. the body was near his scooter. investigators say he was riding through the parking lot when he lost control. he hit a serb stop and he wasn't wearing a helmet. >>> new at 5:00 p.m. a fire report in the wake of the chevron refinery fire that proses changes decided to -- designed to prevent future disasters. ktvu's patti lee is live. are the changes feasible? >> reporter: that is to be determined. today they proposed proposed the state over haul the way they regulate all 17 of the refineries across the state. the 2012 fire, they said that was preventible. after a 2007 fire here workers told the company about potential hazards. the system required chevron to draw up recommendations to address the issues but it didn't require i

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on monday kevin san' father said he would be here for the arinement, he later changed his -- arraignment, he later changed his mind. >> he felt being here seeing her would probably stir up feelings that he is trying to work through. >> reporter: jennie zhu is out on $320,000 bail as a condition of that the judge told her she not allowed to drive. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san jose police say a gang crack down has taken dozens of gang members off the streets in one troubled neighborhood. according to police, the area was a hot spot for gang activity and an afternoon shooting on september 25 sparked police to begin operation williams street. it is a collaboration with the gang unit, university police and probation officers. the team made 50 arrests and made contact with 100 gang members. >> a lot of gang members out. more police presence. doing a good job. >> officers also connecting with people who live in the neighborhood to build trust. >>> chase involving sheriff's deputies ended with a crash, a ball of flames at a casstation and araphic -- gas station and a rescue. ktv

the victim, kevin san attended lincoln high school.amily attorney says his mother and sister are still recovering from their injuries and his father chose not to come to court, >> new this morning. san francisco's top prosecutor wants to shift some crimes from the felony catagory.in an effort to save money. district attorney george gascon says making nonviolent crimes like petty theft and drug possession misdemeanors would save 250- million dollars a year. and that money could go to fund crime prevention and mental health services. he filed the preposed measure thursday. but needs 500-thousand signatures to get on next november's ballot. >> >> say goodbye to the ""4-1- 5"" and hello to the "6-2- 8."" over the next few years, san francisco and marin residents will see a new area code. the "4-1-5" area code is expected to use up all available prefixes by october 2015. the north american number plan will then introduce the "6-2-8" area code within marin and san francisco counties. >> sometimes people get really upset about their area code

this was back in september. 16-year-old, kevin san was in the van and was killed. his mother and sister seriously injured. through an interpreter, kevin's father says he still doesn't know really what happened. >> i want her to reflect deeply on herself. why has this happened and the cause the devastating consequence to my family. >> chu will be back in court on friday. if convicted, she faces seven years in prison. >>> likely unconstitutional. that's what a federal judge calls the nsa surveillance program that collected millions of americans phone records. sharon shin tells us it's the first ruling since edward snowden leaked details of the controversial program. >> federal judge says the surveillance program is an unreasonable search under the fourth amendment. he said i have little doubt that the author of our constitution, james madison, would be agas. the government doesn't need to listen to your phone conversation to violate your privacy. trevor, the electronic frontier foundation said they maid the argument for years and now a federal judge agrees. >> if it'

. >> reporter: kevin san was killed killed when the van driven by his mother was rear ended by a suv going more than 70 miles an hour. prosecutors announced the driver jennie zhu will face felony voluntary manslaughter and reckless driving charges. >> i think -- i hope she will get what she deserves. >> reporter: the mom is in therapy recovering from a brain injury. >> the problem is her memory lost a lot. >> reporter: documents indicate jennie zhu told investigators the suv accelerated without warning and didn't make an attempt to stop the car. >> i want her to think deeply on herself. why this happened and cause this to my family. >> reporter: jennie zhu's attorney did not return hour calls but she set to be arraigned thursday. the father will be in court as well. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> developing news now. a dozen homes have been destroyed in a wildfire burning in big sur. helicopters are dropping water over the flames fear pfeiffer ridge road. at this point the highway remains open but that could change. the chelsea prince carbon monoxide -- the chp continues t

her son, 16-year-old kevin san died in the accident. his 17-year-old sister suffered fractures. charges were filed against 58-year-old jennie zhu who was she said the car accelerated on its occupy. >> president obama will host executives from top bay area tech companies to talk about protecting the web from intruders and american spies including the google chairman and facebook c.e.o. and apple c.e.o. it is called a meeting on cyber security and rollout problems with the obamacare website. the high profile snooping programs have been criticized by the n.s.a. and their data mining. edward snowden is eyeing south america as a future home. a newspaper in brazil says he has sent a letter asking for political asylum in brazil in exchange, the former contractor would help brazil investigate united states spying on its soil. for the past self months he has released documents revealing wide help spread spying bit n.s.a. and now is living under temporary asylum in russia. >> in richmond a community rallies before the mapped city council -- before the planned city council meeting to seize

the impact killed a 15-year-old kevin san and seriously injured his mother and sister. she said the car accelerated but expert could find no defects. >> another problem with another bart contract surfaced and the board is expected to address that and other issues at the last regular meeting of the year today. the problem involves a third smaller union that represents 220 mid-level managers. bart says it is a mistaken date when a new poll on vesting for retiree health insurance is effective. the union is not interested in changing. the board will vote today. talks continue today between the age and the two biggest unions over a disputed family leave clause that bart says was accidentally signed in the new agreement. >> a.c. transit and the unions are close to a deal to avert a strike putting the finishing touches on the agreement. the bus company and the drivers held talks yesterday and further talks are expected this week. a 60-day cooling-off period expires sunday and the unions could go open strike next week but that seems unlikely. drivers voted down two early contra

was charged early whyer this week with manslaughter in addition to reckless driving. 16-year-old kevin san was killed at the corner of pine and geoff when her car slammed into a minivan he was in, in september. >>> a suspected drunk driver who led police on a chase started a fire when he crashed into a gas pump. officers went after the driver when he took off from a dui chick point around 2 a.m. about a half mile later the car crashed at the 76 station and then burst into flames. police pulled the driver out of the burning vehicle and arrested him. >>> the wildfire burning in big sur is 79% contained. more than 800 acres have burned in the los padres national forest. 22 buildings have been destroyed including 13 houses. >>> the public utilities commission is voting right now on how to punish pg&e for a pipeline problem on the peninsula. the puc could fine the electric company as much as $17 million. the issue involves pg&e records on two pipelines at san carlos and millbrae. pg&e had reported the lines to be seamless but a gas leak revealed they have welds. >>> two california leaders are c

the crash killed kevin san a junior at lincoln high school and seriously injured his mother and sister. san's mother is recovering from a traumatic brain injury and has memory loss. >> it's devastating, i lost my son and i almost lost my wife. >> san's father says he plans to be in court thursday when she's arraigned. she faces up to seven years and four months in jail if convicted. >>> time now is 4:55. berkeley police are looking into an unusual spike in robberies city wide. there have been seven robberies in fact in the past four days. several of them were within a mile of the uc berkeley campus. berkeley and uc berkeley police are working together to patrol the areas where the recent robberies have happened. they're also working with b.a.r.t. police to investigate robberies near the ashby bart station. >>> this morning terminal a is back open at san jose's airport a day after it was flooded by a water main break. crews worked throughout the night to dry out carpets and test operating systems. half of the security check point lanes will be open this morning but officials say they do

see rear-ended a minivan killing 16-year-old kevin san of lincoln high school. >> we believe based on the totality of the evidence that the charges are appropriate. >> she was so, so traumatized by the boy's death that particular day. it's hard to say her medical condition. that's what we're looking into. >> her attorney says she has mow memory of the crash. she faces seven years if convicted. >>> a lawyer for the family of an oakland girl on life support will be in court today. 13-year-old jahi mcmath was declare brain-dead after a tonsil removal last week. the family's attorney says he plans to request an injunction to prevent the hospital from taking mcmath off life support. >>> we are getting a better idea of what might have led to a shooting at a reno hospital this week. police say the suspect left behind a suicide note claiming that he had a botched surgery three years ago. police say the shooter targeted the urology clinic. he killed a doctor before turning the gun on himself. >>> this morning investigators are trying to figure out what caused the ceiling of a london theater to

the september wreck killed 16-year old kevin san and seriously injured several family members.here's still no word on *why zhu was going so fast. she is currently out on bail. >> and the mother who survived that fatal crash is now out of the hospital and slowly recovering at home. tina chew worked as a mail carrier at the sausalito post office. many co-workers miss her presence and say she is a like a sister to them. chew's boss says other postal workers have donated some of their vacation time to her during her recovery. chew even recently stopped by to say hello, and they all say she looked great. >> it was very emotional for everyone. it brought us joy and encouragement to the entire office. >> after the accident, many of ther customers along her route tied yellow ribbons on their mailboxes to show how much the community loves her. and as for her coworkers, they are happy that justice is well be done with the d=a filing charges against the driver. they are waiting for chew to come back to work whenever she is ready. her co-workers feel line >> a san francisco cafÉ and bakery

killed 16-year old kevin san.d seriously inured several family members. >> "the offender in this case is being charged with 3 felony counts"/ "let me just say that we have a very strong good faith belief that the case is being charged appropriately, that the evidence will prove that these charges are correct." >> still no word on *why zhu was going so fast. on bail. she is scheduled to be arraigned on the felony charges later this week. >> >> the mother who survived that the fatal crash is now out of the hospital and is recovering at home. tina chew worked as a mail carrier at the sausalito post office. many of her co- workers missed her presence. her boss says that other postal workers have donated some of their vacation time to her during her recovery. she even recently stopped by to say hello. >> after the accident, many of customers along her route tied yellow ribbons on the mail boxes to show how much the community loves her. as for her co-workers, they were happy that justice is wel born to be done. they're

that killed 16- year-old kevin san >> pam: police say.hicle carrying the teen who was on his way to school with other family members. >> at this point the exposure could be a total of seven years and four months we wanted to make sure that we charged appropriately and that the investigation took some time ".took some time" >> reporter: >> pam: kevin san's mother and sister were severly injured in the fatal accident as well. jennie zhu is currently out on bail. she is scheduled to be arraigned on the felony charges later this week >> pam: federal refinery safety regulators are recommending california change how it oversees oil refineries in the wake of a massive fire at a chevron richmond refinery. that sent thousands of residents to the hospital. kron4's dan kerman is live in richmond tonight. >> reporter: >> pam: with more on the new report from the u-s chemical safety board. dan? >> reporter: the u.s. chemical board says they blame it on chevron because of the corrosion on pipe rupture could have been prevented had chevron implemented s

. >> reporter: 16-year-old kevin san was killed late september in san francisco, when the minivan driven by his mother was rear ended by a mercedes suv. court documents say it was going more than 70 miles per hour. prosecutors announced that driver, jennie zhu will face felony manslaughter and reckless driving charges. >> i hope she will get what she deserves. >> reporter: a sausalito postal worker is in therapy, recovering from a traumatic brain injury. >> the main problem is her memory has lost a lot. she takes time for her memory to come back. >> reporter: court documents indicate jennie zhu said the mercedes accelerated without warning and she did not make any attempt to switch gears. >> because this devastating consequence to my family. >> reporter: zhu's attorney did not return our calls, but she is said to be arraigned in court thursday afternoon. in san francisco, david receivenson, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> authorities in sonoma county say they have arrested a man who has organized gatherings protesting the shoot death of andy lopez by a sheriff's deputy. ramon cairo is seen her

killed 16-year old kevin san. and seriously inured several family members. >>"the offender in this case is being charged with 3 felony counts"/ "let me just say that we have a very strong good faith belief that the case is being charged appropriately, that the evidence will prove that these charges are correct." >> pam: still no word tonight on *why zhu was going so fast. >> pam: jennie zhu is currently out on bail. she is scheduled to be arraigned on the felony charges later this week. >> pam: new tonight at 8-- the mother who survived the crash is now out of the hospital and slowly recovering. kron 4's justine waldman has an update on tina chew. >>cover "she is a wonderful person and always has a great smile." for decades, tina chew, worked as a mail carrier at the sausalito post office. her absence. has weighed greatly on her co-workers. >>it is like a family here because it is a small office so it is like they are missing their sister. >> reporter:her boss michael catanio tells me other postal workers have donated some of their vacation time to chew duri

the september wreck killed 16-year old kevin san and seriously injured several family members. there's still no word on *why zhu was going so fast. bail. line and the mother who survived that fatal crash is now out of the hospital and slowly recovering at home. tina chew worked as a mail carrier at the sausalito post office. many co-workers miss her presence and say she is a like a sister to them. chew's boss says other postal workers have donated some of their vacation time to her during her recovery. chew even recently stopped by to say hello, and they all say she looked great. >> it was very emotional. it brought back great joy. it is brought encouragement to the entire office. >> align >> after the accident, many of ther customers along her route tied yellow ribbons on their mailboxes to show how much the community loves her. and as for her coworkers, they are happy that justice is well be done with the d=a filing charges against the driver. they are waiting for chew to come back to work whenever she is ready. food. >> a newly-published editorial about vitamins is getting a

. >> reporter: 16-year-old kevin san was killed late september in san francisco, when the minivan driven by his mother was rear ended by a mercedes suv. court documents say it was going more than 70 miles per hour. prosecutors announced that driver, jennie zhu will face felony manslaughter and reckless driving charges. >> i hope she will get what she deserves. >> reporter: a sausalito postal worker is in therapy, recovering from a traumatic brain injury. >> the main problem is her memory has lost a lot. she takes time for her memory to come back. >> reporter: court documents indicate jennie zhu said the mercedes accelerated without warning and she did not make any attempt to switch gears. >> because this devastating consequence to my family. >> reporter: zhu's attorney did not return our calls, but she is said to be arraigned in court thursday afternoon. in san francisco, david receivenson, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> authorities in sonoma county say they have arrested a man who has organized gatherings protesting the shoot death of andy lopez by a sheriff's deputy. ramon cairo is seen her

manslaughter and two counts of reckless driving in a september 27 crash that took the life of 16-year-old kevin sanhospital with spine and brain injuries. su's attorney entered not guilty pleas in this case. >> i was very surprised by those charges. mrs.su doesn't even have parking tickets. she is a mother, a moral human and good driver. >> reporter: video shows su was driving her mercedes benz suv at speeds above 70 miles per hour three blocks before the collision in the family van. su told investigators the suv accelerated without warning and says she does not remember making any attempt to push the brake. she says quote i should have wanted to stop but i didn't know what to do. >> she's at the bottom of the hill and now at the top of the hill on h her knees. that's essentially what her recollection are. >> he felt that being here and seeing the person that was responsible his son losing his life and his wife being in a coma and hospitalized would probably stir up feelings that he's trying to work through. >> reporter: jenny su is free on $327, $327,000 bail. as a condition of that, the judge tod

the crash killed 16-year-old kevin san and seriously injured his mother and sister. >> all i can convey from mr. san and his family is at this point they are observing closely the proceedings to see that justice whatever that may be is done. >> she doesn't even have a parking ticket on her record. she is a mother, a citizen, a moral human, and a good driver. >> court documents say video shows zoo driving 70 miles an hour. >>> time now 5:15. solano county investigators say marijuana worth $570,000 was found at a home that was recently robbed investigators say 110 pounds of processed marijuana and 107 marijuana plants were inside a home on popular road just outside of vacaville. four masked men broke into that home wednesday night and shot one of the people inside several times and beat two others. the suspects are described as two white men and two african american men. they were seen escaping in a late 1990s silver toyota camry. >>> bill gates gave rachel the surprise of her life for christmas. gates takes part in the reddic gift exchange and he was randomly assigned to be rachel's sant

in san francisco in september when she ran interest a minivan and the impact killed a 16-year-old kevin saneriously injured his mother and sister. zhu said to police her car was >> oakland has a city audit that determined $2.3 million is owed to citizens who parked on city streets between 2008 and 2010. and many overpaid their parking tickets but have not received the money because oakland did not enough them as required by state law. the city says it will notify drivers starting next month and they will have 60 days to respond. >> we are still waiting for the lucky person in the bay area to come forward after winning one of the big of the jackpots in history. still no word of who bought the winning ticket from johnny's gift in san jose one of two winning tickets for the jackpot that climbed to $648 million before tuesday's drawing. the other winning ticket was sold in georgia and lottery investigators are going over surveillance video to try to identify the san jose winner. the owner of johnny's got -- jenny's got $1 million for selling the winning ticket and the atlanta woman who is 56 an

the crash killed kevin san. hool and seriously injured his mother and sister. san's mother is still recovering from a traumatic brain injury and has memory loss. >> i hope that she will get whatever she deserve and you know, according to the law. >> san's father says he plans to be in court on thursday when she's arraigned. she's facing up to 7 years and four months in jail if convicted. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in the fill peeps philippines to show u.s. support following the typhoon. tomorrow he will visit tacloban the area hardest hit hit by the typhoon. the u.s. was a major contributor of relief after the disaster. more than 6,000 people were killed in that typhoon, at least 4 million lost their homes. >>> later today the u.s. senate will hold a test vote on a bipartisan budget bill. democrats believe that they have the 60 votes necessary to move the bill forward. if passed by a wide margin in the house last week, but senate republicans have been less enthusiastic. it appears enough republicans wil

58-year-old jennie zhu was charged this week with manslaughter and reckless driving. 16-year-old kevin sanilled when her car slammed into the minivan at pine and goff streets in september. >>> a woman walks up to a home on lincoln avenue in san jose, picks up a pack and on the doorstep. then she puts it in her bag and walks away with it. the owners of the house say the package was only on the porch for about 20 minutes. san jose police are trying to track her down. >>> there is a new superhero in town. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran tells us about a courageous little girl taking on vallejo's super villains. >> reporter: brian, michelle, crime has plagued the city of vallejo and some residents have given up hope but we're hearing reports that there is a little hero that will step up and do big things for the city. step aside, batkid, vallejo has its own superhero. >> he said, wonder woman is a perfect superhero to compare with because we're both fighting for a cause. >> reporter: alejandra's 10- year-old daughter monica has been battling cancer and taking a page from the make-a-wish foundati

miles an hour when she slammed into a minivan at pine and gough streets in september. 16-year-old kevin san in the van was killed. his mother and sister were seriously injured in the accident. through an interpreter kevin's father says he still doesn't know what really happened. >> i want her to reflect and think deeply on herself why this happened and the cause of this devastating consequence to my family. >> she is free after posting 300 thousand dollars bail. but if convicted, she faces up to 7 years in prison. >>> new this morning, mental health problems may have been factors that drove the mastermind of the boston marathon bombings toward violence. the "boston globe" cites doctors who know relatives of the tsarnaev brothers. one speculates that the brother now dead had schizophrenia and may have added to a sense that his life was spiraling out of control along with stress from family infighting after his parents' divorce. >>> people in america are driving less and san francisco and oakland are leading that trend. both bay area cities ranked third among urban areas where people bike to

police say zhu was driving 80 when she slammed into a minivan in september. 16-year-old kevin san in the van was killed. his mother and sister were seriously injured. through an interpreter, kevin's father says he doesn't know what happened. >> i want her to reflect and think why this happened and the cause of this devastating consequence to my family. >> zhu will be back in court on thursday after posting $300,000 bail. if convicted, she faces up to 7 years in prison. >>> a wildfire is burning out of control in the big sur area. the fire destroyed at least 15 houses and as marlie hall tells us, one person who lost everything is the fire chief. >>> reporter: wind is driving a wildfire burning in the big sur area of california. it's already destroyed more than a dozen homes and forced about 100 people to evacuate. >> i don't want to lose the house. i been there all my life. >> reporter: perez and his family are homeless this morning after the wildfire burned about 500 acres of the los padres national forest. >> me and my dad right now started fighting the blaze with hoses but it was t

she rear-ended a minivan killing 16-year-old kevin san of lincoln high school. >> and we believe based on the totality of the evidence that the charges are appropriate. >> she was so, so traumatized by the boy's death that particular day. hard to say about her medical condition. >> zhu is free on bail and faces 7 years in prison if convicted. >>> former bay area football star kwame harris is expected to be sentenced today in san mateo county court. harris was convicted of misdemeanor charges for a fight with a boyfriend outside a menlo park restaurant last year. the fight was over soy sauce and accusations the boyfriend stole harris' underwear. harris played for stanford, the 49ers and the raiders. >>> and unified school district agreed to pay $8 million to settle a teacher abuse case. special ed. teacher teresa allen-caulboy in antioch is accused of abusing 8 special ed. kids in the fall of last year. the school district was sued. one of the parents says it left long lasting effects. >> my son now thinks being aggressive and violent is the way to get anything. >> i failed miserably at

jennie zhu was charged this week with manslaughter as well as reckless driving. 16-year-old kevin san was killed when the car slammed into the minivan that he was in, in september. >>> the mega millions jackpot winner hasn't come forward. not just yet. but we know who else won. he is thuy nyugen, the owner of the store where the ticket was sold. he bought the store four months ago. he gets one million dollars for selling the big winner. he says he wasn't even a teenager when he left vietnam by himself heading for america. >> a little boy 12-year old travel, you know, on way to america. >> then the american dream now? >> american dream. yeah. >> sure one version of it. he is married with three children. >>> the san jose winner will share the big jackpot with a woman in georgia. ira curry already collected her prize in atlanta. she says she used family birthdays to pick the right numbers and she decided to take the money all at once about $120 million. >>> some bay area headlines. san francisco city officials are investigating the collapse of a home undergoing renovations in twin peaks.

the crash killed kevin san, a junior at lincoln school. seriously injured his mother and sister. zu faces manslaughter. if convicted, she could get up to seven years in prison. >>> san francisco's city attorney has joined the investigation into the partial collapse of the house in the twin peaks area monday night. the home is owned by mel murphy who recently served on san francisco's building inspection commission. the house was being renovated at the time. the chronicle says the city attorney has sent a letter to murphy indicating this case could end up in court. >>> there is a new report calling for change in the chicken industry pause of a salmonella outbreak. tara moriarty is live in walnut creek with more on what this report is saying needs to happen. tara? >> reporter: well, the people who wrote this report, they would like inspectors to drop by chicken facilities unannounced to test. they would also like them to be more adamant about releasing some of these -- communicate the outbreaks to consumers through these public health alerts as soon as possible. these are some of th

san francisco travel. this woman works in a salon and believes promoting black-owned businesses could help. >> kevin carol the san francisco hotel council says a recent survey shows they're diverse >> we work with most of the programs san francisco has with outreach. >> reporter: the black chamber is hoping for a meeting on january 6th. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00 the news at 5:00 begins now with cheryl and dan. >> now, where did winter go? why dry and warm weather is making officialses nervous >> new law covering transgender students causing big changes in many california schools just as the deadline approaches. >> mild weather and we're concerned about drought and declining air quality the accu-weather forecast is coming up in just a moment. >> it's its been a beautiful day the lack of rainfall this winter could spell trouble for the water supply. >> you know we need rain but until we can get it, weather is nice but more than this, we'll have a crisis. >> look at the bare ground. >> folsom lake at 20% of capacity. same scene at reservoirs in the north bay.

and with us again is kevin hagen i say again because kevin who was incarcerated for twenty eight years was released in two thousand and eleven from san quentin where rico probably impact program that stands for incarcerated men putting away childish things i say again because i interviewed kevin when he was a prisoner at san quentin hill who you're writing to writing to writing to everybody because we hope to for me i hope the book hits home on a number of levels obviously the book is for individuals who are are incarcerated or soon to be released specifically but but but on the bigger picture the bigger note putting this issue to everyone saying you know many of us are in mental prisons or in prisons not made of iron bars particularly with regard to our system of incarceration our mass incarceration crisis and what do you mean by childish things well i mean have a tendency to revert back to what they know what they know where they come from especially kids come in the men coming from certain hudes and stuff like that if this way you want to put it they don't know how to grow out of that because nobody has been to mentor them to teac

inch kevin i'm with the urban institute with san francisco. we've been happy to participate since the sift of the occupancy was dprapt and we've 2ri7bd or 2ri7bd over 5 hundred hours to the center. we're happy to continue that involvement with everyone that david said. we're happy to support the bayview program and the san francisco conditional >> jonathan wu (calling names). >> good afternoon and thank you. i'm peggy. thank you for that attempt. i'm an environmental science and instructor at the city college of san francisco. i'm also a second generation resident where i continue to reside with my husband and children. i've had the honor of working with the colleagues from city college and bay natives but nothing short of amazing. my snow students the monitoring and the programming at the eco center. as a representative of conditional it's one of the anticipated first hires i spornl support in for the sturdyship. should our proposal be accepted i look forward to working with the colleagues at both institutions but most important to make sure

al jazeera, lafitte, lose san that. >> kevin is coming up next with a check on the weather, also olympicreams aren't always about goad medals for one you can liely athlete just getting to the games is a huge accomplishment. then real money, david shoulder is in for ali velshi. >> coming up on real money, signs of strength from american consumers as holiday sales give retailers something to smile about. why millen i wills living with mom and dad were bad news for the economy, not to mention for mom and dad. which ones have the right stuff to fly high? next year. all that and more, on real money. >> welcome to al jazeera america. >> stories that impact the world, affect the nation and touch your life. >> i'm back. i'm not going anywhere this time. >> primetime news: weeknights at 8 and 11 eastern. only on al jazeera america. he has never won a medal and unlikely he ever will. he is set to make history at the olympics. four years ago he was one of the first to compete at the winter games in a few weeks he is headed for sochi. on perfect snow, beneath bright blue skies and the mountains of s

. >>> bill beckwidth was killed last night riding his motorcycle in san francisco. kevintevenson has more and something about the interesting post he put on his facebook page back in october. >> reporter: members of his motorcycle club are gathering to speak out about him and to grieve together. >> with tears and smiles, friends of the 38-year-olded to remembered him as a dramatic and daring adventurer. >> bill was somebody who certainly loved life. his love of motorbikes was part of that. >> he was a sap fan contractor and carpenter but was best known as a cohost of hgtv's curb appeal. also piston and chain motorcycle the club he was a member of. he died monday night in the collision with a car. >> unfortunately, we all agree that if we take on this hobby and sport this is part of what you take on. this is what happens. >> i just heard a loud metal crushing hitting against each other. >> witnesses say it appeared beckwidth collided with a car turning left as he rode north. >> i saw a guy about 10 feet from a motorcycle on the ground not moving and a car a couple feet awa

san franciscans. all you folks be positive for once this is good stuff we should celebrate by batter up first t is kevin coma up. from raymond jeans. thank you. what was i was talking about this is a ground breaking in a true sense so anyways, i work for raymond james we've raised about $4 billion to date and have become actually in california. this is our fourth project and we're truly committed to let midgets. we're one small component of this it took a lot of folks. the stronger organization working with our partner and a significant amount of support from the mayor's office. so we're certainly proud to be part of this development. i want to point out we've enjoyed working with the selling son bank they provided a large construction loan with a very attractive interest rate. i don't know if one of the staff is here from the bank but they invested a couple of million dollars in the project and have a highly invested interest in san francisco. but again, all the credit goes to whitney and their team and also the mayor's office it made it easy to thank you >> very well you set the tone for other speaker

speeding up to 80 miles per hour before it slammed intook añrÑi q you can in san francisco in september. 16-year-old kevind hurt. >>> a federal judge has ruled the sa phone spying program is unconstitutional. the ruling found the public's privacy outweighs government's interest inx+6ñr collectingok d phone information. however, the judge stayed his rulingok pending a possib# appel by the u.s. government. he alsoe1xd expressedó[ skepti the value of the program saying the government has not been able to cite an instance inok which imminent attack was thwartedfá the a result ofko gathering th bulk data. >>> tomorrow president obama will meet with the several keyi silicon valley executives to discuss the fallout from the many local companies like google have been impact the by the@úu(& government operation. administration's everts to fix problems with the obama careÑi website. among thosejf expected at the white house tomorrow, marissa mayer, sheryl sandberg, is @])om yahoo! be ndberg, is facebook, google and twitter anya who. >> they promised to be more accountable to the public. next, state regulators fac

san francisco. this was back in september. 16-year-old kevin sand who was in the van was killed. mother and sister were seriously injured. through an interpreter kevin's father says he still doesn't know what really happened. in translator: i want her to reflect and think deeply on herself why this happened and to cause this devastating consequence to my family. >> zhu will be back in court friday. if convicted, she faces seven years in prison. >>> three major paint companies are ordered to pay $1.1 billion to remove lead paint from millions of homes across california. a santa clara county judge found nl industries, conagra grocery products and sherwin- williams marketed paint they knew was harmful to children. lead based paints were banned in 1978, but millions of homes painted before then still pose a health risk. the paint companies say they will appeal. >>> the colorado school where a student gunman opened fire on campus will be closed through the end of the year. a 17-year-old girl shot in the head remains in a coma tonight. during friday's rampage outside denver one student

san francisco. the spring of 2013, most nba analyst thought the sacramento out there playing spring. kevinohnson led effort to find investors to match the offer. shows us how a team of tech moguls has the king supposed to achieve great things. andans, paul allen, the new ownership group of the sacramento kings. >> i think of it as a social network. will turnoping it around a moribund franchise. people. are truly smart andeople like paul jacobs chris kelly. have the mostt wins, but we have the most patents. chris mullin is his personal advisor. >> you have to have a lot of money to buy them. a lot of these guys are successful. they have money and they have passion. >> the kings pose a tough business problem. last season's attendance was the lowest in the league. one of the biggest tech titans of all tried to swoop in and buy the kings and move the team to seattle. >> i came to california with no money. softwareake analytic to help companies like delta airlines understand their data. a mission, you want to build a winning franchise and make the world a better place. just what i do for my sof

san rafel are safer because of one officer. a 3rd of the department's dui arrests, he's responsible for them. officer kevin mcdougal leads the department in dwooi dwooi arrest dui year after year. reaching one hundred100 was a personal goal he set at the beginning of the year. >> i'm looking for things like stop sign violations where somebody can't stop, limit lines or runs right through it. something can indicate being under the influence like blasting their stereo. >> this pin is in honor for mothers against drunk driving for his dedication getting drivers off the street. drunk drivering kills. >> if you've been out drinking, you need to take a real close look at how much you've had to drink, think about the family and friends and who you don't know. don't get behind the wheel if you've had too much to drink. >> blackout wednesday, in some cases, people drink until they blackout. that's also the starting point for the winter holiday dui checkpoint campaign, and although officer mcdougal already reached his goal, by the time the year is out, he'll probably far exceed it. kron 4 news. >>> the bart contract

san francisco. jenny was driving 70 miles per hour and hit a minivan that was on its way to school. 16-year-old kevin was killed and injured several members of his family. >> the driver is charged with 3 felony counts. the evidence will allow us to prove the charges are correct. she was going so fast. she will be arraigned later this week. the mother who survived that september crash is slowly recoverying. there is an update. >> always had a smile on her face. >> reporter: tina is a mail carrier. her absence has weighed greatly on her co-wokers. other workers have donated their vacation time to her recovery. >> it was very emotional for everybody. it also brought great joy and encouragement to the whole office. >> reporter: get well and condolence letters to help the family's medical bills to keep coming to the office. her customers tied yellow ribbons. her daughter was injured. there is relief the district attorney filed charges against the person who has hurt them all so much. her job is here at the post office when she is ready. >>> the vallejo city council has had a violent year. emotions were ri

san francisco, public schools. and so this golden bell will be displayed for all to see, but kerri, congratulations kevin, thank you so much, but when you see claudia, we give her a shout out as well and so congratulations. and so finally, a little over 19 years ago, a man stood at his inauguration ceremony to begin leading the country as the newly elected president of that country. he was there, standing on the stage, with his former prison guards. the guards that had abused him while he had been locked away for over 20 years. that man is a man that we all know as nelson mandela, the president of south africa. p and today, in that very same nation, that nation came together to memorialize him and he will be buried this sunday. but i wanted to take a moment this evening for us to remember nelson mandela whose journey from antiapartheid activist and who never gave up to change his quest for the bet and her that man achieved it and that man taught us everything that we need to know, and personally, what i need to know to do my job today and his lessons were very, very relevant, then as they are now. stay morally cent