mike sugerman found out. >> reporter: why can't they get their duck back? well, there's two sides both well meaning with the law right in the middle. once upon a time there was a talk, juanita a mallard. she had a friend named rita. >> she saw me and waddled across got under the glider and sat there with me. >> reporter: she had a friend named natalie and mike and rosalee, too. >> so she really loves people. >> reporter: they all lived here at the bello gardens senior center in san anselmo. >> she had been here since she was four days old. >> she was found and brought to us off the street when she was a tiny duck. >> reporter: for a while everything was ducky. >> joy is something that everybody needs in their life and i think that the duck gives a lot of that to us, gave a lot of that to us. >> reporter: one day juanita decided to see what was outside the backyard over the fence. she got lost and scared. someone found her and brought her to wild care, in san rafael. >> a few days later we get a call from the assisted living facility that they have lost thei

kpix5's mike sugerman finds out if that idea is putting pressure on other retailers to do the same. mike? >> reporter: veronica, i'm here at union square which will be mobbed with shoppers the day after thanksgiving, black friday not necessarily buying things. they tend to be looky lu's on black friday. the biggest spending day is the weekend before christmas. the point is that rei as you say won't open on black friday to give their employees a break, very well publicized move and that's the point. ers to do this?" "it is too late for others." tr8 so likely rei has this anti-b all to thems black friday, outdoor chain rei telling its employees to take a hike. >> and we'll be paying our employees to do what they love best and that's to get outside. >> reporter: customers, too, don't spend money. spend time outside. >> to enjoy the idea of being outdoors in those places that you love 36789. >> reporter: some customers think it's a lovely idea. >> i love that the employees get to stay home and be with their families and enjoy their thanksgiving and not be rushed. >> reporter: and so do s

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kpix 5's mike sugerman on today's showdown at city hall. >> reporter: here are two players in the drama being played out in san francisco city hall. maria hernandez is an undocumented immigrant saying she was being abused by her husband. she wouldn't go to authorities. [ speaking spanish ] >> i was afraid of being deported with three daughters. >> reporter: the other player is kate steinle who was killed on pier 14. the suspect had been deported five times. >> it avoid rod. >>> the suspect what's held on a -- was held on a 20-year-old marijuana conviction. the sheriff followed a policy of not sharing information with the feds. supervisor mark farrell wanted that policy changed. >> it absolutely flies in the face of public safety. >>> he wanted a gag order removed. but these immigrant rights advocates didn't. not only did they not back the move, they turned their backs on farrell when he spoke to the supervisor. >> in the end the board of supervisors decided not to make any changes. it still could. at this meeting they voted to kick the can down the road. take it up another day. >> the m

kpix 5's mike sugerman on why neighbors say they can't handle it. . >> reporter: well, veronica, for three decades, there have been plans for this bucolic yet underpopulated area of marin county. now there are some new and very concrete plans for the area. and it has become a very hot topic. for almost 100 years, the branson school in ross has been educating the elite of elite in marin county. now at a cost of $41,000 a year, they would like the next 100 years to be here. >> that's their goal is to look at the next 100 years and see if we can make this work out well for the neighbors and branson. >> reporter: branson school wants to take this land in the strawberry section of mill valley now a baptist seminary and turn it into a high school. but what a high school, for 1,000 students, three times the current amount, and 300 homes. 100 brand-new, and 200 others that would be rebuilt. now the rundown dorms, they would be something else entirely if this plan gets done. >> we wanted to conform to a 30- year-old master plan that the community put a lot of

kpix5's mike sugerman on why the principal is changing the outcome of this vote. mike? es you regist >> reporter: yeah, it's election season around the bay area and at everett middle school student council. now generally we wouldn't be telling you about a student council election, but yet there is a controversy and we have an update. the winners have been named, but still not everybody is happy. . sot cg: lena van haren/prinl "we're not doing a do- o ancelling the you can't vote unless you register and you can't register after tonight. >> people can come down to city hall and register or update their registration. >> reporter: you can vote early. you can come down to city hall and get your ballots and vote now. >> i vote in every election. it's important to vote. what i'm teaching." the san jose state waterpolo team is mourning the loss oe of i know it's trite to say, but every vote does count. i've covered enough elections determined by one, two, three votes to know if somebody didn't vote of, somebody else might have gotten elected. >> that one vote could be the one t

new at 6:00, kpix 5's mike sugerman found out the faster the city fills up with condors the fewer placeshere are -- condos the fewer place there are to fill up your car. mike, what's going on? >> reporter: that's true, kenny. san francisco gas stations disappearing like a magic trick. this one at castro and market should be condos in the next year or two. and it's a situation that's helping to fuel the housing boom in the city. you wouldn't know it from this block of divisadero where there are three. that's as rare as a house in san francisco under a million dollars. >> san francisco doesn't have many gas stations. >> reporter: there seem to be fewer and fewer each passing day. how long you been working here? >> i have been on this spot for 55 years. >> reporter: 75-year-old roy started pumping gas in 1960 and has really cleaned up. he bought the shell station at davisadero and oak and added the touchless car wash. he had to borrow to pay the $4,000 price and that's not easy when you're making less than $100 a week. but he and his wife patty did well. the future is no longer in fuel. >>

mike sugerman is live with a story and what it means for business. mike. >>> reporter: veronica, this is a bay area institution. and today it's in the soup. not the chepino it's famous for. as you will hear, it is an issue not all see as black and white. a san francisco restaurant has a bit of shakespeare on its menu today and the reviews are not good. >> the story that is the buzz of all of san francisco today and that is the story of about it. adage grill. >> it opened its doors to its long counter cozy rows of booths in 1849. the city's oldest restaurant. >> reporter: often the oldest of family dramas. this "chronicle" columnist read page one today like the rest of us. terry buick married former oakland raiders, a black player. she married him 32 years ago. grandkids never meeting their grandparents. >> i'm so disgusted. i will literally never set foot in that establishment again as long as that family owns it. >> reporter: brian copeland has a similar story of a bi-racial marriage shunned by in-laws. callers to his kgo radio program was as bitter

new at 6:00 kpix5's mike sugerman has found thousands of 9er fans want out for good? >> reporter: a lot of 9er fans thought they really stunk this place up yesterday. the football guru madden was saying they built this state of the art $1.2 billion stadium when they had a state of the art team. they don't really have a state of the art team anymore and a lot of fans think they aren't getting their money's worth. i went to the game yesterday. might as well have been in green bay. es. that's mo am in the nfl except the place was packed with packer fans chanting go pack go, didn't know they made cheese bras and i had to put up with my buddy who loved to gloat about the win. plus the 9er fans left early. >> we left the game about halfway through the 3rd quarter of. >> reporter: 25 year ticket holder bob dietz hasn't done it in years. >> our original thought was we'd probably make it through the half and it would probably be a slaughter and we'd leave. it turned out to be a good 1st half. >> reporter: he didn't hear the 9er fans booing the team. that came later. how long y