it causes me hurt. >> reporter: that hurt is slowly fading as sebastien heals. the mother says every day brings a mini milestone at oakland children's hospital. today sebastien raised his leg on command. >> watch her jump on the chair. >> reporter: as the recovery continues, the family is now dealing with their next shock. they just got a $17,000 ambulance bill. they are trying to raise money for his recovery from the "go fund me" account. >> with help we are doing it. >> reporter: this is only the beginning of a long tough road but despite the pain and struggle, she now has a reason to appreciate this thanksgiving like never before. >> very thankful for the hort, for the rescuers, for sebastien's life, for the hospital. >> reporter: sebastien's mom says he is so strong because of his mindset. he thinks he is a superhero. ryan takeo, kpix 5. >> he is. sebastien is going to spend at least another month in the hospital before he gets to head home. >>> other bay area headlines. a warning tonight on the cal campus after a student was reportedly assaulted in her dorm

well, doctors say sebastien will be in the hospital for at least another month. his mom thinks her son is so strong because of his mindset, apparently he thinks he is a superhero. >> he just might be. what a lucky kid. >>> hey, police are trying to find two burglars who smashed a car into a store in san francisco. it happened early yesterday morning at the chanelle boutique in union square. police say after the car shattered a store window the passenger got out, went into the store and loaded the car one a lot of expensive handbags. >> almost like 50 grand depending on the bag. it could be a lot more actually depending on what kind of bags they took. >> the burglars then drove away. another store in the same shopping center was hit earlier in the month. >>> well, football may be a thanksgiving tradition, but there's not much demand for tickets for this evening's game in santa clara between the 9ers and seattle seahawks. in fact, resale websites show thousands of tickets still available and most are below face value. this is the first meeting between the teams sin

. >> reporter: walking into his hospital room, you can tell 4- year-old sebastien johnson's right eyestill a little swollen but his mom says he is looking better every day. the family is thankful they can share simple moments. >> he could have died. and he didn't thank god. >> reporter: sebastien tumbled 230 feet down a jagged cliff near bodega bay about two weeks ago slipping while throwing rocks into the ocean. >> the toughest part is seeing him struggle in pain and not being able to help him, just standing by his side and seeing him hurt so much. it causes me hurt. >> reporter: that hurt is slowly fading as he heals. she says every day brings a milestone at the children's hospital. he raised his leg on command. as the recovery continues, the family is now dealing with their next shock. they just got a $17,000 ambulance bill. they are trying to raise money for sebastien's recovery through this "go fund me" account. >> with help from everybody, we are doing it. >> reporter: jamie knows this is only the beginning of a long tough road. but despite the pain and struggle, she now has a r

. >> hi, sebastien. sweetheart. >> sebastien johnson still nicked up after falling more than 200 feet down a cliff at bodega bay. even with his eyes still swollen his mother says he is improving every day. but mom says it's difficult for her to be by his bedside as he heals from his injuries. >> hard to see them struggle in pain and not being able to help them just standing right aside and seeing him hurt so much. it causes me hurt. >> sebastien will spend at least another month in the hospital. his family is trying to raise money for the ambulance bill of $17,000. they have started a "go fund me" account. >>> wow. kid is lucky to be around. all right, paul deanno is here and we have big changes weather- wise. >> this is exactly the storm that we have been saying we need a storm to come in several inches of rainfall not going to end the drought. a lot of folks think next wednesday drought is over, right? not even close. but this is maybe 10% of the drought, 10% of the rainfall deficit. the weather isn't

latest sports, included formula 1 ferrari announces a shake up as fernando alonzo is replaced by sebastien vettel >>> secretary of state john kerry announced he's flying to vienna to help faltering talks on the nuclear program. iran has to reach a deal before monday. john kerry is hopeful. >> we believe, all of us, that if you have a peaceful nuclear programme, it really isn't that hard, technically. to be able to prove that it is peaceful. our hope is that we'll be able to close the gaps, move forward, work with technical experts and teams and see whether or not in the next days we cap move closer to -- can move closer to or achieve a sense of how we close the agreement. >> that's john kerry. with four days left, experts say the talks are at a crucial point. iran and six world powers - united states, britain, france, china, russia and germany - began the talks in austria's capital, and the key sticking point, the scale of enrichment, and the timetable - iran denied it's producing record-breaking iranian. they halted in exchange for onneesian easing on sanctions. after failing to agree, th

president obama's page on policies with the war on isis, and republicans and the white house, and sebastien tells us why so many americans struggle with addiction to war. >> the president is seeking force. right off the bat, appealing obamacare. >> how do you expect the president to trust that you really want to work together. >> our roll is to show why this happened and why this is a violation. >> si it found what we're looking for. >> we changed the game of human rights. >> we would have a 300-mile conversation about war. >> two pastors, their crime, feeding the homeless. >> we begin with president obama reversing course and asking congress for authority to fight isil in iraq and syria. >> we're engaging congress in a new authorization to engage in military force against isil. the world needs to know that we are united behind this effort. and the men and women deserve our clear and unified support. >> it comes at a time when there are real concerns about effectiveness for controlling isil. and after maintaining for months that he had all of the authority he needed. president sent a letter

. >> reporter: sebastien didn't just had firefighters on his side. he had mother nature, too. not only did he survive a fall on to the beach, the tide was out. >> if it was high tide he might have have gotten swept out. who knows what would have happened. >> reporter: sebastian is here at children's hospital in oakland. he is in very rough shape at this point. he has a fractured skull, fractured sinuses, fractured him, broken leg and arm, and is on a ventilator. so administrators at the hospital are hoping to get him off that today. in oakland, andria borba, kpix 5. >>> it is a big day for the european space agency which is trying to land a spacecraft on a comet that's traveling at more than 40,000 miles an hour. no easy chore. but they are working at it. here's a look at some animation showing what will happen if all goes well today. earlier today the probe released a lander. the landing process will take 7 hours and may finish at 8 a.m. pacific time. scientists hope the probe will generate more information about the composition of comes and how they react when -- of comets a

his father told us doctors are worried sebastien johnson might have brain damage but it's still not clear. the boy was rescued on monday night. we talked to his father, who wanted to thank rescue crews. >> coast guard went down -- a firefighter went down there told him you know think of spider-man. he loves spider-man so it was like perfect. and just said to think about it all the time and, you know, i really thank him for doing a good job. >> darrell says he thinks those words helped his son find his courage. he is being treated at oakland children's hospital. >>> monarch butterflies are disappearing from the bay area. the food supply apparently is running low and now an east bay woman has come up with a plan. oakland park supervisor wants everyone to plant milkweed. it's an end cue a bitter and food for the monarch. >> teaching people to become a monarch waystation. >> oakland's lake merritt is leading the way and it seems to be paying off, too. there are caterpillars all over their gardens. >>> 4:56 now. police could be spying on your phone calls even reading your texts right now! the

president obama's page on policies with the war on isis, and republicans and the white house, and sebastienso many americans struggle with addiction to war.

best-selling author sebastien younger covered war and struggled with an addiction to war. i spoke with him about a documentary "the last patrol", he takes a war photographer and two soldiers he filmed in afghanistan on a unique journey. >> the idea was to take a series of trips throughout the course of the year, walking through every seen, starting in washington d.c. and heading north. we'd bring daisy, my dog, for company and protection, and a cameraman to record our experiences. while we were moving through america, we would have a 300 mile conversation about war. about what it does to you, about how it changes you, and about why you miss it. why it's so hard to come back from war and re-enter society. >> seb aft yep is the oscar-nominated director and producer of "the last patrol", and joins us. it premieres november 10th on h.b.o., at 9:00pm eastern. you took a war photographer and two soldiers you were embedded with in afghanistan, and who were an ongoing the subject of this war. and you took the railway lines from d.c. and further west. you described the document ray

. >> reporter: sebastien didn't just had firefighters on his side. he had mother nature, too. not only did he survive a fall on to the beach, the tide was out. >> if it was high tide he might have have gotten swept out. who knows what would have happened. >> reporter: sebastian is here at children's hospital in oakland. he is in very rough shape at this point. he has a fractured skull, fractured sinuses, fractured him, broken leg and arm, and is on a ventilator. so administrators at the hospital are hoping to get him off that today. in oakland, andria borba, kpix 5. >>> thanksgiving turkey deliveries still delayed out of san ramon after this big rig overturned on the off-ramp from southbound 680 to alcosta. this is a 4 1/2-plushour closure and will be closed for a few hours more. they have to off-load the turkeys off the big rig, the frozen turkeys. you see the boxes as chopper zooms in, they are going into another big rig and they have to up right the big rig. southbound 680 is a little slow in the area but actually what's more impacting the commute is not that overturned big

correspondent for "fault lines" sebastien walker was inside the room. interesting. details came out. the grand jury started meeting on august 20th. they met for 70 hours over the course of the past 3.5 months. they were able to hear over 60 witness, and came to the conclusion that there would be no indictment. that officer darren wilson was reacting at a split second, like an officer should, they thought. that's the decision, what everyone will have to deal with. this is a closed case, and an open file as prosecutor robert mcculloch said about five minutes ago. we should get more details when those files get out to all of us in the coming days. hopefully we'll receive that tonight. you know what, it's quiet here, but over in ferguson, 10 miles away, the streets are filling up, the mother of michael brown was listening to the grand jury verdict whilst sitting on a vehicle. she broke down in tears and some of the demonstrators took her away. clearly a lot of people looking at this as a tough night. we'll see there'll be no violence on the streets. that's what the mich

his father told his doctors are worried sebastien might have had brain damage but that's unclear.escued on monday night. we talked to his father, who wanted to thank rescue workers. >> firefighter went down there and told him think of spider- man. he loves spider-man so it was, like, perfect. and just said to him, think about it all the time and, you know, i really thank him for doing a good job. >> darrell says he thinks those words helped his son find his courage. he is being treated at oakland children's hospital. >>> monarch butterflies are disappearing from the bay area. the food supply is running low. and now an east bay woman has come up with a plan. oakland's park supervisor wants everyone to plant lots of milkweed. it's an incubator and food for the monarch butterfly. >> teaching people to pay attention to the eco not just the carbon footprints. we have become a monarch waystation. >> that would be lake merritt leading the way and it seems to be paying off, too. there are caterpillars all over the garden there by the lake. >>> and it's 5:55. it is a piece of surveillance

sebastien johnson of santa rosa fell about 230 feet from a cliff at bodega head on november 10 sufferinglimbs and head injuries. then doctors put him in a coma to prevent shock. now his father says he is awake and responding. >>> and workers at the san francisco zoo say a young gorilla might not have been crushed to death if managers had listened to safety concerns. five animal keepers telling the "chronicle," the gorilla enclosure has problems with a flawed layout, balky doors and inadequate staffing and say the process of moving gorillas into their evening quarters has been needlessly dangerous. a 16-month old gorilla died when a door closed on him just two weeks ago. >>> i'm kiet do live at the dmv in san jose. the agency in just six weeks is expecting 1.5 million people to come out of the shadows and apply for a special driver's license designed just for undocumented immigrants. this is what that new license will look like. beginning in january, it will have a special notation of "federal limits apply." at a community meeting in redwood city last night, it was a packed room of mostly

sebastien johnson out of santa rosa fell 230 feet from a cliff at bodega head on november 10 suffering broken limbs and head injuries. he was in rough shape. doctors put him in a coma to keep him from going into shock. now his father says he has woken up and is responding to stories from his mother. good news. >>> well, right now uc students are protesting a proposed tuition hike at the university of california. kpix 5's anne makovec is on the cal campus where protestors spent another night in wheeler hall. anne. >> reporter: dozens of students started camping here when this tuition hike plan passed committee on wednesday and you can see they are sleeping this morning. [ speaking quietly ] >> reporter: they are staying until the regents agreed to repeal this plan. yesterday, students interrupted the regents meeting as they voted 14-7 in favor of a plan to raise tuition by $600 a year for the next five years reaching more than $15,000 by 2019. [ chanting ] >> we're not just angry. we are sad. there are students crying in the halls. you should be crying. >> we see this as one step in --

sebastien, you were here in august and now. i heard it said that this is worse than august, is that true? >> it's similar scenes, we walked from the block behind us, there's two vehicles on fire, the police are advancing down the street. we have tear gas fired a couple of times. there's a throat full of it. it's definitely tear gas. we heard police say they have not used gas, it is not true. we were coughing and spluttering as we walked up here. seems that this is a hotel that could go on for quite a while. to be honest. this is something that people were saying could come to pass if they felt the decision by the grand jury wasn't justice. they have been calling for the grand jury to hold the officer to account. minutes after the decision, people were gathering outside the police department. >> yet, lesley mcspadden, michael brown's mother and many other people, particularly those in this community have been urging for calm. >> i will interrupt you for a second. i'll go to robert ray, in the middle of a swat team. what can you

his father says the doctors are worried sebastien might have brain damage but it's unclear. boy was rescued monday night and his father thanked the crews. >> coast guard went down -- firefighter went down there told them, you know, think of spider-man and he loves spider- man so that was like perfect. and just said to him think about it the whole time. i really thank him for doing a good job. >> darrell says he thinks those words helped his son find his courage. he is being treated at oakland children's hospital. >>> people don't usually fly with raw meat in their checked baggage so tsa screeners were suspicious when they found meat in a suitcase at mineta san jose international airport. and they had a good reason to do so. the beef was stuffed with cocaine and three vacuum sealed packages. 24-year-old salvador samaya has now been arrested. >>> and there are new questions about the i.t. chief at the santa clara county registrar of voters who apparently had enough and quit on election day. and no one has seen him since. and only on 5, len ramirez has learned a key piece of eq

sebastien johnson fell about 230 feet from a cliff at bodega head back on november 10 with numerous brokens he has woken up and is responsive. >>> traffic and weather coming up right after the break. - ( helicopter whirring ) - ( roars ) ( siren wails ) ( pop music playing ) ♪ when you're ready ♪ ready, ready, ready ♪ come and get it ♪ get it, get it ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na na na na ♪ ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na... female announcer: it's a great big world and it can all be yours. here and only here. ♪ come and get it. >>> good morning, checking conditions on the bay bridge, it's a lower deck trying to get out of san francisco eastbound 80. there's a stalled big rig near treasure island and it's really a grind right now trying to get out of the city. you can see traffic is backing up on 101 and all the way across the span until you get past the tunnel. then it looks better on the oakland side. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's still stacked up to the maze. but i got to say it's one of our better commutes