in richmond, leann melendez, abc 7 news. >> such wonderful stories on this thanksgiving. >> i want toch for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >>> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >>> coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00, look at this. a side show, how police got there so quickly. >>> the race for deals is on. look at this. tonight, a pre-black friday shopping frenzy. >>> plus, the storm affecting holiday travel across the nation. and what that means for people right here in the bay area. >>> i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. i'll have all the details coming up. >> announcer: live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. >>> opened up the stores earlier and earlier. >> 364 days of the year, i wait for that one day. it's crazy. >> that is a professional shopper. >> yeah. >> crazy for bargains. people lining up earlier than ever to get their hands on those pre-black friday sales. tonight, more stores are getting ready to open up right now. >> yeah. let's take a live look outside. this is the target in hayward. this one opens at 6:00 p.m. for thanksgiving day sales. th

leanne melendez tweeted asking what about the regent's promise to the governor to keep tuitions flat? she'll have some answers for us coming up at 5:00. court cases in san francisco are already being affected by proposition 47. the proposition reduces certain felonies to misdemeanors. vick lee is live in the newsroom with the latest. >> reporter: not only san francisco, but every county in the state is trying to figure out just how prop 47 will affect their communities, and they have to do it soon. new laws usually go into effect january 1st, or even july 1st, but this one took effect yesterday. the day after voters passed it. >> under prop 47, you had some people who at 11:59 were charged with a felony and by 12:01 found themselves only charged with a misdemeanor. >> this public defender said san francisco probably had the first felony case in the state that was reduced to a misdemeanor under prop 47. that was 9:00 yesterday when the court doors opened here at the hall of justice. >> an individual was charged with a felony crime. the judge found that it was a prop 47 crime, which is

in berkley, leanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> as for the university system, it has not increased tuition in three years either. a spokesperson says raising prices is on the table for next year. >>> enough is enough. that's what activists are saying tonight after a pedestrian was killed today in san francisco. 51-year-old lori helmer was jogging when she was hit by a golden gate transit bus. it happened just after 6:00 this morning as the driver was turning left from lombard on to van ness. investigators say they still don't know whether that jogger was in the crosswalk when she was hit. >> the driver is one of our senior drivers for golden gate transit. he's been with the agency for more than 35 years and he has a very good safety record. he's obviously distraught right now. >> crosswalks, to be honest, you have two simple lines marking a crosswalk. >> van ness is considered to be one of the most dangerous corners. five people have died along that corner just this year. >>> a woman died at the san leandro bart station. she jumped in front of a train in front of 9:30 a.m. passengers then

. >> and we now turn to abc7 news reporter leanne melendez. the demonstration there was peaceful, same so far tonight? >> they just started marching down mission street. this is a larger group than one we've seen yesterday. that is because organizers told me they had a chance to contact people viae mail or over the these are some of the same that show up for many antiwar demonstrations. sfpd now escorting them down on mission street. he counted between 25-30 officers joining this march. organizers promised to keep it peaceful. businesses have told me that they're not concerned about any violence or looting. that is what we have here on 24th and mission. >> san francisco police chief says today he's pleased with the demonstration and did appointed in violence else wrchlt. >> i understand there disappointment. it's raw. both president and mayor, are saying the family asked for it to be >> there are dozens on broadway heading toward police headquarters in downtown oakland. again, it seems appears to be a smaller crowd. it's still early. >> well,

. >> and we now turn to abc7 news reporter leanne melendez. the demonstration there was peaceful, same so far tonight? >> they just started marching down mission street. this is a larger group than one we've seen yesterday. that is because organizers told me they had a chance to contact people viae mail or over the phone. these are some of the same that show up for many antiwar demonstrations. sfpd now escorting them down on mission street. he counted between 25-30 officers joining this march. organizers promised to keep it peaceful. businesses have told me that they're not concerned about any violence or looting. that is what we have here on 24th and mission. >> san francisco police chief says today he's pleased with the demonstration and did appointed in violence else wrchlt. >> i understand there disappointment. it's raw. both president and mayor, are saying the family asked for it to be peaceful. >> there are dozens on broadway heading toward police headquarters in downtown oakland. again, it seems appears to be a smaller crowd. it's still

abc 7 news reporter leann melendez explains what's going on there. >> reporter: it takes a lot of musclehandle a hefty carp. close to 150 spotted bass and carp were poisoned with a pesticide that suffocates them. the presidio trust supervised today's project. 47 gallons of this poison poured into the four-acre lake. >> so it only kills gill breathers, so it's fish specific. and all the fish in the lake are nonnative. >> reporter: for the past three years, they have tried unsuccessfully to remove them by catching the fish. john mckosker says these predatory fish were doing a lot of harm to the lake. >> they suction the bottom. and try and get organic material out of it, and little invertebrates, plants, anything. they'll eat anything. and in so doing, it just causes turmoil in the bottom sediment and the water just remains brown. >> reporter: researchers say that sediment depletes the lake of much needed oxygen. they will now wait six months before they introduce native species. >> and we're going tove fish, w back and a freshwater mussel that will keep the water clean naturally, and it's

abc 7 news report er leanne melendez is in the newsroom. >> reporter: we would expect organization that's deal with domestic violence to react to the news and they have. but this was such a high-profile case that many city officials and others were criticizing the 49ers for keeping mcdonald on the field. and today everyone agrees the case has played itself out, and now it's time to move on. ray mcdonald had been celebrating his 30th birthday at his home with teammates and friends. sometime around 2:00 in the morning police received a 911 call from his fiance. >> in that 911 call she was asked if ray mcdonald hit her. and she was very clear that she said "he's trying to throw me out of the house." she never used the word "choking," "grabbing," "punching," anything of that nature. >> reporter: when police arrived, mcdonald's fiance admitted she had struck him first. police also noticed she had several visible bruises. but following that initial contact, the fiance, known only as jane doe, refused to cooperate with investigators and the d.a.'s office. without any eyewitnesses or statement an