abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley is there live with the latest. leslie? >> well, the attack happened at 8:00 friday night here at this busy outdoor shopping center right out in front of a sephora store and the amc cinema complex behind me. and police say it was all captured on surveillance video. a young girl in a white top can be seen approaching a group of eight juveniles here in this pedestrian only plaza. she demand they give her back her cell phone that she claimed they stole from her 30 minutes earlier. they started pushing her and violently shoving her, according to emeryville police. >> a witness who later identified himself as an offduty chp officer intervened to save the victim from the group och wf juveniles. the group then turned towards him and became violent with im. he was punched. he was kicked. he was taken to the ground. as whe minute. >> emeryville police say when he regained consciousness, he pepper spray on the suspects. police employed by a nearby apple store arrived and a 14-year-old and 16-year-old were arrested. the off-duty offic

abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley takes us inside. >> reporter: on mission boulevard, you can't missull headed sign of the heywood ranch. once inside you've stepped into a wood panelled time capsule filled with things like old cash registersographphonographs. >> they used to have a porterhouse steak, it was the greatest. >> we're like family, all friends and family that come here. >> reporter: you know everybody by name. >> yes. >> reporter: you have conversations. >> first name basis, yes. >> reporter: there aren't many places like that anymore. >> no, this is the only place like this in hayward, everybody is wondering where they'll go when this closes. >> the owner is ill, he's decided not to run the business anymore. and the business -- the building is up for sale. >> reporter: and so are the contents. people are able to submit inquiries to bid on any item their heart desires. some of the old treasures here include this old 1930s telephone. there's so much more. follow me over here. this is the star of the antique show, a wooden phone booth in operation until the early 2000s. ther

abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley is live at bay street mall in emeryville where this happened. eporter: yes, that attack happened at 8:00 black friday evening near the theater complex behind me and in surveillance video you're going to see some juveniles surrounding an off-duty officer and beating him up as well as pushing and shoving a young woman. a young girl in a white top can be seen approaching a group of eight juveniles here in this pedestrian-only plaza. she demanded they give her back her cell phone that she claimed they stole from her 30 minutes earlier. they started pushing her and violently shoving her according to emeryville police. >> a witness who later identified himself as an off-duty chp officer intervened to save the victim from a group of juvenile the, eight juveniles. the group then turned toward him and became violent with him. he was punched. he was kicked. he was taken to the ground. he was choked. he lost consciousness for a minute. >> reporter: emeryville police say when he regained consciousness, he used pepper spray on the suspect. police employed by

a lot of memories. >> in hayward, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >>> happening tonight a meteor showerow, take a look. this is a live gander at the bay area sky from our exploratorium camera. the clouds lapwill put a da about 50 metiers an hour n hournr r r rock the economy as it orbits the sun. >> those met youeors youreors eo they're not big objects. a typical one is smaller than your finger nail. >> it's best viewed without a telescope. i you can't find a clear spot, look toward the moon tonight at about 2:00 in the morning. unfortunately chabot is canceling the viewing party because of tonight's rain clouds. >> that's fascinating. >> who knew? >> really. as you're hearing here, the weather may not cooperate. >> yeah. drew tuma is standing by with how much. i don't know. do we stand a chance. >> it's tough. a lot of cloud cover out there. not only that, we have a nearly full moon out there. if we didn't have cloud cover, we would have a pretty blight night sky. unfortunately we do not have the best conditions to see one of the best meteor showers. maybe next year. we are tracking ju

lot of memories. >> reporter: in hayward, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >>> next a family friendlyrancisco. what you can expect to find at civic center and city hall >>> here are the winning numbers from last night's powerball drawing. 3, 6, 12, 32, 64, the powerball number 19. nobody picked all six numbers. wednesday's jackpot up to $160 million. the winning numbers from last night's $11 million super lotto plus drawing, 8, 9, 22, 42, 43, mega number 20. nobody picked all six in that drawing either. wednesday's prize increases to $12 million. >>> happening today, san francisco city hall will be open for a free holiday celebration. part of city hall will be transformed into santa's work shop where kids can take pictures with santa and a letter writing station to mail letters to the north pole and balloon artists. enjoy performances around civic center all day. the event is free. >>> next at 6:00 a.m., instead of people ice skating at one east bay rink ice is slowly melting. why the owner says his rink was vandalized. >> a man who went to the very first raiders game at the coliseum

reporting live in oakland, i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> it is quite the problem. u, leslie. we do want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. you can share them by joining our better bay area group on facebook. >> we are about to have a wetter bay area. >> spencer christian is here with the forecast. spencer. >> it is getting wetter by the moment. take a look at live doppler 7. you see a large batch of showers moving on shore. just a few minutes ago, only sonoma county was getting this rainfall, this light rain and showers. now we see it sliding down into marin county. so it's getting quite wet. it looks like a few isolated downpours there as well. this is the view from the rooftop camera at abc7 where it is mainly dry. 55 degrees now in san francisco with mid to upper 50s also at oakland, redwood city, san jose, 51 at gilroy, 54 at half moon bay. and here is the view at the golden gate where the pavement looks a little damp right now. not quite sure at the moment, but it looks like lights reflecting off water. 51 degrees at santa rosa right now. 54 p

leslie brinkley is looking at preventative options in the east bay. wayne friedman has a potential long-term solution in the north bay. and abc 7 news reporter vic lee is here in san francisco with the city's latest short-term solution, a new navigation center. >> navigation serntcenters are basically homeless shelters with extra resources. they are low threshold, high service residential programs for adults experiencing homelessness. the newest center is the city's largest with 200 beds. a group of neighbors fought aainst it for months but was unsuccessful. >> there are two sides to this debate and we want to know what you think. >> what will be the biggest impact of the navigation center. will it help the homeless or hurt the neighborhood? the poll is open at abc7news.com/vote. >> we'll leave voting open as we go live to vic lee to kick things off. >> he got the first look inside the new center today. vic? >> reporter: i did, ama. the new navigation center is along the embarcadero near beale street and will open by the end of this month but not with

lot of memories. >> reporter: in hayward, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >>> next a family friendlyoliday fair in san francisco. what you can expect to find at civic center and city hall today. mike bloomberg's created on tover 400,000 jobs.ue leader. as president, an opportunity economy that works for us. tax fairness -- where the wealthy pay their fair share. education .. affordable college and high skill vocational training so people can succeed in the new economy. economic security .. lower cost health care and affordable middle-class housing. proven leadership on jobs .. to build an economy where people don't just get by, they get ahead. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. >>> here are the winning numbers from last night's powerball drawing. 3, 6, 12, 32, 64, the powerball number 19. nobody picked all six numbers. wednesday's jackpot up to $160 million. the winning numbers from last night's $11 million super lotto plus drawing, 8, 9, 22, 42, 43, mega number 20. nobody picked all six in that drawing either. wednesday's prize increaseto $12 million. >>> happening today

abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley went to find out how people in the neighborhood feel about it. >>i see decembsperation. you see illegal dumping here. you see the logs. somebody placed these logs here for a reason. >> reporter: the kind of vigilan vigilanteism, a manifestation of how frustrated people are with the lack of an urgent response to homelessness in oakland, according to a city counsel member. word is the logs have prevented rvs from parking here for close to a year. but homeless advocates say the logs are punishing those struggling to survive on the

leslie brinkley is looking at preventative options in the east bay.s a potential long-term solution in the north bay. and abc 7 news reporter vic lee is here in san francisco with the city's latest short-term solution, a new navigation center. >> navigation serntcenters are basically homeless shelters with extra resources. they are low threshold, high service residential programs for adults experiencing homelessness. the newest center is the city's largest with 200 beds. a group of neighbors fought aainst it for months but was unsuccessful. >> there are two sides to this debate and we want to know what you think. >> what will be the biggest impact of the navigation center. will it help the homeless or hurt the neighborhood? the poll is open at

. >> leslie brinkley has the story. >> reporter: the latest count in san francisco shows there are overfrom the tally the year before when there were 432 inhabited vehicles. this parking lot on san jose avenue will start tonight providing a new home for 30 rvs. plugged showers, water, office services all on-site with security 24/7 provided by urban alchemy. >> i want to make it clear, this is not an open invitation to people in other counties to come to san francisco. because the fact is, we have a long waiting list of people who we have identified. >> reporter: people lik

. >> leslie brinkley has the story. >> reporter: the latest count in san francisco shows there are over 700 occupied vehicles parked on city streets. way up from the tally the year before when there were 432 inhabited vehicles. this parking lot on san jose avenue will start tonight providing a new home for 30 rvs. plugged showers, water, office services all on-site with security 24/7 provided by urban alchemy. >> i want to make it clear, this is not an open invitation to people in other counties to come to san francisco. because the fact is, we have a long waiting list of people who we have identified. >> reporter: people like sondra hughes, who grew up on the streets of bay view, has found she's no longer welcome as she lives in her van. >> and the community members yell at me not to park there, to move away. they treat me as if i'm less than human. i wish they could understand that i don't want to live in my rv or have to park there either. >> reporter: city supervisor brown talked about how she grew up in a van on the streets. >> as a child of 13, living in a van, there's a lot of st

abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley went to find out how people in the neighborhood feel about it. >> i see decembsperation. you see illegal dumping here. you see the logs. somebody placed these logs here for a reason. >> reporter: the kind of vigilan vigilanteism, a manifestation of how frustrated people are with the lack of an urgent response to homelessness in oakland, according to a city counsel member. word is the logs have prevented rvs from parking here for close to a year. but homeless advocates say the logs are punishing those struggling to survive on the street. department s in oakland decline to be interviewed. issuing a statement. the city does not support intentional obstruction. they have gotten no formal complaints about these logs. they said that they are un inundated with public service requests and trying to address illegal dumping. they have no plans right now for removal. >> this is a public safety issue. you could drive down here, no reflectors, you can drive down here and you could run into it. what they should do is have them removed and place it where rvs canno

i i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >>> if you take a look here, what's the technical word for this, split pea soup is that the technical word? >> is that what they teach in meteorology school? i don't know. >> it's just pea soup. revealing by way of radar the image that you saw by way of camera. we saw areas of heavier rain developing offshore. right now we're not getting much in the way of rainfall reports from our local stations, local reporting stations and you can see this has been the pattern the last couple of hours or so. earlier today we had more widespread showers over a wider portion of the area. this storm still ranks one on the storm impact scales for tonight and tomorrow. this storm of light intensity will continue producing periods of showers or light rain, highest totals will be in the north bay. here's forecast animation for you starting at 6:00 p.m. notice, again, going into the evening hours, most of the rain that falls will be in the north by midnight or so and during the overnight hours, more widespread. once again, mainly light, rain, light showers, but there will be