matt keller. >> less than two hours ago a famed boxer died. his family took him off life support after three of hysons flew into see him. doctors ruled him brain dead after he was shot in the head on tuesday. a friend died in that shooting also. police are following leads but have not made arrests. >> happening how a hit and run shutting down three southbound lanes of highway 101. a car hit another vehicle just before five this morning. the accident caused one car to overturn. overturn. an lanes 2, 3 and 4 are still blocked. the driver abandoned his car and fled the scene. chp officers checked the home of the driver listed but nobody was there. >>> loved ones of a family are holding vigil after family members crashed into a crashed chp car. the family was returning a black friday shopping trip in gilroy when their suv hit the highway patrol cruiser. a 24-year-old died at the scene. her four sisters and her parents were also hurt. her mother, and 20-year-old sibling were rushed to the hospital. >> just very shocking to me and then i got -- we g

ktvu's matt keller was at that ceremony for the 47-year-old battalion chief who many considered a mentor. >> reporter: helicopters above let the firefighters below know the funeral procession for fighter ron van wormer had arrived at the hp pavilion in downtown san josi. the honor guard led the way, followed by santa clara engine 3. >> great guy with friends up and down the state. >> reporter: the emotional event moved indoors with an elaborate stage book ended by two fire trucks. many remembers the calfire battalion chief including his wife and two sons. >> most of all i will miss the stories of the fires, the investigation and all of firehouse trouble makers, everything. >> reporter: cal fire says van wormer died last saturday of natural causes while losing consciousness while assigned to investigation. they described van wormer has a mentto many firefighters. rob we will all see you again one day, but until then, we will always remember, we will never forget, and we will take care of each other and we will carry on. rest in peace, my friend. we all miss you more than words can say. >>

ktvu's matt keller is live with the issues. >> reporter: this is the first strike ever for the super markets. this picket line will be here 24 hours a day till an agreement is reached. >> what do you want? >> contracts. >> reporter: shoppers looking for groceries face a picket line to get inside. >> we have company and i need ice cream. >> reporter: 8,000 workers at 100 stores went on strike after failing to agree to a new contract. >> i have a son and a wife to support. >> reporter: officials blame an increase in non-union competition. >> target. fresh and easy. walmart. a number of competitors that have come into had market. >> reporter: they gave a final offer four weeks ago, putting pay and benefits on par with the non-union workers. >> this is the same wage fees we implemented throughout the company, including the non- union stores. everyone has to make a sacrifice. >> reporter: they will be out here for as long as it takes to provide benefits for their family. >> reporter: officials say fustmers may noting -- customers may notice a difference in workers at the score. matt kelle

matt keller is in san jose where the chief gave us some inside into the issues facing the force and also told us the one place where his replacement will not come from, matt. >> reporter: police chief morris sat down with me for an exclusive interview and revealed to me the one thing that the city council could have done that would have kept him on the job. chris moore is retiring after more than 30 years in law enforcement but he's leaving blind a san jose department in turmoil dealing with pension reform, pay cut, low moral and increase in crime. >> how would you characterize the department? >> dire. although we have people in the academy we continuously lose people to resignation and retirement. >> reporter: fagoni says she regrets having to conduct a new search less than two years later. moore said he would not be retiring if the council voted in august to put an initiative in august to help pay for more resources and officers. >> the issue for me is put it on the ballot. if that tax measure would have been put on the ballot and taxpayers would have decided not to fund it, we all cou

but matt keller joins us live from san jose. tells us some stores are now trying to turn thanksgiving day into what you might call black friday. >> reporter: we just learned today that target will be starting its black friday deals on friday night as more and more retailers are trying to get your shopping dollars even earlier this year. >> reporter: it's already looking a lot like christmas in santana row even though thanksgiving does not get here until next week. >> i'm going to get up at 2:00 in the morning. i'll be standing in line just because. i'm going to be looking for clothes and stuff like that at the mall. >> reporter: midnight, going shopping. buying the best deal that i can. >> reporter: but midnight might be too late for the best deals at some of the biggest retails. target announced today it is opening up at 9:00. toys r' us and sears will be opening at 9:00 p.m. toys r' us are also doing something different by staggering its saleless. the -- sales. and some businesses are going to match prices. now amazon.com cust

matt keller, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> more details now on black friday shopping hours.wal-mart and sears will be open at 8:00. the great mall in the new paragon outlets in livermore open at 10:00 p.m. best buy opens at midnight. >>> some wal-mart shoppers got a surprise in east oakland this morning as a group of protesters marched through the store. >> about 20 parents, child care providers, and a minister took part in the march. part of a nationwide campaign for wal-mart to pay employees more. >> we deserve more. i believe wal-mart should pay us more, and can afford to pay us more. >> reporter: the wal-mart stores targeted are in fairfield, richmond, san leandro, and san jose. wal-mart says it will be business as usual at all of its stores. >>> fremont police are trying to track down a married couple to return belongings. just last night, police received this elaborate gold brief case. officers say it was found outside the kindercare childcare center. the front of the case reads like a wedding album. it says happy wedding 12-4- 2008. inside the case was full of wedding

ktvu's matt keller is here now with the case that shows a woman stealing a package right off the porchof a home. >> reporter: i just spoke to fremont police and they tell us so far they have not made an arrest in this case. as officers warn more thefts of packages could be coming this holiday season. >> reporter: this is video from trevor fiatal's torch and a woman she does not know. in fact, that same camera captured my photographer and i tonight and e-mailed this photo to trevor while we were still standing on the porch. >> at a minimum, a camera that covers your front porch and the area where your packages are going to be delivered is super helpful. >> reporter: internet shopping becomes more and more popular. leaving special instructions on where to put the package is required. >> you can also ask your package delivery company to hold your package if they have a local delivery center in hopes that they will do that for you. >> i do hope they catch the folks who did this because usually it's not just one theft. >> reporter: the fremont police department put the video on you tube and

ktvu's matt keller is here now with the case that shows a woman stealing a package right off the porchof a home. >> reporter: i just spoke to fremont police and they tell us so far they have not made an arrest in this case. as officers warn more thefts of packages could be coming this holiday season. >> reporter: this is video from trevor fiatal's torch and a woman she does not know. in fact, that same camera captured my photographer and i tonight and e-mailed this photo to trevor while we were still standing on the porch. >> at a minimum, a camera that covers your front porch and the area where your packages are going to be delivered is super helpful. >> reporter: internet shopping becomes more and more popular. leaving special instructions on where to put the package is required. >> you can also ask your package delivery company to hold your package if they have a local delivery center in hopes that they will do that for you. >> i do hope they catch the folks who did this because usually it's not just one theft. >> reporter: the fremont police department put the video on you tube and

matt keller, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> more details now on black friday shopping hours. both wal-mart and sears will be open at 8:00. the great mall in the new paragon outlets in livermore open at 10:00 p.m. best buy opens at midnight. >>> some wal-mart shoppers got a surprise in east oakland this morning as a group of protesters marched through the store. >> about 20 parents, child care providers, and a minister took part in the march. part of a nationwide campaign for wal-mart to pay employees more. >> we deserve more. i believe wal-mart should pay us more, and can afford to pay us more. >> reporter: the wal-mart stores targeted are in fairfield, richmond, san leandro, and san jose. wal-mart says it will be business as usual at all of its stores. >>> fremont police are trying to track down a married couple to return valuable belongings. just last night, police received this elaborate gold brief case. officers say it was found outside the kindercare childcare center. the front of the case reads like a wedding album. it says happy wedding 12-4- 2008. inside the case was

matt keller. >> and now to our storm watch coverage.officials are watching a neighborhood days after a mudslide there, we are live with what workers have been doing there this morning. >> reporter: mike you can see right now it's just raining right now. we have seen a lot of cars stopping by to check out the park. they want to make sure everything is okay by that hillside and it does look good. you can see where the city built a berm over there just in case there is another mudslide to protect that mud from this neighborhood and this morning the hillside is holding up reaping well. this is new video. they say it looked good and they will be checking back every three to four hours. people are worried about the new rain. the weather measures they say -- they will be enough to protect the neighborhood. >> there is concern from the engineers about the hillside and the landslide issues. you would control the site and keep the soils in place and not create more of a mud flow. >> another storm is expected to hit the area sometime after sunset

matt keller is live now in san jose to explain how one juror felt the responsibility went beyond just principal. matt? >> reporter: we've been covering this story for months, today, the trial ended inside this courthouse with a guilty verdict. stood and listened as a guilty verdict was read for failing 30 report possible child abuse. eventually, she sat down and wiped tears from her eyes. >> we needed to be able to send a message that their obligation is to report, not to investigate. >> reporter: prosecutors say a student in east san jose went with her mother to the then principal to report suspicious activity about craig chandler. they say instead of going to the police, the principal spoke with district officials in chanldz letter about the vexes -- chandler about the investigation. chandler was arrested in january and going to charge for sexually abusing five students, including one after the report. she was immediately sentenced to two years of court probation. about $600 in fines, and about 100 hours of community service. the jurors said testimony during the trial revealed the e

matt keller is live now in san jose to explain how one juror felt the responsibility went beyond just principal. matt? >> reporter: we've been covering this story for months, today, the trial ended inside this courthouse with a guilty verdict. stood and listened as a guilty verdict was read for failing 30 report possible child abuse. eventually, she sat down and wiped tears from her eyes. >> we needed to be able to send a message that their obligation is to report, not to investigate. >> reporter: prosecutors say a student in east san jose went with her mother to the then principal to report suspicious activity about craig chandler. they say instead of going to the police, the principal spoke with district officials in chanldz letter about the vexes -- chandler about the investigation. chandler was arrested in january and going to charge for sexually abusing five students, including one after the report. she was immediately sentenced to two years of court probation. about $600 in fines, and about 100 hours of community service. the jurors said testimony during the trial revealed the e

matt keller is in san jose where the chief gave us some inside into the issues facing the force and also the one place where his replacement will not come from, matt. >> reporter: police chief morris sat down with me for an exclusive interview and revealed to me the one thing that the city council could have done that would have kept him on the job. chris moore is retiring after more than 30 years in law enforcement but he's leaving blind a san jose department in turmoil dealing with pension reform, pay cut, low moral and increase in crime. >> how would you characterize the department? >> dire. although we have people in the academy we continuously lose people to resignation and retirement. >> reporter: fagoni says she regrets having to conduct a new search less than two years later. moore said he would not be retiring if the council voted in august to put an initiative in august to help pay for more resources and officers. >> the issue for me is put it on the ballot. if that tax measure would have been put on the ballot and taxpayers would have decided not to fund it, we all could have

but matt keller joins us live from san jose. tells us some stores are now trying to turn thanksgiving day into what you might call black friday. >> reporter: we just learned today that target will be starting its black friday deals on friday night as more and more retailers are trying to get your shopping dollars even earlier this year. >> reporter: it's already looking a lot like christmas in santana row even though thanksgiving does not get here until next week. >> i'm going to get up at 2:00 in the morning. i'll be standing in line just because. i'm going to be looking for clothes and stuff like that at the mall. >> reporter: midnight, going shopping. buying the best deal that i can. >> reporter: but midnight might be too late for the best deals at some of the biggest retails. target announced today it is opening up at 9:00. toys r' us and sears will be opening at 9:00 p.m. toys r' us are also doing something different by staggering its saleless. the -- sales. and some businesses are going to match prices. now amazon.com cust

matt keller. >>> today was day two of a day three nurses strike at santa rosa memorial hospital. hospital officials say they disagree over a number of issues. the hospital says it needs to control cost because it anticipates lower reimbursement rates. the nurses will be locked out until thursday. because the hospital hired replacements for five days. >> reporter: police in santa rosa are investigating two hit- and-run collisions that happened within minutes of each other. the first call happened at 3:30 a.m. for a pedestrian hit. the victim was taken to santa rosa memorial hospital with major injuries. authorities arrested christian pena bayasteros for suspicion of driving under the influence of violating probation. the second hit-and-run happened about 15 minutes later, another car slammed into a car. the victim was not injured. police arrested jimmy jimenez after a brief police chase. >>> new video tonight of a two alarm house fire in san leandro that killed a family pet. firefighters were called to the home on san leandro boulevard just before 8:30 tonight. two people in the h

matt keller looked into the spike and joins us now with which cities have the biggest problem, matt.reporter: the south bay has a growing cycling community but new exclusive statistics we uncovered show bike thefts are on the rise. scott tess loves bikes but he's also been unlucky in his passion for two wheels. >> i've had two bikes stolen. >> reporter: tez has locked them up but they were stolen. >> when they're gone it's like you lost an acquaintance or a friend. >> reporter: a lot of people in the south bay have experienced that feeling. i asked the sheriff's office research -- i asked the sheriff's office to research the number of thefts. in 2003 they went from 153 thefts to 63% increase this year. with much of that coming from cupertino. that city had 114% increase. >> i recommend a u lock they're much safer. >> reporter: if the thief has the right tools they can eventually get through your lock. but it often acts as a deterrent. san jose police says one a bike is stolen the best way to get it back is with a serial number and a detailed description or photo. >> reporter: the off

matt keller looked into the spike and joins us now with which cities have the biggest problem, matt.> reporter: the south bay has a growing cycling community but new exclusive statistics we uncovered show bike thefts are on the rise. scott tess loves bikes but he's also been unlucky in his passion for two wheels. >> i've had two bikes stolen. >> reporter: tez has locked them up but they were stolen. >> when they're gone it's like you lost an acquaintance or a friend. >> reporter: a lot of people in the south bay have experienced that feeling. i asked the sheriff's office research -- i asked the sheriff's office to research the number of thefts. in 2003 they went from 153 thefts to 63% increase this year. with much of that coming from cupertino. that city had 114% increase. >> i recommend a u lock they're much safer. >> reporter: if the thief has the right tools they can eventually get through your lock. but it often acts as a deterrent. san jose police says one a bike is stolen the best way to get it back is with a serial number and a detailed description or photo. >> reporter: the o

this is developing news and matt keller has just learned within the hour what caused that strong odorthat left so many people there feeling sick. >> reporter: monday night's are usually very busy at the club one here in the south san jose. but you can see there are very few cars or people here after an evacuation of woman's locker room. firefighters didn't take any chances inside using self- contained breathing apparatuses. personal trainer told me what happened right before they evacuated about 150 people from the building. >> one of my other clients came up to me and said, hey marlon there's something really strong in the bathroom. really strong and burning sensation, her eyes were burning and her -- she was coughing right after. >> reporter: a firefighter told me about 45 minutes ago that the odor was caused by eucalyptus room. the symptoms dissipate about an hour and a half. all of the victims went home and not to the hospital. i just we -- i just went back in and talked to club staff and they told me they will close at their regular hour at 11:00 and open at 5:00 in the morning.

this is developing news and matt keller has just learned within the hour what caused that strong odorthat left so many people there feeling sick. >> reporter: monday night's are usually very busy at the club one here in the south san jose. but you can see there are very few cars or people here after an evacuation of woman's locker room. firefighters didn't take any chances inside using self- contained breathing apparatuses. personal trainer told me what happened right before they evacuated about 150 people from the building. >> one of my other clients came up to me and said, hey marlon there's something really strong in the bathroom. really strong and burning sensation, her eyes were burning and her -- she was coughing right after. >> reporter: a firefighter told me about 45 minutes ago that the odor was caused by eucalyptus room. the symptoms dissipate about an hour and a half. all of the victims went home and not to the hospital. i just we -- i just went back in and talked to club staff and they told me they will close at their regular hour at 11:00 and open at 5:00 in the morning.

reporting live, matt keller. channel 2 news. >>> expect lots of company to be flying and hit the roads today. more americans travel more on the thanksgiving holiday. that is expected to cause gridlock and long lines at the airport as thanksgiving travellers return home today. more are expected to pass through the airport by the end of the weekend. bart is going to be running longer trains today. bart said the longer trains will run be on the pittsburgh lines. >>> couple of residents received a scare overnight. two vehicles crashed into each other. one went into a power pole and leaving a hole in the wall. this is near palmetto avenue. two people were transported to the hospital. their conditions are unknown at this time. the crash also knocked out power in the neighborhood. >>> well, there is still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding a pedestrian near sfo. the female victim was hit near the boulevard off ramp just after 8:00 last night. several vehicles blocked all lanes of 101. chp issued a traffic alert a

ktvu's matt kerfuffle keller is live for us. >> reporter: heather you can see the major damage behind me. done by the fire. ironically the fireplace and chimney still stand as investigators say that is where the flames started. the 911 call came at 3:30 this morning from inside the home on sonia way. firefighters say the man told them he was trying to light a fire in the fireplace to stay warm during a chilly morning when the flames o'rupted. >> when we arrived on scene, we saw the house was fully engulfed with flames coming out the front window. >> i didn't realize it was that bad until this morning. >> reporter: friends and family say the man living here is visually impaired and has multiple sclerosis. he escaped uninjured. family members say he say hoarder hiving in the living in the home for decades. >> he has nowhere to go. >> reporter: an insurance adjuster on the scene says he has been to four house fires in just the past 24 hours with at least two started in the fireplace. firefighters say once the temperatures go down, the number of house fires go up. as people try to stay wa