ramon sanders broke his leg. it was then doctors discovered he had bone cancer. >> his family needs help with medical expenses. how the oakland community is rallying around them. >> i won't let anything bring me down and i won't give up on whatever i'm doing. >> ramon sanders is known as a fighter among his friends and family. last november the 19-year-old pro his femur while playing football for laney college. it turned out to be more serious than a simple broken leg. his father, also named ramon, spoke to us outside ucsf children's hospital. >> we were really surprised. the bone is going to heal. six to eight weeks he'll be back on the football food, then they came with that news of him having cancer. >>> sanders are to return to the hospital. some of his teammates had now play for laney college have visited him in the hospital to try to lift his spirits. teammates like joshua allen said his absence has been felt on the field. >> the team rallied around him a lot. he's like family to us. >> hopefully people sen

see you fulfill your dreams. >> reporter: a restaurant in oakland plans to host a fundraiser for ramon sandersfebruary 17. details will be coming. amber lee, ktvu found the fox news. >> great to see that support and great to see ramon on the field again one day. >>> for today, a wet one and into the second part of the afternoon and by the evening, scattered showers in the forecast and then into tomorrow morning, scattered showers before it picks up again. this is a look at the approach to the bay bridge where you can see the wet on the lens and we entire bay area with most of the community covered in green and even some pockets of heavier rain stretching to the east bay and from log an aid us through san rafael, you can see highway 101, crossing over into the valley fair, richmond sandler feld bridge is wet. as we shift to the east bay along i-80 between hercules and richmond, moderate pockets of rain and stretching over to the east bay, widespread rain. light to moderate for the east bay through the south bay and over the santa cruz mountains and moderate pockets of rain with the futurecast s

. >> reporter: ramone sanders junior tells us via face time, his baby girl named nevaeh, just turned three years old. he says his love of family and football is giving him the strength to tackle positive att that will help you forget about all the negativity. >> reporter: the 19-year-old just started chemotherapy last week. >> in comes ramone sanders for the sack. >> reporter: before graduating, he played for kleinman high school and continued at laney college last fall. in november, ramon broke a femur during practice. that's when he learned he had cancer. >> when i first heard about it, i cried. >> reporter: but he said the support of his family helped him move forward. his father tells me the cancer has spread to ramone's lungs. >> it really hurts. sorry. as a family, it's hurt us. >> reporter: he is described as a caregiver of the family. >> to see our son go through something like that. he has been a man. he took care of me. he took care of his mom. >> reporter: ramone's family says they know it will be a long challenge ahead, but they have face he will succeed. they have starte

is rallying behind him. >> i have a lot of people in my corner who want to see me succeed. >> ramon sanderss from his hospital ben at ucsf benioff children's hospital. last november the 19-year-old broke his femur while playing football for laney college. it turned out to be more serious than a simple broken leg. here is his father, also named ramon. >> they did x-ray. they found out he had cancer in his femur bone. then they found a couple of spots on his lungs as well. >> week following his first round of chemo, sanders had to return to the hospital. some of his teammates from high school who now also play for laney college have visited him in the hospital to try to lift his spirits. his team says his absence has been felt on the field. >> he was the life of our defense. he came out of nowhere and started doing his thing. so it was a great loss. >> always upbeat, never negative. any time you lose a guy like that, it hurts the camaraderie. it hurts the friendship that everybody bond, all the bonds that we have on the teal. >> his community is now organizing a fundraiser for the family to h

if a your dreams. >> reporter: jones barbecue restaurant in oakland is hosting a fundraiser for ramon sandersnd february. he says he is determined play football again. live in san francisco, amber the, ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> san jose mayor is happy to be back at work since a bike accident over the holidays. the mayor tweeted this photo with the holiday -- with this letter back in the saddle. he suffered multiple fractures in the accident that happened on new year's day. he has been working from home as he recovers. police say the driver of an suv hit the mayor as he is writing his bicycle. >>> things grow like the dickens. we have to keep on top of that. >> neighbors clearing brush before disasters strike, how this community is taking initiative to to protect itself from a fire. >>> the latest vigil tonight for david's officer natalie karen. >>> firefighters arrive at the scene of a house fire and find stabbing victims there, as well. we will have details after the break. >>> closed captioning for the 10:00 news is brought to you by mancini's sleep world. get huge savings during our tax- free

. >> 19-year-old ramon sanders broke his leg playing football in november.treated as ucf children's hospital. his coach and teammates say his absence is felt on the field. >> he's like family to us. >> i think he knows deep down we miss him every day. >> friends are doing a fundraiser to help with medical bills and other expenses. it will take place at everett and jones barbecue in oakland. >> means a lot. shows me i have a lot of people in my corner who want to see me succeed. >> a gofundme account has been set up and we have a link on our website, abc7news.com. >>> in the north bay some staff members out of marin county county school district may be out of a job. the high school district is proposing to reduce its budget by $3 million. that means librarians, kitchen, custodial and contracted athletic staff could be laid off. other recommendations include evening classes and computer purchases. there will be a community meeting at redwood high school. we're going to be exploring the teacher crisis as part of our commitment to building a better bay area and