kristen: joining us live now to share this very special family story and history, kristi yamaguchi, herghter emma and her niece, maya. kristen: you for joining us. i will start with you, kristi, you said this is about your grandfather. how did he end up in the military? kristi: he grew up in southern california he was actually attending usc in engineering when he was drafted, and that was probably around 1940ish, maybe a little earlier. he went through four rounds of basic training, because they were not sure where to place him, being japanese-american, so a very well trained soldier before he was actually placed in the 100 infantry division. kristen: and that was not a segregated unit, was it? kristi: it wasn't. it was one of the only nonsegregated units, so he was the only japanese-american in that unit. they were in europe, italy, france, and germany. i think it was an interesting time for him. kristen: i know he served extremely bravely, because he ended up getting promoted to second you tenet -- lieutenant, which was pretty unheard of the time for someone with asian-american ancest

the kristi yamaguchi holiday rink reopen friday night in san ramon. it is a holiday favorite.cutting ceremony kicked off the reopening. it will stay open for the next eight weeks. general admission is $21. all proceeds will go to kristi yamaguchi's always a dream program aiming to provide literacy for underserved children. it will be open from noon to 9:30 on weekdays and 10:00 to 9:30 on weekends. many ski resorts have made the decision to open early. for yelp mountain resort opened on friday. the resort fired off snowmaking guns for three straight days to welcome hundreds of snowboarders and skiers. >> i'm feeling great. i'm excited to be out here. i've been waiting for a long time. snowboarding is my favorite part of winter and i've been waiting. opening early, that's the best thing to be expected for this winter. liz: other resorts opening our heavenly mountain, kirkwood mountain and northstar california resort. we have a complete list of opening days on our website. have a lot of happy people this morning in tahoe. >> the minute we mentioned snow is in the forecast, every

it depicts kristi yamaguchi and -- it was commissioned by alaska airlines for one elementary school,tendant. >> i like to thank you well. >> this is such an amazing school and we are so thrilled to be able to do this with you. >> the school staff chose these four figures for the mural because they have inspired students to keep soaring high, which is the school x model. he also went viral at 40 for his breathtaking portraits of celebrities. he has painted vice president kamala harris, president joe biden, and his portrait of lebron james made the cover of time magazine. pretty inspiring kid. >>> that is it for the news at 9:00. coming up on the drew barrymore show, lindsay lohan is in studio with her sister. her sister will join her to do some gingerbread house decorating. you can join us more at cbs news bay area. >>> a change in prisons. breaking the cycle of the more human approach to life behind bars and how it could be sometimes a cough isn't just a cough so it's better to be prepared. keeping binaxnow handy makes it easy to test. and self test kits may be reimbursable with no c

year-old tyler gordon's mural shows lucas elementary school, which gordon attended and depicts kristi yamaguchi, pulitzer prize winner nguyen, and gordon himself. >> this is a big piece. i would like to thank you all. >> it is such an amazing school. we're so thrilled to be able to do this with you. >> the school staff those these four figures because they inspire students to keep soaring high. he went viral at just 14 years old for his breathtaking portraits of celebrities. painting vice president kamala harris, president joe biden, and then his portrait of lebron james actually made it on the cover of time magazine. wow. the cbs evening news with norah o'donnell is next. be back h■er in 30 minutes with cbs bay area news at 7:00. we'll see you then ♪ ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, tragedy in charlottesville. the hours-long manhunt is over, and a suspect in custody, after a university of virginia student allegedly kills three football players and injures two others. police searching for a motive tonight, as a campus is in mourning. >> it's just been a really sad and hard

tyler is a san jose native and part of the nonprofit always dream, started by olympic skater kristi yamaguchiutification project, sponsored by alaskan airlines. congrats. the house from the iconic film "a christmas story" is for sale. reggie: it is open for tours year-round, and you can stay overnight. the museum across the street and a couple of parking areas are included, but we do not know the prize. the agent says they are putting it out there and letting the market decide. [laughter] it comes as a sequel to that movie is set to be released thursday. i did not know this was a whole tourist attraction. i would not have recognized that, to be honest. is that iconic to you? kumasi: not personally reggie: yeah. when you put the big pink onesie out there, then i get it. and the leg lamp. try it. kumasi: be the host. reggie: no. kumasi: the host of the home. that is what you will be. reggie: with interest rates these days? in this economy? drew: 7%? [laughter] kumasi: let the market decide. [laughter] drew: so they took the home off the market? they didn't like what they got. [laughter] visibil

it does to pick kristi yamaguchi, the pulitzer prize winner [ indiscernible ], and gordon, himself. >> this is one of the biggest pieces i ever did. >> this is amazing. we are thrilled to do this with you. >>> the school staff use the four figures, because they inspire students to keep soaring high, which is the school's motto. you may remember tyler gordon, he went viral at 14 years of age four is breathtaking portraits of celebrities. he painted vice president kamala harris, president biden, and his portrait of lebron james made the cover of time magazine. >> his story is cool. he said he started painting because he felt god in his space. that is what inspired him to start painting. i just love that. that is so touching. that is very special to him, and very personal. i love that everyone was in the painting showed up. that had to be inspiring for those kids. they will never forget that. >> that was a very wonderful moment. think about the people he is painting. you saw that in his murals. these are people that are inspiring kids. i cannot get over his talent. he is so young. he has