miles is back to being a five year old in hometown of siskiyou county.onight make a wish greater bay area is thanking all who helped miles wish come true including our viewers. >> awesome to have the abc 7 as partner opt on the wish. first time he social media was social good. >>reporter: some of the numbers are in. more than 16,000 people rsv p to be at the city hall ceremony. more than 20,000 crowd estimate. city spokesperson says san francisco spent 105,000 dollars to make miles wish come true. when make a wish realized how big the wish had become some of the donor became concerned for the city and stepped in to help. >> they offered to offset expenses for the city up front. i didn't even have to skichlt on average wish cost 7500 dollars. local chapter hopes to grant.357 this year. miles wish was not a fundraiser but make a wish already received 10,000 dollars from the t-shirt sales. that money will help fund more wishes. and the goodwill goes on. ask miles and he will tell you he just might he has inspired his school to hold a fundraiser to the make

miles is back to being a five year old in hometown of siskiyou county. tonight make a wish greater bay area is thanking all who helped miles wish come true including our viewers. >> awesome to have the abc 7 as partner opt on the wish. first time he social media was social good. >>reporter: some of the numbers are in. more than 16,000 people rsv p to be at the city hall ceremony. more than 20,000 crowd estimate. city spokesperson says san francisco spent 105,000 dollars to make miles wish come true. when make a wish realized how big the wish had become some of the donor became concerned for the city and stepped in to help. >> they offered to offset expenses for the city up front. i didn't even have to skichlt on average wish cost 7500 dollars. local chapter hopes to grant.357 this year. miles wish was not a fundraiser but make a wish already received 10,000 dollars from the t-shirt sales. that money will help fund more wishes. and the goodwill goes on. ask miles and he will tell you he just might he has inspired his school to hold a fundraiser to the mak

miles is back to being a five year old in hometown of siskiyou county. tonight make a wish greater bay area is thanking all who helped miles wish come true including our viewers. >> awesome to have the abc 7 as partner opt on the wish. first time he social media was social good. >>reporter: some of the numbers are in. more than 16,000 people rsv p to be at the city hall ceremony. more than 20,000 crowd estimate. city spokesperson says san francisco spent 105,000 dollars to make miles wish come true. when make a wish realized how big the wish had become some of the donor became concerned for the city and stepped in to help. >> they offered to offset expenses for the city up front. i didn't even have to skichlt on average wish cost 7500 dollars. local chapter hopes to grant.357 this year. miles wish was not a fundraiser but make a wish already received 10,000 dollars from the t-shirt sales. that money will help fund more wishes. and the goodwill goes on. ask miles and he will tell you he just might he has inspired his school to hold a fundraiser to the mak

. >> they live in siskiyou county. the batman transformation cost the city $105,000. that's a bargain considering all of the goodwill and positive publicity is generated. >>> well, our overnight rain gave us a little bit of a break this morning. things have picked up around 11:00. it's blasting through right now. there are a few areas getting some breaks. it will be south. everyone except far north, i think you will be on pretty good rain. cazadero two and two bits. some of these i've not had updates but you can add a little bit of this. mount veeder and napa over 2. el cerrito at .83. san francisco, picked up pretty good rain. .65. sausalito, i'm sure they've had over 1.50 by now. not bad. this is like the old times, isn't it? when we get this system, it's a low developing. it's moving south. it's also enhancing. it's kind of really developing. some areas are getting a little bit of a break. you start to see the red. that's very intense. you get the light or dark engreen hand the northern edge is up -- darker green and the northern edge is up north. over to the east

he is from siskiyou county up near the oregon border.been battling leukemia for most of his life but today, he is going to be battling comic book villains on our city streets. all with the help of the make-a- wish foundation. it all starts at the grand hyatt this morning when the police chief called miles asking for help and the batmobile is off. there's a damsel in distress at union and green and as soon as he saves her, there's another crime in progress the evil riddler robbing a vault on montgomery street. batkid will hopefully arrive just in time to help load him into a paddy wagon and send him to jail. then during a quick lunch near union square, the next dastardly crime unfolds before our hero' eyes. the evil penguin kidnapping giants mascot lou-seal. batkid will chase them down and with any luck save the seal tied up at at&t park. that will land batkid a special honor from the san francisco mayor at city hall this afternoon. so you can see this is going to be quite a production with the help of 11,000 volunteers. this thing is rea

little boy from siskiyou county transform into bat kid. but he doesn't night yes he thinks niece san francisco to get a batman costume thanks to make a wish greater bay area. your wish was to be batman. >> yes. >>reporter: why do you like batman so much. >> because he's my favorite super hero. >>reporter: miles has lived with leukemia since just 18 months old. now he's in remission and ready to really start being a kid. >> about what's this? new chapter kick off first thing tomorrow morning with urgent message from some familiar faces. >> we begin the broader cast with breaking news from san francisco hall of justice. >> please contained crusader we need you. and bring the bat kid. >>reporter: police chief greg sir need his hp to rescue a damsel in distress. capture the ridler and chase down the penguin to save the giant mascot and then one last hoorah at city hall and the mayor presents miles with key ought city. entire bay area came together to make miles wish come true. local inventor created this at the vice to disarm and generous lamb

little boy from siskiyou county transform into bat kid. but he doesn't night yes he thinks niece san francisco to get a batman costume thanks to make a wish greater bay area. your wish was to be batman. >> yes. >>reporter: why do you like batman so much. >> because he's my favorite super hero. >>reporter: miles has lived with leukemia since just 18 months old. now he's in remission and ready to really start being a kid. >> about what's this? new chapter kick off first tomoh urgent message from some familiar faces. >> we begin the broader cast with breaking news from san francisco hall of justice. >> please contained crusader we need you. and bring the bat kid. >>reporter: police chief greg sir need his help to rescue a damsel in distress. capture the ridler and chase down the penguin to save the giant mascot and then one last hoorah at city hall and the mayor presents miles with key ought city. entire bay area came together to make miles wish come true. local inventor created this at the vice to disarm and generous lamborgini owner provide

little boy from siskiyou county transform into bat kid. but he doesn't night yes he thinks niece san francisco to get a batman costume thanks to make a wish greater bay area. your wish was to be batman. >> yes. >>reporter: why do you like batman so much. >> because he's my favorite super hero. >>reporter: miles has lived with leukemia since just 18 months old. now he's in remission and ready to really start being a kid. >> about what's this? new chapter kick off first thing tomorrow morning with urgent message from some familiar faces. >> we begin the broader cast with breaking news from san francisco hall of justice. >> please contained crusader we need you. and bring the bat kid. >>reporter: police chief greg sir need his help to rescue a damsel in distress. capture the ridler and chase down the penguin to save the giant mascot and then one last hoorah at city hall and the mayor presents miles with key ought city. entire bay area came together to make miles wish come true. local inventor created this at the vice to disarm and generous la

this morning, little miles is home in siskiyou county. reporter trish close hung out with him and found out what his favorite part of the day was. [ singing ] >> reporter: this is a typical afternoon in the scott home, miles running around hiding from our camera, giggling and talking about his favorite super hero batman. >> i think we should get a dvd. >> of the old batman? >> mm-hm. >> from a small town like this to go to a huge city like that, it's all about your kid for a day. it's insane for us. we didn't -- pretty out of this world. >> reporter: the entire city came together so miles could save a damsel in distress, catch the riddler redhanded and his favorite part, the penguin. >> and then the penguin turned around. >> and apologized. >> turned nice. >> the riddler didn't. >> he is still in jail? >> mm-hm. >> reporter: when the family came home, they found an entire town welcoming them back. nick scott believes the whole thing brought his community closer together. the family wants to take this moment and not only thank those who he

. >> well, miles lives in tulelake in siskiyou county. the make-a-wish foundation says it was hoping to find 200 volunteers but then miles' wish went viral. they started planning all of this back in march. >> wow, they have 10,000 people to sign up. >>> another guy who would like to be a caped crusader. wouldn't you >> just a humble weatherman, yes. that would be a lot of fun, i'll tell you what. great cause there. great cause going on right here. 1-888-5-helps-u is the number to call. millions of people in the philippines need your help. before we get back to the telethon, i want to tell you about our local weather which was a big change today. we are talking 20 degrees cooler for some of you. there's a live look outside. you can just make out the silhouette there of mount diablo. that's from our mount vaca cam. let's switch to our other camera which is the golden gate bridge. the fog is gone. man were we chilly today! look at these temperatures already. down to 58 in san jose. 59 in santa rosa. concord 61. and oakland 57. let's talk abo

miles lives in tule lake in siskiyou counted. his county. 10,000 people are putting it together.y started planning in march. so miles has a big job ahead of him. >> he does. he has a lot of crime to stop this week. >> true. >> did get 'em, miles. good job. >>> 4:56. a new scandal in the seek service. how a bullet left in a hotel room led to trouble for one very high ranking supervisor. ,,,, actually ,, ,,,,,,,, >>> i just wanted to show our people over there that we are here for them, that we hurt just like them. >> today, kpix 5 is teaming up with the red cross to raise money for the victims of the typhoon in the philippines. there's a desperate need for food, water, medical supplies and so much more. the live phone banks start at 6 a.m. and go until 7 p.m. tonight. >> it seems like maybe we get an unusual amount of attention at tesla no matter what it is. >> three workers at the tesla plant at fremont got a visit from the big boss after they suffered burns during a workplace accident. >> i'm grateful for all the love and care and support that people have shown us. >> a communit

. >> reporter: little miles from siskiyou county in far northern california has already won a big battle against leukemia. he is now in remission. [ theme from "batman" ] >> reporter: when he goes to battle tomorrow as the batkid he will take on the riddler, penguin and joker and he will have eric johnston by his side. he gave the batkid a lesson just this evening. >> he went up there. >> reporter: he went all the way up there. >> yes. and owe did flying trapeze. he flew out over the whole room, really, and then came down into the net. he went wow! everyone was clapping. >> reporter: people from all over the world are applauding the batkid, celebrating miles' inspiring story with pictures and posters. >> this outpouring of love is incredible. and it's inspired by miles. i hope it will help us to serve a lot more children. i hope it helps make miles' day incredible. >> reporter: joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> and the batkid is making headlines. check out today's gotham city "chronicle." also, adam west, tv's batman, did call to check how things are going and sent a gift for the batkid. so that's

crusader, we need you, and bring -- >> reporter: that kicked off the morning for 5-year-old myles at siskiyou county. he transformed into bat kid. he has a batman to drive him around the city so he can fight crime today. they have a bat mobile, a donated lamborghini. the chief of police first asked for him to help at the hyde street cable car line. that's where he saved a damsel in distress. there's a huge crowd here watching all of this. and the chief says it's a proud day to be a san francisco >> this little guy has been batting leukemia for tleemps. he just had the port take -- for three years. he just had the port taken out. i think the city put its heart on its sleeve, demonstrated it's the city of st. francis, rolling into the giving season. [ cheers ] of . >> reporter: everyone has out their smart iphones to cover this moment. i have covered presidential motorcades in my career, and i'm not sure the presidents get this kind of crowd. people telling they are huge fans of bat kid. who doesn't want to cheer on bat kid and watch him take down the ridler? oh, dear. we've got a camera in our

miles a little boy surviving cancer wanted to be like his hero batman and today the boy from siskiyou county transformed and went out to fight crime. he saved a girl stuck on a cable. >> i'm proud of his family for doing all this. i'm proud of the bay area for everybody coming together just to make this kid's wish come true. >> bat kid, bat kid. >> reporter: the story touched people they wanted to be a part of it so they cheered and danced on cue. it was all part of the plan to warn the bad kid that the pen -- bat kid that the penguin had kidnapped the denz -- danzel in disstress. >> reporter: this man is dressed as robin and brought his own son about the age of miles. >> i wanted to bring my son so he can see what's going on. this is awesome, this is epic. >> reporter: a preschool teacher took a vacation day to be here. >> it's fun and it's also good for the soul. >> reporter: veteran police officers told us what a truly fun day this was in the city. >> he fought through cancer. he beat that and i think it goes hand in hand that he is the fan of not only batman but superheros in gene

the bat kid is getting back to being a normal child in siskiyou county.he local make a wish chapter hopes to grand 357 wishes this year. the event for miles was not a fund-raiser but make a wish has already received $10,000 from t-shirt sales from that day. that money will help fund more wishes. and now miles has inspired his school to hold a fund-raiser this week for make a wish. all the kids will dress as superheroes. bat kids family has set up a fund to help other families. they want it help others so they are setting up a bat kid fund to help the three charities most helpful to miles through his recovery. now that he is in remission, they want to give back. >> the bad kid fund is part of the 49ers foundation. you with can learn more by going to abc3news.com and see it on tv. you can watch it here on abc 7 tomorrow morning at 7:00. >>> lisa, here now with that key thanksgiving forecast. >> yes. looking different. right now we're looking at a lot of sunshine. clear sky. here is lake tahoe where it was 13 degrees this morning. right now, 21 in truckee. 2

miles a little boy surviving cancer wanted to be like his hero batman and today the boy from siskiyou county transformed and went out to fight crime. he saved a girl stuck on a cable. >> i'm proud of his family for doing all this. i'm proud of the bay area for everybody coming together just to make this kid's wish come true. >> bat kid, bat kid. >> reporter: the story touched people they wanted to be a part of it so they cheered and danced on cue. it was all part of the plan to warn the bad kid that the pen -- bat kid that the penguin had kidnapped the denz -- danzel in disstress. >> reporter: this man is dressed as robin and brought his own son about the age of miles. >> i wanted to bring my son so he can see what's going on. this is awesome, this is epic. >> reporter: a preschool teacher took a vacation day to be here. >> it's fun and it's also good for the soul. >> reporter: veteran police officers told us what a truly fun day this was in the city. >> he fought through cancer. he beat that and i think it goes hand in hand that he is the fan of not only batman but superheros in gene

it's miles scott from siskiyou county. amma is part of the bay area mick a wish organization that made this happen today and she was there as he merged in lamborgini bat mobile as bat kid. >> hero emerge from the bat cave at yawn square after receiving an urgent message. >> we begin this morning broadcast with breaking news from san francisco hall of justice. >> please contained crusader we need you. and bring the bat kid. >>reporter: miles had no idea that make a wish greater bay area was going to transform him into bat kid for the day. miles family managed to keep it a secret. >> this is too much. i don't know what to say. with robin safely in dad arm big brother bat kid was off with batman to rescue a damsel in distress from cable car license but wouldn't be easy. contained crusader than counter suspicious did he raise that naetded disarming. not a moment to spare because the ri ridler was up to no good. bat kid arrived just in time to foil the ridler attempted bank robbery. busy mrping for bat kid with more to come. so

. >> miles lives up in tulelake up in siskiyou county.ke-a-wish foundation says it was hoping to find 200 volunteers but the wish went viral. they started planning this back in march. >>> i'm michelle griego at the kpix 5 and red cross phone bank. lines are just about to open. you can see our volunteers are standing by. phone lines will open at 6 a.m. they will be going until 7 p.m. and bay area, i know you are giving people. so please, call in and send your donations to help the victims of typhoon haiyan. we'll have more when we come back ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> i just wanted to show our people over there that we are here for them, that we hurt just like them. >> today, kpix 5 is teaming up with the red cross to raise money for the victims of the typhoon in the philippines. there's a desperate need for food, water, medical supplies and so much more. the live phone banks start at 6 a.m. and go until 7 p.m. tonight. >> it seems like maybe we get an unusual amount of attention at tesla no matter what it is. >> three workers at the tesla

>> you know, he is from siskiyou county closing to the oregon border, a very small town of i think about 1,000 people. he has been to san francisco before but i'm sure this is going to be a mind-blowing experience for him. >> should be fun. anne makovec live for us in san francisco, thank you. he may want to stop at a starbucks or pete's too, to reload. >> needs the energy. >> i'm glad he is a superhero. otherwise he would be exhausted! i want to go check that out today. that would be fun to watch. good for him, exciting memories. >>> around the bay area today, we are going to see some sunshine. winds kicking up from time to time and that will continue into the first part of the weekend at least. seeing some of the breezes now and that's one of the reasons we mixed out the low clouds and fog. it's calm in san jose but northwesterly out of the west at 13 at sfo north-northwest at 7 miles per hour in novato right now. as we head throughout the day today we'll see these temperatures warming up nicely. 40s and 50s in most spots although the napa valley down to 36 degrees with some calm condi

the 5-year-old boy named miles right here is from siskiyou county up north and has been fighting leukemia for most of his life. apparently, he is a big fan of batman and told the make-a-wish foundation he would like to be a batkid for a day. so word spread and more than 11,000 volunteers will met get props set up scenes and even act as villains so miles can fight some staged crimes. >> there have been plenty of superhero wishes that we have had over the years. nothing like this has happened. >> miles is unaware that all of this is being planned. it will happen tomorrow. go get 'em, miles. >>> time now 6:50. disgraced toronto mayor rob ford refuses to step down. his stunning admission and refusal to leave his office. coming your way. >> reporter: and we all know the bay area is full of giving people. and it's obvious here this morning at the red cross. and kpix 5's phone bank volunteers are busy taking your phone calls. 1-888-5-helps-u. keep the calls coming in to donate to the victims of typhoon haiyan. we'll be right back. enrollment figures for the ,,,,,,,,,, [ wind howling ] [ female a

. >> catherine: the five-year- old is back home in tulelake.in siskiyou county. >> catherine: a small town of only about a thousand people. he loved his day as bat- kid.and his family is thrilled that his story touched so many people. >> what would we do with out you! >> catherine: miles' parents weren't sure how he'd react to this amazing day in the spotlight. after fighting leukemia since he was one - it's now in remission - they knew their five-year-old was tough. but they also knew he can be very shy. >>would he enjoy himself.? he did. >>"i don't think it's really even set in for me yet - the scope of how big it got." >>"it was like he was eating it all up, and i wasn't expecting that from him at all - because he's really shy." the house is full of >> catherine: souvenirs. >> catherine: bat dolls. bat statues. bat bags. >> catherine: and a little boy who can still be shy. his father thinks some of the magic is in the costume. >>"he put the mask on, and he was just in the character. and that's what he's done his whole life. he puts on costumes all the time,s whatever the costume he

he's back home in siskiyou county in northern california. grinning for tori.miles scott, the 5-year- old leukemia survivor. his big day of crime fighting in san francisco made news around the world. san francisco became gotham city because of him. >> from a small town to go to a huge city where it's all about your kid for a day is -- it's insane for us. we didn't -- pretty out of this world. >> almost 12,000 volunteers gathered on the streets of san francisco for an unprecedented make a wish event. >>> he was so great had such a great time. the bay area teacher becomes the target of a terrifying attack. >> everything was trying to find the reasoning about why it happened. >> students watch in horror as a teacher is stabbed in a classroom. >> reporter: we're live in class castro valley where there are anxious riders this morning ahead of the board meeting. we'll tell you how they could be headed back to square one. is this the bacon and cheese diet? this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the... [ both ]